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Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing
(AP) – A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
After hearing more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore County grand jury last week determined there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter.
It is now increasingly unlikely that Donham, who is now in her 80s, will ever be prosecuted for her role in the events that led to Till’s lynching.
An email and voicemail seeking comment from her son Tom Bryant weren’t immediately returned Tuesday.
A group searching the basement of the Leflore County Courthouse in June discovered the unserved arrest warrant charging Donham, then-husband Roy Bryant and brother-in-law J.W. Milam in Till’s abduction in 1955. While the men were arrested and acquitted on murder charges in Till’s subsequent slaying, Donham, 21 at the time and 87 now, was never taken into custody.
In an unpublished memoir obtained last month by The Associated Press, Donham said she was unaware of what would happen to the 14-year-old Till, who lived in Chicago and was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was abducted, killed and tossed in a river. She accused him of making lewd comments and grabbing her while she worked alone at a family store in Money, Mississippi.
Donham said in the manuscript that the men brought Till to her in the middle of the night for identification but that she tried to help the youth by denying it was him. Despite being abducted at gunpoint from a family home by Roy Bryant and Milam, the 14-year-old identified himself to the men, she claimed.
Till’s battered, disfigured body was found days later in a river, where it was weighted down with a heavy metal fan. The decision by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, to open Till’s casket for his funeral in Chicago demonstrated the horror of what had happened and added fuel to the civil rights movement.
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Associated Press Writer Allen G. Breed contributed to this report.
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LONGWOOD, Bronx (WABC) -- Six pedestrians, including three children, were injured when a car jumped a curb and careened into them and a building in the Bronx Tuesday.
It happened around noon on East 163rd Street and Prospect Avenue in the Longwood section.
Witness Jose Rivera tells Eyewitness News that the driver, a man, was trying to park when he lost control of the vehicle, apparently hitting the gas instead of the brake.
"He was parking, and as soon as he was parking, instead of him going forward, he kept on going back," he said. "And that's when the people that were online here getting food, they got pinned."
Rivera said he called 911.
"I ran to see if anybody was trapped underneath or behind the car, because it was pinned against the wall," he said. "I told EMS how many people were on the floor, how many minors."
He also says the driver may have tried to flee, but good Samaritans jumped into action.
"It looked like he was trying to leave the scene, but some people were holding him down until officers came on the scene," Rivera said.
He also described the injuries, which varied in severity.
"One lady, she was pinned against the wall here, because it pushed her against the wall," he said. "She was hurt, her whole back, her arm was bleeding and everything. Her leg, she couldn't feel her leg. The gentleman that was unconscious, he got hit really hard because he was passed out."
None of the injuries were considered life threatening.
The Department of Buildings will evaluate the structural integrity of the building.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
3-7-2, SB: 6
(three, seven, two; SB: six)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Three-Midday" game were:
3-7-2, SB: 6
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Which Klorane product is best?
French beauty brand Klorane was one of the first companies to offer hair care products that took advantage of effective botanical ingredients instead of harsh chemicals. Klorane products are formulated for all hair types and textures. All the formulas are biodegradable, so they’re good for the environment as well as your hair. If you’re looking for a versatile treatment for dry hair, the Klorane Repairing 3-in-1 Mask with Organic Cupuacu Butter is a great choice.
What to know before you buy a Klorane product
Hair care concerns
Klorane has eight different product lines to address hair concerns ranging from dryness and damage to thinning hair. Full hair care routines featuring three or more products are available for improved effectiveness. Products such as dry shampoo can help you have a good hair day regardless of how busy you are.
Product format
Klorane is probably most well-known for its dry shampoo, but it makes an assortment of traditional shampoos and conditioners as well. Klorane hair care routines can also include products such as leave-in sprays, hair masks and even vitamin supplements intended to help grow stronger, healthier hair.
Botanically based ingredients
Klorane uses active plant-based ingredients to tackle specific hair concerns. Each product line is formulated around a single botanical ingredient to maximize its benefit. Klorane organically farms some of its key ingredients on company land in France. Others, such as strengthening quinine and blonde-protecting chamomile, are fair trade and sustainably sourced internationally.
What to look for in a quality Klorane product
Dry shampoos for different hair types
Dry shampoo may be designed to save time, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be as good for your hair as standard shampoo. Klorane offers seven different dry shampoos formulated for oily, dry or thinning hair, as well as formulas that detoxify and purify the scalp. Some dry shampoo formulas are even available tinted to help them blend in better on dark hair.
Botanical ingredients for your hair type
If you’re trying to address a specific hair concern, look for some of these key ingredients:
- Peony: soothes irritation
- Edelweiss: encourages hair growth
- Mango butter: hydrates hair and scalp
- Cupuacu butter: nourishes and restores dry hair
- Nettle extract: helps reduce oil production
- Oat milk: balances the scalp and protects hair
Eco-friendly products and practices
Klorane’s company philosophy focuses heavily on environmental responsibility. A portion of Klorane sales goes toward funding environmental education and restoring habitat. Klorane’s products are biodegradable, so they break down quickly in the environment to avoid leaving potentially harmful chemicals in soil or waterways.
Klorane also uses recycled and recyclable packaging in all its products, and its dry shampoos are available in both traditional and nonaerosol formats. Most Klorane bottles, tubes and caps can be recycled, depending on your local facilities.
Tester kits
If you’re undecided on the best Klorane hair care products for your needs, consider a trial kit. This includes smaller bottles of popular Klorane lines to help users test the product before committing to a full-size purchase. A trial kit is even available for Klorane dry shampoo, featuring three different formulas for different hair needs.
How much you can expect to spend on Klorane products
Klorane hair products cost between $20 for 3.2-ounce dry shampoo bottles, up to $30 for 13.5-ounce standard shampoo bottles. Mini or travel sizes of some products are available for $10.
Klorane product FAQ
Where is Klorane made?
A. Almost all Klorane hair care products are made in France in order to shorten supply chains and minimize the company’s environmental impact. Some dry shampoos, sprays and supplements are made elsewhere.
Is Klorane good for dandruff?
A. Klorane’s Soothing and Anti-Irritating Shampoo with Peony is specially formulated to soothe itchiness and irritation associated with dandruff. It’s pH balanced and contains peony extract to relieve itching and tightness.
What’s the best Klorane product to buy?
Top Klorane product
Klorane Repairing 3-in-1 Mask with Organic Cupuacu Butter
What you need to know: This lightweight treatment uses organic cupuacu butter to nourish and restore hair.
What you’ll love: It can be used as an in-shower treatment, a restorative leave-in cream or an overnight hair mask. Plant-based ingredients such as coconut and sunflower oils fortify hair and help it retain moisture.
What you should consider: Some users found it left their hair feeling sticky or greasy when used as a leave-in treatment.
Where to buy: Sold by Ulta Beauty, Dermstore and Amazon
Top Klorane product for the money
Klorane Ultra-Gentle Dry Shampoo with Oat Milk
What you need to know: This popular dry shampoo can remove dirt and odors from hair without leaving behind a white residue.
What you’ll love: Organically harvested oat milk soothes and nourishes the scalp while corn and rice starches absorb oil, leaving behind clean hair. The ultrafine powder works quickly to refresh hair and add volume.
What you should consider: Users with dark hair may find that they need to brush and work product through hair to completely get rid of the appearance of white residue.
Where to buy: Sold by Ulta Beauty, Dermstore and Amazon
Worth checking out
Klorane Detox Dry Shampoo with Aquatic Mint
What you need to know: This dry shampoo can help you go longer between hair washes thanks to its ability to detoxify the scalp and absorb excess oil.
What you’ll love: It has a beige tint to help it blend into all hair colors better. Rice starches help absorb oil and purify hair and scalp. With ingredients such as aquatic mint, menthol and camphor, it leaves the scalp with a refreshing cooling sensation.
What you should consider: Depending on your hair texture, you need to use more of this dry shampoo than usual. Not everyone is a fan of the scent.
Where to buy: Sold by Ulta Beauty, Dermstore and Amazon
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Piedmont Orthopedics | OrthoAtlanta serves as the Official Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Provider of the 2022 Atlanta Open.
ATLANTA, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont Orthopedics | OrthoAtlanta has been providing medical coverage for the ATP Tour in Atlanta for more than 20 years, serving as the Official Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Provider for the Atlanta ATP events. This year's ATP 250, the 2022 Atlanta Open, is part of the U.S. Open Series including former and current ATP World Tour top-20 players.
As the official orthopedic and sports medicine provider of the Atlanta Open, OrthoAtlanta physicians serve as the key medical point of contact for the players, coaches, tournament staff, and officials during the tournament.
"The Atlanta Open players, coaches and officials rely on OrthoAtlanta to provide superior orthopedic and sports medicine care throughout the tournament," stated Atlanta Open Tournament Director, Eddie Gonzalez. "The Atlanta Open brings world class athletes to Atlanta and we are proud to have a world class partner in OrthoAtlanta."
OrthoAtlanta is one of the largest physician-owned orthopedic and sports medicine practices in the Southeast providing an integrated approach to delivering musculoskeletal care. With over 50 physicians serving in 18 offices, the practice provides the highest level of patient care for injuries or deformity of muscles, joints, bones, and spine. OrthoAtlanta offers convenient accessibility to a full range of musculoskeletal surgeons, specialists and patient services including on-site physical therapy, pain management care, six MRI imaging centers and workers' compensation coordination. OrthoAtlanta Surgery Centers in Austell and Fayetteville provide cost-effective, same day surgical procedures in an accredited outpatient center. Comprehensive operative and nonoperative musculoskeletal care and expertise includes sports medicine, arthroscopic surgery, hip replacement, knee replacement, neck and spine surgery, elbow and shoulder surgery, hand and wrist surgery, foot and ankle surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, arthritis treatment, general orthopedics, work-related and acute orthopedic injuries.
For more information, visit www.OrthoAtlanta.com, or email pr@orthoatlanta.com.
Piedmont is empowering Georgians by changing health care. We continue to fuel Georgia's growth through safe, high-quality care close to home – an integrated health care system that provides a hassle-free, unified experience. Every year, we have over 30 million visits to Piedmont.org, more than 450,000 appointments scheduled online by patients and over 100,000 virtual visits. We are a private, not-for-profit organization that for centuries has lived up to our purpose to make a positive difference in every life we touch in the communities we serve. Today our organization is supported by a work force of more than 37,000 who care for 3.4 million patients across 1,400 locations and serving communities that comprise 80 percent of Georgia's population. This includes 22 hospitals, including three inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, 65 Piedmont Urgent Care centers, 25 QuickCare locations, 1,875 Piedmont Clinic physician practices and more than 2,800 Piedmont Clinic members. Piedmont has provided $1.4 billion in uncompensated care and community benefit programming to the communities we serve over the past five years. In 2022, Forbes ranked us No. 166 on its list of the Best Large Employers in the United States. In 2021, the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that rates hospitals on safety, awarded Piedmont more A grades than any system in Georgia.
For more information, visit piedmont.org.
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NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a question that keeps some scientists awake at night: Do spiders sleep?
Daniela Roessler and her colleagues trained cameras on baby jumping spiders at night to find out. The footage showed patterns that looked a lot like sleep cycles: The spiders’ legs twitched and parts of their eyes flickered.
The researchers described this pattern as a “REM sleep-like state.” In humans, REM, or rapid eye movement, is an active phase of sleep when parts of the brain light up with activity and is closely linked with dreaming.
Other animals, including some birds and mammals, have been shown to experience REM sleep. But creatures like the jumping spider haven’t gotten as much attention so it wasn’t known if they got the same kind of sleep, said Roessler, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Konstanz in Germany.
Their findings were published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Roessler and her team dug into the sleep question after she discovered the spiders hanging at night from threads of silk in their lab containers. She had recently scooped up some jumping spiders to study, a common species with a furry brown body and four pairs of big eyes.
“It was just the most unusual thing I’ve ever seen,” Roessler said of the suspended spiders.
The research showed the spiders’ overnight movements looked a lot like REM in other species, she said — like dogs or cats twitching in their sleep. And they happened in regular cycles, similar to sleep patterns in humans.
Many species similar to spiders actually don’t have movable eyes, which makes it hard to compare their sleep cycles, explained study co-author Paul Shamble, an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University.
But these jumping spiders are predators that move their retinas around to change their gaze while they hunt, Shamble said. Plus, the young spiders have a see-through outer layer that gives a clear window into their bodies.
“Sometimes as a biologist, you just get really, really lucky,” Shamble said.
The researchers still have to figure out if the spiders are technically sleeping while they’re in these resting states, Roessler said. That includes testing whether they respond more slowly — or not at all — to triggers that would normally set them off.
Critters like the jumping spider are very far from humans on the evolutionary tree. Jerry Siegel, a sleep researcher who was not involved with the study, said he’s doubtful that the spiders can really experience REM sleep.
“There may be animals that have activity in quiet states,” said Siegel, of the UCLA Center for Sleep Research. “But are they REM sleep? It’s hard to imagine that they could be the same thing.”
But Barrett Klein, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse who was also not involved with the study, said it was exciting to find REM-like signs in such a distant relative. Many questions remain about how widespread REM sleep is and what purpose it might serve for species, he said.
REM sleep is “still very much a black box,” Klein said.
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Retailer Awards $4,040 in Cash to Its Most Frugal Fan
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its 40th birthday celebration, Ollie's Bargain Outlet Inc. (Ollie's), America's largest retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory, announced the grand prize winner of its "America's Biggest Cheapskate" contest today. With this being National Bargain Hunting Week, this winner announcement comes at the perfect time. Cynthia Johnson, from the Atlanta area, one of ten finalists, was crowned the grand prize winner, receiving $4,040 in cash to go along with the coveted title. The other nine finalists received $400 Ollie's gift cards.
Cynthia was one of over 6,100 self-proclaimed cheapskates across 29 states that entered the contest. As part of her submission, Cynthia shared that she spends as little as $15 per month on her water bill and less than $34 on her natural gas bill in the summer. She achieves this in easy but effective ways like putting time limits on showers, using the quick wash cycle on the washing machine, keeping her thermostat a little higher during warmer weather, keeping lights off, and of course – bargain hunting at Ollie's!
"Some call me a cheapskate but trust me, it's a title I wear proudly!" said Cynthia Johnson. "Being retired and living on a fixed income, my husband, who is a disabled veteran, and I love shopping at Ollie's and saving money whenever we can!"
"Cynthia impressed us with her smart shopping habits and money-saving hacks," said John Swygert, President, and CEO of Ollie's. "For the last 40 years, Ollie's has helped people like Cynthia save money by selling brand name merchandise at up to 70% off the fancy stores' prices every day. We are proud to have shoppers like Cynthia who enjoy the Ollie's treasure hunt experience and appreciate great bargains like we do."
Ollie's "America's Biggest Cheapskate" contest ran from May 22-July 3, 2022. Entrants were required to submit a selfie at their local Ollie's store and write a 150-500 word statement explaining their best money- saving hacks and why they were worthy of the title "America's Biggest Cheapskate."
About Ollie's
Ollie's Bargain Outlet, Inc., founded in 1982, is America's largest retailer of closeouts and excess inventory, offering real brands at real bargain prices. Ollie's has a huge variety of famous brand name merchandise in every department – food, books, housewares, toys, electronics, domestics, clothing, furniture, health and beauty, flooring, seasonal items and so much more – at up to 70 percent off the fancy stores' prices every day. You never know what you'll find at one of Ollie's 450 "semi-lovely" stores and growing in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. For more information, visit www.ollies.us. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok to stay up to date on the latest deals and events. Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol OLLI.
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MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, the Jones McGinty Water System issued a boil advisory for Old Bonita Road in Morehouse Parish, La. The advisory is effective immediately and will be in place until further notice.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a device that allows parents or guardians to quickly determine the location of a child or other family member," said an inventor, from Indianapolis, Ind., "so I invented the SAFEBIT. My design also offers a quick and simple way to call for emergency assistance if the wearer is endangered in any way."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective means of personal GPS location reporting. It also enables the user to summon emergency assistance if needed. As a result, it enhances safety and security and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a practical design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for parents or guardians of children and other family members. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Indianapolis sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-IPL-824, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG
Associated Press/Report for America
A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
After hearing more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore County grand jury last week determined there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter.
It is now increasingly unlikely that Donham, who is now in her 80s, will ever be prosecuted for her role in the events that led to Till’s lynching.
An email and voicemail seeking comment from her son Tom Bryant weren’t immediately returned Tuesday.
A group searching the basement of the Leflore County Courthouse in June discovered the unserved arrest warrant charging Donham, then-husband Roy Bryant and brother-in-law J.W. Milam in Till’s abduction in 1955. While the men were arrested and acquitted on murder charges in Till’s subsequent slaying, Donham, 21 at the time and 87 now, was never taken into custody.
In an unpublished memoir obtained last month by The Associated Press, Donham said she was unaware of what would happen to the 14-year-old Till, who lived in Chicago and was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was abducted, killed and tossed in a river. She accused him of making lewd comments and grabbing her while she worked alone at a family store in Money, Mississippi.
Donham said in the manuscript that the men brought Till to her in the middle of the night for identification but that she tried to help the youth by denying it was him. Despite being abducted at gunpoint from a family home by Roy Bryant and Milam, the 14-year-old identified himself to the men, she claimed.
Till’s battered, disfigured body was found days later in a river, where it was weighted down with a heavy metal fan. The decision by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, to open Till’s casket for his funeral in Chicago demonstrated the horror of what had happened and added fuel to the civil rights movement.
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The analytics leader's best-in-class risk technology offerings earned judges' praise and a trio of wins
CARY, N.C., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS has again scored a collection of wins from the 2022 Risk Technology Awards, Risk.net's prestigious annual awards series recognizing the best in enterprise, operational, and credit risk technology. According to a panel of judges comprised of Risk.net editors and risk technology users, the artificial intelligence and analytics leader reigns supreme in three categories:
- Consumer credit modelling software of the year
- Regulatory capital calculation product of the year
- IFRS 9 enterprise solution of the year
The winning solutions integrate seamlessly with an array of other SAS solutions on cloud-ready SAS Risk Stratum. This integrated and highly collaborative risk platform provides a virtual headquarters for model development, data integration and workflow planning and execution across risk and finance.
"As the world faces growing economic uncertainty, financial services organizations are reassessing risks and recalibrating their models and processes to weather the volatility ahead," said Troy Haines, Senior Vice President and Head of Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions at SAS. "While awards and accolades are nice, what's most important is what this recognition represents to our customers: that their SAS powered risktech capabilities will help them identify and overcome the challenges ahead, whatever the future brings."
SAS 'a clear leader' in consumer credit modelling, says judging panel
Modern banking requires modern decision-making attuned to the latest regulatory standards – and adaptable amid shifting conditions. Without state-of-the-art credit risk modeling, banks and fintechs cannot deliver the consistent customer experience today's consumers demand. That seamless experience relies on crunching increasingly large and diverse datasets through risk models and integrating advanced analytics into fair and ethical decisioning processes – no easy feat.
SAS Risk Modeling's key differentiators in the consumer credit modeling arena? Ease, automation and explainability. In SAS' integrated ecosystem, automated credit decisions, detailed metrics, and turnkey, compliant risk models are a click away. The result is transparent, machine learning-driven decisioning that can evolve through a wide range of implementations and applications.
Risk.net's judging panel called SAS' model as a service approach "innovative." Further, it lauded SAS' "focus on easy and fast model deployment as well as natural language explainability," providing comprehensive support for the credit lifecycle.
Regulatory capital calculation solution 'shows SAS flexing its muscles'
Facing potential market volatility, financial firms must anticipate increased capital requirements that could send initial margins soaring. With SAS' new Basel IV configuration, clients can prepare for changes in regulation and simulate credit risk approaches to weather the storm.
With this expansion of the SAS Solution for Regulatory Capital, financial institutions can prepare for full compliance in various jurisdictions and optimize their credit risk mitigation strategy, while reducing capital requirements within legal and regulatory constraints.
Judges called the solution "expandable and adaptable," highlighting its "good product coverage." They also praised SAS' overall approach, stating, "This shows SAS flexing its muscles in commercial credit and occupying the traded space via securitizations and the large exposures framework."
"SAS is the leader in its field – a well-deserved position," the judging panel further noted. "It has lots of high-quality offerings and great support; the client genuinely comes first."
IFRS 9 technology that "brings together a fully integrated risk and finance view generally not evident in most products"
The SAS Solution for IFRS 9 enables banks to model expected credit loss, manage workflows, and integrate and validate data for model development. Its ability to break down the execution process from both a granular and a 30,000-foot view empowers financial firms to be fully transparent and audit-ready.
Other features include a simplified coding environment for fast, efficient model implementation using various code languages as well as a simulation environment supporting what-if analysis enhancing risk visibility. Its reporting capabilities are flexible and democratized, allowing users across roles and departments to quickly create and even automate reporting.
"Here, we see a fully integrated risk and finance view generally not evident in most products," noted the judging panel, adding that it's "good to see the emphasis on model development and model governance – as well as the ability to integrate with other SAS products."
Only SAS delivers comprehensive risk solutions, AI and regtech technologies and best practices that help financial services organizations like banks and insurers balance short- and long-term strategies, improve financial performance, and foster a risk-aware culture throughout the organization.
To learn more, download the Keys to robust credit risk modeling and decisioning for better customer experience white paper.
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Feds ask judge to dismiss Florida's lawsuit seeking to allow medical marijuana patients to buy guns
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Arguing that the country has a long tradition of viewing intoxication and firearms as a "dangerous" mix, the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried challenging federal prohibitions on medical-marijuana patients buying guns.
Justice Department court filings, in part, focused on arguments that it is "dangerous to trust regular marijuana users to exercise sound judgment while intoxicated" and that federal firearm restrictions are legally sound.
"Marijuana users pose a danger comparable to, if not greater than, other groups that have historically been disarmed," such as mentally ill people, Justice Department lawyers wrote.
The Biden administration also maintained that restrictions prohibiting marijuana users from purchasing guns are justified because, although medical marijuana has been authorized in Florida, cannabis remains illegal under federal law.
Fried, a Democrat who is running for governor, filed the lawsuit in April, alleging the federal prohibitions "forbid Floridians from possessing or purchasing a firearm on the sole basis that they are state-law-abiding medical marijuana patients."
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In an amended complaint filed last month, lawyers for Fried relied in part on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York law that placed strict limits on carrying concealed weapons in public. Gun-control advocates have expressed concerns that the decision could severely restrict states’ ability to regulate guns.
But in a memorandum of law accompanying Monday’s motion to dismiss Fried’s lawsuit, the Justice Department argued that the recent court decision held that the New York regulation violated the Second Amendment because it "prevented law-abiding citizens … from exercising their right to keep and bear arms."
By contrast, the restrictions Fried is challenging "impose no burden on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens," federal lawyers wrote.
"These laws merely prevent drug users who commit federal crimes by unlawfully possessing drugs from possessing and receiving firearms, and only for so long as they are actively engaged in that criminal activity," the lawyers added, noting that "possession of illegal drugs, including marijuana, is a federal crime."
Such restrictions "on unlawful drug users are ‘consistent with this nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation,’" Monday’s memo said, partially quoting from the June 23 Supreme Court ruling in the New York case.
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The Biden administration pointed to centuries-old case law showing that, in England and the United States, governments "regularly disarmed a variety of groups deemed dangerous," including Catholics and panhandlers.
"Many American colonies forbade providing Indians with firearms," the Justice Department’s lawyers also noted.
"Perhaps most relevant here, a long tradition exists of viewing intoxication as a condition that renders firearms possession dangerous, and accordingly restricting the firearms rights of those who become intoxicated," they wrote.
But Fried’s amended complaint maintained that prohibiting people who use medical marijuana from buying or having guns is a relatively recent development in the U.S.
"Quite simply, there is no historical tradition of denying individuals their Second Amendment rights based solely (or even partially) on the use of marijuana," the lawsuit said. "In fact, historical evidence shows that marijuana was considered a legitimate and legal form of medicine in England, America, and other western countries through the mid-Nineteenth and early-Twentieth Centuries."
The Biden administration’s lawyers also tried to pick holes in Fried’s arguments that medical-marijuana patients should be allowed to possess guns and be trusted not to use them when they’re high.
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Monday’s memo pointed to a consent form, created by the Florida Board of Medicine, in which patients must acknowledge that marijuana impairs "the ability to think, judge and reason."
"It is therefore dangerous to trust regular marijuana users to exercise sound judgment while intoxicated, a fact tragically borne out by the frequency with which marijuana users drive while impaired and suffer fatal collisions," the Justice Department’s lawyers argued.
Fried, a lawyer who is Florida’s lone statewide elected Democrat, said Tuesday she was disappointed by the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit and the memo backing it up.
"Calling marijuana users dangerous. Using a 1633 case about the disarming of Indians. It is very disappointing. And so we will … have a response to the motion to dismiss," Fried, a prominent supporter of medical marijuana, told reporters.
Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include Fried, two women who are medical-marijuana patients and want to possess guns, and a man who is a gun owner and wants to become a medical-marijuana patient.
Federal lawyers argued in Monday’s memo that plaintiffs "lack standing for most of their claims."
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Fried’s lawsuit also accused the Biden administration of defying a federal law, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment, that bars Justice Department officials from using agency funds to prevent states with medical-marijuana programs "from implementing state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana."
Previous court decisions have found that the law prohibits federal officials from spending money to prosecute people who engage in conduct permitted by state medical-marijuana laws, Fried’s lawyers wrote.
But the memo filed Monday said the Justice Department hasn’t prosecuted any people for using medical marijuana in compliance with state law and noted that Florida has a robust and rapidly expanding medical-marijuana market.
"The inability for medical marijuana users to possess firearms, or the possibility of prosecution if a medical marijuana user unlawfully possesses a firearm, does not prevent Floridians from using medical marijuana," the Justice Department lawyers argued. "Nothing in the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment requires DOJ to permit medical marijuana users to possess firearms." | https://www.fox13news.com/news/feds-ask-judge-to-dismiss-floridas-lawsuit-seeking-to-allow-medical-marijuana-patients-to-buy-guns | 2022-08-09T19:09:02Z | https://www.fox13news.com/news/feds-ask-judge-to-dismiss-floridas-lawsuit-seeking-to-allow-medical-marijuana-patients-to-buy-guns | false |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
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Updated August 9, 2022 at 2:59 PM ET
President Biden on Tuesday heralded legislation that will pump more than $50 billion into research and manufacturing of semiconductor chips, which power everything from medical devices and cars to computers and weapons systems, as a "once-in-a-generation investment in America itself."
"Today America is delivering, and I honest to God believe that 50, 75, 100 years from now, people who will look back on this week, they'll know that we met this moment," Biden said ahead of signing the CHIPS and Science Act, short for Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act. The ceremony was attended by chief executives of Lockheed Martin, Intel, HP, Micron, and Advanced Micro Devices, along with union leaders and lawmakers.
The legislation provides $10 billion to invest in regional technology hubs across the country and a 25% investment tax credit for expenses for manufacturing of semiconductors and related equipment. It also authorizes roughly $100 billion in spending over five years on scientific research, including more than $80 billion for the National Science Foundation.
This was a week intended to be full of victory laps as Biden emerged from his COVID isolation just as Senate Democrats passed a signature climate, health care and taxes package. But it was overshadowed on Monday night by the news that FBI agents had searched the home of his predecessor, former President Donald Trump.
The unusual search prompted cries of political interference from conservative lawmakers. Those allegations have not been substantiated. A White House official said they did not receive notice of the search, and referred questions to the Justice Department. Biden did not take questions at the event.
Later, Biden signed off on the Senate's ratification clearing the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO and in brief remarks said the two new members would make the alliance stronger than ever in the face of the war started by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
"Putin thought he could break us apart," Biden said.
And on Wednesday, the White House plans an event for Biden to sign off on new funding for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and their survivors.
Semiconductor makers are planning big expansions in the United States
The CHIPS bill is aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing of semiconductor chips in a bid to stay competitive with China. According to the Congressional Research Service, nearly four-fifths of global fabrication capacity was in Asia as of 2019.
Countering China's economic might has been one of Biden's top priorities since taking office. The new law will help make investments in strategic assets to do this, said John Mezzalingua, CEO of JMA Wireless, who was at the event.
"The United States has finally woken up to what the Chinese Communist Party has known for a long time – that 5G will become the central nervous system that connects and controls all other infrastructure," Mezzalingua said in a statement. "The free world will depend on it – our homes, schools, jobs, water systems, electrical grids, transportation networks, manufacturing, and military."
During his remarks, Biden described how the lack of domestic capacity for semiconductor manufacturing contributed to inflation when factories abroad shut down during the coronavirus pandemic.
He pushed back on criticism of subsidizing the semiconductor industry, saying the law is "not handing out blank checks to companies."
"I'm ordering my administration to be laser-focused on the guardrails that will protect taxpayers dollars," Biden said. "It means making sure that companies partner with community colleges and technical schools, offer training and apprenticeship programs, and work with small minority-owned businesses. We'll have the power to take back any federal funding if the companies don't meet these commitments required by the bill."
The White House promoted investments in American semiconductor manufacturing that companies have announced, including a $40 billion pledge from Micron in memory chip manufacturing, and a $4.2 billion investment by Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries to expand production. Qualcomm announced has it will increase semiconductor production domestically by 50% over the next five years.
"We're going to construct an entire semiconductor ecosystem right here in the United States of America," Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said at the White House event.
This bill is the latest piece of bipartisan legislation to make it to Biden's desk, following gun safety and infrastructure legislation.
Seventeen Senate Republicans voted in favor of the legislation. 24 House Republicans also voted for the bill, bucking party leadership who attempted to whip against the bill as part of a political fight over a Democratic deal on a climate and tax bill.
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DALLAS, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertical Capital Income Fund (NYSE: VCIF) today announced a distribution of $0.0715 per share pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "Plan"), payable as follows:
Pursuant to the Plan, the Fund pays a minimum monthly distribution to shareholders at a stated annual rate as a percentage of the 3-month average net asset value ("NAV") of the Fund's shares prior to the month of distribution. The distribution is calculated as 8% of the previous three-month average NAV, divided by 12. The primary purpose of the Plan is to provide investors with consistent, but not guaranteed, periodic distributions from the Fund, regardless of when or whether income is earned or capital gains are realized. Distributions under the Plan may consist of (i) net investment income, (ii) net realized short-term capital gains, (iii) net realized long-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, (iv) return of capital (or other capital sources). With each distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income, the Fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying press release that will provide detailed information regarding the amount and composition of the distribution, as well as certain other related information. The Fund expects to issue any such notice and press release on or about the distribution payment date.
The Fund had approximately $1.3 million in cash as of July 31, 2022. A new monthly net asset value per share of $10.76 was produced on July 29, 2022. For information on the Fund's current net asset value per share, please visit the Fund's website at vcif.us.
The Plan will be subject to periodic review by the Board, and the Board may amend the terms of the Plan including amending the annual rate of payment or may terminate the Plan at any time without prior notice to the Fund's shareholders. The Fund's distribution rate may be affected by numerous factors, including changes in realized and projected market returns, Fund performance, and other factors. There can be no assurance that an unanticipated change in market conditions or other unforeseen factors will not result in a change in the Fund's distribution rate at a future time. The amendment or termination of the Plan could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares. The public health crises caused by the COVID-19 outbreak may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks to which the Fund is exposed. The duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and its effects cannot be determined with certainty. In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and an exemptive order received by the Fund from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund will provide its shareholders of record on each distribution date with a 19(a) Notice and issue an accompanying press release disclosing the sources of its distribution payment when a distribution includes anything other than net investment income. This information will be forthcoming later this month.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in 19(a) Notices are only estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during its full fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell them how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. Information on the Fund's 19(a) Notices, if any, can be found at www.vcif.us. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
Shares of closed-end funds often trade at a discount from their net asset value. The market price of Fund shares may vary from net asset value based on factors affecting the supply and demand for shares, such as Fund distribution rates relative to similar investments, investors' expectations for future distribution changes, the clarity of the Fund's investment strategy and future return expectations, and investors' confidence in the underlying markets in which the Fund invests. Fund shares are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of principal invested. No Fund is a complete investment program and you may lose money investing in a Fund. An investment in the Fund may not be appropriate for all investors. Before investing, prospective investors should consider carefully the Fund's investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. For further details, please visit Vertical Capital Income Fund's website at vcif.us.
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the business and financial outlook of Vertical Capital Income Fund that are based on the Fund's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on any such statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
Vertical Capital Income Fund (VCIF) is an NYSE-listed closed-end fund that seeks monthly income by investing primarily in performing non-agency residential whole loans secured by real estate. As a secondary strategy the Fund aims to provide total return by acquiring performing residential loans at a discount to the unpaid principal balance (UPB). VCIF realizes capital gains as loans are paid off before maturity. For more information visit VCIF.us and connect with the Fund on Twitter.
Oakline Advisors, LLC is the adviser to Vertical Capital Income Fund. Founded in 2013, Oakline Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that specializes in the residential whole loan market. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dallas, TX-based Behringer. Since its inception in 1989, Behringer, together with its affiliates, has raised equity of more than $6 billion in assets through public and private fund structures. For more information about Oakline and Behringer please visit their respective websites at oaklineadvisors.com and behringerinvestments.com.
Fund shares are identified by CUSIP 92535C104
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Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 partners with Proactive MD opening two state-of-the-art Health Centers, offering school district employees new healthcare benefits.
NEW OXFORD, Pa., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lincoln Intermediate Unity (LIU) 12 has tapped Proactive MD, the transformative and rapidly-growing advanced primary care provider, to serve more than 2,800 educators in South Central Pennsylvania. With extensive experience serving school districts across the country, Proactive MD will take LIU12's healthcare to a whole new level with two new Health Centers serving York, Adams, and Franklin counties.
"We're thrilled to expand into Pennsylvania and are committed to providing the best possible care to those we serve in LIU12," said John Collier, founder and CEO of Proactive MD. "Each life we touch is precious to us. We look forward to making a difference in the healthcare journeys of these educators and to help contain costs for the school districts."
Proactive MD partners with employers to provide broad-scope advanced primary care that extends beyond the clinic walls, offering a patient-centric model that guides the patient journey, delivers high-touch and high-quality care, and leverages data to cut costs for employers.
"We chose Proactive MD as our healthcare solution because they demonstrate relentless commitment to quality care – in many school districts and other industries," said Dr. Jeff West, executive director of LIU12. "They don't just refer patients to a specialist and expect them to figure it out themselves. They play a quarterback role in the entire continuum of care, ensuring patients get the best possible outcome."
LIU12 is a member of an innovative healthcare consortium known as the Lincoln Benefit Trust (LBT) managed by Marty Schuj. The LBT identifies and administers benefit offerings to the schools with attention to addressing rising health care costs and improving the value of the school's health benefits. Reasonably, LIU12 sought to evaluate the benefits of an onsite advanced primary care model. LIU12 contracted with Erin Eason, National Director of CBIZ's clinical consulting practice who performed a feasibility study, stakeholder interviews, and an in-depth needs analysis before proceeding with a review of vendors in a public Request for Proposals (RFP). Erin shared, "they were diligent in their selection process while ensuring they selected the partner that would best help them achieve their specific goals, their team members' overall health and well-being needs were always in the forefront."
Proactive MD was selected by LIU12 to serve their faculty, staff, and their families to provide better access to advanced primary care. The advanced primary care health center model is a service LIU12 is making available to employees and families of other member schools within the LBT and currently planning to open a third health center campus in Franklin County.
"As Pennsylvania School Districts seek to curb rising health care costs and protect the value of their health benefits, we could not recommend Proactive MD more highly," said Marty Schuj, Trust Manager at LBT. "Their mission fits hand in hand with ours, and we look forward to seeing consistent and improved healthcare in our schools."
The Health Centers opened in Spring of 2022 serving all LIU12 employees and their families covered on the LIU12 benefits plan.
Patients and employers benefit from Proactive MD's total health care and population health management solution, which offers Advanced Primary Care Health Centers at member companies. By elevating the standard of primary care and going above and beyond the typical boundaries of health care, Proactive MD meets each employee's unique care needs. Proactive MD's model is built on the foundation of strong physician-patient relationships and dedicated Patient Advocates, empowered by advanced population health insights, to personally guide and advise employees through the full care continuum. Today, Proactive MD is headquartered in Simpsonville, SC and operates in 17 states with more than 70 Health Centers across the U.S. For more information, please contact us at info@proactive.md or visit https://www.proactive.md.
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monroe® shocks and struts, a leading global brand from Tenneco Inc.'s (NYSE: TEN) DRiV Motorparts group, recently launched new Monroe Intelligent Suspension RideSense™ products in North America. Designed specifically for luxury European vehicles equipped with electronic suspensions, Monroe Intelligent Suspension RideSense is engineered as a direct replacement for OE electronic units, matching their design for an easy, "plug and play" installation while offering a customizable driving experience, from comfort-focused to sport-performance.
Featuring Monroe Intelligent Suspension's Continuously Variable Semi-Active (CVSAe) with external valve technology, RideSense products deliver optimal control and road-holding capabilities under all types of driving conditions, adapting as road conditions change. These new products connect directly into the OE electronic control unit that is part of the vehicle's OE suspension and mounting locations, offering the same fit and valving to provide performance and durability trusted by OE manufacturers. Each Monroe Intelligent Suspension RideSense product contains a self-lubricating fluid seal to retain gas and reduce excess friction against the chrome-plated piston rod, providing longer shock life through the reduction of premature wear. Each RideSense shock or strut is backed by Monroe's new 5-Year limited warranty*.
18 new RideSense part numbers are now available in the US and Canada with exclusive** coverage for a variety of premium European vehicles. Popular applications include shock absorbers for the 2015-2007 Mercedes Benz C-Class; and 2010-2000 Volvo S60 AWD and 2008-1999 V70 AWD.
"With our newest product offering for select European vehicles, we are pleased to continue expanding the Monroe product line with the introduction of Monroe Intelligent Suspension RideSense shocks and struts," said Joe Robinson, brand director, Monroe. "These new products allow us to bring Monroe's OE electronic technology expertise from our Advanced Suspension Technology Group to the aftermarket repair channel and to offer our customers a better repair option for their premium European vehicles."
To learn more about Monroe Intelligent Suspension RideSense, or Monroe's other ride control products, visit www.monroe.com or contact a Monroe supplier. Connect with Monroe on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.
* Monroe Intelligent Suspension RideSense shocks and struts are warranted against defects and wear-out when used on private passenger cars and light trucks under normal operating conditions for five (5) years from date-of-purchase, provided the original purchaser owns the vehicle on which they were originally installed. Restrictions apply. See www.monroe.com for more information.
**As of July 1, 2022
About Tenneco
Tenneco is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with full year 2021 revenues of $18 billion and approximately 71,000 team members working at more than 260 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, Motorparts, Performance Solutions, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.
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Pacific Northwest Mills Have Been Weaving For Over 110 Years
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pendleton Woolen Mills, the global lifestyle brand headquartered in Portland, Oregon has resumed mill tours at their Washougal, Washington and Pendleton, Oregon mills. The mill tours show the entire vertical operation that brings iconic Pendleton wool blankets and fabrics to life.
The mill tour in Washougal, Washington walks guests through every step in the making of Pendleton wool blankets and fabric. This includes:
- Raw wool: sourced from local and global wool ranchers
- Dyeing: state-of-the-art dye color lab to ensure color control and matching
- Wool carding and spinning: turning wool into yarn
- Weaving on dobby looms: creates Pendleton's famous plaids, stripes and solids
- Finishing touches: washing, hand inspection and boxing
The mill tour in Pendleton, Oregon offers guests an inside look into:
- Jacquard looms: state-of-the-art two-story looms weaving graphic and pictorial designs
- Wool spinning: turning wool into yarn
The Pendleton mill was originally built in 1893 and has been operating as Pendleton Woolen Mills since 1909. The Washougal mill was acquired by Pendleton Woolen Mills in 1912. During this time, there were over 1,000 woolen mills operating in America's 46 states. Today, Pendleton operates two of the remaining four woolen mills in the United States. Both mills are continually updated for sustainability and innovation.
"We are excited to be able to welcome guests into both of Pendleton's mills again," said Rolan Snider, vice president of textile manufacturing at Pendleton. "The mills offer an experience into the commitment, experience, quality and investment in technology that has given the brand its "Warranted to Be" legacy. Within each mill, the looms present a unique view into the craftsmanship behind how Pendleton fabrics are created."
The Washougal Mill is located at 2 Pendleton Way, Washougal, Washington 98671. Tours are offered at the Washougal Mill on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 11a.m. and 1p.m. The Pendleton Mill is located at 1307 SE Court Place, Pendleton, Oregon 97801. Tours are offered at the Pendleton Mill Monday through Friday at 11a.m. and 3p.m.
Tours are around one hour long and are free of charge. Guests are also invited to shop at the Mill stores, which are located on the same grounds as the mills. A glimpse of what guests experience on a mill tour is available to view here. To sign up for a mill tour, guests can either fill out an online form or call the Washougal Mill at 360-835-1118 or the Pendleton Mill at 541-276- 6911.
Pendleton Woolen Mills is a heritage lifestyle brand and the leader in wool blankets, apparel and accessories. Weaving in Oregon since 1863 and located in Portland, Oregon, Pendleton weaves iconic designs in two of America's remaining woolen mills located in Pendleton, Oregon and Washougal, Washington. With six generations of family ownership, Pendleton is focused on their "Warranted to Be a Pendleton" legacy, creating quality lifestyle products with timeless classic styling. Inspiring individuals from the Pacific Northwest and beyond for over 150 years, Pendleton products are available at Pendleton stores across the US, select retailers worldwide, and on pendleton-usa.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating Ping Identity Holding Corp. (PING), relating to its proposed acquisition by Thoma Bravo. Under the terms of the agreement, PING shareholders are expected to receive $28.50 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/ping-identity-holding-corp. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Islanders who flocked to a summer hotspot on Monday for the Victory Day holiday got into brawls at a resort and on a ferry ride home, leading to eight arrests.
The fighting started at a beach resort on Block Island that was hosting a reggae festival. It continued on a ferry that was added to the schedule late in the day due to overcrowding on the island.
Rhode Island State Police say state troopers, as well as officers from three towns responded to the ferry shortly after 9:30 p.m.
Police arriving by boat leapt aboard, searching the ferry while holding their guns.
They arrested seven people, who are all from the Rhode Island cities of Providence and Pawtucket, ranging in age from 20 to 37. Five were charged with disorderly conduct, one was charged with obstructing an officer and one faces a weapons charge. They were arraigned and released. The ferry was heading to the Port of Galilee in Narragansett when the fighting broke out.
Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
State Police had six troopers on the island during the day to help the local police department in anticipation of large crowds at Ballard’s Beach Resort. There was a disturbance at the resort before the ferry brawl and one person was arrested there for fighting, police said. He was also arraigned on a disorderly conduct charge and released.
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ST. LOUIS — Nolan Arenado and Paul DeJong both homered and drove in four runs to help the St. Louis Cardinals outlast the New York Yankees 12-9 on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep.
St. Louis won its season-high seventh straight in a slugfest that took 4 hours, 25 minutes — the longest nine-inning game in the majors this season.
DJ LeMahieu homered for the Yankees, who have lost five in a row. It's their worst skid since a seven-game slide last September.
St. Louis (60-48) moved a season-best 12 games over .500 with its first regular-season series sweep of the Yankees. The surging Cardinals moved two games ahead of second-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.
"Anytime you can cap off a sweep of a great team like the Yankees, it's huge," Arenado said. "We beat a team that's playing great ball, too. Where we're trying to go, you've got to win series. It's just great to see us playing good baseball, playing hard."
New York still has the best record in the American League but its lead in the AL East is down to 9 1/2 games over Toronto, the first time it's been single digits since June 15.
St. Louis became the first team to sweep the Yankees in a series of at least three games this year. Atlanta and the New York Mets are the only clubs in the majors to avoid that fate so far.
Arenado, who launched a three-run homer in the second inning, had three hits and leads the majors with 18 RBIs in interleague games this season.
DeJong, who broke a 6-all tie with a fifth-inning double, added a three-run drive in the eighth inning — his 100th career home run.
"I knew they weren't going to go down quietly after we beat them the first two games," DeJong said. "Today was a great game, one of the most memorable games I've played here."
DeJong also drove in the decisive runs in the eighth inning of Friday night's 4-3 win in the series opener.
"What DeJong did was pretty special," St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. "It's good to see Paulie being Paulie."
DeJong was sent to Triple-A Memphis on May 10 after a rough start to the season. He was recalled on July 30.
"I'm just thankful that I'm getting those chances," DeJong said. "It's been so much fun since I've been back — just really enjoying every day here."
Aaron Judge drove in four runs for New York, pushing his AL-leading total to 97 RBIs.
Frankie Montas struggled in his Yankees debut. Acquired from Oakland on Monday, the right-hander allowed six earned runs and five hits over three innings. He struck out two and walked three.
"I was not in sync with my mechanics. I was missing my spots a lot," Montas said. "When you give that team a chance to hit those pitches, that's what's going to happen."
New York manager Aaron Boone was ejected by plate umpire Ed Hickox in the fifth for apparently arguing balls and strikes. It was the 23rd ejection for Boone and his sixth this season. Pitching coach Matt Blake was also tossed. He was ejected by third base umpire Vic Carapazza.
Judge gave his team a 4-1 lead with a two-run single in the second. St. Louis responded with five runs in the bottom half. Arenado's 22nd homer put St. Louis up 6-4.
The Cardinals scored three times in the fifth to break a 6-all tie. Tommy Edman followed DeJong's double with a run-scoring hit. DeJong was originally called out at the plate on the play, but the call was reversed after a replay review.
St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright gave up four runs and eight hits over four-plus innings. He struck out five and walked four.
Aaron Hicks had three hits and reached base four times for the Yankees.
St. Louis completed a 6-0 homestand, its first homestand sweep of six games or more since September 2013.
Chris Stratton (6-4) picked up the win, allowing two runs over 1 2/3 innings of relief. He struck out four and did not walk a batter.
Ryan Helsley earned his 11th save in 14 chances.
Albert Abreu (2-1) took the loss.
BEST BUDDIES
Wainwright and C Yadier Molina made their 318th start together, second all-time behind the Detroit duo of Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan (324) from 1963-1975.
BUSCH III KING
Molina got his 1,000th career hit at Busch Stadium III with a single in the third. He is the career leader at the stadium, which opened in 2006.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: 1B Anthony Rizzo sat out his third successive game with a back issue. He missed four games last month with back problems.
Cardinals: OF Juan Yepez will begin a rehab assignment Tuesday at Triple-A Memphis. He has been out since July 15 with a right forearm strain.
UP NEXT
Yankees: RHP Jameson Taillon (10-2, 3.96 ERA) will face RHP Logan Gilbert (10-4, 3.09) in the opener of a three-game series Monday in Seattle. Taillon allowed six runs over 4 2/3 innings of an 8-6 loss to the Mariners on Tuesday.
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (8-8, 2.92 ERA) takes on Colorado RHP Ryan Feltner (1-3, 5.75) in the first of a three-game series Tuesday in Denver. Mikolas has allowed five home runs in three career starts at Coors Field.
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Brownsville ISD hiring bus drivers
Brownsville Independent School District is looking to hire bus drivers.
The district right now has 110 school bus drivers. They are looking to hire 40 more.
The district is bumping pay for bus drivers in hopes of attracting applicants.
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Former President Donald Trump said Monday that the FBI searched his home in Palm Beach, Fla.
Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee speaks with Stephen Vladeck, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Richard Valenza, founder and CEO of RaiseAChild, was honored as an AARP Purpose Prize Fellow
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RaiseAChild, a leader in recruitment and support services for prospective parents of foster-to-adopt youth, will receive a $10,000 grant to support its mission as part of the 2023 AARP Purpose Prize.
The organization announced today that its CEO and Founder, Richard Valenza, was named an AARP Purpose Prize fellow for his exceptional work as a nonprofit founder.
Based in Los Angeles and serving 14 counties in California, RaiseAChild recruits, educates and nurtures prospective foster families while partnering with agencies and the Department of Children and Family Services to improve the process of advancing foster children to safe, loving and permanent homes.
RaiseAChild is a recognized nationwide leader for LGBTQ+ families looking to foster and adopt. Valenza, 63, said he was inspired to found RaiseAChild after observing firsthand the glaring lack of diversity and inclusion within adoption and fostering services.
"As a single gay man who always dreamed of having a child, I felt an undercurrent of discouragement in the process of becoming a foster parent, the result of truly limited diversity in the foster and adoptive parent population," said Valenza. "Helping people overcome those obstacles is what our organization's all about, and we're honored that the AARP has recognized the substance of that mission."
In addition to the $10,000 grant, RaiseAChild will receive a year of technical support from AARP to help broaden the scope of its important work.
Valenza and other honorees will be recognized at the AARP Purpose Prize celebration event in October.
Launched in 2005, the national Purpose Prize award honors extraordinary people ages 50 and over who tap into the power of life experiences to build a better future for society. Purpose Prize recipients have proven they are using their life's knowledge and experiences to make a meaningful impact in people's lives by tackling some of the greatest societal challenges and also by helping to build a better future for us all
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On the Menu: Gables Bagels opens, Raising Cane's to follow soon
Ed Schwartzman has been feeling nostalgic the past week or so and it has everything to do with bagels — and lox. As a kid growing up in New York, Schwartzman knew it was a good day when his father brought home bagels and lox.
"As I'm making them every day it makes the day special," Schwartzman said Monday afternoon while working the counter at the newly opened Gables Bagels at 421 E. Third St. in Colstone Square.
Before its soft opening last week, Gables Bagels had been inside BuffaLouie's, the other restaurant Schwartzman owns. Now he and his chef and partner Ritchie Bowling are perfecting the recipes and adding more to the breakfast and lunch menu in the standalone shop.
Another item Schwartzman had to have: his whitefish spread, another New York City favorite he's bringing to Bloomington. Bowling has tweaked the recipe that includes whitefish, dill, red onion, sour cream and mayo. Other spreads include plain cream cheese, flavored cream cheese, salmon, hummus and, for lunchtime bagel sandwiches, tuna salad, chicken salad and egg salad.
Gables has a dozen different bagels: plain, cinnamon-raisin, blueberry, asiago, ancient grain, rainbow, sesame, poppy, everything, salt, gluten-free plain and gluten-free everything. The bagels are imported from the New York City metro area and baked in Bloomington. That means the bagels don't get toasted but come out of the oven warm.
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Schwartzman's first job was at Slim's Bagels in New York City, where he learned to love and make pastrami sandwiches, something else that's available at Gables Bagels. He's perfecting the pastrami that's created with The Butcher's Block beef and smoked by Boneyard Barbecue. For breakfast, there are bagel sandwiches with eggs and cheese and a choice of sausage, ham or bacon. Other menu items that are being slowly added include muffins, croissants, black & white cookies, rugelach, fruit cup, yogurt parfait, coffee, hot tea, orange juice, kombucha, iced tea and iced coffee.
Leftover bagels won't go to waste since they will become bagel crisps for customers to purchase or dip into samples of the various spreads. Schwartzman hopes to add New York pickles and potato latkes (pancakes) served with sour cream or applesauce soon.
Gables Bagels will be open 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. People can order online for pickup or delivery or sit down at one of the tables in the shop.
Raising Cane's to open in late August
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, known for its chicken fingers and special sauce, will open a restaurant at 422 E. Kirkwood Ave., the former Which Wich shop.
The new restaurant will seat 100 customers comfortably, according to restaurant leader Brian Higgins. It will offer dine-in, take-out, mobile and walkup options. Outdoor patio seating will be open in an area between the restaurant and the nearby Chipotle. Besides chicken fingers and chicken sandwiches, patrons can order Texas toast, fries, cole slaw and drinks.
Even though the restaurant hasn't opened, Higgins said hours will be 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
Besides Bloomington, other new locations set to open soon include restaurants in Phoenix, Philadelphia, Hawaii and California.
Hive now has BLTs
It's summer, so BLTs are on the Hive menu until the summer tomato season ends. The Hive BLT has thick slices of tomatoes, bacon from pigs raised in Indiana, Swiss cheese, shredded lettuce and mayonnaise all stacked on toasted sourdough bread. Each sandwich is served with a side of chips or housemade turmeric slaw.
Hive is at 2608 E. 10th St. in the Tenth & the Bypass shopping center. Hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. For more, go to www.hivebloomington.com.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weather is a factor most travelers take into consideration as they plan their trips. Although traveling during hurricane season shouldn't make you rethink your plans, being informed before you depart is wise. Typically, hurricane season is June through November. If you're planning on traveling to a coastal region soon, Yonder Travel Insurance has created a list of three expert tips to help make it a bit easier.
Staying on top of the weather radar can help you mitigate changes to your trip. An easy way to be alerted if there's a hurricane brewing is to check the National Hurricane Center or enroll your trip with the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). That way, you'll automatically be alerted about safety conditions and your family will be notified of your whereabouts if you get caught in a storm during your trip.
Luckily, most travel insurance policies include coverage in the event of a hurricane or other natural disaster. The key here is to purchase travel insurance early before a storm arises.
"We recommend purchasing travel insurance after you've booked your trip. If you wait until the news brings up adverse weather and you decide to cancel your trip, it may not be covered under your policy," says Terry Boynton, Co-Founder and President of Yonder. In addition to cancellation coverage, your baggage could be covered if it's lost or damaged amongst the shuffle of delayed or canceled flights during your trip.
Even if the forecast looks promising for the duration of your trip, packing a few emergency essentials and having an emergency departure plan in place shouldn't be thrown out the window. Adding items like a mini-battery powered flashlight, a small first aid kit, a few granola bars, and extra cash won't take up precious luggage space, but could be a life-saver in an emergency.
The experts at Yonder Travel Insurance have poured over hundreds of policies from the best travel insurance providers in the US to provide the best travel insurance recommendation for how YOU travel.
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For the buy write, if UNM closes above $37.50 in 38 days at expiration, the profit would be $1.95 per share on $35.55 at risk, or 5.5%. The annualized return, which you calculate by multiplying that return by 365 and dividing by the number of days in the position, would be 52.7%.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating EVO Payments, Inc. (EVOP), relating to its proposed acquisition by Global Payments Inc. Under the terms of the merger, EVOP shareholders are expected to receive $34.00 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/evo-payments-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
We are a national class action securities litigation law firm that has recovered millions of dollars and is committed to protecting shareholders from corporate wrongdoing. We were listed in the Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. Our lawyers have significant experience litigating Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Class Actions. Mr. Monteverde is recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Securities Litigation in 2013, 2017-2019, an award given to less than 2.5% of attorneys in a particular field. He has also been selected by Martindale-Hubbell as a 2017-2021 Top Rated Lawyer. Our firm's recent successes include changing the law in a significant victory that lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit. Thereafter, our firm successfully preserved this victory by obtaining dismissal of a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted at the United States Supreme Court. Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019). Also, in 2019 we recovered or secured six cash common funds for shareholders in mergers & acquisitions class action cases.
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(KFOR NEWS August 9, 2022) Lincoln, NE. The Nebraska Community Blood Bank (NCBB) has declared a blood emergency, as warm weather and summer travel continue to impact an already alarmingly low blood supply.
The current supply is at a 1-2-day level, which is well below the ideal level of 5-7-days. The shortage has been consistent for many weeks. Summer is a difficult time of year to collect enough blood as families make the most of seasonal travel and activities while schools are out of session. There are also fewer blood drives and donor center appointments due to ongoing staffing challenges.
“The shortage of available blood has led us to declare another blood emergency,” said Cheryl Warholoski, Director of Operations. “We are again calling on community members to come out and we also ask that local companies encourage time off for their employees to fill available appointments in the coming weeks.”
Nebraska Community Blood Bank supplies blood to 24 hospitals throughout the region. Roughly one in seven hospital admissions require a blood transfusion. Whole blood donations take about an hour and can save up to three lives. Platelet donations take approximately two hours and are critically needed in local hospitals.
To thank donors for helping during this critical time of need, Nebraska Community Blood Bank has partnered with local breweries in our “Pint for a Pint” campaign to offer donors $2 off a beverage of their choice through Labor Day. To learn more, visit ncbb.org/pint.
To schedule an appointment at a local donor center or blood drive visit NCBB.ORG/donate or call (877) 486-9414. Looking to make a bigger impact? Consider scheduling a Donor Day at a local donor center with friends, family, or coworkers.
About Nebraska Community Blood Bank Nebraska Community Blood Bank (NCBB) has been connecting people and saving lives since 1968. NCBB relies on the local community to donate blood to help ensure a safe and stable blood supply is available to area hospitals and other partners. With operations in Nebraska and western Iowa, NCBB is a division of New York Blood Centers Enterprises, serving communities across the country. For more information, call 1-877-486-9414 or visit NCBB.ORG. Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We have some family members with special needs that we have found will become disoriented and will wander off without knowing what they are doing," said the inventors from Kansas City, Mo. "We wanted to create an invention that allowed loved ones to locate and provide safety to family members that may have inadvertently wander off."
They invented SMART DIGITAL SHOE INSOLES that provides a practical and convenient means to effectively locate a wide array of wearers such as children, mentally disabled individuals, anyone suffering from Alzheimer's disease and more. This device may allow wears to quickly and easily be located, providing enhanced safety to the wearer and peace of mind for the family. The device would include many features to locate the missing individual. Additionally, the information could easily be accessed employing a cell phone or computer.
The original design was submitted to the Kansas City sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-JKK-121, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unifi, the largest provider of aviation services in North America, gave away a brand new 2022 Toyota Corolla LE to one of their airport employees at their Lexington, KY location, to recognize and reward exceptional employees based in high-performing locations. The employee, Kane Ramsey, has been a ramp agent for Unifi for over five years.
Unifi selected the winner by narrowing eligibility to five locations based on the highest safety and operational performance metrics from their network of more than 200 locations and over 23,000 employees. The company then compiled a list of eligible employees based on several individual performance criteria and randomly selected the winner.
Unifi is giving away two more brand new cars to employees as part of their summer recognition and reward program. The company is currently hiring in all its locations across the United States.
Unifi is the largest aviation services provider in North America servicing more than one million flights each year. With over 23,000 valued employees across more than 200 locations, Unifi provides a full range of above and below wing services including ground handling, cabin services, passenger handling, security, facility, cargo services, ground support equipment maintenance, and more to most major US-based airlines, airports, and cargo providers. Unifi's vision is to be the most respected company and to provide an exceptional experience getting aircraft and passengers to their destination, safely. Find out more at www.unifiservice.com.
Argenbright Holdings is a privately held provider of workforce solutions in human capital-intensive industries headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with decades of experience in security, aviation services, and facilities services. Argenbright Holdings' mission is to provide legendary service to their clients by delivering the personal attention expected of local service providers, as well as having strong processes, technology-driven solutions, and national reach. Find out more at www.argenbrightgroup.com.
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SEATTLE — New York Yankees designated hitter Matt Carpenter broke his left foot Monday night when he fouled off a pitch against the Seattle Mariners and will be out indefinitely.
Carpenter, wearing a protective boot in the Yankees' clubhouse after their 9-4 win, said he's hopeful he might only miss a month. But a timeline won't be determined until he sees a foot specialist.
"I don't want to say a number because I just don't know, but I'm holding out hope that it'll be a situation where I could come back in the middle of September and can contribute towards a stretch run," Carpenter said. "So we'll see. I mean, that's my mindset is that I'll be back."
Carpenter fouled a slider from starter Logan Gilbert off the foot in the first inning. The left-handed hitter was briefly checked by manager Aaron Boone, but finished the at-bat and struck out swinging on the next pitch.
"I knew something was wrong when I did it, but I thought that I could finish the at-bat, get that run in," Carpenter said. "But then when I went to swing on the next pitch, I mean as soon as I started to plant and rotate on that back foot, my lower body gave out and I wasn't able to."
Boone said he was immediately aware something was wrong and he knew a change was needed when he checked on Carpenter in the clubhouse between innings. Tim Locastro replaced Carpenter in the third.
"I knew he got it good. That's why I went out there initially," Boone said. "And I was just like, the way he was moving, I'm like, this isn't good."
The three-time All-Star was one of the feel-good stories in baseball this year while enjoying a comeback season at age 36. Carpenter was toiling at Triple-A when the Texas Rangers released him in May. He signed with the Yankees and became a big surprise, earning regular playing time in a powerful lineup.
Carpenter began the night hitting .307 with 15 home runs and 37 RBIs in just 127 at-bats. He batted below .200 in each of the previous two seasons with St. Louis.
"He's definitely going to be missed for however long it's going to be, but we're hoping that we get some good news and that it's not going to be season ending," Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson said.
It was the latest significant injury for the Yankees, who snapped a season-worst five-game losing streak Monday night. All-Star slugger Giancarlo Stanton and pitchers Luis Severino, Michael King and Miguel Castro all went down last month and haven't returned yet.
King will miss the rest of the season with a broken right elbow, while Severino (right lat strain) and Castro (right shoulder strain) are also on the 60-day injured list. Stanton is on the 10-day IL, retroactive to July 24, with left Achilles tendinitis.
New York has the best record in the American League at 71-39 and leads the AL East by 10 1/2 games.
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Understanding the 2022 Midterm Elections
November’s midterm elections are likely to shift the political landscape and impact what President Biden can accomplish during the remainder of his first term. Here’s what to know.
When are the midterm elections? The general election is Nov. 8, but the primary season is already underway. Here’s a complete calendar of all the primaries in 2022.
Why are the midterms important? The midterm elections determine control of Congress: The party that has the House or Senate majority gets to organize the chamber and decide what legislation Congress considers. Thirty six governors and thousands of state legislators are also on the ballot. Here’s a complete guide to the midterms.
Which seats are up for election? Every seat in the House and a third of the seats in the 100-member Senate are up for election. Dozens of House members have already announced they will be retiring from Congress instead of seeking reelection.
What is redistricting? Redistricting is the process of drawing congressional and state legislative maps to ensure everyone’s vote counts equally. As of April 25, 46 of the 50 states had settled on the boundaries for 395 of 435 U.S. House districts.
Which primaries are the most competitive? Here are the most interesting Democratic primaries and Republican primaries to watch as Republicans and Democrats try to nominate their most electable candidates. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/primaries-wisconsin-vermont-minnesota-connecticut/ | 2022-08-09T19:24:44Z | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/primaries-wisconsin-vermont-minnesota-connecticut/ | true |
Baby diagnosed with rare genetic mutation with no cure or treatment
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) – A baby in Las Vegas is fighting to survive after a mysterious illness turned her family’s life upside down.
Josette Gentile told FOX5 her daughter, Isla, was a dream baby for the first few months of her life, but she became concerned when the infant wasn’t able to hold up her head.
“Her eyes just didn’t focus like a usual baby does at four months old,” Gentile said.
That started months of testing, but Gentile said everything kept coming back normal. Doctors were stumped as to the diagnosis.
Things got worse and Isla stopped eating and had no energy.
“I took her to the ER. They did a bunch of tests and said everything was normal. Sent us home again and two days later I’m like, ‘I don’t care what that doctor said, I know something is wrong with my baby,’” Gentile said.
She took Isla to Summerlin Children’s Hospital where doctors said she had a bladder infection that had turned to sepsis and explained something was also wrong with her brain.
They were life-flighted to Children’s Primary Hospital in Salt Lake City, where a team of doctors solved the mystery of what was making Isla so sick.
“One of her genes has two mutations. It’s her FDXR gene. Only 35 people in the world have this mutation. Her specific mutation, the location in the gene and everything, she is the only one in the world known to have it,” Gentile explained.
The mitochondrial disease means Isla’s body cannot produce enough energy to function properly. Gentile said her daughter has regressed to almost like a newborn.
“It’s just flipped our lives completely upside down. This is our 21st day in the hospital,” Gentile said.
There is no cure and no treatment. Doctors put Isla on a regimen of vitamins in hopes of boosting her energy.
“What that is going to do is just make her more comfortable,” her mother explained.
The disease will continue to get worse until Isla’s body can no longer handle it. The family plans to come back to Vegas if and when Isla is stable enough to travel.
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Knowing your credit card interest rate is key to managing debt
Negotiate lower rates or switch to a zero-interest card to manage payments
InvestigateTV - A new study from NerdWallet reports that 43% of credit card holders do not know the interest rate on their cards, even though according to experts, knowing your interest rate is the first step to managing credit card debt.
Sara Rathner, a personal finance expert with NerdWallet, suggested you look at your recent statement or log into your account to find your current interest rate.
With that information, Rathner said you can find ways to save money such as negotiating a lower rate with your issuer or transferring your balance to a 0% interest card. You could also consider a personal loan to pay off the debt.
Rathner’s bottom line is that high interest rates hamper your ability to pay down debt.
“This has the potential to cost you hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year, depending on how much debt you have,” Rathner said. “Think about all the other things you could do with that money, all the other bills that you could pay and other debt you could avoid because you don’t have hundreds of dollars’ worth of interest.”
By paying only the minimum on a credit card every month, the bulk of the payment may be interest, with only a small fraction going toward reducing the debt you owe.
If you are struggling with debt, USA.gov has free resources available for dealing with debt and many other topics.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
13-17-29-30-32
(thirteen, seventeen, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-two)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
13-17-29-30-32
(thirteen, seventeen, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-two) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Midday-game-17362219.php | 2022-08-09T19:26:42Z | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Take-5-Midday-game-17362219.php | false |
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Voters in Southern California's San Bernardino County will soon get to say whether they want the county to potentially secede from the state.
The county's board of supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to put a measure on the November ballot asking voters to decide whether officials should study options to obtain the county's “fair share of state funding, up to and including secession from the State of California."
It was a second vote in favor of reaching out to voters and required for the county to do so, said David Wert, a county spokesman.
Officials have said they aren't necessarily seeking to split off from the state but want to ensure the county of 2.2 million people east of Los Angeles is receiving sufficient state and federal funds.
Secession would require approvals by the California Legislature and U.S. Congress. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Southern-California-county-puts-secession-measure-17362187.php | 2022-08-09T19:29:47Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Southern-California-county-puts-secession-measure-17362187.php | true |
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A crowd of dozens chanted on a sweltering street corner Tuesday as Ahmaud Arbery's hometown unveiled new street signs honoring the young Black man who was fatally shot after being chased by three white men in a nearby neighborhood — a crime local officials vowed to never forget.
Arbery's parents joined the celebration the day after the men responsible for their son's death received harsh prison sentences in U.S. District Court for committing federal hate crimes.
Officials in coastal Brunswick, where Arbery grew up, have ordered that intersections along all 2.7 miles (4.35 kilometers) of Albany Street that runs through the heart of the city's Black community will have additional signs designating it as Honorary Ahmaud Arbery Street.
The first two signs were unveiled Tuesday at an intersection near the Brunswick African-American Cultural Center, where one wall is adorned with a giant mural of Arbery's smiling face.
“That's an honor, is all I can say,” said Brenda Davis, a dock worker at Brunswick's busy seaport who lives on Albany Street along a stretch of modest brick and cinder block homes. “He means something to everybody, though a lot of people didn't know him.”
Arbery was killed Feb. 23, 2020, after he was spotting running in the Satilla Shores subdivision not far from his mother's house. A white father and son, Greg and Travis McMichael, grabbed guns and used a pickup truck to chase after Arbery, suspecting he was burglar. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery at close range with a shotgun.
No arrests were made for more than two months, until the graphic cellphone video leaked online and Georgia state investigators took over the case from local police. Arbery's death reverberated far beyond Brunswick as protests erupted across the U.S. over killings of unarmed Black people such as George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.
More than two years of criminal proceedings against Arbery's killers concluded Monday as U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced the McMichaels to life and Bryan to 35 years in prison after their February convictions on federal hate crime charges. All three were already headed to state prison after being found guilty of Arbery's murder last November.
Brunswick weathered both criminal trials without violence as his family insisted any demands for justice be carried out peacefully.
City commissioners voted in December to place Arbery's name on a city street with a resolution proclaiming that he had become “a symbol of strength and unity within our community.”
“We did this because we want to always remember what happened," Cornell Harvery, who served as Brunswick's mayor when the street designation was adopted, said Tuesday. “You say, `Why would you want to remember such a tragedy?' Because sometimes it takes that to make a change. I am so sorry for the family ... but history has seized us."
The crowd chanted “Long live Ahmaud Arbery!” as his mother and father tugged on opposite ends of a blue covering to reveal the new street sign bearing their son's name underneath.
Wanda Cooper-Jones, Arbery's mother, said that although she still mourns his death, she also takes pride in what's been accomplished in its wake. Georgia adopted a hate crimes law imposing additional penalties for crimes motivated by a victim’s race, religion, sexual orientation or other factors. And state lawmakers gutted an 1863 state law authorizing private citizens to make arrests, which Arbery's pursuers had sought to use to justify the deadly chase.
“I look at the change Ahmaud has brought since his passing,” Cooper-Jones told the dozens gathered for the street dedication.
“My only prayer is you guys will not forget his name," she said, breaking down in tears. "Please promise me you guys will always say his name.”
For Arbery's family, the court battles aren't over. The McMichaels and Bryan have appealed their murder convictions, and almost surely will appeal the hate crimes verdicts as well.
Meanwhile, Jackie Johnson, the local district attorney at the time of the killing, has been indicted on state misconduct charges alleging she used her position to protect the McMichaels. Greg McMichael was a retired investigator who worked in Johnson’s office, and prosecutors say they exchanged several phone calls in the weeks after the shooting. Johnson was voted out of office in the fall of 2020. She has denied wrongdoing.
Still, some in Brunswick are hoping for a respite now that sentences have been imposed in both cases against Arbery's killers.
“There's a sigh of relief now that justice is served,” said the Rev. Abra Lattany Reed, a Brunswick native and Methodist minister who attended the street sign dedication Tuesday.
She added: “It would be a fair assessment to say we're tired of the spotlight. This isn't the kind of spotlight you want on your community.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Town-honors-Ahmaud-Arbery-day-after-end-of-hate-17361978.php | 2022-08-09T19:29:53Z | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Town-honors-Ahmaud-Arbery-day-after-end-of-hate-17361978.php | true |
(NewsNation) — The FBI conducted a search Monday at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Sources confirmed to NewsNation that the execution of the search warrant was linked to an investigation into whether or not the former president mishandled presidential records related to the discovery of boxes full of White House records that were taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office.
Trump maintains that the search was neither necessary nor appropriate, which presents the question of how presidential records are handled.
The Presidential Records Act from 1978 establishes public ownership of all presidential records and developed a way that presidents must manage their records.
Under the act, the president is responsible for the management and keeping of presidential records and must separate personal records.
The act allows the president to get rid of records that no longer have administrative, historical, informational or evidentiary value but only after the views of the Archivist of the United States on the proposed disposal have been made available in writing.
Once a president leaves office, the law requires presidential records to be automatically transferred into the legal custody of the archivist. This applies to the records of all presidents and vice presidents beginning with the Reagan Administration.
At the end of January, the National Archives and Records Administration reported that some of Trump’s presidential records that were handed over had been torn up by the former president. NARA reports that records management officials with the Trump administration recovered and tried taping together pieces of ripped-up records.
On Feb. 7, NARA announced that in mid-January, they arranged for 15 boxes of presidential records to be taken from the Trump Mar-a-Lago property in Florida to National Archives. They insist the arrangement followed conversations with Trump’s representatives in 2021. The former president’s representatives told NARA they were still searching for additional presidential records that belong to National Archives.
“The Presidential Records Act mandates that all Presidential records must be properly preserved by each Administration so that a complete set of Presidential records is transferred to the National Archives at the end of the Administration,” Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero said in February. “NARA pursues the return of records whenever we learn that records have been improperly removed or have not been appropriately transferred to official accounts.”
On Feb. 8, NARA said Trump representatives cooperated with them on securely transporting presidential records to Washington. At this time, NARA maintained that they did not “visit or raid” Mar-a-Lago.
Still, archivist David Ferriero has stressed the importance of the Presidential Records Act.
“The Presidential Records Act is critical to our democracy, in which the government is held accountable by the people,” Ferriero said. “Whether through the creation of adequate and proper documentation, sound records management practices, the preservation of records, or the timely transfer of them to the National Archives at the end of an Administration, there should be no question as to need for both diligence and vigilance. Records matter.”
Could Trump face any punishment in relation to the Presidential Records Act? While it seemingly would depend on what evidence is presented to the Department of Justice, there does not appear to be a criminal provision specific to the Presidential Records Act.
Under Title 18, Section 2071 of U.S. Code, anyone who unlawfully conceals, removes or destroys government records is subject to punishment of a fine, up to three years imprisoned or being disqualified from holding any U.S. office.
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Cherkasky appeared on “Banfield” to discuss Monday’s search of Mar-a-Lago, an action he calls seismic. He says in order to satisfy the requirements under the Fourth Amendment, investigators would have to establish the belief that a crime took place and that there would be evidence of a crime at Mar-a-Lago.
“I don’t think a judge would have ever signed off on this if the Department of Justice, the attorneys involved, and the FBI agents involved, didn’t tell the judge specifically that they believe they can actually prosecute the crime. Otherwise, it’s not a crime at all,” Cherkasky said.
Regardless, Cherkasky believes Monday’s search sends a message of intention from the FBI.
“I think that the politics of this, and the division that’s going to come from this, is going to be astronomical. Really, what the FBI is doing is signaling once and for all, through the Department of Justice, that they think President Trump or at least those closely connected with him violated the Criminal Code of the United States and that they are interested in prosecuting,” Cherkasky said.
Trump has spoken out about the potential investigation into records, some believed by authorities to be classified.
“These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump released in a statement. “Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before.”
The search of a former commander-in-chief’s home is unprecedented. Trump has called it “prosecutorial misconduct.”
The FBI and the Department of Justice have not immediately shared a statement on the search. | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-raid-whats-the-presidential-records-act/ | 2022-08-09T19:29:54Z | https://www.ksn.com/news/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-raid-whats-the-presidential-records-act/ | true |
Pacific Northwest Mills Have Been Weaving For Over 110 Years
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pendleton Woolen Mills, the global lifestyle brand headquartered in Portland, Oregon has resumed mill tours at their Washougal, Washington and Pendleton, Oregon mills. The mill tours show the entire vertical operation that brings iconic Pendleton wool blankets and fabrics to life.
The mill tour in Washougal, Washington walks guests through every step in the making of Pendleton wool blankets and fabric. This includes:
- Raw wool: sourced from local and global wool ranchers
- Dyeing: state-of-the-art dye color lab to ensure color control and matching
- Wool carding and spinning: turning wool into yarn
- Weaving on dobby looms: creates Pendleton's famous plaids, stripes and solids
- Finishing touches: washing, hand inspection and boxing
The mill tour in Pendleton, Oregon offers guests an inside look into:
- Jacquard looms: state-of-the-art two-story looms weaving graphic and pictorial designs
- Wool spinning: turning wool into yarn
The Pendleton mill was originally built in 1893 and has been operating as Pendleton Woolen Mills since 1909. The Washougal mill was acquired by Pendleton Woolen Mills in 1912. During this time, there were over 1,000 woolen mills operating in America's 46 states. Today, Pendleton operates two of the remaining four woolen mills in the United States. Both mills are continually updated for sustainability and innovation.
"We are excited to be able to welcome guests into both of Pendleton's mills again," said Rolan Snider, vice president of textile manufacturing at Pendleton. "The mills offer an experience into the commitment, experience, quality and investment in technology that has given the brand its "Warranted to Be" legacy. Within each mill, the looms present a unique view into the craftsmanship behind how Pendleton fabrics are created."
The Washougal Mill is located at 2 Pendleton Way, Washougal, Washington 98671. Tours are offered at the Washougal Mill on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 11a.m. and 1p.m. The Pendleton Mill is located at 1307 SE Court Place, Pendleton, Oregon 97801. Tours are offered at the Pendleton Mill Monday through Friday at 11a.m. and 3p.m.
Tours are around one hour long and are free of charge. Guests are also invited to shop at the Mill stores, which are located on the same grounds as the mills. A glimpse of what guests experience on a mill tour is available to view here. To sign up for a mill tour, guests can either fill out an online form or call the Washougal Mill at 360-835-1118 or the Pendleton Mill at 541-276- 6911.
Pendleton Woolen Mills is a heritage lifestyle brand and the leader in wool blankets, apparel and accessories. Weaving in Oregon since 1863 and located in Portland, Oregon, Pendleton weaves iconic designs in two of America's remaining woolen mills located in Pendleton, Oregon and Washougal, Washington. With six generations of family ownership, Pendleton is focused on their "Warranted to Be a Pendleton" legacy, creating quality lifestyle products with timeless classic styling. Inspiring individuals from the Pacific Northwest and beyond for over 150 years, Pendleton products are available at Pendleton stores across the US, select retailers worldwide, and on pendleton-usa.com.
MEDIA CONTACT:
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico is providing tips to protect your skin not only during the hot summer months but all year round. Dr. Diana Weber, with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico, shares helpful tips to stay safe this summer and what signs to look for in our skin that can lead to skin cancer. “The sun is so intense here in New Mexico, because of the altitude and you want to be very protected between the hours of 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. because even a small exposure can cause damage to your DNA that can ultimately mutate and become different and grow out of control and can become cancer,” explained Dr.Weber.
Most skin cancers are caused by too much UV light exposure. UV rays can damage skin cells, which is a form of radiation that comes from the sun. Most skin cancers are very treatable, so it’s very important to know how to identify them.
ABCDE method to identify skin abnormality:
- A: look at your skin and make sure your moles or freckles look normal
- B: pay attention to the border around moles, and freckles make sure they are not crispy
- C: the color of most freckles and moles are the same color, if you notice a different color change like red that’s something to be concerned about
- D: diameter the bigger the freckle or moles the more they can turn into skin cancer
- E: is it evolving is it changing
It’s important for people to go to the doctor if they see any changes. Dr. Weber explains that most skin cancers can be treated in the office. For more information visit their website. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/bluecross-blueshield-of-nm-shares-important-skin-tips/ | 2022-08-09T19:31:31Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/bluecross-blueshield-of-nm-shares-important-skin-tips/ | false |
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association announced today the appointment of Vice President of Tech Access, Adina Bradshaw, Director of Chapter Relations, Erin Gildner, and Director of Employment and DEI Programs, Lesly St. Louis to its staff.
The new staff appointments will ensure that the disability community is positioned to make its voice heard on new innovations and is fairly represented in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. They will also help address the exclusion of people with disabilities from the labor market and the digital divide in technology.
United Spinal's local chapters will play a supportive role in advancing these organizational goals.
"United Spinal is on the forefront of addressing the most pressing social issues affecting our community. We have oriented towards two areas that will have the greatest long-term impact on the future of people with mobility disabilities, and we have brought on new leaders to steer this work to its liberatory conclusion. I welcome the arrival of Adina, Erin and Lesly to help us pioneer this work and redefine our organization," said Vincenzo Piscopo, President and CEO of United Spinal Association.
Adina Bradshaw, MS CCC-SLP, ATP, CPACC, joins United Spinal most recently from the Accessibility Center of Excellence at Twitter. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist with over 20 years of experience evaluating and implementing Assistive Technology solutions working at the Shepherd Center, public school districts, and private practice. Adina is dedicated to ensuring tech accessibility, awareness, and impact for those with mobility disabilities. She is licensed by Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Boards of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, has a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and holds a Georgia educator certificate. Adina is a RESNA certified Assistive Technology Professional and an IAAP Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies.
In his new role at United Spinal, Lesly St. Louis will facilitate people with disabilities obtaining gainful employment, and to replace fear and prejudice against people with disabilities with mutual understanding. Having continuously encountered barriers from employers, he sees the common challenges individuals with disabilities have to overcome are not their disabilities, but the stigma surrounding them. His goal is to create employment opportunities that will increase confidence within these individuals and inspire them to conquer more challenges and achieve higher levels of success. Lesly was born with Spina Bifida, diagnosed with the most severe form called myelomeningocele, and is a wheelchair user. He holds a Master's degree from Long Island University, C.W. Post, and regularly participates in adaptive sports. Through his involvement in adaptive sports, and in his professional life, he strives to advocate for individuals with disabilities and restore dignity through productivity.
Erin Gildner is a disability advocate with over a decade of experience in public health and Arkansas state government. Prior to joining United Spinal, Erin led the Equitable Maternal Health Coalition (EMHC) at March of Dimes. Erin's passion for her work and advocacy stems from her personal experience as a wheelchair user from a T11-12 spinal cord injury, and as a mother of a son who is visually impaired from retinopathy of prematurity. Erin holds a BA in Liberal Arts from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a Master of Public Administration from Arkansas State University. In 2015, she founded the Arkansas chapter of the United Spinal, presently serving as Vice President. Erin also sits on the Board of Directors for the Arkansas Disability Coalition and is a member of the Complete Streets Master Plan Steering Committee for the City of Little Rock.
Formed in 1946 by paralyzed veterans, United Spinal is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization dedicated to empowering people with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D), including veterans, to live successful and fulfilling lives. Membership is free and open to all individuals with SCI/D, with over 53,000 members across 48 chapters nationwide. Known for its revolutionary advocacy efforts, United Spinal played a significant role in writing the Americans with Disabilities Act, provided important contributions to the Fair Housing Amendments Act and the Air Carrier Access Act, and was instrumental in attaining sidewalk curb ramps and accessible public transportation in New York City, which created the standard accessibility model used in many United States cities.
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NEW ALBANY, Ohio, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anomatic, a global leader of sustainable and decorative anodized aluminum packaging solutions for CPG, is pleased to announce their partnership with Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, following the successful development and commercialization of an eco-friendly alloy meeting the stringent criteria for anodizing and the aesthetic expectations for cosmetics & beauty packaging.
evercycle™ Cosmetics by Novelis is certified by SCS Global Services to contain 100% recycled aluminum. The new alloy comes at a critical juncture as CPG brands are facing new legislation to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures including GHG emissions, product lifecycle analysis, future targets, and goals.
"With increasing consumer desire for more sustainable products, Novelis is proud to offer our customers a new packaging solution that is not only made from 100% recycled aluminum but one that can also be easily recycled again," said Jami Chime, Account Manager, Specialty Products, Novelis North America. Greg Beeman, Vice President of Supply Chain at Anomatic attests: "Our partnership with Novelis to jointly develop and bring to market this eco-friendly alloy comprised of 100% recycled content, in a challenging and disruptive metal supply environment, further demonstrates Anomatic's commitment to our customers and their business." Evercycle is currently in production at Novelis and Anomatic.
"It is our corporate social responsibility to make decisions and take action to protect and benefit our planet. We are proud of our longstanding partnership with Novelis, enabling us to develop a groundbreaking product, reducing our carbon footprint, benefiting brands and consumers alike who share a passion for more sustainable solutions," said Mark Ormiston, Vice President – Innovation, Technology & Sustainability, Anomatic. "Rethinking packaging's function, design and manufacture from cradle-to-cradle, we are cultivating and fostering innovation to drive positive change."
SCS Global Services is a third-party certification company providing independent verification that sustainability claims related to an organization's products and operations are honest, valid, and transparent. Novelis produces its evercycle Cosmetics alloy in Oswego, New York; Kingston, Ontario; and Buckhannon, West Virginia.
Based in New Albany, Ohio, Anomatic is a full-service manufacturer of anodized aluminum and plastic packaging for the Beauty, Personal Care and Pharmaceutical markets. A pioneer in metal finishing, the company has a rich history of innovation integrating new technologies, developing new capabilities, and building a world-class team with expertise in material science, tooling design & development to full-scale manufacturing all in-house. The company's organic, strategic growth is a clear competitive advantage driving speed-in-development and its best-in-class manufacturing scalability and of the many reasons why some of the world's most recognizable brands have partnered with us for eco-friendly & sustainable, anodized aluminum and plastic packaging solutions.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: YQ) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with 17EdTech's December 2020 initial public offering (the "IPO"), of the important September 19, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline, in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased 17EdTech securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the 17EdTech class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7395 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 19, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Defendant 17EdTech's K-12 Academic AST Services would end less than a year after the IPO; (2) as part of its ongoing regulatory efforts, Chinese authorities would imminently curtail and/or end 17EdTech's core business; and (3) as a result, Defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating EVO Payments, Inc. (EVOP), relating to its proposed acquisition by Global Payments Inc. Under the terms of the merger, EVOP shareholders are expected to receive $34.00 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/evo-payments-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
We are a national class action securities litigation law firm that has recovered millions of dollars and is committed to protecting shareholders from corporate wrongdoing. We were listed in the Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. Our lawyers have significant experience litigating Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Class Actions. Mr. Monteverde is recognized by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in Securities Litigation in 2013, 2017-2019, an award given to less than 2.5% of attorneys in a particular field. He has also been selected by Martindale-Hubbell as a 2017-2021 Top Rated Lawyer. Our firm's recent successes include changing the law in a significant victory that lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit. Thereafter, our firm successfully preserved this victory by obtaining dismissal of a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted at the United States Supreme Court. Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019). Also, in 2019 we recovered or secured six cash common funds for shareholders in mergers & acquisitions class action cases.
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Maritime Junior Hockey League seeking women for coaching, operations jobs
A junior hockey league on the East Coast wants to create new opportunities for women by hiring up to 10 of them as assistant coaches and scouts for the upcoming season.
The Maritime Junior Hockey League says it will be the first league in Canada to offer such a program.
League president Troy Dumville, who has been on the job for only two months, said women do not enjoy the same opportunities as men when it comes to hockey operations jobs in the junior leagues.
"I think it's important for teams to be more diverse," he said in an interview Tuesday.
"It's an asset to have different opinions and perspectives .... The perception has been for years that it's an old boys' club. I think that it's important that all levels take steps to changing that, not just with women but with diversity in general."
The program will feature monthly guest lectures from influential women, including broadcaster Tara Slone, Hockey Nova Scotia executive director Amy Walsh and Meghan Chayka, co-founder of hockey analytics company Stathletes. These women will serve as mentors to those who get the new jobs, Dumville said.
Slone, former co-host of Rogers Hometown Hockey, said hockey in Canada is at a crossroads.
"What Troy and the MHL are implementing is crucial in making sure that hockey culture continues to evolve and improve to be the inclusive sport we all know it can be," Slone said in a statement.
Walsh said the program represents a step toward creating more equitable opportunities for women at the highest levels of the sport. "I believe that representation matters and that when you can see her, you can be her," Walsh said in a statement.
Dumville, who has worked as an NHL scout for several years, said the goals of the program go beyond promoting diversity within his 12-team league.
"The ultimate goal is ... to move (these women) along so that when teams in the NHL or ... other high levels of hockey are looking for candidates, they now have a pool of experienced women as well as men for those positions," he said.
The league is looking for women to serve as assistant coaches for the Grand Falls Rapids, Pictou County Crushers and Truro Bearcats. It also wants a female development coach for the Fredericton Red Wings and a number of scouts for the Red Wings, Crushers, Valley Wildcats and Campbellton Tigers.
The deadline for applications is Aug. 31.
Dumville said women will get the first crack at applying for the jobs, but "we're not going to force somebody in that's not ready for that type of position," he said.
As well, he said he would like to see the program expanded to all 10 leagues in the Canadian Junior Hockey League.
"There's no reason why this can't go national," he said.
Earlier Tuesday, Toronto lawyer Andrea Skinner was appointed interim chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors. She is the first woman to hold the position in the organization's history. She takes over from Michael Brind'Amour, who resigned last week.
Hockey Canada is under the microscope for its handling of sexual assault allegations against members of past junior men's hockey teams. The federal government has frozen its funding until it meets several conditions, including a plan to change its culture.
Meanwhile, Hockey Canada has appointed former Supreme Court of Canada judge Thomas Cromwell to review its governance.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 9, 2022.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a time-saving tool for drying a vehicle, motorcycle or truck," said an inventor, from Missouri City, Texas, "so I invented the HEATED AUTOMOTIVE AIRBLOW DRYER. My design eliminates the need to kneel, stretch or bend and it ensures that no streaks or dried water marks are left behind."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to dry a freshly-washed vehicle. In doing so, it eliminates the need to use a towel or chamois. As a result, it helps to prevent smears and dried water markings and it saves time and effort. The invention features a portable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for vehicle owners.
The original design was submitted to the Houston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-HOF-205, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating RealNetworks, Inc. (RNWK), relating to its proposed merger with Greater Heights LLC. Under the terms of the merger, RNWK shareholders are expected to receive $0.73 in cash per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/realnetworks-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
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Authors Guide Leaders of Family Businesses Toward Thoughtful, Tailored Approaches to Preventing and Mitigating Conflict That Can Destroy Business Value
MUMBAI, India, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Family businesses are uniquely at risk because of likely disputes among family members. But that doesn't have to be the case. Conflict can be identified, addressed, and mitigated so it does not disrupt operations or diminish business value, according to a new book from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) being published today.
In Untangling Conflict: An Introspective Guide for Families in Business, authors Janmejaya Sinha, Carol Liao, Ryoji Kimura, and Brittany Montgomery draw on their longtime experience working in corporate strategy and with family business dynamics to provide an invaluable reference manual for all family business leaders who seek better ways to deal with intra-family clashes.
Says Sinha, lead author and chairman of BCG India, "Mahatma Gandhi said, 'Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.' My coauthors and I want to enable families to discover the answers for themselves by posing questions that get past their deeply held assumptions and provoke the uncomfortable conversations they must have before conflicts arise–or get worse."
The book begins with thoughtful guidance that helps family business leaders reflect deeply on the defining attributes of their family and their relationship with the business. It then untangles the messy threads of conflict within family businesses by examining issues fraught with emotion, those related to the rights, benefits, and restrictions of ownership, and issues of business strategy.
"By exploring those three threads of conflict, our intention is to help families understand, prevent, and respond to disagreements without disrupting the business," says Liao, a senior partner and chair of BCG in Greater China.
The issues addressed in Untangling Conflict are many. There are intergenerational disputes–between "elder statemen" founders and their sons and daughters educated abroad, for instance. In family-run businesses, fights often fester over roles for in-laws and nonfamily members. Among the most serious of all clashes are those over values–for example, between a profit-minded leader and a family member who places a premium on environmental causes.
"It's essential for the long-term health of any family business to identify the most damaging patterns of contention so those conflicts can be addressed openly," says Kimura, senior partner and global leader of BCG's Corporate Finance & Strategy practice.
The book cites data from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) estimating that 80% of businesses globally are family owned. In emerging markets, notes the IFC, family businesses represent the largest source of private sector job creation and the majority of micro-, small-, and medium- sized enterprises. About 300 of the top 500 revenue-generating businesses in India and South Korea belong to families, whereas in the US and the UK, only about 7% of the top 500 businesses are family owned.
The book closes by offering tools to align expectations and reduce friction among families, nonfamily employees, and the partners of family-owned businesses.
Untangling Conflict is published by Penguin Enterprise, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Printed copies can be purchased at: https://www.amazon.in/Untangling-Conflict-Introspective-Families-Business-Hardcover/dp/0670096954.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating Romeo Power, Inc. (RMO), relating to its proposed acquisition by Nikola Corp. Under the terms of the merger, RMO shareholders are expected to receive 0.1186 shares of Nikola per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/romeo-power-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
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Timo Werner completes £25million move back to RB Leipzig from Chelsea
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Timo Werner has completed his £25million move back to RB Leipzig from Chelsea.
The Germany forward thanked Chelsea’s fans for voicing their support despite the battles for top form that he faced in west London.
Werner has been in Germany in the last few days to put the finishing touches to his move back to Leipzig, the club he left for Chelsea in 2020.
👋 @ChelseaFCpic.twitter.com/ak5cSXiqbR— Timo Werner (@TimoWerner) August 9, 2022
Chelsea paid £54million for Werner in 2020, with the 26-year-old playing a pivotal role in the Blues’ Champions League triumph in Lisbon in 2021.
“Today marks the end of my journey with Chelsea FC,” Werner posted on social media.
“I am incredibly grateful for the time I spent at this special club.
“At this point I would like to express my appreciation for my teammates, the coaches and staff, and especially for you, the special supporters of Chelsea Football Club.
“I felt so much love and support throughout the last two years and I will never forget how you guys stood behind me in good and in challenging times!”
He's back! 💪 pic.twitter.com/aRIhgSK8OV— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) August 9, 2022
Werner always found favour with Chelsea fans for his tireless effort and determination to thrive with the Blues.
But the pacy forward was never able to transfer his scoring feats from German football into the Premier League.
Blues boss Thomas Tuchel and his staff are understood to have never quite been able to determine Werner’s best role in the German boss’ tactical blueprint.
Werner himself is also thought to have been left frustrated by that disconnect, and those difficulties are understood to have sparked his move back to Germany.
The transfer fee for Werner represents a clear loss for Chelsea, but the Blues will expect that figure to rise given agreed add-ons to the deal.
Werner was understood to rank among Chelsea’s highest wage earners too, and his departure will free up funds to be redistributed elsewhere.
“Timo Werner has completed a permanent transfer to RB Leipzig, returning to Germany after two seasons with Chelsea,” read a Chelsea statement.
“The forward is heading back to the club where he enjoyed four successful years before moving to west London, departing Stamford Bridge for his homeland as a European and world champion.
“The Champions League triumph in Porto represents the highlight of his time with the Blues and he played his part in our success during his first season in England.
“Nobody matched his tallies of 12 goals or 15 assists in all competitions, while only Mason Mount made more appearances for Chelsea in 2020/21.
“In total Werner’s two years at Chelsea come to an end with him having made 89 appearances for the club, scoring 23 goals.
“All at Chelsea thank Timo for his contribution to our success over the past two years and wish him well for his future career.”
Thank you and good luck in Germany, Timo! 💙 pic.twitter.com/lKunDCrZkM— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 9, 2022
New owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital have once again shown their desire to ensure players do not remain at Chelsea while unhappy or failing to fulfil their potential.
The decision to cut losses on Romelu Lukaku and allow him to return to Inter Milan on loan, coupled with a similar call on Werner, again indicates the new Blues owners’ determination to move the squad forward quickly.
Chelsea have already conducted brisk transfer business to bring in the likes of Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Carney Chukwuemeka and Marc Cucurella.
But the Blues still need further reinforcements and continue to push hard to pull off yet more deals.
Talks are thought to be continuing on a possible move for Leicester’s Wesley Fofana, with Barcelona’s Frenkie De Jong another potential arrival.
Werner’s departure further opens the door for an arrival up front, with Chelsea continuing to weigh up a move for Barcelona’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Blues boss Tuchel coached the former Arsenal striker at Borussia Dortmund and is thought to be open to a reunion at Stamford Bridge.
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SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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Health Net Assisting Members Across California During State of Emergency
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's declared state of emergency in California, Health Net is providing special assistance to assist members affected by monkeypox. Health Net wants to ensure its members have access to essential prescription medications, critical Health Net information and other healthcare services should their services be interrupted.
- During the duration of the state of emergency, members in California affected by monkeypox can obtain an emergency supply from the drug store where they originally filled their prescription.
- If their drug store is closed, members can call Health Net at 1-800-400-8987 for assistance.
Health Net members can also call MHN for coping support. MHN can offer referrals to mental health counselors, local services, or phone consultations. These services can help members cope with grief, stress, or trauma related to the viral disease. MHN operates their hotline 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can be reached at 1-800-227-1060.
If members cannot reach their primary care provider during a declared state of emergency, Health Net provides access to telehealth services at no cost. To make an appointment, members should reference the back of their Health Net ID card for more information on how to access telehealth services. Members can find this same information by registering with and logging on to HealthNet.com.
Doctors and nurse practitioners can call Health Net at 1-800-641-7761 for help with:
- Emergency prescription refill guidelines
- Escalating approvals to reduce approval turnaround times
- Approval for out-of-network treatments when in-network resources are unavailable
Depending on how long the members need additional assistance, Health Net may take additional steps to ensure its members have access to necessary healthcare services.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 9, 2022
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Special Weather Statement
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208 PM CDT Tue Aug 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Hopkins
County through 245 PM CDT...
At 208 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sulphur Springs, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Sulphur Springs, Cumby and Como.
This includes Interstate 30 between mile markers 109 and 132.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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Experts say supply chain issues have really impacted small businesses. They don't always have the money to make large, up-front purchases.
“I think that these sorts of investments that we’ll see under the CHIP Act will help alleviate some of those things for small and medium-sized players who work in and around these industries,” said business policy expert Rhett Buttle. “Because it will allow additional investment in the community, but it will also allow them to free up capital to be able to make some of those strategic decisions that will allow their small businesses to grow and be more sustainable.”
He said smaller businesses that rely on microchips are just some that will benefit.
“I think a lot of us when we think about manufacturing we think about the big folks who are doing the work, but the reality is is small and medium-sized manufacturers power our country and it's all across the country and there's a lot of important jobs that are created,” said Buttle.
He said there are small businesses that contribute to the microchip supply chain that will see gains once more manufacturing is brought back to the U.S.
When those facilities open, places like nearby mom-and-pop restaurants will see more customers too. | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/bill-intended-to-lure-manufacturers-from-china-could-impact-small-businesses | 2022-08-09T19:47:27Z | https://www.lex18.com/news/national/bill-intended-to-lure-manufacturers-from-china-could-impact-small-businesses | true |
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a way to evenly distribute weight for added resistance while working out, walking, running, biking or engaging in other activities," said an inventor, from Houston, Texas, "so I invented the EXO SUIT. My design could help to increase strength, stamina, speed and endurance for the wearer."
The invention provides an improved garment for athletes and fitness enthusiasts. In doing so, it increases resistance when exercising or during daily activities. As a result, it enables the user to tone muscles and burn calories and it could make a workout more effective. The invention features a versatile design that is easy to wear and use so it is ideal for athletes and fitness enthusiasts. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Houston sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-HOF-179, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Inspired by southern-style dishes like shrimp and grits, this shrimp and corn chowder recipe originally from Southern Living clings to the region’s taste and traditions, but without the necessity of long hours of prep and cooking to make some meal magic.
In only 35 minutes, you can whip together a pot of this tasty chowder and feed a family of four. Of course, you can multiply the ingredients to make the amount necessary to feed everyone who will want to pull up a chair to the dinner table.
The ingredients for this meal are simple, but freshness is a key element to make this chowder outstanding. You’ll want fresh ears of corn, baby red potatoes, fresh chives and medium-sized shrimp (raw, deveined and peeled). You’ll also need heavy cream and a few other kitchen staples you probably already have on hand.
Find the full recipe for Quick Shrimp and Corn Chowder at Southern Living. However, here are a few highlights and tricks we picked up that you should know before you begin.
First, when it comes to the corn on the cob, you won’t just be cutting the kernels off to put into the pot. A lot of flavor lies within the actual cob pulp and liquid. So, after cutting kernels off, you’ll want to use a box grater to get the most out of each ear of corn you peel and shuck.
Also, you want to make sure you have a good blender on hand to make an emulsion of the ingredients to help thicken the entire pot to give it that classic chowder texture.
You can serve this as a meal with a salad or even as a first course for a fancier multi-course meal if you’d like. The possibilities are endless with this versatile dish!
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GREENWOOD, Mississippi — A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
After hearing more than seven hours of testimony from investigators and witnesses, a Leflore County grand jury last week determined there was insufficient evidence to indict Carolyn Bryant Donham on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter, Leflore County District Attorney Dewayne Richardson said in a news release.
It is now increasingly unlikely that Donham, who is now in her 80s, will ever be prosecuted for her role in the events that led to Till’s lynching.
The Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr., Emmett Till’s cousin and the last living witness to Till’s 1955 abduction, said Tuesday's announcement is “unfortunate, but predictable.”
“The prosecutor tried his best, and we appreciate his efforts, but he alone cannot undo hundreds of years of anti-Black systems that guaranteed those who killed Emmett Till would go unpunished, to this day,” Parker said.
“The fact remains that the people who abducted, tortured, and murdered Emmett did so in plain sight, and our American justice system was and continues to be set up in such a way that they could not be brought to justice for their heinous crimes."
An email and voicemail seeking comment from Donham's son Tom Bryant weren’t immediately returned Tuesday.
A group searching the basement of the Leflore County Courthouse in June discovered the unserved arrest warrant charging Donham, then-husband Roy Bryant and brother-in-law J.W. Milam in Till’s abduction in 1955. While the men were arrested and acquitted on murder charges in Till’s subsequent slaying, Donham, 21 at the time and 87 now, was never taken into custody.
In an unpublished memoir obtained last month by The Associated Press, Donham said she was unaware of what would happen to the 14-year-old Till, who lived in Chicago and was visiting relatives in Mississippi when he was abducted, killed and tossed in a river. She accused him of making lewd comments and grabbing her while she worked alone at a family store in Money, Mississippi.
Donham said in the manuscript that the men brought Till to her in the middle of the night for identification but that she tried to help the youth by denying it was him. Despite being abducted at gunpoint from a family home by Roy Bryant and Milam, the 14-year-old identified himself to the men, she claimed.
Till’s battered, disfigured body was found days later in a river, where it was weighted down with a heavy metal fan. The decision by his mother, Mamie Till Mobley, to open Till’s casket for his funeral in Chicago demonstrated the horror of what had happened and added fuel to the civil rights movement.
The Justice Department in 2004 had opened an investigation of Till’s killing after it received inquiries about whether charges could be brought against anyone still living. The department said the statute of limitations had run out on any potential federal crime, but the FBI worked with state investigators to determine if state charges could be brought. In February 2007, a Mississippi grand jury declined to indict anyone, and the Justice Department announced it was closing the case.
The Justice Department then reopened the investigation after a 2017 book quoted Donham as saying she lied when she claimed that Till grabbed her, whistled and made sexual advances toward her. Relatives have publicly denied that Donham recanted her allegations about Till. But federal officials announced last year that they were once again closing their investigation, saying there was “insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she lied to the FBI.” | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-woman-emmett-till-killing/507-1911ae57-e0f6-4996-bb52-e9c43ac7c4d2 | 2022-08-09T19:49:13Z | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/nation-world/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-woman-emmett-till-killing/507-1911ae57-e0f6-4996-bb52-e9c43ac7c4d2 | true |
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates sued federal officials Tuesday after the government missed a deadline to decide if protections for gray wolves should be restored across the northern U.S. Rocky Mountains, where Republican-led states have made it easier to kill the predators.
The Biden administration said in a preliminary finding last September that protections for wolves may need to be restored because increased hunting in Idaho and Montana posed a potential threat to wolves across the region.
A final determination was due June 1.
The Humane Society of the United States and Center for Biological Diversity asked U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Montana to order federal officials to make a final decision.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson Vanessa Kauffman declined comment on the lawsuit and said the agency’s review was ongoing.
Wolves were exterminated across most of the U.S. by the 1930s under government-sponsored poisoning and trapping campaigns. They were reintroduced from Canada into the northern U.S. Rockies in the 1990s.
Wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have since become strongholds for wolf populations. That’s helped fuel the species’ expansion in recent years into portions of Oregon, Washington state and California.
Republicans governors in Idaho and Montana last year signed laws that expanded when, where and how wolves can be killed.
That raised alarm among former wildlife officials who said increased hunting could cut wolf numbers to unsustainable levels. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/us-sued-in-bid-to-force-decision-on-rockies-wolf-protections/ | 2022-08-09T19:55:22Z | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/ap-us-news/us-sued-in-bid-to-force-decision-on-rockies-wolf-protections/ | false |
Drugmaker Gilead Sciences pledges $5 million to educate LGBTQ+ community on monkeypox
Gilead Sciences to provide $5 million in grants for LGBTQ+ resources for monkeypox
Drugmaker Gilead Sciences plans to announce on Tuesday that it will provide up to $5 million in grants to help a coalition of LGBTQ+ and human rights advocacy groups craft public health responses to monkeypox outbreaks, the company said.
Outside of Africa, where the virus is endemic, new cases have largely occurred among gay and bisexual men. Experts warn that the virus could spread to other populations, especially due to vaccine shortages. The World Health Organization and the United States have declared monkeypox a public health emergency.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), GLAAD, the National Black Justice Coalition, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights are each receiving $350,000 from Gilead for public education toward preventing and treating the virus.
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Gilead is a leading producer of therapies to treat HIV. The company said it is also evaluating whether any of its treatments or experimental drug candidates could be effective against monkeypox.
GLAAD's staff has not been able to meet recent demands for information about monkeypox, said spokesperson Rich Ferraro. "With this partnership we'll be able to do more," he said.
The funds will help the groups produce videos, graphics and other information resources for distribution to the media and at community centers, bars, nightclubs, parties and events.
Torrian Baskerville, director of HIV and Health Equity at HRC, said the U.S. response to the virus at federal, state and local levels has been "slow across the board."
Policy changes are urgently needed to streamline the distribution of vaccines, with current systems varying among states, he said.
NMAC - formerly the National Minority AIDS Coalition - will receive $500,000 to coordinate the coalition's public policy efforts.
WILL MONKEYPOX BECOME ANOTHER COVID OR HIV?
Another $3 million is reserved for emergency grants to smaller organizations worldwide. Already stretched thin by COVID-19, these groups may otherwise need to delay patients' usual care during monkeypox outbreaks, said Gilead spokesperson Korab Zuka. | https://www.foxnews.com/health/drugmaker-gilead-sciences-pledges-5-million-lgbtq-community-monkeypox | 2022-08-09T19:59:32Z | https://www.foxnews.com/health/drugmaker-gilead-sciences-pledges-5-million-lgbtq-community-monkeypox | false |
Unfortunately, we had a sewage backup in our home. We contacted the city not knowing what to expect. But to our surprise, a supervisor came to our home within an hour of the call. He reviewed the problem and dispatched additional help to clean out our pipes. Soon, two Baltimore City Department of Public Works workers arrived and fixed the pipe. Problem solved.
It was fast, efficient and effective — all within a few hours. The crew was experienced, professional, responsive and hardworking. Thank you, DPW.
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The new tool, called Family Center, promises to give parents more insight into who their teenagers are communicating with on the messaging app — without divulging the content of those conversations. Parents must create their own Snapchat accounts, and teens have to opt-in and give permission for them to use the feature.
“Family Center is designed to reflect the way that parents engage with their teens in the real world, where parents usually know who their teens are friends with and when they are hanging out — but don’t eavesdrop on their private conversations,” the company said in a blog post.
After disclosures from a Facebook whistleblower last fall raised concerns about the company’s impact on younger users, executives from Snapchat’s parent company, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, were grilled by Congress about the steps they take to protect teens.
Democrats and Republicans in the Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection raised concerns that social media platforms have been used to harm kids and promote destructive acts, such as vandalism in schools, deadly viral challenges, bullying, eating disorders, and manipulative influencer marketing. Jennifer Stout, Snap VP of global public policy, told Congress “there is more work to be done” and said the company was developing new parental tools to help protect young users.
Several apps have introduced new options in recent months to bolster parental controls and protections for younger users. Instagram, for example, launched tools that offer parents visibility into the accounts their kids follow or are followed by and how much time they spend on the apps.
While this is Snapchat’s first foray into parental controls, it did have a few existing safety measures for young users, such as requiring teens to be mutual friends before they can start communicating with each other and prohibiting them from having public profiles.
Snap said it plans to add more features to Family Center in the coming months. Some of the new tools will include the ability for parents to see which new friends their teens have added, allow them to confidentially report concerning accounts that may be interacting with their child, and give younger users the option to notify their parents when they report an account or piece of content. The company said it consulted online safety experts in developing the features.
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(THE CONVERSATION) The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s estate on Aug. 8, 2022, caught Trump by surprise – and prompted immediate speculation about exactly why and how the law enforcement agency secured a search warrant.
“My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents. … They even broke into my safe!” Trump said in a statement released through his political action committee, Save America.
Trump brought 15 boxes of classified materials with him to Mar-a-Lago when he left the White House, and delayed returning the materials to National Archives officials for months.
The FBI and the Department of Justice have not commented on the raid, but the Justice Department is known to be investigating how Trump possibly mishandled government secrets. Trump is also facing other potential charges from the state of Georgia stemming from his alleged interference with the 2020 elections.
Georgia State University legal scholar Clark D. Cunningham, an expert on search warrants and the criminal investigations of interference in the 2020 election, explains what could have led to the raid and what the raid tells us about the state of the federal investigation into Trump’s activities.
1. There are legal hurdles to getting a search warrant
The U.S. Constitution requires that all search warrants “particularly describe the place to be searched and the … things to be seized.”
This requirement can be traced in part to a famous British case from the 1760s when agents of King George III searched the house of John Wilkes, an opposition member of Parliament, for incriminating papers. The warrant they used was condemned by the courts as a “general warrant” because it did not specifically name Wilkes, his house or the seized papers.
Courts and commentators also criticized the Wilkes warrant because it was based on mere suspicion. The U.S. founders looked to the Wilkes warrant as an example of what the Constitution should prevent and added the Fourth Amendment – requiring that search warrants only be issued “upon probable cause, supported by Oath.”
Criminal procedure laws help enforce these constitutional requirements by requiring search warrants to particularly describe “evidence of a crime … or other items illegally possessed.”
Only judges can issue search warrants, and they must find, based on sworn testimony, that there is probable cause that such evidence or items will be found in the location described in the warrant.
This means that a judge must have found that there was probable cause that either a crime had been committed, or that Trump was illegally possessing items taken from the White House. The FBI’s request for a search warrant might also have indicated concern that these documents would either be destroyed or moved off of the premises.
2. There are also potential policy hurdles
In February 2020, then-Attorney General William Barr announced new restrictions that require the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to get permission from the Attorney General before investigating presidential candidates or their staff.
Barr’s successor, Attorney General Merrick Garland, has kept this policy in place – keeping in line with general Justice Department guidelines that try to prevent politically charged investigations.
This means that this search would not have taken place without Garland’s approval. Given the generally strong tradition of political independence at the Justice Department, it is not surprising that President Joe Biden and his aides were not informed in advance of the raid and found out on Twitter.
3. The FBI might have found more than it was looking for
The Supreme Court ruled in a 1990 case that police executing a warrant that authorized searching for the proceeds of a robbery could also lawfully seize weapons that were in plain view.
Assuming that the FBI’s warrant authorized only searching for classified documents taken from the White House, if the FBI found “in plain view” other evidence of crimes related to the 2020 election or Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, they likely could have taken that, as well.
4. There may be a connection with Trump’s possible election interference
A federal grand jury, requested by the Justice Department, has been investigating the presence of potentially classified documents at Mar-a-Lago since at least early May 2022. It seems likely that something has happened recently to cause this urgent search. One possibility is that the search warrant was issued based on information gathered in one or more of the criminal investigations involving 2020 election interference.
In particular, the Department of Justice on July 12, 2022, obtained a warrant to search the cellphone of John Eastman, Trump’s former lawyer. As hearings by the Jan. 6 House committee have revealed, Eastman was a primary architect of the plan to block Congress from certifying Biden’s victory.
There seems little doubt that the Justice Department had compelling, perhaps overwhelming, legal justifications for conducting this unprecedented search of a former president’s home. However, the secrecy required for Justice Department investigations and grand jury proceedings means that the country will have to be patient – the justifications for the search may become public only if and when criminal charges are filed.
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here: https://theconversation.com/why-searching-an-ex-presidents-estate-is-not-easily-done-4-important-things-to-know-about-the-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago-188438. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Why-searching-an-ex-president-s-estate-is-not-17362240.php | 2022-08-09T20:01:03Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Why-searching-an-ex-president-s-estate-is-not-17362240.php | false |
Lebron James school student given all-access tour before NASCAR event in Michigan
James Bromsey II shared a dream with his late father to be in the Akron Soap Box Derby
LeBron James aims to give students at his I Promise School opportunities they may not have otherwise.
Recently, the NBA superstar's mission shifted into another gear.
James Bromsey III, a sixth-grader at James' school in Akron, Ohio, was given behind-the-scenes access before NASCAR’s race Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.
It was a fitting way to celebrate a student, whose father died four years ago. James Bromsey II shared a dream with family and friends that his son would be in the Akron Soap Box Derby, an event that dates to 1934.
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"My son was six months old when his dad said he was going to be in the soap box derby," Tomika Pope recalled.
Bromsey fulfilled a promise to participate in the event in June. He was awarded a VIP experience by Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, which put a paint job on Chris Buescher's No. 17 Ford to include logos, colors and words associated with the LeBron James Family Foundation.
Bromsey rode in a pace car, climbed up the spotter's stand and had a meet-and-greet session with Buescher.
"When did you do your first flip? he asked Buescher, who said he had not flipped, but did recently have his car catch on fire. Buescher went on to tell his guests that his dad got him started in racing.
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"Dad was into racing, too," Bromsey said quietly.
During a tour of RFK's hauler, which included a peek through an overhead opening at the space where the team stores its two cars, Bromsey's aunt Tracy Gholston was almost brought to tears. Gholston said her brother died in 2018, shortly after a bout with pneumonia.
"He could have led this tour," she said, choking up. "It’s so emotional to see how God put this all together."
Bromsey added: "He would be telling you everything about all the cars."
Bromsey also was given access to the garage area, where he posed for pictures and pointed toward the I Promise School logo on Buescher's car. He later walked behind the Mustang as it was pushed to the track and watched as Buescher finished 16th in the 37-car race won by Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 Ford.
James is a minority owner in Fenway Sports Group, a parent company of RFK Racing. He opened the I Promise School, which is at full capacity with third to eighth-graders, four years ago in a partnership with his family foundation and Akron City Schools, aiming to support kids facing the same problems he had during a challenging childhood.
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Before the race, James wished Buescher luck on Twitter and celebrated Bromsey's experience.
"For James to have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at the track is amazing," James said. "He’s an incredible kid with a love for racing. We wanted to show him that anything is possible when you go out and chase your dreams. And with the No. 17 car representing all of us, we want all the kids from Akron to know that nothing is out of reach for them."
Did a day at the track inspire Bromsey to someday become a NASCAR driver?
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Albuquerque police detain suspect in killing of 4 Muslim men
(AP) - Police announced Tuesday that they have detained a “primary suspect” in the killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, whose deaths sparked fear in Muslim communities nationwide.
Police Chief Harold Medina made the announcement on Twitter, saying that authorities had tracked down a vehicle believed to be involved in one of the slayings in New Mexico’s largest city.
“The driver was detained, and he is our primary suspect for the murders,” the tweet said.
No other information was immediately available. Police planned to provide an update later Tuesday.
The slayings drew the attention of President Joe Biden, who said such attacks “have no place in America.” They also sent a shudder through Muslim communities, where some people questioned their safety and limited their movements.
When told about the announcement, Muhammad Imtiaz Hussain, brother of one of the victims, Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, said he felt relieved but needed to know more about the suspect and the motive.
“This gives us hope that we will have (the) truth come out,” he said. “We need to know why.”
Naeem Hussain was killed Friday night, and the three other men died in ambush shootings.
Hussain, 25, was from Pakistan. His death came just days after those of Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41, who were also from Pakistan and members of the same mosque.
The earliest case involves the November killing of Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, from Afghanistan.
Authorities on Monday sought help searching for a vehicle that appeared to be the one discovered on Tuesday.
The common elements in the deaths were the victims’ race and religion, officials said, and police were trying to determine if the deaths are linked.
Debbie Almontaser, a Muslim community leader in New York, said that a female friend who lives in Michigan and wears the hijab head covering shared with her over the weekend just how rattled she was. “She’s like, ‘This is so terrifying. I’m so scared. I travel alone,’” Almontaser said.
Aneela Abad, general secretary at the Islamic Center of New Mexico, described a community reeling from the killings, its grief compounded by confusion and fear of what may follow.
“We are just completely shocked and still trying to comprehend and understand what happened, how and why,” she said.
Some people have avoided going out unless “absolutely necessary,” and some Muslim university students have been wondering whether it is safe for them to stay in the city, she said. The center has also beefed up its security.
Police initially said the same vehicle was suspected of being used in all four homicides — a dark gray or silver four-door Volkswagen that appeared to be a Jetta or Passat with dark tinted windows. But the police chief’s tweet referred only to the vehicle’s connection with one slaying.
Authorities released photos hoping people could help identify the car and offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Investigators did not say where the images were taken or what led them to suspect the car was involved in the slayings. Police spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos said in an email Monday that the agency has received tips regarding the car but did not elaborate.
Gallegos said he could not comment on what kind of gun was used in the shootings, or whether police know how many suspects were involved in the violence.
Few anti-Muslim hate crimes have been recorded in Albuquerque over the last five years, according to FBI data cited by Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism and a professor of criminal justice at California State University at San Bernardino.
From 2017 through 2020, there was one anti-Muslim hate crime a year. The highest recent number was in 2016, when Albuquerque police recorded six out of a total of 25 hate crimes.
That largely tracks with national trends, which hit the lowest numbers in a decade in 2020, only to increase by 45% in 2021 in a dozen cities and states, Levin said.
Albuquerque authorities say they cannot determine if the slayings were hate crimes until they have identified a suspect and a motive.
Louis Schlesinger, a forensic psychology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said bias killings are often perpetrated by a small group of people, typically young white men. A lone perpetrator is rare.
“These are basically total losers by every dimension, whether it’s social, economic, psychological, what have you,” he said. “They’re filled with hatred for one reason or another and target a particular group that they see, in their mind, to blame for all their problems in life.”
It was not clear whether the victims knew their attacker or attackers.
The most recent victim was found dead after police received a call of a shooting. Authorities declined to say whether the killing was carried out in a way similar to the other deaths.
Muhammad Afzaal Hussain had worked as a field organizer for a local congresswoman’s campaign.
Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury issued a statement praising him as “one of the kindest and hardest working people” she has ever known. She said the urban planner was “committed to making our public spaces work for every person and cleaning up legacy pollution.”
As land-use director for the city of Española — more than 85 miles (137 kilometers) north of Albuquerque — Hussain worked to improve conditions and inclusivity for disadvantaged minorities, the mayor’s office said.
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Dazio reported from Los Angeles and Fam from Winter Park, Florida. Associated Press writer Lindsay Whitehurst in Washington and AP news researchers Rhonda Shafner and Jennifer Farrar in New York contributed to this report.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
201 PM CDT Tue Aug 9 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Denton
County through 230 PM CDT...
At 201 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cross Roads, or 10 miles northeast of Corinth, moving south at 15
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HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Plano, Carrollton, Frisco, Denton, Lewisville, Flower Mound,
Grapevine, Coppell, The Colony, Southlake, Corinth, Highland Village,
Lake Dallas, Lake Lewisville, Little Elm, Hickory Creek, Double Oak,
Shady Shores, Aubrey and Krugerville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3299 9684 3299 9703 3298 9704 3298 9710
3299 9716 3333 9709 3333 9684
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 358DEG 13KT 3325 9698
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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When is Litchfield Township going to zone? An elected officer “should do what’s good for the people, not what the people want.” That’s a quote from Senator Everett Dirksen.
Political Flip
Commissioner Doug McLinko again shows he is full of hot air after his recent statement to the Daily Review calling the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Act 77 a “political flip.” Act 77 was passed with overwhelming Republican support in 2019 and was considered a win by Republicans at the time. In fact, Republican senators voted 27-0 in favor of the bill and in the House, Republicans voted 105-2 in favor of it. Since the 2020 election didn’t go their way, now the Republicans want to repeal Act 77 and say it was unconstitutional. Now that is a “political flip.”
Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan
Finally we have a Democrat who is showing some American spirit. But why wasn’t her trip to Taiwan a bipartisan effort? Why wasn’t the Biden Administration supporting her trip? Remember when Nancy had a photo-op in Chinatown in San Francisco to defy President Trump’s ban on travel from Wuhan, because of the COVID-19 epidemic? Is this just a political stunt to win the Chinese-American vote in her district and guarantee her re-election to congress? Newt Gingrich made a trip to Taiwan 25 years ago when he was Speaker of the House.
Where on the Map?
Perhaps someone with all the gadgets could please tell us where Aston Middletown Little League is from. We do read other articles besides the obituaries.
Editor’s Note: Aston Middletown Little League is located in Media, Pa., which is in Delaware County.
Clean Up South Waverly
South Waverly used to be a nice looking town. People cared about their homes and yards. Now we have many shabby looking homes, unmowed lawns and junk in dumpsters sitting in yards and driveways way longer than they should. Also, how about cleaning under the overpass on Fulton Street on a regular basis. The South Waverly Council needs to impose stricter fines on people who abuse the ordinances. The council also needs to get off their butts and apply for grants like the other Valley towns do, instead of just protecting their own interests.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The FBI searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said Monday.
Trump disclosed the action in a lengthy statement, asserting that agents had broken into his safe in a search he decried as evidence of “dark times for our nation.”
The search, which the FBI and Justice Department did not immediately confirm, marks a dramatic escalation in law enforcement scrutiny of Trump and comes amid a separate but intensifying probe into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Here's what you need to know about the search:
Trump's statement
Trump said in a statement that his home was "under siege" and was an attack by Democrats to prevent him from running for president in 2024.
He did not state, however, why the Justice Department was in his home and what exactly they were searching for.
"After working and cooperating with the relevant Government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate," Trump said in his statement. "It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don't want me to run for President in 2024, especially based on recent polls, and who will likewise do anything to stop Republicans and Conservatives in the upcoming Midterm Election."
Trump continues to call those who entered his home corrupt and mentioned Hillary Clinton in regards to deleting more than 33,000 emails after she was subpoenaed by Congress and also her taking furniture from the White House but was not held accountable.
FBI search
Although neither the FBI nor Justice Department has released a response regarding the incident, the search is believed to be connected to an investigation by the Justice Department of claims by the National Archives that it found 15 boxes of records that include classified material at Trump's estate earlier this year, sources told CBS News.
The National Archives also reportedly asked the Justice Department to investigate Trump's handling of White House records, according to CBS News.
Under the Presidential Records Act, Trump is not allowed to carry any White House documents with him after his term was served as all documents received and sent by any president must be preserved by the office.
Justice Department's response
The Justice Department and the FBI have not yet announced a response relating to the search at the time of this writing.
A department spokeswoman refused to comment when asked whether Attorney General Merrick Garland approved the FBI to search the home, The Washington Post reported.
However, going inside the home of a former U.S. president's property to look for evidence of a possible crime is very unusual and would most likely require approval from the top levels of the Justice Department, according to the Washington Post.
Florida leaders' response
Several of Florida's top leaders responded to the raid, including Gov. Ron DeSantis.
On Twitter, DeSantis called the raid "another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime's political opponents."
Sen. Marco Rubio also responded via Twitter about the raid, accusing President Joe Biden of "playing with fire by using a document dispute to get the [Justice Department] to persecute a likely future election opponent."
Sen. Rick Scott also condemned the raid, calling it "incredibly concerning," and alleging the Biden administration has a "history of going after" other political opponents. And, he called on the FBI to explain what agents were doing at Mar-a-Lago and why.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Florida Department of Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who are both Democratic gubernatorial candidates, criticized DeSantis' condemnation of the FBI raid.
Fried said the governor is defending Trump "instead of the rule of law."
Crist also tweeted criticism of DeSantis' response and released the following statement:
“In the United States of America, no one is above the law, not even a former President.
“Governor DeSantis’s knee-jerk partisan response to this law enforcement action proves yet again he is more interested in playing politics than seeking justice or the rule of law.
“Healing and uniting our state and nation starts with respecting the rule of law. If Ron DeSantis can’t understand that, or refuses to, he’s not qualified to be governor of Florida.”
Mar-a-Lago
Mar-a-Lago is a resort located in Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump has an estate in that location and it's where the FBI conducted its search to find classified records from the White House.
According to Trump's statement, a safe in his home was broken into by the FBI.
"They even broke into my safe! What is the difference between this and Watergate, where operatives broke into the Democrat National Committee?" he stated.
Town&Country magazine reports that the former president owns seven properties, but the one in the Sunshine State is believed by the Justice Department to contain records from the White House.
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- Operating revenue growth of $257 million for the quarter
- Inflation continues to pressure operating expenses; adjusted loss grew by $418 million to $459 million for the quarter
- One-time, non-cash benefit of $59.6 billion due to Postal Service reform legislation
- Continued progress on implementation of Delivering for America plan
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service today announced its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2022 (April 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022). The enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act (PSRA) on April 6, 2022, significantly impacted the financial condition of the Postal Service, as it repealed the requirement that the Postal Service annually prepay future retiree health benefits and canceled all past due prefunding obligations. These impacts are reflected as a one-time, non-cash benefit of $59.6 billion to net income for the quarter.
The Postal Service had adjusted loss of $459 million for the quarter, compared to an adjusted loss of $41 million for the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss excludes the impact of the PSRA, retiree health benefits expense, non-cash workers' compensation adjustments for the impacts of actuarial revaluation and discount rate changes, which are outside of management's control, and amortization expenses for the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) unfunded liabilities. On a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, the Postal Service had net income of $59.7 billion for the quarter, compared to net loss of $3.0 billion for the same quarter last year, due almost exclusively to the non-cash impact of the PSRA.
The Postal Service continued to make significant progress in improving service during the quarter through the Delivering for America 10-year transformation plan. One of the goals of Delivering for America is to meet or exceed 95 percent on-time service performance for all mail and shipping products once all elements of the plan are implemented. It took on average 2.5 days to deliver a mailpiece or package during the third quarter, which is a 7 percent improvement, compared to the average of 2.7 days the same quarter last year. From an on-time delivery perspective, 93.3 percent of First-Class Mail pieces were delivered on time during the quarter, an increase of 5.4 percentage points from the fiscal second quarter. Other achievements resulting from the 10-year plan include expansion of the Postal Service's package processing capacity, improvements in operating precision and the roll out of USPS Connect, a set of delivery solutions that leverage the ongoing network improvements with new pricing to meet evolving business needs.
"Our strong on-time delivery results and revenue growth this quarter demonstrate that we are making appreciable progress in implementing our Delivering for America plan and becoming the high performing organization the public expects and deserves," said Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy. "The one-time, non-cash benefit we recorded due to the enactment of postal reform legislation was significant, but also distortive. The fact of the matter is that we have a long road and a lot of hard work ahead in our 10-year transformation to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the Postal Service, but we are confident that we will achieve what we have set out to accomplish."
The Postal Service's operating revenue was $18.7 billion for the quarter, an increase of $257 million, or 1.4 percent, despite a volume decline of 201 million pieces, or 0.7 percent, compared to the same quarter last year.
Marketing Mail revenue increased $324 million, or 9.4 percent, compared to the same quarter last year, on volume growth of 545 million pieces, or 3.5 percent. Marketing Mail experienced steep volume declines at the onset of the pandemic but has been rebounding as the economy continues to recover. Marketing Mail has generally proven to be a resilient marketing channel, and its value to U.S. businesses remains strong due to healthy customer returns on investment and better data and technology integration.
First-Class Mail revenue was essentially flat, compared to the same quarter last year, despite a volume decline of 620 million pieces, or 5.1 percent. First-Class Mail volume continued to decline due to on-going migration from mail to electronic communication and transaction alternatives and remains lower than pre-pandemic levels.
Shipping and Packages revenue decreased $85 million, or 1.1 percent, compared to the same quarter last year, on a volume decline of 92 million pieces, or 5.0 percent, compared to the same quarter last year. Shipping and Packages volume remains higher than pre-pandemic levels despite the volume decline compared to the same quarter last year, due to the prior year pandemic-related surge in e-commerce.
The pandemic has significantly transformed the mix of mail and packages processed through the Postal Service's network and the Postal Service anticipates that its volumes and mix will not return to pre-pandemic levels. The Postal Service continues to grow its mail services revenue through optimization of its pricing strategies and effective use of its pricing authority, as outlined in the Delivering for America plan.
Adjusted loss grew by $418 million, compared to the same quarter last year, despite the increase in revenue, due to inflationary impacts on several operating expense categories. Compensation and benefits expense increased $198 million, or 1.6 percent, primarily due to wage increases in our labor agreements tied to inflation, and in particular the impacts of cost of living adjustments. Highway transportation expense increased $131 million, or 10.1 percent, primarily due to the inflationary impacts of higher average diesel fuel costs. Other operating expense increased $373 million, or 14.9 percent, as inflationary pressures have led to higher average fuel prices for delivery vehicles and an increase in rent and utilities.
"The enactment of the PSRA is a key component of restoring the Postal Service to financial stability," said Chief Financial Officer Joseph Corbett. "but the one-time, non-cash impact this quarter of the statute is not reflective of our true financial condition. Net income for the quarter reflects the accounting impact of this legislation, and while we saw revenue growth of $257 million during the quarter, rising costs associated with inflationary pressures present significant challenges. We continue to strategically manage our business and aggressively control our expenses and kept them below the level of inflation thus far in fiscal year 2022."
Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Operating Revenue and Volume by Service Category Compared to Prior Year
The following table presents revenue and volume by category for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:
Selected Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Results of Operations and Non-GAAP measures
This news release includes controllable income (loss) including partial impact of Postal Service reform legislation and partial retiree health benefits expense which is not calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP measure is calculated as net income (loss) adjusted for the impact of the PSRA on past due obligations to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (PSRHBF) and on the current year PSRHBF amortization expenses, workers' compensation expenses caused by actuarial revaluation and discount rate changes, expenses caused by the actuarial revaluation of PSRHBF, and the amortization of the PSRHBF, CSRS and FERS unfunded liabilities.
This news release references controllable loss excluding full impact of Postal Service reform legislation and all retiree health benefits expense which is not calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP measure is calculated as net income (loss) adjusted for the full impact of the PSRA, all retiree health benefits expense, workers' compensation (benefit) expense caused by actuarial revaluation and discount rate changes, and the amortization of CSRS and FERS unfunded liabilities.
These non-GAAP measures provide meaningful information to assist users of the Postal Service's financial statements in more fully understanding the financial results and assessing the Postal Service's ongoing performance because they exclude items that may not be indicative of, or are unrelated to, underlying operations.
Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Postal Service's reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. This adjusted financial information does not represent a comprehensive basis of accounting.
The following table reconciles GAAP net income (loss) to the non-GAAP financial measures for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:
Financial results in the Form 10-Q are available at http://about.usps.com/what/financials/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements contained in this release represent the Postal Service's best estimates of known and anticipated trends believed relevant to future operations. However, actual results may differ significantly from current estimates. Certain forward-looking statements included in this release use such words as "may," "will," "could," "expect," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "project," or other similar terminology. These forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties, reflect current expectations regarding future events and operating performance as of the date of this report. These risks include, but are not limited to, the effects of COVID-19 on the Postal Service's business, financial condition, and results of operations. The Postal Service has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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9-year-old publishes book he started writing during pandemic
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM/Gray News) - A 9-year-old boy from Massachusetts has just released his first published book.
WGGB/WSHM reports, Springfield native Zaiden Rivera-Johnson, promoted the book over the weekend, where residents were able to meet the young author.
“I decided to write the book because I like to read,” Zaiden said. “I also did it for fun and to make money.”
Zaiden’s first book is “The Adventures of Zaiden and His Friends.”
The fourth grader said he started writing the book during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that his mom, Dr. Christine Johnson, helped edit the book and they found a publishing company to turn his dreams into reality.
“He would get up in the morning before me and just be on his computer typing away, typing away,” Johnson said. “And a couple of months later, he said, ‘Mommy, can you look at this?”
Johnson said young talent runs in the family.
“He also has a sister, Zoe. She’s the artist in the family,” Johnson said. “and before he was 5, Zaiden had already read over 200 books.”
Zaiden also said he’s working on a second book that could be ready later this year.
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2-month-old finds donor heart, transplant surgery successful
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) – Parents Franky and Esmeralda Garcia were stunned Friday when they received a call saying a donor’s heart had been located for their two-month-old daughter, Amelia.
The infant underwent an eight-hour surgery the next day, and now the heart beats strongly in Amelia’s body.
“As a mom, we’ve had some really dark days where we wondered what was going to happen to our baby. Are we going to have our child at Christmas? And you think there’s a mom out there, parents, that in their sorrow said yes, said yes to giving our child life,” Esmeralda Garcia told FOX5.
The couple knew before Amelia was born that she would have to undergo surgery for a heart problem, but were shocked to learn she’d need a new heart.
Amelia made it on the transplant list about four weeks ago and had no idea how long it would take for a donor heart.
The donor is anonymous, and the Garcias said, “thank you,” is a huge understatement for what they did for their baby. They want to raise Amelia the best they can for the donor.
“We’ll probably spend the rest of our lives trying to do good for others because so many people have done good for us. I mean, our daughter got the ultimate gift of life,” Esmeralda Garcia said.
The transplant surgery happened at UCLA in Southern California.
The Garcia family said Amelia will remain in the hospital for at least a few weeks, but they plan to stay for three months to ensure everything goes OK before they return home to Las Vegas.
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Wheat for Sep. rose 1.75 cents at $7.8150 a bushel; Sep. corn was up 7 cents at $6.1550 a bushel, Sep. oats fell 21 cents at $4.40 a bushel; while Sep. soybeans was up 73.75 cents at $16.9325 a bushel.
Beef lower and pork higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Aug. live cattle was off .38 cent at $1.3797 a pound; Aug. feeder cattle lost 2.47 cents at $1.7880 a pound; while Aug. lean hogs rose .40 cent at $1.2220 a pound. | https://www.michigansthumb.com/business/article/Grains-Livestock-mixed-17362330.php | 2022-08-09T20:13:08Z | https://www.michigansthumb.com/business/article/Grains-Livestock-mixed-17362330.php | false |
Death Valley experiences a ‘1,000 year’ rain event, National Weather Service says
(CNN) – California’s Death Valley experienced widespread damage after it got nearly a year’s worth of rainfall over just three hours Friday.
Images taken by a European Space Agency Satellite before and after the rains show the differences in the landscape.
The enhanced color images use short wave infrared bands to better depict where water gathered.
The National Weather Service said Friday’s 1.47 inches of rain is considered a 1,000-year event, which means there’s a 1.1% chance of it happening in any given year.
Flooding and debris has prompted the closure of all roads in the park.
The National Park Service said many miles of roadway have moderate to severe asphalt damage due to the rains. Hundreds of miles of roadways also have debris on them.
There have been no reports of injuries.
The park superintendent notes Death Valley set a record as the hottest place on Earth in 1913 and is one of the driest places in North America.
He said, with climate change models predicting more frequent and more intense storms, Death Valley is a place where you can observe climate change in action.
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(NEXSTAR) – As the monkeypox virus continues to spread throughout the United States, health officials are asking people at high risk of contracting the virus to stay vigilant and get tested.
The virus is known to cause a rash of bumps and blisters that can be painful, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, but not everyone will see this visual signifier as their first symptom.
What are the signs and symptoms of the virus? According to the CDC, monkeypox is like a milder case of smallpox.
“The main difference between symptoms of smallpox and monkeypox is that monkeypox causes lymph nodes to swell (lymphadenopathy) while smallpox does not,” the CDC writes. Lymph nodes can swell as the result of any infection, Mayo Clinic explains. They’re located throughout your body, from your neck down to your armpits and groin.
In the early stages of infection, monkeypox symptoms can include:
- Fever
- Headache
- Muscle aches
- Backache
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Chills
- Exhaustion
A few days in, a rash typically starts to develop, according to the CDC. The rash will often start on people’s face or genitals and then spread to the rest of the body. At first, they may look like pimples or blisters, and the bumps may be painful or itchy, the CDC says.
The bumps from the rash will eventually scab over and fall off.
Not everyone who contracts monkeypox will see the same symptoms in the same order. “Sometimes, people have flu-like symptoms before the rash,” the CDC explains. “Some people get a rash first, followed by other symptoms. Others only experience a rash.”
Symptoms usually start to show up within three weeks of being exposed to the virus. The full cycle of illness usually lasts between two and four weeks, the CDC says.
If you have an unexplained rash fitting the description of monkeypox, the CDC recommends seeing a doctor. In the meantime, the agency advises avoiding sex or intimate contact with other people. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/what-are-early-symptoms-of-monkeypox/ | 2022-08-09T20:14:42Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/what-are-early-symptoms-of-monkeypox/ | true |
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Good inflation news: Online shopping prices are suddenly falling fast
Video above: Prices start to fall at gas pumps
The world of online shopping was long immune to inflation until COVID-19 turned everything upside down.
E-commerce prices began rising in June 2020, beginning an unprecedented stretch of 25 consecutive months of increases that underscored the severe price pressures hitting the U.S. economy.
That streak has finally ended. Online prices declined by 1% year-over-year in July, snapping a string of nearly two years of persistent inflation, according to a report released Tuesday by Adobe.
The shift is even more pronounced on a month-over-month basis where online prices dropped by 2% in July, Adobe said.
The findings bode well for the inflation crisis, signaling a potential easing of the pricing pressures that have squeezed consumers and raised recession fears.
Of course, it may take considerable time before inflation gets anywhere back to normal levels, and Adobe noted that online grocery prices continue to surge.
Inflation remains way too high across the U.S. economy.
Consumer prices surged by 9.1% year-over-year in June, the biggest increase in more than 40 years. A new report due out on Wednesday is expected to show inflation eased in July, though remained uncomfortably high at 8.7%.
While cooling inflation would be a positive development, the factors behind the pricing shift online may not be great news. Adobe pointed to a combination of "wavering consumer confidence and a pullback in spending" as well as oversupply by some retailers.
Walmart, Target and Best Buy have all recently warned of an inventory glut that is eating into profits and prompting price cuts.
The online deflation was led by a 9.3% year-over-year plunge in electronics prices, Adobe said, the area consumers spend the most.
Beyond electronics, online prices for toys fell sharply by 8.2% in July, the most since late 2019, according to Adobe.
Online prices for apparel rose for 14 consecutive months until June, when they dipped 0.1% year-over-year, Adobe said. That deflationary shift continued in July as online apparel prices fell by 1% year-over-year and by 6.3% month-over-month.
Walmart in particular called out apparel as an area where the retail leader is being forced to mark down inventory.
Although deflation has returned to online shopping overall, Adobe found online prices moved in the wrong direction in a few key categories.
Online grocery prices surged by 13.4% year-over-year in July, marking a new record, the report found. That is an acceleration from the previous records of 10.3% in April and 11.7% in May.
Similarly, Adobe said prices for pet products online jumped by 12.6% year-over-year, marking a record and the 27th consecutive month of rising prices. | https://www.ksbw.com/article/inflation-news-online-shopping-prices-are-suddenly-falling-fast/40849950 | 2022-08-09T20:17:35Z | https://www.ksbw.com/article/inflation-news-online-shopping-prices-are-suddenly-falling-fast/40849950 | false |
SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the JYNNEOS vaccine to allow healthcare providers to use the vaccine by intradermal injection for individuals 18 years of age and older who are determined to be at high risk for monkeypox infection. This will increase the total number of doses available for use by up to five-fold. The EUA also allows for use of the vaccine in individuals younger than 18 years of age determined to be at high risk of monkeypox infection; in these individuals JYNNEOS is administered by subcutaneous injection.
"In recent weeks the monkeypox virus has continued to spread at a rate that has made it clear our current vaccine supply will not meet the current demand," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "The FDA quickly explored other scientifically appropriate options to facilitate access to the vaccine for all impacted individuals. By increasing the number of available doses, more individuals who want to be vaccinated against monkeypox will now have the opportunity to do so."
JYNNEOS, the Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine, was approved in 2019 for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox disease in adults 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk for smallpox or monkeypox infection. JYNNEOS is administered beneath the skin (subcutaneously) as two doses, four weeks (28 days) apart. For individuals 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk of monkeypox infection, the EUA now allows for a fraction of the JYNNEOS dose to be administered between the layers of the skin (intradermally). Two doses of the vaccine given four weeks (28 days) apart will still be needed. There are no data available to indicate that one dose of JYNNEOS will provide long-lasting protection, which will be needed to control the current monkeypox outbreak.
Data from a 2015 clinical study of the MVA vaccine evaluated a two-dose series given intradermally compared to subcutaneously. Individuals who received the vaccine intradermally received a lower volume (one fifth) than individuals who received the vaccine subcutaneously. The results of this study demonstrated that intradermal administration produced a similar immune response to subcutaneous administration, meaning individuals in both groups responded to vaccination in a similar way. Administration by the intradermal route resulted in more redness, firmness, itchiness and swelling at the injection site, but less pain, and these side effects were manageable. The FDA has determined that the known and potential benefits of JYNNEOS outweigh the known and potential risks for the authorized uses.
To support the FDA's authorization of two doses of JYNNEOS administered by the subcutaneous route of administration in individuals younger than 18 years of age, the FDA considered the available JYNNEOS safety and immune response data in adults as well as the historical data with use of live vaccinia virus smallpox vaccine in pediatric populations.
JYNNEOS has been tested in individuals with immunocompromising conditions and has been found to be safe and effective in the trials that were performed to support approval. It was initially developed specifically as an alternative for use in immunocompromised individuals in the event of a smallpox outbreak.
On the basis of the determination by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Aug. 9, 2022, that there is a public health emergency, or the significant potential for a public health emergency, that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad, and the declaration on Aug. 9, 2022, that circumstances exist justifying the emergency use of vaccines, the FDA may issue an EUA to allow emergency use of unapproved vaccines or unapproved uses of approved vaccines.
The FDA will provide updates as developments occur and will continue to work with federal public health partners and industry to ensure timely access to all available medical countermeasures. More information can be found on the agency's monkeypox webpage.
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Walmart heirs complete $4.65BILLION deal to buy the Denver Broncos after NFL owners approved the sale unanimously, in a world-record deal for a sports franchise
- The Denver Broncos sold to a group of Walmart heirs for a price of $4.65 billion
- The sale price is a record for a sports franchise, eclipsing Chelsea ($3.1 billion)
- Rob Walton, 77, is now the NFL's richest owner with an estimated $60 billion
- Broncos minority owners include former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
- Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton is also among the minority partners
- The Broncos acquired QB Russell Wilson after failing to reach the playoffs again
The Denver Broncos have officially sold to a group of Walmart heirs for a record price of $4.65 billion.
That's not just an NFL record, but a sports record, eclipsing Steve Cohen's $2.4 billion purchase of the New York Mets and David Tepper's $2.3 billion acquisition of the Carolina Panthers.
It even exceeds Todd Boehly's $5.12 billion acquisition of Chelsea FC because that figure includes investments in the London soccer club's stadium and donations to charities supported by outgoing owner, Roman Abramovich. In the end, the true sales price was closer to $3 billion, according to multiple reports.
The Walton Penner Ownership Group's bid was approved by unanimous vote of NFL owners at a meeting on Tuesday, according to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
'We're just so excited to officially become a part of the Broncos - big, big day for us,' Rob Walton said during a short press conference.
The Denver Broncos have officially sold to a group of Walmart heirs for a record price of $4.65 billion. Super Bowls during his reign. His trust assumed the ownership after he died in 2019. Rob Walton, 77, is now the NFL's richest owner thanks to an estimated fortune of nearly $60 billion, according to Bloomberg
The ownership group also includes Walton's daughter, Carrie (left), and her husband, Greg (right) Penner, who has experience in corporate finance working at Goldman Sachs
A cutout of late Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and cutouts of three Vince Lombardi Trophies are seen in the upper stands of Empower Field at Mile High in the first quarter of a game against the Miami Dolphins on November 22, 2020
Rob Walton, one of the heirs to the Walmart fortune, released his own statement on Tuesday
The sale officially ends the Bowlen family's stake in the team after nearly four decades. Pat Bowlen acquired the Broncos in 1984 and the franchise won three Super Bowls during his reign. His trust assumed the ownership after he died in 2019.
Rob Walton, 77, is now the NFL's richest owner thanks to an estimated fortune of nearly $60 billion, according to Bloomberg. His ownership group also includes his daughter, Carrie, and her husband, Greg Penner, who has experience in corporate finance working at Goldman Sachs.
The Walton heirs take over at a precarious time for the Broncos, who have failed to reach the playoffs in six seasons, but have recently acquired former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson from the Seattle Seahawks
'Putting a winning team on the field is the No. 1 priority, 'Walton said om the press conference.
The ownership group also includes minority owners like former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Formula One star, Lewis Hamilton.
Forbes identified other bidders as Josh Harris, who is part of the ownership group of the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils; Jose E. Feliciano, one of the founders of Clearlake Capital; and mortgage lender Mat Ishbia.
The ownership group also includes minority owners like former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Formula One star, Lewis Hamilton
Hamilton, 37, who drives for the Mercedes team and whose 103 career victories are the most in F1 history, is the third limited partner brought aboard by the Walton-Penner ownership group.
Goodell has made minority ownership a point of emphasis in the league.
'Excited to join an incredible group of owners and become a part of the Broncos story!!' Hamilton tweeted last week. 'Honored to work with a world class team and serve as an example of the value of more diverse leadership across all sports.'
'We're delighted to welcome seven-time Formula One World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton to our ownership group,' Walton said in a statement. 'He is a champion competitor who knows what it takes to lead a winning team and a fierce advocate for global equality, including in his own sport.
'With over 100 race wins, Lewis is considered the most successful F1 driver of all time,' Walton added. 'His resilient spirit and standard of excellence will be an asset to the ownership group and the Broncos organization.'
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INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed an executive order calling for a special election in Indiana's second Congressional district to fill the vacancy left after Rep. Jackie Walorski's death.
It will be held concurrently with the Nov. 8 general election, according to an announcement made Tuesday by Holcomb's office.
Walorski and three others were killed in a crash last week in Elkhart County.
As the Congressperson for the second district, Walorski represented a large chunk of north-central Indiana. The district encompasses all or part of Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Starke, St. Joseph and Wabash counties.
That includes South Bend and Elkhart, the two largest cities in that part of the state.
Most elected office vacancies in the Senate may be filled by an appointment process, no one has ever been appointed to serve as a member of the U.S. House of Represenatatives, according to a FAQ from the governor's office.
Additional information on the special election is available through the online FAQ. The web page will be updated as more details become available. | https://www.wrtv.com/news/state-news/holcomb-signs-executive-order-for-special-election-after-rep-jackie-walorskis-death | 2022-08-09T20:21:44Z | https://www.wrtv.com/news/state-news/holcomb-signs-executive-order-for-special-election-after-rep-jackie-walorskis-death | true |
Using linters improves readability by highlighting problems before they are executed, and it helps with the standardization of your codebase. A good linter has configuration settings that help to lessen warnings for rules you don’t care about, making code easier to comprehend, modify, and maintain.
In this article, we’ll be learning more about linting through these topics:
- Setting up a project with revive
- Suppressing linting errors with revive
- Setting up configurations for linters
- Setting up linting in code editors
- Exploring the go vet command
- Alternative packages for linting in Go
golint has been the most widely used linter for Go over the years. Unfortunately, it is now officially deprecated and archived. The issue with golint is that it doesn’t offer any configuration options and always applies all the rules, which leads to warnings for rules you don’t care about. In this article, we’ll use the revive package as well as exploring alternative go linting packages.
Conversely, revive is a fast, configurable, extensible, adaptable, and beautiful linter for Go. It serves as golint’s drop-in replacement.
Here’s how revive is different from golint:
- Allows us to enable or disable rules using a configuration file
- Allows us to configure the linting rules with a TOML file
- Is two times faster running the same rules as golint
- Provides functionality for disabling a specific rule or the entire linter for a file or a range of lines (golint allows this only for generated files)
- Optional type checking. Most rules in golint do not require type checking. If you disable them in the config file, revive will run over six times faster than golint
- Provides multiple formatters that let us customize the output
- Allows us to customize the return code for the entire linter or based on the failure of only some rules
- Everyone can extend it easily with custom rules or formatters
- revive provides more rules compared to golint
Setting up a project with revive
Open a terminal and create a project folder. Navigate to the project folder and run the following command to start a new project:
go mod init project
Navigate to your Go project and run the following command to install the revive linter package:
go install github.com/mgechev/[email protected]
Create a main.go
file and add the following code snippet to the main.go
file:
package main import ( "fmt" ) func main() { PrintName("Emmanuel") PrintAge(23) } func PrintName(name string) { fmt.Println(name) } func PrintAge(age int) { fmt.Println(age) }
Now, run the revive
command on the project terminal and you should get the following report:
main.go:11:1: exported function PrintName should have comment or be unexported main.go:15:1: exported function PrintAge should have comment or be unexported
In Go, the first letter of an exported function is usually an uppercase. A properly documented codebase requires that exported functions be commented with a brief overview of the function’s purpose, so everyone can understand what it does. Now we can see how the revive package helps us write well-documented code.
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Now, let’s add some comments to these functions:
... // This function uses the fmt.Println function to print a string. func PrintName(name string) { fmt.Println(name) } // This function uses the fmt.Println function to print a number. func PrintAge(age int) { fmt.Println(age) }
Execute the revive command and you should have the following report:
main.go:12:1: comment on exported function PrintName should be of the form "PrintName ..." main.go:17:1: comment on exported function PrintAge should be of the form "PrintAge ..."
Revive tells us that our comment should begin with the name of our exported functions for a properly documented codebase.
Let’s change our comments to the following:
... // PrintName uses the fmt.Println function to print a string. func PrintName(name string) { fmt.Println(name) } // PrintAge uses the fmt.Println function to print a number. func PrintAge(age int) { fmt.Println(age) }
With this, execute the revive command and you should have no report.
Suppressing linting errors with revive
Sometimes, it’s necessary to disable specific linting issues that appear in a file or package. Both comments and exclusion rules in the configuration file can be used to do this. Let’s examine each strategy in turn.
The comments strategy comes in handy when you want to disable warnings for a certain section of code but still want to apply the rule to other parts of the project.
Here is how to disable specific linting issues using comments:
package main import ( "fmt" ) func main() { PrintName("Emmanuel") } // revive:disable:exported func PrintName(name string) { fmt.Println(name) }
The syntax for this is revive
, followed by a colon, then disable
. If desired, add another colon followed by the name of a linter rule.
Setting up configurations for linters
This is one amazing feature of the revive linter package that address the major challenge with the popular golint
linter package.
Let’s see how to configure the revive linter package to disable some linting rules in order to reduce unnecessary warnings.
Add a file named revive.toml
to the project folder with the default revive
configuration:
ignoreGeneratedHeader = false severity = "warning" confidence = 0.8 errorCode = 0 warningCode = 0 [rule.blank-imports] [rule.context-as-argument] [rule.context-keys-type] [rule.dot-imports] [rule.error-return] [rule.error-strings] [rule.error-naming] [rule.exported] [rule.if-return] [rule.increment-decrement] [rule.var-naming] [rule.var-declaration] [rule.package-comments] [rule.range] [rule.receiver-naming] [rule.time-naming] [rule.unexported-return] [rule.indent-error-flow] [rule.errorf] [rule.empty-block] [rule.superfluous-else] [rule.unused-parameter] [rule.unreachable-code] [rule.redefines-builtin-id]
Now, remove all comments and run the following command to use the linter with the configuration file:
revive -config revive.toml
To disable any of these rules, you can either remove them or add #
before the specified rule as follows:
#[rule.exported]
Setting up linting in code editors
Some code editors support linting code automatically; Visual Studio Code is one of them.
Let’s see how to set up the revive linter in Visual Studio Code.
Open VS Code and install the go
extension for VS Code. Then, select the File tab > Preferences > Settings and add go.lint
to the search field and select revive in the Go: Lint Tool section.
The default Go linter for Visual Studio Code is staticcheck
.
Exploring the go vet
command
In contrast to linters, the go vet command identifies code that compiles but probably won’t perform as intended.
Let’s consider a common self assignment bug in our Golang code. Update main.go
file as follows:
package main import ( "fmt" ) func main() { PrintName("Emmanuel") } // revive:disable:exported func PrintName(name string) { name = name fmt.Println(name) }
The above code will compile even with this bug. Executing the revive linter command won’t report any issue concerning this bug. This is where the go vet
command comes in handy.
Run the go vet
command and you should have the following result instead:
$ go vet # sample .\main.go:10:2: self-assignment of name to name
Alternative packages for linting in Go
If revive isn’t your preference, here is a list of Go linters that have been built and maintained by the community.
golangci-lint
golangci-lint
is a fast Go linters runner. It integrates with every major IDE, employs caching, enables YAML configuration, executes linters in parallel, and comes with a large number of linters.
staticcheck
staticcheck
is a cutting-edge Go programming language linter. It employs static analysis to identify bugs and performance problems, provide simplifications, and enforce style guidelines.
Conclusion
Go takes documentation seriously because the easier it is for developers to produce good documentation, the better for everyone.
In this article, we’ve explored linting in Golang, my preferred linting package, and alternative packages for linting in Go. I hope you’ll like working with revive!
LogRocket: Full visibility into your web and mobile apps
LogRocket is a frontend application monitoring solution that lets you replay problems as if they happened in your own browser. Instead of guessing why errors happen, or asking users for screenshots and log dumps, LogRocket lets you replay the session to quickly understand what went wrong. It works perfectly with any app, regardless of framework, and has plugins to log additional context from Redux, Vuex, and @ngrx/store.
In addition to logging Redux actions and state, LogRocket records console logs, JavaScript errors, stacktraces, network requests/responses with headers + bodies, browser metadata, and custom logs. It also instruments the DOM to record the HTML and CSS on the page, recreating pixel-perfect videos of even the most complex single-page web and mobile apps.
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PHOENIX, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CopperPoint Insurance Companies, a western-based super regional commercial insurance company, announced today that Kevin Kinross will be joining CopperPoint on September 12, 2022 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, reporting to the CEO.
Kinross brings over 20 years of experience, along with deep relationships in the industry, to the role. He most recently served as a Partner at Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP where he led the Insurance Regulatory & Transaction Practice.
"Kevin has been a trusted partner to me throughout the years and has advised us on a variety of corporate matters, including our mutual holding company conversion. He will be a tremendous asset to the CopperPoint Family", said Marc Schmittlein, CopperPoint President and CEO.
Kinross earned his Finance degree at Indiana University Kelly School of Business and his Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School.
He will work alongside Sara Begley, current Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer for the next several months until Sara retires in early 2023. We have been so fortunate to have Sara at the helm for the last 14 years and we are confident that the work over the next several months will ensure a smooth transition for Kinross into this new role.
Founded in 1925, CopperPoint Insurance Companies, www.copperpoint.com, is a leading provider of workers' compensation and commercial property and casualty insurance solutions. With an expanded line of insurance products and a growing 26-state footprint, CopperPoint is in a strong position to meet the evolving needs of its agents, brokers, and customers. It has $5.1 billion in total assets and an enterprise surplus of approximately $1.6 billion.
CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Holding Company is the corporate parent of CopperPoint Insurance Companies, Pacific Compensation Insurance Company and Alaska National Insurance Company. All companies are rated A (Excellent) by AM Best.
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Truck driver acquitted in deaths of 7 motorcyclists in 2019
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a horrific head-on collision in northern New Hampshire that exposed fatal flaws in the processing of license revocations across states.
Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, was found innocent on seven counts of manslaughter, seven counts of negligent homicide and one count of reckless conduct in connection with the June 21, 2019, crash in Randolph. Jailed since the crash, he appeared to wipe away tears as the verdict was read and briefly raised his index finger skyward before leaving the courtroom.
Jurors deliberated for less than three hours after a two-week trial during which prosecutors argued that Zhukovskyy, who had taken heroin, fentanyl and cocaine that day, repeatedly swerved back and forth before the head-on crash and told police he caused it. But a judge dismissed eight charges related to whether he was impaired, and his attorneys blamed the lead biker, Albert “Woody” Mazza, who was among those killed.
In closing statements Tuesday morning, the two sides raised questions about who was more “all over the place”: the trucker accused of swerving back and forth across the road or the eyewitnesses accused of contradicting each other.
“There is no doubt that this accident was a tragedy,” said defense attorney Jay Duguay said. “But we are not here to decide whether or not this was a tragedy.”
Duguay said Mazza was drunk and not looking where he was going when he lost control of his motorcycle and slid in front of Zhukovskyy’s truck. He also accused prosecutors of ignoring that their own accident reconstruction unit contradicted their theory that Zhukovskyy crossed into the oncoming lane. An expert hired by the defense, meanwhile, testified that the crash happened on the center line of the road and would have occurred even if the truck was in the middle of its lane because Mazza’s motorcycle was heading in that direction.
“From the beginning of this investigation, the state had made up their mind about what had happened, evidence be damned,” said Duguay, who also highlighted inconsistencies between witness accounts or when witnesses contradicted themselves.
“Those witnesses were all over the place about what they recalled and what they claimed to have seen,” he said.
In particular, Duguay suggested that members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club “shaded” their accounts to protect Mazza and the club. Prosecutor Scott Chase acknowledged some inconsistencies, but asked jurors to remember the circumstances.
“People were covering the dead, trying to save the barely living, comforting the dying. This wasn’t story time,” he said. “They were up here talking about some of the most unimaginable chaos, trauma, death and carnage that we can even imagine three years later. They were talking about hell broke open.”
Witnesses were consistent, he argued, in describing the truck as weaving back and forth before the crash. That behavior continued “until he killed people,” Chase said.
“That’s what stopped him. It’s not that he made some responsible decision to start paying attention or do the right thing,” he said. “The only thing that stopped him was an embankment after he tore through a group of motorcycles.”
Chase called the attempt to blame Mazza a “fanciful story” and “frivolous distraction,” while reminding jurors of that Zhukovskyy, who didn’t testify at trial, told investigators “Obviously, I caused the crash.”
“He was crystal clear from the very beginning that he caused this crash,” Chase said. “That is what he said, because that is what happened.”
Zhukovskyy’s commercial driving license should have been revoked in Massachusetts at the time of the crash because of a drunken driving arrest in Connecticut about two months earlier.
Connecticut officials alerted the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, but Zhukovkskyy’s license wasn’t suspended due to a backlog in out-of-state notifications about driving offenses. In a review, federal investigators found similar backlog problems in Rhode Island, New Hampshire and at least six other jurisdictions.
The motorcyclists who died were from New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and ranged in age from 42 to 62. They were part of a larger group that had just left a motel along U.S. Route 2 in Randolph.
Killed were Mazza, of Lee, New Hampshire; Edward and Jo-Ann Corr, a couple from Lakeville, Massachusetts; Michael Ferazzi, of Contoocook, New Hampshire; Desma Oakes, of Concord, New Hampshire; Daniel Pereira, of Riverside, Rhode Island; and Aaron Perry, of Farmington, New Hampshire.
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Associated Press Writer Kathy McCormack contributed to this report.
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WACO, Texas — Social media can be a great tool to keep in touch with friends and family at a distance, but using it too much may be harmful to your mental health.
Recent studies show social media can increase depression and anxiety and even impact someone's confidence or self-worth. While no one is immune from the negative effects of social media, teenagers tend to be more affected.
A study done by the Depression Alliance shows roughly a quarter of teenagers believe their social media impacts them negatively. Nearly half of the teens interviewed said they are addicted to their accounts and about 70% say they've experienced cyberbullying, which also impacts mental health.
Experts predict lessening social media usage can lower depression by 37%. They recommend setting a schedule, only allowing yourself about a half hour on social media each day.
Also, turn off your notifications. If you don't see it come through, you're more likely to stay off the apps. If you find there's one outlet that's been more harmful to your mental health than others, consider deleting your profile and staying off of it altogether. | https://www.kxxv.com/news/open-conversation/open-conversation-social-medias-affects-on-mental-health | 2022-08-09T20:27:37Z | https://www.kxxv.com/news/open-conversation/open-conversation-social-medias-affects-on-mental-health | true |
Record revenue of $40.5 million increased 30% over Q2 2021, with organic revenue growth of 44% and biopreservation media revenue growth of 46%
Updating 2022 revenue guidance to $160 million to $166 million, reflecting year-over-year growth of 34% to 39% and higher organic growth expectations of 37% to 43%
Sequential improvement in adjusted gross margin; on track for continued improvement in 2022
Positive adjusted EBITDA in Q2 2022 of $1.5 million
BOTHELL, Wash., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioLife Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLFS) ("BioLife" or the "Company"), a leading developer and supplier of class-defining bioproduction products and services for the cell and gene therapies ("CGT") and the broader biopharma markets, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.
Mike Rice, Chairman and CEO, commented, "Our team delivered another quarter of very strong business performance, with substantial revenue growth, and, importantly, sequential gross margin and adjusted EBITDA improvements as we continued to address operational issues with our ultra-low temperature ("ULT") freezer product line."
"Our high margin biopreservation media line continues to deliver exceptional growth, with the second quarter being another quarter of 40%+ year over year growth. As we move past ULT freezer issues, we are now recognizing a non-cash impairment charge against these assets. This adjustment does not limit our view of the unique differentiation of the technology that will be a catalyst for growth with innovative ULT freezer product launches in 2023."
Troy Wichterman, CFO, added, "The second quarter of 2022 was noteworthy for continued strong growth performance alongside significant fundamental improvements and operational progress in our ULT freezer business. Demand for our portfolio is strong, as evidenced by record revenue, strong organic growth, improved gross margin and positive $1.5mm in adjusted EBITDA this quarter, compared to negative $814,000 for the first quarter of 2022. As such, we are tightening our full year 2022 full year revenue guidance."
Operational Highlights
- For the second quarter of 2022, we gained 202 new direct customers sites including 17 now using biopreservation media, 10 using ThawSTAR® systems, 11 now using evo® cold chain management services, 10 now using CBS cryogenic freezers and accessories, 110 new sites now using Stirling ULT freezers and accessories, 30 now using SciSafe® biologic storage services and 14 now using Sexton cell processing products.
- For the second quarter of 2022, we processed 23 new U.S. FDA Drug Master File cross-reference requests, indicating the planned use of CryoStor® or HypoThermosol® in pending cell and gene therapy clinical trials. To date, our biopreservation media products have been used or are planned to be used in more than 550 customer clinical applications, including 10 approved cell and gene therapies, and in at least 10 additional therapies for which regulatory filings are expected to be submitted in 2022 and 2023. We estimate potential annual biopreservation media revenue per approved commercial application to range from $500,000 to $2 million.
- Use of evo cold chain by CGT end customers continued to increase in Q2 2022, with courier partner shipment volume up nearly 100% over Q2 2021. Our evo cold chain platform is currently used to store and transport two approved CAR T-cell therapies and we anticipate two additional global pharma companies will commence use of evo this year for the storage and shipment of an additional four approved CAR T-cell therapies. By mid-2023, we expect the evo platform will be used for all six currently approved CAR T-cell therapies. This adoption validates our belief that the evo platform will increasingly be selected as a class-defining temperature-controlled shipping container and related cloud app by the leading CGT companies.
- Biological storage services revenue increased significantly in Q2 2022 as we onboarded 30 new customers. We expect to commence construction and validation of a nearly 60,000 square foot US-based Center of Excellence Biorepository by the end of 2022 to meet anticipated demand for our high growth, highly profitable biologic storage services.
- ULT freezer quality continued to improve in Q2 2022 and product lead times were reduced from twelve weeks to less than two weeks despite continued supply chain disruptions.
Second Quarter and First Half 2022 Financial Results
BioLife Solutions is presenting various financial metrics under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and as adjusted (non-GAAP). A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP metrics appears at the end of this news release.
REVENUE
- Total revenue for the second quarter of 2022 was $40.5 million, an increase of 30% from $31.2 million for the second quarter of 2021, with organic revenue growth of 44%. COVID-19 related revenue accounted for approximately 9% of total revenue.
- Total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $76.8 million, an increase of 60% from $48.1 million for 2021, with organic revenue increase of 45%. COVID-19 related revenue accounted for approximately 9% of total revenue.
GROSS MARGIN
- Gross margin (GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was 33% compared with 39% for the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted gross margin (non-GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was 36% compared with 43% for the second quarter of 2021 and 33% in the first quarter of 2022.
- Gross margin (GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was 31% compared with 43% for the six months ended 2021. Adjusted gross margin (non-GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was 34% compared with 47% for the six months ended 2021.
- The decline in gross margin in both periods was primarily due to a shift in product mix after the acquisition of Global Cooling, Inc. (Stirling Ultracold), which has lower gross margin than the remainder of BioLife's portfolio. The sequential quarter improvement in GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was primarily due to improvement on our ULT platform as well as favorable product mix.
OPERATING EXPENSE
- Operating expense (GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was $116.8 million compared with $35.8 million for the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted operating expense (non-GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was $20.0 million compared with $13.3 million for the second quarter 2021.
- Operating expense (GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $160.6 million compared with $53.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Adjusted operating expense (non-GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $39.8 million compared with $22.2 million for 2021.
- The increase in GAAP operating expense was primarily due to a non-cash impairment charge of $69.9 million related to the acquired intangible assets of Global Cooling, Inc. (Stirling Ultracold). Adjusted operating expenses (non-GAAP) increased due to the full period of ownership from the acquisition of Global Cooling, Inc. on May 3, 2021, and the acquisition of Sexton Biotechnologies, Inc. on September 1, 2021. In addition, operating expenses increased due to increased accounting costs related to becoming a Large Accelerated Filer and additional headcount to support our growth.
OPERATING INCOME/(LOSS)
- Operating loss (GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was $76.3 million compared with operating loss of $4.6 million for the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted operating loss (non-GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was $5.4 million compared with adjusted operating income of $65,000 for the second quarter of 2021.
- Operating loss (GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $83.9 million compared with operating loss of $5.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Adjusted operating loss (non-GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $13.4 million compared with adjusted operating income of $560,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
NET INCOME/(LOSS)
- Net loss (GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was $72.6 million compared with net income of $7.9 million for the second quarter of 2021. Adjusted net loss (non-GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was $5.5 million compared with adjusted net loss of $56,000 for the second quarter of 2021.
- Net loss (GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $79.6 million compared with net income of $6.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Adjusted net loss (non-GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $13.5 million compared with adjusted net income of $422,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
EARNINGS/(LOSS) PER SHARE
- Loss per share (GAAP) for the second quarter of 2022 was $1.71 compared with earnings per diluted share of $0.19 for the second quarter of 2021. The non-cash intangible impairment charge accounted for a $1.65 loss per share.
- Loss per share (GAAP) for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $1.89 compared with earnings per diluted share of $0.17 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The non-cash intangible impairment charge accounted for a $1.65 loss per share.
ADJUSTED EBITDA
- Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, for the second quarter of 2022 was $1.5 million compared with $3.7 million for the second quarter of 2021.
- Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $679,000 compared with $6.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021.
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND MARKETABLE SECURITIES
- Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of June 30, 2022 were $46.6 million compared to $59.5 million as of March 31, 2022. The use of cash in the second quarter was primarily related to changes in working capital of $12.4 million, which includes a $7.0 million increase in accounts receivable and a $3.1 million increase in inventories. In addition, capital expenditures were $2.0 million in the second quarter of 2022, primarily related to build outs of our biorepository facilities.
2022 Revenue Guidance
Management is updating 2022 revenue guidance, which is based on expectations for our existing business.
Total revenue for 2022 is expected to range from $160 million to $166 million, reflecting year-over-year growth of 34% to 39% and organic growth of 37% to 43%. COVID-19 related revenue is expected to account for approximately 8% of total revenue.
Total revenue expectations for 2022 include the following platform contributions:
- Cell Processing platform: $67.0 million to $69.5 million, an increase of 49% to 55% over 2021 and organic growth of 42% to 47%. This includes biopreservation media and Sexton products.
- Freezers and Thaw Systems platform: $70.0 million to $71.5 million, an increase of 24% to 26% over 2021 and organic growth of 31% to 34%. COVID-19 related revenue is expected to account for less than 5% of the freezer and thaw systems platform revenue in 2022. This includes ThawStar thawing devices, cryogenic liquid nitrogen freezers and ULT Stirling freezers.
- Storage and Storage Services platform: $23.0 million to $25.0 million, a total and organic increase of 31% to 42% over 2021. COVID-19 related revenue is expected to account for approximately 41% to 45% of the storage and storage services platform revenue. COVID-19 related storage revenue is primarily generated from contracts, including contracts that extend beyond 2022.
Although the Company does not provide guidance below the revenue line, we expect positive 2022 full year adjusted EBITDA.
Conference Call & Webcast
Management will discuss the Company's financial results and provide a general business update on a conference call and live webcast today at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT).
To access the webcast, log onto the Investor Relations page of the BioLife Solutions website at https://www.biolifesolutions.com/earnings. In addition, the conference call will be accessible by dialing toll-free (800) 715-9871 for domestic callers and (646) 307-1963 for international callers. The conference ID number is 2389359. A webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after the call and will be archived on https://www.biolifesolutions.com/ for 90 days.
About BioLife Solutions
BioLife Solutions is a leading supplier of class-defining bioproduction tools and services for the cell and gene therapy and broader biopharma markets. Our tools portfolio includes our proprietary CryoStor® and HypoThermosol® biopreservation media for shipping and storage, the ThawSTAR® family of automated, water-free thawing products, evo® cold chain management system, high capacity cryogenic storage freezers, Stirling Ultracold mechanical freezers, SciSafe biologic storage services, and Sexton Biotechnologies cell processing tools. For more information, please visit www.biolifesolutions.com, www.scisafe.com, www.stirlingultracold.com, or www.sextonbio.com and follow BioLife on Twitter.
Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Except for historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the expected financial performance of the Company following the completion of its 2019, 2020 and 2021 acquisitions and giving effect to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company's ability to implement its business strategy and anticipated business and operations, in particular following its recent acquisitions and the construction and validation of a center of excellence biorepository, the expected synergies between the Company and the companies and products that it has recently acquired, the Company's ability to realize all or any of the anticipated benefits associated with its recent acquisitions, the Company's ability to address and resolve ULT freezer issues, the potential utility of and market for the Company's products and services, including the adoption of evo cold chain services by all six currently approved CAR T-cell therapies, and the Company's ability to cross sell its products and services, guidance for financial results for 2022, including regarding revenue of its recently acquired products, and potential revenue growth and changes in gross margin, adjusted gross margin and adjusted EBITDA margin, and potential market expansion, including with consideration to our recent acquisitions and giving effect to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company's anticipated future growth strategy, including the acquisition of synergistic cell and gene therapy manufacturing tools and services or technologies, regulatory approvals and/or commercial manufacturing of our customers' products, and potential customer revenue. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, including among other things, unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from our recent acquisitions, market adoption of the Company's products (including the Company's recently acquired products), the ability of our recent acquisitions to be accretive on the Company's financial results, the ability of the Company to continue to implement its business strategy, uncertainty regarding third-party market projections, market volatility, competition, litigation, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues, and those other factors described in our risk factors set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. We undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained herein or to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof, other than as may be required by applicable law.
Non-GAAP Measures of Financial Performance:
To supplement our financial statements, which are presented on the basis of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the following non-GAAP measures of financial performance are included in this release: adjusted gross profit and gross margin, adjusted operating expenses, adjusted operating income/(loss), adjusted net income/(loss), earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), and adjusted EBITDA. A reconciliation of GAAP to adjusted non-GAAP financial measures is included as an attachment to this press release. When analyzing the Company's operating results, investors should not consider non-GAAP measures as substitutes for the comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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Truck driver acquitted in deaths of 7 motorcyclists in 2019
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a commercial truck driver of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a horrific head-on collision in northern New Hampshire that exposed fatal flaws in the processing of license revocations across states.
Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, was found innocent on seven counts of manslaughter, seven counts of negligent homicide and one count of reckless conduct in connection with the June 21, 2019, crash in Randolph. Jailed since the crash, he appeared to wipe away tears as the verdict was read and briefly raised his index finger skyward before leaving the courtroom.
Jurors deliberated for less than three hours after a two-week trial during which prosecutors argued that Zhukovskyy, who had taken heroin, fentanyl and cocaine that day, repeatedly swerved back and forth before the head-on crash and told police he caused it. But a judge dismissed eight charges related to whether he was impaired, and his attorneys blamed the lead biker, Albert “Woody” Mazza, who was among those killed.
In closing statements Tuesday morning, the two sides raised questions about who was more “all over the place”: the trucker accused of swerving back and forth across the road or the eyewitnesses accused of contradicting each other.
“There is no doubt that this accident was a tragedy,” said defense attorney Jay Duguay said. “But we are not here to decide whether or not this was a tragedy.”
Duguay said Mazza was drunk and not looking where he was going when he lost control of his motorcycle and slid in front of Zhukovskyy’s truck. He also accused prosecutors of ignoring that their own accident reconstruction unit contradicted their theory that Zhukovskyy crossed into the oncoming lane. An expert hired by the defense, meanwhile, testified that the crash happened on the center line of the road and would have occurred even if the truck was in the middle of its lane because Mazza’s motorcycle was heading in that direction.
“From the beginning of this investigation, the state had made up their mind about what had happened, evidence be damned,” said Duguay, who also highlighted inconsistencies between witness accounts or when witnesses contradicted themselves.
“Those witnesses were all over the place about what they recalled and what they claimed to have seen,” he said.
In particular, Duguay suggested that members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club “shaded” their accounts to protect Mazza and the club. Prosecutor Scott Chase acknowledged some inconsistencies, but asked jurors to remember the circumstances.
“People were covering the dead, trying to save the barely living, comforting the dying. This wasn’t story time,” he said. “They were up here talking about some of the most unimaginable chaos, trauma, death and carnage that we can even imagine three years later. They were talking about hell broke open.”
Witnesses were consistent, he argued, in describing the truck as weaving back and forth before the crash. That behavior continued “until he killed people,” Chase said.
“That’s what stopped him. It’s not that he made some responsible decision to start paying attention or do the right thing,” he said. “The only thing that stopped him was an embankment after he tore through a group of motorcycles.”
Chase called the attempt to blame Mazza a “fanciful story” and “frivolous distraction,” while reminding jurors of that Zhukovskyy, who didn’t testify at trial, told investigators “Obviously, I caused the crash.”
“He was crystal clear from the very beginning that he caused this crash,” Chase said. “That is what he said, because that is what happened.”
Zhukovskyy’s commercial driving license should have been revoked in Massachusetts at the time of the crash because of a drunken driving arrest in Connecticut about two months earlier.
Connecticut officials alerted the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, but Zhukovkskyy’s license wasn’t suspended due to a backlog in out-of-state notifications about driving offenses. In a review, federal investigators found similar backlog problems in Rhode Island, New Hampshire and at least six other jurisdictions.
The motorcyclists who died were from New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and ranged in age from 42 to 62. They were part of a larger group that had just left a motel along U.S. Route 2 in Randolph.
Killed were Mazza, of Lee, New Hampshire; Edward and Jo-Ann Corr, a couple from Lakeville, Massachusetts; Michael Ferazzi, of Contoocook, New Hampshire; Desma Oakes, of Concord, New Hampshire; Daniel Pereira, of Riverside, Rhode Island; and Aaron Perry, of Farmington, New Hampshire.
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Associated Press Writer Kathy McCormack contributed to this report.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Money Store is pleased to announce that Jeff Carter will join the company as the Chief Operating Officer. Carter has spent more than 22 years in the mortgage industry, with 17 years in leadership positions, running regional and national operations centers. Carter's impressive background working for Caliber, Bank of America, Security Mortgage, Washington Mutual, LoanDepot and NEO Home Loans is perfect for helping The Money Store with strategic growth and expansion.
As the new COO, Carter will be responsible for the Disclosure Desk, Opening, Processing, Underwriting and Closing. He will work with the existing management team and personnel in each of these areas to improve productivity, data integrity, customer experience and overall execution.
"I'm excited to join an organization celebrating its 50th year in business. I'm surrounded by seasoned mortgage professionals who have navigated the difficult times in this industry and have always found a way to survive and thrive during challenging times. The Money Store has made strategic moves over the years to be positioned well for the future, and I look forward to adding my contribution to the continued success of this company."
When Carter assumes his new role of Chief Operating Officer, current COO Peter Alvarez will become The Money Store's Chief Lending Officer. With the realignment in senior leadership, The Money Store is poised for tremendous growth.
The Money Store is a direct mortgage lender located in Florham Park, New Jersey, and is licensed in 47 states. The company offers a wide range of mortgage programs to meet the needs of homeowners while also providing low rates and superior customer service. The Money Store's online-based service model includes a secure application process that tracks every step from inquiry to closing. Visit them online at www.themoneystore.com. For inquiries, contact Peter Alvarez (palvarez@themoneystore.com) or call (973) 295-3511.
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the JYNNEOS vaccine to allow healthcare providers to use the vaccine by intradermal injection for individuals 18 years of age and older who are determined to be at high risk for monkeypox infection. This will increase the total number of doses available for use by up to five-fold. The EUA also allows for use of the vaccine in individuals younger than 18 years of age determined to be at high risk of monkeypox infection; in these individuals JYNNEOS is administered by subcutaneous injection.
"In recent weeks the monkeypox virus has continued to spread at a rate that has made it clear our current vaccine supply will not meet the current demand," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "The FDA quickly explored other scientifically appropriate options to facilitate access to the vaccine for all impacted individuals. By increasing the number of available doses, more individuals who want to be vaccinated against monkeypox will now have the opportunity to do so."
JYNNEOS, the Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine, was approved in 2019 for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox disease in adults 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk for smallpox or monkeypox infection. JYNNEOS is administered beneath the skin (subcutaneously) as two doses, four weeks (28 days) apart. For individuals 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk of monkeypox infection, the EUA now allows for a fraction of the JYNNEOS dose to be administered between the layers of the skin (intradermally). Two doses of the vaccine given four weeks (28 days) apart will still be needed. There are no data available to indicate that one dose of JYNNEOS will provide long-lasting protection, which will be needed to control the current monkeypox outbreak.
Data from a 2015 clinical study of the MVA vaccine evaluated a two-dose series given intradermally compared to subcutaneously. Individuals who received the vaccine intradermally received a lower volume (one fifth) than individuals who received the vaccine subcutaneously. The results of this study demonstrated that intradermal administration produced a similar immune response to subcutaneous administration, meaning individuals in both groups responded to vaccination in a similar way. Administration by the intradermal route resulted in more redness, firmness, itchiness and swelling at the injection site, but less pain, and these side effects were manageable. The FDA has determined that the known and potential benefits of JYNNEOS outweigh the known and potential risks for the authorized uses.
To support the FDA's authorization of two doses of JYNNEOS administered by the subcutaneous route of administration in individuals younger than 18 years of age, the FDA considered the available JYNNEOS safety and immune response data in adults as well as the historical data with use of live vaccinia virus smallpox vaccine in pediatric populations.
JYNNEOS has been tested in individuals with immunocompromising conditions and has been found to be safe and effective in the trials that were performed to support approval. It was initially developed specifically as an alternative for use in immunocompromised individuals in the event of a smallpox outbreak.
On the basis of the determination by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Aug. 9, 2022, that there is a public health emergency, or the significant potential for a public health emergency, that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad, and the declaration on Aug. 9, 2022, that circumstances exist justifying the emergency use of vaccines, the FDA may issue an EUA to allow emergency use of unapproved vaccines or unapproved uses of approved vaccines.
The FDA will provide updates as developments occur and will continue to work with federal public health partners and industry to ensure timely access to all available medical countermeasures. More information can be found on the agency's monkeypox webpage.
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- Operating revenue growth of $257 million for the quarter
- Inflation continues to pressure operating expenses; adjusted loss grew by $418 million to $459 million for the quarter
- One-time, non-cash benefit of $59.6 billion due to Postal Service reform legislation
- Continued progress on implementation of Delivering for America plan
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service today announced its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2022 (April 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022). The enactment of the Postal Service Reform Act (PSRA) on April 6, 2022, significantly impacted the financial condition of the Postal Service, as it repealed the requirement that the Postal Service annually prepay future retiree health benefits and canceled all past due prefunding obligations. These impacts are reflected as a one-time, non-cash benefit of $59.6 billion to net income for the quarter.
The Postal Service had adjusted loss of $459 million for the quarter, compared to an adjusted loss of $41 million for the same quarter last year. Adjusted loss excludes the impact of the PSRA, retiree health benefits expense, non-cash workers' compensation adjustments for the impacts of actuarial revaluation and discount rate changes, which are outside of management's control, and amortization expenses for the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) unfunded liabilities. On a U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis, the Postal Service had net income of $59.7 billion for the quarter, compared to net loss of $3.0 billion for the same quarter last year, due almost exclusively to the non-cash impact of the PSRA.
The Postal Service continued to make significant progress in improving service during the quarter through the Delivering for America 10-year transformation plan. One of the goals of Delivering for America is to meet or exceed 95 percent on-time service performance for all mail and shipping products once all elements of the plan are implemented. It took on average 2.5 days to deliver a mailpiece or package during the third quarter, which is a 7 percent improvement, compared to the average of 2.7 days the same quarter last year. From an on-time delivery perspective, 93.3 percent of First-Class Mail pieces were delivered on time during the quarter, an increase of 5.4 percentage points from the fiscal second quarter. Other achievements resulting from the 10-year plan include expansion of the Postal Service's package processing capacity, improvements in operating precision and the roll out of USPS Connect, a set of delivery solutions that leverage the ongoing network improvements with new pricing to meet evolving business needs.
"Our strong on-time delivery results and revenue growth this quarter demonstrate that we are making appreciable progress in implementing our Delivering for America plan and becoming the high performing organization the public expects and deserves," said Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy. "The one-time, non-cash benefit we recorded due to the enactment of postal reform legislation was significant, but also distortive. The fact of the matter is that we have a long road and a lot of hard work ahead in our 10-year transformation to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the Postal Service, but we are confident that we will achieve what we have set out to accomplish."
The Postal Service's operating revenue was $18.7 billion for the quarter, an increase of $257 million, or 1.4 percent, despite a volume decline of 201 million pieces, or 0.7 percent, compared to the same quarter last year.
Marketing Mail revenue increased $324 million, or 9.4 percent, compared to the same quarter last year, on volume growth of 545 million pieces, or 3.5 percent. Marketing Mail experienced steep volume declines at the onset of the pandemic but has been rebounding as the economy continues to recover. Marketing Mail has generally proven to be a resilient marketing channel, and its value to U.S. businesses remains strong due to healthy customer returns on investment and better data and technology integration.
First-Class Mail revenue was essentially flat, compared to the same quarter last year, despite a volume decline of 620 million pieces, or 5.1 percent. First-Class Mail volume continued to decline due to on-going migration from mail to electronic communication and transaction alternatives and remains lower than pre-pandemic levels.
Shipping and Packages revenue decreased $85 million, or 1.1 percent, compared to the same quarter last year, on a volume decline of 92 million pieces, or 5.0 percent, compared to the same quarter last year. Shipping and Packages volume remains higher than pre-pandemic levels despite the volume decline compared to the same quarter last year, due to the prior year pandemic-related surge in e-commerce.
The pandemic has significantly transformed the mix of mail and packages processed through the Postal Service's network and the Postal Service anticipates that its volumes and mix will not return to pre-pandemic levels. The Postal Service continues to grow its mail services revenue through optimization of its pricing strategies and effective use of its pricing authority, as outlined in the Delivering for America plan.
Adjusted loss grew by $418 million, compared to the same quarter last year, despite the increase in revenue, due to inflationary impacts on several operating expense categories. Compensation and benefits expense increased $198 million, or 1.6 percent, primarily due to wage increases in our labor agreements tied to inflation, and in particular the impacts of cost of living adjustments. Highway transportation expense increased $131 million, or 10.1 percent, primarily due to the inflationary impacts of higher average diesel fuel costs. Other operating expense increased $373 million, or 14.9 percent, as inflationary pressures have led to higher average fuel prices for delivery vehicles and an increase in rent and utilities.
"The enactment of the PSRA is a key component of restoring the Postal Service to financial stability," said Chief Financial Officer Joseph Corbett. "but the one-time, non-cash impact this quarter of the statute is not reflective of our true financial condition. Net income for the quarter reflects the accounting impact of this legislation, and while we saw revenue growth of $257 million during the quarter, rising costs associated with inflationary pressures present significant challenges. We continue to strategically manage our business and aggressively control our expenses and kept them below the level of inflation thus far in fiscal year 2022."
Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Operating Revenue and Volume by Service Category Compared to Prior Year
The following table presents revenue and volume by category for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:
Selected Third Quarter Fiscal 2022 Results of Operations and Non-GAAP measures
This news release includes controllable income (loss) including partial impact of Postal Service reform legislation and partial retiree health benefits expense which is not calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP measure is calculated as net income (loss) adjusted for the impact of the PSRA on past due obligations to the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (PSRHBF) and on the current year PSRHBF amortization expenses, workers' compensation expenses caused by actuarial revaluation and discount rate changes, expenses caused by the actuarial revaluation of PSRHBF, and the amortization of the PSRHBF, CSRS and FERS unfunded liabilities.
This news release references controllable loss excluding full impact of Postal Service reform legislation and all retiree health benefits expense which is not calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP measure is calculated as net income (loss) adjusted for the full impact of the PSRA, all retiree health benefits expense, workers' compensation (benefit) expense caused by actuarial revaluation and discount rate changes, and the amortization of CSRS and FERS unfunded liabilities.
These non-GAAP measures provide meaningful information to assist users of the Postal Service's financial statements in more fully understanding the financial results and assessing the Postal Service's ongoing performance because they exclude items that may not be indicative of, or are unrelated to, underlying operations.
Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Postal Service's reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. This adjusted financial information does not represent a comprehensive basis of accounting.
The following table reconciles GAAP net income (loss) to the non-GAAP financial measures for the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021:
Financial results in the Form 10-Q are available at http://about.usps.com/what/financials/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-looking statements contained in this release represent the Postal Service's best estimates of known and anticipated trends believed relevant to future operations. However, actual results may differ significantly from current estimates. Certain forward-looking statements included in this release use such words as "may," "will," "could," "expect," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "project," or other similar terminology. These forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties, reflect current expectations regarding future events and operating performance as of the date of this report. These risks include, but are not limited to, the effects of COVID-19 on the Postal Service's business, financial condition, and results of operations. The Postal Service has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Contact: David Partenheimer
202.268.2599
David.A.Partenheimer@usps.gov
usps.com/news
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The following statement from Brewer Science Executive Vice President and AMTP Executive Director Dan Brewer in response to the final adoption of CHIPS Act funding signed earlier today by President Biden to help boost the U.S.-based semiconductor supply chain.
ROLLA, Mo, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "AMTP welcomes bipartisan adoption of CHIPS Act funding and its related provisions to secure and bolster domestic semiconductor production here in the United States. It is important to note, however, that more needs to be done to ensure our economic and national security, which is increasingly dependent upon such essential microelectronic components.
"In addition to spurring the domestic manufacture of these critical components, we believe Congress must also find additional ways to recognize and support the materials and supply chains necessary for any such expanded manufacturing capacity.
"Congress and the Biden Administration also need to re-examine the pending expiration of federal tax provisions designed to support science and technology research and development. At a time when our microelectronic supply chains and essential components are at risk, it would be an overall step backward to allow such incentives to lapse."
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Today’s Tasty Takeout is SmockTown Brewery! Owner Mark Sublette and Bartender Callee joined us from their Greenwood brewery.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT) on Tuesday reported a loss of $21.6 million in its second quarter.
The San Diego-based company said it had a loss of 82 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of $1.84 per share.
The pharmaceutical company posted revenue of $27.1 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.3 million.
Arcturus Therapeutics shares have decreased 50% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $18.52, a drop of 62% in the last 12 months.
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Money Store is pleased to announce that Jeff Carter will join the company as the Chief Operating Officer. Carter has spent more than 22 years in the mortgage industry, with 17 years in leadership positions, running regional and national operations centers. Carter's impressive background working for Caliber, Bank of America, Security Mortgage, Washington Mutual, LoanDepot and NEO Home Loans is perfect for helping The Money Store with strategic growth and expansion.
As the new COO, Carter will be responsible for the Disclosure Desk, Opening, Processing, Underwriting and Closing. He will work with the existing management team and personnel in each of these areas to improve productivity, data integrity, customer experience and overall execution.
"I'm excited to join an organization celebrating its 50th year in business. I'm surrounded by seasoned mortgage professionals who have navigated the difficult times in this industry and have always found a way to survive and thrive during challenging times. The Money Store has made strategic moves over the years to be positioned well for the future, and I look forward to adding my contribution to the continued success of this company."
When Carter assumes his new role of Chief Operating Officer, current COO Peter Alvarez will become The Money Store's Chief Lending Officer. With the realignment in senior leadership, The Money Store is poised for tremendous growth.
The Money Store is a direct mortgage lender located in Florham Park, New Jersey, and is licensed in 47 states. The company offers a wide range of mortgage programs to meet the needs of homeowners while also providing low rates and superior customer service. The Money Store's online-based service model includes a secure application process that tracks every step from inquiry to closing. Visit them online at www.themoneystore.com. For inquiries, contact Peter Alvarez (palvarez@themoneystore.com) or call (973) 295-3511.
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the JYNNEOS vaccine to allow healthcare providers to use the vaccine by intradermal injection for individuals 18 years of age and older who are determined to be at high risk for monkeypox infection. This will increase the total number of doses available for use by up to five-fold. The EUA also allows for use of the vaccine in individuals younger than 18 years of age determined to be at high risk of monkeypox infection; in these individuals JYNNEOS is administered by subcutaneous injection.
"In recent weeks the monkeypox virus has continued to spread at a rate that has made it clear our current vaccine supply will not meet the current demand," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "The FDA quickly explored other scientifically appropriate options to facilitate access to the vaccine for all impacted individuals. By increasing the number of available doses, more individuals who want to be vaccinated against monkeypox will now have the opportunity to do so."
JYNNEOS, the Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine, was approved in 2019 for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox disease in adults 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk for smallpox or monkeypox infection. JYNNEOS is administered beneath the skin (subcutaneously) as two doses, four weeks (28 days) apart. For individuals 18 years of age and older determined to be at high risk of monkeypox infection, the EUA now allows for a fraction of the JYNNEOS dose to be administered between the layers of the skin (intradermally). Two doses of the vaccine given four weeks (28 days) apart will still be needed. There are no data available to indicate that one dose of JYNNEOS will provide long-lasting protection, which will be needed to control the current monkeypox outbreak.
Data from a 2015 clinical study of the MVA vaccine evaluated a two-dose series given intradermally compared to subcutaneously. Individuals who received the vaccine intradermally received a lower volume (one fifth) than individuals who received the vaccine subcutaneously. The results of this study demonstrated that intradermal administration produced a similar immune response to subcutaneous administration, meaning individuals in both groups responded to vaccination in a similar way. Administration by the intradermal route resulted in more redness, firmness, itchiness and swelling at the injection site, but less pain, and these side effects were manageable. The FDA has determined that the known and potential benefits of JYNNEOS outweigh the known and potential risks for the authorized uses.
To support the FDA's authorization of two doses of JYNNEOS administered by the subcutaneous route of administration in individuals younger than 18 years of age, the FDA considered the available JYNNEOS safety and immune response data in adults as well as the historical data with use of live vaccinia virus smallpox vaccine in pediatric populations.
JYNNEOS has been tested in individuals with immunocompromising conditions and has been found to be safe and effective in the trials that were performed to support approval. It was initially developed specifically as an alternative for use in immunocompromised individuals in the event of a smallpox outbreak.
On the basis of the determination by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Aug. 9, 2022, that there is a public health emergency, or the significant potential for a public health emergency, that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad, and the declaration on Aug. 9, 2022, that circumstances exist justifying the emergency use of vaccines, the FDA may issue an EUA to allow emergency use of unapproved vaccines or unapproved uses of approved vaccines.
The FDA will provide updates as developments occur and will continue to work with federal public health partners and industry to ensure timely access to all available medical countermeasures. More information can be found on the agency's monkeypox webpage.
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FBI search at Trump Mar-a-Lago estate: One of several probes into ex-president
WASHINGTON - The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate marked a dramatic and unprecedented escalation of the law enforcement scrutiny of the former president, but the Florida operation is just one part of one investigation related to Trump and his time in office.
The potential legal peril from multiple quarters comes as Trump lays the groundwork for another presidential run in 2024. He has denied any wrongdoing and worked to cast Monday's search as a weaponization of the criminal justice system and a political ploy to keep from another term in office, though the Biden White House said it had no awareness and the current FBI director was originally appointed by Trump.
Here’s a look at the probes underway in different states and venues:
The National Archives
Monday’s FBI search came as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said. Trump himself confirmed the search publicly, with a fiery statement condemning it as "prosecutorial misconduct" and saying agents had opened up a safe in his home.
While Trump didn’t say what the search was related to, the Justice Department has been investigating for months the potential mishandling of classified information. It started after the National Archives and Records Administration said it had received 15 boxes of White House records from Mar-a-Lago, including documents containing classified information.
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There are multiple federal laws dictating how classified records and sensitive government documents must be handled, including statutes that make it a crime to remove such material.
A search doesn’t necessarily mean criminal charges are imminent, but to get a warrant, federal agents would have to convince a judge they have probable cause to think a crime occurred.
2020 Election and Capitol Riot
The Justice Department is investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and efforts to overturn the election he falsely claimed was stolen, though whether the former president is a direct target of the probe remains unclear.
A federal grand jury recently subpoenaed the White House counsel under Trump, Pat Cipollone, and Cipollone's top deputy, suggesting that prosecutors regard close advisers to Trump as potentially vital witnesses.
Federal prosecutors have been especially focused on a scheme by Trump allies to elevate fake presidential electors in key battleground states won by Joe Biden as a way to subvert the vote, issuing subpoenas in recent weeks to multiple state Republican party chairmen.
Authorities in June also searched the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department lawyer who was known to champion Trump’s false claims of election fraud.
The Justice Department investigation is running parallel to a probe by a U.S. House committee which has held several public hearings, including in prime time, about efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss.
That House committee doesn’t have the power to file criminal charges, but legal experts have said the testimony gives prosecutors territory to explore, including the assertion that Trump sought to join his supporters in marching to the Capitol on Jan. 6 after holding a rally or that he dismissed warnings that people in the crowd weapons.
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
Trump also faces multiple civil lawsuits connected to Jan. 6. A federal judge has rejected Trump's bid to toss lawsuits filed by lawmakers and Capitol police officers, saying the former president’s words "plausibly" led to the riot. Trump's attorneys are appealing.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on August 06, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Georgia
After his 2020 election loss, Trump called Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and urged him to "find" the votes needed to overturn his narrow loss in the state.
That Jan. 2 phone call is part of an investigation by a prosecutor in Atlanta which could pose a more immediate legal threat to Trump.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said she is contemplating subpoenaing Trump for his testimony, a move that would seek to force him to cooperate with a criminal probe.
Prosecutors have already sought the testimony of Trump associates, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
They’ve also advised Georgia Republicans who served as fake electors that they are at risk of being indicted. They signed a certificate asserting Trump had won the election and declaring themselves the state’s electors, even though Biden had won the state and a slate of Democratic electors had already been certified.
Trump has repeatedly described his call to Raffensperger as "perfect."
New York
New York Attorney General Letitia James is conducting a civil investigation into allegations that the former president’s company, the Trump Organization, misled banks and tax authorities about the value of assets like golf courses and skyscrapers to get loans and tax benefits.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office has also long been pursing a parallel criminal investigation into Trump’s real estate dealings.
In May, James’ office said that it was nearing the end of its probe and that investigators have amassed substantial evidence that could support legal action — such as a lawsuit — against Trump, his company or both.
Trump is expected to be questioned under oath in James’ investigation this month. Two of the former president’s adult children — Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump — recently sat for questioning in the investigation.
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The Manhattan district attorney’s probe had appeared to be progressing toward a possible criminal indictment, but slowed after a new district attorney, Alvin Bragg, took office in January. Bragg has said his investigation continues.
Manhattan prosecutors last summer charged the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, with tax fraud. Prosecutors said Weisselberg collected more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation. Weisselberg and the company have pleaded not guilty.
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The television screens mounted throughout Auburn’s athletics complex have glowed daily since the start of fall camp.
No reruns of old games or live feeds are running, but rather slides prominently displaying the players of the day from each practice session this preseason. On Tuesday morning, after Auburn’s first off day of camp, the first name featured from Day 3 of practice two days earlier was that of quarterback Robby Ashford. The Oregon transfer garnered offensive player of the day recognition for the first full-squad practice of the preseason after being split into the newcomers’ session on the first two days.
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“I thought he had a couple throws the other day that were really special, that he put into some windows with some accuracy, and just his command of the offense too — calling plays, making checks, audibles, all those things,” Auburn coach Bryan Harsin said. “He’s got a better feel for those things right now, and that’s why he was able to be the player (of the day Sunday).”
Harsin has been pleased with Ashford’s progress since the spring, when he took home offensive MVP honors on A-Day, and it has the redshirt freshman in the thick of Auburn’s quarterback competition early in fall camp.
Ashford is one of four candidates for the starting job at this point of the preseason, along with junior T.J. Finley, Texas A&M transfer Zach Calzada and true freshman Holden Geriner. Ashford still has work to do to make his case for the starting role, but despite not having any in-game experience from his time at Oregon, he has impressed with how far he has come since arriving on campus in January — especially when it comes to his decision making with the ball in his hands, which Harsin noted has really stood out since the spring.
“(He’s) definitely more assertive,” tight end Luke Deal said. “I can tell that he’s taken a lot of the load on his shoulders, whether it’s good or bad, you can see that he’s taking a lot of ownership, which is something you like to see, especially as offensive linemen or tight end. Usually, you kind of get used to just taking the blame because we don’t mind. Nobody’s looking at us as much as they’re looking at QB, so that’s pretty cool to see him just kind of taking a lead, taking that ownership and assertiveness.”
Ashford also possesses a trait that makes him stand out compared to the other contenders in the quarterback room: He’s a more mobile threat behind center, and he can really make defenses pay if he can get loose. As Deal put it Tuesday, Ashford has speed to spare — “He could afford to give me some if he wanted to” — and it’s impossible to ignore on the field.
“He’s a force when he does it, so just decision making, right? If everybody’s covered, he’s going to have a chance to go out there and make a play with his feet,” Harsin said. “But I also think he’s throwing the ball better, his decision making in the pass game.”
While Ashford’s stock has been on the rise since the spring, the Tigers’ quarterback competition is still in full swing at this juncture. During the periods of practice Tuesday that were open to the media, Finley received the first rep in every period, while Calzada and Ashford at times alternated between the Nos. 2 and 3 reps during drills, and Geriner routinely worked in the No. 4 slot.
All four have still received approximately even reps in practices, and Tuesday’s was just the second in which the entire team was on the field together; Finley and Calzada worked with the veteran groups Friday and Saturday morning, while Ashford and Geriner repped in the evening sessions with the newcomers on those days.
“Our quarterbacks, really, each and every day they got to show up and have great days because if they don’t, the rest of us really feel that,” Harsin said. “So, there’s really no days off for those quarterbacks, and I think today was one of our more consistent days from the QBs — still not what it needs to be but was still more consistent than what it’s been from all those guys.”
During Tuesday’s viewing window — which, again, is just a brief 25-minute glimpse into the overall picture for Auburn — Finley looked like the most consistent of Auburn’s quarterbacks. His throws were crisp, and while there were a couple of dropped passes, he was on target and appeared in command while working predominantly with Tank Bigsby, Tar’Varish Dawson, John Samuel Shenker, Malcolm Johnson Jr. and Shedrick Jackson.
But Harsin, who keenly observed every rep from the quarterbacks during those early periods, was pleased overall with the position Tuesday, and really with what he has seen from the group through the first four practices. Calzada, who was limited in the spring while recovering from an injury to his non-throwing shoulder, has not shown any signs of rust, according to Harsin, who added that the former Texas A&M transfer had a really good day Tuesday not just with his passing but with his footwork.
There has also been a sense of urgency from the quarterbacks, who know there’s little wiggle room this preseason, especially with Saturday evening’s first scrimmage looming. Harsin in the spring identified that first fall scrimmage as when he’d like to narrow things down in the competition. As he put it Tuesday afternoon, depth chart movement is “going to happen fairly quickly,” with a two-deep sorted out after the second scrimmage, so players need to make every rep count.
“All those guys, I think, have done a really good job of applying what coach (Eric) Kiesau has asked them to do,” Harsin said. “Now we just got more time. That’s the thing. It’s not a finished product right now. That’s for everybody; we all want to know, and myself included, but coaching that position, doing this for a few years now, you’d know that we have time to keep building through some things.”
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STAMFORD, Conn., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (along with its subsidiaries, "Charter") today announced that its subsidiaries, CCO Holdings, LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corp., have closed on $1.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2029 (the "Notes"). The Notes bear interest at a rate of 6.375% per annum and were issued at a price of 100.000% of the aggregate principal amount.
The Notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
This news release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful.
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice.
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed the documents that sealed United States approval of Finland and Sweden's bid to join NATO, making the U.S. the 23rd ally to sign off on the countries’ membership in a reproach of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.
Before Putin’s invasion into Ukraine, both Finland and Sweden had avoided military alliances. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization commits its current 30 member countries to mutual defense against an attack on any one member.
Ukraine is not a member of NATO, but as the country increasingly turned toward the West, Russia sought to block its neighbor from that shift and a potential bid to join the alliance.
“Putin thought he could break us apart when this all started,” Biden said Tuesday. “Instead he's getting exactly what he did not want.”
Biden signed the document approving Finland and Sweden’s membership at the White House on Tuesday, with the vice president and the two countries’ ambassadors standing behind him.
The U.S. has led NATO countries in assistance to Ukraine, committing $9.8 billion since Biden took office, with another $1 billion military aid package announced Monday.
“Today, we see all too clearly how NATO remains an indispensable alliance for the world of today and the world of tomorrow,” Biden said.
“Our alliance is closer than ever. It is more united than ever. And when Finland and Sweden bring the number of allies to 32, we’ll be stronger than ever.”
The U.S. senate approved Finland and Sweden’s membership in a 95-1 vote last week.
Speaking to the Senate before the vote, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell cited Finland’s and Sweden’s well-funded, modernizing militaries and their experience working with U.S. forces and weapons systems, calling it a “slam-dunk for national security” of the United States.
Seven more countries must sign off before the two countries become official members. Turkey has originally opposed their joining, but the country’s president backed off after negotiations before a critical NATO summit in June.
The 30-country political and military alliance provides members with a forum to coordinate on defense and security-related issues to solve problems and prevent conflict, with the goal being peaceful resolution. If those efforts fail, the countries have military power to carry out operations, with a commitment to collective defense of one another.
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