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Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.
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Letters to the editor: On defending democracy
These letters published in the Sept. 11, 2022 print edition of the Las Cruces Sun-News.
A Union to protect democracy
The Union is an all-volunteer organization comprised of Republicans, Democrats and Independents. We pride ourselves on respecting each other, regardless of our differences, and we stay focused on our common purpose: Defend and promote our democracy which we worry is currently at risk by those who want to take away our freedoms and overrule our individual votes.The Union is a collection of volunteers, like you and me, who want to do something to help defend democracy. The Union exists to answer the question, “What can I do about it?” We partner with organizations that need volunteer help and then make those volunteer opportunities known to volunteers within The Union. Nationally, more than 59,000 have signed on including 346 from New Mexico.In New Mexico we are looking for people to help. Right now, we are mobilizing people to take part knocking on doors, conducting phone banking, showing up at rallies, writing letters to the editor, to be active on social media, and to do whatever it takes to stimulate pro-democracy voters. The Union is a flexible group, and we strive to do what needs to be done while working around people’s busy schedules.To accomplish our goal, we will sometimes need to convince each other to put principles above party. I’m personally excited about helping to build bridges and start repairing relationships which are often strained right now. This is such important work, and it feels like the country is depending on people like each of us to do it. We are not asking for money. We are asking for your energy.Do you share our concern about the future of our democratic republic? Can you help? Check us out at Jointheunion.us.
Jon Hill, Las Cruces
Support vocational high schools
I would like to add my support to John Foreman’s call for vocational high schools in New Mexico. We only need look at the apprenticeship program that Germany follows to see how successful such a program can be. I do not advocate the rigid academic channeling of the German system, but I do admire how well it works to recognize that young people have different skills and need to have this formally recognized.
A vocational high school path that teaches technical skills alongside academic courses would help keep young people, who might otherwise drop out, to stay in school, to the benefit of both themselves and society at large. To paraphrase John Gardner a bit: “We must have respect for both our plumbers and our philosophers, or neither our pipes nor our theories will hold water.”
Steve McLary, Las Cruces
Americans will pay for Inflation Reduction Act
This is in response to the letter from Nandini Kuehn,say "no" to Yvette Herrell. First, I'm an independent voter, and vote for who I think is best for all Americans not so party yes person. This lady talks about all the no votes from Rep Herrell, and yes most will be along party lines then there are some that are just bad for the average American. Let's discuss one of the bills the lady mentions, Inflation Reduction Act.
- $6.5 billion natural gas tax and $1.2 billion coal tax. Both will increase household energy cost.
- Corporate income tax hike on US businesses which will be passed on to the consumer.
- $124 billion stock tax which will hurt your nest egg — 401(k)s, IRAs and pension plans.
- 95% federal excise tax on American pharmaceutical manufacturers.
- $52 billion income tax hike on mid-sized and family businesses.
- $124 supersizing the IRS to increase audits.
Understand that virtually every single penny of this bill will ultimately be coming out of the consumer's pocket.
Think this November before voting.
George Metz, Las Cruces
Renters need protections, too
This letter is in response to Steve Montanez who supports landlords as property owners who only wish to protect their investment. I live next door to a rental house that has a frequent turnover. This latest time I asked for the former renters to show me why they wouldn't stay. There was a long list of things like a stove whose elements didn't work and faulty ventilation that caused respiratory problems and windows that are loose and no gasket on the refrigerator. The owner of the house, who lives in California, refused to fix anything.
Renters have little recourse. I thought there was a renters' bill of rights that landlords have to follow to make a property livable but apparently not. If they are willing to endure the conditions for a while, they might be able to get assistance from legal aid but …
This situation is very frustrating for all involved when bad landlords are allowed to flourish.
Janice Hoffman, Las Cruces
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India says it uncovers fraudulent shell companies with Chinese links
Indian authorities on Sunday said they had arrested a man who had masterminded the creation of many shell companies linked to China and appointed dummy directors to run the fraudulent businesses.
The latest arrest was part of a larger probe launched by the federal government's Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) against founders of shell companies used to conduct illegal transactions.
Earlier this month the government began cracking down on Indian entities that were providing fake directors to some shell companies linked to China.
The SFIO said it had arrested a man called Dortse, who was on the board of Jillian India Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jillian Hong Kong Ltd, and had raided multiple places to unearth the scam.
It did not describe the Chinese links of the shell companies nor disclose the nature of frauds allegedly perpetrated.
For directors of the several of the shell companies, Dortse would use the names of Indian citizens who had no education and worked in menial jobs, according to the SFIO.
The Indian Express newspaper reported that local police had arrested two directors of a company, including a Chinese national, for their alleged involvement in providing dummy directors to shell companies linked to China.
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USC scandals assume starring role in L.A. mayor’s race, with Bass, Caruso pointing fingers
At USC’s commencement ceremony in 2019, Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso marched across campus in crimson gowns, beaming at the thousands of soon-to-be graduates and their families.
Both alums of the private university, the congresswoman and the developer sat side by side onstage, laughing and flashing the two-finger salute known to USC’s legion of proud fans.
“We raise our two fingers whenever and wherever we see another Trojan,” Bass told the audience after receiving an honorary degree while Caruso, chair of the university’s board of trustees, looked on. “USC Trojans fight on until we change the world.”
Now, less than two months until election day, Bass and Caruso are waging a bitter and personal fight to become L.A.’s next mayor, attacking each other’s character and ethics, particularly when it comes to their alma mater.
Caruso has labeled his opponent “corrupt” for accepting a $95,000 scholarship from USC before pushing favorable legislation for the university. Bass has countered by tarring the businessman, a longtime trustee, for not being transparent about the findings of an internal investigation into a gynecologist charged with sexually abusing female students.
In the process, USC has become a punching bag, a bludgeon and a running thread in an increasingly acrimonious mayoral race.
The university’s central role in the campaign season is a testament to the scale of its influence on civic life and how deeply embedded it is in Southern California’s power structure.
“We’ve had mayoral candidates and we’ve had mayors who have had close ties to USC before,” said Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, chair of USC’s political science and international relations department.
But, she continued, the fact that “both campaigns are trying to kind of ding the other by touting their close relationships with USC as an association with scandals” is one of the more surprising aspects of the race.
“It’s regrettable that this is the backdrop for this political back-and-forth,” said Gloria Molina, who served on L.A. County’s Board of Supervisors. “But in the deepest issues of political corruption, they’ve been in the thick of it,” she said of USC.
For decades, Molina represented the district that includes USC’s health sciences campus and hospitals in Boyle Heights. She recalled how USC’s late president, Steven Sample, and his staff would lobby her office for control over L.A. County’s hospital and other land-use issues in her district.
“They have a political arm that’s very effective. They want to control the land around their facilities,” she said. “When they are dangling these favors on elected officials, it’s no different than developers providing funds.”
Molina pointed to her former colleague on the Board of Supervisors, Mark Ridley-Thomas, who is facing trial this fall for what federal prosecutors allege was a quid pro quo with a former dean of USC’s social work program, Marilyn Flynn.
Flynn is also facing bribery and fraud charges related to the alleged deal.
Prosecutors contend that Flynn helped provide a scholarship and employment at USC for Ridley-Thomas’ son in exchange for his father securing county contracts for the university.
Bass’ scholarship to get a master’s degree in social work while a member of Congress also came courtesy of Flynn.
The Times reported this week that federal prosecutors consider the circumstances of Bass’ scholarship “critical” to the Ridley-Thomas case — particularly an email from Flynn describing “the same” sort of scholarship-in-exchange-for-funding with Bass.
After beginning her tuition-free studies in 2012, Bass advanced legislation that would have resulted in USC and other private universities getting more federal funding.
Federal prosecutors have made no indication that Bass is under criminal investigation.
Prosecutors say L.A. mayoral candidate Karen Bass’ scholarship and her dealings with USC are ‘critical’ to a case about corruption at the university.
“She received a free scholarship simply because she was a powerful member of Congress,” Caruso said at a press conference Thursday. “This is corruption. This is dishonest, plain and simple.”
Caruso linked the scholarship to systemic graft plaguing City Hall and pushed for his opponent to release her communications with Flynn.
Meanwhile, Bass and her allies have sought to center the mall developer’s role as chair of USC’s board of trustees.
Caruso, who has repeatedly trumpeted his ties to USC as a positive on the campaign trail, took over as chair of the board after revelations of misconduct by gynecologist George Tyndall.
Caruso helped USC reach $1.1 billion in legal settlements with Tyndall’s alleged victims and overhauled the university’s leadership and governing structure. But in recent years, he backtracked on the release of an internal report on Tyndall, saying USC’s lawyers only gave oral briefings to trustees.
Minutes after The Times published its report on Bass last Wednesday, her campaign pushed out a 30-second ad slamming Caruso for “covering up” misconduct and depriving Tyndall’s victims of transparency.
“The real USC scandal we need to talk about is how he failed to protect these young women,” Bass said in a Thursday press conference.
Bass has remained quiet on USC’s many scandals for years, accepting her honorary degree from the university in the wake of the revelations about Tyndall.
The Times asked her campaign if she had previously spoken out about sexual misconduct at USC or taken actions on the subject. Her spokesperson did not address the questions.
Caruso called the ad “a desperate and dishonest attempt to distract” from her involvement in the federal corruption case.
It was a strikingly caustic tone from both candidates after a primary season where they largely avoided outright attacks on each other. Since Bass beat Caruso in the June primary by 7 percentage points, she has widened her advantage to 43%-31%, according to polls this summer.
But nearly a quarter of registered voters remain undecided — a pool that could shift the race in its final weeks.
Mayor Eric Garcetti taught at USC long before he moved into Getty House, and Antonio Villaraigosa worked at the university after his time as mayor.
But this year’s candidates have ties to USC that are more varied and deep than for others in the recent past.
Caruso was the first in his family to earn a college degree when he graduated from USC, and his children attended as well. He has donated millions of dollars to the school, where the Catholic Center and the otolaryngology department bear his family’s name.
Bass graduated from USC’s physician’s assistant program and later worked for the university. USC helped incubate the nonprofit she founded, Community Coalition, and she has maintained close ties with professors at USC, particularly in the social work program.
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Through Bass’ time in Congress, USC leaders have annually visited her on lobbying trips, and she has often lectured on campus.
“Elected officials have to pay attention to USC. You can’t ignore it. You can’t operate around it, even if it’s not in your district,” said Hancock Alfaro, the USC political science and international relations professor.
It is one of the largest private employers in the region, and its far-reaching tentacles, compounded by its vast and loyal alumni network, extend into sports, entertainment, tourism, hospitality and business.
The school has long held influence but has actively sought out a more prominent role in the city over the last 15 to 20 years, Hancock Alfaro said.
Darry Sragow, a longtime political strategist, attorney and USC adjunct professor, recalled a guest lecturing gig at the university alongside a former state senator who works at a USC think tank.
They met at an institute named after former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and stood outside the old office of former State Sen. Pro Tem and current City Councilman Kevin de León, a former fellow at the center — a mark of USC’s efforts to cultivate ties with political leaders.
“The fact that the school is drawn into a mayoral race between two finalists, both of whom have very significant relationships to the school, is just an inevitable result of all these factors that have come into play,” Sragow said.
The rise of USC and other universities in civic life has coincided with their push for global prestige while major corporations decamp L.A. or merge into conglomerates based elsewhere.
Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Cal State L.A. Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, noted “the decline of the kind of dominant downtown business sector as sort of setting a tone for the city.”
Among universities, UCLA and USC both occupy huge spaces in civic life, but USC’s is greater, he said, because of its growing physical footprint and its healthcare enterprise that stretches from Bakersfield to Newport Beach.
Last year during the decennial redistricting process, two L.A. City Council members dueled over who would represent USC’s main campus.
At the time, USC officials did not say whose district they preferred — only that the campus should not be divided.
That clash over redistricting, as well as the campaign barbs, have put USC in the awkward position of being talked about but largely unable to respond.
As a nonprofit, the university is legally barred from endorsing, supporting or opposing candidates for political office. But it is undeniably a political actor, current and former elected officials say.
The school has also long been a venue for political debates between local and statewide candidates and even hosted a mayoral primary debate this year. But it receded further from the race when senior administrators withdrew last month from hosting another debate between Caruso and Bass, citing security concerns, among other reasons
Caruso played a pivotal role in hiring USC’s president, Carol Folt, who has made decidedly neutral statements about the mayoral race.
Earlier this year, Folt struck an enthusiastic but circumspect tone. “We look forward to working with our next mayor and all our elected officials in the region,” she said.
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How to tell the difference between a journalist and a food influencer
There’s food content all over social media in the form of videos, photos, mukbangs and everything in between. Sometimes, it can be hard to tell who’s posting what. Did this post about a new restaurant come from a journalist, a food influencer or maybe just another gourmand?
Free food, getting paid to post and hundreds of thousands of social followers. A look into the world of food influencers.
Not all journalists are the same, but there are specific social media guidelines and ethics we follow at the Los Angeles Times. Here’s a guide on how to tell the difference between a Los Angeles Times restaurant critic and a food influencer:
- Los Angeles Times restaurant critics do not accept comped meals.
- Influencers do.
- Los Angeles Times restaurant critics do not announce when they are coming into a restaurant.
- Some influencers do.
- Los Angeles Times restaurant critics are purposefully discreet when taking photos at restaurants.
- Some influencers are discreet, some are not.
- Los Angeles Times restaurant critics visit a restaurant multiple times before a review.
- Some influencers do.
Two newspaper restaurant critics take some cues from food influencers but stick with traditional rules — like no free meals.
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Hugh Grant enjoys the star-studded F1 Grand Prix in Italy with his girlfriend Anna Elisabet Eberstein as he joins fellow celeb fans in the paddock
Hugh Grant seemed in high spirits as he arrived at the F1 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on Sunday.
The award winning actor, 62, cut a dapper figure in a grey blazer over a blue open collar shirt, navy trousers and brown shoes.
The star enjoyed the warm weather as he rocked a pair of black sunglasses as he walked around the paddock with his girlfriend Anna Elisabet Eberstein.
Dapper: Hugh Grant seemed in high spirits as he arrived at the F1 Grand Prix of Italy at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on Sunday with his girlfriend Anna Elisabet Eberstein
The Swedish TV producer looked effortlessly chic in a white mini dress which boasted black stitching and buttons.
She elevated her frame in a pair of black lace up wedges and carried her belongings in a woven tan bag.
Anna completed her look for the sporting day out wearing a large pair of rock sunglasses and styling her brunette tresses in loose waves.
All smiles: The award winning actor, 62, cut a dapper figure in a grey blazer over a blue open collar shirt, navy trousers and brown shoes
Looking good: The actor had VIP access to the team garages ahead of the race
Also making an appearance at the Grand Prix was celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and his daughter Holly.
The TV personality, 55, cut a casual figure in a black T-shirt and matching jeans which he teamed with a bright blue pair of trainers.
Gordon was all smiles as he walked hand-in-hand with his daughter, 22, before taking selfies with fans and signing autographs.
Loved-up: The Swedish TV producer looked effortlessly chic in a white mini dress which boasted black stitching and buttons
Chic: She elevated her frame in a pair of black lace up wedges and carried her belongings in a woven tan bag
Day out: Anna completed her look for the sporting day out wearing a large pair of rock sunglasses and styling her brunette tresses in loose waves
Amazing: Hugh was stopped by fans to sign his autograph and to pose for snaps
Meanwhile Holly looked incredible in a bright red mini skirt which she tucked a plain white sleeveless top into.
The influencer carried her belongings in a chic black backpack and completed her number with a pair of black Prada loafers.
Along with Holly, Gordon and his wife Tana are parents to Holly's twin Jack, 22, Megan, 23, Tilly, 20, and Oscar, three.
Family day! Also making an appearance at the Grand Prix was celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and his daughter Holly
Father and daughter dup: Gordon was all smiles as he walked hand-in-hand with his daughter, 22
Stunning: Holly looked incredible in a bright red mini skirt which she tucked a plain white sleeveless top into
Wow: The celebrity chef paused with Holly to greet fans and sign autographs
Making memories: The father daughter duo couldn't contain their smiles as they held hands in the summer weather
Like Gordon, Sylvester Stallone made a casual appearance at the F1 as he stepped out in a black T-shirt and blue jeans.
The actor and filmmaker, 76, showed off his greying locks and facial hair as he kept incognito behind a pair of dark sunglasses.
British racing driver Lewis Hamilton arrived ahead of the race looking relaxed as he zoned out listening to music in a double denim ensemble.
Famous faces: Like Gordon, Sylvester Stallone made a casual appearance at the F1 as he stepped out in a black T-shirt and blue jeans
Exciting: The actor and filmmaker, 76, showed off his greying locks and facial hair as he kept incognito behind a pair of dark sunglasses
The motorsports star, 37, cut a stylish figure in a pair of blue jeans, a matching denim jacket which he wore over a white round neck T-shirt.
The seven-time world champion qualified fifth for the race but was demoted to 19th having taken a penalty for his fourth power unit of a difficult season for him and his Mercedes team.
Each driver is limited to just three power units for the season.
Pre-race: British racing driver Lewis Hamilton arrived ahead of the race looking relaxed as he zoned out listening to music in a double denim ensemble
Double denim: The motorsports star, 37, cut a stylish figure in a pair of blue jeans, a matching denim jacket which he wore over a white round neck T-shirt and gold chain necklace
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Black pastor who was arrested by white police officers while watering the flowers of a neighbor who was out of town filed a federal lawsuit alleging the ordeal violated his constitutional rights and caused lingering problems including emotional distress and anxiety.
Michael Jennings filed the lawsuit Friday night against three officers and the central Alabama town of Childersburg requesting a jury trial and seeking an unspecified amount of money.
Jennings’ lawyers held a news conference outside the Birmingham federal courthouse on Saturday to discuss the lawsuit, and the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, and other groups planned a rally afterward at a downtown park.
“I’m here for accountability, and I’m here for justice,” Jennings told the news conference.
The suit alleged the actions of Officers Christopher Smith and Justin Gable, Sgt. Jeremy Brooks and the city violated rights protecting against unlawful arrest and guaranteeing free speech. He cited multiple continuing problems including post traumatic stress disorder and humiliation.
Childersburg city attorney Reagan Rumsey didn’t return an email seeking comment.
Jennings, 56, was arrested in May after a white neighbor called 911 and said a “younger Black male” and gold SUV were at a house while the owners — who are friends of Jennings and had asked him to watch their home — were away.
Jennings identified himself as “Pastor Jennings” but refused to provide identification to the officers, who arrested him on a charge of obstructing government operations after a 20-minute confrontation that included raised voices on both sides.
Filed in municipal court, the charge was dismissed within days at the request of the then-police chief. Jennings’ attorneys last month released police body camera video that was obtained following a records request to the city, located 55 miles (88 kilometers) southeast of Birmingham.
Benard Simelton, president of the Alabama branch of the NAACP, said the officers who arrested Jennings did “so many things” that weren’t in line with good community policing tactics.
“These poor judgment decisions reflect poorly on the type of training the Childersburg police officers receive … if they were acting in accordance within police guidelines,” Simelton said in a statement.
While Jennings could have filed a claim against the city seeking damages, attorney Harry Daniels said that wasn’t done because the arrest was well within the time frame allowed by law for a lawsuit.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Upon taking the throne in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world, many of them unwilling. Today, in the British Empire’s former colonies, her death brings complicated feelings, including anger.
Beyond official condolences praising the queen’s longevity and service, there is some bitterness about the past in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and elsewhere. Talk has turned to the legacies of colonialism, from slavery to corporal punishment in African schools to looted artifacts held in British institutions. For many, the queen came to represent all of that during her seven decades on the throne.
In Kenya, where decades ago a young Elizabeth learned of her father’s death and her enormous new role as queen, a lawyer named Alice Mugo shared online a photograph of a fading document from 1956. It was issued four years into the queen’s reign, and well into Britain’s harsh response to the Mau Mau rebellion against colonial rule.
“Movement permit,” the document says. While over 100,000 Kenyans were rounded up in camps under grim conditions, others, like Mugo’s grandmother, were forced to request British permission to go from place to place.
“Most of our grandparents were oppressed,” Mugo tweeted in the hours after the queen’s death Thursday. “I cannot mourn.”
But Kenya’s outgoing president, Uhuru Kenyatta, whose father, Jomo Kenyatta, was imprisoned during the queen’s rule before becoming the country’s first president in 1964, overlooked past troubles, as did other African heads of state. “The most iconic figure of the 20th and 21st centuries,” Uhuru Kenyatta called her.
Anger came from ordinary people. Some called for apologies for past abuses like slavery, others for something more tangible.
“This commonwealth of nations, that wealth belongs to England. That wealth is something never shared in,” said Bert Samuels, a member of the National Council on Reparations in Jamaica.
Elizabeth’s reign saw the hard-won independence of African countries from Ghana to Zimbabwe, along with a string of Caribbean islands and nations along the edge of the Arabian Peninsula.
Some historians see her as a monarch who helped oversee the mostly peaceful transition from empire to the Commonwealth, a voluntary association of 56 nations with historic and linguistic ties. But she was also the symbol of a nation that often rode roughshod over people it subjugated.
There were few signs of public grief or even interest in her death across the Middle East, where many still hold Britain responsible for colonial actions that drew much of the region’s borders and laid the groundwork for many of its modern conflicts. On Saturday, Gaza’s Hamas rulers called on King Charles III to “correct” British mandate decisions that they said oppressed Palestinians.
In ethnically divided Cyprus, many Greek Cypriots remembered the four-year guerrilla campaign waged in the late 1950s against colonial rule and the queen’s perceived indifference over the plight of nine people whom British authorities executed by hanging.
Yiannis Spanos, president of the Association of National Organization of Cypriot Fighters, said the queen was “held by many as bearing responsibility” for the island’s tragedies.
Now, with her passing, there are new efforts to address the colonial past, or hide it.
India is renewing its efforts under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove colonial names and symbols. The country has long moved on, even overtaking the British economy in size.
“I do not think we have any place for kings and queens in today’s world, because we are the world’s largest democratic country,” said Dhiren Singh, a 57-year-old entrepreneur in New Delhi.
There was some sympathy for the Elizabeth and the circumstances she was born under and then thrust into.
In Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, resident Max Kahindi remembered the Mau Mau rebellion “with a lot of bitterness” and recalled how some elders were detained or killed. But he said the queen was “a very young lady” then, and he believes someone else likely was running British affairs.
“We cannot blame the queen for all the sufferings that we had at that particular time,” Kahindi said.
Timothy Kalyegira, a political analyst in Uganda, said there is a lingering “spiritual connection” in some African countries, from the colonial experience to the Commonwealth. “It is a moment of pain, a moment of nostalgia,” he said.
The queen’s dignified persona and age, and the centrality of the English language in global affairs, are powerful enough to temper some criticisms, Kalyegira added: “She’s seen more as the mother of the world.”
Mixed views were also found in the Caribbean, where some countries are removing the British monarch as their head of state.
“You have contradictory consciousness,” said Maziki Thame, a senior lecturer in development studies at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, whose prime minister announced during this year’s visit of Prince William, who is now heir to the throne, and Kate that the island intended to become fully independent.
The younger generation of royals seem to have greater sensitivity to colonialism’s implications, Thame said — during the visit, William expressed his “profound sorrow” for slavery.
Nadeen Spence, an activist, said appreciation for Elizabeth among older Jamaicans isn’t surprising since she was presented by the British as “this benevolent queen who has always looked out for us,” but young people aren’t awed by the royal family.
“The only thing I noted about the queen’s passing is that she died and never apologized for slavery,” Spence said. “She should’ve apologized.”
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Prince William honored to be made Prince of Wales - statement
LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Prince William said he was honored to be made the new Prince of Wales when he spoke with Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford on Sunday, Kensington Palace said in a statement.
William was given the title, previously held by his father for more than 50 years, following the death of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth last week.
"The Prince acknowledged his and the Princess´s deep affection for Wales, having made their first family home in Anglesey including during the earliest months of Prince George´s life," the statement said.
"The Prince and Princess will spend the months and years ahead deepening their relationship with communities across Wales. They want to do their part to support the aspirations of the Welsh people and to shine a spotlight on both the challenges and opportunities in front of them." (Reporting by William James; editing by Michael Holden)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with readings of victims’ names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
A tolling bell and a moment of silence began the commemoration at ground zero in New York, where the World Trade Center’s twin towers were destroyed by the hijacked-plane attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Firefighter Jimmy Riches’ namesake nephew wasn’t born yet when his uncle died, but the boy took the podium to pay tribute to him.
“You’re always in my heart. And I know you are watching over me,” he said after reading a portion of the nearly 3,000 victims’ names.
Victims’ relatives and dignitaries also convened at the two other attack sites, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.
Other communities around the country are marking the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations. Some Americans are joining in volunteer projects on a day that is federally recognized as both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
More than two decades later, Sept. 11 remains a point for reflection on the attack that reconfigured national security policy and spurred a U.S. “war on terror” worldwide. Sunday’s observances, which follow a fraught milestone anniversary last year, come little more than a month after a U.S. drone strike killed a key al-Qaida figure who helped plot the 9/11 attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri.
It also stirred — for a time — a sense of national pride and unity for many, while subjecting Muslim Americans to years of suspicion and bigotry and engendering debate over the balance between safety and civil liberties. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and public life to this day.
And the attacks have cast a long shadow into the personal lives of thousands of people who survived, responded or lost loved ones, friends and colleagues.
More than 70 of Sekou Siby’s co-workers perished at Windows on the World, the restaurant atop the trade center’s north tower. Siby had been scheduled to work that morning until another cook asked him to switch shifts.
Siby never took a restaurant job again; it would have brought back too many memories. The Ivorian immigrant wrestled with how to comprehend such horror in a country where he’d come looking for a better life.
He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. It was too painful, he had learned, to become attached to people when “you have no control over what’s going to happen to them next.”
“Every 9/11 is a reminder of what I lost that I can never recover,” says Siby, who is now president and CEO of ROC United. The restaurant workers’ advocacy group evolved from a relief center for Windows on the World workers who lost their jobs when the twin towers fell.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden plans to speak and lay a wreath at the Pentagon, while first lady Jill Biden is scheduled to speak in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked planes went down after passengers and crew members tried to storm the cockpit as the hijackers headed for Washington. Al-Qaida conspirators had seized control of the jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles.
Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff joined the observance at the National Sept. 11 Memorial in New York, but by tradition, no political figures speak at the ground zero ceremony. It centers instead on victims’ relatives reading aloud the names of the dead.
Readers often add personal remarks that form an alloy of American sentiments about Sept. 11 — grief, anger, toughness, appreciation for first responders and the military, appeals to patriotism, hopes for peace, occasional political barbs, and a poignant accounting of the graduations, weddings, births and daily lives that victims have missed.
Some relatives also lament that a nation which came together — to some extent — after the attacks has since splintered apart. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, now see the threat of domestic violent extremism as equally urgent.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) on the 21st anniversary of the attacks of 9/11:
"On this September 11, it is important to note that the Biden administration has forgotten nearly every lesson learned on that tragic day. By loosening immigration inspections, border controls, document security, interior enforcement, and screening standards, America is no longer secure.
"The threat of state-sponsored radical Islamic terrorism is still a very clear and present danger, as we have been reminded in just the last few months. The stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the plot to kidnap former National Security Adviser John Bolton, and the attempted assassination of an Iranian dissident in Brooklyn remind us that our enemies understand our vulnerabilities and are prepared exploit them.
"As we remember the lives of the 2,977 people who were slaughtered 21 years ago, in part due to lax immigration enforcement policies, we must also recognize the even more massive loss of life going on right now as a result of the Biden administration's deliberate sabotage of border enforcement. Last year, under President Biden's watch, 36 times as many Americans, 107,622, died of drug overdoses – including 71,238 from the fentanyl that is pouring across a wide-open border.
"If we owe anything to those who died on this day 21 years ago, their families, first responders who rushed to the scenes of devastation at the Pentagon and World Trade Center, as well as the men and women who fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is to make sure that such events are never repeated on U.S. soil. Sadly, on September 11, 2022, it seems that many of the lessons of 9/11 are being forgotten."
ABOUT FAIR
Founded in 1979, FAIR is the country's largest immigration reform group. With over 3 million members and supporters nationwide, FAIR fights for immigration policies that serve national interests, not special interests. FAIR believes that immigration reform must enhance national security, improve the economy, protect jobs, preserve our environment, and establish a rule of law that is recognized and enforced.
Contact: Ron Kovach, Email: rkovach@fairus.org
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Key insider in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot seeks freedom
A star witness who testified against others in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor wants a judge to reduce his prison sentence and release him from custody
A star witness who testified against others in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor asked a judge Friday to greatly reduce his prison sentence and release him from custody.
Ty Garbin wants more than four years cut off his 6 1/4-year sentence for conspiracy. Prosecutors agree that a break is justified, but they're recommending only a three-year reduction.
The decision rests with U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker.
Garbin, 26, has been in custody for about two years since his arrest in 2020. He quickly cooperated with investigators and pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation home in northern Michigan.
He said the goal was to spark a civil war, known among right-wing extremists as the “boogaloo.” The FBI, which had agents and informants inside the group, stopped the plot.
Garbin testified at two trials. The first, last spring, ended with acquittals for Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta and no verdicts for Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr.
Fox and Croft were convicted at a second trial that ended on Aug. 23 in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“Mr. Garbin’s testimony was a key in refuting the defendants' assertions that they were framed or entrapped by the government,” attorney Mark Satawa said in a court filing.
He said Garbin's work isn't done yet: He's due to testify for prosecutors in separate but related cases filed against others in state court.
Federal prisoners routinely get credit for good behavior, which can shave months off a sentence. But Satawa noted that Garbin has been held in local jails because prosecutors need him nearby. As a result, he can't get that credit.
Kaleb Franks, 28, also pleaded guilty and testified for the government. He has not been sentenced yet.
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Queen's visit 'led to creation of Coventry Transport Museum'
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The creation of Coventry's transport museum owes a lot to the Queen's visit to the city in 1977, according to a local historian.
Paul Maddocks said he was involved in arranging the visit and "it threw Coventry into a bit of a panic".
A committee decided to present the Queen with a leather-bound book of Coventry's motoring heritage and arranged a display of cars.
Mr Maddocks said that got "everyone thinking" about a permanent display.
The Queen's visit, in her Silver Jubilee year, included a visit to the city's working men's club in Cox Street, which originally opened in 1862.
It had just been rebuilt and it was believed to be the monarch's first visit to a working men's club.
Mr Maddocks said he had worked "day and night" to prepare for the visit and the idea for the commemorative book of motoring heritage came from Peter Mitchell, Keeper of Industry at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum.
He said the Chamber of Commerce approached the museum after the Queen's visit and then started raising money to create a permanent transport exhibition for the city.
"The fact that the Queen came got everybody thinking about doing something," Mr Maddocks said.
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Ubisoft has revealed the first trailer for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, which follow a familiar face through a “tightly crafted, narrative-driven” game set in Baghdad.
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage will put players in the shoes of Basim Ibn Ishaq, a major character in 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. However, Mirage will be set roughly 20 years prior to the events of Valhalla, and follows Basim through his journey to becoming an assassin in 861 AD Baghdad.
A trailer for Mirage introduces Basim as a street thief who is saved from prosecution by an assassin. From there, he is inducted into the order and trained by his mentor Roshan, who is voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo.
Ubisoft has shared that Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be a “tightly-crafted, narrative-driven” game that will closer resemble the earlier Assassin’s Creed games. It will be “more driven and linear” than recent entries such as Odyssey and Valhalla, and will place more of a focus on stealth, faster parkour, and traditional assassinations.
Some of Basim’s tools are also displayed in the trailer, from a vivid red smoke bomb to a poison gas mine. Basim also has access to an eagle, which can be used for a birds-eye view of locations, and will be able to use Assassin’s Focus: a feature that allows players to slow down time and carry out multiple assassinations at once.
While no specific date has been announced, Assassin’s Creed Mirage is set to launch in 2023 and will be available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, PC and Amazon Luna.
Beyond Mirage, Ubisoft has also outlined what else is in store for the Assassin’s Creed series. That includes new downloadable content (DLC) for Valhalla, the next open-world entry going to feudal Japan, and a “very different” game with witchcraft imagery.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Some leaders in states with strict abortion bans say exceptions for rape or incest victims aren’t needed because emergency contraceptives can be used instead. But medical professionals and advocates for rape survivors say that while emergency contraception is a helpful tool, it’s not always foolproof, and getting access to these emergency measures in the short time frame in which they would be effective may not be realistic for someone who has just been assaulted.
Here’s a look at emergency contraceptives and what some people are saying.
WHAT ARE EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVES?
Emergency contraceptives are used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or if a method of birth control fails.
Two types of medications, sometimes referred to as “morning after pills," are available: levonorgestrel, known by the popular brand name Plan B; and ulipristal acetate, known under the brand ella. They should be taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex.
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The pills prevent ovulation, which is when an egg is released from an ovary, said Dr. Jonah Fleisher, director of the Center for Reproductive Health at the University of Illinois in Chicago. If an egg is not released, it cannot be fertilized.
ARE THEY THE SAME AS ABORTION PILLS?
No. Emergency contraceptives prevent a pregnancy. The abortion pill, mifepristone, ends a pregnancy after a fertilized egg has implanted in the lining of a woman’s uterus. It's commonly administered with the drug misoprostol and can be taken up to 11 weeks after the first day of a woman’s last period.
DOES EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION WORK?
Not 100% of the time. The pills' effectiveness improves the sooner they are taken after unprotected sex, doctors said. The drugs won't prevent pregnancies if they are taken before sex, Fleisher said.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Plan B for use up to 72 hours, or three days, after unprotected sex. Ella is approved for up to 120 hours, or five days.
Timing is important because sperm can live inside a woman’s body for up to five days, so a woman can still get pregnant if ovulation occurs after intercourse, said Dr. Dana Stone, an OB-GYN in Oklahoma City. If a woman has ovulated prior to intercourse, the pills are unlikely to help.
“So that’s where the failure comes in. It’s based on the timing,” Stone said.
A woman's weight also may play a role, though there is conflicting information on that. Guidance from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology says levonorgestrel may be less effective in women with a body mass index that's over 25. The organization says some research suggests ulipristal acetate also has lower effectiveness among women with a BMI that's 30 or higher.
However, the FDA found conflicting data and reached no conclusion in a 2016 review of the effectiveness of levonorgestrel in women who weigh more than 165 pounds or have a BMI above 25. The agency said additional research should be a priority.
Another form of emergency contraception, a copper intrauterine device, is seen as the most effective method, if inserted into a woman's uterus within five days of unprotected sex. Its effectiveness is not dependent on weight, Fleisher said.
A doctor or nurse must insert a copper IUD, which can remain in place for many years as a regular form of birth control.
Plan B can be purchased over the counter by anyone 17 or older, but younger people need a prescription. Ella requires a prescription.
WHAT DID THEY SAY?
Officials in some states, such as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and South Carolina state Rep. Doug Gilliam, point to emergency contraceptives as a reason abortion bans don't need exceptions for rape or incest.
During an Aug. 31 House debate, Gilliam said, in a hypothetical case of a 12-year-old raped by her father, the child would have “choices” and wouldn’t be “forced” to carry a pregnancy. Among them, he said, she could go to the hospital and get an emergency contraceptive, or go to the store and get one without a prescription.
Pressed by a fellow lawmaker on who would take the girl to the store to get the pill, he initially replied “The ambulance,” then corrected himself and said, “The hospital when she’s there."
In a follow-up interview with The Associated Press, the Republican lawmaker said he did not mean to suggest that an ambulance would take a girl to a store, but that if she were to go to the hospital, she would likely be offered emergency contraception.
“I don’t want anybody to think that I told you a 12-year-old that just been raped … is going to call an ambulance to go to a store,” he said. “I just let them know the options were out there, and one of them was emergency medical contraceptives.”
WHAT ABOUT RAPE VICTIMS?
Most rape victims don't report the crime to law enforcement, according to Jude Foster, advocacy medical forensic and prevention programs director for the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Many also may not go in for immediate medical care. Not everyone knows that emergency contraceptives are an option and part of a routine rape exam, or that such an exam is free.
“Why is sexual assault used as a political football when you are talking about access to reproductive care?” Foster said. “Please don’t. It just really frustrates me.”
Stone said the belief that a woman can just take Plan B if she is raped is misguided.
“We need all kinds of options for women because nothing is a one size fits all,” Stone said. “People have transportation problems, they have financial problems. There are always barriers to some percentage of women that will keep them from accessing this in the short time frame that they have.”
STATE LAWS
Several states have explicitly allowed for emergency contraception in their abortion laws.
Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma all have laws that ban abortion at all stages of pregnancy, and make no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. Arkansas’ and Kentucky’s laws explicitly say they don’t prohibit contraceptive measures if they are used before a pregnancy can be determined. Oklahoma’s abortion ban also does not apply to emergency contraception.
Abortion bans aside, the National Conference of State Legislatures says 21 states and the District of Columbia have statutes related to accessing emergency contraception, and 16 of them and the District of Columbia require hospitals or health care facilities to provide information about or administer emergency contraception to women who have been sexually assaulted.
Fleisher said emergency contraception does not replace the need for abortion care, and these issues should be between a doctor and patient.
"The people writing the laws don’t understand the choices that real people are making," he said.
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Schools have been looking for ways to support student mental health needs, and COVID relief dollars made a lot of that possible. We look at what that looks like one school in Oakland, California.
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Schools have been looking for ways to support student mental health needs, and COVID relief dollars made a lot of that possible. We look at what that looks like one school in Oakland, California.
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Shannon Bream to break tradition as anchor of 'FOX News Sunday'
A new era begins on Sunday when Shannon Bream debuts as the new, permanent anchor of "FOX News Sunday," but viewers can expect the tradition of hard-hitting questions to continue.
"What viewers can expect is what they've always gotten, which is hard-hitting, straight journalism, news of the day. We're going to talk to policymakers, we're going to press them for answers. I think that's what the American people want," Bream told Fox News Digital.
"They're sitting at home looking at Congress, looking at a lot of what happens here in Washington, giving complete thumbs down when it comes to polling numbers and approval numbers. So, we're going to press and ask the questions that I think folks at home are wondering, and not to be too wonky, but everything that's decided here in Washington does impact people at home… what happens here in Washington impacts the taxes you pay, the price for gas and foreign policy, everything," Bream continued. "I want to make sure that people have somebody asking their policymakers to account for what they're doing."
Veteran Fox News journalist Shannon Bream is the new anchor of "Fox News Sunday." (Fox News)
While viewers can expect Bream to grill lawmakers, she also intends to look outside Washington, D.C., and explore topics that aren’t traditionally covered by Sunday morning political programs.
"We're going to look at issues of culture and entertainment and sports and faith," she said. "I think where those things make sense on any given Sunday, we'll weave them into the show as well, because I think a lot of people do care what happens inside the beltway, but much of their life and the way that they live and what matters to them is outside the beltway, too."
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Bream doesn’t anticipate major changes to the program, but thinks dedicated viewers will notice a few minor tweaks "here and there," such as social media being integrated in some capacity.
The biggest difference will be the anchor, as Bream becomes the first woman at the helm in the program’s 26-year history — an achievement that the "FOX News Sunday" anchor has been thinking about since learning she landed the gig.
"I look back, and I think about the women I look to as pioneers in this business, people like Barbara Walters and Jessica Savitch and Lesley Stahl. And, you know, so many women that I could name that they laid such a path and fought through different battles, that I never felt like there wasn't anything I could do in this business because of them," Bream said.
"I look at people like Diane Sawyer and others and think about them and want to say ‘thank you’ to the legacy that they created," Bream said. "When this job came along, I don't think that anybody thought, ‘Well, is a woman ready for this? Is the right position for a woman? Should it be a man?’ Hopefully they were just thinking, ‘Who's the right journalist to fit this new role?’ So I'm really grateful for the path and those who came before me so that when I had this opportunity, that door was open."
The deeply religious Bream, who authored back-to-back titles about the lives of biblical women, believes her faith has helped put her in a position to achieve success as an interviewer.
"In doing my job, what my faith calls me to do is have respect for people, people who may disagree with me, with each other. I believe everybody's created in God's image, and He places enormous value on every single life. So, I think if you come to the table that way saying, listen, this person may feel totally differently about tax policy or immigration or foreign policy or anything else, but they deserve to be heard," Bream said, noting that her goal is always to provide viewers with a respectful conversation no matter how polarizing the topic is.
"Democrats and Republicans, I think that they know that there will be probing questions, but they all leave with the same message, feeling like it was fair and that they'll come back and have those conversations," she said. "So for me, my faith asks me to treat people with deep respect and to acknowledge their viewpoint, their position, and to try to move things forward in a way that is positive for people. And not simply about the loudest or most extreme voices getting all the attention."
Bream’s passionate fans might have pondered how she would balance attending church services with hosting a television show on Sunday mornings, but the "FOX News Sunday" anchor isn’t particularly concerned.
"As services go, luckily churches have so many different options — 11 a.m. 12 p.m., online. I found during COVID some amazing pastors and churches that I really enjoy watching their online sermons, too," she said. "So, I feel like I may worship in a slightly different way, but there are so many ways to do it now that I think they're all still be there."
Bream will also continue to be the network's chief legal correspondent in addition to anchoring "FOX News Sunday." She spent the past five years anchoring the popular weeknight program "FOX News @ Night," which will see a rotation of journalists serving as guest-anchor until a permanent replacement is named.
Between the show that kicks off at midnight on the East Coast, and her role as Fox News chief legal correspondent, Bream has essentially been working around the clock for quite some time, a schedule that has been even more frantic with all the attention on the Supreme Court in recent months. The self-proclaimed "night owl" insists she plans to go to bed before her current range of roughly 3 a.m. ET going forward, which she believes will help her professionally, too.
"It'll give me a little bit more balance as I continue to cover legal analysis in the Supreme Court during the week and all of the focus being on the heavy research, which I love to do, all throughout the week to get us ready for those deeper, more meaningful Sunday conversations," she said.
Shannon Bream's "The Women of the Bible Speak" was released in March 2021 and its follow up, "The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak," came out a year later in March 2022.
Bream has provided coverage of all major Supreme Court decisions for Fox News Channel since joining in 2007. A founding author of FOX News Books, she wrote "The Women of the Bible Speak," which was released in March 2021, and its follow-up, "The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak," which came out a year later. She also hosts the "Livin’ the Bream" podcast on FOX News Audio and wrote the 2019 book "Finding the Bright Side: The Art of Chasing What Matters."
Before joining Fox News, Bream held anchor gigs at local stations in Washington, D.C., and Charlotte, North Carolina, and served as a reporter in Tampa, Florida. She previously practiced corporate law specializing in race discrimination and sexual harassment cases.
"FOX News Sunday" is a one-hour live broadcast that airs Sunday mornings across the nation on FOX with an encore presentation on Fox News Channel in the afternoon.
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A 21-year-old youth, Mukesh from Devakottai, who waved a flag standing atop a railway engine was critically injured after being electrocuted as the flag pole touched the overhead power cable at Paramakudi railway station on Sunday.
Mukesh was among many persons who had come to Paramakudi to pay respects to Tyagi Immanuel Sekaran, on his death anniversary. Three youth had climbed upon the locomotive of Tiruchi-Rameswaram train.
A video clip going viral in the social media showed Mukesh frantically waving the flag without being aware of the overhead cable that was carrying 25,000 volts high power.
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As he waved the flag, its mast hit the overhead cable and he suffered electrical shock and was thrown to the ground. Another youth sustained minor injuries after falling on the ground, the police said.
Mukesh was rushed to Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai with severe burn injuries.
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Mourners streamed to the gates of Buckingham Palace in London to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday after she spent 70 years on the throne.
Passersby stopped to pay their respects, some shedding tears as they placed flowers to honor the only monarch that most Britons have ever known. One image captured by an Associated Press photographer showed a single red balloon with a black and white photo of the young queen hanging above hundreds of flowers.
From billboards to subway tunnels to nearly every newspaper's front page, the queen's image has been hard to miss.
On Saturday, Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stopped outside Windsor Castle to read messages left by mourners, while the streets were lined with people trying to catch a glimpse.
Earlier in the day, King Charles III was formally proclaimed sovereign of the United Kingdom, as officials unveiled details of the meticulously choreographed ceremonies that will culminate in the state funeral of his mother on Sept. 19.
On Sunday, the hearse carrying her flag-draped coffin began its journey from Balmoral, Scotland, to Edinburgh, where it will stay for 24 hours so the public can pay their respects. Members of the royal family will hold a vigil by the coffin in the evening.
The queen's coffin will be flown by the Royal Air Force to London on Tuesday and taken to Buckingham Palace.
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K.Y. Ahamed and Prabhu Arunagiri notched up a double each while Rohan Ramesh (Axor Sparks Racing) and Lani Zena Fernandez (RACR Castrol Power1) scored contrasting victories as the fourth round of the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2022 concluded at the Madras International Circuit, here on Sunday.
Ahamed, the winner of race one on Saturday, led a 1-2 finish for Petronas TVS Racing in the Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open category on Sunday while Arunagiri (Pacer Yamaha) ground out a thrilling win, his second of the weekend, in the Pro-Stock 165cc Open class.
The fifth and final round will be held from September 30 to Oct. 2 at the MIC.
Provisional results (all six laps unless mentioned):
National Championship: Pro-Stock 301-400cc Open (Race-2, 8 laps): 1. K.Y. Ahamed (Petronas TVS Racing) 15min, 12.117s); 2. Deepak Ravikumar (TVS Racing) 15:12.208; 3. Rajini Krishnan (RACR Castrol Power1) 15:22.655.
Pro-Stock 165cc Open (Race-2, 8 laps): 1. Prabhu Arunagiri (Pacer Yamaha) 15:46.872; 2. Rajiv Sethu (Idemitsu Honda SK69 Racing) 15:47.054; 3. K.Y. Ahamed (15:47.342).
Novice (Stock 165cc, Race-2): 1. Rohan Ramesh (Axor Sparks Racing) 13:06.392; 2. Sarvesh Balappa (Axor) 13:06.633; 3. P. Vignesh Goud (Private) 13:07.152.
Girls (Stock 165cc, 5 laps): 1. Lani Zena Fernandez (RACR) 10:58.104; 2. Jagruti Penkar (Axor) 10:58.298; 3. Jagathishree (Pacer) 11:05.958.
Idemitsu Honda India Talent Cup – NSF 250R (Race-2, 10 laps): 1. Kavin Quintal (18:25.485); 2. P. Mohsin (18:46.045); 3. Shyam Sundar (18:46.212).
Novice (CBR 150, Race-2): 1. Raheesh Mudassar Khatri (12:55.276); 2. Siddesh Sawant (12:55.991); 3. Rajender Beedani (13:12.555).
Hornet 2.0 (Support event, Race-2): 1. Allwin Xavier (13:30.607); 2. G. Balaji (13:31.402); 3. Romario John (13:31.405).
Petronas TVS One-Make Championship – Open (Apache RR 310, Race-1): 1. Rahil Pillarisetty (11:43.069); 2. P. Ananthraj (11:43.111); 3. I. Venkatesan (11:44.644). Race-2: 1. Rahil Pillarisetty (11:46.580); 2. P. Mohan Babu (11:49.351); 3. P. Ananthraj (11:49.353).
Rookie (Apache RTR 200, Race-2): 1. Chiranth Vishwanath (12:36.605); 2. R.S. Abdul Basim (12:44.161); 3. Shreyas Hareesh (12:52.597);
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The Union government seems to be contradicting itself on the number of health workers, including doctors, who died while fighting COVID-19 in the past two-and-a-half years.
In the reply to a query under the Right to Information (RTI) Act filed with New India Assurance Company Limited, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on September 8 that ₹487 crore had been disbursed as insurance compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) scheme to 974 health workers who died in the line of duty fighting the pandemic as on September 1. Under the scheme, ₹50 lakh is given to each health worker. The query was filed by K.V. Babu, Kannur-based ophthalmologist and RTI activist.
While replying to a specific query on the break-up of the figures, the company said on September 9 that 206 of them were doctors and the compensation paid was ₹103 crore. The other 768 health workers, including nurses, community workers and other staff, were paid ₹384 crore.
In another reply to an RTI query on August 2, the Ministry, however, had told the company that 445 beneficiaries had been compensated, as on date, under the scheme “for the doctors who died due to COVID-19”. The amount disbursed was ₹222.5 crore.
These numbers are different from the answers given by Union Ministers in Parliament earlier. Asked about the State-wise figures of doctors and health workers who have died since March 2020, Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, had told the Rajya Sabha on July 26 that “disaggregated data on deaths due to COVID-19 by profession or otherwise is not maintained centrally”.
Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, had told the Rajya Sabha on February 8 that ₹808 crore had been disbursed to 1,616 beneficiaries, including doctors, under the PMGKP till January 31.
The data collected by the Indian Medical Association, however, say that around 1,800 doctors succumbed to the infection — 757 during the first wave, 839 during the second wave and the rest later. “It is clear that the authorities neither have clear details about the doctors who succumbed to COVID-19 nor the total number of beneficiaries. It is a total mess,” Dr. Babu said on Sunday.
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Fans of Lea Michele hoping to finally see her singing and dancing in “Funny Girl” on Broadway will have to be patient.
The “Glee” actor has tested positive for COVID-19 — missing Saturday’s matinee and evening performance — and must now quarantine, slated to return to the show on Tuesday, Sept. 20. She only started on Tuesday.
The bittersweet comedy tells the tale of Fanny Brice, a Jewish girl from New York in the 1920s who went from burlesque to Broadway stages despite criticism that she wasn’t conventionally beautiful.
“Funny Girl” is a musical that celebrates the oddballs, the kooky and the misfits, with Jule Styne-penned gems of songs like “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star” and “People.” Barbra Streisand played her on stage and on film.
Julie Benko, who had been slated to play Fanny on Thursdays in the revival, will be performing the role now until Michele is back. Michele took over from Beanie Feldstein and said the role was a lifetime goal.
“We are so thankful to the entire ‘Funny Girl’ company, including our standbys, understudies, swings and everyone working on the production for their remarkable commitment to keeping the show going and ensuring audiences have a great experience at every performance,” the show said in a statement.
Starting in July, vaccine requirements for Broadway audience members were lifted and theatergoers had the option to wear a mask in all 41 of New York’s Broadway theaters.
One production, “The Kite Runner,” pushed back, asking audiences at Wednesday matinees and Friday night to mask up.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has lifted her state’s mandatory mask rules in schools and the subway. Face coverings are merely encouraged on buses and trains.
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Temperatures were downright chilly out there on Sunday morning! It definitely was a glimpse of fall. Spots like Colby were able to drop to the upper 30s, with 40s and lower 50s for the rest of us.
It will be a beautiful and sunny afternoon. This is a near-perfect day to get outside. Expect temperatures to stay below average for this time of year in the 70s. A few communities in southwest Kansas could bump up toward the 80 degree mark. Winds stay locked in out of the north.
High pressure is the dominant driver of our weather pattern for the upcoming week. This will keep abundant sunshine with low rain chances. Temperatures surge back strong as a late summer sizzles sets in place. Expect 70s turning back to mid 80s by Monday. This is only the beginning with mid 90s back by late week.
Our extended outlook is favoring hotter than average air into next week as well.
KSN Storm Track 3 Forecast from Meteorologist Warren Sears:
Wichita:
Today: Mostly sunny. Hi: 79 Wind: N 8-18
Tonight: Mostly clear. Lo: 53 Wind: N/S 5-15
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. Hi: 85 Wind: SW 8-18
Tomorrow Night: Mostly clear. Lo: 59 Wind: S 5-15
Wichita Weekly
Tue: Hi: 93 Lo: 65 Mostly sunny.
Wed: Hi: 93 Lo: 66 Mostly sunny, windy.
Thu: Hi: 92 Lo: 68 Mostly sunny, breezy.
Fri: Hi: 95 Lo: 66 Mostly sunny, windy.
Sat: Hi: 96 Lo: 66 Mostly sunny.
Sun: Hi: 94 Lo: 65 Mostly sunny.
-Meteorologist Warren Sears
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, September 12, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
759 AM CDT Sun Sep 11 2022
...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande at Castolon affecting Brewster County.
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande at Johnson Ranch affecting Brewster County.
Rio Grande below Presidio 5SE affecting Presidio County.
Rio Grande at Presidio International Bridge affecting Presidio
County.
.High flows coming out of the Rio Conchos and into the Rio Grande
over the next week is expected to result in considerable flooding of
the Rio Grande from Presidio downstream through Big Bend National
Park.
For the Rio Grande...including Presidio International Bridge,
Presidio 5SE, Castolon, Johnson Ranch...Minor to Moderate flooding
is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
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.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued Monday morning at 800 AM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande below Presidio 5SE.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet (2.7 meters), the river reaches minor flood
stage, and low lying areas begin to flood.
At 11.0 feet (3.4 meters), minor flooding continues along the
river. Irrigation pumps may need to be removed. No threats to
residences or other structures are known to occur.
At 13.0 feet (4.0 meters), the river reaches moderate flood
stage. Farmland near the river will be inundated. Water may
begin flooding low lying areas of FM 170.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 11.5 feet (3.5 meters).
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:15 AM CDT Sunday was 11.5 feet (3.5 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to 12.2 feet (3.7
meters) early Tuesday morning. Additional rises are possible
thereafter.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet (2.7 meters).
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
13.2 feet (4.0 meters) on 08/24/2022.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (feet):
Fld Observed Sun Mon Tue Wed
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1pm 1pm 1pm 1pm
Rio Grande
Presidio 5SE 9.0 11.5 Sun 7am 11.6 12.0 12.2 12.2
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (meters):
Presidio 5SE 2.7 3.5 Sun 7am 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Presidio International Bridge.
* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet (3.7 meters), the river reaches bankfull,
after which the flood plain between the levees begins to flood.
No damage is expected.
At 15.5 feet (4.7 meters), the river reaches minor flood stage,
and flooding between the levees occurs. No damage to structures
is expected.
At 20.0 feet (6.1 meters), the river reaches moderate flood stage,
inundating the plain between the levees. Erosion of the levees is
likely. Water may seep through the levees, flooding adjacent
farmland.
- At 7:15 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 19.5 feet (5.9 meters).
ending at 7:15 AM CDT Sunday was 19.5 feet (5.9 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to 20.1 feet (6.1
- Flood stage is 15.5 feet (4.7 meters).
18.9 feet (5.8 meters) on 09/03/2022.
Fld Observed Sun Mon Tue Wed
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1pm 1pm 1pm 1pm
Presidio Internation 15.5 19.5 Sun 7am 19.6 20.0 20.1 20.1
Presidio Internation 4.7 5.9 Sun 7am 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.1
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Johnson Ranch.
minor lowland flooding occurs, and no significant damage is
expected.
At 15.0 feet (4.6 meters), flood stage is reached. Moderate
lowland flooding begins. Roads that lead to Cottonwood Campground
and River Road may flood. Stages are practically synonymous with
the gage at Cottonwood Campground at Castolon (CSTT2), and
therefore represent the reach from Santa Elena Canyon through
Cottonwood Campground, where damage may occur. Cattle also graze
in the lowlands, and may be threatened.
At 19.0 feet (5.8 meters), the river reaches major flood stage.
Flooding begins to occur upstream in Cottonwood Campground at
Castolon, as stages at each location are practically synonymous.
Moderate lowland flooding begins at the gage site, but no damage
occurs. The gage is inaccessible, as River Road is impassable at
several locations.
- At 7:15 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 13.8 feet (4.2 meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow morning and continue rising to 17.2 feet (5.2
meters) Wednesday afternoon. Additional rises are possible
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet (4.6 meters).
15.7 feet (4.8 meters) on 09/03/2022.
Fld Observed Sun Mon Tue Wed
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1pm 1pm 1pm 1pm
Johnson Ranch 15.0 13.8 Sun 7am 14.1 15.3 16.2 17.1
Johnson Ranch 4.6 4.2 Sun 7am 4.3 4.7 4.9 5.2
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Castolon.
* WHEN...From Monday evening until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet (4.0 meters), the river reaches bankfull,
and no significant damage is expected.
At 15.0 feet (4.6 meters), the river reaches minor flood stage,
and lowland flooding begins. The river begins to flood the road
between Santa Elena Canyon and Cottonwood Campground in Big Bend
National Park. The river begins to flood the parking lot at Santa
Elena Canyon, and cut off the nature trail into the canyon.
Campers in Cottonwood Campground need to prepare for possible
evacuations.
- At 7:15 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 13.3 feet (4.1 meters).
late tomorrow evening and continue rising to 15.4 feet (4.7
meters) Tuesday afternoon. Additional rises are possible
15.1 feet (4.6 meters) on 09/04/2022.
Fld Observed Sun Mon Tue Wed
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1pm 1pm 1pm 1pm
Castolon 15.0 13.3 Sun 7am 13.7 14.7 15.3 15.4
Castolon 4.6 4.0 Sun 7am 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.7
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Testimony: School shooter’s home ruled by chaos
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Chaos reigned in the home where Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz grew up, testimony in his ongoing penalty trial has shown.
He and his half-brother Zachary tormented their adoptive, widowed mother, Lynda. By the time Cruz reached middle school in the early 2010s, the pair took their fists and baseball bats to the walls, leaving gaping holes. They destroyed televisions and carved gashes in furniture, witnesses said.
Zachary may have been two years younger, but he was bigger and stronger and relentlessly picked on his brother — one social worker remembered Zachary climbing atop a counter and stepping in Nikolas’ cereal as he ate.
Lynda Cruz called sheriff’s deputies to the family’s 4,500-square-foot (420-square-meter) home at least two dozen times between 2012 and 2016 to deal with one son, the other or both. Most calls were for fighting, destroying her property, disrespecting her or running away.
“Nikolas was very easily set off and I think Zachary derived some pleasure from pushing Nikolas’ buttons,” testified Frederick Kravitz, one of Cruz’s childhood psychologists. In turn, “they were very good at pushing (their mother’s) buttons.”
Nikolas Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to murdering 17 students and staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. His trial is only to decide whether he is sentenced to death or life without parole. The trial resumes Monday after a week off.
Lead prosecutor Mike Satz’s case was straightforward. He played security videos of the shooting and showed the AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle Cruz used. Teachers and students testified about watching others die. He showed graphic autopsy and crime scene photos and took jurors to the still blood-stained, bullet-pocked classroom building Cruz terrorized. Parents and spouses gave tearful and angry statements about their loss.
In an attempt to counter that, assistant public defender Melisa McNeill and her team have made Cruz’s history their case’s centerpiece, hoping at least one juror will vote for life. A death verdict must be unanimous.
The defense wants to show that from Cruz’s birth to a hard-drinking, crack-smoking Fort Lauderdale prostitute, he never fully received needed help even as he grew increasingly out of control.
And nowhere was that more apparent than in the home Roger and Lynda Cruz built in Parkland, an upscale Fort Lauderdale suburb. They adopted Nikolas at birth in 1998 and, in 2000, Zachary, who had a different birth father.
Lynda Cruz, who turned 50 shortly after adopting Nikolas, was a stay-at-home mom. Roger Cruz, then 61, owned a successful marketing business.
Lynda Cruz “had wanted a child, always wanted a child. So once she got Nikolas, she felt like her family was complete,” friend Trish Davaney-Westerlind testified. “He was a cute little baby. She would go and get him all these sailor outfits. She was just the happiest I ever saw.”
But by preschool, Cruz showed extreme behavior. Neighbors and teachers testified he hit and bit other children and didn’t socialize. He was anxious, fell when he ran and couldn’t use utensils. Nikolas started seeing psychiatrists and psychologists at age 3 and didn’t fully talk or become potty trained until 4.
At 5, just as Cruz entered kindergarten, he witnessed his father suffer a fatal heart attack in the family’s den. That left Lynda Cruz alone in her mid-50s with two sons who would have challenged a much younger couple.
Unemployed, she became paranoid about spending, keeping her air conditioners’ thermostats in the 80s (25 to 30 Celsius) and unplugging unused appliances. One friend said her monthly electric bill was $80, a fraction of what the owner of a large South Florida home typically pays.
She padlocked the refrigerator so her sons couldn’t eat without permission and kept it so poorly stocked neighbors gave her groceries.
Friends gave conflicting testimony over whether Lynda Cruz really was financially strapped or had wealth she didn’t want to spend.
In either case, she had expenses other parents didn’t. Cruz’s mental health treatments weren’t fully covered by insurance. He loved online, often violent video games, but hated losing - that’s what caused him to destroy TVs and damage walls. She sometimes locked his video game counsel in her car as punishment — and Cruz at least once broke a window to get it back.
“She was a little afraid of him,” neighbor Paul Gold testified.
Despite Cruz’s tantrums, Lynda Cruz told teachers and counselors he was gentle and loving, a mama’s boy. Friends testified that wasn’t wholly a facade — Cruz and his mother did have a strong, often affectionate attachment and she favored him over his brother.
Still, Zachary remained popular in the neighborhood while Cruz was the outcast — and not just with children.
Steven Schusler testified that shortly after moving nearby, his landlord called over the Cruz boys and pointed at Nikolas, then about 10.
“He’s the weird one, aren’t you Nicky?” Schusler recalled the woman saying. Cruz “curled up” and “looked like a snail when you put salt on one.”
But Cruz’s behavior was often strange and sometimes violent. When he was 9, a parent called police after he hit her child in the head with a rock. When his dog died after eating a poisonous toad, he went on a killing spree against the amphibians. At middle school, his outbursts disrupted classes and he plastered his homework with racist slurs, swastikas, obscenities and stick figures having sex or shooting each other.
Lynda Cruz became so overwhelmed in Cruz’s early teens, a social services agency was assigned to help. That’s what brought case manager Tiffany Forrest to the home. She said Lynda Cruz complained Nikolas wouldn’t bathe, so Forrest tried to explain to him the importance of hygiene. Cruz stood up, walked outside and jumped clothed into the pool. He then climbed out.
“I showered,” he told Forrest.
In the coming weeks, Cruz’s attorneys are expected to present testimony about his transfer to a school for students with emotional and behavioral problems, his time at Stoneman Douglas and call his brother to the stand. Zachary now lives in Virginia with two benefactors.
Their mother died less than four months before the shooting.
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AP writer Freida Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale contributed to this report.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When Annette Marchioli first adopted Gracie, a 4-year-old beagle rescued from the Envigo breeding facility, she was so timid and frightened that she was shaking and losing fistfuls of hair.
“She looked so pitiful and puny,” Marchioli said of the first time she saw Gracie. “Tommy DeSanto from the Richmond SPCA was carrying her in his arms. She was so tiny and timid. Her tail wouldn’t come out from between her legs.”
But after just a few days at her new family’s home in Henrico County’s Lakeside neighborhood, along with the help of new beagle brother Rocky, Gracie has grown “leaps and bounds,” Marchioli said.
“I thought it would take years for her to adjust, but in a matter of days, we saw her tail come out from between her legs. She wags her tail. She’s so loving and cozy. She’s the best cuddler,” Marchioli said.
Gracie is one of 4,000 beagles rescued in July from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding facility in Cumberland County.
Described as a “house of horrors,” Envigo housed thousands of beagles in inhumane conditions. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, authorities said they were kept in filthy conditions, fed moldy food and suffered from untreated medical issues. The dogs spent their lives in cages, never setting their paws on grass. Some beagles were euthanized without pain relief, and others were left for dead.
But in an “unprecedented case,” Envigo agreed to release 4,000 beagles from the plant and shut down operations. The U.S. government worked swiftly to transfer the dogs to the Humane Society of the United States, which has been working with shelters and organizations across the nation to place dogs and puppies for adoption.
In national news, even Prince Harry and Meghan Markle adopted a rescue beagle named Mia from the Virginia breeding facility.
In the Richmond area, Envigo beagles have arrived at the Richmond SPCA, Richmond Animal Care and Control, Powhatan County Animal Control, the Fredericksburg Regional SPCA and Green Dogs Unleashed, just to name a few.
Richmond Animal Care and Control has received 84 beagles to date, and the shelter has 41 dogs left in late August. Moms and puppies are currently in foster care, with the puppies waiting to be old enough to be put up for adoption, which is typically around eight weeks.
“A lot of the puppies we received in July were literally just a day old,” said Robin Young, a spokesperson for RACC. Once the puppies hit eight weeks, they’re ready to be weaned, get vaccinated and be scheduled to be spayed or neutered, Young said.
RACC said the shelter will post the dogs on social media when they are available for adoption with directions on how to apply.
Homeward Trails, a rescue based in Alexandria, was one of the first Virginia shelters to receive roughly 500 beagles from the Envigo facility.
“The first night after we announced we’d have some of the beagles, I woke up to over 1,000 emails. And that continued every day for three weeks. I was getting emails from people as far away as Australia and Puerto Rico wanting to adopt these dogs,” said Sue Bell, executive director for the shelter.
Bell said that like the experience of Annette Marchioli and her husband, Ron Stilwell, with Gracie, the adult beagles are often shy and timid at first, but they quickly adapt.
“The most rewarding thing is to watch them put their feet on grass for the first time — watching their little brains start to process, put their noses to the ground and run. They were running and leaping like deer. They had never done it before,” Bell said.
Homeward Trails gave the dogs a “spa day” and their first baths. That was followed by a Netflix night, where they called in volunteers to sit and watch “Homeward Bound,” and snuggle with the beagles in their new beds.
“I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and it was absolutely one of the best nights of my life,” Bell said.
She estimates that the shelter has spent $1,000 per beagle from Envigo to prepare the dogs for adoption. Those costs go to vaccines, spay/neuter, heartworm and medical treatment, and dental care.
“The dogs came to us with horrific teeth. Every dog required dental cleaning or extraction, which runs $300 to $800,” Bell said. All of those beagles have since been placed for adoption.
Some of the adult beagles have problems with house training, walking on a leash or going up and down stairs. But shelters are encouraging new homeowners to be patient.
“We still have some issues with Gracie. She seems to be really worried about food: getting it and protecting it,” Marchioli said. “She still has accidents in the house, but we’ve only had her for two weeks. The positives so outweigh anything else.”
Christi Hast and her husband, Justin, adopted a 3-year-old beagle named Dita from the Richmond SPCA to join their “pack” of three other rescue beagles and hound dogs.
“She’s an amazing dog, very happy and fun, so easygoing, really sweet and snuggly. She’s super confident, not shy at all,” Christi Hast said. Like many of the adult dogs from Envigo, Dita has a green, six-letter serial number tattooed inside one of her ears.
“I know a lot of people want the puppies, but I think it’s important not to forget the mama dogs. They’re really wonderful, sweet pets,” Christi Hast said.
She and her husband live in Gum Spring in Goochland County with plenty of property for the dogs to roam and play. “I think having the other dogs around has helped her blossom,” she said.
“This is truly an unprecedented case and one of the largest dog rescue efforts ever coordinated,” Bell said. “To know that these dogs will get to have the lives they deserve and not languish in cages for the rest of their lives is just so rewarding.”
Another positive is that the public is learning more about how beagles are used in medical research. Envigo is the second-largest producer of dogs for medical research, and breeds roughly 25% of the beagles used in medical and drug research in the U.S., according to the Los Angeles Times.
“I’ve had so many people tell me they didn’t know that beagles were used for medical research,” Bell said. “We’re hoping to harness this momentum and educate the public.”
And while interest in the Envigo beagles remains high, Richmond shelters — and rescue dog owners like Hast — urge future pet owners to consider adopting one of the thousands of dogs available at area shelters.
“Many thousands more dogs find themselves homeless for any other number of unrelated reasons but are nevertheless in need of good homes,” said Tamsen Kingry, CEO of the Richmond SPCA. “Visiting a shelter or rescue in search of your next pet is always the best decision you can make.”
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A few days before middle school teacher Shaun Nielsen joined a work group to develop South Dakota's social studies standards, he got a thick package in the mail.
Sent from Hillsdale, Michigan, home to a conservative private college enjoying outsize influence among top Republicans, it contained materials that would ultimately form what the state's public schools students could be expected to learn about American history and civics.
“Whoa -- these are already written,” Nielsen remembers thinking as he opened the document this spring.
Hillsdale College, which has sought in recent years to “revive the American tradition of K-12 education” by fostering a nationwide network of schools, won new prominence when then-President Donald Trump tapped the school to help develop a “patriotic education” project. Now, in a sign of Hillsdale's growing influence in public education, South Dakota has proposed statewide standards that contain distinct echoes of Hillsdale's material.
While Republican governors such as Tennessee’s Bill Lee and Florida’s Ron DeSantis have embraced Hillsdale’s education for K-12 students, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been perhaps the most enthusiastic. Larry Arrn, the school's president, even said in a speech last year that Noem had “offered to build us an entire campus in South Dakota.”
That doesn't appear to be in the works. But it was Noem, widely seen as a 2024 White House hopeful, who turned to former Hillsdale politics professor William Morrisey to develop the state’s social studies standards. The state paid him $200,000, and he tapped Hillsdale’s material, according to members of the standards commission.
The college played an integral part in Trump's “1776 Report," a conservative response to work like the New York Times' “1619 Project," which re-examined the founding of the United States with the institution of slavery at the center. Hillsdale followed up by producing “The Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum,” which offers nearly 2,400 pages of lesson plans on American history.
South Dakota’s proposed standards released in mid-August align with the “1776 Curriculum.” Both emphasize the ideals of the country’s founders as an argument for American exceptionalism — an idea popular in conservative circles that the U.S. is uniquely worthy of universal praise.
The documents both define patriotism similarly, as preserving the “good” of the country while correcting its flaws. They teach that progressivism conflicts with the nation's founding ideals, and assert that most of the founders — including such slave owners as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison — wanted to end slavery.
Morrisey declined an interview, and Hillsdale did not grant a request to interview a member of its K-12 Education Office.
Noem's administration referred questions to Ben Jones, who oversees the South Dakota Historical Society and worked on the commission to develop the standards. Jones defended the scholarship at Hillsdale as respected in higher education and said Morrisey brought the commission a “generic” version of U.S. history that could be found in most textbooks.
“Frankly, it’s a logical fallacy to say that something is bad because it’s associated with this group that I don’t agree with over this other thing,” he said of criticism of Hillsdale.
Jones pointed out that Morrisey’s draft included descriptions of how the first Africans were enslaved and brought to the colonies and how the U.S. broke treaties with Native American tribes.
“The good, the bad, the ugly was all there,” he said.
Jones added that the group discussed and debated the standards over several meetings and by the end, “my sense was that we all made this very much our own.”
When Noem's administration formed the 15-person commission, it chose three people, including Nielsen, currently certified to teach in South Dakota public schools. The group decided which grade levels should learn the standards and added South Dakota and Native American components to the proposal, Nielsen said.
As the proposal became public last month, Nielsen said he felt conflicted. He said he is a conservative but is careful to separate his political opinions from his classroom teaching. He said he agreed with Noem's desire to make South Dakota a national leader in social studies education and even with much of the content it covered.
Ultimately, he said, he decided to speak out against the standards because they didn't originate with South Dakota educators.
“The ‘1776 curriculum’ -- it’s pretty much close to that," he said.
“When you’re handed a set of standards to approve, it’s not a collaborative process at all,” he added. The standards, he worried, were not written with the practical needs of a classroom in mind.
Prominent voices among South Dakota educators agree. The standards — which will be subjected to public hearings this fall before the governor-appointed Board of Education Standards decides whether to adopt them — have been greeted coolly by organizations representing teachers, school boards and school administrators.
“It’s coming from a private, out-of-state college," said Tim Graf, the superintendent of Harrisburg School District outside Sioux Falls. "I just don’t want it to be political in any way.”
Jennifer Lowery, the superintendent at Tea Area School District, worried teachers for younger grade levels would have to spend more time on social studies at the expense of foundational skills like basic math and reading.
“We’re not stomping our feet because our feelings got hurt or our profession was disrespected,” she said. “You’re hearing the outcry because this isn’t what’s best for our kids.”
Several educators said the standards rely too much on memorization and too little on inquiry-based learning that teaches students to question and analyze. Jones, the state historian, countered that memorization at younger grade levels will pave the way for analysis later.
Stephen Jackson, a history professor at the University of Sioux Falls, said that runs counter to criteria for state standards from the American Historical Society, which says inquiry engages students and helps them connect historical events to modern contexts.
Jackson was part of a group that created social studies standards last year, only to have its work scrapped by the governor. As conservatives began pushing back against historical analyses that argued racism and U.S. history are inextricably intertwined, Noem called for teaching how the “U.S. is the most special nation in the history of the world.”
Noem said the new standards are the best in the nation, calling them “a true, honest, and balanced approach to American history that is not influenced by political agendas.” Hillsdale College used similar language when it launched its curriculum.
Jonathan Zimmerman, an education historian at the University of Pennsylvania, suggested high school students could benefit from analyzing the “1619 Project” alongside the Trump administration's “1776 Report” and learning how to evaluate and debate them. That's unlikely in South Dakota, since Noem has moved to block teachings like the “1619 Project” from public schools.
“People like Kristi Noem are correct when they say that the fundamental narrative of America is under challenge like never before,” Zimmerman said. “I just think it's a good challenge.”
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Good Sunday morning everyone! We’re waking up to quite chilly conditions across northern and eastern NM with temps in the upper 40s to the lower 50s! So grab those sweatshirts before heading out the door.
Las Vegas and other areas across eastern NM are seeing foggy conditions given all the moisture in place. The fog reduced visibility significantly in these areas. Otherwise, mainly cloudy skies and cooler temps are common this morning for the east half as the front pushes through. We’ll see more scattered afternoon showers and storms especially near the Continental Divide.
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Highs for Sunday will range nearly 10-15° below average east, 5-10° below average central, and near average west. This puts the ABQ metro in the upper 70s, where parts of the east won’t climb out of the 60s.
Monday through midweek will feature more moisture in place from remnants of Tropical Storm Kay. So this means scattered afternoon storms over the higher terrain. The storms eventually make their way west to east Tuesday into Wednesday giving a general rain to the whole state before exiting. Much drier air arrives Thursday into next weekend. Temperatures will warm into the upper 80s at this time.
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Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Remix Wouldn’t Be Here Without Peter Jackson
Not long ago, producer Giles Martin wasn't sure four-track-era Beatles albums like Revolver could be properly remixed. The tech, he said then, wasn't there yet.
"That's a good example of, 'How do we do that?'" Martin told Rolling Stone in 2021. "How do I make sure that John [Lennon] or Paul [McCartney]'s vocal isn't just in the right-hand speaker, but also make sure that his guitar doesn't follow him if I put it in the center?"
Martin tried earlier versions of separation software when completing 2016's remix of The Beatles: Live at the Hollywood Bowl, another album originally produced by his father George Martin that had guitars and voices on the same track. But Giles didn't feel the tech was advanced enough to make similar updates within a studio recording's quieter, more controlled setting.
Then came The Beatles: Get Back. Peter Jackson was handed hours of additional footage from the production of 1970's movie version of Let It Be, but much of it was ultimately unusable because of sound issues. So, the director developed an automated-learning process for his WingNut Films Productions with an audio team led by Emile de la Rey.
Suddenly, whispered asides originally filmed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg could be heard. Offhandedly recorded practice sessions could be cleaved into a broad stereo spectrum.
"So what John and George [Harrison] used to do is, if they were in a conversation, they would turn their amps up loud and they'd strum the guitar," Jackson told Guitar Magazine in 2021. "They'd just be strumming, not playing anything, no tune. So, all Michael's microphones were recording was this loud guitar, but you'd see the Beatles talking, having some private chat.
"What we've been able to do with computer technology and artificial intelligence-based technology is we've been able to strip the guitars off now," Jackson added, "and expose the private conversations that they had."
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Jackson was also able to include stunning footage of rehearsals from Twickenham Studios that had previously existed only in unmixed mono form. Martin zeroed in on those musical advancements, which would be critical to continuing the Beatles' remixed and expanded album series further back into the '60s.
"There's no one who's getting audio even close as to what Peter Jackson's guys can do," Martin told Rolling Stone, in an interview published on the day his long-awaited remix of Revolver was announced. "The simplest way I can explain it: It's like you giving me a cake, and then me going back to you about an hour later with flour, eggs, sugar – and all the ingredients to that cake haven't got any cake mix left on them."
Dubbed "demixing," this breakthrough involves teaching a computer program to recognize individual instruments so that they can be isolated. "In fact, we taught the computer what John sounds like and what Paul sounds like," Jackson told Variety in 2021.
"So we can take these mono tracks and split up all the instruments so we can just hear the vocals, the guitars," Jackson added. In the film-editing room, "you see Ringo [Starr] thumping the drums in the background but you don't hear the drums at all. That allows us to remix it really cleanly."
Martin ended up facing one final obstacle: Jackson's demixing technology was still proprietary. Luckily, they share a certain musical passion.
"They won't let anyone else use it — they may do it eventually – but Peter's such a big Beatles fan, he's willing to help out," Martin told Rolling Stone. "I quite like that in a way, that the Beatles are still using technologies that no one else is using. It's really groundbreaking."
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Matthew McKay threw for 230 yards and three touchdowns and Elon stifled Wofford 26-0 on Saturday.
McKay threw scores of 3 and 6 yards to Jackson Parham and connected on a 27-yarder to Jordan Bonner for Elon (1-1).
The Terriers managed just 128 yards of offense. Wofford now has been outscored 57-0 and collected just 358 yards of offense in its first two games. Wofford hadn't been shut out since the 2016 season when it was blanked three times.
It was the 40th meeting between the two programs in a series that now has been played for a century. Wofford (0-2) owns the series advantage 28-12.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) on the 21st anniversary of the attacks of 9/11:
"On this September 11, it is important to note that the Biden administration has forgotten nearly every lesson learned on that tragic day. By loosening immigration inspections, border controls, document security, interior enforcement, and screening standards, America is no longer secure.
"The threat of state-sponsored radical Islamic terrorism is still a very clear and present danger, as we have been reminded in just the last few months. The stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the plot to kidnap former National Security Adviser John Bolton, and the attempted assassination of an Iranian dissident in Brooklyn remind us that our enemies understand our vulnerabilities and are prepared exploit them.
"As we remember the lives of the 2,977 people who were slaughtered 21 years ago, in part due to lax immigration enforcement policies, we must also recognize the even more massive loss of life going on right now as a result of the Biden administration's deliberate sabotage of border enforcement. Last year, under President Biden's watch, 36 times as many Americans, 107,622, died of drug overdoses – including 71,238 from the fentanyl that is pouring across a wide-open border.
"If we owe anything to those who died on this day 21 years ago, their families, first responders who rushed to the scenes of devastation at the Pentagon and World Trade Center, as well as the men and women who fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is to make sure that such events are never repeated on U.S. soil. Sadly, on September 11, 2022, it seems that many of the lessons of 9/11 are being forgotten."
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A queen and her corgis: Elizabeth loved breed from childhood
LONDON (AP) — For many people around the world, the word corgi is forever linked to Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Diana once called them a “moving carpet” always by her mother-in-law’s side. Stubby, fluffy little dogs with a high-pitched bark, corgis were the late queen’s constant companions since she was a child. She owned nearly 30 throughout her life, and they enjoyed a life of privilege fit for a royal pet.
Elizabeth’s death last week has raised public concerns over who will care for her beloved dogs. Some speculate they will be sent off to live with other royal family members, while others say this task might be given to palace staff.
“One of the intriguing things people are wondering about at the funeral is whether a corgi is going to be present,” said Robert Lacey, royal historian and author. “The queen’s best friends were corgis, these short-legged, ill tempered beasts with a yap that doesn’t appeal to many people in Britain, but was absolutely crucial to the Queen.”
Elizabeth’s love for corgis began in 1933 when her father, King George VI, brought home a Pembroke Welsh corgi they named Dookie. Images of a young Elizabeth walking the dog outside their lavish London home would be the first among many to come over the decades.
When she was 18 she was given another and named it Susan, the first in a long line of corgis to come. Later there were dorgis — a dachshund and corgi crossbreed — owned by the queen. Eventually they came to accompany her in public appearances, and became part of her persona.
Throughout Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne, the corgis were by her side, accompanying her on official tours, reportedly sleeping in their own room at Buckingham Palace with daily sheet changes, and occasionally nipping the ankles of the odd visitor or royal family member.
Three of them even appeared alongside the queen as she climbed into James Bond’s waiting helicopter in the spoof video that opened the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
British author Penny Junor documented their feisty lives in a 2018 biography “All the Queen’s Corgis.”
She writes that Elizabeth walked and fed the dogs, chose their names and when they died, buried them with individual plaques. Care for the corgis had fallen largely on the queen’s trusted dressmaker and assistant Angela Kelly and her page Paul Whybrew.
The corgis were also present when the queen welcomed visitors at the palace, including distinguished statesmen and officials. When the conversation lulled, Elizabeth would often turn her attention to her dogs to fill the silence.
“She was also concerned about what would happen to her dogs when she is no longer around,” Junor wrote, noting that some royal family members did not share her fondness for the corgis.
After the death of her corgi Willow in 2018, it was reported that the queen would not be getting any more dogs.
But that changed during the illness of her late husband, Prince Philip, who died in 2021 at age 99. She turned once again to her beloved corgis for comfort. In the spring, on what would have been Philip’s 100th birthday this year, the queen was given another dog.
In addition to her human family, Elizabeth is survived by two corgis, a dorgi, and a cocker spaniel.
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TORONTO (AP) — Marsha Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s who worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist, has died. She was 104.
Hunt, who appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, died Wednesday at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, said Roger Memos, the writer-director of the 2015 documentary “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity.”
A Chicago native, she arrived in Hollywood in 1935 and over the next 15 years appeared in dozens of films, from the Preston Sturges comedy “Easy Living” to the adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” that starred Olivier and Greer Garson.
She was well under 40 when MGM named her “Hollywood’s Youngest Character Actress.” And by the early 1950s, she was enough of a star to appear on the cover of Life magazine and seem set to thrive in the new medium of television when suddenly “the work dried up,” she recalled in 1996.
The reason, she learned from her agent, was that the communist-hunting Red Channels publication had revealed that she attended a peace conference in Stockholm and other supposedly suspicious gatherings. Alongside Hollywood stars Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart and Danny Kaye, Hunt also went to Washington in 1947 to protest the House Un-American Activities Committee, which was conducting a witch hunt for communists in the film industry.
“I’d made 54 movies in my first 16 years in Hollywood,” Hunt said in 1996. “In the last 45 years, I’ve made eight. That shows what a blacklist can do to a career.”
Hunt concentrated on the theater, where the blacklist was not observed, until she began occasionally getting film work again in the late 1950s. She appeared in the touring companies of “The Cocktail Party,” “The Lady’s Not for Burning” and “The Tunnel of Love,” and on Broadway in “The Devil’s Disciple,” “Legend of Sarah″ and “The Paisley Convertible.”
Marcia Virginia Hunt (she changed the spelling of her first name later) was born in Chicago and grew up in New York City, daughter of a lawyer-insurance executive and a voice teacher. Slender and stylish, with a warm smile and large, expressive eyes, Hunt studied drama and worked as a model before making her film debut.
An early marriage to director Jerry Hopper ended in divorce. In 1948 she married film writer Robert Presnell Jr., and they had one daughter, who died soon after her premature birth. Her husband died in 1986.
Hunt’s first movie was 1935′s “The Virginia Judge.” She went on to play demure roles in a series of films for Paramount, including “The Accusing Finger” and “Come on Leathernecks,” but, as she told The Associated Press in 2020, she was tired of “sweet young things” and begged for more substantial work.
Hollywood proved a painful education. In “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity,” she remembered almost getting the part of Melanie Wilkes in “Gone with the Wind,” even being assured by producer David O. Selznick. Within days, Olivia de Havilland was announced as the actor who would play Melanie for the 1939 epic.
“That’s the day I grew up,” Hunt said in the documentary. “That’s the day I knew I could never have my heart broken again by this profession of acting.”
She left Paramount for MGM around the time of “Gone with the Wind” and had lead or supporting roles in “These Glamour Girls,” “Flight Command” and “The Human Comedy” among other movies.
“MGM was sheer magic,” she recalled in a 2007 Associated Press interview. “When I arrived at the studio for a one-day role, they parked my car. I went on the set and found a director’s chair with a sign on it, ‘Miss Hunt.’ Another sign was on my dressing room.
“I said to myself, ‘Any studio that treats a one-day player that way, really knows how to make pictures.’ They won my loyalty.”
Work unraveled quickly after she openly embraced liberal causes, such as joining the 1947 protest against congressional hearings on the reputed communist influence in Hollywood.
“I was never a communist or even interested in the communist cause,” she declared in 1996. “I was a political innocent defending my industry.”
With a couple of exceptions, such as producer Stanley Kramer’s 1952 family comedy “The Happy Time,” she was unseen on the big screen for most of the 1950s. She later appeared in many TV series, including “My Three Sons,” “Matlock,” “All in the Family” and “Murder, She Wrote.”
She remained vigorous and elegant in old age. In 1993, she put out “The Way We Wore: Styles of the 1930s and ’40s and Our World Since Then,” a lavishly illustrated book of the fashions during her Hollywood heyday.
A lifelong political activist, Hunt had a brush with terror in 1962 when she took part in a forum on right-wing extremists and two other participants’ homes were damaged by homemade bombs the very same evening.
“The ashen-faced actress said her home probably escaped the bomb attack only because the terrorists were unable to find out where she lived,” the Los Angeles Times reported. Police were sent to guard her home.
More recently, she helped create a refuge for the homeless in Los Angeles’ Sherman Oaks neighborhood, where she lived and was feted with the title honorary mayor.
Looking back on her activist years, Hunt remarked in 1996: “I never craved an identity as a figure of controversy. But having weathered it and found other interests in the meantime, I can look back with some philosophy.”
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This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of Humphrey Bogart’s first name.
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HOUSTON — Cyclists were out in Houston Saturday night in an effort to bring attention to cyclist safety in the city, and they did so in a peculiar way.
It was a spectacle on busy streets a group of cyclists pedaled through for the 12th annual "World Naked Bike Ride Houston." The name says it all, cyclists rode either nude or nearly nude through the streets of Houston.
The event's facilitator, David Collins, says the ride itself is a protest to encourage alternative forms of transportation, like biking.
“Every city of any size needs a ‘World Naked Bike Ride’ on principle," Collins said.
His wife, Kayleen Williams, is the one person who isn't on a bike. She rides behind the group to ensure things go smoothly.
“It is technically not legal to be naked in Houston," Williams said.
She rides behind the participants to deal with any potential encounters with police, but says riding naked is essential to garnering the visibility the cyclists hope to get.
“I always tell people bike riders are always naked. They’re riding around. They don’t have a 5,000-pound steel cage around them. They have nothing. They’re naked all the time," Williams said.
As the group embarks on their bare ride through the streets, they hope people take notice of their message.
“Mostly it’s raising consciousness. People have to realize the reason we have so much drought, so much flooding, so much abnormality with the weather patterns has to do with the fact the climate has changed, is changing. And it’s because of things human beings are doing," said Williams.
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A cortege carrying Queen Elizabeth II's coffin left her estate in northern Scotland on Sunday morning, traveling more than 100 miles to the royal Palace of Holyroodhouse in the capital of Edinburgh.
The convoy carrying the queen began slowly snaking through the hills and forests of the Scottish highlands. The route takes her through villages and towns which are expected to be lined by her subjects.
Gamekeepers from the summer retreat Balmoral, where the queen died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne, carried the late sovereign's oak coffin from the castle's ballroom to a hearse. The hearse drove out of the gates of Balmoral past piles of flowers left by the public.
In Scotland, there is respect for the queen but skepticism for the institution of monarchy.
Heather McGrath, a chef who lives in Glasgow, told NPR she thinks the royal family is redundant.
"We don't really need them. It's just like it's a tourist attraction more than anything."
A Scottish nationalist, McGrath voted for independence in the 2014 referendum and said she would do so again if she gets the chance.
For others, though, the cortege felt personal and historic. Terry Rigby, a retired air traffic controller, brought his grandson to watch in the town of Banchory.
Rigby said he had celebrated the queen's coronation in 1953 outside Buckingham Palace.
"I was sitting on my father's shoulders," Rigby recalled. "That was her first journey. This is the last."
The queen's death kicked off a series of events that will last more than a week before her funeral, scheduled to take place Sept. 19. On Monday, she'll be conveyed from the palace to nearby St. Giles' Cathedral to lie at rest before being flown to London on Tuesday.
Over the weekend, the queen's eldest son was formally proclaimed the new monarch — King Charles III — at an accession ceremony.
"I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty, which have now passed to me," he said.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Pakistan won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in the final of Asia Cup on Sunday.
“We’ve been playing some good cricket and want to continue that,” Shanaka said at the toss while praising his opening batters Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis.
“The record has been good for us in the final and we are looking forward to another championship.”
Sri Lanka is a five-time Asia Cup champion while Pakistan has won the title twice.
Sri Lanka retained the same playing XI that includes an additional off-spinner in Dhananjaya de Silva to supplement Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga.
As expected, Pakistan made two changes from the team that was bowled out for 121 in the last game against Sri Lanka.
All-rounder Shadab Khan and fast bowler Naseem Shah, who both starred in their team’s sensational one-wicket win over Afghanistan, returned in place of Hasan Ali and Usman Qadir.
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Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah.
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (captain), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Pramod Madhusan, Dilshan Madushanka.
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- Southwest launches more S.A flights to and from 20 cities
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- Texas QB Quinn Ewers exits Alabama game after sustaining injury
- Alamo Heights house was frontiersman’s last home
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Singer John Legend said that Kanye West was "upset" with him because he supported Joe Biden and said that their infamous fall out over rapper's support of Donald Trump was "mischaracterised".
MUMBAI : Singer John Legend said that Kanye West was "upset" with him because he supported Joe Biden and said that their infamous fall out over rapper's support of Donald Trump was "mischaracterised".
He said: "What it got described as was, we stopped being friends because he supported Trump, which was a mischaracterisation of what I said... What I was saying was that he was very upset with me that I didn't support him running for President, and that was the real impetus for us having a strain on our friendship.
"I don't know what will happen in the future, but he was very upset with me that I didn't support him and I supported Joe Biden. It's up to him whether he can get past that."
However, the 'All of Me' singer went on to insist that politics should not be "everything" in a relationship and claimed that "values" matter more to him in a world where politics have become an online phenomenon, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
He told the New Yorker: "I don't feel like politics should be everything in your relationships, and your relationships with people shouldn't only be determined by who they voted for. But I do believe that certain things you believe in are indicators of your character, and obviously, that will affect your friendships. I mean, what are friendships?"
"If they're not your blood relatives, in many ways they're defined by your impression of that person's values and whether or not there's some level of compatibility with the way you see the world. We're so online these days, and the fights we've had over the past six years on Twitter, particularly around Trump, kind of made politics everything for a lot of people."
"I don't want to live a life that's so consumed by politics that it's the sole determinant of who can be my friend and who can't. But values matter and character matters and moral compass matters."
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CLEVELAND (WJW) — With the summer holidays behind us, it may be time to start thinking about your holiday travel plans.
For those who have to catch a plane to their destination, several travel blogs and price-comparison sites have some suggestions on how to avoid heavy crowds and costly ticket prices.
According to Cheapflights.com, summer is a great time to book winter holiday travel, with deals to be found as early as 25 weeks in advance. Google Flights and Priceline, meanwhile, say airfares are typically the least expensive around September and October.
Meanwhile, The Vacationer, a trip-planning blog, say the most important thing is to buy your tickets before Halloween. The airlines know you need to fly home in time for the turkey or to open presents under the tree, and costs are always higher for those who wait. Another thing to remember is that there are a limited number of available flights for the winter holidays.
Incidentally, June and July are the cheapest time to purchase your holiday tickets, according to Vacationer.
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday in late November, falling on Nov. 24 this year. That means the busiest travel days are the Wednesday before and the Sunday after. If you missed the window to buy in June or July, late August or early September is your next best option, Vacationer says.
In addition, it might pay off to look at flights three days prior, or on Thursday itself, when heading to your destinations, NerdWallet says. Flying on Thanksgiving can save you around 12% when compared to the Wednesday before, according to the site. When flying back, try to leave on Black Friday, or on the following Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
CHRISTMAS
Christmas Eve falls on a Saturday this year, and Christmas is on Sunday — two weekend days. The best times to book flights are the same as for Thanksgiving: August or September if you missed your chance in June or July.
Vacationer says to look for the following dates, which may be less busy and cheapest to fly.
- Sunday, Dec. 18
- Monday, Dec. 19
- Tuesday, Dec. 20
- Saturday, Dec. 24
- Sunday, Dec. 25
When booking a flight back, the site recommends the following dates:
- Wednesday, Dec. 28
- Thursday, Dec. 29
Other tips include searching on Google Travel for the best airline optimization, and always look at nearby airports for price comparisons. Some experts also suggests going through the airline to book your flight rather than a third-party platform. That way, if there are cancelations, you’ll be working with the airline directly.
Despite all of these tips, expect the flight to be more expensive than other times of the year. Also, if you can, consider driving or taking a train.
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LONDON (AP) — For many people around the world, the word corgi is forever linked to Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Diana once called them a “moving carpet" always by her mother-in-law's side. Stubby, fluffy little dogs with a high-pitched bark, corgis were the late queen's constant companions since she was a child. She owned nearly 30 throughout her life, and they enjoyed a life of privilege fit for a royal pet.
Elizabeth’s death last week has raised public concerns over who will care for her beloved dogs. Some speculate they will be sent off to live with other royal family members, while others say this task might be given to palace staff.
“One of the intriguing things people are wondering about at the funeral is whether a corgi is going to be present,” said Robert Lacey, royal historian and author. “The queen’s best friends were corgis, these short-legged, ill tempered beasts with a yap that doesn’t appeal to many people in Britain, but was absolutely crucial to the Queen.”
Elizabeth’s love for corgis began in 1933 when her father, King George VI, brought home a Pembroke Welsh corgi they named Dookie. Images of a young Elizabeth walking the dog outside their lavish London home would be the first among many to come over the decades.
When she was 18 she was given another and named it Susan, the first in a long line of corgis to come. Later there were dorgis — a dachshund and corgi crossbreed — owned by the queen. Eventually they came to accompany her in public appearances, and became part of her persona.
Throughout Elizabeth's 70 years on the throne, the corgis were by her side, accompanying her on official tours, reportedly sleeping in their own room at Buckingham Palace with daily sheet changes, and occasionally nipping the ankles of the odd visitor or royal family member.
Three of them even appeared alongside the queen as she climbed into James Bond’s waiting helicopter in the spoof video that opened the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
British author Penny Junor documented their feisty lives in a 2018 biography “All the Queen’s Corgis.”
She writes that Elizabeth walked and fed the dogs, chose their names and when they died, buried them with individual plaques. Care for the corgis had fallen largely on the queen’s trusted dressmaker and assistant Angela Kelly and her page Paul Whybrew.
The corgis were also present when the queen welcomed visitors at the palace, including distinguished statesmen and officials. When the conversation lulled, Elizabeth would often turn her attention to her dogs to fill the silence.
“She was also concerned about what would happen to her dogs when she is no longer around,” Junor wrote, noting that some royal family members did not share her fondness for the corgis.
Of all the mail the queen has received across the world, she was touched by a drawing of her corgis sent by a young girl in Sarajevo in 2019.
Asya Isovic, 12, says she will never forget the day when she came back home from school to find a letter sent on behalf of the queen waiting for her at home. Weeks earlier she had been inspired by a movie about the monarch’s dogs and mailed the handmade card.
The letter, signed by the Queen’s lady-in-waiting, said the monarch had been “touched by your thoughtfulness” and appreciated the time taken to create her drawing. Isovic was saddened to hear of the queen's death but said she believes King Charles III “will do a good job.”
“I hope he will take care of the corgis,” she said.
After the death of her corgi Willow in 2018, it was reported that the queen would not be getting any more dogs.
But that changed during the illness of her late husband, Prince Philip, who died in 2021 at age 99. She turned once again to her beloved corgis for comfort. In the spring, on what would have been Philip's 100th birthday this year, the queen was given another dog.
In addition to her human family, Elizabeth is survived by two corgis, a dorgi, and a cocker spaniel.
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OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Aveon Smith threw three touchdown passes — including two to Mac Hippenhammer — to help Miami (Ohio) beat Robert Morris 31-14 Saturday night.
Smith passed for 155 yards and three touchdowns with an interception and Hippenhammer finished with four receptions for 54 yards. Seven different Miami players combined for the Redhawks' 218 yards rushing on 41 carries.
Anthony Purge scored on a 2-yard run to give Robert Morris (0-2) a 7-3 lead less than 5 minutes into the game but Smith hit Luke Bolden for a 17-yard touchdown with 3:42 left in the first quarter and Miami led the rest of the way.
John Saunders Jr. returned an interception 7 yards and, on the next play, Smith hit Hippenhammer in the back corner of the end zone for a 22-yard touchdown early in the second quarter, Keyon Mozee's 1-yard TD run about 10 minutes later made it 24-7 at halftime and Hippenhammer scored on a 17-yard touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter.
Robert Morris finished with 219 total yards — including 40 yards rushing on 27 attempts — and had just nine first downs.
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Top Treasury Mandarin is SACKED by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as new Truss government acts against 'orthodox' economic figures as it prepares to try to ease damage of coast-of-living crisis
- Sir Tom Scholar was removed by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last week
- New PM Liz Truss has previously railed against 'Treasury orthodoxy'
- Lord Butler, who served under Margaret Thatcher, said move was 'very unusual'
The top civil servant at the Treasury has been sacked by the new Liz Truss government.
Sir Tom Scholar was removed by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in one of his first acts on taking office last week.
Ms Truss has previously railed against 'Treasury orthodoxy' and the decision to get rid of Sir Tom, on the first day of her new Government, was seen as a signal of her determination to change the direction of economic policy.
But the decision, coming as ministers grapple with how to see off a winter of discontent amid soaring inflation and bills, has been criticised.
Lord Butler, who served as cabinet secretary under Margaret Thatcher, Sir John Major and Sir Tony Blair, warned the actions of the new administration could 'corrupt' the system of government.
The peer strongly condemned the sacking saying it was 'very unusual and very regrettable'.
'If there was ever a time we needed experience and continuity, which is what the Civil Service provides, it is now,' he told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend.
'We have a new sovereign, we have a new Prime Minister and we really need the cement that can hold this system together.
Sir Tom Scholar was removed by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in one of his first acts on taking office last week.
Ms Truss has previously railed against 'Treasury orthodoxy' and the decision by the Chancellor to get rid of Sir Tom, on the first day of her new Government, was seen as a signal of her determination to change the direction of economic policy.
Lord Butler, who served as cabinet secretary under Margaret Thatcher, Sir John Major and Sir Tony Blair, warned the actions of the new administration could 'corrupt' the system of government.
'I think the politicians are beginning to forget the constitution. The Civil Service is Her Majesty's Civil Service. A government wouldn't come in and on the first day sack the head of Her Majesty's defence forces, the chief of the defence staff.
'I think they are behaving improperly towards the Civil Service. It will weaken them but it will also corrupt our system because one of those great advantages of having an independent, loyal Civil Service will be compromised.
Sir Tom Scholar, who has worked in the Civil Service for three decades, said he would be cheering the department on 'from the sidelines' following his departure as permanent secretary.
In the meantime, Beth Russell, director general of tax and welfare, and Cat Little, director general of public spending, will lead the department as acting permanent secretaries.
Mr Kwarteng said Sir Tom had helped steer the Treasury and Government through 'many economic challenges' - from the financial crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic, and he leaves the Civil Service with 'the highest distinction'.
Lord Butler's comments were echoed by his successor as cabinet secretary, Lord O'Donnell, who told Times Radio: 'She needs to respect the Civil Service and public servants everywhere and treat them with respect.
'And to be honest, the start, with the sacking of Tom Scholar, hasn't been as respectful as one would like.
'If you're going to succeed as a Prime Minister, you have to have the Civil Service with you. They are keen to serve the democratically elected politicians of the country. But the respect should go both ways.
'She needs to understand that sacking someone with no notice for no apparent reason, someone held in high regard by chancellors of all political parties, is is no way to earn the respect of the Treasury and the Civil Service, I'm afraid.'
However, Lord Butler argued that Mrs Thatcher had entered No 10 similarly bent on change but had not felt the need to get rid of the senior officials involved.
'The permanent secretary of the Treasury stayed on and provided continuity. That didn't stop the Thatcher government changing the direction of economic policy.'
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Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon held under a steady rain and paying tribute to “extraordinary Americans” who gave their lives on one of the nation’s darkest days.
Sunday’s ceremony occurred a little more than a year after Biden ended the long and costly war in Afghanistan that the U.S. and allies launched in response to the terror attacks.
Biden noted that even after the United States left Afghanistan that his administration continues to pursue those responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Last month, Biden announced the U.S. had killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the Al-Qaida leader who helped plot the Sept. 11 attacks, in a clandestine operation.
“We will never forget, we will never give up,” Biden said. “Our commitment to preventing another attack on the United States is without end.”
The president was joined by family members of the fallen, first responders who had been at the Pentagon on the day of the attack, as well as Defense Department leadership for the annual moment of tribute carried out in New York City, the Pentagon and Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
“We owe you an incredible, incredible debt,” Biden said.
In ending the Afghanistan war, the Democratic president followed through on a campaign pledge to bring home U.S. troops from the country’s longest conflict. But the war concluded chaotically in August 2021, when the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed, a grisly bombing killed 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops at Kabul’s airport, and thousands of desperate Afghans gathered in hopes of escape before the final U.S. cargo planes departed over the Hindu Kush.
Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan late last month in low-key fashion. He issued a statement in honor of the 13 U.S. troops killed in the bombing at the Kabul airport and spoke by phone with U.S. veterans assisting ongoing efforts to resettle in the United States Afghans who helped the war effort.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday criticized Biden’s handling of the end of the war and noted that the country has spiraled downward under renewed Taliban rule since the U.S. withdrawal.
“Now, one year on from last August’s disaster, the devastating scale of the fallout from President Biden’s decision has come into sharper focus,” McConnell said. “Afghanistan has become a global pariah. Its economy has shrunk by nearly a third. Half of its population is now suffering critical levels of food insecurity.”
Biden has recently dialed up warnings about what he calls the “extreme ideology” of former President Donald Trump and his “MAGA Republican” adherents as a threat to American democracy. Without naming Trump, Biden again on Sunday raised a call for Americans to safeguard democracy.
“It’s not enough to stand up for democracy once a year or every now and then,” Biden said. “It’s something we have to do every single day. So this is a day not only to remember, but also a day for renewal and resolve for each and every American in our devotion to this country, to the principles it embodies, to our democracy.”
First lady Jill Biden was speaking Sunday at the Flight 93 National Memorial Observance in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband attended a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial in New York.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Greek coast guard ships opened fire on a cargo vessel sailing in international waters in the Aegean Sea, the Turkish coast guard said, escalating tensions between the regional rivals that have mounted in recent weeks.
There were no casualties in the shooting 11 nautical miles (13 miles) southwest of the Turkish island of Bozcaada on Saturday, the Turkish statement said. It added that after “harassment fire” from two Greek coast guard vessels, two Turkish coast guard ships went to the area and the Greek boats left.
Calls to the Greek Embassy in Ankara went unanswered Sunday, and it wasn’t clear why the gunfire occurred.
The neighboring countries have been embroiled in disputes for decades and frictions have ratcheted up in recent weeks, with both sides alleging airspace violations. Greek officials have raised concerns about another outbreak of conflict in Europe, following Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Turkey says Greece is breaking international agreements by keeping a military presence on islands close to Turkey’s Aegean coastline. It also has accused Greek air defenses of locking on to Turkish fighter jets during NATO exercises over the eastern Mediterranean.
Greece says it needs to defend its eastern islands — including tourist hotspots Rhodes and Kos, which are much closer to Turkey than to the Greek mainland — against its larger and militarily stronger neighbor.
Video footage from Saturday purportedly shows a Greek coast guard ship alongside the Comoros-flagged ship Anatolian as the sound of about a dozen gunshots are heard. A crew member speaks in Turkish, saying they are being attacked by the Greek coast guard.
The video, which was released by the Turkish coast guard and seems to have been filmed on a cellphone, shows what appears to be a bullet hole in a window and in the ceiling of the cargo ship’s bridge.
The Turkish statement said the gunfire was “in disregard of the rules of international law.” The 18 crew of the Anatolian consisted of six Egyptians, four Somalis, five Azerbaijanis and three Turks.
A Turkish prosecutor ordered an investigation. The country also has protested to Greek authorities, with Ankara demanding a swift investigation and explanation.
The Anatolian was anchored Sunday in the Dardanelles Strait off the Turkish coast, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
This week, the Greek government wrote letters to NATO, the European Union and the United Nations, asking them to formally condemn increasingly aggressive talk by Turkish officials and suggesting that tensions could escalate into open conflict.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said the behavior of Turkey — also a NATO member — risked “a situation similar to that currently unfolding in some other part of our continent,” referring to the war in Ukraine.
The Marine Traffic website, which monitors global shipping, says the Anatolian was previously named the Mavi Marmara. Israeli commandos stormed the vessel — then a passenger ship — in 2010 as it attempted to break a blockade on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, killing nine Turkish activists, including a dual American citizen.
The Mavi Marmara incident led to a serious diplomatic rift between Israel and Turkey, which withdrew its ambassador to Israel and scaled back military and economic ties. Israel later apologized for the deaths and agreed to compensate the victims’ families.
In its entry for the Anatolian, Marine Traffic carried photographs of the Mavi Marmara with Turkish and Palestinian flags hanging from its sides. The website’s last recorded location for the Anatolian was in the Somali capital Mogadishu in late June.
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At a time when the Vamsadhara and the Nagavali rivers are receiving moderately inflows, the Bahuda river has been in spate in Srikakulam district since Sunday morning.
According to officials, with heavy inflows from its catchment areas in the neighbouring Odisha, the Bahuda received 41,024 cusecs of water near the Itchapuram Old Bridge.
The irrigation officials said the situation was under control even as the river caused floods in the areas bordering Itchapuram town.
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The third and final flood warning would be issued if the inflows crossed 58,436 cusecs, the officials said.
Meanwhile, the Madduvalasa reservoir received around 21,510 cusecs of water, with heavy inflows into the Nagavali.
Srikakulam Collector Shrikesh B. Lathkar has asked the revenue and irrigation officials to monitor the flood situation in view of the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) forecast of rain in the next three days.
The district received 85.2 mm rainfall by Sunday morning, while the cumulative rainfall in this season was put at 727.4 mm. Srikakulam town recorded a rainfall of 20 mm on Saturday and Sunday, followed by Gara ( 12.2 mm) and Etcherla (10.2 mm).
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SLOVYANSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia's front lines in the east, retaking strategic towns and territory in a surprise counteroffensive that began just days ago.
Ukrainian officials claim to have recaptured some 270 square miles and the key towns of Izium, Balakliya and Kupiansk — all of which have been controlled by Russian forces for months.
In a video posted to Telegram, Oleh Syniehubov, head of Kharkiv regional military administration, records from Balakliya, showing the Ukrainian flag raised behind him. It is one of multiple social media posts purportedly of photos and videos of recently liberated Ukrainians celebrating the recent gains.
The deputy mayor of Izium, Volodymyr Matsokin, confirmed in a Telegram post that the armed forces of Ukraine are in the city, but said it's too early to say the city has been liberated. He says the military is working on it.
In his nightly address Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region had been "liberated" so far.
While Russia's Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin have not officially acknowledged the counteroffensive, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov confirmed that Moscow's forces withdrew from the city of Izium — a key regional transportation and supply hub for the Russian military in Ukraine's east.
"... to liberate Donbas it was decided to regroup the Russian troops in the area of Balakliya and Izium to scale up efforts in Donetsk direction," Konashenkov said in a video, even as Russian state media reporters on the ground insisted the move was taken to avoid a rout by Ukrainian forces.
Videos posted to social media showed long lines of cars piled up at the Russian border after occupying authorities called for a civilian evacuation.
A recent analysis by the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank based in Washington D.C., said that successes in the Kharkiv counteroffensive "are creating fissures within the Russian information space" and "eroding confidence" in Russian command.
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The worst of inflation finally might be over
Is inflation really peaking? Are consumers growing more confident? We'll get those answers this week when the latest consumer and producer price indexes as well as retail sales figures for August all come out.
The numbers could change the calculus for the Federal Reserve, which is guaranteed to raise interest rates again at its next policy meeting on Sept. 21. The question is, by how much?
Traders are still predicting another three-quarters of a percentage point, or 75 basis point, hike, the third straight move of that size. And Fed chair Jerome Powell said last week that "the Fed has, and accepts, responsibility for price stability. We need to act right now."
But could the odds of another huge rate hike edge lower if inflation data continues to suggest that "price stability" might finally be closer to reality? The consumer price index (CPI) numbers come out Tuesday morning while producer price index (PPI) figures will be released Wednesday.
Keep in mind that at the end of July, the market was pricing in just a 28% probability of a 75 basis point hike in September. Investors now think there's an 88% chance of another super-sized hike, according to fed funds futures trading on the CME.
Economists are currently forecasting that consumer prices for August will fall slightly from July and that prices were up 8.1% over the past 12 months. Of course, 8.1% is still incredibly high by historical standards but it would be a notable slowdown from the June's 9.1% year-over-year spike in prices.
"We probably have seen the peak on inflation. Food and energy prices are coming down. There is more room to the downside," said Joe Kalish, chief global macro strategist with Ned Davis Research.
Investors seem to begrudgingly accept the likelihood that the Fed will raise rates by 75 basis points again in a few weeks...regardless of what the August inflation data indicates.
But traders are hoping that the September rate hike is the last one of such magnitude. Assuming the Fed boosts rates by three-quarters of a point on Sept. 21, that would bring interest rates to a target range of 3% to 3.25%.
Look at fed funds futures on the CME for November. As of midday Friday, investors were pricing in 70% odds of a half-point hike at the Fed's November 2 meeting ... to a range of 3.5% to 3.75%.
There was just a 10% probability of a fourth straight 75 basis point increase, however, which could be one reason why stocks have rebounded so far in September following their August tumble.
Price increases slowing and consumers still spending
Wall Street is clearly betting that inflation trends will continue to head in the right direction. Economists also expect producer prices, the cost of goods at the wholesale level, to fall slightly in August. Forecasts are for a drop of 0.1% from July to August, following a 0.5% decrease from June to July.
Producer prices surged 9.8% year-over-year in July but that's down from June's high water mark of 11.3%. Any further slowdown would likely be welcomed by the market, the Fed and consumers.
That brings us to retail sales. Consumer spending figures for August are due out Thursday morning. The government reported last month that retail sales were up 10.3% year-over-year in July. It will be interesting to see if that rate of sales picked up in August or slowed down.
The Fed is in a tough spot. It wants to put inflation pressures to rest and the way to do that is with big interest rate hikes. But the Fed would also like to avoid a recession if it can, which is why some are still hoping for a soft, or a "softish," landing for the economy, as Powell said in May.
Powell also talked about rate hikes and inflation causing "some pain" for the economy at his Jackson Hole speech last month. That could be an argument for the Fed to do smaller rate hikes...as long as inflation continues to cool.
And that is the key point. Investors have to pay closer attention to the inflation data than whatever Powell or other Fed members are saying. The Fed remains data dependent, which is why rate hike odds are constantly in flux.
"There must be a convincing downward trend in inflation. We are not there yet," said David Donabedian, chief investment officer of CIBC Private Wealth U.S., in a report Friday.
Big techs on tap
The economy isn't the only thing in focus next week. Two software giants, Oracle and Adobe, will report their latest earnings. Investors will be watching for clues about the state of tech spending among big businesses.
Shares of both companies have fallen this year, along with rest of the tech sector and broader market. Oracle is down nearly 15% while Adobe has plunged more than 30%.
But analysts expect solid sales growth from both companies ... nearly 15% for Adobe from a year ago and an almost 20% increase from Oracle.
One investment strategist said that big tech firms like Oracle and Adobe make sense for investors.
"We do own big techs that are much more mature and established," said Suzanne Hutchins, head of the real returns strategy and senior portfolio manager with Newton Investment Management.
The results from Oracle and Adobe will also serve as a preview for the deluge of tech third quarter earnings that will come later in October. Solid results from these two could be a good sign for Microsoft, SAP, IBM and other cloud software firms.
Still, the recent earnings from Salesforce, which was cautious about its guidance, could be a warning sign for both companies, according to Daniel Morgan, senior portfolio manager with Synovus Trust Company. Oracle and Adobe also could get hit by the surging dollar, since that will eat into profits from their international operations.
"Both companies generate more than 40% of sales outside the U.S.," Morgan noted in a report.
Up next
Monday: China markets closed; earnings from Oracle
Tuesday: US CPI; Starbucks investor day; Twitter shareholder meeting to vote on Elon Musk acquisition
Wednesday: U.S. PPI
Thursday: U.S. retail sales; U.S. weekly jobless claims; meeting between Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping; earnings from Adobe
Friday: U.S. U. of Michigan consumer sentiment; China retail sales, unemployment and other economic data
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The visit of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to Kuppam, the home turf of TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu, slated for September 22 assumes political significant. The activists of the TDP and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) clashed in Kuppam last month.
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy is set to visit Kuppam for the first time in his capacity as the Chief Minister and the ruling party cadres are in an upbeat mood. He is scheduled to lay foundation stones for various developmental works of estimated ₹66 crore in the limits of the newly-formed Kuppam municipality.
The Chief Minister’s visit to the tri-State junction is viewed as a ‘meticulously planned strategy’ to give strength to the repeated challenges posed by the YSRCP leaders, including the district strongman and Minister for Forests and Energy P. Ramachandra Reddy that the victory of Mr. Naidu in 2024 elections would be ‘next to impossible’.
Mr. Ramachandra Reddy has reiterated that the Handri-Neeva Kuppam branch canal would be completed before the 2024 Assembly elections.
Political experts are of the opinions that the YSRCP appears to have been successful in its ‘anti-Naidu’ campaign. The ruling party claims credit saying that it was Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy who had upgraded the Kuppam panchayat into a municipality, besides making Kuppam a revenue division.
The proposed mandal complex project, which aims at bringing various administrative setups under one umbrella in the constituency, has won the appreciation of the people of the agrarian belt, the ruling party cadres say.
“The YSRCP government’s Kalyanamasthu scheme will send Mr. Naidu packing in Kuppam as a majority of the population here belongs to the Backward Classes, minorities, and SC/ST categories,” says a YSRCP senior leader.
However, the TDP cadres describes the proposed visit of the Chief Minister as a ‘damage control’ exercise. The party cadres maintain that it is a planned move by the ruling party to ‘hoodwink the people and tide over the growing resentment against the government including the internal bickering in the YSRCP camp.’
“The image of the YSRCP has taken a beating in Kuppam after Mr. Naidu exposed the mining mafia and discrimination in development works undertaken in the constituency,” say TDP leaders.
The TDP camp believes that the violence during Naidu’s recent Kuppam visit have eroded the confidence of local people in the government.
Ban on plastic banners
Meanwhile, the ban imposed the use of plastic flexi banners has emerged as an issue. Even as the YSRCP cadres are mulling over alternatives, the TDP cadres are said to be looking for opportunity to counter the government in case of some violations.
Meanwhile, the Chittoor police are making elaborate arrangements for the Chief Minister’s visit.
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DETROIT – After going through training camp and the preseason games, the Eagles will finally start the regular season Sunday, taking on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field Sunday at 1 p.m.
For a few of the players, their regular-season debuts will be on hold, at least for the game. The Eagles and Lions announced the players who will be inactive at 11:30 a.m. Among the players who will be on the sidelines watching the game is quarterback Ian Book.
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Book, who the Eagles claimed off waivers after he was let go by the New Orleans Saints, was expected to not dress because the Eagles typically dress two quarterbacks. Being that Jalen Hurts is starting the game and Gardner Minshew has experience with the offense and Book just joined the team, Book will have the earpiece in his ear listening to offensive coordinator Shane Steichen call in the plays.
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Running back Trey Sermon, another player the Eagles claimed off waivers, is the fourth running back on the roster right now, and the team does not have to have four running backs on the roster right now, being that Sermon is still learning the offense.
Another player not playing Sunday is tight end Grant Calcaterra. Calcaterra, a sixth-round draft selection in this year’s draft, missed a lot of training camp with a hamstring injury and could be playing catch up. The Eagles did elevate Noah Togiai Saturday from the practice squad, foreshadowing Calcaterra’s immanent deactivation.
Togiai was in a battle during training camp for the third tight end job that eventually went to Calcaterra. Togiai is a good receiving tight end who will add some depth in “13″ personnel if the Eagles decide to use the personnel grouping, something they did for 94 plays last year, according to Sharp Football Analysis.
Here is the full list of Eagles inactives:
-QB Ian Book
-RB Trey Sermon
-TE Grant Calcaterra
-OL Josh Sills
-DE Tarron Jackson
-S Reed Blankenship
Here are the inactives for the Lions:
-G Tommy Kraemer
-CB Chase Lucas
-S Ifeatu Melifonwu
-TE James Mitchell
-LB Julian Okwara
DL Demetrius Taylor
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Chris Franklin may be reached at cfranklin@njadvancemedia.com.
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USAID head urges crisis-hit Sri Lanka to tackle corruption
By KRISHAN FRANCIS
Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A visiting U.S diplomat has urged Sri Lankan authorities to tackle corruption and introduce governance reforms alongside efforts to to uplift the country’s economy as a way out of its worst crisis in recent memory. USAID Administrator Samantha Power says such moves will increase international and local trust in the government’s intentions. During her two-day visit, Power has announced a total of $60 million in aid to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has faced its worst crisis after it defaulted on foreign loans, causing shortages of essentials like fuel, medicines and some food items. Power says the U.S. stands ready to assist with debt restructuring and reiterated that it is imperative that China, one of the nation’s bigger creditors, cooperate in this endeavor.
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(The Conversation) – Most of the debates on the usage of “Latinx” – pronounced “la-teen-ex” – have taken place in the U.S. But the word has begun to spread into Spanish-speaking countries – where it hasn’t exactly been embraced.
In July 2022, Argentina and Spain released public statements banning the use of Latinx, or any gender-neutral variant. Both governments reasoned that these new terms are violations of the rules of the Spanish language.
Latinx is used as an individual identity for those who are gender-nonconforming, and it can also describe an entire population without using “Latinos,” which is currently the default in Spanish for a group of men and women.
As a Mexican-born, U.S.-raised scholar, I agree with the official Argentine and Spanish stance on banning Latinx from the Spanish language – English, too.
When I first heard Latinx in 2017, I thought it was progressive and inclusive, but I quickly realized how problematic it was. Five years later, Latinx is not commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries, nor is it used by the majority of those identifying as Hispanic or Latino in the U.S.
In fact, there’s a gender-inclusive term that’s already being used by Spanish-speaking activists that works as a far more natural replacement.
Low usage
Though the exact origins of Latinx are unclear, it emerged sometime around 2004 and gained popularity around 2014. Merriam-Webster added it to its dictionary in 2018.
However, a 2019 Pew research study and 2021 Gallup poll indicated that less than 5% of the U.S. population used “Latinx” as a racial or ethnic identity.
Nonetheless, Latinx is becoming commonplace among academics; it’s used at conferences, in communication and especially in publications.
But is it inclusive to use Latinx when most of the population does not?
Perpetuating elitism
The distinct demographic differences of those who are aware of or use Latinx calls into question whether the term is inclusive or just elitist.
Individuals who self-identiy as Latinx or are aware of the term are most likely to be U.S.-born, young adults from 18 to 29 years old. They are predominately English-speakers and have some college education. In other words, the most marginalized communities do not use Latinx.
Scholars, in my view, should never impose social identities onto groups that do not self-identify that way.
I once had a reviewer for an academic journal article I submitted about women’s experiences with catcalling tell me to replace my use of “Latino” and “Latina” with “Latinx.” However, they had no issue with me using “man” or “woman” when it came to my white participants.
I was annoyed at the audacity of this reviewer. The goal of the study was to show catcalling, a gendered interaction, as an everyday form of sexism.
How was I supposed to differentiate my participants’ sexism experiences by gender and race if I labeled them all as Latinx?
The ‘x’ factor
If a term is truly inclusive, it gives equitable weight to vastly diverse experiences and knowledge; it is not meant to be a blanket identity.
Women of color, in general, are severely underrepresented in leadership positions and STEM fields. Using “Latinx” for women further obscures their contributions and identity. I have even seen some academics try to get around the nebulous nature of Latinx by writing “Latinx mothers” or “Latinx women” instead of “Latinas.”
Furthermore, if the goal is to be inclusive, the “x” would be easily pronounceable and naturally applied to other parts of the Spanish language.
Some Spanish speakers would rather identify by nationality – say, “Mexicano” or “Argentino” – instead of using umbrella terms like Hispanic or Latino. But the “x” can’t be easily applied to nationalities. Like Latinx, “Mexicanx” and “Argentinx” don’t exactly roll off the tongue in any language. Meanwhile, gendered articles in Spanish – “los” and “las” for the plural “the” – become “lxs,” while gendered pronouns –“el” and “ella” becomes “ellx.”
The utility and logic of it quickly falls apart.
‘Latine’ as an alternative
Many academics might feel compelled to continue to use Latinx because they fought hard to have it recognized by their institutions or have already published the term in an academic journal. But there is a much better gender-inclusive alternative, one that’s been largely overlooked by the U.S. academic community and is already being used in Spanish-speaking parts of Latin America, especially among young social activists in those countries.
It’s “Latine” – pronounced “lah-teen-eh” – and it’s far more adaptable to the Spanish language. It can be implemented as articles – “les” instead of “los” or “las,” the words for “the.” When it comes to pronouns, “elle” can become a singular form of “they” and used in place of the masculine “él” or feminine “ella,” which translate to “he” and “she.” It can also be readily applied to most nationalities, such as “Mexicane” or “Argentine.”
Because language shapes the way we think, it’s important to note that gendered languages like Spanish, German and French do facilitate gender stereotypes and discrimination. For example, in German, the word for bridge is feminine, and in Spanish, the word for bridge is masculine. Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky had German speakers and Spanish speakers describe a bridge. The German speakers were more likely to describe it using adjectives like “beautiful” or “elegant,” while the Spanish speakers were more likely to describe it in masculine ways – “tall” and “strong.”
Moreover, the existing gender rules in Spanish are not perfect. Usually words ending in “-o” are masculine and those ending in “-a” are feminine, but there are many common words that break those gender rules, like “la mano,” the word for “hand.” And, of course, Spanish already uses an “e” for gender-neutral words, such as “estudiante,” or “student.”
I believe Latine accomplishes what Latinx originally meant to and more. Similarly, it eliminates the gender binary in its singular and plural form. However, Latine is not confined to an elite, English-speaking population within the U.S. It is inclusive.
Nevertheless, problems can still arise when the word “Latine” is imposed onto others. “Latina” and “Latino” may still be preferable for many individuals. I don’t think the “-e” should eliminate the existing “-o” and the “-a.” Instead, it could be a grammatically acceptable addition to the Spanish language.
Yes, Argentina and Spain’s ban of Latinx also included a ban on the use of Latine. Here is where I diverge from their directive. To me, the idea that language can be purist is nonsensical; language always evolves, whether it’s through technology – think emojis and textspeak – or increased social awareness, such as the evolution from “wife beating” to “intimate partner violence.”
Linguistic theory posits that language shapes reality, so cultures and communities can create words that shape the inclusive world they want to inhabit.
Language matters. Latine embodies that inclusivity – across socioeconomic status, citizenship, education, gender identity, age groups and nations, while honoring the Spanish language in the process.
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Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.
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Ravens cornerback Marcus Peters and running back J.K. Dobbins will not play in Sunday’s season opener against the New York Jets, putting on hold their long-awaited returns from season-ending knee injuries.
Ravens rookie defensive tackle Travis Jones (knee), tight end Nick Boyle and rookie offensive tackle Daniel Faalele are also inactive. Meanwhile, outside linebacker Tyus Bowser and running back Gus Edwards will miss at least the first four games after being placed on the physically-unable-to-perform list.
Peters was a limited participant in practice on Wednesday and Thursday before getting a rest day on Friday. Peters, who was activated off the team’s physically-unable-to-perform list last month, hasn’t played in a game since tearing his ACL ahead of the 2021 season.
When Peters was asked last week about whether he would be ready for Week 1, he said “Whenever my body tells me [I’m] ready to go, we’re going to go.”
Dobbins was ruled out after being a limited participant in practice throughout the week and listed as questionable on the team’s injury report on Friday. Dobbins hasn’t played since suffering a torn ACL in the Ravens’ preseason finale against the Washington Commanders last year.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Dobbins “[has given] nothing but everything he’s got every single day to get back out there.” Quarterback Lamar Jackson praised Dobbins’ work ethic, adding: “Day-by-day he’s getting better. I told him I want him to slow down, but he’s looking pretty good, [and] hopefully he’ll be out in a couple weeks.”
Dobbins, who returned to practice earlier last month, was determined to play in the season opener. After an NFL Network report in July said his availability in the Ravens’ season opener was “no sure thing,” Dobbins said on Twitter, “I’m damn sure going to be ready for Week 1.”
The Ravens announced Friday that left tackle Ronnie Stanley (ankle) will not play against the Jets. Baltimore will rely on veteran Ja’Wuan James to start at left tackle. Even though James took the majority of the Ravens’ first-team repetitions at left tackle during the preseason, he hasn’t played since 2019 after opting out of the 2020 season because of coronavirus concerns and then tearing his Achilles tendon in May 2021.
For the Jets, quarterback Zach Wilson (knee), offensive lineman Duane Brown (shoulder), wide receiver Denzel Mims, defensive lineman Bryce Huff, offensive lineman Conor McDermott and tight end Jeremy Ruckert are inactive. Former Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco will make his first season-opening start since 2019 with the Denver Broncos.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A fiery crash between a tanker truck carrying fuel and a passenger bus Saturday killed at least 18 people in northern Mexico, authorities reported.
Prosecutors in the northern border state of Tamaulipas said the crash might have been caused by one of the truck’s two tank trailers coming lose.
The collision left both vehicles completely burned. Police photos showed the bus was reduced to a tangle of smoking, charred metal.
Tamaulipas state police initially found nine sets of remains, but by early afternoon prosecutors said nine more had been recovered. The death toll could rise, they said.
The crash occurred before dawn on a highway that leads to the northern city of Monterrey.
The driver of the fuel truck apparently survived and is under investigation. The bus had apparently set out from the central state of Hidalgo and was headed to Monterrey.
The semi-truck was towing two tank trailers in tandem. Such double-container freight trucks have been involved in numerous deadly crashes in the past.
Because weight restrictions and safety inspections in Mexico are lax, there have been calls in the past to ban the extremely heavy and unwieldy trucks.
State prosecutors said in a statement that “the crash may have occurred because one of the fuel tanks came loose.”
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Which fall birthday idea for any age is best?
Fall birthdays can often get mixed into Halloween, but if you’re looking to have an event that’s based more on the season than the holiday, consider a few of these helpful items for your big event. Party planning can be stressful, but you can spend less time worrying and more time relaxing with guests once the details and daily planning activities are sorted in advance. Explore fun ideas from birthday activities to tasteful decorations.
Best fall birthday activity ideas
Birthday parties are a wonderful time to bring close family and friends together to celebrate. A common question once everyone is gathered is what to do as a group. Find an activity that’s sure to appeal to a vast range of ages and capability levels, from pumpkin carving contests to more relaxed fall board games.
Lulu Home Halloween Pumpkin Carving Kit
This pumpkin carving set includes about 10 useful tools and it even comes in a portable carrying and storage case that makes it ideal for keeping the items until the next fall season. The tools are made from materials such as stainless steel and wood. Keep in mind that pumpkin carving tends to get messy, so consider providing something for party guests to protect their clothes, like extra-large trash bags. Let the pumpkin carving competition begin!
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Big Dot of Happiness Pumpkin Patch Bingo
This set includes 18 bingo cards as well as adorable pumpkins that act as the markers for each selected square. It’s geared to entertain kids, but adults can also join in on the fun. Consider adding the benefit of a prize to this game in order to motivate players and party-goers to participate actively.
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Best fall birthday cake ideas
Fall is a delicious time of year that’s well known for being a time of harvest. Consider getting into the spirit by using ingredients more typical of the season, such as pumpkin and corn. If you prefer a more traditional cake, then consider using festive cake decorations or shapes in order to accurately convey the fall theme without compromising your personal taste.
This cake topper combines both fall decor and birthday celebration all in one place. The cake topper is about 7 inches in width by around 5 inches in height. The sign also contains glitter on both sides in order to shine from any direction in a room.
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Nordic Ware Seasonal Collection Autumn Cakelette Pan
The cakelette pan is made from aluminum and helps to ensure a more efficient baking time. There are several different mold shapes within the pan, such as pumpkins and leaves, in order to emphasize the fall theme without changing the taste of the baked goods. This item allows you to visually fit the fall theme while still choosing the flavor of cake that you most prefer.
Best fall birthday party decor ideas
Find the best birthday party decoration ideas in order to liven up and enhance the atmosphere of a fall-themed event. There are a variety of styles and items that can accommodate any age or lifestyle to photograph and visually enjoy. Consider having an intimate dinner party or an afternoon in the backyard styled after a fall carnival with items such as scarecrows and hay. Remember that the details always go the extra mile when creating a wonderful birthday party. Due to the time of year, it might be best to anticipate the weather and create an event that best works with the upcoming temperature and conditions.
Big Dot of Happiness Pumpkin Patch
This decoration set includes plenty of items to incorporate a fall theme into any party. It can better create a fun atmosphere with items such as festive decor swirls and a thoughtful fall banner. This kit even includes stickers and wrappers for baked goods items to add a fall touch to any personally created delicious goodies.
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Fall Balloons Garland Autumn Maples Leaves Decoration Kits
This autumn-inspired celebration kit includes over 70 items, such as 40 latex balloons and even a massive balloon in the shape of a sunflower. The balloons can be arranged into a garland of your choosing and it is an ideal backdrop for memorable photos.
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These flameless candles can imitate the look of a real flame in order to elevate the ambiance. The candles can be purchased with a remote in order to make them simpler to handle. The candles come in a set of three that vary in size to add a bit of variety to any room.
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The fall pumpkin birthday banner is an ideal addition to a more youthful approach, with bright colors such as pink and gold. Each individual letter spans about 5 inches in width by around 7 inches in height. The item can ideally be hung on a wall and proudly displayed to guests.
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KASZOO 2 Pack Fall Maple Garland
This item includes two garlands that span about 5 feet each. The garlands are ideal to start the fall theme at the very entrance of a house and these decor items can even light up thanks to useful waterproof LED lights. The garland can help articulate the fall theme before a party guest even fully enters the event.
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This wreath spans about 22 inches when measured diagonally and weighs just under three pounds. The wreath even comes with a storage box that can help protect and preserve it until the next fall season. The wreath has faux small pumpkins and wheat on it in order to fully emphasize the autumnal theme.
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Which funny Halloween costume for kids is best?
Halloween can be a scary time, especially for kids who are learning to face and conquer their fears. What is a better way to fight fear than by spreading laughter? Wearing a funny costume can make everyone’s Halloween a happier one.
If you want a durable and high-quality costume that is particularly silly, the Inflatable Alien Costume is the top choice. Kids can look like they are being picked up by an alien and give their friends a chuckle.
What to know before you buy a funny Halloween costume for kids
Some Halloween costumes are specifically designed to be funny, but remember that a silly outfit isn’t necessarily needed to make people smile. Kids who are already the class clown don’t have to dress as one to make others laugh.
How to choose a funny Halloween costume for kids
A funny children’s Halloween costume can make everyone chuckle, but it’s important that the child wearing the costume is laughing the hardest. Pick out or create an outfit that celebrates the things that personally bring your child joy.
Iconic characters from movies, television and games can serve as inspiration for a funny outfit. If there isn’t a specific person or character that your kid would like to emulate, consider a costume that serves as a play on words. For a random example, your child could wear a plastic tube and boxing gloves to introduce themselves as “the straw that broke the camel’s back” or another witty punchline. Unlike most Halloween costumes, funny costumes don’t need to be some kind of person, animal or machine to get a unique and fun idea across.
What to look for in a funny Halloween costume for kids
Durability
Kids will get more use out of a costume made of durable material that is built to last, even when handled roughly or worn at multiple Halloween events. A good costume is not only fun for kids to play while wearing, but it also has to stay in one piece while kids go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. If a funny costume has moving parts or accessories, it’s especially important that it won’t fall apart.
Humor
Not all jokes are universally funny. Everyone’s individual sense of humor should be celebrated and enjoyed, but there is a time and place for funny costumes. Not all outfits are appropriate for all occasions. Consider where a kid will be wearing the costume, the age of the other children at the event and make sure that the humor is acceptable for the event.
Imaginative
The best funny costumes give kids the opportunity to be creative and imaginative when they go trick-or-treating. Try combining more than one idea, especially themes that might not usually go together, for a funny end result. Two normal costumes that are not typically combined could be put together for a very imaginative and funny end result.
How much you can expect to spend on a funny Halloween costume for kids
Great costumes can be found or put together for under $30. Depending on the complexity and materials, funny costumes for kids could cost about $30-$100.
Funny Halloween costume for kids FAQ
Should a funny costume stand out?
A. It is easier for a funny costume to achieve its goal if it is visually distinct and does not blend in with the crowd. Of course, a costume should not be too big for a child to comfortably and safely move around while wearing.
What funny costumes should kids avoid?
A. Humor is subjective and a matter of personal taste, but some outfits are probably better avoided depending on the event. If a kid needs a funny costume for a Halloween event at a school or religious organization, outfits that would be funny and appropriate will be different from the limitless possibilities that a costume could be while trick-or-treating. Consider the time, place and ages of the children before wearing costumes that feature any controversial humor.
What’s the best funny Halloween costume for kids to buy?
Top funny Halloween costume for kids
What you need to know: This is a high-quality inflatable suit that’s fun for kids who like aliens.
What you’ll love: Kids can wear comfortable clothing under the blow-up suit and easily move around. The costume comes in a few different sizes and the material is strong and durable, making it difficult for kids to accidentally cause damage. The suit self-inflates quickly using four AA batteries or by connecting a portable power bank with the USB cord.
What you should consider: Some customers have accidentally received the wrong sizes or defective suits.
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Top funny Halloween costume for kids for the money
What you need to know: This is an affordable costume that’s a funny option for kids who love dinosaurs.
What you’ll love: This costume includes a hat to go with the main suit. The built-in fan keeps the costume inflated on its own when powered with four AA batteries. The battery pack can be clipped to a belt, and kids can wear normal clothing under the inflatable outfit to safely run around in the costume. The costume comes in a few varieties, depending on the size or color desired.
What you should consider: Some customers have had trouble getting the fan to work, especially for long periods of time.
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What you need to know: A magical, inflatable costume, it’s perfect for kids who love fantasy.
What you’ll love: This costume is available in two sizes, depending on the age of the kid. The air pump can be powered by a portable power bank or four AA batteries. The costume has a built-in pocket for storing the battery pack to keep a kid’s pockets free for other items. Kids can wear their favorite comfortable clothing under the inflatable suit.
What you should consider: Some customers have reported receiving the suit with missing parts or faulty components.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — How ironic is it that the “City of Brotherly Love” has topped the list of rudest cities? Even a city in the Volunteer State made the top three.
A survey conducted by the e-learning platform Preply asked more than 1,500 residents of the 30 largest metropolitan areas to rate the rudeness of the average resident in their city on a scale of 1 to 10.
Philadelphia was No. 1 on the list, scoring 6.43 on the rudeness scale. With its residents slow to embrace outsiders, locals tend to point to a “feeling of insularity” to explain their behavior, according to the survey.
“Many residents have learned to keep to themselves while growing up in a busy city,” the survey stated.
Memphis, Tennessee, scored 6.05, making it the second rudest city in the U.S.
The study showed that more than any other city, Memphis also ranked highest in common rude behaviors seen throughout the country.
“In Memphis, be prepared to have difficulty merging into traffic and brace yourself for city residents who are likely to be quite noisy in public,” said Preply.
Third in the lineup of rude cities was New York (6.0), where the most common rude behavior in the U.S. is most prominent: being absorbed by a phone in public. The city also ranked high for closed-off body language.
“When we consider a behavior rude, it’s likely because it’s either confrontational or inconsiderate toward others,” according to the survey. “However, in major metropolitan cities, where we interact with many more people on a daily basis, what appears to be confrontation or insensitivity may be a form of self-preservation.”
Here are the top five rudest cities in America:
- Philadelphia (6.43)
- Memphis, Tennessee (6.05)
- New York (6.00)
- Las Vegas (5.98)
- Boston (5.90)
In contrast, the survey found that the most polite cities appear to be in the South, Midwest and West.
Austin, Texas, with a score of 3.91, was the least rude city, with its “laid-back, friendly city atmosphere,” according to the survey. San Diego (4.17) and Fort Worth, Texas, (4.20) rounded out the top three.
“In general, the state of Texas has a reputation for politeness and friendliness, along with the rest of the South, underscoring the stereotype of Southern hospitality,” the survey stated.
Here are the top five most polite cities in America:
- Austin, Texas (3.91)
- San Diego (4.17)
- Fort Worth, Texas (4.20)
- Nashville, Tennessee (4.33)
- Indianapolis (4.47)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes and pleas to “never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
Nikita Shah headed to the ceremony on the ground in a T-shirt that bore the de facto epigraph of the annual commemoration — “never forget” — and the name of her slain father, Jayesh Shah.
The family moved to Houston afterward but has often returned to New York for the anniversary of the attack that killed him and nearly 3,000 other people.
“For us, it was being around people who kind of experienced the same type of grief and the same feelings after 9/11,” said Shah, who was 10 when her father was killed at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Victims’ relatives and dignitaries also convened at the two other attack sites, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.
Other communities around the country are marking the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations. Some Americans are joining in volunteer projects on a day that is federally recognized as both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
More than two decades later, Sept. 11 remains a point for reflection on the attack that reconfigured national security policy and spurred a U.S. “war on terror” worldwide. Sunday's observances, which follow a fraught milestone anniversary last year, come little more than a month after a U.S. drone strike killed a key al-Qaida figure who helped plot the 9/11 attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri.
It also stirred — for a time — a sense of national pride and unity for many while subjecting Muslim Americans to years of suspicion and bigotry and engendering debate over the balance between safety and civil liberties. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and public life to this day.
And the attacks have cast a long shadow on the personal lives of thousands of people who survived, responded or lost loved ones, friends and colleagues.
Firefighter Jimmy Riches’ namesake nephew wasn’t born yet when his uncle died, but the boy took the podium to pay tribute to him.
“You’re always in my heart. And I know you are watching over me,” he said after reading a portion of the victims’ names.
More than 70 of Sekou Siby's co-workers perished at Windows on the World, the restaurant atop the trade center's north tower. Siby had been scheduled to work that morning until another cook asked him to switch shifts.
Siby never took a restaurant job again; it would have brought back too many memories. The Ivorian immigrant wrestled with how to comprehend such horror in a country where he'd come looking for a better life.
He found it difficult to form the type of close, family-like friendships he and his Windows on the World co-workers had shared. It was too painful, he had learned, to become attached to people when “you have no control over what’s going to happen to them next.”
“Every 9/11 is a reminder of what I lost that I can never recover,” says Siby, who is now president and CEO of ROC United. The restaurant workers' advocacy group evolved from a relief center for Windows on the World workers who lost their jobs when the twin towers fell.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden spoke and laid a wreath at the Pentagon. At the same time, first lady Jill Biden spoke in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked planes went down after passengers and crew members tried to storm the cockpit as the hijackers headed for Washington. Al-Qaida conspirators had seized control of the jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles.
Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff joined the observance at the National Sept. 11 Memorial in New York. Still, by tradition, no political figures speak at the ground zero ceremony. It centers instead on victims' relatives reading aloud the names of the dead.
Readers often add personal remarks that form an alloy of American sentiments about Sept. 11 — grief, anger, toughness, appreciation for first responders and the military, appeals to patriotism, hopes for peace, occasional political barbs, and a poignant accounting of the graduations, weddings, births and daily lives that victims have missed.
Some relatives also lament that a nation that came together — to some extent — after the attacks have since splintered apart. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, now see the threat of domestic violent extremism as equally urgent.
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SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple has introduced an all-new iPhone lineup, meeting Dynamic Island with iPhone 14 Pro. Humixx is ready to welcome the latest iPhone 14 series with crystal clear cases and translucent cases. With the commitment to be ever-improving, this year's case collection is a medley of revamped classics and brand-new innovation.
Humixx new crystal clear cases for iPhone 14 series are all military-grade certified by SGS (MIL-STD-810H 516.6), and have survived 8000+ drops with 0 damage to either phone or case. Their vision for clear cases is to provide optimum protection while showing your iPhone natural brilliance. Whether you want to showcase beauty or strength, Humixx clear cases do it all!
Humixx also offers the rare frosted translucent cases for iPhone 14 series with military-grade drop protection. They have certified drop protection which offers additional security with resistance from accidental falls and scratches. There is a raised frame on the phone case itself as well as around the camera protector for extra reliability.
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More than just a mobile casemaker, Humixx has also added some new case styles and accessories that enhance protection.
The 5-IN-1 clear case kit for iPhone 14 series comes with 1 clear case, 2 HD tempered screen protectors, and 2 HD camera lens protectors, which provide all-around protection for your phone. Moreover, Humixx has crafted the latest anti-oxidation coating and upgraded to 100% light-transmitting German Bayer material, details that other manufacturers have overlooked. It effectively resists 99.99% of UV rays, which offers the most yellowing resistance to ensure the longest lasting clarity.
For the people who is seeking low-profile and innovation, the rare frosted translucent case is the best choice. With Humixx newest venture, the 5-IN-1 iPhone 14 series cases, they took inspiration from Harman Kardon speakers' aesthetic to provide a blend of elegance, style, and functionality. The translucent cases loomingly reveal the iPhone's Apple logo and allow for wireless, MagSafe charging.
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The Apple stretches far and wide and so does Humixx's lineup. It's got the Apple Watch covered as well with one of its accessories including the 7/8/SE series case and band as a staple for those who appreciate a protective sporty look.
Whether picking up the iPhone or watch, Humixx has got the Apple covered. With designs suited to look good and be durable, there is always something that Humixx has to offer.
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(The Conversation) – Most of the debates on the usage of “Latinx” – pronounced “la-teen-ex” – have taken place in the U.S. But the word has begun to spread into Spanish-speaking countries – where it hasn’t exactly been embraced.
In July 2022, Argentina and Spain released public statements banning the use of Latinx, or any gender-neutral variant. Both governments reasoned that these new terms are violations of the rules of the Spanish language.
Latinx is used as an individual identity for those who are gender-nonconforming, and it can also describe an entire population without using “Latinos,” which is currently the default in Spanish for a group of men and women.
As a Mexican-born, U.S.-raised scholar, I agree with the official Argentine and Spanish stance on banning Latinx from the Spanish language – English, too.
When I first heard Latinx in 2017, I thought it was progressive and inclusive, but I quickly realized how problematic it was. Five years later, Latinx is not commonly used in Spanish-speaking countries, nor is it used by the majority of those identifying as Hispanic or Latino in the U.S.
In fact, there’s a gender-inclusive term that’s already being used by Spanish-speaking activists that works as a far more natural replacement.
Low usage
Though the exact origins of Latinx are unclear, it emerged sometime around 2004 and gained popularity around 2014. Merriam-Webster added it to its dictionary in 2018.
However, a 2019 Pew research study and 2021 Gallup poll indicated that less than 5% of the U.S. population used “Latinx” as a racial or ethnic identity.
Nonetheless, Latinx is becoming commonplace among academics; it’s used at conferences, in communication and especially in publications.
But is it inclusive to use Latinx when most of the population does not?
Perpetuating elitism
The distinct demographic differences of those who are aware of or use Latinx calls into question whether the term is inclusive or just elitist.
Individuals who self-identiy as Latinx or are aware of the term are most likely to be U.S.-born, young adults from 18 to 29 years old. They are predominately English-speakers and have some college education. In other words, the most marginalized communities do not use Latinx.
Scholars, in my view, should never impose social identities onto groups that do not self-identify that way.
I once had a reviewer for an academic journal article I submitted about women’s experiences with catcalling tell me to replace my use of “Latino” and “Latina” with “Latinx.” However, they had no issue with me using “man” or “woman” when it came to my white participants.
I was annoyed at the audacity of this reviewer. The goal of the study was to show catcalling, a gendered interaction, as an everyday form of sexism.
How was I supposed to differentiate my participants’ sexism experiences by gender and race if I labeled them all as Latinx?
The ‘x’ factor
If a term is truly inclusive, it gives equitable weight to vastly diverse experiences and knowledge; it is not meant to be a blanket identity.
Women of color, in general, are severely underrepresented in leadership positions and STEM fields. Using “Latinx” for women further obscures their contributions and identity. I have even seen some academics try to get around the nebulous nature of Latinx by writing “Latinx mothers” or “Latinx women” instead of “Latinas.”
Furthermore, if the goal is to be inclusive, the “x” would be easily pronounceable and naturally applied to other parts of the Spanish language.
Some Spanish speakers would rather identify by nationality – say, “Mexicano” or “Argentino” – instead of using umbrella terms like Hispanic or Latino. But the “x” can’t be easily applied to nationalities. Like Latinx, “Mexicanx” and “Argentinx” don’t exactly roll off the tongue in any language. Meanwhile, gendered articles in Spanish – “los” and “las” for the plural “the” – become “lxs,” while gendered pronouns –“el” and “ella” becomes “ellx.”
The utility and logic of it quickly falls apart.
‘Latine’ as an alternative
Many academics might feel compelled to continue to use Latinx because they fought hard to have it recognized by their institutions or have already published the term in an academic journal. But there is a much better gender-inclusive alternative, one that’s been largely overlooked by the U.S. academic community and is already being used in Spanish-speaking parts of Latin America, especially among young social activists in those countries.
It’s “Latine” – pronounced “lah-teen-eh” – and it’s far more adaptable to the Spanish language. It can be implemented as articles – “les” instead of “los” or “las,” the words for “the.” When it comes to pronouns, “elle” can become a singular form of “they” and used in place of the masculine “él” or feminine “ella,” which translate to “he” and “she.” It can also be readily applied to most nationalities, such as “Mexicane” or “Argentine.”
Because language shapes the way we think, it’s important to note that gendered languages like Spanish, German and French do facilitate gender stereotypes and discrimination. For example, in German, the word for bridge is feminine, and in Spanish, the word for bridge is masculine. Cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky had German speakers and Spanish speakers describe a bridge. The German speakers were more likely to describe it using adjectives like “beautiful” or “elegant,” while the Spanish speakers were more likely to describe it in masculine ways – “tall” and “strong.”
Moreover, the existing gender rules in Spanish are not perfect. Usually words ending in “-o” are masculine and those ending in “-a” are feminine, but there are many common words that break those gender rules, like “la mano,” the word for “hand.” And, of course, Spanish already uses an “e” for gender-neutral words, such as “estudiante,” or “student.”
I believe Latine accomplishes what Latinx originally meant to and more. Similarly, it eliminates the gender binary in its singular and plural form. However, Latine is not confined to an elite, English-speaking population within the U.S. It is inclusive.
Nevertheless, problems can still arise when the word “Latine” is imposed onto others. “Latina” and “Latino” may still be preferable for many individuals. I don’t think the “-e” should eliminate the existing “-o” and the “-a.” Instead, it could be a grammatically acceptable addition to the Spanish language.
Yes, Argentina and Spain’s ban of Latinx also included a ban on the use of Latine. Here is where I diverge from their directive. To me, the idea that language can be purist is nonsensical; language always evolves, whether it’s through technology – think emojis and textspeak – or increased social awareness, such as the evolution from “wife beating” to “intimate partner violence.”
Linguistic theory posits that language shapes reality, so cultures and communities can create words that shape the inclusive world they want to inhabit.
Language matters. Latine embodies that inclusivity – across socioeconomic status, citizenship, education, gender identity, age groups and nations, while honoring the Spanish language in the process.
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Last year, Sam Jalloh zig-zagged across West Africa coaching tennis to kids, taking with him rackets, balls and a cellphone loaded with photos and videos of a pro player in action to inspire the youngsters.
The player? Frances Tiafoe.
That move to encourage young Africans by showing them images of Tiafoe, an American with Sierra Leone roots, has paid off. Jalloh’s phone has pinged and pinged this week with text messages from many of the kids, delighted by the 24-year-old Tiafoe’s incredible run to the semifinals at the U.S. Open, where he beat Rafael Nadal along the way.
“They’re saying, ‘coach, have you seen Frances? This is really good.’ When these things happen . . . you can see that it motivates children,” Jalloh said. “They are very, very excited and it’s not just kids from Sierra Leone. I’ve got kids from Gambia, kids from Ghana, kids from Nigeria. This will bring a lot more inspiration for them.”
Tiafoe was born in the United States to parents who emigrated from Sierra Leone — also Jalloh’s home country — and while Tiafoe offers new hope for the future of American tennis, the African link made him an ideal role model for Jalloh to use, even before this breakthrough U.S. Open where he advanced to Friday’s semifinals before losing in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz.
Tiafoe’s parents, Frances Sr. and Alphina, struggled when they first arrived in the U.S. Frances Sr. worked as a laborer and then janitor at the Junior Tennis Champions Center in Maryland. Alphina put in long night shifts as a nurse. Frances Jr. and his twin brother, Franklin, were born in Maryland and lived for much of the first 10 years of their lives in a converted office at the tennis center.
With that backstory, Jalloh could see kids in West Africa make “a connection” to Tiafoe even though he also showed them clips of 22-time Grand Slam singles champion Nadal and other top players.
“It inspires them to go on and be great in tennis or whatever they aspire to be,” Jalloh said. He feels the Tiafoe effect in Africa will “go on for a long time.”
Jalloh insists tennis is more popular than many think in West Africa. He’s seen enough courts in enough towns and cities and enough young hopefuls to make that claim.
Some of the courts he’s coached on are neatly marked out and surrounded by fences. Many aren’t. Jalloh has made use of whatever he’s found. Some are little more than cracked strips of concrete in between houses in poor, inner-city neighborhoods. Others are stretches of flat earth carved out of the wilderness outside town.
It’s here that Jalloh hopes Tiafoe’s stirring performance at Flushing Meadows sparks something in tennis authorities in West Africa like it has in his young players.
“Once we have the organization and the people with the passion, then you’ll see a lot of talent come from Africa,” Jalloh said.
There have been positive signs in Sierra Leone in the past week. The national media, normally with eyes only for soccer, has taken notice of tennis and Tiafoe has received much praise.
Fatima Bio, wife of Sierra Leone President Julius Bio, posted on her Facebook page about Tiafoe: “You are such an amazing guy and I want you to know we are celebrating you at home.” Former Sierra Leone soccer captain Kai Kamara called Tiafoe “one of us” and said the country was behind him.
Jalloh became aware of Tiafoe when he won the prestigious Orange Bowl junior tournament in Miami at the age of 15. Jalloh wanted to know more about the young talent with Sierra Leonean heritage and eventually became good friends with Tiafoe’s dad. They speak often on the phone, Jalloh said, and were in contact this week as Frances Jr. blazed his trail at the U.S. Open.
It has also reinvigorated Jalloh, whose own life story is quite extraordinary.
Jalloh was born in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, one of 11 children and his parents gave him up for adoption at the age of 6 because they couldn’t afford to keep him. He ran away from his adopted family and lived on the streets of Freetown before reuniting with his mother.
He then found tennis and went from playing on the streets with his hand, and later homemade wooden bats, to a Sierra Leone national tennis player, which earned him $250 and a team tracksuit, his “greatest dream,” he said.
He now coaches players on the pro tour from his home in England and is already planning his next coaching trip to Africa. He’s aiming to go to Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa at the end of the year and back to West Africa in early 2023, he said, with his tennis equipment and plenty of new video clips of Tiafoe.
“Oh yes, I’ve got so much now. I will have a lot to show to the kids,” Jalloh said.
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Imray reported from Cape Town, South Africa.
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Rain is possible across Connecticut into the early part of the week, forecasters with the National Weather Service said Sunday.
There is a 20 percent chance of showers in New Haven, Torrington, Norwalk and Bridgeport Sunday, with high temperatures near 80.
The possibility of precipitation is set to increase overnight across the state, then extend into next week, forecasters said.
“Warm and muggy conditions Monday. Showers and thunderstorms expected across southern New England on Tuesday. Locally heavy downpours are possible at times (as a) cold front slides through,” forecasters said in discussing the regional outlook. “High pressure brings drier and cooler temperatures for mid to late in the week.”
There will be clouds and a better than even odds of rain in much of the state on Monday and Tuesday, including Hartford and New Haven counties, according to the weather service.
Despite recent rains, the entirety of the state remained in severe drought this week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The drought, which is the state’s worst in at least two years, has caused soils to dry up and harden, which in turn makes it harder for the ground to absorb heavy rains, forecasters said.
“For drought [to clear], you need light, steady rain for a period of time,” said Torry Gaucher, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Norton, Mass. “The reason you need that is so that it has time to absorb into the ground.”
“Beggars can’t be choosers,” Gary Lessor, the chief meteorologist at the Western Connecticut State University Weather Center, said. “You’ve got to take the rain when it comes, because Mother Nature is going to dictate when it returns.”
william.lambert@hearstmediact.com; reporting from John Moritz is included in this story
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After an offseason full of drama — retirement and un-retirement, an 11-day training camp hiatus and return, and all sorts of speculation — Tom Brady took to social media with his usual pregame video ahead of Sunday’s season opener against the Cowboys.
The Buccaneers quarterback addressed his return to the football field with some justification — a “hell of a team” to rejoin, the fact that he’s “still feeling pretty good” even at 45 years old, and the worry that “an arm is a terrible thing to waste.”
Year 23. #LFG pic.twitter.com/YUyh1XMekh
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) September 11, 2022
Brady has long enjoyed proving his doubters wrong. He made that point ahead of kickoff: “I’ve been reminded for almost a decade now,” the seven-time champion said, “that [I’m] headed for extinction. But not today.”
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Earlier Sunday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport said his sources expect Brady will once again step away after the season.
#Bucs QB Tom Brady is beginning what is expected to be his final season, sources say. A look inside his 11-day hiatus that included a family trip to the Bahamas and what’s next.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 11, 2022
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Brady and the Buccaneers take on the Cowboys in Dallas in primetime, kicking off at 8:20 p.m. Sunday on NBC.
Amin Touri can be reached at amin.touri@globe.com.
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How many NFL referees are female? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
Taking advantage of her opportunities proved worthwhile for now full-time NFL referee Sarah Thomas.
The college basketball star and former New Orleans Saints training camp official began her quest to the big leagues in 2015, when former NFL VP of Officiating Dean Blandino confirmed her spot on the NFL ref roster.
Thomas started as a line judge in 2015 and made her way up to being a down judge in 2017, which now reflects a gender-neutral position thanks to her.
She ignited change and paved the way for female referees everywhere, especially in the NFL. Let’s see how Thomas’ pursuit influenced the female ref roster for this year’s NFL season.
How many female referees are working in the NFL in 2022?
There are three female referees in the NFL for the 2022-23 season.
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During the 2021-22 season, there were only two female referees – Maia Chaka and Sarah Thomas.
Who are the female NFL football officials for 2022?
The female NFL officials for 2022 will feature two returners, Chaka and Thomas, as well as one newcomer: Robin DeLorenzo.
DeLorenzo became a down judge in 2022 following her involvement with officiating college football’s Big Ten Conference.
Who was the first female referee in the NFL?
That would be Sarah Thomas. Thomas became the first full-time female NFL official in 2015.
Six years later in 2021, Thomas became the first female official to work a Super Bowl, when the Kansas City Chiefs battled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Who was the first Black woman to referee in the NFL?
Maia Chakra, a 41-year-old Rochester, N.Y. native, became the first Black woman to be hired as a full-time official by the NFL. This occurred in September 2021.
How much do female NFL referees make?
According to a TSM Sportz report, a female referee makes a maximum pay of $1,500 for each NFL game they officiate. Female referees make a maximum single-game pay of $5,000 if they work the Super Bowl.
Who was the highest paid female NFL referee during the 2021-22 season?
During the 2021-22 NFL season, the highest paid female referee was Sarah Thomas.
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MONROE — Evacuees from a wildfire burning west of the Cascade Mountains include a cadre of horses and ponies forced to spend a nervous night in barn stalls at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds.
The staff of an equine rescue organization, Chez Chevaux, and the Golden Owl Riding School brought some 18 horses and four ponies on Saturday to the Monroe fairgrounds, where they’ll stay until it’s safe to return to their home in the path of the Bolt Creek fire.
The wildland blaze forced the organizations to evacuate their shared barn west of Sultan. Index, just ten miles up Highway 2, was dealt a full evacuation order Saturday evening.
“We’re in the line of the fire,” said Richard Bolmgren, one of the founders of Chez Chevaux, which takes in abandoned, beaten, race-worn and homeless horses. “We got all kinds of horses here.”
Their baying and whinnying was interrupted every few minutes Saturday night by the piercing roar of engines from a car race on the other side of the fairgrounds.
Hay had been donated by the attendants of a horse show from earlier in the day, and water was brought to each stall — most of which were shared by two horses.
Later in the night, a group of four ponies — two mothers and two younglings — was frantically ushered into a stall.
By the time the car race had ended and the lights across the fairgrounds were shut off, nearly every horse and pony had settled into their temporary home. They will stay at the fairgrounds until the fire is contained and it’s safe to return home, said Troy Schroder, one of the riding school’s founders.
“Some of these guys have a lot of trauma,” Schroder said. “We made it. Everybody’s alive.”
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'A true pro': Good Morning Britain viewers praise Kate Garraway as she presents the show solo for its first ever Sunday episode - in honour of Queen Elizabeth II
Good Morning Britain aired on ITV on Sunday for the first time ever, with the special show added to the schedule following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.
And fronting the news show solo was presenter Kate Garraway, 55, who dressed in black to pay her respect.
Taking to social media, viewers were quick to praise the host for her professional manner during the momentous moment - taking to social media as they dubbed her 'a true pro'.
Queen Elizabeth died at the age of 96 on Thursday at Balmoral Castle, Scotland.
'A true pro': Good Morning Britain viewers have praised Kate Garraway as she presented the show solo for it's first ever Sunday episode - in honour of Queen Elizabeth II
Despite usually sticking to a weekday schedule, Good Morning Britain had a quick switch up as they aired on both Saturday and Sunday this week.
Presenters Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid fronted Saturday's show, while Kate took on Sunday's edition alone.
The show followed Her Majesty's 'final journey', as they showed her hearse going from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh - where her coffin will lie in state at the Palace of Holyrood.
Schedule change: Despite usually sticking to a weekday schedule, Good Morning Britain had a quick switch up as they aired on both Saturday and Sunday this week
Guests: During Sunday's show, Kate was joined by Royal photographer Chris Jackson and Royal commentator Emily Andrews
And as viewers watched the rare episode, many took to Twitter to share their kind words on Kate's good work.
'What a moment and @kategarraway doing a fantastic job at covering events this morning. More of this please over the coming days,' wrote one viewer.
'This time they've gone above and beyond well done team,' wrote another.
Others also referenced the good work amid Kate's ongoing personal struggles, as her husband Derek Draper continues to struggle medically.
'Above and beyond': And as viewers watched the rare episode, many took to Twitter to share their kind words on Kate's good work
Tough time: Some viewers also referenced the good work amid Kate's ongoing personal struggles, as her husband Derek Draper continues to struggle medically (pictured in 2019)
Kate's husband Derek has required round-the-clock care since he contracted coronavirus in March 2020.
The presenter recently took a leave of absence from GMB after her husband's health took a downturn when he contracted sepsis.
He is now at risk of losing one of his kidneys, although he has been moved out of intensive care and is now in the hospital's high-dependency unit.
But praising her ability to stay professional, one viewer wrote: 'A true pro our Kate still with all her problems she delivered fantastic journalism / Well done and thank you.'
Tribute: Kate dressed in black to pay her respect to the late Monarch
Journey: The show followed Her Majesty's 'final journey', as they showed her hearse going from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh - where her coffin will lie in state at the Palace of Holyrood
ITV introduced a bout of scheduling changes this week following the announcement that the Queen had passed away, cutting shows such as This Morning and Emmerdale from the TV guide to make way for extended news coverage and tributes.
And as the UK goes through a period of mourning for Her Majesty, newscasters have been wearing black since Thursday to show their respects.
During Sunday's show, Kate was joined by Royal photographer Chris Jackson and Royal commentator Emily Andrews.
The show played clips as Princes William and Harry reunited following the heartbreaking death of their grandmother - with presenter Kate suggesting it may resurface memories of the death of their mother, Diana.
Coming together: The show played clips as Princes William and Harry reunited following the heartbreaking death of their grandmother - with presenter Kate suggesting it may resurface memories of the death of their mother, Diana
Weekend show: GMB, which usually only takes to ITV on weekdays, also aired on Saturday - with Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid fronting the first weekend episode
There’s potential triggering isn’t there? The rawness of that grief for whom William said in his statement, the Queen was absolutely there with him through those darkest days,' Kate explained to Chris and Emily.
Continuing: 'And so to be there thinking about her passing… I mean very very poignant moments.'
The media personality also penned a heartfelt tribute to the Queen via Instagram, sharing to her 1.1M fans how hard she 'feels the loss'.
Kate penned: 'RIP HM Queen Elizabeth II . We will forever be in your debt for your lifetime of dedication. Mother, grandmother , great grandmother - my thoughts are with all the Royal family for their loss.
'Sending love too to all those , like me , who feel the loss of her extraordinary presence as a constant in all our lives , seems even now , strangely and unsettlingly unreal.'
'Lifetime of dedication': Kate also penned a heartfelt tribute to the Queen via Instagram, sharing to her 1.1M fans how hard she 'feels the loss'
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D23 Expo is going down in Anaheim, Los Angeles, and Cassius Life was in the building on day one to peep some of the big announcements. During the Studio Showcase, Disney gave fans and press a first look at the highly anticipated live-action take on the animated classic The Little Mermaid.
Disney treated Fans and press in attendance to the full clip of Halle Bailey as Ariel singing the classic song from The Little Mermaid, “Part of Your World,” which was amazing. Following the scene, Bailey came out on stage to massive applause from the D23 Expo crowd, who had the privilege of seeing the scene.
Immediately after, Disney dropped the first teaser trailer for the film, which has been hampered with delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is currently on track to drop in May 2023.
Speaking with Variety, the one-half of the dynamic singing duo Chloe x Halle spoke about shooting the film and what she hopes little girls walk away with after watching her in the movie.
“I want the little girl in me and the little girls just like me who are watching to know that they’re special and that they should be a princess in every single way,” Bailey said. “There’s no reason that they shouldn’t be. That reassurance was something that I needed.” Bailey also discussed identifying with Ariel at a young age, saying, “Her sense of longing, her searching for herself, was something that I could resonate with. She knew where she wanted to go, and she wasn’t going to let anybody stop her.”
If that scene indicates what we can expect from The Little Mermaid, we are most likely in for a treat.
Other Announcements
The Little Mermaid wasn’t the only big announcement Disney had up its sleeve. Disney delivered trailers for Hocus Pocus 2, The Haunted Mansion, and Disenchanted. We also got exclusive first looks at Wish, Snow White, and The Lion King prequel Mufasa helmed by Barry Jenkins, plus new projects from Pixar; Win or Lose, Elio, Elemental, and confirmation that a sequel to Inside Out is coming.
Elio, which arrives in 2023, tells the story of an 11-year-old boy who makes first contact with aliens and is taken into space. America Ferrara lends her voice to the boy’s mother, Olga, in the animated feature.
Also coming in 2023 is Disney Animation’s newest film, Wish, starring Ariana DeBose as Asha in the musical about a magical kingdom where wishes and dreams come true. Following the end of the presentation, The West Side Story star came out to sing a song from Disney’s upcoming animated movie.
Disney+ also has a bevy of animated content on the way. The house of the mouse announced Zootopia+, a spinoff of the insanely-popular Zootopia film that will focus on six animated shorts featuring characters from the original movie. Disney also announced it has teamed up with African animation studio Kugali for a new series called Iwájú.
You can peep the trailers for Hocus Pocus 2 and Disenchanted below.
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Billionaire rapper/producer Kanye West, 45, has declared that he is turning his life around after news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II broke.
“Life is precious. Releasing all grudges today. Leaning into the light,” West wrote in an Instagram post where he also shared two photos of the deceased monarch.
[Note: He has since deleted the IG post, but this is the Internet.]
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The rapper has also deleted many posts that he had been criticized for in recent days including criticism of his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her family.
Kanye shares North, nine, Chicago, four, Saint, six, and Psalm, three, with the Kardashians star. He was in conflict with his wife and her family related to where the children would attend school, according to The Mirror.
West had also been on a social media tangent toward fashion retail giants Gap and Adidas who he has been in business relationships and business conflicts with.
As previously reported, The Gap had been excluding West from meetings. The company and the rap star had collaborated on a unique collaboration with Balenciaga. The capsule is displayed in trash bags in Gap stores earning the ire of fans. Yet, in an interview with Fox News, West said, “This is, like, not a joke. This is not a game. This is not just some celebrity collaboration. This is my life, you know? I’m fighting for a position to be able to change clothing and bring the best design to the people,” he said. West would go on to say that people online shouldn’t “clown the creators” because that will “make innovators and other designers” start acting “less brave.”
Gap and Adidas are not the only ones who had been earning West’s disdain. He also made comments about Pete Davidson who had been dating Kardashian. The couple broke up in recent weeks after months of harassment from West including an animated depiction of a violent video featuring the former SNL star with a severed head.
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Hillary Clinton says 9/11 a reminder US must ‘deal with extremism of any kind’
Clinton slams 'determined minority who wants to impose their views on all the rest of us'
Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks serves as a sobering reminder that the United States must "deal with extremism of any kind."
During an appearance on CNN’s "State of the Union," the former secretary of state told anchor Dana Bash that there are still lessons to be learned from 9/11.
"We have also, I think, been reminded about how important it is to try to deal with extremism of any kind, especially when it uses violence to try to achieve political and ideological goals," Clinton said. "So I'm one who thinks that there are lessons still to be learned from what happened to us on 9/11 that we should be very aware of during this time in our country and the world's history."
Clinton recalled what it was like to be a senator from New York at the time of the attacks and how Republicans and Democrats were able to rally behind President George W. Bush in a way the country hasn’t seen since.
Bash asked Clinton, "All of America's elected officials really genuinely put party aside and came together after those attacks. Would that be possible today?"
"Well, I hope that it will be, and I give President Biden a lot of credit for trying to continue to reach out to people while still sounding the alarm about the threats to our democracy," Clinton responded.
"I remember very well, two days after I gave that interview, being in the Oval Office with then-President Bush, who asked me what we needed, and I told him we needed $20 billion to rebuild New York and he said, ‘You got it.’ And he was good to his word, and there were all kinds of political conversations about that, but he never wavered," she continued. "And I wish now that people would come together behind President Biden, who is doing an amazing job trying to rebuild our manufacturing sector, trying to deal with climate change, expand health care, all the other things, including trying to do something about gun violence that the vast majority of Americans approve of."
"So we are in a funny position, Dana, because there's a small, but very vocal, very powerful, very determined minority who wants to impose their views on all the rest of us," she added. "And it's time for everybody, regardless of party to say, ‘No, that's not who we are as America.’"
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Clinton’s comments on the 21st anniversary of 9/11 come amid a new messaging strategy from President Biden and the White House characterizing so-called "MAGA Republicans," or conservative members of Congress aligned with former President Donald Trump, as a threat to the country.
"They refuse to accept the will of the people," Biden said a Democratic National Committee meeting in Maryland Thursday night. "They threaten our very democracy."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes, and pleas to “never forget,” 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
Bonita Mentis set out to read victims’ names at the World Trade Center wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis. The 25-year-old Guyanese immigrant worked at a financial firm while going to college.
“It’s been 21 years, but it’s not 21 years for us. It seems like just yesterday,” Mentis said. “The wounds are still fresh.”
“No matter how many years have passed, nobody can actually comprehend what happened,” she told a crowd that included Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff.
At the Pentagon, which also was targeted on 9/11, President Joe Biden vowed that the U.S. would continue working to root out terrorist plots and called on Americans to stand up for “the very democracy that guarantees the right to freedom that those terrorists on 9/11 sought to bury in the burning fire, smoke and ash.” First lady Jill Biden spoke at the third attack site, a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
On Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida conspirators seized control of jets to use them as passenger-filled missiles. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, reconfigured national security policy and spurred a U.S. “war on terror” worldwide. Sunday’s observances came little more than a month after a U.S. drone strike killed a key al-Qaida figure who helped plot the 9/11 attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri.
Pierre Roldan, who lost his cousin Carlos Lillo, a paramedic, said “we had some form of justice” when a U.S. raid killed Osama bin Laden in 2011.
“Now that al-Zawahri is gone, at least we’re continuing to get that justice,” Roldan said.
The self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, still awaits a long-postponed military tribunal. An attorney for one of Mohammed’s co-defendants this week confirmed ongoing negotiations toward a potential agreement to avoid a trial and impose lesser but still lengthy sentences.
The Sept. 11 attacks stirred — for a time — a sense of national pride and unity for many, while also subjecting Muslim Americans to years of suspicion and bigotry and engendering debate over the balance between safety and civil liberties. In ways both subtle and plain, the aftermath of 9/11 ripples through American politics and public life to this day.
But like some other victims’ relatives, Jay Saloman fears that Americans’ consciousness of 9/11 is receding.
“It was a terrorist attack against our country that day. And theoretically, everybody should remember it and, you know, take precautions and watch out,” said Saloman, who lost his brother, Wayne Saloman.
By tradition, no political figures speak at the ground zero ceremony. The observance centers, instead, on relatives reading aloud the names of the dead.
Like a growing number of readers, firefighter Jimmy Riches’ namesake nephew wasn’t born yet when his relative died. But the boy took the podium to honor him.
“You’re always in my heart. And I know you are watching over me,” he said.
Nikita Shah wore a T-shirt that bore the de facto epigraph of the annual commemoration — “never forget” — and the name of her slain father, Jayesh Shah.
The family later moved to Houston but often returns to New York for the anniversary to be “around people who kind of experienced the same type of grief and the same feelings after 9/11,” said Shah. She was 10 when her father was killed.
Readers often add personal remarks that form an alloy of American sentiments about Sept. 11 — grief, anger, toughness, appreciation for first responders and the military, appeals to patriotism, hopes for peace, occasional political barbs, and a poignant accounting of the graduations, weddings, births and daily lives that victims have missed. A few readers note recent events, this year ranging from the still ongoing coronavirus pandemic to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Some relatives also lament that a nation which came together — to some extent — after the attacks has since splintered apart. So much so that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, which were reshaped to focus on international terrorism after 9/11, now see the threat of domestic violent extremism as equally urgent.
“It took a tragedy to unite us. It should not take another tragedy to unite us again,” said Andrew Colabella, whose cousin, John DiGiovanni, died in the 1993 bombing World Trade Center bombing that presaged 9/11.
Beyond the attack sites, communities around the country marked the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith services and other commemorations. Some Americans joined in volunteer projects on a day that is federally recognized as both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
Others observed the anniversary with their own reflections.
More than 70 of Sekou Siby’s co-workers perished at Windows on the World, the restaurant atop the trade center’s north tower. He had the day off because another cook asked him to switch shifts.
The Ivorian immigrant wrestled with how to comprehend such horror in a country where he’d come looking for a better life. And Siby, now president of restaurant workers’ advocacy group ROC United, said ahead of the anniversary that the attacks made him wary of becoming attached to people when “you have no control over what’s going to happen to them next.”
“Every 9/11 is a reminder,” he said, “of what I lost that I can never recover.”
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Associated Press journalists Colleen Long in Washington and Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed.
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No overhead for 15 years: Remembering NJ’s Crazy Joe from Crazy Joe’s Furniture
Throughout time, there's always been those iconic brands and characters that define a company. One way or another, they knew how to leave their mark.
The auto insurance industry is one great example. Think of Geico with the gecko, or Progressive with Flo. Doesn't matter if you hear the character or brand first since they're interchangeable with one another.
For example, if someone said the word gecko, you'd immediately think of Geico. Or if they said Geico, the gecko would pop in your head. It's brilliant marketing, and for 27 years, one of those brilliant minds was based right here in New Jersey.
Think of the phrase "the price is always right because, there's no overhead," and some might immediately think of Crazy Joe from Crazy Joe's Furniture (not to be confused with Crazy Eddie from the 1980s).
Interchangeably, if someone mentioned Crazy Joe's Furniture, the first thought might be the place with no overhead. And if you're of a certain age and lived in an area where his stores were, you no doubt have seen his whacky, but brilliant, commercials.
It's hard to believe that 15 years ago, Crazy Joe officially left the scene in New Jersey. Especially if you grew up in Monmouth and Ocean County in the '80s through the early 2000s, you've no doubt heard of him before.
Crazy Joe's Furniture first opened its doors in New Jersey back in 1980. Since then, it had called The Garden State home for 27 years before packing it up and going out of business in August of 2007.
What made Crazy Joe's Furniture stand out from the rest wasn't really anything with the stores themselves. But rather, it was Crazy Joe himself and his very outgoing and fun personality.
I remember growing up and watching his commercials. In fact, it was his creative advertising throughout the years that helped him stand out over the rest. So when the time came, I insisted on buying furniture from his flagship store in Howell on Route 9 when I was living in my first apartment.
I remember the store itself was big. It had a lot of different types of furniture ranging from living room sets to bedrooms. It wasn't really anything special, but I remember while being there thinking about how awesome it would be if I actually ran into Crazy Joe himself.
But as luck would have it, I was fortunate enough to meet him. I remember walking by the sofas when suddenly I heard this voice. It was a very prominent voice and instantly recognizable from the commercials.
When I looked over, there was no mistaking it. It was Crazy Joe himself, and he was coming my way. And he looked exactly like he did in his commercials. It really was like meeting a local celebrity.
He offered assistance and he showed me around for a bit. I have to tell you, he was such a genuine person. And back then, there was no TikTok or Facebook to help you stand out. He did it by combining his personality with creativity which shined through in his commercials.
in 2005, Crazy Joe's Furniture celebrated the milestone of being in the Garden State for 25 years. Unfortunately, he closed his Crazy Joe's Furniture locations in New Jersey just two years later in 2007.
It's been 15 years since we've last heard those iconic ads for Crazy Joe's Furniture, but thanks to our ever-evolving digital world, we can enjoy some of those same commercials once again.
Here's a look back at one of their commercials celebrating 25 years in business.
Another one from 2007, toward the end of their run in New Jersey.
Although it was unfortunate Crazy Joe's furniture closed its doors in New Jersey, it wasn't quite the end of the road for Joe himself.
He eventually reemerged as Red Tag Joe in West Nyack, NY. Check out this ad from 2010 promoting Red Tag Furniture.
He also appeared in ads for Room and Home Furniture in Linden, NJ. And even though he never utters the words no overhead, he does take his hat off like he's famously done for years.
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G. Meenakshi, who was chosen for the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2022 Award by the Sahitya Akademi recently for her Tamil short story book ‘Malligavin Veedu’, wrote her first story when she was just 12.
“It was a story targeted at adults, titled ‘Anbulla Anni’. I wrote it and sent it to All India Radio’s ‘Ilaya Bharatham’ programme. They asked me to read it out, which I did. So far, I have written five books for children and eight books for older people,” said the author, who is the Editor of Rani Weekly Magazine.
‘Malligavin Veedu’, contains 12 short stories that aim to inspire children to study well, respect their elders, go plastic-free and serve the deserving. “I have written books based on real life, and stories picked out from the news. One story was about a girl who helped her father clean the Dal lake in Kashmir every day. ‘Malligavin Veedu’ is a house that is self-sustaining, and Mallika’s two friends are very impressed by how the family grows its own food and keeps it plastic-free, and they too want to emulate such ideas in their homes,” she said.
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Ms. Meenakshi said she had been writing stories that contain a moral for the reader. “I will write in other genres too, including comics and fantasy tales,” she said.
Along with Ms. Meenakshi, writer Kalimuthu had been chosen for this year’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award for the poetry collection ‘Thanithirukkum Araligalin Madhiyam’. The award, in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper plaque and ₹50,000 in cash, would be presented at an event to be held in November in New Delhi.
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Paddy farmers in the district are worried over the delay in announcement about paddy procurement by the government. Although it will take two to three weeks for largescale harvesting of paddy, several farmers in the western part of the district have already started harvesting their crops.
Farmers suspect that the delay in announcement of the procurement schedule by the Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) is a result of the influence being exerted on the government by the rice mills in the State. Farmers fear that delay in the procurement of the harvested paddy will force them to sell their produce directly to the rice mills at a rate dictated by the latter.
Muthalanthodu Mani, general secretary of the Desiya Karshaka Samajam (DKS), told The Hindu that the process of procurement would take at least two weeks even after its announcement. He said any further delay in announcing the procurement schedule would cause angst for the farmers.
Mr. Mani will lead an agitation in front of the Supplyco office here on Monday, demanding that the government announce the procurement schedule immediately.
With the State getting sporadic but heavy rains, most paddy farmers will have little means to stock the harvested paddy. “Delayed procurement means loss to the farmers and gain to the rice mills,” said Mr. Mani.
He wanted that the government start discussions with the rice mills about their demand for settling of arrears and return of tax. The 52 rice mills in the State that collect the paddy procured by the Supplyco have threatened not to take paddy unless their demands are met.
“If the government does not clear the issues with the rice mills immediately, the loss will be for the farmer. The government should act knowing this factor,” said Mr. Mani, demanding that the government find an alternative if the impasse continued.
Farmers have suggested that the government either seek the help of rice mills in Tamil Nadu or give the procured paddy to cooperative societies. “But it looks like there is a tacit understanding between the rice mills and the government,” said Mr. Mani.
Farmers by and large are disappointed at the refusal of the government in increasing the paddy price. In the budget, the State increased only 20 paisa a kg of paddy. In the last season, the paddy was procured for ₹28 a kg. This time, the Supplyco is expected to procure for ₹28.20 a kg.
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All over California, a wave of extreme heat has broken records.
In Sacramento, the city has broken the record for most over-100 degree days in a calendar year, beating a 1988 record of 41 days. Downtown Sacramento also recorded an all-time high temperature of 116 degrees on Sept. 6, beating the previous record of 114 degrees on July 17 in 1925.
But while most Californians are facing these high temperatures, not all communities are impacted equally. Researchers and community organizations have long documented the ways in which already-vulnerable communities — those without adequate infrastructure or funding — experience environmental threats like air pollution, drought and heatwaves more acutely than wealthier areas.
Kelly Turner, co-director of UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation, studies the intersection of extreme heat and urban planning. She says that, in all her research, she’s run into the same truth time and time again: Extreme heat affects everyone, but those impacts are frequently unequal.
“My view is that extreme heat is one of the greatest climate injustices facing the state of California currently,” she said.
She remembers one story, told to her by an East Coachella Valley resident during a listening session held as part of her research in 2021. She had asked a group of residents to tell a story of a time that they experienced extreme heat, and what happened next.
The resident told Turner a story of cascading events: Her husband worked in agriculture, so he had labored outside all day. When he came home, he was overheated and felt unwell. But their home didn’t have air conditioning, so he had no way to cool down. By the next day, he felt sick enough that he couldn’t go to work, which caused him to lose his job. After that, they couldn’t pay rent. So, they were evicted from their home.
It’s not a unique story. Similar ones have played out across California in the past week, Turner said.
“That just goes to show how something like having access to air conditioning that most of us take for granted cascaded into a series of events that led to housing insecurity,” Turner says.
The most-impacted communities
For decades, researchers have known that metro areas are usually hotter than more rural ones. This research helped popularize the phrase “urban heat island,” which references the fact that buildings, roads and other urban infrastructure tend to attract more heat than natural landscapes (excluding naturally scorching landscapes like deserts, of course).
But even within cities, there are differences in how different areas experience that heat. Research indicates that low-income, non-white communities are more likely to be hit with extreme impacts during a heatwave, and even see higher temperatures.
Turner said that there are the two main ways in which these communities are likely to see more extreme impacts during a heatwave.
“It's both by living in hotter communities, physically living there, and having fewer resources to cool themselves when it gets hot because of the weather,” she said.
Jake Dialesandro, who works with Turner as a postdoctoral scholar at the Luskin Center, said that his research has detailed what this looks like in California.
“Latinx communities are always four or five degrees warmer than the rest of the metro average,” he said. “We found that in Los Angeles. We found that in San Diego, Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento, San Jose.”
It’s a pattern he said he sees in all his research: “There's always a relationship between race, income and these environmental injustices.”
Why some neighborhoods are hotter than others
Turner says that the reason some areas in a city are hotter than others can be boiled down to infrastructure.
“We have built cities in a way that deprives some communities of green space and shade, which makes those communities hotter, just a few blocks away from other areas of the city that are wealthy and have the infrastructure to provide cooling and shade through the built features of the environment,” she says.
Dialesandro has seen evidence of this when analyzing why Latin American communities tend to experience more extreme heat.
“Shade is one of the most effective ways to mitigate the impacts of extreme heat,” he said. “These Latinx communities in these low income communities are really impacted by having lack of shade and lack of tree canopy.”
Some research has illustrated this disparity by looking at tree canopy in the city of Sacramento. A 2019 report organized by the Sacramento Tree Foundation found that during high heat, average temperatures in South Sacramento neighborhoods could be as much as 20 degrees higher than in other neighborhoods, like downtown or East Sacramento.
The report also found that all South Sacramento neighborhoods had less than 20% tree cover. Neighborhoods like East Sacramento and Downtown had more than 20%, sometimes as much as 40%.
“That 20 degree difference in temperature for some people, especially some of our unhoused neighbors, could be the difference between life or death,” said Rachel Patten, program manager for the Sacramento Tree Foundation.
Turner says it’s important to note that measuring shade in a neighborhood isn’t always as straightforward as simply looking at tree canopy. An area might be rich in shade despite a lack of trees if there are buildings that can provide shade, for example.
But there are pros and cons to both kinds of shade, and she says that they’re still doing research to determine what that balance should look like.
Beating the heat in California
Measures to help Californians better prepare for extreme heat have been discussed this year in the state legislature.
One bill, which currently awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, proposes a ranking system for heatwaves that would operate similarly to ranking systems currently used for environmental threats like hurricanes and wildfires. The scale would also trigger certain state responses to heatwaves, like the opening of cooling centers or recommendations for people to stay indoors.
Another bill aimed to create a maximum safe indoor air temperature standard for all residential units. Jovana Morales with the advocacy organization Leadership Counsel supported the bill, which stalled. However, Morales says that language from the bill was incorporated into the state budget, and a standard for maximum indoor air temperature should be finalized by 2025.
Morales says that she’s grateful the measure was included in the state budget. In the past week, she’s seen the extreme impacts of the current heatwave on communities in the Central Valley, where Leadership Counsel is located.
“It's wildfire season and I personally feel like Central Valley gets the brunt of that with i's already terrible air quality,” she says. “So it just really exacerbates the situation.”
She says that Leadership Counsel has heard stories from residents, often farmworkers, that echo the story Turner heard during her research. Often, the residents they hear from say that they had to work outside and return to a home without air conditioning, which worsens their experience and overall health.
“There’s so much more that needs to be done,” Morales says.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Cedar Creek fire breached containment lines Saturday leading to another massive growth for the already huge blaze.
The fire grew just over 32,000 acres over the course of the day due to high easterly winds across Oregon to more than 85,000 acres. Containment has dropped back down to 0% due to fire lines being jumped.
According to the U.S. Forest Service, with withs easing up Sunday and temperatures cooling, things will begin to get a little bit easier in terms of containment, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
Crews will be working Sunday to protect fire lines along major roads like Highway 58.
All evacuations remain in place, that includes Level 3 evacuation orders for the towns of Westfir and Oakridge. Evacuees are told to go to Lane Community College.
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Traffic on I-95 in Palm Bay diverted for hours after person jumps or falls from overpass
PALM BAY — Brevard County sheriff’s investigators shut down a portion of Interstate 95 early this morning after someone jumped or fell from the Minton Road overpass.
Details on the person's condition, as well as their name, gender or age, were not immediately available.
Thousands of motorists were diverted from the northbound interstate lanes at about 5 a.m. as investigators recovered information and evidence.
More local news:Melbourne police officer wounded in shootout at airport hotel; area man arrested, charged
The Florida Highway Patrol was notified about the case but the sheriff’s office was the primary agency on the incident. Palm Bay police assisted with traffic control in and around the interstate exit and a portion of Minton Road.
J.D. Gallop is a Criminal Justice/Breaking News Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Gallop at 321-917-4641 or jgallop@floridatoday.com. Twitter: @JDGallop.
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By DAVID KEYTON and MIKE CORDER
Associated Press
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — In a slow, somber and regal procession, Queen Elizabeth II’s flag-draped coffin was driven through the Scottish countryside Sunday from her beloved Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. Mourners packed city streets and highway bridges or lined rural roads with cars and tractors to take part in a historic goodbye to the monarch who reigned for 70 years.
The hearse drove past piles of bouquets and other tributes as it led a seven-car cortege from Balmoral, where the queen died Thursday at age 96, for a six-hour trip through Scottish towns to Holyroodhouse palace in Edinburgh. The late queen’s coffin was draped in the Royal Standard for Scotland and topped with a wreath made of flowers from the estate, including sweet peas, one of the queen’s favorites.
The procession was a huge event for Scotland as the U.K. takes days to mourn its longest-reigning monarch, the only one most Britons have ever known. Hours before the coffin’s arrival in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, people turned out early to grab a space by police barricades. By afternoon, crowds were 10 people deep in places, eager to be part of the occasion.
“I think she has been an ever-constant in my life. She was the queen I was born under, and she has always been there,” said Angus Ruthven, a 54-year-old civil servant from Edinburgh as he awaited the arrival of the coffin.
“I think it is going to take a lot of adjusting that she is not here. It is quite a sudden thing. We knew she was getting frailer, but it will be a good reign for King Charles,” he predicted.
The first village the cortege passed through was Ballater, where residents regard the royal family as neighbors. Hundreds of people watched in silence and some threw flowers in front of the hearse as it passed.
“She meant such a lot to people in this area. People were crying, it was amazing to see,” said Victoria Pacheco, a guest house manager.
In each Scottish town and village the entourage drove through, they were met with muted scenes of respect. People stood mostly in silence; some clapped politely, others pointed their phone cameras at the passing cars. In Aberdeenshire, farmers lined the route with an honor guard of dozens of tractors.
Before reaching the Scottish capital, the cortege traveled down what is effectively a royal memory lane — passing through locations laden with House of Windsor history. Those included Dyce, where in 1975 the queen formally opened the U.K.’s first North Sea oil pipeline, and Fife, near St. Andrews University, where her grandson Prince William, now the Prince of Wales, studied and met his future wife, Catherine.
Sunday’s solemn drive came as the queen’s eldest son was formally proclaimed the new monarch — King Charles III — in the rest of the nations of the United Kingdom: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It came a day after a pomp-filled accession ceremony in England for that king that was steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism.
“I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty, which have now passed to me,” Charles said Saturday.
Just before the proclamation was read Sunday in Edinburgh, a protester appeared with a sign condemning imperialism and urging leaders to “abolish the monarchy.” She was taken away soon afterward by police. Reaction to the protest was mixed. One man shouted, “Let her go! It’s free speech!” while others shouted: “Have some respect!”
Still, there was also some booing in Edinburgh when Joseph Morrow, Lord Lyon King of Arms, finished his proclamation with the words “God save the king!”
Ann Hamilton, 48, said she thought it was “absolutely terrible” that people booed the royal family during the proclamation of King Charles III in Edinburgh.
“There’s tens of thousands of people here today to show their respect. For them to be here, heckling through things, I think it was terrible. If they were so against it, they shouldn’t have come,” she said.
Still, it was a sign of how some, including Britain’s former colonies, are struggling with the legacy of the monarchy. Earlier, proclamations were read in other parts of the Commonwealth, including Australia and New Zealand.
Charles, even as he mourned his late mother, was getting to work at Buckingham Palace, meeting with the secretary-general and other representatives of the Commonwealth. Many in those nations are grappling with affection for the queen and lingering bitterness over their colonial legacies, which ranged from outright slavery to corporal punishment in African schools to looted artifacts held in British cultural institutions.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who had started laying the groundwork for an Australian republic after an election in May, said Sunday that now was the time not for a change but for paying tribute to the late queen.
India, a former British colony, observed a day of state mourning, with flags lowered to half-staff on all government buildings throughout the country.
Amid the grief enveloping the House of Windsor, there were hints of a possible family reconciliation. Prince William and his brother Harry, together with their respective wives, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, delighted mourners near Windsor Castle with a surprise joint appearance Saturday.
The queen’s coffin was taking a circuitous journey back to the capital. On Monday, it will be taken from Holyroodhouse to nearby St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, where it will remain until Tuesday, when it will be flown to London. The coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to the Houses of Parliament to lie in state until a state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19.
In Ballater, the Rev. David Barr said locals consider the royals as “neighbors” and try to treat them as locals when they spend summers in the Scottish Highlands.
“When she comes up here, and she goes through those gates, I believe the royal part of her stays mostly outside,” he said. “And as she goes in, she was able to be a wife, a loving wife, a loving mum, a loving gran and then later on a loving great-gran — and aunty — and be normal.”
Elizabeth Taylor, from Aberdeen, had tears in her eyes after the hearse carrying the queen’s coffin passed through Ballater.
“It was very emotional. It was respectful and showed what they think of the queen,” she said. “She certainly gave service to this country, even up until a few days before her death.”
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Khamzat Chimaev’s massive weigh-in flub almost single-handedly destroyed UFC 279 last night (Sat., Sept. 10, 2022). Only through some epic last-minute wrangling by UFC and it’s shockingly game fighters did we have a card to watch at all on Saturday night.
UFC President, Dana White, is not a fan of fighters missing weight, and you’d think a weight miss this big (Chimaev weighed 178.5 pounds for his Welterweight bout against Nate Diaz) with so many consequences would have him dropping a thousand F-bombs during the post-event press conference.
Instead, White seemed muted regarding Khamzat’s screw up.
“It’s a problem. It’s a problem that he missed weight,” White admitted when pushed on the subject. “I don’t know, we’ve got to look at it and figure it out and what makes sense is for him to fight at 180. So, we’ll see.”
“It is what it is, it happened,” he said when asked again later on. “We’ll go back this week, come up with a plan, and ... probably have him fight at 180.”
White clarified that he was talking about Middleweight, saying, “Yeah that’s what I meant. No more Catchweight fights.”
Chimaev was looking on the verge of a 170-pound title before missing weight, and now leaves Las Vegas, Nevada, further away from championship gold than when he arrived. With Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman set to fight again for the divisional strap, one reporter asked White about Khamzat Chimaev vs. Colby Covington.
“I don’t know, after he just didn’t make weight, I don’t know,” White said. “But, obviously there’s a lot of possibilities for him. Possibly at 170 or at 185.”
The one thing White did get fired up over was accusations that UFC somehow set up the UFC 279 shuffle that led to Nate Diaz fighting Tony Ferguson instead of Chimaev.
“There’s some f—king lunatics on the internet that think this was all staged and planned and whatever,” White said. “If you think that the crazy dudes that we had here this week could be orchestrated into something, you’re literally out of your mind. This all happened and we had to deal with it. I just couldn’t wait to get tonight over with.”
The chaos wound up being good for business. According to White, UFC 279 was another sell out, social media numbers were through the roof, and the pay-per-view (PPV) performed extremely well.
He’s just fortunate there was an event for people to watch in the end.
For complete UFC 279 results and coverage click here.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — J.J. McCarthy was sharp in his first start, throwing for three touchdowns to help No. 4 Michigan overwhelm Hawaii 56-10 on Saturday night.
McCarthy had his turn to take the first snap after Big Ten championship-winning quarterback Cade McNamara had a lackluster performance in the season-opening win over Colorado State as the starter.
The sophomore made the most of his opportunity against the Rainbow Warriors, throwing a 42-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson on his second snap and 13-yard pass to Ronnie Bell early in the second quarter to give the Wolverines (2-0) a four-touchdown lead.
McNamara entered the game with 6:22 left in the first half and took a sack to end his first possession.
McCarthy went back in and threw for his third score, dropping back and stepping up in the pocket before connecting with Cornelius Johnson for a 17-yard touchdown late in the first half to give Michigan a 42-0 lead.
The former five-star recruit finished 11 of 12 for 229 yards without a turnover, a performance that likely helps him start next week against Connecticut.
McNamara started the second half and finished 4 of 6 for 26 yards with an interception.
The Rainbow Warriors (0-3) were scoreless until late in the third quarter when Matthew Shipley made a 26-yard field goal, taking advantage of favorable field position following their second sack of McNamara.
With Michigan backups getting a chance to play, freshman Tylan Hines ran for a 54-yard score to make it 49-10.
HONOLULU GUY
Wilson, who hails from Honolulu, caught a touchdown pass on McCarthy's first throw and ran for a 21-yard score after the quarterback casually flipped it to him on an end-around.
THE TAKEAWAY
Hawaii: First-year coach Timmy Chang, a former star quarterback at the school, is facing quite a challenge. The Rainbow Warriors opened the season with two home games and lost 63-10 to Vanderbilt and 49-17 to Western Kentucky. Chang is following Todd Graham, who resigned as coach in January after former players and some parents criticized his management style and relationships with players.
Michigan: Before the season began, coach Jim Harbaugh said he would decide on his Week 3 starter after both McCarthy and McNamara had a shot to start a game. It seems clear that McCarthy's talent as a passer and runner gives him an edge in the competition. McNamara accomplished a lot last year, but he has struggled this season and seems to be out of a job.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
The Wolverines will likely remain ranked No. 4 because the teams ahead of them in the AP Top 25 also won their games.
UP NEXT
Hawaii: Hosts Duquesne, a second-tier college football program that beat NAIA-level Thomas More after opening with two losses.
Michigan: Hosts Jim Mora-led Connecticut (1-2) in the third of four straight home games to open season.
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TORONTO (AP) — Three years after premiering “Knives Out” at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rian Johnson returned to the scene of the crime to debut his much-anticipated whodunit sequel, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
When Johnson introduced the film to the eager Princess of Wales Theatre audience on Saturday night, he didn’t calmly stroll out on the stage with a polite wave to the crowd. He sprinted.
“Are you guys ready to have a good time?” yelled Johnson. “Are you ready for a fun whodunit?”
The roar of the crowd made it clear that, yes, they, too, could hardly wait. The “Knives Out” films almost perfectly bookend the last three pandemic years; the original “Knives Out” had premiered in the same theatre almost exactly three years prior, where Johnson’s modern spin on a retro genre more or less blew the roof off.
“It’s surreal,” said Johnson, the 48-year-old director of “The Last Jedi” and “Looper,” in an interview ahead of the premiere of “Glass Onion.” “It’s so strange thinking of the 30 years that have gone by in the three years since we played a movie at Toronto.”
If “Knives Out” bridged a long-ago movie world — a cocktail of eccentric murder suspects hounded by a colorful sleuth — with contemporary issues of class and ethnicity, “Glass Onion” had the task of collapsing pre-pandemic moviegoing with today’s still unfolding recovery. The film, set in early 2020, starts with characters in masks and Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc in lockdown — soaking in his bathtub, mostly — and hungry for a new case.
“Part of the real pleasure of it for me is having a whodunit that’s not a period piece but set in modern America and that fully engages with whatever’s on people’s minds at the time — hopefully in a way that’s still completely encased within an entertainment,” said Johnson. “I hope we pulled that off again.”
The boisterous audience response and glowing reviews out of Toronto suggested that Johnson, who also wrote the film, did just that. While the less said the better about the many-layered plot of “Glass Onion,” it revolves around tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton), who invites a small group of friends to his private island (much of the film was shot in Greece) for a murder mystery party. The cast includes a standout Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista, Madelyn Cline, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick and Leslie Odom Jr.
Johnson juggles themes of truth and stupidity with echoes of today’s American politics, and also takes a satirical approach to tech moguls. In the film, Bron considers his inner circle a gang of “disrupters.”
That will strike many viewers as either fitting or ironic considering that “Glass Onion,” unlike “Knives Out,” is a movie for Netflix, a self-styled Hollywood disrupter that over the past decade has radically altered the movie business. After “Knives Out” became one of 2019’s biggest hits, grossing $311 million worldwide against a $40 million budget, Netflix swooped in to pay $450 million for two sequels.
That’s put particular focus on the release of “Glass Onion,” a likely box-office success if it were released widely in theaters, at a time when the film industry is grappling with the equilibrium between streaming and theaters. While Netflix often gives its most prominent films several weeks in select theaters before streaming, the streamer and exhibitors discussed a wider release for “Glass Onion.” Currently, that’s not expected; Netflix will stream the film beginning Dec. 23 after a theatrical run beginning in November.
“This movie, above everything else, is designed to be a good time with a big crowd of folks in a theater,” said Johnson.
As far as the specific theatrical rollout, Johnson said it’s still being worked out. “To be decided,” he said.
“I want as many people to see the movie in theaters as possible,” said Johnson. “Having said that, I know a lot of people discovered ‘Knives Out’ with their families at home once it was streaming. But this movie is so designed to be seen with a crowd in a theater. It’s less like ‘Top Gun’ where it’s about the big experience of the screen and the sound, and it’s more about being surrounded by people who are going to be having as much fun as you.”
“My goal is to hopefully have it be so if you want to see it in a theater, you can,” added Johnson. “But we’re still TBA.”
Johnson, who emerged with the 2005 neo-noir “Brick,” with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, said he’s not so far removed from his independent roots that he isn’t happy with simply having the backing of a major distributor.
“As a form of self-defense, I have a serenity that if you make a good movie, you put it out there and people will find it,” said Johnson. “At the end of the day, you just have to reach a place of Zen because everything is changing so quickly.”
Johnson has again picked a movie title that relates not just to the storyline of his movie but that corresponds with a notable rock song. (Radiohead has their own “Knives Out.”)
“I honestly just searched through my music library for songs having to do with glass,” said Johnson, chuckling. “With apologies to Blonde, this was my favorite glass-centric song. The title has an oddness to it that reminds me of ’70s paperbacks or even some Agatha Christie titles. There’s a pleasant oddball-ness to calling a big movie ‘Glass Onion.’”
In a parallel universe, Johnson might have spent the last seven years working on “Star Wars.” Around the release of “The Last Jedi” — which remains a groundbreaking if contentious entry in the “Star Wars” canon — Johnson was tapped to develop a trilogy. Though there has yet to be any publicly announced plans for that, Johnson said that door hasn’t necessarily closed.
But he’s also having an awful lot of fun making “Knives Out” mysteries. There will be at least one more. At the premiere, Craig said: “I’d work with this man for the rest of my life.”
“I had the best experience of my life making ‘The Last Jedi.’ I don’t know if I’ll ever top it professionally. And I really hope that I get to do it again. I hope to come back and do more ‘Star Wars’ at some point,” said Johnson. “But it’s pretty fun having something that’s entirely our sandbox.”
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Bulgaria ranks First in the European Union in terms of Hospitals per 1 Million Population
Healthcare in Bulgaria has become more accessible, patients' unmet needs for healthcare have decreased, over 80% of people have access to their GP within the same or the next day, and our country is in first place in the European Union by provision of hospitals per 1 million people.
These are part of the results of a joint study by the Research Center "Trend" and the Expert Club for Economics and Politics (EKIP) on the topic of access to health care in Bulgaria.
The research is nationally representative and was conducted in the period July 5-13, 2022 among 1,005 people using the face-to-face method.
“In Bulgaria, there are 53 hospitals per 1 million people, and according to this indicator our country ranks first in the European Union”, commented Arkadi Sharkov from EKIP. EU averages are roughly around 26.
According to the survey, Bulgarians mostly disapprove of additional payment for medicines (20 percent of those interviewed), with 53% seeing a serious problem with the prices for examinations. 27 percent did not have the opportunity to visit a specialist doctor due to lack of financial means, and 19 percent stopped taking medicine again due to lack of money.
Health care costs
The main dissatisfaction of patients in Bulgaria with the health care system comes from co-payments. 29% state that expensive health care is the main reason they are dissatisfied with the health care system. 14% specifically mention the high prices of medicines. 13% define the bad treatment towards them as a reason for dissatisfaction and a smaller percentage of people point to the lack of personnel, inadequate treatment, corruption, bad legislative decisions, the draining of the NHIF, etc.
In the period 2015-2019, drug costs fell by four percent. In 2019, despite the reduction of the percentage, the amount on an annual basis for additional payment for health for one household is BGN 460-500, 60-80 percent of which is for additional payment for medicines, Arkadi Sharkov pointed out.
In Bulgaria, out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in 2019 accounted for 39% of total healthcare costs, which is down from 43% in 2015. However, the rate of direct out-of-pocket payments remains high compared to the EU average of 15.5%.
Access to health care
The survey shows that healthcare in Bulgaria has become more accessible between 2014 and 2019 in terms of time, logistics and finances. 37% of Bulgarians are satisfied with access to health care, and 47% are not satisfied.
More than 55 percent of our compatriots have the opportunity to visit their personal doctor the same day, 25 percent - the next day. With a specialist doctor, the picture is almost the same, commented Dimitar Ganev from "Trend". People who wait more than a month for a specialist are only 4 percent.
In terms of hospital admissions, over 50% of people were admitted within a day and another 40% within a few days. According to 43%, the number of hospitals in Bulgaria is sufficient, and according to 46%, there is no need to open new ones.
Bulgaria is in one of the last places in the negative ranking (which is good, the experts explained), in connection with waiting lists for hospital admission in 2019 as well. Only 4.9 percent expressed dissatisfaction with this indicator. Just over 2% are dissatisfied with the distance and transport to the hospital.
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ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP)Kobe Tracy threw for 388 yards and three touchdowns and Quali Conley had 139 yards rushing with three touchdowns and Utah Tech beat Division II-level Chadron State 56-10 on Saturday.
Following a 7-all stalemate at intermission, the Trailblazers (1-1) broke it open with three touchdowns in the third quarter and four in the fourth.
Utah Tech intercepted Eagles’ quarterback Heath Beemiller four times and returned two of the picks for touchdowns.
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Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol. Thirumavalavan has reiterated that the appointment of Hindu priests irrespective of their castes, which has been championed by DMK government, should be defended on the basis that it protects the rights of all Hindus.
In a social media post recently, he said the move by the DMK should be referred to as ‘any Hindu can become priests’ instead of ‘all castes can become priests’.
“We are not saying that anyone from any religion can become a priest. We are only saying that all Hindus, irrespective of castes, should be able to become priests. This is a protest in favour of Hindus. Yet, we will be portrayed as though we are against Hindus,” he said.
The move by Mr. Thirumavalavan appears to be a counter to the criticism that the party is against Hindus. Explaining Mr. Thirumavalavan’s comments, VCK’s Assembly floor leader and general secretary Sinthanai Selvan said the party wanted equality for Hindus within Hinduism, which has seen several reform movements in its history.
“There are many strands in Hinduism and one of the important aspects of the religion is that it is one of continuous reformations. This [appointing anyone, irrespective of caste, as priests in temple] is also a reformation,” he added.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man who is seen in an amateur video lying face down, bloody and motionless, as an Israeli policeman kneels on his neck, said Sunday that Israeli forces beat and detained him without provocation as he headed to pray at Jerusalem’s chief Muslim shrine.
Yousef Adi, 36, said that he suffered a broken nose and required four stitches on his forehead after last Thursday’s beating nearby the Al Aqsa mosque. The incident is the latest in a series of violent acts by Israeli police against Palestinians. Israeli police said the video distorted the facts and they had used “reasonable force.”
Adi, a West Bank resident who works as a technician at Palestine TV, said he had all the necessary Israeli permits to enter Jerusalem. Inside the Old City, he said officers arbitrarily detained him and dragged him against a wall and began to beat him.
“I did nothing except shout at them to leave me alone and stay away from me,” he said. “But then more policemen came and began hitting me everywhere on my body.”
A video circulated on social media appeared to show an officer from the Israeli border police pinning Adi’s head to the ground with his knee. Adi is seen bleeding from his nose and hanging limply as police officers cuff him and move his apparently unconscious body. A pool of blood is visible on the ground.
Adi said the beatings continued and that he was eventually hospitalized.
The border police said the video did not tell the full story. It released a separate video of security camera footage that showed part of the events preceding Adi’s arrest.
Although there is no sound, Adi can be seen arguing over being stopped near a police barrier and appears to push an officer as he is detained. He also appears to be shouting and waving his arms frantically as they try to subdue him. The video, however, does not show the moments when he was beaten.
“Because of his violent behavior, the troops were forced to use reasonable force in order to subdue the suspect who ran wild and remove the threat his violent behavior posed,” the police statement said. Tamir Paro, the force’s spokesman, declined to answer any additional questions.
Adi said the following day he was fined 500 shekels (about $150) and banned from entering Jerusalem for a month.
“I’m still suffering from the pain,” he said. “My children, after seeing the video, wake up at night crying … I need surgery on my nose. Who will pay for it?”
The border police is a paramilitary force that is often deployed to maintain order in tense areas, such as the Old City, or to quell unrest, and its officers have been targets of Palestinian attackers. At the same time, Palestinian and human rights groups accuse the force of frequently using excessive force and say officers are rarely punished for violent acts.
Last December, an AP photographer was beaten by a border policeman in an unprovoked attack, and two years ago, an autistic Palestinian man was killed by a border policeman in the Old City. Israeli authorities say that shooting was a tragic mistake, and an officer has been charged with reckless homicide in the case.
Earlier Sunday, a Palestinian man who was wounded in a firefight with Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last week died of his injuries, Palestinian health officials said.
Hamad Mustafa Abu Jelda, 24, was shot during a shootout with Israeli forces in Jenin. The forces were demolishing the home of a Palestinian gunman who killed three Israelis in an attack in Tel Aviv earlier this year.
It was not clear whether he was taking part in the violence when he was shot.
Israel has been conducting near-daily arrest raids in the West Bank for months, which were prompted by a spate of deadly attacks against Israelis earlier this year that killed 19 people.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Mideast war and the Palestinians seek those territories for a future state.
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As the war in Ukraine marked 200 days on Sunday, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a long-anticipated counteroffensive that has dealt a heavy blow to Russia.
The counterattack began in the final days of August and at first focused on the southern region of Kherson, which was swept by Russian forces in the opening days of the invasion. But just as Moscow redirected attention and troops there, Ukraine launched another, highly effective offensive in the northeast, near Kharkiv.
Facing the prospect of a large group of its forces becoming surrounded, Moscow pulled back its troops from Kharkiv in a dramatic shift in the state of play that posed the biggest challenge to the Kremlin since it launched the invasion Feb. 24.
“The Ukrainian army has taken advantage of the relocation of the bulk of the Russian forces to the south and is trying to direct the course of the war, excelling in maneuver and showing great ingenuity,” said Mykola Sunhurovskyi, a military expert with the Razumkov Centre, a Kyiv-based think tank. Ukraine’s quick gains, he added, are “important both for seizing initiative and raising troops’ spirit.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the military in a video address Saturday night, saying it has reclaimed about 2,000 square kilometers (over 770 square miles) of territory so far this month. He also taunted Moscow over its withdrawal, saying the Russian army was “demonstrating the best it can do — showing its back” and “they made a good choice to run.”
The Russian military debacle has provoked outrage among Russian military bloggers and patriotic commentators, who chastised the Kremlin for failing to mobilize more forces and take stronger action against Ukraine. Even Ramzan Kadyrov, the Moscow-backed leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, publicly criticized the Russian Defense Ministry for what he called “mistakes” that made the Ukrainian blitz possible.
Both sides have suffered heavy losses in Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Ukraine’s military chief said last month that nearly 9,000 of its soldiers have been killed in action. And while Moscow hasn’t reported its own losses since March, Western estimates put the toll as high as 25,000 dead, with the wounded, captured and deserters bringing the overall Russian losses to more than 80,000.
Ukraine has sought to mobilize the population to reach an active military of 1 million people, while Russia, in contrast, has continued to rely on a limited contingent of volunteers for fear that a mass mobilization could fuel discontent and upset internal stability.
As the war slogs on, a growing flow of Western weapons over the summer is playing a key role in the counteroffensive, helping Ukraine significantly boost its precision strike capability.
Since the counteroffensive began, Ukraine said, its forces have reclaimed more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kherson region, troops sought to drive Russian forces from their foothold on the west bank of the Dnieper River, a potential vantage point for a push deeper into Ukraine by Moscow.
The Ukrainian General Staff said Russian forces had also left several settlements in the region but did not identify the towns.
The city of Kherson, an economic hub at the confluence of the Dnieper and the Black Sea with a prewar population of about 300,000, was the first major population center to fall in the war.
Russian forces also have made inroads into the Zaporizhzhia region farther north, where they seized Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. The last of its six reactors was shut down Sunday after operating in a risky “island mode” for several days to generate electricity for the plant’s crucial cooling systems after one of the power lines was restored.
Moscow has installed puppet administrations in occupied areas, introduced its currency, handed out Russian passports and prepared for local plebiscites to pave the way for annexation. But the counteroffensive has derailed those plans, with a top Moscow-backed official in Kherson saying the vote there needs to be put off.
The counterattack followed methodical strikes on Russian infrastructure and supply lines. Ukrainian forces have used U.S.-supplied HIMARS multiple rocket launchers to pound the two bridges on the Dnieper, forcing Russian troops in the Kherson region to rely on pontoon crossings that also have faced daily strikes.
Last month, a series of explosions also hit airbases and a munitions depot in Crimea, underlining the vulnerability of the peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014 and has been crucial for its southern operations. Ukrainian authorities initially refrained from claiming responsibility, but the country’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyy, acknowledged in recent days that his forces hit them with rockets.
Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said Kyiv “has used the tactics of methodically exhausting the Russian army, weakening it and depriving it of a possibility to regularly beef up its forces.”
Unlike in the south, where Ukraine’s counteroffensive proceeded more slowly on the barren steppes of Kherson that left troops vulnerable to Russian artillery, the Kharkiv region’s forests offered natural cover that allowed for lightning-fast surprise attacks from multiple directions.
“Swiftness and surprise have become key components of the Ukrainian army action in the Kharkiv region after Russian forces deployed there had been relocated to the south,” Zhdanov said.
Michael Kofman, an expert on the Russian military at the Virginia-based think tank CNA, said the counteroffensive “has proven a very significant victory for Ukraine.”
“Russian forces appear to have been spread thinly, and military leadership unprepared despite earlier evidence of Ukrainian buildup,” Kofman wrote. “I think it’s fair to assess that Russia was caught by surprise with little in the way of reserves locally available.”
After capturing the town of Balakliia, about 55 kilometers (about 34 miles) southeast of Kharkiv, Ukrainian forces quickly pressed their offensive farther east to Kupiansk, a rail hub vital for sustaining Russian operations in the region.
They claimed control of the strategic city Saturday, cutting supply lines to a big group of Russian forces around Izyum to the south. To prevent their complete encirclement, Moscow ordered the hasty retreat, claiming they were relocating to focus on the neighboring Donetsk region.
Zhdanov noted that a successful counteroffensive is key to persuading allies to further increase supplies of weapons to Ukraine, something that was discussed Thursday at a NATO meeting in Germany.
“The events in the south and in the Kharkiv region must show to the West that the Ukrainian military knows how to handle the weapons and needs to develop their success,” Zhdanov said.
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Yuras Karmanau in Kyiv contributed.
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LONDON (AP) — For many people around the world, the word corgi is forever linked to Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Diana once called them a “moving carpet” always by her mother-in-law’s side. Stubby, fluffy little dogs with a high-pitched bark, corgis were the late queen’s constant companions since she was a child. She owned nearly 30 throughout her life, and they enjoyed a life of privilege fit for a royal pet.
Elizabeth’s death last week has raised public concerns over who will care for her beloved dogs. Some speculate they will be sent off to live with other royal family members, while others say this task might be given to palace staff.
“One of the intriguing things people are wondering about at the funeral is whether a corgi is going to be present,” said Robert Lacey, royal historian and author of “Majesty: Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor.” “The queen’s best friends were corgis, these short-legged, ill tempered beasts with a yap that doesn’t appeal to many people in Britain, but was absolutely crucial to the Queen.”
Elizabeth’s love for corgis began in 1933 when her father, King George VI, brought home a Pembroke Welsh corgi they named Dookie. Images of a young Elizabeth walking the dog outside their lavish London home would be the first among many to come over the decades.
When she was 18 she was given another and named it Susan, the first in a long line of corgis to come. Later there were dorgis — a dachshund and corgi crossbreed — owned by the queen. Eventually they came to accompany her in public appearances, and became part of her persona.
Throughout Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne, the corgis were by her side, accompanying her on official tours, reportedly sleeping in their own room at Buckingham Palace with daily sheet changes, and occasionally nipping the ankles of the odd visitor or royal family member.
Three of them even appeared alongside the queen as she climbed into James Bond’s waiting helicopter in the spoof video that opened the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
British author Penny Junor documented their feisty lives in a 2018 biography “All the Queen’s Corgis.”
She writes that Elizabeth walked and fed the dogs, chose their names and when they died, buried them with individual plaques. Care for the corgis had fallen largely on the queen’s trusted dressmaker and assistant Angela Kelly and her page Paul Whybrew.
The corgis were also present when the queen welcomed visitors at the palace, including distinguished statesmen and officials. When the conversation lulled, Elizabeth would often turn her attention to her dogs to fill the silence.
“She was also concerned about what would happen to her dogs when she is no longer around,” Junor wrote, noting that some royal family members did not share her fondness for the corgis.
After the death of her corgi Willow in 2018, it was reported that the queen would not be getting any more dogs.
But that changed during the illness of her late husband, Prince Philip, who died in 2021 at age 99. She turned once again to her beloved corgis for comfort. On what would have been Philip’s 100th birthday last year, the queen was reportedly given another dog.
In addition to her human family, Elizabeth is survived by two corgis, a dorgi, and a cocker spaniel.
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This story corrects what would have been Prince Philip’s 100th birthday to 2021, not this year.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The discovery of hundreds of classified records at Donald Trump’s home has thrust U.S. intelligence agencies into a familiar and uncomfortable role as the foil of a former president who demanded they support his agenda and at times accused officers of treason.
While the FBI conducts a criminal investigation, the office that leads the intelligence community is also conducting a review — currently on pause pending a court order — of the damage that would result from disclosure of the documents found at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
The investigation comes at a perilous time in American politics, with increasing threats to law enforcement and election workers and as a growing swath of officials assail the FBI and spread baseless theories of voter fraud. There’s already a wide range of speculation about what was in the documents, with some Democrats pointing to reporting about possible nuclear secrets while some Trump allies suggesting the case is a benign argument about storage.
So far, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence has proceeded cautiously, issuing no public statements and declining to answer questions about the review’s structure or how long it will take.
A look at what’s known and expected:
NOT A FORMAL ‘DAMAGE ASSESSMENT’
According to the government, the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago and papers the Republican former president had turned over previously included highly sensitive “Special Access Program” designations as well as markings for intelligence derived from secret human sources and electronic signals programs. Those forms of intelligence are often produced by the CIA or the National Security Agency, and the underlying sources can take years to develop.
The ODNI review will try to determine the possible damage if the secrets in those documents were to be exposed. It has not said if it’s investigating whether documents already have been exposed.
Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, confirmed the review in a letter to the chairpersons of two House committees. Haines’ letter says the ODNI will lead a “classification review of relevant materials, including those recovered during the search.” Experts say that could include non-classified papers with notes written on them that might reference classified information.
Haines’ letter also says her office will lead an assessment of “the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of the relevant documents.”
That’s different from a formal “damage assessment” that intelligence agencies have carried out after high-profile breaches like the disclosures of programs by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Damage assessments have specific requirements under intelligence community guidelines published online, including an estimate of “actual or potential damage to U.S. national security,” the identification of “specific weaknesses or vulnerabilities” and “detailed, actionable recommendations to prevent future occurrences.”
Under those guidelines, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, a subsidiary within the ODNI, would lead a damage assessment. The center is led by acting Director Michael Orlando as President Joe Biden has not yet nominated a chief counterintelligence executive.
It’s unknown whether the intelligence review will include interviewing witnesses. Haines’ letter says the ODNI will coordinate with the Justice Department to ensure its assessment does not “unduly interfere” with the criminal investigation.
For now, the Justice Department has said the ODNI review is paused after a federal judge barred the use of records seized at Mar-a-Lago in a criminal investigation. “Uncertainty regarding the bounds of the Court’s order and its implications for the activities of the FBI has caused the Intelligence Community, in consultation with DOJ, to pause temporarily this critically important work,” attorneys for the government said in a court filing.
THE ANSWERS COULD BE UNSATISFYING
The results may not come for weeks or months, and full findings will likely remain classified.
Lawmakers in both parties are calling for briefings from the intelligence community. None is known to have been scheduled.
Former officials note that it’s often difficult for agencies to diagnose specific damage from an actual or potential breach. Given the political climate and the unprecedented nature of evaluating a former president, the ODNI is widely expected to be limited and precise in what it says publicly and privately to Congress.
But reviews like the one underway often help top officials and lawmakers better understand vulnerabilities and how to manage risk going forward, said Timothy Bergreen, a former Democratic majority staff director for the House Intelligence Committee.
“No healthy organization or society can exist without comprehensive review of its mistakes,” Bergreen said. “That’s always been a democracy’s big advantage over authoritarians.”
AN OFFICE CREATED AFTER SEPT. 11
Lesser known than many of the agencies it oversees, the ODNI was created in the reorganization of the intelligence community after the Sept. 11 attacks. Amid revelations that the FBI and the CIA did not share critical information with each other, the ODNI was intended to oversee the 18-member intelligence community and integrate the different streams of collection and analysis produced by different agencies.
The ODNI supervises the drafting of the President’s Daily Brief, the distillation of top American intelligence provided to Biden and top advisers daily. Haines is the president’s principal intelligence adviser and often briefs Biden in the Oval Office along with other national security leaders.
Trump went through three directors of national intelligence in his last year, part of his long-running battles with the intelligence community.
Some of his top officials were accused of selectively declassifying information for political purposes. And before, during and after his time in office, Trump has accused intelligence officials of selectively leaking material to undermine him or not being sufficiently loyal.
He was incensed by the long-running investigations into allegations of Russian influence on his 2016 campaign, calling them the “greatest political CRIME in American History.” And he excoriated the person who spoke to a whistleblower about his pressuring Ukraine for derogatory information, saying that person was “close to a spy” who could have committed treason.
Under Biden, Haines and other top officials have been involved in declassifying information about Russia’s war plans against Ukraine. They have also faced questioning about overly optimistic assessments of Afghanistan prior to the fall of Kabul.
Michael Allen, a former Republican majority staff director of the House Intelligence Committee, said the ODNI is uniquely positioned to handle such a closely watched review.
“This, I think, is one of the reasons why you have a DNI, to coordinate across the wide and disparate community of intelligence agencies,” said Allen, author of “Blinking Red,” a history of the post-Sept. 11 intelligence reforms. “This is their bread and butter.”
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NFL fans belt out national anthem before Jets-Ravens game as 9/11 remembrances occur around the league
NFL teams also posted tributes on social media
NFL fans at MetLife Stadium joined together to sing the national anthem on Sunday as the United States remembered those who were lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
NYPD officer Brianna Fernandez led the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in East Rutherford, New Jersey – only about 13 miles west of Ground Zero. Fernandez started the song and the rest of the fans took over.
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Fernandez’s late father, Luis, was a 23-year veteran of the NYPD and helped in the rescue and recovery efforts.
The broadcast then showed New York Jets coach Robert Saleh appeared to be a bit emotional as the anthem blared over the loudspeaker. Saleh’s oldest brother, David, narrowly escaped the south tower when hijackers crashed two planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
"There’s no doubt. It’s amplified because it is 9/11 in this city," Saleh said earlier this week. "Not so much for me, but for the people who are in the thick of it. Obviously, I know it’s documented about my brother, but I heard stories this week about the cars being at (the Meadowlands) for months afterward because no one could pick them up. And then the Long Island train stations and the tragedies that led up to this."
Saleh was 22 and working in Detroit’s financial district when the terrorist attack occurred. He and his family agonizingly waited for David to call to make sure they knew he was OK.
"I think it’s very personal for a lot of people and I think that passion is felt country-wide, not just in New York," Saleh added. "But it’s a little bit more important here and you know that (Sunday) means a lot more than just a football game to a lot of people in the stands.
"That’s why I think that’s what’s going to make Sunday pretty cool."
New York was set to play the Baltimore Ravens in Week 1.
The Jets weren’t the only ones to recognize and remember the tragic day. NFL teams also posted tributes on social media.
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A quiet castle.
Two days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry greeted mourners outside Windsor Castle and reflected on the loss of his grandmother.
"It's a lonely place up there now without her," he told several fans in the large crowd gathered outside her home Sept. 10, as seen in a video captured by The Sun. "Every room she was in, we felt her presence throughout."
Harry was joined by his wife Meghan Markle as well as his brother Prince William and Kate Middleton, who were recently given the titles of Prince and Princess of Wales by by King Charles III. This marked the first time in more than two years that the foursome—once dubbed the "Fab Four" by the British press—reunited in front of cameras to meet with members of the public.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had been in the U.K. already prior to the queen's passing at Balmoral Castle, her vacation home in Scotland, on Sept. 8. After a grave message from her doctors, Harry, William, and other royal family members rushed to the 96-year-old's side, but the brothers were unable to get to the residence in time to see her before she passed, according to multiple reports.
Harry, 37, and Meghan, 41, then paid tribute to the monarch by blacking out the website for their Archewell foundation and writing, "In loving memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022." William shared a personal message to his "Grannie" on Instagram
E! News has learned the Sussexes plan to remain in the United Kingdom for the time being. While details about the couple's extended stay have not been disclosed, they're more than likely planning to join the rest of the royal family throughout scheduled events for the next few days of mourning, including the queen's state funeral, which is scheduled for Sept. 19.
While Harry's relationship with the royal family has allegedly been strained following his move to Meghan's native country of the United States in 2020, Charles personally sent love to his son and daughter-in-law during his first public address as monarch on Sept. 9.
During his speech, the king noted, "I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan, as they continue to build their lives overseas."
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| 2022-09-11T18:40:18Z
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
0-6-6-8
(zero, six, six, eight)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
0-6-6-8
(zero, six, six, eight)
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https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17434136.php
| 2022-09-11T18:41:50Z
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
6-5-0-7, Fireball: 4
(six, five, zero, seven; Fireball: four)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the "Pick Four-Midday" game were:
6-5-0-7, Fireball: 4
(six, five, zero, seven; Fireball: four)
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https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Four-Midday-game-17434143.php
| 2022-09-11T18:42:03Z
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
6-3-4-0, WB: 4
(six, three, four, zero; WB: four)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday afternoon's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Day" game were:
6-3-4-0, WB: 4
(six, three, four, zero; WB: four)
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https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Play4-Day-game-17434159.php
| 2022-09-11T18:42:21Z
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