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The acquisition will strengthen Xebia's foothold in the functional programming domain
GURUGRAM, India, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xebia, a leading global IT consultancy and services company, has united with 47 Degrees, a US-based global technology consultancy focused on unlocking business growth by creating assured solutions for complex, mission-critical software.
47 Degrees has been focused on building and deploying innovative applications for its clients as well as actively engaging in the tech community since 2010. The company offers comprehensive consulting services in functional programming languages and related technologies, like Scala, Kotlin, Spark, Kafka, and Akka. While the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, they have strong footholds in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Colombia.
Its team handles the design, development, and deployment of applications for its clients so that companies can focus on their core business goals. Their engineers—with years of development expertise—coordinate with client teams to provide additional bandwidth and adapt mission-critical workflow.
Speaking about the collaboration, Mr. Anand Sahay, Global CEO, Xebia Group, said, "We are delighted to join forces with 47 Degrees and we believe that with their strong expertise in Scala, Kotlin as well as functional Java, this acquisition will establish our presence in the global market and also allow us to widen our functional programming expertise to Rust, Clojure, and Haskell. We aim to become one of the most significant one-stop-shop for all functional programming needs."
Nick Elsberry, CEO of 47 Degrees, said; "We're pleased to join forces with Xebia, strong supporters of the functional paradigm, to leverage and support our comprehensive services and expertise to our future and existing clients. Xebia not only aligns with our technology goals but our people-first methodologies, and we're excited about this next chapter."
Functional languages provide significant advantages while building highly scalable and parallelized systems. As the demand for such scalable systems is increasing exponentially among enterprises as well as innovative start-ups worldwide, there is a simultaneous demand for specialized talent that is unfragmented and can support the adoption of functional paradigms.
As a full stack software firm, Xebia is a firm believer in and promoter of functional programming in its solution blueprints. We believe that the consolidation of boutique functional companies can offer enterprises a strong option and build confidence in functional paradigms.
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Nursing home workers from three of the biggest chains in the state voted Monday to send unfair labor practice strike notices for the companies’ failures to provide information about agency staffing and costs, and for not bargaining in good faith.
SEIU Healthcare PA, a union that represents health care workers across Pennsylvania, including a facility in Easton, posted the news release on its site earlier Monday. By law, nursing home administrators must receive a 10-day notice before a strike at a healthcare facility takes place.
Guardian Healthcare and two chains owned by Mordy Lahasky – Comprehensive Healthcare and Priority Healthcare – also have refused to meaningfully bargain over the use of agency staff or include the regulatory staffing ratios set to go into effect this year in the contracts, the release says.
The union claims that its workers are being offered lower raises than last year despite nursing homes receiving a $600M investment in funding from the state budget. The money, much of it recurring, is taxpayer dollars and comes with accountability to ensure 70% goes to staffing and bedside care, the union says.
“Our nursing home operates on agency staff almost every week, and they are paid two or three times more, and we even have to train them,” Donna Pronio, a certified nursing assistant in northeast Pennsylvania, says in the release. “They also don’t have the bonds and connections with residents like we do, so residents suffer. The money spent on agency could – and should – be spent on hiring full time permanent staff, and investing in those of us who have been here for years.”
To improve staffing and care, workers are demanding through union negotiations:
- Substantial increases in wages for all existing employees to retain them at the bedside, and minimum wages in all job titles:
- $16/hr for dietary, housekeeping, and other ancillary staff.
- $20/hr for Certified Nursing Assistants.
- $25/hr for Licensed Practical Nurses.
- Additional increases to recognize longevity and seniority to retain experienced caregivers and honor their years of service.
- Employer-paid health insurance.
- Protection of the existing contract in the event of a sale (“Successorship Language”).
- Ensure employers follow new state regulations governing staffing in nursing homes.
- A written commitment not to interfere in any way with the rights of workers who choose to form their union to demand accountability from private equity firms and bad-actor nursing home chains.
Unless an agreement is reached, the release says, strikes are set to start Sept. 2 at the following nursing homes:
Comprehensive Healthcare
The Grove at Irwin: 249 Maus Dr. Irwin, PA 15642
The Grove at New Castle: 715 Harbor St. New Castle, PA 16101
The Grove at Harmony: 191 Evergreen Mill Rd. Harmony, PA 16037
The Grove at Washington: 1198 W Wylie Ave. Washington, PA 15301
Guardian Healthcare
Beaver Valley Healthcare & Rehab: 257 Georgetown Rd Beaver Falls, PA 15010
Clarion Health & Rehab: 999 Heidrick St Clarion, PA 16214
Meyersdale Healthcare & Rehab: 201 Hospital Dr Meyersdale, PA 15552
Oil City Healthcare & Rehab: 1293 Grandview Rd Oil City, PA 16301
Riverside Rehab & Nursing: 500 Hospital St Taylor, PA 18517
Titusville Healthcare & Rehab: 81 W Dillon Dr Titusville, PA 16354
Uniontown Healthcare & Rehab: 129 Franklin Ave Uniontown, PA 15401
Guardian Elder Care at Nanticoke: 159 Old Newport St #151 Nanticoke, PA 18634
Richland Healthcare & Rehab: 349 Vo Tech Dr Johnstown, PA 15904
Belair Healthcare & Rehab: 100 Little Dr Lower Burrell, PA 15068
Priority Healthcare
The Meadows at Blue Ridge: 10 House Ave Camp Hill, PA 17011
The Meadows at West Shore: 770 Poplar Church Rd Camp, Hill, PA 17011
The Gardens at Easton/Praxis: 500 Washington St. Easton, PA 18042
Rose City Nursing & Rehab at Lancaster: 425 N Duke St #4905 Lancaster, PA 17602
The Meadows at York Terrace: 2401 W Market St Pottsville, PA 17901
Fairlane Gardens Nursing & Rehab at Reading: 21 Fairlane Rd Reading, PA 19606
The Gardens at Wyoming Valley (Summit): 50 N Pennsylvania Ave Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
The Gardens at East Mountain: 101 E Mountain Blvd Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
The Meadows at Stroud: 221 E Brown St. East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
Other ownership
Shenandoah Heights Healthcare: 200 Pennsylvania Ave, Shenandoah, PA 17976
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SBA Awards Nearly $3M in Grants to Help Arkansas, Maryland, and South Dakota Entrepreneurs Combat Rise in Cyberattacks and Threats
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America's 33 million small businesses in President Biden's Cabinet, announced nearly $3 million in new funding for three state delegates to help emerging small businesses develop their cybersecurity infrastructure. Arkansas, Maryland, and South Dakota representatives are receiving grants that will help deliver cybersecurity assistance to nascent and startup business owners as part of the SBA's Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program.
"Cybersecurity is increasingly critical for small businesses and startups as they face rising challenges and cyber risks that could disrupt their operations. As we seek to build a stronger and more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem, we must innovate and provide resources to meet the growing, evolving needs of our diverse small businesses. With this new funding opportunity, the SBA is leveraging the strengths across our state governments, territories, and tribal governments to provide services to help small businesses get cyber ready and, in the process, fortify our nation's supply chains," said SBA Administrator Guzman.
Awarded States and Institutions are:
Arkansas – Forge Institute – $999,650.66
Maryland – Department of Commerce – $930,155.00
South Dakota – Dakota State University – $999,933.00
"This pilot program catalyzes our efforts to help small businesses combat cybersecurity threats," said SBA Associate Administrator for the Office of Entrepreneurial Development Mark Madrid. "These grants empower state governments to innovate, develop new resources, and scale solutions to protect more small businesses from harmful cyberattacks."
About the Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program
Cyberattacks are a growing threat to small businesses and the U.S. economy. According to the FBI's Internet Crime Report, the cost of cybercrimes against the small business community reached $2.4 billion in 2021.
Small businesses are attractive targets because they have information that cybercriminals want, and they typically lack the security infrastructure of larger businesses.
According to an SBA survey, 88% of small business owners felt their business was vulnerable to a cyberattack. Yet many businesses can't afford professional IT solutions, have limited time to devote to cybersecurity, or don't know where to begin.
The Federal budget for the Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program for 2021-2022 is $3,000,000. SBA awarded three awards, with no single award exceeding $1 million. The period of performance for this award is one-year (12 months).
To learn more about SBA's programs and services related to cybersecurity, visit www.sba.gov/cybersecurity.
To find additional SBA local resources, visit www.sba.gov/local-assistance.
About the U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration makes the American dream of business ownership a reality. As the only go-to resource and voice for small businesses backed by the strength of the federal government, the SBA empowers entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources and support they need to start, grow or expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network of SBA field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations. To learn more, visit www.sba.gov.
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GoFundMe created for hospitalized Wamego mail truck driver
Family says he is sole breadwinner
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A GoFundMe has been set up to pay for travel and medical expenses as a Wamego man continues to recover in a Kansas City hospital following a head-on three-car collision.
Sarah Fillinger, a family member, says she has started a GoFundMe to help pay for the medical expenses of Shawn Adams and to help support his family as he recovers in a local hospital following a terrifying accident.
On Sunday, Aug. 21, Shawn was headed west on Highway 24 in his mail truck for work when an eastbound 2004 Toyota Highlander driven by Heather Kolde, 36, of Topeka, was rear-ended by a 2017 Ford Edge driven by Tristyn Boxberger, 17, of Silver Lake.
This impact pushed the Highlander into the westbound lanes, where Shawn’s mail truck and the SUV collided head-on. He was rushed to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka with suspected serious injuries while the other two drivers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Once at Stormont Vail, Fillinger noted that Shawn was life-flighted to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City where he remains in critical condition as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 23.
Fillinger said that any money raised will go to her sister, Audrey, who is also Shawn’s wife, and their three children to pay for travel back and forth from Wamego to Kansas City, hospital bills and other needs they may encounter.
Fillinger noted that Shawn was the sole provider for their family as Audrey had recently given birth to their third child.
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The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) is seeking an experienced leader to take on the exciting, full-time opportunity of Fisheries Program Manager. The position oversees all aspects of the NTC Fisheries Program (Uu-a-thluk), advancing Nuu-chah-nulth interests in fisheries access, management, and employment. Based out of Port Alberni, the position requires frequent travel to all Nuu-chah-nulth territories and other locations in BC.
Job Overview: Leading an efficient and effective team within a well-established fisheries program, the Fisheries Program Manager works for the 14 Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations to achieve a wide variety of fisheries related goals and objectives. The Fisheries Program Manager coordinates Nuu-chah-nulth fisheries policy and technical support and reports to the NTC Executive, Directors, Ha’wiih, Nations and their members.
Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate or graduate degree in Biology, Fisheries or Aquatic Science
- Minimum ten years experience in fisheries management leadership roles
- Practical experience in fish population and aquatic ecology assessments, stock assessment, and restoration planning and implementation
- Understanding of fisheries issues, policies and legislation affecting BC First Nations, with ability to interpret and provide strategic direction with respect to federal and provincial government initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to develop funding proposals, manage agreements and budgets, and report effectively to funders
- Knowledge of marine and coastal governance structures and approaches as these impact fisheries
- Solid track record of building and maintaining relationships across a wide spectrum of participants in management and governance processes
- Experience working with First Nations and ability to function in a cross-cultural environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Possess a valid BC Driver’s License and reliable vehicle for business travel
- Provide references and an acceptable criminal record check
- Able to demonstrate compliance with NTC’s “double vaccination” COVID-19 policy
Salary range: $90,000 – $127,000, commensurate with education and experience
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Apply by: 1:00 pm, August 31, 2022, by
sending your cover letter, resume, and three references (available to call) to:
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
P.O. Box 1383
Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7M2
Attn: Human Resource Manager
Fax: 250-723-0463
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nashville's hiring market is about to change with the addition of Incipio Workforce Solutions to the Middle Tennessee area. A partnership with Incipio, means you can stop JUST filling empty positions and start retaining top talent. Incipio Workforce Solutions is helping businesses thrive through Workforce Alignment, Recruiting, Employer Branding, and HR solutions. After establishing roots in Louisville, KY and creating long-lasting partnerships with Grit & Gravel, OrgVitals, and UnicusPar they have grown into a thriving national player in the recruiting and hiring world. At the beginning of August, they began bridging businesses from Louisville to Nashville with the opening of their second office in Lebanon, TN! With their partner, Grit & Gravel, they plan to make a huge impact. Both organizations agree that Greater Nashville is overflowing with opportunity and they look forward to what is coming next.
Incipio has worked with large corporations hiring hundreds of people in a year all the way to smaller businesses looking for single digit hires. It doesn't matter if it's manufacturing, construction, healthcare, senior living, technology, or hospitality, they have a team of experts who specialize in many fields and are prepared to make your company's hiring and retention a success.
The problem with today's hiring culture is that businesses are not intentionally hiring. There is a need for cultural changes and the addition of dedicated employees - Incipio can help you create both in a customized approach that is unique to your organization. Through their partnership with OrgVitals, they will administer continued employee analyses for data tracking to understand where your culture is great and how it can improve. Through their partnership with Grit & Gravel, they are able to attract the top talent through targeted candidate driven marketing and advertising. After creating the best culture and finding the best talent, their partnership with UnicusPar will improve the hiring process through advanced placement technology that finds the right organization for a candidate and the best candidate for your teams!
Nashville, it's time to partner in your hiring and retention needs with a team of experts. Incipio Workforce Solutions will bring a new perspective, build your team, lower your turnover cost, and better your business. Contact Incipio today to begin your journey toward a stronger and more effective team.
Incipio offers professional services in Workforce Alignment, Applicant Recruiting, Employer Branding, and HR. Learn more.
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Bank hires Denver-based CRE leader Todd Grover as part of Mountain West growth strategy
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: UMPQ), announced today the expansion of its commercial real estate (CRE) division into Colorado with the hiring of Todd Grover as senior vice president and market leader to lead and build the bank's Denver-based CRE team. Grover is one of Colorado's top commercial real estate leaders with more than 25 years of industry experience.
According to Neil Hodge, executive vice president and head of commercial real estate at Umpqua Bank, Grover's addition reflects Umpqua's continued strategic priority to grow its presence in Denver and build a best-in-class banking experience for companies across the Mountain West region.
"Todd is a tremendous CRE professional with a strong reputation for his leadership, customer-focused service and experience as a trusted advisor to his clients," said Hodge. "As one of the West's strongest banks, Umpqua is thrilled to hire Todd to lead our expansion and leverage our size, resources, and expertise for property owners and development companies seeking to support the vitality and growth in Denver, Phoenix and other Mountain West communities."
Grover brings to Umpqua a record of leadership success that includes building teams generating annual loan originations in excess of $1 billion. Most recently, Grover served as market executive for BBVA USA, leading teams that structured commercial real estate financing transactions in major markets including Denver, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. Volume included transactions for apartments, industrial, retail, office, medical office, and triple-net leased properties. Throughout his career, Grover has applied his expertise to create custom financing solutions for clients, with financing typically ranging from $15 million to $70 million per project for a variety of needs, including construction, acquisition, bridge and term loans.
Today's announcement marks the growth of Umpqua's expansion into Colorado that includes the hire of Shawn Thompson earlier this year to head its middle market banking division in the region.
"Umpqua is excited to be a part of Denver's vibrant business community and economy. We look forward to contributing to the prosperity of communities across the Western U.S.," said Umpqua Bank President Tory Nixon. "We're focused on attracting top banking talent passionate about providing high-growth, commercial enterprises an exceptional relationship banking experience. Our recent leadership hires in the region and the expansion of both our middle market banking and commercial real estate divisions in Colorado reflect our commitment to do just that."
Grover holds an MBA in finance from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Michigan State University. He also has participated in the executive development program at the University of Texas at Austin.
About Umpqua Bank
Umpqua Bank, headquartered in Roseburg, Ore., is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, and operates across Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado. Umpqua Bank has been recognized for its innovative customer experience and banking strategy by national publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Fast Company and CNBC. The company has been recognized for eight years in a row on FORTUNE magazine's list of the country's "100 Best Companies to Work For," and was recently named by The Portland Business Journal the Most Admired Financial Services Company in Oregon for the 17th consecutive year. In addition to its retail banking presence, Umpqua Bank owns Financial Pacific Leasing, Inc., a nationally recognized commercial finance company that provides equipment leases to small businesses.
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Little Rock will top out at 83° this afternoon with scattered rain and a few thunderstorms. A chance of showers will carry into tonight, but the chance will be dropping off.
While rain is possible for the rest of the week, rainfall totals will not be incredibly high in Central AR. Southeast Arkansas will get the most for the rest of the week.
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The honeymoon is NOT over! Denise Richards, 51, snuggles up to husband Aaron Phypers, 49, as they celebrate four-year wedding anniversary in Italy... after she and daughter Sami, 18, join OnlyFans
Bond girl Denise Richards is having the time of her life with her 49-year-old husband Aaron Phypers in Italy this week.
The lovebirds appear happier than ever as they celebrate their four years wedding anniversary. The duo hugged for their selfies while dining on pizza along the Amalfi coastline.
This comes two months after the former Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills cast member, 51, raised eyebrows when she joined OnlyFans and approved of her daughter Sam doing the same.
Love overseas: Bond girl Denise Richards is having the time of her life with her husband Aaron Phypers in Italy this week
So charming! She seemed thrilled with her vacation which included stops in Amalfi and Capri. 'Dream trip ❤️ #amalfi we love you so much. On to the next adventure… @borgosantandreaamalfi stunning beyond. We can’t wait to come back,' shared the actress
She seemed thrilled with her vacation which included stops in Amalfi and Capri.
'Dream trip ❤️ #amalfi we love you so much. On to the next adventure… @borgosantandreaamalfi stunning beyond. We can’t wait to come back,' shared the Wild Things actress.
Denise wore a gray and orange tank top over a pink bikini top that showed off her tanned arms as she cuddled up to her spouse.
They were high up on a mountain that overlooked the Mediterranean Sea.
The Playboy cover girl also shared images of the picturesque coastline with its boats dotting the water.
Manga: The lovebirds appear happier than ever as they celebrate their four years wedding anniversary. The duo hugged for their selfies while dining on pizza along the Amalfi coastline
A lot to take in: They were high up on a mountain that overlooked the Mediterranean Sea
Denise and Aaron wed in early September in Malibu in 2018.
Also in Italy this week are newlyweds Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas.
Earlier this month Denise and her husband were in Tuscany, Italy.
'It’s been a dream of mine & my husband’s to go to Tuscany. I was so lucky to shoot in Italy this past week so we decided to make a big trip out of it,' she wrote.
The star was seen in a satin dress.
'Here we are Trying to capture the best pic & me looking ridiculous and my hair all crazy( we just went to the spa) I look at some of your photos and wonder who the hell is there to take them?
Speeding around: The cover girl was seen in profile as she wore an electric yellow tank top over her white bikini top
Capri is never a bad idea: Aaron had on black sunglasses and a white shirt while on a boat
'Do you all travel with someone? Do you ask someone close by to shoot it? I’m so curious because most of you all that I follow your vacay pics looks really good!' she ended her note.
Denise came under fire for joining OnlyFans, which Bella Thorne and Donna D'Ericco have also done.
The star said in June that she was not sure about it all.
'Hey loves, so I'm trying to figure this site out. It's all new to me. I'm overwhelmed and grateful for all the love and support!' wrote the Starship Troopers actress.
'I really enjoy connecting with you. It may take me a couple of days to really grasp using this platform and answering all my messages but I will get back to each of you! I will also be taking photos to share on the wall for free with some PPVs over the next couple of days. It is ONLY ME on here, so , I'd love some suggestions! PS; I'd like to also know what time is best to come on and not miss you... also, going to try and do some live streams when I get it all figured out!.'
A view to love: This image was taken from Denise's hotel room in Italy
And she was criticized for letting her 18-year-old daughter Sami Sheen do the same. Dad Charlie Sheen is not happy with this move, he has shared.
In June, Charlie admitted that he'd 'overlooked and dismissed' issues surrounding his daughter's decision to join OnlyFans.
The actor initially criticized his daughter Sami for joining the platform - but he subsequently changed his mind and came out in support of his daughter and his ex-wife.
Locked up by the fashion police? Denise shared a look at these pink pumps in a cage on the island of Capri
Charlie acknowledged that Denise had 'illuminated a variety of salient points, that in my haste, I overlooked and dismissed'.
He added: 'Now more than ever, it's essential that Sami have a united parental front to rely upon, as she embarks on this new adventure. From this moment forward, she'll have it abundantly.'
Last month Denise said she doesn't regret her marriage to Charlie.
The actress separated from the Hollywood star in 2006, when she was six months pregnant with their second daughter - but Denise doesn't regret her decision to get married.
In the northern part of Italy: Earlier this month Denise and her husband were in Tuscany, Italy. 'It’s been a dream of mine & my husband’s to go to Tuscany. I was so lucky to shoot in Italy this past week so we decided to make a big trip out of it,' she wrote
Kisses in Italy: The star was seen in a satin dress. 'Here we are Trying to capture the best pic & me looking ridiculous and my hair all crazy( we just went to the spa) I look at some of your photos and wonder who the hell is there to take them?'
Not solo: 'Do you all travel with someone? Do you ask someone close by to shoot it? I’m so curious because most of you all that I follow your vacay pics looks really good!' she ended her note
The actress - who has Sami, and Lola, 17, with Charlie - said: 'I don't regret my marriage to Charlie. Because I really do believe that he and I were brought together to have our daughters.'
Despite this, Denise decided to separate from Charlie - who struggled with drug and alcohol abuse - because she wouldn't want her daughters to be married to a similar man.
The TV star - who was married to Charlie between 2002 and 2006 - told the 'Divorced Not Dead' podcast: 'I said to myself: 'Would I want my daughters to be married to this man?' No offence to him but it's true.'
Like mother, like daughter: Her 18-year-old daughter Sami Sheen has been modeling for the site OnlyFans, which Denise does too
Her parents: Sami is the daughter of Denise and Charlie Sheen; the exes are seen here in 2005
Denise has maintained legal custody of their daughters, but she's also been keen for her kids to have a relationship with Charlie.
She said: 'There is a lot that the public doesn't know, and you never know what goes on behind closed doors.
'The times where he was in a good space and able to, I wanted the girls to get to know their dad for him and not what he struggles with. I wanted them to know their dad for them and not what they may or may not read about him.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11138505/Denise-Richards-51-Aaron-Phypers-49-celebrate-four-year-wedding-anniversary-Amalfi.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-23T18:17:21Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11138505/Denise-Richards-51-Aaron-Phypers-49-celebrate-four-year-wedding-anniversary-Amalfi.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
Charade, the classic romantic whodunit that starred Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, is adapted for the stage in this whirlwind production spanning the globe. Brought to life by only 5 actors, recent widow Regina “Reggie” Lampert is drawn into a cat and mouse tale of hidden identities and government subterfuge, aided by the handsome stranger Peter Joshua. But is that his real name? Is anything what she thinks it is? This genre blending mash up will have you guessing until the end!
Catch Charade at B Street Theatre in Sacramento, from August 11th – September 18th. Check the website for show times and ticket prices bstreettheatre.org
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Laryssa Moskvichova just filled her biggest order yet. It took four days to make around 360 oreshki, a walnut-shaped cookie filled with doce de leite, a caramelized condensed milk associated with Latin America but also used in Ukraine.
The recipe she brought with her from Ukraine is a favorite of customers in her new home of Prudentópolis, a small town in southern Brazil where she fled with her three daughters — Anastasiia Ivanova, 22, Sofiia Moskvichova, 14, and Ruslana Moskvichova, 6 — when the war at home became too much. ( Like other Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60, Laryssa's husband — the father of her two youngest daughters — had to stay behind when his family fled.)
Orders have been rolling in at a pace Laryssa never expected. Today she's working on buckwheat bread and prepping for another round of oreshki tomorrow. In the days to come, there will be apple pies, honey cakes, vareniki dumplings and more oreshki.
As she kneads the dough for her last loaf of bread and places it into a pan lined with parchment paper, the afternoon sun streaming through the sliding glass doors leading to the balcony of her fourth-floor apartment, she calls her new friend Andreia Burko Bley, who grew up in this town and has sons the same age as her two youngest daughters.
They talk about Andreia taking the girls to school the next day and the menu she made to help Laryssa's baking business, which she and her husband, Paulo Bley, have been circulating on WhatsApp.
It's an easy conversation, filled with laughter and the kind of chatter that usually only comes with years of friendship.
But in fact, the two women only just met in early June.
Andreia is one of many natives of the Brazilian town who learned Ukrainian before she learned Portuguese. Her great-grandparents were among the first families some 116 years ago to come from Ukraine and settle Prudentópolis, named for a past president of Brazil and now known as "Little Ukraine," with the hopes of making a living by farming the available land.
This unexpected hub of Ukrainian culture has become a haven for eight families who escaped the war in the last six months with the help of a worldwide network of evangelical churches. Its ties to home provide not only a sense of comfort to those like Laryssa and her daughters but also deep connection to those who live there and a bond that can't be broken, even if they can, one day, go home.
From fear in Kharkiv to pizza (with a fork) in Prudentópolis
Three pizza boxes are stacked in the center of Andreia and Paulo's dining table. Bruno and Ruslana, classmates at the nearby elementary school, giggle as they take turns swinging a plastic sword at each other in the adjacent living room, the smell of melted cheese and tomato sauce wafting through the air.
Their mothers chat as they get plates and cups from the kitchen cupboards, and Paulo does his best to talk to Sofiia. When the few Ukrainian words he has picked up in the last couple months and slowly spoken Portuguese don't work, he turns to Google Translate for help. He didn't grow up here and is not of Ukrainian heritage like his wife, so he's learning as he goes.
The chatter among the eight — in Ukrainian, Russian, Portuguese and English — continues as they all settle in around the table. Andreia places utensils next to the round cardboard boxes. Sofiia gives a soft laugh at the thought of eating pizza with a fork and knife. It might be the norm in Brazil but not in Ukraine. She folds her slice in half before taking a bite.
A laugh over a hot meal was unimaginable for the 14-year-old and her family just a few months ago. When bombs started falling from the sky over Cold Mountain, the Kharkiv neighborhood where they lived, the family hid in Anastasiia's room — at the center of their duplex, it didn't have any windows — for a week. When the bombs got so close they destroyed a school the girls once attended, they moved down to the cellar, a space so small they couldn't lay down.
But the Ukrainian winter was too harsh and after two days of temperatures as low as -22° Fahrenheit, Laryssa knew they had to leave.
"It was really difficult," she says. "I had to leave my home behind. It was all we had. We had half an hour to grab everything we could, pack our bags and run. All I could think of were my girls. I got all of their things and forgot about myself. I didn't even take my clothes."
They piled into their car and headed toward Poltava, a destination for many since fighting hadn't yet reached the city, giving them time to decide where to go next. During the 20-hour trip — it should have lasted no more than two, but the mass exodus meant traffic was bumper-to-bumper — a friend of Anastasiia's called and recommended they get in touch with a pastor in Poltava from the same church they attended in Kharkiv, Word of Life. He was part of the Global Kingdom Partnership Network (GKPN), a group of evangelical pastors finding safe places around the world for Ukrainian families to start over.
Days later, when he sent a message over WhatsApp asking who wanted to go to Brazil, Laryssa's reaction was immediate.
"The first thing I thought was, no, I'm not going to Brazil," she says. "I don't know anyone in Brazil, I don't know anything about it. What's even there?"
But her faith that God would guide her and a dream she had where she was flying over the ocean made her change her mind. The family embarked on a journey that would take them to Lviv, Warsaw and Frankfurt before boarding a plane to Brazil.
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When she first arrived in São Paulo with her girls — a trip paid for by the church — Laryssa had no idea she would end up in Prudentópolis. The four spent a week at a church-owned farm outside Curitiba, the capital city of Paraná state, before Pastor Vitalii Arshulik, from the First Baptist Church of Prudentópolis and a member of the GKPN, helped set them up in a fully furnished apartment with a stocked fridge, made possible with donations from the community. The church is also helping the families who have come to Prudentópolis and neighboring towns with mental health support, language classes, job-hunting help and money to pay bills, including rent, for their first year in Brazil.
"We feel happy to be able to help, to be able to do something for our Ukrainian brothers and sisters," says the pastor, who came to Brazil with his wife and children five years ago to head up the local Baptist church. "It was very important for us to welcome them."
A new faraway home looks a lot like Ukraine
For Laryssa and her daughters, the connection between their new home and their old one was a shock. They didn't expect to find traditional brightly colored wooden Ukrainian houses and churches with cupolas, a strong pride in Ukrainian dance, music and art — like embroidery and the intricate designs of pysanka Easter eggs, two mediums that Andreia still practices today after learning them from her grandmother as a child — and their language spoken in the streets of the Brazilian town of 52,000.
"I never thought that in Brazil, across the ocean, people would speak Ukrainian," says Anastasiia. "It's a miracle."
Sofiia and Ruslana were quickly enrolled in school, while Laryssa and Anastasiia got to work organizing their new home. They found solace in church and the kindness they received from neighbors, both Ukrainian and Brazilian.
But it wasn't until they were befriended by Andreia and Paulo that they truly felt they had found their place.
Laryssa and Andreia met during school pickup after Andreia's 6-year-old, Bruno, insisted she meet Ruslana's mom. He was sure they would be fast friends, since his mom's first language was Ukrainian too.
The Ukrainian spoken in Prudentópolis is slightly different than what is spoken in Ukraine today — an older version of the language that was brought to the town over 100 years ago and never changed — but that didn't stop Bruno's prediction from coming true.
The two women quickly became close, and their families followed suit. Andreia started driving Ruslana and Sofiia to school so they wouldn't have to walk, and she and Paulo helped promote Laryssa's baking business and set her up with the basic ingredients she needed to get started. Before coming to Brazil the mom of three was already an entrepreneur, running her own online toy store and a business selling pet parrots and parakeets.
When Paulo noticed that Sofiia, the quietest of the family and an avid painter, had a phone case with Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night," he gave her his sweatshirt with the painting replicated across the front.
"Their hearts are so big," says Anastasiia. "In Ukraine we didn't have friends like this. They are very caring people."
For Andreia and Paulo, what they've received is so much more than what they've given.
"I never imagined it would be like this," says Andreia of her relationship with Laryssa's family, "that it would hold this cultural, emotional and spiritual weight."
As Laryssa stands at the black stone counter of her kitchen, dusting an order of oreshki with powdered sugar before packaging it to be picked up, she sighs.
She never imagined she would even visit Brazil, but now, because of something as simple as kindness, it's starting to feel like home.
Jill Langlois is an independent journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil. She has been freelancing from the largest city in the western hemisphere since 2010, writing and reporting for publications like National Geographic, The New York Times, The Guardian and Time. Her work focuses on human rights, the environment and the impact of socioeconomic issues on people's lives.
Gabriela Portilho is a documentary photographer and journalist whose work investigates the relationship between human beings and their communities, focusing on environmental and gender issues. A member of Women Photograph and Native Agency, she lives in Paraty, a small city between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national survey from U.S. News & World Report's 360 Reviews finds four in five Americans (81%) have adjusted their spending due to inflation, and 84% indicate they worry about the impact of inflation on this year's holiday shopping season.
To better understand the impact of inflation on consumer money-saving and purchasing habits, U.S. News used a third-party survey platform to poll 2,000 U.S. adults. It asked U.S. respondents about their coupon habits, 2022 holiday shopping plans, and more. Survey responses were weighted in order to be representative of the U.S. population.
"Our latest survey makes it clear Americans are flocking to digital coupons and similar digital money-saving tools because of inflation's impact to their wallets," said Alexandra Kelly, senior editor, 360 Deals. Kelly adds, "And they seem to be helping. In fact, an overwhelming 91% of U.S. consumers who use coupon sites, apps, and/or browser extensions report having saved money because of these digital resources — and half of Americans (51%) say they definitely plan to use digital coupons and similar online money-saving tools to help with their holiday shopping this year."
Additional survey highlights include:
- More than half of Americans (58%) look for coupons at least once a week.
- Three in four Americans (76%) have searched for digital coupons while grocery shopping.
- American consumers most prefer online shopping on Black Friday, followed by Amazon Prime Day, which trumped Cyber Monday.
- Half of Americans (51%) follow couponing blogs and social media accounts.
To access the full survey findings, visit:
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About U.S. News & World Report
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Family await answers at WA girl's inquest
Pressures on Western Australia's hospital system are expected to be laid bare as an inquest begins into the death of seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath.
Aishwarya died of sepsis in April last year after presenting to the Perth Children's Hospital emergency department with a fever.
Within 20 minutes of arriving, her hands were cold, her eyes were discoloured and her respiratory rate and heart rate were significantly elevated.
But a review by the Child and Adolescent Health Service found the severity of her condition wasn't recognised until an hour and 17 minutes later, despite Aishwarya's parents having pleaded with staff to escalate the girl's care.
She was pronounced dead within two hours of entering a resuscitation bay, having succumbed to an infection related to group A streptococcus.
The review found emergency department staff had missed a "cascade" of opportunities to provide more suitable treatment.
It highlighted a 30-minute period where it was left to one nurse to watch over eight waiting room cubicles as Aishwarya continued to deteriorate.
The inquest into her death will begin on Wednesday with deputy state coroner Sarah Linton expected to hear evidence across eight days.
Aishwarya's parents Aswath Chavittupara and Prasitha Sasidharan have expressed hope the inquest will provide a clearer picture of the circumstances of their daughter's death and delve into failings within the health system.
The inquest's start comes less than a fortnight after the resignation of former Child and Adolescent Health Service chief executive Aresh Anwar.
Dr Anwar had been in the role which oversees Perth Children's Hospital at the time of Aishwarya's death.
The McGowan government has since replaced several of the health service's board members and recently appointed a new executive director to address "cultural challenges" at the hospital.
An independent report last year found staff at Perth Children's Hospital had been "exhausted and demoralised" in the lead-up to Aishwarya's death.
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care described the emergency department's triage and waiting areas as vulnerable and "suboptimally staffed".
Staff had been raising concerns about the safety of children in the waiting room since at least October 2020.
The McGowan government provided funding for additional staff to monitor patients in the waiting areas in last year's state budget.
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Bank hires Denver-based CRE leader Todd Grover as part of Mountain West growth strategy
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: UMPQ), announced today the expansion of its commercial real estate (CRE) division into Colorado with the hiring of Todd Grover as senior vice president and market leader to lead and build the bank's Denver-based CRE team. Grover is one of Colorado's top commercial real estate leaders with more than 25 years of industry experience.
According to Neil Hodge, executive vice president and head of commercial real estate at Umpqua Bank, Grover's addition reflects Umpqua's continued strategic priority to grow its presence in Denver and build a best-in-class banking experience for companies across the Mountain West region.
"Todd is a tremendous CRE professional with a strong reputation for his leadership, customer-focused service and experience as a trusted advisor to his clients," said Hodge. "As one of the West's strongest banks, Umpqua is thrilled to hire Todd to lead our expansion and leverage our size, resources, and expertise for property owners and development companies seeking to support the vitality and growth in Denver, Phoenix and other Mountain West communities."
Grover brings to Umpqua a record of leadership success that includes building teams generating annual loan originations in excess of $1 billion. Most recently, Grover served as market executive for BBVA USA, leading teams that structured commercial real estate financing transactions in major markets including Denver, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. Volume included transactions for apartments, industrial, retail, office, medical office, and triple-net leased properties. Throughout his career, Grover has applied his expertise to create custom financing solutions for clients, with financing typically ranging from $15 million to $70 million per project for a variety of needs, including construction, acquisition, bridge and term loans.
Today's announcement marks the growth of Umpqua's expansion into Colorado that includes the hire of Shawn Thompson earlier this year to head its middle market banking division in the region.
"Umpqua is excited to be a part of Denver's vibrant business community and economy. We look forward to contributing to the prosperity of communities across the Western U.S.," said Umpqua Bank President Tory Nixon. "We're focused on attracting top banking talent passionate about providing high-growth, commercial enterprises an exceptional relationship banking experience. Our recent leadership hires in the region and the expansion of both our middle market banking and commercial real estate divisions in Colorado reflect our commitment to do just that."
Grover holds an MBA in finance from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Michigan State University. He also has participated in the executive development program at the University of Texas at Austin.
About Umpqua Bank
Umpqua Bank, headquartered in Roseburg, Ore., is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, and operates across Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado. Umpqua Bank has been recognized for its innovative customer experience and banking strategy by national publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Fast Company and CNBC. The company has been recognized for eight years in a row on FORTUNE magazine's list of the country's "100 Best Companies to Work For," and was recently named by The Portland Business Journal the Most Admired Financial Services Company in Oregon for the 17th consecutive year. In addition to its retail banking presence, Umpqua Bank owns Financial Pacific Leasing, Inc., a nationally recognized commercial finance company that provides equipment leases to small businesses.
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The acquisition will strengthen Xebia's foothold in the functional programming domain
GURUGRAM, India, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Xebia, a leading global IT consultancy and services company, has united with 47 Degrees, a US-based global technology consultancy focused on unlocking business growth by creating assured solutions for complex, mission-critical software.
47 Degrees has been focused on building and deploying innovative applications for its clients as well as actively engaging in the tech community since 2010. The company offers comprehensive consulting services in functional programming languages and related technologies, like Scala, Kotlin, Spark, Kafka, and Akka. While the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, they have strong footholds in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Colombia.
Its team handles the design, development, and deployment of applications for its clients so that companies can focus on their core business goals. Their engineers—with years of development expertise—coordinate with client teams to provide additional bandwidth and adapt mission-critical workflow.
Speaking about the collaboration, Mr. Anand Sahay, Global CEO, Xebia Group, said, "We are delighted to join forces with 47 Degrees and we believe that with their strong expertise in Scala, Kotlin as well as functional Java, this acquisition will establish our presence in the global market and also allow us to widen our functional programming expertise to Rust, Clojure, and Haskell. We aim to become one of the most significant one-stop-shop for all functional programming needs."
Nick Elsberry, CEO of 47 Degrees, said; "We're pleased to join forces with Xebia, strong supporters of the functional paradigm, to leverage and support our comprehensive services and expertise to our future and existing clients. Xebia not only aligns with our technology goals but our people-first methodologies, and we're excited about this next chapter."
Functional languages provide significant advantages while building highly scalable and parallelized systems. As the demand for such scalable systems is increasing exponentially among enterprises as well as innovative start-ups worldwide, there is a simultaneous demand for specialized talent that is unfragmented and can support the adoption of functional paradigms.
As a full stack software firm, Xebia is a firm believer in and promoter of functional programming in its solution blueprints. We believe that the consolidation of boutique functional companies can offer enterprises a strong option and build confidence in functional paradigms.
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India fires 3 military officers for Pakistan missile misfire
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian Air Force said on Tuesday the government has dismissed three officers for accidentally firing an unarmed missile into rival Pakistan in March.
The air force in a statement said a formal inquiry found that "deviation from the Standard Operating Procedures by three officers led to the accidental firing of the missile" into Pakistan.
The BrahMos cruise missile, fired from India on March 9, landed in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province and damaged a wall in a residential area. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Pakistan´s military at the time said it tracked the missile from its launch and during its more than three-minute-long flight inside Islamabad's airspace. Pakistani officials demanded an explanation from India, criticizing the launch as a "flagrant violation" that violated the country's airspace.
Two days after the launch, India´s defense ministry said the missile was fired by accident because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance and called the incident "deeply regrettable."
Nuclear-armed Pakistan and India have a history of bitter relations mainly over the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, which is divided between them and claimed by both in its entirety. Since gaining independence from British rule in 1947, the countries have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir.
Relations between the countries have been especially strained since 2019, when Pakistan´s air force shot down an Indian warplane in the Pakistan-administered section of Kashmir and captured a pilot in response to an airstrike by Indian aircraft targeting militants in the northwestern town of Balakot inside Pakistan.
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Providing Researchers with Breakthrough Materials to Investigate Pre-Eclampsia
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Essent Biologics™, a leading supplier of human-derived cell and scaffold materials, today announced availability for investigational researchers to obtain human pre-eclamptic cytotrophoblasts and Hofbauer cells through its distribution agreement with the Amnion Foundation.
The Amnion Foundation successfully isolated cytotrophoblasts and Hofbauer cells from the post-partum placenta of a donor with confirmed pre-eclampsia, enabling researchers to further investigate disease mechanisms at the cellular level and identify key differences in health and disease.
Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of death in pregnant women, yet treatment options are limited and the disease etiology is poorly understood. Research studies are crucial to elucidating mechanisms and developing new effective treatments that improve the lives of both mother and child.
"The Amnion Foundation team leveraged their proprietary methods to establish disease-origin cytotrophoblasts and Hofbauer cells from a pre-eclamptic placenta," said Sharon Presnell, Ph.D., President and Director of Client Services for Amnion Foundation. "This provides an exciting opportunity for researchers in this space to expand their efforts and investigate cellular function in both health and disease using well characterized cells. Together, with Essent, we have reached an important milestone on our mission to make living cells from birth tissue accessible to support the development of life-changing therapies."
"We are proud to have a collaborative relationship with such an innovative partner in the Amnion Foundation," said Dr. Jeff Brown. "It's exciting to be able to support the Amnion Foundation with this breakthrough in post-partum research tools. The availability of these rare cells will open up new avenues for researchers and clinicians to further investigate this complicated disorder that affects so many mothers and babies."
To learn more about and how to purchase pre-eclampsia Cytotrophoblasts cells, visit https://essentbiologics.org/product/cytotrophoblast-cells-ctbs/; for Hofbauer cells, visit https://essentbiologics.org/product/hofbauer-cells-macrophages/.
The Amnion Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 organization located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As an operating 501(c)3, Amnion actively processes donated birth tissues (placenta and umbilical cord) to generate viable human cells that are provided to researchers in academia, government, and pharma to support the development of in vitro models and in vivo therapies. The Foundation provides research-grade cells and related services to clients and has both GLP- and GMP-compliant capabilities. All donations to the Amnion Foundation are tax deductible and donors are provided the opportunity to direct their funds across a spectrum of internal and external projects. To learn more please visit www.amnionfoundation.org.
Essent Biologics is setting a new standard in human-derived biomaterials and comprehensive data for research. The nonprofit biotechnology company provides low-passaged primary cells, research tissue and scaffold materials to advance regenerative medicine research from benchtop to bedside. Essent Biologics supplies products in small or large volumes and serves as a manufacturing partner by creating master cell banks and an inventory of custom products within a tailored specification. In order to ensure reliable product quality, safety and efficacy, Essent Biologics products are developed using robust design control processes and produced under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). For more information, please visit essentbiologics.org.
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Mother wants US soldier tried in Italy for son's death
MILAN (AP) - The mother of a 15-year-old Italian boy killed after being struck by a car driven by a U.S. servicewoman from the Aviano Air Base is demanding that the case be tried in Italy, and not by a U.S. military court.
The death of Giovanni Zanier is being investigated by Italian authorities, but because a U.S. service member is involved the case could be turned over to the military under an Italian-U.S. military treaty.
The 20-year-old woman was under house arrest for investigation of vehicular homicide. Toxicology exams showed she was driving with four times the legal limit of alcohol, Italian media have reported.
The boy´s mother, Barbara Scandella, told Italian dailies on Tuesday that the woman "must be tried in Italy and serve the entire penalty here."
"We all know of previous incidents that have involved the American military in terrible accidents here. The truth is in these areas, they can do what they want and remain unpunished,´´ Scandella was quoted as saying by Rome daily La Repubblica. She made similar comments to Corriere della Sera.
In 1998, a U.S. pilot taking off from Aviano severed a ski-lift cable with a military jet while flying too low, killing 20 people. He was court-martialed by a U.S. military court, and acquitted on 20 counts of manslaughter in a case that provoked national outrage in Italy and strained relations with the United States.
This picture released by the Italian firefighters on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022 shows the car driven by a U.S. servicewoman, which crashed into the curb at the edge of a roundabout about 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the town of Porcia, in northern Italy, causing the death of a 15-year-old boy. (Italian Firefighters via AP)
In the latest case, the woman was driving a car that crashed into the curb at the edge of a roundabout at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the town of Porcia, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the Aviano base in northeastern Italy, Italian media said.
The 15-year-old was chatting with two friends on a bicycle path, when he was hit and his body tossed dozens of meters (yards) away by the impact, Corriere della Sera reported. He died while being transferred to a hospital. His friends were uninjured.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a May crash in California's wine country and was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation.
Paul Pelosi already served two days in jail and received conduct credit for two other days, Napa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Solga said. Paul Pelosi will work eight hours in the court's work program in lieu of the remaining day, Solga said during Paul Pelosi's sentencing, which he did not attend.
State law allows for DUI misdemeanor defendants to appear through their attorney unless ordered otherwise by the court.
As part of his probation, Paul Pelosi will also be required to attend a three-month drinking driver class, and install an ignition interlock device, where the driver has to provide a breath sample before the engine will start. He will also have to pay nearly $7,000 in fines, the judge said.
Paul Pelosi was arrested following a May 28 crash in Napa County, north of San Francisco, after a DUI test showed he had a blood alcohol content of .082%, just over the legal limit.
Officers responding to the crash after 10 p.m. near the wine country town of Yountville said they found Pelosi in the driver’s seat of a 2021 Porsche Carrera and the other driver standing outside a sport utility vehicle, according to the complaint.
California Highway Patrol officers reported that Pelosi was “unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred, and he had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage.”
Pelosi offered to officers his driver’s license along with an “11-99 Foundation” card when asked for identification, the complaint says. The 11-99 Foundation supports CHP employees and their families.
Prosecutors filed the case as a misdemeanor because of injuries to the 48-year-old driver of the SUV. They have declined to identify the driver, saying the person has requested privacy.
In an interview with investigators from the district attorney’s office, the driver reported pain in his upper right arm, right shoulder and neck the day after the crash. He said he also had headaches.
Pelosi was released on $5,000 bail after his arrest. Speaker Pelosi was in Rhode Island to deliver the commencement address at Brown University at the time. Her office has declined to comment. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/paul-pelosi-sentenced-in-dui-case/507-bde5de9e-cf04-4259-a26c-876d8bcd3d1a | 2022-08-23T18:27:48Z | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/paul-pelosi-sentenced-in-dui-case/507-bde5de9e-cf04-4259-a26c-876d8bcd3d1a | true |
Bank hires Denver-based CRE leader Todd Grover as part of Mountain West growth strategy
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Umpqua Bank, a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: UMPQ), announced today the expansion of its commercial real estate (CRE) division into Colorado with the hiring of Todd Grover as senior vice president and market leader to lead and build the bank's Denver-based CRE team. Grover is one of Colorado's top commercial real estate leaders with more than 25 years of industry experience.
According to Neil Hodge, executive vice president and head of commercial real estate at Umpqua Bank, Grover's addition reflects Umpqua's continued strategic priority to grow its presence in Denver and build a best-in-class banking experience for companies across the Mountain West region.
"Todd is a tremendous CRE professional with a strong reputation for his leadership, customer-focused service and experience as a trusted advisor to his clients," said Hodge. "As one of the West's strongest banks, Umpqua is thrilled to hire Todd to lead our expansion and leverage our size, resources, and expertise for property owners and development companies seeking to support the vitality and growth in Denver, Phoenix and other Mountain West communities."
Grover brings to Umpqua a record of leadership success that includes building teams generating annual loan originations in excess of $1 billion. Most recently, Grover served as market executive for BBVA USA, leading teams that structured commercial real estate financing transactions in major markets including Denver, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco. Volume included transactions for apartments, industrial, retail, office, medical office, and triple-net leased properties. Throughout his career, Grover has applied his expertise to create custom financing solutions for clients, with financing typically ranging from $15 million to $70 million per project for a variety of needs, including construction, acquisition, bridge and term loans.
Today's announcement marks the growth of Umpqua's expansion into Colorado that includes the hire of Shawn Thompson earlier this year to head its middle market banking division in the region.
"Umpqua is excited to be a part of Denver's vibrant business community and economy. We look forward to contributing to the prosperity of communities across the Western U.S.," said Umpqua Bank President Tory Nixon. "We're focused on attracting top banking talent passionate about providing high-growth, commercial enterprises an exceptional relationship banking experience. Our recent leadership hires in the region and the expansion of both our middle market banking and commercial real estate divisions in Colorado reflect our commitment to do just that."
Grover holds an MBA in finance from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Michigan State University. He also has participated in the executive development program at the University of Texas at Austin.
About Umpqua Bank
Umpqua Bank, headquartered in Roseburg, Ore., is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, and operates across Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado. Umpqua Bank has been recognized for its innovative customer experience and banking strategy by national publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Fast Company and CNBC. The company has been recognized for eight years in a row on FORTUNE magazine's list of the country's "100 Best Companies to Work For," and was recently named by The Portland Business Journal the Most Admired Financial Services Company in Oregon for the 17th consecutive year. In addition to its retail banking presence, Umpqua Bank owns Financial Pacific Leasing, Inc., a nationally recognized commercial finance company that provides equipment leases to small businesses.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
2-9-2-7
(two, nine, two, seven)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
2-9-2-7
(two, nine, two, seven) | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-4-game-17392284.php | 2022-08-23T18:28:10Z | https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Midday-Daily-4-game-17392284.php | true |
OAKDALE, N.Y. (PIX11) – A driver died after a single-car crash on Montauk Highway on Long Island Monday night, police said.
The driver was going east in their Jeep Wrangler when the car crossed over into the westbound lane and drove off the road, where it caught fire around 11:10 pm., according to a news release by Suffolk County Police.
The driver was the only person in the car, according to SCPD, and their identity had not been released.
Police are asking anyone with information on this crash to call 631-854-8552 as they continue to investigate the cause of the crash. | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/long-island/fiery-car-crash-leaves-one-dead-on-montauk-highway-on-li-police/ | 2022-08-23T18:32:39Z | https://pix11.com/news/local-news/long-island/fiery-car-crash-leaves-one-dead-on-montauk-highway-on-li-police/ | true |
As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, including imminent plans to announce an additional roughly $3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come, U.S. officials said.
U.S. officials told The Associated Press that the package is expected to be announced Wednesday, the day the war hits the six-month mark and Ukraine celebrates its independence day. The money will fund contracts for drones, weapons and other equipment that may not see the battlefront for a year or two, they said.
The total of the aid package — which is being provided under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative — could change overnight, but not likely by much. Several officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the aid before its public release.
Unlike most previous packages, the new funding is largely aimed at helping Ukraine secure its medium- to long-term defense posture, according to officials familiar with the matter. Earlier shipments, most of them done under Presidential Drawdown Authority, have focused on Ukraine’s more immediate needs for weapons and ammunition and involved materiel that the Pentagon already has in stock that can be shipped in short order.
In addition to providing longer-term assistance that Ukraine can use for potential future defense needs, the new package is intended to reassure Ukrainian officials that the United States intends to keep up its support, regardless of the day-to-day back and forth of the conflict, the officials said.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg noted the more extended focus Tuesday as he reaffirmed the alliance’s support for the conflict-torn country.
“Winter is coming, and it will be hard, and what we see now is a grinding war of attrition. This is a battle of wills, and a battle of logistics. Therefore we must sustain our support for Ukraine for the long term, so that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent nation,” Stoltenberg said, speaking at a virtual conference about Crimea, organized by Ukraine.
Six months after Russia invaded, the war has slowed to a grind, as both sides trade combat strikes and small advances in the east and south. Both sides have seen thousands of troops killed and injured, as Russia’s bombardment of cities has killed countless innocent civilians.
There are fears that Russia will intensify attacks on civilian infrastructure and government facilities in Ukraine in the coming days because of the independence holiday and the six-month anniversary of the invasion.
Late Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine and the State Department issued a new security alert for Ukraine that repeated a call for Americans in the country to leave due to the danger.
“Given Russia’s track record in Ukraine, we are concerned about the continued threat that Russian strikes pose to civilians and civilian infrastructure,” it said.
To date, the U.S. has provided about $10.6 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, including 19 packages of weapons taken directly from Defense Department stocks since August 2021.
U.S. defense leaders are also eyeing plans that will expand training for Ukrainian troops outside their country, and for militaries on Europe’s eastern and southern flanks that feel most threatened by Russia’s aggression. | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/us-to-send-3-billion-in-aid-to-ukraine-as-war-hits-6-months | 2022-08-23T18:34:06Z | https://www.abc15.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/us-to-send-3-billion-in-aid-to-ukraine-as-war-hits-6-months | true |
Providing Researchers with Breakthrough Materials to Investigate Pre-Eclampsia
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Essent Biologics™, a leading supplier of human-derived cell and scaffold materials, today announced availability for investigational researchers to obtain human pre-eclamptic cytotrophoblasts and Hofbauer cells through its distribution agreement with the Amnion Foundation.
The Amnion Foundation successfully isolated cytotrophoblasts and Hofbauer cells from the post-partum placenta of a donor with confirmed pre-eclampsia, enabling researchers to further investigate disease mechanisms at the cellular level and identify key differences in health and disease.
Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of death in pregnant women, yet treatment options are limited and the disease etiology is poorly understood. Research studies are crucial to elucidating mechanisms and developing new effective treatments that improve the lives of both mother and child.
"The Amnion Foundation team leveraged their proprietary methods to establish disease-origin cytotrophoblasts and Hofbauer cells from a pre-eclamptic placenta," said Sharon Presnell, Ph.D., President and Director of Client Services for Amnion Foundation. "This provides an exciting opportunity for researchers in this space to expand their efforts and investigate cellular function in both health and disease using well characterized cells. Together, with Essent, we have reached an important milestone on our mission to make living cells from birth tissue accessible to support the development of life-changing therapies."
"We are proud to have a collaborative relationship with such an innovative partner in the Amnion Foundation," said Dr. Jeff Brown. "It's exciting to be able to support the Amnion Foundation with this breakthrough in post-partum research tools. The availability of these rare cells will open up new avenues for researchers and clinicians to further investigate this complicated disorder that affects so many mothers and babies."
To learn more about and how to purchase pre-eclampsia Cytotrophoblasts cells, visit https://essentbiologics.org/product/cytotrophoblast-cells-ctbs/; for Hofbauer cells, visit https://essentbiologics.org/product/hofbauer-cells-macrophages/.
The Amnion Foundation is a registered 501(c)3 organization located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As an operating 501(c)3, Amnion actively processes donated birth tissues (placenta and umbilical cord) to generate viable human cells that are provided to researchers in academia, government, and pharma to support the development of in vitro models and in vivo therapies. The Foundation provides research-grade cells and related services to clients and has both GLP- and GMP-compliant capabilities. All donations to the Amnion Foundation are tax deductible and donors are provided the opportunity to direct their funds across a spectrum of internal and external projects. To learn more please visit www.amnionfoundation.org.
Essent Biologics is setting a new standard in human-derived biomaterials and comprehensive data for research. The nonprofit biotechnology company provides low-passaged primary cells, research tissue and scaffold materials to advance regenerative medicine research from benchtop to bedside. Essent Biologics supplies products in small or large volumes and serves as a manufacturing partner by creating master cell banks and an inventory of custom products within a tailored specification. In order to ensure reliable product quality, safety and efficacy, Essent Biologics products are developed using robust design control processes and produced under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). For more information, please visit essentbiologics.org.
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Police: Man, 60, dies after he was assaulted in Canton robbery
A 60-year-old man died Monday after he was assaulted and robbed in Canton, Baltimore police said.
City police said officers were called around 5:40 p.m. Saturday to the 600 block of South Kenwood Avenue for a report of a robbery.
Police said officers arrived as paramedics were treating the victim. Police said witnesses told officers that the man was approached by another man who asked for a tissue. When the victim went to retrieve a tissue, the assailant grabbed the victim and pushed him against a vehicle and down to the ground.
Police said the assailant stole the victim's wallet and fled.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died Monday. The medical examiner ruled the victim's death a homicide.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-396-2100 or Metro Crime Stoppers 866-7LOCKUP. | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/man-60-dies-assault-robbery-canton-baltimore/40969944 | 2022-08-23T18:36:47Z | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/man-60-dies-assault-robbery-canton-baltimore/40969944 | true |
LITTLETON, Colo. — On Monday morning, the National Association of Secondary School Principals' (NASSP) Principal Recovery Network met at the Columbine Memorial and shared its new Guide to Recovery, a resource for school leaders in the aftermath of a school shooting.
“Since 2013, there have been at least 943 incidents of gunfire on school grounds,” said Ronn Nozoe, CEO of NASSP. “But what happens to a school community in the wake of horrific events?”
The guide is a collection of best practices based on the lived experiences of the guide’s authors, who are all former and current school leaders.
During the event, the current principal of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and former Columbine High School Principal Frank DeAngelis talked about some of their experiences that were included in the guide.
“I remember walking into that building the Saturday after… and seeing standing water and food left on the table and I saw blood-stained carpets. And that was something I was never ever prepared for,” DeAngelis said.
DeAngelis, a founder of the network, has become a source of knowledge for his colleague.
DeAngelis highlighted three key elements that he said would have helped him in 1999, following the shooting at his school.
“We were dealing with burying 13 of our family members, and then all sudden we have graduation coming up. So the guide looks at what worked for us and what did not work,” DeAngelis said. “The other thing is the remembrance. You know, what do you do?... Returning to a building. How do you do that? Because there's a lot of trauma.”
DeAngelis said the recovery network is already sharing its guide with principals who never imagined themselves among this group.
“Uvalde — they're really struggling to go back in that building,” DeAngelis said. “One of my colleagues from an elementary school has reached out and they have started dialogue on that.”
Each member of the recovery network said they hope no school leader needs their guide. But as history shows, they might.
This article was written by Micah Smith for KMGH. | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/principals-impacted-by-school-tragedies-share-guide-to-recovery-with-colleagues-at-columbine-memorial | 2022-08-23T18:36:58Z | https://www.kgun9.com/news/national/principals-impacted-by-school-tragedies-share-guide-to-recovery-with-colleagues-at-columbine-memorial | true |
Cloth bag vending machines at 25 more location: Minister
Exhibition on alternatives to plastic to be held in September
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The Minister said large schools would be encouraged to set up biomethanisation plants to utilize organic wastes to generate gas and use it in their kitchens or generate power. Secretary Environment Supriya Sahu said an exhibition of ecofriendly products that are alternatives to plastics would be held in September.
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(The Hill) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was 73.2 percent effective against the disease in children under 5, the company said Tuesday.
The company touted the data as reinforcing the importance of the vaccine, which was authorized in June, after months of waiting for a vaccine for the youngest children.
The effectiveness is after three shots of the vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine’s authorization was delayed earlier this year to allow time to study a third shot, with the idea that two shots were not enough.
The results, based on 34 cases, came when the strain of the virus circulating was primarily the omicron subvariant BA.2, slightly different than the BA.5 omicron subvariant that is largely circulating now.
Pfizer said Tuesday that it is working on a vaccine for children under 12 specifically targeting BA.5, matching its approach for adults 12 and over.
“Building on the strong safety and immunogenicity data that led to FDA authorization of our COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months through 4 years, we are pleased to share confirmatory evidence that a full course of vaccination helps protect against symptomatic disease, particularly during a time when the Omicron BA.2 strain was predominant,” said Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.
Getting parents to vaccinate their young children is an ongoing challenge. Only about five percent of children under 5 have been vaccinated so far, ABC News reported last week. | https://www.krqe.com/health/coronavirus/vaccine/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-73-percent-effective-in-children-under-5/ | 2022-08-23T18:43:32Z | https://www.krqe.com/health/coronavirus/vaccine/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-73-percent-effective-in-children-under-5/ | false |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque BioPark has installed drop-off boxes at the zoo, aquarium and botanic garden to recycle old cell phones and other electronic devices. The BioPark says these recycling boxes will help reduce the amount of mineral extraction needed to make electronic devices, which can damage animals’ ecosystems and habitats.
The drop-off boxes will be located in the administration building at the front of the zoo, inside the entrance of the aquarium and in the botanic garden courtyard. The BioPark says electronics such as cell phones, tablets, iPod, MP3 players and other electronic devices will be accepted. Once collected they will be sent to a company that specializes in electronics recycling. Devices can be dropped off at any of the drop-box locations during business hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/biopark-collecting-old-electronics-to-help-conserve-wildlife-habitats/ | 2022-08-23T18:43:50Z | https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/biopark-collecting-old-electronics-to-help-conserve-wildlife-habitats/ | false |
ATLANTA — Greg Norman braced for another fight with the PGA Tour and was equipped with what he often referred to as the tour’s “playbook” from the first time he tried to start a rival league.
And then the PGA Tour stole his idea.
What emerged were the World Golf Championships, the richest events (back when a $5 million purse meant something) with no cut and a limited field. Former PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem publicly thanked Norman for his “determination and suggestions of 1994” when the first WGC was played.
In that respect, this is starting to feel like a repeat.
Reports over the weekend — the most thorough from No Laying Up, which has engaged top players on its podcast for years — pointed to a plan to create up to 15 tournaments offering some of the richest purses for a limited field of elite players.
Those were the most pertinent details that emerged from a players-only meeting last week. Norman must feel as though he has seen all this before.
But this was less about trying to quash Saudi-funded LIV Golf and more about taking the PGA Tour in a modern direction that emphasizes its biggest names. And what makes this different from 1994 is how the movement unfolded.
No Laying Up reported 23 players in attendance at the invitation-only meeting. That included — it starts with, really — Tiger Woods, who flew to Delaware from Florida for the meeting.
“We need to get the top guys together more often than we do,” Rory McIlroy said the next morning, the closest any player came to a public revelation. “I’m talking about all in the same tournaments, all in the same weeks.”
For now, the plan is somewhere between a vision and reality. The players have been in touch with Commissioner Jay Monahan, and he could provide a better sense of where it all stands when he speaks Wednesday ahead of the Tour Championship.
But the value of that meeting went far deeper than details.
By all accounts, the players left inspired, unified and unusually quiet. Xander Schauffele smiled when he referred to the silence as a “code,” which is not to suggest he was joking.
Said one player, speaking on condition of anonymity to honor such a code, “When was the last time all the top players got together in the same room? That has never happened before.”
It spoke to the ownership the players have taken of their tour, and their determination to stave off the greatest threat professional golf has faced.
Worth noting is 16 of the top 20 players in the world ranking were in the room. Among those missing, one didn’t become a PGA Tour member until three weeks ago (Tom Kim). Another is reported to be leaving for LIV Golf after this week (Cameron Smith).
Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im might have required translation, though they should have been included. Matsuyama was said to be curious why he wasn’t invited. Two people who know of his plans say the Japanese star is not going anywhere. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Matsuyama has not said anything publicly about his plans.
Some of those players still might leave for LIV one day. After Brooks Koepka did an about-face in the span of one week in June, no one should be surprised by any defection.
If so, what they leave behind might be similar to what they are joining.
If this is the path forward for the PGA Tour, is it the answer?
Short fields, no cuts, big money. Where you have heard that one before? More than a WGC concept, it sounds like it was torn from the gospel of what Norman was preaching, minus the concept of team golf with silly names.
But it will have far more relevance under the umbrella of a tour, the identity of professional golf for more than 50 years. And it won’t have the scrutiny over the source of funding — the Public Investment Fund — that LIV Golf seems to constantly face.
One other difference in the playbook is Norman’s first challenge in 1994 never made it to court.
For the three LIV golfers who sought a temporary restraining order to compete in the FedEx Cup playoffs, the ruling against them was a big setback. At this point, players who sign with LIV Golf should not expect to play anywhere on the PGA Tour until at least 2024, and the majority of them might miss out on all the majors unless they go through open qualifiers.
All the while, the PGA Tour could be headed toward a new model of small fields, big purses, guaranteed money because of no cuts and the option to play other PGA Tour stops that have special meaning to them and still have a good purse.
Perhaps the tour should have thought of this sooner.
In the long run, maybe it’s better this way. One of the messages that came out of the antitrust lawsuit filed by defectors is that every PGA Tour player had a right to feel like a defendant. “This is your tour,” they were told.
Now they’re acting like it really is.
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Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Tuesday sought the intervention of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in taking into account the reversal of input tax credit by taxpayers registered within the state for integrated goods and services tax (IGST) settlement.
In a letter to the Union Finance Minister, Cheema said it has been observed that although taxpayers registered within the state have carried out the reversal of a huge amount of ITC the same has not been considered for the IGST settlement.
"Particular instance has been identified of M/s HPCL Mittal Energy Limited which has reversed ITC to the tune of Rs 223 crore in the financial year 2018-19, Rs 230 crore in FY 2019-20, and Rs 227 crore in the financial year 2020-21 respectively”, said Cheema.
He further informed that the said amount has not been taken into account while undertaking the process of IGST settlement for the said period thereby depriving the state of its rightful share of the revenue.
"I have been informed that this issue has been consistently and constantly raised by my officers with the Government of India but no solution has emerged till now,” said Cheema. Referring to the grave importance of the issue for the revenue of the state, Cheema urged the Union Minister that her personal intervention is of much importance for the resolution of this matter as early as possible.
He said the significance of this issue resonates more strongly in light of the expiry of the GST compensation regime | https://www.outlookindia.com/national/punjab-finance-minister-writes-to-sitharaman-seeks-intervention-in-itc-matter-news-218440 | 2022-08-23T18:53:18Z | https://www.outlookindia.com/national/punjab-finance-minister-writes-to-sitharaman-seeks-intervention-in-itc-matter-news-218440 | false |
WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are investigating a shooting that left two 15 years olds suffering from gunshot injuries in Williamsport.
According to the Williamsport Bureau of Police, on Sunday a reported shooting happened in the 2100 Block of Boyd Street around 9:30 pm.
Officers say once on scene, two 15-year-old boys were on the porch of the house suffering from gunshot wounds.
The victims were transported to a nearby hospital for emergency medical treatment, there is no update on their current conditions.
This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact Williamsport police at (570) 327-7560. | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/crime-courts/two-15-year-olds-injured-in-williamsport-shooting/ | 2022-08-23T18:54:10Z | https://www.pahomepage.com/news/crime-courts/two-15-year-olds-injured-in-williamsport-shooting/ | true |
CAUGHT ON CAM: Man tries to break open game machine with ax
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. (WPVI) – Authorities in Philadelphia are looking for people who have been trying to steal money out of gaming machines, with a suspect even using an ax in one case.
The brazen thief was caught on camera bludgeoning the skill machine with an ax around 4 a.m. Monday as the 7-Eleven employees, along with store owner Vincent Emmanuel, watched in fear.
“It’s like right out of a ‘Friday the 13th’ horror movie, that’s what’s happening,” he said. “All you’re doing is getting ready and going to work one day and, all the sudden, you’re faced with people with an ax in their hand.”
It’s not the first time gaming machines have been targeted in Philadelphia. In June, three suspects robbed similar machines of thousands of dollars at a Sunoco convenience store and, an hour later, struck again at another Sunoco store. Another store’s machines were hacked at by thieves in February.
In response to the series of break-ins to the machines, the company who makes them responded by making the machines with metal, which has worked to protect them so far.
Thieves were unsuccessful after trying to break into one of the machines with an ax at a Gas-And-Go store, even trying to load the entire machine into their getaway car to no avail.
“The whole operation takes about two and a half minutes,” Emmanuel said. “It’s like a lightning bolt. It was pre-planned, they came and they only have to be correct one time. There’s money involved, and when they get that money, they can do this over and over again. They are getting lucky at some places, and that is what is going on.”
Emmanuel said he doesn’t think the suspect got away with any money during Monday’s incident.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world's first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, will impact its target asteroid—which poses no threat to Earth—at 7:14 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 26.
Among other activities, NASA will host a televised briefing beginning at 6 p.m. on Sept. 26 from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. APL is the builder and manager of the DART spacecraft for NASA.
This test will show a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a target asteroid and intentionally collide with it to change the asteroid's motion in a way that can be measured using ground-based telescopes. DART will provide important data to help better prepare for an asteroid that might pose an impact hazard to Earth, should one ever be discovered.
The following is a list of activities for DART's impact with the asteroid Dimorphos (all times Eastern):
Monday, Sept. 12
- 9 a.m. – NASA will host a hybrid media day at APL focused on the technology enabling the DART spacecraft to autonomously navigate to and impact its target asteroid. Participants include leaders from NASA and the DART mission team. In-person attendees will have an opportunity to tour the DART mission operations center at APL, located at 11100 Johns Hopkins Road in Laurel, Maryland.
Media interested in participating must RSVP by completing this form no later than 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30. NASA's media accreditation policy for on-site and virtual activities is available online.
Thursday, Sept. 22
- 3 p.m. – Media briefing at NASA Headquarters to preview DART's final activities before its impact with Dimorphos. The media briefing will take place in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in the Mary W. Jackson building, 300 E. Street, SW in Washington and include senior leaders from NASA and APL.
Media interested in participating must RSVP by completing this form no later than 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15.
Monday, Sept. 26 (DART Impact Day)
Media interested in covering the DART impact from APL must complete this form by 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2.
- 6 p.m. – Live coverage of DART's impact with the asteroid Dimorphos will air on NASA TV and the agency's website. The public also can watch live on agency social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
- 7:14 p.m. – DART's kinetic impact with asteroid Dimorphos.
Interview Opportunities
Remote live and taped interviews via Zoom will be offered from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26. To book a live shot window, media should fill out this form by 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22.
A series of panels featuring NASA and APL mission experts will take place at APL on Monday, Sept. 26. Opportunities for interviews before and after DART's asteroid impact will be available by filling out this form.
NASA Social
Stay connected with the DART mission and share your experience watching DART's impact with an asteroid on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with #DARTMission and #PlanetaryDefender. Follow and tag these accounts:
- Twitter: @NASA, @NASASolarSystem, @AsteroidWatch, @JHUAPL
- Facebook: NASA, NASA Solar System Exploration, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
- Instagram: @NASA, @NASASolarSystem, @JohnsHopkinsAPL
Become a Planetary Defender
Support the DART mission by becoming a "Planetary Defender!" Participants who take a short quiz will earn a certificate and badge they can download, print, and share on social media.
For more information about the DART mission, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/dartmission
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Aspirus Wausau Hospital
Jamie and Meghan Slott announce the birth of their son Noah Oliver, born at 8:34 p.m. Aug. 17, 2022. Noah weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces.
Yee Xiong and La Vang announce the birth of their son Marvelous Muaj Hmoo, born at 2:32 p.m. Aug. 15, 2022. Marvelous weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces.
Jeremy and Christine Jonas announce the birth of their daughter McKenna Arlayne, born at 6:12 p.m. Aug. 17, 2022. McKenna weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces.
Brian Zahurones and Jenna Wierschke announce the birth of their son Bennington Douglas, born at 3:16 p.m. Aug. 15, 2022. Bennington weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. | https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2022/08/23/wausau-area-births-aug-23/ | 2022-08-23T18:59:03Z | https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2022/08/23/wausau-area-births-aug-23/ | true |
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental and land use law firm The Sohagi Law Group announced that Managing Partner Margaret Sohagi is recognized in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Best Lawyer awards are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers and honor only the top 5.3% of elite lawyers in the nation across 150 practice areas.
Margaret Sohagi, recognized since 2007, developed her practice over the last 30 years focusing on assisting cities, counties, and other public agencies navigate the legal complexities of land use, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Climate Change and housing. Sohagi provides constructive, practical legal advice, working directly with lead agency counsel, staff, appointed elected officials. When necessary, she zealously defends lead agencies' land use approvals and environmental determinations in judicial proceedings, and frequently heads mediation teams in settlement discussions.
As a longstanding CEQA instructor for California's Continuing Judicial Studies Program, Sohagi has the unique opportunity to instruct Superior Court judges, appellate justices and court attorneys. Her land use and environmental law expertise, and ability to keep public agencies informed about the latest legal developments and trends, is also demonstrated through her frequent planning and legal conference presentations, extensive UCLA and USC teaching experience, and publications such as the Solano Press book Exactions and Impact Fees in California. Sohagi's prior career as a city planner gives her invaluable insight into the intricacies of complex project development and review.
Sohagi currently serves as the Chair of the Santa Monica College Foundation Board. In 2022 Sohagi was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a "Woman of Influence" and last year she was selected for the Los Angeles Times' "Inspirational Women Award" and the Los Angeles Business Journal "Community Impact Advocate Award."
The Sohagi Law Group handles complex transactional and litigation matters for public agencies, including cities, counties, townships, state agencies, special districts, commissions and authorities. Its attorneys draw upon their extensive expertise in all areas of environmental and land use law to advise clients navigate existing laws and regulations and keep them up to date on emerging environmental issues such as climate change and greenhouse gas regulation.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland State University violated a student’s Fourth Amendment right to privacy when he was required to use a webcam to show his bedroom before taking an online test, a federal judge in Cleveland ruled.
Matthew Besser, the attorney for student Aaron Ogletree, said that the lawsuit was filed last year to stop the university from enforcing an illegal practice aimed at preventing cheating and that Ogletree is not seeking monetary damages.
The ruling Monday by U.S. District Judge J. Philip Calabrese appears to set a precedent regarding student privacy rights, Besser said.
“Freedom from government intrusion into our homes is the very core of what the Fourth Amendment protects,” Besser said. “If there is any place where students have a reasonable expectation of privacy, it’s in their homes.”
Ogletree initially protested but scanned his room before a chemistry test, fearing he would receive a failing grade if he did not comply, Besser said.
Calabrese in his ruling ordered Besser and attorneys for Cleveland State to meet to determine what the next step in the case will be. He said in the order that Ogletree’s right to privacy “outweighs Cleveland State’s interests in scanning his room.”
Cleveland State spokesperson David Kielmeyer said Tuesday the school cannot comment on “active litigation.”
“Ensuring academic integrity is essential to our mission and will guide us as we move forward,” Kielmeyer said.
Ogletree said in the lawsuit that the COVID-19 pandemic forced him during the school’s 2021 spring semester to take classes online to protect his family members’ health.
The decision whether to require students to show their rooms before a test is left to the discretion of individual professors and is not enforced by all instructors, Ogletree said in the lawsuit. Room scans are visible to other students who are taking a test, Ogletree’s lawsuit said. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/health-2/ap-health/judge-rules-video-scan-of-room-before-online-testing-illegal/ | 2022-08-23T19:00:54Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/health-2/ap-health/judge-rules-video-scan-of-room-before-online-testing-illegal/ | true |
The husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a May crash in California.
Paul Pelosi was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation after already served two days in jail and received conduct credit for two other days, Napa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Solga said.
He will work eight hours in the court’s work program in lieu of the remaining day, Solga said during Paul Pelosi’s sentencing, which he did not attend.
State law allows for DUI misdemeanor defendants to appear through their attorney unless ordered otherwise by the court.
As part of his probation, Paul Pelosi will also be required to attend a three-month drinking driver class, and install an ignition interlock device, where the driver has to provide a breath sample before the engine will start. He will also have to pay nearly $7,000 in fines, the judge said.
Paul Pelosi was arrested following a May 28 crash in Napa County, north of San Francisco, after a DUI test showed he had a blood alcohol content of .082%, just over the legal limit.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-pelosi-pleads-guilty-to-dui-gets-5-days-in-jail-3-years-of-probation.html | 2022-08-23T19:01:23Z | https://www.al.com/news/2022/08/nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-pelosi-pleads-guilty-to-dui-gets-5-days-in-jail-3-years-of-probation.html | false |
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai and Kia are telling owners of some of their large SUVs to park them outdoors and away from buildings after a series of fires involving trailer hitch wiring.
The Korean automakers are recalling more than 281,000 vehicles in the U.S. because of the problem, but they haven’t figured out how to fix it yet. The automakers reported 25 fires or melting incidents in the U.S. and Canada caused by the problem, but no crashes or injuries.
The recall covers more than 245,000 Hyundai Palisade and over 36,000 Kia Telluride SUVs from the 2020 through 2022 model years.
In documents posted Tuesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the companies said debris and moisture can accumulate in a circuit board in the tow hitch wiring. That can cause an electrical short, which can lead to a fire.
Hyundai said that dealers will inspect the wiring and remove a fuse as an interim repair. Kia doesn’t have an interim repair. The companies say a final repair is being developed.
In addition, dealers from both automakers have stopped selling the affected SUVs until repairs are made.
Both Kia and Hyundai recalled several vehicles in February due to concerns over engine compartment fire risks.
You can check if your vehicle is being recalled at the NHTSA’s Safety Issues and Recalls page. | https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/national-news/park-outside-fire-risk-prompts-hyundai-kia-hitch-recall/ | 2022-08-23T19:02:22Z | https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/national-news/park-outside-fire-risk-prompts-hyundai-kia-hitch-recall/ | true |
GRANDVIEW, Mo. (WFAF) — A Missouri woman says it has been almost three months since her husband was laid to rest and still there’s no headstone.
Colleen and Bennie Asberry prepaid for burial services at 12 Gates Memorial Gardens in Kansas City, Missouri. They wanted to be side-by-side, sharing a headstone.
But Colleen Asberry was told because of how the contracts were written, the cemetery cannot place the headstone there until she, too, dies.
“He was the light of my life,” Colleen Asberry said. “We’d been married 28 years. We’ve been together 35, and we did everything together.”
But in May, Bennie Asberry died.
“We all were there when he took his last breath, and it was just — It still hurts me to talk about, you know, to see him go like that,” Colleen Asberry said.
Less than two weeks later, Bennie Asberry was buried at 12 Gates.
“That’s when I was informed that the headstone would not be laid until after I died,” Colleen Asberry said. “That doesn’t make sense to me. When I took out the policy neither one of us knew who was going to go first.”
Each person had a prefunded funeral agreement done through insurance. Each was paid in full.
In Colleen Asberry’s contract, there is a $980.80 charge for a “gray grass marker.”
It’s not on Bennie Asberry’s, and that’s the problem.
Todd DeMint of Meyers Funeral Chapel, which is not involved in the Asberry case, said prepaid burials are beneficial. But he said items like the headstone should be paid for separately, perhaps put in a third contract with each of the two names.
“If they wrote separate contracts, which they have to do in the state of Missouri, if they put the headstone under one of them, then you’ve got to have the right person pass away first for that headstone to be completed,” DeMint said.
DeMint said people need to know specifically what they’re asking for and vocalize it when arranging prepaid services.
“When you’re purchasing something, and you have goods and services, it needs to be in black and white what those goods and services are, and you need to know what your expectations are once it’s time to fulfill that contract,” DeMint said.
Nexstar’s WDAF spoke with the cemetery Monday and was told Colleen Asberry could cash-surrender her policy and use some of that money to pay for a new headstone. The cemetery said the remainder of the cash would go back into the pre-need policy.
But Colleen Asberry fears cashing out will cost her money, and she’s not spending another dime out-of-pocket.
The cemetery declined to be interviewed.
“I just want the best for him,” she said. | https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/national-news/woman-wont-get-prepaid-headstone-for-husband-until-she-also-dies/ | 2022-08-23T19:02:34Z | https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/national-news/woman-wont-get-prepaid-headstone-for-husband-until-she-also-dies/ | true |
The euro has fallen below parity with the dollar, diving to its lowest level in 20 years and ending a one-to-one exchange rate with the U.S. currency.
It’s a psychological barrier in the markets. But psychology is important, and the euro’s slide underlines the foreboding in the 19 European countries using the currency as they struggle with an energy crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Here’s why the euro’s slide is happening and what impact it could have:
WHAT DOES EURO AND DOLLAR PARITY MEAN?
It means the European and American currencies are worth the same amount. While constantly changing, the euro has dropped just below a value of $1 this week.
A currency’s exchange rate can be a verdict on economic prospects, and Europe’s have been fading. Expectations that the economy would see a rebound after turning the corner from the COVID-19 pandemic have been replaced by recession predictions.
More than anything, high energy prices and record inflation are to blame. Europe is far more dependent on Russian oil and natural gas than the U.S. to keep industry humming and generate electricity. Fears that the war in Ukraine will lead to a loss of Russian oil on global markets have pushed oil prices higher. And Russia has been cutting back natural gas supplies to the European Union, which EU leaders described as retaliation for sanctions and weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
Energy prices have driven euro-area inflation to a record 8.9% in July, making everything from groceries to utility bills more expensive. They also have raised fears about governments needing to ration natural gas to industries like steel, glassmaking and agriculture if Russia further reduces or shuts off the gas taps completely.
The sense of doom increased as Russia reduced the flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to 20% of capacity and said it would shut it down for three days next week for “routine maintenance” at a compressor station.
Natural gas prices on Europe’s TTF benchmark have soared to record highs amid dwindling supplies, fears of further cutoffs and strong demand.
“If you think Euro at parity is cheap, think again,” Robin Brooks, chief economist at the Institute of International Finance banking trade group, tweeted Monday. “German manufacturing lost access to cheap Russian energy & thus its competitive edge.”
“Global recession is coming,” he said in a second tweet.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE EURO WAS EQUAL TO THE DOLLAR?
The euro was last valued below $1 on July 15, 2002.
The European currency hit its all-time high of $1.18 shortly after its launch on Jan. 1, 1999, but then began a long slide, falling through the $1 mark in February 2000 and hitting a record low of 82.30 cents in October 2000. It rose above parity in 2002 as large trade deficits and accounting scandals on Wall Street weighed on the dollar.
Then as now, what appears to be a euro story is also in many ways a dollar story. That’s because the U.S. dollar is still the world’s dominant currency for trade and central bank reserves. And the dollar has been hitting 20-year highs against the currencies of its major trading partners, not just the euro.
The dollar is also benefiting from its status as a safe haven for investors in times of uncertainty.
WHY IS THE EURO FALLING?
Many analysts attribute the euro’s slide to expectations for rapid interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve to combat inflation at close to 40-year highs.
As the Fed raises interest rates, the rates on interest-bearing investments tend to rise as well. If the Fed raises rates more than the European Central Bank, higher interest returns will attract investor money from euros into dollar-denominated investments. Those investors will have to sell euros and buy dollars to buy those holdings. That drives the euro down and the dollar up.
Last month, the ECB raised interest rates for the first time in 11 years by a larger-than-expected half-percentage point. It is expected to add another increase in September. But if the economy sinks into recession, that could halt the ECB’s series of rate increases.
Meanwhile, the U.S. economy looks more robust, meaning the Fed could go on tightening — and widen the rate gap.
WHO WINS?
American tourists in Europe will find cheaper hotel and restaurant bills and admission tickets. The weaker euro could make European export goods more competitive on price in the United States. The U.S. and the EU are major trade partners, so the exchange rate shift will get noticed.
In the U.S., a stronger dollar means lower prices on imported goods — from cars and computers to toys and medical equipment — which could help moderate inflation.
WHO LOSES?
American companies that do a lot of business in Europe will see the revenue from those businesses shrink when and if they bring those earnings back to the U.S. If euro earnings remain in Europe to cover costs there, the exchange rate becomes less of an issue.
A key worry for the U.S. is that a stronger dollar makes U.S.-made products more expensive in overseas markets, widening the trade deficit and reducing economic output, while giving foreign products a price edge in the United States.
A weaker euro can be a headache for the European Central Bank because it can mean higher prices for imported goods, particularly oil, which is priced in dollars. The ECB is already being pulled in different directions: It is raising interest rates, the typical medicine for inflation, but higher rates also can slow economic growth. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/euro-falls-below-parity-with-the-dollar-whats-the-impact/ | 2022-08-23T19:03:00Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/euro-falls-below-parity-with-the-dollar-whats-the-impact/ | true |
Mike Behind the Mic: Deputy Morrow and Madeline
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - In 2013, Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy David Morrow, working as a School Resource Officer, was at Chelsea Middle School when the call came in that a gunman was holding some students hostage in a locker room. Initially, it was five girls being held at gunpoint in the girls’ locker room. Deputy Morrow responded directly to the threat and after some time, was able to convince the gunman to release a few of the girls and eventually all of them unharmed. One of those students held hostage was Madeline O’Neal.
Fast forward to 2022, where Madeline just graduated from the University of Alabama. In June, her mother Deanna sent Deputy Morrow a letter thanking him for his quick response, and she cited the delayed response in Uvalde as part of her inspiration to let him know, his actions allowed his daughter to grow up to continue to chase her dreams. Both Deputy Morrow and Madeline joined Mike Dubberly to reflect on that day.
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Showdown over evidence, leaks looming in Alex Murdaugh case
By JEFFREY COLLINS
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A showdown between defense attorneys for disbarred lawyer Alex Murdaugh who say prosecutors are unfairly withholding evidence and those prosecutors who want the defense to agree to secrecy rules first is heading for a courtroom next week. In their latest court filing, defense lawyers said the secrecy rules as Murdaugh awaits a murder trial in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son are hypocritical. The defense says prosecutors are leaking evidence to media outlets, including a video the leaker said was taken not long before the killings. Prosecutors, including South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson himself, denied the leaks. A hearing about the matter is scheduled for Monday at the Colleton County courthouse. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/08/23/showdown-over-evidence-leaks-looming-in-alex-murdaugh-case/ | 2022-08-23T19:06:22Z | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/08/23/showdown-over-evidence-leaks-looming-in-alex-murdaugh-case/ | true |
NEW YORK (AP) — He helped lead the fight to impeach Donald Trump. She battled for people sickened by clouds of toxic soot after the Sept. 11 attacks.
At least one of New York City’s most veteran members of Congress will be voted out of office Tuesday in a Democratic primary pitting U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler against U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a race both hoped to avoid.
The unusual battle between incumbents who are usually allies is the result of a redistricting process that lumped Nadler’s home base on the west side of Manhattan together with Maloney’s on the east side. Both lawmakers live in New York’s newly configured 12th Congressional District.
Neither was willing to run in another part of the city.
Nadler and Maloney are joined in the race by 38-year-old Suraj Patel, a lawyer and lecturer at New York University who also challenged Maloney in Democratic primaries in 2018 and 2020. A fourth candidate, Ashmi Sheth, a former Federal Reserve Bank of New York employee, is on the ballot but did not meet fundraising benchmarks to qualify for debates.
Nadler, 75, was first elected to Congress in 1992. As chair of the House Judiciary Committee, he led both impeachments of Republican former President Donald Trump. He was buoyed in the last weeks of the campaign by endorsements from The New York Times and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Maloney, 76, was also first elected in 1992. She is the first woman to chair the House Oversight and Reform Committee. She is known for her longtime advocacy for Sept. 11 first responders seeking compensation for diseases they attribute to contamination from the destruction of the World Trade Center. She wore a firefighter’s jacket on Capitol Hill and at the 2019 Met Gala.
Few policy differences between Nadler, Maloney and Patel emerged during the primary campaign.
All support abortion rights, the Green New Deal and tighter restrictions on gun ownership. Patel argued that Nadler’s and Maloney’s generation failed to achieve Democratic goals like codifying Roe v. Wade and should cede to new blood.
Nadler and Maloney countered that their seniority in Congress brings clout that benefits New Yorkers.
Friends for many years, the two Democrats lamented having to run against each other — something that only happened after a court redrew the boundaries of the state’s congressional districts after concluding the legislature botched the process.
“I didn’t want to run against my good friend, Jerry Nadler,” Maloney said at a recent debate. “We have been friends and allies for years. Unfortunately, we were drawn into the same district.”
Still, on the campaign trail Maloney said that as a woman, she would fight harder to protect abortion rights than Nadler.
Asked at a debate how his record differed from that of Maloney, Nadler cited his votes against the Iraq War and the Patriot Act, and in favor of the Iran nuclear deal. Maloney, also elected to Congress in 1992, voted the other way on all three.
Maloney also came under fire from her opponents for her past positions on vaccines, including in 2006 when she introduced legislation directing the federal government to study the debunked theory that vaccines can cause autism. Maloney insisted that she supports vaccines and regretted ever questioning vaccine safety.
The primary winner in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will face Republican Michael Zumbluskas in the November general election. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/two-top-house-democrats-reluctantly-battle-in-ny-primary/ | 2022-08-23T19:06:21Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/two-top-house-democrats-reluctantly-battle-in-ny-primary/ | true |
House of the Dragon is off to a flying start. HBO's Game of Thrones prequel -- set 200 years before Daenerys Targaryen's quest for the Iron Throne -- scored nearly 10 million viewers in its Sunday night debut, making it the most highly-rated original new series premiere in the history of HBO.
Officially, the cable network reported 9.986 million viewers across both linear and HBO Max streaming platforms in the United States on Sunday night -- even as the streaming app crashed on Amazon Fire TV devices, leaving a portion of potential viewers in the dark.
A press release from HBO indicates that Sunday's viewership is expected to make up just a small portion -- 20 to 40 percent -- of the show's total gross audience.
While a direct comparison would be impossible to nail down -- due in part to shifting landscapes in streaming and evolving fandoms -- the Hollywood Reporterand Variety both note that Game of Thrones' first season premiered to 4.2 million viewers in 2011, while its eighth and final season premiere was watched by a record-setting 17.9 million people in 2019.
House of the Dragon brings to life George R.R. Martin’s Fire & Blood. The all-new series details the battle of succession as Daenerys' ancestors in House Targaryen attempt to assert their place on the Iron Throne.
Members of the ensemble cast, including Emily Carey, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Matt Smith, Milly Alcock, Paddy Considine and Steve Toussaint, recap the in-fighting in episode one and tease where things go from here, as season 1 gets deep into the political maneuvering that follows in interviews with ET.
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The Film Independent Spirit Awards will now feature gender neutral film and television acting categories and raise its budget cap to $30 million, the organization said Tuesday.
“We’re thrilled to join the other festivals and award shows that are already moving to celebrate great acting without reference to gender,” Josh Welsh, Film Independent's president, said in a statement. “We’re also happy to welcome non-binary performers into the Spirit Awards without forcing them to choose to identify as male or female.”
The Spirit Awards honor smaller budget indie films and are known for its starry, free-wheeling ceremony that's part of the awards season runup to the Academy Awards.
It joins several prominent awards organizations that have made the switch to non-gendered awards, including The Grammys, The Gotham Awards and the MTV Movie & TV Awards. The categories will now be “best lead performance” and “best supporting performance.
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Raising the eligibility cap from $22.5 million to $30 million for a film production is intended to acknowledge the rising costs of making films.
“It has been a long time since we substantially increased the budget limit for eligibility,” Welsh said. “This new cap allows us to continue to celebrate the same breadth of work that we have in the past.”
Film Independent also set the date for its next show for March 4, 2023, the weekend before the Oscars on March 12. Nominations for the 2023 Spirit Awards will be announced on November 22. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/independent-spirit-awards-make-acting-awards-gender-neutral/article_dd420dda-a8be-5712-a382-88bacfec950d.html | 2022-08-23T19:08:36Z | https://wcfcourier.com/news/national/independent-spirit-awards-make-acting-awards-gender-neutral/article_dd420dda-a8be-5712-a382-88bacfec950d.html | false |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Serena Williams and Meghan recount challenges they’ve experienced as working mothers on the Duchess of Sussex’s first podcast, including stories of having to work soon after scary incidents involving their children.
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion who said recently “the countdown has begun” to her retirement, recounted on Meghan’s “Archetypes” Spotify podcast Tuesday that she played a match at the 2018 French Open after a nearly sleepless night after her daughter, Olympia, broke her wrist.
“I somehow managed to win, but I was so emotionally spent and just like so emotionally drained that it was, it was crazy. And, you know, and then like every night after that, I just was with her the whole time and was like you’re going to be with me,” said Williams, who has indicated that her final tournament will be the U.S. Open, which starts in New York next week.
The tennis great and Meghan, who are friends, spoke at length on Tuesday’s episode about the challenges of balancing high profile careers in the public eye and motherhood.
“So when you went and played that match the next morning, no one knew what your night had been like the night before. They forgot that human piece of it,” Meghan said about Williams’ French Open experience.
Meghan recounted an incident during a tour of South Africa with her husband, Prince Harry, and their son, Archie, in which a fire broke out in her son’s room and the pair had to leave their baby to continue their official duties. Archie was supposed to be napping in the room at the time, but his nanny had taken him out to get a bite to eat. The incident left everyone shaken, Meghan said.
She said she wanted to spend time with her son, but she and Harry had to go and do another official engagement.
“The focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels,” Meghan said. “And part of the humanizing and the breaking through of these labels and these archetypes and these boxes that we’re put into is having some understanding on the human moments behind the scenes that people might not have any awareness of and to give each other a break.
“Because we did — we had to leave our baby,” she said.
Williams, who turns 41 next month, and Meghan spoke about the tennis star’s recent announcement about stepping away from tennis. Williams said she discussed it with Prince Harry before revealing her decision publicly.
“Obviously I’m retiring professionally, but it’s also an evolution. I’m doing more business things. And I really want to expand my family. And, you know, I’ve been putting it off for so long. And as a woman, there’s only so, so long you can put that off,” Williams said.
Harry and Meghan have a multi-year deal to produce and host podcasts for Spotify under their production company Archewell Audio. Meghan has said the “Archetypes” podcast will focus on harmful labels and stereotypes applied to women.
The Spotify deal is one of several high-profile deals the couple have struck, including one with Netflix. Harry and Meghan stepped away from royal duties in March 2020 over what they described as intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media toward the duchess. They have since relocated to California, where they are raising their children, Archie and Lili. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/sports/ap-sports/serena-williams-tells-meghan-of-babys-injury-before-match/ | 2022-08-23T19:08:59Z | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/sports/ap-sports/serena-williams-tells-meghan-of-babys-injury-before-match/ | true |
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Seattle good Samaritan who rushed to aid of man killed in brutal attack warns city is no longer safe
A Seattle senior citizen was beaten to death by a suspect released from jail days prior
A good Samaritan who stepped in to help an innocent man beaten to death by a career criminal on the streets of Seattle warned Tuesday that nowhere in the city is safe anymore.
"We as a family and as friends, we used to always enjoy Seattle," Loren Page told "America's Newsroom" before he witnessed a senior citizen fatally beaten in broad daylight by a suspect who reportedly had been released from jail just days before.
Aaron Justin Fulk, 48, remains held at King County Jail on $2.5 million bond as of Monday.
He was initially arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder and assault after allegedly bludgeoning another man — 66-year-old Rodney Peterman — with a large metal pole on Aug. 2.
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Page described the moment he intervened during the attack.
"I heard the shouting. I just crossed third and Pike, and I looked to my left and heard the shouting and got a little closer. I saw the first strike with the pole. I yelled out, ‘Hey,’ from across the street and I saw the second strike. And at that point, I knew that it was a pretty deadly blow."
Page immediately ran across the street to help as the victim went down.
"Apparently, I caught him off guard and we kind of held on to the pole together for a few minutes there," he continued. "I gave it a little tug and he had released the pole and turned around and started walking towards the market. And as I step back, and I saw the victim on the ground, I knew that he was totally unconscious and not moving."
Page described how the devastating crime crisis has made it nearly impossible to enjoy Seattle.
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"It actually used to be a really beautiful place," he said. "Now I can't take the transit and get to the airport anymore. I have to have somebody pick me up. I can't go to Pioneer Square. It's not safe to have a cup of coffee there anymore."
"I thought it was safe to at least walk around the market at 3:00 in the afternoon. It was a beautiful day… I was hoping to enjoy a great day with my family in the city, and it turns out that the city isn't safe… it is not a place to bring your family and friends to enjoy the day anymore."
Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report. | https://www.foxnews.com/media/seattle-good-samaritan-rushed-to-man-killed-brutal-attack-warns-city-longer-safe | 2022-08-23T19:11:14Z | https://www.foxnews.com/media/seattle-good-samaritan-rushed-to-man-killed-brutal-attack-warns-city-longer-safe | true |
Biden admin to announce $3 billion in further aid, training for Ukrainian military: report
The Biden administration aid package will signal long-term American support for Ukraine's fight against Russia
President Joe Biden's administration will announce an additional $3 billion in aid to Ukraine on Wednesday alongside a shift toward supporting the nation's war against Russia long-term, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine will have lasted six months on Wednesday, the same day that Ukraine celebrates its Independence Day. The Wednesday announcement is expected to focus on equipping the Ukrainian military to fend off Russian aggression well into the future.
Past U.S. security donations for Ukraine have included weapons, equipment and medical supplies — things that meet the immediate need of combat against Russian forces. Wednesday's package will reportedly focus on bolstering the country's security infrastructure.
The announcement comes weeks after the Pentagon sent what was its largest-yet package to Ukraine, a $1 billion injection of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, among other things.
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Both the U.S. and Ukraine have expressed worry that Russia will ramp up its attacks on civilian infrastructure and government buildings in the near future.
The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv called on any Americans still in Ukraine to leave immediately.
"If you hear a loud explosion or if sirens are activated, immediately seek cover," the State Department wrote on Tuesday. "If in a home or a building, go to the lowest level of the structure with the fewest exterior walls, windows, and openings; close any doors and sit near an interior wall, away from any windows or openings."
Russia is also more likely to ramp up its aggression following a Saturday car bombing in Moscow that killed the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a Russian philosopher and close political ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Daria Dugina, 29, was traveling home from a festival where her father had delivered a speech when the SUV she was driving exploded. Dugin was supposed to be in the vehicle but chose to ride in another at the last minute.
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Worldwide leader in high-volume hiring ranks as one of the top venture-backed startups with the potential to reach a billion-dollar valuation
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fountain, the world's leading all-in-one applicant tracking system for high volume hiring, today announced it was named to the 2022 Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups list, published by Forbes in partnership with TrueBridge Capital and Fidelity Investments.
Fountain was one of only 25 startups selected from hundreds of applicants for its ambitious, steady business success, helping major brands like Stitch Fix, Sweetgreen and Deliveroo find, hire and retain the people they need for open roles.
"Being selected as one of the 2022 Forbes' Next Billion Dollar Startups is a confirmation of the team's hard work and commitment to making the global hiring process smarter, faster and simpler through our innovative platform," said Sean Behr, CEO of Fountain. "Our products drive growth by enabling businesses to streamline hiring processes, automate qualification verification and optimize hiring managers' time, which in turn creates more opportunities for success. It's an honor to be included on this year's list."
The distinguished award is given to 25 companies that are selected by a group of TrueBridge Capital analysts. The analysts factor in valuation, revenue, user/customer count, employee headcount, etc. before determining the final listing.
As one of the nation's fastest-growing private companies, Fountain has proven its long-term growth and continues to exceed expectations. Over the past year, Fountain raised $185 million in funding in a round led by B Capital and launched an international expansion of its services, helping companies automate and optimize where and how they spend their sourcing dollars. In addition, the company brought on several new executives, including COO Joyce Chan and CTO Matt Tucker, to scale and innovate their products for customers.
Fountain is the market leader in high volume hiring because its solutions enable customers to get ahead of their hiring goals. Fountain's all-in-one platform enables companies to find qualified candidates and move them from application to onboarding quicker, reducing time to hire from weeks to days—or even hours. By simplifying the screening, interviewing and hiring experience, Fountain's solutions keep applicants happy while ensuring organizations have pipelines full of hourly talent that are ready to work. Hundreds of customers use Fountain's solutions to hire over 3 million workers annually in more than 75 countries. Learn more on Fountain's website or connect via Twitter, LinkedIn or the Fountain blog.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma deputy sheriff remained hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday following a shooting that killed a fellow deputy in southwest Oklahoma City, authorities said.
Sheriff's spokesperson Aaron Brilbeck said the wounded deputy has “decades” of experience, but declined further comment or to release the wounded deputy's name.
Sgt. Bobby Swartz died Monday after being shot while serving eviction-related papers at a home in southwest Oklahoma City, according to county Sheriff Tommie Johnson III.
“It's sad day for the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office,” an emotional Johnson said during a Monday news conference.
“We had two deputies who were serving papers ... (and) contacted the individual at the front door. They went around to the back door and that’s when the shooting began,” Johnson said, shortly before breaking into tears and walking away from reporters.
Authorities have not said why the deputies went to the back door, saying a news conference was planned Tuesday afternoon to discuss the shooting.
Police arrested Benjamin Plank, 35, on first-degree murder, shooting with intent to kill, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and shooting from a vehicle warrants, said police Capt. Valerie Littlejohn.
After shooting the deputies, Plank loaded “several firearms" into a vehicle that was towing a boat and fled the scene, Littlejohn said.
Police spotted and began pursing Plank, who shot at officers during the chase as two officers returned fire, according to Littlejohn. The two officers are now on paid leave.
Video from a news helicopter showed police chasing a pickup truck hauling a boat across the city to the entrance of Tinker Air Force Base, where the driver was taken into custody after he threw a rifle out the window and exited the truck with his hands raised.
Jail records do not list an attorney who could speak on behalf of Plank, who was being held without bond. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Oklahoma-deputy-stable-after-shooting-that-killed-17392493.php | 2022-08-23T19:14:29Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Oklahoma-deputy-stable-after-shooting-that-killed-17392493.php | true |
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A college graduate and certified dog trainer from Florida is the new director of Calhoun County’s Animal Control shelter, by vote of the Calhoun County Commission Monday.
After firing the previous director several weeks ago, the commission had been operating without one prior to its hiring of Naomi Richards.
Richards, 36, holds a bachelor of science degree in animal science from Chico State University in Chico, Calif. She previously served as the animal control specialist with the Collier Domestic Animal Control Services of Naples, Fla., and as the supervisor of the Immokalee Sub Station in Immokalee, Fla.
County Administrator Mark Tyner said in a press release that “Mrs. Richards exhibits leadership skills, is a certified dog trainer and brings experience and a proven track record of success in working with adoptable animals, which will be invaluable in meeting the departmental goals and objectives.”
The press release stated that the county still is unable to accept animals except in emergency situations.
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Kateryna Terekhova proudly shows off the new shelter she has created inside an abandoned schoolhouse in Zakarpattia, Ukraine, an area near the border with Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary. Over a video call, she points out the separate communal rooms for men, women, and families. The dozens of beds have brand new mattresses and linens. The bathrooms and showers are new, too. She loves the kitchen, which churns out three free meals a day for residents.
People lounge on beds; a girl is scrunched up on a bench in the dining room, staring at her phone. Outside it’s quiet in this rural area — a relatively safe reprieve for people who have fled the terror of the Russian invasion.
Terekhova fled here herself with her extended family from Kyiv in the opening days of the war and almost immediately began working on ways to help. As soon as she saw the schoolhouse, she knew it would make a perfect shelter. But it would require work — it had been empty for four years and had no plumbing or central heat.
She was part of a chat group with IT Troops, a group of Ukrainian technology workers and entrepreneurs who help get supplies to troops and fund humanitarian work. They put Terekhova in charge of their humanitarian efforts. The group had been in contact with Razom for Ukraine, a U.S.-based charity run by Ukrainian and Ukrainian American volunteers.
Over a video call with some of Razom’s board members, Terekhova explained the project and provided expected costs for materials — she had already raised the funds to cover the discounted labor and ongoing expenses like food. Three days later, she got a message from Razom congratulating her on her grant for $28,000, enough to cover all of the materials.
“It was absolutely shocking,” Terekhova says. “It was happening so fast. It was easy because we absolutely understand each other.”
Razom has made more than $3 million in grants to 98 small humanitarian efforts like this one since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. The nonprofit’s deep ties to Ukraine have helped it connect with grassroots efforts that would likely be overlooked by big aid groups. The tiny, volunteer-led group is now working at a frantic pace. Every day, its leaders and volunteers know that the work they do can mean the difference between life and death for someone in Ukraine.
For most of its eight-year history, Razom raised about $150,000 a year to help promote a free and prosperous Ukraine. Before the war, it had about 4,000 donors. But in the months since the invasion, Razom has raised $57 million from more than 150,000 donors. It has already spent $38 million on humanitarian relief efforts. One of its major projects: buying supplies to assemble and ship tactical medical kits to Ukraine. The group has sent 62,000 kits so far — with more to come.
Razom has outraised some large, well-established humanitarian aid groups. Project Hope, an international nonprofit that is training medical professionals in Ukraine on trauma care, has received more than $21 million for the crisis.
“To raise $57 million for Ukraine and to be able to program such a large amount, that’s really fantastic,” says Project Hope CEO Rabih Torbay.
While Russian troops were amassing on the border, Razom’s board decided that in the event of an invasion, it would focus on medical assistance. The group began buying supplies to create tactical first-aid kits that include important supplies like tourniquets.
Medical professionals volunteered to vet the supplies to make sure they were the right type and quality. Teams of volunteers put the kits together in a New Jersey warehouse. Volunteer software developers created a system to track the kits so the group knows where they are in the transit process and when they arrive at their destination in Ukraine. Corporations helped them find space on cargo planes for their supplies; a shipping company helped with logistics.
Shipments that might have taken months took just days. Slow shipments could be deadly, and volunteers were working around the clock.
“This is our country and our people,” says Dora Chomiak, Razom’s president. “We want to make sure that they’re alive and that there is a country to come back to and there’s a country for our children and our grandchildren.”
Handling the wave of donations has been as complicated as shipping supplies. When the group was founded, it tracked donations on an online spreadsheet. But it soon upgraded and put systems in place to process donations given online and through social-media channels. That made a big difference when Russia invaded and money poured in.
Maria Genkin, a board member who until this year mostly organized cultural events, took charge of the fundraising operation. She had worked in investment-banking technology at Goldman Sachs. In late February, the group started getting hundreds of emails a day asking how to give, about wire-transfer information, and other questions — far more than one person could handle.
Luckily, the group also got requests every day from people looking to volunteer. Genkin checked the backgrounds of some volunteers to create a trusted team to help potential donors, process incoming funds, and tackle the data entry required to track donors. She ended up with a team of six or so volunteers, including some Ukrainian students from nearby New York University.
Razom has received some high-profile donations: Tipper Gore, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings, and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey each gave $1 million. The New York Jets donated $100,000.
This summer, 27-year-old Razom board member Maryna Prykhodko traveled to Kharkiv to evacuate her aunt and uncle and bring them to the United States. Each night, as missiles fell from the sky, they huddled in her aunt and uncle’s closet for safety.
“I saw the destruction with my own eyes. You crawl out of your hiding place in the morning. You go out into the street, and you see that a new building has been destroyed,” Prykhodko says. “I was experiencing what Ukrainians had been experiencing.”
She visited the warehouse where Razom stores supplies when they arrive in Ukraine. There, volunteers take requests from hospitals, first responders, and military units. About 20 drivers then take the supplies all over the country.
While there, she traveled with one of the groups Razom funds to deliver aid to small towns near the border with Russia that had been liberated only a few weeks earlier after months of occupation. The locals she met were mostly people who couldn’t easily flee: They were elderly or disabled or had young children. They didn’t even flinch at the nearby shelling, Prykhodko says. Some were living in homes that had been destroyed except for a single room and lacked a kitchen or bathroom.
“There’s a missile sticking out of their house, and they don’t have a roof over their heads, but that’s what they have left,” she says. “They’re all traumatized.”
Chomiak, Razom’s president, says the organization is already planning for the future. “Once the bombing stops, there is going to continue to be a lot of work to do.”
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No injuries reported after school bus accident in Kolin
Published: Aug. 23, 2022 at 1:57 PM CDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
KOLIN, La. (KALB) - The Rapides Parish School Board confirmed that a school bus accident happened early Tuesday morning around 6:20 a.m. in the Kolin area.
RPSB said a school bus driver attempted to make a left turn at the intersection of Hwy 107 and Williams Lake Road. Due to weather conditions, the bus driver had difficulty making the turn and hit a car in front of the bus.
RPSB said the driver waited for local authorities to arrive and assess the situation. There were no injuries reported.
Ten students were on the bus at the time. RPSB said all students arrived at their schools without further incident.
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MENDON, MI – While spread concepts have come to dominate 8-player football, Mendon used its inaugural season of the game to show that a smashmouth, I-formation offense isn’t obsolete.
Led by Evan Lukeman’s 1,721 rushing yards, the Hornets averaged 367 yards per game and 8.9 per carry en route to an 8-3 record.
Lukeman’s return for his senior season means Mendon will continue a pound-the-rock philosophy, and the addition of an incoming transfer promises to make the team’s ground game even more potent in 2022.
After sitting out last football season due to MHSAA transfer rules, junior fullback and former Vicksburg Bulldog Jack McCaw is finally ready to take the field for Mendon, and head coach Bobby Kretschman is expecting big things.
“He’s a tough, physical kid, and we’re expecting some big things from him out of the I-formation,” Kretschman said. “I feel like he’s going to be a difference maker with his speed, so we’re excited about having him.”
Though he couldn’t play in any games last season, McCaw got a feel for the playbook by practicing with the Hornets, then showed off his speed and athleticism during the basketball and track seasons. He qualified for the Division 4 state meet in the 100-meter dash, the 200 dash and the long jump and placed in the top 21 in each of those events.
Paving the way for McCaw and Lukeman will be a talented trio of interior offensive linemen in Khayvien Brown, Noah Iobe and Kase Conser, who all weigh at least 275 pounds.
“We’ve got some big, strong bodies in there that can move people,” Kretschman said. “We feel like that’s going to be huge getting that ground game going and setting up our play-action pass.”
In addition to their strong ground game, Mendon will also benefit from having a year of the 8-player game under its belt.
“In 8-man, the game’s a lot faster, and the plays go by super fast, so you have to be able to get in and get it going,” Khayvien Brown said. “We learned a lot of things, and this year, I think it’ll be a lot different.”
Follow along for more info on this year’s Mendon football team.
Head coach: Bobby Kretschman, 7th season (48-17)
Key returners: Evan Lukeman (Sr. RB/LB), Khayvien Brown (Sr. OL/DL), Noah Iobe (Sr. OL/DL), Gabe Haigh (Sr. TE/DE), Luke Schinker (Sr. QB/CB), Kase Gonser (Sr. C), Nate Vergauwen (Sr. LB)
Top newcomers: Jack McCaw (Jr. RB/FB), Nic Stiver (Soph. OL), Grant Crotser (Soph. LB)
2021 review: Hornets opened the inaugural 8-player season with three blowout wins, before falling back to earth with a 45-0 loss to Bridgman. Wins over Blanchard Montabella and Marcellus set up a Week 7 showdown with Martin, and the Hornets outgained the Clippers 306-262, but five penalties and two turnovers resulted in a 28-20 Martin victory.
A late forfeit by Gobles put Mendon back in the win column, but spoiled the Hornets’ homecoming game, and they capped the regular season with a win over Eau Claire, before opening the playoffs with a win over Lawrence and ending them with a Round 2 loss to Martin.
Individually, Lukeman earned all-state honors, while offensive lineman Carter Wilczynski and linebacker Isaiah Ibison joined the running back on the MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette Football Dream Team.
2022 outlook: Mendon’s ground game should allow for a smooth transition under new quarterback Luke Schinker, and it also makes the Hornets a formidable opponent to every team on the schedule. They’ll get a great challenge in Week 1, when they visit Martin, and Bridgman will give the Hornets another good test in Week 3, but Mendon should be heavy favorites in the final six contests of the regular season.
The key to Mendon making a leap from solid team to state title contender will be avoiding mental lapses on defense that hurt the Hornets in their losses last year.
“We’ve got to get off the field on third and fourth downs,” Kretschman said. “So many times last year, we’d play great defense for one or two or three downs, and then we’d malfunction on a fourth-and-15 or third-and-8. We just kind of shot ourselves in the foot in that regard, so we went back as a coaching staff and evaluated things we can do to get off the field on those crucial downs.
“That last game against Martin, they had three or four third-and-long or fourth-and-long situations, where they throw the ball up and complete a pass, and we can’t let those things happen. We gave up a lot of points last year, and we knew it was going to be different in 8-man, but when you see that you’re playing really well, and suddenly you have a mental lapse, that’s cause for concern.”
2022 schedule:
Friday, Aug. 26: at Martin
Thursday, Sept. 1: vs. Wyoming Lee
Friday, Sept. 9: vs. Bridgman
Friday, Sept. 16: vs. Bloomingdale
Friday, Sept. 23: at Gobles
Friday, Sept. 30: at Fennville
Friday, Oct. 7: vs. Bangor
Friday, Oct. 14: at Marcellus
Friday, Oct. 21: vs. Lawrence
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a toddler was intellectually and physically behind other children, which caused him to isolate himself and hit and bite to get what he wanted, a daycare administrator and former neighbor testified Tuesday at his penalty trial for mass murder.
Cruz's attorneys began the second day of their defense by building on testimony that his birth mother's cocaine and alcohol abuse during pregnancy left him severely brain damaged, putting him on a road that led to him murdering 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
They are trying to persuade his jury to sentence him to life without parole instead of death. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to the murders and the trial is only to determine his sentence.
Anne Fischer, who ran the daycare center Cruz attended from about age 1, said he did not progress as fast as other children and was smaller. She said while the other toddlers could ask for their water cups and use a spoon, Cruz could not. She said he would fall down when he tried to run and his head and ears seemed disproportional to his body.
“He isolated himself a lot. He would sit in the corner and observe," Fischer said.
He pushed other kids because he “didn’t know how to express himself,” she said. “If someone else had a toy that Nikolas wanted, he would just go up and grab the toy and hit the child’s hand to get the toy or the object. If a teacher was trying to work with him to get him to use his spoon or not his hand, he would hit the teacher’s hand away.”
She said Lynda Cruz, his adoptive mother, was loving toward Nikolas and tried to do the best she could, but was slow to admit he had problems.
She said that since the shooting, she sometimes feels a bit guilty, wondering if there was something she could have done “so he could be a better person.”
Patricia Devaney-Westerlind, who lived across the street from Lynda and Roger Cruz, said Lynda Cruz kept the family's 4,500-square-foot home immaculate and that she was nurturing to Nikolas and his younger half-brother Zachary, whom the family also adopted.
“He was a cute little baby," she said of Nikolas. "She would go and get him all these sailor outfits. She was just the happiest I ever saw her.”
But she saw many of the same issues that Fischer did — that other than her daughter, who was about eight months younger than him, Nikolas Cruz could not relate to other children.
“I didn’t see anything that different until about maybe 18 months old. He’s very, very hyper. Very," she said. “Always running around. He wasn’t talking, so if he wanted a toy, he would go after someone.”
Devaney-Westerlind said when the children of the neighborhood would gather at her home, Cruz would stay by himself and hide behind the blinds.
“You’d see all the kids playing on the floor with different toys and he’d be somewhere else,” she said.
She said Cruz was a bed and pants wetter until he was 6 or 7, which caused other children to pick on him.
“He would get upset and he would start breaking their toys,” she said. "He would be very upset, he would clench his fists. He’d be very angry. It would go on for a while. He wouldn’t get over it.”
The defense is trying to overcome the prosecution's case, which featured surveillance video of Cruz mowing down students and staff as he stalked a three-story building for seven-minutes, photos of the aftermath and a jury visit to the building.
For Cruz to receive a death sentence, the jury must be unanimous. If one juror votes for life, that will be his sentence. | https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2022/08/23/testimony-florida-school-shooter-was-intellectually-slow/ | 2022-08-23T19:25:43Z | https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2022/08/23/testimony-florida-school-shooter-was-intellectually-slow/ | false |
JACKSON, MI -- The Jackson Hot Air Jubilee may have just ended a month ago, but organizers are already gearing up for next year.
The Hot Air Jubilee will celebrate its 40th anniversary on July 21-22, 2023.
The Hot Air Jubilee pilots entertained nearly 13,000 people after a successful event in July this year that saw balloons take to the sky for the first time in several recent years. Jubilee organizers are looking forward to another great year of flights in 2023, officials said.
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Along with the dates, the organizers have announced who will be sitting on the board for next year.
Continuing in the role of Chairman is David Seekell, officials said.
“It is an honor to lead the board of the Hot Air Jubilee and provide family-friendly entertainment to the Jackson community,” Seekell said. “I look forward to building on the successes of the 2022 event and continuing to serve our ballooning community.”
Joining Seekell on the board for 2022-2023 are:
- Vice Chair and Balloonmeister: Steven Sitko
- Secretary: Angela Madden
- Treasurer: Jacqueline Austin
- Director: Ashley Esselink
- Director: Jason “Joker” Gootee
- Director: Jeanne Lindahl
- Director Janis McCleery
- Director: David Salsbury
- Director: Chad Seekell
- Director: Brandon Tripp
“It is an honor to work with so many leading pilots and dedicated volunteers to provide leadership of the Hot Air Jubilee into 2023,” Seekell said. “We have a track record of strong leadership at the Jubilee and I want to extend a special thank you to our previous board members, supporters and volunteers who have forged a solid path for us to follow. Their work on behalf of the Jackson community makes a huge difference.”
For more information, visit www.hotairjubilee.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — And back down goes Wall Street.
After getting mauled most of the year, prices for all kinds of investments steadied in the summer and were heading back up. The recovery was so strong that some investors wondered if Wall Street's “bear market” was coming to an end.
Now, such questions are getting more muted. On Monday, the main measure of the U.S. stock market tumbled to its worst loss in two months. That followed its first losing week in the last five. It's the latest reminder that the main constant for Wall Street this year has been volatility.
Here's a look at what's happening in financial markets, what's driving it and what may lie ahead:
THE SUMMER HAS BEEN GOOD FOR WALL STREET?
Very. The U.S. stock market roared upward by a little more than 17% between its bottom in the middle of June and last week, which is better than it does in many full years. The powerful run meant it recovered more than half its losses from earlier in the year. That's when it dropped more than 20% from its peak to put the S&P 500 into what's known as a “bear market.”
WAS IT JUST STOCKS RISING?
No. Prices also climbed for everything from bonds, which tend to attract more conservative and older investors, to cryptocurrencies, whose traders often welcome big risks.
WHAT DROVE THE RALLY?
Hope that the Federal Reserve may not raise interest rates as aggressively as feared in its battle against inflation.
The Fed has already raised short-term rates four times in 2022, after keeping them pinned at virtually zero for two years because of the pandemic. The fear on Wall Street has been that accelerating inflation would force the Fed to hike rates by market-shaking margins.
But investors saw signs that inflation may be near its peak. A highlight was a report earlier this month that showed a hefty drop in prices at the gasoline pump, some relief on airfares and better-than-expected numbers on consumer prices broadly.
That raised speculation the Fed could downshift the size of its increases sooner than expected and may not ultimately raise rates as far as earlier feared. That allowed markets to rally even though inflation is likely to stay high for a while.
WHY DO THE FED'S INTEREST RATES DICTATE SO MUCH?
They help set prices for almost everything on Wall Street.
When interest rates are high, new bonds coming from the U.S. government pay more in income. That makes investors less willing to pay high prices for investments with more risk of losing value, such as stocks or bitcoin. Higher rates also push down prices for older bonds already in the market, because they have lower yields in comparison.
In the meantime, higher rates slow the economy by making it generally more expensive to buy a house, car or anything else bought on credit. That’s why the Fed raises interest rates: It wants to restrain the buying that pushes upward on inflation. But if the Fed is too aggressive, it could choke off the economy and cause a recession.
WHY ARE STOCKS FALLING AGAIN?
Recent comments from the Fed are causing those hopes for less-aggressive rate hikes to fade.
Last week, the central bank released the minutes from its July policy meeting, which described how officials want to move rates high enough to slow the economy in its battle against inflation.
Later in the week, several officials gave speeches that investors saw as pushback on Wall Street's hopes for a less aggressive Fed, including by speakers who aren't usually biased toward raising rates sharply to control inflation.
Among others, economists at Deutsche Bank highlighted how Mary Daly, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said it is “way too early to declare victory on inflation.”
AND WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE STOCKS?
Bond prices have dropped, and yields have climbed as investors dial back their hopes for a less-aggressive Fed.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which acts as a benchmark for many kinds of loans, has climbed back to 3%, for example. It was around 2.60% at the start of the month.
WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG DATE ON WALL STREET'S CALENDAR?
Friday. That's when the chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, is scheduled to give a speech at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Jackson Hole has been the site of several market-moving speeches by Fed chairs in the past. Investors hope Powell will give more clues about the central bank's next move with short-term interest rates.
SO, DID THE BEAR MARKET END?
No. For that to happen, the S&P 500 would need to rise at least 20% above its low and remain there through the end of a trading day. It hasn't done that.
If and when that happens, what’s called the “bear market” would be over, and Wall Street will have moved on to its next “bull market.”
The last bull market for U.S. stocks began in March 2020 after the crash caused by the pandemic and lasted until early this January. The one before that barreled through more than a decade, from March 2009 to February 2020.
CAN STOCKS RISE AS MUCH AS THEY DID IN THE SUMMER AND NOT START A NEW BULL MARKET?
Yes. It’s routine for stocks to stage rallies, only to lose momentum again, while in the middle of deep downturns. Wall Street calls them “bear market rallies,” and some cautious investors with decades of experience had been warning to expect one since before this latest upturn began.
SO, IS THIS A NEW BULL OR THE OLD BEAR?
No one knows. A new bull market is something that people can identify only in hindsight.
On the encouraging side for stocks: Inflation has indeed eased a bit. That has some optimists calling for a “Goldilocks” outcome where the economy is strong enough to avoid a recession but not so strong that it pushes the Fed to aggressively raise rates.
But many challenges remain for Wall Street. Chief among them is that inflation has appeared to peak before, only for prices to accelerate and pull the rug out from underneath investors.
The U.S. economy has already contracted for two straight quarters The possibility of recession in the United States and around the world is still not off the table. And even if the worst of inflation is about to pass, central banks will still continue to raise interest rates.
Regardless of whether stocks are heading up or down in the long term, both sides seem to agree that markets will continue to be very shaky along the way. | https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/EXPLAINER-Why-is-Wall-Street-back-on-the-roller-17392643.php | 2022-08-23T19:27:14Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/EXPLAINER-Why-is-Wall-Street-back-on-the-roller-17392643.php | true |
Trinity County commissioners vote to move forward on temporary jail
TRINITY COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - The Trinity County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to receive submissions from an architect firm for plans on a temporary jail.
Sheriff Woody Wallace said that the county’s tiny jail has been an issue for a while as the facility has only seven beds for inmates. That’s a mere 89 short of the 96 that the State of Texas recommends it have. The county jail often becomes overpopulated, with nowhere to put the excess inmates. As such, Wallace is spearheading construction of a temporary jail which will give the county three years to look for a permanent solution to the problem that ramped up during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wallace said that when courts shut down during the pandemic, it caused a backlog in cases and resulted in a surge in jail populations that’s been difficult to catch up with.
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(The Hill) — The Justice Department seized at least 700 pages of classified materials when it first recovered documents from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home in January, according to a letter released by the National Archives on Tuesday.
An exchange between the custodians for presidential records and Trump’s attorneys, released after it was first obtained by a conservative news outlet, indicates the former president’s legal team spent months attempting to block the FBI and the intelligence community from reviewing the documents to assess the potential national security fallout.
It also reveals that among the materials were those at “the highest levels of classification, including Special Access Program (SAP) materials.”
The May letter from Archives also reiterates a warning first relayed by the Justice Department (DOJ) the month before.
“Access to the materials is not only necessary for purposes of our ongoing criminal investigation, but the Executive Branch must also conduct an assessment of the potential damage resulting from the apparent manner in which these materials were stored and transported and take any necessary remedial steps,” Debra Steidel Wall, acting archivist of the United States, wrote in relaying a message from DOJ’s National Security Division. | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/national-archives-says-at-least-700-pages-of-classified-materials-seized-from-trumps-home/ | 2022-08-23T19:29:03Z | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/national-archives-says-at-least-700-pages-of-classified-materials-seized-from-trumps-home/ | false |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
12-18-27-30-39
(twelve, eighteen, twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-nine)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
12-18-27-30-39
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With two weeks left in the legislative session, Consumer Watchdog today urged Governor Newsom to reform a hopelessly shattered bottle deposit system via a budget trailer bill as the group unveiled the top 10 signs of the system's collapse.
"We need Governor Newsom to clean up the deposit system's glaring problems by investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a targeted way," said Consumer Advocate Liza Tucker. "California needs to join the most progressive bottle deposit states by installing automated technology at redemption centers and at major supermarket chains. Those chains must be required to refund bottle deposits so that returning empties and getting deposit refunds is as easy as buying beverages in the first place.
"Lawmakers are poised to expand the bottle deposit program by passing legislation adding wine and distilled spirits to the bottle deposit system. That's great but what are some people supposed to do when the nearest redemption center is 50 miles away?"
Over the last decade, the state's inadequate subsidies have starved a network of redemption centers into closing while supermarkets aren't universally required to refund bottle deposits. Many that are required refuse. A Story of Stuff Project survey of over 500 California retailers obligated to refund California Redemption Value (CRV) of a nickel or dime found that 100% of Walmarts, 75% of Ralphs and 60% of Costcos illegally turn consumers away.
Only 58% of California CRV containers were redeemed last year, making California 3rd to last among ten bottle deposit states.
Californians paying roughly $1.5 billion in bottle deposits each year get back just little more than half.
Fewer than 550 convenient redemption sites in supermarket parking lots exist to serve 40 million Californians.
Up to two thirds of legally obligated retailers refuse to redeem deposits.
Many residents of rural Northern California must drive up to 50 miles or more to get CRV refunds.
31 out of 58 California counties have five or fewer redemption centers.
60% of Californians would redeem containers if the system was convenient.
Less than one in four Californians redeem bottle deposits while more than three quarters lose CRV to curbside bins.
One third of containers thrown into curbside bins are landfilled while haulers bill the state for CRV.
In 2020, 13.4 billion beverage containers in wound up in landfills, incinerators or as litter.
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BEIJING (AP) — With China’s biggest freshwater lake reduced to just 25% of its usual size by a severe drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to one of the country’s key rice-growing regions.
The dramatic decline of Poyang Lake in the landlocked southeastern province of Jiangxi had otherwise cut off irrigation channels to nearby farmlands. The crews, using excavators to dig trenches, only work after dark because of the extreme daytime heat, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
A severe heat wave is wreaking havoc across much of southern China. High temperatures have sparked mountain fires that have forced the evacuation of 1,500 people in the southwest, and factories have been ordered to cut production as hydroelectric plants reduce their output amid drought conditions. The extreme heat and drought have wilted crops and shrunk rivers including the giant Yangtze, disrupting cargo traffic.
Fed by China’s major rivers, Poyang Lake averages about 3,500 square kilometers (1,400 square miles) in high season, but has contracted to just 737 square kilometers (285 square miles) in the recent drought.
As determined by water level, the lake officially entered this year’s dry season Aug. 6, earlier than at any time since records began being taken in 1951. Hydrological surveys before then are incomplete, although it appears the lake may be at or around its lowest level in recent history.
Along with providing water for agriculture and other uses, the lake is a major stopover for migrating birds heading south for the winter.
China is more accustomed to dealing with the opposite problem: seasonal rains that trigger landslides and flooding every summer. Two years ago, villages and fields of rice, cotton, corn and beans around Poyang Lake were inundated after torrential rains.
This year, a wide swath of western and central China has seen days of temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in heat waves that have started earlier and lasted longer than usual.
The heat is likely connected to human-caused climate change, though scientists have yet to do to the complex calculations and computer simulations to say that for certain.
“The heat is certainly record-breaking, and certainly aggravated by human-caused climate change,” said Maarten van Aalst, director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre in the Netherlands. “Drought is always a bit more complex.”
The “truly mind-boggling temperatures roasting China” are connected to a stuck jet stream — the river of air that moves weather systems around the world — said Jennifer Francis, a climate scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
She said an elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure parked over western Russia is responsible for both China’s and Europe’s heat waves this year. In China’s case, the high pressure is preventing cool air masses and precipitation from entering the area.
“When hot, dry conditions get stuck, the soil dries out and heats more readily, reinforcing the heat dome overhead even further,” Francis said.
In the hard-hit city of Chongqing, some shopping malls have been told to open only from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. to conserve energy. Residents have been seeking respite in the cool of air raid shelters dating from World War II.
That reflects the situation in Europe and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, with high temperatures taking a toll on public health, food production and the environment.
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Associated Press science writer Seth Borenstein in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
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Kroger opens two new spoke facilities expanding service in the South and Midwest
CINCINNATI, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), America's largest grocery retailer, today announced the official opening of two new spoke facilities in Greater Nashville and the Chicago Metro Area. Serving as last-mile cross-dock locations, the new spokes will operate as a seamless extension of regional fulfillment centers, making Kroger Delivery available to more customers in Tennessee and Illinois.
"Kroger Delivery promises an unparalleled shopping and delivery experience, making fresh just one click away at Kroger.com or the Kroger app," said Bill Bennett, Kroger Vice President and Head of E-commerce. "From personalized digital offers to our white glove delivery service, the Kroger seamless ecosystem saves time and money. Kroger Delivery orders are brought to customers in our branded delivery trucks and delivered to their doorstep by our trained and uniformed associates—all with zero compromise."
Local shoppers also have access to the newly launched Boost by Kroger annual membership program. For either $59 or $99 per year, Boost provides customers with benefits like unlimited free delivery on orders of $35 or more and two Fuel Points for every $1 spent on groceries and general merchandise purchases through Delivery, Pickup and in-stores. Kroger estimates the membership can save customers more than $1,000 per year on fuel and grocery delivery.
Nashville, Tennessee
The approximately 40,000-square-foot facility will work in conjunction with the Atlanta fulfillment center, increasing the network's reach to customers up to 200 miles from the hub. The facility is located on Polk Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee and will employ more than 180 associates.
"Tennessee is defined by the brands that call our state home, so we are proud to partner with the Kroger Delivery team as the company establishes and opens its operations in Davidson County. Nashville's pro-business climate and central location will be vital in helping Kroger expand its customer delivery reach across the Southeast for years to come," said Stuart McWhorter, Tennessee Economic & Community Development Commissioner.
Maywood, Illinois (Chicago)
Located approximately 20 miles west of Chicago in Maywood, Illinois, the nearly 80,000-square-foot facility will work concurrently with the fulfillment center in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The site expects to employ more than 180 associates. "Kroger facility replaces a blighted area while adding new jobs and revenues that aid in the revitalization of our community. We are happy to welcome a partner that works to address our food desert designation and look to evolving collaboration with them," said Maywood Mayor, Nathaniel George Booker.
Kroger Delivery Explained
The expansion in Greater Nashville and the Chicago Metro Area represents an extension of a partnership between Kroger and Ocado Group, a world leader in technology for grocery e-commerce. In 2018, the companies announced a collaboration to establish a delivery network that combines artificial intelligence, advanced robotics, and automation in a bold new way, bringing first-of-its-kind technology to America.
The delivery network relies on highly automated fulfillment centers. At the hub sites, more than 1,000 bots move around giant 3D grids, orchestrated by proprietary control systems. The grid, known as The Hive, contains totes with products and ready-to-deliver customer orders. As customers' orders near delivery times, bots retrieve products from The Hive and present them at pick stations for items to be sorted for delivery, a process governed by algorithms that ensure items are intelligently packed. For example, fragile items are placed on top, bags are evenly weighted, and each order is optimized to fit into the lowest number of bags, reducing plastic use. Bags are also recyclable, reflecting Kroger's commitment to its Zero Hunger | Zero Waste commitment to rid its communities of hunger and waste.
"The continued expansion of the Kroger fulfillment network means improved access to fresh food for customers eager for the variety and value offered by Kroger that once could only be accessed through our stores," said Gabriel Arreaga, Kroger's Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer. "This network enables Kroger to add scale, achieve reliability of experience, gain from the benefits of automation and ultimately widen our customer reach in current operating regions and new parts of the U.S."
Kroger's end-to-end cold solutions keep groceries fresh once loaded into customized refrigerated delivery van, which can store up to 20 orders. Powerful machine learning algorithms optimize delivery routes, considering factors such as road conditions and optimal fuel efficiency. Vans may travel up to 90 miles with orders from the hub and spoke facilities to make deliveries. Associates at the spoke facility will deliver orders within their service area, adding ZIP codes as demand grows.
Kroger currently operates customer fulfillment centers in Monroe, OH, Groveland, FL, Forest Park, GA (Atlanta), Pleasant Prairie, WI, Dallas, TX and Romulus, MI (Detroit), with additional customer fulfillment centers slated for California, Frederick, MD, Phoenix, AZ, Cleveland, OH, Charlotte, NC, Aurora, CO (Denver), as well as South Florida and the Northeast.
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At The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), we are Fresh for Everyone™ and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit®. We are, across our family of companies, nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of banner names. We are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. To learn more about us, visit our newsroom and investor relations site.
About Ocado Group
Ocado Group is a UK based technology company admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange (Ticker OCDO). It provides end-to-end online grocery fulfillment solutions to some of the world's largest grocery retailers and holds a 50% share of Ocado Retail Ltd in the UK in a Joint Venture with Marks & Spencer. Ocado has spent two decades innovating for grocery online, investing in a wide technology estate that includes robotics, AI & machine learning, simulation, forecasting, and edge intelligence.
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- Pilot Company makes a strategic investment in Kodiak and will join Kodiak's Board of Directors.
- The companies are working together to bring autonomous truck inspections, maintenance, refueling, data offloading and load pick-up and drop-offs to commercial trucking customers.
- The partnership furthers Pilot Company's commitment to providing best-in-class service to its customers both today and in the future.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pilot Company, the largest operator of travel centers in North America, announced today a strategic partnership with Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading self-driving trucking company. Through this partnership, Pilot Company and Kodiak are collaborating to develop autonomous truck services at Pilot and Flying J travel centers.
Pilot Company and Kodiak are in the process of creating an autonomous truckport in the Atlanta area to evaluate potential service offerings and explore scalable solutions. These services will include spaces to pick-up and drop-off autonomous trucking loads; conduct inspections; maintain and refuel trucks; and the ability to transfer data for processing, such as feature development and mapping. To strengthen the ability to work together to develop a solution that works best for its customers, Pilot Company has made a strategic investment in Kodiak and will join the company's Board of Directors.
"Pilot Company is committed to providing best in class service to its customers today and going forward," said John Tully, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Pilot Company. "In making this strategic investment, we understand that our customers have a need for real solutions that help address the growing demand to move goods and Kodiak is a strong leader in the autonomous trucking space. As we explore the future of autonomous trucks and how we can best support these customers, we will continue to be the travel center network that the trucking industry and professional drivers can count on for the services and care they need."
Combining Pilot Company's nationwide network of travel centers and services with Kodiak's technology will play a crucial role in the deployment of autonomous trucks. Kodiak will lend its expertise as Pilot Company looks to integrate autonomous truck services into its operations. The partnership will further define service and maintenance requirements, operational necessities, facilities planning, and more to meet the needs of autonomous trucks.
"Pilot Company's industry-leading network of highway-adjacent travel centers provides unprecedented geographic reach for the launch and scale of Kodiak's fast-growing network of autonomous trucking lanes," said Don Burnette, Founder and CEO of Kodiak Robotics. "Their customer first approach, with a focus on technology, scale, and infrastructure, makes Pilot Company an ideal partner to support the service and maintenance of self-driving trucks nationwide. We are honored to have Pilot Company as an investor, strategic partner, and supporter of our continued commercial footprint growth."
Kodiak entered a hyper-growth phase in 2022, significantly expanding its service footprint and partner network. In July, the company announced a partnership with 10 Roads Express, a provider of time sensitive surface transportation for the U.S. Postal Service, expanding the company's service to Florida. Earlier this year, Kodiak announced a new route between Dallas and Oklahoma City with CEVA Logistics and a route between Dallas and Atlanta with U.S. Xpress. The company has been delivering freight commercially since 2019 and currently has six routes that run regularly between Dallas and Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Atlanta, Oklahoma City and Jacksonville, Florida.
About Kodiak Robotics, Inc.
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 to develop autonomous technology that carries freight forward — so people, partners, and the planet thrive. The company is developing an industry-leading technology stack purpose-built specifically for long-haul trucks, making the freight industry safer and more efficient. Kodiak's unique modular hardware approach integrates sensors into a streamlined sensor-pod structure that optimizes for perception, scalability, and maintainability. The company delivers freight daily for its customers along six routes in Texas and Oklahoma, operating autonomously on the highway portions of the routes. Learn more about Kodiak on the web at kodiak.ai, and on LinkedIn and Twitter. You can find the company press kit HERE.
About Pilot Company
Pilot Travel Centers LLC ("Pilot Company") keeps North America's drivers moving as one of the leading suppliers of fuel and the largest operator of travel centers. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Pilot Company has grown its network to more than 800 retail and fueling locations and supplies more than 14 billion gallons of fuel per year to the market. Pilot Company has the fourth largest tanker fleet with more than 1,600 trucks that supply DEF, bio and renewable fuels, and provides hauling and disposal services to the oil field sector. Pilot Company serves 1.3 million guests per day and provides over 70,000 fleet customers with solutions for fuel, credit, factoring, services and rewards. Its Pilot and Flying J travel center network includes over 750 locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces with more than 790 restaurants, 75,000 truck parking spaces, 5,300 deluxe showers, 6,200 diesel lanes and offers truck maintenance and tire service with Southern Tire Mart at Pilot Flying J. The One9 Fuel Network connects a variety of fueling locations to provide smaller fleets and independent professional drivers with everyday value, convenience, credit and perks. More information on locations and rewards are available in the myRewards Plus™ app.
Pilot Company is currently ranked No. 7 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies. For additional information about Pilot Company, its 30,000 team members and commitment to giving back, visit www.pilotcompany.com.
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
315 PM EDT Tue Aug 23 2022
.Rainfall is beginning to move out of the area. Impacts, if any, are
expected to gradually improve.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall continues.
* WHERE...Portions of northern New York and northwest Vermont,
including the following counties, in northern New York, Clinton.
In northwest Vermont, Grand Isle.
* WHEN...Until 430 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 313 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated slow moving
thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall across the warned
area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible in
the warned area.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Chazy, Rouses Point, Champlain, Isle La Motte, Alburgh
Village, Alburgh, King Bay, Catfish Bay In Clinton County,
Point Au Fer, Catfish Point, Scales Point, Chazy Landing,
Trembleau Point, Windmill Point, Reynolds Point, Kelly Bay
and Perry Mills.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
236 PM EDT Tue Aug 23 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Litchfield
County through 300 PM EDT...
At 235 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Litchfield, or 10 miles northeast of New Milford, moving northeast at
10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Torrington, Thomaston, Litchfield, Terryville, Northwest Harwinton,
Plymouth, Harwinton, Bethlehem, Morris, Bantam, West Torrington,
Grappaville, Haight Vineyard, Pequabuck, Reynolds Bridge,
Wrightville, East Litchfield, Gulls Hollow, Plymouth Green and
Northfield.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 4164 7331 4187 7316 4173 7300 4166 7299
4159 7326
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 230DEG 10KT 4166 7323
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Woman attacked by bear saved when her dog barks, lures it away from her, officials say
STRAFFORD, Vt. (WCAX/Gray News) - A Vermont woman who was attacked by a bear on her property was saved by one of her dogs when it lured the animal away from her, according to wildlife officials.
Game wardens said 61-year-old Susan Lee was walking on Saturday with her two dogs when she heard a loud noise and realized a bear was charging her.
Lee tripped and fell and felt pain in her upper left leg, and realized the bear was on top of her and had bitten her, WCAX reported.
That’s when her Jack Russell terrier intervened by barking at the bear and drawing its attention away from Lee. Officials said the bear got off her and focused on the dog instead.
Lee was able to return home with her dogs without seeing the bear again.
She was treated at the hospital for a bite wound on her upper left leg and multiple scratches between 2- and 9-inches long on both her sides. Her wounds were not life-threatening.
Fish and Wildlife biologists investigated the attack site but did not find the bear. They believe the bear was a female with cubs, and the attack was likely provoked when Lee and her dogs surprised them.
Jaclyn Conmeau, a bear biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, said in a statement there are records of only three prior bear attacks in the state.
“Bear attacks are extremely rare in Vermont,” she said. “However, at this time of year black bears are moving in family units and mothers will be protective of their cubs. If confronted by a bear it is essential to remain calm and back away slowly, and to fight back immediately if attacked.”
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — The longtime leader of the nationalist Sweden Democrats says he’s hoping for a stronger role as a “blow torch” in Swedish politics after a parliamentary election next month even if he doesn’t get a seat in the next government.
Jimmie Akesson, who for almost two decades has sought to move his party from the far-right fringe toward the mainstream, has joined forces with a center-right opposition bloc in a bid to unseat the Social Democratic minority government led by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.
Akesson’s party already has had a significant impact on politics in Sweden. Both the center-left government and the opposition in recent years have adopted tougher stances on crime and immigration — core issues for the Sweden Democrats.
“Fundamentally, it is a good thing. We want to change society. We want to make things better. So we welcome when other parties adopt our policies,” Akesson, 43, told The Associated Press after a campaign speech Monday in the southern city of Helsingborg.
Because of its far-right roots, Akesson’s party was treated as a pariah by all other parties when it first entered parliament in 2010. The Sweden Democrats were seen as a threat to fundamental values in Swedish society, including tolerance toward asylum-seekers from conflict zones in the Middle East and Africa.
But the debate on migration has shifted amid growing concerns about how well some immigrants are integrating, increasingly segregated cities and a rise in gang violence.
After losing two consecutive elections, three of Sweden’s four center-right parties are now campaigning to form a government with the support of the Sweden Democrats after the Sept. 11 vote and making similar promises of longer prison terms for violent criminals and more restrictive policies for asylum-seekers.
Polls show the the opposition neck-and-neck with a center-left bloc led by the Social Democrats. The Sweden Democrats are polling around 18%-19%, slightly better than the party’s 2018 election result of 17.5% of the vote.
Akesson told the AP that while he would prefer to be in government, he’s not at this stage demanding Cabinet seats if the center-right opposition win the election — as long as he can wield influence from the outside as a “blow torch, a watchdog that makes sure that they actually carry through” on their promises.
His party, which says it rejects fascism and Nazism, recently published a study into the roots of the Sweden Democrats. Swedish newspaper Expressen revealed the author was a party member. Nonetheless, the investigation confirmed that several of the party’s founders in the 1980s had links to fascist and neo-Nazi movements.
Akesson said it was good to get an “academic” review of the party’s past, though he thinks the results were of limited political value since the party’s origins were already well known.
“Those who founded our party are no longer taking part,” he told the AP. “Most of them disappeared already after one or two years. So the Sweden Democrats today is something different from what was founded about 30 years ago.”
Akesson joined the Sweden Democrats in the mid-’90s and took over as party leader in 2005. He softened the party’s image, changed its official logo from a torch to a flower and expelled the most radical members.
But critics say the party’s roots shine through in the rhetoric of its top officials. Social Democratic and center-right officials criticized the party’s spokesman on criminal justice issues, Tobias Andersson, last week for a tweet regarding the Sweden Democrats’ campaign advertisement on the Stockholm subway.
Posting a picture of a train car covered in the party logo, Andersson wrote: “Welcome to the repatriation train. You have a one-way ticket. Next stop, Kabul.”
Andersson refused to apologize for the tweet, saying it was mocking those who were offended by the party’s campaign posters. Social Democratic Justice Minister Morgan Johansson responded that the tweet showed the true nature of the group that center-right parties were trying to form a government with.
Like many far-right and right-wing populist parties in Europe, the Sweden Democrats have also been accused of sympathies toward Russian President Vladimir Putin. A week before the Ukraine invasion, when asked in an interview with public broadcaster SVT which leader he preferred — U.S. President Joe Biden or Putin — Akesson replied “it depends on the context.”
Speaking Monday, Akesson said the party’s line on Putin’s government was clear.
“We said 12 years ago when we entered Parliament that we must build up the armed forces because Putin is getting more and more aggressive, and then other parties said that’s not necessary,” he said. “Today, Russia is more or less a full-scale dictatorship that in addition is carrying out crimes against international law against its neighbors.”
The Sweden Democrats used to be skeptical toward NATO membership but, like the governing Social Democrats, turned in favor of joining the alliance together with neighboring Finland after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The NATO application is undergoing a ratification process and is not an issue in the election.
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----Study is the First to Demonstrate How the Premature Newborn Gut Microbiome May Lead to the Mucosal Injury Underpinning NEC----
----Results Provide Insights Into Clinical Management of NEC----
DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Results of a study published today in Frontiers in Pediatrics have revealed critical missing information linking potentially pathogenic gut microbes to intestinal injury and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). NEC is one of the leading causes of death and disease in premature newborns. Although studied for decades, the precise cause of NEC remains undefined. This new study heralds a novel understanding of NEC and provides the rationale for potential prevention strategies.
NEC is an inflammatory condition of the newborn gut that can lead to significant intestinal injury. In severe cases, this injury extends through the intestinal wall leading to irreversible tissue death and perforation. Translocation of harmful bacterial contamination through the perforation can cause peritonitis and sepsis, both life-threatening conditions.
The most severe cases of NEC are associated with a significant risk of death (40% - 50%). Babies with NEC are at heightened risk of neurodevelopmental impairment. Those who survive and recover from NEC can face life-long health challenges resulting from inflammation and intestinal malfunction. These in turn decrease the body's ability to absorb nutrients and thus negatively affect the infant's growth, leading to developmental delays.
In the study published today, researchers combined metagenomics and targeted metabolomics with functional in vivo and in vitro assessment to define a novel molecular mechanism of NEC. Analyses of stools in infants with NEC revealed that the short chain fatty acid formate was significantly elevated at disease onset and dissipated during recovery. Formate levels were positively correlated with the degree of intestinal injury. Formate was responsible for dose- and development-dependent cytotoxicity in human cells and intestinal injury in newborn mice, respectively. Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the most common gut bacteria found in the stools of patients who developed NEC and were determined to be genetically capable of elevated formate production in the study's metagenomic analysis.
"This landmark study released today shows how detrimental bacteria in the preterm infant are linked to the intestinal injury developed in NEC, a disease not only carrying a high risk of infant death but also significant life-long health challenges", explains attending Neonatologist Jennifer Bragg, MD.
This study is the first to demonstrate a significant relationship between infant gut dysbiosis (a negative disruption in the infant gut microbiome), NEC, and a mechanism of intestinal injury caused by microbial fermentation and the overproduction of formate. "Formate production by specific Proteobacteria (the gut bacteria most strongly associated with NEC), including the Enterobacteriaceae family members Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae as demonstrated in this study, provides insights into the mediator of intestinal injury resulting from premature newborn gut dysbiosis. The findings implicate aberrant pattern of gut fermentation and metabolism as the pathophysiologic link between Proteobacteria colonization and NEC in newborns born premature," explains study lead author Karl Sylvester, MD.
The metabolic model defined by the researchers is consistent with and extends prior studies suggesting the key role of specific members of the newborn enteric microbial community as a necessary first step toward the development of NEC. The results of this study demonstrate the potential importance of novel therapies to prevent NEC by targeting the newborn gut microbiome to displace the potential pathogens identified in this study and others, with microbes that promote a healthy gut in newborns.
These newly published results bring us closer to understanding the biological underpinnings of NEC while providing information to link mechanisms of action, with clinical observations derived from use of B. infantis EVC001 to alter the preterm infant microbiome," notes neonatologist Brian Scottoline, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He continues "The OHSU NICU has been using enterally-administered B. infantis EVC001 to address intestinal dysbiosis in very low birth weight infants most at risk for NEC since 2018, and the incidence of NEC in these infants has decreased significantly. We published some of these findings earlier this year using a retrospective chart review and found that infants who had received B. infantis EVC001 had a 73% risk reduction of NEC relative to when our unit hadn't implemented any measures to address dysbiosis; the same result was true for the subgroup of extremely low birth weight infants. Knowing from other studies that infants who receive B. infantis EVC001 have a lower abundance of Enterobacteriaceae capable of producing formate as described in this new study, I am looking forward to seeing future research that connects interventions aimed to address intestinal dysbiosis in preterm infants with the kind of mechanistic observations described in this paper."
"Together with clinical research partners all over the world, Evolve is on a mission to establish an optimal standard of care for all infants leading to an improved lifelong health trajectory," emphasizes Kaile Zagger, CEO of Evolve. She continues "This study provides further scientific evidence of the pioneering science that provides the foundation for Evolve's discovery engine and expanding product pipeline. Our goal is to bring discoveries to market that clinically demonstrate improvement to not only the immediate health of newborns but that can positively impact their life-long health."
To read the study, please visit: doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.893059
Evolve BioSystems, Inc. is a privately held infant health company on a mission to give babies the biggest chance to lifelong health. Dedicated to discovering and marketing microbiome-based products that improve short and long-term health of infants worldwide, Evolve has built substantial science and technology assets focused on the nutrition, biochemistry, physiology, and immunology of the developing infant. Launched at the University of California, Davis, following more than a decade of pioneering research on breast milk at the Food for Health Institute, Evolve continues to expand its pipeline of synbiotic-based solutions that can revolutionize human health. Evolve has a strong foundation of partners and investors such as; Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, Horizons Ventures, Cargill, Manna Tree Partners, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Spuce, Acre Ventures, Bow Capital, Tate & Lyle Ventures. Since 2014, Evolve has built substantial science and technology assets, focused on the nutrition, biochemistry, and physiology of the developing infant gut microbiome, and has now added strong data science and technology platform capabilities.
References:
Tobias J, Olyaei A, Laraway B, et al. Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis EVC001 Administration Is Associated with a Significant Reduction in the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. J Pediatrics. 2022;244:64-71.e2. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.12.070
Casaburi G, Wei J, Kazi S, et al. Metabolic Model of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in the Premature Newborn Gut Resulting from Enteric Dysbiosis. Frontiers. Pediatrics.2022; doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.893059
CONTACT: Jennifer Van Aken, Senior Vice President, Marketing, marketingsupport@evolvebiosystems.com
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The Red Sox recalled Winckowski from Triple-A Worcester in advance of his scheduled start Tuesday against the Blue Jays.
Nathan Eovaldi (shoulder) was placed on the 15-day injured list in a corresponding move, paving the way for Winckowski to step back into his spot in the rotation. Eovaldi won't be eligible to return from the IL until Sept. 3 and could miss multiple turns through the rotation, but Winckowski hasn't proven himself to be a trustworthy fantasy option at this stage of his career. Through his first 12 big-league starts, the rookie has turned in a 5.19 ERA, 1.50 WHIP and 36:21 K:BB in 60.2 innings.
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — A rollover crash on Houston Harte near Central High School on Tuesday afternoon, August 23, 2022, was caused by two vehicles racing on the expressway.
Police on the scene of the crash said that the rollover of a white car (pictured above) was related to an incident of racing on the highway. The rollover happened when the white car and one other vehicle were racing and the white car collided with another vehicle.
Police say this is an ongoing investigation. More information, including information about possible injuries caused by the crash, will be released later.
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APPANOOSE COUNTY, IOWA — A man was able to crawl to safety after being stuck in a grain bin for three hours on Monday thanks to work of first responders and neighboring farmers near Moravia.
According to Moravia Fire and Rescue, both they and Centerville Fire and Rescue were paged at the same time to a grain bin rescue near Moravia. When first responders arrived, witnesses on scene had already secured a rope around the man and were using a sheet of tin to push more grain away from him.
First responders used two grain bin rescue tubes to remove much of the grain crushing against the man. Two relief triangles were cut in the side of the bin to release even more grain. An onsite grain vacuum was used and a nearby farmer brought in a second vacuum to assist. After three hours of draining the bin, the victim was finally able to work himself free and crawl out of the bin. His name and condition aren’t being released.
The Moravia Fire Department says that its grain bin rescue equipment was donated by Centerville Produce and Smith Fertilizer & Grain. Albia Fire Department, Monroe County Ambulance, Appanoose County Sheriff’s Department and the ADLM Emergency Management Agency all responded to the scene along with a number of farmers, according to a Facebook post.
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PHOTOS: San Diego Zoo Safari Park welcomes ‘significant’ birth of baby white rhino
SAN DIEGO (Gray News) - The San Diego Zoo Safari Park announced this week the arrival of a male white rhino born to a first-time mother.
According to the park, the unnamed calf was conceived through natural breeding with the mother, Livia, and the father, J Gregory, and was born on Aug. 6.
Wildlife care specialists report the calf is healthy, confident and full of energy. They said Livia is an excellent mother, being very attentive and protective.
Representatives with the park said, “all rhino births are significant,” and the calf’s birth represents an essential step with Livia carrying a calf to term, as she could serve as a surrogate mother in the future.
Livia and her calf are expected to remain in a private habitat to allow time for bonding at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center within the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, delivering swift verdicts in a plot that was broken up by the FBI and described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.
The result was a big victory for the U.S. Justice Department. A different jury just four months ago couldn’t reach unanimous decisions on Adam Fox or Barry Croft Jr. but acquitted two other men, a stunning conclusion that led to a second trial.
Their arrests nearly two years ago came at an extremely tense time: the volatile homestretch of the election between Joe Biden and then-President Donald Trump playing out against a backdrop of armed protests over COVID-19 restrictions, especially in Michigan.
Jury selection in the retrial of Fox and Croft coincidentally occurred a day after FBI agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for documents, putting the agency in headlines at the same time that the judge was trying to detect any biases about law enforcement in the jury pool.
Fox and Croft were convicted Tuesday of two counts of conspiracy related to the kidnapping scheme and attempts to use a weapon of mass destruction. Prosecutors said they wanted to blow up a bridge to disrupt police if the abduction could be pulled off at Whitmer’s vacation home.
Croft, 46, a trucker from Bear, Delaware, was also convicted of another explosives charge. The jury deliberated for roughly eight hours over two days.
“Today’s verdicts prove that violence and threats have no place in our politics and those who seek to divide us will be held accountable. They will not succeed,” said Whitmer, a Democrat, who turned 51 years old on Tuesday.
“But we must also take a hard look at the status of our politics,” she added. “Plots against public officials and threats to the FBI are a disturbing extension of radicalized domestic terrorism that festers in our nation, threatening the very foundation of our republic.”
Law enforcement officials across the country have been warning about an increase in threats and the potential for violence against agents or buildings.
Fox and Croft, who face sentences of up to life in prison, just stared at the jury as the verdicts were read. Defense attorney Christopher Gibbons shook his head while another defense lawyer, Joshua Blanchard, removed his glasses.
Jurors declined to speak to reporters outside the courthouse.
“We were hoping for a different outcome,” Gibbons said.
During closing arguments Monday, a prosecutor had a blunt message: No one can strap on an AR-15 rifle and body armor and snatch a governor.
“But that wasn’t the defendants’ ultimate goal,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said. “They wanted to set off a second American civil war, a second American Revolution, something that they call the boogaloo. And they wanted to do it for a long time before they settled on Gov. Whitmer.”
The investigation began when Army veteran Dan Chappel joined a Michigan paramilitary group and became alarmed when he heard talk about killing police. He agreed to become an FBI informant and spent the summer of 2020 getting close to Fox and others, secretly recording conversations and participating in drills at “shoot houses” in Wisconsin and Michigan.
The FBI turned it into a major domestic terrorism case with two more informants and two undercover agents embedded in the group. Evidence showed the group had many gripes, particularly over stay-at-home orders and other pandemic restrictions imposed by Whitmer.
Fox, Croft and others, accompanied by the government operatives, traveled to northern Michigan to see Whitmer’s vacation home at night and a bridge that could be destroyed. Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks, too, were on that ride. They pleaded guilty and testified for the prosecution.
Whitmer was not physically harmed; six men were arrested hours away from her home in October 2020.
David Porter, who leads the FBI in western Michigan, hailed the verdicts.
“Here in America, if you disagree with your government you have options. … What you cannot do is plan or commit acts of violence,” he said outside the courthouse.
Defense attorneys tried to put the FBI on trial, repeatedly emphasizing through cross-examination of witnesses and during closing remarks that federal players were present at every crucial event and had entrapped the men.
Fox and Croft, they said, were “big talkers” who liked to smoke marijuana and were guilty of nothing but exercising their right to say vile things about Whitmer and government.
“This isn’t Russia. This isn’t how our country works,” Blanchard, Croft’s attorney, told jurors. “You don’t get to suspect that someone might commit a crime because you don’t like things that they say, that you don’t like their ideologies.”
Gibbons said the FBI isn’t supposed to create “domestic terrorists.” He described Fox, 39, as poor and living in the basement of a Grand Rapids-area vacuum shop, which was a site for meetings with Chappel and an agent.
In separate but related cases, eight other men linked to the scheme are being prosecuted by the Michigan attorney general in state courts.
Whitmer in 2020 blamed Trump for stoking mistrust and fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn hate groups and right-wing extremists like those charged in Michigan.
Trump even recently called the kidnapping plan a “fake deal.”
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Find the AP’s full coverage of the kidnapping plot trial: https://apnews.com/hub/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial
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White reported from Detroit.
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WFTX) — Six elementary students are being praised for helping reunite a lost toddler with her family.
The students were at recess when they noticed a child wandering around the backside of the school fence.
"All of a sudden, Emily points out there's a baby over the fence," recalled Carter Williams.
"We were all very worried," added Evan Wendzel. "It was kind of concerning because we don't know how the toddler got out."
Some time was spent trying to coax the small girl to stay within their sights.
"I was like, 'Come back, come back,'" said Madison Ford. "'I'm friendly; come on.'"
The kids notified their teacher, who contacted school resource officers and administrators.
"She was in a little ditch with a little bit of water," said Principal Angie Taillon. "My fear was that she was right on the road, within a foot of the road."
The child's mother eventually realized her child had wandered away, and the girl was safely reunited with her parents.
"I'm just happy that she's safe with her mother," said Evan. "She's fine; she's not hurt."
"It makes me feel amazing," said Madison. "I feel like I did something very important."
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office gave the children "Do the Right Thing" awards for their actions.
This story was originally reported by Amy Wegmann and Chase McPherson on fox4now.com. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/students-call-for-help-after-spotting-lost-toddler | 2022-08-23T19:45:23Z | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/students-call-for-help-after-spotting-lost-toddler | false |
NEW YORK (AP) — He helped lead the fight to impeach Donald Trump. She battled for people sickened by clouds of toxic soot after the Sept. 11 attacks.
At least one of New York City’s most veteran members of Congress will be voted out of office Tuesday in a Democratic primary pitting U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler against U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a race both hoped to avoid.
The unusual battle between incumbents who are usually allies is the result of a redistricting process that lumped Nadler’s home base on the west side of Manhattan together with Maloney’s on the east side. Both lawmakers live in New York’s newly configured 12th Congressional District.
Neither was willing to run in another part of the city.
Nadler and Maloney are joined in the race by 38-year-old Suraj Patel, a lawyer and lecturer at New York University who also challenged Maloney in Democratic primaries in 2018 and 2020. A fourth candidate, Ashmi Sheth, a former Federal Reserve Bank of New York employee, is on the ballot but did not meet fundraising benchmarks to qualify for debates.
Nadler, 75, was first elected to Congress in 1992. As chair of the House Judiciary Committee, he led both impeachments of Republican former President Donald Trump. He was buoyed in the last weeks of the campaign by endorsements from The New York Times and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Maloney, 76, was also first elected in 1992. She is the first woman to chair the House Oversight and Reform Committee. She is known for her longtime advocacy for Sept. 11 first responders seeking compensation for diseases they attribute to contamination from the destruction of the World Trade Center. She wore a firefighter’s jacket on Capitol Hill and at the 2019 Met Gala.
Few policy differences between Nadler, Maloney and Patel emerged during the primary campaign.
All support abortion rights, the Green New Deal and tighter restrictions on gun ownership. Patel argued that Nadler’s and Maloney’s generation failed to achieve Democratic goals like codifying Roe v. Wade and should cede to new blood.
Nadler and Maloney countered that their seniority in Congress brings clout that benefits New Yorkers.
Friends for many years, the two Democrats lamented having to run against each other — something that only happened after a court redrew the boundaries of the state’s congressional districts after concluding the legislature botched the process.
“I didn’t want to run against my good friend, Jerry Nadler,” Maloney said at a recent debate. “We have been friends and allies for years. Unfortunately, we were drawn into the same district.”
Still, on the campaign trail Maloney said that as a woman, she would fight harder to protect abortion rights than Nadler.
Asked at a debate how his record differed from that of Maloney, Nadler cited his votes against the Iraq War and the Patriot Act, and in favor of the Iran nuclear deal. Maloney, also elected to Congress in 1992, voted the other way on all three.
Maloney also came under fire from her opponents for her past positions on vaccines, including in 2006 when she introduced legislation directing the federal government to study the debunked theory that vaccines can cause autism. Maloney insisted that she supports vaccines and regretted ever questioning vaccine safety.
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Amid high inflation, nearly half of US adults are holding on to unused gift cards, vouchers, store credit
Consumers are scrambling for ways to save money as inflation hovers around its highest level in four decades. One method to offset these surging prices is being overlooked: gift cards.
Almost half of all U.S. adults are hanging on to free money from unused gift cards or vouchers or have store credits stashed away, according to new data from CreditCards.com.
Each of those individuals is holding on to an average of $175, up from $116 in 2021.
If expanded to the entire U.S. adult population, that would equate to a total of about $21 billion, according to CreditCards.com.
INFLATION COSTING THE AVERAGE AMERICAN $717 A MONTH, ANALYSIS SHOWS
According to the data, younger adults are most likely to have unused gift cards, vouchers and store credit with over 50% of Generation Z consumers holding on to an average of $149 per person. About 52% of millennials are holding on to an average of $226 per person.
Over 40% of lower-income households — with annual incomes under $50,000 — are also holding on to gift cards, vouchers and store credit with an average value of $128 per person.
These cards don't rise in value.
Gift cards are displayed for sale at a Kohl's Corp. department store in Peru, Illinois, U.S. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
OVER HALF OF AMERICANS ARE DIPPING INTO SAVINGS OR GOING INTO DEBT TO COVER EXPENSES: NRF
"In fact, it’s the exact opposite, as inflation eats away at the value," Ted Rossman, senior industry analyst at CreditCards.com, said. "And the longer you hold on to these unused gift cards, the more likely you are to lose them or forget about them or have the store go out of business."
Especially in a period of high inflation, putting "gift cards to work can be a valuable inflation-busting strategy," he added.
However, the data also suggest that 45% of adults who have unused gift cards, vouchers or store credits expect to use all of them within the next 12 months.
Another 30% of consumers plan to use the majority of them, while 16% intend to use only a few of them. However, 9% don’t plan on using any, according to the data.
Nearly 40% of adults let gift cards expire at some point in their life and another 25% have lost at least one. The data also showed that 19% have failed to use a gift card before a business closed permanently. As a result, 47% of people have lost money, according to the report.
For the data, CreditCards.com commissioned YouGov PLC to conduct a survey of 2,372 adults in July. | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/high-inflation-us-adults-holding-onto-unused-gift-cards-vouchers-store-credit | 2022-08-23T19:46:41Z | https://www.fox5ny.com/news/high-inflation-us-adults-holding-onto-unused-gift-cards-vouchers-store-credit | true |
“Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20″ is premiering on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. The event will take a look at one of the most iconic ABC original films of all time.
Here’s the information you’ll need to watch a free live stream of “Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20″ online without cable.
How to watch ‘Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20′ without cable
If you’re a cord-cutter or don’t have cable, it’s easy to live stream “Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20″ on DIRECTV Stream (free trial) or Fubo TV (free trial).
When is ‘Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20′ on?
“Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20″ will premiere on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. The event will precede the actual re-airing of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997)” at 9 p.m.
What channel is ABC?
You can use the channel finder on your provider’s website to locate it: Verizon Fios, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, DIRECTV, Dish.
How to watch ‘Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20′ online on-demand
If you missed an episode of “Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20″ or want to binge watch other ABC events online as they become available, check out DIRECTV Stream (free trial) or Fubo TV (free trial).
What is ‘Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20′ about?
According to the official description of the ABC event: A fairy godmother (Whitney Houston) helps a young woman (Brandy) meet a charming prince in a musical version of the classic tale.
Here’s a look at “Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20,” courtesy of the ABC official YouTube channel:
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Half of respondents say they are saving less money today; 32% say the amount of debt they owe has increased
LEHI, Utah, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MX, a leader in Open Finance, today released a new report on money habits and behaviors among Gen Z and other generations. Findings show that consumers are less confident in their financial futures due to rising costs — with 50% of respondents saying that thinking about money makes them anxious and 47% agreeing that money is their primary source of stress. Across generations, Gen Z may be most optimistic in the face of these economic challenges, while the majority of Baby Boomers are less confident.
"With so many people worried about their financial futures, it's an opportune time for financial institutions and fintechs to step up and assist in ways that only they can," said Shayli Lones, Vice President of Go to Market at MX. "We see Open Finance as the key driver to connecting the dots for consumers by enabling seamless account aggregation and a more complete picture of a consumer's finances so that they can better reach their financial goals. MX can help financial providers deliver the seamless connectivity and enhanced data that consumers need to become financially strong."
- Unprepared for Unexpected Expenses: Only 40% of respondents are confident they can cover any unexpected expenses.
- Retirement Confidence is Low: Only 38% of respondents are confident they will be able to retire comfortably. Additionally, 37% say they do not have retirement savings.
- Trust in Financial Providers: A full 67% trust their financial providers to protect them from fraud and other security risks. However, 26% of respondents have been victims of fraudulent transactions on a financial account in the past two years.
- Unrecognized Transactions are Frequent: When asked if they have seen a transaction on their financial accounts that they didn't recognize at first glance in the past two years, 27% of respondents said it happens sometimes or more frequently. This rises to 40% among Gen Z respondents.
- Gen Z Less Likely to Use Credit: Less than half of Gen Z respondents have a credit card (49%) — the only generation to drop below a majority. When asked what payment method they prefer when shopping online, debit cards are preferred 2:1 over credit cards (50% vs. 22%).
- Account Aggregation Still Needs Work: Nearly 1 in 10 respondents (8%) said no when asked if connecting an app to a financial account went smoothly the first time they attempted it. Forty-five percent of those who have been disconnected also say that their connected financial accounts and money-related apps regularly get disconnected.
The full report gives detailed insights into financial stress, spending and saving habits, and how consumers leverage mobile banking apps. It also shows a growing opportunity to build trust through the right proactive support, safeguarding personal data, and providing context to transaction data.
To access the full report, please visit:
https://www.mx.com/whitepapers/consumer-money-matters-debt-on-the-rise-savings-on-the-decline/
MX, a leader in Open Finance, helps organizations everywhere connect to the world's financial data and turn raw, unstructured data into their most valuable asset to deliver intelligent and personalized money experiences. MX connects more than 16,000 financial institutions and fintechs providing the industry's most reliable and secure data connectivity network. Additionally, MX powers 85% of digital banking providers, as well as thousands of banks, credit unions, and fintechs, with a combined reach of over 200 million consumers. To learn more follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn @MX or visit www.mx.com.
This survey of 1,000 American adults was conducted by MX in June 2022. Results included responses across each generation, with 25% of respondents identifying as Baby Boomers, 21% as Gen X, 21% as Millennials, and 33% as Gen Z. The respondents were evenly split between male (49%) and female (51%).
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Kim Kardashian is a blonde bombshell in a new series of photos with a cryptic message: 'Time will always tell'
Kim Kardashian looked stunning in a burnt orange leather jacket with a fur-trimmed hood in a series of new photos on Wednesday morning, along with a cryptic caption.
While rocking a white Prada tank top and silver skirt, which she styled with a pair of grey suede boots, the 41-year-old reality star could be seen sitting on her bathroom countertop.
'Time will always tell,' the newly-single entrepreneur, who split from comedian Pete Davidson after nine months of dating earlier this month, captioned the slideshow.
Bombshell: Kim Kardashian looked stunning in a burnt orange leather jacket with a fur-trimmed hood in a series of new photos on Wednesday morning, along with a cryptic caption
Her comment section was flooded with messages fawning over her cool look, with supermodel Emily Ratajkowski writing: 'side part' with a heart-eye emoji.
In the first image, she can be seen looking off in the distance while resting her hand on her chin.
The next featured her staring at the camera as she sported a glamorous makeup look with a nude matte lipstick and blush, applied by makeup artist Mary Phillips.
Looking good: While rocking a white Prada tank top and silver skirt, which she styled with a pair of grey suede boots, the 41-year-old reality star could be seen sitting on her bathroom countertop
'Time will always tell,' the newly-single entrepreneur, who split from comedian Pete Davidson after nine months of dating earlier this month, captioned the slideshow
The mom-of-four's straight blonde locks with a blunt side part were styled by her longtime hairdresser Chris Appleton.
The oversized jacket appeared to include a synthetic fur hood which rested down the back. Prada is a fur-free company.
As she promoted her latest venture, the Skims founder is being accused of violating California's drought restrictions, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Kim and her sister, Kourtney, 41, are listed among the more than 2000 customers who received 'notices of exceedance' by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District which regulates the water in the area where they live.
Uh oh: As she promoted her latest venture, the Skims founder is being accused of violating California's drought restrictions, according to the Los Angeles Times
The notices means the sisters surpassed 150% of their monthly water budgets at least four times since the agency declared a drought emergency at the end of last year.
As a result, their properties are now subject to having flow restrictor devices installed, which can reduce showers to a trickle and keep lawn sprinklers from doing their job.
Kim is accused of exceeding her water budget by 232 thousand gallons in June for her home and the adjacent lot she bought that lies between her home and that of ex-husband Kanye West.
Not okay: Kim and her sister, Kourtney, 41, are listed among the more than 2000 customers who received 'notices of exceedance' by the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District which regulates the water in the area where they live; seen in 2019
Records indicate Kourtney, 43, exceeded her budget by 101 thousand gallons.
Other celebrities caught using more water than allotted water budgets are Kevin Hart and Sylvester Stallone.
Gabrielle Union and her husband, NBA star Dwyane Wade have also been cited. The couple said they were working with authorities to rectify the problem and have addressed issues with their pool and lawn. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11139039/Kim-Kardashian-blonde-bombshell-new-series-new-photos-cryptic-message.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-23T19:49:01Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11139039/Kim-Kardashian-blonde-bombshell-new-series-new-photos-cryptic-message.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Having the right bags makes getting packed and ready for your next trip so much easier. While carry-on bags and personal items might have strict size limits, a checked bag can be much bigger. But who wants to keep full-size checked bags in their closets at home, taking up all that space?
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But the kicker is, it’s made out of ultra-lightweight 420D Nylon so it only weighs one pound when empty. You can fold it up to store without taking up much space at all. This also makes it a great option for carrying your gym equipment or gear for a game day.
It comes with a full zipper that goes up the sides and across the top for easy packing, and has two reinforced handles for easier carrying. The only thing this duffel bag is missing is a shoulder strap that most of them come with, but the extra storage space (6,400+ cubic inches) more than makes up for it!
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(The Hill) – Former White House chief of staff Karl Rove on Monday said former President Trump’s mounting legal problems “dampens the Republican enthusiasm” ahead of the midterm elections, estimating that Democrats are gaining ground in polls amid investigations into the GOP leader’s business and political practices.
Rove, who served in the George W. Bush administration, told Fox News that for the last two weeks the political conversation has centered on the FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate rather than on high inflation and economic uncertainty under President Biden’s watch.
“The more we talk about that and the less we talk about the problems that we face as a country here and now, the better off the Democrats are,” Rove said. “It raises their enthusiasm, dampens the Republican enthusiasm.”
The FBI raided Trump’s Florida estate on Aug. 9 in connection to classified documents he allegedly took after leaving the White House.
The Department of Justice is investigating Trump for potentially violating the Espionage Act because the documents, possibly containing information on nuclear weapons, were supposed to be turned over to the National Archives.
While the GOP rallied around Trump after the unprecedented search of a former president’s home, the raid added to ongoing probes into the former president over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and a New York investigation into his business and tax dealings.
A Politico-Morning Consult poll released last week showed Democrats are leading Republicans by four percentage points on a generic congressional ballot ahead of the November midterm elections.
Republicans had been favored to win the House and possibly overtake the Senate earlier this year when Biden struggled to contain the political fallout and high inflation rates.
Democrats appear to be gaining steam after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the nearly 50-year constitutional right to abortion, igniting protests, and passing crucial legislation in Congress, such as a major tax and spending bill and expanded health care benefits for veterans.
Still, nearly three-quarters of voters say the country is headed in the wrong direction, showing a wide disconnect between Americans and elected officials in both parties.
Rove on Monday said the renewed attention on Trump’s legal battles is distracting from what he said is the failure of Democrats to manage the nation.
“Ironically enough, the more we see Biden on the campaign trail, the more it’s going to remind people of the challenges that they think the country faces,” he said. “But that’s not where we’ve been for the last couple weeks.” | https://www.localsyr.com/hill-politics/karl-rove-trump-legal-problems-dampening-republican-enthusiasm-ahead-of-midterms/ | 2022-08-23T19:57:44Z | https://www.localsyr.com/hill-politics/karl-rove-trump-legal-problems-dampening-republican-enthusiasm-ahead-of-midterms/ | true |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a May crash in California’s wine country and was sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation.
Paul Pelosi already served two days in jail and received conduct credit for two other days, Napa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Solga said. Paul Pelosi will work eight hours in the court’s work program in lieu of the remaining day, Solga said during Paul Pelosi’s sentencing, which he did not attend.
State law allows for DUI misdemeanor defendants to appear through their attorney unless ordered otherwise by the court.
As part of his probation, Paul Pelosi will also be required to attend a three-month drinking driver class, and install an ignition interlock device, where the driver has to provide a breath sample before the engine will start. He will also have to pay nearly $7,000 in fines, the judge said.
Paul Pelosi was arrested following a May 28 crash in Napa County, north of San Francisco, after a DUI test showed he had a blood alcohol content of .082%, just over the legal limit.
Officers responding to the crash after 10 p.m. near the wine country town of Yountville said they found Pelosi in the driver’s seat of a 2021 Porsche Carrera and the other driver standing outside a sport utility vehicle, according to the complaint.
California Highway Patrol officers reported that Pelosi was “unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred, and he had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage.”
Pelosi offered to officers his driver’s license along with an “11-99 Foundation” card when asked for identification, the complaint says. The 11-99 Foundation supports CHP employees and their families.
Prosecutors filed the case as a misdemeanor because of injuries to the 48-year-old driver of the SUV. They have declined to identify the driver, saying the person has requested privacy.
In an interview with investigators from the district attorney’s office, the driver reported pain in his upper right arm, right shoulder and neck the day after the crash. He said he also had headaches.
Pelosi was released on $5,000 bail after his arrest.
Speaker Pelosi was in Rhode Island to deliver the commencement address at Brown University at the time. Her office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday. | https://www.kron4.com/news/politics/ap-politics/paul-pelosi-gets-5-days-in-jail-3-years-of-probation-in-dui/ | 2022-08-23T19:58:29Z | https://www.kron4.com/news/politics/ap-politics/paul-pelosi-gets-5-days-in-jail-3-years-of-probation-in-dui/ | true |
BERLIN (AP) — A woman was arrested Tuesday in southern Germany after allegedly injuring three people with what was described as a “sword-like object,” police said.
Police said they were alerted just before noon to the incident in a square in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, a town in Bavaria near the Czech border. They said in a statement that passers-by were able to hold the suspect, a 65-year-old woman from a neighboring area, until she was detained by officers sent to the scene.
Two of the victims, men aged 46 and 61, were taken to a hospital and one of them had been released by mid-afternoon. No one had life-threatening injuries, police said.
They didn’t give further details on the weapon or of a possible motive. | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/woman-held-in-germany-after-assault-with-sword-like-object/ | 2022-08-23T19:59:37Z | https://www.kron4.com/news/world/ap-international/woman-held-in-germany-after-assault-with-sword-like-object/ | false |
DENVER, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Plume, the market-leading provider of virtual care services purposefully designed for the health care needs of the transgender community, today announced their Series B funding round of $24 million, led by Transformation Capital with participation from General Catalyst and Townhall Ventures. The growth investment in Plume will support the company in fulfilling its mission to transform health care for every trans life by creating access to high quality, safe gender-affirming care. As the world's leading virtual care provider for gender-affirming care, Plume will use these resources to expand coverage nationwide and into virtual primary care, ensure Plume is covered by insurance, and provide support that trans and gender diverse people and their families deserve.
"As a trans woman and physician, I started Plume to offer a supportive space for trans Americans as they navigate our nation's broken health care system," said Dr. Jerrica Kirkley, Plume's Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer. "With today's announcement, we are on track to reach our goal of increasing access to high-quality, gender-affirming care to patients across the U.S. in both urban areas and coverage deserts. Knowing the hurdles trans Americans face when accessing care, I'm encouraged to reach this benchmark and I look forward to Plume's growth in the future. I want to thank Transformation Capital, General Catalyst, and Townhall Ventures for their partnership in transforming health care for every trans life."
The visibility of the trans community is growing at an exponential rate as younger generations more readily openly identify as trans and gender diverse. Gen Z identifies as trans at nearly four times the rate of baby boomers and is statistically the queerest generation in history. Trans individuals have unique medical, legal, and socio-emotional needs distinct from those of the broader cisgender LGBQ+ population that are commonly unmet by the status quo. Plume is the only digital-health company entirely dedicated to services for trans and gender diverse individuals and their families and is uncompromisingly focused on providing the best care experience available.
"Since launching in 2019, Plume has strived to bring the trans community the deeply personalized health care they deserve," said Dr. Matthew Wetschler, Plume's Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. "Amidst growing anti-trans rhetoric nationwide, Plume's model offers unmatched access to health care for trans Americans. Today's announcement only reinforces our goal of expanding that coverage and eliminating barriers to quality care."
Access to safe health care is woefully inadequate across the ~2 million Americans that constitute the trans community. More than 30% of trans people avoid health care for fear of discrimination and more than 60% of trans people in urban areas have had to access medications outside of the clinical system. Plume has a clinical care model purposefully designed by a trans-led clinical team to ensure a positive, high-quality health care experience.
"We are thrilled to partner with Plume's Co-Founders, Dr. Matthew Wetschler & Dr. Jerrica Kirkley, and their incredible team. Our firm has deep empathy and compassion for underserved communities – we believe the trans community deserves a better, more accessible care experience that is unfortunately not available to many in our health care system today. Plume is positioned to be a medical home for this important and growing community," said Jenna Ciotti, Vice President at Transformation Capital.
While Plume continues to work towards gender-affirming care being covered by insurance, no insurance is necessary to become a member and receive care. Members pay $99 a month and receive 24/7 access to gender-affirming care, personal consultations, lab testing, facilitated support groups, medical letters of support for surgery and name and gender marker changes, and home delivery of prescriptions and gender-affirming medication as medically appropriate. Plume eliminates these barriers by making gender-affirming care accessible for anyone who needs it without ever having to step into a doctor's office.
The research shows that gender-affirming care is life-saving and a clinical imperative. As anti-trans rhetoric and sentiment continues, guaranteeing access to trans-specific care is more important now than ever. This funding will support Plume's expansion that is critically important to addressing the unique needs of the trans community. To learn more visit www.getplume.co.
Plume is a comprehensive, virtual care provider built by and for the health care needs of the transgender community. The company seeks to radically increase access to care, medication, and products for the trans community, supporting a bold, authentic, and healthy lifestyle. Its vision is to make gender-affirming care available to anyone, anywhere, until it transforms health care for every trans life. Plume is available to over 90% of the trans population across the United States.
Transformation Capital is a digital health growth equity firm dedicated to supporting commercial stage companies focused on improving people's health and the sustainability of the health care system. The firm was founded on the premise that investing in health care requires both a sophisticated understanding of the health care system, including the prevailing market forces and resulting opportunities, as well as deep connections with decision makers across key providers, payers and digital health innovators. Transformation Capital has invested in digital health companies across the ecosystem, including Health Catalyst, Datavant, Vera Whole Health, Headspace Health, Sword, CareRev, and DexCare.
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Girl’s death: Madras High Court directs Theni Government Medical College Hospital Dean to submit reports
Mother of the victims says she was forced by doctors to receive the body
After a woman filed a petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court alleging that her daughter died due to medical negligence, the court directed the Dean of Theni Government Medical College Hospital to submit the medical reports pertaining to the case.
Justice V. Sivagnanam, who was hearing the petition filed by P. Poonkodi of Andipatti in Theni district, adjourned the hearing till August 26. Her second daughter Kanimozhi became pregnant with her third child and underwent regular medical check-ups.
She was admitted to Theni Government Medical College Hospital, where she delivered baby boy on June 8, 2022, through Caesarean Section (C-Section) and on the same day she underwent family planning operation.
The petitioner said her daughter was shifted from the ICU to the general ward on June 11. Subsequently, she was shifted to another general ward on June 14. Then on June 15, she was given an injection. The mother and the newborn baby were healthy.
Under these circumstances, on June 16, a trainee doctor gave her an injection without conducting any test, she alleged. After the injection was given to her daughter, she complained of severe pain in the abdomen, the petitioner said.
Subsequently, her daughter’s health deteriorated. The doctors told her that her daughter had been given a sleeping dose. However, to her shock, her daughter died on June 21. She said she was threatened by the doctors who told her to receive the body.
She said the family members were forced to bury the body. The police had not registered a case and no post-mortem was conducted, she said. She sought a direction to the authorities to exhume the body of her daughter and conduct a post-mortem and take appropriate action.
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India needs to re-examine the architecture of the financial sector to revive the Covid pandemic-hit micro, small and medium enterprises, said Pronab Sen, economist and former Chief Statistician of India.
Delivering a lecture on “Build Back Better – the Role of Finance” on the occasion of Bandhan Bank’s 7th anniversary, Sen said that India would have to build the MSME sector back. "Let's build it better than what it used to be", he said. "While the corporate sector was performing strongly, the non-corporate sector was not – in fact, it was damaged", Sen added.
In the recent past, the damage that has been done to the MSME sector in the country, a large part of the market share moved into the hands of corporate India which led to significant increase in the pricing power of the corporates, Sen pointed out.
“The kind of competition they were getting at local levels from the non-corporate entities is no longer there. So, the ability to pass on cost increases to the consumer has become very much easier today than it was previously. And that’s not going to get better unless the MSME sector comes back.”
At the heart of building the MSMEs better, Sen said, is not fiscal intervention, but the way the financial sector is structured. The banks were willing to lend to some of the MSMEs, but not to the vast majority. “This was a problem even earlier but earlier we had the NBFCs which came and filled in that particular gap. Today, the NBFCs are just as much in trouble as the MSMEs,” said Sen.
According to Sen, the relationship between a bank and NBFC needs to be not of a borrower and a lender as it is today, but that of a partner.
“If we need to wish to build back better, we will need to re-examine the architecture of our financial sector. Otherwise our worst case scenario is our MSME sector will never revive and the best sector scenario is we will go back to where we were which was sub-optimal”, said Sen.
Bandhan Bank
Addressing the gathering, Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Founder, MD and CEO, Bandhan Bank, said that Bandhan Bank was an impact organisation.
“When we transformed into a Bank in 2015, we were roughly 13,000 employees. Today, we are nearly 5 times that number, at more than 63,000 employees. This is the direct impact that we have been able to create. We have more than 1.80 crore microcredit customers,” said Ghosh.
Assuming that each of these microcredit customers have employed just one more person - Bandhan Bank has been able to indirectly create 1 crore 80 lakh employment opportunities, he added. But 7 years back, when Bandhan became a universal bank, its entire advance book was just microcredit.
“Today, the share of microcredit has come down to 44 per cent. The remaining 56 per cent of our advance book are non-microfinance loans covering a wide range of advances to suit the needs of every Indian,” said Ghosh.
But Bandhan is aiming to scale up further and faster. “In this financial year itself, we will open 551 banking outlets to take the total to more than 6,000. Majority of these will be outside of the East of India, where we are already very strong in penetration,” said Ghosh.
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The 1988 murder of a Pennsylvania woman has finally been solved thanks to DNA evidence collected from a letter sent to a local newspaper a decade ago and from the victim's clothing.
On Thursday, the Pennsylvania State Police and Berks County District Attorney John Adams held a press conference about the unsolved murder of 26-year-old Anna Kane, NBC News reported.
They identified her killer as Scott Grim, the news outlet reported.
According to Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers, Kane's body was found on Oct. 23, 1988, near Ontelaunee Trail Road in Perry Township.
She had been beaten and strangled to death, the media release said.
Law enforcement said they collected DNA evidence off the clothing of the mother of three, the Reading Eagle newspaper reported.
The news outlets reported police tested the DNA, but no match was found at the time.
After running a front page article in 1990 about the unsolved murder, the newspaper received a letter from a "concerned citizen" with “numerous intimate details” about the homicide, law enforcement told NBC News.
The news outlet reported that DNA collected from the envelope was later tested and found to match the DNA collected from Kane's clothing.
NBC News reported that sometime this year, Parabon NanoLabs in Virginia conducted genetic genealogy testing and found that the DNA profile likely matched Grim.
According to NBC, Grim wouldn't be brought up on charges since he died of natural causes in 2018. He was 58. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/1988-murder-of-pennsylvania-woman-finally-solved-thanks-to-genetic-genealogy-testing | 2022-08-23T20:04:05Z | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/1988-murder-of-pennsylvania-woman-finally-solved-thanks-to-genetic-genealogy-testing | false |
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ahern Rentals, Inc. ("Ahern") elected to terminate, effective immediately, its previously announced offer to eligible holders to exchange (the "Exchange Offer") its 7.375% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes (CUSIP: 008674AH6 / U0085GAD1; ISIN US008674AH66 / USU0085GAD17) (the "Notes") and solicitation of consents from holders of the Notes (the "Consent Solicitation") to amend the indenture governing the Notes, each as set forth in and subject to the terms and conditions of the Confidential Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement dated June 30, 2022 ("Confidential Offering Memorandum").
As a result of the termination of the Exchange Offer, Notes previously tendered in the Exchange Offer, if any, will not be accepted for exchange for new notes, no exchange consideration will be delivered or become payable to holders who have properly tendered their Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and any Notes previously tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be promptly returned to the tendering holders.
As a result of the termination of the Consent Solicitation, the proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Notes will not become effective, the Notes will remain outstanding and subject to the terms of the existing indenture currently governing the Notes, and consents previously delivered pursuant to the Consent Solicitation, if any, will be deemed voided.
D.F. King & Co. is serving as the information agent for the Exchange Offer. You should direct questions and requests for assistance by sending an e-mail to ahern@dfking.com, or calling (800) 669- 5550 (toll-free) or (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers).
This press release is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes or any security.
The Exchange Offer was made, and new notes were offered, only (a) in the United States to holders of Notes who are reasonably believed to be "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")) in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and (b) outside the United States to holders of Notes who are persons other than "U.S. persons" (as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act) in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act and who are non-U.S. qualified offerees and eligible purchasers in other jurisdictions as set forth in the Confidential Offering Memorandum. Holders who have returned a duly completed eligibility letter certifying that they were within one of the categories described in the immediately preceding sentences were authorized to receive and review the Confidential Offering Memorandum and to participate in the Exchange Offer and the Consent Solicitation.
About Ahern
Ahern is the largest independently owned equipment rental company in the United States. With $906 million in fiscal year 2021 revenue, the company is ranked as the eighth largest U.S. equipment rental company by Rental Equipment Register. Founded in 1953 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ahern has expanded through organic growth to develop a national platform with 112 branch locations in 31 states as of March 31, 2022. Ahern focuses on the aerial market segment of the $50 billion equipment rental industry with an extensive fleet of "high reach" equipment, which is supplemented by a fleet of ground engaging, general rental, and specialty equipment to provide customers with a "one-stop" solution for their equipment needs. Serving a large and diverse customer base comprised of commercial and residential construction companies, specialty contractors, industrial companies, utility companies, governmental entities, and homeowners, Ahern provides a comprehensive range of equipment and solutions, including renting and selling used/new equipment, parts, supplies, and related merchandise, as well as providing maintenance, repair, and other services that supplement rental and sales activities.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County has issued a health advisory for South Inlet Park in Boca Raton due to high levels of bacteria in the water.
The department says the causes of elevated levels are unknown but heavy rains, high surf, and heavy traffic can contribute.
The poor rating means that contact with the water at this site may pose an increased risk of infectious disease, particularly for susceptible individuals.
People are encouraged to rinse with fresh water after swimming in any natural body of water.
To learn about beach water quality for Palm Beach County and throughout the state, click here. | https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boca-raton/health-advisory-issued-for-south-inlet-park-in-boca-raton | 2022-08-23T20:09:27Z | https://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boca-raton/health-advisory-issued-for-south-inlet-park-in-boca-raton | false |
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Gov. Beshear has called state lawmakers in for a special session on Wednesday. The session's focus is to work on flood relief for eastern Kentucky.
"This will be to create a safe fund. Similar to the one on western Kentucky that can help our eastern Kentucky communities," Gov. Beshear said in a video.
Gov. Beshear said the session will also have legislation to help school systems start late due to the floods.
"To the people in eastern Kentucky. We are with you now. We'll be with you tomorrow. Next week, next month, and next year. As long as it takes to rebuild."
The session begins at noon on Wednesday. | https://www.lex18.com/news/gov-beshear-lawmakers-to-begin-special-session-on-wednesday | 2022-08-23T20:12:10Z | https://www.lex18.com/news/gov-beshear-lawmakers-to-begin-special-session-on-wednesday | false |
US, Iran inch closer to nuke deal but high hurdles remain
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to weigh in this week on Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.
U.S. officials say they expect to respond to Iran’s comments on a European draft proposal by Wednesday, after which another round of negotiations in Vienna to finalize the details of a potential deal will likely be needed. New developments, including stepped-up public messaging campaigns by both Tehran and Washington, suggest that an agreement could be near.
Despite the forward movement, numerous hurdles remain. And key sticking points could still unravel efforts to bring back the 2015 deal under which Iran received billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program intended to prevent it from developing an atomic weapon.
Even U.S. supporters of an agreement are no longer referring to the “longer and stronger” deal that they had initially set out to win when indirect negotiations with Iran began last spring. And, on the Iranian side, demands for greater U.S. sanctions relief than the administration appears willing or able to promise could undercut the push to revive the agreement.
In Washington, the Biden administration faces considerable political opposition to returning to the 2015 deal from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress who remain unconvinced that it is in U.S. national security interests.
The recent indictment of an Iranian for plotting to murder Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton and the attack by an apparent Iran sympathizer on the author Salman Rushdie have further contributed to doubts that Iran can be trusted.
The latest draft does not include Tehran’s demand that the U.S. lift the terrorism designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran has stepped back from a demand that the International Atomic Energy Agency close its investigation into unexplained traces of uranium at three undeclared sites, according to a senior administration official who requested anonymity to discuss ongoing efforts to resurrect the deal.
But, rescinding the terrorism designation imposed by Trump was never a realistic demand. Not only does it fall outside the scope of the nuclear deal, it was made virtually impossible since the Bolton plot indictment, ongoing Iranian threats to other former U.S. officials, and the Rushdie attack.
And, while Iran may have agreed to a mechanism to eventually return to the deal without the IAEA investigation being closed up front, it has said that its actual compliance with an agreement remains contingent on getting a clean bill of health from the agency.
The senior administration official said a “deal is closer than it was two weeks ago,” but cautioned that the outcome remains uncertain “as some gaps remain.”
And, Iranian officials on Tuesday bristled at the suggestion that they’ve stepped back from their demands to re-enter the deal.
Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian adviser to the indirect talks in Vienna, took to Twitter on Tuesday to assert that removing the IRGC from the State Department’s foreign terrorism list was never a precondition and insisted that “no deal will be implemented before the IAEA Board of Directors PERMANENTLY closes the false accusations file.”
Meanwhile, America’s top ally in the Middle East, Israel, has become increasingly alarmed at the apparent movement toward a deal. Israel’s alternate prime minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to resist forging ahead with a deal with the Iranians.
“I call on President Biden and the American administration to refrain, even now at this last minute, from signing the agreement with Iran,” Bennett said in a statement.
He noted that Israel is not party to the 2015 agreement signed by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security — the U.S., the United Kingdom, Russia, France, and China as well as Germany — but that Israel would be directly affected and reserved all rights to its self-defense.
“One way or another, the State of Israel is not a party to the agreement,” Bennett said. “Israel is not committed to any of the restrictions stemming from the agreement and will utilize all available tools to prevent the Iranian nuclear program from advancing.”
At the direction of current Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Israel’s national security adviser Eyal Hulata is in Washington this week for talks with White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and possibly Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. Iran’s nuclear program will be at the center of those talks.
The White House insists that the terms under discussion include the key underpinnings of the 2015 deal. The U.S. would lift hundreds of sanctions the Trump administration re-imposed when it withdrew from the deal in 2018. And Iran would roll back its nuclear program to the limits set by the original nuclear deal, including caps on enrichment, how much material it can stockpile and the operation of advanced centrifuges needed to enrich.
However, it remains unclear what exactly would happen to Iran’s current stockpile of highly enriched uranium and what it would be required to do with the advanced centrifuges it has been spinning. The White House has said both would be “removed” but has not offered details.
As of the last public count, Iran has a stockpile of some 3,800 kilograms (8,370 pounds) of enriched uranium. Under the deal, Tehran could enrich uranium to 3.67% purity, while maintaining a stockpile of uranium of 300 kilograms (660 pounds) under constant scrutiny of surveillance cameras and international inspectors.
In terms of sanctions relief, Iran has been demanding that the administration pledge that a future president not be allowed to re-impose the lifted penalties as Trump did and promise that Congress will repeal statutory sanctions legislation passed initially to force Iran back to the negotiating table. The administration is in no position to guarantee either.
“Reports that we have accepted or are considering new concessions to Iran as part of reentering the 2015 nuclear deal are categorically false,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said.
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Associated Press writer Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed reporting.
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(The Hill) — Overall life expectancy in the United States dropped by 1.8 years from 2019 to 2020, new data show.
The declines affected all 50 states and Washington, D.C., according to a New National Vital Statistics report, and ranged from as little as 0.2 years in some states to as many as three years in others.
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and its Division of Vital Statistics attributed the dips to the COVID-19 pandemic and an increase in drug overdose deaths.
The drop is the largest year-to-year change in more than 75 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said last year.
New York state experienced the biggest decrease, dropping three years, and D.C. was a close runner-up at 2.7 years.
Twelve other states saw declines of two years or more, including southern border states Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, as well as Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan and South Carolina.
Hawaii saw a decline of just 0.2 years. Oregon, Washington, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire also saw decreases of one year or less.
As of these 2020 changes, Hawaii has the highest life expectancy at birth, at 80.7 years, while Mississippi has the lowest, at 71.9 years.
The difference in life expectancy at birth between the sexes was averaged at 5.7 years, with females leading males in all 50 states and D.C.
The highest male-female difference was recorded in D.C., at seven years, while the lowest difference was noted in Utah, at 3.9 years.
The CDC recorded 528,891 more deaths in 2020 than the year prior. COVID-19 was the noted cause in 350,831 deaths, or 10.4 percent of the 2020 total, according to the report.
This contributed to a 16.8 percent increase to the age-adjusted death rate for the U.S., the largest such jump in annual mortality data on record, according to the CDC. | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/life-expectancy-drops-by-almost-2-years/ | 2022-08-23T20:19:11Z | https://www.fox16.com/news/national-news/life-expectancy-drops-by-almost-2-years/ | true |
New federal EV tax credit rules requiring greater domestic content could accelerate Hyundai’s timeline for building electric cars in the United States, according to a recent Reuters report.
Last week’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) expanded the federal EV tax credit by removing the previous 200,000-unit cap for manufacturers and ensuring uninterrupted funding, but it also adds requirements for significant amounts of American-sourced material and assembly of components. And it’s possible that has already encouraged Hyundai to move up its timeline for U.S. EV production.
The South Korean automaker said in May that it would break ground on a new Georgia factory in early 2023, with commercial production starting in the first half of 2025. Hyundai said at the time that it was planning to make 300,000 EVs annually in Georgia—plus batteries.
But now Hyundai is considering starting construction later this year, with commercial production beginning in the second half of 2024, according to the report, which cited the Yonhap news agency.
Meanwhile, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin “expressed concerns” over the IRA in a phone call with with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week, according to the report. And with South Korea considering whether to file a World Trade Organization complaint, it might join Europe, which has already voiced a similar grievance.
Last week’s signing of the IRA dramatically and immediately cut the number of eligible EVs and plug-in hybrids, including every plug-in vehicle from Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Lexus, and others. In both of these cases, the parent company had opted to assemble plug-in vehicles in its home country.
The effects of the EV tax credit revamp can already be felt in the leasing market, as lease payments for a range of EVs and plug-in hybrids have spiked.
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