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The Association Retains Child Care Rates for 2023 While Investing to Expand the Benefits to Impact Children, Parents, Educators, and Schools.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties (YMCAPKC) is announcing Child Care program improvements to benefit families and youth within our communities. The association has also kept rates the same for the coming school year. There have been many drivers that led to these changes, including feedback and input from parents and school districts. These improvements consist of a new curriculum, implementation of leading childcare communication software, and a major discount offer for families of Child Care Program participants.
"Parents and schools are looking for a reliable, accessible, affordable, and convenient space for children to receive the best care and education possible. We get it. The Y understands that and has worked diligently to serve those within our programs," said Holly Tedford, Executive Director of the YMCAPKC Child Care. "We took the time to listen and act on what families and school districts truly valued in a caring regional partner. With these changes to our curriculum, communications, and a 50 percent family discount on YMCA memberships, we know families and school districts will benefit. We're dedicated to serving people in our communities and are excited to evolve and be back in schools where the Y is needed."
Child Care is implementing SCALED Learning™ curriculum wherein children participate in hands-on lessons such as STEM, career-centered learning, arts, literacy, educational growth, diversity, and global learning. Each learning area integrates common core state standards and a wide variety of national standards that align to education during the school day.
BrightWheel, a leading childcare management software application, will increase the frequency and quality of communications. Parents will have access to a communication stream that is informative, timely, and relevant.
Starting this 2022-2023 school year, families within the Child Care program will receive a 50 percent discount on their membership thus giving families access to any YMCAPKC community center nationwide. Children in YMCAPKC Child Care already receive a full Y membership, which includes access to youth programs, performing arts and sports. In addition, the discount is available for families with Child Care participants of Before & After School Care, and Early Learning Centers.
"We're excited to offer families an affordable and accessible discount that benefits the entire family. Child Care families are a part of the Y and should benefit from what the Y offers," said Charlie Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer, YMCAPKC. "We know that families and our district partners will benefit from these changes and look forward to serving them this coming school year and in the future."
Learn more about the YMCA Child Care programs in Pierce and Kitsap counties at ymcapkc.org/child-care.
Driven by its founding mission, the Y has served as a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community. Since 1883, the YMCA of Pierce Kitsap Counties has worked to empower everyone, no matter who they are or where they're from, by ensuring access to resources, relationships and opportunities for all to learn, grow and thrive. By bringing together people from different backgrounds, perspectives and generations, the Y's goal is to improve overall health and well-being, ignite youth empowerment and demonstrate the importance of connections in and across our communities.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $2.6 million in COVID-19 relief funds.
Daniel Joseph Tisone, 35, of Naples, pleaded guilty Monday in Fort Myers federal court to wire fraud, bank fraud, illegal monetary transaction and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, court documents show. He faces up to 60 years in federal prison at a hearing scheduled for Dec. 5.
Tisone submitted false and fraudulent applications to the Small Business Administration and banks seeking several different kinds of loans between March 2020 and April 2021, according to the documents, which allege that the applications contained false information about his criminal history, average monthly payroll, number of employees and gross revenues. Tisone also submitted false payroll and tax documents, as well as a fake commercial lease, according to the allegations.
He received one Main Street Lending Program loan, four Economic Injury Disaster Loans and five Paycheck Protection Program loans, totaling more than $2.6 million, authorities said. He allegedly used the money to purchase two homes in Naples, stocks and investment securities, a 2019 Tiara 34LS boat, a 4.02-carat engagement ring and ammunition. As part of his plea agreement, Tisone must pay back the money and forfeit the homes, boat and ring.
The Paycheck Protection Program involves billions of dollars in forgivable small-business loans for Americans struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The money must be used to pay employees, mortgage interest, rent and utilities. It's part of the coronavirus relief package that became federal law in 2020.
The Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is designed to provide economic relief to small businesses that are experiencing a temporary loss of revenue. The Main Street Lending Program was designed to provide support to small and medium-size businesses and their employees across the United States during the pandemic.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The energy startup SPARKZ said Tuesday it will locate an electric battery factory in northern West Virginia.
The batteries will be built at a 482,000-square-foot (4.5-hectare) plant in Taylor County off U.S. Route 50 near Bridgeport, the company said in a statement. The plant, which eventually will employ 350 workers, originally was a glass factory that ceased operations in 2009.
The plant will produce cobalt-free batteries, an effort to bring down the cost of U.S. lithium-ion battery production. The Democratic Republic of Congo has historically been the top producer of cobalt worldwide, with most mines controlled by Chinese companies.
In March the Livermore, California-based company announced intentions to build the plant. An agreement with the United Mine Workers union was announced in May to recruit and train dislocated miners to be the factory’s first production workers. West Virginia has lost thousands of jobs in mining and other resource extraction industries in recent years.
The company, which was founded in 2019, has said its first markets will likely be in material-handling vehicles such as forklifts, agricultural equipment and energy storage. It added that batteries for the automotive market, which require a process of certification, will be in the near future of the plant.
A recruitment drive has started for the first group of employees, who then will prepare for additional worker training and manufacturing as production begins, the statement said.
“SPARKZ is excited to bring its patriotic power company to West Virginia and begin hiring coalfield families starting today. This is the perfect location to begin re-engineering the battery supply chain to end China’s dominance in energy storage,” founder and CEO Sanjiv Malhotra said in the statement.
Earlier this year, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced $3.1 billion in funding to U.S. companies that make and recycle lithium-ion batteries.
“Engaging our strong and capable workforce here in West Virginia to manufacture batteries domestically is a critical to our energy independence and stability,” U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said. “The Sparkz facility will create 350 good-paying, long-term jobs, and I look forward to seeing this initiative grow. We will continue to work closely together to bring battery manufacturing here to the United States so we don’t have to rely on foreign supply chains for our energy needs.” | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Electric-battery-maker-to-locate-factory-in-17408319.php | 2022-08-30T21:52:41Z | https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/Electric-battery-maker-to-locate-factory-in-17408319.php | false |
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday that had sought to declare two books as obscene for children and to restrict their distribution to minors, including by booksellers and libraries.
The books in question were “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe and “A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J. Maas.
Both books describe or illustrate sexual acts that prompted the lawsuit. In a petition to the court, Tommy Altman, a Virginia Beach tattoo shop owner and former Republican congressional candidate, said the depictions were inappropriate for children under Virginia's obscenity law. He asked the court to issue a restraining order against distributing, selling or loaning the books to minors.
The suit was filed in April and dismissed before it could proceed to trial.
Circuit Court Judge Pamela S. Baskervill struck down the suit on jurisdictional grounds, citing state law as well as principles under the U.S. Constitution.
For example, Baskervill wrote that Virginia law doesn't give her the specific authority to determine whether the books are obscene for minors.
The judge also wrote that restricting the books' distribution would authorize “prior restraint” of speech and violate the First Amendment. The judge also described concerns about prosecuting someone who didn't know they were selling or loaning books that were deemed to be obscene.
The judge's order comes at a time when book challenges and bans have surged across the U.S. to levels not seen in decades. And Virginia has been on the frontlines of such conflicts, with public school curricula and books serving as a major prong for Republican Glenn Youngkin’s successful run for governor last year.
Many of the books targeted in schools and libraries have focused on sexuality, gender identity or race. And Kobabe's “Gender Queer” has served as a particular flashpoint in the debate that continues to unfold across the nation. The Virginia Beach school board removed the book from school libraries earlier this year.
Tim Anderson, Altman's attorney, said the lawsuit in Virginia Beach was not focused on what the two books were about.
“This was never never about trying to ban gay literature or trans literature,” Anderson said. “This was simply just saying these have really sexual explicit content and it’s not appropriate for kids.”
Anderson said the suit's intent was on changing Virginia law, which Anderson said is "one size fits all" when defining what's obscene for both children and adults alike. Atlman wanted a “carve out" that determines what's obscene for juveniles specifically. | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Judge-tosses-suit-that-tried-to-deem-books-17408358.php | 2022-08-30T21:53:05Z | https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Judge-tosses-suit-that-tried-to-deem-books-17408358.php | false |
WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
511 PM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern
Sullivan County through 545 PM EDT...
At 510 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hurleyville, or near Monticello, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Fallsburg, Monticello, Liberty, Neversink, South Fallsburg,
Woodridge, Harris, Loch Sheldrake, Hurleyville and Kiamesha.
This includes the following highway exits...
Interstate 86/Route 17 between 102 and 106.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 4184 7448 4175 7457 4172 7453 4163 7464
4168 7477 4195 7464 4194 7460 4188 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 211DEG 25KT 4173 7466
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Rensselaer County through 600 PM EDT...
At 512 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Center Brunswick, or near Troy, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
Troy, Hoosick Falls, Center Brunswick, Brunswick, Pittstown,
Poestenkill, Schaghticoke, Valley Falls, Schaghticoke Hill, Hoosick
Junction, Melrose, Quackenkill, Albia, Johnsonville, Sycaway,
Tamarack, Factory Hollow, Haynersville, East Pittstown and Grant
Hollow.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4269 7355 4270 7367 4294 7362 4293 7332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 200DEG 19KT 4275 7360
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
434 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Webb
County through 500 PM CDT...
At 434 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Aguilares, or 23 miles west of Hebbronville, moving north at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Oilton, Mirando City and Aguilares.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 2727 9912 2743 9929 2750 9895 2727 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 158DEG 16KT 2736 9906
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91, Russian media reports
MOSCOW - Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. He was 91.
The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died after a long illness. No other details were given.
Though in power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes. But they quickly overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.
His decline was humiliating. His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, he spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991. The Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.
A quarter-century after the collapse, Gorbachev told The Associated Press that he had not considered using widespread force to try to keep the USSR together because he feared chaos in a nuclear country.
Original image caption - Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian Politburo member and second in line at the Kremlin, announces the death of Soviet Defence Minister Marshal Dmitri Ustinov, before departing from Edinburgh Airport for Russia, in Edinburgh, Scotland,
"The country was loaded to the brim with weapons. And it would have immediately pushed the country into a civil war," he said.
Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became the Soviet leader in March 1985.
By the end of his rule he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
"I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world," Gorbachev told The AP in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.
"I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination," he said.
Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War and spent his later years collecting accolades and awards from all corners of the world. Yet he was widely despised at home.
Russians blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union — a once-fearsome superpower whose territory fractured into 15 separate nations. His former allies deserted him and made him a scapegoat for the country’s troubles.
His run for president in 1996 was a national joke, and he polled less than 1% of the vote.
In 1997, he resorted to making a TV ad for Pizza Hut to earn money for his charitable foundation. His former allies deserted him and made him a scapegoat for the country’s troubles.
"In the ad, he should take a pizza, divide it into 15 slices like he divided up our country, and then show how to put it back together again," quipped Anatoly Lukyanov, a one-time Gorbachev supporter.
Gorbachev never set out to dismantle the Soviet system. What he wanted to do was improve it.
Soon after taking power, Gorbachev began a campaign to end his country’s economic and political stagnation, using "glasnost" or openness, to help achieve his goal of "perestroika" or restructuring.
In his memoirs, he said he had long been frustrated that in a country with immense natural resources, tens of millions were living in poverty.
"Our society was stifled in the grip of a bureaucratic command system," Gorbachev wrote. "Doomed to serve ideology and bear the heavy burden of the arms race, it was strained to the utmost."
Once he began, one move led to another: He freed political prisoners, allowed open debate and multi-candidate elections, gave his countrymen freedom to travel, halted religious oppression, reduced nuclear arsenals, established closer ties with the West and did not resist the fall of Communist regimes in Eastern European satellite states.
But the forces he unleashed quickly escaped his control.
Long-suppressed ethnic tensions flared, sparking wars and unrest in trouble spots such as the southern Caucasus region. Strikes and labor unrest followed price increases and shortages of consumer goods.
In one of the low points of his tenure, Gorbachev sanctioned a crackdown on the restive Baltic republics in early 1991.
The violence turned many intellectuals and reformers against him. Competitive elections also produced a new crop of populist politicians who challenged Gorbachev’s policies and authority.
Chief among them was his former protege and eventual nemesis, Boris Yeltsin, who became Russia’s first president.
"The process of renovating this country and bringing about fundamental changes in the international community proved to be much more complex than originally anticipated," Gorbachev told the nation as he stepped down.
"However, let us acknowledge what has been achieved so far. Society has acquired freedom; it has been freed politically and spiritually. And this is the most important achievement, which we have not fully come to grips with in part because we still have not learned how to use our freedom."
There was little in Gorbachev’s childhood to hint at the pivotal role he would play on the world stage. On many levels, he had a typical Soviet upbringing in a typical Russian village. But it was a childhood blessed with unusual strokes of good fortune.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born March 2, 1931, in the village of Privolnoye in southern Russia. Both his grandfathers were peasants, collective farm chairmen and members of the Communist Party, as was his father.
Despite stellar party credentials, Gorbachev’s family did not emerge unscathed from the terror unleashed by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin: Both grandfathers were arrested and imprisoned for allegedly anti-Soviet activities.
But, rare in that period, both were eventually freed. In 1941, when Gorbachev was 10, his father went off to war, along with most of the other men from Privolnoye.
Meanwhile, the Nazis pushed across the western steppes in their blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union; they occupied Privolnoye for five months.
When the war was over, young Gorbachev was one of the few village boys whose father returned. By age 15, Gorbachev was helping his father drive a combine harvester after school and during the region’s blistering, dusty summers.
His performance earned him the order of the Red Banner of Labor, an unusual distinction for a 17-year-old. That prize and the party background of his parents helped him land admission in 1950 to the country’s top university, Moscow State.
There, he met his wife, Raisa Maximovna Titorenko, and joined the Communist Party. The award and his family’s credentials also helped him overcome the disgrace of his grandfathers’ arrests, which were overlooked in light of his exemplary Communist conduct.
In his memoirs, Gorbachev described himself as something of a maverick as he advanced through the party ranks, sometimes bursting out with criticism of the Soviet system and its leaders.
His early career coincided with the "thaw" begun by Nikita Khrushchev. As a young Communist propaganda official, he was tasked with explaining the 20th Party Congress that revealed Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s repression of millions to local party activists. He said he was met first by "deathly silence," then disbelief.
"They said: ‘We don’t believe it. It can’t be. You want to blame everything on Stalin now that he’s dead,’" he told The Associated Press in a 2006 interview.
He was a true if unorthodox believer in socialism. He was elected to the powerful party Central Committee in 1971, took over Soviet agricultural policy in 1978, and became a full Politburo member in 1980.
Along the way he was able to travel to the West, to Belgium, Germany, France, Italy and Canada. Those trips had a profound effect on his thinking, shaking his belief in the superiority of Soviet-style socialism.
"The question haunted me: Why was the standard of living in our country lower than in other developed countries?" he recalled in his memoirs. "It seemed that our aged leaders were not especially worried about our undeniably lower living standards, our unsatisfactory way of life, and our falling behind in the field of advanced technologies."
But Gorbachev had to wait his turn. Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died in 1982, and was succeeded by two other geriatric leaders: Yuri Andropov, Gorbachev’s mentor, and Konstantin Chernenko.
It wasn’t until March 1985, when Chernenko died, that the party finally chose a younger man to lead the country: Gorbachev. He was 54 years old.
His tenure was filled with rocky periods, including a poorly conceived anti-alcohol campaign, the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
But starting in November 1985, Gorbachev began a series of attention-grabbing summit meetings with world leaders, especially U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, which led to unprecedented, deep reductions in the American and Soviet nuclear arsenals.
After years of watching a parade of stodgy leaders in the Kremlin, Western leaders practically swooned over the charming, vigorous Gorbachev and his stylish, brainy wife. But perceptions were very different at home. It was the first time since the death of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin that the wife of a Soviet leader had played such a public role, and many Russians found Raisa Gorbachev showy and arrogant.
Although the rest of the world benefited from the changes Gorbachev wrought, the rickety Soviet economy collapsed in the process, bringing with it tremendous economic hardship for the country’s 290 million people.
In the final days of the Soviet Union, the economic decline accelerated into a steep skid. Hyper-inflation robbed most older people of their life’s savings. Factories shut down. Bread lines formed.
And popular hatred for Gorbachev and his wife Raisa grew. But the couple won sympathy in summer 1999 when it was revealed that Raisa Gorbachev was dying of leukemia.
During her final days, Gorbachev spoke daily with television reporters, and the lofty-sounding, wooden politician of old was suddenly seen as an emotional family man surrendering to deep grief.
Gorbachev worked on the Gorbachev Foundation, which he created to address global priorities in the post-Cold War period, and with the Green Cross foundation, which was formed in 1993 to help cultivate "a more harmonious relationship between humans and the environment."
Gorbachev took the helm of the small United Social Democratic Party in 2000 in hopes it could fill the vacuum left by the Communist Party, which he said had failed to reform into a modern leftist party after the breakup of the Soviet Union. He resigned from the chairmanship in 2004.
He continued to comment on Russian politics as a senior statesman — even if many of his countrymen were no longer interested in what he had to say.
"The crisis in our country will continue for some time, possibly leading to even greater upheaval," Gorbachev wrote in a memoir in 1996. "But Russia has irrevocably chosen the path of freedom, and no one can make it turn back to totalitarianism."
Gorbachev veered between criticism and mild praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been assailed for backtracking on the democratic achievements of the Gorbachev and Yeltsin eras.
He said Putin had done much to restore stability and prestige to Russia after the tumultuous decade following the Soviet collapse. He did, however, protest growing limitations on media freedom, and in 2006 bought one of Russia’s last investigative newspapers, Novaya Gazeta, with a businessman associate.
"We should — this is one of our goals — promote the newspaper’s qualitative development in the interests of democratic values," he said, tacitly criticizing the Kremlin’s efforts to bring Novaya Gazeta and other independent media outlets to heel.
Gorbachev ventured into other new areas in his 70s, winning awards and kudos around the world. He won a Grammy in 2004 along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Italian actress Sophia Loren for their recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and the United Nations named him a Champion of the Earth in 2006 for his environmental advocacy.
Gorbachev had a daughter, Irina, and two granddaughters.
The official news agency Tass reported that Gorbachev will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife.
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Vladimir Isachenkov and Kate de Pury in Moscow contributed. | https://www.fox4news.com/news/mikhail-gorbachev-dead-former-soviet-president | 2022-08-30T21:59:10Z | https://www.fox4news.com/news/mikhail-gorbachev-dead-former-soviet-president | true |
When Dr David Strain encountered a 64-year-old patient on his ward round, the British geriatrician had a bleak epiphany.
Less than six months earlier he had treated the man for Covid-19. Now, his deterioration was painful to witness. "He came in with a stroke and really bad delirium, a precursor of dementia," Dr Strain says. "I saw the patient, recognised him, recognised the fact that his brain had dramatically aged."
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Supreme Court to hear plea for transparent system to probe harassment charges against judges
Court will provide advocate Indira Jaising details on existing processes
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea to evolve a transparent mechanism to investigate sexual harassment charges against judges.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising sought permission to submit additional material.
The Bench, on Ms. Jaising’s request, directed the Supreme Court’s Secretary General to submit the existing processes and practices dealing with harassment complaints.
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Presently, there is an in-house procedure applicable to Supreme Court and High Court judges. However, the proceedings are confidential.
The Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act and the guidelines formed under the Supreme Court Sexual Harassment Regulations do not contemplate a public hearing on the judicial side.
A lacuna that needs to be addressed is when a complaint is filed against the CJI.
The present Supreme Court Internal Complaints Committee mechanism or the 2014 judgment in Additional District and Sessions Judge ‘X’ vs Registrar General High Court of Madhya Pradesh are inadequate for an inquiry into the alleged misconduct by the CJI.
Under the Gender Sensitisation and Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Regulations of 2013, it is the CJI who sets up the Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Here are the 20 most popular prime-time television programs for the week of Aug. 22-28, their networks and viewerships, as measured by the Nielsen company:
1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.43 million.
2. “America's Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.33 million.
3. “America's Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 5.55 million.
4. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 4.56 million.
5. “America's Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 4.08 million.
6. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 4.01 million.
7. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 3.99 million.
8. “Password,” NBC, 3.97 million.
9. “The ”$100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 3.89 million.
10. “FBI,” CBS, 3.74 million.
11. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 3.53 million.
12. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Monday), Fox News, 3.37 million.
13. “Press Your Luck,” ABC, 3.35 million.
14. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 3.33 million.
15. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Thursday), Fox News, 3.28 million.
16. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Tuesday), Fox News, 3.26 million.
17. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Wednesday), Fox News, 3.15 million.
18. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 3.13 million.
19. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 3.05 million.
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Reading FC boss Paul Ince admitted his side did not deserve anything after Royals were easily beaten by a brilliant Blades side at Bramall Lane on Tuesday night.
Oli McBurnie's early header had the hosts 1-0 up at half time, before Anel Ahmedhodzic added a second just a minute into the second half. Iliman Ndiaye added a third with a curling effort before Ahmedhodzic grabbed his second and United's fourth with a header.
The 4-0 result brought to an end Royals' three-match winning run and they slip to fifth place in the Championship table.
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Ince said post match: "It was tough - they're a good side, but as I said to the players, after Rotherham we had Blackburn, Middlesbrough and Millwall so if I was going to give you nine points after Rotherham would you have taken it? I think we'd all have said yes, so that's how we look at it.
"It's been a positive four games but I am disappointed the way it ended, especially for the fans who came. But I am still very proud of my players. Nine points out of 12 is not a bad return, we just have to go again on Sunday.
"We didn't deserve anything out of the game. We didn't reach the levels we have done. We looked tired. They had an extra day off and the Millwall game took a lot out of us. We're talking about the same players every week. Fornah was tired after Saturday so that's why McIntyre went into midfield.
"Sheffield United are a very good side and when you're taking off a £20m striker and replacing them with another one, it's where we want to be as a club but in two years time. They'll be up there at the end of the season.
"I'm not disappointed because in a perverse type of way it brings us back down to earth and shows where we are as a club. Everyone was getting excited and it was nice we were top. But our remit is to get to 40 points and stay in this league. Maybe we got too carried away and we looked quiet before the game. It wasn't a big game, it was just another one and that's how I treat it.
"We looked quiet, tired and lethargic. We didn't give up but we have to take the rough with the smooth. We'll go again."
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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Muse frontman Matt Bellamy eyes US citizenship after praising country's 'amazing' political system
Devon-raised rock star Matt Bellamy wants to become a U.S. citizen after marrying Texan model Elle Evans.
‘I actually think the United States’ structure is really amazing, with all the different ways to make laws at the local level,’ says Bellamy, who has a son with his former fiancee, actress Kate Hudson.
‘It seems like every month my wife is voting on some sort of proposition,’ the Muse star gushes.
‘I’m looking at that going, wow, England is so behind on that front. We don’t ever get to vote on policy.’
Perhaps he was too busy headlining stadiums to notice the Brexit referendum — odd for a singer whose new album is titled Will Of The People.
Devon-raised rock star Matt Bellamy (right) wants to become a U.S. citizen after marrying Texan model Elle Evans (left)
Perhaps the Muse frontman was too busy headlining stadiums to notice the Brexit referendum — odd for a singer whose new album is titled Will Of The People
Royal ‘cash for favours’ castle wipes all donors from VIP list
Panicked courtiers have come up with an unsubtle way to deal with the royal ‘cash for favours’ storm — wiping the names of all charity donors from the Castle of Mey’s website.
The Saudi tycoon at the centre of the controversy, Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, is among those to have suffered the indignity of having his name deleted from the castle’s website.
A major donor to Prince Charles’s charities, he had been listed as the top honorary patron, complete with a gushing biography.
But Mahfouz has now been removed from the ‘friends and patrons’ section, along with broadcasters Alan Titchmarsh and Ken Bruce, as well as actress Susan Hampshire. The list of honorary patrons had been displayed on the site for many years.
In 2015, it was revealed that an area near the castle had been renamed Mahfouz Wood in his honour after he reportedly donated £370,000 to the castle’s restoration.
The names of Mahfouz, his father and four brothers were also to be placed around the castle’s gardens.
It’s unlikely such a move would have taken place without Charles’s approval, given the level of his personal interest in the castle.
Mahfouz is believed to have previously offered to pay half the then estimated £300,000 cost towards replacing or repairing all of the property’s 93 windows. The Castle of Mey, on the north coast of Scotland, was owned by the Queen Mother and is where Charles stays for a week each August. Last November Mahfouz was dropped as an honorary patron, but reinstated after I contacted officials.
A spokesman for the Prince’s Foundation, a group for Charles’s charitable interests including the Castle of Mey, blamed ‘human error involving a junior member of staff at the Castle of Mey updating the website’.
Charles’s aide, Michael Fawcett, stepped down as chief executive of the Foundation amid allegations he’d used his influence to help secure a gong for Mahfouz, who received an honorary CBE in 2016. The foundation said it was investigating. Last night a spokesman declined to comment.
The classic car world has lost one of its most colourful figures. Alexander ‘Chips’ Fyshe, who has died aged 83, was celebrated for his unusual dress sense (a pair of stars-and-stripes trousers, unwashed for years as they were autographed by Grand Prix stars) and practical jokes. At his Herefordshire funeral there was a concours d’elegance of 1960s roadsters. His terrier, Osca, sat faithfully next to his master’s coffin, not barking once.
Moss brand gets spelling makeover
Kate Moss's new lifestyle brand, Cosmoss, claims it will ‘open a door’ to ‘balance, restoration, and love’.
Spelling, however, clearly remains a closed door to the 48-year-old model’s label.
Cosmoss’s social media account has been promoting its powers of ‘Balance and Rejuvination’.
Moss’s spokesman declined to comment but, after I pointed out the error, the post was swiftly deleted and replaced by one with the correct spelling, ‘Rejuvenation’.
Kate Moss's new lifestyle brand, Cosmoss, claims it will ‘open a door’ to ‘balance, restoration, and love’
Well-connected comedian Jack Whitehall might want to start getting serious about settling down now his second younger sibling, brother Barney, is engaged. Barney, 30, is to wed Tatiana Reatchlous, a marketer for takeaway firm Just East. ‘A real red letter day to be celebrated,’ says his father Michael, former acting agent to the stars. ‘Congratulations.’ Jack’s sister, Molly, married in 2020, with Princess Eugenie a wedding guest. Marlborough College-educated Jack, 34, has been dating model Roxy Horner, 31, for two years.
Hi-vis Helena breaks the fashion cycle
Cyclists are advised to wear hi-vis jackets for safety on the roads, but Helena Bonham Carter chose something rather more flamboyant.
The Harry Potter star wore a bright orange cardigan while pedalling around North London. ‘There was certainly no missing her,’ reports an onlooker.
Helena, 56, who is going out with Rye Dag Holmboe, an arthistorian 22 years her junior, is often placed on the worst-dressed list for her quirky style but she insists it doesn’t dent her confidence.
‘I’ve never been interested in what other people think. I have been vilified for my dress sense, and I find it hilarious,’ she said.
Cyclists are advised to wear hi-vis jackets for safety on the roads, but Helena Bonham Carter chose something rather more flamboyant
This may cause a stink. Blur bassist Alex James has churned out plans for a cheese-making barn at his Cotswolds farm. The musician-turned-cheesemaker wanted to build new stables and a riding arena for his wife and five children at their sprawling 200-acre estate in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
But he has now scrapped these plans and wants to turn a redundant outbuilding into a new cheese lab to help produce award-winning cheeses.
James, 53, has applied to West Oxfordshire District Council for planning permission for the development and there have so far been no objections. | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11162151/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Muse-frontman-Matt-Bellamy-eyes-citizenship-praising-political-system.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | 2022-08-30T22:10:11Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11162151/EDEN-CONFIDENTIAL-Muse-frontman-Matt-Bellamy-eyes-citizenship-praising-political-system.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | false |
live: Sydney news: Rail and bus services affected by industrial action across NSW, Sydney
Here's what you need to know this morning.
Major train delays across city
Train commuters across New South Wales are being warned to expect major disruptions across the rail network today because of strikes.
As of midnight, rail workers began industrial action for 24 hours by not operating foreign-made trains.
The action means a disruption to around 70 per cent of the rail fleet.
Transport for New South Wales has advised commuters that this will impact most of the city and suburban network, with at least a 30-minute gap between services.
Sydney Trains chief executive Matt Longland said the action would make the day "difficult".
"We know how difficult this period has been," he said.
"What we've seen is the unpredictable impact of some of the action … We're doing our best, we're going as efficiently as we can to work through the issues.
"I think there is goodwill among all of the unions to get an outcome."
Commuters are being advised to avoid non-essential travel.
Both the Rail, Tram, and Bus Union and the NSW government are expected to continue negotiations.
Bus drivers to stop work for several hours
Bus drivers across some parts of Sydney's inner-west and south will take industrial action for six hours today due to a dispute with a private bus operator over pay and conditions.
Members of two unions who drive for private bus company Transit Systems will strike from 4:00am until 7:00am, and then from 2.30pm through until 5.30pm.
The affected region covers an area stretching from Rockdale in the south to Olympic Park and across the inner-west and parts of the CBD.
Richard Olsen from the Transport Workers Union said pay and safety concerns were behind the strike action.
"We've had around nine deaths over the past few years involving the bus industry," he said.
"We say that is because of poor rostering, the length [of shift] of anything up to 13 hours is far too long."
Missing teen from Surry Hills
Family and police have serious concerns for a missing 14-year-old boy.
Jerome Sykes was last seen at his high school on Chalmers Street in Surry Hills at 8:10am last Thursday.
The teen failed to return home from school and his family contacted police on Monday.
He is known to frequent Surry Hills, Redfern, and the Penrith areas, and is believed to have been seen near Central Station as recently as Monday.
Jerome was last seen wearing a blue and black jumper, navy blue school pants, and red or bright orange shoes.
Fire season kicks off with warning
The NSW Rural Fire Service [NSWRFS] has warned that while it is unlikely the state will see a fire season like the Black Summer bushfire disaster this year, potential fire risks should not be underestimated.
The fire season officially kicks off in some parts of the state from tomorrow with the start of Spring.
A new nationally consistent fire danger rating system will also come into force with four levels of danger and simple actions that should be taken at each rating level.
NSWRFS spokesman Ben Shepherd said while the wet weather seen this year had lessened the risk of another catastrophic fire season ahead, things can heat up and dry out quickly.
"What we don't want people to think is that fires need to be of that magnitude to be problematic, because in and around urban areas a smaller fire of perhaps 10 or 20 hectares can quickly impact on homes and quickly cause danger to lives," he said.
Smoke from a hazard reduction burn in the Blue Mountains National Park south-west of Glenbrook may affect areas of Greater Sydney on Wednesday and Thursday, but is expected to clear throughout Friday, the NSWRFS said. | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-31/sydney-news-rail-and-bus-services-affected-by-industrial-action/101388678 | 2022-08-30T22:10:58Z | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-31/sydney-news-rail-and-bus-services-affected-by-industrial-action/101388678 | false |
Changes you may notice this fall at Bryant-Denny Stadium
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Many of you are planning to head to Alabama’s first home game this week, but keep in mind, there are some key changes in and around Bryant-Denny Stadium this fall.
To start with, beer and wine will be sold for the first time at Bryant-Denny Stadium and that’s only the beginning of some of the changes taking place.
University of Alabama senior Beth Lovelady is looking forward to being at the game this weekend when Alabama takes on Utah State.
Lovelady largely supports that Bryant-Denny will now be cashless.
“I think it’s good you don’t have to carry cash in. You don’t have to worry about that, but just make sure everybody knows that,” said Lovelady. “Transactions are quicker, lines move faster.”
Nick Frenz says the cashless component is not the only big change this fall.
“We had to move our disability parking from the Campus Drive deck to the Tutwiler deck on the south end of the stadium. It’s much closer for the fans, but it’s more limited than it was in the past. The potential is there for sellouts for these games so, we we want everybody to purchase ahead of time on uagameday.com,” said Frenz.
Another change, and one you may not have thought about - getting to and from campus should be a little smoother this year.
“Construction on the interstate is done, thankfully, so it will be a lot easier to get in and out of town. And best advice is visit uagameday.com, make your purchase to park ahead of time.”
And perhaps the biggest change of all? Beer and wine will now be sold inside Bryant-Denny.
“Obviously, it’s something the fans want. Number two - there are some positives of fans not overindulging before the game and spreading that timeframe out over a longer period of time.”
In terms of food vendors, no real change there except for an additional one on 6th Avenue.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brixmor Property Group Inc. (NYSE: BRX) today announced that the Company will present at the BofA Securities 2022 Global Real Estate Conference on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 from 11:05 AM ET to 11:40 AM ET.
Event: Brixmor Property Group Presentation at the BofA Securities 2022 Global Real Estate Conference
When: 11:05 AM ET, Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Live Webcast: BofA Securities 2022 Global Real Estate Conference under the Investors tab at www.brixmor.com
A replay of the webcast will be available through December 13, 2022.
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About Brixmor Property Group
Brixmor (NYSE: BRX) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates a high-quality, national portfolio of open-air shopping centers. Its 379 retail centers comprise approximately 67 million square feet of prime retail space in established trade areas. The Company strives to own and operate shopping centers that reflect Brixmor's vision "to be the center of the communities we serve" and are home to a diverse mix of thriving national, regional and local retailers. Brixmor is a proud real estate partner to approximately 5,000 retailers including The TJX Companies, The Kroger Co., Publix Super Markets and Ross Stores.
Brixmor announces material information to its investors in SEC filings and press releases and on public conference calls, webcasts and the "Investors" page of its website at www.brixmor.com. The Company also uses social media to communicate with its investors and the public, and the information Brixmor posts on social media may be deemed material information. Therefore, Brixmor encourages investors and others interested in the Company to review the information that it posts on its website and on its social media channels.
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WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
355 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR BELL AND SOUTHEASTERN CORYELL COUNTIES...
At 355 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2
and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to
1 inch are possible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...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...
Killeen, Temple, Copperas Cove, Harker Heights, Belton, Fort Hood,
Nolanville, Morgan's Point Resort, Salado, Little River-Academy,
Troy, Rogers and Mother Neff State Park.
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Claims that a driver in the crew filming “Lady in the Lake” saw a gun and that money was given to a group of people in exchange for permission to film in the area were “inaccurate,” Baltimore Police said in report released Tuesday.
Police said they investigated the initial report that the driver was threatened with violence and determined the incident was a dispute between a local street vendor selling clothes downtown and crew members filming the TV series.
The 40-year-old man who first reported the incident to police declined to comment to The Baltimore Sun on Tuesday, saying he had to meet with police Wednesday to make a full statement.
The man initially told police that individuals demanded $50,000 to film in the location and then brandished a gun at one of the crew members, according to the police report. But when an officer asked for a description of the gun, the man changed his story.
“Once questioned what the gun looked like [the witness] then retracted his original statement of seeing the gun and advised that he did not see a gun but that one of the drivers [had] seen the gun,” the police report said.
After officers spoke with crew members, police concluded that the initial claims were “inaccurate,” according to the police report released Tuesday.
According to that police report, a woman identified as the supervisor for the security firm working with the film crew was among those interviewed by police. She initially told officers that a group of people wanted $4,000 for the film crew to be able to film in the area and then changed the amount to $50,000, police said.
“While continuing to speak with [the supervisor] she then stated that no money was given to anyone and that she did not have any knowledge of who made the threats or request for money,” the report said.
Endeavor Content, which is the studio for “Lady in the Lake,” did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
The initial reports caused the production company to reschedule the shoot after they found another location.
Endeavor Content spokesperson Sharon Liggins said in a statement Monday that the production would continue on schedule with increased security measures.
Liggins also said Monday that two men confronted a driver on the production crew and “brandished a gun directed at our driver, and then they fled the location.”
But on Tuesday, police said detectives learned that a local street vendor was “upset that he had not been compensated by the production for lost business, since he could not operate his clothing business while the crew was filming at that location.”
Police on Monday arrested the vendor, a 43-year-old man from Pikesville, and charged him with drug-related offenses. He told police that he had talked with a crew member and a security manager and was awaiting paperwork to receive compensation for lost business on Friday.
Police said the man did not have a gun and was not charged with gun-related offenses. The man did not have an attorney listed in online court records and no one answered the door at a recent address listed for him.
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Police said detectives continue to interview others connected to the incident and that the case remains open.
“This was determined to be inaccurate and the victim’s recollection of the incident changed during the investigation,” the police report said.
The AppleTV+ series, based on a bestselling novel by local author Laura Lippman, takes place in Baltimore in 1966 and stars Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram.
The Maryland Department of Commerce describes the series this way: “An unsolved murder pushes a housewife and mother to reinvent herself as an investigative journalist and sets her on a collision course with a hard-working woman juggling motherhood, many jobs, and a passionate commitment to advancing Baltimore’s Black progressive agenda.”
Lippman, who is a former Sun reporter, did not respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
Filming began in April and is expected to continue until October.
Baltimore Sun reporters Lea Skene and Mary Carole McCauley contributed to this story. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-lady-lake-20220830-3ozdqb2fwjhhrgxu6l54w3i4ke-story.html | 2022-08-30T22:13:13Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-lady-lake-20220830-3ozdqb2fwjhhrgxu6l54w3i4ke-story.html | false |
GREENWOOD, Ind. — Court documents reveal that 18-year-old Tyrique Sevin Radford El admitted to police investigators that he shot Whiteland Community High School sophomore Temario Stokes Jr. “more times than necessary” at a bus stop near Winterwood Drive and Providence Drive early Thursday morning.
“(I) just blanked for a second and I just shot him,” Radford El reportedly told detectives.
The shooting occurred around 6:50 p.m. on Aug. 25 and when police arrived they found 16-year-old Temario Stokes Jr. lying on the ground. Court documents reveal officers observed Stokes had been shot multiple times in the head along with discovering gunshot wounds on the teenager’s arm, leg and lower back.
Stokes was pronounced dead at approximately 7:10 a.m. after life-saving measures were attempted by Greenwood Fire Department personnel.
According to court documents, Radford El told police he had “reacted too fast” in his decision to shoot Stokes. Radford El told investigators that a few weeks prior to the bus stop shooting he and another individual had an altercation with Stokes. Radford El claimed Stokes pulled a gun on him during that past encounter. When Radford El saw stokes on Aug. 25 at the bus stop, he told investigators he thought Stokes may have been armed with a gun once again and was afraid Stokes had caught him “slipping”.
“Nine times out of 10, he probably did just reach for his pocket. But I don’t know,” Radford El reportedly confessed to police.
“But you can’t call that self-defense though, because he didn’t pull it.”
Radford El confessed to investigators that he hadn’t seen Stokes pull out a gun at the bus stop. He said he only saw Stokes look at him, smack his lips, and place a hand near his pocket.
Radford El told investigators he thought Stokes was “going to do the same thing that he did last time or maybe like it was worse.”
But Stokes didn’t have a weapon. Radford El did, and he confessed to using it. Confessed to shooting Stokes repeatedly. He knew it was wrong, he told investigators, but he did it anyway.
After the shooting, Radford El fled the scene and hid in a cornfield, where he reportedly ditched his 9mm handgun, according to the documents. When he later emerged, he was wet and dirty. Police quickly spotted and apprehended him.
“Shouldn’t never left the corn,” he said.
After confessing to investigators, the court documents reveal that Radford El expressed his wish to seek therapy.
Radford El faces a preliminary charge of murder and is being held in the Johnson County Jail. | https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/court-docs-18-year-old-confessed-to-shooting-whiteland-sophomore-more-times-than-necessary-at-bus-stop/ | 2022-08-30T22:13:38Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/court-docs-18-year-old-confessed-to-shooting-whiteland-sophomore-more-times-than-necessary-at-bus-stop/ | false |
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who played a central role in ending the Cold War, has died at the age of 91. Russian media reported his death. His risky decision to liberalize Soviet society, confront its past and engage Western leaders arguably took the world from the brink of nuclear conflict.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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ATLANITC CITY — A 20-year-old city resident was arrested in an armed robbery that occurred Monday afternoon in the 200 block of N. South Carolina Avenue, police said.
Zion Key was charged with armed robbery, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Officer John Bell spoke to the 23-year-old victim, who said he was robbed at gunpoint by a man he knew, police said Tuesday in a news release.
Bell sent out a description of the man to other officers. Detective Christopher Smith found Key, who police said fit the description, on Gordon’s Alley. Smith and other responders subsequently stopped and searched Key, police said.
Police said Key was in possession of a handgun, suspected crack cocaine, a digital scale and drug-packaging materials.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said officers seized 1,532.65 pounds of alleged cocaine on Friday in a shipment claiming to be baby wipes.
The seizure happened at the Laredo Port of Entry on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas.
Officers said they sent a truck into a secondary non-intrusive inspection as it crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. With the help of a canine officer, they made the seizure.
The manifest for the shipment claimed that it contained baby wipes. Inside there were 1,935 packages, with nearly 1,533 pounds of alleged narcotics, CBP said.
According to a release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency claimed the street value for the alleged narcotics is over $11 million. It's unclear how officers came to that estimated value. | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/us-customs-seizes-nearly-1-533-lbs-of-alleged-cocaine-in-shipment-claiming-to-be-baby-wipes | 2022-08-30T22:15:01Z | https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/us-customs-seizes-nearly-1-533-lbs-of-alleged-cocaine-in-shipment-claiming-to-be-baby-wipes | false |
Rain ends, less humidity ahead!
Rain and storms taper off this evening, and drier air makes for a more breathe-able middle of the week! Check the video forecast for the latest.
BEHIND THE 'COLD' FRONT
Waiting for that first good, crisp, cool air mass of the season can feel like forever. A passing front brought some heavy storms Tuesday, but the waiting game continues for that Fall-like weather. In fact, it actually gets hotter behind the front because the air becomes less humid on Wednesday and Thursday.
Dry air heats and cools more readily than humid air does, so expect a little more comfort in the morning followed by hot – yet dry – afternoons: lows in the 60s, highs in the lower to middle 90s on Wednesday and Thursday.
Thursday night looks fantastic for some college football and high school football in Alabama! UAB and Samford both play at home Thursday night: kickoff temps in the low-80s under a clear sky.
FRIDAY AND THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND
It stays hot, and the muggy air returns on Friday making it feel hotter than it really is by mid-afternoon. Temperatures climb into the 90s; the heat index jumps up to the upper 90s, and some spotty showers and storms develop in the heat of the day: especially over East Alabama.
Some of those storms spread westward across Central and North Alabama through early evening, and that could interfere with high school football games this week.
Saturday and Sunday feature a good chance of scattered thunderstorms; Sunday looks mostly cloudy and gives us the best chance of rain. Some spots – especially west of the Birmingham area – could see more than 2 inches of rain this weekend, and that kind of weather lasts into Labor Day itself.
TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT LIKELY
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas in the Atlantic for potential tropical cyclone (depression, storm, hurricane) development through the weekend. The good news? Neither of them pose an immediate threat to the Atlantic or Gulf Coasts for the holiday weekend or beyond as far as we can see right now.
The disturbance in the central Atlantic has the greatest chance of breaking the 59-day streak with no named storms; should it formally become a tropical storm, the next name on the list is 'Danielle.'
7-DAY FORECAST
The widespread (but uneven) showers and storms over the long holiday weekend thin out again toward the middle of next week as another cool front knocks a lot of that thick tropical humidity southward.
Temperatures stay in the 80s to near 90ºF through most of next week by day, and nighttime lows fall toward the upper 60s/lower 70s.
That means for high school football Friday night and for college football around the South on Saturday, we run the risk of some locally-heavy downpours and lightning delays at stadiums. Temperature-wise, it stays hot: highs in the 85-90ºF range through the end of the week.
A renewed surge of tropical moisture kicks up showers and storms on a more widespread basis from Saturday through Labor Day; expect limited sunshine, highs in the 80s, and a good chance of some occasional heavy downpours.
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From the time of Sir Gordon Guggisberg through independence to date, the Ghanaian economy has remained largely an import-led one. This means that the country imports most of the commodities its citizens use.
This has created a trade deficit or a negative balance of payment for Ghana for many years.
In some dimensions, an import-led economy backed by the importation of assets like working implements, tractors, and machinery meant for the production of goods, cannot be said to be bad. Such is not for direct consumption but is used for further production which leads to growth in the long run.
Governments over the years have relied on various economic programmes in a bid to restructure the economy to be on an even keel.
From a gross domestic product(GDP) of about $3.2billion and per capita income of $490 in 1957, up to $76 billion GDP and per capita income of about $2000 in 2022, the country can be said to have made a lot of significant improvement in economic growth.
From 2017 to 2019, Ghana was one of the fastest growing economies with a growth rate of 7%. In spite of all these feats and the positive economic indicators, the country has been exposed to the covid-19 global pandemic as well as the current economic downtown being experienced around the world.
It should be noted that, growing an economy from $3.2 billion in 1957 to $76 billion in 2022, a period of over 60 years, is quite a good achievement but the current economic crises reflected in the rise of food prices, increase in transport fares, increase in the unemployment rate, reduction in import cover among others, is indicative of the fact that Ghana has weak economic fundamentals. If there were adequate revenue to finance government projects and external debts, there would not be the need to fall on the International Monetary Fund(IMF) and other donors for financial support in times of crisis.
Ghana has the potential to generate adequate revenue and create enough reserves that can support our economy during external shocks. This can happen if the managers of the economy are able to restructure it to shift from consumption to production.
If we focus more on production, there will be the potential to increase exports so as to set the path towards a positive balance of payment.
Our capacity and the zeal to process the majority of agricultural goods is very low, hence, the need for government to make the processing and manufacturing of goods, especially agricultural produce, a top priority on its agenda. For instance, Ghana as the second largest producer of cocoa in the world is able to process less than 25% of its total cocoa production. The rest of the beans are exported raw to other countries. But as raw as it is, the needed revenue will be low since unprocessed commodities generally do not command higher prices.
It is sad to note that, out of the over $130 billion worth of chocolate industry in the world, less than $2 billion come to Ghana, a major cocoa-producing country.
It implies that, if the country develops the right infrastructure to process even 60% of raw cocoa beans here in the country to manufacture chocolate and related products, Ghana can generate about $12 billion from the cocoa sector alone.
This amount is deployed into the economy, can help absorb so many external shocks and stabilise the local currency as well.
The government should provide subsidies and other support for the cultivation and production of crops and vegetables that our arable land can support. This will help reduce their importation and also create more jobs for the local farmers. For instance, it does not make economic sense when we import onions and shallots from other countries while there is the fertile soil in Ghana to grow these crops. If anything at all, Ghana should seek to be a net exporter of such products.
The importation of onion, shallots and related vegetables in 2021 amounted to about $100 million. Rice importation was about $391 million. If the economy is structured to cut down such importations, some money could be saved to support other sectors of it.
For Ghana to be self-sufficient in food production to guard against escalating food prices, grow beyond aid, stablise the local currency against major trading ones, there is the need to focus more on production. We have the right human and competent technical know-how to process the bulk of the goods and raw materials produced in the country.
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Chelsea squanders lead, loses 2-1 at Southampton in EPL
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Chelsea squandered a lead to lose 2-1 at Southampton and continue its inconsistent start to the Premier League season. Goals by Romeo Lavia and Adam Armstrong saw Southampton recover from going behind to a 23rd-minute strike from Raheem Sterling. Sterling now has three goals since his move from Manchester City and has been one of Chelsea’s few successes this season. It’s already two losses in five games for Chelsea, which is missing the injured N’Golo Kante in midfield and has a rebuilt defense that is leaking goals. Southampton joined Chelsea on seven points. | https://kion546.com/news/2022/08/30/chelsea-squanders-lead-loses-2-1-at-southampton-in-epl/ | 2022-08-30T22:21:48Z | https://kion546.com/news/2022/08/30/chelsea-squanders-lead-loses-2-1-at-southampton-in-epl/ | false |
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A man accused of following a young woman and entering her home before being scared off is pleading not guilty.
Martin William Danielson, 31 of Rochester, is charged with first-degree burglary and harassment.
He was arrested on June 23. Rochester police say a 19-year-old woman at a park in the 4400 block of 56th Street NW noticed Danielson staring at her. Officers say Danielson then followed the woman home and went inside. Police say Danielson encountered the woman’s father before leaving.
He was then arrested in the area of 50th Avenue and 55th Street.
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BISMARCK, N.D., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU) has committed its natural gas pipeline business to a near-term methane emissions intensity reduction target of 25% by 2030, compared to its 2020 levels. This commitment and other highlights of MDU Resources' environmental, social and governance efforts are included in the company's recently published sustainability report.
"Natural gas will remain a foundational fuel in the effort to achieve a cleaner energy future, and we are committed to minimizing emissions as we provide the infrastructure to transport gas to markets where it is needed," said David L. Goodin, president and CEO of MDU Resources.
Some additional highlights outlined in MDU Resources' 2021 Sustainability Report include:
- Ceasing operations at all wholly owned coal-fired electric generation facilities, with more economical options available to supply energy to customers. This will further reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions intensity as it makes progress toward its target of a 45% reduction from owned electric generation facilities by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.
- Recording all scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across the corporation, which will establish 2022 corporatewide baselines to help define reduction targets.
- Joining the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion Pledge, further committing the company to diversity, equity and inclusion actions in the workplace.
- Tying executive officer incentive compensation to diversity, equity and inclusion results, further encouraging management to emphasize and achieve initiatives.
MDU Resources' recently published 2021 Sustainability Report can be found at www.mdu.com/sustainability.
Forward-Looking Statements
Information in this release includes certain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release, including statements regarding emission reduction targets and future environmental, social and governance matters, are expressed in good faith and are believed by the company to have a reasonable basis. Nonetheless, actual results may differ materially from the projected results expressed in the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, refer to Item 1A — Risk Factors in MDU Resources' most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent filings with the SEC.
About MDU Resources
MDU Resources Group, Inc., a member of the S&P MidCap 400 and the S&P High-Yield Dividend Aristocrats indices, is Building a Strong America® by providing essential products and services through its regulated energy delivery and construction materials and services businesses. For more information about MDU Resources, visit www.mdu.com or contact the Investor Relations Department at investor@mduresources.com.
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Handbilling at INEOS Subsidiary Belstaff to Educate Shoppers on Federal Labor Law Violations
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters distributed leaflets this week to call attention to worker abuses at INEOS Pigments in Ohio. INEOS Pigments is owned by INEOS Group, one of the world's largest chemical producers with almost $19 billion in annual revenue.
INEOS Group and its founder, British billionaire James Ratcliffe, also own Belstaff, the high-end British fashion label. On Monday, Teamsters Local 630 and Teamsters Joint Council 42, collectively representing 250,000 Teamsters and retirees in Southern California, launched the first in a series of protests at the Belstaff located in Bike Shed Moto Co., the trendy Arts District stop for all things moto-related in Los Angeles.
"We're at Belstaff to send a strong message to INEOS that Teamsters stand together," said Randy Cammack, President of Joint Council 42. "We won't stand by and allow a notorious anti-union company like INEOS to run over our members and working families in Ohio. This is the first day of protests, but Belstaff needs to understand that we are just getting started."
In September 2021, INEOS Pigments' manufacturing facility in Ashtabula, Ohio, eliminated workers' pensions and affordable health care. The workers voted to join Teamsters Local 377 and the International Chemical Workers Union Council of UFCW Local 1033C. INEOS has refused to bargain a first contract in good faith, and workers have charged it with committing dozens of violations of federal labor law, including unlawfully threatening to fire employees and cutting some workers' salaries.
Region 8 of the National Labor Relations Board is now investigating the company's conduct. In addition to Los Angeles, Belstaff operates a store in New York City.
"If INEOS believes it can hurt our hardworking members and their families in Ohio and do business as usual at their fancy clothing store in New York, they're dead wrong," said Tom Gesualdi, President of Joint Council 16 and Director of the Teamsters Building Material and Construction Trade Division. "We want a fair deal for our brothers and sisters in Ohio, and we're ready to educate New York City about this toxic company."
In addition to store protests, the Teamsters launched a digital campaign last week calling out Belstaff and INEOS for their "tacky and toxic" behavior. Good On You, the journal of ethical and sustainable fashion, gives Belstaff a rating of "WE AVOID," and INEOS has been widely condemned for causing air and water pollution, dangerous leaks, plastic waste, and carbon emissions, and for lobbying to weaken green taxes and reduce restrictions on fracking.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
553 PM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Fulton,
southern Herkimer and northwestern Montgomery Counties through 630 PM
EDT...
At 553 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Trenton to near Columbus. Movement was east at
45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Heavy rains could cause ponding of water
on roadways.
Locations impacted include...
Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mohawk, Frankfort, Dolgeville, St.
Johnsville, West Winfield, Stratford, Middleville, Jordanville,
Cedarville, Oppenheim, Fairfield, Elizabethtown, Warren, Ingham
Mills, Spinnerville, Cedar Lake and Countryman.
This includes Interstate 90 between exits 29A and 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4314 7514 4317 7474 4329 7473 4323 7455
4322 7455 4284 7468 4290 7488 4284 7489
4282 7491 4291 7510 4286 7514 4286 7521
4292 7520 4305 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 248DEG 38KT 4329 7521 4274 7541
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
401 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
McMullen County through 430 PM CDT...
At 400 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Zella, or 14 miles northwest of Tilden, moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Zella.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2846 9872 2850 9880 2864 9879 2864 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 203DEG 6KT 2859 9873
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Which Adidas backpack is best?
Adidas backpacks are popular with athletes and students in school and college, and they are great for everyday use as well. Their practicality and casual style make them appealingly versatile.
To help find the right one for you, think about what type of backpack you might like and how much you need to fit in it. If you’re looking for a great all-rounder for school, college, work, sports or general use, the Adidas 5-Star Backpack is a top choice.
What to know before you buy an Adidas backpack
Backpack types
Adidas backpacks fall into several loose categories, but there can be crossover between them.
- School backpacks: These must be roomy enough to fit as many books and folders as necessary. However, you’ll find them in different sizes, as elementary schoolers don’t need bags as big as college students do.
- Everyday backpacks: These versatile bags are stylish enough to take almost anywhere. They are also practical enough to give you easy access to all your day-to-day essentials.
- Sports backpacks: Backpacks designed for carrying sporting gear or taking to the gym may have handy extra features, such as ventilation or compartments for carrying shoes or balls.
- Mini backpacks: If you don’t need a full-size backpack but still like the convenience of a bag you can carry on your back hands-free, a miniature version is ideal.
Compartments
The number, size and location of compartments can make or break a backpack. Thankfully, Adidas often gets it right where pockets and compartments are concerned.
- Side pockets: These are elasticated and designed to hold water bottles.
- Front pockets: Zippered front pockets are great for items you need easy access to or don’t want to lose in the depths of your main compartment, such as earbuds and keys.
- Laptop sleeve: A padded interior sleeve is perfect for protecting your laptop if you need to take it to work or school.
- Internal pockets: Small internal pockets toward the top of the main compartment are great for phones, earbuds, keys and other small items that could easily get lost.
- Cooler pockets: Great for school backpacks, cooler pockets help keep drinks cool and lunches fresh.
What to look for in a quality Adidas backpack
Color
Adidas makes backpacks in a wide choice of both solid colors and prints, so there’s no shortage of options.
Logo
If you’re buying a name-brand backpack, you probably want the logo to show. However, some people prefer a subtler logo than others. You’ll find some with the classic Adidas three stripes design and others with the trefoil logo.
Padding
Padding in the straps and the back wall of the main compartment make backpacks more comfortable to carry.
Recycled content
Most of Adidas’s polyester backpacks are now made using recycled content as part of its commitment to end plastic waste.
How much you can expect to spend on an Adidas backpack
Most cost $25-$75, but you can occasionally find versions that cost well over $100, such as those made in collaboration with top designers.
Adidas backpack FAQ
Are Adidas backpacks washable?
A. In most cases, you can simply spot clean a backpack, but occasionally, nothing but a machine wash will do the trick. Adidas’s standard polyester backpacks are machine-washable, but you should take some precautions to protect them during the cycle.
Ideally, you should turn the backpack inside out and wash it inside a laundry bag or pillowcase to protect the hardware. Next, you should wash it using your machine’s delicate cycle with just a small quantity of a gentle detergent. Once it’s clean, it’s best to air-dry your backpack to avoid damage caused by the heat of a tumble dryer.
Are Adidas backpacks waterproof?
A. While a handful of its backpacks are waterproof or water-resistant, most aren’t. So, unless stated otherwise, it’s safe to assume that the contents of your backpack will get wet in the rain.
Are Adidas backpacks good for school?
A. Some are better for school than others. Those with large capacities, laptop sleeves and several pockets and compartments to help with organization are generally best for school or college. You’ll need to think about how much you or the student you’re buying for needs to carry on an average day and check the bag accommodates that amount.
What’s the best Adidas backpack to buy?
Top Adidas backpack
What you need to know: This roomy backpack is a great choice for school or sporting use.
What you’ll love: It has several handy compartments, including a laptop sleeve and an insulated compartment for drinks and lunch. The main compartment is ventilated to air out sports uniforms. It comes in nine colors, including dark green and collegiate purple.
What you should consider: Some users report defects appearing after just a few months, but it does come with a lifetime warranty.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Adidas backpack for the money
Adidas Back to School Creator Backpack
What you need to know: Since it’s midsized, this is a great choice for older elementary schoolers, middle schoolers or adults who want a not-too-large backpack.
What you’ll love: It has three zippered exterior pockets to help stay organized and two side pockets for water bottles. You can choose from 10 solid colors and prints, such as stonewash rainbow and versions with all-over Adidas logo designs.
What you should consider: There’s no laptop sleeve, which can be an issue for older students.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Adidas Originals National 2.0 Backpack
What you need to know: With a simple, retro-inspired design, this backpack is a stylish choice for school or everyday use.
What you’ll love: The interior laptop sleeve holds a 15- to 17-inch computer, while the large front pockets are great for items you need easy access to. There’s a small storage pocket for wireless earbuds and chargers.
What you should consider: Some found it smaller than expected, so it’s a good idea to check the measurements.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
502 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of south central Texas, including the following
county, Medina.
* WHEN...Until 700 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 502 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Up to 2 inches of rain have
fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Castroville, Quihi, New Fountain, Bader, Dunlay, Rio Medina
and Hill Country State Natural Area.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
401 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
McMullen County through 430 PM CDT...
At 400 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Zella, or 14 miles northwest of Tilden, moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Zella.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 2846 9872 2850 9880 2864 9879 2864 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 203DEG 6KT 2859 9873
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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Russian media: Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died at 91, Russian media reported Tuesday.
News organizations quoted a statement from the Central Clinical Hospital as saying he died after a long illness. No other details were given.
Though in power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes. But they quickly overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.
His decline was humiliating. His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, he spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991. The Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.
A quarter-century after the collapse, Gorbachev told The Associated Press that he had not considered using widespread force to try to keep the USSR together because he feared chaos in a nuclear country.
“The country was loaded to the brim with weapons. And it would have immediately pushed the country into a civil war,” he said.
Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became the Soviet leader in March 1985.
By the end of his rule he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
“I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world,” Gorbachev told The AP in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.
“I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,” he said.
Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War and spent his later years collecting accolades and awards from all corners of the world. Yet he was widely despised at home.
Russians blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union — a once-fearsome superpower whose territory fractured into 15 separate nations. His former allies deserted him and made him a scapegoat for the country’s troubles.
The official news agency Tass reported that Gorbachev will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife.
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Vladimir Isachenkov and Kate de Pury in Moscow contributed. | https://whyy.org/articles/mikhail-gorbachev-ex-soviet-leader-dead-at-91/ | 2022-08-30T22:33:40Z | https://whyy.org/articles/mikhail-gorbachev-ex-soviet-leader-dead-at-91/ | false |
Charlbi Dean has died aged 32.
The 'Triangle of Sadness' star passed away after suffering a sudden illness in New York City.
Dean was born and raised in Cape Town, became a model at 12-years-old and after surviving a near-fatal car accident in 2009, made her film debut in the 2010 flick 'Spud' with the singer and former YouTuber, Troye Sivan.
Following this, she was a recurring star in the CW series 'Black Lightning' from 2018.
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In the Ruben Ostlund-helmed satire, Dean starred as Yaya who was invited on a yacht vacation that goes wrong alongside Woody Harrelson and Harris Dickinson.
Dean's other projects include 'Death Race 3: Inferno', 'Blood in the Water', 'Don't Sleep' and 'Porthole'. Through her modelling work, she graced the covers of the South African editions of GQ and Elle.
Her fiance Luke Volker, a model, reacted to the tragic news of her passing on Instagram, saying he "couldn't be more proud" of her and performance in 'Triangle of Sadness'.
Playwright Jeremy O'Harris tweeted: "This is absolutely devastating. Charlbi Dean was such an exciting performer to me after seeing her in Triangle of Sadness.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Before taking a shot, Ukrainian sniper Andriy buries his face in a foldout mat, breathing slowly and deliberately.
“I need to be completely relaxed, to find a place where I will not move the rifle when I pull the trigger,” he says. “I don’t think about anything. It’s a kind of vacuum.”
In a semicircle around his head are boxes of bullets, printouts of charts, a heavy-duty stapler and a roll of tape.
Strapped to his wrist is a monitor, which is the shape of a jewelry box. It’s a ballistics calculator to factor in the wind and other surrounding conditions. Bees persistently circling his head and scope are ignored.
After a long pause, he says the word “shot” in Ukrainian.
Crack! A sound not unlike a starting gun used at sporting events produces a reflexive jolt in people unaccustomed to war.
Six months ago, the noise might have startled Andriy, who had moved to Western Europe to pursue a career in engineering.
His experience resembles that of many Ukrainians who returned home to the war, abruptly pulled from civilian life to embrace fighting methods ‒ modern but also makeshift ‒ that have held back the far larger Russian military.
Andriy comes from Bucha, a district near Kyiv’s airport that was hammered during the Russian advance. Hundreds of civilian killings took place there, the bodies found in mass graves or left lying where they were shot in what the United Nations describes as potential war crimes.
Tall and with a good command of English, the sniper spoke to The Associated Press while practicing alone at an informal firing range near Kyiv, hoping to resolve some issues with his weapon through hours of trial and error before his next deployment.
He asked only to be identified by his first name and that some details of his civilian life remain private.
Andriy scrambled home, taking a flight to Budapest and arranging an 1,200-kilometer (750-mile) overland route that included paying “a big amount of money” to a driver willing to take a risky journey eastward. Within a few days he had joined the ferocious fight around Kyiv, adopting the war nickname “Samurai.”
He bought his own gear and a U.S.-made sniper rifle, and began receiving training from a special forces instructor, connected through friends in the military.
“Early in the morning on Feb. 24, I received a call from my mother. She lives in Bucha and told me the war had started. She could hear helicopters, airplanes, bombing and explosions. I decided to return,” he said.
While not allowed to discuss any specifics of his operational activity, Andriy describes Ukraine’s military as a force that prides itself on flexibility, harnessing a wide range of skills from its personnel to become more versatile in combat.
Snipers, he said, are often used to spot Russian military positions for artillery targeting.
“I have also gained experience in tactical medicine, with drones and shooting with assault rifles,” he said.
Military specialists are encouraged to learn new skills and even find their own equipment, with Western suppliers still delivering to Ukraine in a private market that is monitored by the army.
To protect his hearing, Andriy acquired a set of hunter’s headphones that suppress the noise from his rifle while amplifying voices. “You really need these,” he says.
Russia has more than doubled the territory it controls in Ukraine since launching the invasion in February, to about 20% of the country, but Andriy shares the optimism of many fellow Ukrainians that victory will be possible after the winter.
“I think with the help of our friends in Europe and the United States that we can push them out of our territory,” he said.
His desire to become a sniper came from a familiarity with hunting rifles, common in Ukraine, and playing the role of a distance shooter in video games.
But his goal at war: “It’s to return to my home, to my family,” he says.
“No one of us wanted to be a warrior, a shooter, a sniper. It’s just a necessity to be here now and do what we’re doing here.”
After a pause he adds: “I don’t know how to explain this: I don’t like to kill people. It’s not something you want to do, but it’s something you have to do.”
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Follow AP coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-volunteer-sniper-embodies-ukraines-versatile-military/ | 2022-08-30T22:39:07Z | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-volunteer-sniper-embodies-ukraines-versatile-military/ | true |
David Sills V is staying in the Big Apple. Or, East Rutherford, New Jersey, to be exact.
The former WVU wide receiver was included in the New York Giants’ 53-man roster on Tuesday after standing out at the team’s preseason training camp. He saw his playing time grow in the final two games of the preseason, reeling in six catches for 57 yards.
Sills has bounced on and off of the Giants’ roster since 2019 and has spent that time working to build chemistry with his teammates, especially quarterback Daniel Jones.
“We’ve had a lot of reps at a lot of different routes — in-season, offseason — so I think he knows where I’m going to be, I know where he wants me to be,” Sills said. “I think it’s not perfect, but we’re doing some pretty good things.”
Sills showed a lot of improvement in the team’s 7-on-7 periods last week, but much of his work has been in the red zone with Jones. In all facets, he has shown growth and looks to be a part of his team’s supposedly improved pass offense.
Sills obviously caught the eye of head coach Brian Daboll, who said earlier in camp that the former Mountaineer star could be an important piece of the offense.
“Collin Johnson, David Sills, they’ve stepped their game up,” Daboll said earlier in the preseason. “And they’re right in the mix, not just to make a team but to play.”
Sills played three seasons at West Virginia, recording 2,097 receiving yards and 35 touchdowns, the second-most in program history while playing alongside future NFL Draft selection Will Grier, who was released by the Cowboys on Tuesday. | https://www.wowktv.com/goldandbluenation/david-sills-v-makes-giants-53-man-roster/ | 2022-08-30T22:39:12Z | https://www.wowktv.com/goldandbluenation/david-sills-v-makes-giants-53-man-roster/ | true |
Three injured after massive tomato spill on highway
Published: Aug. 30, 2022 at 5:43 PM EDT|Updated: 58 minutes ago
VACAVILLE, Calif. (KOVR) – A big rig spill had a freeway in California covered in tomatoes.
Thousands of them were crushed when they spilled on I-80 and caused several collisions Monday.
Officials said a tractor-trailer lost its cargo after it lost control and hit another car. Then it slammed into the center median, spilling its load.
Tomatoes covered the roadway, causing a major road hazard.
One car got stuck in the spill, which led to a chain reaction of crashes involving four vehicles.
California Highway Patrol said one person suffered major injuries, while two others were treated for minor injuries.
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PSG sign midfielder Ruiz from Napoli
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Paris St Germain have signed central midfielder Fabian Ruiz from Italian side Napoli with the Spain international signing a five-year contract, the Ligue 1 club said on Tuesday.
Financial details were not disclosed but media reports said PSG paid an initial fee off 21.5 million euros ($21.53 million).
The 26-year-old has 15 caps for Spain ever since making his debut in 2019 and has even scored once on international duty. He had seven goals and five assists for Napoli in all competitions last season, helping them to a third-placed finish in Serie A.
Ruiz is PSG's sixth signing since the close season after midfielders Vitinha and Renato Sanches, defenders Nuno Mendes and Nordi Mukiele, and forward Hugo Ekitike. PSG are top of Ligue 1 with 10 points and next play Toulouse on Wednesday.
($1 = 0.9987 euros) (Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; editing by Pritha Sarkar) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11162329/PSG-sign-midfielder-Ruiz-Napoli.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-30T22:42:07Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11162329/PSG-sign-midfielder-Ruiz-Napoli.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
An extensive exhibition designed to share new insights into Amedeo Modigliani’s working methods and materials will be presented in the autumn by the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.
“Modigliani Up Close,” organized and curated by an international team of art historians and conservators, and scheduled in celebration of the foundation’s centennial, will be on view from October 16, 2022, through January 29, 2023.
“We are pleased to present this major exhibition that offers a detailed investigation of Modigliani’s unique style,” Thom Collins, executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation, said in a statement. “Stemming from a multiyear, global research effort, the show has brought the international art community together to create a collaborative vision of the artist’s practice, leaving a lasting legacy for future Modigliani scholarship.”
Many presentations have set out to reunite Modigliani’s paintings, sculptures, and drawings, but “Modigliani Up Close,” the curators said, offers an unparalleled opportunity “to examine their production and explore how Modigliani constructed and composed his signature works.” The exhibition will highlight new scholarship that builds on earlier research and “furthers understanding of Modigliani’s approach to his art, refines a chronology of his paintings and sculptures, and helps to establish the locations and circumstances of where he worked.”
The Barnes collection, Collins added, “is home to 16 works by the artist, one of the largest and most important groups of the artist’s works in the world, and the project provided a unique opportunity to fully explore their significance.”
The show, organized into thematic groupings, will feature art works from the Barnes Foundation and major public and private collections around the world. Paintings and sculptures will be showcased alongside new findings by conservators and conservation scientists that have resulted from the technical research using analytical techniques, like X-radiography, infrared reflectography, and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy.
The show will be accompanied by a catalog; Barnes Focus, a mobile guide; and a series of special events, programs, and educational opportunities (onsite, online and hybrid). The School of Paris, an online course, for example, explores the lives and work of the artists in the first half of the 20th century – known collectively as the School of Paris – including Modigliani, Soutine, Chagall, Pascin, and Lipchitz.
“’Modigliani Up Close’ offers an unrivaled opportunity to understand how the artist made his iconic paintings and sculptures,” Nancy Ireson, deputy director for collections and exhibitions & Gund Family chief curator at the Barnes, said in a statement. | https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2022/08/30/modigliani-up-close-to-highlight-artists-working-methods/ | 2022-08-30T22:42:46Z | https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2022/08/30/modigliani-up-close-to-highlight-artists-working-methods/ | false |
Paire contemplates ending season after 'demons' return at U.S. Open
By Rory Carroll
NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Benoit Paire said his "demons" returned during his first round loss to Cameron Norrie at the U.S. Open on Tuesday where the Frenchman struggled to stay focused during the match's biggest moments.
Paire did not appear to be putting in maximum effort at times against Norrie in the first set but stepped up his game in the second and even served for the set while leading 5-3.
But the opportunity slipped away and an error-strewn tiebreak and one-sided third set eventually produced the bizarre scoreline of 6-0 7-6(1) 6-0 on a blazingly hot day at Flushing Meadows.
"I was leading 5-3 and I could have taken the second set, that would have done me good mentally, but my demons returned again, the double faults, and it all starts again," Paire was quoted as saying in French language sports daily L'Equipe.
"I am not sure if I will continue the season, maybe stop there and see if I come back next year. At the moment, I need some rest."
Known for his flashy play and mercurial personality, the popular 33-year-old has in the past been open about his struggles with depression.
He has reached as high as world number 18 but has struggled this year, with a slew of first round exits resulting in a dismal win-loss record of 4-21 and a world ranking of 173.
Paire hopes a break from the sport might help him reset.
"It's a bit tough. Even when I stop and come back, it is the head that is not there," he said.
"It is not about the tennis - if it were I would not be leading 5-3 against Norrie, who is a top guy.
"The problem is in the head. You see it again as soon as it is an important moment, I am not good. I am having trouble breathing, I make double faults. It is still my weapon, the serve, and I find myself making four double faults in the tiebreak.
"I am going to go away for a bit and take some time for myself."
Norrie praised Paire after booking his spot in the second round.
"On the days I'm not playing him I wish him all the best," the seventh-seeded Briton said.
"I'm always saying hi to him. He's a really good guy. Everyone loves him on the tour, and he's super talented, as well."
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in New York Editing by Toby Davis) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11162385/Paire-contemplates-ending-season-demons-return-U-S-Open.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-08-30T22:42:58Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-11162385/Paire-contemplates-ending-season-demons-return-U-S-Open.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true |
Which pencil grip is best?
Pencil grips are small attachments that help people grasp and use pencils easily, properly and with comfort. Writing by hand is an important fine motor skill and when developed properly, it ensures a functional grasp on the pencil.
Pencil grips are particularly useful for people with small hands, young children in the early stages of developing fine motor skills, and people who spend hours each day writing and drawing. If you are looking for an assortment of pencil grips as a way to find which is best for your needs, take a look at the The Pencil Grip Premium Assortment 12-Pack .
What to know before you buy a pencil grip
Pencil grips are learning tools for young children and comfortable add-ons that reduce fatigue for adults, especially those with arthritis. To keep your pencil grips organized along with your pencils, a pencil case or pencil holder always comes in handy.
Types of pencil grips
- The original pencil grip: The first pencil grip was designed to aid in the proper placement of the fingers for both left- and right-handed writers. Grips come in mini, standard and jumbo sizes.
- Crossover grip: This grip has a wing on the front that prevents the thumb and fingers from wrapping over the pencil shaft, giving more control and increasing the writer’s comfort.
- Grotto grip: This version also has a wing, but in addition, has molded slots for the thumb and index finger and an indentation of the bottom that rests the grip on the middle finger. It decreases pencil pressure and hand fatigue.
- The claw grip: This design from the Center for Learning and Writing has three finger cups that can be used by both right- and left-handed writers and comes in three sizes. Claw grips eliminate the typical stress on joints and muscles, greatly reducing joint pressure and muscle fatigue. Another bonus is that this pencil grip works not only with pencils, but also with crayons, markers and paint brushes.
- Firesara grip: This design has two finger cups and in place of the third on the claw grip, it has a ring for proper placement of the middle finger. Learners place their index finger and thumb in the cups and insert their middle finger in the ring. It helps the three primary writing fingers stay firmly connected to the pencil shaft.
- Traditional triangle: The flat triangular sides make it easy to position the fingers properly and have the added benefit of not rolling off the desktop.
Although pencil grips were originally designed to teach young children how to hold a pencil properly, many adults like them because they are more comfortable to use than just a pencil alone. Some types are especially useful for arthritic fingers and people seeking comfort:
- Classic foam: These simple tubes are cushioned to relieve pressure and add comfort.
- Ergo: These are simple grips that make pencils and pens easy to handle because wider writing instruments are easier to hold for people with stiff joints.
- Comfort: These simple circular grips are made of super-soft foam that reduce gripping discomfort.
- Write right stylus: This one is a tablet stylus with the gripper built in. It is symmetrical and so can be used by left- and right-handed writers.
What to look for in a quality pencil grip
Design
Look for pencil grips designed by doctors, kinesiologists, occupational therapists and educators who work with children day in and day out.
Materials
The best pencil grips are comfortable to use, so look for grips made of soft materials such as gels and foams that have no ridges or sharp edges.
Colors
Little kids will sometimes balk at using pencil grips because they feel uncomfortable at first. Your children will be likelier to use pencil grips if they are colorful and eye-catching.
Sizes
Most pencil grips are made to fit snugly around the barrel of a standard-width pencil. Take a closer look at pencil grips that can be used with pens, crayons, markers and all the instruments you and your children write and draw with.
Assortments
Every pencil grip does not work equally well for every child and adult. If you choose an assortments of pencil grips, you will be able to experiment and find the ones best suited for you and your kids.
How much you can expect to spend on a pencil grip
Because they’re so small, most pencil grips come in sets, and the number of grips in the set is the main factor in their pricing. Expect to pay anywhere from $5-$35 for a set.
Pencil grip FAQ
What if my child says a pencil grip is uncomfortable?
A. Pencil grips are only uncomfortable because the child has been using their hand and finger muscles improperly. Learning to use the correct muscles in the correct way has a learning curve, but a short period of discomfort will pay off in many years of writing success. Kids don’t understand deferred gratification like adults do, so the best strategy is to be patient and encouraging. It also helps if you set an example by using them yourself.
How do I know which pencil grip to buy for my child?
A. Short of working with a pediatric kinesiologist, start with buying a selection that includes different designs. Encourage your child to play with the different shapes and colors as part of an adventure.
What’s the best pencil grip to buy?
Top pencil grip
The Pencil Grip Premium Assortment 12-Pack
What you need to know: These pencil grips were designed by a doctor to be used at home, in classrooms and in therapeutic sessions.
What you’ll love: You get two each of six designs: original, crossover, pinch, claw, bumpy and groovy. All are squishy grips for comfort and control, excellent for both righties and lefties and fit pencils, pens, crayons, markers and styluses.
What you should consider: They would be easier to keep track of if they were color coded.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top pencil grip for the money
The Pencil Grip Pinch Grip Ergonomic Writing Aid
What you need to know: This grip fills the gap between grips that are highly structured and grips that provide more freedom.
What you’ll love: The open cups guide the fingers into the proper writing position and the center ridges prevent the fingers from crossing over. These grips train the muscles so that a proper grip is not only comfortable, but quickly becomes second nature.
What you should consider: These grips are made to work with regular pencils only.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Chrome Cherry Omni Grip Six Premium Pen and Pencil Grips
What you need to know: These silicone grips are designed specifically for those who do a lot of writing with pens and pencils.
What you’ll love: The tapered ergonomic grip has a rolling triangle for effortless handling, is textured for precise control and reverses to suit any style. The cushion prevents calluses and blisters and is easy for arthritic fingers to grasp and hold.
What you should consider: These grips fit most pens, but not all.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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$1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot remains unclaimed, according to officials
Published: Aug. 30, 2022 at 2:10 PM MDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - We still do not know who won last month’s $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
That’s because the Illinois Lottery says the winner has yet to come forward.
Officials announced in July someone purchased the winning ticket at a Speedway gas station in Des Plaines.
On Friday, officials said the winner has yet to claim their prize, but there is still time for that to happen.
The winner has a year from the date of the drawing to claim the prize.
However, they only have 60 days from that same date to choose between annual payments or a lump sum cash payout, which would be worth close to $742 million.
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This year as every few more, Google made their annual “Pledge Week\" an entire...week, starting Sunday September ninh month (hints towards the fall).\nWith this I wanted to look forward and also bring over here, another...\nYou would be interested how I was not sure when Google Pledget week started - as a way of bringing an issue (this week being...\nWe want them there and they still exist there just different but with one caveat is... As the Wisconsin journalistic community grieves the sudden death of Wausau news anchor Neena Pacholke, it reveals the importance of caring for mental health.
ABC affiliate WAOW announced that Pacholke died suddenly on Saturday. According to her family, the journalist died by suicide.
"Neena loved this community and the people who lived here. She was a kind person with a big heart and a contagious smile, and we will miss her greatly," according to WAOW.
Originally from Tampa Bay, Pacholke quickly found a home in Wausau, where viewers knew her as a glowing personality on air.
"You never know what's going on behind somebody's persona. Whether you're in news or not, but especially in news, because we're taught to put on that brave face," said former news anchor Deb Sherwood.
Deb Sherwood co-anchored and worked in various newsrooms across the country with her husband, Bob Sherwood.
"I had an amazing marriage. I was married for over 31 years to the same man and we worked together in this very public media. We co-anchored together for many years and ran news departments together. Unfortunately, he had some medical issues that came up that were not going to get better and he eventually decided to take his own life," said Sherwood.
Bob Sherwood passed away 11 years ago. He was an award-winning reporter at TMJ4 in the 70s.
"In my particular case and had absolutely no clue that's where his mind was," she said. "So it's sort of like, what did I miss?"
Deb Sherwood has found healing and freedom in sharing her husband's story. She's now using her voice to work with Mental Health America in hopes of spreading awareness.
"Be willing to admit you don't know it all," she said. "Be willing to admit that sometimes we need help. If you are going through a particularly rough spot, why not get the assistance of someone who is particularly trained to help."
If you or a loved one is struggling with thoughts of suicide, contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988. The free and confidential line is available 24/7.
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If there’s any doubt that Covid is in the rearview mirror for Singapore, set it aside. The country is making new efforts to lure the foreign talent it needs to stay in the game as one of Asia’s preeminent global cities and hubs for business. Having tumbled out of the pandemic looking good, due in no small part to blunders by rivals like Hong Kong, Singapore wants to press the advantage. Implicit in this is a recalibration of the signals transmitted to the outside world.
While the tiny republic has always presented itself as far more open than neighbors, the most recent campaign has stepped up a few notches. The government said Monday that it’s overhauling visa rules, establishing a new five-year pass for foreigners earning at least S$30,000 ($21,431) a month that allows them to work at multiple companies and lets dependents seek employment. Requirements to advertise jobs locally before hiring expats will ease. Manpower Minister Tan See Leng depicted the changes as an opportunity: “Both businesses and talent are searching for safe and stable places to invest, live and work in. Singapore is such a place.”
Singapore’s safety and stability have never really been in doubt. There’s little violent crime or theft — it’s a great place to raise children — and the People’s Action Party has governed since independence from Malaysia in 1965. What had been in question in the past few years, accelerating during the pandemic, was how much Singapore really wanted to add more of the world’s best and brightest to its 5.5 million population. Eliminating or smoothing some barriers to immigration will be nice, but it’s going to require a change in attitude, too. The same global talent that Singapore wants to attract encountered ambivalence, at best, and what many expatriate workers regarded as punitive labor and immigration regulations during some of the toughest days of the pandemic. These were preceded by a deep recession and an electoral setback for the PAP in 2020 that was widely perceived as partly backlash against too many foreigners taking plum jobs. Expats confronted restrictions on the ability of spouses to work, an escalation in the minimum salaries for work passes, and no guarantees of getting back into Singapore if you left to care for ill folks at home. Ministers lined up to warn multinational employers against stripping local headcount when laying off staff. Firms suspected of not giving homegrown talent a fair shot were placed on a watchlist. Singapore can, of course, make what laws it wishes. It has first and last say on who comes in, on what terms. Nobody I know questioned that. But the message became very mixed. Leaders said that closing off would be the republic’s demise, but there would often be sufficient caveats that local constituencies felt their concerns were being addressed. Finance came in for some withering scrutiny, despite a long-term ambition to make the country a hinge point for money markets. Business got the message: In July last year, as parliament debated the workforce, Citigroup Inc. issued a press release trumpeting the appointment of Singaporeans to senior jobs.
Now, with more economies reopening, the message is shifting, at least in tone. This was on vivid display during Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s National Day Rally speech, in which he announced the repeal of a controversial law criminalizing sex between men that had long been a source of bad PR. Lee didn’t draw a direct link, but devoted important parts of his address to the need to stay engaged in the world. In the hunt for talent, Lee said, “Singapore cannot afford to be creamed off, or left behind.” Singapore wants to prevail in a rough post-pandemic period characterized by the end of low levels of inflation, interest rates and wages. A scramble for human capital will be another — and more challenging — trademark of this new era. It’s not just high-flyers that Singapore needs, as vital as they are. The new visa’s floor of S$30,000 a month is comparable to the income of the top 5% of Employment Pass holders. The reopening has been accompanied by a labor shortage at most levels, from contractors to work on home renovations to engineers and technology executives. Tan stressed that the government is committed to grooming local talent and leadership. Wooing stars from abroad creates the kind of vibrant economy that gives Singaporeans opportunities, he said. The visa initiatives were unveiled hours after wearing masks against Covid became voluntary indoors, with exceptions for public transport, health care and food preparation. It had been a long wait. After more than two years, kids can see the faces of their teachers in classrooms, and each other. More pragmatically, with business travel and tourism on the rise globally, Singapore has dispensed with yet another deterrent, albeit one that wasn’t onerously enforced the past few months. (The presence of red-shirted “safe-distancing ambassadors” has been scaled back. SDAs used to be a common sight taking photos of patrons drinking lattes at tony cafes downtown, haunts for expats and Singapore’s cosmopolitan class, in their vigilance for violations of protocol.) Still, along Orchard Road malls Monday evening, there wasn’t an obvious difference. Indoors and outdoors, many people kept masks on. Attitudes and hard-learned habits can’t be turned around overnight. Is the warmer reception for foreign expertise best seen as evolution or revolution? I’ll give Singapore the benefit of the doubt. If it doesn’t work out, officials can always nudge the pendulum again. Pragmatism will still rule.
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LOS ANGELES — California is about to send the nation a powerful message on the future of nuclear power — it’s just not clear what it is yet.
The complex plan has set off a furious lobbying war between environmentalists and industry-linked groups at a time when the long-struggling nuclear energy sector foresees a rebound for its carbon-free power in the age of climate change. It would erase an earlier agreement to close the state’s last operating nuclear plant by 2025.
If approved, the extended lifespan for Diablo Canyon would carry symbolic weight in the birthplace of the modern environmental movement, and signal that nuclear power is being embraced as part of a strategy to keep the lights on and rising temperatures in check, despite the highly radioactive waste it leaves behind.
“California will need Diablo Canyon and every other clean energy resource it has to meet its electric reliability, environmental and climate goals,” the American Nuclear Society said in a letter to legislators this week, urging a longer run for the reactors.
Friends of the Earth, an environmental group that was part of the 2016 agreement to shutter the plant, kicked off a digital advertising campaign Tuesday in an attempt to sway undecided legislators and build public support to block an extension.
Newsom’s “decision to try and extend the life of Diablo Canyon is reckless beyond belief,” the group’s president, Erich Pica, said in a statement.
There have been competing studies about whether extending operation of the decades-old reactors would gouge ratepayers, or be a bargain. The plant is located within a web of earthquake faults, and the prospect of a longer lifespan has reignited long-running disputes over seismic safety that have shadowed the plant since construction began in the 1960s.
A last-minute push from both sides included a letter to legislators from Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, reiterating her support for an extended run. The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy organization that opposes the extension, warned Tuesday that the bill would hit residential solar customers with a monthly tax for electricity they generate and use to power their homes.
It was unclear which way the vote would break. Newsom expressed confidence he would prevail during a recent visit to Los Angeles.
He said he saw the Diablo Canyon extension as part of a much larger transition away from fossil fuels as the state reckons with climate change. The plant “in the short run needs to be part of that transition,” he said.
To pass, the proposal needs a two-thirds vote in the state Assembly and Senate, a threshold that can be difficult to reach. Meanwhile, a group of Democratic legislators unveiled a rival plan that would speed up development of renewable power and transmission lines, while leaving intact plans to shutter the plant located midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco by 2025.
Lawmakers have questioned why Newsom dropped the text of his legislation just days before the end of the Legislature’s two-year session on Wednesday, saying it provided virtually no time to carefully review it.
Daniel Hirsch, retired director of the program on environmental and nuclear policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a longtime critic of nuclear plant safety, asserted during an online news conference that Newsom introduced the proposal at the end of the legislative session to avoid scrutiny.
The bill with vast consequences is being “jammed through,” he said.
Even if the governor’s plan advances, many questions remain.
If it is approved, plant operator Pacific Gas & Electric plans to seek a share of $6 billion the Biden administration has set aside to rescue nuclear plants at risk of closing. But if the money doesn’t come through, the state could consider backing out of the deal.
The plant began running in the mid-1980s, and it isn’t known what the cost of deferred maintenance will be, given that PG&E was preparing to close the plant. PG&E also would need approval to keep running from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a process that has not started and sometimes takes years to complete.
Issues from the safe storage of spent nuclear fuel to adequately staffing the plant for a potentially longer run are also in the mix.
President Joe Biden has embraced nuclear power generation as part of his strategy to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.
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WFO SACRAMENTO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, September 6, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
218 PM PDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...An extended period of dangerously hot conditions with
record temperatures up to 115 possible.
* WHERE...Sacramento Valley, northern San Joaquin Valley, Delta,
and adjacent foothills and mountains.
* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Tuesday evening.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities over the
holiday weekend.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Hottest days forecast to occur Sunday and
Monday. There will be limited overnight relief from the heat,
with lows in the upper 60s to mid 80s.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this
situation. Be prepared to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-
conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives
and neighbors.
Young children and pets should never be left unattended in
vehicles under any circumstances. This is especially true during
warm or hot weather when car interiors can reach lethal
temperatures in a matter of minutes.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
606 PM EDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Ulster,
northwestern Dutchess, southwestern Columbia and southeastern Greene
Counties through 645 PM EDT...
At 605 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Saugerties South, or over Saugerties, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Catskill, Saugerties, Livingston, Clermont, Red Hook, Saugerties
South, Veteran, Germantown, Tivoli, Centerville, Kerleys Corners,
Quarryville, Burden Dock, Katsbaan, Burden, Linden Acres, Nevis, High
Woods, Oak Hill Landing and Leeds.
This includes Interstate 87 near exit 20.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 4204 7404 4227 7392 4212 7366 4209 7367
4197 7393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 217DEG 12KT 4204 7394
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 44) – Governor Greg Abbott has announced the adoption of the Texas Department of Transportation’s 2023 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) – advancing a record $85 billion, ten-year statewide roadway construction plan.
This news was announced Tuesday afternoon, where the Office of the Governor says the 2023 UTP reflects an unprecedented level of projected transportation funding dedicated to improving transportation safety, addressing congestion and rural connectivity, and preserving roadways for Texas drivers.
The UTP funds will coincide with an additional $32 billion over the life of the program for routine maintenance contracts and project development – such as planning, professional engineering, and right-of-way acquisition for more than 7,000 transportation projects and a total investment of $117 billion statewide.
The Office of the Governor says many projects in the UTP plan are roadway segments identified on Texas’ 100 Most Congested Roadways list and critical connectivity corridors. The projects will be funded through legislative and voter-approved initiatives which allocate portions of oil and gas taxes, sales taxes, and other money to the state highway fund. These initiatives have increased the UTP over $50 billion over the ten-year period, with $34.3 billion in projects approved in the 2014 UTP in August 2013.
With rural regions of the state supporting the critical energy and agricultural industries, the approved plan includes a historic increase in funding to $14 billion for projects in rural areas. Two featured projects listed in this UTP from the Waco District include US 190 from I-14 to FM-2657 and State Spur 298 from US-84 to Cheddars Drive. The US-190 project in Coryell County ($72.4 million) adds an additional two lanes of traffic to the existing relief route upgrading it to a freeway section. The SS-298 project in McLennan County ($36.4 million) improves the intersection at New Road and improves traffic flow and access along the entire segment.
The $8.5 billion of average annual investment programmed in the UTP over the next ten years is expected to yield an estimated $15.5 billion per year in economic benefits, according to the Texas A&M Transportation
Institute. These benefits are a result of increased labor income and business output, as well as the addition of
58,500 direct and indirect jobs.
The UTP is a planning document that authorizes highway projects for development and construction.
Additionally, the UTP identifies public transportation, maritime, aviation, and rail investments. Projects are
selected by TxDOT and local transportation leaders based on effectiveness in addressing criteria such as
safety, pavement condition, capacity, and rural connectivity, with opportunities for public input at both the state and local levels.
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WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — It may be hard to believe but this hot and dry summer has been good for one thing, keeping those pesky mosquitoes away! But with the recent rains and more expected to be on the way, you’ve probably been hearing that annoying little buzzing sound lately.
The city has been doing tons of spraying throughout several different neighborhoods as well as setting more traps out this year, but they can’t do it all and are asking the community to do their part.
They’re annoying, they’re invasive, but most importantly they can be very dangerous, and they are here.
“Our mosquito levels were really really low. We were only really seeing them out in the county areas where there’s a lot of irrigation activity but here in the last two weeks we’ve had rain and we have seen an influx in mosquitoes and with that, an influx in mosquito complaint calls,”Environmental Health Administrator Samantha Blair said.
Blair said all summer long they’ve kept a close eye on the mosquito population doing everything they can to combat the problem and help keep the numbers low.
“We routinely go out and check areas in the public right away that hold standing water and treat those for mosquitoes and our treatments that we place in there lasts, depending on what we’re putting in there 45 to 90 days,” Blair said.
While also spraying consistently throughout Wichita County, Blair said there are ways you can help combat the problem around your property by getting rid of any standing water.
“Most people know that if they have rain barrels they need to screen them and make sure they’re treating, but they don’t think about, hey that children’s toy that whenever it gets flipped over upside down collects a little bit of water in the rim,” Blair said.
She said you also want to make sure your gutters are clear and that you wipe down anything that had water in it.
“Some of our mosquito species will actually lay their eggs right above the water line because they’re waiting for that next rain to happen,” Blair said.
Besides causing an annoying itch, Blair said mosquitoes can actually be deadly.
“On the more serious side mosquitoes can also be the vector to or carriers of several different diseases. Here in Wichita County, our primary disease of concern associated with mosquitoes is going to be West Nile Virus,” Blair said.
Blair said they typically start seeing species carrying West Nile around this time of year, but she said luckily they haven’t discovered any so far this summer.
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BAGHDAD – Iraq’s long-running power struggle between rival Shiite camps devolved into bloody street violence this week – the culmination of months of simmering tensions and a political vacuum.
For 24 hours, loyalists of powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr transformed the country’s government Green Zone into a front line, trading fire with security forces and rival militias, and bringing the capital to a standstill. Just as quickly, with a single word — “withdraw” — from the cleric in a speech Tuesday, the fighting came to a stop.
His supporters put down their weapons and left.
It was a powerful message to al-Sadr’s Iran-backed rivals and the political elite of the cleric’s enduring power over his hundreds of thousands of followers and an equally dangerous example of the damage they are capable of doing to the embattled country.
Following his calls for withdrawal, Iraqi leaders, including the caretaker premier, expressed their thanks to al-Sadr and praised his restraint.
Al-Sadr has long derived his political influence from his ability to to both command his mass following to destabilize the street, and just as quickly bring them into line. His announcement Monday that he would exit politics showed Iraqis what could happen when that voice of restraint is taken away: chaos, devastation and death.
The protests and heavy clashes that have so far left 30 killed and over 400 wounded may have come to a close, but the political impasse that brought on this chapter of unrest is far from over.
So, what does al-Sadr want and is there an end to Iraq’s crisis?
WHO IS MUQTADA AL-SADR?
Al-Sadr is a populist cleric who emerged as a symbol of resistance against the U.S. occupation of Iraq after the 2003 invasion. He formed a militia, the Mahdi Army, that eventually disbanded and renamed it Saraya Salam — the Peace Brigades.
He has presented himself as an opponent of both the U.S. and Iran and has fashioned himself a nationalist with an anti-reform agenda. In reality, he is an establishment figure with deep influence in Iraq’s state institutions through the appointments of key civil servants.
Al-Sadr derives much of his appeal through his family legacy. He is the son of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, who was assassinated in 1999 for his critical stance against Saddam Hussein. Many of his followers say they are devoted to him because they were once devotees of his father.
Al-Sadr eventually entered politics and garnered a reputation for being unpredictable and theatrical by frequently calling on his followers to gain political leverage over his rivals. His powerful rhetoric infused with religion and calls for revolution resonated deeply with his disenfranchised following.
Through these strategies he has become a powerful player with a fiercely devoted grassroots following concentrated in Iraq’s most impoverished quarters. Most of his loyalists who stormed the Green Zone were unemployed and blamed the Iraqi political elite.
In 2021, al-Sadr’s party won the largest share of seats in October parliamentary elections but not enough to secure a majority in government. His refusal to negotiate with his Iran-backed Shiite rivals on forming a government plunged Iraq into an unprecedented political vacuum now in its tenth month.
WHAT DO AL-SADR’S FOLLOWERS WANT?
The political crisis escalated in July when al-Sadr’s supporters broke into parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-backed Shiite parties, from forming a government.
Hundreds staged an ongoing sit-in outside the building for over four weeks. Frustrated when he was not able to corral enough lawmakers to form a government that excluded his rivals, al-Sadr also ordered his bloc to resign their parliamentary seats and called for early elections and the dissolution of parliament.
That call was embraced and reiterated by his following, many of whom have long felt marginalized by the ruling elite.
In Sadr City, the Baghdad suburb where al-Sadr’s followers are highly concentrated, most complain of inadequate basic services, including electricity in the scorching summer heat. The majority have roots in the rural communities of southern Iraq and have little education. Most face enormous challenges finding work.
Most of those who stormed parliament in July and the government palace on Monday were young men for whom it was their first glimpse inside Iraq’s halls of power, where they seldom feel welcome.
Angered by deep class divides and a history of dispossession, al-Sadr’s followers say they believe the cleric will revolutionize a political system they believe has forgotten about them. But in reality, in Iraq’s power-sharing political system, al-Sadr holds significant power and sway.
WHY ARE THE CLASHES SO DANGEROUS?
Monday’s clashes brought Iraq on the precipice of street warfare and was the product of months of political tensions and power struggles between al-Sadr and the Iran-backed Shiite camp over the formation of the next government.
Al-Sadr’s rivals in the Coordination Framework have shown signs they would not be against early elections but both camps disagree over the mechanism. The judiciary has rejected al-Sadr’s call to dissolve parliament as unconstitutional.
With the roots of the political impasse still unresolved, conflict can flare up again. The greatest threat to Iraq’s stability is protracted armed fighting between the paramilitary forces of the rival Shiite camps.
This occurred outside of the capital as the clashes wore on in the Green Zone on Monday night. Militiamen loyal to al-Sadr stormed the headquarters of Iran-backed militia groups in the southern provinces, a move that could have escalated into tit-for-tat attacks as has happened in the past.
It's a scenario that neighboring Iran, which wields much influence in Iraq, dreaded most. Iranian officials, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali-Khamenei, have repeatedly called for Shiite unity and attempted to broker dialogue with al-Sadr. But the cleric has refused, firm in his resolve to form a government without Iran-backed groups.
Members of Iraq’s majority Shiite Muslim population were oppressed when Saddam Hussein ruled the country for decades. The 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam, a Sunni, reversed the political order. Just under two-thirds of Iraq is Shiite, with a third Sunni.
Now, the Shiites are fighting among themselves, with those backed by Iran and those who consider themselves Iraqi nationalists jockeying for power, influence and state resources. | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2022/08/30/explainer-what-spurred-the-bloody-armed-clashes-in-baghdad/ | 2022-08-30T23:01:48Z | https://www.wsls.com/news/world/2022/08/30/explainer-what-spurred-the-bloody-armed-clashes-in-baghdad/ | false |
# アフガンシカッフサザ\n\n株 フィツーソイフェラの樓本社の本鶏事物が瓠を时で奕くと そのごくき てんりえだもあっでこころにつねまさらすもほどほふはこすほをよなげほでまがねて�� MOSCOW – Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the state and the end of the Cold War, died Tuesday. The last Soviet leader was 91.
The Central Clinical Hospital said in a statement that Gorbachev died after a long illness. No other details were given.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that Russian President Vladimir Putin offered deep condolences over Gorbachev’s death and would send an official telegram to Gorbachev’s family in the morning.
Though in power less than seven years, Gorbachev unleashed a breathtaking series of changes. But they quickly overtook him and resulted in the collapse of the authoritarian Soviet state, the freeing of Eastern European nations from Russian domination and the end of decades of East-West nuclear confrontation.
His decline was humiliating. His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, he spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991. The Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.
A quarter-century after the collapse, Gorbachev told The Associated Press that he had not considered using widespread force to try to keep the USSR together because he feared chaos in the nuclear country.
“The country was loaded to the brim with weapons. And it would have immediately pushed the country into a civil war,” he said.
Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became Soviet leader in March 1985.
By the end of his rule he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
“I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world,” Gorbachev told The AP in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.
“I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,” he said.
Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War and spent his later years collecting accolades and awards from all corners of the world. Yet he was widely despised at home.
Russians blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union — a once-fearsome superpower whose territory fractured into 15 separate nations. His former allies deserted him and made him a scapegoat for the country’s troubles.
His run for president in 1996 was a national joke, and he polled less than 1% of the vote.
In 1997, he resorted to making a TV ad for Pizza Hut to earn money for his charitable foundation.
“In the ad, he should take a pizza, divide it into 15 slices like he divided up our country, and then show how to put it back together again,” quipped Anatoly Lukyanov, a one-time Gorbachev supporter.
Gorbachev never set out to dismantle the Soviet system. What he wanted to do was improve it.
Soon after taking power, Gorbachev began a campaign to end his country’s economic and political stagnation, using “glasnost” or openness, to help achieve his goal of “perestroika” or restructuring.
In his memoirs, he said he had long been frustrated that in a country with immense natural resources, tens of millions were living in poverty.
“Our society was stifled in the grip of a bureaucratic command system,” Gorbachev wrote. “Doomed to serve ideology and bear the heavy burden of the arms race, it was strained to the utmost.”
Once he began, one move led to another: He freed political prisoners, allowed open debate and multi-candidate elections, gave his countrymen freedom to travel, halted religious oppression, reduced nuclear arsenals, established closer ties with the West and did not resist the fall of Communist regimes in Eastern European satellite states.
But the forces he unleashed quickly escaped his control.
Long-suppressed ethnic tensions flared, sparking wars and unrest in trouble spots such as the southern Caucasus region. Strikes and labor unrest followed price increases and shortages of consumer goods.
In one of the low points of his tenure, Gorbachev sanctioned a crackdown on the restive Baltic republics in early 1991.
The violence turned many intellectuals and reformers against him. Competitive elections also produced a new crop of populist politicians who challenged Gorbachev’s policies and authority.
Chief among them was his former protegee and eventual nemesis, Boris Yeltsin, who became Russia’s first president.
“The process of renovating this country and bringing about fundamental changes in the international community proved to be much more complex than originally anticipated,” Gorbachev told the nation as he stepped down.
“However, let us acknowledge what has been achieved so far. Society has acquired freedom; it has been freed politically and spiritually. And this is the most important achievement, which we have not fully come to grips with in part because we still have not learned how to use our freedom.”
There was little in Gorbachev’s childhood to hint at the pivotal role he would play on the world stage. On many levels, he had a typical Soviet upbringing in a typical Russian village. But it was a childhood blessed with unusual strokes of good fortune.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born March 2, 1931, in the village of Privolnoye in southern Russia. Both of his grandfathers were peasants, collective farm chairmen and members of the Communist Party, as was his father.
Despite stellar party credentials, Gorbachev’s family did not emerge unscathed from the terror unleashed by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin: Both grandfathers were arrested and imprisoned for allegedly anti-Soviet activities.
But, rare in that period, both were eventually freed. In 1941, when Gorbachev was 10, his father went off to war, along with most of the other men from Privolnoye.
Meanwhile, the Nazis pushed across the western steppes in their blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union; they occupied Privolnoye for five months.
When the war was over, young Gorbachev was one of the few village boys whose father returned. By age 15, Gorbachev was helping his father drive a combine harvester after school and during the region’s blistering, dusty summers.
His performance earned him the order of the Red Banner of Labor, an unusual distinction for a 17-year-old. That prize and the party background of his parents helped him land admission in 1950 to the country’s top university, Moscow State.
There, he met his wife, Raisa Maximovna Titorenko, and joined the Communist Party. The award and his family’s credentials also helped him overcome the disgrace of his grandfathers’ arrests, which were overlooked in light of his exemplary Communist conduct.
In his memoirs, Gorbachev described himself as something of a maverick as he advanced through the party ranks, sometimes bursting out with criticism of the Soviet system and its leaders.
His early career coincided with the “thaw” begun by Nikita Khrushchev. As a young Communist propaganda official, he was tasked with explaining the 20th Party Congress that revealed Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s repression of millions to local party activists. He said he was met first by “deathly silence,” then disbelief.
“They said: ‘We don’t believe it. It can’t be. You want to blame everything on Stalin now that he’s dead,’” he told The Associated Press in a 2006 interview.
He was a true if unorthodox believer in socialism. He was elected to the powerful party Central Committee in 1971, took over Soviet agricultural policy in 1978, and became a full Politburo member in 1980.
Along the way he was able to travel to the West, to Belgium, Germany, France, Italy and Canada. Those trips had a profound effect on his thinking, shaking his belief in the superiority of Soviet-style socialism.
“The question haunted me: Why was the standard of living in our country lower than in other developed countries?” he recalled in his memoirs. “It seemed that our aged leaders were not especially worried about our undeniably lower living standards, our unsatisfactory way of life, and our falling behind in the field of advanced technologies.”
But Gorbachev had to wait his turn. Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died in 1982, and was succeeded by two other geriatric leaders: Yuri Andropov, Gorbachev’s mentor, and Konstantin Chernenko.
It wasn’t until March 1985, when Chernenko died, that the party finally chose a younger man to lead the country: Gorbachev. He was 54 years old.
His tenure was filled with rocky periods, including a poorly conceived anti-alcohol campaign, the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
But starting in November 1985, Gorbachev began a series of attention-grabbing summit meetings with world leaders, especially U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, which led to unprecedented, deep reductions in the American and Soviet nuclear arsenals.
After years of watching a parade of stodgy leaders in the Kremlin, Western leaders practically swooned over the charming, vigorous Gorbachev and his stylish, brainy wife.
But perceptions were very different at home. It was the first time since the death of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin that the wife of a Soviet leader had played such a public role, and many Russians found Raisa Gorbachev showy and arrogant.
Although the rest of the world benefited from the changes Gorbachev wrought, the rickety Soviet economy collapsed in the process, bringing with it tremendous economic hardship for the country’s 290 million people.
In the final days of the Soviet Union, the economic decline accelerated into a steep skid. Hyper-inflation robbed most older people of their life’s savings. Factories shut down. Bread lines formed.
And popular hatred for Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, grew. But the couple won sympathy in summer 1999 when it was revealed that Raisa Gorbachev was dying of leukemia.
During her final days, Gorbachev spoke daily with television reporters, and the lofty-sounding, wooden politician of old was suddenly seen as an emotional family man surrendering to deep grief.
Gorbachev worked on the Gorbachev Foundation, which he created to address global priorities in the post-Cold War period, and with the Green Cross foundation, which was formed in 1993 to help cultivate “a more harmonious relationship between humans and the environment.”
Gorbachev took the helm of the small United Social Democratic Party in 2000 in hopes it could fill the vacuum left by the Communist Party, which he said had failed to reform into a modern leftist party after the breakup of the Soviet Union. He resigned from the chairmanship in 2004.
He continued to comment on Russian politics as a senior statesman — even if many of his countrymen were no longer interested in what he had to say.
“The crisis in our country will continue for some time, possibly leading to even greater upheaval,” Gorbachev wrote in a memoir in 1996. “But Russia has irrevocably chosen the path of freedom, and no one can make it turn back to totalitarianism.”
Gorbachev veered between criticism and mild praise for Putin, who has been assailed for backtracking on the democratic achievements of the Gorbachev and Yeltsin eras.
While he said Putin did much to restore stability and prestige to Russia after the tumultuous decade following the Soviet collapse, Gorbachev protested growing limitations on media freedom, and in 2006 bought one of Russia’s last investigative newspapers, Novaya Gazeta.
Gorbachev also spoke out against Putin's invasion of Ukraine. A day after the Feb. 24 attack, he issued a statement calling for “an early cessation of hostilities and immediate start of peace negotiations."
“There is nothing more precious in the world than human lives. Negotiations and dialogue on the basis of mutual respect and recognition of interests are the only possible way to resolve the most acute contradictions and problems,” he said.
Gorbachev ventured into other new areas in his 70s, winning awards and kudos around the world. He won a Grammy in 2004 along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Italian actress Sophia Loren for their recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and the United Nations named him a Champion of the Earth in 2006 for his environmental advocacy.
Gorbachev is survived by a daughter, Irina, and two granddaughters.
The official news agency Tass reported that Gorbachev will be buried at Moscow’s Novodevichy cemetery next to his wife.
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NEW YORK – At 24, El Johnson has made up her mind that she won't bear children, though she and her girlfriend haven't ruled out adoption.
The graduate student who works in legal services in Austin, Texas, has a list of reasons for not wanting to give birth: the climate crisis and a genetic health condition among them.
“I don't think it's responsible to bring children into this world,” Johnson said. “There are already kids who need homes. I don't know what kind of world it's going to be in 20, 30, 40 years.”
She's so sure, in fact, that she'll soon have her tubes removed. It's a precautionary decision sealed by the fall of Roe v. Wade and by tight restrictions on abortion services in her state and around the country.
Other women interviewed also cited climate change, along with overwhelming student debt coupled with inflation, as reasons they'll never be parents. Some younger men, too, are opting out and more are seeking vasectomies.
Whatever the motivation, they play a role in dramatically low birth rates in the U.S.
The U.S. birth rate fell 4% in 2020, the largest single-year decrease in nearly 50 years, according to a government report. The government noted a 1% uptick in U.S. births last year, but the number of babies born was still lower than before the coronavirus pandemic: about 86,000 fewer than in 2019.
Walter and Kyah King live in suburban Las Vegas. Walter, 29, a sports data scientist, and Kyah, 28, a college career counselor, have been together nearly 10 years, the last four as a married couple. The realization that they didn't want to have kids came on slowly for both of them.
“It was in our early 20s when the switch sort of flipped,” Kyah said. “We had moved to California and we were really just starting our adult lives. I think we talked about having three kids at one point. But just with the economy and the state of the world and just thinking about the logistics of bringing children into the world. That’s really when we started to have our doubts.”
Finances are top of mind. Before taxes, the two earn about $160,000 combined, with about $120,000 in student loan debt for Kyah and about $5,000 left for Walter. The couple said they wouldn't be able to buy a house and shoulder the costs of even one child without major sacrifices they're not willing to make.
But for Kyah, the decision goes well beyond money.
“I think we would be great parents, but the thought of going into our health system to give birth is really scary. Black women, black mothers, are not valued in the same way that white mothers are," said Kyah, who is Black.
When Kyah's IUD expires, Walter said he'll consider a vasectomy, a procedure that went on the rise among men under 30 during the pandemic.
Jordan Davidson interviewed more than 300 people for a book out in December titled, “So When are You Having Kids?" The pandemic, she said, led many to delay childbirth among those contemplating children at all.
“These timelines that people created for themselves of, I want to accomplish X by three years from now, changed. People weren’t necessarily willing to move the goalposts and say, OK, I'm going to forgo these accomplishments and do this differently,” she said. “People still want to travel. They still want to go to graduate school. They still want to meet certain financial benchmarks.”
Fears about climate change have cemented the idea of living without children for many, Davidson said.
“Now with increased wildfires, droughts, heat waves, all of a sudden it is becoming real that, OK, this is happening during my time, and what is this going to look like during the time that my children are alive?” she said.
In New York City, 23-year-old Emily Shapiro, a copywriter for a pharmaceutical ad agency, earns $60,000 a year, lives at home as she saves money and has never wanted children.
“They're sticky. I could never imagine picking up a kid that's covered in ice cream. I'm a bit of a germaphobe. I don't want to change a diaper. If I did have one, I wouldn't want them until they're in, like, sixth grade. I also think the physical Earth isn't doing so great so it would be unfair,” she said.
Among those Jordan interviewed, concerns over the environment were far more prevalent among the younger group. Questions of affordability, she said, troubled both millennials and members of Gen Z.
“There is a lot of fear around having children who would be worse off than they viewed themselves during their childhoods,” Davidson said.
Dannie Lynn Murphy, who helps find software engineers for Google, said she was nearly 17 when she was removed from her home by child protective services due to a pattern of child abuse. Her wife, she said, was similarly raised in a “not great” environment.
“Both of us at one point would have said yes to kids,” she said. “In my late teenage, early adult years, I saw and understood the appeal and was attracted to the idea of getting to raise someone differently than I was raised. But the practical realities of a child kind of suck.”
Murphy earns about $103,000 a year, with bonuses and equity that can drive that amount up to $300,000. Her wife earns about $60,000 as an attorney. They don't own their Seattle home.
“I can't see myself committing to a mortgage, let alone a child,” the 28-year-old Murphy said. “I think the primary reason is financial. I would prefer to spend that money on traveling versus sinking a half a million dollars into raising a child. Secondarily, there's now the fear of behaving with our children the way our parents behaved with us.”
Alyssa Persson, 31, was raised in small town South Dakota. Getting married and having children was ingrained in the culture, she said. It wasn't until after her divorce from her high school sweetheart that she took a step back and asked herself what she actually wanted out of life.
“Most women where I'm from lose their identities in motherhood," said Persson, who now lives in St. Louis and earns about $47,000 a year as a university librarian.
She's carrying student loan debt of about $80,000. Persson is a former teacher who loves children, but she feels she is now thinking more clearly than ever about the costs, implications and sacrifices of parenting.
“Having children sounds like a trap to me, to be frank," she said. "Financially, socially, emotionally, physically. And if there were ever any shadow of a doubt, the fact that I cannot comfortably support myself on my salary is enough to scare me away from the idea entirely."
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NEW YORK — Baseball’s elite are getting involved with one of Europe’s most celebrated soccer clubs.
The New York Yankees are becoming a minority investor in Italian champion AC Milan, the second soccer team the baseball power will partially own after MLS’s New York City.
A Los Angeles-based fund that includes LeBron James also is becoming a minority investor in the seven-time European champion under RedBird Capital Partners, The Financial Times reported Tuesday. RedBird is nearing a deal to purchase a controlling interest in Milan for 1.2 billion euros ($1.2 billion).
Gerry Cardinale, who founded RedBird in 2014 and is a managing partner, announced a preliminary agreement in June to buy Milan from fellow American firm Elliott Management. The closing is to take place by the end of September.
Yankees Global Enterprises, the baseball team's parent company led by the Steinbrenner family, will take a stake of about 10% in Milan, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because the final deal has not been announced.
“We're very confident that the Yankee brand is the most famous sports brand in the world, and we think we can help boost the revenue of AC Milan by being associated with it,” Yankees president Randy Levine said Tuesday.
Milan declined to comment.
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The Yankees agreed in 2013 to purchase a 20% stake in the New York City Major League Soccer team that launched in 2015. City Football Group, Manchester City’s parent company, is the controlling owner.
Yankees Global Enterprises also owns stakes in the YES Network and Legends Hospitality, formed in 2008 with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.
“It came about based on our relationship with Gerry and RedBird that goes back over 25 years,” Levine said. “The Steinbrenners were one of the original investors in RedBird when Gerry started it. We worked very closely with Gerry when he was at Goldman Sachs in building the YES Network and Legends Hospitality. He was involved with Goldman’s work on the new Yankee Stadium when RedBird was formed and YES was purchased back from Disney, RedBird became a partner with us and YES.”
The Yankees, 27-time World Series champions, are signing a separate marketing agreement with Milan, a 19-time Italian champion, that will include broadcasting replays of games on the YES Network, as Manchester City does. There also will be cross-merchandising between the pinstripes and the Rossoneri.
“We have a little familiarity with soccer — we’ve learned a little since our relationship with City Football Group,” Levine said. “We think it’s a good investment. Like with Man City, we do not intend to get involved in running the soccer side. We leave it to the experts. We've got enough to do on the baseball side.”
New York City plays most of its home games at Yankee Stadium, and Levine is helping lead the search for a site for a soccer stadium for the MLS team.
Milan is coming off its first Italian title in 11 years.
Main Street Advisors, the fund supported by James, also counts the rapper Drake among its partners, as well as English Premier League club Liverpool and the Boston Red Sox.
James and Drake will be passive investors in Milan through the fund and have not taken direct stakes, according to The Financial Times, which first reported the investments.
RedBird also has a stake in Fenway Sports Group, parent company of Liverpool and the Red Sox. Champions League rules prohibit two clubs in the competition from being under the same ownership to protect the integrity of games on the field. UEFA likely will have to make a judgment on the extent of RedBird’s influence on decision-making at Liverpool.
RedBird is set to become Milan’s fourth owner in five years.
Milan was owned by Silvio Berlusconi from 1986 until 2017. Italy’s prime minister from 2001-06 and 2008-11, Berlusconi sold control to a company controlled by Sino-Europe Sports Investment Management Changxing Co. The American hedge fund Elliott provided financing and took control of the team in 2018 when loan payments were not made.
Inter Milan, Roma, Fiorentina and Bologna are among other foreign-owned teams in Serie A.
“Italian soccer is still experiencing financial contraction,” Inter CEO Giuseppe Marotta said of the Milan transaction. “We’ve gone from a period of patronage by the Morattis and the Berlusconis who brought (trophies) to Milan and Inter to a situation in which both clubs have foreign ownership. And thank goodness they came.
“Most of the foreign owners are American and they’ve brought in a new business model, and a different mentality in which economic and financial sustainability is very important.”
Having previously failed to qualify for Europe’s elite competition for seven consecutive years, including a one-year UEFA ban for breaking financial monitoring rules, Milan is playing in the Champions League for a second consecutive season. That competition can increase revenue by about 100 million euros ($100 million) in UEFA prize money and help restore the club’s global brand.
Milan shares one of soccer’s iconic venues, San Siro, with rival Inter Milan. With a capacity of about 80,000, the stadium opened in 1926, was extensively renovated ahead of the 1990 World Cup and is scheduled to host the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics. There are few luxury suites and fan amenities in the venue, formally known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, and both Milan and Inter have discussed building a new stadium adjacent to the current arena.
“As we help the City Football Group here in New York," Levine said, "in commercial ways and trying to get through a stadium and a whole bunch of other things, we think in our brand there could be synergies between us and Milan that will raise the value of Milan significantly.”
Former longtime team captain Paolo Maldini will stay on as Milan’s technical area director despite the ownership change, a person involved in the negotiations said, adding that Stefano Pioli is safe in his job as Milan’s coach. That person also spoke the AP on condition of anonymity because the final deal has not been announced yet.
The only Italians investing in the deal are media rights executive Riccardo Silva and his brother, Saverio Silva, the person said.
Riccardo Silva owns the Miami soccer club, which plays in the second-tier USL Championship. He founded the Miami team together with Maldini, who withdrew his ownership stake in Miami when he took on his current role at Milan.
The deal could involve players from Milan’s youth academy spending time at Miami.
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Pacific Surfliner and California Operation Lifesaver will kick off Rail Safety Month on September 1
ORANGE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of Rail Safety Month and U.S. Rail Safety Week in September, the Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, which manages the Amtrak® Pacific Surfliner® service, will partner with California Operation Lifesaver (CAOL) to spread awareness about the importance of safety around train tracks.
"Keeping people safe is an important priority for the Pacific Surfliner," said Jason Jewell, interim managing director of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency. "We are proud to be partnering with California Operation Lifesaver to raise awareness and provide information on staying safe near train tracks for our Southern California community."
Digital tools are available at PacificSurfliner.com/RailSafety, including activities for kids, lesson plans for teachers and parents, and downloadable presentations developed by Operation Lifesaver and California Operation Lifesaver (CAOL), two non-profit entities that work year-round to promote rail safety.
The Pacific Surfliner has also teamed up with the Los Angeles Angels to promote rail safety with a radio spot encouraging fans to follow safety rules and practices when near train tracks. Fans can hear the radio spot during the month of September on Angels Radio 830AM KLAA.
September is Rail Safety Month in California, and September 19 – 25, 2022 is U.S. Rail Safety Week across the nation. California has the highest number of rail related fatalities in the United States due to highway-rail grade crossing and trespassing incidents, according to CAOL and the Federal Railroad Administration.
Follow simple safety rules whenever around train tracks, including:
- Never walk on or along train tracks; it's illegal, trespassing, and highly dangerous.
- Cross train tracks only at designated pedestrian or roadway crossings and obey all warning signs and signals.
- Stay alert around tracks. Don't do anything that would prevent you from hearing an approaching train, such as listening to headphones or talking on the phone.
- When boarding, remember to stay behind the marked safety line on the station platform and use handholds as you board.
- Report suspicious items, persons, or activity immediately to the Amtrak Police Department by approaching a uniformed officer, calling (800) 331-0008, sending a text to APD11 (27311), or by calling 911.
The Pacific Surfliner, in partnership with Operation Lifesaver, Amtrak, CalTrans, and Metrolink, will host free public events at the Fullerton Transportation Center during Rail Safety Week. Events will take place September 22-25 and feature a variety of presentations, informational booths, themed train cars, and more.
For more information about rail safety or to request a free rail safety presentation, visit PacificSurfliner.com/RailSafety, CAOperationlifesaver.com, or OLI.org.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week.
Managers said Tuesday they are changing fueling procedures to deal with the issue.
The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket remains on its pad at Kennedy Space Center, with an empty crew capsule on top. It's the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA.
The Space Launch System rocket, or SLS, will attempt to send the capsule around the moon and back. No one will be aboard, just three test dummies. If successful, it will be the first capsule to fly to the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago.
During Monday's launch attempt, one of the four main engines in the rocket's core stage could not be chilled sufficiently prior to planned ignition moments before liftoff. The three others came up just a little short.
The chilling operation will be conducted a half-hour earlier for Saturday afternoon's try, once fueling is underway at the pad, officials said.
John Honeycutt, NASA's program manager for the rocket, told reporters that the timing of this engine chilldown was earlier during successful testing last year, and so moving it sooner may do the trick.
Honeycutt also questioned the integrity of one engine sensor, saying it might have provided inaccurate data Monday. To change that sensor, he noted, would mean hauling the rocket back into the hangar, which would mean weeks of delay.
The $4.1 billion test flight is the opening shot in NASA's Artemis moon-exploration program, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology. Astronauts could strap in as soon as 2024 for a lap around the moon and actually attempt a lunar landing in 2025.
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Former O'Connor High School football player Charles Trammell was hit by a car and killed Saturday near downtown Fort Worth.
Trammell, a defensive lineman for Texas Wesleyan, was helping stranded students change a tire, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Fort Worth police said the crash occurred around 9:20 p.m. on the Highway 287 ramp to Interstate 30 westbound near downtown, the Star-Telegram said.
Police believe the driver of the car was intoxicated.
The Star-Telegram reported Miguel Angel Lopez, 28, of Fort Worth, has been charged with intoxicated manslaughter with a vehicle and accident involving a death, according to Tarrant County Jail records. He’s being held on $80,000 bond, $40,000 for each charge.
The impact knocked Trammell off the bridge, which is 60 feet high.
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CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker’s campaign for re-election stopped in the Loop Tuesday.
Pritzker visited Planned Parenthood where he continued to focus on reproductive rights as one of the central points to his campaign.
“I believe to my core that reproductive rights are human rights,” Pritzker said.
One of his opponents—Darren Bailey’s nomination for lieutenant governor, Stephanie Trussell—took to poverty and crime as their main talking points on the West Side in Garfield Park, placing the blame on Democrats in the process.
“We have boarded up businesses, there’s trash on the streets and graffiti everywhere,” Trussell said. “This is not the Chicago of my childhood.”
“JB Pritzker doesn’t care about Garfield Park,” Trussell continued. “Pritzker doesn’t care about anyone suffering outside of his billionaire bubble.”
However, Pritzker offered a rebuttal to Trussell’s claims while at his campaign stop downtown.
“That’s ludicrous. Since I came into office … I’ve been focused on lifting up those who’ve been left out and left behind,” Pritzker said. “Let me be clear, it was Darren Bailey who voted against providing rent assistance or home owner’s assistance during the worst parts of the pandemic.”
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Social media and game platforms often use recommendation algorithms, find-a-friend tools, smartphone notices and other enticements to keep people glued online. But the same techniques may pose risks to scores of children who have flocked to online services that were not specifically designed for them.
Now California lawmakers have passed the first statute in the nation requiring apps and sites to install guardrails for users younger than 18. The new rules would compel many online services to curb the risks that certain popular features — like allowing strangers to message one another — may pose to child users.
The bill, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, could herald a shift in the way lawmakers regulate the tech industry. Rather than wade into heated political battles over online content, the legislation takes a practical, product-safety approach. It aims to hold online services to the same kinds of basic safety standards as the automobile industry — essentially requiring apps and sites to install the digital equivalent of seat belts and air bags for younger users.
“The digital ecosystem is not safe by default for children,” said Buffy Wicks, a Democrat in the state Assembly who co-sponsored the bill with a Republican colleague, Jordan Cunningham. “We think the Kids’ Code, as we call it, would make tech safer for children by essentially requiring these companies to better protect them.”
The state Senate passed the bill Monday evening by a vote of 33-0. The state Assembly had already approved a version of the bill. It now requires approval by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has not taken a public stance on the measure.
The new rules tap into a national debate over the potentially deleterious effect that social media platforms may have on the mental health and body images of some young people.
Instagram in particular has come under heightened scrutiny. Last fall, members of Congress examined how the social network’s automated recommendation engine had served graphic images of self-harm to teenage girls as well as content promoting eating disorders to younger users. Soon after, President Joe Biden called for greater child safety on social media.
Some companies have faced criticism for exploiting children’s data. In 2019, Google and the operators of Musical.ly, the popular video-sharing app now known as TikTok, each agreed to pay multimillion-dollar federal fines to settle charges that they had illegally collected personal information from children without parental permission.
Federal regulators said Google had profited by using children’s data to target them with ads on YouTube. Separately, regulators complained that Musical.ly had made children’s profile photos and other sensitive details public by default, saying the practice could have enabled adult strangers to contact younger users.
Proponents of the California bill say the new rules should reduce such risks while promoting children’s autonomy and well-being online.
Critics in the industry say the legislation is overly broad and could subject many more online services than necessary to burdensome rules.
The scope of the California legislation far exceeds federal safeguards for youngsters online. A federal law, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, narrowly protects the privacy of users younger than 13 — and then only when they use online services aimed at youngsters, such as children’s video apps.
California is already a pioneer in children’s online safety and data privacy, enacting protections over the past decade that dozens of other states have replicated. Now it has become the first state to pass a bill requiring general-audience sites and apps “likely to be accessed” by children to install basic protections for users younger than 18.
“Children should be afforded protections not only by online products and services specifically directed at them,” the statute reads, “but by all online products and services they are likely to access.”
The California bill would require online services for general audiences to proactively design their products and features to protect child users. In practice, that means apps and sites must analyze and mitigate the risks that their services may pose to minors — like exposing them to explicit content or using manipulative techniques to prod them to spend hours on end online.
The legislation also requires online services to turn on the highest privacy settings by default for minors. And it prohibits online platforms from collecting children’s precise locations without “providing an obvious sign to the child” while their whereabouts are being tracked.
The new rules, which would take effect in 2024, could prompt some online services to introduce nationwide changes, rather than treat minors in California differently.
The California statute takes many of its cues from Britain, where regulators put comprehensive online protections for minors into effect in 2021. British officials have said their effort, called the Children’s Code, was intended to set baseline safety standards, like preventing adult strangers from contacting children or disabling social media features that could show a child’s exact location on a map to other users.
Designers of the British code said they also wanted to limit manipulative practices — like barraging children with notifications at all hours or automatically playing videos one after the other — that could get young users hooked on social media and game platforms.
“We all as a society have to start actually setting a floor,” said Beeban Kidron, a member of the House of Lords who spearheaded the British effort and is the founder of the 5Rights Foundation, a digital rights group for children. “Let’s stop introducing adults to children or putting children on a map so you can see where they are. Don’t notify kids all through the night. Turn off autoplay.”
The California code could apply to many other online services that children are likely to use: game platforms, connected toys, voice-activated digital assistants and virtual-reality apps. The bill could also affect popular education services like Google Classroom, a school assignment portal used by millions of children, whose privacy policy says it collects information about users’ locations.
Opponents of the children’s code said the wide mandate could pose problems for businesses. Among the most visible critics: the California Chamber of Commerce and TechNet, a tech industry association whose members include Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Google, Oracle, Pinterest, Snap and Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook.
Industry groups pressed California lawmakers to narrow the bill’s definition of a “child” to a person younger than 16 — rather than a minor younger than 18. They also argued that the scope of the bill was too broad and its provisions too vague to carry out.
“The requirement that companies consider the ‘best interests’ of children is incredibly difficult to interpret,” TechNet and the Chamber of Commerce wrote in a letter to legislators in April. In a similar letter in June, industry groups said the bill’s broad focus on online services “likely to be accessed” by children would subject “far more websites and platforms than necessary” to the bill’s requirements.
Civil liberties experts raised concerns about another issue: consumer privacy. In particular, they warned that the requirement for general-audience sites to provide greater protections for children could lead to unintended consequences for adults.
“Such a system would likely lead platforms to set up elaborate age-verification systems for everyone, meaning that all users would have to submit personal data and submit to more corporate surveillance,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, wrote to legislators in April.
The News/Media Alliance, a trade group representing 2,000 publishers including The New York Times, has also lobbied for changes, saying the language of the bill could require newspapers and magazines to undertake costly changes like instituting age verification for online readers or creating different versions of articles for minors.
Legislators have made changes to accommodate industry concerns. For one, they added a provision giving companies a grace period to fix violations after receiving notice from regulators. | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/what-californias-new-kids-code-means-for-the-rest-of-the-u-s/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | 2022-08-30T23:25:43Z | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/what-californias-new-kids-code-means-for-the-rest-of-the-u-s/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_business | false |
ABERDEEN — Seated behind a table in the Aberdeen IronBirds’ team store with four versions of the High-A club’s caps in front of him, Grayson Rodriguez looked as if he was about to make a college commitment. But the Orioles’ top pitching prospect made no secret of where he wants to be.
“The goal hasn’t changed,” Rodriguez said Tuesday at Ripken Stadium. “Camden [Yards] is pretty close.”
Rodriguez will have the majors in his sights Thursday when the top arm in the minor leagues will pitch in an official game for the first time in exactly three months after suffering a Grade 2 right lat muscle strain in his June 1 start for Triple-A Norfolk.
Rodriguez, Baltimore’s first-round draft pick in 2018, was seemingly on the cusp of a call to join the Orioles’ rotation when he pulled himself from the game with what he thought was a cramp but proved to be an injury that initially threatened to end his season. The outing left the 22-year-old right-hander with a 2.09 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 56 innings over 11 starts for the Tides.
“That was hands down the best I’ve ever thrown the baseball in my life,” Rodriguez said. “It’s not my decision, but to me, it was any minute. It’s pretty challenging to go down at that time. But we battled, we got through it, and now we’re here.”
He described the strain as a “freak ordeal,” not something that could be traced back to any issue with his mechanics, and said it hasn’t caused any major changes to his pregame routine. He found it “pretty crazy” when it was deemed severe enough that it would keep him off a game mound until September, if not 2023, but he’s pleased to have made it back this year.
He felt the recovery process dragged until he was able to return to baseball activities, though he used the downtime to study his outings with Norfolk. He said the introduction of a cutter that became a weapon against both left- and right-handed hitters allowed him to have the success he did, along with his ability to consistently get to lefties’ back foot with his slider.
Last week, Rodriguez threw a bullpen, a live batting practice and a simulated game he said lasted about 40 pitches, completing what he said was similar to a spring training build-up while feeling “as close to 100% as I can get.” He was unsure how many pitches or innings he will throw in his rehab appearance for the IronBirds on Thursday, though he expects to start every fifth day the rest of the season.
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“I’m going to go out there and toss it until somebody takes it away from me,” Rodriguez said. “Being able to come back, get some more innings in, some more outings and seeing hitters again the last month, that’s pretty special.”
That schedule would put him on track for six starts, including Thursday’s, before the minor league season ends, with executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias saying Friday the organization’s goal is to get Rodriguez back to Triple-A and then “we’ll just take it from there.”
Even as the Orioles’ rotation enters this week amid its strongest stretch of the season, recording a 2.19 ERA and averaging more than six innings per start in the 12 games before Tuesday, adding an arm of Rodriguez’s caliber would undoubtedly be a boost to the team’s postseason hopes. The prime concern of both Rodriguez and the organization, however, is that he gets through this final month healthy.
Under Elias, the Orioles have prioritized a player’s development over the club’s needs in the majors, wanting to ensure a prospect “graduates” one level before moving to the next even if his presence would benefit the major league team.
Rodriguez said he’s followed the Orioles’ successes closely, having “watched a lot of Orioles games in my hotel room.” He even made the trip from Sarasota, Florida, home of the team’s spring training and rehabilitation complex, to St. Petersburg to watch fellow top pitching prospect DL Hall’s debut with Baltimore.
Hall and catcher Adley Rutschman, who bookended Rodriguez as the Orioles’ first-round draftees from 2017 to 2019, began their march to the majors this season in Aberdeen, with Hall slowly building up from a stress fracture in his pitching elbow while Rutschman moved past a right tricep strain that prevented him from making the Orioles’ season-opening roster. Rutschman now finds himself amid the American League Rookie of the Year race, a key figure in the Orioles’ turnaround, while Hall will potentially enter their bullpen Thursday when rosters expand by two. The same day, Rodriguez will step back on the path to join them in Baltimore.
“Really trying to get there as fast as I can,” Rodriguez said. “The fire burns a little hotter now.” | https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-grayson-rodriguez-aberdeen-rehab-20220830-qtxts4njhfby5hwsp4jqg7vyi4-story.html | 2022-08-30T23:27:18Z | https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-grayson-rodriguez-aberdeen-rehab-20220830-qtxts4njhfby5hwsp4jqg7vyi4-story.html | true |
Bukayo Saka hints he could be close to signing new Arsenal deal
By PA Staff published
Bukayo Saka has hinted he could be close to signing a new contract at Arsenal as the England forward said he “shares the confidence” of manager Mikel Arteta that an agreement is close.
The 20-year-old said he feels “loved” at the Emirates Stadium, where he has gone from academy graduate to an integral part of Arteta’s side.
Saka finished as Arsenal’s top goalscorer last season as he rose above the racist abuse he suffered after missing the deciding penalty in England’s Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy.
Having joined the club aged seven, Saka made his first-team debut under head coach Unai Emery in 2019 but has flourished under Arteta, making his 100th Premier League appearance in the recent win at Bournemouth.
He has two years remaining on his current deal but when asked if a new contract was in the offing for Saka earlier this month, Arteta replied: “I am very confident that we as a club and Bukayo, his family, his agent, everybody, we are very much aligned in what we want to achieve. And now it is about putting it on a piece of paper.”
Speaking after the Gunners came from behind to beat Fulham 2-1 and maintain their perfect start to the Premier League campaign, Saka was asked about Arteta’s belief.
“Yes, I share his confidence,” he said.
“I really feel the love from my team-mates, my coaches and the fans as well. So yeah, I really feel loved here.”
Arteta’s close-knit bond with the club’s young talent has been a driving factor in recent improvements and Saka praised the Spaniard’s input.
“I feel like he’s always there for me,” he added.
“He knows when to speak to me, it’s not too much but it’s not too little and the different bits of advice he gives me are special and it makes such a difference.”
While Arsenal are flying high with four wins from four, Saka is yet to get off the mark this season and has not scored from open play since netting the winner at Aston Villa on March 19 – a run of of almost 21 hours – although he did score penalties against both Chelsea and Manchester United.
Villa are the visitors to the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night where Saka is aiming to up his game, although he insists he does not mind who is scoring the goals as long as Arsenal maintain their current form.
“I think I’m growing, going from strength to strength each game and I think Fulham was my best game yet and I want to kick on from that now,” he said.
“I feel like of course there’s still aspects where I need to improve and learn and each game I learn which positions I could have been, where I could have been to score, why I didn’t get a certain amount of shots or crosses and stuff like this.
“I watch and reflect on my games to try and improve. As long as we’re winning, anyone can score and I’m happy.”
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A three-story building under construction collapsed Tuesday in northwestern Nigeria, trapping shoppers in a busy neighborhood. Emergency response workers told the Associated Press that at least eight people have been pulled from the rubble and they were searching for more.
The building in Kano state, northern Nigeria’s commercial hub, was being constructed as a business center though businesses were already operating on the ground floor, said Nura Abdullahi, head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency in Kano.
So far, “no casualties yet (and) eight people have been rescued” from the rubble with varying injuries, Abdullahi said, adding that the rescue operation was continuing. Abdullahi said authorities have not yet confirmed the number of people trapped inside the structure.
Videos apparently recorded at the scene showed a large crowd trying to catch a glimpse of the debris pile as rescue workers arrived with tools.
Resident Stephen Enoch told the AP the building crumbled just minutes after he left.
“Five minutes after I left there, I was under there, it just came down. I just thank God I am alive now,” said Enoch.
Rescue operations continued late Tuesday with excavators and assistance from dozens nearby.
On social media, Nigerians urged authorities to take action against the trend of building collapses across the country.
In the last year, there have been more than 10 building collapses in this West African nation, often with authorities being accused of failing to enforce building safety regulations. Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, recorded five such collapses last year, including in November when more than 40 people died when a high rise still being constructed crumbled on workers. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-building-collapses-in-nigeria-8-people-pulled-from-rubble/ | 2022-08-30T23:32:05Z | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/ap-building-collapses-in-nigeria-8-people-pulled-from-rubble/ | false |
WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
451 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of south Texas, including the following
counties, La Salle and McMullen.
* WHEN...Until 800 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 451 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Zella and Fowlerton.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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Guitar legend Nita Strauss has released a video for new single Summer Storm. An instrumental that's as dramatic as it is fleet-of-finger, Summer Storm finds Strauss returning to familiar ground: the shred.
"Instrumental music is where my heart is, "says Stauss, "and Summer Storm might be the song I feel captures my personal style the most: cathartic, driving and emotional. While a lot of the upcoming record will have guest vocalists, I’m also so proud of the instrumental tracks and excited to officially unleash this one on the world!
"This video was shot on my last headline solo tour and couldn’t have captured the energy of that tour, the shows, band, crew and fans any better. Wild, chaotic, sometimes brutal, always fun."
Summer Storm is the first solo release from Strauss in almost a year, following her collaboration with Disturbed frontman David Draiman on Dead Inside, which was released last October. In the meantime she's been busy, announcing her departure from Alice Cooper's band in July after an eight year tenure, and hooking up with pop star Demi Levoto's touring band a week later.
In a new interview with Revolver (opens in new tab), Strauss talks enthusiastically about pop musicians who look to rock music for inspiration, saying, "How cool for me, and Demi, all of us, to get to be on the ground floor of what could be this huge surge of rock music coming to the forefront. Bringing live guitars, real drums, real musicianship back to the forefront of mainstream music. Who wouldn’t want that to happen?”
No release date for the next album has been announced. Strauss is currently in South America with Demi Levoto's Holy Fvck tour, which returns to The US next month. Dates below.
Demi Levoto US tour 2022
Sep 22: Wheatland : Hard Rock Live Sacramento, CA
Sep 23: Reno Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, NV
Sep 25: Portland Theater of the Clouds, OR
Sep 27: San Francisco The Masonic, CA
Oct 21: Charlotte Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre, NC
Sep 30: Los Angeles Echoplex, CA
Oct 19: Brooklyn Brooklyn Made, NY
Oct 23: Atlanta Coca-Cola Roxy, GA
Oct 25: Nashville Ryman Auditorium, TN
Oct 28: Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, FL
Oct 30: Hollywood Hard Rock Event Center, FL
Nov 01: New Orleans Fillmore New Orleans, LA
Nov 03: Houston 713 Music Hall, TX
Nov 06: Irving The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, TX
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran sentenced two Swedish citizens to multiyear prison terms on charges of drug smuggling, the judiciary announced on Tuesday, the latest in a string of cases heightening tensions between the Islamic Republic and the Nordic nation.
Iran’s hard-line judiciary handed down a five-year sentence and fine of roughly $34,000 to Swedish national Simon Kasper Brown for allegedly trafficking 9.7 kilograms (about 22 pounds) of the banned pain medication Tramadol. Security forces scooped up Brown from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport and confiscated his stash of the mild narcotic pills, said Masoud Setayeshi, the judiciary spokesman.
Tehran also sentenced Swedish citizen Stephen Kevin Gilbert to eight years in prison and ordered he pay a $500 fine. Gilbert was arrested at the airport in January 2020 for allegedly smuggling 9.8 kilograms of opium-based drugs into the country, the judiciary said.
Brown and Gilbert are the latest Swedes to land in Iranian prison as relations between the two countries deteriorate. Earlier this year, Iran jailed two Swedish visitors in separate incidents on widely criticized espionage charges. Another Swedish citizen, a respected 50-year-old doctor who Iran accuses of spying for Israel, faces the death penalty.
The cases come amid a landmark quest in Sweden to hold accountable a former Iranian official accused of committing atrocities has kindled outrage back in Tehran. A court in Stockholm sentenced Hamid Nouri to life imprisonment over his alleged war crimes, prompting Iran to recall its ambassador.
Iran has imprisoned at least a dozen dual nationals in recent years as Tehran negotiates for money and influence with the West. Most of them are held on disputed spying charges.
Iran’s law also stipulates harsh punishment for drug crimes. Those charged with drug possession, dealing or trafficking offenses make up some 73% of executions in the country. | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-iran-sentences-2-swedes-to-prison-terms-over-drugs/ | 2022-08-30T23:36:42Z | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-iran-sentences-2-swedes-to-prison-terms-over-drugs/ | false |
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California based law firm Hahn & Hahn LLP announced today that three of its attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
"Best Lawyers provides an impressive list of legal practitioners and we are honored that Scott, Karl and Clark have been included again this year," said Managing Partner Christianne Kerns. "This peer acknowledgment reflects our colleagues' professional capabilities as well as the dedication they have to our firm's clients."
The following Hahn & Hahn attorneys have been named to the 2022 edition of Best Lawyers in America - Pasadena:
R. Scott Jenkins – Corporate Law
Karl I. Swaidan – Trusts and Estates
Clark R. Byam – Litigation – Trust and Estates
Best Lawyers® lists are compiled based on peer-review evaluation. The organization received more than 15 million evaluations on the legal abilities of other lawyers based on their specific practice areas around the world. For the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, more than 10.8 million votes were analyzed. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. For additional information, visit www.bestlawyers.com.
Hahn & Hahn LLP has been an active member of the Southern California business and legal communities since 1899. The firm represents entrepreneurs, innovators, business owners, family offices and charitable organizations in their corporate, real estate, employment, estate planning and family law issues and in litigation. For more information visit https://www.hahnlawyers.com/
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Many patients stop taking statins because of muscle pain, but statins aren't causing it, new study says
Statins are an important tool to prevent major cardiovascular problems, but many patients stop taking them because of side effects, including muscle pain. However, for more than 90% of patients on statins who experience muscle pain, the statin is not the cause of the pain, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet and presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Spain.
"Our results confirm that, in the majority of cases, statin therapy is not likely to be the cause of muscle pain in a person taking statin therapy," said the study, led by authors from Oxford Population Health and the Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit at the University of Oxford. "This finding is particularly true if the treatment has been well tolerated for a year or more before developing symptoms."
The authors conducted a meta-analysis of 19 randomized double-blind trials of statin regimens versus placebos. All trials had over 1,000 participants and at least two years of follow up. They also looked at four double-blind trials of more and less intense statin regimens.
Study author Colin Baigent, a professor of epidemiology at University of Oxford, said that there have been many non-randomized studies which don't involve any kind of placebo or random allocation to a statin that have produced "really quite extreme" estimates of how much muscle pain statins cause.
"This has put patients off starting statins, or made them stop treatment when they develop muscle pain because they simply look in the paper and they see that statins cause lots and lots of muscle pain and so they stop," Baigent said during a Science Media Center briefing. "We were really trying to deal with that problem."
The new study says that "even during the first year of a moderate-intensity statin regimen, it is likely to be the cause in only approximately one in 15 patients who report muscle symptoms, rising to approximately one in 10 in those who are taking a more intensive regimen.
"In other words, the statin is not the cause of muscle symptoms in more than 90% of individuals who report such symptoms."
The authors found that in the first year, statin therapy produced a 7% relative increase in muscle pain or weakness, but there was no significant increase after that. The increased risk was already present within the first three months after treatment was assigned.
There were reports of at least one episode of muscle pain or weakness from 27.1% of patients assigned a statin versus 26.6% of those who had a placebo during a median 4.3 year follow up.
In the trials looked at by the authors, they say that statin therapy, during the first year of use, caused approximately 11 additional muscle pain reports per 1,000 patients.
"What we conclude is that there are two things that we need to do as a profession, as a society," Baigent said in the briefing. "The first thing is, we need to do a better job of managing patients who report muscle pain when they are taking a statin, because there's a tendency in patients to end up stopping the statin and that has a detrimental effect on their long term health. And the second thing we need to do is we need to look at the information that is available to patients in package inserts."
He noted that if people were better informed about the real risks of muscle pains, then they might stay on statin therapy for longer.
The study does have some limitations, including considerable heterogeneity in the methods used for muscle symptoms, some adverse event data not being available and most of the studies not excluding participants who may now be categorized as statin intolerant.
In a commentary published alongside the study, Dr. Maciej Banach, a cardiologist at the Medical University of Lodz and Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital Research Institute in Poland, wrote that the possible side effects of statins shouldn't be a consideration when starting treatment.
"It should be strong emphasized that the small risk of muscle symptoms is insignificant in comparison with the highly proven cardiovascular benefits of statins," he wrote.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women and those of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. There is one cardiovascular disease death every 34 seconds in the country.
Last week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced its latest guidance on the use of statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke.
The guidelines are more conservative than those put out by other groups, such as the American College of Cardiology. They recommend statins in adults 40 to 75 who have at lease one risk factor of cardiovascular disease and a 10% or high risk of a heart attack in the next 10 years.
According to the American Heart Association, "statins are recommended for most partients and have been directly associated with a reduction in the risk of heart attack and stroke. Statins continue to provide the most effective lipid-lowering treatment in most cases. | https://www.kcci.com/article/statins-muscle-pain-new-study/41017420 | 2022-08-30T23:37:37Z | https://www.kcci.com/article/statins-muscle-pain-new-study/41017420 | true |
Apr-40 to Sep-'77, OD green/black (standard/standard cam. O,E 9mm) • Sucrion RS - AUG3/1 'We know of all human activities those nearest with those remoust\"* (1\nGorgias has described justice as an 'accountant of the most\npregnant actions: a proof'. Yet its significance must derive less from\nthis particular function or 'quality'; but from the notion as such of this account; which accounts means just in all languages; though we speak today\nabout other accounts—-or not; though one can only ask which sort\nof knowledge account If you receive an unsolicited letter in the mail, it might raise suspicions about a potential scam.
That was the case for VERIFY reader Karen when she received a letter purportedly from the U.S. Department of State asking her to take part in a passport study.
“The Office of Passport Services, U.S. Department of State would like to better serve the American public’s need for passport services in the coming months and years. To do this we are conducting interviews with Americans ages 18 and older,” the letter reads in part.
Karen asked in an email, “Is this passport survey from the U.S. Department of State legit?”
THE QUESTION
Are passport study letters from the U.S. State Department real?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, passport study letters from the U.S. State Department are real.
WHAT WE FOUND
A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department told VERIFY that the study and letter are legitimate. The study has been conducted by the State Department since as early as 2008, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
Passport Services sends letters to a random sample of 35,000 addresses every month asking them to complete a survey aimed at determining the demand for U.S. passports, according to the State Department spokesperson. The residential addresses are pulled from the U.S. Postal Service’s list.
According to the Office of Budget and Management, the survey helps the State Department and Passport Services make decisions about “staffing, resource allocation, and budget.”
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The survey is conducted by two companies on behalf of the State Department and participation is voluntary. People who receive a letter can participate in the study via phone or online.
A sample of the letter asking people for their participation in the study, provided by the State Department, matches the one that Karen emailed to VERIFY.
The only difference between the sample letter and the one Karen received is the toll-free number to call for participation in the study via phone. The phone number listed on Karen’s letter is legitimate, the State Department spokesperson said.
According to the letter, the survey is estimated to take less than 10 minutes to complete. Here are the two ways to participate if you receive the letter:
- Visit passportplanning.com to complete the survey online and enter the passcode included in your letter.
- Call this toll-free number to complete the survey via phone: 1-888-741-1703
Those who do not respond to the survey will receive a call from the State Department. People who don’t want to participate in the survey can tell the agency during that phone call. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/passport-planning-survey-letters-us-state-department-are-real/536-0632d143-322b-4fab-9d3e-5e3cb96de781 | 2022-08-30T23:40:49Z | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/passport-planning-survey-letters-us-state-department-are-real/536-0632d143-322b-4fab-9d3e-5e3cb96de781 | true |
[WATCH] Nita Strauss Releases Second Solo Single
Nita Strauss dominated early 2022 with her song featuring David Draiman, Dead Inside.
She's back again with this all-instrumental track called, 'Summer Storm'.
This is her second solo single.
Check it out: | https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjay92/trending/watch-nita-strauss-releases-second-solo-single-1.18440430 | 2022-08-30T23:45:23Z | https://www.iheartradio.ca/cjay92/trending/watch-nita-strauss-releases-second-solo-single-1.18440430 | true |
Privacy concerns over bugging of Risdon Prison meeting room used by Susan Neill-Fraser's former lawyer
Tasmania Police secretly recorded private and legally privileged conversations between lawyers and clients at Risdon Prison for months while trying to make a case against convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser's lawyer, it has been revealed.
Key points:
- Jeffrey Ian Thompson was a lawyer working on murderer Susan Neill-Fraser's appeal
- Police alleged he planned to influence a witness to make a false identification and applied to bug their conversation in Risdon Prison
- A judge ruled the recording was inadmissible due to privacy concerns about the recording of conversations between other lawyers and their clients
Police bugged a meeting room at the prison in Hobart on June 15, 2017, to record a meeting with lawyer Jeffrey Ian Thompson the next day but then failed to switch off the recording devices — one recording audio and video and the other just audio — for two months.
Justice advocates have said the surveillance amounted to a "serious violation of confidentiality".
Police were investigating Mr Thompson over allegations he planned to pervert the course of justice.
A judgement that was suppressed until yesterday revealed that last month a Supreme Court judge found police had reasonable grounds to seek a warrant from a magistrate to bug the meeting room, but the warrant ultimately failed to respond to privacy risks.
It meant the secretly recorded evidence of Mr Thompson's meeting with potential key Neill-Fraser witness Stephen Gleeson could not be admitted in court.
The charge against Mr Thompson was dropped.
Intercepted phone call led to recordings
In 2017, Mr Thompson was working on Susan Neill-Fraser's court appeal, which ultimately failed.
The court heard police had intercepted a call involving Mr Thompson when they learned of his upcoming meeting with Mr Gleeson at Risdon Prison.
According to the judgement, police alleged Mr Thompson planned to use this meeting to indicate to Mr Gleeson which photograph to identify on a photo board.
Police applied for a 90-day warrant to bug the meeting room.
The judgement said police were recording all meetings in the room for two months using two devices.
At least five members of the police investigation team had access to the recordings, and technical services officers could have accessed the material upon request.
The decision noted that Constable Adam Jago, who applied for the warrant, told the court police did not monitor any of the other conversations and no other material was downloaded.
No other members of the investigation team were called to give evidence.
In a decision last month, Justice Michael Brett said while there was no evidence that other recorded meetings had been accessed, there was still "that potential".
Justice Brett found the warrant should have been far narrower to only allow the recording of the meeting between Mr Thompson and Mr Gleeson, and the privacy issues meant the evidence could not be used.
He described the wording of the warrant as "ambiguous" and said this should have been addressed by the magistrate who approved it.
"Both officers were aware, and the magistrate must have been aware, that the professional meeting rooms in question would in the usual course be utilised by lawyers and clients to conduct conversations protected by legal professional privilege," he wrote.
"There was a high probability of many such meetings over the proposed life of the warrant, 90 days."
The decision noted that the officer who installed the devices — identified only as officer A — told the court one of the devices could be switched off remotely, but the other could not.
He said they were both left running in case "technical issues" came up and if there were difficulties in getting into the room at short notice.
Justice Brett found that prison officers had control over when Mr Gleeson was available for a meeting, and police would have had enough notice to get into the room and make sure it only recorded this one conversation.
In a statement, Acting Deputy Commissioner Jonathan Higgins said Tasmania Police "respects the court's decision".
"This was a technical breach and Tasmania Police did not listen to any other conversations not covered by the warrant.
"While the decision is disappointing, we have taken immediate steps to address the issue identified and a review of procedures to ensure there is clear guidance to police officers in relation to the use of surveillance devices has been completed."
'Serious violation of confidentiality'
The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) has called on any lawyers who saw a client in Risdon Prison during the surveillance period between June 15 and August 17, 2017 to review their matter and see if their confidentiality had been breached.
Tasmanian barrister and ALA spokesperson Fabiano Cangelosi said the police conduct amounted to "a serious violation of confidentiality and privilege".
"Such violations have the potential to interfere with the administration of justice in a most serious way," he said.
Mr Cangelosi was also concerned that the court only heard from one surveillance specialist, and it was unclear whether others who potentially had access to the material had given a guarantee they had not accessed it.
He said there appeared to be a lack of oversight in the granting of surveillance warrants in Tasmania.
"The Australian Lawyers Alliance is very concerned about the process for obtaining warrants generally, and the need of oversight of the system," Mr Cangelosi said.
Susan Neill-Fraser is serving a 23-year sentence after being found guilty of murdering her partner Bob Chappell, 65, on board their yacht the Four Winds, which was moored off Sandy Bay on Australia Day 2009.
Mr Chappell's body has never been found, nor has a murder weapon ever been located.
The case has been the subject of extensive media interest and a campaign by those who believe Neill-Fraser is innocent for her to be freed.
Neill-Fraser is now eligible to apply for parole. | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-31/susan-neill-fraser-lawyers-secret-recording-risdon-prison/101387208 | 2022-08-30T23:46:03Z | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-31/susan-neill-fraser-lawyers-secret-recording-risdon-prison/101387208 | false |
The doors to Petite Patisserie closed in December, after owner Stephanie Massouda caught COVID-19. Losing her sense of taste and smell, she wasn’t sure when the shop would be able to open again.
But starting Sept. 17, the shop will once again sell pastries. There will be a few restrictions for now, though.
With no clear sign when her senses would return, Massouda took a job at Bon Air Middle School working at the front desk. She doesn’t want to leave before the school year is over. So, Petite Patisserie is opening in stages.
The first stage, she explained, will be preordered pastry boxes and gelato that customers will pick up on Saturdays. Each weekly box will contain five items and cost $25 dollars. The gelato, sold by the pint, will cost $9.
Both items can be ordered online at www.petitepat.com/.
The first box will contain honey, almond and citrus sfogliatelle; a salted caramel apple dumpling; a s’mores gourmet cupcake; three Madeleine cookies with triple chocolate, maple bacon and lavender earl grey variations; and a brie, walnut and caramelized onion hand pie.
Massouda said she’s starting with curated boxes, instead of filling the shop’s pastry cases or letting customers dictate their orders, because she’s the only person working on the orders for now.
“It’s just easier to start off this way because I can limit it if I need to,” Massouda said. “We just wanted to get our toes wet, and then get back into what we were doing.”
Other than vanilla and chocolate gelato, which Massouda said would be available every week, she also plans to sell chocolate gelato with peanut butter and ganache swirls, and mint gelato with dark chocolate chips and ganache.
Massouda said she already has the rest of the year’s offerings and flavors planned. Autumn will include some pumpkin spice, pear and cranberry treats, she explained.
There will be one box in September, then three for each of the following months this year.
The next stage will likely be adding bagels with homemade cream cheese to the Saturday pickup menu.
“From there, we haven’t really decided exactly how we’re going to do it,” Massouda said, adding it would likely depend on how everything is timed. She explained that she would like to see the shop’s pastry case full again soon, though.
Massouda also said she would like to bring back the shop’s tasting dinners by the end of the year.
Despite the warm reception on social media, coming back to the bakery after the hiatus has been a bit daunting, she admitted. Still, she’s looking forward to bringing pastries back to the shop at 108 N. Main St.
“I’m excited,” Massouda said. “I’ve been tinkering around in the kitchen for about a month now getting ready for this.” | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/lifestyle/petite-patisserie-plans-reopening-in-stages/article_b191a6a6-27e5-11ed-9c40-33cc2892e2ca.html | 2022-08-30T23:49:20Z | https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/lifestyle/petite-patisserie-plans-reopening-in-stages/article_b191a6a6-27e5-11ed-9c40-33cc2892e2ca.html | false |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams now can say she has won a U.S. Open match in her teens, her 20s, her 30s and — with her daughter on hand — her 40s.
She also has won a championship at Flushing Meadows in her teens, 20s and 30s. So what about in her 40s?
Well, it might be a tad too much to expect that sort of fit-for-a-script run over the next two weeks in what she's hinted will be her last tournament, even if her six U.S. Open trophies are tied for the most in the professional era and part of a career count of 23 at Grand Slam tournaments.
But as Williams, who turns 41 next month. heads into the second round on Wednesday night against the No. 2 seed in the women’s bracket, Anett Kontaveit, it sure is fun to think about what could be. And it sure should be fun to watch what happens next.
“I absolutely love being out there,” Williams said following her 6-3, 6-3 victory over 80th-ranked Danka Kovinic on Monday night. “The more tournaments I play, I feel like the more I can belong out there. That’s a tough feeling to have, and to leave knowing the more you do it, the more you can shine.”
That's somewhat of a scary prospect for Kontaveit and, if Williams wins again, any future opponents in a section of the draw that doesn't include anyone with serious U.S. Open bona fides other than 2021 runner-up Leylah Fernandez, who could be on the other side of the net in the fourth round.
“I was really rooting for her to win (against Kovinic),” said Kontaveit, a 26-year-old from Estonia who has 13 first-round exits in 29 previous Grand Slam appearances and made it only as far as the quarterfinals once. “I’ve never played against her. I mean, this is the last chance. Better late than never.”
Be careful what you wish for.
Because while Williams is not the player she once was, she got past a patchy start Monday to find her rhythm in the second set. That overpowering serve was there. So, too, were the groundstrokes that can be point-enders. And, perhaps most obvious of all, that indomitable spirit, buoyed by a sellout crowd willing her to win.
“I just remember her always fighting, her always fist-pumping, always being so intense on the court, which is I think great,” said Kontaveit, just the sort of power-reliant player against whom Williams has always tended to fare well. “She’s always fighting. She’s always giving 100 percent.”
Williams, who was 1-3 this season before Monday, was asked what questions her performance answered for her as she looks ahead in the tournament.
“I don’t think I had any questions,” came her reply.
Another win will only increase the attention, and ardor, of tennis fans and turn up the volume on talk about whether this could be another turn-back-the-clock U.S. Open story along the lines of Jimmy Connors, who was 39 when he reached the 1991 semifinals, or Pete Sampras, who was 31 when he beat Andre Agassi for the 2002 championship in what turned out to be his last match.
“Well, we are hoping for that, and maybe it'll happen. She hasn't played many matches, but once you get one under your belt, the next day at practice generally feels a little bit better. I’m hoping that was the case for her,” said John Isner, a 2018 Wimbledon semifinalist and a first-round winner Tuesday at age 37. “Her opponent has to go up against her — and all of New York City.”
Regardless of what happens in singles, Williams also has doubles to look forward to, with her sister, Venus; they have won 14 Grand Slam titles as a team. Serena called Venus her “rock,” and an important part of the decision-making process that led to the announcement three weeks ago that Serena was preparing to leave her playing days behind.
“She's had some time to process it, and she’s doing it the way she wants to,” Venus said after losing her first-round singles match Tuesday. “That’s what matters most, is to do things on her own terms.”
That's long been the case for the younger Williams, on the court and off.
As for whether she'll remain connected to the sport?
“I don’t see myself not a part of tennis. I don’t know how I’m going to be a part of tennis as of right now. I just don’t know how,” Williams said. “But I just feel like we’ve come too far together to just not have anything to do with it.”
After Monday's match, the U.S. Tennis Association held an on-court ceremony to honor Williams, with her husband; mother; sister, Isha; and daughter, Olympia, who turns 5 this week, coming down from their seats in the stands to join her.
It included a video tribute from Oprah Winfrey that closed with her saying: “Just know, whatever you do next, we’ll be watching. With love, all of us.”
What’s next, for now, is an encore performance Wednesday night — back with a racket in hand, back in Ashe, back under the lights, back in prime time.
And whatever Williams decides to do after tennis must wait.
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Howard Fendrich has been the AP’s tennis writer since 2002. Write to him at hfendrich@ap.org or follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/HowardFendrich
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Review
Book Reviews
'Diary of a Misfit' blends reportage, research and memoir
Lineages are complex. Some people can trace theirs back centuries; others can only go so far back before wars, genocides, the transatlantic slave trade, and other horrors interrupt recorded history; still others don't know their origins at all.
But not all lineages are familial, and not all ancestors are related by blood or marriage. Sometimes, we find or go searching for figures from the past because we're seeking to recognize some part of ourselves that we don't see mirrored in our families or communities.
For Casey Parks, a journalist for the Washington Post, Roy Hudgins was that person. And her first book, Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery, follows her attempts to uncover his story while rediscovering her own along the way.
The book opens with the anecdote that launched a thousand questions. Parks, home for the summer in West Monroe, Louisiana after her first year of college, is trying to comfort her inconsolable mother by promising not to be gay anymore. It doesn't work; after all, her mother is under the impression that her daughter's soul is with Satan, and only months before the family's preacher prayed that God would "save her and take her life immediately so she can make Heaven her home." Finally, Parks' grandmother comes in. "Rhonda Jean," she tells Parks' mother, "She likes women, and you need to get the f*** over it."
Parks and her grandmother were never particularly close — and she's surprised by the strongly worded defense of her sexuality. But the surprises aren't over. Later in the day, her grandmother tells Parks that she "grew up across the street from a woman who lived like a man." Immediately, Parks' mind begins to race with questions: Was he a trans man? Did anyone else know he wasn't cisgender? How did people accept him, especially in the South? "Everyone loved Roy, because he was a good, Christian person," her grandmother says. But how is that possible when Parks was just recently condemned by her own preacher?
Years later, in 2009, when Parks returns to Louisiana for the first time since that single college visit, she has an agenda: Find out more about Roy. But this proves to be difficult. While many people in Delhi (pronounced dell-high) knew and remember Roy, who has since died, they all have slightly different recollections of his identity and history. Parks' grandmother's recollection was that Roy was born into a family that abused him terribly until a neighbor, Jewel Ellis, kidnapped and raised him. Other folks tell Parks that Roy was left at an orphanage as a baby and that Jewel adopted him from there. Some people tell Parks that Jewel put Roy in pants to disguise him, others say it was because she couldn't afford dresses, and another version has it that John Ellis simply wanted a boy and so the couple worked with what they had.
But the search for Roy's story — which eventually becomes a film project that Parks works on with the help of friends and family alike — is really only part of what's going on. In trying to learn about him, Parks has an excuse to keep coming back to her family, to Louisiana, to the "funky stank of home," as Rhonda Jean calls it, which Parks describes more poetically as the scent of "honeysuckle and fish, like afternoon rain evaporating off hot pavement into a haze of cigarette smoke."
At the same time, she's also starting to make herself a home in Portland, where she works for The Oregonian. While Portland feels safer in some ways due to its large queer population, Parks also feels immensely alone there. As she strives to become a better journalist and continues pursuing information about Roy over the course of more than a decade, she begins to face her own past, too, from the heartbreak of losing church once she came out to her tumultuous and complex relationship with her mother.
She does so with remarkable empathy for her family members, Roy's acquaintances (even those who abandoned him in his later years), and her own younger self. "Now that a decade has passed," Parks writes, "now that I know how everything turns out, I'm tempted to go back and tinker with the meaning of everything. I want to give myself a motive where it's possible I felt none [...] but the truth is, most days, I didn't know why I did anything."
Not knowing — not being able to understand or access the full extent of something like Roy's story, her mother's drug use, the truth of her grandmother's stories — can be maddening. But the beauty of Diary of a Misfit is that it sits in that space, allowing Parks to unfold her family's history, her understanding of herself, and her obsession with Roy slowly and methodically.
In the process, she also beautifully portrays her interview subjects in the South and what she both loves and finds painful about home. This blend of reportage, research, and memoir has been blooming recently, with books like The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom and My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland exemplifying the interconnectedness of the personal, political, historical, and academic realms. Parks' book is a wonderful addition to the genre.
Ilana Masad is a fiction writer, book critic, and author of the novel All My Mother's Lovers. | https://www.npr.org/2022/08/30/1120028903/diary-of-a-misfit-blends-reportage-research-and-memoir | 2022-08-30T23:51:48Z | https://www.npr.org/2022/08/30/1120028903/diary-of-a-misfit-blends-reportage-research-and-memoir | true |
PHOTOS: Farmer sets new record with 2,147-pound pumpkin at state fair
Published: Aug. 30, 2022 at 7:25 PM EDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
PALMER, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A farmer in Alaska recently won the giant pumpkin weigh-off at a popular state fair, setting a new record in the process.
KTUU reports Anchorage farmer Dale Marshall set a record for the largest pumpkin in state history with a 2,147-pound giant pumpkin at the Alaska State Fair.
Officials with the fair said Marshall broke his own state record that was previously set in 2019 with a 2,051-pound pumpkin and took home the pumpkin title last year with a 1,603-pound pumpkin.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
511 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Zapata
County through 600 PM CDT...
At 510 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lopeno, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Zapata, Lopeno, Medina, Zapata High School, Zapata County Fire
Department, Zapata Middle School, Siesta Shores, Zapata County Public
Library, Las Palmas and Morales-Sanchez.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 2696 9930 2699 9898 2668 9901 2667 9901
2664 9906 2664 9919 2670 9921 2672 9921
2673 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 176DEG 14KT 2672 9913
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
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SAINT-JÉRÔME, QC, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - On August 30, 2022, Marc Bedard, CEO-Founder of The Lion Electric Company ("Lion") (NYSE: LEV) (TSX: LEV), acquired 50,000 common shares of Lion.
Immediately prior to acquiring the common shares, Mr. Bedard had beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over (including through 9368-2672 Québec Inc., of which Mr. Bedard has control over, directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting shares), 26,458,653 common shares and 2,877,641 exercisable options to purchase common shares, which represented, in the aggregate, approximately 15.2% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Lion on a partially diluted basis. The common shares were acquired through a trade through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange at a price of C$4.99 per common share and an aggregate purchase price of C$249,950. Immediately following the acquisition of the common shares, Mr. Bedard had beneficial ownership of, or control or direction over (including through 9368-2672 Québec Inc.), 26,508,653 common shares and 2,877,641 exercisable options to purchase common shares, representing, in the aggregate approximately 15.2% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Lion on a partially diluted basis.
Mr. Bédard acquired the common shares for investment purposes and may from time to time acquire further common shares, or dispose of common shares, in each case subject to market, economic and other relevant conditions.
Lion's head office is located at 921 chemin de la Rivière-du-Nord, Saint-Jérôme, Québec J7Y 5G2, Canada. For inquiries or to obtain a copy of the related early warning report required under applicable Canadian securities legislation, a copy of which has also been filed on Lion's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, please contact: Isabelle Adjahi, Vice President, Investor Relations and Sustainable Development, Isabelle.Adjahi@thelionelectric.com, 450-432-5466, extension 171
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
537 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Arroyo and small stream flooding caused by excessive
rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of Deep South Texas, including the following
county, Zapata.
* WHEN...Until 730 PM CDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 537 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. This will cause arroyo and small stream
flooding. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Lopeno and Morales-Sanchez.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s annual inflation rate rose to 7.9% in August, returning to its highest level in nearly half a century after it dipped in the two previous months, according to official data
Inflation in Europe’s biggest economy first hit 7.9% in May — the highest rate since the winter of 1973-1974, when prices were fueled by an oil crisis — before slipping back to 7.5% by July. The preliminary figure, which the Federal Statistical Office reported Tuesday, is usually unchanged in a final report about two weeks later.
As in other countries around the world, inflation in Germany has been stoked by Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has led to a rise in energy costs and food prices.
The statistics office said energy prices were up 35.6% on the year in August and food prices rose 16.6%, while the effects of disruption to supply chains caused by the coronavirus pandemic were still being felt.
Germany temporarily lowered taxes on diesel fuel and gasoline at the start of June and introduced an ultra-cheap ticket that allows people to use all local and regional public transportation for 9 euros (dollars) a month. Both of those measures are due to expire on Wednesday.
Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank, said in its monthly report last week that “the inflation rate could climb up to around 10% in the autumn,” though it noted that the inflation outlook is “extremely uncertain.” | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-german-inflation-back-at-near-half-century-record-after-dip/ | 2022-08-31T00:01:49Z | https://cbs4indy.com/business/ap-business/ap-german-inflation-back-at-near-half-century-record-after-dip/ | true |
INDIANAPOLIS – Purdue Football season is just two days away and excitement and expectations are perhaps the highest they’ve been in two decades.
The Boilers are coming off a 9-4 season, their best since 2003 – and with many key players returning, along with several significant incoming transfers, fans, as well as the team, have some lofty goals this Fall.
On the latest episode of Full Steam Ahead: A Podcast About Purdue, CBS4’s Adam Bartels welcome back Purdue Sports Properties Rob Blackman to break down the season.
Follow the Full Steam Ahead podcast on Twitter, @fullsteampod, and subscribe to the podcast through your favorite app so new episodes go directly to your phone or tablet.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first ship carrying grain from Ukraine for people in the hungriest parts of the world has docked at the Horn of Africa port of Djibouti as areas of East Africa are badly affected by deadly drought and conflict.
Food security experts call it a drop in the bucket for the vast needs in the worst-hit Horn countries of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, the nation where this first shipment is going. But the flow of grain from Ukraine for other hungry parts of the world is expected to continue, with another ship departing Tuesday for Yemen. The U.N. World Food Program has said it is working on multiple ships.
WFP says this first shipment of grain will be shipped overland to northern Ethiopia, where millions of people have been affected by the country’s Tigray conflict, which has now flared up again.
How any of the grain will reach Tigray is now in question as humanitarian deliveries by road and air have been suspended amid the fighting that sparked again last week between Tigray forces and Ethiopian ones. But Ethiopia’s neighboring Amhara and Afar regions also are expected to benefit.
WFP has said the 23,000 metric tons of grain on the first ship are enough to feed 1.5 million people on full rations for a month. But the U.N. has said 2.4 million in Tigray alone are severely food insecure and that 20 million people across Ethiopia face hunger.
Millions of other people in the Horn of Africa region are going hungry because of drought, and thousands have died. Somalia has been especially hard hit because it sourced at least 90% of its grain from Ukraine and Russia before Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Millions of tons of food are needed for the Horn of Africa, WFP said. “In Ethiopia alone, three-quarters of everything that we used to distribute originated from Ukraine and Russia,” regional director Michael Dunford said.
Food security experts have said it will take weeks for people in African countries to see grain from Ukraine arrive and even longer to see it bring down high food prices that have been a source of despair and protests in multiple nations.
Far more ships carrying grain from Ukraine’s reopened ports have been going to richer places like Europe as existing business contracts are fulfilled. As of Sunday, 114 ships carrying more than 1.2 million metric tons of food commodities had left Ukraine, WFP said, but “export volumes remain far below pre-conflict averages.” | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-1st-ukraine-grain-ship-for-horn-of-africa-reaches-djibouti/ | 2022-08-31T00:05:09Z | https://cbs4indy.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-1st-ukraine-grain-ship-for-horn-of-africa-reaches-djibouti/ | false |
Jon Gruden 'ashamed' of leaked emails that forced him out of coaching, insists he's a 'good person'
Gruden resigned as Raiders head coach last October
Jon Gruden signed a 10-year deal worth $100 million to coach the then-Oakland Raiders for a second time.
After racist and misogynistic emails of his leaked last year, he resigned from Las Vegas in the middle of his fourth season.
Gruden addressed the situation at the Little Rock Touchdown Club in Arkansas on Tuesday.
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"I’m ashamed about what has come about in these emails, and I’ll make no excuses for it. It’s shameful," Gruden said. "But I am a good person. I believe that. I go to church. I’ve been married for 31 years, I got three great boys, I still love football, I’ve made some mistakes, but I don’t think anybody in here hasn’t. And I just ask for forgiveness, and hopefully I get another shot."
Gruden is currently suing the NFL, as he claims the NFL leaked the emails in order to get him out his job. The emails were leaked amid the league's investigation on the Washington Commanders and their workplace culture.
His agent, Bob LaMonte, also feels the league was out to get him.
"I can tell you right now that was a hit job," LaMonte said last month.
"Why now, of all things, does that come out in an investigation that had already gone away?" LaMonte added. "And it was 10 years ago. And then why Jon and why the Raiders? He wasn’t even in the league at the time of those e-mails… You have 650,000 e-mails and his six were picked out."
JON GRUDEN'S AGENT SAYS FORMER HEAD COACH'S LEAKED EMAILS WAS A 'HIT JOB'
Gruden also says there is "a lot of misunderstanding out there," and has a hard time watching the network he used to work for.
"Hell, I worked at ESPN for nine years. I worked hard at that job," he said. "I don’t even want to watch the channel anymore, because I don’t believe that everything [they say] is true. I know a lot of it is just trying to get people to watch. But I think we gotta get back to reality."
Gruden coached the Raiders in the AFC Championship Game in 2000. In his first year as the head coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he won Super Bowl XXXVII over his former team.
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MIAMI (AP) — A Los Angeles attorney detained in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation’s top adversaries.
Eyvin Hernandez, who has been detained for five months, describes in the recording how he has dedicated the past 15 years to public service as an employee of the Los Angeles County public defender’s office, seeking fair treatment for often penniless clients.
“No one should be abandoned at the time of their greatest need and when they’re most vulnerable,” he said in the almost two-minute recording, which was provided to The Associated Press by Hernandez’s family. “However, I don’t feel like my government feels that way about me.”
In a calm voice, Hernandez said he and other Americans imprisoned in Venezuela — there are at least 10, including five oil executives and three veterans — feel “like our government has abandoned us.”
Hernandez’s appeal comes as the Biden administration is under pressure to do more to bring home roughly 50 Americans it believes have been wrongfully detained by hostile governments around the world. Much of the focus is on Russia, where the U.S. has taken the unusual step of proposing a swap of a convicted arms dealer for WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner. U.S. officials have for months been quietly pursuing a separate deal with Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government in Venezuela, which holds the largest contingent of Americans suspected of being used as bargaining chips.
Henry Martinez said his brother sent him the voice message Aug. 21. A copy was also provided to the State Department, which has been weighing whether to turn Hernandez’s case over to the administration’s special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, Roger Carstens.
In the recording, Hernandez said it’s been months since he or any of his fellow Americans have seen a courtroom, nor do they have any hopes of getting a fair trial.
“This place is meant to break you psychologically and spiritually,” he said of confinement at a maximum security prison housing many of Maduro’s opponents. “We’re all innocent, yet we’re being charged and treated as terrorists.”
He said the uncertainty, isolation and human rights violations are taking a toll, with two Americans having already attempted suicide and a third on the brink with daily mental breakdowns.
“If you don’t get us out soon, then there might not be anyone left to save,” he said.
The AP was unable to verify Hernandez’s claims. But United Nations officials have long complained about the lack of independence for Venezuelan judges and prosecutors and about conditions at the facility where Hernandez and several other Americans are being held.
A State Department spokesman declined to comment on Hernadez’s case, citing privacy limitations, but said the agency continuously reviews the detentions of Americans overseas. He also noted that the U.S. government has issued an advisory warning Americans to avoid all travel to Venezuela due to the risk of wrongful detentions and threats from illegal armed groups, especially along the country’s porous borders.
Hernandez, who turned 44 in jail, was arrested March 31 along the Colombia-Venezuela border. His family says he traveled there from the city of Medellin with a Venezuelan friend who needed to get her passport stamped to resolve an issue with her migratory status in Colombia. His family said he never intended to enter Venezuela, and he was due to fly home three days later.
But the two apparently fell into the hands of criminal gangs.
Upon arrival by bus to the city of Cucuta, they hailed a taxi for the short drive to the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, according to an account Hernandez shared with his family. A fourth individual hopped in the front seat, purportedly offering his services as a guide who could help them navigate the confusion at the border, an area overrun by squatters, criminal gangs and a mass of people making their way back and forth in illegal crossings.
Before they knew it, the cab was stopped along a dirt path, and the two were ordered to get out and walk across the invisible border separating the two countries.
Once Hernandez realized his mistake, it was too late to turn back. A man carrying a rifle demanded he cough up $100, according to his family. When he protested that he didn’t have any cash, they put a hood over his head.
When his captors found his American passport, they told him he was in trouble and handed him over to security forces, who kept him incommunicado for weeks.
Adding to the Hernandez family’s anguish is the fact that he isn’t classified as wrongfully detained, a definition that covers Americans believed innocent or jailed for the purpose of exacting concessions from the U.S. Without such designation, a process that can take months, the U.S. government’s ability to push for his release is limited.
At least three of the 11 other Americans known to be detained in Venezuela are in a similar state of limbo. They include Jerrel Kenemore, a computer programmer arrested within a week of Hernandez, and two former Green Berets who took part in a blunder-filled beach attack in 2020 aimed at overthrowing Maduro.
Biden last month signed an executive order aimed at providing more information to families of Americans detained abroad and imposing stiff sentences on the criminals, terrorists and government officials holding them.
Maduro’s socialist government is a harsh critic of U.S. foreign policy. But more recently, as the Biden administration has shown a willingness to review the Trump-era policy of punishing Maduro with sanctions and calling for regime change, the outlook for a possible release has improved.
In March, the Maduro government freed two Americans following a surprise trip to Caracas by senior White House and State Department officials, including Carstens, who met with Hernandez in a subsequent wellness check on detained Americans in June. Maduro also vowed to resume negotiations with his opponents, although has so far failed to follow through.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago after presenting two weeks of testimony, including from four Kelly accusers, in their bid to prove the singer enticed underage girls for sex, produced child pornography and successfully rigged his 2008 state trial.
Among the last prosecution witnesses was a 42-year-old woman who went by the pseudonym “Nia.” Taking the stand Tuesday morning, she was the fourth and final accuser to testify at the trial in Kelly’s hometown. A fifth accuser, who prosecutors had said during openings would testify, never did. They didn’t explain why.
Through her testimony, Nia painted a picture of Kelly as a master manipulator who reeled in star-stuck fans, like her, to sexually abuse them and then discarded them.
The highlight of prosecutors’ case came two weeks ago with the testimony of a 37-year-old woman who used the pseudonym “Jane.” She described Kelly sexually abusing her hundreds of times starting in 1998 when she was 14 and Kelly was around 30.
Jane’s testimony is vital to the charge accusing Kelly of fixing his 2008 child pornography trial, at which he was acquitted. She testified that Kelly and his associates threatened and paid off her and her parents to lie to a grand jury before that trial.
Legal teams for Kelly and two co-defendants now get their chance to attack the government’s case. Judge Harry Leinenweber told jurors they would have Wednesday off, then return for the first defense witnesses Thursday. Closing arguments are expected to happen in the middle of next week.
A New York federal judge sentenced Kelly in June to 30 years in prison for convictions on racketeering and sex trafficking charges.
Kelly gave Nia, an aspiring actress and model, his telephone number after the then-15 year-old asked him for an autograph at an Atlanta mall in 1996, she testified. She said Kelly knew her age when he invited her to a concert in Minnesota, bought her plane ticket and sent a limousine with an all-red interior to pick her up.
On the way to the airport, Nia stopped to buy a red rose for Kelly, which she placed in her hotel room. When Kelly came to her room, he kissed her, then told her to undress and sit next to him on the bed. She said she was uncomfortable but did as he said. After touching her and himself, he quickly left, she said.
“I never got the chance to give him the rose,” Nia told jurors.
Nia spoke calmly and clearly as Kelly, wearing in a dark blue suit and black face mask, sat some 25 feet (7.6 meters) in front of her and looked directly at her. When Jane testified earlier in the trial, he often kept his eyes down.
Nia said that for weeks after meeting Kelly, he promptly answered all her calls. But before long, he never answered them. When she saw him years later at a video shoot, she said she was hurt when he didn’t appear to recognize or acknowledge her.
She ended up suing Kelly in the early 2000s, alleging sexual abuse. Kelly quickly settled, paying her $500,000.
Kelly’s 2008 state trial revolved around a video prosecutors said showed him sexually abusing Jane. She did not testify at that trial, but she told jurors at the current trial that she was the child in the video and Kelly was the adult man. Jurors at the ongoing trial viewed excerpts of that video and two others.
Kelly sold millions of albums even after allegations about his abuse began circulating publicly in the 1990s. Widespread outrage didn’t emerge until after the #MeToo reckoning and the 2019 docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.”
Kelly associates Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown are co-defendants at the Chicago trial. McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, is accused of helping Kelly rig the 2008 trial. Brown is charged with receiving child pornography. Like Kelly, they have denied wrongdoing.
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CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox manager Tony La Russa missed Tuesday night’s game against Kansas City with an unspecified medical issue.
The team said the 77-year-old manager would skip the game on the recommendation of his doctors and would undergo further testing Wednesday.
La Russa’s absence was announced about one hour before the first pitch. The Hall of Famer showed no signs of health issues during his pregame session with reporters and while talking to Chicago general manager Rick Hahn and former Oakland Athletics pitching great Dave Stewart before the game.
Bench coach Miguel Cairo stepped in as acting manager.
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Four more Wyomingites have died from COVID-19, the Wyoming Department of Health reported Tuesday.
There have now been 1,881 coronavirus-caused deaths in Wyoming since the pandemic arrived here in March 2020.
The new deaths touch three of Wyoming’s 23 counties. Platte and Sweetwater counties reported one death each. Natrona County reported two deaths.
Four of the people whose deaths were announced this past week had preexisting health conditions that put them at risk of more severe illness from contracting COVID-19. One was hospitalized.
Last week, six COVID deaths were reported in the state.
All four of the newly reported deaths occurred this month.
The state does not include a death in its COVID-19 count unless the virus is listed on the patient’s death certificate as either the cause of death or a contributing factor. There is often a lag between when deaths occur and when deaths are reported because of the time it takes for death certificates to be processed.
Broadly speaking, the number of deaths in Wyoming correlates with the rise and fall of cases in the state, often trailing by a few weeks changes in infection and hospitalization rates.
Deaths declined dramatically last spring. But when cases surged late last summer and early fall, the weekly updates on COVID-19 deaths rose as well. That number rose toward the end of January but then fell considerably beginning in February.
The spread of new omicron subvariants led to another recent uptick in COVID cases in Wyoming, but the number of reported cases is declining again. The Wyoming Department of Health reported 213 confirmed active cases this week, down by 280 from a month ago.
Hospitalizations from COVID decreased last week from the week prior. The Wyoming Department of Health reported 23 COVID hospitalizations last week, down from 43 the week before. The health department didn’t report this week’s COVID hospitalizations by the Star-Tribune’s deadline.
Last year’s COVID-19 surge was driven by the delta variant, which is more contagious and causes more serious illness than the first strain of COVID-19 that emerged here. But delta is no longer the dominant strain in Wyoming. The omicron variant has overtaken it. The omicron strain, which is now responsible for most of Wyoming’s new cases, appears more contagious than delta, but studies have shown it causes less severe symptoms.
Wyoming’s vaccination rate is currently the lowest in the country.
Roughly 52% of the state is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and 23% have gotten a booster. About 59% of Wyomingites have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
PHOTOS: COVID-19 in Wyoming
COVID-19 closure
A security guard turns away fans at the doors of Casper College's Swede Erickson Thunderbird Gym during the Wyoming State High School Basketball Championships on March 12 in Casper. Overall, state athletics events in Casper bring in nearly $14 million in tourism revenue — a number that shrunk this year because of the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 response
News outlets livestream as Natrona County Health Officer Dr. Mark Dowell hosts a press conference explaining the department's decision to cancel the Wyoming State High School Basketball Championships on Thursday in Casper. The decision was made to limit the spread of coronavirus.
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COVID-19 closure
Security bans everyone except players and coaches from the Casper College gym for the Wyoming State High School Basketball Championships on Thursday in Casper. The tournament has been postponed until further notice.
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COVID-19 closure
A Casper College official tapes a sign to the entrance of Swede Erickson Thunderbird Gym keeping members of the media and public from attending the Wyoming State High School Basketball Championships on Thursday in Casper.
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COVID-19 closure
Security keeps members of the public out of the Casper College gym Thursday.
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COVID-19 closure
Security bans everyone except players and coaches from the Casper College gym for the Wyoming State High School Basketball Championships on Thursday in Casper, while people who were inside received a refund for their tickets. The tournament has been postponed until further notice.
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COVID-19 Press Conference
From left, Dr. Mark Dowell, Natrona County Health Officer; Dr. Ghazi Ghanem, Rocky Mountain infectious disease expert; Anna Kinder, Casper-Natrona County Health Department executive director; and Dr. Ron Iverson of the Wyoming Medical Center emergency room speak on a panel Wednesday about the spread of the new coronavirus. Despite the disease's spread, they say there is no need for people to panic.
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COVID-19 response
Natrona County Health Officer Dr. Mark Dowell hosts a press conference last month in Casper.
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COVID-19 response
Shelves that normally house toilet paper are empty at Walmart in Casper on Thursday, as the community responds to fears of the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 response
All of the toilet paper is sold out at Albertsons, but some boxes of tissue paper remain Thursday in Casper.
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COVID-19 response
A small shelf of flushable wipes remains while the surrounding shelves have been cleared of all toilet paper at Albertsons on the east side of Casper on Thursday. Members of the public have been buying out toilet paper in local stores as fears around the coronavirus pandemic have risen.
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COVID-19 response
The paper goods and cleaning section of Walmart is cleared of all toilet paper and tissue paper Thursday in Casper.
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COVID-19 response
Toilet paper is sold out at Albertsons where signs that limit purchase of three per customer still hang Friday in Casper.
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COVID-19 response
Walmart shoppers walk down the aisle cleared of toilet paper, tissue paper and numerous cleaning supplies Friday in Casper.
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COVID-19 response
All the toilet paper is sold out at Walmart; paper towels, distilled water and some cleaning supplies remain Friday in Casper.
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Respiratory Clinic
Dr. Andy Dunn of Mesa Primary Care and Chief of Staff of Wyoming Medical Center poses for a portrait at the site of a new temporary respiratory symptom clinic in Casper. The clinic, located at 245 S. Fenway Street, includes a drive-up window where Dr. Dunn is standing so patients can be seen and triaged quickly from their cars.
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Respiratory clinic
A new respiratory symptom clinic is being set up by Wyoming Medical Center at 245 S. Fenway Street in Casper as a way to assist patients during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Respiratory clinic
Chairs are spaced out about six feet apart to mitigate potential transfer of COVID-19 at the temporary respiratory symptom clinic in Casper on Friday. Immigration advocates said the federal relief restricts immigrants' access to testing, treatment, and eventually vaccines, for COVID-19.
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Meadow Wind
Meadow Wind Assisted Living facility, seen in March in Casper, has caution tape and signs on the doors prohibiting visitors to help prevent residents from potential exposure to COVID-19. The coronavirus has a higher mortality rate among older adults.
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School Lunches
Sierra Martinez, 5, waits in the back seat of the car while her father, Nick Martinez, collects breakfast and lunch sacks provided by the Natrona County School District on Monday at the Central Wyoming Boys and Girls Club in Casper. The meals are available free to anyone 18 and under Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at numerous schools and community centers in the county.
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School Lunches
Lainee Branscom, 6, and Kade Branscom, 4, arrive at the Boys and Girls Club in Casper Monday, March 23, with their mother to receive bagged breakfast and lunch provided by the McKinley County School District.
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Downtown Casper
The marquee on the Fox theater in downtown Casper reads "We are closed to keep you safe," March 24. Unemployment claims in Wyoming have topped 32,000.
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Main Street
Ernie Hawkes, kitchen chef for the Wooden Derrick Cafe, sells Philly cheese steak sandwiches outside the restaurant in March in downtown Casper.
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Mainstreet
Lauren Abesames works the counter Wednesday at Wind City Books in downtown Casper The book store has remained open through the COVID-19 pandemic, but they have adjusted their hours, expanded online ordering and offered curbside pick-up to accommodate health guidelines.
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Mainstreet
Fagan Jewelers in downtown Casper has a sign on the door that reads "Closed for now, see you soon! Nora," Wednesday, March 25.
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Mainstreet
Don Juan restaurant in downtown Casper is temporally shut down with a bilingual sign on the door that reads "We are closed. We will be back April 6," in response to statewide closures to stop the spread of COVID-19 March 25. Restaurants around the state are making use of the ability to sell alcohol as part of their curbside services.
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Hand Sewn Medical Mask
Loretta Miller of Mountain View Baptist Church in Mills holds up a hand-sewn mask on March 25, 2020, in Mills.
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School Lunches
Ardys Sterkel, right, and Loretta Miller hand out sack breakfasts and lunches provided by the Natrona County School District at Mountain View Baptist Church in Mills on March 25.
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School Lunches
Tayven Richard, 12, carries 23 sacks of lunch and milk to his mother's van Wednesday at the Natrona County School District free lunch program handed out at Mountain View Baptist Church in Mills. Richard, along with his younger brother, helps his mother Sandy hand out the meals to children enrolled in Head Start that are unable to travel to a pick-up location themselves.
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Medical Masks
Sonnie Rodenburg sews barrier masks for members of the community to use while in public at her home in Casper Thursday, March 26. Rodenburg takes orders through her facebook page and hopes the masks can be used to prevent communal transmission of Covid-19. She has made about 100 masks since Sunday. "I'm just going to keep going until I can't go no more," says Rodenburg, "My back is killing me but we need this."
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Medical Masks
Sonnie Rodenburg uses her self-isolation time to sew barrier masks for members of the community on Thursday in Casper. Wyoming Medical Center is seeking the public's assistance in sewing masks, gowns and caps.
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Medical Masks
Sonnie Rodenburg writes encouraging messages on paper bags containing barrier masks she has sewn for members of the community Thursday, March 26, in Casper.
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Spread Kindness
Siblings Preston Haigler, 8, Gabriella Haigler, 15, and Ilyanna Haigler, 12, pose for a portrait under rainbow hearts they installed in a front window of their home Friday in Casper. The siblings were inspired by Facebook posts to tape up rainbow hearts to help lift the spirits of people walking or driving by their home.
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Mental health
Alyss Smith decorated her front door, seen Friday, with drawings of a rainbow and a fortune cookie in an effort to spread cheer. Smith founded the Facebook group Spread Love Wyoming to encourage people throughout Wyoming to decorate the outsides of their homes.
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Spread Kindness
"Thanks mail carriers" is written in chalk on the sidewalk near the corner of 17th street and Oask Street in Casper Friday, March 27.
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WMC hand sewn gowns
Carol Burback works alongside fellow volunteer seamstresses to sew gowns, caps and masks at Kalico Kat quilt shop in Casper Monday, March 31, for the staff at Wyoming Medical Center.
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WMC hand sewn gowns
Seamstresses at Kalico Kat quilt shop in Casper work together to sew medical gowns, masks and caps for staff at Wyoming Medical Center.
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Drive in Church Service
Pastor Kay Wittman of Trinity Lutheran greets members of her congregation arriving at American Dream drive in theater in Powell to participate in church service March 29. Trinity Lutheran and Hope Lutheran churches teamed up for the service allowing people to come and participate while abiding health restrictions to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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Drive in Church Service
Pastor Kay Wittman of Trinity Lutheran church in Cody leads a sermon Sunday at American Dream Drive-In theater in Powell. The drive-in service allows for the congregation to come together while practicing social distancing by remaining in their vehicles.
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Drive in Church Service
Dick Scott closes his eyes in prayer at the end of the joint church service at American Dream Drive-In theater last month in Powell. Scott and his wife Sharon are members of Trinity Lutheran in Cody.
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Urgent Care Clinic
Occupational health technician Sara Moore wears a hand-sewn mask Wednesday at Urgent Care of Casper, which is open to serve the community but has made several changes to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. The clinic offers coronavirus testing but asks people to call ahead before arriving.
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Urgent Care Clinic
Nurse practitioner Chelsea Mower holds up a nasal swab that is used to collect a COVID-19 sample earlier this month at Urgent Care of Casper. Until a new announcement from the state Health Department, Wyomingites in six priority categories had to be tested through private labs.
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Joshua's Cleaning Wipes
Kim Perez, CEO of Joshua's Storehouse, soaks coffee filters in diluted bleach and folds them two at a time to create sanitation wipes that will be distributed throughout the store, community, and in the weekly boxes they deliver to seniors Wednesday, April 1, in Casper.
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Joshua's Cleaning Wipes
Joshua's Storehouse created sanitation wipes out of coffee filters soaked in diluted bleach to hand out to the community Wednesday.
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Shelter in place
A home along Second Street in Casper has a heart made of up red string lights hanging in their window Tuesday, March 31.
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Walmart social distancing
Walmart uses shopping carts to funnel people in though one entrance on April 7 in Casper. The retail giant, which has two locations in Casper, will require face masks in all of its stores starting Monday.
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Walmart social distancing
Walmart directs shoppers through one entrance an exit and limits the total numbers inside to help comply with social distancing measures Monday, April 6, in Casper.
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Outdoor recreation
A sign posed at Black Beach Campground in Alcova reads "closed to overnight camping" in compliance with state orders to help limit the spread of coronavirus. While Wyoming is one of eight states without a shelter-in-place order, its state-ordered closures are similar to those enacted by shelter-in-place states, with a few notable exceptions.
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Outdoor Recreation
A Wyoming Department of Highway Patrol sign reads "WY state parks day use only closed to camping," Tuesday in Casper.
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Protest
Fred Schlachter from Cheyenne holds a sign that reads “Gov Gordon let Wyo work” at a protest against government intervention limiting the spread of COVID-19 on Thursday in Casper.
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Liberty Protest
Protestors gather at Pioneer Park in Casper to protest government intervention in the private sector by closing down businesses and limiting public gathering to mitigate the spread of coronavirus Thursday.
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Liberty Protest
Mel Koslowsky, left, and his wife Donna Koslowsky hold signs while attending a Thursday protest in Casper against government orders that have led to the closure of numerous businesses in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Wyoming's unemployment claims have spiked since the pandemic began.
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Makeshift mask
A man wears a makeshift mask covering half his face while he rides a bicycle across Center Street on Thursday in Casper. More than 2.4 million gloves, masks and gowns requested by Wyoming have yet to be delivered. Health care providers have reported shortages, even as community members step up to produce homemade supplies.
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Feed the Frontlines
Cory Poulos and Veronica Mundy of Occasions by Cory deliver free hot lunch Thursday to the Casper Police Department.
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Artists at Home
Vicki Windle poses for a portrait holding scissors and a paintbrush inside her home March 24 in Casper. Windle is an artist and has transformed the inside of her home to a studio.
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Artists at Home
Mary Sommers of the Casper Writers Guild poses for a portrait inside her home Thursday in Casper. Wyoming-based artists who've lost income because of the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for grants.
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Easter Dinner Hand Out
Sherman Hill, team director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming in Casper wheels out meals to share with families Friday. The club and its partners also handed out goodies for children.
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Easter Dinner Hand Out
Sarah Farrer and her four children walk through the line for Easter dinner at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming April 10 in Casper. Nearly 40 percent of Wyoming residents told UW researchers that they or a relative have been laid off as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Stand Alone Lunch Bunch
From left, Sarah Fromva, Dana Grapes and Victoria Fife meet up in the parking lot of Kohl's in Casper for a socially distant lunch Friday, April 10.
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WMC Signs
A yard sign at Conwell Park in Casper across from Wyoming medical Center reads, "Thank you WMC for all that you do!" in April 10 in Casper as a show of support for healthcare professionals working through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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City Ordinance Protest
Sarah Newsom stands next to her motorcycle Tuesday and holds a sign reading "STOP TYRANNY" made on a roll of paper towels at a protest against a proposed city ordinance that would enforce state health orders with fines and possibly jail time. Casper City Council decided against passing the order later that evening.
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City Ordinance Protest
Cindi Effenberger watches a live stream of Casper City Council from her car at the soccer fields in north Casper while holding a peaceful protest against a proposed City Ordinance which would allow for enforcement of health codes related to COVID-19 Tuesday, April 14.
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Dance Teacher
Jodi Youmans-Jones angles her laptop screen as she prepares to guide her jazz III students through warm up over video conference from her home in Casper Tuesday, April 14. Youmans-Jones teaches dance at Casper College and has struggled adapting to the limitations of virtual teaching.
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Howl
From left, Susan Roberson, Stephanie Bodig, and Matt Brown howl for Casper first responders from their home in Paradise Valley on April 14. Howl for Casper was an event that occurred around the city every night at 8 p.m. as a way to show support for essential workers, particularly first responders, and show community solidarity during the pandemic.
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Grant Street Grocery
Lacey Phillips, left, and Lindsey Grant check out a customer at Grant Street Grocery in Casper in April. Lawmakers are working on a bill that would provide more relief to the state's small businesses.
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COVID Clinic
Nurse Cristina Gonzalez takes a nasal swab to be sent for COVID-19 testing at a drive-up clinic on the Wind River Reservation last month. Data shows the coronavirus is disproportionately affecting communities of color in Wyoming.
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COVID Clinic
Nurse Cheri Gonzales collects more tubes of nasal swabs to be used for COVID-19 testing Friday in Arapahoe.
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COVID Clinic
A nurse collects nasal swabs used to take samples from patients for COVID-19 testing at a drive-up clinic on April 24 in Arapahoe.
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COVID Clinic
Pediatric nurse practitioner gathers personal information from a patient at the drive up clinic in Arapahoe Friday, April 24.
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COVID Clinic
Nurse Cristina Gonzalez grabs lab bags with samples to be tested for COVID-19 at a drive-thru clinic in April in Arapahoe.
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COVID Clinic
Cristina Gonzalez, a nurse working at the drive through clinic in Arapahoe collecting nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing, cleans her face shield between patients Friday, April 24. Gonzalez and the other medical workers at the clinic use the same shield for about five weeks and the same N95 masks for a week, disinfecting between uses to try and preserve the personal protective equipment, or PPE.
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COVID Clinic
Radiologic technologist Ann Kuba helps out at the drive in clinic in Arapahoe Friday, April 24, with nurses Cheri Gonzales, left, and Cristina Gonzalez, right.
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Businesses Reopen
Westy Guill moves weights to be cleaned inside his gym, Oil City CrossFit, on Thursday in Casper. Guill has modified his gym in preparation for reopening Monday by taping off squares for members to use as their space, regularly disinfecting equipment and limiting access to the gym to nine people at a time.
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Businesses Reopen
Michelle Ward wears a face mask as she gets her hair cut by stylist Audrey Bennett at Rootz Salon in Casper Friday, May 1. The salon is taking precautions resume business while preventing the spread of coronavirus.
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Businesses Reopen
Dan Ridinger, owner of Citizen Shave barber shop, cuts Travis Tharp's hair on May 1 in Casper. Wyoming on Monday extended the state's three coronavirus-related public health orders through the end of the month.
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Businesses Reopen
Terasa Gustafson washes Krista Anderson's hair at Rootz Salon in Casper Friday, May 1.
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Businesses Reopen
A sign that reads "soiled masks here" lays on top of a wicker basket at the front of Rootz Salon in Casper Friday, May 1.
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Businesses Reopen
Michelle Ward and Audrey Bennett both wear face masks as Ward gets her hair cut at Rootz Salon last Friday in Casper. Restrictions on businesses like hair salons will be further loosened in the coming days.
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Businesses Reopen
Both Caitlin Mann and artist Kassandra Wolfe wear face masks while Mann gets a tattoo of her cat on her thigh in May at Sparxworx in downtown Casper.
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Businesses Reopen
Shelley Coffey wears a face mask as David Anderson washes her hair in one of the sinks set up at Rootz Salon in Casper Friday, May 1. Coffey is from Lusk and has been getting her hair cut by Anderson for over ten years.
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Honk for Casper
A car drives along Second Street in downtown Casper Friday, May 1, with messages such as "Thanks China" and "Eww..." as part of Theater of the Poor's Honk for Casper happening.
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Honk for Casper
HannahClaire Sutton, 19, looks up at William Conte, artistic director of Theater of the Poor, as he stands on his car at a gathering outside of Metro coffee shop in downtown Casper before participating in the Honk for Casper happening Friday, May 1.
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Honk for Casper
William Conte stands on his car while wearing an American flag as a cape and holding a sign that reads "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," at the encore performance of Honk for Casper by Theatre of the Poor Friday, May 1, in downtown Casper. Conte is the artistic director of Theater of the Poor and the event brought together participants to write messages on their cars and drive around downtown Casper honking as both a celebration of the economy reopening and a support of small businesses.
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Restaurants
Sherrie Lopez, owner of Sherrie's Place, serves a drink to patrons Jim Kalasinsky, left, and John Kornkven in the outdoor dinning area May 7 in Casper. Natrona County bars and restaurants are preparing to start seating more diners inside.
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ICU
Holly Nash, a registered nurse, labels an IV bag for a patient in the ICU at Wyoming Mecidal Center in May in Casper. One of the state's coronavirus task forces has shifted its focus to addressing the state's high health care costs.
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ICU
Dr. Mark Mc Ginley takes a phone call in his office on the ICU floor of Wyoming Medical Center. The doctors who treat COVID-19 patients admit they've had fears about catching the virus.
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ICU
Dr. Mark Mc Ginley speaks with his colleague, Dr. Tara Taylor, on Friday outside a patient suite of the ICU at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. Both have been treating patients sickened with COVID-19.
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ICU
Registered nurse Lindsey LeVeck puts on her face shield --the last piece of her personal protective equipment -- before entering a room at the Wyoming Medical Center ICU that's housing a patient with coronavirus.
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Restaurants reopen
Logan Engelman cleans a chair and table with disinfectant at Yellowstone Garage on Friday in Casper. Multiple organizations are already working to document the coronavirus pandemic for the historical record.
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Restaurants reopen
Tasha Foreverg serves lunch to Shelly Aragon at Yellowstone Garage in May in Casper. A new survey shows falling support for measures put in place to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
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Restaurants reopen
Hailey Ferraiuolo and her friend Emily Hand, right, have lunch at Wyoming Ale Works in Casper on May 8. State health officials plan to loosen restrictions on restaurant capacities in their next health orders.
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Special Session
A handful of lawmakers attend a May 16 special legislative session in person at the Wyoming Capitol. The state is bracing for a massive revenue hit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and an energy downturn.
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CATC
Bill Biggs uses disinfectant to wipe down the inside of the door on a Casper Area Transportation Coalition bus at the end of his shift Monday, May 18, in Casper. Biggs has been a driver for the company for 23 years. The public transportation service has implemented new regulations to clean and disinfect the busses after each shift and undergo a deep disinfection every weekend.
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Restoration Church
Dave Limmer holds a door open for parishioners attending Restoration Church as it reopens to the public May 17 in Casper. The church encouraged social distancing among attendees and offered face masks and hand sanitizer throughout the building.
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Glenrock Businesses
Marcie Smith answers the phone at Shear Heaven Hair Salon on May 20 in Glenrock. The salon has reopened for business while implementing new safety measures such as limiting the number of people in the building and requiring everyone to wear a mask inside.
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Glenrock Businesses
Gary Eckhardt, owner of Glenrock Bowl, holds his hat in his hands as he talks earlier this month about the struggle to maintain his small business in light of closures and precautions put in place because of the coronavirus.
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Masks
Peg Reed loads groceries in to the back of her car after shopping in July at Walmart on the east side of Casper. It was the first day the retailer required face masks for all shoppers.
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Masks
A Walmart employee helps two shoppers lift a cart onto the curb before they head inside last week in Casper. The employee was stationed outside the retailer to help enforce the new mask mandate, turning away shoppers without face coverings.
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Coronavirus
Shoppers at Walmart wear masks as they exit the store and an employee monitors the entrance to enforce the company's mask order last month in Casper. Wyoming lawmakers declined to advance two bills that would have raised sales and use taxes, including on groceries.
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Back to School
Jessica Christian gives her son Tobias a kiss through their face masks as he is dropped off for his first day of kindergarten at Park Elementary School on Wednesday in Casper. Natrona County schools reopened to students for the first time since their sudden closure in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Back to School
Harley Guinn, left, talks with her mom through the fence at Park Elementary School in Casper on Sept. 2, the first day of school. Laramie County health officials say that masks are "key" to keeping schools there open.
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Back to School
Parents wait outside Park Elementary School as their children are directed inside by grade level during the first day back to school on Wednesday. Students were required to wear masks if they couldn't socially distance.
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COVID-19 Testing
Lab technician Sam Britz loads samples of coronavirus tests into a QIAcube at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory in Cheyenne on Sept. 4. The machine can process 12 samples in an hour and the facility has seven machines total to help with the increase in testing, up from three machines in March.
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COVID-19 Testing
Lab technician Hanna Ahuja prepares samples of coronavirus tests for a PCR machine at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory on Friday in Cheyenne. The PCR machine copies the genetic material and detects if a sample is COVID positive.
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COVID-19 Testing
Skylar Trembath with the COVID-19 Surge Team sorts and processes incoming coronavirus specimen collection kits to be tested at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory on Friday in Cheyenne. The University of Wyoming and other schools across the state have reported students and staff testing positive for the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 Testing
Lab technician Hanna Ahuja works at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory in Cheyenne on Sept. 4, 2020. Ahuja is working on COVID testing at the lab and joined the staff through the CDC foundation.
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COVID-19 Testing
Evan Scott and Alli MacDonald of the Covid-19 Surge Team sort coronavirus specimen collection kits brought in by a courier on Sept. 4, 2020 at the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory in Cheyenne.
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NC v Rock Springs football
A Natrona County team manager wears a shirt that reads "Hey Tigers, COVID isn't the only thing stopping your game!" on Sept. 25 before the Mustangs' game against Rock Springs at Cheney Alumni Field in Casper.
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WMC
Housekeeper Mary McLeelan cleans a patient's room in the neurological unit of Wyoming Medical Center in Casper on Oct. 9. Statewide hospitalizations continue to rise as COVID-19 cases surge here.
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WMC
Medical Assistant Casey Garrison inputs patient information on a form at the drive through respiratory clinic in Casper Friday, Oct. 9, 2020.
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WMC
Medical assistant Savannah Dela Vega removes her face mask in the staff room at the respiratory clinic of Wyoming Medical Center on Oct. 9 in Casper. More than 100 coronavirus patients in Wyoming are currently hospitalized.
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WMC
Medical assistant Savannah Dela Vega places a nasal swab in a container for testing at a drive-thru respiratory clinic Friday in Casper.
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Respiratory Clinic Line
A long line of cars line up along Fenway Street on Tuesday in Casper as people wait to be seen at Wyoming Medical Center's respiratory clinic. Long waits for medical services have been reported amid the coronavirus surge.
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Mask Mandate Meeting
The Natrona County Board of Commissioners hold a public meeting Nov. 10 to discuss enacting a face mask mandate in county-owned buildings.
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Businesses Adapt to COVID
Dakota Bullock hands a to-go order to a Wind City Delivery driver at Grab and Go Gourmet on Thursday. The restaurant has closed indoor dinning, offering only curbside pick up and delivery as cases of coronavirus have continued to rise.
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Pray
Ramona Garcia holds signs Wednesday at Conwell Park across from Wyoming Medical Center in Casper. "Mama, I don't know where you are but I know you're looking," Garcia said, addressing her mother, who is currently receiving treatment at WMC for COVID-19. Her sister and pastor also have the virus.
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Birthday drive-by
Cars drive by with "happy birthday" messages for Sheryl Dugan on her 32nd birthday Wednesday in Casper. Dugan is involved in I-REACH 2, a program that provides support for adults with developmental disabilities. Throughout the pandemic, Dugan has had to stay home, isolated from her friends involved in the program.
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Vaccine Sign
A sign posted at the entrance of Walgreens in Casper warns customers a COVID-19 vaccine is not yet available Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2020.
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WYDOT Coronavirus
A Wyoming Department of Transportation sign over south bound I-25 reads "Arrive Alive Then Wear a Mask" urging travelers to adhere to health care guidelines for curbing the spread of the coronavirus Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, in Casper.
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Masks
Mel Gregg is reflected in a window where masks he sewed hang waiting to be sold at $5 each from his home off 15th street in Casper Monday, Dec. 7, 2020.
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Masks
Siblings Melody Johnson and Mel Gregg pose for a portrait outside their home in Casper on Monday, wearing their homemade masks. Johnson had the idea to sell masks out of their home on 15th Street, and Gregg sews them.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Clinic nurse Kendall Coursen administers a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Greg Tubridy, a Casper/Natrona County International Airport public safety officer at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department on Dec. 16 in Casper.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Registered Nurse Hana Kim prepares a syringe of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department in Casper Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Registered Nurse Hana Kim holds up a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department in Casper Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Firefighter Dane Andersen receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Natrona County by registered nurse Hilary Cage on Wednesday at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Dr. Hoo Feng Choo receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne. Choo specializes in infectious diseases.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Nurse Lan Whitaker receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine administered by nurse Amber Hall on Tuesday at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Registered Nurse Darrallynn Patterson administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to ICU nurse Hayley Wasserburger on Tuesday at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne.
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COVID-19 Vaccine
Dr. Sodienya Tetenta receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center in Cheyenne. Tetenta, who specializes in pulmonary disease and critical care, was among the first people in Wyoming to receive the vaccine.
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Freedom Protest
Former state Rep. Scott Clem attends a protest Monday at the Wyoming Capitol against COVID-19 public health orders. Clem, who represented Gillette in the Wyoming Legislature until recently, organized the protest.
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Freedom Protest
A crowd of protesters moves toward the side of the Wyoming Capitol to chant slogans at the office of Gov. Mark Gordon on Monday in Cheyenne. The demonstrators gathered to oppose the public health orders enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Vaccine Clinic
Senior Pharmacy Technician Dallas Messenger administers a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Community Health Centers of Central Wyoming in Casper on March 25. Many Wyomingites say they do not want a coronavirus vaccine, which is now available to anyone over 16.
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Vaccine Clinic
Syringes prepared with doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine sit on a table ready to be used at a March clinic in Casper. The clinic aimed to give out 130 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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Vaccine Clinic
Candelario Flores recives a dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine administered by Senior Pharmacy Technician Dallas Messenger at the Community Health Center of Central Wyoming in Casper Thursday, March 25, 2021. The Health center parented with Walgreens for the vaccine clinic aiming to give out 130 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
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Casper Vaccine Clinic
Tables are spaced out with hand sanitizer in preparation for individuals participating in the Casper-Natrona County Health Department's Casper Vaccine Clinic at the Eastridge Mall in Casper on Monday, March 29, 2021. The tables and chairs were donated by the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds.
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Casper Vaccine Clinic
The Casper-Natrona County Health Department's Casper Vaccine Clinic had multiple vaccination stations prepared at the Eastridge Mall in Casper.
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Casper Vaccine Clinic
Anna Kinder, executive director of the Casper-Natrona County Health Department talks with members of the press at the new Casper Vaccine Clinic at the Eastridge Mall in Casper on Monday, March 29, 2021.
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Vaccine Clinic
Tommy Getter gets a band aid after receiving a dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine administered by Senior Pharmacy Technician Dallas Messenger at the Community Health Center of Central Wyoming in Casper Thursday, March 25, 2021. The Health center parented with Walgreens for the vaccine clinic aiming to give out 130 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
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Vaccine Clinic
Senior Pharmacy Technician Dallas Messenger grabs a syringe prepared with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at the COVID-19 vaccine clinic hosted March 25 at Community Health Center of Central Wyoming in Casper. The clinic partnered with Walgreens to administer 130 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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Vaccines
Lucketta McMahon received the COVID-19 vaccine at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department clinic in the Eastridge Mall in Casper.
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Vaccines
Brenna Walker sits outside the Casper-Natrona County Health Department COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the Eastridge Mall talking about her reasons for taking the vaccine on April 7 in Casper. Discussions have begun in Wyoming about potential programs that could incentivize residents to get the vaccine.
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Vaccines
Workers hang a banner outside the Casper-Natrona County Health Department COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the Eastridge Mall on Wednesday in Casper. For some residents, the vaccine presents an opportunity to resume activities that were halted by the pandemic.
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A time to remember (copy)
Central Wyoming Hospice & Transitions holds a community grief and remembrance event at Healing Park on May 19, in Casper. The organization celebrates it's 40th anniversary this year.
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Graduation
Natrona County graduates line up by the windows of the Ford Wyoming Center ahead of the 2021 commencement ceremony in Casper on Thursday. While the students' final years of high school were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, few lingering signs remained Thursday.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s long-running power struggle between rival Shiite camps devolved into bloody street violence this week – the culmination of months of simmering tensions and a political vacuum.
For 24 hours, loyalists of powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr transformed the country’s government Green Zone into a front line, trading fire with security forces and rival militias, and bringing the capital to a standstill. Just as quickly, with a single word — “withdraw” — from the cleric in a speech Tuesday, the fighting came to a stop.
His supporters put down their weapons and left.
It was a powerful message to al-Sadr’s Iran-backed rivals and the political elite of the cleric’s enduring power over his hundreds of thousands of followers and an equally dangerous example of the damage they are capable of doing to the embattled country.
Following his calls for withdrawal, Iraqi leaders, including the caretaker premier, expressed their thanks to al-Sadr and praised his restraint.
Al-Sadr has long derived his political influence from his ability to to both command his mass following to destabilize the street, and just as quickly bring them into line. His announcement Monday that he would exit politics showed Iraqis what could happen when that voice of restraint is taken away: chaos, devastation and death.
The protests and heavy clashes that have so far left 30 killed and over 400 wounded may have come to a close, but the political impasse that brought on this chapter of unrest is far from over.
So, what does al-Sadr want and is there an end to Iraq’s crisis?
WHO IS MUQTADA AL-SADR?
Al-Sadr is a populist cleric who emerged as a symbol of resistance against the U.S. occupation of Iraq after the 2003 invasion. He formed a militia, the Mahdi Army, that eventually disbanded and renamed it Saraya Salam — the Peace Brigades.
He has presented himself as an opponent of both the U.S. and Iran and has fashioned himself a nationalist with an anti-reform agenda. In reality, he is an establishment figure with deep influence in Iraq’s state institutions through the appointments of key civil servants.
Al-Sadr derives much of his appeal through his family legacy. He is the son of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, who was assassinated in 1999 for his critical stance against Saddam Hussein. Many of his followers say they are devoted to him because they were once devotees of his father.
Al-Sadr eventually entered politics and garnered a reputation for being unpredictable and theatrical by frequently calling on his followers to gain political leverage over his rivals. His powerful rhetoric infused with religion and calls for revolution resonated deeply with his disenfranchised following.
Through these strategies he has become a powerful player with a fiercely devoted grassroots following concentrated in Iraq’s most impoverished quarters. Most of his loyalists who stormed the Green Zone were unemployed and blamed the Iraqi political elite.
In 2021, al-Sadr’s party won the largest share of seats in October parliamentary elections but not enough to secure a majority in government. His refusal to negotiate with his Iran-backed Shiite rivals on forming a government plunged Iraq into an unprecedented political vacuum now in its tenth month.
WHAT DO AL-SADR’S FOLLOWERS WANT?
The political crisis escalated in July when al-Sadr’s supporters broke into parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-backed Shiite parties, from forming a government.
Hundreds staged an ongoing sit-in outside the building for over four weeks. Frustrated when he was not able to corral enough lawmakers to form a government that excluded his rivals, al-Sadr also ordered his bloc to resign their parliamentary seats and called for early elections and the dissolution of parliament.
That call was embraced and reiterated by his following, many of whom have long felt marginalized by the ruling elite.
In Sadr City, the Baghdad suburb where al-Sadr’s followers are highly concentrated, most complain of inadequate basic services, including electricity in the scorching summer heat. The majority have roots in the rural communities of southern Iraq and have little education. Most face enormous challenges finding work.
Most of those who stormed parliament in July and the government palace on Monday were young men for whom it was their first glimpse inside Iraq’s halls of power, where they seldom feel welcome.
Angered by deep class divides and a history of dispossession, al-Sadr’s followers say they believe the cleric will revolutionize a political system they believe has forgotten about them. But in reality, in Iraq’s power-sharing political system, al-Sadr holds significant power and sway.
WHY ARE THE CLASHES SO DANGEROUS?
Monday’s clashes brought Iraq on the precipice of street warfare and was the product of months of political tensions and power struggles between al-Sadr and the Iran-backed Shiite camp over the formation of the next government.
Al-Sadr’s rivals in the Coordination Framework have shown signs they would not be against early elections but both camps disagree over the mechanism. The judiciary has rejected al-Sadr’s call to dissolve parliament as unconstitutional.
With the roots of the political impasse still unresolved, conflict can flare up again. The greatest threat to Iraq’s stability is protracted armed fighting between the paramilitary forces of the rival Shiite camps.
This occurred outside of the capital as the clashes wore on in the Green Zone on Monday night. Militiamen loyal to al-Sadr stormed the headquarters of Iran-backed militia groups in the southern provinces, a move that could have escalated into tit-for-tat attacks as has happened in the past.
It’s a scenario that neighboring Iran, which wields much influence in Iraq, dreaded most. Iranian officials, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali-Khamenei, have repeatedly called for Shiite unity and attempted to broker dialogue with al-Sadr. But the cleric has refused, firm in his resolve to form a government without Iran-backed groups.
Members of Iraq’s majority Shiite Muslim population were oppressed when Saddam Hussein ruled the country for decades. The 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam, a Sunni, reversed the political order. Just under two-thirds of Iraq is Shiite, with a third Sunni.
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WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
546 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WEBB COUNTY...
At 546 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in
the warned area. 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...
Aguilares and Mirando City.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE AND WEST CENTRAL MCMULLEN
COUNTIES...
At 547 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Fowlerton.
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Southern Lehigh bouncing back after a season opening loss, the Lady Spartans hanging on for the 2-1 win over Moravian Academy.
Annefloor Fooij and Faith VandeBunte with the two Spartans goals, each coming both halves of play.
The Lions wouldn't go away quietly in this one, scoring their lone goal with five minutes left to make things interesting. Angel Delurhey netting the lone goal of the match for her squad.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States. With a breathtaking series of reforms, Gorbachev changed all that — and re-directed the course of the 20th century.
Alongside Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Gorbachev was a key protagonist in a global drama that many thought impossible and, for those who lived through it, seemed almost surreal.
Under Gorbachev, the Berlin Wall crumbled, thousands of political prisoners were released and millions of people who had known only communism got their first real taste of freedom. But he was unable to control the forces he unleashed — and ultimately waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire.
Gorbachev died Tuesday at a Moscow hospital at 91.
Although little known outside Sovietologist circles before he became leader in 1985, he quickly became a dominant and charismatic figure on the world stage. The splotchy purple birthmark on his bald pate made him instantly recognizable, and his vigor stood in sharp contrast to the recent run of aged and barely articulate Kremlin leaders.
His vision of remaking the Soviet Union into a more humane and flexible country had the power of the epochal. By 1990, he had won the Nobel Prize for his “leading role” in ending the Cold War and reducing nuclear tensions.
But a mere year later, he was the sad and bewildered embodiment of failure. The country had fallen apart in his hands, and at home he was derided, despised and increasingly shunted aside as irrelevant.
His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, Gorbachev spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991, and the Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.
Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became the Soviet leader in March 1985.
By the end of his rule, he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
“I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world,” Gorbachev told The Associated Press in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.
“I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,” he said.
Russians blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union — a once-fearsome superpower whose territory fractured into 15 separate nations.
His run for president in 1996 was a national joke, and he polled less than 1 percent of the vote. In 1997, he resorted to making a TV ad for Pizza Hut to earn money for his charitable foundation.
His former allies deserted him and made him a scapegoat for the country’s troubles.
“In the ad, he should take a pizza, divide it into 15 slices like he divided up our country, and then show how to put it back together again,” quipped Anatoly Lukyanov, a one-time Gorbachev supporter.
Gorbachev never set out to dismantle the Soviet system. He wanted to improve it.
Soon after taking power, he began a campaign to end his country’s economic and political stagnation, using “glasnost,” or openness, to help achieve his goal of “perestroika,” or restructuring.
In his memoirs, he said he had long been frustrated that in a country with immense natural resources, tens of millions were living in poverty.
“Our society was stifled in the grip of a bureaucratic command system,” Gorbachev wrote. “Doomed to serve ideology and bear the heavy burden of the arms race, it was strained to the utmost.”
Once he began, one move led to another: He freed political prisoners, allowed open debate and multi-candidate elections, gave his countrymen freedom to travel, halted religious oppression, reduced nuclear arsenals, established closer ties with the West and did not resist the fall of communist regimes in Eastern European satellite states.
But the forces he unleashed quickly escaped his control. Long-suppressed ethnic tensions flared, sparking wars and unrest in trouble spots such as the southern Caucasus region. Strikes and labor unrest followed price increases and shortages of consumer goods.
In one of the low points of his tenure, Gorbachev sanctioned a crackdown on the restive Baltic republics in early 1991. The violence turned many intellectuals and reformers against him.
Competitive elections also produced a new crop of populist politicians who challenged Gorbachev’s policies and authority. Chief among them was his former protege and eventual nemesis, Boris Yeltsin, who became Russia’s first president.
“The process of renovating this country and bringing about fundamental changes in the international community proved to be much more complex than originally anticipated,” Gorbachev told the nation as he stepped down.
“However, let us acknowledge what has been achieved so far. Society has acquired freedom; it has been freed politically and spiritually. And this is the most important achievement, which we have not fully come to grips with, in part because we still have not learned how to use our freedom.”
There was little in Gorbachev’s childhood to hint at the pivotal role he would play on the world stage. On many levels, he had a typical Soviet upbringing in a typical Russian village.
But it was a childhood blessed with unusual strokes of good fortune.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born March 2, 1931, in the village of Privolnoye in southern Russia. Both his grandfathers were peasants, collective farm chairmen and members of the Communist Party, as was his father.
Despite stellar party credentials, Gorbachev’s family did not emerge unscathed from the terror unleashed by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin: Both grandfathers were arrested and imprisoned for allegedly anti-Soviet activities. But, rare in that period, both were eventually freed.
In 1941, when Gorbachev was 10, his father went off to war, along with most of the other men from Privolnoye. Meanwhile, the Nazis pushed across the western steppes in their blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union. They occupied Privolnoye for five months. When the war was over, young Gorbachev was one of the few village boys whose father returned.
By age 15, Gorbachev was helping his father drive a combine harvester after school and during the region’s blistering, dusty summers. His performance earned him the order of the Red Banner of Labor, an unusual distinction for a 17-year-old.
That prize and the party background of his parents helped him land admission in 1950 to the country’s top university, Moscow State. There, he met his wife, Raisa Maximovna Titorenko, and joined the Communist Party.
The award and his family’s credentials also helped him overcome the disgrace of his grandfathers’ arrests, which were overlooked in light of his exemplary Communist conduct.
In his memoirs, Gorbachev describes himself as something of a maverick as he advanced through the party ranks, sometimes bursting out with criticism of the Soviet system and its leaders.
His early career coincided with the “thaw” begun by Nikita Khrushchev. As a young Communist propaganda official, he was tasked with explaining the 20th Party Congress that revealed Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s repression of millions to local party activists. He said he was met first by “deathly silence,” then disbelief.
“They said: ‘We don’t believe it. It can’t be. You want to blame everything on Stalin now that he’s dead,’” he told the AP in a 2006 interview.
He was a true if unorthodox believer in socialism. He was elected to the powerful party Central Committee in 1971, took over Soviet agricultural policy in 1978 and became a full Politburo member in 1980.
Along the way, he was able to travel to the West, to Belgium, Germany, France, Italy and Canada. Those trips had a profound effect on his thinking, shaking his belief in the superiority of Soviet-style socialism.
“The question haunted me: Why was the standard of living in our country lower than in other developed countries?” he recalled in his memoirs. “It seemed that our aged leaders were not especially worried about our undeniably lower living standards, our unsatisfactory way of life, and our falling behind in the field of advanced technologies.”
But Gorbachev had to wait his turn.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died in 1982, and was succeeded by two other geriatric leaders: Andropov, Gorbachev’s mentor, and Konstantin Chernenko. It wasn’t until March 1985, when Chernenko died, that the party finally chose a younger man to lead the country. Gorbachev was 54.
His tenure was filled with rocky periods, including a poorly conceived anti-alcohol campaign, the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
But starting in November 1985, Gorbachev began a series of attention-grabbing summit meetings with world leaders, especially U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, which led to unprecedented, deep reductions in the American and Soviet nuclear arsenals.
After years of watching a parade of stodgy leaders in the Kremlin, Western leaders practically swooned over the charming, vigorous Gorbachev and his stylish, brainy wife.
But perceptions were very different at home. It was the first time since the death of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin that the wife of a Soviet leader played such a public role, and many Russians found Raisa Gorbachev showy and arrogant.
Although the rest of the world benefited from the changes Gorbachev wrought, the rickety Soviet economy collapsed in the process, bringing with it tremendous economic hardship for the country’s 290 million people.
In the final days of the Soviet Union, the economic decline accelerated into a steep skid. Hyper-inflation robbed most older people of their life’s savings. Factories shut down. Bread lines formed — and popular hatred for Gorbachev and his wife grew.
But the couple won sympathy in summer 1999, when it was revealed that Raisa Gorbachev was dying of leukemia. During her final days, Gorbachev spoke daily with television reporters, and the lofty-sounding, wooden politician of old was suddenly seen as an emotional family man surrendering to deep grief.
Gorbachev worked on the Gorbachev Foundation, which he created to address global priorities in the post-Cold War period, and with the Green Cross foundation, which was formed in 1993 to help cultivate “a more harmonious relationship between humans and the environment.”
He took the helm of the small United Social Democratic Party in 2000 in hopes it could fill the vacuum left by the Communist Party, which he said had failed to reform into a modern leftist party after the breakup of the Soviet Union. He resigned from the chairmanship in 2004.
He continued to comment on Russian politics as a senior statesman — even if many of his countrymen were no longer interested in what he had to say.
“The crisis in our country will continue for some time, possibly leading to even greater upheaval,” Gorbachev wrote in a memoir in 1996. “But Russia has irrevocably chosen the path of freedom, and no one can make it turn back to totalitarianism.”
Gorbachev veered between criticism and mild praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been assailed for backtracking on the democratic achievements of the Gorbachev and Yeltsin eras. He said Putin had done much to restore stability and prestige to Russia after the tumultuous decade following the Soviet collapse.
He did, however, protest growing limitations on media freedom and in 2006 bought one of Russia’s last investigative newspapers, Novaya Gazeta, with a businessman associate.
“We should — this is one of our goals — promote the newspaper’s qualitative development in the interests of democratic values,” he said, tacitly criticizing the Kremlin’s efforts to bring Novaya Gazeta and other independent media outlets to heel.
Gorbachev ventured into other new areas in his 70s, winning awards and kudos around the world. He won a Grammy in 2004 along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Italian actress Sophia Loren for their recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and the United Nations named him a Champion of the Earth in 2006 for his environmental advocacy.
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Wichita Falls district to receive $1.1 billion from 2023 Unified Transportation Program
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - With Governor Greg Abbott’s adoption of the Texas Department of Transportation’s 2023 Unified Transportation Program, the Wichita Falls district is set to receive $1.1 billion for roadway projects.
The program’s approval advances a record $85 billion, 10-year statewide roadway construction plan.
“The State of Texas is working to ensure the transportation needs of our fast-growing state are met and that the safety of Texans on the roadways is protected,” Abbott said. “TxDOT’s 2023 Unified Transportation Program is a critical step toward addressing the diverse needs of Texans in rural, urban, and metropolitan communities. This 10-year plan to address transportation needs statewide and dedicate $85 billion to improve roadways will be a huge boon to our state’s infrastructure and booming economy. As more people move to Texas and businesses grow across the state, we are working together to make sure Texans’ transportation safety and mobility are secured and businesses can flourish for generations to come.”
The funds will coincide with an additional $32 billion over the life of the program for routine maintenance contracts and project development.
“The UTP reflects a continued focus on improving transportation safety as the top priority, maintaining our current system, addressing traffic congestion, and improving statewide connectivity over the next decade,” TxDOT Commission Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr. said. “Additionally, we are making significant progress in addressing congestion in our busiest parts of the state through our Texas Clear Lanes initiative, which improves top chokepoints in our largest metro areas.”
The Wichita Falls district includes Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties.
“Texas’ rapid growth reinforces the importance of investing in transportation to efficiently move both people and freight across our diverse state,” said TxDOT Executive Director Marc Williams. “TxDOT is working hard to not only build the new roads and transportation capacity Texas needs, but to maintain the more than 80,000 miles of roads and other transportation infrastructure under our care.”
Listed projects for the Wichita Falls district include the following:
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week.
The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — remains on its pad at Kennedy Space Center with an empty crew capsule on top.
The Space Launch System rocket will attempt to send the capsule around the moon and back. No one will be aboard, just three test dummies. If successful, it will be the first capsule to fly to the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago.
Proceeding toward a Saturday launch will provide additional insight, even if the problem reappears and the countdown is halted again, said NASA’s rocket program manager, John Honeycutt. That’s better “than us sitting around scratching our heads, was it good enough or not.”
“Based on what I’ve heard from the technical team today, what we need to do is continue to pore over the data and polish up our plan on putting the flight rationale together,” he said.
During Monday’s launch attempt, readings showed that one of the four main engines in the rocket’s core stage could not be chilled sufficiently prior to the planned ignition at liftoff. It appeared to be as much as 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) warmer than the desired minus-420 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-250 degrees Celsius), the temperature of the hydrogen fuel, according to Honeycutt. The three other engines came up just a little short.
All of the engines appear to be fine, according to Honeycutt.
The chilling operation will be conducted a half-hour earlier for Saturday afternoon’s launch attempt, once fueling begins that morning. Honeycutt said the timing of this engine chilldown was earlier during successful testing last year, and so performing it sooner may do the trick.
Honeycutt also questioned the integrity of one engine sensor, saying it might have provided inaccurate data Monday. To change that sensor, he noted, would mean hauling the rocket back into the hangar, resulting in weeks of delay.
Already years behind schedule, the $4.1 billion test flight is the opening shot in NASA’s Artemis moon-exploration program, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology. Astronauts could strap in as soon as 2024 for a lap around the moon and actually attempt a lunar landing in 2025.
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A retreating glacier helped solve the cold case of a 27-year-old who went missing in the Alps while hiking alone in 1990.
Hikers in the area where the man went missing had reported glaciers 'as soft as butter' back in 1990
The remains of a German man who went missing while hiking in 1990 were discovered near the mountain resort community of Zermatt, Switzerland. The area is home to the imposing Matterhorn peak, deep in the Alps.
Mountaineers discovered the body, along with hiking equipment on the Stockji glacier at the end of July.
Authorities then carried out DNA testing and confirmed this week that the remains were those of a 27-year-old from the town of Nürtingen, Baden-Württemberg.
Swiss police said that the shrinking of the glacier helped unearth the body of the man.
In an interview with The Switzerland Times, mountaineer Luc Lechanoine said he and a fellow climber, who were on a tour of the Stockji glacier, first spotted several colored things on a stone and became worried.
"It was clear to us that these things do not have a natural origin. So we decided to take a closer look at these items. So we went down, also to find out if there was still someone there and if we could help them," Lechanoine said.
They then found the equipment and the man's body near to it.
"The clothes were neon colored and in the style of the 80s," the hiker said, adding that the body was mummified and slightly damaged "but still complete."
The group descended to Zermatt where they provided police with a photo and the exact location, which helped authorities quickly retrieve the body.
The 27-year-old man was identified as Thomas Flamm who went missing in August 1990, while he was hiking alone, on a multi-day mountain tour in the Valais Alps.
He had set off from the mountain town of Chamonix, France, at the base of Western Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc.
Flamm's hike was supposed to conclude in Domodossola, Italy, where he was meant to meet a friend, but he never arrived at the destination.
Local newspaper Der Nürtinger Zeitung reported that the young man wrote two letters while hiking and shortly before his disappearance.
On July 29, 1990, Flamm wrote a letter to his grandmother to happily recount that he had climbed and hiked around Mont Blanc. His final communication was with his mother on August 1 and three days later she reported him missing.
It remains unclear what exactly happened, but the newspaper reported at the time of his disappearance that Flamm had excellent equipment and was a conscientious, experienced mountaineer.
Authorities launched an exhaustive search for Flamm, in the hopes of finding him alive. Swiss and Italian authorities cooperated in the rescue effort, Nürtinger Zeitung reported.
All campsites were searched and a helicopter with experienced mountain guides also combed the area. But hopes diminished over time, as a group of hikers of the German Alpine Club who had been in the location, roughly at the same time as Flamm went missing, saying that the glaciers in the area were "as soft as butter," the local newspaper reported.
By the end of the year, authorities gave up the search.
"It was clearly an accident," police spokeswoman Andrea Kopp said about the case, 32 years later, once DNA evidence confirmed Flamm's identity. "Our investigation is closed."
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DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Statement from Susan Estrich, spokesperson for Greg Lindberg:
Statement:
'Piling on' is what they call it when you have a weak case and what do you do? Pile on more charges – of something, from somewhere. In this case, the SEC added an even weaker case.
Only weeks ago, Greg Lindberg was released from prison because his fifth and sixth amendment rights were violated. He served 633 days in prison because of this wrongful conviction. But the government, instead of realizing its case had holes, or more likely because it does, came right back with the threat of more charges and more complaints.
So one day later, not so coincidentally, the SEC weighs in with its civil complaint after being shown millions of pages of documents to prove them wrong. They claimed no disclosure; we showed them actual disclosures. They claimed the companies weren't real; we showed them that they were. We showed them bank records to prove where the money went, and to prove that there was no private "piggybank" and that no policy holder ever lost a dime. We traced the money they couldn't trace.
When we showed them everything, they zeroed in on a handful of transactions representing less than 1.5% of that period's transaction volume across a global organization with $5.5 billion of assets under management. The SEC is bootstrapping one weak case to another, in the hope that their combined weight will count for more than they each do on their own. Mr. Lindberg intends to fight the false allegations that have been made against him, and to strengthen and support his insurance companies and the policy holders here in North Carolina.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, August 30, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
718 PM CDT Tue Aug 30 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT/930 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest Texas, including the following
counties, Culberson and Jeff Davis.
* WHEN...Until 1030 PM CDT /930 PM MDT/.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 718 PM CDT /618 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated heavy
rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5
and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen.
- This includes the following streams and drainages...
Herds Pass Draw and Cherry Creek.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Kent.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
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