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Rating Recognizes Shorenstein's Ongoing Commitment to the Health and Safety of Its Properties and Tenants
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shorenstein Properties, LLC ("Shorenstein"), an owner and operator of high-quality office, residential and mixed-use properties across the U.S., today announced that 22 Shorenstein properties have received the WELL Health-Safety Rating through the International WELL Building Institute ("IWBI").
The WELL Health-Safety Rating is an evidence-based, third-party verified rating focused on the effectiveness of a building's or facility's operational policies, maintenance protocols, stakeholder engagement practices and emergency plans in place in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rating system is designed to empower owners and operators to take the necessary steps to prioritize the health and safety of their staff, visitors and other stakeholders.
"At all Shorenstein properties, we are committed to fostering an environment that prioritizes the well-being of everyone within our community, and this recognition showcases our best-in-class property management team's efforts to go above and beyond to create and maintain healthy environments," said Mei Tsuruta, Sustainability Manager at Shorenstein. "We are pleased that all 22 properties that applied for the WELL Health-Safety Rating this year achieved it. We are committed to participating in the IWBI's rating program annually as we advance this work across our properties to meet the needs of today's tenants and residents alike in the post-COVID-19 environment."
Shorenstein continues to implement industry-leading health and safety initiatives that meet the highest industry standards across its portfolio. Shorenstein achieved the WELL Health-Safety Rating at 22 properties by reviewing and continuously enhancing six key features:
- Cleaning and sanitization procedures;
- Emergency preparedness programs;
- Health service resources;
- Air and water quality management;
- Stakeholder engagement and communication; and
- Innovation.
This review has resulted in the implementation of best-in-class practices across these properties, including plans for reduction in respiratory particle exposure as well as Legionella management. Shorenstein has participated in the WELL Health-Safety Rating program since 2021 and is committed to ongoing participating in this rating program.
About Shorenstein Properties LLC
Founded in 1960, Shorenstein Properties LLC is a privately-owned, real estate firm that owns and operates high-quality office, residential and mixed-use properties across the U.S., with offices in San Francisco and New York. Since 1992, Shorenstein has sponsored twelve closed-end investment funds with total equity commitments of $8.8 billion, of which Shorenstein committed $723.5 million. The firm uses its integrated investment and operating capabilities to take advantage of opportunities that, at the particular time in the investment cycle, offer the most attractive returns. Investments have included ground-up developments, asset repositioning and stabilized assets; investment structures have included asset acquisitions, mezzanine loans, preferred equity investments and structured joint ventures. More information is available at www.shorenstein.com.
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BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedia Group to launch PR campaign for Wellness Wisdom Warriors (https://skneekers.com) to shed light on Dr Tzvi Pearlstein's patented sole heeling transformation. Faced with his own painful "bone-on-bone" knees, he developed a new type of sneaker sole to help prevent knee, hip, and back pain, arthritis, and surgery.
"Our PR campaign will show how for knee pain and knee arthritis sufferers the source of the problem often is their sneakers, which are curable, regardless of the brand," said TransMedia Group CEO Tom Madden.
Publicity to cite malalignment of the feet as a key cause of knee pain, possibly hip and back pain too. Like the toeing in and out of the car tires, wheel alignment shouldn't wait until a car's old, but is needed throughout its life. Some with people.
TransMedia said it will build sole heeling awareness of Dr Pearlstein's discovery that knee pain can be traced to how we put weight on our feet, for which there is a cure his Wellness Wisdom Warriors RV will deliver when it hits the road to painlessness.
TransMedia said it will provide reports to media of WWW's itinerary so anyone with knee, hip, or back pain can bring their sneakers to be cured.
Starting locally in Florida, then nationwide, Dr Tzvi and his WWW RV will be available for booking consultations to modify sneakers/shoes to protect knees, hips, and back and compensate for foot malalignment.
TransMedia Group plans to highlight Dr. Pearlstein's treating sneakers with affordable, convenient medicine by announcing his RV's stops, and alerting companies they can sign up for consultations for their employees, providing "feetback" for health news reporters along the trail.
"I want to conveniently offer comfort from the foot up," said Dr Pearlstein, Founder of Wellness Wisdom Warriors, and expect TransMedia will put my best foot forward to media."
"Companies signing up for our corporate wellness consulting to improve employee comfort, foot and body alignment, and good posture will have happier employees with more energy."
"Media will like interviewing Dr. Pearlstein for his medical knowledge and upbeat personality," said Adrienne Mazzone, President of TransMedia Group.
"TransMedia Group's publicity will truly get the "sneakers cure on the road" informing media of WWW's mission to put people on their feet comfortably."
Media Contact: Adrienne Mazzone amazzone@transmediagroup.com 561-908-1683.
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On Wednesday, President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other qualifying borrowers. Biden also extended the federal student loan payment pause through Dec. 31.
"In keeping with my campaign promise, my Administration is announcing a plan to give working and middle class families breathing room as they prepare to resume federal student loan payments in January 2023," Biden said in a tweet on Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement, "Today, we're delivering targeted relief that will help ensure borrowers are not placed in a worse position financially because of the pandemic, and restore trust in a system that should be creating opportunity, not a debt trap."
To qualify for the $10,000 forgiveness, individual borrowers must earn less than $125,000 a year, or less than $250,000 a year for couples.To qualify for the $20,000 forgiveness, borrowers must meet those income requirements and must have received a Pell Grant in college. Pell Grants are designed to help low-income students pay for higher education. About a third of undergraduate federal student loan borrowers receive Pell Grants every year.
The Department of Education estimates that, among borrowers who are no longer in school, nearly 90% of relief dollars will go to those earning less than $75,000 a year.
About 43 million borrowers will benefit, and 20 million will have their debt completely canceled, according to a senior administration official. The White House said more than 60% of federal student loans borrowers also received Pell Grants.
In order to benefit from this announcement, most borrowers will have to submit an application to verify their income.The Education Department said nearly 8 million borrowers already have income information on file, and should qualify to have their debts canceled automatically. The department will announce further details on how borrowers can claim this relief in the weeks ahead.
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NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City health officials addressed the city's response to the monkeypox outbreak at a City Council hearing.
The health commissioner fielded questions Wednesday morning on the city's outreach, education and vaccination efforts.
He also responded to concerns over access to testing and the city's messaging campaigns on the outbreak.
"This isn't a generalized epidemic that affects everyone equally currently, and so we've tried to take some caution in putting out billboards and PSAs," said Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan. "We don't currently have COVID-like emergency funds to fund that."
Officials also plan to meet with colleges across the state to discuss health concerns as students return to classrooms and dorms.
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The Internal Revenue Service says it's reviewing its safety protocols out of an abundance of caution after they said employees had received threats.
In a staff memo, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said Tuesday that safety measures at all 600 IRS locations would be reviewed including new risk assessments, monitoring perimeter security at facilities, designating restricted areas, and reassessing exterior lighting and entrance security, the Washington Post reported.
“For me, this is personal. I’ll continue to make every effort to dispel any lingering misperceptions about our work,” Rettig said in the memo. “And I will continue to advocate for your safety in every venue where I have an audience.”
News of the agency receiving threats comes after President Joe Biden signed into law last week the $700 billion climate, healthcare and tax bill that included $80 billion over 10 years to help fund tax collection efforts, the Associated Press reported.
The Washington Post reported that the agency would increase enforcement on those who earn a high income and major corporations.
But misinformation spread rapidly online after Congress GOP members falsely claimed that the IRS would distribute firearms to employees, the news outlets reported.
In an Aug. 16 open letter, Florida Republica Sen. Rick Scott called on Americans not to work at the IRS, the Associated Press reported.
“The IRS is making it very clear that you not only need to be ready to audit and investigate your fellow hardworking Americans, your neighbors and friends, you need to be ready and, to use the IRS’s words, willing to kill them,” he said, the AP reported. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/irs-launches-safety-probe-after-threats-to-employees | 2022-08-24T17:00:23Z | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/irs-launches-safety-probe-after-threats-to-employees | true |
East Chambers Buccaneers
Head coach: Russ Sutherland
2021 record: 8-2 (5-1)
Players to watch:
Jacoby Perrault, Sr., QB
Hayden Reeves, Jr., RB
Darius Green, Sr., WR/DB
Payton Anderson, Sr., WR/DB
Team summary: Coming off a year in which East Chambers finished in a three-way tie for the District 10-3A-I title, the Bucs are hoping to have it al to themselves this season. East Chambers has been one of the dominant teams in Southeast Texas during recent seasons, and this fall might be more of the same. Sutherland’s teams are known for putting up points, and with Perrault back for a fourth season leading the offense, that could be the case again. Reeves will get most of the carries after a huge season last year.
Schedule:
Aug. 26: at Kelly Catholic, 7 p.m.
Spt. 02: vs Hamshire-Fannett, 7: 30 p.m.
Sept. 09: at Hardin-Jefferson, 7 p.m.
Sept. 16: vs Liberty, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23: at Kirbyville, 7:30 p.m.*
Sept. 30: Bye
Oct. 07: vs Buna, 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 14: at Anahuac, 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 21: vs. Tarkington, 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 28: at Hardin, 7:30 p.m.*
Nov. 04: vs Orangefield, 7:30 p.m.
Hardin Hornets
Head Coach: Jake Smith
2021 record: 3-6 (2-4)
Players to watch:
Anthony Walters, Soph, WR
Ricko Denman, Jr, DB
Ryelee Kubezcka, Soph, QB
Draven Guidry, Sr, LB
Team Summary:
“Getting to know you” has been Jake Smith’s theme in the past three months.
Hired by the Hardin ISD on June 6, the Hornets’ head coach gradually learned the names of his players. He’s pleasantly surprised by their athletic ability.
“Just finding enough to get to know all the players has been my biggest need in the pre-season,” said Smith, who guided Lumberton to a district boys track title this spring in the competitive 22-4A. “I hope we can have the same success here. I’m impressed with how athletic some of these kids are.”
Hardin plans a switch to quarterback for sophomore Ryelee Kubezcka (5-10, 180), a standout running back in 2021. Smith likes Kubezcka’s skills at both running and throwing.
“Ryelee can run really fast and he has a super strong arm,” Smith said.
Capable receivers fill Hardin’s spread offense – sophomore Anthony Walters, senior Carson Williams, junior Josh Ibarra, and Ricko Denman. Center Andrew Guidry and tackle Josh Hessler lead the offensive line. Defensive back Blain Thornton, linebacker Draven Guidry, and lineman Lahr Randolph should be leaders in a 3-4 defense.
Schedule:
Aug 26 at Warren 7 p.m.
Sept 2 Evadale 7:30 p.m.
Sept 9 at Trinity 7 p.m.
Sept 16 Hull-Daisetta 7:30 p.m.
Sept 23 Anahuac 7:30 p.m.*
Sept 30 at Tarkington 7:30 p.m.*
Oct 7 OPEN
Oct 14 Orangefield 7:30 p.m.*
Oct 21 at Kirbyville 7:30 p.m.*
Oct 28 East Chambers 7:30 p.m.*
Nov 4 at Buna 7:30 p.m.*
Anahuac Panthers
Head Coach: Greg Neece
2021 record: 9-3 (5-1)
Players to watch: Landon Corbitt RB, Robert Bailey , Johnathon Cooper OL
Team Summary:
Look out for Landon Corbitt.
The Panthers running back is on the Enterprise preseason Super Gold team for a reason. Corbitt rushed for over 1,000 yards last season and scored 24 total touchdowns. He’s started on both sides of the ball for the Panthers the last three years, and is due for a big senior season.
Last season, the Panthers’ only district loss came against East Chambers. The re-match in October will be a key game for both teams.
Schedule:
Aug. 26 vs. Newton
Sept. 2 at Hardin-Jefferson
Sept. 9 vs. New Waverly
Sept. 16 at San Augustine
Sept. 23 at Hardin*
Sept. 30 vs. Orangefield*
Oct. 7 at Kirbyville*
Oct. 14 vs. East Chambers*
Oct. 21 at Buna*
Nov. 4 vs. Tarkington*
Buna Cougars
Head Coach: Gary Kinne
2021 record: 2-9 (2-4)
Players to watch:
Jacob Johnson, Jr., RB
Kale Knox, Sr, LB
Isaiah Robinson, Sr, DT
Toby Marse, Jr, QB
Team Summary:
There are several reasons to expect a significant upgrade entering coach Gary Kinne’s second season.
The Cougars head into the fall with nine seasoned defenders, a veteran blocking unit, a quarterback and a fast runner.
“We’re going to be better,” Kinne said. “The object is to get in the playoffs but we obviously have bigger goals than that.”
Junior Jacob Johnson runs a 4.5 and is fresh off a 13-touchdown, 1,020-yard sophomore rushing year. Quarterback Toby Marse, running back Brennan Hippler and receivers Kavin Cheatham and Kayden Dill add depth to the skill positions.
Buna allowed 35.7 points a game in 2021, but two-time all-district LB Kale Knox heads a long list of seasoned returning defenders.
Good size comes from Landon Stephens and Isaiah Robinson.
Kinne believed his greatest need amounted to more depth.
“I feel real good about our starters at every spot,” he said. “We may play more kids both ways than last year.”
Schedule:
Aug. 26 Corrigan-Camden 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 2 at Bridge City 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 9 Crockett 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 16 at Kountze 7:30 p.m.*
Sept. 23 at Orangefield 7:30 p.m.*
Sept. 30 Kirbyville 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 7 at East Chambers 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 14 OPEN
Oct. 21 Anahuac 7:30 p.m.*
Oct. 28 at Tarkington 7:30 p.m.*
Nov. 4 Hardin 7:30 p.m.*
Orangefield Bobcats
Head Coach: Josh Smalley
2021 record: 7-4 (4-2)
Players to watch:
Cameron Dischler SR. RB
Morgan Sampson Sr. TE
Gavin Perry-Koci SR. RB
Brayden Parker Sr. QB.
Team Summary: It’s no secret what coach Josh Smalley’s Bobcats are going to do. The question is whether or not opponents can stop them. “It’s about year 13,14 of this offense, so as far as knowing plays and assignments, they know all that kind of stuff,” Smalley said. Despite having a young offensive line, the Bobcats have plenty of leaders returning that the team will lean on. Super Gold running back Cameron Dischler cleared the 1,000 yard mark last year, and he’ll likely repeat that performance. The Bobcats also have a speed back on Gavin Perry-Koci that defenses will have to try and keep contained.
Schedule:
8/26 vs. Bridge City
9/2 at LSSS
9/9 vs. Shepherd
9/16 at Woodville
9/23 vs. Buna *
9/30 at Anahuac *
10/7 vs. Tarkington*
10/14 at Hardin*
10/28 vs. Kirbyville*
11/4 at East Chambers*
Kirbyville Wildcats
Head Coach: Trey Allen
2021 record: 4-5 (2-4)
Players to watch: Taylan Alfred RB, Brayden Mahathay QB, Bron Melvin LB
Team Summary:
The Wildcats bring back the backfield tandem of Brayden Mahatay and Taylan Alfred.
Mahatay accounted for 11 touchdowns last season, and had more than 600 yards rushing and passing.
Still, the Wildcats are a young team. Kirbyville's returning just three starters on defense and six on offense.
Schedule:
Aug. 26 vs. Trinity
Sept. 2 vs. Diboll
Sept. 9 at Corrigan Camden
Sept. 16 at Hemphill
Sept. 23 vs. East Chambers*
Sept. 30 at Buna*
Oct. 7 vs. Anahuac*
Oct. 14 at Tarkington*
Oct. 21 vs. Hardin*
Oct. 28 at Orangefield* | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/hspreview/article/District-10-3A-I-well-represented-in-Southeast-17386250.php | 2022-08-24T17:00:26Z | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/hspreview/article/District-10-3A-I-well-represented-in-Southeast-17386250.php | false |
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Date night has never sounded so right.
Summer may be coming to an end, but Michael Bublé is just beginning to spark the fire as he brings the heat to a concert venue near you. In fact, he's quick to call his latest round of shows a "baby making tour."
"Me and the band, all our job is to put a little bit of air into the tires, that's it," he exclusively shared with E! News. "And then you go home and you're riding the bikes all night long…We've been apart for all this time during COVID. And now we get to be smushed into a room together singing and dancing and laughing and crying. This is like going to a wedding. Somebody's getting laid for sure."
With a set list filled with what Michael called "baby making music," couples can expect plenty of hits including "Feeling Good," "Higher" and "Haven't Met You Yet."
At the same time, don't expect to get in the holiday spirit just yet, as he travels throughout the country from now until Oct. 11.
"I made one Christmas record now almost 11 years ago and I am so blessed that every year, people choose to have me join their family and their celebration," he said. "But really, I just want to enjoy it with my family now."
But you shouldn't be the slightest bit disappointed, because Michael is ready to deliver an unforgettable show for both new and old fans.
"People need to be taken away," he said. "They need to be entertained and I hope they choose me because I know they have a lot of choices. I feel like I'm an airline pilot right now. I know you could have chosen to fly with anyone but thank you for flying with us."
Buckle up and keep scrolling for a unique backstage look at Michael's shows. And find out when he's coming to your town after his brief paternity break by clicking here.
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Elon Musk might have just gotten a leg up in his effort to back out of buying Twitter.
The billionaire Tesla CEO has spent months alleging that the company he agreed to buy for $44 billion undercounted its fake and spam accounts — and that he shouldn’t have to consummate the deal as a result.
Now, a whistleblower complaint from Twitter’s former security chief alleging the company misled regulators about its privacy and security protections — and its ability to detect and root out fake accounts — might play into Musk’s hands in an upcoming trial scheduled for Oct. 17 in Delaware.
Musk’s legal team, in fact, has already issued a subpoena to the whistleblower, Peiter Zatko — also known by his hacker handle “Mudge” — who served as Twitter’s head of security until he was fired early this year.
Alex Spiro, a lawyer representing Musk in his efforts to back out of buying Twitter, said the legal team “found his exit and that of other key employees curious in light of what we have been finding.”
Disclosure of the Mudge document changes the dynamic of the Twitter lawsuit from what appeared to be an easy win for Twitter, Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in an interview.
“For Musk, it’s almost like a kid waking up on Christmas morning and seeing this under the tree,” he said. “It gives the Musk camp a leg to stand on going into the court battle.”
The whistleblower complaint boosts Musk’s claims on the spam bot issue, and will bring more focus on it in Washington, Ives said. “For Twitter’s board, it’s their worst nightmare that this came out at such a critical juncture.”
But Ives called the timing of the complaint “extremely interesting” just weeks before the trial in Delaware.
Twitter called the complaint “a false narrative” about the company and its privacy and data security practices “that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context.”
In an emailed statement, the company said Zatko’s “allegations and opportunistic timing appear designed to capture attention and inflict harm on Twitter, its customers and its shareholders.”
Some experts, though, see the whistleblower disclosure as little more than good optics for Musk.
While getting a lot of headlines, it probably won’t change what’s likely to be a Twitter victory in its lawsuit demanding that Musk go through with the purchase, said Erik Gordon, a University of Michigan law and business professor.
That’s because Musk knew of and complained on Twitter about the number of fake “spam bot” accounts the company had on its platform before he signed the deal, Gordon said. To void the purchase contract, Musk has to show a “material adverse change” in the company, a change so large that it would make the deal nothing like what Musk bargained for, Gordon said. “He can’t claim that he was misled. He can claim that the whistleblower said ‘Hey Elon, you were right.’ It hurts Twitter but doesn’t help Musk much.”
Gordon, who has taught merger and acquisition law, said the Delaware Court of Chancery normally doesn’t let people out of deals if the circumstances don’t go their way. It has ordered contracts to be performed in the past. The Mudge disclosure, he said, might give the Twitter board some cover to accept a settlement short of Musk buying the company. But he expects any settlement to exceed a $1 billion breakup fee in the contract. | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/whistleblower-bad-news-for-twitter-good-news-for-musk/ | 2022-08-24T17:01:21Z | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/whistleblower-bad-news-for-twitter-good-news-for-musk/ | true |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Anne Heche has been laid to rest at a storied Los Angeles cemetery alongside many Hollywood luminaries, her family said Tuesday.
Heche was cremated and her ashes were placed in a mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery nearly two weeks after she was declared dead at a hospital from injuries suffered in a fiery car crash.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Heche’s son Homer Laffoon said he and her other son Atlas Tupper “are convinced our Mom would love the site we have chosen for her; it’s beautiful, serene and she will be among her Hollywood peers.”
The cemetery has in recent years become a cultural hub for film screenings, musical performances and festivals.
Laffoon went to see the band My Morning Jacket there after his mother’s death, with tickets bought before she died. He loved the vibrancy of the location, and took it as a sign that her grave should be there.
“Hollywood Forever is a living place,” Laffoon’s statement said.
A small private memorial will be held once Heche’s headstone is etched.
“She was our Mom, but the kindness and the outpouring of the past few days reminded us that she also belongs to her fans, to the entertainment community, and now, to the ages,” the statement said.
Founded in 1899 and located near the Paramount Pictures lot, the cemetery is home to the graves and tombs of actors including Judy Garland and Douglas Fairbanks, and of musicians including Chris Cornell and Johnny Ramone.
Heche’s spot in the mausoleum in the cemetery’s Garden of Legends is near that of Mickey Rooney, and faces a lake where Burt Reynolds’ remains were recently relocated.
Heche, 53, was among the biggest film stars of the late 1990s, starring opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford, and had worked consistently in movies and television for more than three decades. But personal turmoil, which she described in a memoir and interviews, often followed her.
On Aug. 5, her car jumped a curb and smashed into a West Los Angeles home. Both the car and the home burst into flames. She was declared brain dead on Aug. 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated.
Her death was ruled an accident, and the cause were inhalation injuries and burns, according to the Los Angeles County coroner.
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece will gradually extend a fence along its land border with Turkey and increase surveillance measures following an increase in illegal immigration from its eastern neighbor, the Greek government said Tuesday.
The decision was taken during a meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, of top immigration, security and military officials.
A government statement said the meeting discussed “the problem of increased pressure for illegal entry, both along the land border and along the sea border” in the eastern Aegean Sea.
Greece has already built a 40-kilometer (25-mile) fence in the area of the Evros River, along the northeastern land border. Athens has repeatedly accused Ankara of deliberately sending thousands of migrants who live in Turkey into Greece to destabilize its neighbor. Relations between the two regional rivals are tense over immigration and undersea energy exploration rights.
In 2020, Turkey said it was throwing open its western borders to migrants who wanted to travel on to Europe. Greece stepped up frontier security to prevent thousands of people from breaking through in the Evros region, and subsequently expanded the existing fence.
“It was decided to gradually expand the fence along the whole length of the Evros,” with an initial focus on potential trouble spots, Tuesday’s statement said. “It was also decided to upgrade and strengthen surveillance systems.”
Greece has also accused Turkey of encouraging or facilitating illegal immigration by sea of thousands of people from the Middle East, Asia and Africa who try to reach the nearby Greek islands in unseaworthy boats. Turkish authorities, and human rights groups, have in turn accused Greece of illegally returning asylum-seekers who make it onto Greek territory without allowing them to make their asylum bids.
Greek authorities were criticized this month over a group of mainly Syrians reported trapped for days on an islet in the Evros River. Greek officials said the islet was on the Turkish side of the border. They were eventually located at a different location on the Greek side, after being allegedly pushed back and forth for days by both sides.
After nearly a million people entered Europe across the Greek-Turkish border in 2015, an agreement between the European Union and Ankara sought to limit the flows. But it hasn’t been fully implemented.
Turkey hosts large migrant populations. Greece argues that its neighbor is a safe destination for asylum-seekers who should therefore not seek to travel on westwards.
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President announces largest student loan forgiveness extension to date
Not everyone is happy, with critics saying the measures unfairly benefit certain Americans.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Joe Biden announcing an extension on student loan forgiveness and the help will also be the largest borrowers have received to date. However, critics are torn over if the money is enough and if the program should exist at all.
The student loan debt forgiveness program started at the height of the pandemic and was set to expire on August 31st. Under the President’s new extension, people who make less than $125,000 are eligible for $20,000 in forgiveness if they went to college with Pell grants. If they did not go to college with Pell grants, borrowers at that income level can receive $10,000 in student loan forgiveness.
The program also freezes payments through December 31st. The Department of Education is also set to propose a new program to allow people with undergraduate loans can cap repayment at 5% of their monthly income.
Read more details of the student loan forgiveness extension here from the White House
Read more on how to claim the relief here from the U.S. Dept of Education
The U.S. Department of Education is calling the announcement a final extension. They are warning everyone to be prepared to start payments again in January 2023. They’ll be announcing more details on how to claim relief in the weeks ahead.
The president’s program is also receiving criticism for not going far enough. In an opinion piece written prior to the announcement for CNN, top NAACP leaders Derrick Johnson and Wisdom Cole wrote “We are fed up. The NAACP has been calling for a minimum of $50,000 in student loan debt cancellation because our research indicates it is what is necessary to make a meaningful difference.”
The White House acknowledged in a statement “the student debt burden also falls disproportionately on Black borrowers. Twenty years after first enrolling in school, the typical Black borrower who started college in the 1995-96 school year still owed 95% of their original student debt.”
It said, however, it is working to advance racial equality by targeting relief to borrowers with the highest need and that “the Administration’s actions are likely to help narrow the racial wealth gap. Black students are more likely to have to borrow for school and more likely to take out larger loans. Black borrowers are twice as likely to have received Pell Grants compared to their white peers. Other borrowers of color are also more likely than their peers to receive Pell Grants. That is why an Urban Institute study found that debt forgiveness programs targeting those who received Pell Grants while in college will advance racial equity.”
Meanwhile, several Republicans also criticized the extension.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called the help a “slap in the face.”
He said in part in a statement, “Washington Democrats have found yet another way to make inflation even worse, reward far-left activists, and achieve nothing for millions of working American families who can barely tread water. President Biden’s student loan socialism is a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college, every graduate who paid their debt, and every American who chose a certain career path or volunteered to serve in our Armed Forces in order to avoid taking on debt. This policy is astonishingly unfair. The median American with student loans already has a significantly higher income than the median American overall. Experts who studied similar past proposals found that the overwhelming benefit of student loan socialism flows to higher-earning Americans. Democrats specifically wrote this policy to make sure that people earning six figures would benefit.”
The White House said the forgiveness will help 20 million people and 90% of the help will go t those earning less than $75,000. It said no one in top 5% will earn relief. The President also claims the announcement will offset inflation, or could have a neutral impact.
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Southeastern Fort Bend County in southeastern Texas...
* Until 1145 AM CDT.
* At 1049 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 4 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 inch in 3 hours.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Brazos Bend State Park and Damon.
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County Road 17 - Rycane School Road at Cow Creek and County Road 25
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GENEVA -- Switzerland's defense department said Wednesday that any delay to the planned multibillion-dollar acquisition of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets would have “grave consequences” for Swiss security, after opponents succeeded in a campaign to put the purchase to a referendum.
On Tuesday, the Swiss government announced that campaigners had cleared the bar of 100,000 signatures on a petition calling for a referendum on the planned purchase of 36 of the Lockheed Martin-built planes as part of a vast refurbishment of capability of the Swiss air force by 2030.
The activists want the referendum to be held in March — the same month that the U.S. offer would expire. The Swiss defense department, addressing a meeting of the Swiss executive branch on Wednesday, argued that the timetable is simply too tight.
Opponents say the planes — at a purchase cost of about $6 billion — are too expensive, would tie Swiss security too closely to the United States, and are ill-suited for the needs of Switzerland. The Swiss air force mostly uses such fighters for air patrols in its European skies and not in conflicts abroad. The Swiss constitution holds that Switzerland is a neutral country, curtailing its ability to take part in foreign conflicts.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Swiss government noted that other Western countries including Canada, Finland and Germany had also opted for the F-35.
The Swiss government announced its choice of the F-35 in June last year after a “comprehensive technical evaluation” based on a cost-benefit analysis, and pointed to technology, effectiveness, and broad scope of information provided to pilots in the cockpit of the aircraft.
Other contenders were Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet, France’s Rafale — produced by Dassault Aviation — and the Eurofighter from an Airbus-led consortium. | https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/swiss-govt-warns-lag-fighter-jet-purchase-88796260 | 2022-08-24T17:09:10Z | https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/swiss-govt-warns-lag-fighter-jet-purchase-88796260 | false |
Nasir Addison of Irvington (17) stiff arms Tyree Ware of West Orange (24) after a catch en route to a touchdown during the football game between West Orange and Irvington in Irvington on Friday, October 29, 2021.John Jones | For NJ Advance MediaNEW!By Mike Kinney | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comSuper Football ConferenceFreedom White DivisionNote to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/08/hs-football-preview-2022-super-football-conference-freedom-white-division.html | 2022-08-24T17:10:10Z | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/08/hs-football-preview-2022-super-football-conference-freedom-white-division.html | false |
A massive racetrack touted as the “world’s largest” go-kart racing course is set to open in New Jersey this fall, officials announced.
Supercharged Entertainment, which runs a large go-kart arena in Wrentham, Massachusetts, plans to open the multi-level track in New Jersey this fall that they hope will become a vacation destination for travelers arriving to airports in Newark and New York, a company official told NJ Advance Media.
“The owners are always looking to do things bigger and better,” Malcom Jones, general manager of the facility in Massachusetts, said in an interview. “The lot (in Edison) was just what we needed. It really just boiled down to its close proximity to Newark and New York City.”
The complex is slated to open in November on Route 1 South in Edison next to Topgolf Edison, the company said in a statement.
In addition to the massive racetrack, the 131,000-square-foot complex will have 19 axe-throwing lanes, an arcade with 140 games, immersive virtual reality area, bumper cars, a Drop-and-Twist tower ride, a restaurant and two bars, the company said.
Jones said the tower will be located near the entrance to the facility and will be a massive vertical ride like those offered at carnivals and state fairs.
Jones said Edison’s karting aspect of the facility will feature multiple tracks with 10 elevation changes.
“The (Edison) track is almost 30% larger than ours in Wrenthem. It’s both wider and a bit longer than our track,” Jones said. “At the widest points you will be able to fit four cars across. It’s additional room for people passing and what not.”
The cost for a single ride at the Wrenthem track is $26.99 and $199 for a 10-race bundle, according to the Supercharged Entertainment website.
But Jones said local pricing will be depend on the market and comparable offerings in New Jersey. Currently, RPM Raceway in Jersey City charges $75 for a bundle that includes three rides, $5 of arcade play and other items.
Anthony G. Attrino may be reached at tattrino@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @TonyAttrino. Find NJ.com on Facebook. | https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2022/08/worlds-largest-go-kart-track-set-to-open-in-nj-this-fall.html | 2022-08-24T17:10:53Z | https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2022/08/worlds-largest-go-kart-track-set-to-open-in-nj-this-fall.html | false |
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Missfresh Limited.
Shareholders who purchased shares of MF during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Missfresh securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with Missfresh's June 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with the Company's June 2021 initial public offering; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times and negligently prepared.
DEADLINE: September 12, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/missfresh-lawsuit-loss-submission-form/?id=31091&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of MF during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 12, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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Changing a living space can change a life – That's the mission of a north Texas non-profit, that a foundation is not just what's under a home, but also what surrounds you in it.
Having a comfortable home to live in provides family stability, confidence and pride to move forward…And starting soon you'll have an opportunity to help them in that mission.
For more information about the pop-up, go to ThriftStudio.com.
For information on how to get involved, go to DwellWithDignity.org. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/good-morning-texas/thrift-studio-preview-a-month-long-home-decor-pop-up/287-fcb94114-4fdd-4023-a09f-e4b32dad570b | 2022-08-24T17:14:04Z | https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/good-morning-texas/thrift-studio-preview-a-month-long-home-decor-pop-up/287-fcb94114-4fdd-4023-a09f-e4b32dad570b | true |
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Amber Alert issued for missing 1-year-old out of Austin, Texas
AUSTIN (Gray News) - Authorities in Texas are searching for a missing 1-year-old girl believed to have been abducted and may be in immediate danger.
An Amber Alert was issued for Sailor Tucker, who was last seen in the 4700 block of White Elm Ct in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 23 at about 8 p.m., according to the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.
Sailor is described to be about 2 feet and 5 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes. She weighs about 25 pounds.
She was last seen wearing a teal shirt with a mermaid design and teal shorts.
Her possible whereabouts are unknown at this time, according to NCMEC. Authorities also reported the suspect in her disappearance is unknown.
Sailor is believed to be in immediate or grave danger and is possibly the passenger in an unknown vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or contact the Austin Police Department at (512)974-5250.
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President announces largest student loan forgiveness extension to date
Not everyone is happy, with critics saying the measures unfairly benefit certain Americans.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Joe Biden announcing an extension on student loan forgiveness and the help will also be the largest borrowers have received to date. However, critics are torn over if the money is enough and if the program should exist at all.
The student loan debt forgiveness program started at the height of the pandemic and was set to expire on August 31st. Under the President’s new extension, people who make less than $125,000 are eligible for $20,000 in forgiveness if they went to college with Pell grants. If they did not go to college with Pell grants, borrowers at that income level can receive $10,000 in student loan forgiveness.
The program also freezes payments through December 31st. The Department of Education is also set to propose a new program to allow people with undergraduate loans can cap repayment at 5% of their monthly income.
Read more details of the student loan forgiveness extension here from the White House
Read more on how to claim the relief here from the U.S. Dept of Education
The U.S. Department of Education is calling the announcement a final extension. They are warning everyone to be prepared to start payments again in January 2023. They’ll be announcing more details on how to claim relief in the weeks ahead.
The president’s program is also receiving criticism for not going far enough. In an opinion piece written prior to the announcement for CNN, top NAACP leaders Derrick Johnson and Wisdom Cole wrote “We are fed up. The NAACP has been calling for a minimum of $50,000 in student loan debt cancellation because our research indicates it is what is necessary to make a meaningful difference.”
The White House acknowledged in a statement “the student debt burden also falls disproportionately on Black borrowers. Twenty years after first enrolling in school, the typical Black borrower who started college in the 1995-96 school year still owed 95% of their original student debt.”
It said, however, it is working to advance racial equality by targeting relief to borrowers with the highest need and that “the Administration’s actions are likely to help narrow the racial wealth gap. Black students are more likely to have to borrow for school and more likely to take out larger loans. Black borrowers are twice as likely to have received Pell Grants compared to their white peers. Other borrowers of color are also more likely than their peers to receive Pell Grants. That is why an Urban Institute study found that debt forgiveness programs targeting those who received Pell Grants while in college will advance racial equity.”
Meanwhile, several Republicans also criticized the extension.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called the help a “slap in the face.”
He said in part in a statement, “Washington Democrats have found yet another way to make inflation even worse, reward far-left activists, and achieve nothing for millions of working American families who can barely tread water. President Biden’s student loan socialism is a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college, every graduate who paid their debt, and every American who chose a certain career path or volunteered to serve in our Armed Forces in order to avoid taking on debt. This policy is astonishingly unfair. The median American with student loans already has a significantly higher income than the median American overall. Experts who studied similar past proposals found that the overwhelming benefit of student loan socialism flows to higher-earning Americans. Democrats specifically wrote this policy to make sure that people earning six figures would benefit.”
The White House said the forgiveness will help 20 million people and 90% of the help will go t those earning less than $75,000. It said no one in top 5% will earn relief. The President also claims the announcement will offset inflation, or could have a neutral impact.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved. | https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/08/24/president-announces-largest-student-loan-forgiveness-extension-date/ | 2022-08-24T17:15:38Z | https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/08/24/president-announces-largest-student-loan-forgiveness-extension-date/ | true |
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of AMZN during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/amazon-com-inc-loss-submission-form-2/?id=31089&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of AMZN during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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SOURCE The Gross Law Firm | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-amazoncom-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-september-6-2022-nasdaq-amzn/ | 2022-08-24T17:15:56Z | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-amazoncom-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-september-6-2022-nasdaq-amzn/ | true |
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Tuya Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of TUYA during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/tuya-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31099&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Tuya American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) a material portion of Tuya's China-based customers were engaged in the widespread and systematic manipulation of reviews and product offerings in violation of Amazon.com's terms of use; (b) prior to the initial public offering, a consumer investigation and data breach had exposed an illicit fake review scheme being perpetrated by many of Tuya's clients, among others, which included, inter alia, the exposure of 13 million records of organized fake review scams linked to over 200,000 Amazon account profiles; (c) as a result of (a) and (b) above, there was a substantial risk that a material portion of Tuya's significant customers would be barred from using Amazon.com's platform, negatively impacting Tuya's business, revenue, earnings, and prospects; and (d) as a result of (a)-(c) above, the registration statement's representations regarding Tuya's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities and expected growth did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and such statements were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable factual basis.
DEADLINE: October 11, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/tuya-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31099&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of TUYA during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is October 11, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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SOURCE The Gross Law Firm | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-tuya-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-october-11-2022-nyse-tuya/ | 2022-08-24T17:16:29Z | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-tuya-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-october-11-2022-nyse-tuya/ | true |
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Unity Software Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of U during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: March 5, 2021 to May 10, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) deficiencies in Unity's product platform reduced the accuracy of the Company's machine learning technology; (ii) the foregoing was likely to have a material negative impact on the Company's revenues; (iii) accordingly, Unity had overstated the Company's commercial and/or financial prospects for 2022; (iv) as a result, the Company was likely to have to reduce its fiscal 2022 guidance; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/unity-software-u-lawsuit-form/?id=31088&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of U during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is September 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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SOURCE The Gross Law Firm | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-unity-software-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-september-6-2022-nyse-u/ | 2022-08-24T17:16:41Z | https://www.weau.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-unity-software-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-september-6-2022-nyse-u/ | true |
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Wells Fargo & Company.
Shareholders who purchased shares of WFC during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Wells Fargo common stock between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Experlogix, whose CPQ software and document automation solutions simplify the most complex sales and other processes, today announced its plans to consolidate all Experlogix LLC and Xpertdoc Technologies products and services into a unified Experlogix brand. The brand transition follows an operating name change of Xpertdoc Technologies Canada to Experlogix Technologies Canada.
After the acquisition of Xpertdoc Technologies in December of 2020, Experlogix expanded its best-in-class CPQ offering to include integrated document generation and automation capabilities through Xpertdoc. Under the new corporate Experlogix brand, all customers — CPQ and document automation customers alike — can expect the same dedication and support of all products and services, now offered as a set of solutions.
Xpertdoc document generation and automation products will now be offered as part of Experlogix Document Automation. The Experlogix Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) product will now be sold as Experlogix CPQ.
The two existing company web domains will be merged to facilitate the transition into one brand. The new website will incorporate Xpertdoc content and support into Experlogix.com, with the transition of all digital properties currently slated for early 2023 of this year.
"CPQ and document automation share one common element: They help companies effectively manage complex processes to enhance their customer and employee experiences and accelerate revenue generation," said Bill Fox, CEO of Experlogix. "From the beginning, we knew we wanted to be one strong company with multiple product offerings. Now, as a singular brand, Experlogix can bring our team of over 300 experts and unmatched experience together to drive success for customers and partners."
The acquisition has enhanced value to customers and helped fuel significant company growth, including the addition of more than 100 new hires across multiple regions, 49% increase in year-over-year revenue, and support for over 600 companies worldwide — marking Experlogix's position as the No.3,079 Fastest-Growing Private Company in the U.S., as ranked in the 2022 Inc. 5000.
"We've grown from a small to a medium-size company that can still be nimble and flexible, with the resources and stability of a larger organization," Fox said. "As a combined entity, our goal is for the Experlogix brand to reflect that evolution and become more navigable for our customers, partners, and industry-watchers — allowing us to bring them into our vision of the future."
The announcement follows new leadership hires to bolster expertise, market expansion, and continued company growth, including:
- Beth Thornton, Chief Revenue Officer
- Renee Gregor, Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships
- Mark Conway, Vice President, Sales EMEA
- Angie Cox, Vice President, Sales North America
- Arjun Nukal, Chief Financial Officer
Experlogix will invite customers to an upcoming Community Summit North America in booth 406, where it will share more information on its world-class suite of products, partnerships, and powerful CRM and ERP platform integrations.
Experlogix solutions simplify and humanize the most complex products and processes to unlock workflow velocity and create a better customer experience. Experlogix CPQ makes configuration and other processes faster than you ever thought possible and simpler than you dared to imagine. Experlogix Document Automation simplifies and optimizes even the most complex document processes for companies worldwide, in any industry. Experlogix — simplifying the complex.
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WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere
GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
In its latest weekly assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were 5.3 million new cases and more than 14,000 deaths reported last week. WHO said the number of new infections declined in every world region except the Western Pacific.
Deaths jumped by more than 183% in Africa but fell by nearly a third in Europe and by 15% in the Americas. Still, WHO warned that COVID-19 numbers are likely severely underestimated as many countries have dropped their testing and surveillance protocols to monitor the virus, meaning that there are far fewer cases being detected.
WHO said the predominant COVID-19 variant worldwide is omicron subvariant BA.5, which accounts for more than 70% of virus sequences shared with the world’s biggest public viral database. Omicron variants account for 99% of all sequences reported in the last month.
Earlier this week, Pfizer asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives, BA.4 and BA.5, a key step towards opening a fall booster campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration had ordered vaccine makers to tweak their shots to target BA.4 and BA.5, which are better than ever at dodging immunity from earlier vaccination or infection.
Meanwhile, in the U.K., regulators authorized a version of Moderna’s updated COVID-19 vaccine last week that includes protection against the earlier omicron subvariant BA.1. British officials will offer it to people aged 50 and over beginning next month.
In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Cabinet approved legislation Wednesday that ensures basic protective measures against the coronavirus pandemic are continued during the fall and winter, when more virus cases are expected.
Meanwhile, in the Philippines, millions of students wearing face masks streamed back to primary and secondary schools across the country on Monday for their first in-person classes after two years of coronavirus lockdowns.
Officials had grappled with daunting problems, including classroom shortages, lingering COVID-19 fears, an approaching storm and quake-damaged school buildings in the country’s north, to welcome back nearly 28 million students who enrolled for the school year.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A psychologist who treated Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz when he was 8 years old testified Wednesday that Cruz was a “peculiar child” who had many behavioral and developmental issues but his widowed mother seemed overwhelmed and wasn’t consistent in her discipline or in getting him treatment.
Frederick Kravitz said he began treating Cruz in 2007 on a referral from Cruz’s psychiatrist with Lynda Cruz telling him her adopted son...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A psychologist who treated Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz when he was 8 years old testified Wednesday that Cruz was a “peculiar child” who had many behavioral and developmental issues but his widowed mother seemed overwhelmed and wasn’t consistent in her discipline or in getting him treatment.
Frederick Kravitz said he began treating Cruz in 2007 on a referral from Cruz’s psychiatrist with Lynda Cruz telling him her adopted son suffered from anxiety and nervousness and had trouble controlling his temper. But she also said he was friendly and got along fine with his peers — claims that a neighbor, preschool teachers and an elementary school special education counselor have testified were not true.
Kravitz said that while he suggested weekly sessions for Cruz, his mother only brought him 15 times over a 13-month span, a decade before he murdered 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
He said that was a major issue — Lynda Cruz would agree that her son needed more consistent treatment and she needed to be more consistent in her discipline of him and his younger half-brother, Zachary, but did not follow through. She was 57, depressed from her husband’s sudden 2003 death and dealing with two “tumultuous” young children, he said.
They would yell, throw tantrums and break furnishings, he said.
“They raised it to an art form,” Kravitz said. “Nikolas was easily set off and Zachary seemed to derive some pleasure from pushing Nikolas’ buttons.”
That would set off their mother, something both boys seemed to enjoy.
“She lost her cool frequently and backed down to the boys frequently, which only made the problems worse,” he said. He said he tried to work with her, but she felt embarrassed by her sons’ behavior and felt people were judging her.
Cruz’s attorneys are in Day 3 of their defense, hoping to persuade his jury to sentence him to life without parole instead of death. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and the trial, which began July 18, is only to determine his sentence.
The defense is trying to overcome the prosecution’s case, which featured surveillance video of Cruz, then 19, mowing down students and staff with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle 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.
The defense has focused on the mental and emotional problems Cruz exhibited from his earliest days. Testimony has shown that his birth mother was a street prostitute who abused cocaine and alcohol and as a toddler he was developmentally delayed, often violent towards other children and teased and bullied for his small stature, unusual appearance and odd behavior.
“He stood out like a sore thumb,” Kravitz said.
He said Cruz had a fear of abandonment because of his father’s death and his adoption and had an extremely active “bad imagination.”
“He was extremely fearful his mother would forget to pick him up (at school) and he would be stuck there,” Kravitz said, even though that never happened.
He said Cruz had some signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder — for example, he always had to have exactly eight chicken nuggets.
He said he asked Cruz what his three wishes would be.
“Pokemon, a dog and more Pokemon,” Kravitz said.
Under cross-examination, Kravitz conceded that Cruz’s mother did get him further psychiatric and psychological treatment and might have been reluctant to keep her son’s appointments with him because of the $87 per visit copay her insurance required.
Prosecutor Jeff Marcus asked Kravitz is there was anything about Cruz when he was 8 that would have indicated he would eventually commit mass murder. He said no.
“I’ve worked with some other very damaged kids and certainly to the best of my knowledge none of them have ever acted out like this,” Kravitz said.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of KRBP during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Kiromic common stock issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 and/or (b) Kiromic common stock between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 (the "Offering Documents") failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of these documents, imposed a clinical hold on the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two new drug candidates. Given that the offering closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the IND applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
DEADLINE: October 4, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/kiromic-biopharma-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31098&from=4
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SAO PAULO (AP) — The embalmed heart of the emperor who declared Brazil’s independence returned to the South American nation Tuesday for ceremonies worthy of a head of state as the country prepares to celebrate its bicentennial.
The heart of Pedro I, contained in a golden reliquary, arrived from Portugal on Monday in a Brazilian air force plane. It was carried up the ramp of the presidential palace in Brasiliaon Tuesday afternoon — in line with procedures afforded to visiting leaders on official state visits.
President Jair Bolsonaro welcomed the reliquary as cannon fired a salute in Brazil’s capital. Cabinet ministers and first lady Michelle Bolsonaro also attended a quick ceremony in honor of Brazil’s bicentennial.
Brazilians will be able to view the reliquary in a foreign ministry building.
Pedro I declared Brazil’s independence in 1822 and imperial rule lasted until 1889, when the monarchy gave way to a republic. Pedro I died 187 years ago and, per his will, his heart was transported to the Portuguese city of Porto, where it is kept in a glass vase with formaldehyde at the Church of Our Lady of Lapa. He is known in Portugal as Pedro IV.
Lawmaker Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança, a member of Brazil’s former royal family and a staunch supporter of Bolsonaro, said the idea to bring the emperor’s heart came from one of the president’s informal advisers.
“We lost a little of our reference of Brazil’s founders, what they represented, what they thought, what they hoped for Brazil. It is very important to bring some of that back,” Bragança said in an interview with radio station Jovem Pan on Monday. Bringing the heart to Brazil “was a demand of a part of our society, which wants a historical redemption.”
Brazil’s struggle for independence was unlike the bloody affairs of other Latin American nations. While there was some fighting, mostly it was resolved through mediation of other nations and Brazil’s payment of reparations to Portugal. The European nation finally recognized Brazilian statehood in 1825.
Some Brazilians who seek to honor the monarchy’s legacy are allied with Bolsonaro, who is running for reelection. His critics have said that bringing Pedro I’s heart to Brazil represents a nod to such people and is an example of the president playing politics with the bicentennial. He has repeatedly called for his supporters to flood the streets for Independence Day on Sept. 7, and political analysts have expressed concern about possible violence.
“The coming of Peter I’s heart to Brazil will be an opportunity for the Brazilian people to pay a tribute to a central figure of Brazil’s independence process,” Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Season 5 Viewership on CBS up by 12% Year over Year Averaging 516,000 Viewers Across 23 Hours of Live Games
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BIG3 announced the ratings from their 2022 championship weekend in front of a sold-out crowd at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA. The inaugural 2022 All-Star Game and 2022 Championship Game marked the highest-rated BIG3 event since 2019, with the entire 2-hour telecast averaging 638,000 total viewers on CBS, up 56 percent from last year. The 2022 Championship Game averaged 681,000 total viewers, up 32 percent from last season's Championship Game and peaking at 1,019,000 viewers. The Inaugural All-Star Game averaged 587,000 viewers, up 100 percent from last year's consolation game in the same time window.
More than 1 million viewers tuned in Sunday evening to see the incredible finish as Trilogy's Isaiah Briscoe hit the game-winning layup to defeat Nancy Lieberman's Power, making the Stephen Jackson-led team the first-ever three-time BIG3 champions and the first team in league history to win back-to-back titles.
"These numbers and growth are further evidence of the kind of league we are building," said Ice Cube, BIG3 co-founder. "Every week, we have continued to deliver an exciting product and bring in more viewers than leagues twice, three times our age in a period of downturn in viewership. Even in the most competitive season yet, Trilogy was able to do what no team has done before and that is a testament to Stephen Jackson's leadership and every single player's commitment to the league. Players want to play for us, coaches want to coach with us, businesses want to work with us, and millions of people want to watch us. The BIG3 is here to stay and it will only go up from here."
These numbers come even after a packed weekend of programming as the BIG3 went head-to-head with preseason NFL, the final round of the BMW Championship, and the WNBA playoffs. In the sought-after 18-49 age range, the BIG3 averaged more viewers than the round 1 WNBA playoff games and rated higher than Sunday's MLB games. In total, the BIG3's fifth season averaged 516,000 total viewers on CBS, a 12 percent increase from last season's average of 458,000 total viewers on CBS.
This season saw some of the most competitive FIREBALL3 in the league's history. On top of the Dr. J Trophy, Trilogy picked up two end of year awards, Fireman of The Year for Isaiah Briscoe and Defensive Player of the Year for Earl Clark. Scoring champion Kevin Murphy from the 3-Headed Monsters took home this year's Most Valuable Player and Too Hard To Guard Awards. His coach, Reggie Theus, was the BIG3's 2022 Coach of the Year, coaching his team to the league's playoffs and narrowly losing out to Power. The Rookie Of The Year was awarded to number one overall pick Glen Rice Jr. from Power, who hit the game-winning shot to send Power to the 2022 Championship Game. Dajuan Summers of Tri-State won the 4th Man of The Year award and Mike Taylor from the Ghost Ballers won for the league's Best Trash Talker.
The Monster Energy BIG3 Celebrity Game played ahead of the All-Star and 2022 Championship games will air on CBS on Sunday, September 4. For more information on the Celebrity Game or to see the results and highlights from the All-Star game and Championship Game, go to BIG3.com and follow @thebig3 on twitter and instagram.
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By SUDHIN THANAWALA and KATE BRUMBACK
Associated Press
MORROW, Ga. (AP) — Two white Atlanta police officers who clashed with Rayshard Brooks acted reasonably during the 2020 encounter that ended with the 27-year-old Black man’s fatal shooting, a specially appointed prosecutor said Tuesday in announcing his decision not to pursue charges against them.
Officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot and killed Brooks in June 2020, and Officer Devin Brosnan faced a “quickly evolving” situation when Brooks lunged and grabbed one of their Tasers during an arrest attempt, said Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia.
“We did not look at this with 20/20 hindsight. Given the quickly changing circumstances, was it objectively reasonable that he used deadly force? And we conclude it was,” Skandalakis said of Rolfe.
The shooting happened against the backdrop of heightened tensions and protests nationwide after the death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer less than three weeks earlier. Sometimes-violent protests over Floyd’s death had largely subsided in Atlanta, but Brooks’ killing set off a new round of demonstrations against police brutality and racial injustice.
Skandalakis said he believes that context is important and acknowledged that encounters between police and the African American community are sometimes “very volatile,” but he said he doesn’t believe race played a role in this instance.
“This isn’t one of those cases,” he said. “This is a case in which the officers were willing to give Mr. Brooks every benefit of the doubt and, you know, unfortunately, by his actions, this is what happened.”
On June 12, 2020, police responded to complaints of a man sleeping in a car in the drive-thru lane of a Wendy’s restaurant. Police body camera video shows the two officers having a calm conversation with Brooks for roughly 40 minutes.
Then, when the officers told Brooks he’d had too much to drink to be driving and tried to arrest him, Brooks resisted in a struggle caught on dash camera video. Brooks grabbed a Taser from one of the officers and fled, firing it at Rolfe as he ran. Rolfe fired his gun, and an autopsy found that Brooks was shot twice in the back.
Police Chief Erika Shields resigned less than 24 hours after Brooks died, and protesters set fire to the Wendy’s, which was later demolished.
L. Chris Stewart, a lawyer for Brooks’ family, said Tuesday that Brooks should not have fought with the officers and that if they had used deadly force during that fight, they would have been completely justified.
“But they did not. They did not. They chose not to when they were justified. But they decided to use lethal force as a man was running away, 19 feet away,” he said.
The two officers’ lawyers have said their actions were justified and both were released on bond.
“This was the proper and only decision that could be reached based upon the evidence and Georgia law,” Brosnan attorneys Don Samuel and Amanda Clark Palmer said in an emailed statement.
Lawyers Noah H. Pines, Bill Thomas and Lance LoRusso said Rolfe will not be making a statement at this point.
Skandalakis and former Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter, who was co-counsel in the case, spent about an hour during the news conference walking through the details of the encounter between Brooks and the two officers. Porter showed still images taken from videos to break down what happened once things turned violent.
Skandalakis called it “a peaceful encounter that all of a sudden becomes a violent encounter,” saying that once Brooks took the Taser from Brosnan, he assumed an offensive position.
Porter said Brooks proceeded to “beat the crap” out of the two officers after Rolfe’s lawful attempt to arrest him. Rolfe acted in accordance with Georgia law and Atlanta Police Department policy given the facts of the situation, he said.
“The police didn’t come into this encounter hot,” he said. “There was no hostility.”
Rolfe was fired a day after the shooting, but his dismissal was overturned in May 2021 by the Atlanta Civil Service Board. The board found that the city failed to follow its own procedures for disciplinary actions.
Five days after Brooks was killed, then-Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard held a dramatic news conference to announce warrants had been taken out against Rolfe and Brosnan. Rolfe’s charges included felony murder, aggravated assault and violation of his oath. Brosnan was charged with aggravated assault and violating his oath.
Skandalakis said Tuesday that he would file paperwork to dismiss those warrants. He declined to comment when asked whether Howard had rushed charges.
The Atlanta Police Department said in a statement that both officers are on administrative duty and will undergo training and recertification.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, who was a City Council member when the shooting happened, said in a statement his “heart continues to ache” for Brooks’ family, but he respects the “independent role” that the special prosecutor played.
Two months after he announced the charges, Howard lost the Democratic primary in his bid for reelection. Just weeks after taking office in January 2021, his successor, Fani Willis, asked Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr to reassign the case, citing concerns about Howard’s actions.
Willis has since gained national attention for her ongoing investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the outcome of the 2020 election in Georgia.
Carr initially refused to reassign the case, but in July 2021 appointed Skandalakis to take it over.
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NORFOLK, Va. — A man was charged in connection to the June Maple Avenue shooting that left four people dead, court documents obtained by 13News Now show.
Raymond Lee Gore faces charges including aggravated murder of several people, using a firearm in the commission of a felony and reckless handling of a firearm.
The Portsmouth Police Department will hold a press conference Wednesday at 1 p.m. to release new information on this case.
Investigators also believe 40-year-old Antwann Gore was involved in the shooting, which happened inside a home at the corner of Maple Avenue and Randolf Street on June 7. He was charged with four counts of aggravated homicide.
Responding officers found three people dead at the scene. A fourth victim died at the hospital days later. The victims are:
- 30-year-old Georgio Davonta Lee
- 37-year-old Oleisha Deanna Mears
- 34-year-old Ashley Merricks
- 66-year-old Samuel Jones
13News Now spoke with people who live near Maple Avenue on Saturday. They said the quadruple shooting left their neighborhood on edge.
"Everybody knows everybody. So, that shook the community. It did. It got everybody up in arms," said lifelong Portsmouth resident Daniel Lee Randall. | https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/portsmouth-maple-avenue-quadruple-shooting-update/291-08f24c7a-9a57-43be-af36-a88743ae3400 | 2022-08-24T17:26:14Z | https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/portsmouth-maple-avenue-quadruple-shooting-update/291-08f24c7a-9a57-43be-af36-a88743ae3400 | false |
NDTV surges to 14-year high on Adani move
New Delhi Television's (NDTV) shares surged far beyond the price Adani Group said it would pay in a subsequent mandatory open offer that could take its stake over 55%.
Shares in India's NDTV Ltd jumped the maximum permitted 5% to a 14-year high on Wednesday, after billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate moved to take a near 30% stake in the media group that could eventually lead to it taking control.
New Delhi Television's (NDTV) shares surged far beyond the price Adani Group said it would pay in a subsequent mandatory open offer that could take its stake over 55%.
Some analysts said investors were hoping Asia's richest man would put money into the struggling network.
"All TV channels have been suffering financially, and NDTV suffers a bit more because their rivals are aggressive marketers," said N. Chandramouli, CEO of TRA Research.
"Markets may be reacting because the sentiment is that someone with money is coming in," he added.
NDTV's rivals include Times Group's Times Now and Network18's CNN-News18, controlled by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani.
Regarded as one of the few media groups that often takes a critical view of the ruling administration's policies, NDTV said late Tuesday that Adani Group's move had come "without any input from, conversation with, or consent of the NDTV founders" Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy.
"The developments ... are totally unexpected," senior NDTV official Suparna Singh told employees in a memo reviewed by Reuters. "We are in the process of evaluating the next steps, many of which involve regulatory and legal processes."
Some NDTV journalists told Reuters on the condition of anonymity they were fearful of job cuts and losing their editorial independence if Adani Group gained control.
"Almost the last bastion of Independent journalism being taken over by industry," Kapil Sibal, a former government minister and a top lawyer, said on Twitter.
"We should be worried!"
Spokespeople for the Adani Group and NDTV, which currently has a market value around $300 million, did not respond to emails seeking comment.
BATTLE OF THE TYCOONS
Adani Group is exercising its right to buy a 29.18% stake in NDTV based on a loan agreement with the NDTV founders in 2009-10 under which a company now owned by Adani can buy the stake from a company owned by the Roys.
As such, four Indian lawyers contacted by Reuters, who declined to be named, said Adani Group was well within its legal rights in the deal process so far.
Adani Group's interests include coal trading, ports, power and edible oils, and in March it made its first bet in the media sector by taking a minority stake in local digital business news platform Quintillion.
Moving on NDTV could set the stage for Adani to face off in the sector with fellow tycoon Mukesh Ambani's Network18.
The stake purchase would leave the Roys with 32% of NDTV, but would also trigger an open offer from Adani for another 26%, in line with regulations.
NDTV stock jumped to as much as 388.20 rupees on Wednesday, its highest since August 2008. The Mumbai exchange does not allow the stock to rise more than 5% in a day.
However, Adani has said its open offer would be 294 rupees per share, well below the current market price and valuing the extra 26% stake at about 4.93 billion rupees.
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A year away: USA Basketball ramps up World Cup preparations
LAS VEGAS (AP) - There is no roster of players. No schedule for games, either. USA Basketball hasn´t even qualified for next year´s World Cup yet, and probably won´t be able to clinch one of the 32 spots in that field until November at the earliest.
The countdown is on anyway.
Thursday marks exactly one year until the beginning of the next men´s Basketball World Cup, with the first games set to be played on Aug. 25, 2023 at the event that will be hosted by Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. It´s not the Olympics and won´t get the same attention, yet is a major priority for the Americans especially since the U.S. finished seventh - the senior national team´s worst showing ever at a major international event - at the most recent World Cup in China three years ago.
"Humility is a powerful tool," USA Basketball CEO Jim Tooley said when asked what the Americans took away from that finish in China. "And, you know, it doesn´t hurt to have that and be reminded of it. Not that we´ve been arrogant or disrespectful to our opponents, but it´s just a reminder that we´ve got to keep working and not take it for granted."
That work resumes on Thursday in Las Vegas. The Americans, using a roster filled by players who will likely spend the coming season either playing internationally or in the G League, play host to Uruguay to open the second round of World Cup qualifying.
A win Thursday moves the U.S. closer to qualifying, and a sweep of this two-game window - the Americans play at Colombia on Monday - would likely put them on the brink of clinching a spot. After this window, the next round of qualifying games is in November.
FILE - Assistant coach Steve Kerr, second from left, speaks with players during training for USA Basketball, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Las Vegas. USA Basketball is one year away from the start of the next men's Basketball World Cup, which serves as the primary qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)
None of the players who will be in uniform on Thursday - names like David Stockton, Mac McClung and Langston Galloway - were there when the Americans finished seventh at the last World Cup. They won´t be there with the Americans at the next World Cup, either; those roster spots will be offered to big-name NBA players. But they are the ones tasked with doing the actual qualifying and giving the Americans a chance to erase the disappointment over finishing seventh.
"You never want to feel like you need it," said Sean Ford, the U.S. men´s national team director. "But if you don´t learn from it, you´re really going to take a back seat a little bit. We learned a lot. We´re learning a lot because the NBA game has changed over the last seven or eight years, too. There´s much more shotmaking. It´s just unbelievable, incredible the amount of 3-point shots that are taken, the freedom of movement, the flow of the game. But the international game has stayed the physical way."
Steve Kerr has mastered coaching one of those styles. Now, he´ll have to master the other one.
Kerr´s Golden State Warriors, the reigning NBA champions - with four titles in the past eight seasons - are the epitome of what Ford talks about when discussing the evolution of the pro game, relying on 3-pointers, movement and spacing to win. Kerr is very familiar with how the international game is different since he was with the U.S. as an assistant under then-coach Gregg Popovich for both of the last two major tournaments; the seventh-place showing in China, then the gold medal at the Tokyo Games last summer.
It was a logical progression for Kerr to take over for Popovich. And the tasks in 2023 and 2024 have been on his mind for some time now, as evidenced by him making a recruiting pitch to Stephen Curry on the night the Warriors won this past season´s NBA title.
"He´s missing an Olympic gold medal and I think he really has to focus on being on the 2024 Olympic Team," Kerr said that night in Boston, as the Warriors were celebrating. "That´s the last thing for his career. Sorry, I couldn´t resist."
Jokes aside, this is serious business for the U.S. A win in qualifying games, or clinching a spot in the World Cup, won´t generate much attention. Losses, or failure to qualify, would. Getting the Americans into the World Cup is a task that has largely fallen on the shoulders of Jim Boylen, who will coach the U.S. again in these next two games; he´s gone 5-1 in three qualifying windows to this point.
"We have a responsibility," Boylen said. "A great responsibility, to play as hard as we can, to play the right way, and the reason we have to do that is because the big team has got to qualify. That´s our job."
Kerr has been resting quite a bit this summer. He´s spent some time overseas, getting plenty of downtime with his family, preparing for the challenge of once again leading the Warriors through the grind of defending a championship.
USA Basketball is hoping he doesn´t get so much relaxation next summer. Or the one after that, since the World Cup will serve as the primary qualifier for the Paris Olympics.
"When an opportunity like this comes along, you don´t stop and say, `I wonder what my legacy will be.´ You say, `I can´t wait to dive in with the players and the coaches,´ and you go for it," Kerr said. "When all the dust settles, you keep going forward. Hopefully, we will put together a great team and a great effort and we´ll see how we do."
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TikTok Star Gabbie Hanna Posted Over 100 Videos In A Day & Fans Want Her To 'Get Help'
"Someone needs to check on Gabbie Hanna."
Fans of the YouTube and TikTok star Gabbie Hanna are seriously concerned about the influencer's well-being, after she posted dozens of videos showing her saying and doing some pretty bizarre things.
Hanna posted over 150 videos over the course of about 48 hours this week, with each one being watched hundreds of thousands of times. The clips show her dancing, singing, laughing and ranting about topics like religion, aliens and many other things that don't all make sense.
She also said some questionable and racist stuff in a livestream Tuesday, prompting concern from her millions of followers on YouTube, TikTok and Twitter. Many of those followers have urged her to "get help," and have called for someone close to her to do a wellness check.
She's been posting TikTok videos almost non-stop ever since, though there was a four-hour break at one point.
"I'm OK," she said after returning from that break.
In one of her TikTok videos, she talks about how she "teleported to heaven, through a temper tantrum, came back down here to save your souls, and I don't give a f*ck if you believe me."
One of the comments under the video read: "You can see by her eyelids how exhausted she is xxx. I hope you're okay, babe."
Many expressed concern for Hanna's mental health and compared her actions to a "manic episode" and other disorders. However, she has not shared any diagnoses and there is no info at this point about what she's going through.
"Where are her friends?" asked one commenter, after Hanna posted several similar videos in a row. "Her neighbours? Her family? Why is she still alone?"
A Twitter user posted a screen recording of a snippet from her TikTok live and wrote: "someone needs to check on Gabbie Hanna" as the caption.
\u201cSomeone needs to check on gabbie hanna #gabbiehanna\u201d— Cordi (@Cordi) 1661294148
"In all seriousness, I worry, and I hope Gabbie Hanna gets the help she needs. Someone in her life needs to do a wellness check on her," wrote another Twitter user.
\u201cin all seriousness i worry and i hope gabbie hanna gets the help she needs. someone in her life needs to do a wellness check on her.\u201d— Nikki Nasty (@Nikki Nasty) 1661229095
Another Twitter user wrote: "She says she died and went to heaven last night, is the son of god, second coming of Christ. She's uploaded 45 videos to TikTok today and talks in riddles. It's WILD."
Hanna eventually revealed that police did show up for a wellness check. It seems they left their card and then allowed her to go back to what she was doing.
@gabbiehanna Replying to @Hannah Naomi
Her videos from Wednesday morning showed her letting a guy into the house whom she said is a stranger. The guy, named Nicholas, apparently asked her to use her washroom, entered her home and then prayed with her, despite her friends telling her to remove him from her house.
Fans were hopeful that Nicholas was actually there to help Hanna out.
"Y’all let’s hope Nicholas is actually a TikTok fan to has come to check on her disguised as a lost guy," wrote one user.
"So this dude she doesn’t know just showed up at her house to pray with her?? This is so worrisome," wrote another.
She was still posting videos as of 1 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday.
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DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive Producer Scott Siepker is pleased to present the Kinnick: The Documentary. Starting August 24, college football fans and sports enthusiasts alike will be able to stream the inspiring documentary through Vimeo.
This feature-length film in 4k resolution, provides an in-depth look into Nile Kinnick's riveting journey of hope, duty, and perseverance. The 90-minute documentary reveals what pushed a young man from Adel, Iowa to reach higher and ascend to legend in the minds of sports fans throughout the nation.
Siepker and his team spent countless hours conducting interviews and doing research on Nile Kinnick. "Throughout the five years I worked on producing the film, I was reminded that our heroes are most inspiring when we remember that they are not that different from the rest of us," said Executive Producer, Scott Siepker.
Kinnick: The Documentary features an exclusive interview with Nile's first cousin Don Bice. Don, now in his mid-90s shares first-hand accounts of growing up alongside Nile. Bice had a front row seat to Nile's life in Adel and Omaha and was there to witness everything from long practice sessions to intimate family meals.
Audiences will experience the excitement of the indomitable feats of 1939 where Nile received a flurry of national accolades including the Heisman Trophy award. The film goes beyond his gridiron highlights to shed light on his life outside of football and showcases his time growing up in Iowa, as a law student, and then as an enlisted service man in the U.S. Navy Air Corps Reserve.
"Nile Kinnick is indisputably one of the most famous Iowans of all time and should be forever remembered for not just his contributions on the field, but also the person he was off the field," added Siepker.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine braced for what President Volodymr Zelenskyy warned could be especially brutal Russian attacks Wednesday as the country observed its Independence Day — and marked the war’s six-month point — under conditions considered too dangerous to allow any major public celebrations in the capital.
Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens, but there were no immediate strikes. The capital has been largely spared from attack in recent months, as a war that was widely expected to be a lightning conquest by Moscow turned into a grinding conflict fought mostly in the east and south.
Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked the holiday with a visit to Kyiv — his third since the war started — and other European leaders used the occasion to pledge unwavering support for the country and pay tribute to the sacrifices of its people. The U.S. announced a major new military aid package totaling nearly $3 billion to help Ukrainian forces fight for years to come.
Independence Day commemorates Ukraine’s 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Kyiv authorities banned large gatherings in the capital through Thursday, fearing the national holiday might bring particularly heavy Russian missile strikes.
“Russian provocations and brutal strikes are a possibility,” Zelenskyy said in a statement. “Please strictly follow the safety rules. Please observe the curfew. Pay attention to the air sirens. Pay attention to official announcements. And remember: We must all achieve victory together.”
Nevertheless, a festive atmosphere prevailed at Kyiv’s Maidan square as thousands of Kyiv residents posed for pictures next to burned-out Russian tanks put on display. Folk singers set up, and many revelers — ignoring the sirens — were out and about in traditionally embroidered dresses and shirts.
Others were fearful.
“I can’t sleep at night because of what I see and hear about what is being done in Ukraine,” said a retiree who gave only her first name, Tetyana, her voice shaking with emotion. “This is not a war. It is the destruction of the Ukrainian people.”
In a holiday message to the country, Zelenskyy said: “Six months ago, Russia declared war on us. On Feb. 24, all of Ukraine heard explosions and gunshots. … On Feb. 24, we were told: You have no chance. On Aug. 24, we say: Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!”
Zelenskyy also addressed the U.N. Security Council via video over Russia’s objections and said the “security of the entire world” is at stake in Ukraine’s battle against Moscow’s “insane aggression.”
U.S. President Joe Biden said the latest American aid package will allow Ukraine to acquire air defense and artillery systems and other weapons.
“I know this Independence Day is bittersweet for many Ukrainians as thousands have been killed or wounded, millions have been displaced from their homes, and so many others have fallen victim to Russian atrocities and attacks,” Biden said. “But six months of relentless attacks have only strengthened Ukrainians’ pride in themselves, in their country, and in their 31 years of independence.”
Britain’s Johnson urged Western allies to maintain their support of Ukraine through the winter.
“This is not the time to put forward flimsy negotiating proposals,” he said. “You can’t negotiate with a bear when it’s eating your leg or with a street robber when he has you pinned to the floor.”
In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz rebuked the Kremlin for its “backward imperialism” and declared that Ukraine “will drive away the dark shadow of war because it is strong and brave, because it has friends in Europe and all over the world.”
A car bombing outside Moscow that killed the 29-year-old daughter of right-wing Russian political theorist Alexander Dugin on Saturday also heightened fears that Russia might intensify attacks on Ukraine this week. Russian officials have blamed Ukraine for the death of Darya Dugina, a pro-Kremlin TV commentator. Ukraine has denied any involvement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces have encountered unexpectedly stiff Ukrainian resistance in their invasion and abandoned their effort to storm the capital in the spring. The fighting has turned into a war of attrition that has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and sent shock waves through the world economy.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking Wednesday at a meeting of his counterparts from a security organization dominated by Russia and China, claimed the slow pace of Moscow’s military action was due to what he said was an effort to spare civilians.
Russian forces have repeatedly targeted civilian areas in cities, including hospitals and a Mariupol theater where hundreds of people were taking shelter.
But Shoigu said Russia is carrying out strikes with precision weapons against Ukrainian military targets, and “everything is done to avoid civilian casualties.”
“Undoubtedly, it slows down the pace of the offensive, but we do it deliberately,” he said.
He also criticized the U.S. and its allies for “continuing to pump weapons into Ukraine,” saying the aid is dragging out the conflict and increasing the number of victims.
On the battlefield, Russian forces struck several towns and villages in Donetsk province in the east over 24 hours, killing one person, authorities said. A building materials superstore in the city of Donetsk was hit by a shell and erupted in flames, the mayor said. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region on the southern front, the Russians again shelled the cities of Nikopol and Marhanets, damaging several buildings and wounding two people, authorities said. Russian troops also shelled the city of Zaporizhzhia, but no casualties were reported.
Also, Russian rockets struck unspecified targets in the Khmelnytskyi region, about 300 kilometers (180 miles) west of Kyiv, the regional governor said. Attacks there have been infrequent.
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Varenytsia reported from Pokrovsk, Ukraine. Associated Press writers Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv and Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
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Going out to dinner or ordering in takeout can get expensive. So, if you’re looking to save money but still want meals to feel extra special, you can get a few items that will make your kitchen seem more like a fancy restaurant and take your home-cooked meals from ho-hum to gourmet.
A good place to start is with some great kitchen equipment, like finding the best salt grinder for your coarse sea salts and the best knife for cutting vegetables for top-notch side dishes and fresh salads.
From there, there’s more decor items, kitchen tools and serving ware that will make anyone who dines in your kitchen feel like they should give you a five-star review on Yelp.
1. Stainless Steel Cheese Grater ($19.90)
It’s a much anticipated moment at Olive Garden and other Italian restaurants: The server comes by your table and asks if you want extra cheese, and then a flurry of Parmesan makes its way on to your pasta dish or salad. Re-create the cheesy magic at home with a stainless steel cheese grater you can use whenever you make a copycat Olive Garden chicken gnocchi soup or pasta dish.
2. Nopro Tortilla Warmer ($17.80)
Making tacos or fajitas at home? Keep your fluffy tortillas nice and warm in this insulated tortilla keeper. It can also keep your naan bread, pancakes, waffles and rice and bean dishes warm, too. The serving ware is dishwasher safe, making for easy clean-up, and reviewers say it can hold up to 30 tortillas.
3. ChalkPro Wooden Framed Standing Chalkboard Sign ($22.99)
Why not call what you’re making for dinner the “daily special.” This rustic framed chalkboard sign is perfect for a kitchen counter and comes with a chalkboard pen so you can leave a loving note for your family or share what’s on the menu for the evening. It’s easy to clean with a damp cloth and is designed not to leave any chalky residue behind.
4. Matte Gold Silverware ($34.99)
We know, it’s called silverware. But these matte gold spoons, forks and knives look like they’d be on the table at a French bistro or a trendy neighborhood restaurant. The rust-resistant set for four comes salad forks, dinner forks, dinner knives, tablespoons and teaspoons. The silverware set has a 4.6 star rating on Amazon, with one reviewer saying: “Beautiful! Good as gold.”
5. Maldon Sea Salt Flakes ($5.54)
One of the easiest ways to turn your meal into one that tastes like it came from an award-winning kitchen is to sprinkle on a finishing salt. Invest in the best salt grinder and crack some flaky Maldon salt over your grilled meats, sauteed veggies, salads or scrambled eggs. You can even use this sophisticated salt to bring balance to cocktails or add it to desserts (it’s great at pulling out the chocolate flavor in chocolate chip cookies).
6. Sunkuka Julienne Vegetable Peeler ($12.99)
Having the best knife for cutting vegetables will help you perfect consistent cuts on everything from cucumbers to bell peppers. But have you ever ordered a salad at a restaurant and wondered how they got the most perfect carrot ribbon on the bed of lettuce, or noticed a delicate slice of zucchini in one of your dishes? The secret to cutting thin fruits and vegetables is a julienne vegetable peeler. Amazon reviewers particularly love this vegetable peeler that’s raked in nearly 3,000 five-star reviews.
7. inZaynity Torch ($29.97)
Perfect the art of making crème brûlée at home with a handheld kitchen torch. While the French dessert is probably what comes to mind when you think of culinary torches, these tools can perform a bunch of tricks in your kitchen, from brûléeing fruits to pull out their sweetness and giving citruses a nice carmelized layer to blistering tomatoes and corn.
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By MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI
Associated Press
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 there is expected to be another exchange of technical details followed by a meeting of the joint commission that oversees the deal. The 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.
“I intend to systematically fight the implementation of this catastrophic deal, and will work with my colleagues to ensure that it is blocked and eventually reversed in January 2025,” said Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
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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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
Other NATO allies are also marking the independence day with new aid announcements.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his country is providing more than 500 million euros (nearly $500 million) in aid, including powerful anti-aircraft systems. The aid will also include rocket launchers, ammunition, anti-drone equipment, a dozen armored recovery vehicles and and three additional IRIS-T long-range air defense systems, the German news agency dpa reported.
The funding must still be approved by parliament, and some of it won’t be delivered until next year.
And Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $3.85 million for two Ukraine projects through the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program. It includes about $2.9 million in funding for ongoing development of Ukraine’s national police force and other emergency services, and about $950,000 to help advise Ukraine’s defense ministry.
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.
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Associated Press writer Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed to this report.
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Serena's massive on-court earnings have no rival
By Rory Carroll
Aug 24 (Reuters) - Serena Williams enters her final U.S. Open as a long shot to take home the trophy but her title as the biggest earner in the history of women's tennis will remain for many years to come.
Since turning professional in 1995, Williams has amassed a mind-boggling $94.6 million in prize money, more than twice as much as the second name on the list, which happens to be her older sister Venus, with $42.3 million.
"It's hard to overstate her success," Victor Matheson, a sports economist at College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, said of the 23-time Grand Slam champion.
"There are few other examples of athletes in sport who are so far beyond the number two like that."
Put another way, about 25,000 women have won prize money in the history of the WTA and Serena Williams has earned more than the bottom 80% of those players combined, he said.
"She has far and away the most career earnings among female athletes and is one of the very few female athletes to be solidly in the top 20 money earners among all athletes in a given year.
"It's very unusual in sports to see a female athlete have this sort of financial presence."
While it is difficult to quantify Williams' financial impact on the sport as a whole, her career has coincided with huge growth in the women's game.
In 1995, the WTA handed out $35 million in total prize money, an amount that jumped to $180 million in 2020, said Bob Dorfman, Sports Marketing Analyst at San Francisco's Pinnacle Advertising.
But there is no doubt that Williams, who along with Venus was introduced to the predominately white sport at an early age by their father in Compton, California, helped bring in a new audience.
"It used to be very country clubby," Dorfman said.
"Then she came along and it became accepted in public parks and people who never thought about playing tennis before started playing. And a lot more African American players came along."
And as she turns her attention to growing her family and becoming a full-fledged business mogul, it is tough to see anyone replicating her on-court dominance anytime soon.
"There's nobody on the horizon right now that's going to come close to that," Dorfman said.
"Hopefully somebody else will come along and dominate but nobody is doing it right now. I don't think there's anybody who has the drive and desire to win that Serena does."
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Raducanu hoping for spectacular sequel in New York
By Martyn Herman
Aug 24 (Reuters) - Emma Raducanu's fairytale staged against a backdrop of New York's skyscrapers catapulted the British teenager's career into the stratosphere but reality has hit home in the past 12 months.
Her charge from obscurity to the U.S. Open title as a 150th-ranked qualifier still feels barely credible, even as the 19-year-old returns to Flushing Meadows as reigning champion.
It was a story that defied tennis logic, transcended sport and instantly made her one of the most marketable athletes -- male or female -- in the world.
The trouble is, the tennis treadmill never stops and while Raducanu has been dealing with the inevitable spin-offs of her unlikely Grand Slam title, her results have been modest.
It should not really have come as a surprise as, in tennis terms, Raducanu is still very much a novice.
Various changes to her coaching set-up, a succession of niggling injuries and poor form have all contributed to a mediocre year so far with 13 wins and 15 losses.
Seemingly in the blink of an eye, Raducanu made herself a target and with the pool of talent running so deep in the women's game, there has been no shortage of players ready to knock Britain's Queen Emma off her throne.
"I think that by her winning, she's opened up a can of worms," seven-time Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander, previewing the tournament for Eurosport, said on Tuesday.
"It used to be maybe five to 10 players that literally believe they could win (a Slam). And I think now you've got 50 players that think they can win it because of what Emma did and that makes it much harder."
Raducanu has taken the knocks well. There have been no tantrums, no excuses. She insists she is still learning her game and coming to terms with the physical demands of life on Tour.
But she will be hoping that the lights of the Big Apple can inspire another magical fortnight, even if whatever happens could never live up to 2021 when she won 10 matches in New York without dropping a set, culminating in beating fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez in the final.
There have been encouraging signs in recent weeks that her free-flowing game is coming together.
In a blockbuster opening match at Cincinnati she beat 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams 6-4 6-0 and then trounced former world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-0 6-2.
Admittedly both of those illustrious opponents were shadows of their former selves and defeat by American top-10 opponent Jessica Pegula was perhaps a better indication of exactly where Raducanu's game is at heading to New York.
"I think that I achieved something great (by winning the U.S. Open), but I was playing completely free. I'm starting to do that again," Raducanu said last week.
"I feel like I'm swinging with the same sort of freedom as I probably had last year.
"I feel like I'm heading in a good direction again."
Everything happened so fast for Raducanu that she has not enjoyed the luxury of quietly developing her game behind the scenes. Opponents now know exactly what to expect.
But there is no way you can fluke a U.S. Open title and anyone dismissing Raducanu as a serious threat again would be misguided. If she is swinging freely and the serve functions as it did last year, a compelling sequel could be in the making. (Reporting by Martyn Herman Editing by Toby Davis) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11142337/Raducanu-hoping-spectacular-sequel-New-York.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-24T17:31:51Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11142337/Raducanu-hoping-spectacular-sequel-New-York.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fashion Assembly announces the debut of a high-quality industrial solution for minority-owned beauty and fashion e-commerce businesses looking for a well-suited and scalable warehouse/office space. Fashion Assembly is a member's only 16,000-square-foot facility at the heart of the LA Art District. Fashion Assembly is a premiere warehouse, office, and workspace providing an ideal blend of adaptable office space, community involvement, and logistics assistance explicitly designed for BIPOC beauty and fashion brands.
In response to the increasing demand for emerging minority beauty and fashion e-commerce businesses, Fashion Assembly offers short-term agreements for spaces ranging from 100 to 2,500 square feet at its newly launched arts district location. Fashion Assembly gives business owners peace of mind and lets them focus on growth instead of bad spaces, bad locations, and expensive long-term leases.
The Founders of Fashion Assembly, Brian Pearson, a Franchise Development Broker, and Anje Collins, a former celebrity entertainment publicist, collaborated to launch Coco Blue Shoes, a successful shoe brand in Los Angeles, during the pandemic. Having experienced the challenges that stem from running an e-commerce business from home, they understand the difficulties of growing an e-commerce business first-hand.
"Our goal is to help our members grow their businesses and reach their ideal customers all over the world by providing them with the operational resources and knowledge they need," says Fashion Assembly Co-Founder and CEO Brian Pearson. Furthermore, he added, "There is strength in numbers. As a result, Fashion Assembly gives our members the space and support they require to compete with the big boys."
Fashion Assembly provides combined warehousing, offices, and production areas all under one roof to benefit small and diversely owned beauty and fashion businesses. Members of Fashion Assembly can grow and scale their businesses with the help of a flexible infrastructure. This includes everything from workspaces and warehouses to order management, fulfillment, marketing, and public relations.
Businesses seeking membership with Fashion Assembly undergo an application process. The goal of this method is to identify members who are serious about growing their brand. As a result, the sole focus of Fashion Assembly is on underrepresented groups in the beauty and fashion industries. The Fashion Assembly will provide these individuals with the resources they need to succeed.
According to Anje Collins, Co-Founder and Creative Director, "there are many challenges when launching a brand created by a person of color." "We started in our living room, storage unit, and two industrial locations and outgrew them all, so I understand how difficult and expensive it can be to run an e-commerce business." All memberships are month-to-month and include amenities such as high-speed internet, reception services, community events, shared common spaces for members to socialize and network, and growth support. Members of the Fashion Assembly have access to direct-to-consumer business necessities such as grade-level doors, enterprise-level equipment, shipping, and receiving. There are also co-working spaces, conference rooms, showrooms, and a photography studio available for use as needed.
Fashion Assembly is essentially a one-stop shop for e-commerce beauty and fashion brands.
Because the Fashion Assembly is concerned with underrepresented groups in the beauty and fashion industries, it will provide these individuals with the resources they require to be successful.
Fashion Assembly makes the most challenging aspects of operating an e-commerce business much simpler. We are empowering the e-commerce economy as well as the next generation of entrepreneurs by democratizing access to essential operations and logistics infrastructure. We do this by utilizing a purpose-built flexible warehouse space located just minutes away from the LA fashion district. Fashion Assembly provides solutions to some of the most critical challenges that minority e-commerce entrepreneurs face when starting, growing, and scaling their businesses. These challenges include finding flexible and intelligently designed warehouse space and office suites, as well as on-demand services such as our public relations, marketing, and accounting teams, fulfillment, and even photography studios and showrooms. For more information, please visit our website at www.fashionassembly.co.
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WASHINGTON — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend.
President Joe Biden, who spent three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Del. vacation home, continues to test negative, the White House said. He also suffered a rebound case earlier this month after an initial recovery from the virus.
Biden’s deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said she “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures.” She added: “The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing and close contacts have been notified.”
Jill Biden, 71, had been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid, which has proven to be highly effective at preventing serious disease and death among those at highest risk from COVID-19, but a minority of those prescribed the drug have experienced a rebound case of the virus a few days after their initial recovery. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/jill-biden-has-rebound-covid-19-case-president-negative/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2022-08-24T17:32:08Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/jill-biden-has-rebound-covid-19-case-president-negative/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | true |
U.S. job growth through March to be revised higher - BLS
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy likely created 462,000 more jobs in the 12 months through March than previously estimated, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Wednesday.
The reading is a preliminary estimate of the BLS' annual "benchmark" revision to the closely watched payrolls data.
The private sector will likely account for all the upward revision, with an estimated additional 571,000 jobs. Government payrolls are likely to be cut by 109,000 jobs.
"While an 'extra' 462,000 jobs is notable to some degree, it boosts employment growth by only 39,000 jobs per month on average over the year through March 2022," said Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan in New York.
The economy recouped all the jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic recession in July, but Silver said "there is a chance that this moves somewhat earlier as a result of the benchmark revision."
Professional and business services will likely lead the upward revision, with an expected 270,000 additional jobs. Transportation and warehousing employment is set be raised by 151,600 jobs, while leisure and hospitality could see 140,000 positions added to payrolls.
Notable upward revisions are expected for construction, information, finiancial activities and wholesale trade. But retail trade payrolls could be slashed by 323,300 jobs.
Once a year, the BLS compares its nonfarm payrolls data, based on monthly surveys of a sample of employers, with a much more complete database of unemployment insurance tax records.
A final benchmark revision will be released in February along with the BLS' report on employment for January. Government statisticians will use the final benchmark count to revise payroll data for months both prior to and after March. (Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11142387/U-S-job-growth-March-revised-higher--BLS.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-24T17:32:17Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11142387/U-S-job-growth-March-revised-higher--BLS.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false |
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — With two big swings, Bryce Harper looked primed to join the Phillies in a pennant race.
Harper homered to right-center field in his first at-bat, then went opposite field for a three-run shot in the eighth inning for Philadelphia’s Triple-A team Tuesday night to begin his rehabilitation assignment from a broken left thumb.
Harper was the designated hitter and hit second in the lineup for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs for the start of a six-game series against Gwinnett. He drilled the fifth pitch he saw from Atlanta Braves prospect Jared Shuster high over the wall at Coca-Cola Park in front of what was announced as a sellout crowd of 10,100 fans.
“I think any time you go out there and you’re able to put the bat on the ball and have good at-bats, see pitches, compete at a high level, it’s always good,” Harper said.
He walked against Shuster in his second at-bat to the boos of the crowd that wanted Harper to take another hefty hack. Harper was then caught stealing. He grounded out in his third plate appearance, and walked again and scored in the seventh to lead Lehigh Valley past Gwinnett 10-5.
Gwinnett had some fun after Harper’s solo homer cut the Stripers’ lead, tweeting “Phillies prospect Bryce Harper goes deep to cut the Stripers lead 3-1. Admittedly, he looks like one to watch in the future.”
And before Harper’s fifth time up, the scoreboard read: ““Today 1-2 Bryce Bomb.”
Make it two.
Harper, who won his second NL MVP award last year, hasn’t played for the Phillies since he broke his left thumb on June 25. He is expected to play in Lehigh Valley through Saturday and possibly return to the Philadelphia lineup on Monday when the playoff-contending Phillies begin a series at Arizona.
But with two homers in his first rehab game, why wait until Monday to add him to a team that very much needs him now?
“Tonight was great, right? But at the same time, I need the at-bats, I need to be able to see pitches, different guys, different angles, understanding how my body’s going to react, what my thumb’s going to be like,” Harper said.
The 29-year-old Harper, who signed a $330 million, 13-year deal with the Phillies in 2019, is hitting .318 with 15 home runs, 48 RBIs and a .985 OPS. Harper had already surrendered his spot in right field earlier this season because of because of a small tear in the ulnar collateral ligament of his throwing elbow. He last played the field at Miami on April 16.
Asked if he could play right field in September, Harper simply said, “no.”
The Phillies beat the Reds 7-6 on Tuesday night and remained in the thick of the NL wild-card race.
“Bring him up. He doesn’t need more games,” second baseman Jean Segura said with a smile after Philadelphia’s win. “What is he doing down there? He’s ready. Hopefully he comes back quick. If he hit two homers, bring him up.”
Harper was a smashing success for the fans that turned out in season-high numbers to catch a glimpse of one of baseball’s most popular players.
The IronPigs merchandise store and ticket phone lines were buzzing each of the last two days in anticipation of his arrival. Will he play? Will jerseys be on sale? What time do gates open? One cashier looked out the team store window and noted, “I’ve never seen at 5:12 just hundreds of people standing out there.”
Mike Luciano, director of merchandise, faced an early jam when Harper decided to change his uniform number for his minor league stint. While an attraction, Harper did not want to serve as a distraction for the IronPigs and allowed reliever Jonathan Hennigan to keep his No. 3 while the slugger bumped up one to No. 4.
“I ordered a lot of 3s,” Luciano said. “Luckily, the 4s came in.”
Harper T-shirts were truly hot off the press. About 90 minutes before first pitch, roughly 150 Harper shirts were still as warm as a ballpark hot dog as they quickly shuffled from print to merchandise store racks. The blue No. 4 shirts sold for $28 and a limited number of customized jerseys went for $110, sales sizzling at a better rate than the usual top sellers, which would be, Luciano said, “anything with bacon.”
“You put a bacon strip on a hat, people love it,” Luciano said.
Chris Philpott, of Allentown, bought two game tickets in the morning and clutched a Harper T-shirt in the store. He usually attends about 12 IronPigs games a year and just had to snag seats for Tuesday night.
“I got here early because my kid was hoping to catch him on BP,” he said. “We saw all the cameras when we came in. It’s going to be nuts tonight. You don’t normally see people lined up when there’s no giveaway this early before the game opens.”
Harper skipped hitting on the field but that didn’t keep fans from hanging over the railing near the IronPigs dugouts in hope of catching a peek at the two-time NL MVP. TV stations aired live remotes and the press box was full with media outlets normally reserved for covering the Phillies, playing at home down the turnpike against the Cincinnati Reds.
Two hours before gates opened, only 80 tickets remained, most down the right-field line. The stadium – home in the past to similar warm-up stints for Pedro Martinez and Chase Utley — was full on a night that went to the dogs. Yes, in a nod to a night dedicated to area efforts at dog adoption, Harper skipped the bacon-themed gear for an IronMutts jersey.
Oh, and 195 dogs wagged their tails at the ballpark —- 44 were adopted, and a few mutts can probably thank Harper’s cameo for the new homes.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two-time major champion and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was dropped Wednesday from a pre-U.S. Open exhibition event raising money for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.
Azarenka is from Belarus, which helped Russia launch its invasion of Ukraine in February. At least one Ukrainian tennis player, Marta Kostyuk, questioned having a Belarusian player participate in the U.S. Tennis Association’s “Tennis Plays for Peace Exhibition,” scheduled for Wednesday night in Louis Armstrong Stadium at Flushing Meadows.
The USTA issued a statement Wednesday, saying: “In the last 24 hours, after careful consideration and dialogue with all parties involved, Victoria Azarenka will not be participating ... this evening. Vika is a strong player leader and we appreciate her willingness to participate. Given the sensitivities to Ukrainian players, and the ongoing conflict, we believe this is the right course of action for us.”
Azarenka and all players representing Russia or Belarus were banned from entering Wimbledon — which was held in June and July — because of the invasion of Ukraine. The USTA announced in June that it would allow those athletes to compete in the U.S. Open.
Azarenka won the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013, and was the runner-up at the U.S. Open in 2012, 2013 and 2020.
Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff, Carlos Alcarez, Iga Swiatek and Leylah Fernandez were among the other players set to participate in Wednesday's event, with 100% of proceeds from sales of $25 and $50 tickets going to an international nonprofit organization.
It is part of the USTA’s effort to raise at least $2 million to benefit Ukraine by the end of the U.S. Open, which starts Monday.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Carvana Co..
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WASHINGTON – Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment, according to a congressional investigation that provides new evidence of that administration’s efforts to override Food and Drug Administration decisions early in the pandemic.
The report Wednesday by the Democratic-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis also sheds new light on the role that television personalities played in bringing hydroxychloroquine to the attention of top White House officials. Investigators highlighted an email from Fox News’ Laura Ingraham and others from Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon who had a daytime TV show and is now the Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania. Ingraham attended an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump, who himself took the anti-malaria drug.
The FDA originally authorized use of hydroxychloroquine in late March 2020 based on small studies suggesting it could have some effectiveness against the coronavirus. At that time, many researchers hoped that existing antiviral drugs could be used to fight the virus. But by June, FDA officials had concluded the drug was likely ineffective and could cause potentially dangerous heart complications, revoking its emergency use.
Efforts by the Trump administration to control the release of COVID-19 guidance and install political operatives at public health agencies have been well documented.
The report by the House subcommittee investigating the government's COVID-19 response focused on pressure at the FDA, which serves as gatekeeper for the drugs, vaccines and other countermeasures against the virus.
Much of the information comes from an interview with the agency's former commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, who was picked for the job by Trump in late 2019. Frustrated by the pace of FDA's medical reviews, Trump repeatedly accused Hahn -- without evidence -- of delaying decisions on COVID-19 drugs and vaccines “for political reasons.”
Although FDA commissioners are politically appointed, the agency’s scientists are expected to conduct their reviews free from outside influence. Indeed, the FDA’s credibility largely stems from its reputation for scientific independence.
But Hahn told investigators that he felt “persistent” pressure from Trump aide Peter Navarro to reauthorize hydroxychloroquine after the FDA's decision to pull its emergency use.
Much of the report focuses on actions taken by Navarro and Dr. Steven Hatfill, a virologist and outside adviser described by the subcommittee as a “full-time volunteer” on COVID-19 for the White House.
“Dr. Hatfill and Mr. Navarro devised multiple pressure schemes targeting FDA and federal officials who they contended were wrongly impeding widespread access to hydroxychloroquine,” according to the report.
In his response, Hatfill said: “We never wrongly pressured anyone. We simply followed the science and the overwhelming evidence as detailed in several studies available at the time.”
Navarro, in an emailed statement, said the subcommittee was “wrongly” perpetuating that hydroxychloroquine “was somehow dangerous.” He also said he has chronicled his battles with the FDA in his White House memoir.
Importantly, there’s no evidence that White House efforts ultimately changed the FDA's decisions on hydroxychloroquine or any other therapies.
Investigators also cited a March 28, 2020, email from Oz to Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, stating that the drug “appears safe and results are better than expected.”
Birx forwarded the email to Hahn within the hour, saying “we should talk."
A cancer specialist with no prior political experience, Hahn was widely criticized during the early COVID-19 response for decisions that appeared to cave to White House officials.
According to emails obtained by the committee, Hatfill described “constant fighting with (Dr. Anthony) Fauci and Dr. Hahn” over access to hydroxychloroquine during the summer. Fauci is the nation’s top infectious disease expert.
During this period Hatfill also urged Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to request a federal investigation into the handling of hydroxychloroquine, according to a letter submitted for the Congressional Record.
There’s no indication such a request was made. But in mid-August, Johnson and fellow Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas wrote the FDA seeking an explanation for the denial to reinstate hydroxychloroquine’s authorization. Johnson also chaired a Senate committee hearing in November 2020 on treatment options and complained that doctors who prescribed hydroxychloroquine for COVID had been “scorned."
In the fall of 2020, the focus of both FDA and White House officials turned to the upcoming authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.
As previously reported, the White House objected to an FDA requirement that vaccine makers gather two months of safety data before filing their applications, contending that condition would delay the launch of the shots. Trump had repeatedly stated the shots would be authorized before Election Day, despite government scientists signaling that timeline was unlikely.
The committee report suggested that the FDA’s guidance for vaccine manufacturers was delayed more than three weeks — from mid-September until early October — due to White House concerns.
Hahn told investigators the agency faced “pushback about the issue” from multiple officials, including Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who told the FDA commissioner on Sept. 23, 2020, that the White House would not sign off on the two-month requirement.
On Oct. 6, the FDA quietly published its vaccine guidelines as part of a larger set of documents for drugmakers. After the materials posted online, Hahn said Meadows called him to indicate that the FDA guidelines were approved.
The online publication drew fury from the president on Twitter.
“New FDA rules make it more difficult for them to speed up vaccines for approval before Election Day. Just another political hit job!” Trump tweeted at his FDA commissioner.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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Amber Alert issued for missing 1-year-old out of Austin, Texas
AUSTIN (Gray News) - Authorities in Texas are searching for a missing 1-year-old girl believed to have been abducted and may be in immediate danger.
An Amber Alert was issued for Sailor Tucker, who was last seen in the 4700 block of White Elm Ct in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 23 at about 8 p.m., according to the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.
Sailor is described to be about 2 feet and 5 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes. She weighs about 25 pounds.
She was last seen wearing a teal shirt with a mermaid design and teal shorts.
Her possible whereabouts are unknown at this time, according to NCMEC. Authorities also reported the suspect in her disappearance is unknown.
Sailor is believed to be in immediate or grave danger and is possibly the passenger in an unknown vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or contact the Austin Police Department at (512)974-5250.
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SEC regulators question Twitter on method of calculating fake accounts
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. securities regulators are questioning Twitter about how it counts fake accounts on its platform.
The Securities and Exchange Commission in June asked the company about its methodology for calculating the false or spam accounts and “the underlying judgments and assumptions used by management.”
The agency’s Division of Corporation Finance made the request in a June 15 letter, shortly before Tesla CEO Elon Musk raised the issue as grounds to back out of a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion.
Such questions can be routine, and it wasn’t clear whether the SEC has opened a formal investigation into Twitter’s fake accounts. Messages were left Wednesday seeking comment from the agency and Twitter.
The law firm Wilson Sonsini of Palo Alto, California, replied in a June 22 letter saying the company believes it adequately disclosed the methodology in its annual report filed for 2021.
The letter says that Twitter makes its estimates of false accounts with an internal review of sample accounts. The number of fake accounts “represent the average false or spam accounts in the samples during each monthly analysis period during a quarter,” the letter said.
It added that fewer than 5% of Twitter’s “Monetizable Daily Active Usage or Users,” or mDAU, were fake accounts in the fourth quarter of last year, the period that the SEC had questioned.
The letter was disclosed in a filing posted by the SEC on Wednesday, a day after Twitter’s former head of security alleged that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation.
Peiter Zatko, who served as Twitter’s security chief until he was fired early this year, filed the whistleblower complaints last month with the SEC, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice. The legal nonprofit Whistleblower Aid, which is working with Zatko, said he exhausted all attempts to get his concerns resolved inside the company before his firing in January.
Among Zatko’s most serious accusations is that Twitter violated the terms of a 2011 FTC settlement by falsely claiming that it had put stronger measures in place to protect the security and privacy of its users. Zatko also accuses the company of deceptions involving its handling of “spam” or fake accounts, an allegation that is at the core of Musk’s attempt to back out of the Twitter takeover.
Twitter said Tuesday that Zatko was fired for “ineffective leadership and poor performance” and said the “allegations and opportunistic timing appear designed to capture attention and inflict harm on Twitter, its customers and its shareholders.” The company called his complaint “a false narrative” that is “riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context.”
Musk called off the sale in July, alleging that Twitter had failed to provide detailed methodology for calculating fake accounts. But Twitter sued in Delaware Chancery Court, asking a judge to order Musk to go through with the purchase.
Twitter has set Sept. 13 as the date for its shareholders to vote on the company’s pending buyout by Musk, and the board is recommending approval.
A trial on Twitter’s lawsuit is scheduled for October.
Musk agreed in April to buy Twitter and take it private, offering $54.20 a share and vowing to loosen the company’s policing of content and to root out fake accounts. As part of the deal, Musk and Twitter had agreed to pay the other a $1 billion breakup fee if either was responsible for the deal collapsing.
In its response, Twitter said that the review of fake accounts is done manually by humans who check thousands of them. The accounts are chosen randomly, and the employees use a complex set of rules “that define spam and platform manipulation.” An account is deemed to be false if it violates one or more of the rules, the letter said. The fake accounts go through a multi-step review and are investigated by multiple trained employees, it said.
The SEC also questioned Twitter’s disclosure that it overestimated the number of monetizable accounts from the first quarter of 2019 through the end of last year. The agency wrote that the error persisted for three years and asked why the company didn’t consider that a weakness in its financial reporting and controls.
In response, Twitter said the overstatement of accounts had no impact on its financial statements, and that the overstatement was less than 1% of its monetizable daily average users.
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NASA releases sound of a black hole -- and it's terrifying
ORLANDO, Fla. - NASA recently tweeted a 34-second clip of audio from a black hole that is located 200 million light-years away – and it's downright scary!
"The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel," the agency said on the NASA Exoplanets Twitter page. "A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole!"
NASA says the haunting sound waves were extracted outward from the center.
The tweet of the audio, which NASA called the ‘Black Hole Remix,' quickly went viral and has been viewed over 15 million times.
NASA Exoplanets is made up of a team whose purpose is to look for planets and life beyond our solar system.
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What student loans are eligible for forgiveness? Here’s a breakdown
With news of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, in which up to $20,000 of student federal loan debt may be forgiven, many likely have questions about eligibility.
The president announced Wednesday that $10,000 in federal student loans would be forgiven for borrowers, and those who had a greater financial need and received assistance through Pell Grants could have up to $20,000 forgiven.
For those who have undergraduate loans, repayments can also now be capped at 5% of their monthly income. Biden also extended the pause on student loan interest for another four months, through Dec. 31, 2022.
More than 43 million Americans owe a combined $1.6 trillion in student debt held by the federal government, according to data from the Education Department. That includes more than 7 million borrowers who have defaulted on student loans, meaning they are at least 270 days late on payments.
As of now, the only eligibility detail that the Biden administration released under the new plan is that the borrower must be earning less than $125,000.
In addition to his wide-sweeping loan forgiveness plan, there are existing U.S. programs for borrowers already in place to have some or all of their student debt erased.
As a refresher, the U.S. Department of Education’s federal student loan program is called the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program — commonly referred to as "Direct Loans." There are four different types of Direct Loans.
- Direct Subsidized Loans are those issued to eligible undergraduate students with financial needs to help cover the costs of higher education at a college or career school.
- Direct Unsubsidized Loans are loans made to eligible undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, but eligibility is not based on financial need.
- Direct PLUS Loans are loans made to graduate or professional students and parents of dependent undergraduate students to help pay for education expenses not covered by other financial aid. Eligibility is not based on financial need, but a credit check is required. Borrowers with a bad credit history must meet additional requirements to qualify.
- Direct Consolidation Loans allow borrowers to combine all of their eligible federal student loans into a single loan with a single loan servicer.
"Forgiveness," "cancellation," or "discharge" of a student loan all mean that the borrower is no longer required to repay some or all of their debt.
Here’s a look at some of the current programs in which borrowers of federal student loans may also be able eligible to get relief:
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, which was launched in 2007 as a reward for college students who go into public service, cancels debt after 10 years of qualifying monthly payments on federal Direct Loans.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Education unveiled major changes to the program after having been criticized for its complex requirements. The changes helped more than 113,000 people get student debt relief, totaling around $6.8 billion in forgiveness, the government said in May.
This includes many teachers, nurses, social workers, military members, and other public servants.
Borrowers who have worked 10 years in a qualifying job are eligible for loan relief no matter what kind of federal loan or repayment plan they have through Oct. 31, 2022. Past loan payments that were previously ineligible now count, moving some borrowers closer to the finish line.
Click here to read more about who qualifies.
Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Program
The U.S. Department of Education in April also made changes to its Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) program, which was expected to bring immediate debt cancellation for at least 40,000 borrowers and help millions of others lower their debt.
The program was created in 1994 as a way to provide a safety net for people who struggle to repay student loans. The program now offers five repayment options that provide reduced monthly payments based on income and family size. The borrower’s remaining balance is supposed to be automatically forgiven after 20 or 25 years, depending on the plan.
Out of the more than $1 trillion in student debt held by the federal government, about half is being repaid through those plans.
Click here to read more information about the various plans and who qualifies.
Teacher Loan Forgiveness
FILE PHOTO (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Those who teach full-time for five complete and consecutive years in a low-income school or educational service agency, and meet other qualifications, may be eligible for forgiveness of up to $17,500 on federal loans, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Eligibility for the program includes special education teachers and anyone who provides direct classroom teaching, "or classroom-type teaching in a nonclassroom setting."
Borrowers must not have had an outstanding balance on Direct Loans or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans as of Oct. 1, 1998, or on the date that they obtained the loan after Oct. 1, 1998.
"The loan(s) for which you are seeking forgiveness must have been made before the end of your five academic years of qualifying teaching service," the department states on its website.
Military Service
FILE PHOTO - Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division walk to board a plane from Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on February 14, 2021 as they are deployed to Europe. (Photo by Allison Joyce / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty
In acknowledgment of service to the country, The U.S. Department of Education and Department of Defense offer special benefits and repayment options for federal student loans. Benefits include interest rate caps under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and Department of Defense student loan repayment programs.
Military members can also qualify for forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Closed School Discharge
If a school closes while the borrower is enrolled or soon after they withdraw, the individual may be eligible for discharge of federal student loans — or "the removal of your obligation to repay your loan under certain circumstances," the Education Department says.
Some may be eligible for 100% discharge of Direct Loans, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans, or Federal Perkins Loans if they were unable to complete the program because the school closed.
Click here to learn about eligibility requirements for closed school loan discharge and how to apply.
AmeriCorps
FILE PHOT - Two members of AmeriCorps, a national body that engages hundreds of thousands of Americans in community service each year, install a door frame in a storm Sandy-damaged house in Brooklyn, New York City, on October 27, 2017. (Photo: Jewel
Participants who complete a term of national service in an approved AmeriCorps program are eligible to receive the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, which can be used to repay qualified student loans — as well as current educational expenses at eligible institutions and training programs.
The value of the award is "equivalent to the maximum value of the Pell Grant," which is a form of need-based federal financial aid, and the amount changes yearly. The maximum Federal Pell Grant award for 2022 to 2023 fiscal year is $6,895.
The AmeriCorps Education Award also varies based on the term of service completed.
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GST kitty for top States could rise 20% in FY23, says Crisil
‘Their overall revenues are expected to grow at a moderate 7%-9% this year’
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India’s top 17 States’ overall revenues were expected to grow at a moderate 7%-9% rate this year from about 25% in 2021-22, but their Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections would likely increase by about 20%, Crisil Ratings said on Wednesday.
Aggregate State GST collections, which had already rebounded by about 29% last year, would provide the biggest impetus to the revenue growth for these States which account for 85%-90% of aggregate Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP).
“We expect this momentum to sustain and collections to further increase about 20% this fiscal, supported by better compliance levels, higher inflationary environment and steady economic growth,” said Anuj Seth, senior director at Crisil Ratings.
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India’s overall GST collections in the first four months of FY23 stood at ₹6.02 lakh crore, rising 34.8% from a year earlier. However, GST revenues had slipped below the ₹1-lakh crore mark in May and June 2021 amid the second COVID-19 wave.
With GST compensation payments, which accounted for 7%-9% of States’ revenue in the past two years, coming to an end from July 1 this year, the uptick in GST revenues would help State finances, Crisil reckoned.
“Healthy tax buoyancy will support revenue growth, with GST collections and devolutions from the Centre — together comprising 43-45% of States’ revenue — expected to show robust double-digit growth,” it said.
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis learned who his Democratic challenger will be this fall. The impact of redistricting was on full display. Democrats sorted through rivalries amongst themselves. And abortion may give Democrats a lifeline in an otherwise rough November.
The most intense stretch of the midterm primary season ended Tuesday with results that will set up fierce general election contests across the United States.
Takeaways from Tuesday’s contests in Florida and New York:
ABORTION WILD CARD
Midterm elections are usually miserable for the party in power. But Democrats hope one of their biggest losses in memory may ultimately salvage 2022 for them.
Ever since the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the constitutional right for a woman to obtain an abortion, Democrats have seen a boost in donations, polling and performance in special elections for open congressional seats. The latest came Tuesday in a Hudson Valley swing district that, in a Republican wave year, should have been an easy GOP win. Instead, Democratic Ulster County executive Pat Ryan defeated his Republican counterpart from Duchess County, Marc Molinaro.
The stakes, governing-wise, were small — the seat will disappear in the fall as a new congressional map goes into effect. But because the race became a referendum on abortion after the high court’s ruling, the political implications are huge. It comes after a ballot measure to ban the procedure was crushed in solidly conservative Kansas.
Republicans were anticipating a typical midterm landslide, with inflation high and President Joe Biden’s approval rating low. It may still end up a solid GOP year, but Ryan’s win is the latest indication that Democrats don’t have to abandon hope.
DESANTIS FLEXES HIS MUSCLES
One Florida politician wasn’t facing a primary challenge on Tuesday but made sure to dominate the news anyway — DeSantis.
DeSantis is considered former President Donald Trump’s top rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, partly due to the way he’s leaned into political and cultural divides in the Sunshine State. On Tuesday he demonstrated why.
The governor began the day with a Cabinet meeting, which included the only Democrat elected statewide in Florida, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. She was competing for her party’s nomination to face DeSantis that evening.
DeSantis shook Fried’s hand as the meeting concluded and told her “good luck” before criticizing her campaign and predicting — accurately, it turned out — her loss in brief remarks to reporters.
“I think that you know she had an opportunity as being the only Democrat elected statewide to exercise some leadership and maybe get some things done and instead she’s used her time to try and smear me on a daily basis, that’s all she does,” DeSantis said of Fried.
After polls closed in the evening, DeSantis grabbed the spotlight again, speaking to a crowd in Miami. “We’re not going to let this state be overrun by woke ideology, we will fight the woke in the business, we will fight the woke in government agencies, we will fight the woke in our schools,” DeSantis said. “We will never, ever surrender to the woke agenda. Florida is the state where woke goes to die.”
Expect to hear a lot more like that from DeSantis in the months — and possibly years — ahead.
GERRYMANDERING’S LONG SHADOW
Florida and New York, which held primary elections Tuesday, were two of the states whose legislative maps were most radically redrawn this year to favor one political party. It was part of a centuries-old political gambit known as gerrymandering.
But Tuesday night showed two different sides of gerrymandering. The New York map that Democrats redrew to ruthlessly target vulnerable Republicans got tossed out by the state’s highest court as an illegal partisan act.
The map was redrawn to be more balanced, disregarding the political fortunes of some of New York’s most prominent members of Congress and lumping several high-profile lawmakers in the same district in a push for equity. Ignoring scattered protests that its April ruling came too late in the process to change the map, the high court moved the state’s congressional primary to Tuesday, two months after its June primary for state offices.
That’s why New York’s Democratic primaries Tuesday were so fractious and chaotic.
In contrast, Florida’s Republican-appointed State Supreme Court declined to change the partisan map that DeSantis pushed the Republican-controlled Florida legislature to approve. Unlike the New York court, the Florida court declined to mess with the map close to the election.
As a result, Florida’s incumbent House members generally stayed put Tuesday night, not forced into any career-ending primary battles because of districts being moved. The great exception was Rep. Charlie Crist, who ran for — and won — the Democratic nomination for governor partly because DeSantis’ map transformed his district into a solidly Republican one. The new map also effectively eliminated two seats, currently represented in Washington by Black Democrats, where African Americans comprise the largest share of voters.
Nationally, both parties tried to gerrymander during the past redistricting cycle, but Democrats were reined in slightly more than Republicans — largely due to Florida and New York. Florida’s top court may change that in the coming years when it rules on challenges to DeSantis’ maps.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering multiple cases that could change the ability of courts to redistrict gerrymanders. That may help determine whether we see more congressional primaries like New York’s, or more like Florida’s.
DEMOCRATIC DIVISIONS
It’s been muted by the spectacle of Trump’s makeover of the GOP, but Democrats also spent the primary season torn over the direction of their party.
Left-wing contenders continued to mount primary challenges to centrist Democrats. The left lost its most prominent bids to dislodge incumbent House members in south Texas and Cleveland.
Two new losses came Tuesday, when a liberal state senator was crushed by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney in a congressional primary north of New York City. And attorney Dan Goldman, who worked on Trump’s first impeachment, narrowly beat a bevy of more progressive rivals in a primary for a congressional seat centered in Brooklyn.
But the left has won some victories this primary season, nabbing a nomination for a House seat in Pennsylvania and seeing one of its favorite politicians, that state’s Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, win the party’s nomination for Senate.
Neither side has been crushed, so expect more left-on-center primaries next election cycle.
TRUMP’S PARTY, WITH AN ASTERISK
Trump set out to demonstrate his dominance of the GOP this primary season, and he succeeded — to a point.
His approval helped set the party’s Senate field and was pivotal in a number of hotly contested primaries. He claimed his biggest prize last week, when his chosen candidate beat Rep. Liz Cheney in Wyoming’s Republican primary. On Tuesday, Trump’s chosen candidate, Air Force veteran and conservative activist Anna Luna, won her primary in an open GOP-leaning seat on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
But Trump had some huge humiliations — especially when he tried to intervene in governor’s races in Idaho, Nebraska and especially Georgia, where Trump failed to oust Gov. Brian Kemp for refusing to overturn the 2020 election in his state and award it to Trump.
Even more significantly, Trump elevated candidates who may not be able to win competitive races — or may even pose a threat to democracy itself. Last week, the GOP’s Senate leader, Mitch McConnell, warned that his party may not win a Senate majority due to “candidate quality” among its nominees. They include Trump-backed candidates struggling in swing states, like Herschel Walker in Georgia, JD Vance in Ohio and Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania.
Others, like the GOP’s nominees for Pennsylvania governor, Doug Mastriano, and Arizona governor, Kari Lake, have denied that Trump lost the 2020 election, raising questions about whether they’d certify the actual winners of future elections if they take over their statehouses.
Trump does not always have to intercede for extreme candidates who have mimicked his style to rise in Republican primaries. On Tuesday, Laura Loomer, a conservative provocateur who’s been banned from several social media websites for posting anti-Muslim remarks, surprised many with a strong — albeit unsuccessful — showing in a primary challenge to 73-year-old Florida Rep. Daniel Webster.
Still, Trump’s effect on the GOP became immeasurable this primary season.
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This story has been corrected to show Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney defeated a liberal state senator, not an assemblywoman; and deletes reference to a Democratic-appointed court as having redrawn the map; others were involved as well.
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(NEXSTAR) – A 61-year-old woman has died after being mauled by multiple dogs in Putnam County, Florida, over the weekend.
Pamela Jane Rock, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service, was working in the rural town of Interlachen on Sunday afternoon when the attack occurred. Witnesses contacted the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office shortly before 1 p.m. after hearing Rock’s screams and seeing the victim in the road, being attacked by five dogs belonging to a nearby resident.
As neighbors attempted to scare the dogs away by firing a gun, though the attempt was “unsuccessful,” said Colonel Joseph Wells, the Chief Deputy of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, at a press conference Wednesday morning.
Deputies arrived to find Rock bleeding in the street, at which point they administered first aid and applied three tourniquets. By this point, the dogs had already been restrained by their owner and a neighbor, Chief Wells said.
Rock was transported to a local medical center, experiencing cardiac arrest on the way to the medical center. She was later transported to a hospital in Gainesville, where she died Monday evening.
At Wednesday’s press conference, Chief Wells confirmed that animal control officers and sheriff’s deputies had previously been called to the area at least four times over the past three years. Two of those times, the deputies had responded to the same address where the dogs’ owner lived, but Chief Wells could not confirm whether they had responded to concerns over those same dogs.
He added that the dogs had been fenced in, but were able to “move some rocks that the bottom of the fence was lined with” and escape the property.
The owner of the dog could also “possibly” face criminal charges, pending an investigation, Chief Wells added.
The five dogs, meanwhile, will be euthanized according to Florida state law, he said.
A representative for the United States Postal Service said the agency was “deeply saddened” by Rock’s death.
“A postal family member lost her life in a dog bite attack,” reads a statement shared with Nexstar. “The U.S. Postal Service is deeply saddened at the loss of our employee. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and her co-workers at this time.”
USPS added that employees are instructed to use their mail bags as a “soft shield” and are “equipped to carry pepper spray” in the event of dog attacks, but urged homeowners to be responsible for their pets when mail carriers are nearby, suggesting they move dogs to another room, refrain from taking mail directly from a carrier if the dog is close by, or enroll their dog in obedience training.
Pet owners may also be instructed to pick up their mail at a post office if the mail carrier “feels threatened,” according to USPS.
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President announces largest student loan forgiveness extension to date
Not everyone is happy, with critics saying the measures unfairly benefit certain Americans.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Joe Biden announcing an extension on student loan forgiveness and the help will also be the largest borrowers have received to date. However, critics are torn over if the money is enough and if the program should exist at all.
The student loan debt forgiveness program started at the height of the pandemic and was set to expire on August 31st. Under the President’s new extension, people who make less than $125,000 are eligible for $20,000 in forgiveness if they went to college with Pell grants. If they did not go to college with Pell grants, borrowers at that income level can receive $10,000 in student loan forgiveness.
The program also freezes payments through December 31st. The Department of Education is also set to propose a new program to allow people with undergraduate loans can cap repayment at 5% of their monthly income.
Read more details of the student loan forgiveness extension here from the White House
Read more on how to claim the relief here from the U.S. Dept of Education
The U.S. Department of Education is calling the announcement a final extension. They are warning everyone to be prepared to start payments again in January 2023. They’ll be announcing more details on how to claim relief in the weeks ahead.
The president’s program is also receiving criticism for not going far enough. In an opinion piece written prior to the announcement for CNN, top NAACP leaders Derrick Johnson and Wisdom Cole wrote “We are fed up. The NAACP has been calling for a minimum of $50,000 in student loan debt cancellation because our research indicates it is what is necessary to make a meaningful difference.”
The White House acknowledged in a statement “the student debt burden also falls disproportionately on Black borrowers. Twenty years after first enrolling in school, the typical Black borrower who started college in the 1995-96 school year still owed 95% of their original student debt.”
It said, however, it is working to advance racial equality by targeting relief to borrowers with the highest need and that “the Administration’s actions are likely to help narrow the racial wealth gap. Black students are more likely to have to borrow for school and more likely to take out larger loans. Black borrowers are twice as likely to have received Pell Grants compared to their white peers. Other borrowers of color are also more likely than their peers to receive Pell Grants. That is why an Urban Institute study found that debt forgiveness programs targeting those who received Pell Grants while in college will advance racial equity.”
Meanwhile, several Republicans also criticized the extension.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called the help a “slap in the face.”
He said in part in a statement, “Washington Democrats have found yet another way to make inflation even worse, reward far-left activists, and achieve nothing for millions of working American families who can barely tread water. President Biden’s student loan socialism is a slap in the face to every family who sacrificed to save for college, every graduate who paid their debt, and every American who chose a certain career path or volunteered to serve in our Armed Forces in order to avoid taking on debt. This policy is astonishingly unfair. The median American with student loans already has a significantly higher income than the median American overall. Experts who studied similar past proposals found that the overwhelming benefit of student loan socialism flows to higher-earning Americans. Democrats specifically wrote this policy to make sure that people earning six figures would benefit.”
The White House said the forgiveness will help 20 million people and 90% of the help will go t those earning less than $75,000. It said no one in top 5% will earn relief. The President also claims the announcement will offset inflation, or could have a neutral impact.
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Jill Biden has ‘rebound’ COVID-19 case; president remains negative
WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend.
President Joe Biden, who spent three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Del. vacation home, continues to test negative, the White House said. He also suffered a rebound case earlier this month after an initial recovery from the virus.
Jill Biden first tested positive for the virus on Aug. 15, when she and her husband were vacationing in Kiawah Island, S.C. She isolated in the beach town until she received two negative tests and was cleared to meet the president in Delaware on Sunday.
Biden’s deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said she “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures.” She added: “The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing, and close contacts have been notified.”
Jill Biden, 71, like her husband, has been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. She had been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid, which has proven to be highly effective at preventing serious disease and death among those at highest risk from COVID-19, but a minority of those prescribed the drug have experienced a rebound case of the virus a few days after their initial recovery.
The White House said the president was considered a close contact and would wear a mask “for 10 days when indoors and in close proximity to others” in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. The White House will also increase the frequency of his COVID-19 testing.
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(NEXSTAR) – The Biden administration has announced its plan to cancel some of America’s $1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt, fulfilling a campaign promise after months of anticipation. Up to 43 million borrowers are expected to receive relief, according to estimates from the White House.
Roughly 20 million borrowers are expected to see their entire remaining student loan balance erased.
Plans for “targeted student debt cancellation,” revealed Wednesday, are intended to help “borrowers at highest risk of delinquencies or default once payments resume,” the U.S. Department of Education said in a release.
As expected, student loan forgiveness will be restricted based on income. Borrowers “with annual income during the pandemic of under $125,000 (for individuals) or under $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households)” will be eligible for up to $10,000 in relief, according to the Education Department.
Borrowers under the same income caps who received a Pell Grant in college will be eligible for up to $20,000 in debt cancellation.
How that relief will be distributed has not yet been made clear.
In its Wednesday release, the Education Department said further details will be announced in the coming weeks. Borrowers will need to fill out an application, officials said, which will be available available before the student loan payment pause ends on December 31.
Income data already available to the Department of Education shows nearly 8 million borrowers may qualify for student relief automatically.
Additional details about student loan forgiveness are expected in the coming weeks, and President Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks about the decision Wednesday afternoon.
In addition to student loan forgiveness, the Biden administration extended the payment pause on loans until the end of 2022, proposed a new rule to change to create a new income-driven repayment plan that will substantially reduce future monthly payments for lower- and middle-income borrowers, and proposed long-term changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/will-my-student-loans-be-forgiven/ | 2022-08-24T17:45:51Z | https://www.pahomepage.com/uncategorized/will-my-student-loans-be-forgiven/ | true |
Amber Alert issued for missing 1-year-old out of Austin, Texas
AUSTIN (Gray News) - Authorities in Texas are searching for a missing 1-year-old girl believed to have been abducted and may be in immediate danger.
An Amber Alert was issued for Sailor Tucker, who was last seen in the 4700 block of White Elm Ct in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 23 at about 8 p.m., according to the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.
Sailor is described to be about 2 feet and 5 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes. She weighs about 25 pounds.
She was last seen wearing a teal shirt with a mermaid design and teal shorts.
Her possible whereabouts are unknown at this time, according to NCMEC. Authorities also reported the suspect in her disappearance is unknown.
Sailor is believed to be in immediate or grave danger and is possibly the passenger in an unknown vehicle.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or contact the Austin Police Department at (512)974-5250.
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Psychologist: School shooter didn’t get consistent treatment
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A psychologist who treated Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz when he was 8 years old testified Wednesday that Cruz was a “peculiar child” who had many behavioral and developmental issues but his widowed mother seemed overwhelmed and wasn’t consistent in her discipline or in getting him treatment.
Frederick Kravitz said he began treating Cruz in 2007 on a referral from Cruz’s psychiatrist with Lynda Cruz telling him her adopted son suffered from anxiety and nervousness and had trouble controlling his temper. But she also said he was friendly and got along fine with his peers — claims that a neighbor, preschool teachers and an elementary school special education counselor have testified were not true.
Kravitz said that while he suggested weekly sessions for Cruz, his mother only brought him 15 times over a 13-month span, a decade before he murdered 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
He said that was a major issue — Lynda Cruz would agree that her son needed more consistent treatment and she needed to be more consistent in her discipline of him and his younger half-brother, Zachary, but did not follow through. She was 57, depressed from her husband’s sudden 2003 death and dealing with two “tumultuous” young children, he said.
They would yell, throw tantrums and break furnishings, he said.
“They raised it to an art form,” Kravitz said. “Nikolas was easily set off and Zachary seemed to derive some pleasure from pushing Nikolas’ buttons.”
That would set off their mother, something both boys seemed to enjoy.
“She lost her cool frequently and backed down to the boys frequently, which only made the problems worse,” he said. He said he tried to work with her, but she felt embarrassed by her sons’ behavior and felt people were judging her.
Cruz’s attorneys are in Day 3 of their defense, hoping to persuade his jury to sentence him to life without parole instead of death. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and the trial, which began July 18, is only to determine his sentence.
The defense is trying to overcome the prosecution’s case, which featured surveillance video of Cruz, then 19, mowing down students and staff with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle 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.
The defense has focused on the mental and emotional problems Cruz exhibited from his earliest days. Testimony has shown that his birth mother was a street prostitute who abused cocaine and alcohol and as a toddler he was developmentally delayed, often violent towards other children and teased and bullied for his small stature, unusual appearance and odd behavior. When he was 8, he acted like a 6-year-old, at best, Kravitz said.
“He stood out like a sore thumb,” he said.
He said Cruz had a fear of abandonment because of his father’s death and his adoption and had an active “bad imagination.”
“He was extremely fearful his mother would forget to pick him up (at school) and he would be stuck there,” Kravitz said, even though that never happened.
He said Cruz had some signs of obsessive-compulsive disorder — for example, he always had to have exactly eight chicken nuggets.
He said he asked Cruz what his three wishes would be.
“Pokemon, a dog and more Pokemon,” Kravitz said.
Lynda Cruz died in November 2017, about four months before the shooting.
Under cross-examination, Kravitz conceded that Cruz’s mother did get him further psychiatric and psychological treatment and might have been reluctant to keep her son’s appointments with him because of the $87 per visit copay her insurance required.
Prosecutor Jeff Marcus asked Kravitz is there was anything about Cruz when he was 8 that would have indicated he would eventually commit mass murder. He said no.
“I’ve worked with some other very damaged kids and certainly to the best of my knowledge none of them have ever acted out like this,” Kravitz said.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tagore Technology Inc., a pioneer of high-power, low-current GaN-based RF switches, today announced the introduction of the TSL8329M, a dual-channel Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) with an integrated RF switch, and multichip module. Designed for demanding applications, the module operates from 3.3 GHz to 4.2GHz. This dual channel module is architected with cascading, two-stage LNA and a high-power GaN-based fail-safe RF switch. The TSL8329M is well-suited for 5G infrastructure and TDD massive MIMO system.
"With integrated dual-channel RF front end, the high performance TSL8329M is well suited for the most demanding 5G infrastructure radios, small cells and massive MIMO system. The footprint and pinouts allow easy adaption in complex MIMO configurations", said Klaus Buehring, Tagore Technology's Chief Marketing Officer.
The TSL8329M has NF of 1 dB with 32 dB of gain at 3.6 GHz with an output third-order intercept point (OIP3) of 35 dBm. In bypass mode, the LNA provides 13 dB of gain. In power-down mode, the device draws 5 mA. In transmit operation, when RF inputs are connected to a termination pin (TERM-CHA or TERM-CHB), the switch provides a low insertion loss of 0.45 dB at 3.6GHz and handles LTE average power (9 dB peak to average ratio (PAR)) of 43 dBm for full lifetime operation. The device comes in a RoHS compliant, compact, 6 mm × 6 mm, 40-lead LFCSP.
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Tagore Technology was founded in January 2011 to pioneer Gallium Nitride-on-Silicon (GaN-on-Si) semiconductor technology for Radio Frequency (RF) and power management applications. We are a fabless semiconductor company with design centers in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA and Kolkata, India. Our R&D team is dedicated to developing disruptive solutions leveraging wide bandgap technologies that help address RF and power design challenges for our customers and accelerate time-to-market for a wide range of applications. For more information visit www.tagoretech.com
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Lee's Trash brings to LRS more than 25,000 subscription and municipal residential customers, large commercial and construction roll-off lines of business and expanded infrastructure featuring a Municipal Solid Waste transfer station
ATKINS, Ark., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LRS, among the nation's leading independent waste diversion, recycling, and portable services providers, today announced an expansion of its LRS South territory with the acquisition of Lee's Trash Service, the Arkansas River Valley's provider of choice for residential and commercial waste disposal and roll-off container services. Advisory and legal services were provided by Capstone Partners and Much Shelist, respectively; the acquisition is effective immediately.
This transformational acquisition adds density to the LRS Arkansas River Valley footprint, including more than 25,000 subscription and municipal residential customers, commercial disposal customers, a strong roll-off presence in commercial and construction markets, and a transfer station to support continued regional expansion.
Founded in 1993, Lee's Trash Service has transformed from one collection route to one of the premier waste service providers in the Arkansas River Valley. Over 30 years, Founder Tony Lee has scaled his business with an unwavering entrepreneurial spirit rooted in family values and customer service excellence, making the transition to LRS seamless. Lee will remain on with LRS in a senior operations role as the company grows its regional presence.
LRS entered Arkansas with the Nov. 2021 acquisitions of Orion Waste Solutions territories in Bethel Heights and Harrison in northwest Arkansas, and Waste Recycling Solutions' RAMCO vertically integrated waste and recycling business in Little Rock, Ark., which included a Construction & Demolition (C&D) landfill located in Mayflower, Ark.
"We are thrilled to see our presence across the South Central states take shape and densifying in Arkansas, where the demand for responsible waste diversion and recycling remains strong," said Rusty Janssen, who joined LRS as part of the RAMCO acquisition and now serves as Senior Vice President for LRS South. "As we grow and expand, LRS will be working to invest in recycling and waste diversion infrastructure to fulfill residential and commercial demand, and we remain on track to change the face of trash in Arkansas."
LRS President and Chief Executive Officer Alan T. Handley welcomed all Lee's Trash Service employees to LRS and commented further on how such acquisitions shape and impact LRS culture.
"Since our founding, LRS culture has been rooted in the legacies of hard-working men and women who started with little, took a chance, invested everything, and over the decades built their family's future through grit and determination. At LRS, these family legacies are interwoven into our culture and form our unshakable commitment to customer service and satisfaction."
The acquisition of Lee's Trash Service is LRS' tenth to date in 2022. In 2021, the company amassed 22 acquisitions to complement its organic revenue growth across the nation's midsection.
LRS is among the nation's leading independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services providers. Since 2013, LRS has specialized in delivering an exceptional customer experience for millions of residential and commercial customers across nine states: Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Arkansas and Tennessee. Diversified and growing, LRS also offers affordable roll-off container services, C&D recycling, street sweeping, portable restroom rentals, on-site storage and temporary fencing. LRS owns and operates more than 65 facilities and thrives on the passion of 2,100 full-time employees. The company provides safe, innovative, sustainability-driven services to clean and beautify the cities, neighborhoods, and communities it serves. To learn more visit www.LRSrecycles.com. #BeyondWaste
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The Met Office have issued a weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rain which they warn will cause more disruption.
A week on from flash floods bringing parts of the UK to a standstill, another yellow warning has been put in place.
It covers much of the east of England, as well as some parts of the south coast, stretching from Cambridge and Norwich down over London to Portsmouth and Brighton.
The warning is in place from midnight tonight until 3pm on Thursday, it has been announced.
Flooding is "likely", with loss of power and damage to buildings also possible, Brits have been warned.
The Met Office say: "There is a good chance driving conditions will be affected by spray, standing water and/or hail, leading to longer journey times by car and bus.
"Delays to train services are possible and some short term loss of power and other services is likely.
"Possibly some damage to a few buildings and structures from lightning strikes is possible and some flooding of a few homes and businesses likely - leading to some damage to buildings or structures."
They advise Brits to take care when travelling and whilst the storm is marked towards "very likely" to happen the impact is ranked towards the bottom end of the scale.
The early hours of Thursday morning are likely to see outbreaks of heavy and thundery rain across east and southeast England.
The Met Office predict that most places will see 10-20mm of rain but some could see upwards of 60mm or more over the six hours of thunderstorm.
They warned that: "lightning will be an additional hazard" and "the area of rain is expected to ease from the southwest before clearing into the North Sea during Thursday afternoon."
The thunderstorm follows a tumultuous few months for the UK's weather that has seen storms, floods, wildfires, droughts and more.
Last month the UK saw its hottest ever day as temperatures pushed beyond 40C as England suffered its driest July on record.
This was followed in a matter of weeks by a second heatwave and then much of the country then saw downpours and thunderstorms.
However, in the face of some midweek storms, the country could also be set for a scorching bank holiday weekend.
Forecasters have predicted most will see a sunny end to August with temperatures pushing the high 20s.
Regions and local authorities affected:
East Midlands
- Lincolnshire
East of England
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Norfolk
- Peterborough
- Southend-on-Sea
- Suffolk
- Thurrock
London & South East England
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
- East Sussex
- Greater London
- Hampshire
- Kent
- Medway
- Portsmouth
- Slough
- Surrey
- West Sussex
- Windsor and Maidenhead
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of KRBP during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Kiromic common stock issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 and/or (b) Kiromic common stock between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 (the "Offering Documents") failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of these documents, imposed a clinical hold on the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two new drug candidates. Given that the offering closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the IND applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
DEADLINE: October 4, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/kiromic-biopharma-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31098&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of KRBP during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is October 4, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of LifeStance Health Group, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of LFST during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of LifeStance common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the documents issued in connection with LifeStance's June 10, 2021 initial public stock offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the number of virtual visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was decreasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby flatlining LifeStance Health's out-patient/virtual revenue growth; (ii) the percentage of in-person visits clients were undertaking utilizing LifeStance Health was increasing as the COVID-19 lockdowns were being lifted, thereby causing LifeStance Health's operating expenses to increase substantially; (iii) LifeStance Health had lost a large number of physicians due to burn-out and, as a result, its physician retention rate had fallen significantly below the 87% highlighted in the initial public offering's registration statement, and LifeStance Health had been expending additional costs to onboard new physicians who were less productive than the outgoing physicians they were replacing; and (iv) as a result, LifeStance Health's business metrics and financial prospects were not as strong as the initial public offering's registration statement represented.
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NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of LFST during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is October 11, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The ZeroSum Market First Report is the automotive industry's first source to predict month-end vehicle movement, providing vital supply and demand trend data to automotive marketers and dealers. ZeroSum uses predictive modeling to accurately estimate new vehicle inventory, pricing trends, and market share.
According to ZeroSum data, new vehicle inventory is expected to rise 2.87% by the end of August while used vehicle inventory could fall 3.48%. At the same time, average new vehicle prices rose 0.10% to $48,429 and used vehicle prices increased 0.53% to $34,242.
Data from The Federal Reserve shows that United States car production hit a two-year high in July, returning to pre-pandemic levels. Although it is expected that the chip shortage will improve over the remainder of 2022, not all automakers are optimistic about their year-end performance. BMW has lowered its production forecast for the second half of the year, citing volatile chip and European energy supplies and warned it may not meet earnings targets. Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz also reported limitations in vehicle availability but is anticipating much higher 2022 revenues than previously predicted.
New vehicle inventory is expected to rise to 1,068,688 by the end of the month which would be a significant shift from July when inventory declined. When more new cars are available, ZeroSum expects used car prices to come back down.
- Continue marketing used vehicles. The average used car price rose to $34,242 in August. Sell as many used cars as possible while prices remain high.
- Closely monitor pricing trends. By the end of the month, new vehicle inventory could be up almost 3%. Rising new vehicle inventory to cause used car price drops in the coming months and require you to adjust your pricing strategy accordingly.
- Continue acquiring EVs. EV registrations are up while inventory is down. Prepare for EV demand by increasing your available stock of electric and hybrid cars.
To read the entire report and view supplemental charts, visit our website: https://www.zerosum.ai/blog/zerosum-market-first-report-2022-8
ZeroSum is a leader in software, marketing, and data. Powered by its SaaS platform, MarketAI, ZeroSum is simplifying and modernizing automotive marketing by leveraging artificial intelligence, data, and scaling ability to acquire new customers. ZeroSum is the first and only company that matches consumer demand with automotive data in real time. For more information, visit www.zerosum.ai.
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I've yet to really dig into the excess and indulgence of Venezuelan street food, but my adoration for the no-holds-barred approach to sandwiches already runs deep. I have yet to meet an arepa or cachapa I didn't like, but I figure it's time to check out the other sandwich and street food innovations that hail from Venezuela. To this end, I was pleased to see that a spot called Zaperoco (785 E. 200 South, Ste. 9, Lehi, 801-331-8695, zaperocofood.net) has been a bastion of Venezuelan food in Utah County since last year
Zaperoco's digs are right in the shopping center across from the Lehi Roller Mills, which is quickly becoming quite a cool spot for local eats. It's neighbors with the Hawaiian hot dog wizards at Porky's Kauai, and it looks like the Jurassic Tacos food truck is planning on opening a brick-and-mortar location in the same stretch of real estate. This bodes particularly well for Utah County foodies—or those simply in town to re-enact Kevin Bacon's "angry dance" from Footloose on location at the Roller Mills.
I think one of Zaperoco's main strengths is its sandwich variety. All the traditional arepas can be found within its menu, but the chief among them is the cabimera ($13). It exemplifies what I've found to be the signature move of Venezuelan cuisine, which is a strong desire to see how much stuff they can fit into an arepa. This one is piled high with shredded beef, shredded chicken, ham, cheese and hard-boiled eggs. It's slathered in the Zaperoco house sauce, which is a creamy, herbaceous condiment that really ties the dish together. If you happen to be craving a top-notch arepa and haven't had breakfast, this monster is an absolute thrill to dive into. I'll never discourage someone from trying to pick up such an overstuffed arepa and eat it with their hands, but you may want to snag a fork and knife for this one.
Those after something ever-so-slightly smaller than an arepa will dig Zaperoco's tapitas. There are shredded chicken ($5) and beef ($5) varieties, or you can get a mixed tapita ($5) that includes a bit of both, along with a slice of ham. The tapitas maintain the basic genetic makeup of the arepa, but their filling-to-arepa ratio is a bit more balanced. This one you can eat like a sandwich without all those meat juices running down your forearm—most of the time, anyway.
My primary objective at Zaperoco was to cross the patacon off my sandwich bucket list. For those who are hearing this term for the first time, a patacon takes the popular arepa fillings and smushes them between two plantains that have been flattened and fried to chewy perfection. The existence of plantains in Venezuelan food is one of the things that keeps me coming back; I love these starchy, slightly sweet fruits. Any culture canny enough to swap them in for bread in a sandwich is truly inspired, and so is the patacon at Zaperoco.
Let's first talk about the use of plantains here. For the most part, the bread part of a sandwich exists only to keep the filling from gooshing out all over the place, and it's rare to see the bread impart any flavor other than bread to the whole deal. When it does, it tends to overwhelm the innards with too much sweet or too many herbs. When you use fried plantains, however, you're getting superior structural support, because fried plantains don't disintegrate when soaked with a high volume of sandwich fillings. You're also getting a very natural, subtle sweetness that works perfectly with the shredded meats and melted cheeses inside.
For the best example of Zaperoco's patacon, you must check out the patacon mixto ($13), which comes with all the shredded meats at the restaurant's disposal, along with a slice of grilled ham. If you're feeling brave, you can pick this sucker up and eat it with your hands, but it's best to take the cabimera approach and tackle this with some utensils.
In addition to monstruous sandwiches that balance flavors and textures remarkably well, Zaperoco has plenty of smaller snacks on the menu. Various empanadas stuffed with shredded chicken, beef, or potato are all available—and all under three bucks. Then you've got the cheesy stuffed tequeños ($1.50) that make an excellent complement to any meal, especially when you dip them in some of that herby house sauce.
Zaperoco is an excellent entry into Utah's Venezuelan food scene, and its current location is adding some much-needed culinary diversity to Lehi's Main Street area. I'm willing to help spread the gospel of Venezuelan cuisine to the far corners of the Wasatch Front, so having a spot that serves up some of these classics a bit further south will only aid in the cause. I'd also encourage anyone who fancies themselves a fan of sandwiches to hit this place up. The creativity, flavor combos and overall spectacle that Zaperoco instills into its menu will make you rethink anything you've ever placed between sliced bread. | https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/a-trip-on-the-plantain-train/Content?oid=18797590 | 2022-08-24T18:01:00Z | https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/a-trip-on-the-plantain-train/Content?oid=18797590 | true |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Every major league team will play each other in the same season for the first time next year as the sport switches to its first balanced schedule since 2000.
As a result of the format switch agreed to in the March lockout settlement, high-profile games between division rivals such as Yankees-Red Sox, Dodgers-Giants and Cubs-Cardinals will be reduced from 19. Intradivision games will drop from 47% to 32%.
A team will host all of the other 29 clubs at least once every two seasons.
“I think it’s great for the fans,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “I’m so tired of playing the same people.”
Major League Baseball said Wednesday it will open the 2023 season on March 30 and again will try to have every team start on the same day, which last occurred in 1968.
A team will play 13 games against each division rival for a total of 52 and six or seven against each other club in its league for a total of 64. The remaining 46 games are against interleague opponents: a home and road two-game series against a so-called natural rival and a single three-game series against each of the 14 other clubs in the opposite league.
“This new format creates more common opponents, both in the division and among your league opponents, so that typically when you’re competing for the wild card, there’s a much higher percentage of common opponents across divisions,” said Chris Marinak, MLB’s chief operations and strategy officer. “And we think that equity is good for the competition on the field.
“On the marketing side, we think that the new schedule gives our fans more opponents at home, so they get to see a broader array of clubs in their ballpark,” Marinak said. “And probably more importantly, it gives us a chance for our star players to get exposure more nationally and be seen in more places throughout the season.”
The American League used a balanced schedule from 1977-2000 and the National League from 1993-2000, with interleague play starting in 1997 and limited to 15-18 games per season for each team. Then-Commissioner Bud Selig had pushed for a return to an unbalanced schedule.
AL openers have Baltimore at Boston, the Chicago White Sox at Houston, Minnesota at Kansas City, the Los Angeles Angels at Oakland, Cleveland at Seattle and Detroit at Tampa Bay.
NL openers are Milwaukee at the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Arizona at the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Mets at Miami, Colorado at San Diego and Atlanta at Washington.
Interleague openers have San Francisco at the New York Yankees, Toronto at St. Louis and Philadelphia at Texas.
Other home openers are the Giants at the White Sox and the Mets at Milwaukee on April 3; San Diego at Atlanta, the Dodgers at Arizona, the Yankees at Baltimore, Boston at Detroit, Houston at Minnesota, Miami at the Mets and Cincinnati at Philadelphia on April 6, and Seattle at Cleveland, Washington at Colorado, Toronto at the Angels, the White Sox at Pittsburgh and Kansas City at San Francisco on April 7.
Toronto opens with 10 road games before hosting Detroit on April 11, a request made by the Blue Jays because of construction at Rogers Centre.
The schedule usually is updated with game times during the winter.
Next year’s start is the earliest since 2019. The season will revert to 186 days from the 182 it was shortened to this year due to the lockout.
Natural interleague rivals include Mets-Yankees, Cubs-White Sox, Dodgers-Angels, Giants-Athletics, Reds-Indians, Marlins-Rays, Orioles-Nationals, Royals-Cardinals and Brewers-Twins.
Among the teams with no geographic interleague rivals, MLB paired Red Sox-Braves, Pirates-Tigers, Phillies-Blue Jays, Rangers-Diamondbacks, Astros-Rockies and Padres-Mariners.
Travel is roughly the same as the prior format, which had teams play 76 games against division foes, 66 against other clubs in the league (seven vs. six teams and six against four teams) and 20 interleague.
"The bulk of what dictates your travel is the number of trips you take, and this doesn’t change the number of trips,” said Chuck Torres, MLB’s senior director of scheduling and broadcasting.
Other than within its own division, a team can host or visit a maximum of three teams from another division.
To combat exhaustion, each team was scheduled for seven off days among its last 67 days, three among its last 32 and one in its last 10.
MLB tried to have all 30 clubs play on the same opening day for four of the past five seasons.
Pittsburgh at Detroit and Washington at Cincinnati were rained out in 2018. For 2019, Seattle and Oakland started ahead of other teams with a two-game series in Tokyo.
In 2020, the season’s start was delayed to July 23 because of the pandemic, and the only game on opening night had the Yankees at Washington. In 2021, the Mets’ game at Washington and Baltimore’s game at Boston were postponed.
This year’s start was delayed from March 31 to April 7 because of the 99-day lockout that ended on March 10, and only seven games were scheduled for opening day.
Every team is scheduled to play on Jackie Robinson Day, April 15, which falls on a Saturday.
The All-Star Game will be at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park on July 11, eight days earlier than this year’s game at Dodger Stadium. Then called Safeco Field, the ballpark hosted the 2001 All-Star Game.
No games are scheduled on the two days after the All-Star Game, creating a four-day break and leaving the second half to start July 14. The regular season ends Oct. 1.
There are two scheduled day-night doubleheaders: the Padres at Philadelphia on July 16 and the Dodgers at Colorado on Sept. 26. This year’s original schedule had one doubleheader but 30 twinbills were added in the revisions caused the lockout.
The Cubs and Cardinals play a two-game series at London’s Olympic Stadium in June 24-25, and the Phillies and Nationals play in the Little League Classic at Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 20.
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Naby Keïta wont join Dortmund. [@Plettigoal]
Totally agree. We have a fantastic team and manager. We have punched well above our weight with our net spend. Now that we have climbed up to the top two in the league we need to keep on finding gems and keep the squad at that high level. No need to panic yet but we do need to keep building and building otherwise we'll slip backwards.As said above, Klopp ain't going to be with us for that much longer and it would be a shame to see his team slide back after all his hard work.
Grizz Kahn is a chancer. Last week some lad made up a transfer story about us being in for Jacob Ramsay to see how many Liverpool fans would fall for it. Grizz and another ITK bellend called Ivan Scharwzkoff fell for it hook, line and sinker..He's probably seen Samie mention him on here, and then gone and tweeted about it.
9/10 for that post.
Whoa whoa whoa... TWO legs? Lower your expectations, bud.
It is clear that Jurgen Klopp would like to strengthen in midfield if the right player is available. Ideally, Klopp wants a No.8 who can also play as a No.6, but it has to be someone who is going to play now and also when the cavalry returns. [@_pauljoyce]
Feels like it just goes in circles with the finances part- if you don't know where we spend our money please read the Swiss Ramble threadhttps://twitter.com/SwissRamble/status/1499640070768320513?t=sbiTpSs68aZjdscAx2EldA&s=19You can argue over how we allocate spend between transfer fees, wages or infrastructure but there isn't some pot of money no being spent/ taken from the club. Our policy is we spend what we earn, that isn't going to change
A list of midfield players who are on the last year of their contract. Some clubs may sell now rather than let them go on a free next year.https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/transfers/endendevertraege/statistik?plus=0&jahr=2023&ausrichtung=Mittelfeld&spielerposition_id=alle&altersklasse=alle&land_id=0&yt0=Show
Totally forgot Aouar still exists.
Yeah he keeps on popping up. It's not that long ago that he was a very good player.
Bloody hell. This thread had increased so much I thought we were actually after someone.
Been linked with Sucic. And if you ain't down with that, I got two words for ya!
Mo's wage increase and signing on fee / agent fees? I'd imagine that adds about £5m a year and about £15m in fees - I'm guessing, but there's no way a contract renewal for one of the best (and now one of the highest paid) players in the world is done cheaply.
Been linked with Sucic.
My scouse, the often busted but seldom battered Mr Flabby Whore Alien. Who will not send in cottoned wool, bubbled rap, shiny sliver spaced blanket and sum beefy Bovril to keep it warm and safe and snag as bag in a rag? Oh Whore yours is a sweeter leftish peg
Means were fucked once we drop out of top4 and there are no prize money flowing in
At least we'll win the Net Spend Trophy.
Not really, dont you k ow Abu Dhabi City have shown the world how to run a football club with their transfer business this summer?
A list of midfield players who are on the last year of their contract. Some clubs may sell now rather than let them go on a free next year.https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/transfers/endendevertraege/statistik?plus=0&jahr=2023&ausrichtung=Mittelfeld&spielerposition_id=alle&altersklasse=alle&land_id=0&yt0=ShowThere's a reason why most haven't had their contract renewed.
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Alteryx Server-FIPS enables users to more effectively scale analytics initiatives across public sector agencies
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alteryx, Inc. (NYSE: AYX), the Analytics Automation Company, today announced Alteryx Server-FIPS, a version of its Server offering that is aligned with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for data security and computer systems. The launch of Server-FIPS is monumental for the use of analytics in public sector environments that require enhanced data encryption. Alteryx Server-FIPS is a FIPS-capable and scalable server-based product for scheduling, sharing, and running apps and models created in Alteryx Designer-FIPS for others in the organization to leverage.
This announcement comes on the heels of Alteryx Designer-FIPS, demonstrating Alteryx's commitment to providing automated analytics to the public sector. The new offering allows analysts to share and collaborate on analytic workflows, macros, and analytic apps with other users throughout their organization. Additionally, IT leaders can trust that Alteryx Server-FIPS provides visibility, control, audibility, and FIPS capability needed to manage self-service analytics at scale, making analytic governance more achievable.
"With the launch of Alteryx Server-FIPS, we are doubling down on our enablement activities across the public sector with expanded access to secure analytics and a keen focus on building data literacy across the government workforce," said David Colberg, vice president, global government affairs and public policy, Alteryx. "This is an important step in our journey, and we will continue to prioritize the security compliance needs of our partners and customers in order to meet increasing demands across the government space."
Analysts at federal, state, and local government levels face pressing policy decisions that impact organizations and individuals within their jurisdiction. To make data-driven recommendations, analysts can utilize automated analytics to build workflows that give stakeholders the actionable intelligence they need to make rapid decisions that drive the organization forward. Public sector agencies can more accurately resource plan and provide personalized services to citizens to better protect national and economic interests with secure access to analytics.
"The federal government has stringent information security requirements, especially for software that manages and analyzes federal data. The launch of Alteryx Server-FIPS demonstrates a continued company commitment to meeting the needs of the federal government," said Nick Sinai, senior advisor, Insight Partners. "Alteryx is meeting the public sector where they are with automated analytics, helping government agencies build data skills and get more done."
For more information about how Alteryx is enabling the public sector to securely utilize analytics and make data driven decisions, visit the Alteryx Server-FIPS landing page or request a consultation.
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By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, whose unmistakable swagger in helping the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title earned him the nickname “Lenny the Cool,” died Wednesday. He was 87.
Dawson’s family announced his death in a statement through KMBC, the Kansas City-based television station where he starred in his second career as a broadcaster. No cause was given, though Dawson had been in declining health for years. He entered hospice care on Aug. 12.
“With wife Linda at his side, it is with much sadness that we inform you of the passing of our beloved Len Dawson,” the family’s statement read. “He was a wonderful husband, father, brother and friend. Len was always grateful and many times overwhelmed by the countless bonds he made during his football and broadcast careers.”
Dawson was the MVP of the Chiefs’ 23-7 Super Bowl victory over the Minnesota Vikings in January 1970.
“Len Dawson is synonymous with the Kansas City Chiefs,” owner Clark Hunt said in a statement on Wednesday. “Len embraced and came to embody Kansas City and the people that call it home. You would be hard-pressed to find a player who had a bigger impact in shaping the organization as we know it today than Len Dawson did.”
Dawson personified the Chiefs almost from the start, when the suave standout from Purdue lost out on starting jobs in Pittsburgh and Cleveland and landed with the nascent franchise, then located in Dallas. There, Dawson reunited with Hank Stram, who had been an assistant with the Boilermakers, and together they changed the franchise.
The coach and quarterback won the AFL championship together in 1962, their first year together, and became bona fide stars the following year, when club founder Lamar Hunt moved the team to Kansas City and rechristened it the Chiefs.
They proceeded to win two more AFL titles, one in 1966 when they lost to the Green Bay Packers in the first Super Bowl, and the other in ’69, when Dawson returned from an injury to help beat the Vikings at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.
“Looking back on my career, I’ve been blessed for what I had the opportunity to do,” Dawson said told The Associated Press in 2017, shortly after he announced his retirement from his second career as a Hall of Fame broadcaster. “I could not have accomplished so much without my teammates and colleagues, and I’m grateful for each of them.”
Dawson always remained a beloved figure in Kansas City, even though he cut back on public appearances several years ago when his health began to fail. But he always had time for fans, whether a photograph or signature, the latter often on an iconic black-and-white photo from halftime of that first Super Bowl: The exhausted quarterback, white uniform caked with mud, sitting on a folding chair with a cigarette in his mouth and a bottle of Fresca at his feet.
It perfectly captured a time and place. And it perfectly captured a man that embodied poise and self-assurance.
Dawson was born June 20, 1935, the ninth of 11 children that filled the house of James and Annie Dawson in the blue-collar manufacturing town of Alliance, Ohio. He was a three-sport athlete at Alliance High School, setting records in both football and basketball, and turned his success on the gridiron into a scholarship offer from Purdue.
He led the NCAA in passing efficiency as a sophomore while also playing defense and kicking, and helped lead an upset of Notre Dame during that 1954 season. By the end of his college career, Dawson had thrown for more than 3,000 yards, despite playing in an era that favored ground-and-pound football.
Dawson was chosen by the Steelers in the first round of the 1957 draft, but he wound up riding the bench behind Earl Morrall as a rookie and then failed to beat out Bobby Layne for he starting job the following season. The Steelers ultimately traded him to the Browns, where Dawson was unable to beat out Milt Plum for the job and was released.
One of the great disappointments of Dawson’s career wound up with a positive outcome.
With newfound freedom to sign anywhere, Dawson jumped to the upstart AFL and the Texans, lured in part by the chance to play for one of his old coaches at Purdue. Stram tapped into his talent, helping Dawson to quickly become one of the league’s prolific passers as the Texans went 11-3 and won the first of three championships.
The second came in 1966, when Dawson led the Chiefs to an 11-2-1 record and a 31-7 blowout of the Bills in the AFL title game. That earned the Chiefs the chance to face the powerhouse Packers — and coach Vince Lombardi — in the inaugural Super Bowl, where Dawson threw for 210 yards and a touchdown in a 35-10 defeat.
It was the 1969 season that proved to be the most memorable of Dawson’s career, though. He sustained a serious knee injury against the Patriots in Week 2, forcing him to miss the next five games. But he went on a tear once back on the field. Dawson led the Chiefs to victories over the defending champion Jets and bitter rival Raiders to reach what would be the final Super Bowl before the AFL-NFL merger, where he threw for 142 yards and a score in a 23-7 triumph.
“It was overwhelming,” Dawson said afterward. “It’s just, you know how that relief comes with you know it’s over with, and we’ve been successful? That’s the feeling that I had when I came off the field.”
Dawson played six more seasons in Kansas City, setting many franchise records that stood until a youngster named Patrick Mahomes came along, before hanging up his helmet after the 1975 season.
“RIP to the legend Len Dawson,” Mahomes wrote in a tweet. “The legacy and impact you made on Kansas City will live on forever.”
Along the way, Dawson parlayed what began as a publicity stunt into a second career in broadcasting.
In 1966, then-Chiefs general manager Jack Steadman wanted to drum up support for the franchise in Kansas City and convinced Dawson to anchor a sports segment on the nightly news. His natural charisma and folksy style made Dawson a natural. He turned his attention to TV and radio on a full-time basis after his playing career ended.
Dawson worked in local TV for several decades, adding game analysis for NBC from 1977-82 and hosting HBO’s iconic “Inside the NFL” from 1977-2001. He also served more than three decades on the Chiefs’ radio broadcast team.
After going into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1987, Dawson was inducted as a broadcaster in 2012.
“It’s been a true privilege and honor to have Len at the center of our broadcast team for the last 33 years,” said Dan Israel, the executive producer of the Chiefs’ radio network, upon his retirement a few years ago. “His contributions to not only this sport, but our industry, are incredibly profound.”
Dawson was married to his high school sweetheart, Jackie, from 1954 until her death in 1978, and together they had two children. His second wife, Linda, remained by his side as Dawson entered hospice care.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of 17 Education & Technology Group Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of YQ during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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Test road named 'Mobility4All Parkway' in recognition of Toyota's five-year anniversary of becoming ACM founding sponsor
YPSILANTI, Mich., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and the American Center for Mobility (ACM) today unveiled "Mobility4All Parkway" as the new name of a test road at ACM's Smart Mobility Test Center. Toyota was granted naming rights to the east/west section of ACM's 6x6 lane intersection in recognition of five years since becoming an ACM founder-level sponsor. The announcement was made during Toyota's Future Mobility Showcase for media on the ACM campus.
"'Mobility for All' is Toyota's vision of the future as a mobility company pursuing ways to provide universal, inclusive and accessible mobility options to the greatest number of people," said Monte Kaehr, group vice president, Advanced Mobility Research & Development, Toyota Motor North America. "ACM plays an important role in helping us toward achieving this goal, and we hope by giving 'Mobility4All Parkway' permanent visibility at the facility, others in the industry will embrace this vision for society."
"Thanks to Toyota's continued support, Michigan has been able to accelerate the mobility industry through research, testing and unique collaborations," said Reuben Sarkar, president & CEO for ACM. "As one of our founder-level sponsors, Toyota's contributions and engagement are realizing the vision set forth for ACM while benefiting our entire stakeholder community."
Toyota joined ACM in 2017 as a founder-level sponsor with a $5 million contribution with an established presence on the campus. In 2021, Toyota announced the expansion of its commitment to ACM with an additional $6 million investment, which includes a five-year lease for exclusive on-campus facilities, increased use of testing resources, construction of vehicle labs and a new office workspace on the ACM campus. The project will be completed this fall.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 48,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 43 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 14th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, more than a quarter of the company's 2021 North American sales were electrified.
Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.
About TMNA R&D
For 50 years, Toyota Motor North America Research & Development (TMNA R&D) has led engineering for several of the best-selling Toyota vehicles on U.S. roads. Teams are now creating both next-generation vehicles and new and advanced mobility concepts that can better move people, goods and information. Toyota's innovation has produced more patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office than any other automaker for the past 8 years (2,753 in 2021). Centered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, TMNA R&D is pursuing Toyota's mission to "Produce Happiness for All" by making life safer, easier and more enjoyable. Globally, Toyota spends approximately $1 million per hour on R&D to ensure that Toyota rapidly and continuously develops cutting-edge, high-quality, and appealing vehicles.
About American Center for Mobility
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s military has launched a “large-scale” offensive for the first time in a year in the northern Tigray region, Tigray authorities alleged Wednesday, while the government countered that Tigray forces attacked first. It’s a significant setback to mediation efforts as millions of people remain starved of food and other needs.
The conflict began in November 2020, killing thousands of people in Africa’s second-most populous country. Now, as then, both sides have acted at a moment when the world was focused elsewhere — the U.S. presidential election in 2020 and the six-month mark of the Ukraine war Wednesday.
The conflict calmed in recent months amid slow-moving mediation efforts. But last week, the spokeswoman for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed asserted that Tigray authorities were “refusing to accept peace talks,” and this week, Ethiopia’s military warned the public against reporting troop movements.
For their part, an Aug. 23 letter signed by Tigray leader Debretsion Gebremichael and shared with The Associated Press said Tigray leaders had “conducted two rounds of confidential face-to-face talks with senior military and civilian officials” — the first confirmation of direct talks. But it said “unacceptable conditions have been inserted into the peace process,” and urged the international community to step in quickly.
All sides have committed abuses in the conflict. On Wednesday, the United Nations said Tigray forces “forcibly entered” a World Food Program warehouse in the regional capital, Mekele, and took 12 fuel tankers meant for the delivery of badly needed humanitarian aid.
The Tigray military command said Ethiopian forces, along with fighters from the neighboring Amhara region, “started a large-scale attack around 5:00 a.m. in the direction of Alamata, southern Tigray.”
Ethiopia’s government said Tigray forces attacked first and warned that if attacks continue, “the government will take measures to save the country … and bring (Tigray forces) to the negotiating table whether it likes it or not.”
Ethiopia’s government has said it’s ready for talks, but insists the African Union must lead mediation efforts. Tigray authorities criticize the continental body’s efforts and urgently seek the resumption of telephone, banking and other services that have been largely cut off to the region of 6 million people since the war began.
Earlier this month, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, an ethnic Tigrayan, described the crisis in Tigray as “the worst disaster on Earth” and wondered aloud if the reason global leaders have not responded was due to “the color of the skin of the people in Tigray.”
Humanitarian aid began flowing to Tigray earlier this year, but the World Food Program last week said that with little fuel allowed, “this is yet to translate into increased humanitarian assistance.” The U.N. agency said malnutrition has “skyrocketed,” with 29% of children malnourished and 2.4 million people severely food insecure.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “deeply shocked” by the resumption of fighting and called for an immediate cease-fire and resumption of talks along with “the full guarantee of humanitarian access to people in need and the reestablishment of public services.”
The humanitarian crisis extends to millions of people in the Amhara and Afar regions, while thousands of Tigrayans now live in refugee camps in Sudan.
The AU envoy, former Nigerian President Olesegun Obasanjo, didn’t respond to questions. Like other envoys from the United States and European Union who have visited Tigray, he has said little about mediation efforts.
The fighting resume as the president of neighboring Kenya, who has tried to mediate with U.S. support, to Ethiopia’s annoyance, prepares to leave office.
“This is one of the most important and brutal conflicts on Earth,” U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, a member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, told journalists after completing a five-country Africa visit during which he discussed Ethiopia with the presidents of Kenya and Rwanda.
“I actually had left Africa two days ago somewhat optimistic about the path forward for mediation, so (the renewed fighting) is very disheartening to hear,” said Coons, who visited Ethiopia last year as an envoy of President Joe Biden. “I have been very disappointed that Prime Minister Abiy has not made more progress in meeting the commitments he made” including on humanitarian and media access, he said.
The renewed fighting is a “deafening warning to the key international and regional actors that they must immediately ensure peace talks actually occur,” said analyst William Davison of the International Crisis Group. “They should accordingly instruct the belligerents to issue all of their demands when at the negotiating table, rather than making them preconditions for talks.”
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine braced for what President Volodymr Zelenskyy warned could be especially brutal Russian attacks Wednesday as the country observed its Independence Day — and marked the war’s six-month point — under conditions considered too dangerous to allow any major public celebrations in the capital.
Residents of Kyiv, which has been largely spared in recent months, woke up to air raid sirens, but no immediate strikes followed. As the day wore on, Russian bombardment was reported in the country’s east, south and west, but the attacks did not appear heavier than usual.
Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked the holiday with a visit to Kyiv — his third since the war broke out — and other European leaders used the occasion to pledge unwavering support for Ukraine, locked in a battle that was widely expected to be a lightning conquest by Moscow but has turned into a grinding war of attrition. The U.S. announced a major new military aid package totaling nearly $3 billion to help Ukrainian forces fight for years to come.
Independence Day commemorates Ukraine’s 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Kyiv authorities banned large gatherings in the capital through Thursday, fearing the national holiday might bring particularly heavy Russian missile strikes.
“Russian provocations and brutal strikes are a possibility,” Zelenskyy said in a statement. “Please strictly follow the safety rules. Please observe the curfew. Pay attention to the air sirens. Pay attention to official announcements.”
Nevertheless, a festive atmosphere prevailed at Kyiv’s Maidan square as thousands of residents posed for pictures next to burned-out Russian tanks put on display. Folk singers set up, and many revelers — ignoring the sirens — were out and about in traditionally embroidered dresses and shirts.
Others were fearful.
“I can’t sleep at night because of what I see and hear about what is being done in Ukraine,” said a retiree who gave only her first name, Tetyana, her voice shaking with emotion. “This is not a war. It is the destruction of the Ukrainian people.”
In a holiday message to the country, Zelenskyy exulted over Ukraine’s success in fending off Moscow’s forces since the invasion, saying: “On Feb. 24, we were told: You have no chance. On Aug. 24, we say: Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!”
Zelenskyy also addressed the U.N. Security Council via video over Russia’s objections and said the “security of the entire world” is at stake in Ukraine’s battle against Moscow’s “insane aggression.”
U.S. President Joe Biden said the latest American aid package will allow Ukraine to acquire air defense and artillery systems and other weapons.
“I know this Independence Day is bittersweet for many Ukrainians as thousands have been killed or wounded, millions have been displaced from their homes, and so many others have fallen victim to Russian atrocities and attacks,” Biden said. “But six months of relentless attacks have only strengthened Ukrainians’ pride in themselves, in their country, and in their 31 years of independence.”
Britain’s Johnson urged Western allies to stand by Ukraine through the winter.
“This is not the time to put forward flimsy negotiating proposals,” he said. “You can’t negotiate with a bear when it’s eating your leg or with a street robber when he has you pinned to the floor.”
In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz rebuked the Kremlin for its “backward imperialism” and declared that Ukraine “will drive away the dark shadow of war because it is strong and brave, because it has friends in Europe and all over the world.”
A car bombing outside Moscow that killed the 29-year-old daughter of right-wing Russian political theorist Alexander Dugin on Saturday also heightened fears that Russia might intensify attacks on Ukraine this week. Russian officials have blamed Ukraine for the death of Darya Dugina, a pro-Kremlin TV commentator. Ukraine has denied any involvement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces have encountered unexpectedly stiff Ukrainian resistance in their invasion and abandoned their effort to storm the capital in the spring. The fighting has turned into a slog that has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and sent shock waves through the world economy.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking Wednesday at a meeting of his counterparts from a security organization dominated by Russia and China, claimed the slow pace of Moscow’s military action was due to what he said was an effort to spare civilians.
Russian forces have repeatedly targeted civilian areas in cities, including hospitals and a Mariupol theater where hundreds of people were taking shelter.
But Shoigu said Russia is carrying out strikes with precision weapons against Ukrainian military targets, and “everything is done to avoid civilian casualties.”
“Undoubtedly, it slows down the pace of the offensive, but we do it deliberately,” he said.
He also criticized the U.S. and its allies for “continuing to pump weapons into Ukraine,” saying the aid is dragging out the conflict and increasing casualties.
On the battlefield, Russian forces struck several towns and villages in Donetsk province in the east over 24 hours, killing one person, authorities said. A building materials superstore in the city of Donetsk was hit by a shell and erupted in flames, the mayor said. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region on the southern front, the Russians again shelled the cities of Nikopol and Marhanets, damaging several buildings and wounding two people, authorities said. Russian troops also shelled the city of Zaporizhzhia, but no casualties were reported.
Also, Russian rockets struck unspecified targets in the Khmelnytskyi region, about 300 kilometers (180 miles) west of Kyiv, the regional governor said. Attacks there have been infrequent.
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Varenytsia reported from Pokrovsk, Ukraine. Associated Press writers Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv and Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of KRBP during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Kiromic common stock issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 and/or (b) Kiromic common stock between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's public offering that closed on July 2, 2021 (the "Offering Documents") failed to disclose that the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") had, prior to the filing of these documents, imposed a clinical hold on the Company's Investigational New Drug ("IND") applications for its two new drug candidates. Given that the offering closed on July 2, 2021, more than thirty (30) days after the Company submitted the IND applications for its two immunotherapy product candidates, investors were assured that no clinical hold had been issued and clinical trials would commence.
DEADLINE: October 4, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/kiromic-biopharma-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=31098&from=4
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Grant High School student found with firearm
Published: Aug. 24, 2022 at 1:03 PM CDT|Updated: 10 minutes ago
GRANT PARISH, La. (KALB) - According to the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office, a Grant High School student was located with a firearm.
GPSO said the student is in the custody of law enforcement and that this appears to be an isolated incident. There were no injuries reported and GPSO said there is no further threat.
More information will be released as details become available.
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Alteryx Server-FIPS enables users to more effectively scale analytics initiatives across public sector agencies
IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alteryx, Inc. (NYSE: AYX), the Analytics Automation Company, today announced Alteryx Server-FIPS, a version of its Server offering that is aligned with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) for data security and computer systems. The launch of Server-FIPS is monumental for the use of analytics in public sector environments that require enhanced data encryption. Alteryx Server-FIPS is a FIPS-capable and scalable server-based product for scheduling, sharing, and running apps and models created in Alteryx Designer-FIPS for others in the organization to leverage.
This announcement comes on the heels of Alteryx Designer-FIPS, demonstrating Alteryx's commitment to providing automated analytics to the public sector. The new offering allows analysts to share and collaborate on analytic workflows, macros, and analytic apps with other users throughout their organization. Additionally, IT leaders can trust that Alteryx Server-FIPS provides visibility, control, audibility, and FIPS capability needed to manage self-service analytics at scale, making analytic governance more achievable.
"With the launch of Alteryx Server-FIPS, we are doubling down on our enablement activities across the public sector with expanded access to secure analytics and a keen focus on building data literacy across the government workforce," said David Colberg, vice president, global government affairs and public policy, Alteryx. "This is an important step in our journey, and we will continue to prioritize the security compliance needs of our partners and customers in order to meet increasing demands across the government space."
Analysts at federal, state, and local government levels face pressing policy decisions that impact organizations and individuals within their jurisdiction. To make data-driven recommendations, analysts can utilize automated analytics to build workflows that give stakeholders the actionable intelligence they need to make rapid decisions that drive the organization forward. Public sector agencies can more accurately resource plan and provide personalized services to citizens to better protect national and economic interests with secure access to analytics.
"The federal government has stringent information security requirements, especially for software that manages and analyzes federal data. The launch of Alteryx Server-FIPS demonstrates a continued company commitment to meeting the needs of the federal government," said Nick Sinai, senior advisor, Insight Partners. "Alteryx is meeting the public sector where they are with automated analytics, helping government agencies build data skills and get more done."
For more information about how Alteryx is enabling the public sector to securely utilize analytics and make data driven decisions, visit the Alteryx Server-FIPS landing page or request a consultation.
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Alteryx (NYSE: AYX) powers analytics for all by providing our leading Analytics Automation Platform. Alteryx delivers easy end-to-end automation of data engineering, analytics, reporting, machine learning, and data science processes, enabling enterprises everywhere to democratize data analytics across their organizations for a broad range of use cases. More than 8,000 customers globally rely on Alteryx to deliver high-impact business outcomes. To learn more, visit www.alteryx.com.
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REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend.
President Joe Biden, who spent three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Del. vacation home, continues to test negative, the White House said. He also suffered a rebound case earlier this month after an initial recovery from the virus.
Biden's deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said she “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures.” She added: “The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing and close contacts have been notified.”
Jill Biden, 71, had been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid, which has proven to be highly effective at preventing serious disease and death among those at highest risk from COVID-19, but a minority of those prescribed the drug have experienced a rebound case of the virus a few days after their initial recovery.
The first lady's rebound case comes on a busy day for the White House as President Biden gets ready to announce his plan to forgive some student debt. He shared some details early Wednesday with remarks planned in the afternoon.
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Chopped walnut pouches recalled for containing the wrong kind of nuts
(Gray News) – A recall has been issued for Great Value Walnuts for mislabeling issues.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the recalled pouches contain pecans instead of walnuts.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to pecans run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they eat the nuts.
The FDA said there have not been any reports of illness or death associated with this recall so far.
Only the Great Value Walnut Chopped 4oz. pouches with UPC 78742201344, Lot #29329 are impacted. They have a Best If Used By date of April 29, 2023.
The nuts were sold at Walmart stores in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Anyone who bought the mislabeled pouches can return them to the store for a full refund or throw them away.
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Missouri law bans ‘sexually explicit’ books; calls for jail time, fines for educators found in violation
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) – A new law limiting reading materials in Missouri schools went into effect Sunday as many districts start the new school year.
Missouri SB 775 states that books containing material that is considered sexually explicit are now illegal in schools. The exceptions are those considered artistic or informational in nature.
The law applies to both public and private schools.
Tiffany Mautino, the Missouri Library Associaton’s Intellectual Freedom Committee’s chair-elect, said banning books from school libraries wasn’t how the language of the bill started out.
“This bill was going forward and at the last second, this part that would affect libraries, school libraries specifically, was added,” Mautino said.
Keturah Flockstra, a junior at Nixa High School in southwestern Missouri, said she has been fighting the school board against these types of policies for months.
“This new law going into effect and this stuff happening within my own school are setting up my generation for failure,” Flockstra said. “It’s not allowing us to get multiple perspectives. It’s not allowing us to know about some of the harsh realities, know about some of the stuff that happened before our time,” she said.
Recent Nixa High School graduate Nicholas Jungen agrees. He said the academic curriculum is already limited.
“You’re not taught real history in school. It’s annoying when you find out, ‘Oh that’s not what we were taught, why weren’t we taught this?’ This is important,” he said.
The penalty for breaking the new law is a class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
KY3 reached out to some of the largest districts in central Missouri, all of which declined an on-camera interview.
In a statement, Nixa Public Schools said, “We are currently reviewing the impact the new law will have on any materials in our district. We will be reviewing materials on a case-by-case basis as questions arise from parents or staff.”
Mautino said books are not the only place where students will be exposed to complex and challenging issues.
Jungen agreed, pointing out that students have easy access to the internet.
“Yeah, take away books; we have the internet. It’s a vast place. You can really fall down some holes that are worse than some of the content that these books offer,” Jungen said.
KY3 also reached out to the Missouri Association of School Librarians for an interview. They declined based on the number of media requests they are receiving. You can find their statement on the law here.
A full version of the bill can be found here.
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- About 7,750 additional homes are needed in Kalamazoo County by 2030 based on population trends, according to a released this week.
Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners Chair Mike Quinn told MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette that housing is among the top issues the county is focused on, if not the top issue.
“It’s huge,” Quinn said. “The industries around here need workers and workers need to have places to live.”
Housing has been a personal priority, he said. He thanked voters for supporting the millage in 2020 that provides funding for housing projects.
Related: Higher tax proposed to support ‘homes for all’ in Kalamazoo County
“We’re way behind on having affordable housing units in this county,” Quinn said. “It’s a basic human need and if we want to have a prosperous, economically viable local economy, people have to be able to afford to live here.”
Kalamazoo’s W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research conducted the months-long study, “Kalamazoo County Housing Plan,” released this week. Institute researchers Emily Petz and Lee Adams presented a draft version of the July report to the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners in August and received input.
The current situation for some renters or home buyers is unsustainable, the report says.
“The housing concerns in Kalamazoo County are not small. Rising costs have put most moderate- and low-income earners into situations where they are paying more in rent or ownership costs than what is financially sustainable. This increases the chances for displacement, especially for those with fixed incomes, such as seniors, individuals with disabilities, or people trying to rebuild after homelessness,” the report says.
Over 15,000 households are in homes that do not meet their budget, while others are in types of housing they do not prefer. Meanwhile, the population in the county is growing, and housing construction is not keeping pace.
Because of construction costs, it is difficult to meet the need without subsidies for building projects, Adams said.
Higher rates of construction are essential to address expected demand. Local leaders will need to implement various strategies to enable and incentivize that increase in the supply of housing, the study states.
Low rates of construction, high construction costs, increased demand from a growing population, and housing costs that are increasing faster than wages have contributed to the shortage and affordability issues, the report states.
The study will inform Kalamazoo County’s eight-year plan, Housing Director Mary Balkema said. The report comes months after the county allocated the first round of millage funds, and the contents appear to align with the direction the county is heading, she said.
Related: Kalamazoo County ready to give out the first $3M from housing tax, to build multi-family homes
“I think the county is doing exactly what the survey and housing study said we should,” Balkema said. “That is very encouraging.”
This year, the county is on track to provide funding for 17 single family new homes, 63 single family rehabs, 651 multifamily units, and 101 preservation units. That totals 832 units, Balkema said.
Kalamazoo County is the first in the state to levy a millage of this magnitude, Balkema said. The study is a tool for her and other officials to use to help improve the housing situation, she said.
It will help them make informed decisions about the need for housing at different price points (it says housing is needed across multiple price points) and provides feedback from residents in the form of survey responses.
There are many actionable items in the report, Balkema said. It outlines a need for more units and affordable housing, a need to continue to fund supportive services, a need to encourage construction of a variety of types of homes, a need to rehab existing stock, and more.
“Housing issues are not experienced equally by all segments of our society,” said Balkema, who thanked the 3,000 residents who participated in the multiple surveys for the final report.
“Together, we can begin to address the housing shortage in Kalamazoo County. Homeownership rates are greater in the white only population than in other races and ethnicities. We need to expand housing opportunities for BIPOC (Black, indigenous and persons of color).”
Over the next eight years of the millage, the county is expected to fund thousands of housing units, though the exact number is not known at this time. If it funds 832 units per year like it did this year, that would still be 6,656 short of the 7,750 needed, Balkema said.
The 7,750 estimate for homes needed is based on current population trends, but the estimated need, including unmet potential or underproduction of housing demand is estimated to be even higher, Adams said.
Besides quantifying the need for housing, the report also makes recommendations and highlights the impacts that historical systemic racism is having today.
It includes a map of historic redlining in Kalamazoo. It shows how a disproportionate number of Black people are impacted by homelessness in Kalamazoo County today.
As part of the study, the Upjohn Institute worked with the Continuum of Care and community partners to survey the unhoused population within Kalamazoo County, and 169 unhoused individuals provided feedback.
Thirty-eight percent of the respondents identified as Black, while just over 10% of the county’s population identifies as Black, the study says, calling attention to racial equity concerns.
“Feedback from community meetings and survey responses focused on concern about the impact of longstanding institutionalized racism, which is preventing individuals from generating wealth. This further establishes that the impacts of race-based lending practices, redlining, and fair housing issues with renting remain an issue despite recent attention,” the study says.
The report highlights how some renters or home buyers are paying more than 30% of their income on rent, meaning they are paying too much, Adams said. It shows how wages have not kept pace with rising housing costs, making housing unaffordable to some people.
“There’s a large number of people paying more than what we see as the standard percent” of 30%, Adams said.
Paying too much toward rent or housing can translate into problems for renters or homeowners, Petz said.
“Any surprise or any unforeseen circumstance, for example COVID, can put you in a desperate situation or make you homeless,” Petz said.
Related: Family of 3 living in cramped motel room after being evicted in Kalamazoo
Of the over 15,000 overburdened renting households in Kalamazoo County, 13,000 have annual gross incomes below $35,000. According to the study, that level of income only allows for monthly housing expenses to be at or below $875.
There are not enough options in the supply of housing for people making less than $35,000, Petz said.
The report includes seven goals meant to help Kalamazoo County improve its housing situation:
- Increase Rental Opportunities
- Ensure Housing Supply is Built to Meet Demand
- Remove Barriers to Acquiring and Keeping Homes
- Rehab Existing Housing Stock
- Embrace Housing as a Workforce Development Strategy
- Increase and Coordinate Supportive Services
- Advocate for Housing for All. “The industries around here need workers and workers need to have places to live.”
“Feedback from community meetings and survey responses focused on concern about the impact of longstanding institutionalized racism, which is preventing individuals from generating wealth. This further establishes that the impacts of race-based lending practices, redlining, and fair housing issues with renting remain an issue despite recent attention,” the study says.
The report highlights how some renters or home buyers are paying more than 30% of their income on rent, meaning they are paying too much, Adams said. It shows how wages have not kept pace with rising housing costs, making housing unaffordable to some people.
“There’s a large number of people paying more than what we see as the standard percent” of 30%, Adams said.
Paying too much toward rent or housing can translate into problems for renters or homeowners, Petz said.
“Any surprise or any unforeseen circumstance, for example COVID, can put you in a desperate situation or make you homeless,” Petz said.
Related: Family of 3 living in cramped motel room after being evicted in Kalamazoo
There are over 15,000 overburdened renting households in Kalamazoo County. Of those households, 13,000 have annual gross incomes below $35,000; that level of income only allows for monthly housing expenses to be at or below $875, the study says.
There are not enough options in the supply of housing for people making less than $35,000, Petz said.
The report includes seven goals meant to help Kalamazoo County improve its housing situation:
- Increase Rental Opportunities
- Ensure Housing Supply is Built to Meet Demand
- Remove Barriers to Acquiring and Keeping Homes
- Rehab Existing Housing Stock
- Embrace Housing as a Workforce Development Strategy
- Increase and Coordinate Supportive Services
- Advocate for Housing for All
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Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame quarterback and broadcaster Len Dawson:
"With wife Linda at his side, it is with much sadness that we inform you of the passing of our beloved Len Dawson. He was a wonderful husband, father, brother and friend. Len was always grateful and many times overwhelmed by the countless bonds he made during his football and broadcast careers. He loved Kansas City and no matter where his travels took him, he could not wait to return home.” — Dawson family statement.
“My family and I are heartbroken. Len Dawson is synonymous with the Kansas City Chiefs. Len embraced and came to embody Kansas City and the people that call it home. You would be hard-pressed to find a player who had a bigger impact in shaping the organization as we know it today than Len Dawson did. I admired Len my entire life — first as a Hall of Fame player on the field, and later as he transitioned into a successful broadcasting career. Throughout his remarkable career, Len made it a priority to give back to the community that he loved. The franchise has lost a true legend. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Linda and his family.” — Chiefs owner Clark Hunt.
“RIP to the legend Len Dawson. The legacy and impact you made on Kansas City will live on forever. Prayers to his family.” — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
“Len grew up only a few miles from where the Pro Football Hall of Fame later was built, and fans in the area have always taken a special pride in seeing one of the greats from this region enshrined in Canton. Fans connected with Len’s story of perseverance, appreciating how he gave the game one more try after five nondescript seasons when many others would have quit. The American Football League, and Hall of Fame coach Hank Stram, gave Len a true opportunity, and he made the most of it, building the Chiefs into a Super Bowl contender, and eventually a world champion. Our thoughts and prayers extend to his wife, Linda, and to all of Len’s family and friends in Kansas City and in Alliance, Ohio. The flag at the Pro Football Hall of Fame will be flown at half-staff in his honor.” — Hall of Fame president Jim Porter.
“Len Dawson is an American legend, a Super Bowl champion, a world class broadcaster, and will forever be among the most important and beloved figures in our city’s history. The Royals send sympathy and support to the Chiefs and the Dawson family.” — Statement from the Kansas City Royals, whose stadium sits adjacent to Arrowhead Stadium.
“Rest in peace, Len Dawson. One of Kansas City’s greatest on the field, in broadcasting and in our community. My thoughts are with his wife, Linda, his family, and the many friends he made over a tremendous lifetime.” — Kansas City, Missouri mayor Quinton Lucas.
“My thoughts & prayers go out to the family and loved ones of legendary QB Len Dawson. Everyone that has ever been a part of Chiefs Kingdom knows his impact on the field and in the community. I’m thankful for the great memories I had with him during my time in KC. He’ll be missed.” — Former Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel.
“We lost a true legend and wonderful human being Chiefs nation with the passing of Len Dawson. HOF QB, broadcaster and all-around great guy. RIP brother!” — Former NFL quarterback and TV analyst Rich Gannon.
“So sad to hear of the passing of Len Dawson. Lenny was a fantastic QB! Also had a tremendous career as a broadcaster. Was a class act. Rest In Peace my friend.” — Former NFL quarterback and broadcaster Ron Jaworski.
“Kansas City lost a legend in Len Dawson. Whether it was on the football field, in broadcasting or in our communities, his impact on our city will be remembered forever. My prayers are with his family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time. May he rest in peace.” — U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
“RIP Len Dawson. An amazing person who also was a HOF quarterback and a HOF broadcaster. Love and prayers to his family and friends.” — Former Chiefs quarterback and CBS analyst Trent Green.
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Chopped walnut pouches recalled for containing the wrong kind of nuts
(Gray News) – A recall has been issued for Great Value Walnuts for mislabeling issues.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the recalled pouches contain pecans instead of walnuts.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to pecans run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they eat the nuts.
The FDA said there have not been any reports of illness or death associated with this recall so far.
Only the Great Value Walnut Chopped 4oz. pouches with UPC 78742201344, Lot #29329 are impacted. They have a Best If Used By date of April 29, 2023.
The nuts were sold at Walmart stores in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Anyone who bought the mislabeled pouches can return them to the store for a full refund or throw them away.
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Top Offerings for Digital Leaders Reinventing Operations and Transforming Business Models
WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Salary.com® today announced it was named to the Constellation ShortList™ for Compensation Management in Q3 2022. The technology vendors and service providers included in this program deliver critical transformation initiative requirements for early adopters and fast-follower organizations.
"Receiving the Constellation ShortList award is a testament to how our data and software innovations are powering advancements in mission critical workforce objectives, including achieving pay equity and transparency," said Salary.com CEO Kent Plunkett. "Today's labor dynamics make it clear that maintaining the status quo is not an option. We're proud of our work with thousands of forward-thinking companies who are committed to getting pay right. We are especially proud to have achieved this honor for the fourth year in a row."
Salary.com's market leading CompAnalyst® SaaS platform accelerates compensation workflows, delivers real-time data, provides job description management, and powers accurate, equitable and competitive compensation. In allowing for deep analysis with a few clicks, CompAnalyst helps organizations quickly identify equity issues, flight risks, and other real-time talent intelligence insights that play a key role in winning the war for talent.
"Organizations must reconsider how they balance business models, work/life priorities, and new market conditions during the uncertain climate of the Great Refactoring," said R "Ray" Wang, chairman and founder at Constellation Research. "Constellation's ShortLists reflect the top vendors that matter most to our network of buy-side clients. We publish ShortLists to expedite the decision-making process for leaders making critical vendor selections, so they can find the right partners to enable their business success."
Constellation Research advises leaders on leveraging disruptive technologies to achieve business model transformation and streamline business processes. Products and services named to the Constellation ShortList meet the threshold criteria for this category as determined through client inquiries, partner conversations, customer references, vendor selection projects, market share, and internal research. The portfolio is updated at least once per year as the analyst team deems necessary based on market conditions.
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Expert shares tips on how to avoid, survive lightning strikes
(CNN) - The chance of being struck by lightning in a given year is less than one in a million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
However, a few recent high-profile cases have made it clear lightning is dangerous and can be deadly.
It comes and goes in a flash, but lightning can strike anywhere.
Most people survive a lightning strike but can face serious health issues.
So far, 14 people have died from lightning strikes in the U.S. this year, according to the National Weather Service.
Ron Holle with the National Lightning Safety Council said you can lower your risk by going inside when you hear thunder.
“Don’t ask questions,” Holle said. “Simply go to a large, substantial building or a fully enclosed metal-topped vehicle.”
A lightning-safe structure is one that has grounded wiring and plumbing, like most homes and buildings in the U.S.
Places like tents, sheds, dugouts and picnic shelters are not safe from lightning strikes, according to experts. They also recommend you should stay away from porches or balconies during a storm and things that may conduct electricity like corded electrical devices.
“You don’t want to be touching the water running in the sink or in the shower or the bathtub – those are conductors,” Holle said. “It happens quite often that people are injured by that, but it’s usually not fatal.”
Trees and lightning are a dangerous combination. Holle said the strike can hit a tree and conduct ground current to a victim.
There can also be a side flash, where the tree is hit and a portion of the current hits someone near it. Or lightning can cause the bark or a limb to explode.
“They only last a few tenths of a second,” Holle said, referring to a lightning strike. “But during that time they’re incredibly strong.”
If getting indoors isn’t possible, there are still a few things that may slightly lessen your risk.
In a thunderstorm, avoid open fields, the top of a hill, or a ridge top, the National Weather Service said. Likewise, you should stay away from tall, isolated objects like trees, and immediately leave any bodies of water.
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CDI Laboratory Develops Promising New Antibiotic for Resistant Gonorrhea
Compound could be game-changer for dangerous pathogen
NUTLEY, N.J., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new preclinical drug candidate developed by scientists at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) shows great promise in eradicating the bacteria causing gonorrhea, according to a new publication.
JSF-2659, developed to be administered orally, could be a game changer in treating Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which is on the World Health Organization's global list of "priority pathogens" for its resistance to existing drugs.
"This compound shows great promise, and is addressing an emerging health threat head-on," said David Perlin, Ph.D., chief scientific officer and senior vice president of the CDI. "We need more drugs, and better drugs. This molecular strategy could also very well have promise for pathogens beyond this one species of bacteria, as well."
The parent compound JSF-2414 works simultaneously on two molecular targets, making it extra effective at inhibiting the bacteria's DNA replication, according to the paper in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, an American Society for Microbiology publication.
The dual-targeting strategy means that more bacteria are wiped out - and the lack of survivors and very low probability of modifying two cellular targets during therapy means less chance for the rise of drug resistance, according to the various CDI models of the drug in action against N. gonorrhoeae.
Testing included 96 separate strains of the gonorrhea bacteria. But it also showed effectiveness in other Gram-positive germs like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Staphylococcus epidermidis, Enterococcus faecium, Clostridium difficile, and other species.
The new drug candidate, if moved forward for clinical development in humans, would complement a list of drugs which have become less effective in recent decades. According to the paper, "there is now a high prevalence of N. gonorrhoeae strains that are resistant to common antimicrobial classes used for treatment including sulfonamides, penicillins, cephalosporins, tetracyclines, macrolides, and fluoroquinolones. Therapeutic failures with the extended-spectrum cephalosporins, such as cefixime and ceftriaxone, have created a major health crisis." In many developing countries, the "last-line" monotherapy drug is ceftriaxone.
Accordingly, gonorrhea is a "major public health concern" that infected more than 82 million new people worldwide last year, bringing with it its increasing resistance to such treatments, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO added multi-drug resistant gonorrhea to its "priority pathogens" list in 2017.
Research on the JSF-2659 compound was spearheaded by the CDI's Center of Excellence in Translational Research (CETR) funded by a National Institutes of Health grant. Authors on the work included Perlin and members of his CDI lab, as well as veteran microbiologist Barry Kreiswirth, Ph.D., and members of his laboratory, and also colleagues include Joel Freundlich, Ph.D. from Rutgers University.
"The CDI's work continues to push the envelope in so many ways," said Ihor Sawczuk, M.D., FACS, Hackensack Meridian Health's president of Academics, Research and Innovation, and also associate dean of Clinical Integration and professor and chair emeritus of Urology at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. "The world is better for their scientific contributions."
ABOUT THE CENTER FOR DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION
The Center for Discovery and Innovation, a member of Hackensack Meridian Health, translates current innovations in science to improve clinical outcomes for patients. More than 21 laboratories, 155 professional researchers and physician-scientists at the CDI have set their sights on cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmune disorders, and other acute and chronic diseases. Clinical need drives the scientific insights, and their application, for these researchers, as shown in the real-time response to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in new diagnostics, therapies, and surveillance abilities. The CDI leverages a new wave of scientific advances involving genetics, cell engineering of the human immune system, and imaging to better diagnose, treat and prevent disease through personalized medicine approaches. For additional information, please visit www.hmh-cdi.org.
ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH
Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. The network has 18 hospitals and more than 500 patient care locations, which include ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, rehabilitation centers, urgent care centers, physician practice locations, and a fitness and wellness center. With more than 35,000 team members and 7,000 physicians, Hackensack Meridian Health is a distinguished leader in health care philanthropy and committed to the health and well-being of communities throughout New Jersey.
The network's notable distinctions include having more U.S. News-ranked hospitals than any other health system in New Jersey, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, 2022-23. Hackensack University Medical Center is nationally-ranked by U.S. News & World Report in four specialties, more than any other hospital in New Jersey. Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, and K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, are ranked #1 in the state and top 20 in the Mid-Atlantic Region by U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Children's Hospital Report. Additionally, their combined nephrology program ranks in the top 50 in the United States. To learn more, visit www.hackensackmeridianhealth.org.
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It wasn’t as easy this time, but Johnson rallied to defeat Taft on Tuesday night at Littleton Gym, 25-14, 22-25, 20-25. 25-23, 15-9.
The two teams met earlier this season during a tournament Aug. 13, where Johnson won 2-0.
Johnson (9-7) came out hot right out of the gate went up 5-2 which forced Taft (8-9) to call a timeout. Johnson won seven of the next nine rallies to go up 12-4 and force another timeout. The Jaguars won the first set 25-14.
Taft answered early in the second set, taking an 8-2 lead and forcing Johnson to call a timeout. The Raiders maintained their lead to 10-4, but slowly the Jaguars shortened that deficit to 12-10.
Johnson eventually took the lead at 19-18, but Taft stood their ground and went on a 7-2 run to win the second set 25-22.
The Raiders carried the momentum to the third set. Taft went up 16-6 — their largest lead of the evening. Despite a late 12-2 run by Johnson cutting the score 20-18, Taft held on to win the third set 25-20 and take a 2-1 lead in the match.
The fourth set was back and forth the first 11 rallies, with Taft leading just 6-5. The two teams were exchanging kills, with the score tied at 14-14 before Johnson pulled away and won 25-23.
In the final set, Johnson seemed to try to end things the way they started, going up 9-3 before the Raiders called timeout. The Jaguars won the set 15-9 and the match 3-2.
Both Johnson and Taft went 3-5 in their separate tournaments last weekend. The two teams are closing out their non-district portion of their season and now prepare to play more familiar competition.
Taft plays McAllen at 2 p.m. Friday in their final non-district game before hosting Brennan on Tuesday. Johnson competes in the Leander tournament this weekend before opening up its district play Tuesday. | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/high-school/article/Johnson-volleyball-rallies-beats-Taft-17395515.php | 2022-08-24T18:27:38Z | https://www.expressnews.com/sports/high-school/article/Johnson-volleyball-rallies-beats-Taft-17395515.php | false |
TSA Introduces New Screening Technology at MBS International Airport
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has unveiled new technology to better screen passengers before flights.
In efforts to improve security and efficiency, the TSA introduced the touchless Credential Authentication Technology (CAT), newly installed at MBS International Airport in Freeland. The technology enhances detection capabilities for identifying fraudulent documents at the security checkpoint, and verifies travelers who are pre-screened for flights from the airport the same day.
When a passenger approaches a TSA agent to have their ID screened, they insert it into the CAT system, which provides the agent with full details about the passenger and the information on their boarding pass, allowing them to move through security that much quicker.
TSA Public Affairs Specialist Great Lakes Region Jessica Mayle says passengers will appreciate the upgrade as it makes security screening more efficient.
“I think the technology definitely keeps things moving… Anytime TSA is deploying new technology, it really needs to make the experience better for the customer, as well as improve security. So any time we’re doing a better job of validating those IDs, making sure the passengers are really who they say they are, that’s a more secure experience which I’m sure passengers can appreciate.”
Mayle says the touchless aspect is also a welcome addition during the pandemic. She says the technology also reduces the potential for human error. | https://www.wsgw.com/tsa-introduces-new-screening-technology-at-mbs-international-airport/ | 2022-08-24T18:29:11Z | https://www.wsgw.com/tsa-introduces-new-screening-technology-at-mbs-international-airport/ | true |
First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 in a "rebound" case, though her office says she does not have symptoms. The White House Medical Unit has notified close contacts, the first lady's communications director Kelsey Donohue said in a statement.
The first lady, who is 71, first tested positive on Aug. 16 while on vacation with the president in South Carolina. She remained in isolation for five days, undergoing a course of Paxlovid treatment and proceeded to join the president in Delaware on Sunday after two negative tests.
The president tested negative this morning, according to the White House. He contracted COVID-19 in July and also had a rebound case after being treated with Paxlovid. The president left his second isolation period on Aug. 6.
"Consistent with CDC guidance because he is a close contact of the First Lady, he will mask for 10 days when indoors and in close proximity to others," according to the White House. "We will also keep the President's testing cadence increased and continue to report those results."
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Nvidia investors are already braced for weak Q2 results after the stock market closes today, but an August 8 preannouncement that sales for the period would be lower than it had estimated in May did not necessarily contain all the bad news about reduced demand from cryptocurrency miners.
The company said revenue would come in at about $6.7 billion, 17% below a May forecast, primarily because of reduced demand for its graphics chips from makers of gaming hardware, citing “macroeconomic headwinds” as the probable cause.
The announcement, however, did not directly address the matter of demand for its graphics processing units (GPUs) from cryptocurrency miners. While the company said in recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that there are too many variables for it to accurately forecast miner demand, there’s one big change coming that it does know about.
Next month, Ethereum, the blockchain underpinning the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is expected to undergo perhaps the most significant change in its seven-year history: a shift to a model for securing the network called proof of stake. As a result, miners, currently responsible for generating new coins and maintaining the network, will not only have a vastly reduced need for the GPUs, they will likely look to sell them, glutting the market and pressuring prices.
Ethereum miners have been widely using Nvidia’s flagship gaming GPUs to mine ether, putting pressure on the company’s ability to face gamers’ demands and prompting Nvidia to launch a specialized Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP) line last year but the interest in the product has been fading. CMPs accounted for “an insignificant amount” of the first quarter revenue compared to $155 million in the prior year, according to Nvidia’s last quarterly report.
In its preannouncement of Q2 results, Nvidia said gaming revenue accounted for $2.04 billion of sales, down 33% from the prior year and 44% from Q1, while the data-center segment has been impacted by supply-chain disruptions, with preliminary revenue of $3.81 billion, making it the firm’s largest segment. That’s below the company’s expectations, but still a record and up 61% from the 2021 quarter.
“Clearly there has been some impact from both softer crypto demand and the shift of Ethereum to proof of stake and these factors, more so than changes in gaming, are the reason behind their lower expectation for gaming GPUs in the July quarter,” says Matt Bryson, senior vice president of equity research at Wedbush. “Whether the downtick in July fully accounts for those changes or whether there is still more room for sales to decline is one of the primary questions heading into the earnings call.”
He believes the company “has worked out most of the distortion of the crypto bubble”, estimating that Ethereum miners could have been responsible for 20–25% of Nvidia’s gaming revenue, but also that “sales might dip modestly for one more quarter before stabilizing.” Bryson reiterated his ‘neutral’ rating for the stock with a price target of $190, citing “outstanding queries about forward demand.”
Fortunes have reversed swiftly for the Santa Clara, California-based giant and other chipmakers in recent months as growing inventory collides with shrinking demand. Micron Technology, Intel, and Advanced Micro Devices have warned of fading export orders. Citigroup has recently said it is expecting “the worst semiconductor downturn in at least a decade, and possibly since 2001 given the expectation of a recession and inventory build.”
Despite the sales warning, NVDA is currently priced at 35 times the firm’s projected trailing 12-month earnings, well above its competitors. Intel is trading around 14 times forward earnings. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Semiconductor Index is priced at roughly 16 times. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2022/08/24/nvidia-warning-left-room-for-added-crypto-slack/ | 2022-08-24T18:30:30Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2022/08/24/nvidia-warning-left-room-for-added-crypto-slack/ | false |
WHEELING, Ill. — A family coping with the death of a loved one has also fallen victim to two financial scams since the tragedy.
Daniel Nepo, 16, would have been a senior at Stevenson High School. He died by suicide last Wednesday.
A few days later, the family says a fake GoFundMe account was created and inactivated.
The family is now not only dealing with the loss of their loved one but also dealing with the headache of being scammed twice.
A spokesperson for the site said the funds have not been released and are being held by their payment processor.
To add to the headache, they say friends and family members told them someone at the funeral was claiming to collect funds for the family, something they say they never approved of and only realized until after the funeral.
Now the family says they want their story told to raise awareness for families and teens to seek help if needed and for those people preying on their sorrow and loss to be held responsible.
On top of filing a police report, the family says they have acquired an attorney.
“A parent should not be burying their child,” Nepo’s father said. “It should have been the other way around. I should have been first.”
GoFundMe me says if any donor would like to request a refund in the meantime, they will process it for them. | https://wgntv.com/news/family-says-they-were-scammed-twice-after-16-year-old-dies-by-suicide/ | 2022-08-24T18:31:48Z | https://wgntv.com/news/family-says-they-were-scammed-twice-after-16-year-old-dies-by-suicide/ | true |
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: First lady Jill Biden experiencing COVID-19 'rebound' case, president still testing negative.
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Scott Disick experienced a frightening ride on the roads this weekend.
The Kardashians star was involved in a car accident, which fortunately left him with only minor injuries, according to a police statement obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles County police confirmed to E! News that a solo vehicle traffic collision involving a 2020 Lamborghini occurred Aug. 21 around 2:30 p.m. While authorities noted that speed was a possible factor in the crash, they also shared that alcohol was not a factor. The driver suffered a small cut to his forehead, but declined medical treatment, police said.
In photos of the incident obtained by TMZ, it appears Scott crashed into a mailbox in a Calabasas, Calif., neighborhood. His Lamborghini was later towed from the scene after suffering visible damage.
E! News has reached out to Scott's rep for comment and hasn't heard back.
Scott has been spotted out and about all over Los Angeles in recent days. Earlier in the week, the Talentless founder headed to Nobu in Malibu, Calif., for dinner with a mystery woman. A few days later, on Aug. 20, he enjoyed dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, Calif., with Rod Stewart's daughter Kimberly Stewart.
As for his ex Kourtney Kardashian, she appeared to be enjoying a drama-free Sunday by the pool. "Happy Sunday!" she wrote on Instagram. "xo, Kourtney and Reign."
Scott and Kourtney continue to co-parent their three children Mason, 12, Penelope, 10, and Reign, 7. And while both parties have moved on with their romantic lives since splitting up in 2015 after nine years—with Kourtney marrying Travis Barker earlier this year—Scott has remained close with the Kardashian family.
In fact, Kourtney has been open about trying to remain friendly with her ex in the years since their breakup.
"I feel like I can show a message of parents can get along and work together and travel together," the Poosh founder explained on Today back in February 2019. "And I think it's a good message to show other people. I am not doing it for that reason, but I think the positive things that we are doing is nice too."
Scott echoed the sentiment when he participated in a vlog for Kourtney's lifestyle site.
"We're just raising our kids how we would have raised them, whether we're together or not," he shared on Poosh in April 2019. "Just because we're not together, our kids should not suffer." | https://www.eonline.com/news/1342952/scott-disick-involved-in-solo-car-accident-near-home-in-calabasas | 2022-08-24T18:32:32Z | https://www.eonline.com/news/1342952/scott-disick-involved-in-solo-car-accident-near-home-in-calabasas | false |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
0-9-6-3, SB:
(zero, nine, six, three; SB: zero)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Daily Four-Midday" game were:
0-9-6-3, SB:
(zero, nine, six, three; SB: zero) | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Midday-game-17395383.php | 2022-08-24T18:32:43Z | https://www.seattlepi.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-Four-Midday-game-17395383.php | false |
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