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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -Don Carbon lovers if you didn’t know, there is a new location in town and it’s calling your name.
About 10 years ago, the Peregrino family invented the don carbon business model. Tania, who is now the creative director for the restaurant, says her father Humberto, mother Gysel and brother Kevin started it all.
“We want the people that come to Don Carbon that after they eat, they feel good about themselves,” Tania Peregrino said.
Tania is known for designing all of the artwork you see on the walls in every restaurant.
In the beginning, with her father on the grill, her mom and brother cooking, she would run the register taking people’s orders .
Since the business has grown, Tania has become the regional supervisor for all the managers in each of their nine different locations.
“So we didn’t have a marketing budget, it was only social media. That’s when Instagram, Facebook you know. We were giving fliers outside to people and the first week it was word of mouth. Honestly this community has supported us since the beginning, it’s been a beautiful journey to see how we were able to be like now years later, I see it.”
Adding that they have been able to provide about 300 jobs to the people in El Paso.
With 10 locations across El Paso you can’t miss Don Carbon, you can find them anywhere starting from the Upper Valley and now on the east side of George Dieter.
“Don Carbon started in 2013 that my parents had the idea of creating a chicken restaurant, a healthier option for people that want to eat something on the go, fast but good quality and healthy.”
The restaurant provides all types of food, besides being known for its fresh chicken that is cooked on charcoal, they have plant based options, too.
They’re also known for their delicious sides, fresh desserts and if you can’t beat the heat. Did I mention they also have popsicles?
Tania says for those who work in construction or who are truck drivers, Don Carbon has a parking lot in Anthony, Texas for a reason.
And that’s because they want to make sure people are eating something nutritious when working. That is why they also offer protein power bowls which come with quinoa, veggies, chicken or sirloin.
You can now make your way to Don Carbon at 11 in the morning to give the family support at their new location on 1373 George Dieter Dr. For Don Carbon’s menu click here.
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WFO HOUSTON/GALVESTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
320 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 111 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Portions of south central and southeast Texas.
* WHEN...From noon to 8 PM CDT Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with ambient temperatures up
to 106 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Burleson, Houston, Trinity, Washington, Madison,
Walker, Brazos and Grimes Counties.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat and humidity will significantly
increase the potential for heat related illnesses,
particularly for those working or participating in outdoor
activities.
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HOLLEY, Fla. (WKRG) — A family’s dog is dead after being attacked by a black bear in northwest Florida on Monday evening.
Shawn and Rusty Wildman’s 6-year-old Chihuahua, Maggi, was killed by a black bear right outside their home in Holley, located north of Navarre in Santa Rosa County.
“I’m running, screaming to the top of my lungs,” said Rusty Wildman.
“I could tell what it was by the way he was screaming,” said Shawn Wildman.
They were emotional Tuesday as they remembered what happened to Maggi.
“We are shattered,” said Shawn Wildman. “She was a gift to me when our only daughter went off to college so I would have something to mother and love.”
Rusty Wildman took their three dogs out at 5 p.m. Monday. They weren’t far from the front porch when three bears walked up from the backyard.
“The other two started to go, but the other one turned around and snatched her and took off right behind them and it was one of the cubs that got her, not the mama,” said Rusty Wildman.
The bears ran into the woods and dropped Maggi’s body on the way.
“Nobody should have to go through what we went through to see that and live with those images,” said Shawn Wildman.
The Wildmans said they don’t keep any food or birdseed out, they lock their trash cans and do the right thing to keep bears away.
“Our state has got to do something to protect us,” said Shawn Wildman.
“I don’t want to see the bears killed, but I would like to see them relocated to a safe place for them and for us,” said Rusty Wildman.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission set a trap Tuesday night to try and relocate the bears, but the Wildmans are nervous and want more done to keep bears away from their neighborhood. | https://www.ktsm.com/news/black-bear-kills-florida-familys-dog-outside-home/ | 2022-07-20T21:40:56 | en | 0.990118 |
Hyderabad: Telangana BC Commission member CH Upendra on Wednesday visited the five-acre land allocated by the state government for the construction of Vishwabrahmana Atmagourava (self-respect) building at Uppal Bhagayath. He thanked chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao for his special attention towards Vishwa Brahmins.
CH Upendra said that no government allocated even a single acre of land for Viswa Brahmins before 2014.
“After the formation of Telangana, chief minister KCR has implemented many schemes for the development of the weaker sections of the state. Allocating 5 acres of land and 5 crores to the 20 lakh Vishwa Brahmins in the state, means that they have special attention for the development of Vishwa Brahmins,” said the commission member.
He said that with this decision, Telangana’s 20 lakh Vishwa Brahmin citizens and their children have been given a lot of assurance. He extended special thanks to chief minister KCR for allocating a “self-respect” building on 5 acres of land in the state capital.
Upendra said that in the near future, they will work with the government for the education of poor students in rural areas, welfare of poor girl children, hostel accommodation, skill development, employment opportunities, and modernization of professions. | https://www.siasat.com/telangana-kcr-allocates-five-acres-of-land-for-vishwa-brahmins-2373659/ | 2022-07-20T21:40:56 | en | 0.956336 |
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(NBC) — Another Golden Buzzer Tuesday night on “America’s Got Talent,” and this one was different because it had all the judges in on it as well as host Terry Crews.
The trio Chapel Hart talked about their big moment after the episode, which was taped back in the spring. Three months was a long time to keep their Golden Buzzer a secret.
The country singers blew the roof off the place with their original tune, “You Can Have Him Jolene.” A sequel of sorts to the classic Dolly Parton tune.
“You couldn’t really make out all of the faces with the lights in your face, you can hear the people clapping along,” said Trea Swindle.
Even though the season’s individual Golden Buzzers had been given out, the “AGT” judges and host Terry Crews spontaneously decided on a collective one.
“So, I’m trying to like hold back the tears,” said Danica Hart. “As you see, like, the gold confetti going down. It’s like, “this is not serious,” and the tears just flew.”
After several years of looking for their breakthrough moment, sisters Devynn and Danica and their cousin Trea finally have one.
“For every single judge to agree and say that this is magic enough to give a Golden Buzzer was a moment of validation,” said Danica.
One that carries them straight into next month’s Live Shows with the challenge of topping themselves.
“After this moment, we just know it has to be big, y’know?” said Danica.
Maybe big enough for a million-dollar prize.
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(The Hill) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month to overturn the 50-year constitutional right to abortion prompted an outcry from activists who said they were misled during the justice’s confirmation hearings.
Conservative justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, who voted to overturn Roe V. Wade in a 5-4 vote, have been accused of misleading the public and members of the Senate about their intentions during their respective confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The calls to impeach the justices for misleading the public have been led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who last month said “there must be consequences” for upending democratic institutions with false statements.
“If we allow Supreme Court nominees to lie under oath and secure lifetime appointments to the highest court of the land and then issue — without basis, if you read these opinions — rulings that deeply undermine the human civil rights of the majority of Americans, we must see that through,” she said on NBC.
Several other House Democrats have joined in the calls to get answers on whether the justices misled the public about overturning Roe.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), however, said removing a justice is “not realistic” when he was asked if Justice Clarence Thomas should be impeached.
The House can file articles of impeachment for a federal judge with a majority vote, but the Senate must secure a two-thirds majority vote to remove the judge.
As a result, any impeachment effort for a Supreme Court justice would face an uphill battle. Democrats now have 50 Senate seats, but not all 50 of those Democrats would be likely to vote to impeach a Supreme Court justice.
Only one Supreme Court justice has ever been impeached.
In 1805, the House impeached justice Samuel Chase, but the Senate acquitted him.
Chase, a federalist with a “volcanic personality,” was accused of bitter partisan rhetoric, refusing to dismiss biased jurors and of excluding or limiting defense witnesses in at least two cases, according to the Senate’s historical recounting of the event on its website.
The House labeled Chase an “electioneering partizan” and successfully passed articles of impeachment, according to the Senate’s history. But in the Senate, Chase was acquitted on eight articles, which “thereby effectively insulated the judiciary from further congressional attacks based on disapproval of judges’ opinions,” according to the Senate’s website.
Convincing the public and lawmakers that Kavanaugh, Barrett and Gorsuch should be removed because of perjury could be difficult because their comments could be interpreted in different ways.
According to Factcheck.org, Gorsuch in his 2017 hearing said Roe was a “precedent” that deserves standing, but also refused to say how he would rule on a case challenging it.
“If it looks like I am giving hints or previews or intimations about how I might rule, I think that is the beginning of the end of the independent judiciary, if judges have to make, effectively, campaign promises for confirmation,” Gorsuch said.
During his confirmation hearing in 2018, Kavanaugh said Roe was an “important precedent” that has been “reaffirmed many times,” including through 1992’s Casey V. Planned Parenthood.
“That makes Casey precedent on precedent. It has been relied on,” Kavanaugh said, according to Factcheck.org.
Kavanaugh also said he would be open to new arguments on any case, adding he has an “open mind” and that a justice should “listen to all arguments.”
Barrett in her 2020 hearing said she would follow the doctrine of stare decisis, which means following a precedent, but also said Roe was not a “super precedent.”
“Scholars across the spectrum say that doesn’t mean that Roe should be overruled, but descriptively, it does mean that it’s not a case that everyone has accepted and doesn’t call for its overruling,” she told the Senate.
Impeachment is typically reserved for perjury, fraud, gross misconduct, conflict of interest or high crimes.
Since 1804, 15 federal judges have been impeached and a majority of them removed from office, with three of them impeached and convicted for perjury.
Alcee L. Hastings, who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, was impeached and removed in 1989 after he was accused of soliciting a bribe to reduce the sentences of two mobsters. He was also accused of lying and falsifying evidence at the trial.
Judge Walter Nixon on the Southern District of Mississippi was impeached and removed from office in 1989 after he lied to a grand jury about his attempt to influence the prosecution of a business associate’s son.
More recently, Thomas Porteous Jr. on the Eastern District of Louisiana was impeached and removed in 2010 for corrupt conduct and for lying to the Senate and the FBI to obtain a federal judgeship. | https://www.ktsm.com/news/national-news/could-congress-impeach-supreme-court-justices-for-perjury/ | 2022-07-20T21:41:08 | en | 0.971105 |
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(The Hill) – The only text message the Secret Service turned over to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was a plea from then-Capitol Police officer Steven Sund asking for help.
Lawmakers on the panel are increasingly confused and irritated by the lack of messages from the Secret Service after it subpoenaed the records following a letter from a government watchdog indicating that messages had been “erased” during a device replacement program.
“That’s all that we have,” Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) told The Hill.
A source close to the Secret Service previously told The Hill that Sund had contacted the Secret Service on Jan. 6 requesting assistance.
“That message was captured and it was turned over,” the source said.
The Secret Service has denied that it maliciously deleted any text messages but has said some data was lost during a system migration.
Agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Secret Service policy prohibits using text messages due to security concerns, but that the initial 20 agents whose records were requested did not have phones impacted by the migration.
He said there were no “hidden messages” the agency was concealing or anything else officials were “holding out” from the panel.
Lawmakers on the panel have said they are hopeful the Secret Service will be able to recover the information from the phones even though they were wiped.
“My hope is that the Secret Service will use their forensic data capabilities to recapture the texts that we have requested and comply with the subpoena. I think the information they’ve provided us to date leaves a lot of questions regarding their process for data retention,” Murphy said.
But they’ve grown increasingly frustrated with Secret Service’s explanation around why its records weren’t fully preserved in the days after Jan. 6.
“We were just updated and it remains a big mystery to me,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told reporters Wednesday
He added that the Secret Service’s explanation stretches the outer limits of plausibility.
“I smell a rat,” he said. “That seems like an awfully strange coincidence for those text messages to be banished into oblivion on two days where there was also the most violent insurrection against the union in our history, after the Civil War.”
Murphy previously said Secret Service’s actions are questionable, given the time frame.
“They received four requests from congressional committees on Jan. 16 to preserve records, and they had this planned migration for the 25th, I believe, of January, and nobody along the way stopped and thought, ‘Well, maybe we shouldn’t do the migration of data and of the devices until we are able to fulfill these four requests from Congress,’” she said during an interview on MSNBC.
Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) said the panel is expected to have a more public response on the texts in the coming days.
“I got a lot of questions,” he said. “Committee members have a lot of questions related to this.”
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Summer is the time to entertain. Lifestyle Expert, Carmen Ordonez, joined Inside South Florida to share the top products your next event.
If you are looking for the perfect outfit to wear while entertaining guests at your next outdoor barbecue, Stitch Fix has a variety of options for you.
“Stitch Fix is a personalized shopping experience just for you,” says Ordonez. “With the touch of an expert stylist, you'll be able to discover and shop items that match your individual taste, size, and price range. Prices range from $38 to $500 bucks per item with more than 1,000 brands and styles." Find these items at StitchFix.com
Topping off any appetizer or main entrée with cheese can turn a bland dish into a fan favorite.
“Borden Melts are made with real cream in every slice for a perfect melt every time. It is perfect for quick and easy summer meals like cheeseburgers, grilled cheeses, quesadillas, and all things cheesy goodness,” says Ordonez. “It is smooth, gooey, creamy, and delicious. Borden Melts are available in four craveable varieties, including Extra Sharp Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Swiss, and its best-selling American cheese.” Find these products at BordenCheese.com
Creating a signature cocktail for guests can make your next gathering the talk of the neighborhood.
“My personal favorite is the Chinola Spritz,” says Ordonez. “You can make this drink by adding Chinola to sparkling water with a few dashes of aromatic bitters over ice. You’ll have the perfect summer cocktail." Find these items at Chinola.com
For more information, visit CarmenOrdonezTV
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QUOGUE, N.Y. (WPIX) — The body of what appears to be a great white shark, with its jaw open and teeth bared, washed up on a Long Island, New York shore on Wednesday morning, police said.
Officers responded to reports of the dead shark on the Ocean Beaches in Quogue around 9:30 a.m., officials said. The shark, which was around 7-8 feet long, was washed back into the ocean before police could secure the body.
Police have cautioned swimmers and asked people to contact authorities if they spot the shark. Officers in Quogue have been in touch with South Fork Natural History Museum Shark Research and Education Program.
There has been a series of shark sightings at New York beaches this summer. A number of sharks have also bit people.
On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul directed the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Department of Environmental Conservation and the State Police to implement heightened patrols. That includes using drones and helicopters to monitor sharks.
“As New Yorkers and visitors alike head to our beautiful Long Island beaches to enjoy the summer, our top priority is their safety,” she said. “We are taking action to expand patrols for sharks and protect beachgoers from potentially dangerous situations. I encourage all New Yorkers to listen to local authorities and take precautions to help ensure safe and responsible beach trips this summer.”
Shark sightings shut down beaches from eastern Queens to central Long Island on Tuesday. Coastal authorities say that the high number of shark sightings means that the systems in place to protect beachgoers are working.
The large number of sightings have another benefit – experts say the increase in numbers of sharks is a sign that conservation efforts have succeeded in helping restore ecological balance to the oceans.
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — The National Park Service recently released a new video showing the devastation flooding caused last month at Yellowstone National Park.
On June 12, parts of northern Wyoming and southern Montana experienced historic rainfall and rapid snowmelt, which led to rivers surging over their banks.
The next day, 10,000 visitors were ordered out of the park as the severe flooding washed out bridges and roads.
Portions of the park were closed for some time, but some have since reopened.
The Associated Press reported that hundreds of homes were damaged, but no lives were lost.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The mayor of Highland Park, Illinois, where a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade, testified before Congress Wednesday to call for a ban on assault weapons.
Nancy Rotering said she will “be haunted forever” by the shooting that killed seven people and injured dozens more.
“We were screaming, ‘Run! Shooter!'” she recalled. “Less than a minute is all it took for a person with an assault weapon to shoot 83 rounds into a crowd, forever changing so many lives.”
She and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill, said a ban on assault-style weapons could help prevent future shootings. Duckworth, a veteran of the Iraq War, said assault weapons belong only on the battlefield.
“We don’t have to live this way,” Duckworth said. “We can still hunt, we can still have an armed citizenry. We can do all of that … without weapons of war.”
Republicans argue a ban would not stop killings and would instead only stop law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves “against the horrible spike in violent crime that began two years ago,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said.
He and fellow Republicans say Democrats ought to focus their attention on improving mental health.
“We can’t keep seeing shooter after shooter follow the same predictable path and nobody does anything about it,” Grassley said.
Congress recently passed gun safety legislation putting millions toward that effort, but Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said he will also keep pushing for the assault weapons ban. House Democrats are planning to vote on such a ban, but it’s unclear when or if the Senate may do the same.
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There’s dressing on theme, and then there’s dressing on temperature. Brad Pitt chose the latter as a heatwave swept across Europe during his press “Bullet Train” press tour.
Bringing the heat purely in a sartorial sense, the Oscar winner ditched his pants for a knee-length linen skirt at the premiere of his upcoming action comedy at Berlin’s Zoo Palast theater on Tuesday.
Pitt made quite the statement in the brown and blush ensemble which featured a half-buttoned shirt, a grouping of statement necklaces and motorcycle boots, which exposed the star’s surprising collection of leg tattoos.
When asked about why he chose to wear the garment, Pitt gave a succinct response to an Associated Press reporter, telling him, “The breeze.”
Pitt stars in the stylish and bloody film from “John Wick” director David Leitch as an assassin who finds himself in the crosshairs of fellow trained killers aboard the titular train traveling through Japan.
He’s joined in the film, which arrives in theaters Aug. 5, by a host of famous faces, including Sandra Bullock, Bad Bunny, Joey King, Hiroyuki Sanada, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Logan Lerman, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz and Michael Shannon.
To promote the film, Pitt has been sporting an array of eye-catching ensembles all week, including a slouchy coordinated green linen set and a monochromatic orange look.
While his fashion-forward statements as of late might beg to differ, the “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor was previously adamant that when it came to dressing, “If I have a style, it’s no style.”
“I like monochrome, without it being a uniform,” he told Esquire in 2021. “I like simplicity. I like the details in the stitching, the way it feels. If anything, that’s the only divining rod I have.”
“It’s led by comfort,” he added. “I don’t want to look ostentatious, but if you come close, you notice. I like how the lining feels. It’s those details that are important to me. It’s too exhausting to follow trends. And I despise billboards; I just don’t want to be billboard.”
And while skirts on male celebrities are all the rage these days (see: Harry Styles, Oscar Isaac, Pete Davidson, etc.) we’ll give Pitt a bit of credit for getting ahead of the trend.
All the way back in 2004, the actor made a bold fashion prophecy during his press tour for “Troy,” which featured the star in a variety of pants-less outfits.
“Men will be wearing skirts by next summer,” he said, per British Vogue. “That’s my prediction and proclamation. The film answers to both genders. We were going for realism and Greeks wore skirts all the time then.”
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Almost 20 years after the Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired, a House committee has taken up the bill aiming to ban assault-style weapons, as Republicans push back against efforts to pass more gun laws.
In a hearing, Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) played audio from the moments a gunman opened fire on students at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. He also called mass shootings a uniquely American problem magnified by easy access to assault-style weapons.
“There are more guns than people in this country, more mass shootings than days in the year,” Cicilline said.
He added “these bullets don’t just pierce, they explode inside the victim’s body and decimate them. For God’s sake, parents in Uvalde had to identify their children via DNA sample because the bullets ripped their children apart.”
Democrats are pushing to renew the federal bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that expired in 2004.
However, Florida Republican congressman Greg Steube said his time in the military showed him AR-15-style rifles are not weapons of war as Democrats call them.
“You are issued weapons that allow for fully automatic and three-round bursts,” Steube said. “That’s already banned.”
Republican Ohio congressman Jim Jordan argued the Second Amendment prevents Congress from banning any weapons.
“The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, plain and simple. It doesn’t say the right to keep and bear muskets,” Jordan said.
Meanwhile, Democrats hope the U.S. House will soon pass the proposed ban on assault weapons.
“Perhaps sometime today our Republican friends will explain to us why their interpretation of the Second Amendment wouldn’t prohibit us from banning tanks or jet bombers,” Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said. | https://www.ktsm.com/news/washington-dc/u-s-house-democrats-take-up-federal-assault-weapons-ban/ | 2022-07-20T21:41:34 | en | 0.961961 |
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As they say in “Chicago,” he had it coming, which seems to be Christine Baranski’s general attitude toward tech billionaire Elon Musk.
The film and theater star, who, of course, appeared in the Oscar-winning 2002 movie musical, is finally explaining her much-discussed run-in with the Tesla CEO at the Met Gala earlier this year.
A photo of Baranski appearing to give Musk a death stare at the star-studded event quickly went viral, which delighted the Emmy winner so much that her own daughter framed the pic and presented it as a gift.
Now, the “Gilded Age” actor is finally revealing what was actually going through her mind when she crossed paths with Musk, admitting that she has “no memory of turning back and glaring at him.”
“But I was actually dissing him as I was waiting in line to go to dinner,” she told Entertainment Weekly. “I was with someone who was at my table, and I noticed Elon Musk and I went, ‘Oh my God, it’s Elon Musk.’ I basically said [to my friend], ‘I don’t know how you feel about him, but why is he spending billions of dollars in space when he could be cleaning up the planet?’ I’m an environmentalist.”
“I must have at some point turned back and looked, but I did not pose for that picture,” she added.
Baranski said she holds a “low opinion” of billionaires, a sentiment that found its way into her series “The Good Fight,” which begins its sixth and final season on Paramount+ in September.
The critically acclaimed legal drama, which frequently incorporates real-life issues into its storylines, actually features an in-series figure akin to Musk named Neil Gross, a morally corrupt founder of a Google-esque search engine.
“We have our own Elon Musk in ‘The Good Fight.’ Neil Gross is in the second-to-last episode,” Baranski said, referring to a character played by actor John Benjamin Hickey. “And I get to bash the billionaires a bit. I’ve added a few lines [to the script], and I actually will include Elon Musk in the final episode.”
Besides luminaries from the theater community, Musk has courted his fair share of critics over some controversial activities as of late ― be it abruptly backing out of his deal to purchase Twitter, secretly fathering children with one of his company’s executives, or his father doing the same with own stepdaughter. | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/christine-baranski-elon-musk-met-gala_n_62d8401fe4b0a6852c32e583 | 2022-07-20T21:41:38 | en | 0.985777 |
(NewsNation) — Despite multiple baby formula shipments being flown into the United States from overseas, some parents continue to struggle to find formula on store shelves.
Some doctors say the shortage in the U.S. is not getting worse, but it’s not getting better. Hospitals are running out of samples of formula for parents, and there’s still a concern for babies with specific medical conditions.
According to data from IRI, a market research company, 28.3% of powdered baby formula products were out of stock in U.S. stores this month — up from 23.7% in May.
The Biden administration has taken steps to fix the formula shortage, launching Operation Fly Formula in May to speed up imports from overseas formula producers. The U.S. flew in millions of pounds of formula from Europe.
Yet, a big issue that remains is Abbott Nutrition’s production of baby formula. The company’s Michigan factory, which closed in February over contamination, contributed to the national shortage. Production resumed earlier this month.
Dr. Mark Corkins, nutrition chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said he’s not hopeful things will get better immediately.
“We’ve given out a lot of samples, and what we have is pretty much gone at this point. It’s not like we’re on the manufacturers anytime soon because they’re running out, too,” Corkins said.
He continued: “I would love to say, OK, they’re cleaning up the factory, they’re gonna get production rolling. I’d love to say four weeks but I don’t think that’s realistic. I think it’s going to be more at least eight, probably 12. We’ll have to wait and see.”
Recently, the FDA said it would help foreign manufacturers stay on the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify the formula supply here.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf previously predicted the formula shortage could last until July. He said Tuesday that retail data show that supplies have improved with increases in both U.S. production and imports.
“What you’re going to see is a gradual climbing out of the current situation as more and more formula becomes available,” Califf said.
In the meantime, any parents continue to turn to alternatives to buying baby formula by turning to Facebook groups and ordering online.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.ktsm.com/news/why-is-baby-formula-still-so-hard-to-find/ | 2022-07-20T21:41:40 | en | 0.96243 |
Despite long-held misconceptions, couples therapy is not a last resort reserved for people headed straight for divorce court. It’s actually great tool for partners to learn how to communicate better, resolve conflicts in a healthy way and improve their sex life ― among countless other benefits.
“Therapy is healthy for all couples and the stigma is thankfully diminishing,” Damona Hoffman, an OkCupid dating coach and host of “The Dates & Mates Podcast,” told HuffPost. “Most of us never learned empathy and communication in school and seeing a professional who can help you develop a healthy framework for relating to one another and getting both of your needs met in a relationship can only be a positive thing.”
Although couples therapy has become much more normalized in recent years, many people still hesitate to bring up it up with their partner. And not everyone has a positive reaction to the suggestion that they might see a mental health professional.
Still, there are ways to broach the topic that maximize effectiveness and emotional connection. Below, Hoffman and other relationship experts share their advice for bringing up to your partner that you’d like to go to couples counseling.
Be mindful of your timing.
“When asking your partner to go to couples therapy, be sure to begin the conversation at a time when you are free from distractions and it is planned, rather than in response to something that just happened, like an argument,” advised Rachel Needle, a licensed psychologist and the co-director of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes.
Bringing up couples therapy during or just after a disagreement might come off like you’re weaponizing that experience to put pressure on your partner, which starts them off on a bad foot in counseling and creates more challenges.
“During moments of tension, partners may be on the defense and not in a ‘we’ mindset,” said Annisa Pirasteh, a licensed marriage and family therapist and owner of Act2Change Therapy & Wellness Center. “With each person in their own corner, your partner may reject suggestions from you in an attempt to protect themselves or their vulnerabilities.”
Instead, choose an occasion when emotions aren’t running high, neither of you are distracted by something else and you both have time to talk.
Use “I” statements.
Resist the urge to accuse your partner of things or tell them what they need to change by communicating your thoughts and feelings with “I” statements.
“This type of communication can reduce the likelihood of your partner feeling criticized or responding with defensiveness,” Pirasteh said. “For example, make a request by stating, ‘I have noticed we’ve been struggling to address a few ongoing issues. Our relationship is important to me and I want to prioritize getting some additional support to stay ahead of these problems before they get worse. I would like for us to discuss looking into couples therapy options and would love to find some time to chat about this.’”
Share what you’ve observed and how it makes you personally feel. Relationship counselor and millennial dating coach Samantha Burns recommended then using “we” language to emphasize there are things you can both work on or change together.
“Rather than blaming your partner or making them feel like the relationship problems are all their fault, try, ‘I’m thinking we can both use support in shifting our communication patterns. It can be so hard when we are both sucked into the dynamics, some outside perspective may be really beneficial. Let’s see how a counselor can help us. I really want to work on this with you,’” she suggested.
Acknowledge their feelings.
“Start with an open-ended question,” advised Tracy Ross, a licensed clinical social worker specializing in couples and family therapy. “Say, ‘I’m committed to our relationship and always working to make it the make best it can be, I’ve been thinking about couples therapy to gain some tools ― how does that sound to you?’ And then listen with openness to their response.”
It’s common for one partner to be more interested in therapy than the other. So be prepared to hear a negative response and focus on listening and showing empathy. Don’t make assumptions about their resistance.
“Rather than trying to convince them right away, try to understand why they feel that way,” Hoffman said. “Perhaps they are scared of what it will reveal, perhaps they had a bad experience with a therapist previously, perhaps they’re just worried about what others will think.”
Give them space to process their emotions and then ask curious and empathetic questions that show you want to understand their perspective. Try to really hear and validate their concerns.
“Individuals whose parents got a divorce when they were younger may be frightened that a request to attend couples therapy is a sign of the ‘beginning of the end’ of their own relationship,” said Liz Higgins, a relational therapist and founder of Millennial Life Counseling. “Let your partner know that they matter to you and that your desire to attend couples therapy together is actually to deepen your connection to one another.”
Once you’ve recognized and addressed their worries, you can restate your own emotions and needs.
“Acknowledge your partner’s feelings about it by saying, ‘I understand you may feel differently than me about therapy, but I’d like to ask you to join me, even if you just come to listen,’” Higgins suggested.
Include positive affirmations.
“Begin with appreciation and with a positive statement about what’s working in the relationship,” Needle suggested. “You can then ask your partner what the things they are happy with in the relationship are and what areas they would like to grow in. This in itself can be a good exercise in healthy communication.”
She endorses using a “sandwich” approach when it comes to communicating about difficult issues.
“Start by saying something positive about the relationship, then something you would like to be different or that you have tried to work on and haven’t, then end with something positive or an appreciation,” she explained. “Then suggest couples therapy as a way to work on the issue that you have found difficult to resolve on your own in the relationship. If you find you are unable to even have the going-to-therapy conversation, then you know bringing it up was an important step.”
Focus on what you want to get out it.
Avoid blaming or pathologizing statements and instead focus on what you hope to get out of the experience of couples counseling.
“Talking about how you want to show up as your best self for your relationship, identifying and acknowledging the things you would like to work on in yourself in order to be a better partner will lower the likelihood of a defensive answer and a ‘no,’” Ross said. “Talk about the ways you personally feel stuck and why you think you would benefit. Start the conversation by talking about yourself, not by talking about how you blame your partner or want them to change.”
Make it clear that couples therapy is not a space where partners play the blame game and accuse each other of various failings. Just as you use an accountant to manage your taxes or trainer to stay fit, professional support can help you thrive in your relationship.
“Try framing it from a strengths-based perspective, emphasizing that you want to grow, reconnect and learn skills that will allow you to be stronger as a couple,” Burns said. “By focusing on how therapy could improve your relationship, it shows your partner that your goal is to grow together and increase intimacy in your relationship.”
Mention specific concerns.
“I recommend to my clients that they bullet out the important parts of what they want to say,” Hoffman said. “I find that scripting or rehearsing difficult conversations can help you get the key information they want to convey out, even if the conversation is heated and doesn’t exactly go as planned. You probably don’t want to bring the physical notes in to the conversation but use them in preparation.”
As you plan out what you want to say, think of one or two examples of specific areas of concern or relationship patterns that you feel would benefit from counseling. You might find yourself repeatedly fighting about the same few issues and struggling to come up with solutions together. Again, make sure to frame these as “we” problems, not points of blame.
“Use an example of a frustration, undiscussed issue, conflict and explain how you’d like to work on it together,” Ross said, noting it could be a parenting disagreement or dispute with extended family. “Maybe point out attempts to resolve the issue that haven’t gone well. For example: ‘We brush things under the rug.’ ‘We get defensive.’ ‘We worry about hurting each other’s feelings which causes us to be indirect with each other which then leads to misunderstandings and hurt feelings.’ ‘We get moody with each other and don’t talk.’”
Suggest searching for a therapist together.
To demystify the counseling process, suggest sitting down together to check sites like Psychology Today or Good Therapy, which have online directories that allow you to search for professionals.
“Browsing therapist profiles together may help with defusing some of the resistance to attending couples therapy,” Pirasteh noted. “As you are reviewing websites together, consider making a list of some of the qualities you are each looking for in a therapist and see where you have overlap. Ask curious questions to your partner to gain a deeper understanding of what they like or don’t like about one therapist over another.”
Even if your partner doesn’t want to be part of the research process, make sure to get their feedback after you try a few sessions with a new therapist. Invite them to play an active role in this decision.
Think of it as an ongoing conversation.
“Remember that bringing your partner on board to the idea of attending therapy may take more than one conversation,” Pirasteh said. “Viewing it instead as an ongoing dialogue may take some of the pressure off.”
She advised giving your partner space and time to reflect on the idea, as this might be the first time they’ve considered it. Even if you don’t like their initial reaction, they might just need to process those early emotions to get comfortable with it.
“Don’t take no for an answer and seethe for weeks about it,” Hoffman advised. “Give them a couple of days to cool off and come at it another time, from another angle, stating different feelings, benefits or solutions to their concern.”
Remain calm and emphasize that therapy is different from the conversations you have at home. If you have friends or family who’ve done couples therapy, see if they wouldn’t mind sharing their experience with your partner.
“Present different options and see if your partner is open to any ― short-term couples therapy to focus on an upcoming event or specific incident, one or two sessions, an introductory phone call,” Ross said. “It’s not an all-or-nothing proposition. If you have an upcoming event or transition that is raising concerns, suggest time-limited therapy to prepare. Or if the event or life transition already occurred and there are lingering feelings or tension, suggest therapy just to process the event.”
Don’t give up on therapy.
“If you are unable to get your partner on board with the idea of attending couples therapy, consider attending individual therapy to process your own thoughts, feelings and needs,” Pirasteh suggested. “Working with a relationally focused therapist may equip you with skills that you can utilize with your partner, both in defusing the resistance to attending therapy together and with addressing some of the ongoing issues in your relationship.”
You can share with your partner what you’re gaining from individual therapy, which might inspire them to reconsider attending together.
“I would approach your partner with an attitude of ‘working at our relationship is important to me, and I’ll be doing this work whether you join me or not,’” Higgins said. “This shows that you’re not reliant on conditional change, or waiting to work on healthy changes until they agree to it, but that you see it as important work to do now, even if it’s by yourself. A lot of times, showing your partner that you’re serious about investing time and space to your relationship’s growth or healing is all they need to trust in the process themselves.”
Normalize therapy by discussing its benefits as part of your day-to-day dialogue. This will help take away the stigma and misconception that couples therapy is something you only do when you’re at a breaking point.
“Try thinking about couples therapy as part of your overall preventive care,” Pirasteh said. “The sooner you get started, the higher potential you may have to create lasting and meaningful change.” | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/couples-relationship-therapy-counseling_l_62d5f016e4b0e6fc1a9a5e81 | 2022-07-20T21:41:44 | en | 0.967125 |
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has been quiet for the past two and half weeks with no development to speak of. This quiet stretch is not uncommon this time of year with July still being early in the season.
Dry Saharan dust has helped keep tropical activity at bay with large plume after large plume coming off the coast of Africa and covering most of the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico water basins.
Several large scale global weather patterns have been unfavorable for tropical activity in the Atlantic as well. The global Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) has been in a quiet phase over the Atlantic but that is expected to change in early August.
La Niña continues as well and is expected to continue through the rest of the year. When La Niña is in place as opposed to El Niño, hurricane season is typically more active.
Compared to previous seasons, this July is a little quieter with only three named storms so far for the year. By July 21, 2021, there were five named storms in the books – and by the third week in July in 2020 there were already seven named storms in the Atlantic basin. So far this year, we’ve only had three named storms.
On average, hurricane season picks up in August with tropical waves coming off the coast of Africa. Saharan dust usually begins to taper off as well, allowing more favorable conditions in the tropics for those tropical waves to develop.
Keep in mind, most forecasts for this year’s season are still calling for an active one. NOAA is predicting 14 to 21 named storms and Colorado State is calling for 20 named storms total this year. This does include the three named storms that have already formed.
Remember, it only takes one storm to hit your area to make it a bad season.
The tropics are forecast to be quiet for the next five days or so with no tropical development expected. | https://www.ktsm.com/weather/weather-forecasts/tropics-still-expected-to-be-active-despite-quiet-stretch/ | 2022-07-20T21:41:46 | en | 0.982556 |
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Local police in San Bernardino, California, released body camera footage Tuesday evening showing officers fatally shooting a Black man in the back.
The footage offers new details on the July 16 police killing of 23-year-old Robert Adams, who family says may have been unaware of law enforcement’s presence until officers exited an unmarked car with guns drawn.
“The way they pulled up was like some gang members about to do a drive-by,” his father, Robert Adams Sr., told HuffPost. “They never rolled down the window and said, ‘This is the police.’ All we can see is that they jumped out the car and just started immediately opening fire.”
The San Bernardino Police Department said it received a call from a “citizen informant” on July 16 saying that a “Black male armed with a gun was in the parking lot” of what the authorities said was an illegal online gambling business.
According to police, two officers who were conducting “surveillance” in the area went to the parking lot and saw Adams holding a gun in his hand. Police said they recovered a loaded gun on the scene, but his mother disputes he was armed.
Tamika Deavila King, Adams’ mother, told HuffPost that he was on the phone with her talking about his best friend getting a new car. King said her son was holding a cell phone, not a gun, when police arrived.
The body camera footage shows Adams about 100 feet from the officers’ unmarked car. He took a few steps toward the car, although it’s not clear he was aware of the police officers inside.
As Adams stepped toward the unmarked vehicle, both officers jumped out. Body camera footage shows an officer with his gun already drawn as he got out of the vehicle. Surveillance footage from a nearby business shows the officers exited the car with their guns pointed towards the 23-year-old.
Adams began running in the other direction towards two cars and a wall in the parking lot, as seen in the body camera footage.
Officers said they gave Adams verbal commands. Police Chief Darren Goodman said in remarks paired with the body cam footage that the officers “believed” Adams intended to use the two parked cars as a cover to shoot at them.
But before Adams could turn around or find cover, an officer fired at him. The shots were fired within seconds of Adams turning from police.
Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump, who drew attention to the shooting on social media and appeared at a press conference with the family on Wednesday, said King heard the gunshots over the phone.
In the video, Adams is seen lying on his back near a red brick wall. While officers tried to render aid, a person in distress can be heard in the background.
“You shot my cousin, bro,” the person said in the body camera footage.
While the officer told Adams that he was “going to be ok” and “stay with me,” he kept his gun pointed towards him. Adams was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Crump posted the surveillance footage on social media on Monday, prompting outrage.
“Police in San Bernardino, CA, fatally shot 23-year-old Robert Adams execution-style! It’s reported Robert didn’t know there were police in the unmarked car before he ran for his life. We need a full investigation into this horrific execution!” Crump tweeted.
Goodman, the police chief, said the area Adams was in was known for crime and that he was a suspect for a previous robbery. It is unclear if officers knew at that time that Adams was a suspect.
“The video which has been posted online fails to provide critical details or context as to what actually occurred during the event,” Goodman said, referring to the surveillance footage.
Adams’ family has demanded for more police accountability and questioned the tactics of the officers involved. His father told HuffPost that police shot his son in the back and the bullet also went through his arm.
Adams’ birthday was on June 1, and the two celebrated together last month, his father told HuffPost.
King, Adams’ mother, told CBS Los Angeles that her son did not pose a threat to police and was “running for his life.”
King called for Goodman to be removed as police chief. She told HuffPost she wants the officers involved in killing her son stripped over their badges and criminally charged, with the shooter charged for murder.
“He murdered my son, cold blooded,” she told HuffPost. | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/robert-adams-san-bernardino-police-shooting_n_62d8419ce4b0a6852c32e8c4 | 2022-07-20T21:41:50 | en | 0.990704 |
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When it comes to things travelers can’t take on a plane, there are the obvious banned items, like guns and knives. But there are also more random ones, like Magic 8 Balls, foam toy swords and bowling pins.
Even if an item is obviously prohibited, there are still travelers who will try to get it through airport security. And the employees of the Transportation Security Administration have the photos to prove it.
The TSA shares some of the most outrageous things airport officers have encountered on its Instagram account, along with some pretty informative or entertaining captions. The agency credits Janis Burl, who runs the Transportation Security Administration’s social media team, for the account’s breakout success ― with over 1.1. million followers to date.
“If we stop something in the airport, a picture of it is taken because reports have to be filed,” Burl told The New York Times earlier this year. “When we hear about the incident, either through T.S.A. spokespeople or from the airports themselves, then we ask for the picture.”
As for the puns that litter the Instagram captions, she believes the wordplay helps to get the message across.
“Nobody remembers what was on the news in the morning, but they’ll remember the joke you told them,” Burl explained. “If it takes humor to help you remember what you can and cannot do when traveling through security, then humor is what we will provide. Whatever the public is talking about, we want to talk about and we want to provide the public with a travel tip in the process.”
Here’s a selection of just some of the wild items TSA has spotted in people’s carry-ons. | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/things-tsa-spotted_l_626b66a0e4b0bc48f579af6b | 2022-07-20T21:41:56 | en | 0.95228 |
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Six of the Turpin siblings, who escaped a life of extraordinary abuse and neglect in their parents’ captivity in 2018, filed a lawsuit late Tuesday accusing county and foster care officials of knowingly placing them with more abusive guardians after their rescue.
The allegations against California’s Riverside County and ChildNet, a private foster care agency, are deeply disturbing.
The couple and their adult daughter that the siblings were placed with, the lawsuit alleges, had a known history of perverse abuse allegations against them and tormented the Turpin children once they were in their care, including by sexually assaulting them, pulling their hair, hitting them with belts, striking them on their heads, and denying them food, then force-feeding them until they threw up and making them eat their own vomit.
They were also subjected to what amounts to psychological torture, the lawsuit claims, including the foster family telling them they were worthless and unlovable, instructing them on how they should kill themselves, preventing them from speaking to their siblings, forcing them to sit outside for hours alone, making them watch their abuse of other foster children, and forcing them to sit in a circle and recount their abusive childhood experiences.
The plaintiffs also say their foster parents, who are referred to in the lawsuit as Mr. and Mrs. O, would threaten to return them to their biological parents, who were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2019 for the abuse and imprisonment of their 13 children.
Neither ChildNet nor Riverside County’s Department of Public Social Services, which oversees foster care in the county, immediately responded to HuffPost’s request for comment.
At least one of the minors in the foster family’s care told social workers for the county and foster care agency that they were being abused, and begged for help, the lawsuit states, but none came for years.
“Defendants had a duty to protect plaintiffs, but instead protected Mr. and Mrs. O by failing to report the abuse and neglect of plaintiffs to Child Protective Services or to law enforcement and by failing to intervene and interfere when abuse and neglect was reported by others,” the lawsuit argues. “Defendants allowed plaintiffs to remain in the home for three years” until an investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department led to the arrests of the parents and their adult daughter on numerous child abuse charges.
“By then, plaintiffs had suffered physical and psychological injuries and severe emotional distress as a result of three years of abuse and neglect,” the lawsuit says. “These injuries were particularly severe because plaintiffs were in a very vulnerable state to begin with.”
The Turpin siblings had nearly no contact with the outside world until one of them, then-17-year-old Jordan Turpin, made a daring escape from their home in Perris, California, and sought help from police. In her parents’ home, investigators said, she and her siblings were starved to the point of malnourishment, allowed only one shower a year, shackled to their beds for weeks at a time, beaten and tortured.
Jordan and her sister Jennifer spoke out about their experience in an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer last year. | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/turpin-siblings-lawsuit-abuse-foster-care_n_62d83ed9e4b081f3a8fa7321 | 2022-07-20T21:42:02 | en | 0.984331 |
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ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law could take effect immediately. The decision wasn’t surprising after the U.S. Supreme Court last month ruled that there is no constitutional right to an abortion.
The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in cells within an embryo that will eventually become the heart as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women realize they’re pregnant.
The Georgia law includes exceptions for rape and incest, as long as a police report is filed. It also provides for later abortions when the mother’s life is at risk or a serious medical condition renders a fetus unviable.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Mississippi case that overturned Roe v. Wade clears the way for the law to take effect, saying it “makes clear no right to abortion exists under the Constitution, so Georgia may prohibit them.”
The appeals court also rejected arguments that a “personhood” provision in the law is unconstitutionally vague. The provision grants personhood to a fetus, giving it the same legal rights as people have after birth.
Generally, the court’s ruling wouldn’t take effect for several weeks, until an official mandate was issued. But the court issued a second order Wednesday that allowed the law to take effect immediately.
A federal judge put the law on hold before it could take effect and in July 2020 permanently blocked it, saying it was unconstitutional under the Supreme Court precedent that was recently overturned. The state appealed to the 11th Circuit, and a three-judge panel of the appeals court last fall said it would wait for the Supreme Court ruling in the Mississippi case before taking action on Georgia’s appeal.
The Supreme Court ruled on June 24 and Georgia’s attorney general asked the appeals court that afternoon to overturn the lower court ruling and allow the state’s abortion law to take effect.
The 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade declared a fundamental right to an abortion prior to viability of the fetus. Planned Parenthood v. Casey narrowed that in 1992 to say states can’t place an undue burden in the way of women seeking an abortion prior to viability.
Georgia’s so-called heartbeat law was one of a wave of laws passed by Republican-controlled legislatures in recent years to attack those rulings as anti-abortion activists and lawmakers saw an opportunity in a new conservative Supreme Court majority. | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-abortion-georgia_n_62d86965e4b000da23fb589e | 2022-07-20T21:42:09 | en | 0.962188 |
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Appeals court allows Georgia abortion law to take effect
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law could take effect immediately Wednesday. The decision was expected after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that there is no constitutional right to an abortion.
The law, which had been barred from taking effect, bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in cells within an embryo that will eventually become the heart as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many pregnancies are detected.
The Georgia law includes exceptions for rape and incest, as long as a police report is filed. It also allows for later abortions when the mother’s life is at risk or a serious medical condition renders a fetus unviable.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Mississippi case that overturned Roe v. Wade allows the law to take effect. Circuit Court Chief Judge William Pryor wrote that the ruling in that case “makes clear no right to abortion exists under the Constitution, so Georgia may prohibit them.”
The appeals court also rejected arguments that a provision of the law that changes the definition of “natural person” is unconstitutionally vague. The “personhood” provision gives a fetus the same legal rights as people have after birth.
Normally, the ruling wouldn’t take effect for weeks. But the court issued a second order Wednesday allowing the law to take effect immediately.
The National Abortion Federation listed 10 clinics that were providing surgical abortions in Georgia before the ruling. At least one clinic in Savannah had already closed following the Supreme Court ruling.
Andrea Young, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, which sued to challenge the law on behalf of Georgia abortion providers and an advocacy group, said the organization “will continue to fight for abortion rights for the women of Georgia with all of the tools at our disposal.”
The ruling promises to intensify partisan fault lines in Georgia’s high-profile midterm elections for governor and U.S. Senate.
Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, or LIFE Act, in 2019. He has avoided saying whether he favors further restrictions, although he at one time staked out an absolutist position that wouldn’t have provided exceptions for rape or incest.
As he looks toward the general election in November against Democrat Stacey Abrams, Kemp has emphasized what his staffers characterize as a broader “life” agenda, noting his support for extending the Medicaid health insurance program to cover poor mothers for a full year after birth. Kemp staffers also question the feasibility of passing a more restrictive law, noting the current law passed by only one vote.
“Since taking office in 2019, our family has committed to serving Georgia in a way that cherishes and values each and every human being, and today’s decision by the 11th Circuit affirms our promise to protect life at all stages,” Kemp said Wednesday.
Abrams said “women are now second-class citizens” and promised to fight to repeal the law if elected. With a legislature even she acknowledges is likely to remain in Republican hands, that could be difficult.
“Today, Kemp achieved his goal: to endanger women, strip away our right to choose, and deny our ability to determine what is best for our bodies,” Abrams said. “In a state where pregnancy is too often fatal, he is proud of denying women the right to make medical decisions for themselves.”
In the Senate contest, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker have for weeks highlighted their differences on abortion.
Campaigning Wednesday ahead of the 11th Circuit ruling, Walker said it’s “a problem” that there’s no national ban, and he’s said previously that “there’s no exception in my mind” that should allow women to terminate pregnancies resulting from rape or incest or those that threaten a woman’s life or health. Still, Walker stopped short of saying he’d vote for a ban in a Republican-controlled Congress.
Warnock, who calls himself a “pro-choice pastor,” said on Twitter that the 11th Circuit decision “allows (Georgia) politicians to take away women’s ability to make their own health care decisions. I will never stop fighting to restore the rights of women to determine and access their own care.”
Throughout the 16-page opinion, Pryor used the term “abortionist” to refer to those who challenged the law. His predecessor as 11th Circuit chief judge, now-Senior Judge Ed Carnes, noted in a 2018 opinion in an Alabama abortion case that some find the term pejorative. He also noted some consider the terms “physicians” and “doctors” inappropriate for people who perform abortions. As a result, he chose to “take a middle course and use the term ‘practitioner,’ except where one of the other terms appears in a quotation,” he wrote.
The term appeared three times in Alito’s majority opinion overturning Roe.
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Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Athens, Georgia, and Mark Sherman in Washington contributed reporting.
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Archer sets state record with arrowing 66-pound blue catfish, officials say
Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 3:35 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
LOUISA, Va. (Gray News) - A Virginia man has set a new state record after snagging a massive catfish.
According to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Jason Emmel arrowed a blue catfish that weighed 66 pounds, 5 ounces.
Emmel got the catfish from the Pamunkey River and set a new state record for archery.
Officials said Emmel’s catch was certified and is currently recognized as Virginia’s archery state record for blue catfish.
According to the department, the previous record was held by William Bates Jr., with a 62-pound, 4-ounce blue catfish captured in 2021 from Occoquan Bay in Fairfax.
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Bannon’s team raises question about House subpoena deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steven Bannon’s lawyers tried on Wednesday to establish at his criminal contempt trial that the deadline for the onetime strategist for Donald Trump to appear before the House committee investigating the Capitol riot was flexible as long as the two sides were negotiating terms. But the committee’s chief counsel said Bannon was uncooperative so there was no leeway.
Bannon, who was an unofficial adviser to the then-president at the time of insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, is charged with defying a congressional subpoena that sought his records and testimony.
Bannon lawyer Evan Corcoran asked Kristin Amerling, the committee’s chief counsel, whether it was common for witnesses to appear before a congressional committee several weeks after the deadline date on a subpoena. Amerling answered “yes,” but added only “when witnesses are cooperating with the committee.”
In Bannon’s case, she said he could not be said to have been cooperating in any meaningful way. He was sent a subpoena on Sept. 23, 2021, that ordering him to produce requested documents by Oct. 7 and appear in person before the committee on Oct. 14.
The committee heard nothing from Bannon until after the first deadline had passed, at which point his lawyer sent a letter to the committee stating that Bannon was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege and would not be providing documents or appearing. The committee responded that Trump’s claim was invalid and that Bannon faced a hard deadline of Oct. 14 to come before the committee.
When that deadline passed, the committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote Bannon’s lawyer on Oct. 15 threatening criminal prosecution.
Bannon was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, one month after the Justice Department received the referral. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and as long as a year behind bars.
The attack on the subpoena timeline and its validity is one of the few avenues of defense that U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols left Bannon’s legal team after a hearing last week. Nichols ruled that major elements of Bannon’s planned defense were irrelevant and could not be introduced in court. The judge said Bannon could not claim he believed he was covered by executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold confidential information from the courts and the legislative branch, or that the trial was politically motivated or that he was acting on the advice of his lawyers.
Amerling said the committee sought Bannon’s testimony and documents because it had information about various contacts he had with Trump and other people in his orbit, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani and extremist groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. She said Bannon ignored multiple notices that he was in danger of facing criminal prosecution by ignoring the committee’s requests.
During cross-examination, Corcoran raised questions about Amerling’s ties to a prosecutor in the case and her political affiliation. Amerling acknowledged she is a lifelong Democrat and had known one of the prosecutors for years since they both worked in the office of now-retired Rep. Henry Waxman, a longtime California Democrat. The two also belong to the same book club, mostly made up of former Waxman staffers, Amerling said.
In opening statements this week, Corcoran told the jury that the charges were politically motivated and that Bannon was engaged in good-faith negotiations with the committee when he was charged.
Nichols reiterated Wednesday that Bannon’s defense could not address any witnesses in a way that would point to politics as the reasons for his prosecution. Nichols did allow Bannon’s lawyers to ask witnesses about their own biases.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Steven Bannon’s lawyers tried on Wednesday to establish at his criminal contempt trial that the deadline for the onetime strategist for Donald Trump to appear before the House committee investigating the Capitol riot was flexible as long as the two sides were negotiating terms. But the committee’s chief counsel said Bannon was uncooperative so there was no leeway.
Bannon, who was an unofficial adviser to the then-president at the time of insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, is charged with defying a congressional subpoena that sought his records and testimony.
Bannon lawyer Evan Corcoran asked Kristin Amerling, the committee’s chief counsel, whether it was common for witnesses to appear before a congressional committee several weeks after the deadline date on a subpoena. Amerling answered “yes,” but added only “when witnesses are cooperating with the committee.”
In Bannon’s case, she said he could not be said to have been cooperating in any meaningful way. He was sent a subpoena on Sept. 23, 2021, that ordering him to produce requested documents by Oct. 7 and appear in person before the committee on Oct. 14.
The committee heard nothing from Bannon until after the first deadline had passed, at which point his lawyer sent a letter to the committee stating that Bannon was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege and would not be providing documents or appearing. The committee responded that Trump’s claim was invalid and that Bannon faced a hard deadline of Oct. 14 to come before the committee.
When that deadline passed, the committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote Bannon’s lawyer on Oct. 15 threatening criminal prosecution.
Bannon was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, one month after the Justice Department received the referral. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and as long as a year behind bars.
The attack on the subpoena timeline and its validity is one of the few avenues of defense that U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols left Bannon’s legal team after a hearing last week. Nichols ruled that major elements of Bannon’s planned defense were irrelevant and could not be introduced in court. The judge said Bannon could not claim he believed he was covered by executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold confidential information from the courts and the legislative branch, or that the trial was politically motivated or that he was acting on the advice of his lawyers.
Amerling said the committee sought Bannon’s testimony and documents because it had information about various contacts he had with Trump and other people in his orbit, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani and extremist groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. She said Bannon ignored multiple notices that he was in danger of facing criminal prosecution by ignoring the committee’s requests.
During cross-examination, Corcoran raised questions about Amerling’s ties to a prosecutor in the case and her political affiliation. Amerling acknowledged she is a lifelong Democrat and had known one of the prosecutors for years since they both worked in the office of now-retired Rep. Henry Waxman, a longtime California Democrat. The two also belong to the same book club, mostly made up of former Waxman staffers, Amerling said.
In opening statements this week, Corcoran told the jury that the charges were politically motivated and that Bannon was engaged in good-faith negotiations with the committee when he was charged.
Nichols reiterated Wednesday that Bannon’s defense could not address any witnesses in a way that would point to politics as the reasons for his prosecution. Nichols did allow Bannon’s lawyers to ask witnesses about their own biases.
Bannon, 68, was one of the most prominent of the Trump-allied holdouts refusing to testify before the committee. He had argued that his testimony was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold confidential information from the courts and the legislative branch.
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DPS provides insight on Gov. Abbott’s order to return migrants to border
LAREDO, TX. (KGNS) - There’s new insight into Governor Greg Abbott’s latest executive order that directs Texas National Guardsman and DPS Troopers to arrest illegal immigrants and take them back to the border.
Abbott put the new order into effect on July 7.
According to the governor, the order was made due to the Biden administration’s decision to end Title 42 and the Remain in Mexico Program.
DPS Lieutenant Chris Olivarez says that they are already starting the process of returning migrants to the border.
Olivarez says when they see a group of migrants at a remote location waiting for Border Patrol, DPS picks them up and takes them to a safe location.
“There’s restrooms and we can provide water, where there’s shade, and of course we take them to the ports of entry where we have a safety inspection there and then we can call us Border Patrol, they’ll show up and take custody of them so that’s what we’re doing in terms of the bus situation.”
Southwest border encounters are at an all-time high.
So far this year, there have been more than 1.7 illegal crossings.
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Government imposter scams cost consumers $445 million last year
Scammers offering access to grants for upfront fees
InvestigateTV - Scammers are using the promise of federal grants to target unknowing consumers, and according to the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission, it cost consumers $445 million in 2021.
Aletta McGriggs was one of the many victims. The scam started when she said an old high school friend contacted her on Facebook. Only it wasn’t her friend, it was a scammer on a fake account trying to lure her in with the promise of a $30,000 government grant.
“I think it’s horrible actually. It’s beyond sad!” McGriggs said.
McGriggs said she felt something was off in her first conversation with the supposed grant representative, but she filled out the application anyway.
The scammer then asked for a $500 “case file” fee.”
So I asked him, okay, well that’s odd because you shouldn’t have to pay anything for a grant,” McGriggs said. “And he said, ‘This is a file, this is just a file to keep your case confidential and to yourself.”
She said she was then sent a copy of a “certificate” filled out with her name. Then came a request for more money, this time a $324 delivery fee.
“I ended up sending it and I borrowed it from my son,” McGriggs said. “That’s what really broke me.”
She said the delivery never came, and when she finally got in touch with the scammer, they asked for almost $4,000 more for taxes.
McGriggs said that’s when she knew she had been scammed.
Josh Planos, Vice President of Communications and Public Relations for the Better Business Bureau, said McGriggs isn’t alone. A 2020 BBB report showed more that 44% of Americans have encountered a government imposter scam.
“The digital age is certainly making it easier to scale your operation if you’re a scammer,” Planos said.
What can you do to protect yourself? Plano suggested looking up any agency making an offer and double checking to insure they are the same entity. He said doing due diligence up front can save you from playing clean up duty on the back.
The BBB regularly releases scam alerts. You can contact them online if you are wary of an offer. You can also report scams to their scam tracker tool to help prevent others from becoming victims.
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Henderson County firefighters released from hospital after smoke inhalation
Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 4:24 PM CDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Three firefighters were hospitalized on Tuesday after working a fire in Gun Barrel City.
The firefighters suffered from smoke inhalation. They have been released and are in good condition today, according to Henderson County Fire Marshal Shane Renberg.
Renberg said that other than a few smaller areas of reignition, the fires that burned over 1,000 acres last night remain under control today.
Previous reporting: 3 firefighters hospitalized during Henderson County fires
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‘Just unfathomable’: Officer shot and killed while pulling over vehicle for expired temp tags
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) - A Missouri police officer has died from his injuries after he was shot during a traffic stop.
On Wednesday, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said 24-year-old Joshua Rocha has been charged in the shooting of officer Daniel Vasquez during a traffic stop Tuesday morning.
Authorities said the 32-year-old officer pulled Rocha over because of an expired temporary tag on the car when Rocha fired his weapon at him.
Vasquez was taken to a hospital following the shooting, KCTV reported. He ultimately died there from his injuries Tuesday evening.
North Kansas City Police Chief Kevin Freeman said Vasquez was a shining star for the department.
“All these are tragedies, but to see such a young person so early in his career lose his life to such senseless violence, it’s just unfathomable,” he said.
Freeman went on to say Vasquez was a phenomenal person.
“Easy to talk to. He didn’t have an enemy. Everybody was his friend,” Freeman said. “It’s just senseless. It’s senseless all the time, but he was just a great great human being.”
Freeman said it marks the first time a North Kansas City Police Department officer has died in the line of duty.
North Kansas City Mayor Bryant DeLong said the sad day turned further tragic at the officer’s passing.
“I know the whole North Kansas City community stands behind our police force,” he said. “We’ll be here for the family. We’ll be here for all of our other employees. Please, if you need anything, reach out.”
An online portal to donate to the officer’s family has been arranged for the public. It can be accessed here.
No further processions will be happening until Vasquez’s family has made funeral arrangements.
Peer support is being offered to North Kansas City police officers as they process the news.
“It is a tight, tight-knit community,” Freeman said. “It’s going to be a struggle for a while, for our officers to come to grips with that and be ready to still go out and do the job, but crime doesn’t stop.”
Missouri State Highway Patrol issued a Blue Alert for the suspect vehicle, which was an early-model 2000s gray Ford Taurus with the Missouri temporary license number 03GU43 that expired in 2018. The tag was previously registered for a Buick, police said.
A suspect later surrendered himself and was taken into custody, Freeman said.
The Kansas City Police Department stated that they were asked to conduct the investigation into the homicide of Vasquez.
The KCPD said that the suspect turned himself in within their jurisdiction and that he remains in custody on an investigative hold. They also said they anticipate presenting the case to the Clay County Prosecutor for consideration of applicable charges.
A witness said she felt helpless when she and her coworkers discovered someone shot a police officer near their workplace.
“I was grooming a dog,” she said. “I had my headphones on. I looked at my coworker suddenly, and her face looked like she was panicked. She told me she heard gunshots. I look outside, and the construction workers were all going to the back.”
Moments after discovering Vasquez on the ground, she said she saw another police officer arrive and begin performing CPR.
“I cannot express how excruciating this senseless death is for our organization and community,” the city of North Kansas City posted on Twitter Tuesday evening. “Daniel’s family, the NKC Police Department, and our entire community are grieving from this tragedy. Daniel served the NKC community proudly and bravely for almost two years.”
The Clay County Prosecutor’s Office announced Rocha has been charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action. His bond was set at $2 million.
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Man charged after smashing 18 cars at dealership with ax, police say
Published: Jul. 20, 2022 at 4:09 PM CDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KSFY/Gray News) – A man was charged after police say he took an ax to 18 cars at a dealership in South Dakota, causing six figures in property damage.
Joseph Blackbonnet, 32, was charged with aggravated intentional damage to property.
Sioux Falls police received multiple calls around 9 p.m. Tuesday concerning a man who was using an ax to smash the windows of vehicles for sale at the dealership.
When officers arrived, they located Blackbonnet at the dealership and said he still had the ax with him. Officers took Blackbonnet into custody.
Officials estimate the damage to be at least $100,000.
Police did not release a motive or further details.
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Man charged with threatening to assassinate Biden, Secret Service says
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) – An Alabama man has been charged with threatening to kill President Joe Biden.
A criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Secret Service alleges that John Andrew Bazor Jr. called the White House switchboard at 9:37 p.m. on July 10.
“I am coming to assassinate the president; I can’t wait to see your faces when I put a bullet in him,” he said, according to the complaint.
Bazor, 37, is scheduled to have a detention hearing Wednesday afternoon. But his attorney, Gordon Armstrong, told WALA that it likely will be a moot issue since he has bond violations in unrelated state cases.
Secret Service agents tracked Bazor down to a motel on Monday. According to the complaint, Bazor admitted that the phone number used to call the White House was his and that he wanted to hurt the president.
“When asked why, Bazor said that he did not wish to harm the president, but then contradicted himself and said he did,” the agent wrote in an affidavit. “At this point, Bazor became more agitated,” pushed past the agents and headed toward the elevator.
Federal investigators learned that Bazor made several calls to the Secret Service office in Mobile the weekend before he called the White House.
Bazor “rambled throughout multiple calls,” the Secret Service affidavit states, and indicates that he went to the FBI office in Mobile to file a complaint. He also called the State Department and the CIA, according to the complaint.
A civilian tenant of the same building where the Secret Service in Mobile is located reported seeing a man in the lobby of the building on July 8, complaining that the agency had ruined his life.
Though never officially diagnosed, Bazor has exhibited signs of mental illness, according to the affidavit. The defendant’s mother and aunt both spoke to agents about his strange behavior. His mother told investigators that she had tried to have him involuntarily committed to a mental health facility and that he has long exhibited signs of instability.
She told agents that Bazor had been involuntarily committed to Mobile Infirmary in 2017 but never received a formal diagnosis. She said he threatened to blow up the Ton Place Suites in Mobile and went to Providence Hospital but was released soon after he arrived.
Prior to 2017, the mother told agents Bazor had been staying with a relative in New Mexico and was taken to the hospital for an unknown incident. The mother told agents she was told at the time that her son suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, the criminal complaint states.
Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to order a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether Bazor is competent to stand trial. In addition to the defendant’s behavior in the past, they cited “numerous outbursts” during a probable cause hearing earlier this week and his resistance to mental health counselors during his arrest.
Armstrong said he supports the mental health evaluation, adding that the prosecution’s filing raises serious questions about whether his client is criminally liable due to his mental health issues.
“That kind of pretty well summarizes it … That’s kind of where it’s going at this point,” he said.
The Secret Service affidavit states that Bazor’s mother expressed fear of him and told agents that she sleeps with her keys in her pillowcase so that her son will not take her car. She told investigators that Bazor was trying to rent a vehicle so he could travel to Washington, and the defendant’s aunt also said he was trying to get a car, according to the complaint.
Bazor has demonstrated hostility against Biden in the past. On Facebook, about 10 months ago, he posted a petition urging the president’s impeachment. In another Facebook post, he showed a screen shot of an email he had sent to the office of Former President Donald Trump earlier this month. The profanity-laced email said the Drug Enforcement Administration officials were “like the largest gang of terrorist in the world so this could tear the world apart.” He complained about being “radiated.”
In other posts, Bazor accused the Mobile Police Department of trying to kill him and railed against the Freemasons and Illuminati. On the July 10, the same date he is accused of making the threat against Biden, he posted a video on Facebook of the outside of Mobile police headquarters.
The threat against Biden carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
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Parents say proposed logo for Georgia elementary school resembles Nazi symbol
COBB COUNTY, Ga. (WSB/CNN) – An elementary school near Atlanta has released a new school logo that some parents say looks like a Nazi symbol.
Parents said they want to know why Cobb County School District officials didn’t see a problem with the school logo that was proposed for East Side Elementary School.
Rabbi Amanda Flaks and Stacy Efrat, two members of the Jewish community who spoke about the logo, both have children who attend the school.
“I want to see the logo not only taken away, I want a direct apology to our community – not just the Jewish community but the entire community,” Flaks said.
“There’s nothing to reconsider here,” Efrat said. “This just needs to be replaced.”
When the district sent parents the proposed logo Monday morning, many felt like it looked similar to the Nazi war eagle.
“It was used by the Nazi party during World War II and is used now by other neo-fascists and Nazi sympathizer groups,” Flaks said.
The Cobb County School District released a statement that reads in part: “The roll-out of this logo has been halted, and we are immediately reviewing needed changes. We understand and strongly agree that similarities to Nazi symbolism are unacceptable. Although this design was based on the U.S. Army colonel’s eagle wings, stakeholder input has been and continues to be important to our schools.”
“That doesn’t make sense to me,” Flaks said. “It’s not a military school. It’s a public school.”
The American Jewish Committee of the Atlanta region released a statement that reads: “It is troubling that nobody in the Cobb County schools recognized why this logo would be problematic, especially for a school located across the street from a synagogue. The school should do more than review the logo. It must be discarded immediately.”
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Stop the Bleed training event coming to Lufkin August 4
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Lufkin Police Department will co-sponsor an event with the Hudson Fire Department Search and Rescue team to offer a free ‘Stop the Bleed’ event.
It will take place on August 4 at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Stop the bleed campaign is a nation wide effort to train civilians how to help in a traumatic event so lives can be saved before EMS arrives on scene.
With active shooters and large wrecks is where this really comes in handy for the public,” SAR team president Mike Stephens said. “It is a second backup to knowing CPR. You have about three to five minutes for someone that is hemorrhaging severely to stop that bleed and knowing how to do that can save somebody you know. maybe a loved one, a family member. "
To register you can email SAR@HudsonFireRescue.org
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US sending more military aid to Ukraine as war grinds on
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and allies committed more rocket systems, ammunition and other military aid to Ukraine Wednesday, as American defense leaders said they see the war to block Russian gains in the eastern Donbas region grinding on for some time.
Speaking at the close of a virtual meeting with about 50 defense leaders from around the world, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said it will be “hard work” to keep allies and partners all committed to the war effort as the months drag on.
“We’re pushing hard to maintain and intensify the momentum of donations,” Austin said. “This will be an area of focus for the foreseeable future, as it should be, in terms of how long our allies and partners will remain committed ... There’s no question that this will always be hard work making sure that we maintain unity.”
Officials have been reluctant to say how long the war may last, but Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggested it could be a long slog.
“We have a very serious grinding war of attrition going on in the Donbas. And unless there’s a breakthrough on either side — which right now the analysts don’t think is particularly likely in the near term — it will probably continue as a grinding war of attrition for a period of time until both sides see an alternative way out of this, perhaps through negotiation or something like that.”
Officials said Wednesday that the U.S. will send Ukraine four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and precision-guided rockets for them, as well as additional artillery rounds. A more detailed announcement is expected later this week.
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The aid comes as Russian forces try to solidify gains in the two provinces in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, Donetsk and Luhansk, while also expanding attacks into other areas. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told state-controlled RT television and the RIA Novosti news agency that Russia has expanded its “special military operation” from the Donbas to the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and other captured territories.
Austin said Lavrov’s comments come as no surprise to allies who have known Russia has greater ambitions in capturing Ukraine.
But Ukrainian troops have been using the HIMARS to strike Russian logistics nodes and command and control centers, including behind the front lines to disrupt supply chains. And on Wednesday they struck and damaged a bridge that is key to supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine, where Lavrov said Moscow is trying to consolidate its territorial gains.
Milley said the Ukrainian strikes are “steadily degrading the Russian ability to supply their troops, command and control their forces, and carry out their illegal war of aggression.”
He said that, due to Ukraine’s resistance, Russia has been able to gain just six to 10 miles of ground in the Donbas over the past 90 days, with “tens of thousands of artillery rounds” fired in each 24-hour period. And he said he does not believe that the Donbas region has been lost to Russia.
“It’s not lost yet. The Ukrainians are making the Russians pay for every inch of territory that they gain and advances are measured in literally hundreds of meters,” Milley said.
The issue going forward, he said, will be the amount of HIMARS rockets and other ammunition expended by the Ukraine forces. The U.S. has been sending thousands of rounds, taking them from American military stockpiles, and raising questions about how long that will last and at what point there may be a risk to U.S. military readiness.
“We are looking at all of that very, very carefully,” Milley said. “We think we’re okay right now as we project forward into the next month or two or three, we think we’re going to be okay.”
The U.S. has already provided more than $7 billion in aid to Ukraine since the war began in late February. Austin said that during the defense meeting, there was also discussion about how to ensure that Ukraine is able to maintain and repair the weapons systems into the future.
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MONTERREY, Mexico, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ALFA, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: ALFAA) ("ALFA"), a company that has developed a diversified portfolio of leading businesses with global operations, announced today its unaudited results for the second quarter of 2022 ("2Q22"). All figures have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").
"We hope you and your families are remaining safe and healthy. The second quarter was marked by exciting developments on the strategic front, including the announcement of the Axtel spin-off and Alpek´s closing on the previously announced OCTAL acquisition. We are also pleased to report strong consolidated performance with quarterly EBITDA of US $706 million and six consecutive quarters of year-over-year improvement in the net leverage ratio.
ALFA's 2Q22 revenue increased 30% year-over-year and EBITDA surged 42% driven once again by a better-than-expected performance at Alpek. The petrochemical business continued to capitalize on strong reference margins in its core products plus solid demand. In addition, Alpek's results benefitted from the integration of the OCTAL acquisition in June.
Sigma was negatively impacted by the ongoing headwinds in its European operations, primarily higher energy prices and input costs as well as lower pork exports. Noteworthy, Sigma Europe EBITDA was up 20% quarter-on-quarter as operating efficiencies and pricing actions have been implemented to mitigate inflationary pressures. Meanwhile, lower sales from the Government segment, project delays caused by the global semiconductor shortage, and lower revenues from a large wholesale customer continued to weigh on Axtel's results. It is important to note that the large wholesale customer´s "concurso mercantil" process reached a financing agreement which provides certainty going forward to its creditors and suppliers like Axtel.
ALFA is fully committed to continue transferring value to its shareholders through a balanced approach which includes dividends, share repurchases, improvement in credit metrics and the transformational efforts underway to address the conglomerate discount.
We took a decisive step forward during the quarter when we announced the plan to spin-off Axtel to the ALFA shareholders. As approved by ALFA's shareholders on July 12th, we are following virtually the same structure and process implemented when we spun off Nemak in 2020. ALFA will transfer its entire stake in Axtel to ALFA's shareholders via a new, Bolsa-listed entity named Controladora Axtel.
By spinning-off Axtel, ALFA further simplifies its corporate structure and enhances its financial position as the two remaining subsidiaries, Alpek and Sigma, have investment grade credit ratings. In addition, ALFA's shareholders gain autonomy as we advance, holding separate stakes in ALFA, Nemak and soon in Axtel. Also, as an independent business, Axtel will drive strategic initiatives to boost growth without the influence of ALFA's transformational process.
Another key value-enhancing event during the quarter was Alpek closing the OCTAL acquisition ahead of plan. For 2022, Alpek is projecting an EBITDA contribution of US $120 million from OCTAL supported by better-than-expected reference margins and overall favorable industry conditions. In turn, Alpek increased its 2022 EBITDA guidance to US $1.600 billion, up from US $1.365 billion announced in 1Q22.
ALFA has also adjusted its 2022 guidance to reflect three significant items. First, the accounting effect resulting from Axtel being presented as a discontinued operation beginning in 3Q22. Second, Alpek raising guidance driven by the integration of OCTAL plus a solid reference margin outlook. Third, lower guidance from Sigma due to subpar performance from its European operations partially offset by solid results in Mexico, U.S. and Latam. The net result is ALFA's 2022 Consolidated EBITDA Guidance adjusted slightly to US $2.280 billion, compared with US $2.283 billion announced in 1Q22.
On the ESG front, Alpek became the first ALFA subsidiary to receive approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. Alpek is committed to reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions by 27.5% versus a 2019 baseline by 2030, which is in line with the Paris Agreement to combat climate change. Transitioning to renewable sources of electricity, improving energy usage, and producing emission-free steam are some of the initiatives Alpek will implement to meet its targets and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
Looking to the remainder of the year, ALFA will prioritize the successful execution of the Axtel spin-off. Sigma will continue driving growth initiatives and mitigating inflationary pressures through operating efficiencies and revenue management. Alpek will focus on effectively integrating OCTAL to capture the full potential of this transformational acquisition and continue capitalizing on favorable industry dynamics.
In closing, we would also like to extend our condolences to the family of José Calderón Rojas who recently passed away. Mr. Calderón was a member of ALFA's Board of Directors since 2005 and dear friend with a long family legacy as an ALFA shareholder. We are grateful for his many years of dedicated service and valuable insight. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and loved ones. ALFA will be undertaking a search for a new Board member in due course."
Keep well/Stay safe,
Álvaro Fernández
ALFA manages a diversified portfolio of leading businesses with global operations: Sigma, a leading multinational food company, focused on the production, marketing and distribution of quality foods through recognized brands in Mexico, Europe, United States and Latin America. Alpek, one of the world's leading producers of polyester (PTA, PET, rPET and fibers), and the leader in the Mexican market for polypropylene and expandable polystyrene (EPS). Axtel, a provider of Information Technology and Communication (ITC) services for the enterprise and government segments in Mexico. In 2021, ALFA reported revenues of Ps. 308,060 million (US $15.2 billion), and EBITDA of Ps. 41,050 million (US $2.0 billion). ALFA's shares are quoted on the Mexican Stock Exchange and on Latibex, the market for Latin American shares of the Madrid Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.alfa.com.mx
This release may contain forward-looking information based on numerous variables and assumptions that are inherently uncertain. They involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and financial market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately. These uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic, such as the scope and duration of the outbreak, government actions and restrictive measures implemented in response, availability of workers and contractors due to illness and stay at home orders, supply chain disruptions and other impacts to the business, or on the Company's ability to execute business continuity plans, as a result thereof. Accordingly, results could vary from those set forth in this release. The report presents unaudited financial information. Figures are presented in Mexican Pesos or US dollars, as indicated. Where applicable, Peso amounts were translated into US dollars using the average exchange rate of the months during which the operations were recorded. Financial ratios are calculated in US dollars. Due to the rounding up of figures, small differences may occur when calculating percent changes from one period to the other.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling and allowed Georgia's restrictive 2019 abortion law to take effect immediately Wednesday. The decision was expected after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last month that there is no constitutional right to an abortion.
The law, which had been barred from taking effect, bans most abortions once a "detectable human heartbeat" is present. Cardiac activity can be detected by ultrasound in cells within an embryo that will eventually become the heart as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many pregnancies are detected.
The Georgia law includes exceptions for rape and incest, as long as a police report is filed. It also allows for later abortions when the mother’s life is at risk or a serious medical condition renders a fetus unviable.
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Mississippi case that overturned Roe v. Wade allows the law to take effect. Circuit Court Chief Judge William Pryor wrote that the ruling in that case "makes clear no right to abortion exists under the Constitution, so Georgia may prohibit them."
The appeals court also rejected arguments that a provision of the law that changes the definition of “natural person” is unconstitutionally vague. The "personhood” provision gives a fetus the same legal rights as people have after birth.
Normally, the ruling wouldn’t take effect for weeks. But the court issued a second order Wednesday allowing the law to take effect immediately.
The National Abortion Federation listed 10 clinics that were providing surgical abortions in Georgia before the ruling. At least one clinic in Savannah had already closed following the Supreme Court ruling.
Andrea Young, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, which sued to challenge the law on behalf of Georgia abortion providers and an advocacy group, said the organization “will continue to fight for abortion rights for the women of Georgia with all of the tools at our disposal.”
The ruling promises to intensify partisan fault lines in Georgia’s high-profile midterm elections for governor and U.S. Senate.
Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, or LIFE Act, in 2019. He has avoided saying whether he favors further restrictions, although he at one time staked out an absolutist position that wouldn't have provided exceptions for rape or incest.
As he looks toward the general election in November against Democrat Stacey Abrams, Kemp has emphasized what his staffers characterize as a broader “life” agenda, noting his support for extending the Medicaid health insurance program to cover poor mothers for a full year after birth. Kemp staffers also question the feasibility of passing a more restrictive law, noting the current law passed by only one vote.
“Since taking office in 2019, our family has committed to serving Georgia in a way that cherishes and values each and every human being, and today’s decision by the 11th Circuit affirms our promise to protect life at all stages,” Kemp said Wednesday.
Abrams said “women are now second-class citizens” and promised to fight to repeal the law if elected. With a legislature even she acknowledges is likely to remain in Republican hands, that could be difficult.
“Today, Kemp achieved his goal: to endanger women, strip away our right to choose, and deny our ability to determine what is best for our bodies,” Abrams said. “In a state where pregnancy is too often fatal, he is proud of denying women the right to make medical decisions for themselves.”
In the Senate contest, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker have for weeks highlighted their differences on abortion.
Campaigning Wednesday ahead of the 11th Circuit ruling, Walker said it’s “a problem” that there’s no national ban, and he’s said previously that “there’s no exception in my mind” that should allow women to terminate pregnancies resulting from rape or incest or those that threaten a woman’s life or health. Still, Walker stopped short of saying he’d vote for a ban in a Republican-controlled Congress.
Warnock, who calls himself a “pro-choice pastor,” said on Twitter that the 11th Circuit decision “allows (Georgia) politicians to take away women’s ability to make their own health care decisions. I will never stop fighting to restore the rights of women to determine and access their own care.”
Throughout the 16-page opinion, Pryor used the term “abortionist” to refer to those who challenged the law. His predecessor as 11th Circuit chief judge, now-Senior Judge Ed Carnes, noted in a 2018 opinion in an Alabama abortion case that some find the term pejorative. He also noted some consider the terms “physicians” and “doctors” inappropriate for people who perform abortions. As a result, he chose to “take a middle course and use the term ‘practitioner,’ except where one of the other terms appears in a quotation,” he wrote.
The term appeared three times in Alito’s majority opinion overturning Roe.
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Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Athens, Georgia, and Mark Sherman in Washington contributed reporting.
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DUBLIN, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) will host a conference call and webcast presentation at 8:00 a.m. ET (1:00 p.m. BST) on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 to discuss the company's second quarter financial results. Management will also provide an update on the company.
The webcast player and accompanying slides may be accessed on the Investors section of Alkermes' website at www.alkermes.com. The conference call may be accessed by dialing +1 877 407 2988 for U.S. callers and +1 201 389 0923 for international callers. A replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the event and may be accessed by visiting Alkermes' website.
About Alkermes plc
Alkermes plc is a fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines in the fields of neuroscience and oncology. The company has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products focused on alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of product candidates in development for neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Alkermes has an R&D center in Waltham, Massachusetts; a research and manufacturing facility in Athlone, Ireland; and a manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Ohio. For more information, please visit Alkermes' website at www.alkermes.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Steven Bannon's lawyers tried on Wednesday to establish at his criminal contempt trial that the deadline for the onetime strategist for Donald Trump to appear before the House committee investigating the Capitol riot was flexible as long as the two sides were negotiating terms. But the committee's chief counsel said Bannon was uncooperative so there was no leeway.
Bannon, who was an unofficial adviser to the then-president at the time of insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, is charged with defying a congressional subpoena that sought his records and testimony.
Bannon lawyer Evan Corcoran asked Kristin Amerling, the committee's chief counsel, whether it was common for witnesses to appear before a congressional committee several weeks after the deadline date on a subpoena. Amerling answered “yes,” but added only “when witnesses are cooperating with the committee.”
In Bannon's case, she said he could not be said to have been cooperating in any meaningful way. He was sent a subpoena on Sept. 23, 2021, that ordering him to produce requested documents by Oct. 7 and appear in person before the committee on Oct. 14.
The committee heard nothing from Bannon until after the first deadline had passed, at which point his lawyer sent a letter to the committee stating that Bannon was protected by Trump's claim of executive privilege and would not be providing documents or appearing. The committee responded that Trump's claim was invalid and that Bannon faced a hard deadline of Oct. 14 to come before the committee.
When that deadline passed, the committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote Bannon's lawyer on Oct. 15 threatening criminal prosecution.
Bannon was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, one month after the Justice Department received the referral. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and as long as a year behind bars.
The attack on the subpoena timeline and its validity is one of the few avenues of defense that U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols left Bannon's legal team after a hearing last week. Nichols ruled that major elements of Bannon's planned defense were irrelevant and could not be introduced in court. The judge said Bannon could not claim he believed he was covered by executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold confidential information from the courts and the legislative branch, or that the trial was politically motivated or that he was acting on the advice of his lawyers.
Amerling said the committee sought Bannon's testimony and documents because it had information about various contacts he had with Trump and other people in his orbit, including lawyer Rudy Giuliani and extremist groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. She said Bannon ignored multiple notices that he was in danger of facing criminal prosecution by ignoring the committee's requests.
During cross-examination, Corcoran raised questions about Amerling’s ties to a prosecutor in the case and her political affiliation. Amerling acknowledged she is a lifelong Democrat and had known one of the prosecutors for years since they both worked in the office of now-retired Rep. Henry Waxman, a longtime California Democrat. The two also belong to the same book club, mostly made up of former Waxman staffers, Amerling said.
In opening statements this week, Corcoran told the jury that the charges were politically motivated and that Bannon was engaged in good-faith negotiations with the committee when he was charged.
Nichols reiterated Wednesday that Bannon's defense could not address any witnesses in a way that would point to politics as the reasons for his prosecution. Nichols did allow Bannon’s lawyers to ask witnesses about their own biases.
Bannon, 68, was one of the most prominent of the Trump-allied holdouts refusing to testify before the committee. He had argued that his testimony was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold confidential information from the courts and the legislative branch.
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) has awarded a $250,000 research grant to The City College of New York to fund new Alzheimer's research which could potentially lead to the development of new medications to treat the disease. The project aims to learn more about the role that disrupting the amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays in causing Alzheimer's.
"Scientists have been working hard and making progress, but there is still more we need to learn and discover about Alzheimer's disease," said AFA Founder and Board Chair Bert E. Brodsky. "We are pleased to support CCNY's research and are hopeful that it will lead to the breakthrough all of us are hoping and praying for."
"Every dollar invested in Alzheimer's research is an investment in hope," said AFA President & CEO Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. "CCNY's research has the potential to unlock some of the mysteries surrounding Alzheimer's disease and hopefully facilitate new treatments, which would be a game-changer in the fight against Alzheimer's. AFA is proud to support their efforts."
The APP gene family is essential for viability in mammals, but its function is unclear. Mutations in the genes for APP and in the enzymes that interact with APP have been found in familial Alzheimer's disease (a form of Alzheimer's disease which is linked to genes and affects at least two generations of a family), suggesting that disruption of APP can lead to Alzheimer's disease.
Led by Christine Li, Principal Investigator and a professor in CCNY's Department of Biology, the project aims to identify the role that APP plays in brain health and Alzheimer's disease using the C. elegans model system. This research can then be translated into discoveries in mammals that could potentially lead to the development of new medications to treat Alzheimer's that do not interfere with APP function.
"We are immensely grateful to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America and its donors for their support of our research," said Li. "Alzheimer's is a devastating disease not only to the individual, but to the family. All different avenues of research must be pursued to identify possible therapies to alleviate symptoms and, ultimately, to find a cure."
"An estimated six million Americas are living with Alzheimer's disease and that number is estimated to almost double within the next few decades. This grant from the Alzheimer's Foundation of America will support the important research being led by Professor Li and her research team," said City College President Vincent Boudreau. "We are grateful to AFA's Board Chairman, Bert Brodsky, CCNY class of 1964, Charles Fuschillo, Jr., AFA's President and CEO and the AFA Board for their support and partnership, which we hope will further the important scientific work being done on our campus and around the world."
AFA is able to award research grants such as this through the generosity of individuals and organizations. To make a donation to support AFA's research efforts, as well as programs and services for families affected by Alzheimer's disease, click here or call AFA at 866-232-8484.
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SOMERSET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, "This is an emergency and I will look at it that way."
The president stopped short, though, of declaring a formal climate emergency, which Democrats and environmental groups have been seeking after an influential Democratic senator quashed hopes for sweeping legislation to address global warming. Biden hinted such a step could be coming.
“Let me be clear: Climate change is an emergency,'' Biden said. He pledged to use his power as president “to turn these words into formal, official government actions through the appropriate proclamations, executive orders and regulatory power that a president possesses.”
When it comes to climate change, he added, "I will not take no for an answer.''
Biden delivered his pledge at a former coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts. The former Brayton Point power plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, is shifting to offshore wind power manufacturing, and Biden chose it as the embodiment of the transition to clean energy that he is seeking but has struggled to realize in the first 18 months of his presidency.
Executive actions announced Wednesday will bolster the domestic offshore wind industry in the Gulf of Mexico and Southeast, as well as spend $2.3 billion to help communities cope with soaring temperatures through programs administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies.
The trip comes as historic temperatures bake Europe and the United States. Wildfires raged in Spain and France, and Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered. At least 100 million Americans face heat advisories in the next few days as cities around the U.S. sweat through more intense and longer-lasting heat waves that scientists blame on global warming.
Calls for a national emergency declaration to address the climate crisis have been rising among activists and Democratic lawmakers after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., last week scuttled talks on a long-delayed legislative package.
White House officials have said the option remains under consideration. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday declined to outline a timetable for a decision aside from saying no such order would be issued this week.
Gina McCarthy, Biden's climate adviser, said Biden is not “shying away” from treating climate as an emergency.
"The president wants to make sure that we're doing it right, that we're laying it out, and that we have the time we need to get this worked out,'' she told reporters on Air Force One.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who attended Wednesday's event, said he was "confident that the president is ultimately ready to do whatever it takes in order to deal with this crisis."
Environmental groups were less hopeful. “The world’s burning up from California to Croatia, and right now Biden’s fighting fire with the trickle from a garden hose,” said Jean Su, energy justice program director at the Center for Biological Diversity.
An emergency declaration on climate would allow Biden to redirect federal resources to bolster renewable energy programs that would help accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels such as coal and oil. The declaration also could be used as a legal basis to block oil and gas drilling or other projects, although such actions would likely be challenged in court by energy companies or Republican-led states.
Such a declaration would be similar to the one issued by Biden's Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, who declared a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border when lawmakers refused to allocate money for that effort. A federal appeals court later ruled Trump's action was illegal.
Some legal scholars said an emergency order on climate could face a similar fate. The Supreme Court last month limited the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming.
Declaring a climate emergency "is a way to get around Congress and specifically Joe Manchin. That's not what emergency powers are for,'' said Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the liberty and national security program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
Biden pledged last week to take significant executive actions on climate after months-long discussions between Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., came to a standstill. The West Virginia senator cited stubbornly high inflation as the reason for his hesitation, although he has long protected energy interests in his coal- and gas-producing state.
For now, Manchin has said he will only agree to a limited legislative deal on health care and prescription drugs. The White House has indicated it wants Congress to take that deal, and Biden will address the climate issue on his own.
Biden visited the dusty grounds of the former Brayton Point power plant, which closed in 2017 after burning coal for more than five decades. The plant will now make subsea transmission cables to bring power generated by offshore wind to the electrical grid.
A few dozen people listened in the blazing sun as Biden spoke, including McCarthy, members of Congress and Biden's climate envoy, John Kerry, a former Massachusetts senator.
A new report says the U.S. and other major carbon-polluting nations are falling short on pledges to fight climate change. Among the 10 biggest carbon emitters, only the European Union has enacted polices close to or consistent with international goals to limit warming to just a few more tenths of a degree Celsius, scientists and experts say.
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RENO, Nev., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AMERCO (Nasdaq: UHAL), the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company, plans to report its first quarter fiscal 2023 financial results after the close of market trading on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. The Company is scheduled to conduct its first quarter investor conference call and webcast at 8 a.m. Arizona Time (11 a.m. ET) on Thursday, August 4, 2022.
Listen via the internet: https://app.webinar.net/gao7rXlrbW4
The conference call and webcast may include forward-looking statements. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived for one year at www.amerco.com.
About AMERCO
AMERCO is the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., Oxford Life Insurance Company, Repwest Insurance Company and Amerco Real Estate Company. U-Haul is in the shared use business and was founded on the fundamental philosophy that the division of use and specialization of ownership is good for both U-Haul customers and the environment.
About U-Haul
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 23,000 locations across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7 offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 186,000 trucks, 128,000 trailers and 46,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers nearly 876,000 rentable storage units and 75.1 million square feet of self-storage space at owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S., and continues to be the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul has been recognized repeatedly as a leading "Best for Vets" employer and was recently named one of the 15 Healthiest Workplaces in America.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX delivered slightly better profit in the second quarter even though volume was flat and the railroad still struggled to handle all the goods companies wanted to ship because it is having a hard time hiring.
The Jacksonville, Florida-based railroad said its profits grew 5% to $1.18 billion, or 54 cents per share. That's up from $1.17 billion, or 52 cents per share, a year ago. Without a one-time gain on a real estate sale, the railroad earned 50 cents per share.
CEO Jim Foote said CSX hasn't been able to keep up with all the demand for shipments because it needs more employees, but hiring is difficult and attrition has been high.
“We are not alone in facing this problem. The labor market is tight,” Foote said.
But the results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 47 cents per share.
The freight railroad’s revenue jumped 28% to $3.82 billion in the period as CSX increased shipping rates and charged customers more fuel surcharges in response to soaring diesel prices. That topped the $3.64 billion that six analysts surveyed by Zacks predicted.
CSX is one of the nation's largest railroads, and it operates more than 20,000 miles (35727.44 kilometers) of track in 26 Eastern states and two Canadian provinces after acquiring Pam-Am Railways in the northeastern United States earlier this year.
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PITTSBURGH, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS) announced today that it will host a virtual Investor Update on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
Ansys' Investor Update will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET and will conclude by 10:30 a.m. ET. The event will be a virtual presentation followed by Q&A and will feature an update on long-term strategy and financial outlook from Ajei Gopal, president and chief executive officer, and Nicole Anasenes, chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance, as well as other members of the Ansys senior leadership team.
VIRTUAL EVENT INFORMATION:
What: Ansys 2022 Investor Update
When: August 9, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
To register for the virtual event, go to https://investors.ansys.com/events-and-presentations/events-calendar and click on the registration link.
The virtual event will be video webcast live. The following will be available on the corporate website https://investors.ansys.com at or prior to the time of the event: a link to the live video webcast as well as a supplemental 2022 Investor Update presentation. A replay of the video webcast will be available after the event has concluded.
For those who do not have internet access, simply join on the day of the event by dialing (855) 239-2942 (US), (855) 669-9657 (toll-free Canada) or (412) 542-4124 (INT'L). Ask the operator to join you into the Ansys 2022 Investor Update.
The video webcast will be recorded with replay available within two hours after the call at https://investors.ansys.com or at (877) 344-7529 (US), (855) 669-9658 (toll-free Canada) or (412) 317-0088 (INT'L). Passcode: 3205490.
When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.
Take a leap of certainty … with Ansys.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Wednesday confirmed one of its worst-kept secrets, publicly acknowledging for the first time that it uses unmanned aerial vehicles to carry out attacks.
Israel is a world leader in UAV technology. But until Wednesday, the military censor barred official confirmation of the use of attack drones.
In a statement, the censor’s office said that after a lengthy review, it had concluded that acknowledging the use of the weapons was not a security risk.
“There is no prohibition on publishing the use of attack drones as part of the Israeli military’s operational activity,” it said.
Israel has used drones to attack targets in Gaza for well over a decade, with human rights groups and international media reporting on the practice. Experts say the weapons can be identified based on the explosions, which are much smaller than airstrikes carried out by warplanes, and the buzzing sound of the unmanned aircraft flying overhead. | https://www.journal-news.com/nation-world/israel-acknowledges-use-of-attack-drones-for-1st-time/LAMQUMCSB5AGHLIMVOENKASWQA/ | 2022-07-20T21:45:11 | en | 0.959158 |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bally's Corporation (NYSE: BALY) will release financial results for the second quarter 2022 prior to the market opening on Thursday, August 4, 2022.
Management will host a conference call on the same day at 8:00 a.m. EDT to discuss results.
To access the conference call, please dial (800) 343-4849 (U.S. toll-free) and reference conference ID BALYQ22022. An online audio webcast of the conference call will be available via the Investors section of the Company's website https://ballys.com. An online archive of the webcast will be available for 120 days.
About Bally's Corporation
Bally's Corporation is a global casino-entertainment company with a growing omni-channel presence of Online Sports Betting and iGaming offerings. It currently owns and manages 14 casinos across 10 states, a horse racetrack in Colorado and has access to OSB licenses in 18 states. It also owns Gamesys Group, a leading, global, online gaming operator, Bally Interactive, a first-in-class sports betting platform, Monkey Knife Fight, the fastest growing daily fantasy sports site in North America, SportCaller, a leading, global B2B free-to-play game provider, and Telescope Inc., a leading provider of real-time fan engagement solutions.
With approximately 10,000 employees, Bally's Casino operations include more than 15,800 slot machines, 500 table games and 5,300 hotel rooms. Upon closing the previously announced Tropicana Las Vegas (NV) transaction, as well as completing the construction of a land-based casino near the Nittany Mall in State College, PA, Bally's will own and manage 16 casinos across 11 states. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "BALY".
Investor Contact
Robert Lavan
Chief Financial Officer
401-475-8564
InvestorRelations@ballys.com
Media Contact
Richard Goldman
Kekst CNC
646-847-6102
BallysMediaInquiries@kekstcnc.com
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man who ran into a burning home and saved five people, including a 6-year-old girl he jumped out of a second-floor window with, says he's no hero and that the serious injuries he suffered were “all worth it."
Nick Bostic, 25, of Lafayette, was driving early on July 11 in the northwestern Indiana city when he saw a house in flames. He stopped and ran inside to alert its residents.
"I slammed on the brakes, I turned the steering wheel, I did a 180. I ran into the back of the house and I was yelling for anybody. Four faces, three or four faces, came out the top," he told WLFI-TV.
An 18-year-old woman was in the home babysitting her three siblings, ages 1, 6 and 13, along with a 13-year-old friend of the 13-year-old sibling, while the four siblings' parents were out playing darts, The Washington Post reported.
Bostic said the 18-year-old was able to get three of the children out, but she told him one child was still missing, prompting him to search the smoke-filled home for that child.
“I heard a faint whine, a faint crying noise and I went down there till I found that baby,” he said.
Because of the dense smoke, he said his only option was to exit through a second-floor window. Bostic punched out the glass and jumped to safety with the 6-year-old girl in his arms. He suffered multiple injuries but the girl only suffered a minor cut to her foot.
Police body camera video captured the aftermath of the jump, with Bostic backlit by the burning home and walking toward first responders, the girl in his arms.
In the video, a police officer takes the crying child while Bostic — who is winded and wheezing, with a wounded right arm and blood on his clothes — sits down on the curb, saying, “I need oxygen.”
After an officer helps Bostic to a safer spot across the street, a tourniquet is applied to his arm after he lies down in the grass. Bostic then asks, “Is the baby OK? Please tell me the baby’s OK" before someone off camera assures him the child is fine.
“You did good dude, OK?" an officer tells Bostic.
Bostic, who suffered smoke inhalation in addition to his arm injury and other wounds, was airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital and discharged two days later.
He said he's not a hero, and just did what he would have wanted someone to do for him and his family if their home was on fire.
"It was all worth it. I kept reminding myself what a small sacrifice. This temporary pain ... it's so worth it," he told WLFI-TV.
A GoFundMe page set up for Bostic to help pay his hospital and medical bills had raised more than $470,000 by Wednesday afternoon, far surpassing its $100,000 goal.
David Barrett, the four siblings’ father, told The Washington Post, that his family feels “very blessed for what Nick did.”
“He’s a real hero, and my daughter’s a real hero for waking the kids up. I don’t like to think about what might have happened if Nick hadn’t shown up. I’m grateful beyond words," he said.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America Corporation today announced the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on Bank of America common stock of $0.22 per share, up $0.01 from the prior quarter. The dividend is payable on September 30, 2022 to shareholders of record as of September 2, 2022.
The Board also declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.75 per share on the 7% Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series B. The dividend is payable on October 25, 2022 to shareholders of record as of October 11, 2022.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 67 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 4,000 retail financial centers, approximately 16,000 ATMs and award-winning digital banking with approximately 55 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and approximately 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
For more Bank of America news, including dividend announcements and other important information, visit the Bank of America newsroom and register for email news alerts.
Investors May Contact:
Lee McEntire, Bank of America
Phone: 1.980.388.6780
lee.mcentire@bofa.com
Jonathan G. Blum, Bank of America (Fixed Income)
Phone: 1.212.449.3112
jonathan.blum@bofa.com
Reporters May Contact:
Christopher P. Feeney, Bank of America
Phone: 1.980.386.6794
christopher.feeney@bofa.com
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United Airlines said Wednesday that it earned $329 million in the second quarter as summer vacationers packed planes, but the results fell far short of Wall Street expectations due largely to soaring fuel prices.
United said strong revenue trends have carried over into the third quarter, with figures indicating higher average fares.
The airline also said it is trimming its schedule in the final six months of the year to avoid the delays and cancellations that have plagued the industry this spring and summer.
Shares of United Airlines Holdings Inc. fell about 7% in extended trading nearly an hour after the results were released.
The quarter marked United's first profit without federal pandemic aid in the COVID-19 age.
“It’s nice to return to profitability, but we must confront three risks that could grow over the next 6-18 months," CEO Scott Kirby said in a statement. He warned about factors causing delays and cancellations, high fuel prices, “and the increasing possibility of a global recession.”
United executives declined further comment until a call with analysts on Thursday.
The second-quarter income reversed a $434 million loss a year earlier but fell far short of the $1.05 billion profit in the second quarter of 2019.
Excluding non-repeating items, Chicago-based United said it earned $1.43 per share. Analysts expected $1.85 per share, according to a survey by FactSet.
Revenue was $12.11 billion, United's best ever in a second quarter and in line with analysts' forecasts. It was 6% higher than in 2019, even though United did nearly 15% less flying.
Revenue for each seat flown one mile, a closely watched figure among airlines, rose 24% compared with the same quarter in 2019 — the result of higher average fares.
United predicted that the per-seat figure will rise by 24% to 26% over 2019 in the third quarter. Total revenue will beat 2019 by 11%, the airline said.
Clearly many people are eager to travel after two years of pandemic lockdown, and they don't care if the planes are crowded. The average United flight was 87% full in the April-June quarter, and for trips within the United States, it was just under 90%.
United is curbing flights in an effort to avoid delays and cancellations. The airline is continuing to cut passenger-carrying capacity — by 11% in the third quarter and 10% in the fourth. Limiting seats helps drive up fares.
United's costs are also rising. Expenses other than fuel rose 17% on a per-seat basis, at the upper end of United's last forecast before the quarter ended June 30.
The airline paid an average of $4.18 per gallon for fuel, higher than the $4.02 it had predicted. Since the quarter ended, however, spot prices have dropped about 35 cents a gallon or 10%, according to Energy Department figures. | https://www.journal-news.com/nation-world/united-airlines-2q-profit-of-329m-misses-wall-street-target/BSRM2A6C3RG5LHWDPXTYOEHP5A/ | 2022-07-20T21:45:24 | en | 0.968928 |
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PRINCETON, N.J., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of Princeton (the "Bank") (NASDAQ: BPRN) announced that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held on July 20, 2022, declared a cash dividend of $0.25 per share of the common stock of the Bank. This dividend will be paid on August 26, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 5, 2022. "This dividend reflects the Board of Director's commitment in providing a return to shareholders," stated Edward Dietzler, President and CEO.
The paying of cash dividends on a quarterly basis is subject to a determination and declaration each quarter by its Board of Directors, which will take into account a number of factors, including the financial condition of the Bank, and any applicable legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends by the Bank. If paid, such dividends may be reduced or eliminated in future periods.
About The Bank of Princeton
The Bank of Princeton is a community bank founded in 2007. The Bank is a New Jersey state-chartered commercial bank with nineteen branches in New Jersey, including three in Princeton and others in Bordentown, Browns Mills, Chesterfield, Cream Ridge, Deptford, Hamilton, Lakewood, Lambertville, Lawrenceville, Monroe Township, New Brunswick, Pennington, Piscataway, Princeton Junction, and Sicklerville. There are also four branches in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. The Bank of Princeton is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC").
Forward-Looking Statements
The Bank of Princeton may from time to time make written or oral "forward-looking statements," including statements contained in the Bank's filings with the FDIC, in its reports to stockholders and in other communications by the Bank (including this press release), which are made in good faith by the Bank pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, such as statements of the Bank's plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions that are subject to change based on various important factors (some of which are beyond the Bank's control). The following factors, among others, could cause the Bank's financial performance to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements: the impact of the recent global coronavirus outbreak, the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the local economies in which the Bank conducts operations; the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations; market volatility; the value of the Bank's products and services as perceived by actual and prospective customers, including the features, pricing and quality compared to competitors' products and services; the willingness of customers to substitute competitors' products and services for the Bank's products and services; credit risk associated with the Bank's lending activities; risks relating to the real estate market and the Bank's real estate collateral; the impact of changes in applicable laws and regulations and requirements arising out of our supervision by banking regulators; other regulatory requirements applicable to the Bank; technological changes; acquisitions; changes in consumer spending and saving habits; those risks set forth in the Bank's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 under the heading "Risk Factors," and the success of the Bank at managing the risks involved in the foregoing.
Contact George Rapp
609.454.0718
grapp@thebankofprinceton.com
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(Motor Authority) Volkswagen Group in February announced it was considering spinning off Porsche to help raise funds for investment in the key areas of electric vehicles, self-driving technology, and software development.
A lot has changed since then. There’s the ongoing war in Ukraine, worldwide political strife, raging inflation, rising interest rates, an energy crisis, and stock markets declining across all sectors.
Despite these challenges, VW Group will go ahead with a planned initial public offering of Porsche in the fourth quarter of the year, Arno Antlitz. VW Group’s chief financial officer, said late last month during an investor presentation in Germany.
Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported VW Group is lining up investment banks to serve as underwriters of the IPO and is considering launching the IPO as soon as September, with an aim to list in October.
Bloomberg also reported in March that the IPO could value Porsche at 90 billion euros (approximately $90.6 billion).
Should the IPO prove successful, VW Group may follow it with an IPO of recently established battery company PowerCo. Speaking at the investor presentation, Antlitz said VW Group’s battery unit has been set up in a way to make a listing next year or 2024 possible. PowerCo is responsible for VW Group’s global battery activities and has announced plans for six battery plants in Europe and is considering establishing plants in North America as well. | https://cw33.com/automotive/vw-group-sticks-to-porsche-ipo-plans-despite-stock-market-rout/ | 2022-07-20T21:45:48 | en | 0.959731 |
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TEMPE, Ariz., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE) will announce its second quarter 2022 results on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, after the market closes. The Company will host a conference call to discuss the results later that day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
The live webcast of the call and accompanying reference materials will be accessible on the Company's website at www.bench.com. Following the live call, a replay will be available under the investor events section of the Company's website.
About Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
Benchmark provides comprehensive solutions across the entire product life cycle; leading through its innovative technology and engineering design services; leveraging its optimized global supply chain; and delivering world-class manufacturing services in the following industries: commercial aerospace, defense, advanced computing, next generation telecommunications, complex industrials, medical, and semiconductor capital equipment. Benchmark's global operations include facilities in seven countries and its common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BHE.
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(Our Auto Expert) — It’s not all doom and gloom right now. I get it gas prices are high right now, but you know what? Americans are coming out of the pandemic and now even with the high gas prices, still want to get out, and have some fun. In West Virginia at Harpers Ferry tail away, I got to learn about some of the newest things, from a technological standpoint, impacting the RV industry.
Right now, Winnebago has entered the electrification market with a brand-new RV; however, they are calling it the e-RV which is a prototype concept. It’s the first-ever all-electric RV to come to the Market.
They’re saying it’s going to get about 125 miles on a single charge. And of course, your question is going to be, how do I charge it once I get to my campsite? Well, they’re working in partnership with another company to build electric stations at RV camps across the country. KOA has more than 500 facilities, 35 of them now have various forms of electric charging for those that are going to be getting into the industry of EV’s as it revolves around RVs.
When I think of Airstream, I think we all think about I Love Lucy and Desi Arnaz. He loved the Airstreams. Airstream just came out with what they are calling the “E-stream” This is going to be the first fully electrified travel trailer. It actually propels itself from the tire so it will match the speed of the truck so that you don’t lose any MPG.
Keystone is an amazing company, and I was able to sample what the new Keystone Cougar has to offer. I actually owned a 2004 Keystone Cougar many years ago, but this one’s brand new. It’s going to be coming to the market soon.
It was actually designed and built during the pandemic. What they did is they learned that people wanted to get out of their houses to quarantine and they were able to do it by coming out with this new trailer.
What makes it different? Well, everything on the inside is modular. It means that you can move things around. So it’s called a 29-BHL, which stands for Bunkhouse Lounge. Everything on the inside is interchangeable.
But the most important part will have solar power, to power the batteries meaning, you can actually live off-grid. So much is going on with the world right now, it’s nice to be able to get out with our families again and enjoy nature.
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MIAMI, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), today announced that Carnival Corporation (the "Company") has commenced an underwritten public offering of $1,000,000,000 of shares of common stock of the Company. The Company intends to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to $150,000,000 of additional shares of common stock of the Company. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which could include addressing 2023 debt maturities.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as sole bookrunner and underwriter for the proposed public offering.
An effective shelf registration statement relating to these shares of common stock was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on January 26, 2021. The common stock offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the common stock offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the common stock offering may be obtained from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
PJT Partners is serving as independent financial advisor to the Company and Carnival plc.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of common stock and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration and qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. This announcement contains inside information (for the purposes of applicable UK law).
Carnival Corporation & plc is one of the world's largest leisure travel companies with a portfolio of nine of the world's leading cruise lines. With operations in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia, its portfolio features Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, P&O Cruises (Australia), Seabourn, Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard.
Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc and their respective subsidiaries are referred to collectively in this press release as "Carnival Corporation & plc," "our," "us" and "we." Some of the statements, estimates or projections contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions with respect to us, including some statements concerning the financing transactions described herein, future results, operations, outlooks, plans, goals, reputation, cash flows, liquidity and other events which have not yet occurred. These statements are intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability provided by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts are statements that could be deemed forward-looking. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate and the beliefs and assumptions of our management. We have tried, whenever possible, to identify these statements by using words like "will," "may," "could," "should," "would," "believe," "depends," "expect," "goal," "aspiration," "anticipate," "forecast," "project," "future," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "target," "indicate," "outlook," and similar expressions of future intent or the negative of such terms.
Forward-looking statements include those statements that relate to our outlook and financial position including, but not limited to, statements regarding:
Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are many factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. This note contains important cautionary statements of the known factors that we consider could materially affect the accuracy of our forward-looking statements and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial position. Additionally, many of these risks and uncertainties are currently amplified by and will continue to be amplified by, or in the future may be amplified by, COVID-19. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks. There may be additional risks that we consider immaterial or which are unknown. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:
- COVID-19 has had, and is expected to continue to have, a significant impact on our financial condition and operations. The current, and uncertain future, impact of COVID-19, including its effect on the ability or desire of people to travel (including on cruises), is expected to continue to impact our results, operations, outlooks, plans, goals, reputation, litigation, cash flows, liquidity, and stock price;
- events and conditions around the world, including war and other military actions, such as the current invasion of Ukraine, heightened inflation and other general concerns impacting the ability or desire of people to travel, have led, and may in the future lead, to a decline in demand for cruises, impacting our operating costs and profitability;
- incidents concerning our ships, guests or the cruise vacation industry have in the past and may, in the future, impact the satisfaction of our guests and crew and lead to reputational damage;
- changes in and non-compliance with laws and regulations under which we operate, such as those relating to health, environment, safety and security, data privacy and protection, anti-corruption, economic sanctions, trade protection and tax have in the past and may, in the future, lead to litigation, enforcement actions, fines, penalties and reputational damage;
- factors associated with climate change, including evolving and increasing regulations, increasing global concern about climate change and the shift in climate conscious consumerism and stakeholder scrutiny, and increasing frequency and/or severity of adverse weather conditions could adversely affect our business;
- inability to meet or achieve our sustainability related goals, aspirations, initiatives, and our public statements and disclosures regarding them, may expose us to risks that may adversely impact our business;
- breaches in data security and lapses in data privacy as well as disruptions and other damages to our principal offices, information technology operations and system networks and failure to keep pace with developments in technology may adversely impact our business operations, the satisfaction of our guests and crew and may lead to reputational damage;
- the loss of key employees, our inability to recruit or retain qualified shoreside and shipboard employees and increased labor costs could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations;
- increases in fuel prices, changes in the types of fuel consumed and availability of fuel supply may adversely impact our scheduled itineraries and costs;
- we rely on supply chain vendors who are integral to the operations of our businesses. These vendors and service providers are also affected by COVID-19 and may be unable to deliver on their commitments which could impact our business;
- fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may adversely impact our financial results;
- overcapacity and competition in the cruise and land-based vacation industry may lead to a decline in our cruise sales, pricing and destination options;
- inability to implement our shipbuilding programs and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments may adversely impact our business operations and the satisfaction of our guests; and
- the risk factors included in Carnival Corporation's and Carnival plc's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on January 27, 2022 and Carnival Corporation's and Carnival plc's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on March 28, 2022 and June 29, 2022.
The ordering of the risk factors set forth above is not intended to reflect our indication of priority or likelihood.
Forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results. Subject to any continuing obligations under applicable law or any relevant stock exchange rules, we expressly disclaim any obligation to disseminate, after the date of this document, any updates or revisions to any such forward-looking statements to reflect any change in expectations or events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based. Forward-looking and other statements in this document may also address our sustainability progress, plans, and goals (including climate change and environmental-related matters). In addition, historical, current, and forward-looking sustainability-related statements may be based on standards for measuring progress that are still developing, internal controls and processes that continue to evolve, and assumptions that are subject to change in the future.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Eating challenges are popular across the world and especially in the United States. Can you eat this seven-pound burrito or this larger-than-life pizza in 30 minutes? You know the vibes.
Lately, however, spicy food challenges are king and ever-so-popular videos on social media as time and time again people overestimate their skills and fall victim to the heat. Texas’ own Pluckers Wing Bar hasn’t shyed away from challenging their patrons to eat 25 Fire in the Hole wings for a shot at their Wall of Flame.
However, the challenge has been ramped up. “Many would say that the spice alone was hard enough, but Pluckers decides to amp up the heat by making the challenge timed,” Pluckers said.
For your shot at spicy chicken wing glory you must chow down on the Fire in the Hole wings in 15 minutes, “Now guests can have their 15 minutes of “flame” by eating 15 Fire in the Hole Wings… in under 15 minutes.”
Here’s what you can expect if you end up withstanding this challenge, “If you succeed, you’ll get one of our new Wall of Flame Member t-shirts. If you fail, you go home empty-handed except for a scorched mouth and bruised ego.” | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/can-you-stand-the-heat-texas-pluckers-wing-bar-revamps-spicy-wing-eating-challenge/ | 2022-07-20T21:46:00 | en | 0.953094 |
Top 10 builder now selling from the upper $600s at Monte Verde, with 3 models open for tour
FAIRFIELD, Calif., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS), a top 10 national homebuilder and industry leader in online sales, recently released 124 homesites for sale at Monte Verde, the company's exceptional new community in Fairfield, CA—boasting close proximity to Travis Air Force Base and destinations like Grizzly Island Wildlife Area and the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Homebuyers will enjoy an inspired selection of modern two-story homes, featuring designer-selected finishes, versatile open-concept layouts, and the builder's Century Home Connect® smart home package. Three model homes are also available for tour.
Learn more and view available homes at www.CenturyCommunities.com/MonteVerdeCA.
More About Monte Verde:
- 4 single-family floor plans
- 4 to 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2-bay garage
- Up to 2,471 square feet
- Located within the Travis Unified School District
- Close to parks
- Central location between San Francisco and Sacramento
Sales Center:
199 Dobe Lane
Fairfield, CA 94553
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 925.234.9015.
DISCOVER THE FREEDOM OF ONLINE HOMEBUYING:
Century Communities is proud to feature its industry-first online homebuying experience on all available homes in California.
How it works:
- Shop homes at CenturyCommunities.com
- Click "Buy Now" on any available home
- Fill out a quick Buy Online form
- Electronically submit an initial earnest money deposit
- Electronically sign a purchase contract via DocuSign®
Learn more about the Buy Online experience at www.CenturyCommunities.com/online-homebuying.
About Century Communities
Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS) is a top 10 national homebuilder, offering new homes under the Century Communities and Century Complete brands. Century is engaged in all aspects of homebuilding — including the acquisition, entitlement and development of land, along with the construction, innovative marketing and sale of quality homes designed to appeal to a wide range of homebuyers. The Colorado-based company operates in 17 states and over 45 markets across the U.S., and also offers title, insurance and lending services in select markets through its Parkway Title, IHL Home Insurance Agency, and Inspire Home Loans subsidiaries. To learn more about Century Communities, please visit www.centurycommunities.com.
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HOLLEY, Fla. (WKRG) — A family’s dog is dead after being attacked by a black bear in northwest Florida on Monday evening.
Shawn and Rusty Wildman’s 6-year-old Chihuahua, Maggi, was killed by a black bear right outside their home in Holley, located north of Navarre in Santa Rosa County.
“I’m running, screaming to the top of my lungs,” said Rusty Wildman.
“I could tell what it was by the way he was screaming,” said Shawn Wildman.
They were emotional Tuesday as they remembered what happened to Maggi.
“We are shattered,” said Shawn Wildman. “She was a gift to me when our only daughter went off to college so I would have something to mother and love.”
Rusty Wildman took their three dogs out at 5 p.m. Monday. They weren’t far from the front porch when three bears walked up from the backyard.
“The other two started to go, but the other one turned around and snatched her and took off right behind them and it was one of the cubs that got her, not the mama,” said Rusty Wildman.
The bears ran into the woods and dropped Maggi’s body on the way.
“Nobody should have to go through what we went through to see that and live with those images,” said Shawn Wildman.
The Wildmans said they don’t keep any food or birdseed out, they lock their trash cans and do the right thing to keep bears away.
“Our state has got to do something to protect us,” said Shawn Wildman.
“I don’t want to see the bears killed, but I would like to see them relocated to a safe place for them and for us,” said Rusty Wildman.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission set a trap Tuesday night to try and relocate the bears, but the Wildmans are nervous and want more done to keep bears away from their neighborhood. | https://cw33.com/news/black-bear-kills-florida-familys-dog-outside-home/ | 2022-07-20T21:46:06 | en | 0.990118 |
BOISE, Idaho, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CWAN), ("Clearwater Analytics" or the "Company"), a leading provider of SaaS-based investment accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, will release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 after the U.S. financial markets close on Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
In conjunction with this announcement, Clearwater Analytics will host a conference call on August 3, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. ET through a live webcast available on the Company's investor relations website. Participants must visit investors.clearwateranalytics.com in advance to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's investor relations website, in addition to a press release related to the financial results, related financial tables, and the call transcript.
About Clearwater Analytics
Clearwater Analytics is a global industry-leading SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, compliance, risk, performance, and reporting. Each day, the Clearwater solution reports on more than $5.9 trillion in assets for clients that include leading insurers, asset managers, corporations, pension plans, governments, and nonprofit organizations – helping them make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. Investment professionals around the globe trust Clearwater to deliver timely, validated investment data and analytics. Additional information about Clearwater can be found at clearwateranalytics.com, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — There’s nothing better than a cold, refreshing lemonade on a hot’s summer day and in Bishop Arts District, there is plenty to go around.
Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade has a more unique origin than your typical lemonade stand, getting its start on the island of Oahu.
According to their official website, this lemonade stop began its journey at farmer’s markets and night markets around Oahu, receiving praise from the local community.
Since then, growth has skyrocketed, with locations now on the mainland and internationally.
Fun on the Run host Yolonda Williams wanted to know more so she chatted with Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade owner Nancy Taylor about bringing a piece of Hawaii to Texas.
If this all sounds enticing to you, Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade is located at 320 W Eighth St. They are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information, visit their website. | https://cw33.com/news/fun-on-the-run-news/wow-wow-lemonade-a-piece-of-hawaii-in-the-bishop-arts-district/ | 2022-07-20T21:46:13 | en | 0.959847 |
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BOISE, Idaho, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CWAN), ("Clearwater Analytics" or the "Company"), a leading provider of SaaS-based investment accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, today announced that members of its executive leadership team will be participating in the following investor conferences in the third quarter of 2022.
Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Sahai will join a fireside chat and participate in one-on-one meetings virtually at the Oppenheimer 25th Annual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
Chief Financial Officer Jim Cox will join a presentation and participate in one-on-one meetings at the Goldman Sachs 2022 Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco on Monday, September 12, 2022.
Webcasts from the Oppenheimer and Goldman Sachs conferences will be made available on Clearwater Analytics' investor relations website at investors.clearwateranalytics.com.
Clearwater Analytics is a global industry-leading SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, compliance, risk, performance, and reporting. Each day, the Clearwater solution reports on more than $5.9 trillion in assets for clients that include leading insurers, asset managers, corporations, pension plans, governments, and nonprofit organizations – helping them make the most of their investment portfolio data with a world-class product and client-centric servicing. Investment professionals around the globe trust Clearwater to deliver timely, validated investment data and analytics. Additional information about Clearwater can be found at clearwateranalytics.com, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s hot out in Texas and with that comes elevated fire danger in North Texas, the National Weather Service center in Fort Worth is sharing some ways to help prevent wildfires.
Firstly, the center says persistent hot and dry weather makes wildfires more likely, “As the hot and dry conditions continue, so will the increased concern for the fire weather threat. Make sure to avoid all outdoor activities that could produce fire starts, and to heed any instruction from officials.”
The weather center says that DFW is in the midst of a top 10 rain-free streaks, “DFW’s current streak of 46 days without measurable rainfall now ranks 9th on the list of most consecutive days without measurable rainfall since records began for the site.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/how-to-help-prevent-texas-wildfires-according-to-nws-fort-worth/ | 2022-07-20T21:46:19 | en | 0.935217 |
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In a bid to enhance the scope for offering cashless facility in health covers across the country, insurance regulator Irdai has now allowed the insurers to empanel the hospitals that meet the standards and benchmarks criteria as specified by their boards.
While specifying the requirements, the board of insurers, among other things, should consider the minimum manpower and healthcare infrastructure facilities, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) said. The insurers have to also publish the board approved empanelment criteria in their website from time to time. While empanelling network providers for cashless facility, insurers are also advised to focus on the delivery of quality healthcare services.
Sharad Mathur, MD & CEO, Universal Sompo General Insurance, said, “This regulatory initiative would increase the scope of the insurers’ cashless services which would play a pivotal role in reducing the financial burden on policyholders. This will also provide a strong network of healthcare plus insurance services countrywide. It is an excellent step in my view, encouraging and would support not only policyholders’ interests but also the public at large.”
“After Covid-19, several improvements have taken place in the healthcare industry. However, we still have a long way to go,” he added.
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