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https://www.finanzen.at/nachrichten/aktien/identiv-announces-hirsch-velocity-software-3-8-4-with-new-networked-global-io-and-data-centricity-features-1031334500 | Identiv Announces Hirsch Velocity Software 3.8.4 with New Networked Global IO and Data Centricity Features
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical Security
FREMONT, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), a global leader in digital security and identification in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the release of Hirsch Velocity Software version 3.8.4. The latest version of the company's complete security management system provides security teams with networked global integrated operations (IO), holistic data centricity across the system, and a thin web client. This transforms the way data is collected throughout the entire physical access control system (PACS), making the solution more intelligent and enabling PACS artificial intelligence (AI).
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical SecurityIdentiv's Hirsch Velocity Software is an integrated security management system managing access control and security operations across facilities worldwide, from single high-security rooms to multi-building, multi-location campuses. Velocity provides the security and functionality expected from high-end systems with the ease-of-use found in entry level platforms. It delivers stringent security compliance, interoperability, and expansion and flexibility options. The platform is designed for use with the Hirsch family of controllers, uTrust TS Readers, uTrust TS Cards, and Velocity Vision intelligent video management system (VMS). It also integrates with the industry's leading intrusion detection, video surveillance, visitor management, and security services.
Velocity 3.8.4 adds global IO, data centricity, and a refreshed web client to the industry-leading platform. Networked global IO provides edge computing capabilities and allows panels to share information between themselves and readers. In the event of a software failure, the panels remain functional and do not rely on the host server. With data centricity, the software now supports more data holistically across the system, creating a path to synthesize that data. The thin web client simplifies access control without requiring a full installation, improving user interface (UI), and moving towards a software as a service (SaaS) model.
"With the latest release of Velocity, we're making our controllers more intelligent, providing a platform where they communicate with each other," said Mark Allen, Identiv GM Premises. "As the physical security industry deploys artificial intelligence, controllers at the edge are no longer managed by the host server and need to think for themselves. The networked intelligence of global IO represents that step towards AI. Before controllers can begin to interpret, track trends, and react to data, they need to master data gathering. We're really excited to support this evolution in the industry."
Velocity allows administrators and operators to access real-time system information, enrollment, and control functionality through a compatible browser on almost any device. It controls doors, gates, turnstiles, elevators, and other equipment, monitors users as they move around a facility, prevents unwanted access, maintains compliance, and provides a robust audit trail. The system also allows contact tracing and lockdown features, providing security operators and dispatchers across an entire campus an affordable, integrated platform for emergency physical security, campus lockdown, and after-event forensic reporting.
In addition to networked global IO (NGIO) and user interface changes in the Velocity Web Server Client, the 3.8.4 release also includes:
- Shared Zones in Who's Inside for Global IO
- Federal Identity and Credential Access Management (FICAM) Wireless Lock Controllers
- Badge Designer Enhancements
Identiv's physical access control and video intelligence solutions provide the highest security at the lowest cost. Robust, feature-rich systems, hardware, and software verify frictionless access managed from anywhere. For more information on Identiv's complete end-to-end portfolio, call +1 888.809.8880, contact sales@identiv.com, or book a sitewalk.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE." For more information, visit identiv.com.
Identiv Media Contact:
identiv@matternow.com
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Jetzt informieren! | 0 | 104,679 | 0.146887 | https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/IDENTIV-INC-16699862/news/Identiv-Announces-Hirsch-Velocity-Software-3-8-4-with-New-Networked-Global-IO-and-Data-Centricity-Fe-39973068/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20220405 | 2022-04-05 19:10:26+00:00 | Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical Security
FREMONT, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), a global leader in digital security and identification in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the release of Hirsch Velocity Software version 3.8.4. The latest version of the company's complete security management system provides security teams with networked global integrated operations (IO), holistic data centricity across the system, and a thin web client. This transforms the way data is collected throughout the entire physical access control system (PACS), making the solution more intelligent and enabling PACS artificial intelligence (AI).
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical Security
Identiv's Hirsch Velocity Software is an integrated security management system managing access control and security operations across facilities worldwide, from single high-security rooms to multi-building, multi-location campuses. Velocity provides the security and functionality expected from high-end systems with the ease-of-use found in entry level platforms. It delivers stringent security compliance, interoperability, and expansion and flexibility options. The platform is designed for use with the Hirsch family of controllers, uTrust TS Readers, uTrust TS Cards, and Velocity Vision intelligent video management system (VMS). It also integrates with the industry's leading intrusion detection, video surveillance, visitor management, and security services.
Velocity 3.8.4 adds global IO, data centricity, and a refreshed web client to the industry-leading platform. Networked global IO provides edge computing capabilities and allows panels to share information between themselves and readers. In the event of a software failure, the panels remain functional and do not rely on the host server. With data centricity, the software now supports more data holistically across the system, creating a path to synthesize that data. The thin web client simplifies access control without requiring a full installation, improving user interface (UI), and moving towards a software as a service (SaaS) model.
"With the latest release of Velocity, we're making our controllers more intelligent, providing a platform where they communicate with each other," said Mark Allen, Identiv GM Premises. "As the physical security industry deploys artificial intelligence, controllers at the edge are no longer managed by the host server and need to think for themselves. The networked intelligence of global IO represents that step towards AI. Before controllers can begin to interpret, track trends, and react to data, they need to master data gathering. We're really excited to support this evolution in the industry."
Velocity allows administrators and operators to access real-time system information, enrollment, and control functionality through a compatible browser on almost any device. It controls doors, gates, turnstiles, elevators, and other equipment, monitors users as they move around a facility, prevents unwanted access, maintains compliance, and provides a robust audit trail. The system also allows contact tracing and lockdown features, providing security operators and dispatchers across an entire campus an affordable, integrated platform for emergency physical security, campus lockdown, and after-event forensic reporting.
In addition to networked global IO (NGIO) and user interface changes in the Velocity Web Server Client, the 3.8.4 release also includes:
- Shared Zones in Who's Inside for Global IO
- Federal Identity and Credential Access Management (FICAM) Wireless Lock Controllers
- Badge Designer Enhancements
Identiv's physical access control and video intelligence solutions provide the highest security at the lowest cost. Robust, feature-rich systems, hardware, and software verify frictionless access managed from anywhere. For more information on Identiv's complete end-to-end portfolio, call +1 888.809.8880, contact sales@identiv.com, or book a sitewalk.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE." For more information, visit identiv.com.
Identiv Media Contact:
identiv@matternow.com
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https://www.finanzen.at/nachrichten/aktien/identiv-announces-hirsch-velocity-software-3-8-4-with-new-networked-global-io-and-data-centricity-features-1031334500 | Identiv Announces Hirsch Velocity Software 3.8.4 with New Networked Global IO and Data Centricity Features
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical Security
FREMONT, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), a global leader in digital security and identification in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the release of Hirsch Velocity Software version 3.8.4. The latest version of the company's complete security management system provides security teams with networked global integrated operations (IO), holistic data centricity across the system, and a thin web client. This transforms the way data is collected throughout the entire physical access control system (PACS), making the solution more intelligent and enabling PACS artificial intelligence (AI).
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical SecurityIdentiv's Hirsch Velocity Software is an integrated security management system managing access control and security operations across facilities worldwide, from single high-security rooms to multi-building, multi-location campuses. Velocity provides the security and functionality expected from high-end systems with the ease-of-use found in entry level platforms. It delivers stringent security compliance, interoperability, and expansion and flexibility options. The platform is designed for use with the Hirsch family of controllers, uTrust TS Readers, uTrust TS Cards, and Velocity Vision intelligent video management system (VMS). It also integrates with the industry's leading intrusion detection, video surveillance, visitor management, and security services.
Velocity 3.8.4 adds global IO, data centricity, and a refreshed web client to the industry-leading platform. Networked global IO provides edge computing capabilities and allows panels to share information between themselves and readers. In the event of a software failure, the panels remain functional and do not rely on the host server. With data centricity, the software now supports more data holistically across the system, creating a path to synthesize that data. The thin web client simplifies access control without requiring a full installation, improving user interface (UI), and moving towards a software as a service (SaaS) model.
"With the latest release of Velocity, we're making our controllers more intelligent, providing a platform where they communicate with each other," said Mark Allen, Identiv GM Premises. "As the physical security industry deploys artificial intelligence, controllers at the edge are no longer managed by the host server and need to think for themselves. The networked intelligence of global IO represents that step towards AI. Before controllers can begin to interpret, track trends, and react to data, they need to master data gathering. We're really excited to support this evolution in the industry."
Velocity allows administrators and operators to access real-time system information, enrollment, and control functionality through a compatible browser on almost any device. It controls doors, gates, turnstiles, elevators, and other equipment, monitors users as they move around a facility, prevents unwanted access, maintains compliance, and provides a robust audit trail. The system also allows contact tracing and lockdown features, providing security operators and dispatchers across an entire campus an affordable, integrated platform for emergency physical security, campus lockdown, and after-event forensic reporting.
In addition to networked global IO (NGIO) and user interface changes in the Velocity Web Server Client, the 3.8.4 release also includes:
- Shared Zones in Who's Inside for Global IO
- Federal Identity and Credential Access Management (FICAM) Wireless Lock Controllers
- Badge Designer Enhancements
Identiv's physical access control and video intelligence solutions provide the highest security at the lowest cost. Robust, feature-rich systems, hardware, and software verify frictionless access managed from anywhere. For more information on Identiv's complete end-to-end portfolio, call +1 888.809.8880, contact sales@identiv.com, or book a sitewalk.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE." For more information, visit identiv.com.
Identiv Media Contact:
identiv@matternow.com
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FREMONT, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), a global leader in digital security and identification in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the release of Hirsch Velocity Software version 3.8.4. The latest version of the company's complete security management system provides security teams with networked global integrated operations (IO), holistic data centricity across the system, and a thin web client. This transforms the way data is collected throughout the entire physical access control system (PACS), making the solution more intelligent and enabling PACS artificial intelligence (AI).
Identiv's Hirsch Velocity Software is an integrated security management system managing access control and security operations across facilities worldwide, from single high-security rooms to multi-building, multi-location campuses. Velocity provides the security and functionality expected from high-end systems with the ease-of-use found in entry level platforms. It delivers stringent security compliance, interoperability, and expansion and flexibility options. The platform is designed for use with the Hirsch family of controllers, uTrust TS Readers, uTrust TS Cards, and Velocity Vision intelligent video management system (VMS). It also integrates with the industry's leading intrusion detection, video surveillance, visitor management, and security services.
Velocity 3.8.4 adds global IO, data centricity, and a refreshed web client to the industry-leading platform. Networked global IO provides edge computing capabilities and allows panels to share information between themselves and readers. In the event of a software failure, the panels remain functional and do not rely on the host server. With data centricity, the software now supports more data holistically across the system, creating a path to synthesize that data. The thin web client simplifies access control without requiring a full installation, improving user interface (UI), and moving towards a software as a service (SaaS) model.
"With the latest release of Velocity, we're making our controllers more intelligent, providing a platform where they communicate with each other," said Mark Allen, Identiv GM Premises. "As the physical security industry deploys artificial intelligence, controllers at the edge are no longer managed by the host server and need to think for themselves. The networked intelligence of global IO represents that step towards AI. Before controllers can begin to interpret, track trends, and react to data, they need to master data gathering. We're really excited to support this evolution in the industry."
Velocity allows administrators and operators to access real-time system information, enrollment, and control functionality through a compatible browser on almost any device. It controls doors, gates, turnstiles, elevators, and other equipment, monitors users as they move around a facility, prevents unwanted access, maintains compliance, and provides a robust audit trail. The system also allows contact tracing and lockdown features, providing security operators and dispatchers across an entire campus an affordable, integrated platform for emergency physical security, campus lockdown, and after-event forensic reporting.
In addition to networked global IO (NGIO) and user interface changes in the Velocity Web Server Client, the 3.8.4 release also includes:
- Shared Zones in Who's Inside for Global IO
- Federal Identity and Credential Access Management (FICAM) Wireless Lock Controllers
- Badge Designer Enhancements
Identiv's physical access control and video intelligence solutions provide the highest security at the lowest cost. Robust, feature-rich systems, hardware, and software verify frictionless access managed from anywhere. For more information on Identiv's complete end-to-end portfolio, call +1 888.809.8880, contact sales@identiv.com, or book a sitewalk.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE." For more information, visit identiv.com.
Identiv Media Contact:
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https://www.finanzen.at/nachrichten/aktien/identiv-announces-hirsch-velocity-software-3-8-4-with-new-networked-global-io-and-data-centricity-features-1031334500 | Identiv Announces Hirsch Velocity Software 3.8.4 with New Networked Global IO and Data Centricity Features
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical Security
FREMONT, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), a global leader in digital security and identification in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the release of Hirsch Velocity Software version 3.8.4. The latest version of the company's complete security management system provides security teams with networked global integrated operations (IO), holistic data centricity across the system, and a thin web client. This transforms the way data is collected throughout the entire physical access control system (PACS), making the solution more intelligent and enabling PACS artificial intelligence (AI).
Latest Software Release of Identiv's Premier Security Management System Enables AI in Physical SecurityIdentiv's Hirsch Velocity Software is an integrated security management system managing access control and security operations across facilities worldwide, from single high-security rooms to multi-building, multi-location campuses. Velocity provides the security and functionality expected from high-end systems with the ease-of-use found in entry level platforms. It delivers stringent security compliance, interoperability, and expansion and flexibility options. The platform is designed for use with the Hirsch family of controllers, uTrust TS Readers, uTrust TS Cards, and Velocity Vision intelligent video management system (VMS). It also integrates with the industry's leading intrusion detection, video surveillance, visitor management, and security services.
Velocity 3.8.4 adds global IO, data centricity, and a refreshed web client to the industry-leading platform. Networked global IO provides edge computing capabilities and allows panels to share information between themselves and readers. In the event of a software failure, the panels remain functional and do not rely on the host server. With data centricity, the software now supports more data holistically across the system, creating a path to synthesize that data. The thin web client simplifies access control without requiring a full installation, improving user interface (UI), and moving towards a software as a service (SaaS) model.
"With the latest release of Velocity, we're making our controllers more intelligent, providing a platform where they communicate with each other," said Mark Allen, Identiv GM Premises. "As the physical security industry deploys artificial intelligence, controllers at the edge are no longer managed by the host server and need to think for themselves. The networked intelligence of global IO represents that step towards AI. Before controllers can begin to interpret, track trends, and react to data, they need to master data gathering. We're really excited to support this evolution in the industry."
Velocity allows administrators and operators to access real-time system information, enrollment, and control functionality through a compatible browser on almost any device. It controls doors, gates, turnstiles, elevators, and other equipment, monitors users as they move around a facility, prevents unwanted access, maintains compliance, and provides a robust audit trail. The system also allows contact tracing and lockdown features, providing security operators and dispatchers across an entire campus an affordable, integrated platform for emergency physical security, campus lockdown, and after-event forensic reporting.
In addition to networked global IO (NGIO) and user interface changes in the Velocity Web Server Client, the 3.8.4 release also includes:
- Shared Zones in Who's Inside for Global IO
- Federal Identity and Credential Access Management (FICAM) Wireless Lock Controllers
- Badge Designer Enhancements
Identiv's physical access control and video intelligence solutions provide the highest security at the lowest cost. Robust, feature-rich systems, hardware, and software verify frictionless access managed from anywhere. For more information on Identiv's complete end-to-end portfolio, call +1 888.809.8880, contact sales@identiv.com, or book a sitewalk.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE." For more information, visit identiv.com.
Identiv Media Contact:
identiv@matternow.com
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FREMONT, Calif., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), a global leader in digital security and identification in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the release of Hirsch Velocity Software version 3.8.4. The latest version of the company's complete security management system provides security teams with networked global integrated operations (IO), holistic data centricity across the system, and a thin web client. This transforms the way data is collected throughout the entire physical access control system (PACS), making the solution more intelligent and enabling PACS artificial intelligence (AI).
Identiv's Hirsch Velocity Software is an integrated security management system managing access control and security operations across facilities worldwide, from single high-security rooms to multi-building, multi-location campuses. Velocity provides the security and functionality expected from high-end systems with the ease-of-use found in entry level platforms. It delivers stringent security compliance, interoperability, and expansion and flexibility options. The platform is designed for use with the Hirsch family of controllers, uTrust TS Readers, uTrust TS Cards, and Velocity Vision intelligent video management system (VMS). It also integrates with the industry's leading intrusion detection, video surveillance, visitor management, and security services.
Velocity 3.8.4 adds global IO, data centricity, and a refreshed web client to the industry-leading platform. Networked global IO provides edge computing capabilities and allows panels to share information between themselves and readers. In the event of a software failure, the panels remain functional and do not rely on the host server. With data centricity, the software now supports more data holistically across the system, creating a path to synthesize that data. The thin web client simplifies access control without requiring a full installation, improving user interface (UI), and moving towards a software as a service (SaaS) model.
"With the latest release of Velocity, we're making our controllers more intelligent, providing a platform where they communicate with each other," said Mark Allen, Identiv GM Premises. "As the physical security industry deploys artificial intelligence, controllers at the edge are no longer managed by the host server and need to think for themselves. The networked intelligence of global IO represents that step towards AI. Before controllers can begin to interpret, track trends, and react to data, they need to master data gathering. We're really excited to support this evolution in the industry."
Velocity allows administrators and operators to access real-time system information, enrollment, and control functionality through a compatible browser on almost any device. It controls doors, gates, turnstiles, elevators, and other equipment, monitors users as they move around a facility, prevents unwanted access, maintains compliance, and provides a robust audit trail. The system also allows contact tracing and lockdown features, providing security operators and dispatchers across an entire campus an affordable, integrated platform for emergency physical security, campus lockdown, and after-event forensic reporting.
In addition to networked global IO (NGIO) and user interface changes in the Velocity Web Server Client, the 3.8.4 release also includes:
- Shared Zones in Who's Inside for Global IO
- Federal Identity and Credential Access Management (FICAM) Wireless Lock Controllers
- Badge Designer Enhancements
Identiv's physical access control and video intelligence solutions provide the highest security at the lowest cost. Robust, feature-rich systems, hardware, and software verify frictionless access managed from anywhere. For more information on Identiv's complete end-to-end portfolio, call +1 888.809.8880, contact [email protected], or book a sitewalk.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE." For more information, visit identiv.com.
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 0 | 125,613 | 0 | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | 2022-04-06 19:30:18+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 1 | 127,018 | 0 | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | 2022-04-06 19:36:56+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2 | 127,091 | 0 | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | 2022-04-06 19:37:20+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/biden-to-sign-bill-to-shore-up-the-postal-service | President Joe Biden will sign the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on Wednesday.
Congress passed the bill, which requires six-day-a-week mail delivery, in March.
The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making.
It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns.
Officials have repeatedly warned that without congressional action the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
To improve its finances, the bill would lift unusual budget requirements that have contributed to its red ink. It requires mail carriers to enroll in Medicare when they become eligible. Currently, they receive costly health plans when they retire.
The legislation also eliminates a mandate that forced the agency to pre-fund retiree health benefits, which postal service leaders told Congress was unfair and costly since most government agencies don't have to do that. Those changes are expected to save around $50 billion. | 0 | 111,666 | 0 | https://www.wxyz.com/news/national/biden-to-sign-bill-to-shore-up-the-postal-service | 2022-04-06 18:32:22+00:00 | President Joe Biden will sign the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on Wednesday.
Congress passed the bill, which requires six-day-a-week mail delivery, in March.
The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making.
It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns.
Officials have repeatedly warned that without congressional action the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
To improve its finances, the bill would lift unusual budget requirements that have contributed to its red ink. It requires mail carriers to enroll in Medicare when they become eligible. Currently, they receive costly health plans when they retire.
The legislation also eliminates a mandate that forced the agency to pre-fund retiree health benefits, which postal service leaders told Congress was unfair and costly since most government agencies don't have to do that. Those changes are expected to save around $50 billion. |
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/biden-to-sign-bill-to-shore-up-the-postal-service | President Joe Biden will sign the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on Wednesday.
Congress passed the bill, which requires six-day-a-week mail delivery, in March.
The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making.
It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns.
Officials have repeatedly warned that without congressional action the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
To improve its finances, the bill would lift unusual budget requirements that have contributed to its red ink. It requires mail carriers to enroll in Medicare when they become eligible. Currently, they receive costly health plans when they retire.
The legislation also eliminates a mandate that forced the agency to pre-fund retiree health benefits, which postal service leaders told Congress was unfair and costly since most government agencies don't have to do that. Those changes are expected to save around $50 billion. | 1 | 112,066 | 0 | https://www.ktvq.com/news/national/biden-to-sign-bill-to-shore-up-the-postal-service | 2022-04-06 18:34:51+00:00 | President Joe Biden will sign the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on Wednesday.
Congress passed the bill, which requires six-day-a-week mail delivery, in March.
The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making.
It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns.
Officials have repeatedly warned that without congressional action the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
To improve its finances, the bill would lift unusual budget requirements that have contributed to its red ink. It requires mail carriers to enroll in Medicare when they become eligible. Currently, they receive costly health plans when they retire.
The legislation also eliminates a mandate that forced the agency to pre-fund retiree health benefits, which postal service leaders told Congress was unfair and costly since most government agencies don't have to do that. Those changes are expected to save around $50 billion. |
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/biden-to-sign-bill-to-shore-up-the-postal-service | President Joe Biden will sign the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on Wednesday.
Congress passed the bill, which requires six-day-a-week mail delivery, in March.
The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making.
It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns.
Officials have repeatedly warned that without congressional action the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
To improve its finances, the bill would lift unusual budget requirements that have contributed to its red ink. It requires mail carriers to enroll in Medicare when they become eligible. Currently, they receive costly health plans when they retire.
The legislation also eliminates a mandate that forced the agency to pre-fund retiree health benefits, which postal service leaders told Congress was unfair and costly since most government agencies don't have to do that. Those changes are expected to save around $50 billion. | 2 | 113,378 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/biden-to-sign-bill-to-shore-up-the-postal-service | 2022-04-06 18:39:36+00:00 | President Joe Biden will sign the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 on Wednesday.
Congress passed the bill, which requires six-day-a-week mail delivery, in March.
The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making.
It comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns.
Officials have repeatedly warned that without congressional action the Postal Service would run out of cash by 2024.
To improve its finances, the bill would lift unusual budget requirements that have contributed to its red ink. It requires mail carriers to enroll in Medicare when they become eligible. Currently, they receive costly health plans when they retire.
The legislation also eliminates a mandate that forced the agency to pre-fund retiree health benefits, which postal service leaders told Congress was unfair and costly since most government agencies don't have to do that. Those changes are expected to save around $50 billion. |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Body-camera-shows-officer-shoot-at-car-outside-17062038.php | LAS VEGAS (AP) — School police in Las Vegas have aired footage from a campus officer’s body-worn camera showing him fire three gunshots at a moving car last week after the vehicle struck a girl amid a report of a fight in a high school parking lot.
Clark County School District police Lt. Bryan Zink said Tuesday the car was traveling at 22 mph in the 5 mph parking lot, and the driver made a U-turn and drove toward students and staff — striking the female student — before Officer Christopher Knight fired three shots.
Knight was recorded shouting for people to get out of the way before the March 29 shooting in a parking lot at Western High School.
Knight and another campus officer assigned to the school had responded to reports of a fight and a vehicle with a possible weapon inside as students were being dismissed for the day.
The four people in the vehicle were not students, Zink said, and about 300 people typically meet school buses in the parking lot at that time of day.
The student hit by the car was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, and Zink said a female passenger in the vehicle was dropped at home before her parent took her to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury.
The driver drove himself to another hospital where he was treated for a graze wound to the head. Zink said he was arrested as a juvenile on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and disregard for public safety.
Zink said Las Vegas police found a gun in the car.
The campus just west of downtown has nearly 2,800 students. It is one of more than 70 high schools in the sprawling Las Vegas-based district — the nation’s fifth-largest, with more than 300,000 students.
The shooting was the first involving a school district officer since 2005, Zink said. | 0 | 116,309 | 0 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Body-camera-shows-officer-shoot-at-car-outside-17062038.php | 2022-04-06 18:49:50+00:00 | LAS VEGAS (AP) — School police in Las Vegas have aired footage from a campus officer’s body-worn camera showing him fire three gunshots at a moving car last week after the vehicle struck a girl amid a report of a fight in a high school parking lot.
Clark County School District police Lt. Bryan Zink said Tuesday the car was traveling at 22 mph in the 5 mph parking lot, and the driver made a U-turn and drove toward students and staff — striking the female student — before Officer Christopher Knight fired three shots.
Knight was recorded shouting for people to get out of the way before the March 29 shooting in a parking lot at Western High School.
Knight and another campus officer assigned to the school had responded to reports of a fight and a vehicle with a possible weapon inside as students were being dismissed for the day.
The four people in the vehicle were not students, Zink said, and about 300 people typically meet school buses in the parking lot at that time of day.
The student hit by the car was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, and Zink said a female passenger in the vehicle was dropped at home before her parent took her to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury.
The driver drove himself to another hospital where he was treated for a graze wound to the head. Zink said he was arrested as a juvenile on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and disregard for public safety.
Zink said Las Vegas police found a gun in the car.
The campus just west of downtown has nearly 2,800 students. It is one of more than 70 high schools in the sprawling Las Vegas-based district — the nation’s fifth-largest, with more than 300,000 students.
The shooting was the first involving a school district officer since 2005, Zink said. |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Body-camera-shows-officer-shoot-at-car-outside-17062038.php | LAS VEGAS (AP) — School police in Las Vegas have aired footage from a campus officer’s body-worn camera showing him fire three gunshots at a moving car last week after the vehicle struck a girl amid a report of a fight in a high school parking lot.
Clark County School District police Lt. Bryan Zink said Tuesday the car was traveling at 22 mph in the 5 mph parking lot, and the driver made a U-turn and drove toward students and staff — striking the female student — before Officer Christopher Knight fired three shots.
Knight was recorded shouting for people to get out of the way before the March 29 shooting in a parking lot at Western High School.
Knight and another campus officer assigned to the school had responded to reports of a fight and a vehicle with a possible weapon inside as students were being dismissed for the day.
The four people in the vehicle were not students, Zink said, and about 300 people typically meet school buses in the parking lot at that time of day.
The student hit by the car was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, and Zink said a female passenger in the vehicle was dropped at home before her parent took her to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury.
The driver drove himself to another hospital where he was treated for a graze wound to the head. Zink said he was arrested as a juvenile on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and disregard for public safety.
Zink said Las Vegas police found a gun in the car.
The campus just west of downtown has nearly 2,800 students. It is one of more than 70 high schools in the sprawling Las Vegas-based district — the nation’s fifth-largest, with more than 300,000 students.
The shooting was the first involving a school district officer since 2005, Zink said. | 1 | 117,147 | 0 | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Body-camera-shows-officer-shoot-at-car-outside-17062038.php | 2022-04-06 18:53:38+00:00 | LAS VEGAS (AP) — School police in Las Vegas have aired footage from a campus officer’s body-worn camera showing him fire three gunshots at a moving car last week after the vehicle struck a girl amid a report of a fight in a high school parking lot.
Clark County School District police Lt. Bryan Zink said Tuesday the car was traveling at 22 mph in the 5 mph parking lot, and the driver made a U-turn and drove toward students and staff — striking the female student — before Officer Christopher Knight fired three shots.
Knight was recorded shouting for people to get out of the way before the March 29 shooting in a parking lot at Western High School.
Knight and another campus officer assigned to the school had responded to reports of a fight and a vehicle with a possible weapon inside as students were being dismissed for the day.
The four people in the vehicle were not students, Zink said, and about 300 people typically meet school buses in the parking lot at that time of day.
The student hit by the car was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, and Zink said a female passenger in the vehicle was dropped at home before her parent took her to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury.
The driver drove himself to another hospital where he was treated for a graze wound to the head. Zink said he was arrested as a juvenile on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and disregard for public safety.
Zink said Las Vegas police found a gun in the car.
The campus just west of downtown has nearly 2,800 students. It is one of more than 70 high schools in the sprawling Las Vegas-based district — the nation’s fifth-largest, with more than 300,000 students.
The shooting was the first involving a school district officer since 2005, Zink said. |
https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Body-camera-shows-officer-shoot-at-car-outside-17062038.php | LAS VEGAS (AP) — School police in Las Vegas have aired footage from a campus officer’s body-worn camera showing him fire three gunshots at a moving car last week after the vehicle struck a girl amid a report of a fight in a high school parking lot.
Clark County School District police Lt. Bryan Zink said Tuesday the car was traveling at 22 mph in the 5 mph parking lot, and the driver made a U-turn and drove toward students and staff — striking the female student — before Officer Christopher Knight fired three shots.
Knight was recorded shouting for people to get out of the way before the March 29 shooting in a parking lot at Western High School.
Knight and another campus officer assigned to the school had responded to reports of a fight and a vehicle with a possible weapon inside as students were being dismissed for the day.
The four people in the vehicle were not students, Zink said, and about 300 people typically meet school buses in the parking lot at that time of day.
The student hit by the car was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, and Zink said a female passenger in the vehicle was dropped at home before her parent took her to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury.
The driver drove himself to another hospital where he was treated for a graze wound to the head. Zink said he was arrested as a juvenile on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and disregard for public safety.
Zink said Las Vegas police found a gun in the car.
The campus just west of downtown has nearly 2,800 students. It is one of more than 70 high schools in the sprawling Las Vegas-based district — the nation’s fifth-largest, with more than 300,000 students.
The shooting was the first involving a school district officer since 2005, Zink said. | 2 | 117,475 | 0 | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Body-camera-shows-officer-shoot-at-car-outside-17062038.php | 2022-04-06 18:55:03+00:00 | LAS VEGAS (AP) — School police in Las Vegas have aired footage from a campus officer’s body-worn camera showing him fire three gunshots at a moving car last week after the vehicle struck a girl amid a report of a fight in a high school parking lot.
Clark County School District police Lt. Bryan Zink said Tuesday the car was traveling at 22 mph in the 5 mph parking lot, and the driver made a U-turn and drove toward students and staff — striking the female student — before Officer Christopher Knight fired three shots.
Knight was recorded shouting for people to get out of the way before the March 29 shooting in a parking lot at Western High School.
Knight and another campus officer assigned to the school had responded to reports of a fight and a vehicle with a possible weapon inside as students were being dismissed for the day.
The four people in the vehicle were not students, Zink said, and about 300 people typically meet school buses in the parking lot at that time of day.
The student hit by the car was treated at a hospital for minor injuries, and Zink said a female passenger in the vehicle was dropped at home before her parent took her to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury.
The driver drove himself to another hospital where he was treated for a graze wound to the head. Zink said he was arrested as a juvenile on suspicion of battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property and disregard for public safety.
Zink said Las Vegas police found a gun in the car.
The campus just west of downtown has nearly 2,800 students. It is one of more than 70 high schools in the sprawling Las Vegas-based district — the nation’s fifth-largest, with more than 300,000 students.
The shooting was the first involving a school district officer since 2005, Zink said. |
https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/man-arrested-in-sacramento-massacre-had-recently-left-prison/ | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story. | 0 | 43,304 | 0 | https://wgno.com/news/man-arrested-in-sacramento-massacre-had-recently-left-prison/ | 2022-04-06 14:01:04+00:00 | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story. |
https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/man-arrested-in-sacramento-massacre-had-recently-left-prison/ | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story. | 1 | 45,639 | 0 | https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/national-news/man-arrested-in-sacramento-massacre-had-recently-left-prison/ | 2022-04-06 14:10:02+00:00 | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story. |
https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/man-arrested-in-sacramento-massacre-had-recently-left-prison/ | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story. | 2 | 53,548 | 0 | https://www.ketk.com/news/national/man-arrested-in-sacramento-massacre-had-recently-left-prison/ | 2022-04-06 14:42:31+00:00 | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story. |
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/unga-to-vote-on-suspending-russia-from-human-rights-council-over-bucha-killings/article65297325.ece | UNGA to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council over Bucha killings
Vote by India, which called for enquiry into rights excesses in the Ukrainian city, to be watched closely
India’s vote at the UN General Assembly will be watched closely, as a resolution sponsored by the U.S., U.K. and other countries seeks to suspend Russia’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), where it is an elected member, after the discovery of mass graves and human rights excesses in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
Thus far, India has abstained on at least 10 resolutions critical of Russia at the UN Security Council, UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
On Thursday, the UNGA is expected to vote on the resolution calling for the suspension of Russia from the Human Rights Council, after which members will make their statements on the situation in Ukraine. The vote will follow after a series of foreign officials and ministers from countries that are part of the U.S.-EU led sanctions regime visited Delhi in the past two weeks, calling on India to change its position on Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had also visited Delhi last week, praising India for its “independent” position.
No probe team yet
When asked about India’s vote on the UNGA resolution, officials said that while India had called for an “independent enquiry” into the killings in Bucha, an investigation team had yet to be constituted and it might be more difficult to vote until there was a definitive conclusion about who was responsible for the excesses. According to an official, the vote is not just about Russia and Ukraine, but the principle of whether such a procedure should be used to suspend an elected member at the UN body.
In what was seen as a toughening of its stance, India on Tuesday condemned the killings of civilians in Bucha and called for an independent enquiry into them, although its statement at the UNSC didn’t directly refer to Russia. As a result, the vote, the first such resolution since Libya was suspended by a unanimous UNGA decision in 2011, will be watched keenly for whether India would change its stand from the previous abstentions. If India abstains in this case, the vote would work in favour of the U.S.-led resolution which needs a two-thirds majority of the “present and voting” members in the UNGA on Thursday.
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NEW DELHI April 07, 2022 00:24 ISTVote by India, which called for enquiry into rights excesses in the Ukrainian city, to be watched closely
India’s vote at the UN General Assembly will be watched closely, as a resolution sponsored by the U.S., U.K. and other countries seeks to suspend Russia’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), where it is an elected member, after the discovery of mass graves and human rights excesses in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
Thus far, India has abstained on at least 10 resolutions critical of Russia at the UN Security Council, UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
On Thursday, the UNGA is expected to vote on the resolution calling for the suspension of Russia from the Human Rights Council, after which members will make their statements on the situation in Ukraine. The vote will follow after a series of foreign officials and ministers from countries that are part of the U.S.-EU led sanctions regime visited Delhi in the past two weeks, calling on India to change its position on Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had also visited Delhi last week, praising India for its “independent” position.
No probe team yet
When asked about India’s vote on the UNGA resolution, officials said that while India had called for an “independent enquiry” into the killings in Bucha, an investigation team had yet to be constituted and it might be more difficult to vote until there was a definitive conclusion about who was responsible for the excesses. According to an official, the vote is not just about Russia and Ukraine, but the principle of whether such a procedure should be used to suspend an elected member at the UN body.
In what was seen as a toughening of its stance, India on Tuesday condemned the killings of civilians in Bucha and called for an independent enquiry into them, although its statement at the UNSC didn’t directly refer to Russia. As a result, the vote, the first such resolution since Libya was suspended by a unanimous UNGA decision in 2011, will be watched keenly for whether India would change its stand from the previous abstentions. If India abstains in this case, the vote would work in favour of the U.S.-led resolution which needs a two-thirds majority of the “present and voting” members in the UNGA on Thursday. |
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/unga-to-vote-on-suspending-russia-from-human-rights-council-over-bucha-killings/article65297325.ece | UNGA to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council over Bucha killings
Vote by India, which called for enquiry into rights excesses in the Ukrainian city, to be watched closely
India’s vote at the UN General Assembly will be watched closely, as a resolution sponsored by the U.S., U.K. and other countries seeks to suspend Russia’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), where it is an elected member, after the discovery of mass graves and human rights excesses in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
Thus far, India has abstained on at least 10 resolutions critical of Russia at the UN Security Council, UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
On Thursday, the UNGA is expected to vote on the resolution calling for the suspension of Russia from the Human Rights Council, after which members will make their statements on the situation in Ukraine. The vote will follow after a series of foreign officials and ministers from countries that are part of the U.S.-EU led sanctions regime visited Delhi in the past two weeks, calling on India to change its position on Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had also visited Delhi last week, praising India for its “independent” position.
No probe team yet
When asked about India’s vote on the UNGA resolution, officials said that while India had called for an “independent enquiry” into the killings in Bucha, an investigation team had yet to be constituted and it might be more difficult to vote until there was a definitive conclusion about who was responsible for the excesses. According to an official, the vote is not just about Russia and Ukraine, but the principle of whether such a procedure should be used to suspend an elected member at the UN body.
In what was seen as a toughening of its stance, India on Tuesday condemned the killings of civilians in Bucha and called for an independent enquiry into them, although its statement at the UNSC didn’t directly refer to Russia. As a result, the vote, the first such resolution since Libya was suspended by a unanimous UNGA decision in 2011, will be watched keenly for whether India would change its stand from the previous abstentions. If India abstains in this case, the vote would work in favour of the U.S.-led resolution which needs a two-thirds majority of the “present and voting” members in the UNGA on Thursday.
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Washington: Triggered by the allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, particularly the reports of civilian killings and mass graves in Bucha, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted to suspend Russia from rights of its membership of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday. In a diplomatic win for the United States (US)-led western coalition and Ukraine, which had been pushing for the suspension, 93 countries voted to suspend Russia, 58 abstained, and 24 voted against suspending Russia.
India abstained on the resolution and said it was doing so for both reasons of “substance and process” — but termed reports of civilian killings in Bucha “deeply disturbing”. “We have unequivocally condemned these killings and support the call for an independent investigation,” India said in its explanation of the vote.
Speaking at the emergency UNGA session — the third on Ukraine in just over a month — Indian permanent representative to the UN, TS Tirumurti, said that since the inception of the conflict in Ukraine, India stood for “peace, dialogue and diplomacy”. “We believe that no solution can be arrived at by shedding blood and at the cost of innocent lives. If India has chosen any side, it is the side of peace and it is for an immediate end to violence,” he said.
Tirumurti pointed out that the impact of the crisis had been felt beyond the region, with increasing food and energy costs, especially for developing countries, and that it was in everyone’s collective interest to work constructively, within the UN and outside, towards seeking an early resolution to the conflict.
“India has been at the forefront of protecting human rights, right from the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We firmly believe that all decisions should be taken fully respecting due process, as all our democratic polity and structures enjoin us to do. This applies to international organisations as well, particularly the United Nations,” he added.
The resolution was championed by the US, which termed Russia’s continuation in the 47-member Council a “farce”. Russia, in turn, accused the US of using “human rights colonialism” in international relations. The resolution needed the support of two-thirds of the voting members, with abstentions not being counted. After Thursday’s vote, Russia will remain a member of the 47-member HRC, but will not be able to exercise its rights as a member to speak or vote. The Council has already begun investigations on Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
Soon after the suspension was announced, Russia said it considers the move to be “illegal”. In a statement, the foreign ministry said that the vote at the UNGA session was “illegal and politically motivated, aimed at ostentatiously punishing a sovereign UN member state that pursues an independent domestic and foreign policy”, AFP reported.
India’s stance is a continuation of its balancing act but observers see an evolution in its position. After Bucha, for the first time, India condemned an act of killing in Ukraine that is alleged to have been committed by Russian forces, and backed an independent probe. Moscow had sought support rather than an abstention on Thursday’s resolution. But while sending a signal to Moscow with its statement of condemnation and its abstention of vote, India also — for the first time — flagged substantive and procedural issues with a West-backed resolution and the need for more democratic process.
In a clear signal of its continued support for Moscow, and what analysts see as concern over a precedent being set on human rights issues, China backed Russia’s continuation in the Human Rights Council. All other South Asian countries — Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan — abstained on the resolution.
Commenting on the significance of the vote, Ashish Pradhan, a UN analyst with the research and advocacy outfit, International Crisis Group, said that Thursday’s vote was the latest indication of Russia’s “pariah status” on the international stage, adding that Moscow would no longer be able to shield its allies that were criticised for their own human rights abuses at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
But Pradhan pointed out that the vote to suspend Russia, unlike two earlier votes on resolutions in the Assembly which condemned Russian aggression and had mustered the support of 140 member-states, indicated a new, more difficult phase in international diplomacy. “It potentially shifts UN diplomacy into a new phase as the cross-regional support secured in the past two UNGA resolutions was eroded with most Asian, African, and Arab members abstaining. India explained its abstention by pointing to substantive disagreements within the text and about the lack of due process. It signalled displeasure at a lack of outreach and consultation by the resolution’s proponents.”
The western bloc moved on the resolution after the Bucha killings triggered outrage over alleged Russian actions. But the erosion in the number of countries willing to vote against Russia at the Assembly, and complaints about the process, stem from a sense among developing countries that western bloc was unilaterally putting together a text, with little input from others, and then lobbying to secure the support of other countries — while ignoring their more pressing concerns.
“Western members should use the UNGA as a forum to maintain some cross-regional consensus by now prioritising issues like addressing the spiking food and commodity prices around the globe which will resonate with many of the members who decided not to back today’s text,” Pradhan said. |
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/unga-to-vote-on-suspending-russia-from-human-rights-council-over-bucha-killings/article65297325.ece | UNGA to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council over Bucha killings
Vote by India, which called for enquiry into rights excesses in the Ukrainian city, to be watched closely
India’s vote at the UN General Assembly will be watched closely, as a resolution sponsored by the U.S., U.K. and other countries seeks to suspend Russia’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), where it is an elected member, after the discovery of mass graves and human rights excesses in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
Thus far, India has abstained on at least 10 resolutions critical of Russia at the UN Security Council, UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
On Thursday, the UNGA is expected to vote on the resolution calling for the suspension of Russia from the Human Rights Council, after which members will make their statements on the situation in Ukraine. The vote will follow after a series of foreign officials and ministers from countries that are part of the U.S.-EU led sanctions regime visited Delhi in the past two weeks, calling on India to change its position on Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had also visited Delhi last week, praising India for its “independent” position.
No probe team yet
When asked about India’s vote on the UNGA resolution, officials said that while India had called for an “independent enquiry” into the killings in Bucha, an investigation team had yet to be constituted and it might be more difficult to vote until there was a definitive conclusion about who was responsible for the excesses. According to an official, the vote is not just about Russia and Ukraine, but the principle of whether such a procedure should be used to suspend an elected member at the UN body.
In what was seen as a toughening of its stance, India on Tuesday condemned the killings of civilians in Bucha and called for an independent enquiry into them, although its statement at the UNSC didn’t directly refer to Russia. As a result, the vote, the first such resolution since Libya was suspended by a unanimous UNGA decision in 2011, will be watched keenly for whether India would change its stand from the previous abstentions. If India abstains in this case, the vote would work in favour of the U.S.-led resolution which needs a two-thirds majority of the “present and voting” members in the UNGA on Thursday.
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Washington: Triggered by the allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, particularly the reports of civilian killings and mass graves in Bucha, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted to suspend Russia from rights of its membership of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday. In a diplomatic win for the United States (US)-led western coalition and Ukraine, which had been pushing for the suspension, 93 countries voted to suspend Russia, 58 abstained, and 24 voted against suspending Russia.
India abstained on the resolution and said it was doing so for both reasons of “substance and process” — but termed reports of civilian killings in Bucha “deeply disturbing”. “We have unequivocally condemned these killings and support the call for an independent investigation,” India said in its explanation of the vote.
Speaking at the emergency UNGA session — the third on Ukraine in just over a month — Indian permanent representative to the UN, TS Tirumurti, said that since the inception of the conflict in Ukraine, India stood for “peace, dialogue and diplomacy”. “We believe that no solution can be arrived at by shedding blood and at the cost of innocent lives. If India has chosen any side, it is the side of peace and it is for an immediate end to violence,” he said.
Tirumurti pointed out that the impact of the crisis had been felt beyond the region, with increasing food and energy costs, especially for developing countries, and that it was in everyone’s collective interest to work constructively, within the UN and outside, towards seeking an early resolution to the conflict.
“India has been at the forefront of protecting human rights, right from the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We firmly believe that all decisions should be taken fully respecting due process, as all our democratic polity and structures enjoin us to do. This applies to international organisations as well, particularly the United Nations,” he added.
The resolution was championed by the US, which termed Russia’s continuation in the 47-member Council a “farce”. Russia, in turn, accused the US of using “human rights colonialism” in international relations. The resolution needed the support of two-thirds of the voting members, with abstentions not being counted. After Thursday’s vote, Russia will remain a member of the 47-member HRC, but will not be able to exercise its rights as a member to speak or vote. The Council has already begun investigations on Russia’s alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
Soon after the suspension was announced, Russia said it considers the move to be “illegal”. In a statement, the foreign ministry said that the vote at the UNGA session was “illegal and politically motivated, aimed at ostentatiously punishing a sovereign UN member state that pursues an independent domestic and foreign policy”, AFP reported.
India’s stance is a continuation of its balancing act but observers see an evolution in its position. After Bucha, for the first time, India condemned an act of killing in Ukraine that is alleged to have been committed by Russian forces, and backed an independent probe. Moscow had sought support rather than an abstention on Thursday’s resolution. But while sending a signal to Moscow with its statement of condemnation and its abstention of vote, India also — for the first time — flagged substantive and procedural issues with a West-backed resolution and the need for more democratic process.
In a clear signal of its continued support for Moscow, and what analysts see as concern over a precedent being set on human rights issues, China backed Russia’s continuation in the Human Rights Council. All other South Asian countries — Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and Bhutan — abstained on the resolution.
Commenting on the significance of the vote, Ashish Pradhan, a UN analyst with the research and advocacy outfit, International Crisis Group, said that Thursday’s vote was the latest indication of Russia’s “pariah status” on the international stage, adding that Moscow would no longer be able to shield its allies that were criticised for their own human rights abuses at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
But Pradhan pointed out that the vote to suspend Russia, unlike two earlier votes on resolutions in the Assembly which condemned Russian aggression and had mustered the support of 140 member-states, indicated a new, more difficult phase in international diplomacy. “It potentially shifts UN diplomacy into a new phase as the cross-regional support secured in the past two UNGA resolutions was eroded with most Asian, African, and Arab members abstaining. India explained its abstention by pointing to substantive disagreements within the text and about the lack of due process. It signalled displeasure at a lack of outreach and consultation by the resolution’s proponents.”
The western bloc moved on the resolution after the Bucha killings triggered outrage over alleged Russian actions. But the erosion in the number of countries willing to vote against Russia at the Assembly, and complaints about the process, stem from a sense among developing countries that western bloc was unilaterally putting together a text, with little input from others, and then lobbying to secure the support of other countries — while ignoring their more pressing concerns.
“Western members should use the UNGA as a forum to maintain some cross-regional consensus by now prioritising issues like addressing the spiking food and commodity prices around the globe which will resonate with many of the members who decided not to back today’s text,” Pradhan said. |
https://www.wric.com/sports/sports-headlines/ap-source-bills-diggs-agrees-to-4-year-contract-extension/ | ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs will never have to feel undervalued again.
The fifth-round draft pick who blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been signed. The agreement was first reported by ESPN earlier in the day.
The 28-year-old Diggs had two years remaining on his current contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2027 season.
Diggs celebrated the agreement on his Twitter account by posting a video clip from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which actor Leonardo DiCaprio announces “I’m not leaving.”
The agreement represents the dynamic spark Diggs has provided to what’s become a pass-first Bills offense, and the instant chemistry he’s established with quarterback Josh Allen.
And it validates the faith general manager Brandon Beane placed in Diggs by acquiring him for a first-round draft pick 25 months ago.
Though productive during his five seasons in Minnesota, Diggs was mostly a secondary option behind receiver Adam Thielen and in an offense that leaned heavily on the running attack.
Diggs thrived immediately in Buffalo upon taking over the lead role among a group of receivers rounded out by John Brown and Cole Beasley.
In 2020, Diggs was part of an offense which set numerous single-season franchise passing and scoring records, while he became Buffalo’s first player to lead the league in both catches (127) and yards (1,535).
Last season, he finished eighth in the NFL with 1,225 yards receiving, while also leading the Bills with 103 catches and 10 touchdowns.
Overall, his 230 catches in Buffalo are the most by an NFL player in his first two seasons with a team, and he’s the first Bills player to top 100 catches in consecutive seasons.
Diggs also solidified his role as an influential team leader in being selected as one of Buffalo’s offensive captains last season.
Diggs was honored by the designation and considered it rewarding in his desire to break from his mercurial past in Minnesota by focusing on becoming more of a team-first player upon his arrival in Buffalo.
“It means even more now just as far as being acknowledged by your peers,” Diggs said in September by noting he had previously never been a captain going back to high school.
“The fact that they trust you in the biggest moments and they trust you on a daily basis that you’re going to do the right thing on and off the field, yeah, I was happy.”
Locking up Diggs is the latest splash by Beane to upgrade and maintain the core of a roster which has made the playoffs in each of the past three seasons. The Bills lost to Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff in January a year after also losing to the Chiefs in the AFC championship game.
Allen is under contract through the 2028 season after signing a six-year, $258 million contract extension last summer. The Bills improved their pass rush last month by signing Von Miller to a six-year deal in free agency.
Upon signing Miller, Beane was already turning his attention to reaching a long-term agreement with Diggs. Beane was being proactive in making sure to keep his top receiver happy in light of the escalating rate of salaries at the position this offseason.
Diggs’ extension is in line with contracts signed by two of the NFL’s top receivers this offseason. Tyreek Hill signed a $120 million, four-year contract extension upon being traded from Kansas City to Miami.
In being traded from Green Bay to Las Vegas, Davante Adams signed a five-year contract which averages $28.5 million and includes $67.5 million guaranteed.
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The fifth-round draft pick who blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been signed. The agreement was first reported by ESPN earlier in the day.
The 28-year-old Diggs had two years remaining on his current contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2027 season.
Diggs celebrated the agreement on his Twitter account by posting a video clip from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which actor Leonardo DiCaprio announces “I’m not leaving.”
The agreement represents the dynamic spark Diggs has provided to what’s become a pass-first Bills offense, and the instant chemistry he’s established with quarterback Josh Allen.
And it validates the faith general manager Brandon Beane placed in Diggs by acquiring him for a first-round draft pick 25 months ago.
Though productive during his five seasons in Minnesota, Diggs was mostly a secondary option behind receiver Adam Thielen and in an offense that leaned heavily on the running attack.
Diggs thrived immediately in Buffalo upon taking over the lead role among a group of receivers rounded out by John Brown and Cole Beasley.
In 2020, Diggs was part of an offense which set numerous single-season franchise passing and scoring records, while he became Buffalo’s first player to lead the league in both catches (127) and yards (1,535).
Last season, he finished eighth in the NFL with 1,225 yards receiving, while also leading the Bills with 103 catches and 10 touchdowns.
Overall, his 230 catches in Buffalo are the most by an NFL player in his first two seasons with a team, and he’s the first Bills player to top 100 catches in consecutive seasons.
Diggs also solidified his role as an influential team leader in being selected as one of Buffalo’s offensive captains last season.
Diggs was honored by the designation and considered it rewarding in his desire to break from his mercurial past in Minnesota by focusing on becoming more of a team-first player upon his arrival in Buffalo.
“It means even more now just as far as being acknowledged by your peers,” Diggs said in September by noting he had previously never been a captain going back to high school.
“The fact that they trust you in the biggest moments and they trust you on a daily basis that you’re going to do the right thing on and off the field, yeah, I was happy.”
Locking up Diggs is the latest splash by Beane to upgrade and maintain the core of a roster which has made the playoffs in each of the past three seasons. The Bills lost to Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff in January a year after also losing to the Chiefs in the AFC championship game.
Allen is under contract through the 2028 season after signing a six-year, $258 million contract extension last summer. The Bills improved their pass rush last month by signing Von Miller to a six-year deal in free agency.
Upon signing Miller, Beane was already turning his attention to reaching a long-term agreement with Diggs. Beane was being proactive in making sure to keep his top receiver happy in light of the escalating rate of salaries at the position this offseason.
Diggs’ extension is in line with contracts signed by two of the NFL’s top receivers this offseason. Tyreek Hill signed a $120 million, four-year contract extension upon being traded from Kansas City to Miami.
In being traded from Green Bay to Las Vegas, Davante Adams signed a five-year contract which averages $28.5 million and includes $67.5 million guaranteed.
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https://www.wric.com/sports/sports-headlines/ap-source-bills-diggs-agrees-to-4-year-contract-extension/ | ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs will never have to feel undervalued again.
The fifth-round draft pick who blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been signed. The agreement was first reported by ESPN earlier in the day.
The 28-year-old Diggs had two years remaining on his current contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2027 season.
Diggs celebrated the agreement on his Twitter account by posting a video clip from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which actor Leonardo DiCaprio announces “I’m not leaving.”
The agreement represents the dynamic spark Diggs has provided to what’s become a pass-first Bills offense, and the instant chemistry he’s established with quarterback Josh Allen.
And it validates the faith general manager Brandon Beane placed in Diggs by acquiring him for a first-round draft pick 25 months ago.
Though productive during his five seasons in Minnesota, Diggs was mostly a secondary option behind receiver Adam Thielen and in an offense that leaned heavily on the running attack.
Diggs thrived immediately in Buffalo upon taking over the lead role among a group of receivers rounded out by John Brown and Cole Beasley.
In 2020, Diggs was part of an offense which set numerous single-season franchise passing and scoring records, while he became Buffalo’s first player to lead the league in both catches (127) and yards (1,535).
Last season, he finished eighth in the NFL with 1,225 yards receiving, while also leading the Bills with 103 catches and 10 touchdowns.
Overall, his 230 catches in Buffalo are the most by an NFL player in his first two seasons with a team, and he’s the first Bills player to top 100 catches in consecutive seasons.
Diggs also solidified his role as an influential team leader in being selected as one of Buffalo’s offensive captains last season.
Diggs was honored by the designation and considered it rewarding in his desire to break from his mercurial past in Minnesota by focusing on becoming more of a team-first player upon his arrival in Buffalo.
“It means even more now just as far as being acknowledged by your peers,” Diggs said in September by noting he had previously never been a captain going back to high school.
“The fact that they trust you in the biggest moments and they trust you on a daily basis that you’re going to do the right thing on and off the field, yeah, I was happy.”
Locking up Diggs is the latest splash by Beane to upgrade and maintain the core of a roster which has made the playoffs in each of the past three seasons. The Bills lost to Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff in January a year after also losing to the Chiefs in the AFC championship game.
Allen is under contract through the 2028 season after signing a six-year, $258 million contract extension last summer. The Bills improved their pass rush last month by signing Von Miller to a six-year deal in free agency.
Upon signing Miller, Beane was already turning his attention to reaching a long-term agreement with Diggs. Beane was being proactive in making sure to keep his top receiver happy in light of the escalating rate of salaries at the position this offseason.
Diggs’ extension is in line with contracts signed by two of the NFL’s top receivers this offseason. Tyreek Hill signed a $120 million, four-year contract extension upon being traded from Kansas City to Miami.
In being traded from Green Bay to Las Vegas, Davante Adams signed a five-year contract which averages $28.5 million and includes $67.5 million guaranteed.
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More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://apnews.com/hub/pro-32 and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL | 1 | 74,735 | 0 | https://www.valleycentral.com/sports/ap-source-bills-diggs-agrees-to-4-year-contract-extension/ | 2022-04-06 16:09:49+00:00 | ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs will never have to feel undervalued again.
The fifth-round draft pick who blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been signed. The agreement was first reported by ESPN earlier in the day.
The 28-year-old Diggs had two years remaining on his current contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2027 season.
Diggs celebrated the agreement on his Twitter account by posting a video clip from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which actor Leonardo DiCaprio announces “I’m not leaving.”
The agreement represents the dynamic spark Diggs has provided to what’s become a pass-first Bills offense, and the instant chemistry he’s established with quarterback Josh Allen.
And it validates the faith general manager Brandon Beane placed in Diggs by acquiring him for a first-round draft pick 25 months ago.
Though productive during his five seasons in Minnesota, Diggs was mostly a secondary option behind receiver Adam Thielen and in an offense that leaned heavily on the running attack.
Diggs thrived immediately in Buffalo upon taking over the lead role among a group of receivers rounded out by John Brown and Cole Beasley.
In 2020, Diggs was part of an offense which set numerous single-season franchise passing and scoring records, while he became Buffalo’s first player to lead the league in both catches (127) and yards (1,535).
Last season, he finished eighth in the NFL with 1,225 yards receiving, while also leading the Bills with 103 catches and 10 touchdowns.
Overall, his 230 catches in Buffalo are the most by an NFL player in his first two seasons with a team, and he’s the first Bills player to top 100 catches in consecutive seasons.
Diggs also solidified his role as an influential team leader in being selected as one of Buffalo’s offensive captains last season.
Diggs was honored by the designation and considered it rewarding in his desire to break from his mercurial past in Minnesota by focusing on becoming more of a team-first player upon his arrival in Buffalo.
“It means even more now just as far as being acknowledged by your peers,” Diggs said in September by noting he had previously never been a captain going back to high school.
“The fact that they trust you in the biggest moments and they trust you on a daily basis that you’re going to do the right thing on and off the field, yeah, I was happy.”
Locking up Diggs is the latest splash by Beane to upgrade and maintain the core of a roster which has made the playoffs in each of the past three seasons. The Bills lost to Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff in January a year after also losing to the Chiefs in the AFC championship game.
Allen is under contract through the 2028 season after signing a six-year, $258 million contract extension last summer. The Bills improved their pass rush last month by signing Von Miller to a six-year deal in free agency.
Upon signing Miller, Beane was already turning his attention to reaching a long-term agreement with Diggs. Beane was being proactive in making sure to keep his top receiver happy in light of the escalating rate of salaries at the position this offseason.
Diggs’ extension is in line with contracts signed by two of the NFL’s top receivers this offseason. Tyreek Hill signed a $120 million, four-year contract extension upon being traded from Kansas City to Miami.
In being traded from Green Bay to Las Vegas, Davante Adams signed a five-year contract which averages $28.5 million and includes $67.5 million guaranteed.
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https://www.wric.com/sports/sports-headlines/ap-source-bills-diggs-agrees-to-4-year-contract-extension/ | ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills receiver Stefon Diggs will never have to feel undervalued again.
The fifth-round draft pick who blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been signed. The agreement was first reported by ESPN earlier in the day.
The 28-year-old Diggs had two years remaining on his current contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2027 season.
Diggs celebrated the agreement on his Twitter account by posting a video clip from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which actor Leonardo DiCaprio announces “I’m not leaving.”
The agreement represents the dynamic spark Diggs has provided to what’s become a pass-first Bills offense, and the instant chemistry he’s established with quarterback Josh Allen.
And it validates the faith general manager Brandon Beane placed in Diggs by acquiring him for a first-round draft pick 25 months ago.
Though productive during his five seasons in Minnesota, Diggs was mostly a secondary option behind receiver Adam Thielen and in an offense that leaned heavily on the running attack.
Diggs thrived immediately in Buffalo upon taking over the lead role among a group of receivers rounded out by John Brown and Cole Beasley.
In 2020, Diggs was part of an offense which set numerous single-season franchise passing and scoring records, while he became Buffalo’s first player to lead the league in both catches (127) and yards (1,535).
Last season, he finished eighth in the NFL with 1,225 yards receiving, while also leading the Bills with 103 catches and 10 touchdowns.
Overall, his 230 catches in Buffalo are the most by an NFL player in his first two seasons with a team, and he’s the first Bills player to top 100 catches in consecutive seasons.
Diggs also solidified his role as an influential team leader in being selected as one of Buffalo’s offensive captains last season.
Diggs was honored by the designation and considered it rewarding in his desire to break from his mercurial past in Minnesota by focusing on becoming more of a team-first player upon his arrival in Buffalo.
“It means even more now just as far as being acknowledged by your peers,” Diggs said in September by noting he had previously never been a captain going back to high school.
“The fact that they trust you in the biggest moments and they trust you on a daily basis that you’re going to do the right thing on and off the field, yeah, I was happy.”
Locking up Diggs is the latest splash by Beane to upgrade and maintain the core of a roster which has made the playoffs in each of the past three seasons. The Bills lost to Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff in January a year after also losing to the Chiefs in the AFC championship game.
Allen is under contract through the 2028 season after signing a six-year, $258 million contract extension last summer. The Bills improved their pass rush last month by signing Von Miller to a six-year deal in free agency.
Upon signing Miller, Beane was already turning his attention to reaching a long-term agreement with Diggs. Beane was being proactive in making sure to keep his top receiver happy in light of the escalating rate of salaries at the position this offseason.
Diggs’ extension is in line with contracts signed by two of the NFL’s top receivers this offseason. Tyreek Hill signed a $120 million, four-year contract extension upon being traded from Kansas City to Miami.
In being traded from Green Bay to Las Vegas, Davante Adams signed a five-year contract which averages $28.5 million and includes $67.5 million guaranteed.
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The fifth-round draft pick who blossomed into one of the NFL’s top playmakers after being traded by Minnesota to Buffalo two years ago agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $96 million, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the contract has not yet been signed. The agreement was first reported by ESPN earlier in the day.
The 28-year-old Diggs had two years remaining on his current contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2027 season.
Diggs celebrated the agreement on his Twitter account by posting a video clip from the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” in which actor Leonardo DiCaprio announces “I’m not leaving.”
The agreement represents the dynamic spark Diggs has provided to what’s become a pass-first Bills offense, and the instant chemistry he’s established with quarterback Josh Allen.
And it validates the faith general manager Brandon Beane placed in Diggs by acquiring him for a first-round draft pick 25 months ago.
Though productive during his five seasons in Minnesota, Diggs was mostly a secondary option behind receiver Adam Thielen and in an offense that leaned heavily on the running attack.
Diggs thrived immediately in Buffalo upon taking over the lead role among a group of receivers rounded out by John Brown and Cole Beasley.
In 2020, Diggs was part of an offense which set numerous single-season franchise passing and scoring records, while he became Buffalo’s first player to lead the league in both catches (127) and yards (1,535).
Last season, he finished eighth in the NFL with 1,225 yards receiving, while also leading the Bills with 103 catches and 10 touchdowns.
Overall, his 230 catches in Buffalo are the most by an NFL player in his first two seasons with a team, and he’s the first Bills player to top 100 catches in consecutive seasons.
Diggs also solidified his role as an influential team leader in being selected as one of Buffalo’s offensive captains last season.
Diggs was honored by the designation and considered it rewarding in his desire to break from his mercurial past in Minnesota by focusing on becoming more of a team-first player upon his arrival in Buffalo.
“It means even more now just as far as being acknowledged by your peers,” Diggs said in September by noting he had previously never been a captain going back to high school.
“The fact that they trust you in the biggest moments and they trust you on a daily basis that you’re going to do the right thing on and off the field, yeah, I was happy.”
Locking up Diggs is the latest splash by Beane to upgrade and maintain the core of a roster which has made the playoffs in each of the past three seasons. The Bills lost to Kansas City in an AFC divisional playoff in January a year after also losing to the Chiefs in the AFC championship game.
Allen is under contract through the 2028 season after signing a six-year, $258 million contract extension last summer. The Bills improved their pass rush last month by signing Von Miller to a six-year deal in free agency.
Upon signing Miller, Beane was already turning his attention to reaching a long-term agreement with Diggs. Beane was being proactive in making sure to keep his top receiver happy in light of the escalating rate of salaries at the position this offseason.
Diggs’ extension is in line with contracts signed by two of the NFL’s top receivers this offseason. Tyreek Hill signed a $120 million, four-year contract extension upon being traded from Kansas City to Miami.
In being traded from Green Bay to Las Vegas, Davante Adams signed a five-year contract which averages $28.5 million and includes $67.5 million guaranteed.
___
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/non-communicable-diseases-widely-prevalent-among-corporate-sector-says-apollos-report/article65296908.ece/amp/ | Non-communicable diseases widely prevalent among corporate sector, says Apollo’s report
CHENNAI April 07, 2022 00:03 ISTAbout 48% employees of corporate sector have out-of-range cholesterol readings
Apollo Hospitals’ “Health of Nation 2022” report, released on the eve of World Health Day, has shown wide prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD).
The data particularly showed alarming prevalence of NCD among employees of corporate sector with 48% having out-of-range cholesterol readings and 28% having hypertension.
The hospital group said that the report was based on anonymised data collected in 2021 from lab values, medical history-based data analysis, surveys and artificial intelligence enabled prediction models for cohort sizes ranging up to 3.8 lakh. The data on corporate sector was based on 35,000 health checks done with corporates in 2021.
The data showed a prevalence of hypertension of 8.2%, diabetes of 7% and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and asthma of 2%. All three had slightly increased prevalence among urban population than rural population. While northern and eastern States had a high prevalence of hypertension, southern and eastern States had a high prevalence of diabetes, the report showed.
The report showed that people of younger age group were increasingly being diagnosed with NCDs. The data showed that even moderate weight gain in women resulted in a higher chance of them developing diabetes.
The data from corporate sector showed that the prevalence of NCDs saw a significant increase in 2021 compared to previous years, possibly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prathap C. Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said that for a country with a population of 1.2 billion, such numbers will increase the burden of disease and affect the economic growth. He said that every one should start giving importance towards leading a healthy lifestyle and think of spending on health as an investment and not as an expenditure.
Sangita Reddy, joint managing director, Apollo Hospitals Group, said the insights will help in the use of technology to gain an upper hand in ensuring a healthy workforce. “Combined with our pioneering experience of 38 years, we have at our disposal new technologies based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for predicting risk scores and developing structured lifestyle programmes with new models of care that lead to improved clinical outcomes,” she added.
Sathya Sriram, chief executive officer, preventive health, Apollo Hospitals, said the silver lining was that the report showed how structured programmes helped individuals reduce the risk and slowing the progression of the conditions among at-risk individuals. | 0 | 131,003 | 0.144654 | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/non-communicable-diseases-widely-prevalent-among-corporate-sector-says-apollos-report/article65296908.ece | 2022-04-06 19:54:59+00:00 | Non-communicable diseases widely prevalent among corporate sector, says Apollo’s report
About 48% employees of corporate sector have out-of-range cholesterol readings
Apollo Hospitals’ “Health of Nation 2022” report, released on the eve of World Health Day, has shown wide prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD).
The data particularly showed alarming prevalence of NCD among employees of corporate sector with 48% having out-of-range cholesterol readings and 28% having hypertension.
The hospital group said that the report was based on anonymised data collected in 2021 from lab values, medical history-based data analysis, surveys and artificial intelligence enabled prediction models for cohort sizes ranging up to 3.8 lakh. The data on corporate sector was based on 35,000 health checks done with corporates in 2021.
The data showed a prevalence of hypertension of 8.2%, diabetes of 7% and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and asthma of 2%. All three had slightly increased prevalence among urban population than rural population. While northern and eastern States had a high prevalence of hypertension, southern and eastern States had a high prevalence of diabetes, the report showed.
The report showed that people of younger age group were increasingly being diagnosed with NCDs. The data showed that even moderate weight gain in women resulted in a higher chance of them developing diabetes.
The data from corporate sector showed that the prevalence of NCDs saw a significant increase in 2021 compared to previous years, possibly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prathap C. Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said that for a country with a population of 1.2 billion, such numbers will increase the burden of disease and affect the economic growth. He said that every one should start giving importance towards leading a healthy lifestyle and think of spending on health as an investment and not as an expenditure.
Sangita Reddy, joint managing director, Apollo Hospitals Group, said the insights will help in the use of technology to gain an upper hand in ensuring a healthy workforce. “Combined with our pioneering experience of 38 years, we have at our disposal new technologies based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for predicting risk scores and developing structured lifestyle programmes with new models of care that lead to improved clinical outcomes,” she added.
Sathya Sriram, chief executive officer, preventive health, Apollo Hospitals, said the silver lining was that the report showed how structured programmes helped individuals reduce the risk and slowing the progression of the conditions among at-risk individuals.
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CHENNAI April 07, 2022 00:03 ISTAbout 48% employees of corporate sector have out-of-range cholesterol readings
Apollo Hospitals’ “Health of Nation 2022” report, released on the eve of World Health Day, has shown wide prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD).
The data particularly showed alarming prevalence of NCD among employees of corporate sector with 48% having out-of-range cholesterol readings and 28% having hypertension.
The hospital group said that the report was based on anonymised data collected in 2021 from lab values, medical history-based data analysis, surveys and artificial intelligence enabled prediction models for cohort sizes ranging up to 3.8 lakh. The data on corporate sector was based on 35,000 health checks done with corporates in 2021.
The data showed a prevalence of hypertension of 8.2%, diabetes of 7% and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and asthma of 2%. All three had slightly increased prevalence among urban population than rural population. While northern and eastern States had a high prevalence of hypertension, southern and eastern States had a high prevalence of diabetes, the report showed.
The report showed that people of younger age group were increasingly being diagnosed with NCDs. The data showed that even moderate weight gain in women resulted in a higher chance of them developing diabetes.
The data from corporate sector showed that the prevalence of NCDs saw a significant increase in 2021 compared to previous years, possibly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prathap C. Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said that for a country with a population of 1.2 billion, such numbers will increase the burden of disease and affect the economic growth. He said that every one should start giving importance towards leading a healthy lifestyle and think of spending on health as an investment and not as an expenditure.
Sangita Reddy, joint managing director, Apollo Hospitals Group, said the insights will help in the use of technology to gain an upper hand in ensuring a healthy workforce. “Combined with our pioneering experience of 38 years, we have at our disposal new technologies based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for predicting risk scores and developing structured lifestyle programmes with new models of care that lead to improved clinical outcomes,” she added.
Sathya Sriram, chief executive officer, preventive health, Apollo Hospitals, said the silver lining was that the report showed how structured programmes helped individuals reduce the risk and slowing the progression of the conditions among at-risk individuals. | 1 | 83,115 | 0.682256 | https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/obesity-main-reason-in-women-over-35-for-poor-diabetes-control-increased-heart-disease-risk-says-study/articleshow/90697449.cms | 2022-04-07 03:39:35+00:00 | Related
NEW DELHI: Diabetes mellitus showed an "increased prevalence" in the southern and eastern parts of the country with an average national prevalence of 6.96 percent last year, a new study by a leading healthcare group has claimed.
On the eve of World Health Day, Apollo group held a virtual press conference and shared insights from the study, compiled in Health of the Nation 2022 report based on data gleaned from its clients over is digital platform in 2021, a spokesperson said.
"Key findings of the report for diabetes mellitus show an increased prevalence in the southern and eastern parts of the country with an average national prevalence of 6.96 percent. Urban areas showed a higher prevalence at 7.01 percent as compared to rural areas with 6.70 percent," it claimed in a statement.
The study also showed obesity in women over 35 years of age leading to poor diabetes control and increasing risk of heart disease and other complications.
The report highlighted the prevalence and distribution of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the country.
Based on "16 million anonymised responses to the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Scanner by Apollo 24/7, the report gives critical insights on trends in NCDs such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, COPD & asthma, obesity in different regions of the country", the group said in the statement.
The report also underscores the potential of AI and data analytics in prediction of risk and early identification as well as management of NCDs.
Data also indicated poor diabetes control in women with high cholesterol with a 0.5 increase in HbA1c diabetes marker levels, it said.
In hypertension, the study showed a national prevalence of high blood pressure at over 8.18 percent with a higher incidence in North and East India.
Data also indicated that adult males between the ages of 36 to 50 years have a 36 percent higher chance of developing hypertension than adult females in the same age range. Urban areas at 8.6 percent showed a higher incidence as compared to rural areas with 7.58 percent, it added.
Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and asthma showed an incidence similar to global numbers at 2 percent. Here, females between 36-50 years of age showed a 1.3 times higher chance of developing COPD as compared to males, the study claimed.
Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, "The last year saw the country steadily building a bulwark against COVID-19 with a robust vaccination programme that led to a steady fall in the number of Covid cases.
"As we emerge from the shadow of Covid, it is imperative to bring the focus back on the pandemic of NCDs, a focus that faced a disruption impacting diagnosis and treatment for millions of patients".
It is the only way we will succeed against the multiple challenges we face today with the pandemic, a polluted planet, and an increasing incidence of diseases that form the theme for World Health Day 2022 is 'Our Planet, Our Health', he was quoted as saying in the statement.
The Health of the Nation study also looked at corporate employee data of about 35,000, where the average prevalence of at least one NCD in employees is about 56 per cent, it said.
The NCD risk factors of high cholesterol is prevalent in 48 per cent of employees and obesity in 18 per cent of employees. There is variability across sectors, indicating that more sedentary corporate settings should consider ways to help their employees proactively reduce these risks, the report claimed.
Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group, said, "NCDs are fuelled by many factors that include urban lifestyles with stress and unhealthy diets and an aging population.
"Study results, derived from 35,000 health checks done with the corporate in 2021, has also shown a high prevalence of NCDs among corporate employees. These insights will help us use technology to gain an upper hand in ensuring a healthy workforce".
On the eve of World Health Day, Apollo group held a virtual press conference and shared insights from the study, compiled in Health of the Nation 2022 report based on data gleaned from its clients over is digital platform in 2021, a spokesperson said.
"Key findings of the report for diabetes mellitus show an increased prevalence in the southern and eastern parts of the country with an average national prevalence of 6.96 percent. Urban areas showed a higher prevalence at 7.01 percent as compared to rural areas with 6.70 percent," it claimed in a statement.
The study also showed obesity in women over 35 years of age leading to poor diabetes control and increasing risk of heart disease and other complications.
The report highlighted the prevalence and distribution of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the country.
Based on "16 million anonymised responses to the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Scanner by Apollo 24/7, the report gives critical insights on trends in NCDs such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, COPD & asthma, obesity in different regions of the country", the group said in the statement.
The report also underscores the potential of AI and data analytics in prediction of risk and early identification as well as management of NCDs.
Men between the ages of 36 to 50 years have a 36% higher chance of developing hypertension than women in the same age range.
In hypertension, the study showed a national prevalence of high blood pressure at over 8.18 percent with a higher incidence in North and East India.
Data also indicated that adult males between the ages of 36 to 50 years have a 36 percent higher chance of developing hypertension than adult females in the same age range. Urban areas at 8.6 percent showed a higher incidence as compared to rural areas with 7.58 percent, it added.
Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and asthma showed an incidence similar to global numbers at 2 percent. Here, females between 36-50 years of age showed a 1.3 times higher chance of developing COPD as compared to males, the study claimed.
Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group said, "The last year saw the country steadily building a bulwark against COVID-19 with a robust vaccination programme that led to a steady fall in the number of Covid cases.
"As we emerge from the shadow of Covid, it is imperative to bring the focus back on the pandemic of NCDs, a focus that faced a disruption impacting diagnosis and treatment for millions of patients".
It is the only way we will succeed against the multiple challenges we face today with the pandemic, a polluted planet, and an increasing incidence of diseases that form the theme for World Health Day 2022 is 'Our Planet, Our Health', he was quoted as saying in the statement.
The Health of the Nation study also looked at corporate employee data of about 35,000, where the average prevalence of at least one NCD in employees is about 56 per cent, it said.
The NCD risk factors of high cholesterol is prevalent in 48 per cent of employees and obesity in 18 per cent of employees. There is variability across sectors, indicating that more sedentary corporate settings should consider ways to help their employees proactively reduce these risks, the report claimed.
Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group, said, "NCDs are fuelled by many factors that include urban lifestyles with stress and unhealthy diets and an aging population.
"Study results, derived from 35,000 health checks done with the corporate in 2021, has also shown a high prevalence of NCDs among corporate employees. These insights will help us use technology to gain an upper hand in ensuring a healthy workforce".
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CHENNAI April 07, 2022 00:03 ISTAbout 48% employees of corporate sector have out-of-range cholesterol readings
Apollo Hospitals’ “Health of Nation 2022” report, released on the eve of World Health Day, has shown wide prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD).
The data particularly showed alarming prevalence of NCD among employees of corporate sector with 48% having out-of-range cholesterol readings and 28% having hypertension.
The hospital group said that the report was based on anonymised data collected in 2021 from lab values, medical history-based data analysis, surveys and artificial intelligence enabled prediction models for cohort sizes ranging up to 3.8 lakh. The data on corporate sector was based on 35,000 health checks done with corporates in 2021.
The data showed a prevalence of hypertension of 8.2%, diabetes of 7% and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and asthma of 2%. All three had slightly increased prevalence among urban population than rural population. While northern and eastern States had a high prevalence of hypertension, southern and eastern States had a high prevalence of diabetes, the report showed.
The report showed that people of younger age group were increasingly being diagnosed with NCDs. The data showed that even moderate weight gain in women resulted in a higher chance of them developing diabetes.
The data from corporate sector showed that the prevalence of NCDs saw a significant increase in 2021 compared to previous years, possibly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prathap C. Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, said that for a country with a population of 1.2 billion, such numbers will increase the burden of disease and affect the economic growth. He said that every one should start giving importance towards leading a healthy lifestyle and think of spending on health as an investment and not as an expenditure.
Sangita Reddy, joint managing director, Apollo Hospitals Group, said the insights will help in the use of technology to gain an upper hand in ensuring a healthy workforce. “Combined with our pioneering experience of 38 years, we have at our disposal new technologies based on artificial intelligence and machine learning for predicting risk scores and developing structured lifestyle programmes with new models of care that lead to improved clinical outcomes,” she added.
Sathya Sriram, chief executive officer, preventive health, Apollo Hospitals, said the silver lining was that the report showed how structured programmes helped individuals reduce the risk and slowing the progression of the conditions among at-risk individuals. | 2 | 117,494 | 0.685481 | https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/amp/news/industry/obesity-main-reason-in-women-over-35-for-poor-diabetes-control-increased-heart-disease-risk-says-study/90699382 | 2022-04-07 07:25:45+00:00 | New Delhi:
Diabetes mellitus showed an "
increased prevalence" in the southern and eastern parts of the country with an average national prevalence of 6.96 percent last year, a new study by a leading healthcare group has claimed.
"Key findings of the report for diabetes mellitus show an increased prevalence in the southern and eastern parts of the country with an average national prevalence of 6.96 percent. Urban areas showed a higher prevalence at 7.01 percent as compared to rural areas with 6.70 percent," it claimed in a statement.
The study also showed
obesity in women over 35 years of age leading to poor diabetes control and increasing risk of
heart disease and other complications.
The report highlighted the prevalence and distribution of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the country.
Based on "16 million anonymised responses to the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Scanner by Apollo 24/7, the report gives critical insights on trends in NCDs such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, COPD & asthma, obesity in different regions of the country", the group said in the statement.
The report also underscores the potential of AI and data analytics in prediction of risk and early identification as well as management of NCDs.
Data also indicated poor diabetes control in women with high cholesterol with a 0.5 increase in HbA1c diabetes marker levels, it said.
In hypertension, the study showed a national prevalence of high blood pressure at over 8.18 percent with a higher incidence in North and East India.
Data also indicated that adult males between the ages of 36 to 50 years have a 36 percent higher chance of developing hypertension than adult females in the same age range. Urban areas at 8.6 percent showed a higher incidence as compared to rural areas with 7.58 percent, it added.
Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and asthma showed an incidence similar to global numbers at 2 percent. Here, females between 36-50 years of age showed a 1.3 times higher chance of developing COPD as compared to males, the study claimed.
Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman,
Apollo Hospitals Group said, "The last year saw the country steadily building a bulwark against COVID-19 with a robust vaccination programme that led to a steady fall in the number of Covid cases.
"As we emerge from the shadow of Covid, it is imperative to bring the focus back on the pandemic of NCDs, a focus that faced a disruption impacting diagnosis and treatment for millions of patients".
It is the only way we will succeed against the multiple challenges we face today with the pandemic, a polluted planet, and an increasing incidence of diseases that form the theme for World Health Day 2022 is 'Our Planet, Our Health', he was quoted as saying in the statement.
The Health of the Nation study also looked at corporate employee data of about 35,000, where the average prevalence of at least one NCD in employees is about 56 per cent, it said.
The NCD risk factors of high cholesterol is prevalent in 48 per cent of employees and obesity in 18 per cent of employees. There is variability across sectors, indicating that more sedentary corporate settings should consider ways to help their employees proactively reduce these risks, the report claimed.
Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group, said, "NCDs are fuelled by many factors that include urban lifestyles with stress and unhealthy diets and an aging population.
"Study results, derived from 35,000 health checks done with the corporate in 2021, has also shown a high prevalence of NCDs among corporate employees. These insights will help us use technology to gain an upper hand in ensuring a healthy workforce". |
https://www.kttc.com/2022/04/06/police-least-5-gunmen-involved-sacramento-shooting/ | Police: At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
___
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. |
https://www.kttc.com/2022/04/06/police-least-5-gunmen-involved-sacramento-shooting/ | Police: At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
___
This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
___
Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
___
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
___
This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
___
Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. |
https://www.kttc.com/2022/04/06/police-least-5-gunmen-involved-sacramento-shooting/ | Police: At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
___
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
___
This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
___
Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
___
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
___
This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
___
Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
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https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/u.s.-sec-sues-over-bogus-%2413.8-bln-textron-takeover-bid | By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday sued the former head of a now-defunct British company for making a fraudulent bid to buy U.S. aerospace and defense company Textron Inc TXT.N for about $13.8 billion.
Melville ten Cate, 52, and his Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd, which claimed to produce high-speed unmanned aircraft systems, were "never positioned to make any legitimate offer for Textron," the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.
The regulator said ten Cate, a U.S. citizen then living in Europe, made overtures to Textron over nearly two years before placing a Nov. 9, 2020 advertisement in the New York Times offering to buy Textron shares at $60.50 each, a 56% premium.
The SEC also said ten Cate falsely claimed on Xcalibur's website to have lined up $11 billion in financing, and in an interview with SEC staff made false statements about the financing and Xcalibur's supposed ability to complete the tender offer.
The defendant could not immediately be reached for comment. The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.
Textron shares rose as much 15.9% after the offer, which the maker of Beechcraft and Cessna business jets dismissed as "fictitious." The Providence, Rhode Island-based company reported having 228.9 million shares at the time.
Tuesday's lawsuit seeks a civil fine, restrictions on securities transactions, and other remedies against ten Cate. A British court put Xcalibur into liquidation last July, the SEC said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
((jon.stempel@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6317; Reuters Messaging: jon.stempel.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. | 0 | 70,392 | 0.072685 | https://gazette.com/news/us-world/u-s-sec-sues-over-bogus-13-8-billion-textron-takeover-bid/article_b774f32f-7cdb-59c6-9d91-73b75eb03c64.html | 2022-04-05 16:51:16+00:00 | By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday sued the former head of a now-defunct British company for making a fraudulent bid to buy U.S. aerospace and defense company Textron Inc for about $13.8 billion.
Melville ten Cate, 52, and his Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd, which claimed to produce high-speed unmanned aircraft systems, were "never positioned to make any legitimate offer for Textron," the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.
The regulator said ten Cate, a U.S. citizen then living in Europe, made overtures to Textron over nearly two years before placing a Nov. 9, 2020 advertisement in the New York Times offering to buy Textron shares at $60.50 each, a 56% premium.
The SEC also said ten Cate falsely claimed on Xcalibur's website to have lined up $11 billion in financing, and in an interview with SEC staff made false statements about the financing and Xcalibur's supposed ability to complete the tender offer.
The defendant could not immediately be reached for comment. The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.
Textron shares rose as much 15.9% after the offer, which the maker of Beechcraft and Cessna business jets dismissed as "fictitious." The Providence, Rhode Island-based company reported having 228.9 million shares at the time.
Tuesday's lawsuit seeks a civil fine, restrictions on securities transactions, and other remedies against ten Cate. A British court put Xcalibur into liquidation last July, the SEC said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot) |
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/u.s.-sec-sues-over-bogus-%2413.8-bln-textron-takeover-bid | By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday sued the former head of a now-defunct British company for making a fraudulent bid to buy U.S. aerospace and defense company Textron Inc TXT.N for about $13.8 billion.
Melville ten Cate, 52, and his Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd, which claimed to produce high-speed unmanned aircraft systems, were "never positioned to make any legitimate offer for Textron," the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.
The regulator said ten Cate, a U.S. citizen then living in Europe, made overtures to Textron over nearly two years before placing a Nov. 9, 2020 advertisement in the New York Times offering to buy Textron shares at $60.50 each, a 56% premium.
The SEC also said ten Cate falsely claimed on Xcalibur's website to have lined up $11 billion in financing, and in an interview with SEC staff made false statements about the financing and Xcalibur's supposed ability to complete the tender offer.
The defendant could not immediately be reached for comment. The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.
Textron shares rose as much 15.9% after the offer, which the maker of Beechcraft and Cessna business jets dismissed as "fictitious." The Providence, Rhode Island-based company reported having 228.9 million shares at the time.
Tuesday's lawsuit seeks a civil fine, restrictions on securities transactions, and other remedies against ten Cate. A British court put Xcalibur into liquidation last July, the SEC said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
((jon.stempel@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6317; Reuters Messaging: jon.stempel.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. | 1 | 85,940 | 0.072685 | https://denvergazette.com/news/nation-world/u-s-sec-sues-over-bogus-13-8-billion-textron-takeover-bid/article_93de33da-75ca-5adf-89c5-776a57c54134.html | 2022-04-05 17:55:41+00:00 | By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday sued the former head of a now-defunct British company for making a fraudulent bid to buy U.S. aerospace and defense company Textron Inc for about $13.8 billion.
Melville ten Cate, 52, and his Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd, which claimed to produce high-speed unmanned aircraft systems, were "never positioned to make any legitimate offer for Textron," the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.
The regulator said ten Cate, a U.S. citizen then living in Europe, made overtures to Textron over nearly two years before placing a Nov. 9, 2020 advertisement in the New York Times offering to buy Textron shares at $60.50 each, a 56% premium.
The SEC also said ten Cate falsely claimed on Xcalibur's website to have lined up $11 billion in financing, and in an interview with SEC staff made false statements about the financing and Xcalibur's supposed ability to complete the tender offer.
The defendant could not immediately be reached for comment. The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.
Textron shares rose as much 15.9% after the offer, which the maker of Beechcraft and Cessna business jets dismissed as "fictitious." The Providence, Rhode Island-based company reported having 228.9 million shares at the time.
Tuesday's lawsuit seeks a civil fine, restrictions on securities transactions, and other remedies against ten Cate. A British court put Xcalibur into liquidation last July, the SEC said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot) |
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/u.s.-sec-sues-over-bogus-%2413.8-bln-textron-takeover-bid | By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday sued the former head of a now-defunct British company for making a fraudulent bid to buy U.S. aerospace and defense company Textron Inc TXT.N for about $13.8 billion.
Melville ten Cate, 52, and his Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd, which claimed to produce high-speed unmanned aircraft systems, were "never positioned to make any legitimate offer for Textron," the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.
The regulator said ten Cate, a U.S. citizen then living in Europe, made overtures to Textron over nearly two years before placing a Nov. 9, 2020 advertisement in the New York Times offering to buy Textron shares at $60.50 each, a 56% premium.
The SEC also said ten Cate falsely claimed on Xcalibur's website to have lined up $11 billion in financing, and in an interview with SEC staff made false statements about the financing and Xcalibur's supposed ability to complete the tender offer.
The defendant could not immediately be reached for comment. The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.
Textron shares rose as much 15.9% after the offer, which the maker of Beechcraft and Cessna business jets dismissed as "fictitious." The Providence, Rhode Island-based company reported having 228.9 million shares at the time.
Tuesday's lawsuit seeks a civil fine, restrictions on securities transactions, and other remedies against ten Cate. A British court put Xcalibur into liquidation last July, the SEC said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot)
((jon.stempel@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6317; Reuters Messaging: jon.stempel.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. | 2 | 97,240 | 0.072685 | https://gazette.com/u-s-sec-sues-over-bogus-13-8-billion-textron-takeover-bid/article_b774f32f-7cdb-59c6-9d91-73b75eb03c64.html | 2022-04-05 18:40:09+00:00 | By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator on Tuesday sued the former head of a now-defunct British company for making a fraudulent bid to buy U.S. aerospace and defense company Textron Inc for about $13.8 billion.
Melville ten Cate, 52, and his Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd, which claimed to produce high-speed unmanned aircraft systems, were "never positioned to make any legitimate offer for Textron," the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court.
The regulator said ten Cate, a U.S. citizen then living in Europe, made overtures to Textron over nearly two years before placing a Nov. 9, 2020 advertisement in the New York Times offering to buy Textron shares at $60.50 each, a 56% premium.
The SEC also said ten Cate falsely claimed on Xcalibur's website to have lined up $11 billion in financing, and in an interview with SEC staff made false statements about the financing and Xcalibur's supposed ability to complete the tender offer.
The defendant could not immediately be reached for comment. The SEC did not immediately respond to a request for additional information.
Textron shares rose as much 15.9% after the offer, which the maker of Beechcraft and Cessna business jets dismissed as "fictitious." The Providence, Rhode Island-based company reported having 228.9 million shares at the time.
Tuesday's lawsuit seeks a civil fine, restrictions on securities transactions, and other remedies against ten Cate. A British court put Xcalibur into liquidation last July, the SEC said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot) |
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Need Help? Call us at 1800 811 855 | 2 | 85,189 | 0.935449 | https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsquest-closes-the-national-wales/ | 2022-09-01 05:00:38+00:00 | Newsquest is closing its news website for Wales, The National, 18 months after it launched.
Its regional editor said the site had become “unsustainable” following subscription declines and claimed competition from free news providers including the BBC had stymied growth attempts.
Gavin Thompson, who served both as The National Wales’ regional editor and editor of the South Wales Argus, announced in an article on Wednesday that it was to be the site’s final day in operation.
In the article, Thompson hailed The National for having “covered issues few others cared about and told stories no one else would”.
Press Gazette understands there is expected to be one redundancy because of the closure. Newsquest’s Welsh-language national news site Corgi Cymru will continue to publish.
The National Wales launched as a website on 1 March 2021 – St David’s Day – shortly after rival Herald News UK launched its own Wales-wide effort, herald.wales. Newsquest’s venture intended to cover Welsh national news from a Welsh perspective and so offer an alternative to coverage by England-based publications.
Six weeks after launch The National Wales established a weekly newspaper on the back of “an overwhelming positive response” to its promotional pop-up print runs, but the paper edition was shuttered after seven months, with the title saying it wanted to focus its efforts on getting digital subscriptions.
“The National was created to be primarily a subscriptions site,” Thompson wrote in his farewell article. “Not being solely dependent on big audiences needed for advertising would give us space to tell important, sometimes complex stories…
“Sadly, this year we’ve seen subscriptions fall. It’s hard for everyone right now and we understand that. But it means the site has become unsustainable.”
Huw Marshall, who was until its closure publisher of The National Wales, wrote online that the Newsquest title had been “growing at a rate that would have delivered profitability”, but that at the start of 2022 “the cost of living crisis took its toll [and] subscription growth slowed then reversed as the public started facing difficult financial choices”.
Marshall said he is now establishing an independent not-for-profit co-operative to be named Talking Wales.
“The lessons learnt from The National have been numerous and those insights will be put to good use.”
In a comment provided to Press Gazette by Newsquest, Thompson cited the BBC as a squeeze on The National Wales’ subscriber count.
“Despite the best efforts and dedication of the team, competition from free news outlets including BBC Wales online means The National Wales has not been able to grow its paying subscriber base to a sustainable level.”
Press Gazette understands one The National staffer will move elsewhere within Newsquest, another will retain their other role at Corgi Cymru and a third is facing redundancy.
In its final run of articles The National published retrospectives on its 18 months of opinion, history, sport and campaigning output. The announcement of the closure prompted praise from Welsh politicians and journalists in Wales and elsewhere.
A sad day for media plurality in the UK. We will miss working with @nationalwales and wish our friends there all the very best https://t.co/wd1O0LAOxE
— Emily Wilson (@EmilyWilsonUK) August 31, 2022
Diwrnod trist i newyddion yng Nghymru. Diolch i'r @nationalwales a'r holl gyfranogwyr am eu gwaith dros y deunaw mis diwethaf. Bydd bwlch ar eich ôl.
A sad day for Welsh journalism, diolch @nationalwales. https://t.co/6UOSpUzMtu
— Cefin Campbell AS/MS 🏴 (@cefincampbell) August 31, 2022
It is a great loss that @nationalwales will cease operations today.
The newspaper and its journalists made a hugely valuable contribution to Welsh journalism & provided robust scrutiny to the Welsh Government and opposition where it is desperately needed.
— Jane Dodds AS/MS 🔶🏴 (@DoddsJane) August 30, 2022
In June Newsquest announced profits of £45.2m in the year to 31 December 2021, a period that also saw average editorial staff numbers drop from 643 to 571.
Newsquest’s parent company Gannett, meanwhile, announced early in August that in Q2 2022 its revenues had declined 7% year-on-year to approximately $749m (£644m) while operating costs rose 1% to $770m (£662m).
The glum financial update was followed by layoffs, which Poynter tallied to at least 70 terminations across 54 US newsrooms as of 18 August. |
https://www.wfmz.com/weather/a-soaking-rain-on-the-way-thursday-gradually-drying-out-by-friday/article_84ab0136-b5d6-11ec-8846-a30adb371045.html | After a nice start to the week, round one of rain came through late last night into the first half of today. We'll have a bit of a break from the steady rain, at least through this evening. There will be some spotty drizzle or an isolated shower tonight. A cold front will work from west to east across the northeast will bring back rain chances Thursday, especially by the afternoon. This time around we could also see an isolated thunderstorm and a few downpours - so, overall expect a good soaking rain Thursday. A few showers are possible Friday and Saturday before things finally start to dry out and temperatures will turn up to near 70 early next week.
TONIGHT
Expect mostly cloudy skies and a damp, dreary feel with spotty drizzle and showers. Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s amid breezy easterly winds.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Another round of rain will return Thursday by midday or early afternoon. Expect a steadier rain Thursday afternoon with some embedded thunderstorms which will continue into Thursday evening. The wet weather will finally wrap up and should exit by Friday as the aforementioned front slowly works offshore, however, a broad upper level trough will slowly build in in the wake of the front, and this will lead to a mostly cloudy Friday with still a slight chance for a shower, especially during the afternoon.
WEEKEND
Finally some much welcomed dry time will return over the weekend! There could be a few passing showers Saturday but Sunday looks to be mostly dry. Temperatures will be slightly cooler with highs in the middle to lower 50s with nights in the middle and upper 30s. It'll also be breezy both days but nothing to be a big nuisance.
TRACK THE WEATHER: | 0 | 15,737 | 0.30264 | https://www.wfmz.com/weather/more-rain-today-some-of-which-will-come-down-heavy-at-times/article_6eefd902-b658-11ec-8a94-c7cfa95e7130.html | 2022-04-07 11:27:33+00:00 | After a round of rain came through Wednesday, we await a cold front Thursday. This front will work from west to east across the northeast will bring back rain on Thursday, some of which will come down heavy at times. This time around we could also see an isolated thunderstorm and a few downpours - so, overall expect a good soaking rain Thursday. A shower is possible Friday and Saturday before things finally start to dry out and temperatures turn up to near 70 early next week.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Another round of rain will return Thursday, some of which can come down heavy at times along with breezy conditions. There can also be rumbles of thunder in some locations into Thursday evening. The wet weather will finally wrap up and should exit later tonight. By Friday, as the aforementioned front slowly works offshore there could still be a spotty shower during the afternoon. Expect temperatures topping out around 60 degrees with a breeze at times.
WEEKEND
Finally some much welcomed dry time will return over the weekend! There could be a passing shower Saturday, but Sunday looks to be mostly dry. Temperatures will be slightly cooler with highs in the middle to lower 50s with nights in the middle and upper 30s. It'll also be breezy both days but nothing to be a big nuisance. |
https://www.wfmz.com/weather/a-soaking-rain-on-the-way-thursday-gradually-drying-out-by-friday/article_84ab0136-b5d6-11ec-8846-a30adb371045.html | After a nice start to the week, round one of rain came through late last night into the first half of today. We'll have a bit of a break from the steady rain, at least through this evening. There will be some spotty drizzle or an isolated shower tonight. A cold front will work from west to east across the northeast will bring back rain chances Thursday, especially by the afternoon. This time around we could also see an isolated thunderstorm and a few downpours - so, overall expect a good soaking rain Thursday. A few showers are possible Friday and Saturday before things finally start to dry out and temperatures will turn up to near 70 early next week.
TONIGHT
Expect mostly cloudy skies and a damp, dreary feel with spotty drizzle and showers. Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s amid breezy easterly winds.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Another round of rain will return Thursday by midday or early afternoon. Expect a steadier rain Thursday afternoon with some embedded thunderstorms which will continue into Thursday evening. The wet weather will finally wrap up and should exit by Friday as the aforementioned front slowly works offshore, however, a broad upper level trough will slowly build in in the wake of the front, and this will lead to a mostly cloudy Friday with still a slight chance for a shower, especially during the afternoon.
WEEKEND
Finally some much welcomed dry time will return over the weekend! There could be a few passing showers Saturday but Sunday looks to be mostly dry. Temperatures will be slightly cooler with highs in the middle to lower 50s with nights in the middle and upper 30s. It'll also be breezy both days but nothing to be a big nuisance.
TRACK THE WEATHER: | 1 | 78,022 | 0.344257 | https://www.kptv.com/2022/06/08/wet-weather-returns-thursday/ | 2022-06-08 23:37:25+00:00 | Wet Weather Returns Thursday
It was another warm, nice day and we stayed dry! For the rest of the night, we’ll see clouds ranging between partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, with mild overnight lows again in the mid to upper 50s.
Tomorrow expect some sunbreaks early in the morning, with clouds increasing through the morning. By afternoon it will be cloudy, but we’ll see another day with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Along the coast tomorrow we will see showers already in the morning up north, with showers increasing south throughout the day. Those showers will move inland by late afternoon to early evening. We will see a wet night from there, with showers and steady rain at times. Those showers will continue into Friday, with some afternoon rain, which could bring some heavier downpours at times as well. Temperatures will begin to cool Friday.
Saturday and Sunday will also be showery days with cooler temperatures. Highs Saturday through Monday will only be in the low 70s to upper 60s. By Monday we will likely see some drier conditions, but a few showers look like they will linger early on in the day.
Tuesday and Wednesday look much drier and there’s a good chance of getting some nice sunshine both days. Temperatures will be warming back up to around average Wednesday.
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https://www.wfmz.com/weather/a-soaking-rain-on-the-way-thursday-gradually-drying-out-by-friday/article_84ab0136-b5d6-11ec-8846-a30adb371045.html | After a nice start to the week, round one of rain came through late last night into the first half of today. We'll have a bit of a break from the steady rain, at least through this evening. There will be some spotty drizzle or an isolated shower tonight. A cold front will work from west to east across the northeast will bring back rain chances Thursday, especially by the afternoon. This time around we could also see an isolated thunderstorm and a few downpours - so, overall expect a good soaking rain Thursday. A few showers are possible Friday and Saturday before things finally start to dry out and temperatures will turn up to near 70 early next week.
TONIGHT
Expect mostly cloudy skies and a damp, dreary feel with spotty drizzle and showers. Temperatures will fall into the upper 40s amid breezy easterly winds.
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Another round of rain will return Thursday by midday or early afternoon. Expect a steadier rain Thursday afternoon with some embedded thunderstorms which will continue into Thursday evening. The wet weather will finally wrap up and should exit by Friday as the aforementioned front slowly works offshore, however, a broad upper level trough will slowly build in in the wake of the front, and this will lead to a mostly cloudy Friday with still a slight chance for a shower, especially during the afternoon.
WEEKEND
Finally some much welcomed dry time will return over the weekend! There could be a few passing showers Saturday but Sunday looks to be mostly dry. Temperatures will be slightly cooler with highs in the middle to lower 50s with nights in the middle and upper 30s. It'll also be breezy both days but nothing to be a big nuisance.
TRACK THE WEATHER: | 2 | 56,607 | 0.388088 | https://www.waow.com/weather/forecast/on-and-off-rain-moving-forward/article_4b499d9e-1e6d-11ed-9365-7ff0567cd715.html | 2022-08-17 22:26:28+00:00 | We had another mostly dry day today with plenty of sunshine and just a few passing light showers to the northwest. While we aren't tracking any significant rain system with string thunderstorms you will likely find yourself under off and on showers the next few days. Individual rain totals will be light, however from now through the weekend we could accumulate an inch of rain with multiple rounds of showers and storms.
Tonight: Scattered clouds with a chance of spotty rain.
Low: 60 Wind: Light SW
Thursday: A bit humid with a mix of clouds and sun. A 60% chance of scattered showers or isolated storms.
High: 79 Wind: SW around 10
Thursday Night: Partly or mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers.
Low: 62
Friday: Increasing clouds and somewhat humid with a good chance of showers and isolated t-storms, especially in the afternoon.
High: 78
Saturday: Partly to mostly cloudy and still a bit humid with periodic rain and a few thunderstorms likely, especially in the afternoon.
High: 75
It may be a good idea to throw your umbrella or rain jacket in your car over the next few days as we are tracking multiple rounds of scattered rain. The first round following tonight could be as early as Thursday morning. Much of the rainfall activity on Thursday will be light and scattered. Throughout he day there will also be intervals of sun and clouds - not nearly as bright as early this week. We have live radar 24/7 on our Stormtrack 9 weather app so if you want to head outside it may be a good idea to check for a nearby shower/storm. Thursday will be a bit humid in the upper 70s and with increasing clouds to Friday, remain on the mild side overnight.
Friday and Saturday will have our highest chance of rain. Much like Thursday, most activity will be scattered so make sure to keep an eye out for changes throughout the day. It does however look like most of the activity will be isolated to the afternoon hours of each day. We are expecting a chance of thunderstorm development as well which could have an impact on outdoor plans, however no severe weather is expected. The cloud cover and potential rain will likely have a small impact on the temperature, so expect highs to drop to the mid 70s by Saturday.
Sunday may begin with a few light rain showers however conditions should clear by midday or at least the early afternoon. Sunday afternoon will be nice with partly cloudy skies and highs in the mid to upper 70s. The pleasant pattern wont stop overnight either as Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week all look very nice!
Have a great second half the week! Meteorologist Jackson Garlock
1969 - Camille, the second worst hurricane in U.S. history, smashed into the Mississippi coast. Winds gusted to 172 mph at Main Pass Block LA, and to 190 mph near Bay Saint Louis MS. The hurricane claimed 256 lives, and caused 1.3 billion dollars damage. Several ocean going ships were carried over seven miles inland by the hurricane. The hurricane produced winds to 200 mph, and a storm surge of 24.6 feet. Complete destruction occurred in some coastal areas near the eye of the hurricane. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
On this day in weather history:
Tonight: Scattered clouds with a chance of spotty rain.
Low: 60 Wind: Light SW
Thursday: A bit humid with a mix of clouds and sun. A 40% chance of scattered showers or isolated storms.
High: 79 Wind: SW around 10
Thursday Night: Partly or mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers.
Low: 62
Friday: Increasing clouds and somewhat humid with a good chance of showers and isolated t-storms, especially in the afternoon.
High: 78
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High: 75 |
https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-A-look-at-West-s-escalating-sanctions-17062128.php | The United States and European allies are again escalating sanctions on Russia after the discovery of evidence that Russian troops executed civilians in a town near Kyiv.
New penalties moved even closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, targeting two of his adult daughters. The U.S., United Kingdom and the European Union prepared other steps including an embargo against Russian coal.
Pressure in the West for new sanctions rose in recent days after videos and photographs emerged of bodies laying in the streets of Bucha after Ukrainian forces regained control from retreating Russians. Some of the victims had their hands bound and were shot in the head, and satellite images indicated they had been in the streets since mid-March, when the Russian military still occupied the town.
“I made clear that Russia would pay a severe and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden said in a tweet after the White House said he will sign an executive order banning all new investment in Russia.
Sanctions imposed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February have damaged Russia’s economy but failed to stop the war.
Here’s a look at some of the sanctions now in place. Combined, they add up to some of the toughest penalties imposed on any nation short of military action.
LATEST MOVES
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Putin’s two adult daughters — cutting off all of his close family members from the U.S. financial system and freezing any assets they might hold in the U.S. The same measures were taken against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former President Dmitry Medvedev and others.
Washington also acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and the U.S. and its allies plan to ban all new investment in Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to block any Russian government debt payments with U.S. dollars from accounts at American financial institutions — a step designed to make it difficult for Russia to meet financial obligations.
NEXT STEPS?
In Brussels, the European Commission proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. If adopted, it would be the first EU sanctions to target Russia’s critical energy industry.
The United States has already banned Russian oil and natural gas, but Europe has hesitated — it is far more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, and sanctions are likely to drive up costs on European consumers and businesses. Germany has long opposed a ban on Russian natural gas. So has Hungary and its president, a Putin ally who is bending to Russian demands to pay for gas imports with rubles.
The EU's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said Europe is paying Russia a billion euros ($1.09 billion) a day for energy, helping finance Russia's war effort and dwarfing the aid that Europe is giving Ukraine.
Europe is also considering banning Russian ships from EU ports — Russian aircraft are already barred from European airspace — and banning the export to Russia of quantum computers, advanced semiconductors and other machinery and high-tech equipment.
Some European leaders say the proposals don't go far enough. Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tweeted that a coal ban, sanctions against a few banks, and barring Russian ships “is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. A feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities.”
OLIGARCHS
Also Wednesday, the Biden administration charged a Russian oligarch with violating earlier sanctions that the U.S. imposed after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, which included barring U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Russian media baron Konstantin Malofeyev. Officials said that Malofeyev used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
A former CNBC and Fox News employee was arrested last month in London for working as a television producer for Malofeyev.
Previous sanctions had targeted other people close to Putin, including Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a team of federal agents and prosecutors to pursue wealthy Russians or anyone else who aids Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or uses cryptocurrency to help Russia evade sanctions. The team, called Task Force Kleptocapture, was set up to seize assets belonging to oligarchs.
On Monday, in the Mediterranean port of Palma de Mallorca, U.S. agents and Spain’s Civil Guard seized a 254-foot (78-meter) yacht owned by an oligarch and Putin ally whom the Justice Department accuses of violating laws on bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions. A boating website called Superyachtfan.com valued the ship, called Tango, at $120 million. | 0 | 121,134 | 0 | https://wtop.com/russia-ukraine-war-news/2022/04/explainer-a-look-at-wests-escalating-sanctions-on-russia/ | 2022-04-06 19:10:43+00:00 | The United States and European allies are again escalating sanctions on Russia after the discovery of evidence that Russian troops executed civilians in a town near Kyiv.
New penalties moved even closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, targeting two of his adult daughters. The U.S., United Kingdom and the European Union prepared other steps including an embargo against Russian coal.
Pressure in the West for new sanctions rose in recent days after videos and photographs emerged of bodies laying in the streets of Bucha after Ukrainian forces regained control from retreating Russians. Some of the victims had their hands bound and were shot in the head, and satellite images indicated they had been in the streets since mid-March, when the Russian military still occupied the town.
“I made clear that Russia would pay a severe and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden said in a tweet after the White House said he will sign an executive order banning all new investment in Russia.
Sanctions imposed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February have damaged Russia’s economy but failed to stop the war.
Here’s a look at some of the sanctions now in place. Combined, they add up to some of the toughest penalties imposed on any nation short of military action.
LATEST MOVES
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Putin’s two adult daughters — cutting off all of his close family members from the U.S. financial system and freezing any assets they might hold in the U.S. The same measures were taken against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former President Dmitry Medvedev and others.
Washington also acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and the U.S. and its allies plan to ban all new investment in Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to block any Russian government debt payments with U.S. dollars from accounts at American financial institutions — a step designed to make it difficult for Russia to meet financial obligations.
NEXT STEPS?
In Brussels, the European Commission proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. If adopted, it would be the first EU sanctions to target Russia’s critical energy industry.
The United States has already banned Russian oil and natural gas, but Europe has hesitated — it is far more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, and sanctions are likely to drive up costs on European consumers and businesses. Germany has long opposed a ban on Russian natural gas. So has Hungary and its president, a Putin ally who is bending to Russian demands to pay for gas imports with rubles.
The EU’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said Europe is paying Russia a billion euros ($1.09 billion) a day for energy, helping finance Russia’s war effort and dwarfing the aid that Europe is giving Ukraine.
Europe is also considering banning Russian ships from EU ports — Russian aircraft are already barred from European airspace — and banning the export to Russia of quantum computers, advanced semiconductors and other machinery and high-tech equipment.
Some European leaders say the proposals don’t go far enough. Lithuania’s foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tweeted that a coal ban, sanctions against a few banks, and barring Russian ships “is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. A feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities.”
OLIGARCHS
Also Wednesday, the Biden administration charged a Russian oligarch with violating earlier sanctions that the U.S. imposed after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, which included barring U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Russian media baron Konstantin Malofeyev. Officials said that Malofeyev used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
A former CNBC and Fox News employee was arrested last month in London for working as a television producer for Malofeyev.
Previous sanctions had targeted other people close to Putin, including Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a team of federal agents and prosecutors to pursue wealthy Russians or anyone else who aids Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or uses cryptocurrency to help Russia evade sanctions. The team, called Task Force Kleptocapture, was set up to seize assets belonging to oligarchs.
On Monday, in the Mediterranean port of Palma de Mallorca, U.S. agents and Spain’s Civil Guard seized a 254-foot (78-meter) yacht owned by an oligarch and Putin ally whom the Justice Department accuses of violating laws on bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions. A boating website called Superyachtfan.com valued the ship, called Tango, at $120 million.
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https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-A-look-at-West-s-escalating-sanctions-17062128.php | The United States and European allies are again escalating sanctions on Russia after the discovery of evidence that Russian troops executed civilians in a town near Kyiv.
New penalties moved even closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, targeting two of his adult daughters. The U.S., United Kingdom and the European Union prepared other steps including an embargo against Russian coal.
Pressure in the West for new sanctions rose in recent days after videos and photographs emerged of bodies laying in the streets of Bucha after Ukrainian forces regained control from retreating Russians. Some of the victims had their hands bound and were shot in the head, and satellite images indicated they had been in the streets since mid-March, when the Russian military still occupied the town.
“I made clear that Russia would pay a severe and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden said in a tweet after the White House said he will sign an executive order banning all new investment in Russia.
Sanctions imposed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February have damaged Russia’s economy but failed to stop the war.
Here’s a look at some of the sanctions now in place. Combined, they add up to some of the toughest penalties imposed on any nation short of military action.
LATEST MOVES
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Putin’s two adult daughters — cutting off all of his close family members from the U.S. financial system and freezing any assets they might hold in the U.S. The same measures were taken against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former President Dmitry Medvedev and others.
Washington also acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and the U.S. and its allies plan to ban all new investment in Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to block any Russian government debt payments with U.S. dollars from accounts at American financial institutions — a step designed to make it difficult for Russia to meet financial obligations.
NEXT STEPS?
In Brussels, the European Commission proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. If adopted, it would be the first EU sanctions to target Russia’s critical energy industry.
The United States has already banned Russian oil and natural gas, but Europe has hesitated — it is far more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, and sanctions are likely to drive up costs on European consumers and businesses. Germany has long opposed a ban on Russian natural gas. So has Hungary and its president, a Putin ally who is bending to Russian demands to pay for gas imports with rubles.
The EU's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said Europe is paying Russia a billion euros ($1.09 billion) a day for energy, helping finance Russia's war effort and dwarfing the aid that Europe is giving Ukraine.
Europe is also considering banning Russian ships from EU ports — Russian aircraft are already barred from European airspace — and banning the export to Russia of quantum computers, advanced semiconductors and other machinery and high-tech equipment.
Some European leaders say the proposals don't go far enough. Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tweeted that a coal ban, sanctions against a few banks, and barring Russian ships “is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. A feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities.”
OLIGARCHS
Also Wednesday, the Biden administration charged a Russian oligarch with violating earlier sanctions that the U.S. imposed after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, which included barring U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Russian media baron Konstantin Malofeyev. Officials said that Malofeyev used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
A former CNBC and Fox News employee was arrested last month in London for working as a television producer for Malofeyev.
Previous sanctions had targeted other people close to Putin, including Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a team of federal agents and prosecutors to pursue wealthy Russians or anyone else who aids Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or uses cryptocurrency to help Russia evade sanctions. The team, called Task Force Kleptocapture, was set up to seize assets belonging to oligarchs.
On Monday, in the Mediterranean port of Palma de Mallorca, U.S. agents and Spain’s Civil Guard seized a 254-foot (78-meter) yacht owned by an oligarch and Putin ally whom the Justice Department accuses of violating laws on bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions. A boating website called Superyachtfan.com valued the ship, called Tango, at $120 million. | 1 | 122,413 | 0 | https://www.news4jax.com/news/politics/2022/04/06/explainer-a-look-at-wests-escalating-sanctions-on-russia/ | 2022-04-06 19:15:58+00:00 | The United States and European allies are again escalating sanctions on Russia after the discovery of evidence that Russian troops executed civilians in a town near Kyiv.
New penalties moved even closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, targeting two of his adult daughters. The U.S., United Kingdom and the European Union prepared other steps including an embargo against Russian coal.
Pressure in the West for new sanctions rose in recent days after videos and photographs emerged of bodies laying in the streets of Bucha after Ukrainian forces regained control from retreating Russians. Some of the victims had their hands bound and were shot in the head, and satellite images indicated they had been in the streets since mid-March, when the Russian military still occupied the town.
“I made clear that Russia would pay a severe and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden said in a tweet after the White House said he will sign an executive order banning all new investment in Russia.
Sanctions imposed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February have damaged Russia’s economy but failed to stop the war.
Here’s a look at some of the sanctions now in place. Combined, they add up to some of the toughest penalties imposed on any nation short of military action.
LATEST MOVES
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Putin’s two adult daughters — cutting off all of his close family members from the U.S. financial system and freezing any assets they might hold in the U.S. The same measures were taken against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former President Dmitry Medvedev and others.
Washington also acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and the U.S. and its allies plan to ban all new investment in Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to block any Russian government debt payments with U.S. dollars from accounts at American financial institutions — a step designed to make it difficult for Russia to meet financial obligations.
NEXT STEPS?
In Brussels, the European Commission proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. If adopted, it would be the first EU sanctions to target Russia’s critical energy industry.
The United States has already banned Russian oil and natural gas, but Europe has hesitated — it is far more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, and sanctions are likely to drive up costs on European consumers and businesses. Germany has long opposed a ban on Russian natural gas. So has Hungary and its president, a Putin ally who is bending to Russian demands to pay for gas imports with rubles.
The EU's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said Europe is paying Russia a billion euros ($1.09 billion) a day for energy, helping finance Russia's war effort and dwarfing the aid that Europe is giving Ukraine.
Europe is also considering banning Russian ships from EU ports — Russian aircraft are already barred from European airspace — and banning the export to Russia of quantum computers, advanced semiconductors and other machinery and high-tech equipment.
Some European leaders say the proposals don't go far enough. Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tweeted that a coal ban, sanctions against a few banks, and barring Russian ships “is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. A feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities.”
OLIGARCHS
Also Wednesday, the Biden administration charged a Russian oligarch with violating earlier sanctions that the U.S. imposed after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, which included barring U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Russian media baron Konstantin Malofeyev. Officials said that Malofeyev used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
A former CNBC and Fox News employee was arrested last month in London for working as a television producer for Malofeyev.
Previous sanctions had targeted other people close to Putin, including Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a team of federal agents and prosecutors to pursue wealthy Russians or anyone else who aids Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or uses cryptocurrency to help Russia evade sanctions. The team, called Task Force Kleptocapture, was set up to seize assets belonging to oligarchs.
On Monday, in the Mediterranean port of Palma de Mallorca, U.S. agents and Spain’s Civil Guard seized a 254-foot (78-meter) yacht owned by an oligarch and Putin ally whom the Justice Department accuses of violating laws on bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions. A boating website called Superyachtfan.com valued the ship, called Tango, at $120 million. |
https://www.theheraldreview.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-A-look-at-West-s-escalating-sanctions-17062128.php | The United States and European allies are again escalating sanctions on Russia after the discovery of evidence that Russian troops executed civilians in a town near Kyiv.
New penalties moved even closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, targeting two of his adult daughters. The U.S., United Kingdom and the European Union prepared other steps including an embargo against Russian coal.
Pressure in the West for new sanctions rose in recent days after videos and photographs emerged of bodies laying in the streets of Bucha after Ukrainian forces regained control from retreating Russians. Some of the victims had their hands bound and were shot in the head, and satellite images indicated they had been in the streets since mid-March, when the Russian military still occupied the town.
“I made clear that Russia would pay a severe and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden said in a tweet after the White House said he will sign an executive order banning all new investment in Russia.
Sanctions imposed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February have damaged Russia’s economy but failed to stop the war.
Here’s a look at some of the sanctions now in place. Combined, they add up to some of the toughest penalties imposed on any nation short of military action.
LATEST MOVES
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Putin’s two adult daughters — cutting off all of his close family members from the U.S. financial system and freezing any assets they might hold in the U.S. The same measures were taken against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former President Dmitry Medvedev and others.
Washington also acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and the U.S. and its allies plan to ban all new investment in Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to block any Russian government debt payments with U.S. dollars from accounts at American financial institutions — a step designed to make it difficult for Russia to meet financial obligations.
NEXT STEPS?
In Brussels, the European Commission proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. If adopted, it would be the first EU sanctions to target Russia’s critical energy industry.
The United States has already banned Russian oil and natural gas, but Europe has hesitated — it is far more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, and sanctions are likely to drive up costs on European consumers and businesses. Germany has long opposed a ban on Russian natural gas. So has Hungary and its president, a Putin ally who is bending to Russian demands to pay for gas imports with rubles.
The EU's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said Europe is paying Russia a billion euros ($1.09 billion) a day for energy, helping finance Russia's war effort and dwarfing the aid that Europe is giving Ukraine.
Europe is also considering banning Russian ships from EU ports — Russian aircraft are already barred from European airspace — and banning the export to Russia of quantum computers, advanced semiconductors and other machinery and high-tech equipment.
Some European leaders say the proposals don't go far enough. Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tweeted that a coal ban, sanctions against a few banks, and barring Russian ships “is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. A feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities.”
OLIGARCHS
Also Wednesday, the Biden administration charged a Russian oligarch with violating earlier sanctions that the U.S. imposed after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, which included barring U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Russian media baron Konstantin Malofeyev. Officials said that Malofeyev used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
A former CNBC and Fox News employee was arrested last month in London for working as a television producer for Malofeyev.
Previous sanctions had targeted other people close to Putin, including Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a team of federal agents and prosecutors to pursue wealthy Russians or anyone else who aids Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or uses cryptocurrency to help Russia evade sanctions. The team, called Task Force Kleptocapture, was set up to seize assets belonging to oligarchs.
On Monday, in the Mediterranean port of Palma de Mallorca, U.S. agents and Spain’s Civil Guard seized a 254-foot (78-meter) yacht owned by an oligarch and Putin ally whom the Justice Department accuses of violating laws on bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions. A boating website called Superyachtfan.com valued the ship, called Tango, at $120 million. | 2 | 123,279 | 0 | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-A-look-at-West-s-escalating-sanctions-17062128.php | 2022-04-06 19:19:37+00:00 | The United States and European allies are again escalating sanctions on Russia after the discovery of evidence that Russian troops executed civilians in a town near Kyiv.
New penalties moved even closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, targeting two of his adult daughters. The U.S., United Kingdom and the European Union prepared other steps including an embargo against Russian coal.
Pressure in the West for new sanctions rose in recent days after videos and photographs emerged of bodies laying in the streets of Bucha after Ukrainian forces regained control from retreating Russians. Some of the victims had their hands bound and were shot in the head, and satellite images indicated they had been in the streets since mid-March, when the Russian military still occupied the town.
“I made clear that Russia would pay a severe and immediate price for its atrocities in Bucha,” President Joe Biden said in a tweet after the White House said he will sign an executive order banning all new investment in Russia.
Sanctions imposed since Russia invaded Ukraine in February have damaged Russia’s economy but failed to stop the war.
Here’s a look at some of the sanctions now in place. Combined, they add up to some of the toughest penalties imposed on any nation short of military action.
LATEST MOVES
The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Putin’s two adult daughters — cutting off all of his close family members from the U.S. financial system and freezing any assets they might hold in the U.S. The same measures were taken against Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former President Dmitry Medvedev and others.
Washington also acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, and the U.S. and its allies plan to ban all new investment in Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to block any Russian government debt payments with U.S. dollars from accounts at American financial institutions — a step designed to make it difficult for Russia to meet financial obligations.
NEXT STEPS?
In Brussels, the European Commission proposed a ban on coal imports from Russia. If adopted, it would be the first EU sanctions to target Russia’s critical energy industry.
The United States has already banned Russian oil and natural gas, but Europe has hesitated — it is far more dependent than the U.S. on Russian energy, and sanctions are likely to drive up costs on European consumers and businesses. Germany has long opposed a ban on Russian natural gas. So has Hungary and its president, a Putin ally who is bending to Russian demands to pay for gas imports with rubles.
The EU's foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said Europe is paying Russia a billion euros ($1.09 billion) a day for energy, helping finance Russia's war effort and dwarfing the aid that Europe is giving Ukraine.
Europe is also considering banning Russian ships from EU ports — Russian aircraft are already barred from European airspace — and banning the export to Russia of quantum computers, advanced semiconductors and other machinery and high-tech equipment.
Some European leaders say the proposals don't go far enough. Lithuania's foreign minister, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tweeted that a coal ban, sanctions against a few banks, and barring Russian ships “is not really an adequate sanctions package to the massacres that are being uncovered. A feeble response is just an invitation for more atrocities.”
OLIGARCHS
Also Wednesday, the Biden administration charged a Russian oligarch with violating earlier sanctions that the U.S. imposed after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, which included barring U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Russian media baron Konstantin Malofeyev. Officials said that Malofeyev used co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe in hopes of spreading pro-Russia propaganda.
A former CNBC and Fox News employee was arrested last month in London for working as a television producer for Malofeyev.
Previous sanctions had targeted other people close to Putin, including Alisher Usmanov, one of the wealthiest people in Russia, and Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a team of federal agents and prosecutors to pursue wealthy Russians or anyone else who aids Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or uses cryptocurrency to help Russia evade sanctions. The team, called Task Force Kleptocapture, was set up to seize assets belonging to oligarchs.
On Monday, in the Mediterranean port of Palma de Mallorca, U.S. agents and Spain’s Civil Guard seized a 254-foot (78-meter) yacht owned by an oligarch and Putin ally whom the Justice Department accuses of violating laws on bank fraud, money laundering and sanctions. A boating website called Superyachtfan.com valued the ship, called Tango, at $120 million. |
https://www.timesunion.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17062138.php | MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven) | 0 | 123,259 | 0 | https://www.ourmidland.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17062138.php | 2022-04-06 19:19:31+00:00 | MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven) |
https://www.timesunion.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17062138.php | MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven) | 1 | 123,752 | 0 | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17062138.php | 2022-04-06 19:21:51+00:00 | MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven) |
https://www.timesunion.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17062138.php | MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven) | 2 | 124,126 | 0 | https://www.michigansthumb.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Midday-game-17062138.php | 2022-04-06 19:23:13+00:00 | MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
5-3-2-7
(five, three, two, seven) |
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Council-approves-new-child-advocate-for-New-17062190.php | CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has a new State Child Advocate.
The Executive Council on Wednesday approved Cassandra Sanchez for the position. She succeeds Moira O'Neill, the first person to hold the position. O'Neill declined to seek a second, four-year term.
Sanchez, who was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu, last worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families as a supervisor in the Kinship unit. She has a background in mental health.
The office was created as an independent oversight agency for the state Division of Children, Youth and Families. It was part of an effort to reform the state’s child protection system in the wake of two toddler deaths in 2014 and 2015. In 2020, a new law expanded its oversight to all state agencies that provide services to children, as well as to other public and private organizations.
The office’s work has included systemic reviews of the use of of restraint and seclusion of children in residential care and how the state supports infants born exposed to drugs and alcohol. | 0 | 126,889 | 0 | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Council-approves-new-child-advocate-for-New-17062190.php | 2022-04-06 19:36:18+00:00 | CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has a new State Child Advocate.
The Executive Council on Wednesday approved Cassandra Sanchez for the position. She succeeds Moira O'Neill, the first person to hold the position. O'Neill declined to seek a second, four-year term.
Sanchez, who was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu, last worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families as a supervisor in the Kinship unit. She has a background in mental health.
The office was created as an independent oversight agency for the state Division of Children, Youth and Families. It was part of an effort to reform the state’s child protection system in the wake of two toddler deaths in 2014 and 2015. In 2020, a new law expanded its oversight to all state agencies that provide services to children, as well as to other public and private organizations.
The office’s work has included systemic reviews of the use of of restraint and seclusion of children in residential care and how the state supports infants born exposed to drugs and alcohol. |
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Council-approves-new-child-advocate-for-New-17062190.php | CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has a new State Child Advocate.
The Executive Council on Wednesday approved Cassandra Sanchez for the position. She succeeds Moira O'Neill, the first person to hold the position. O'Neill declined to seek a second, four-year term.
Sanchez, who was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu, last worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families as a supervisor in the Kinship unit. She has a background in mental health.
The office was created as an independent oversight agency for the state Division of Children, Youth and Families. It was part of an effort to reform the state’s child protection system in the wake of two toddler deaths in 2014 and 2015. In 2020, a new law expanded its oversight to all state agencies that provide services to children, as well as to other public and private organizations.
The office’s work has included systemic reviews of the use of of restraint and seclusion of children in residential care and how the state supports infants born exposed to drugs and alcohol. | 1 | 126,960 | 0 | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Council-approves-new-child-advocate-for-New-17062190.php | 2022-04-06 19:36:37+00:00 | CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has a new State Child Advocate.
The Executive Council on Wednesday approved Cassandra Sanchez for the position. She succeeds Moira O'Neill, the first person to hold the position. O'Neill declined to seek a second, four-year term.
Sanchez, who was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu, last worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families as a supervisor in the Kinship unit. She has a background in mental health.
The office was created as an independent oversight agency for the state Division of Children, Youth and Families. It was part of an effort to reform the state’s child protection system in the wake of two toddler deaths in 2014 and 2015. In 2020, a new law expanded its oversight to all state agencies that provide services to children, as well as to other public and private organizations.
The office’s work has included systemic reviews of the use of of restraint and seclusion of children in residential care and how the state supports infants born exposed to drugs and alcohol. |
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Council-approves-new-child-advocate-for-New-17062190.php | CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has a new State Child Advocate.
The Executive Council on Wednesday approved Cassandra Sanchez for the position. She succeeds Moira O'Neill, the first person to hold the position. O'Neill declined to seek a second, four-year term.
Sanchez, who was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu, last worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families as a supervisor in the Kinship unit. She has a background in mental health.
The office was created as an independent oversight agency for the state Division of Children, Youth and Families. It was part of an effort to reform the state’s child protection system in the wake of two toddler deaths in 2014 and 2015. In 2020, a new law expanded its oversight to all state agencies that provide services to children, as well as to other public and private organizations.
The office’s work has included systemic reviews of the use of of restraint and seclusion of children in residential care and how the state supports infants born exposed to drugs and alcohol. | 2 | 127,341 | 0 | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Council-approves-new-child-advocate-for-New-17062190.php | 2022-04-06 19:38:30+00:00 | CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire has a new State Child Advocate.
The Executive Council on Wednesday approved Cassandra Sanchez for the position. She succeeds Moira O'Neill, the first person to hold the position. O'Neill declined to seek a second, four-year term.
Sanchez, who was nominated by Gov. Chris Sununu, last worked for the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families as a supervisor in the Kinship unit. She has a background in mental health.
The office was created as an independent oversight agency for the state Division of Children, Youth and Families. It was part of an effort to reform the state’s child protection system in the wake of two toddler deaths in 2014 and 2015. In 2020, a new law expanded its oversight to all state agencies that provide services to children, as well as to other public and private organizations.
The office’s work has included systemic reviews of the use of of restraint and seclusion of children in residential care and how the state supports infants born exposed to drugs and alcohol. |
https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Biden-extends-student-loan-freeze-17062092.php | The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The action is meant to help millions of borrowers regain financial footing before they’re back on the hook for payments.
Here’s more on the decision:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BORROWERS?
The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. Borrowers won't be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates will remain at 0% during that time. Under the new action, people who were behind on payments before the pandemic will automatically be put in good standing with the Education Department. That’s a change from previous policy, which required borrowers in default to make nine consecutive loan payments and apply to exit default. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the extra time will help his agency prepare borrowers for a “smooth transition back to repayment."
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. It does not apply to private loans issued by banks, schools or other institutions. The latest federal data show that more than 43 million Americans have student loans, worth a combined $1.6 trillion.
WHY IS IT BEING EXTENDED?
The freeze has been extended multiple times as a reprieve for Americans facing financial hardship during the pandemic. In announcing the latest action, President Joe Biden said that while the nation has seen economic growth, Americans are still recovering. He said the extension will help borrowers “continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.” It came amid rising fear that many borrowers would quickly fall behind if payments started in May. A memo from the Federal Reserve last month warned that without more time, delinquency rates “could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs.”
HOW LONG HAVE LOANS BEEN PAUSED?
Federal student loans have been suspended for more than two years. In March 2020, the Trump administration gave borrowers the option to pause payments for at least 60 days. Congress made it automatic soon after as part of a pandemic relief package. The moratorium was later extended multiple times by Trump and Biden.
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE?
In addition to the loan pause, the Biden administration has been working to revamp certain programs that let borrowers get debt erased. The Education Department has relaxed rules for a notoriously complex program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and for another program that erases student debt for Americans with disabilities. The agency has approved $2 billion in debt cancellation for people who were defrauded by their colleges, plus $1 billion for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Tech for-profit college but left before graduating. Some Democrats have called for additional changes to the student loan system, including an overhaul of repayment plans that critics say are overly complex and difficult to navigate.
WHAT ABOUT WIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS?
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden said he would “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That hasn’t happened. The White House has said Biden would sign legislation canceling up to that amount, but it has resisted calls to erase debt using executive action. Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have pressed Biden to cancel $50,000 across the board, saying it would further boost the economy and address racial inequities in student debt. In a statement, those Democrats applauded the new extension but said it underscores the need for “swift executive action” to cancel debt. Last year the White House requested a review from the Education and Justice departments to explore widespread forgiveness, but no decision has been announced.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PAUSE?
Borrower advocacy groups welcomed the extension, but many said it isn’t enough. The NAACP urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 for student borrowers: “With each and every repayment extension, you make a stronger case for canceling it,” the group said. The Center for Responsible Lending made the same demand, saying that while the latest action will give some borrowers a fresh start, “their debts remain the same.” Democrats in Congress applauded the pause, while Republicans blasted it as a drain on taxpayers. Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking Republican on the Senate education committee, said the administration “wants to have their cake and eat it, too: they want to tout America’s return to normal following the pandemic, but also want to keep extending emergency relief policies.” | 0 | 120,704 | 0 | https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Biden-extends-student-loan-freeze-17062092.php | 2022-04-06 19:09:00+00:00 | The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The action is meant to help millions of borrowers regain financial footing before they’re back on the hook for payments.
Here’s more on the decision:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BORROWERS?
The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. Borrowers won't be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates will remain at 0% during that time. Under the new action, people who were behind on payments before the pandemic will automatically be put in good standing with the Education Department. That’s a change from previous policy, which required borrowers in default to make nine consecutive loan payments and apply to exit default. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the extra time will help his agency prepare borrowers for a “smooth transition back to repayment."
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. It does not apply to private loans issued by banks, schools or other institutions. The latest federal data show that more than 43 million Americans have student loans, worth a combined $1.6 trillion.
WHY IS IT BEING EXTENDED?
The freeze has been extended multiple times as a reprieve for Americans facing financial hardship during the pandemic. In announcing the latest action, President Joe Biden said that while the nation has seen economic growth, Americans are still recovering. He said the extension will help borrowers “continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.” It came amid rising fear that many borrowers would quickly fall behind if payments started in May. A memo from the Federal Reserve last month warned that without more time, delinquency rates “could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs.”
HOW LONG HAVE LOANS BEEN PAUSED?
Federal student loans have been suspended for more than two years. In March 2020, the Trump administration gave borrowers the option to pause payments for at least 60 days. Congress made it automatic soon after as part of a pandemic relief package. The moratorium was later extended multiple times by Trump and Biden.
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE?
In addition to the loan pause, the Biden administration has been working to revamp certain programs that let borrowers get debt erased. The Education Department has relaxed rules for a notoriously complex program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and for another program that erases student debt for Americans with disabilities. The agency has approved $2 billion in debt cancellation for people who were defrauded by their colleges, plus $1 billion for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Tech for-profit college but left before graduating. Some Democrats have called for additional changes to the student loan system, including an overhaul of repayment plans that critics say are overly complex and difficult to navigate.
WHAT ABOUT WIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS?
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden said he would “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That hasn’t happened. The White House has said Biden would sign legislation canceling up to that amount, but it has resisted calls to erase debt using executive action. Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have pressed Biden to cancel $50,000 across the board, saying it would further boost the economy and address racial inequities in student debt. In a statement, those Democrats applauded the new extension but said it underscores the need for “swift executive action” to cancel debt. Last year the White House requested a review from the Education and Justice departments to explore widespread forgiveness, but no decision has been announced.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PAUSE?
Borrower advocacy groups welcomed the extension, but many said it isn’t enough. The NAACP urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 for student borrowers: “With each and every repayment extension, you make a stronger case for canceling it,” the group said. The Center for Responsible Lending made the same demand, saying that while the latest action will give some borrowers a fresh start, “their debts remain the same.” Democrats in Congress applauded the pause, while Republicans blasted it as a drain on taxpayers. Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking Republican on the Senate education committee, said the administration “wants to have their cake and eat it, too: they want to tout America’s return to normal following the pandemic, but also want to keep extending emergency relief policies.” |
https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Biden-extends-student-loan-freeze-17062092.php | The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The action is meant to help millions of borrowers regain financial footing before they’re back on the hook for payments.
Here’s more on the decision:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BORROWERS?
The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. Borrowers won't be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates will remain at 0% during that time. Under the new action, people who were behind on payments before the pandemic will automatically be put in good standing with the Education Department. That’s a change from previous policy, which required borrowers in default to make nine consecutive loan payments and apply to exit default. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the extra time will help his agency prepare borrowers for a “smooth transition back to repayment."
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. It does not apply to private loans issued by banks, schools or other institutions. The latest federal data show that more than 43 million Americans have student loans, worth a combined $1.6 trillion.
WHY IS IT BEING EXTENDED?
The freeze has been extended multiple times as a reprieve for Americans facing financial hardship during the pandemic. In announcing the latest action, President Joe Biden said that while the nation has seen economic growth, Americans are still recovering. He said the extension will help borrowers “continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.” It came amid rising fear that many borrowers would quickly fall behind if payments started in May. A memo from the Federal Reserve last month warned that without more time, delinquency rates “could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs.”
HOW LONG HAVE LOANS BEEN PAUSED?
Federal student loans have been suspended for more than two years. In March 2020, the Trump administration gave borrowers the option to pause payments for at least 60 days. Congress made it automatic soon after as part of a pandemic relief package. The moratorium was later extended multiple times by Trump and Biden.
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE?
In addition to the loan pause, the Biden administration has been working to revamp certain programs that let borrowers get debt erased. The Education Department has relaxed rules for a notoriously complex program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and for another program that erases student debt for Americans with disabilities. The agency has approved $2 billion in debt cancellation for people who were defrauded by their colleges, plus $1 billion for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Tech for-profit college but left before graduating. Some Democrats have called for additional changes to the student loan system, including an overhaul of repayment plans that critics say are overly complex and difficult to navigate.
WHAT ABOUT WIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS?
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden said he would “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That hasn’t happened. The White House has said Biden would sign legislation canceling up to that amount, but it has resisted calls to erase debt using executive action. Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have pressed Biden to cancel $50,000 across the board, saying it would further boost the economy and address racial inequities in student debt. In a statement, those Democrats applauded the new extension but said it underscores the need for “swift executive action” to cancel debt. Last year the White House requested a review from the Education and Justice departments to explore widespread forgiveness, but no decision has been announced.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PAUSE?
Borrower advocacy groups welcomed the extension, but many said it isn’t enough. The NAACP urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 for student borrowers: “With each and every repayment extension, you make a stronger case for canceling it,” the group said. The Center for Responsible Lending made the same demand, saying that while the latest action will give some borrowers a fresh start, “their debts remain the same.” Democrats in Congress applauded the pause, while Republicans blasted it as a drain on taxpayers. Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking Republican on the Senate education committee, said the administration “wants to have their cake and eat it, too: they want to tout America’s return to normal following the pandemic, but also want to keep extending emergency relief policies.” | 1 | 120,850 | 0 | https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Biden-extends-student-loan-freeze-17062092.php | 2022-04-06 19:09:38+00:00 | The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The action is meant to help millions of borrowers regain financial footing before they’re back on the hook for payments.
Here’s more on the decision:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BORROWERS?
The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. Borrowers won't be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates will remain at 0% during that time. Under the new action, people who were behind on payments before the pandemic will automatically be put in good standing with the Education Department. That’s a change from previous policy, which required borrowers in default to make nine consecutive loan payments and apply to exit default. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the extra time will help his agency prepare borrowers for a “smooth transition back to repayment."
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. It does not apply to private loans issued by banks, schools or other institutions. The latest federal data show that more than 43 million Americans have student loans, worth a combined $1.6 trillion.
WHY IS IT BEING EXTENDED?
The freeze has been extended multiple times as a reprieve for Americans facing financial hardship during the pandemic. In announcing the latest action, President Joe Biden said that while the nation has seen economic growth, Americans are still recovering. He said the extension will help borrowers “continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.” It came amid rising fear that many borrowers would quickly fall behind if payments started in May. A memo from the Federal Reserve last month warned that without more time, delinquency rates “could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs.”
HOW LONG HAVE LOANS BEEN PAUSED?
Federal student loans have been suspended for more than two years. In March 2020, the Trump administration gave borrowers the option to pause payments for at least 60 days. Congress made it automatic soon after as part of a pandemic relief package. The moratorium was later extended multiple times by Trump and Biden.
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE?
In addition to the loan pause, the Biden administration has been working to revamp certain programs that let borrowers get debt erased. The Education Department has relaxed rules for a notoriously complex program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and for another program that erases student debt for Americans with disabilities. The agency has approved $2 billion in debt cancellation for people who were defrauded by their colleges, plus $1 billion for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Tech for-profit college but left before graduating. Some Democrats have called for additional changes to the student loan system, including an overhaul of repayment plans that critics say are overly complex and difficult to navigate.
WHAT ABOUT WIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS?
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden said he would “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That hasn’t happened. The White House has said Biden would sign legislation canceling up to that amount, but it has resisted calls to erase debt using executive action. Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have pressed Biden to cancel $50,000 across the board, saying it would further boost the economy and address racial inequities in student debt. In a statement, those Democrats applauded the new extension but said it underscores the need for “swift executive action” to cancel debt. Last year the White House requested a review from the Education and Justice departments to explore widespread forgiveness, but no decision has been announced.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PAUSE?
Borrower advocacy groups welcomed the extension, but many said it isn’t enough. The NAACP urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 for student borrowers: “With each and every repayment extension, you make a stronger case for canceling it,” the group said. The Center for Responsible Lending made the same demand, saying that while the latest action will give some borrowers a fresh start, “their debts remain the same.” Democrats in Congress applauded the pause, while Republicans blasted it as a drain on taxpayers. Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking Republican on the Senate education committee, said the administration “wants to have their cake and eat it, too: they want to tout America’s return to normal following the pandemic, but also want to keep extending emergency relief policies.” |
https://www.milfordmirror.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Biden-extends-student-loan-freeze-17062092.php | The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The action is meant to help millions of borrowers regain financial footing before they’re back on the hook for payments.
Here’s more on the decision:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BORROWERS?
The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. Borrowers won't be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates will remain at 0% during that time. Under the new action, people who were behind on payments before the pandemic will automatically be put in good standing with the Education Department. That’s a change from previous policy, which required borrowers in default to make nine consecutive loan payments and apply to exit default. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the extra time will help his agency prepare borrowers for a “smooth transition back to repayment."
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. It does not apply to private loans issued by banks, schools or other institutions. The latest federal data show that more than 43 million Americans have student loans, worth a combined $1.6 trillion.
WHY IS IT BEING EXTENDED?
The freeze has been extended multiple times as a reprieve for Americans facing financial hardship during the pandemic. In announcing the latest action, President Joe Biden said that while the nation has seen economic growth, Americans are still recovering. He said the extension will help borrowers “continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.” It came amid rising fear that many borrowers would quickly fall behind if payments started in May. A memo from the Federal Reserve last month warned that without more time, delinquency rates “could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs.”
HOW LONG HAVE LOANS BEEN PAUSED?
Federal student loans have been suspended for more than two years. In March 2020, the Trump administration gave borrowers the option to pause payments for at least 60 days. Congress made it automatic soon after as part of a pandemic relief package. The moratorium was later extended multiple times by Trump and Biden.
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE?
In addition to the loan pause, the Biden administration has been working to revamp certain programs that let borrowers get debt erased. The Education Department has relaxed rules for a notoriously complex program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and for another program that erases student debt for Americans with disabilities. The agency has approved $2 billion in debt cancellation for people who were defrauded by their colleges, plus $1 billion for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Tech for-profit college but left before graduating. Some Democrats have called for additional changes to the student loan system, including an overhaul of repayment plans that critics say are overly complex and difficult to navigate.
WHAT ABOUT WIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS?
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden said he would “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That hasn’t happened. The White House has said Biden would sign legislation canceling up to that amount, but it has resisted calls to erase debt using executive action. Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have pressed Biden to cancel $50,000 across the board, saying it would further boost the economy and address racial inequities in student debt. In a statement, those Democrats applauded the new extension but said it underscores the need for “swift executive action” to cancel debt. Last year the White House requested a review from the Education and Justice departments to explore widespread forgiveness, but no decision has been announced.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PAUSE?
Borrower advocacy groups welcomed the extension, but many said it isn’t enough. The NAACP urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 for student borrowers: “With each and every repayment extension, you make a stronger case for canceling it,” the group said. The Center for Responsible Lending made the same demand, saying that while the latest action will give some borrowers a fresh start, “their debts remain the same.” Democrats in Congress applauded the pause, while Republicans blasted it as a drain on taxpayers. Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking Republican on the Senate education committee, said the administration “wants to have their cake and eat it, too: they want to tout America’s return to normal following the pandemic, but also want to keep extending emergency relief policies.” | 2 | 121,093 | 0 | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-Biden-extends-student-loan-freeze-17062092.php | 2022-04-06 19:10:32+00:00 | The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that federal student loan payments will remain paused through Aug. 31, extending a freeze that began in 2020 but was set to end after this month. The action is meant to help millions of borrowers regain financial footing before they’re back on the hook for payments.
Here’s more on the decision:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BORROWERS?
The extension gives Americans another four months to get ready for student loan payments to restart. Borrowers won't be asked to make payments until after Aug. 31, and interest rates will remain at 0% during that time. Under the new action, people who were behind on payments before the pandemic will automatically be put in good standing with the Education Department. That’s a change from previous policy, which required borrowers in default to make nine consecutive loan payments and apply to exit default. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the extra time will help his agency prepare borrowers for a “smooth transition back to repayment."
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
The moratorium applies to most federal student loan programs, including the Direct Loan Program, which issues subsidized and unsubsidized student loans. It does not apply to private loans issued by banks, schools or other institutions. The latest federal data show that more than 43 million Americans have student loans, worth a combined $1.6 trillion.
WHY IS IT BEING EXTENDED?
The freeze has been extended multiple times as a reprieve for Americans facing financial hardship during the pandemic. In announcing the latest action, President Joe Biden said that while the nation has seen economic growth, Americans are still recovering. He said the extension will help borrowers “continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced.” It came amid rising fear that many borrowers would quickly fall behind if payments started in May. A memo from the Federal Reserve last month warned that without more time, delinquency rates “could snap back from historic lows to their previous highs.”
HOW LONG HAVE LOANS BEEN PAUSED?
Federal student loans have been suspended for more than two years. In March 2020, the Trump administration gave borrowers the option to pause payments for at least 60 days. Congress made it automatic soon after as part of a pandemic relief package. The moratorium was later extended multiple times by Trump and Biden.
WHAT ELSE IS BEING DONE?
In addition to the loan pause, the Biden administration has been working to revamp certain programs that let borrowers get debt erased. The Education Department has relaxed rules for a notoriously complex program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and for another program that erases student debt for Americans with disabilities. The agency has approved $2 billion in debt cancellation for people who were defrauded by their colleges, plus $1 billion for students who attended the now-defunct ITT Tech for-profit college but left before graduating. Some Democrats have called for additional changes to the student loan system, including an overhaul of repayment plans that critics say are overly complex and difficult to navigate.
WHAT ABOUT WIDER LOAN FORGIVENESS?
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden said he would “immediately cancel a minimum of $10,000 of student debt per person.” That hasn’t happened. The White House has said Biden would sign legislation canceling up to that amount, but it has resisted calls to erase debt using executive action. Democrats including Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have pressed Biden to cancel $50,000 across the board, saying it would further boost the economy and address racial inequities in student debt. In a statement, those Democrats applauded the new extension but said it underscores the need for “swift executive action” to cancel debt. Last year the White House requested a review from the Education and Justice departments to explore widespread forgiveness, but no decision has been announced.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PAUSE?
Borrower advocacy groups welcomed the extension, but many said it isn’t enough. The NAACP urged Biden to forgive at least $50,000 for student borrowers: “With each and every repayment extension, you make a stronger case for canceling it,” the group said. The Center for Responsible Lending made the same demand, saying that while the latest action will give some borrowers a fresh start, “their debts remain the same.” Democrats in Congress applauded the pause, while Republicans blasted it as a drain on taxpayers. Sen. Richard Burr, the ranking Republican on the Senate education committee, said the administration “wants to have their cake and eat it, too: they want to tout America’s return to normal following the pandemic, but also want to keep extending emergency relief policies.” |
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 0 | 125,613 | 0 | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | 2022-04-06 19:30:18+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 1 | 127,018 | 0 | https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | 2022-04-06 19:36:56+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | 2 | 127,091 | 0 | https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Interest-in-MLB-season-tops-ire-over-lockout-17062168.php | 2022-04-06 19:37:20+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 4 fans of Major League Baseball feel at least some anger toward the sport after its first work stoppage in a generation, according to a new poll, but the vast majority are still excited about the new season.
Only 27% of Americans say they are currently a fan of MLB, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
The poll also finds 32% of Americans 45 and older say they currently are fans, but only 22% of younger adults say they are, a trend MLB management says it is working to reverse.
Even among fans, few were very attuned to the 99-day lockout that delayed the start of the season from March 31 until Thursday or say that it had a major impact on their views of MLB.
Jason Timmons grew up watching the Chicago Cubs and was following closely when they won the World Series in 2016, but he said he didn't know they would be starting their season Thursday because “the whole labor thing kind of turned me off.”
“I think it’s petty,” said Timmons, a 43-year-old from St. Marys, West Virginia. “I just don’t think it’s right — billionaires fighting with billionaires over just little stuff."
The poll shows three-quarters of fans say they’re at least somewhat excited about the upcoming season, and even more say they’re at least somewhat interested. Still, 28% of fans are at least somewhat angry and 39% are at least somewhat frustrated following the dispute, in which management and players vented their criticism of each other during weeks when the start of spring training was delayed.
“They’re always bickering about their labor,” Timmons said. "And it’s like, you’re just playing baseball. I mean, there’s other things going on in the world that’s more important than bickering about what they’re bickering about.”
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized to fans when the labor agreement was reached on March 10. Union head Tony Clark said several times during the dispute that management chose to institute the work stoppage as a strategy.
For some, the lockout was only further evidence of what they were already feeling. The poll shows 22% of Americans say they used to be MLB baseball fans but are not anymore. Donald Joy is among them.
“I used to play baseball, I used to be a fan of it, but I’ve gotten away from it because of all of the nonsense,” said Joy, a 70-year-old from Bailey, Colorado. “People claiming to be slaves when they’re making $20 million a year."
Joy lamented the growing costs for fans, from the price of a ticket to go to a game to the cost of a hot dog at the stadium.
“You get to a point where it’s not about the fans anymore," Joy said. “It’s become a rich man’s sport. It is not for the masses.”
But some fans were sympathetic to the players, especially those competing at levels below the major league level.
While Timmons was frustrated by what he saw as bickering amongst billionaires, he also focused in on the owners’ role in the months-long negotiations.
“I didn’t like them locking them out for no reason at the end of last year and doing what they did," he said. "I thought the owners were being petty, and then you know they don’t want to negotiate with the players. I mean, it’s just ridiculous.”
“I don’t begrudge the players more money at all,” said Mary O'Connell, a 67-year-old Yankees fan from Las Cruces, New Mexico. "The owners have got tons. I have no concerns about management’s poor sob story now.”
Major league players were angry that big league payrolls fell from $4.2 billion to $4.05 billion during the five-year labor deal that expired after the 2021 season. The new agreement lifted the major league minimum from $570,500 to $700,000 and devotes a new $50 million bonus pool each year to younger players at the lower range of salaries.
The contract also raised salaries for players on 40-man rosters assigned to the minor leagues, from $46,600 to $57,200 for a first-time contract, but other minor league players aren’t represented by the union.
Only 13% of current baseball fans say they followed lockout news “extremely” or “very” closely. Thirty percent said they followed somewhat closely, but 57% said they did not closely follow lockout developments.
Only 8% of baseball fans said the lockout had a major impact of their views of the sport, though another 39% said it had a minor impact. Baseball fans who followed news about the lockout were especially likely to say it had an impact on them, compared with those who didn’t, 64% to 34%.
Despite some frustration, the vast majority of baseball fans say they feel at least somewhat excited about and interested in the upcoming season. Fans that followed the lockout closely are especially excited.
“I enjoy just watching the game and don’t really focus on the political side of it, management, all that,” said Ronald Ellis, a 60-year-old Houston fan from Lake Charles, Louisiana. “I’m excited to see how the Astros will do this year."
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Fingerhut reported from Washington.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,082 adults was conducted March 17-21 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 4.0 percentage points.
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https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/judge-prosecutors-filed-weak-charges-to-keep-hacker-jailed/ | ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State, and accused the Justice Department of trumping up charges against him to keep him in jail.
The April 1 order from U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema includes a harsh rebuke of the Justice Department’s conduct against Ardit Ferizi. The native of Kosovo is the first person convicted in the U.S. of both computer hacking and terrorism charges.
He pleaded guilty back in 2016 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He admitted hacking a private company and pulling out the names, email passwords and phone numbers of about 1,300 people with .gov and .mil addresses and turning the data over to the “Islamic State Hacking Division.” The Islamic State published the names with a threat to attack.
In 2020, in the earliest stages of the pandemic, Ferizi sought compassionate release, citing his asthma and obesity as placing him at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
Brinkema initially denied his request. But Ferizi renewed his request when an outbreak spread through his prison, and Brinkema granted him compassionate release over prosecutors’ objections.
Brinkema’s ruling resulted in Ferizi’s transfer to immigration authorities for deportation. Before he could be deported, though, federal prosecutors in California brought new charges against Ferizi. The criminal complaint accused him of identity theft and wire fraud by coordinating with a family member to preserve access to email accounts that included large amounts of stolen data.
Ferizi’s lawyers filed to have the new charges dismissed, accusing the Justice Department of vindictive prosecution because agents were upset by Ferizi’s early release.
On March 22, just before a court hearing was scheduled in California to consider the accusation of vindictive prosecution, the new charges against Ferizi were all dropped.
In her April 1 order, Brinkema said prosecutors in California built their case on information from a fellow inmate of Ferizi with a history of unreliability.
She wrote that the circumstances of the case lead her to conclude that “there were elements within the Department of Justice who were so dissatisfied with this Court’s decision to release defendant … that they purposely tried to evade these decisions by filing very weak new charges against the defendant.”
Prosecutors have argued that, now that the pandemic has subsided, the rationale for compassionate release no longer exists.
Brinkema, though, said “it would set a terrible precedent to reverse the decision to release a defendant based on a change of circumstances caused by the government’s manipulation of the criminal justice system.”
Prosecutors, who filed an appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond the first time Brinkema ordered Ferizi’s release, have not yet indicated if they plan to appeal her most recent order.
Ferizi was among a relatively small number of inmates who successfully sought early release from prison under the pandemic. According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, more than 12,000 inmates filed motions for compassionate release in 2020 because of the pandemic. About 21% of those requests — a little more than 2,500 inmates — were granted.
A public defender representing Ferizi and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia each declined comment. | 0 | 2,500 | 0 | https://www.fox46.com/news/national-news/judge-prosecutors-filed-weak-charges-to-keep-hacker-jailed/ | 2022-04-07 10:21:19+00:00 | ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State, and accused the Justice Department of trumping up charges against him to keep him in jail.
The April 1 order from U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema includes a harsh rebuke of the Justice Department’s conduct against Ardit Ferizi. The native of Kosovo is the first person convicted in the U.S. of both computer hacking and terrorism charges.
He pleaded guilty back in 2016 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He admitted hacking a private company and pulling out the names, email passwords and phone numbers of about 1,300 people with .gov and .mil addresses and turning the data over to the “Islamic State Hacking Division.” The Islamic State published the names with a threat to attack.
In 2020, in the earliest stages of the pandemic, Ferizi sought compassionate release, citing his asthma and obesity as placing him at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
Brinkema initially denied his request. But Ferizi renewed his request when an outbreak spread through his prison, and Brinkema granted him compassionate release over prosecutors’ objections.
Brinkema’s ruling resulted in Ferizi’s transfer to immigration authorities for deportation. Before he could be deported, though, federal prosecutors in California brought new charges against Ferizi. The criminal complaint accused him of identity theft and wire fraud by coordinating with a family member to preserve access to email accounts that included large amounts of stolen data.
Ferizi’s lawyers filed to have the new charges dismissed, accusing the Justice Department of vindictive prosecution because agents were upset by Ferizi’s early release.
On March 22, just before a court hearing was scheduled in California to consider the accusation of vindictive prosecution, the new charges against Ferizi were all dropped.
In her April 1 order, Brinkema said prosecutors in California built their case on information from a fellow inmate of Ferizi with a history of unreliability.
She wrote that the circumstances of the case lead her to conclude that “there were elements within the Department of Justice who were so dissatisfied with this Court’s decision to release defendant … that they purposely tried to evade these decisions by filing very weak new charges against the defendant.”
Prosecutors have argued that, now that the pandemic has subsided, the rationale for compassionate release no longer exists.
Brinkema, though, said “it would set a terrible precedent to reverse the decision to release a defendant based on a change of circumstances caused by the government’s manipulation of the criminal justice system.”
Prosecutors, who filed an appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond the first time Brinkema ordered Ferizi’s release, have not yet indicated if they plan to appeal her most recent order.
Ferizi was among a relatively small number of inmates who successfully sought early release from prison under the pandemic. According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, more than 12,000 inmates filed motions for compassionate release in 2020 because of the pandemic. About 21% of those requests — a little more than 2,500 inmates — were granted.
A public defender representing Ferizi and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia each declined comment. |
https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/judge-prosecutors-filed-weak-charges-to-keep-hacker-jailed/ | ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State, and accused the Justice Department of trumping up charges against him to keep him in jail.
The April 1 order from U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema includes a harsh rebuke of the Justice Department’s conduct against Ardit Ferizi. The native of Kosovo is the first person convicted in the U.S. of both computer hacking and terrorism charges.
He pleaded guilty back in 2016 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He admitted hacking a private company and pulling out the names, email passwords and phone numbers of about 1,300 people with .gov and .mil addresses and turning the data over to the “Islamic State Hacking Division.” The Islamic State published the names with a threat to attack.
In 2020, in the earliest stages of the pandemic, Ferizi sought compassionate release, citing his asthma and obesity as placing him at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
Brinkema initially denied his request. But Ferizi renewed his request when an outbreak spread through his prison, and Brinkema granted him compassionate release over prosecutors’ objections.
Brinkema’s ruling resulted in Ferizi’s transfer to immigration authorities for deportation. Before he could be deported, though, federal prosecutors in California brought new charges against Ferizi. The criminal complaint accused him of identity theft and wire fraud by coordinating with a family member to preserve access to email accounts that included large amounts of stolen data.
Ferizi’s lawyers filed to have the new charges dismissed, accusing the Justice Department of vindictive prosecution because agents were upset by Ferizi’s early release.
On March 22, just before a court hearing was scheduled in California to consider the accusation of vindictive prosecution, the new charges against Ferizi were all dropped.
In her April 1 order, Brinkema said prosecutors in California built their case on information from a fellow inmate of Ferizi with a history of unreliability.
She wrote that the circumstances of the case lead her to conclude that “there were elements within the Department of Justice who were so dissatisfied with this Court’s decision to release defendant … that they purposely tried to evade these decisions by filing very weak new charges against the defendant.”
Prosecutors have argued that, now that the pandemic has subsided, the rationale for compassionate release no longer exists.
Brinkema, though, said “it would set a terrible precedent to reverse the decision to release a defendant based on a change of circumstances caused by the government’s manipulation of the criminal justice system.”
Prosecutors, who filed an appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond the first time Brinkema ordered Ferizi’s release, have not yet indicated if they plan to appeal her most recent order.
Ferizi was among a relatively small number of inmates who successfully sought early release from prison under the pandemic. According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, more than 12,000 inmates filed motions for compassionate release in 2020 because of the pandemic. About 21% of those requests — a little more than 2,500 inmates — were granted.
A public defender representing Ferizi and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia each declined comment. | 1 | 2,536 | 0 | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/judge-prosecutors-filed-weak-charges-to-keep-hacker-jailed/ | 2022-04-07 10:21:47+00:00 | ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State, and accused the Justice Department of trumping up charges against him to keep him in jail.
The April 1 order from U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema includes a harsh rebuke of the Justice Department’s conduct against Ardit Ferizi. The native of Kosovo is the first person convicted in the U.S. of both computer hacking and terrorism charges.
He pleaded guilty back in 2016 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He admitted hacking a private company and pulling out the names, email passwords and phone numbers of about 1,300 people with .gov and .mil addresses and turning the data over to the “Islamic State Hacking Division.” The Islamic State published the names with a threat to attack.
In 2020, in the earliest stages of the pandemic, Ferizi sought compassionate release, citing his asthma and obesity as placing him at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
Brinkema initially denied his request. But Ferizi renewed his request when an outbreak spread through his prison, and Brinkema granted him compassionate release over prosecutors’ objections.
Brinkema’s ruling resulted in Ferizi’s transfer to immigration authorities for deportation. Before he could be deported, though, federal prosecutors in California brought new charges against Ferizi. The criminal complaint accused him of identity theft and wire fraud by coordinating with a family member to preserve access to email accounts that included large amounts of stolen data.
Ferizi’s lawyers filed to have the new charges dismissed, accusing the Justice Department of vindictive prosecution because agents were upset by Ferizi’s early release.
On March 22, just before a court hearing was scheduled in California to consider the accusation of vindictive prosecution, the new charges against Ferizi were all dropped.
In her April 1 order, Brinkema said prosecutors in California built their case on information from a fellow inmate of Ferizi with a history of unreliability.
She wrote that the circumstances of the case lead her to conclude that “there were elements within the Department of Justice who were so dissatisfied with this Court’s decision to release defendant … that they purposely tried to evade these decisions by filing very weak new charges against the defendant.”
Prosecutors have argued that, now that the pandemic has subsided, the rationale for compassionate release no longer exists.
Brinkema, though, said “it would set a terrible precedent to reverse the decision to release a defendant based on a change of circumstances caused by the government’s manipulation of the criminal justice system.”
Prosecutors, who filed an appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond the first time Brinkema ordered Ferizi’s release, have not yet indicated if they plan to appeal her most recent order.
Ferizi was among a relatively small number of inmates who successfully sought early release from prison under the pandemic. According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, more than 12,000 inmates filed motions for compassionate release in 2020 because of the pandemic. About 21% of those requests — a little more than 2,500 inmates — were granted.
A public defender representing Ferizi and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia each declined comment. |
https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/national/judge-prosecutors-filed-weak-charges-to-keep-hacker-jailed/ | ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State, and accused the Justice Department of trumping up charges against him to keep him in jail.
The April 1 order from U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema includes a harsh rebuke of the Justice Department’s conduct against Ardit Ferizi. The native of Kosovo is the first person convicted in the U.S. of both computer hacking and terrorism charges.
He pleaded guilty back in 2016 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He admitted hacking a private company and pulling out the names, email passwords and phone numbers of about 1,300 people with .gov and .mil addresses and turning the data over to the “Islamic State Hacking Division.” The Islamic State published the names with a threat to attack.
In 2020, in the earliest stages of the pandemic, Ferizi sought compassionate release, citing his asthma and obesity as placing him at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
Brinkema initially denied his request. But Ferizi renewed his request when an outbreak spread through his prison, and Brinkema granted him compassionate release over prosecutors’ objections.
Brinkema’s ruling resulted in Ferizi’s transfer to immigration authorities for deportation. Before he could be deported, though, federal prosecutors in California brought new charges against Ferizi. The criminal complaint accused him of identity theft and wire fraud by coordinating with a family member to preserve access to email accounts that included large amounts of stolen data.
Ferizi’s lawyers filed to have the new charges dismissed, accusing the Justice Department of vindictive prosecution because agents were upset by Ferizi’s early release.
On March 22, just before a court hearing was scheduled in California to consider the accusation of vindictive prosecution, the new charges against Ferizi were all dropped.
In her April 1 order, Brinkema said prosecutors in California built their case on information from a fellow inmate of Ferizi with a history of unreliability.
She wrote that the circumstances of the case lead her to conclude that “there were elements within the Department of Justice who were so dissatisfied with this Court’s decision to release defendant … that they purposely tried to evade these decisions by filing very weak new charges against the defendant.”
Prosecutors have argued that, now that the pandemic has subsided, the rationale for compassionate release no longer exists.
Brinkema, though, said “it would set a terrible precedent to reverse the decision to release a defendant based on a change of circumstances caused by the government’s manipulation of the criminal justice system.”
Prosecutors, who filed an appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond the first time Brinkema ordered Ferizi’s release, have not yet indicated if they plan to appeal her most recent order.
Ferizi was among a relatively small number of inmates who successfully sought early release from prison under the pandemic. According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, more than 12,000 inmates filed motions for compassionate release in 2020 because of the pandemic. About 21% of those requests — a little more than 2,500 inmates — were granted.
A public defender representing Ferizi and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia each declined comment. | 2 | 4,065 | 0 | https://www.wrbl.com/news/national/judge-prosecutors-filed-weak-charges-to-keep-hacker-jailed/ | 2022-04-07 10:29:10+00:00 | ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of a computer hacker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the Islamic State, and accused the Justice Department of trumping up charges against him to keep him in jail.
The April 1 order from U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema includes a harsh rebuke of the Justice Department’s conduct against Ardit Ferizi. The native of Kosovo is the first person convicted in the U.S. of both computer hacking and terrorism charges.
He pleaded guilty back in 2016 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He admitted hacking a private company and pulling out the names, email passwords and phone numbers of about 1,300 people with .gov and .mil addresses and turning the data over to the “Islamic State Hacking Division.” The Islamic State published the names with a threat to attack.
In 2020, in the earliest stages of the pandemic, Ferizi sought compassionate release, citing his asthma and obesity as placing him at greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
Brinkema initially denied his request. But Ferizi renewed his request when an outbreak spread through his prison, and Brinkema granted him compassionate release over prosecutors’ objections.
Brinkema’s ruling resulted in Ferizi’s transfer to immigration authorities for deportation. Before he could be deported, though, federal prosecutors in California brought new charges against Ferizi. The criminal complaint accused him of identity theft and wire fraud by coordinating with a family member to preserve access to email accounts that included large amounts of stolen data.
Ferizi’s lawyers filed to have the new charges dismissed, accusing the Justice Department of vindictive prosecution because agents were upset by Ferizi’s early release.
On March 22, just before a court hearing was scheduled in California to consider the accusation of vindictive prosecution, the new charges against Ferizi were all dropped.
In her April 1 order, Brinkema said prosecutors in California built their case on information from a fellow inmate of Ferizi with a history of unreliability.
She wrote that the circumstances of the case lead her to conclude that “there were elements within the Department of Justice who were so dissatisfied with this Court’s decision to release defendant … that they purposely tried to evade these decisions by filing very weak new charges against the defendant.”
Prosecutors have argued that, now that the pandemic has subsided, the rationale for compassionate release no longer exists.
Brinkema, though, said “it would set a terrible precedent to reverse the decision to release a defendant based on a change of circumstances caused by the government’s manipulation of the criminal justice system.”
Prosecutors, who filed an appeal with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond the first time Brinkema ordered Ferizi’s release, have not yet indicated if they plan to appeal her most recent order.
Ferizi was among a relatively small number of inmates who successfully sought early release from prison under the pandemic. According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, more than 12,000 inmates filed motions for compassionate release in 2020 because of the pandemic. About 21% of those requests — a little more than 2,500 inmates — were granted.
A public defender representing Ferizi and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia each declined comment. |
https://news.sky.com/story/liam-dent-martin-eastwood-jailed-for-30-years-for-murder-of-victim-dragged-screaming-for-half-a-mile-by-car-12583871 | Liam Dent: Martin Eastwood jailed for 30 years for murder of victim dragged 'screaming' for half a mile by car
The victim had suffered horrific injuries in the assault and was pronounced dead at the scene, the court hears, while the killer had two previous convictions for using a car as a weapon.
Wednesday 6 April 2022 21:06, UK
A man who ran over a pedestrian and dragged him for more than half a mile has been jailed for at least 30 years for his murder.
Martin Eastwood, 22, driving a stolen Ford S-Max, ploughed into father-of-two Liam Dent in revenge for a minor row outside a pub in Chessington, Surrey.
Having knocked Mr Dent down, Eastwood, from nearby Epsom, drove at speeds of up to 32mph, dragging his screaming victim along in the early hours of Saturday 26 July, 2019.
Mr Dent was still conscious after being freed, and his family rushed to the scene in southwest London.
But he had suffered horrific injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Wednesday, Judge Wendy Joseph jailed Eastwood for life with a minimum term of 30 years after suggesting he must have heard his victim screaming.
Recalling the evidence of an expert who said dragging a body would have been like "driving with the handbrake on", she said if Eastwood didn't realise it straight away "he must have realised it almost immediately after".
"No one," she said, "should die like that. No mother should have to sit in the road with her dying son on whom those injuries had been inflicted.
"There is no way around it, this was a cruel death."
Earlier, Stacey Dent told her son's killer she "could see all his injuries" and realised "he had to be in so much pain.
"I could see immediately despite the attempts to keep him with us that he was not going to survive and my heart was completely ripped apart and it remains that way. I cry every single day.
"He was tortured and he was left for dead screaming for help. Why couldn't you have just stopped and spared my son his life?"
Eastwood was found guilty of murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.
He had used a car as a weapon twice before, the court heard, inflicting multiple fractures on a cyclist in 2018 and leaving a man with abrasions the year after.
Judge Joseph handed Eastwood concurrent sentences for grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and robbery.
His friend Daniel Morris, 22, who had driven behind in a Volvo after Eastwood had run over Mr Dent, frantically honking his horn for him to stop, admitted manslaughter and was jailed for five-and-a-half-years.
Eastwood's 19-year-old girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, of Epsom, was found guilty of assisting an offender and given a two-year sentence suspended for two years.
The judge banned Eastwood from driving for 10 years upon his release. | 0 | 119,971 | 0.373515 | https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/06/man-jailed-for-30-years-for-using-car-as-weapon | 2022-04-06 19:05:10+00:00 | A driver who hit a pedestrian with a car and dragged him for more than half a mile has been jailed for at least 30 years for the “cruel” murder.
Martin Eastwood, 22, used a stolen Ford S-Max as a weapon to kill 25-year-old Liam Dent in revenge for a minor confrontation outside a pub. Having knocked Dent down, Eastwood, from Epsom, Surrey, drove at speeds of up to 32mph, dragging his screaming victim along in the early hours of 26 July 2019.
His friend Daniel Morris, 22, who admitted manslaughter, drove behind in a Volvo, frantically honking his horn for him to stop.
When Dent finally fell free of the Ford, he was still conscious, but suffering from horrific injuries. His family rushed to the scene in Chessington, south-west London, where he was pronounced dead.
Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Eastwood was found guilty of murder. On Wednesday, judge Wendy Joseph jailed him for life with a minimum term of 30 years.
The court heard Eastwood had been convicted of two earlier incidents in which he used a car as a weapon.
Joseph handed Eastwood concurrent sentences for grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and robbery.
On the killing, she said: “If he did not realise at first someone was dragged under the car, he must have realised it almost immediately after.”
She noted that an expert had said the presence of a body would have had an effect “equivalent of driving with the handbrake on”. The judge said Eastwood must have heard his victim screaming.
Chronicling Dent’s extensive injuries, she said: “No one should die like that. No mother should have to sit in the road with her dying son on whom those injuries had been inflicted. There is no way around it: this was a cruel death.”
The judge banned Eastwood from driving for 10 years upon his release. Morris, 22, of no fixed abode, was jailed for five and a half years for his role in the killing.
Eastwood’s girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, 19, of Epsom, Surrey, was found guilty of assisting an offender. She was sentenced to two years’ custody suspended for two years.
As Eastwood was sentenced, a woman screamed in the public gallery and Dent’s family became emotional.
Earlier, his mother, Stacey Dent, addressed his killer in the dock as she detailed the impact of his death on the family, including his young son.
She said: “On the night this happened, when I went to my son lying in the road, I could see all his injuries, Martin, I could see he had to be in so much pain from beginning to end.
“I could see immediately, despite the attempts to keep him with us, that he was not going to survive, and my heart was completely ripped apart and it remains that way. I cry every single day.
“I tried in the beginning to convince my children that Liam would have been unconscious on impact when he drove into him. But the evidence rolled out in court and it proved the absolute worst it could be. He was tortured and he was left for dead, screaming for help.
“Why couldn’t you have just stopped and spared my son his life?”
Prior to the fatal incident, the court heard that in September 2018, Eastwood had driven a stolen vehicle at a cyclist, knocking him to the ground and causing him multiple fractures. In April 2019, he had driven a stolen vehicle into a man, knocking him to the ground and causing him abrasions. |
https://news.sky.com/story/liam-dent-martin-eastwood-jailed-for-30-years-for-murder-of-victim-dragged-screaming-for-half-a-mile-by-car-12583871 | Liam Dent: Martin Eastwood jailed for 30 years for murder of victim dragged 'screaming' for half a mile by car
The victim had suffered horrific injuries in the assault and was pronounced dead at the scene, the court hears, while the killer had two previous convictions for using a car as a weapon.
Wednesday 6 April 2022 21:06, UK
A man who ran over a pedestrian and dragged him for more than half a mile has been jailed for at least 30 years for his murder.
Martin Eastwood, 22, driving a stolen Ford S-Max, ploughed into father-of-two Liam Dent in revenge for a minor row outside a pub in Chessington, Surrey.
Having knocked Mr Dent down, Eastwood, from nearby Epsom, drove at speeds of up to 32mph, dragging his screaming victim along in the early hours of Saturday 26 July, 2019.
Mr Dent was still conscious after being freed, and his family rushed to the scene in southwest London.
But he had suffered horrific injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Wednesday, Judge Wendy Joseph jailed Eastwood for life with a minimum term of 30 years after suggesting he must have heard his victim screaming.
Recalling the evidence of an expert who said dragging a body would have been like "driving with the handbrake on", she said if Eastwood didn't realise it straight away "he must have realised it almost immediately after".
"No one," she said, "should die like that. No mother should have to sit in the road with her dying son on whom those injuries had been inflicted.
"There is no way around it, this was a cruel death."
Earlier, Stacey Dent told her son's killer she "could see all his injuries" and realised "he had to be in so much pain.
"I could see immediately despite the attempts to keep him with us that he was not going to survive and my heart was completely ripped apart and it remains that way. I cry every single day.
"He was tortured and he was left for dead screaming for help. Why couldn't you have just stopped and spared my son his life?"
Eastwood was found guilty of murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.
He had used a car as a weapon twice before, the court heard, inflicting multiple fractures on a cyclist in 2018 and leaving a man with abrasions the year after.
Judge Joseph handed Eastwood concurrent sentences for grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and robbery.
His friend Daniel Morris, 22, who had driven behind in a Volvo after Eastwood had run over Mr Dent, frantically honking his horn for him to stop, admitted manslaughter and was jailed for five-and-a-half-years.
Eastwood's 19-year-old girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, of Epsom, was found guilty of assisting an offender and given a two-year sentence suspended for two years.
The judge banned Eastwood from driving for 10 years upon his release. | 1 | 93,180 | 0.376981 | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/joseph-chessington-volvo-epsom-surrey-b2052381.html | 2022-04-06 17:19:19+00:00 | Driver jailed for life for dragging man to death under car
Martin Eastwood, 22, used a stolen vehicle as a weapon to kill 25-year-old Liam Dent in revenge for a minor confrontation outside a pub.
A driver who mowed down a pedestrian and dragged him more than half-a-mile has been jailed for at least 30 years for the “cruel” murder.
Martin Eastwood, 22, used a stolen Ford S-Max as a weapon to kill 25-year-old Liam Dent in revenge for a minor confrontation outside a pub.
Having knocked Mr Dent down, Eastwood, from Epsom, Surrey, drove at speeds of up to 32mph, dragging his screaming victim along in the early hours of July 26 2019.
His friend Daniel Morris, 22, who admitted manslaughter, drove behind in a Volvo, frantically honking his horn for him to stop.
By the time Mr Dent finally became free of the Ford, he was still conscious but suffering from horrific injuries.
His family rushed to the scene in Chessington, south-west London, where he was pronounced dead.
Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Eastwood was found guilty of murder.
On Wednesday, Judge Wendy Joseph jailed him for life with a minimum term of 30 years.
The court heard Eastwood had been convicted of two earlier incidents in which he used a car as a weapon.
Judge Joseph handed Eastwood concurrent sentences for grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and robbery.
On the killing, she said: “If he did not realise at first someone was dragged under the car he must have realised it almost immediately after.”
She noted an expert who had said the presence of a body would have had an effect “equivalent of driving with the handbrake on”.
The judge said Eastwood must have heard his victim screaming.
Chronicling Mr Dent’s extensive injuries, she said: “No-one should die like that. No mother should have to sit in the road with her dying son on whom those injuries had been inflicted.
“There is no way around it, this was a cruel death.”
The judge banned Eastwood from driving for 10 years upon his release.
Morris, 22, of no fixed abode, was jailed for five-and-a-half years for his role in the killing.
Judge Joseph told him: “I accept that as Mr Eastwood drove off with Liam trapped under the S-Max you were trying to get him to stop with repeated and frantic honking as you went along.”
Eastwood’s girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, 19, of Epsom, Surrey, was found guilty of assisting an offender.
She was sentenced to two years custody suspended for two years.
As Eastwood was sentenced, a woman screamed in the public gallery and Mr Dent’s family became emotional.
Earlier, his mother Stacey Dent addressed his killer in the dock as she detailed the impact of his death on the family, including his young son.
She said: “On the night this happened, when I went to my son lying in the road, I could see all his injuries, Martin, I could see he had to be in so much pain from beginning to end.
“I could see immediately despite the attempts to keep him with us that he was not going to survive and my heart was completely ripped apart and it remains that way. I cry every single day.
“I tried in the beginning to convince my children that Liam would have been unconscious on impact when he drove into him.
“But the evidence rolled out in court and it proved the absolute worst it could be. He was tortured and he was left for dead screaming for help.
“Why couldn’t you have just stopped and spared my son his life?
“Martin Eastwood should never be allowed a single day of normal life. He robbed my son’s life, his children have been robbed of a father and me of my son.
“On more than one occasion, Martin, you choose not to stop and spare my son, you chose to carry on driving with him and taking him to his death.”
Prior to the fatal incident, the court heard that in September 2018, Eastwood drove a stolen vehicle at a cyclist, knocking him to the ground and causing him multiple fractures.
In April 2019, he drove a stolen vehicle at a man, knocking him to the ground and causing him abrasions.
Jurors heard how the murder of Mr Dent had taken place following a confrontation involving Mr Dent and his friends outside the Lucky Rover pub in Chessington.
The Ford was later found burnt out but its telematics system was recovered, containing vital data establishing the route, speed and nature of the driving.
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https://news.sky.com/story/liam-dent-martin-eastwood-jailed-for-30-years-for-murder-of-victim-dragged-screaming-for-half-a-mile-by-car-12583871 | Liam Dent: Martin Eastwood jailed for 30 years for murder of victim dragged 'screaming' for half a mile by car
The victim had suffered horrific injuries in the assault and was pronounced dead at the scene, the court hears, while the killer had two previous convictions for using a car as a weapon.
Wednesday 6 April 2022 21:06, UK
A man who ran over a pedestrian and dragged him for more than half a mile has been jailed for at least 30 years for his murder.
Martin Eastwood, 22, driving a stolen Ford S-Max, ploughed into father-of-two Liam Dent in revenge for a minor row outside a pub in Chessington, Surrey.
Having knocked Mr Dent down, Eastwood, from nearby Epsom, drove at speeds of up to 32mph, dragging his screaming victim along in the early hours of Saturday 26 July, 2019.
Mr Dent was still conscious after being freed, and his family rushed to the scene in southwest London.
But he had suffered horrific injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Wednesday, Judge Wendy Joseph jailed Eastwood for life with a minimum term of 30 years after suggesting he must have heard his victim screaming.
Recalling the evidence of an expert who said dragging a body would have been like "driving with the handbrake on", she said if Eastwood didn't realise it straight away "he must have realised it almost immediately after".
"No one," she said, "should die like that. No mother should have to sit in the road with her dying son on whom those injuries had been inflicted.
"There is no way around it, this was a cruel death."
Earlier, Stacey Dent told her son's killer she "could see all his injuries" and realised "he had to be in so much pain.
"I could see immediately despite the attempts to keep him with us that he was not going to survive and my heart was completely ripped apart and it remains that way. I cry every single day.
"He was tortured and he was left for dead screaming for help. Why couldn't you have just stopped and spared my son his life?"
Eastwood was found guilty of murder following a trial at the Old Bailey.
He had used a car as a weapon twice before, the court heard, inflicting multiple fractures on a cyclist in 2018 and leaving a man with abrasions the year after.
Judge Joseph handed Eastwood concurrent sentences for grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and robbery.
His friend Daniel Morris, 22, who had driven behind in a Volvo after Eastwood had run over Mr Dent, frantically honking his horn for him to stop, admitted manslaughter and was jailed for five-and-a-half-years.
Eastwood's 19-year-old girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, of Epsom, was found guilty of assisting an offender and given a two-year sentence suspended for two years.
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A driver who mowed down a pedestrian and dragged him more than half-a-mile has been jailed for at least 30 years for the “cruel” murder.
Martin Eastwood, 22, used a stolen Ford S-Max as a weapon to kill 25-year-old Liam Dent in revenge for a minor confrontation outside a pub.
Having knocked Mr Dent down, Eastwood, from Epsom, Surrey, drove at speeds of up to 32mph, dragging his screaming victim along in the early hours of July 26 2019.
His friend Daniel Morris, 22, who admitted manslaughter, drove behind in a Volvo, frantically honking his horn for him to stop.
By the time Mr Dent finally became free of the Ford, he was still conscious but suffering from horrific injuries.
His family rushed to the scene in Chessington, south-west London, where he was pronounced dead.
Following a trial at the Old Bailey, Eastwood was found guilty of murder.
On Wednesday, Judge Wendy Joseph jailed him for life with a minimum term of 30 years.
The court heard Eastwood had been convicted of two earlier incidents in which he used a car as a weapon.
Judge Joseph handed Eastwood concurrent sentences for grievous bodily harm with intent, attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and robbery.
No-one should die like that. No mother should have to sit in the road with her dying son on whom those injuries had been inflicted. There is no way around it, this was a cruel death
On the killing, she said: “If he did not realise at first someone was dragged under the car he must have realised it almost immediately after.”
She noted an expert who had said the presence of a body would have had an effect “equivalent of driving with the handbrake on”.
The judge said Eastwood must have heard his victim screaming.
Chronicling Mr Dent’s extensive injuries, she said: “No-one should die like that. No mother should have to sit in the road with her dying son on whom those injuries had been inflicted.
“There is no way around it, this was a cruel death.”
The judge banned Eastwood from driving for 10 years upon his release.
On the night this happened, when I went to my son lying in the road, I could see all his injuries, Martin, I could see he had to be in so much pain from beginning to end
Morris, 22, of no fixed abode, was jailed for five-and-a-half years for his role in the killing.
Judge Joseph told him: “I accept that as Mr Eastwood drove off with Liam trapped under the S-Max you were trying to get him to stop with repeated and frantic honking as you went along.”
Eastwood’s girlfriend, Jasmine Robinson, 19, of Epsom, Surrey, was found guilty of assisting an offender.
She was sentenced to two years custody suspended for two years.
As Eastwood was sentenced, a woman screamed in the public gallery and Mr Dent’s family became emotional.
Earlier, his mother Stacey Dent addressed his killer in the dock as she detailed the impact of his death on the family, including his young son.
She said: “On the night this happened, when I went to my son lying in the road, I could see all his injuries, Martin, I could see he had to be in so much pain from beginning to end.
“I could see immediately despite the attempts to keep him with us that he was not going to survive and my heart was completely ripped apart and it remains that way. I cry every single day.
Martin Eastwood should never be allowed a single day of normal life. He robbed my son's life, his children have been robbed of a father and me of my son
“I tried in the beginning to convince my children that Liam would have been unconscious on impact when he drove into him.
“But the evidence rolled out in court and it proved the absolute worst it could be. He was tortured and he was left for dead screaming for help.
“Why couldn’t you have just stopped and spared my son his life?
“Martin Eastwood should never be allowed a single day of normal life. He robbed my son’s life, his children have been robbed of a father and me of my son.
“On more than one occasion, Martin, you choose not to stop and spare my son, you chose to carry on driving with him and taking him to his death.”
Prior to the fatal incident, the court heard that in September 2018, Eastwood drove a stolen vehicle at a cyclist, knocking him to the ground and causing him multiple fractures.
In April 2019, he drove a stolen vehicle at a man, knocking him to the ground and causing him abrasions.
Jurors heard how the murder of Mr Dent had taken place following a confrontation involving Mr Dent and his friends outside the Lucky Rover pub in Chessington.
The Ford was later found burnt out but its telematics system was recovered, containing vital data establishing the route, speed and nature of the driving.
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https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220406/Wastewater-based-Epidemiology-technique-can-help-move-toward-a-healthier-and-more-sustainable-world.aspx | Of the many contemporary conveniences often taken for granted in developed countries, modern sanitation may be among the most important. A new study suggests that wastewater infrastructure may provide societal benefits far beyond the dramatic improvements in community hygiene.
The research highlights a technique known as Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE), in which samples of municipal wastewater can be used as a diagnostic tool to explore a surprisingly broad range of community-wide health indices.
In research published in the peer-reviewed, high-impact journal Environment International, Rolf Halden and Sangeet Adhikari, describe how WBE can be used to help achieve a number of ambitious objectives outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The study, the largest and most comprehensive assessment of wastewater infrastructure around the world to date, examines wastewater treatment facilities in 129 countries, serving over a third of the world's population. It is also the first study to propose and evaluate the feasibility of using WBE to measure progress toward achieving several UN sustainability objectives.
The WBE technique can be used to assess factors influencing community-wide health, from the consumption of local diets, alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco to exposure to hazardous chemicals, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, viruses, and antibiotic-resistant microbes.
In addition to infectious disease monitoring, new disease biomarkers detectable in wastewater are being developed, enabling researchers to mine samples for evidence of afflictions including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The study emphasizes the dire need for the expansion of wastewater services to large swaths of the globe where such resources are still lacking.
As recently as 2019, the use of wastewater monitoring to assess and optimize global health was a utopian dream, envisioned and pursued by few, as detailed in Halden's 2020 book, Environment. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, changed all of this, with the method put to immediate, practical use for tracking the devastating course of SARS CoV-2.
Whereas most of these efforts today are still focused on containing the pandemic locally, it is time to take stock of what else can be accomplished using WBE to advance the human condition and sustainability globally. The first inventory of global wastewater infrastructure presented in our paper represents an initial and important step toward creating a healthier and more equitable future for human populations around the world."
Rolf Halden, Director, Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University
Professor Halden is the director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University, where he works with Sangeet Adhikari, who wrote the study as part of his recently completed doctoral thesis. Halden is also professor in ASU's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, a member of the university's Global Futures Laboratory and professor in the School of Life Sciences.
A drop of water, a wealth of data
The effluent from human waste may seem far removed from a sterile clinical laboratory where diagnostic tests are performed. Yet both diagnostic approaches rely on the rich storehouse of information contained in bodily fluids and excretions.
Today, more than 55 countries are actively using WBE to evaluate community health. The method provides a comprehensive, inexpensive and rapid means of monitoring population-wide health. The initial burst in activity, due to the SARS CoV-2 crisis, enabled public health officials to evaluate local, regional and national disease trends even as pandemic surges posed severe challenges to conventional diagnostic testing.
A further benefit of WBE is that it can deliver population-level data reflecting the burden of undiagnosed COVID-19 cases, including asymptomatic infections that are unlikely to be detected through standard clinical surveillance. Such information is particularly valuable for epidemiologists hoping to refine estimates of case-fatality rates. It has been successfully applied by national and state governments, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and commercial ventures.
Monitoring health and sustainability
Halden and his ASU colleagues had long recognized the power of WBE to provide vital clues about the prevalence and transmission rates of pathogens and the novel coronavirus quickly turned into a showcase on how to apply wastewater monitoring to inform public health decision-making in real time. After creating the world's first wastewater-informed, open-access electronic dashboards for opioids in 2018/19 and for COVID-19 in 2020, in collaboration with the City of Tempe, AZ, the current study seeks to radically expand the scope of wastewater monitoring to benefit human populations around the world and particularly in developing countries.
By unanimous decision, 17 specific goals were announced by the UN to meet social, economic, and environmental development milestones. The UN agenda represents the determination of member countries to address global challenges posed by climate change, rapid urbanization, and other factors. The new study demonstrates that WBE could be used to effectively track the progress made toward achieving over half of these goals, set for 2030.
These include:
- Ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture
- Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages, ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
- Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation
- Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
- Conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development and
- Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
A range of health outcomes could also be dramatically improved simply through expansion of wastewater treatment technologies to the areas of greatest global need.
Earth inventory
The researchers began by conducting an in-depth literature survey of existing sewerage infrastructure, population demographics of the regions served and a range of health-related biomarkers available in wastewater that could be informative for furthering the UN goals.
The study identified some 109,000 municipal wastewater treatment plants in 129 countries, serving 2.7 billion people worldwide. This is equivalent to around 35% of the global population. Although some 80% of the population is served by municipal waste treatment systems in high-income countries, around 60 countries were identified in which less than 40% of the population is served. The grave disparities between rich and poor nations in terms of these facilities is partially responsible for their divergent health statistics.
Indeed, the study notes that areas lacking centralized sewerage infrastructure, particularly in low-income countries, are at a double disadvantage. Without such facilities, community hygiene is compromised; and affected populations are further deprived of the benefits of ongoing health monitoring provided by WBE. This fact is reflected in the observed data that showed a reduction in disease burden associated with centralized wastewater infrastructure.
Multi-purpose diagnostics
Providing access to sanitation infrastructure helps limit fecal contamination and the spread of waterborne diseases. Extending sewerage collection and treatment to areas lacking in this technology could provide a cost-effective strategy for health assessment through WBE under conditions where traditional healthcare is financially out of reach for most local people.
In addition to the detection of infectious disease, WBE can also assist in the management of chemical risks to the population, including microplastics, endocrine disrupting agents and a broad range of contaminants. The study also identifies 25 different classes of biomarkers that can provide valuable health statistics on community levels of hunger, stress, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary afflictions, and cancer.
The enhanced power of WBE for comprehensive health monitoring has significantly strengthened the case for extending sanitation infrastructure across the globe to safeguard human health as well as critical ecosystems. The new study also demonstrates the usefulness of the technique for helping society meet many of the United Nation's goals toward a healthier and more sustainable world.
Source:
Journal reference:
Adhikari, S & Halden, R.U.,(2022) Opportunities and limits of wastewater-based epidemiology for tracking global health and attainment of UN sustainable development goals. Environment International. doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107217. | 0 | 117,309 | 0.078588 | https://phys.org/news/2022-04-wastewater-planet-wide-laboratory-human-health.html | 2022-04-06 18:54:09+00:00 | Wastewater provides a planet-wide laboratory for the study of human health
Of the many contemporary conveniences often taken for granted in developed countries, modern sanitation may be among the most important. A new study suggests that wastewater infrastructure may provide societal benefits far beyond the dramatic improvements in community hygiene.
The research highlights a technique known as Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE), in which samples of municipal wastewater can be used as a diagnostic tool to explore a surprisingly broad range of community-wide health indices.
In research published in the journal Environment International, Rolf Halden and Sangeet Adhikari, describe how WBE can be used to help achieve a number of ambitious objectives outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The study, the largest and most comprehensive assessment of wastewater infrastructure around the world to date, examines wastewater treatment facilities in 129 countries, serving over a third of the world's population. It is also the first study to propose and evaluate the feasibility of using WBE to measure progress toward achieving several UN sustainability objectives.
The WBE technique can be used to assess factors influencing community-wide health, from the consumption of local diets, alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco to exposure to hazardous chemicals, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, viruses, and antibiotic-resistant microbes.
In addition to infectious disease monitoring, new disease biomarkers detectable in wastewater are being developed, enabling researchers to mine samples for evidence of afflictions including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The study emphasizes the dire need for the expansion of wastewater services to large swaths of the globe where such resources are still lacking.
As recently as 2019, the use of wastewater monitoring to assess and optimize global health was a utopian dream, envisioned and pursued by few, as detailed in Halden's 2020 book, Environment. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, changed all of this, with the method put to immediate, practical use for tracking the devastating course of SARS CoV-2.
"Whereas most of these efforts today are still focused on containing the pandemic locally, it is time to take stock of what else can be accomplished using WBE to advance the human condition and sustainability globally," Halden says. "The first inventory of global wastewater infrastructure presented in our paper represents an initial and important step toward creating a healthier and more equitable future for human populations around the world."
Professor Halden is the director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University, where he works with Sangeet Adhikari, who wrote the study as part of his recently completed doctoral thesis. Halden is also professor in ASU's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, a member of the university's Global Futures Laboratory and professor in the School of Life Sciences.
A drop of water, a wealth of data
The effluent from human waste may seem far removed from a sterile clinical laboratory where diagnostic tests are performed. Yet both diagnostic approaches rely on the rich storehouse of information contained in bodily fluids and excretions.
Today, more than 55 countries are actively using WBE to evaluate community health. The method provides a comprehensive, inexpensive and rapid means of monitoring population-wide health. The initial burst in activity, due to the SARS CoV-2 crisis, enabled public health officials to evaluate local, regional and national disease trends even as pandemic surges posed severe challenges to conventional diagnostic testing.
A further benefit of WBE is that it can deliver population-level data reflecting the burden of undiagnosed COVID-19 cases, including asymptomatic infections that are unlikely to be detected through standard clinical surveillance. Such information is particularly valuable for epidemiologists hoping to refine estimates of case-fatality rates. It has been successfully applied by national and state governments, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and commercial ventures.
Monitoring health and sustainability
Halden and his ASU colleagues had long recognized the power of WBE to provide vital clues about the prevalence and transmission rates of pathogens and the novel coronavirus quickly turned into a showcase on how to apply wastewater monitoring to inform public health decision-making in real time. After creating the world's first wastewater-informed, open-access electronic dashboards for opioids in 2018/19 and for COVID-19 in 2020, in collaboration with the City of Tempe, AZ, the current study seeks to radically expand the scope of wastewater monitoring to benefit human populations around the world and particularly in developing countries.
By unanimous decision, 17 specific goals were announced by the UN to meet social, economic, and environmental development milestones. The UN agenda represents the determination of member countries to address global challenges posed by climate change, rapid urbanization, and other factors. The new study demonstrates that WBE could be used to effectively track the progress made toward achieving over half of these goals, set for 2030.
These include:
- Ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture
- Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages, ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
- Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation
- Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
- Conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development and
- Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
A range of health outcomes could also be dramatically improved simply through expansion of wastewater treatment technologies to the areas of greatest global need.
Earth inventory
The researchers began by conducting an in-depth literature survey of existing sewerage infrastructure, population demographics of the regions served and a range of health-related biomarkers available in wastewater that could be informative for furthering the UN goals.
The study identified some 109,000 municipal wastewater treatment plants in 129 countries, serving 2.7 billion people worldwide. This is equivalent to around 35% of the global population. Although some 80% of the population is served by municipal waste treatment systems in high-income countries, around 60 countries were identified in which less than 40% of the population is served. The grave disparities between rich and poor nations in terms of these facilities is partially responsible for their divergent health statistics.
Indeed, the study notes that areas lacking centralized sewerage infrastructure, particularly in low-income countries, are at a double disadvantage. Without such facilities, community hygiene is compromised; and affected populations are further deprived of the benefits of ongoing health monitoring provided by WBE. This fact is reflected in the observed data that showed a reduction in disease burden associated with centralized wastewater infrastructure.
Multi-purpose diagnostics
Providing access to sanitation infrastructure helps limit fecal contamination and the spread of waterborne diseases. Extending sewerage collection and treatment to areas lacking in this technology could provide a cost-effective strategy for health assessment through WBE under conditions where traditional healthcare is financially out of reach for most local people.
In addition to the detection of infectious disease, WBE can also assist in the management of chemical risks to the population, including microplastics, endocrine disrupting agents and a broad range of contaminants. The study also identifies 25 different classes of biomarkers that can provide valuable health statistics on community levels of hunger, stress, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary afflictions, and cancer.
The enhanced power of WBE for comprehensive health monitoring has significantly strengthened the case for extending sanitation infrastructure across the globe to safeguard human health as well as critical ecosystems. The new study also demonstrates the usefulness of the technique for helping society meet many of the United Nation's goals toward a healthier and more sustainable world.
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https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220406/Wastewater-based-Epidemiology-technique-can-help-move-toward-a-healthier-and-more-sustainable-world.aspx | Of the many contemporary conveniences often taken for granted in developed countries, modern sanitation may be among the most important. A new study suggests that wastewater infrastructure may provide societal benefits far beyond the dramatic improvements in community hygiene.
The research highlights a technique known as Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE), in which samples of municipal wastewater can be used as a diagnostic tool to explore a surprisingly broad range of community-wide health indices.
In research published in the peer-reviewed, high-impact journal Environment International, Rolf Halden and Sangeet Adhikari, describe how WBE can be used to help achieve a number of ambitious objectives outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The study, the largest and most comprehensive assessment of wastewater infrastructure around the world to date, examines wastewater treatment facilities in 129 countries, serving over a third of the world's population. It is also the first study to propose and evaluate the feasibility of using WBE to measure progress toward achieving several UN sustainability objectives.
The WBE technique can be used to assess factors influencing community-wide health, from the consumption of local diets, alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco to exposure to hazardous chemicals, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, viruses, and antibiotic-resistant microbes.
In addition to infectious disease monitoring, new disease biomarkers detectable in wastewater are being developed, enabling researchers to mine samples for evidence of afflictions including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The study emphasizes the dire need for the expansion of wastewater services to large swaths of the globe where such resources are still lacking.
As recently as 2019, the use of wastewater monitoring to assess and optimize global health was a utopian dream, envisioned and pursued by few, as detailed in Halden's 2020 book, Environment. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, changed all of this, with the method put to immediate, practical use for tracking the devastating course of SARS CoV-2.
Whereas most of these efforts today are still focused on containing the pandemic locally, it is time to take stock of what else can be accomplished using WBE to advance the human condition and sustainability globally. The first inventory of global wastewater infrastructure presented in our paper represents an initial and important step toward creating a healthier and more equitable future for human populations around the world."
Rolf Halden, Director, Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University
Professor Halden is the director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University, where he works with Sangeet Adhikari, who wrote the study as part of his recently completed doctoral thesis. Halden is also professor in ASU's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, a member of the university's Global Futures Laboratory and professor in the School of Life Sciences.
A drop of water, a wealth of data
The effluent from human waste may seem far removed from a sterile clinical laboratory where diagnostic tests are performed. Yet both diagnostic approaches rely on the rich storehouse of information contained in bodily fluids and excretions.
Today, more than 55 countries are actively using WBE to evaluate community health. The method provides a comprehensive, inexpensive and rapid means of monitoring population-wide health. The initial burst in activity, due to the SARS CoV-2 crisis, enabled public health officials to evaluate local, regional and national disease trends even as pandemic surges posed severe challenges to conventional diagnostic testing.
A further benefit of WBE is that it can deliver population-level data reflecting the burden of undiagnosed COVID-19 cases, including asymptomatic infections that are unlikely to be detected through standard clinical surveillance. Such information is particularly valuable for epidemiologists hoping to refine estimates of case-fatality rates. It has been successfully applied by national and state governments, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and commercial ventures.
Monitoring health and sustainability
Halden and his ASU colleagues had long recognized the power of WBE to provide vital clues about the prevalence and transmission rates of pathogens and the novel coronavirus quickly turned into a showcase on how to apply wastewater monitoring to inform public health decision-making in real time. After creating the world's first wastewater-informed, open-access electronic dashboards for opioids in 2018/19 and for COVID-19 in 2020, in collaboration with the City of Tempe, AZ, the current study seeks to radically expand the scope of wastewater monitoring to benefit human populations around the world and particularly in developing countries.
By unanimous decision, 17 specific goals were announced by the UN to meet social, economic, and environmental development milestones. The UN agenda represents the determination of member countries to address global challenges posed by climate change, rapid urbanization, and other factors. The new study demonstrates that WBE could be used to effectively track the progress made toward achieving over half of these goals, set for 2030.
These include:
- Ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture
- Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages, ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
- Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation
- Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
- Conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development and
- Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
A range of health outcomes could also be dramatically improved simply through expansion of wastewater treatment technologies to the areas of greatest global need.
Earth inventory
The researchers began by conducting an in-depth literature survey of existing sewerage infrastructure, population demographics of the regions served and a range of health-related biomarkers available in wastewater that could be informative for furthering the UN goals.
The study identified some 109,000 municipal wastewater treatment plants in 129 countries, serving 2.7 billion people worldwide. This is equivalent to around 35% of the global population. Although some 80% of the population is served by municipal waste treatment systems in high-income countries, around 60 countries were identified in which less than 40% of the population is served. The grave disparities between rich and poor nations in terms of these facilities is partially responsible for their divergent health statistics.
Indeed, the study notes that areas lacking centralized sewerage infrastructure, particularly in low-income countries, are at a double disadvantage. Without such facilities, community hygiene is compromised; and affected populations are further deprived of the benefits of ongoing health monitoring provided by WBE. This fact is reflected in the observed data that showed a reduction in disease burden associated with centralized wastewater infrastructure.
Multi-purpose diagnostics
Providing access to sanitation infrastructure helps limit fecal contamination and the spread of waterborne diseases. Extending sewerage collection and treatment to areas lacking in this technology could provide a cost-effective strategy for health assessment through WBE under conditions where traditional healthcare is financially out of reach for most local people.
In addition to the detection of infectious disease, WBE can also assist in the management of chemical risks to the population, including microplastics, endocrine disrupting agents and a broad range of contaminants. The study also identifies 25 different classes of biomarkers that can provide valuable health statistics on community levels of hunger, stress, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary afflictions, and cancer.
The enhanced power of WBE for comprehensive health monitoring has significantly strengthened the case for extending sanitation infrastructure across the globe to safeguard human health as well as critical ecosystems. The new study also demonstrates the usefulness of the technique for helping society meet many of the United Nation's goals toward a healthier and more sustainable world.
Source:
Journal reference:
Adhikari, S & Halden, R.U.,(2022) Opportunities and limits of wastewater-based epidemiology for tracking global health and attainment of UN sustainable development goals. Environment International. doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107217. | 1 | 57,427 | 0.722348 | https://pharmaceuticalmanufacturer.media/pharmaceutical-industry-insights/covid-19-pharma-news/wastewater-is-anything-but-a-waste-it-could-even-prevent-the/ | 2022-07-26 17:50:38+00:00 | Ari Goldfarb, CEO, Kando, discusses how innovative technologies and artificial intelligence tools are advancing wastewater analysis and could potentially mitigate the effects, or even prevent, future pandemics.
French novelist, Victor Hugo was onto something when, in his acclaimed novel Les Misérables, he referred to the sewage system as “the conscience of the city,” a place where secrets don’t exist.
Today, some 200 years later, researchers are using innovative technologies and artificial intelligence tools to study the contents of our sewers. Sewers hold a detailed record of a community’s health, containing the substances consumed and expelled by the population. That’s why researchers and health officials are using wastewater analysis to glean information about the health of citizens and the environment, to detect diseases, and trace their spread early on.
The outbreak of COVID-19 two years ago triggered an explosion of interest in wastewater for the study of epidemics, through the analysis of microbial bodies and substances that stem from the human digestive track and proliferate in sewage systems.
Now, two years into the pandemic, two things are clear: First, that a global effort must be made to develop and implement even more proactive monitoring systems that can be used to track and hopefully prevent other potentially deadly diseases down the line. And second – that our sewers may hold the answer.
Where it all started
Almost everything goes through wastewater treatment plants before being cleansed and then released into local bodies of water or for use in agriculture. However, one of the biggest contributions of wastewater possibly takes place even before the waste is separated from the water.
As early as 1930, researchers in the United States realised that a polio-myelitic virus, which causes polio, can be isolated from an individual’s stool sample. This then made it possible to test wastewater to look for the virus and to track the spread of the disease in entire populations. More recently, wastewater surveillance has provided early warnings for diseases outbreaks such as: Hepatitis A and norovirus in Sweden, Polio in Israel and Polio in India.
The microbes, pathogens, and hormones that are excreted from the human digestive track and find their way into the sewage system provide the metrics and the data that help researchers get insights into a variety of health aspects beyond pathogens. These include the cardiac health of the population, digestion data, and immune system health.
The Importance of Wastewater Analysis in the Pandemic
Just as COVID-19 spurred the use of technologies for the work-from-home transition and remote learning, so too has the pandemic accelerated an understanding of the need for wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and other applications for the early detection of diseases.
In fact, technological developments in advanced wastewater analytics over the past two years have yielded national surveillance systems across more than 50 countries, 200 universities, and 1,000 locations. Such surveillance has managed to successfully help health officials track, record, and predict the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The success of these technologies has turned wastewater analysis into a key tool in the fight against the pandemic.
But sewage surveillance can also be used for many other applications beyond just testing for COVID and its variants.
Wastewater analysis, for example, can detect traces of a virus from both symptomatic and asymptomatic people, as well as provide an early warning system for public officials by pinpointing when harmful variants and bacteria are present within a community. Researchers around the world have also established practices for communities to study their sewage to determine the level of vaccine coverage or medication adherence.
Tracking the sewage system to detect the use of illicit drugs is another use case for wastewater analysis that is poised to become more prevalent among public health and safety officials. This allows officials to glean information about what types of drugs are being abused, how the concentration of narcotics in the sewage changes over time, and what effect new policies and programs are having on the quantity of drugs consumed.
Modern wastewater testing technology is also getting better at detecting and tracing dangerous pollutants in wastewater. Thanks to sophisticated analytics and advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI), wastewater engineers can now play an important role in helping officials and regulators identify the companies responsible for pollutant leaks contaminating our municipal systems and the environment in general.
The companies at fault can benefit from these waste-tracking technologies. Large volumes of pollutants in wastewater are often a sign of inefficient or irresponsible industrial processes. A company that is found to emit tainted wastewater can learn from its mistakes and improve its operations.
Preparing for the Future
Until now, wastewater analysis has been used as a complementary tool to monitor public health, as opposed to a driver of health policies. But given its huge and almost endless potential, it is likely that these technologies will play a critical role in mitigating the effects of any looming health crisis of the future. |
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220406/Wastewater-based-Epidemiology-technique-can-help-move-toward-a-healthier-and-more-sustainable-world.aspx | Of the many contemporary conveniences often taken for granted in developed countries, modern sanitation may be among the most important. A new study suggests that wastewater infrastructure may provide societal benefits far beyond the dramatic improvements in community hygiene.
The research highlights a technique known as Wastewater-based Epidemiology (WBE), in which samples of municipal wastewater can be used as a diagnostic tool to explore a surprisingly broad range of community-wide health indices.
In research published in the peer-reviewed, high-impact journal Environment International, Rolf Halden and Sangeet Adhikari, describe how WBE can be used to help achieve a number of ambitious objectives outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The study, the largest and most comprehensive assessment of wastewater infrastructure around the world to date, examines wastewater treatment facilities in 129 countries, serving over a third of the world's population. It is also the first study to propose and evaluate the feasibility of using WBE to measure progress toward achieving several UN sustainability objectives.
The WBE technique can be used to assess factors influencing community-wide health, from the consumption of local diets, alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco to exposure to hazardous chemicals, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, viruses, and antibiotic-resistant microbes.
In addition to infectious disease monitoring, new disease biomarkers detectable in wastewater are being developed, enabling researchers to mine samples for evidence of afflictions including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The study emphasizes the dire need for the expansion of wastewater services to large swaths of the globe where such resources are still lacking.
As recently as 2019, the use of wastewater monitoring to assess and optimize global health was a utopian dream, envisioned and pursued by few, as detailed in Halden's 2020 book, Environment. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, changed all of this, with the method put to immediate, practical use for tracking the devastating course of SARS CoV-2.
Whereas most of these efforts today are still focused on containing the pandemic locally, it is time to take stock of what else can be accomplished using WBE to advance the human condition and sustainability globally. The first inventory of global wastewater infrastructure presented in our paper represents an initial and important step toward creating a healthier and more equitable future for human populations around the world."
Rolf Halden, Director, Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University
Professor Halden is the director of the Biodesign Center for Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University, where he works with Sangeet Adhikari, who wrote the study as part of his recently completed doctoral thesis. Halden is also professor in ASU's School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, a member of the university's Global Futures Laboratory and professor in the School of Life Sciences.
A drop of water, a wealth of data
The effluent from human waste may seem far removed from a sterile clinical laboratory where diagnostic tests are performed. Yet both diagnostic approaches rely on the rich storehouse of information contained in bodily fluids and excretions.
Today, more than 55 countries are actively using WBE to evaluate community health. The method provides a comprehensive, inexpensive and rapid means of monitoring population-wide health. The initial burst in activity, due to the SARS CoV-2 crisis, enabled public health officials to evaluate local, regional and national disease trends even as pandemic surges posed severe challenges to conventional diagnostic testing.
A further benefit of WBE is that it can deliver population-level data reflecting the burden of undiagnosed COVID-19 cases, including asymptomatic infections that are unlikely to be detected through standard clinical surveillance. Such information is particularly valuable for epidemiologists hoping to refine estimates of case-fatality rates. It has been successfully applied by national and state governments, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and commercial ventures.
Monitoring health and sustainability
Halden and his ASU colleagues had long recognized the power of WBE to provide vital clues about the prevalence and transmission rates of pathogens and the novel coronavirus quickly turned into a showcase on how to apply wastewater monitoring to inform public health decision-making in real time. After creating the world's first wastewater-informed, open-access electronic dashboards for opioids in 2018/19 and for COVID-19 in 2020, in collaboration with the City of Tempe, AZ, the current study seeks to radically expand the scope of wastewater monitoring to benefit human populations around the world and particularly in developing countries.
By unanimous decision, 17 specific goals were announced by the UN to meet social, economic, and environmental development milestones. The UN agenda represents the determination of member countries to address global challenges posed by climate change, rapid urbanization, and other factors. The new study demonstrates that WBE could be used to effectively track the progress made toward achieving over half of these goals, set for 2030.
These include:
- Ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture
- Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages, ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
- Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
- Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation
- Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns
- Conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development and
- Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.
A range of health outcomes could also be dramatically improved simply through expansion of wastewater treatment technologies to the areas of greatest global need.
Earth inventory
The researchers began by conducting an in-depth literature survey of existing sewerage infrastructure, population demographics of the regions served and a range of health-related biomarkers available in wastewater that could be informative for furthering the UN goals.
The study identified some 109,000 municipal wastewater treatment plants in 129 countries, serving 2.7 billion people worldwide. This is equivalent to around 35% of the global population. Although some 80% of the population is served by municipal waste treatment systems in high-income countries, around 60 countries were identified in which less than 40% of the population is served. The grave disparities between rich and poor nations in terms of these facilities is partially responsible for their divergent health statistics.
Indeed, the study notes that areas lacking centralized sewerage infrastructure, particularly in low-income countries, are at a double disadvantage. Without such facilities, community hygiene is compromised; and affected populations are further deprived of the benefits of ongoing health monitoring provided by WBE. This fact is reflected in the observed data that showed a reduction in disease burden associated with centralized wastewater infrastructure.
Multi-purpose diagnostics
Providing access to sanitation infrastructure helps limit fecal contamination and the spread of waterborne diseases. Extending sewerage collection and treatment to areas lacking in this technology could provide a cost-effective strategy for health assessment through WBE under conditions where traditional healthcare is financially out of reach for most local people.
In addition to the detection of infectious disease, WBE can also assist in the management of chemical risks to the population, including microplastics, endocrine disrupting agents and a broad range of contaminants. The study also identifies 25 different classes of biomarkers that can provide valuable health statistics on community levels of hunger, stress, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary afflictions, and cancer.
The enhanced power of WBE for comprehensive health monitoring has significantly strengthened the case for extending sanitation infrastructure across the globe to safeguard human health as well as critical ecosystems. The new study also demonstrates the usefulness of the technique for helping society meet many of the United Nation's goals toward a healthier and more sustainable world.
Source:
Journal reference:
Adhikari, S & Halden, R.U.,(2022) Opportunities and limits of wastewater-based epidemiology for tracking global health and attainment of UN sustainable development goals. Environment International. doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107217. | 2 | 5,219 | 0.750313 | https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iit-madras-new-research-centre-to-detect-wastewater-in-city-1947271-2022-05-09 | 2022-05-09 13:21:06+00:00 | The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is going to establish a new research centre to test wastewater in a city for indicator organisms and chemicals and make the data available to the public. The facility will act as an intelligence unit to track and prevent a virus outbreak in its early stages.
The International Centre for Clean Water (ICCW) is establishing this Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) research facility. This project is being supported with funding of US$ 1 Million by CryptoRelief, an initiative started by Sandeep Nailwal.
The data obtained from various wastewater sources and treatment facilities will be analyzed and made available to the public through dashboards. Gradually, this facility will be extended to other parts of India.
BENEFITS OF WASTEWATER ANALYSIS
The benefits of wastewater analysis include water fingerprinting to study the chemical and biological molecules in it. The WBE project includes aspects such as tracking pollutants, pesticides, licit and illicit drugs to which the population is exposed.
Highlighting the impact of this project, Prof. T. Pradeep, a Padma Shri Awardee and Professor-in-Charge, International Centre for Clean Water (ICCW), IIT Madras, said, “Ensuring clean water for people needs a detailed understanding of wastewater. The ICCW team will work on building a hydro-informatics platform for the city with appropriate modelling tools to give spatiotemporal information of the data derived from WBE studies.”
The WBE will also be employed to detect emerging issues of concern, such as increasing antimicrobial resistance due to excessive consumption of antibiotics. Identifying the right policies to control pharmaceuticals and personal care products will be of great value in improving public health.
ICCW has been developing state-of-the-art technologies for affordable clean water. Creating a reliable platform for periodic analysis of wastewater will ensure better water security for the community. IIT Madras and ICCW envision providing practical solutions to build a healthier country through wastewater-based epidemiology research.
Speaking about this project, Sandeep Nailwal, Founder of CryptoRelief, said, “We intend to help the public, policymakers, practitioners and public health officials combat the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic through wastewater analysis.”
The CryptoRelief fund has successfully been funding several healthcare-related activities in the country.
This grant would help in advanced research and getting a foresight into the ever-evolving virus patterns whilst also giving us a chance to better prepare. With the worldwide outbreak of Covid-19, it has been challenging to understand its transmission.
This calls for a better understanding of the population's health to predict and control the disease spread, be it a pandemic or an endemic and this new centre at IIT Madras will tackle this need.
WASTEWATER AND ITS HARMFUL EFFECTS
Wastewater carries molecules that correlate to what people consume and how their health is changing. At an individual or household level, toilet waste can tell a lot about the user. For a city, the sewage gives information about the health of its inhabitants. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a way to understand this and may be considered as mining of chemical information from sewage.
Apart from SARS Cov-2, several other pathogens prevailing in a population can be detected through analysis of wastewater. Techniques for analysis include polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) and mass spectrometry (MS), combined with data analytics. |
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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival | Thursday, Apr. 7–Sunday, Apr. 10, 2022
Due to the perpetual bummer that is COVID-19, the 25th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is being held online again this year, April 7-10. But don’t fret: festival organizers have figured out the best possible techniques for watching the films at home on your TV (why not a viewing party?) or on your small-screen device, if you must.
The best way to proceed is via the Full Frame website, which has step-by-step instructions and a thorough FAQ on purchasing tickets and setting up your viewing experience. This year’s festival features 37 titles from 18 countries—22 feature films and 15 shorts. The festival is also hosting several online filmmaker Q&A sessions. Organizers have also announced a plan to present a handful of in-person documentary screenings at Durham Central Park at the end of August.
To watch now, though, browse the full listings at the Full Frame website, and read up on this sampling that suggests the typical breadth of awesomeness at Full Frame’s annual festival.
Among the buzziest of this year’s docs, Stay Prayed Up profiles legendary North Carolina gospel group The Branchettes and singer Lena Mae Perry, celebrating her 50th year as the bandleader. Early reactions suggest this is the film for those of us seeking dramatic renewal of hope. Watch for a special screening event at the Carolina Theatre in May.
Grand Jury prize winner at Sundance, The Exiles follows the 30-year journey of three exiled Chinese dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also in frame: notoriously rowdy filmmaker Christine Choy, the documentarian who first profiled the escapees just after the tragic events in 1989. Debut directors Violet Columbus and Ben Klein unknot a very twisty story.
Another big winner at Sundance, this harrowing documentary chronicles the story of now-imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and his mission to find those who poisoned him in 2020. Navalny is square in the middle of the global conversation right now, and it’s one of several films in this year’s lineup to address issues around the war in Ukraine.
Director Jon-Sesrie Goff offers a sustained meditation on the American South through a collage of history, memory, and the tensions in between. Told in flittering scenes of personal narrative, the film observes the Gullah community in South Carolina, stewards of land originally deeded to freed slaves, and their experience with recent hate crimes and gradual gentrification.
First-time feature director Reid Davenport shot the entirety of this remarkable film from his particular physical vantage point as a wheelchair-using documentarian. Toggling between the experimental and the vérité, Davenport delivers a first-person perspective on “spectacle, (in)visibility, and the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show.”
In 1956, Gabor Szilasi arrived by boat from Hungary to his new adopted home in Canada. He’s been taking pictures of everyday life ever since. Filmmaker Joannie Lafrenière follows the 94-year-old photographer as he applies his fiercely humanist philosophy to everything he sees, from Montreal to Budapest and back again. This year’s fest is light on feel-good films, but this is one of them.
Another documentary with alarming relevance just now, Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes features never-before-seen footage filmed during and just after the infamous 1986 disaster. Director James Jones also rooted out additional material from archival news reports, defunct Russian studios, and Soviet propaganda films. Word is that Jones finished his film and got out of Ukraine just before war was declared.
Filmmaker Iliana Sosa’s film is a kind of DIY cinematic ode to her grandfather, Julián, who regularly visits his daughters and their children in El Paso from his home in rural Mexico. Julián has been making that bus trip for decades, nurturing family ties over the border. Sosa’s lyrical, artful film is a reminder that all a talented filmmaker really needs is a story and a camera.
This intriguing feature doc from director Tomasz Wolski depicts the back-room dealings behind a series of violent protests in communist Poland circa 1970, when authorities cracked down on starving workers. Wolski combines archival telephone recordings with stop-motion animation to imagine the conflict from behind the closed doors of the oppressors—angry little men in power, playing with life and death.
Fresh from its world premiere at SXSW, director Jessica Edwards’s new film is being billed as the first feature documentary about the rise of women’s skateboarding. Skate Dreams follows the stories of several women, from the sport’s 1980s pioneers to recent Olympic contenders around the world. There aren’t many rules in documentary filmmaking, but everyone knows this one: skateboarding movies always look cool as hell.
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Comment on this story at backtalk@indyweek.com. | 0 | 104,739 | 0.998633 | https://www.concrete-online.co.uk/east-anglia-film-archive-wins-international-film-award/ | 2022-07-12 03:48:07+00:00 | The East Anglian Film Archive has won a Focal International Award for “Best Use of Footage in Short film Production” for a film that it contributed to.
The film is called “Lost Connections” and was made in response to the COVID Pandemic. The film is a collaboration between The East Anglian Film Archive and the UK’s regional and national moving image archives and is operated by the University.
The film itself, is an artistic short piece, created by Andy Burns who meticulously crafted it by using over 200 films which were put forward by the EAFA and its 11 different partner archives around the country.
The 13-minute film of condensed footage comprises of over a century of video and recordings and is a poetic reaction to the experience of the COVID- 19 pandemic when many of us were forced to stop, reflect, and assess what is most important. The answer for most when faced with this situation was keeping connected with family and friends.
The narration is performed by artist Hussina Raja, whose voice soothingly accompanies the historic imagery with a common reoccurring narration throughout the film with the saying: “Can we always be connected?”
Led by the Yorkshire Archive, the film was supported by Film Hub North on behalf of the BFI Film Network and screened at cinemas across the UK.
Dr Nick Warr EAFA’s Academic Director said that ‘the East Anglian Film Archive was delighted to collaborate with eleven other regional and national film archives on this national project and we are so pleased that the film has gained recognition.”
The film archive has been operated by the university since 1984 and holds over 12,000 hours of film and up to 30,000 hours of video tape.
The award was announced at the Focal International Awards Ceremony on the 23rd of June 2022. |
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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival | Thursday, Apr. 7–Sunday, Apr. 10, 2022
Due to the perpetual bummer that is COVID-19, the 25th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is being held online again this year, April 7-10. But don’t fret: festival organizers have figured out the best possible techniques for watching the films at home on your TV (why not a viewing party?) or on your small-screen device, if you must.
The best way to proceed is via the Full Frame website, which has step-by-step instructions and a thorough FAQ on purchasing tickets and setting up your viewing experience. This year’s festival features 37 titles from 18 countries—22 feature films and 15 shorts. The festival is also hosting several online filmmaker Q&A sessions. Organizers have also announced a plan to present a handful of in-person documentary screenings at Durham Central Park at the end of August.
To watch now, though, browse the full listings at the Full Frame website, and read up on this sampling that suggests the typical breadth of awesomeness at Full Frame’s annual festival.
Among the buzziest of this year’s docs, Stay Prayed Up profiles legendary North Carolina gospel group The Branchettes and singer Lena Mae Perry, celebrating her 50th year as the bandleader. Early reactions suggest this is the film for those of us seeking dramatic renewal of hope. Watch for a special screening event at the Carolina Theatre in May.
Grand Jury prize winner at Sundance, The Exiles follows the 30-year journey of three exiled Chinese dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also in frame: notoriously rowdy filmmaker Christine Choy, the documentarian who first profiled the escapees just after the tragic events in 1989. Debut directors Violet Columbus and Ben Klein unknot a very twisty story.
Another big winner at Sundance, this harrowing documentary chronicles the story of now-imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and his mission to find those who poisoned him in 2020. Navalny is square in the middle of the global conversation right now, and it’s one of several films in this year’s lineup to address issues around the war in Ukraine.
Director Jon-Sesrie Goff offers a sustained meditation on the American South through a collage of history, memory, and the tensions in between. Told in flittering scenes of personal narrative, the film observes the Gullah community in South Carolina, stewards of land originally deeded to freed slaves, and their experience with recent hate crimes and gradual gentrification.
First-time feature director Reid Davenport shot the entirety of this remarkable film from his particular physical vantage point as a wheelchair-using documentarian. Toggling between the experimental and the vérité, Davenport delivers a first-person perspective on “spectacle, (in)visibility, and the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show.”
In 1956, Gabor Szilasi arrived by boat from Hungary to his new adopted home in Canada. He’s been taking pictures of everyday life ever since. Filmmaker Joannie Lafrenière follows the 94-year-old photographer as he applies his fiercely humanist philosophy to everything he sees, from Montreal to Budapest and back again. This year’s fest is light on feel-good films, but this is one of them.
Another documentary with alarming relevance just now, Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes features never-before-seen footage filmed during and just after the infamous 1986 disaster. Director James Jones also rooted out additional material from archival news reports, defunct Russian studios, and Soviet propaganda films. Word is that Jones finished his film and got out of Ukraine just before war was declared.
Filmmaker Iliana Sosa’s film is a kind of DIY cinematic ode to her grandfather, Julián, who regularly visits his daughters and their children in El Paso from his home in rural Mexico. Julián has been making that bus trip for decades, nurturing family ties over the border. Sosa’s lyrical, artful film is a reminder that all a talented filmmaker really needs is a story and a camera.
This intriguing feature doc from director Tomasz Wolski depicts the back-room dealings behind a series of violent protests in communist Poland circa 1970, when authorities cracked down on starving workers. Wolski combines archival telephone recordings with stop-motion animation to imagine the conflict from behind the closed doors of the oppressors—angry little men in power, playing with life and death.
Fresh from its world premiere at SXSW, director Jessica Edwards’s new film is being billed as the first feature documentary about the rise of women’s skateboarding. Skate Dreams follows the stories of several women, from the sport’s 1980s pioneers to recent Olympic contenders around the world. There aren’t many rules in documentary filmmaking, but everyone knows this one: skateboarding movies always look cool as hell.
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Comment on this story at backtalk@indyweek.com. | 1 | 77,779 | 1.021936 | https://hanoigrapevine.com/2022/05/pop-up-screening-short-films-and-video-works-by-truong-minh-quy/ | 2022-05-30 08:22:13+00:00 | pop up screening short films and video works by Truong Minh Quy
01 June 2022, 07 – 09 pm
Á Space
59 Ngô Gia Tự, Long Biên District, Hanoi
Registration link
From the organizer:
On the occasion of filmmaker-artist Trương Minh Quý’s visit to Hanoi, Á Space is very delighted to invite you to the pop-up screening of his most recent short films and video works, followed by an intimate talk with Trương Minh Quý and our guest Ostin Fam as a moderator. The talk will revolve around, but not limited to, the works selected by Quý for the screening, his experiments with other mediums, his ongoing plans for his feature films, as well as his consistent interests across all mediums and genres.
List of works (in order of appearance):
‘Death of a Soldier’ (2020, 14m) – Vietnamese speaking with English subtitles
A montage featuring scenes of soldiers’ deaths in Vietnamese propaganda war films reveals striking similarities, highlighting their crass nationalist agenda.
‘The Sublime or Rectum’ (2017, 14:29m) – English speaking
A visual exploration of an intimate homosexual body contact.
‘The Woman Next Door’ (2021, 10m) – no sound
This video is a part of the multimedia installation that expresses the poetry of domestic space as a memorial for those who died (alone). The video is a computer manipulation based on a real family photograph of the filmmaker’s neighbor.
‘The Men Who Wait’ (2020, 15m) – French speaking with English subtitles
On a slag heap, where coal miners used to tramp, men are now awaiting each other.
About the filmmakers:
Trương Minh Quý was born in Buon Ma Thuot, a small city in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. His narratives and images, located between documentary and fiction, personal and impersonal, draw on the landscape of his homeland, childhood memories, and the history of Vietnam. His films have been selected for international film festivals and exhibitions such as Locarno, New York, Berlin, CPH:Dox, Viennale, Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Busan. He won the main Art Prize at the 20th VideoBrasil (São Paulo) in 2017.
Ostin Fam is a filmmaker born in Hanoi. His films focus on the concept of cultural flexibility – how people reconcile among their multiple identities in different countries and regions. After graduating from Wesleyan University, Ostin was one of four filmmakers in the US selected to participate in the Marcie Bloom program of Sony Picture Classics in 2017-2018. A member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective, he was also invited to participate in the Telluride International Film Festival Student Symposium, the Tribeca International Film Festival Sam Spiegel Partner Program and the ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Garden: FLY2019, where he won a scholarship from the Asian Film Academy under the Busan International Film Festival. Ostin is the Program Director of ON THE REEL Film Lab and the Sonic Ground sound design course (part of the EMOTIONS program of UNESCO Vietnam). Ostin’s short films have been featured at many film festivals around the world such as Busan International Film Festival (Korea), Clermont Ferrand (France), New Director New Films (USA), Seashorts (Malaysia) and Singapore International Film Festival.
Follow updates on event’s page. |
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Full Frame Documentary Film Festival | Thursday, Apr. 7–Sunday, Apr. 10, 2022
Due to the perpetual bummer that is COVID-19, the 25th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is being held online again this year, April 7-10. But don’t fret: festival organizers have figured out the best possible techniques for watching the films at home on your TV (why not a viewing party?) or on your small-screen device, if you must.
The best way to proceed is via the Full Frame website, which has step-by-step instructions and a thorough FAQ on purchasing tickets and setting up your viewing experience. This year’s festival features 37 titles from 18 countries—22 feature films and 15 shorts. The festival is also hosting several online filmmaker Q&A sessions. Organizers have also announced a plan to present a handful of in-person documentary screenings at Durham Central Park at the end of August.
To watch now, though, browse the full listings at the Full Frame website, and read up on this sampling that suggests the typical breadth of awesomeness at Full Frame’s annual festival.
Among the buzziest of this year’s docs, Stay Prayed Up profiles legendary North Carolina gospel group The Branchettes and singer Lena Mae Perry, celebrating her 50th year as the bandleader. Early reactions suggest this is the film for those of us seeking dramatic renewal of hope. Watch for a special screening event at the Carolina Theatre in May.
Grand Jury prize winner at Sundance, The Exiles follows the 30-year journey of three exiled Chinese dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre. Also in frame: notoriously rowdy filmmaker Christine Choy, the documentarian who first profiled the escapees just after the tragic events in 1989. Debut directors Violet Columbus and Ben Klein unknot a very twisty story.
Another big winner at Sundance, this harrowing documentary chronicles the story of now-imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and his mission to find those who poisoned him in 2020. Navalny is square in the middle of the global conversation right now, and it’s one of several films in this year’s lineup to address issues around the war in Ukraine.
Director Jon-Sesrie Goff offers a sustained meditation on the American South through a collage of history, memory, and the tensions in between. Told in flittering scenes of personal narrative, the film observes the Gullah community in South Carolina, stewards of land originally deeded to freed slaves, and their experience with recent hate crimes and gradual gentrification.
First-time feature director Reid Davenport shot the entirety of this remarkable film from his particular physical vantage point as a wheelchair-using documentarian. Toggling between the experimental and the vérité, Davenport delivers a first-person perspective on “spectacle, (in)visibility, and the corrosive legacy of the Freak Show.”
In 1956, Gabor Szilasi arrived by boat from Hungary to his new adopted home in Canada. He’s been taking pictures of everyday life ever since. Filmmaker Joannie Lafrenière follows the 94-year-old photographer as he applies his fiercely humanist philosophy to everything he sees, from Montreal to Budapest and back again. This year’s fest is light on feel-good films, but this is one of them.
Another documentary with alarming relevance just now, Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes features never-before-seen footage filmed during and just after the infamous 1986 disaster. Director James Jones also rooted out additional material from archival news reports, defunct Russian studios, and Soviet propaganda films. Word is that Jones finished his film and got out of Ukraine just before war was declared.
Filmmaker Iliana Sosa’s film is a kind of DIY cinematic ode to her grandfather, Julián, who regularly visits his daughters and their children in El Paso from his home in rural Mexico. Julián has been making that bus trip for decades, nurturing family ties over the border. Sosa’s lyrical, artful film is a reminder that all a talented filmmaker really needs is a story and a camera.
This intriguing feature doc from director Tomasz Wolski depicts the back-room dealings behind a series of violent protests in communist Poland circa 1970, when authorities cracked down on starving workers. Wolski combines archival telephone recordings with stop-motion animation to imagine the conflict from behind the closed doors of the oppressors—angry little men in power, playing with life and death.
Fresh from its world premiere at SXSW, director Jessica Edwards’s new film is being billed as the first feature documentary about the rise of women’s skateboarding. Skate Dreams follows the stories of several women, from the sport’s 1980s pioneers to recent Olympic contenders around the world. There aren’t many rules in documentary filmmaking, but everyone knows this one: skateboarding movies always look cool as hell.
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Comment on this story at backtalk@indyweek.com. | 2 | 107,029 | 1.024444 | https://www.sunny1079.com/george-michael-documentary-his-final-work-to-premiere-in-theaters-this-june/ | 2022-04-20 22:51:22+00:00 | George Michael‘s final artistic statement, a documentary called George Michael Freedom Uncut, will debut in theaters worldwide on June 22.
The autobiographical documentary is narrated by the late star, who died in 2016. It focuses on the period after the release of his Faith album made him a global superstar, through the time following the release of his 1990 follow up Listen Without Prejudice: Vol 1.
The film shows how, during that time, George fought for his artistic freedom, met his first love, Anselmo Feleppa, and lived through Feleppa’s death from an AIDS-related illness, as well as the loss of his mother.
The movie features “exclusive, personal archive footage,” as well as never-before-seen footage from George’s iconic video for “Freedom! ’90.” The supermodels who starred in that video, including Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista, appear in the documentary, as do Elton John, Stevie Wonder, James Corden, Ricky Gervais, Mary J. Blige, Tony Bennett and fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
Freedom Uncut also features “timeless duets with George’s favorite artists,” and “explores how he influenced the cultural landscape,” according to a press release.
Starting April 27, you can find out where the film is playing, and buy tickets, at GeorgeMichaelFreedomUncut.com.
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https://www.mysanantonio.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-AMARILLO-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17062296.php | WFO AMARILLO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
315 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory today, northwest winds 30 to 39 mph
with gusts up to 55 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory tomorrow,
northwest winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Cimarron County. In Texas, Hemphill, Roberts
and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...For the Wind Advisory today, until 7 PM CDT this evening.
For the Wind Advisory tomorrow, from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...For the High Wind Watch, northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with
gusts up to 70 mph possible. For the Wind Advisory, northwest
winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver and Texas Counties. In Texas,
Hansford, Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Watch, from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this
evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 39 mph expected, with gusts up to 55
mph.
* WHERE...Gray, Hutchinson, Moore and Wheeler Counties.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
315 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory today, northwest winds 30 to 39 mph
with gusts up to 55 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory tomorrow,
northwest winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Cimarron County. In Texas, Hemphill, Roberts
and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...For the Wind Advisory today, until 7 PM CDT this evening.
For the Wind Advisory tomorrow, from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...For the High Wind Watch, northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with
gusts up to 70 mph possible. For the Wind Advisory, northwest
winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver and Texas Counties. In Texas,
Hansford, Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Watch, from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this
evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 39 mph expected, with gusts up to 55
mph.
* WHERE...Gray, Hutchinson, Moore and Wheeler Counties.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
315 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory today, northwest winds 30 to 39 mph
with gusts up to 55 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory tomorrow,
northwest winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Cimarron County. In Texas, Hemphill, Roberts
and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...For the Wind Advisory today, until 7 PM CDT this evening.
For the Wind Advisory tomorrow, from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...For the High Wind Watch, northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with
gusts up to 70 mph possible. For the Wind Advisory, northwest
winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver and Texas Counties. In Texas,
Hansford, Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Watch, from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this
evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 39 mph expected, with gusts up to 55
mph.
* WHERE...Gray, Hutchinson, Moore and Wheeler Counties.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
315 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory today, northwest winds 30 to 39 mph
with gusts up to 55 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory tomorrow,
northwest winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Cimarron County. In Texas, Hemphill, Roberts
and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...For the Wind Advisory today, until 7 PM CDT this evening.
For the Wind Advisory tomorrow, from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...For the High Wind Watch, northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with
gusts up to 70 mph possible. For the Wind Advisory, northwest
winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver and Texas Counties. In Texas,
Hansford, Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Watch, from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this
evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 39 mph expected, with gusts up to 55
mph.
* WHERE...Gray, Hutchinson, Moore and Wheeler Counties.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
315 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory today, northwest winds 30 to 39 mph
with gusts up to 55 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory tomorrow,
northwest winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Cimarron County. In Texas, Hemphill, Roberts
and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...For the Wind Advisory today, until 7 PM CDT this evening.
For the Wind Advisory tomorrow, from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...For the High Wind Watch, northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with
gusts up to 70 mph possible. For the Wind Advisory, northwest
winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver and Texas Counties. In Texas,
Hansford, Lipscomb and Ochiltree Counties.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Watch, from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening. For the Wind Advisory, until 7 PM CDT this
evening.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 39 mph expected, with gusts up to 55
mph.
* WHERE...Gray, Hutchinson, Moore and Wheeler Counties.
* WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Thursday.
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Amarillo TX
1219 PM CDT Thu Apr 7 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 30 to 39 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Cimarron County. In Texas, Collingsworth,
Gray, Hutchinson, Moore and Sherman Counties.
* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Blowing dust has shown up on satellite and
will be moving into the Panhandles. Expect, reduced visibility
over the next several hours.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 65 mph.
* WHERE...In Oklahoma, Beaver and Texas Counties. In Texas,
Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts and Wheeler
Counties.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and
avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution
if you must drive.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10692795/Mother-reveals-boundaries-breastfeeding-two-year-old-son.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | Mother who still breastfeeds her two-year-old son reveals the 'boundaries' she is teaching him while he nurses, including where he should put his hands to which breast to feed from
- Mikaela De La Myco demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her two-year-old son, Marten, who is still breastfeeding, in a viral TikTok video
- The California mom, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, filmed herself asking her son a series of questions before he started nursing
- She had Marten choose what breast he wanted to feed from and place his hands on his knees until she was ready to pull her shirt up
- Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead
- De La Myco explained in the on-screen text that she almost quit extended breastfeeding because of the difficulties they were having
- The TikTok has been viewed more than 7.9 million times, and many mothers praised De La Myco for teaching her son boundaries
- However, others claimed the toddler was 'too old' to be breastfeeding
- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends infants be breastfed for the first six months with continued breastfeeding for one year or longer
A California mother has demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her toddler who is still breastfeeding by having him rest his hands on his knees and wait for her to lift her shirt before he can start nursing.
Mikaela De La Myco, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, shared a TikTok video of herself asking her two-year-old son, Marten, a series of questions before letting him nurse, explaining she almost quit extended breastfeeding out of frustration.
At the start of the clip, titled 'Breastfeeding My Toddler: A Boundaries Conversation,' the mom asked her son if he wanted 'leche,' the Spanish word for 'milk.' After Marten said, 'Yeah,' she replied: 'OK, where do your hands go.'
Mikaela De La Myco demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her two-year-old son, Marten, who is still breastfeeding, in a viral TikTok video
The California mom, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, filmed herself asking her son a series of questions before he started nursing
Marten put his hands on his knees, showing that he knew not to grab at his mother's breast without her consent.
De La Myco then asked him which breast he wanted to nurse from. After he chose, she put her hand up to stop him from grabbing her, reminding him: 'Mommy does it.'
The TikToker noted in the on-screen text that her son often gets 'annoyed' and 'uncomfortable' with waiting at this point, and it is something they've been 'working through.'
Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead.
'Other one?' she asked, before letting her son switch breasts.
'Honestly, I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people, but I ALMOST quit [breastfeeding] because this was so hard to accomplish without any good extended breastfeeding models,' she wrote at the end the video. 'Is this "gross" to you?'
She had Marten choose what breast he wanted to feed from and place his hands on his knees until she was ready
De La Myco put her hand up to stop him from grabbing her, reminding him: 'Mommy does it'
The TikTok has been viewed more than 7.9 million times and has sparked a debate in the comments about whether her son is 'too old' to be breastfeeding.
Many mothers praised @mamadelamyco and shared their own extended breastfeeding stories. Others admitted they thought Marten shouldn't be nursing at his age.
'I think [you're] doing a wonderful job. We went to 3 years with my youngest and I def taught him nursing etiquette,' one person wrote.
'I think he’s too old... just my opinion — I feel like at that stage it’s more for you not wanting to let go [than] his benefit. That could be harmful late,' another replied.
'It feels weird because modern society decided the most natural thing was inappropriate,' someone else point out.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that infants be exclusively breastfed for about the first six months with continued breastfeeding for one year or longer while they are being introduced to appropriate complementary foods.
The TikToker noted in the on-screen text that her son often gets 'annoyed' and 'uncomfortable' with waiting at this point, and it is something they've been 'working through'
Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead
'Other one?' she asked, before letting her son switch breasts
A number of people who commented on De La Myco's video pointed out that extended breastfeeding is common in other cultures and should not be looked down upon in the U.S.
The American Academy of American Physicians (AAFP) notes that breastfeeding beyond infancy is 'not the cultural norm in the United States,' but 'there is no evidence that extended breastfeeding is harmful to parent or child.'
According to research on natural weaning, which allows children to stop breastfeeding on their own timetable, Marten is right on target.
The National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI) states that 'when natural weaning is practiced, complete weaning usually takes place between two and four years of age.'
De La Myco, a plant medicine educator who specializes in womb healing, told Yahoo Life that she started teaching her son 'nursing manners' in February because breastfeeding was becoming more difficult as he got older.
'He doesn't bite, but he would kind of yank [my breast],' she explained. 'He would turn his head and I'm like, "Do you not realize I'm attached to you?"'
De La Myco explained in the on-screen text that she almost quit extended breastfeeding because of the difficulties they were having
The TikTok has been viewed 7.9 million times, and many praised De La Myco for teaching her son boundaries However, others claimed the toddler was 'too old' to be breastfeeding
The toddler, who used to nurse on-demand, would grab his mother and pull at her shirt instead of self-soothing when he was looking for comfort. It got to the point that she felt 'very disrespected' and was ready to quit.
Her partner and mother also voiced concerns that her breastfeeding relationship with Marten was 'unhealthy.'
De La Myco said she no longer breastfeeds her son in the middle of the night, and after his bedtime feeding, he can't nurse until the next morning. She has also limited the length of his feedings by adding a countdown.
As her viral video showed, communication has helped her establish boundaries with Martin, who has been 'pretty quick' to catch on to her age-appropriate cues that she needs physical space.
De La Myco added that she now plans on continuing to breastfeed Marten until he decides he is ready to stop.
'Implementing just a few little changes in the way that we nurse has made all the difference in the world, and has made me want to continue and not really stop," she told Yahoo Life. 'I don't have a time where I want to.' | 0 | 23,930 | 0.748868 | https://www.yourtango.com/family/weaning-son-traumatizing | 2022-04-01 15:06:09+00:00 | Photo: Nicola Katie / Shutterstock
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04/01/2022
Boundaries! They are a constant topic for parents. Boundaries are crucial for children of all ages so they can feel safe to explore even as they bump up against the walls of their limitations. Yet enforcing them is one of the MOST difficult parts of parenting.
We’ve all struggled with picking the right boundaries and remaining consistent in drawing those lines. And even though you know the key is to pick boundaries you'll be able to enforce, at any given moment it may not be so easy.
Recently, I bumped up against a boundary that was incredibly painful for me to enforce — but that highlighted for me the importance of consistency in my parenting — when I had to battle the question of when to stop breastfeeding my son.
My friends kept telling me I’d stop when I was ready, or that my son would miraculously and spontaneously self-wean.
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HA! That felt like a HUGE joke!
I’d been one of those incredibly lucky mothers for whom breastfeeding came easy.
After a rough first week trying to get my milk to come in, it had been smooth sailing. And, as a self-employed mom, I had the luxury of continuing to nurse him for as long as I wanted.
But then my son was approaching 3 years old, and while I wasn’t feeling ready to wean him, yet, I was starting to feel social pressure to do so. I found myself feeling increasingly self-conscious about the fact I was still nursing, as my friends made subtle — and not-so-subtle — comments about it.
As I became more and more self-conscious about continuing to nurse my son, I compromised with myself by cutting out all breastfeeding except for before naptime and before bedtime, and it felt appropriate, yet I couldn’t fathom how I was going to eliminate these last two feedings. I still loved the special bonding and cuddling time.
That started to change when my dad needed emergency brain surgery.
My sister was in Australia and unable to come help, so my 86-year-old mother and I had no other support. I ended up hanging out in the hospital day after day with a fidgety, active son — cramped in a tiny ICU bay with only a curtain between us and the other patients, their families, and the medical staff. We were all stressed, and in an effort to keep my son in one place, I ended up nursing him multiple times a day for as long as I could keep him calm and quiet on one or the other of my boobs.
When our lives returned to normal, I tried re-implement our two feedings a day routine.
My son was incredibly demanding — refusing to stop when I said time was up, kicking and screaming, and just not making it fun.
I started to feel DONE.
And, I was getting sick of feeling judged by strangers, family members, and friends who consider breastfeeding toddlers to be odd or wrong.
One Thursday afternoon, it suddenly hit me.
The main reason I hadn’t yet been able to wean him (or potty train him for that matter) was that I felt too exhausted to stand my ground as his parent.
As a single mom via anonymous sperm donation, and therefore without a partner to share the early wake-up calls, bedtime routine, and general stressors of raising a small child, I'd come to rely on "mama-milky" to simply get through each day.
I vowed then and there to tackle either potty training or weaning over the next few weekends.
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I hadn’t given it any more thought, until that Friday night. After his bath, I helped my son get his jammies on and moved straight to books instead of his usual routine of nursing time first. I saw my opportunity and seized it by suggesting he get into bed after books — and, miracle of miracles, it worked! He didn't notice that we had skipped "mama-milky"!
It even worked the next night!
I managed some sort of dog and pony show at nap times too, getting him into his bed right as he was on the verge of sleep and before he could even realize he hadn’t had milk.
I was on my way!
When the third night came, he DID notice. He cried and screamed ... and basically broke my heart.
But, I did not relent. Believe me, I wanted to. But it seemed like cruel and unusual punishment to both of us for me to give in now, only to have to start over again in a few days, weeks, or months.
I thought back to those many times when I’d let a boundary slip, only to face an incredible uphill battle when I tried to reinstate the rule. I knew if I relented now, I’d be in for a MUCH bigger battle when I tried again later. And, this boundary was the most difficult and emotional my son AND I had faced so far. I could see how much it would mess with his mind — and my sense of resolve — if I wavered from my clarity.
More than ever, I needed to set a boundary and stick to it.
Because this time I wasn't only setting a boundary for him, I was setting a boundary for myself — and it SUCKED for ME.
Prior to this process, I hadn’t realized the extent to which I had relied on nursing to soothe and calm him — to get him to be quiet and still for a moment, to put him to sleep quickly, or to prevent a “hangry” meltdown since he isn't a great eater. I had to struggle with myself not to give in.
Several times a day I had to fight the urge to give in and breastfeed him purely for the sake of making my own life just a smidgen easier. Enforcing this boundary I'd set was particularly difficult for me because I was so wrapped up in it emotionally — and frankly, because I was SO incredibly exhausted.
However, I could see that my son needed me to be in control and consistent so as not to unfairly confuse him. As much as it pained me and was inconvenient, it was of the utmost importance for me to be in control for (and of) both of us.
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And then the doubt started. I questioned whether I was really ready. Maybe I’d been too rash. It was cold and flu season, and I believed strongly in the value of mother's milk to help children fight off infections. Maybe I had given in to societal pressure to get my child off my boob. I felt resentful and mad at myself for giving into other people’s opinions.
To make matters worse, I was suddenly aware of this step as an incredible rite of passage and felt as though I hadn’t properly honored that aspect of weaning. I hadn’t taken one last moment with him snuggled up to my breast while receiving this powerful sustenance and emotional comfort. I think I was probably reading the news or texting friends the last time I nursed him, and now I regretted that horribly.
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But the bottom line is that this wasn’t about me — it was about him.
I needed to stay present with my discomfort and remain consistent for the sake of my son.
The importance of consistency while enforcing this boundary offered me a glimpse into just how hard it must be for my son every time I bend or change a rule. I could see the impact of unpredictability on my son, and I could feel the emotional toll any waffling took on me as well.
He was actually doing great. He was upset for sure, but he was handling it like a champ.
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That’s when it shifted for me. I had to stop mourning my loss and honor this incredible rite of passage for him.
It happened spontaneously when I was picking him up from daycare. I wasn’t looking forward to the battle of getting him into his car seat without nursing, so I said to him, “Let’s make a deal. If you get in your car seat without a fuss and go to sleep tonight without a fuss, we can celebrate your leap into being a big boy by going to the toy store to pick out something to celebrate that you no longer need 'mama-milky.'”
His grumpy face perked up — and he made it through nap and bedtime that night without so much as a whimper.
The next afternoon, we went to the toy store and he picked out a fire truck with sounds, lights, and screeching brakes. My son (who is completely obsessed with fire trucks) was elated. And so was I.
We'd both made it through this powerful rite of passage.
The next morning, when someone asked him where he got his truck, he volunteered that he got it to celebrate becoming a big boy because he was no longer having "mama-milky." That afternoon when I picked him up from daycare, his provider told me he’d had his best day ever. It seemed like he grew up overnight.
It’s been two months since I shut down the milk factory. And, I still mourn the transition — and applaud my resilient son.
I learned a powerful lesson about consistency from this process of flailing around and recognizing my own discomfort. Before I pick another boundary, I need to feel rock solid on my decision and ready to carry it out consistently, so help me God!
Potty training is looming on the horizon and I already see how my inconsistency is our biggest barrier. It’s so much easier to offer a diaper so we can get out of the house without an accident and the inconvenience of stopping to find a bathroom.
This motherhood thing isn’t easy. It’s exhausting and crazy-making.
Hang in there, mamas (and dads!). I know you can do it!
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10692795/Mother-reveals-boundaries-breastfeeding-two-year-old-son.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | Mother who still breastfeeds her two-year-old son reveals the 'boundaries' she is teaching him while he nurses, including where he should put his hands to which breast to feed from
- Mikaela De La Myco demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her two-year-old son, Marten, who is still breastfeeding, in a viral TikTok video
- The California mom, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, filmed herself asking her son a series of questions before he started nursing
- She had Marten choose what breast he wanted to feed from and place his hands on his knees until she was ready to pull her shirt up
- Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead
- De La Myco explained in the on-screen text that she almost quit extended breastfeeding because of the difficulties they were having
- The TikTok has been viewed more than 7.9 million times, and many mothers praised De La Myco for teaching her son boundaries
- However, others claimed the toddler was 'too old' to be breastfeeding
- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends infants be breastfed for the first six months with continued breastfeeding for one year or longer
A California mother has demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her toddler who is still breastfeeding by having him rest his hands on his knees and wait for her to lift her shirt before he can start nursing.
Mikaela De La Myco, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, shared a TikTok video of herself asking her two-year-old son, Marten, a series of questions before letting him nurse, explaining she almost quit extended breastfeeding out of frustration.
At the start of the clip, titled 'Breastfeeding My Toddler: A Boundaries Conversation,' the mom asked her son if he wanted 'leche,' the Spanish word for 'milk.' After Marten said, 'Yeah,' she replied: 'OK, where do your hands go.'
Mikaela De La Myco demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her two-year-old son, Marten, who is still breastfeeding, in a viral TikTok video
The California mom, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, filmed herself asking her son a series of questions before he started nursing
Marten put his hands on his knees, showing that he knew not to grab at his mother's breast without her consent.
De La Myco then asked him which breast he wanted to nurse from. After he chose, she put her hand up to stop him from grabbing her, reminding him: 'Mommy does it.'
The TikToker noted in the on-screen text that her son often gets 'annoyed' and 'uncomfortable' with waiting at this point, and it is something they've been 'working through.'
Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead.
'Other one?' she asked, before letting her son switch breasts.
'Honestly, I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people, but I ALMOST quit [breastfeeding] because this was so hard to accomplish without any good extended breastfeeding models,' she wrote at the end the video. 'Is this "gross" to you?'
She had Marten choose what breast he wanted to feed from and place his hands on his knees until she was ready
De La Myco put her hand up to stop him from grabbing her, reminding him: 'Mommy does it'
The TikTok has been viewed more than 7.9 million times and has sparked a debate in the comments about whether her son is 'too old' to be breastfeeding.
Many mothers praised @mamadelamyco and shared their own extended breastfeeding stories. Others admitted they thought Marten shouldn't be nursing at his age.
'I think [you're] doing a wonderful job. We went to 3 years with my youngest and I def taught him nursing etiquette,' one person wrote.
'I think he’s too old... just my opinion — I feel like at that stage it’s more for you not wanting to let go [than] his benefit. That could be harmful late,' another replied.
'It feels weird because modern society decided the most natural thing was inappropriate,' someone else point out.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that infants be exclusively breastfed for about the first six months with continued breastfeeding for one year or longer while they are being introduced to appropriate complementary foods.
The TikToker noted in the on-screen text that her son often gets 'annoyed' and 'uncomfortable' with waiting at this point, and it is something they've been 'working through'
Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead
'Other one?' she asked, before letting her son switch breasts
A number of people who commented on De La Myco's video pointed out that extended breastfeeding is common in other cultures and should not be looked down upon in the U.S.
The American Academy of American Physicians (AAFP) notes that breastfeeding beyond infancy is 'not the cultural norm in the United States,' but 'there is no evidence that extended breastfeeding is harmful to parent or child.'
According to research on natural weaning, which allows children to stop breastfeeding on their own timetable, Marten is right on target.
The National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI) states that 'when natural weaning is practiced, complete weaning usually takes place between two and four years of age.'
De La Myco, a plant medicine educator who specializes in womb healing, told Yahoo Life that she started teaching her son 'nursing manners' in February because breastfeeding was becoming more difficult as he got older.
'He doesn't bite, but he would kind of yank [my breast],' she explained. 'He would turn his head and I'm like, "Do you not realize I'm attached to you?"'
De La Myco explained in the on-screen text that she almost quit extended breastfeeding because of the difficulties they were having
The TikTok has been viewed 7.9 million times, and many praised De La Myco for teaching her son boundaries However, others claimed the toddler was 'too old' to be breastfeeding
The toddler, who used to nurse on-demand, would grab his mother and pull at her shirt instead of self-soothing when he was looking for comfort. It got to the point that she felt 'very disrespected' and was ready to quit.
Her partner and mother also voiced concerns that her breastfeeding relationship with Marten was 'unhealthy.'
De La Myco said she no longer breastfeeds her son in the middle of the night, and after his bedtime feeding, he can't nurse until the next morning. She has also limited the length of his feedings by adding a countdown.
As her viral video showed, communication has helped her establish boundaries with Martin, who has been 'pretty quick' to catch on to her age-appropriate cues that she needs physical space.
De La Myco added that she now plans on continuing to breastfeed Marten until he decides he is ready to stop.
'Implementing just a few little changes in the way that we nurse has made all the difference in the world, and has made me want to continue and not really stop," she told Yahoo Life. 'I don't have a time where I want to.' | 1 | 59,682 | 0.77032 | https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/2009-05-05/moms-is-the-breast-the-best-for-kids | 2022-08-28 20:31:44+00:00 | MICHEL MARTIN, Host:
I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but maybe you just need a few moms in your corner. We visit with a diverse group of parents each week for their common sense and savvy parenting advice.
Today we want to talk about breastfeeding. As far as the medical establishment is concerned, for advocates like the La Leche League, for millions of moms around the world through the ages, there is no doubt, breast is best.
Breastfeeding is the best way to ensure the well-being of both mother and child, both physically and emotionally, but just because it's natural doesn't mean it's easy. Contrary to those blissful, warm, fuzzy images of happy moms and happy babies that you see in those parenting books, here's a newsflash, people. It's hard work.
And for many new mothers trying to balance many responsibilities in a fast-paced world, the responsibility can bring on an array of wildly conflicting emotions. Those feelings are explored in a new book, "Unbuttoned," a collection of essays about breastfeeding. and joining us now to talk about it is Maureen Connolly. She's one of the co-editors of "Unbuttoned."
We're also joined by Patricia Barry, author of one of the essays in the book. And as always, our regular TELL ME MORE parenting contributor, Jolene Ivey. She's one of the co-founders of the parenting support group, The Mocha Moms. Welcome, ladies, moms.
JOLENE IVEY: Hey, Michel.
PATRICIA BARRY: Thank you for having us.
MAUREEN CONNOLLY: Yeah, thank you.
MARTIN: So Jolene, let me start with you. Five boys. Did you breastfeed all of them? And this is not a contest, but for how long?
IVEY: Well, I breastfed all of them. The first one, I felt a lot of pressure from my family and maybe from society to wean him by the time he was a year, and I did. But the others I was like, well, good grief, this is my baby. Who cares what they think? I did nurse them all longer, somewhere between a year and a half to two years each.
MARTIN: What do you mean you felt a lot of pressure? I'm intrigued by, like, why people feel the need to weigh in on how long you breastfeed your child. I'm sorry?
IVEY: People feel the need to weigh in about everything that has to do with your baby. I know, I had a big fight with my brother about the circumcision issue. So why he thought that was his business is a mystery to me.
MARTIN: I'm going to ask him next time I see him.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
MARTIN: Maureen, how did you get the idea for this book?
CONNOLLY: Well, my first book is called "The Essential C-Section Guide," and it's sort of the reality-testing guide to having a C- section, and my co-editor, co-author and I, sort of thought, okay, what's next for us? And breastfeeding was the most obvious, truly because we felt, like so many other women, that you know, all those how- to books made it seem so attractive and easy, and you know, you can do it too.
And for what we were hearing from lots and lots of women was that just was not the case, and so I thought, you know what? This would just be a great opportunity for women to tell their stories, the real stories, the good, the bad and the ugly.
MARTIN: The real stuff. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007, 70 percent of American mothers were breastfeeding their babies at least at the beginning stage of life, and I don't know about any of you, but I think my mother breastfed. I mean, they were told back in the day that, you know, formula was better or was more modern or something of that sort. What about you all? Did you all have breastfeeding role models? Pat, what about you?
BARRY: No, my mother didn't breastfeed. I mean, there were plenty of role models, certainly plenty of women friends and family who chose to breastfeed.
MARTIN: Maureen, what about you?
CONNOLLY: I'm the oldest of three girls, and so I was born in the '60s, and certainly there were other moms, women breastfeeding, but my mom didn't. You know, Irish Catholic and just sort of listened to what the doctor said at the time, and they made it seem like formula was just like the thing, you know, just this is the best thing you can do for your baby, and it just sort of blows me away how far we've come, you know? So yeah, no, I was not breastfed.
MARTIN: Jolene, what about you?
IVEY: My mother was a renegade to start with. Here's a white woman. In the '50s she married my dad and lived in D.C. She was a little bit different, and she remembers sitting on the front porch nursing me, and it was dusk. You would have to walk all the way onto our porch to see what she was doing, and a neighbor did just that and came and yelled at her, and she told him to go back to his own house and he wouldn't know what she was doing.
MARTIN: Oh my goodness. So Maureen, what is it about breastfeeding that you think allows other people to feel that they can participate in your decision, number one, but number two, was it hard to get women to tell the real deal?
CONNOLLY: Yeah, I'm sort of stymied by it myself, you know. I tend to think it starts with pregnancy. I mean, you all know how that goes. You know, you're on the elevator looking super-pregnant, and people are reaching out and touching your belly and sort of saying, oh, any day now, and I remember saying, no, gosh, I've got three months to go, you know, but thank you. So - and then you kind of goes from there. You know, then you have your baby. And I guess because everybody has some sort of experience, I mean, on some level with it, meeting like, you know, other women who are commenting. They want to share their own wisdom and advice, and I think most of it is helpful to some degree. But people don't always want to hear what everybody else has to say, and that's kind of what I hear from my other friends as well.
It's just sort of like, oh, my gosh. You know, I formula fed and I was given a hard time. I breast fed and someone - my mom thought it was weird. And so - but as far as getting women to open up, it wasn't a problem at all.
MARTIN: The book addresses a number of issues, I think some that many people will have thought of readily and some that they won't. It talks about latching on to starting. It talks about people who've had difficulties, people who've tried to balance breastfeeding with demanding job situations. Pat, your essay is titled "Because I Don't Want To," which pretty much sums up what it's about. Tell me...
BARRY: Pretty much.
MARTIN: ...about your essay.
BARRY: Oh...
MARTIN: Is it all right stuff to talk about? Is it hard to talk about?
BARRY: It's - you know, I did hope to sort of travel under the radar with this, and it's sort of not working out that way. It has really turned out to be an explanation to my children, my daughters, of why I made the choice that I did and made it three times. And I don't particularly regret it because in my heart of hearts, I knew that breastfeeding was not something I felt comfortable with.
It wasn't something that I wanted to do and I felt that having children and taking care of my children in other ways, that I would find a way to make it up to them, that it was important that I not feel even more stressed with parenting than I needed to or that I felt I needed to.
MARTIN: In the essay, you're pretty upfront about this fact that you don't blame your mother. You don't blame the media. It's not that you didn't know about all the data surrounding breastfeeding. It's exactly, as the title said, you just didn't want to. With the benefit of some hindsight, can you say why you think you didn't want to?
BARRY: I had a physiological or mental reaction to the notion of suckling a child - like there, I'm even saying the word - it's not - it was not a process that I wanted to follow, and I didn't feel as though I needed to explain it to anybody.
MARTIN: Well, your husband didn't agree...
BARRY: No he didn't.
MARTIN: ...with your position, which is something that is actually a fairly painful passage in the essay, where you talk about your husband was not pleased.
BARRY: No. He wasn't. And I think that sort of surprised me. I don't - maybe that's different. I guess it is different today, but I know that there were - there have been times that men were sort of maybe even jealous of the whole notion of breastfeeding. That wasn't - definitely not where my husband stood. And my greatest ally, as I also write about it, was my mother-in-law, who was perfectly happy to talk about how her son was not treating me very well over the whole subject and that, you know, once we had discussed it, we could put it to rest and move on. And she thought that would be fine. So it was sort of a nice connection to have.
MARTIN: If you are just joining us, you're listening to TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. We're talking about breastfeeding. Its our regular conversation with the moms. And our guests are Maureen Connolly - she's co-editor of the book "Unbuttoned," a collection of essays about breastfeeding - Patricia Barry, one of the contributors to the book, and our regular moms guest Jolene Ivey. Maureen, what were some of the other scenarios that your authors wrote about that perhaps surprised you as life experiences?
CONNOLLY: Well, I still find the essay by Daryn Eller - she writes about her adopted daughter and the fact that even someone who's - you know, as someone who's adopted a child, who I guess socially, people don't necessarily know or expect them to be breastfeeding their daughter, or a child that she actually knew that it was possible, that she could take a drug that would get her milk to come in. So anyway, her essay is actually really amusing. I mean, she sort of starts off by saying how she lied on the playground, that one of the women she was sitting next to said, oh, you know, did you wean your daughter? And she said, oh, yes, she's weaned, and sort of lapsed into this whole lie.
And she thought oh, my God. What am I doing? You know, I feel such pressure to sort of play off this thing as, you know, would make me a better mother. And I just kind of found that fascinating every time I read that excerpt. You know, about - gosh, you know, she felt that. I mean, we're all feeling a certain amount of pressure. And a lot of these essays speak to that.
MARTIN: There are a number of essays about women who are working in the paid labor force and trying to balance being in the paid labor force with the responsibility of breastfeeding, which is constant. I mean, anybody who's ever tried to manage this, you know, knows that it depends on the kind of work that, you know, one does. But you have essay by a former colleague of mine, Dawn Porter, who was an attorney in the news division at ABC News.
Part of her job was to help journalists work through legal issues surrounding their work. But it's still kind of a demand business. And she talks about how they tried to - she and some of the other women in her part of the building tried to kind of commandeer some space so that they could try to keep it going with their breast pumps. But just - that leads to this question of whether they are kind of legal and social framework offer space for women to manage those dual responsibilities. So, Maureen, I don't know if that came up in the course of collecting essays for the book.
CONNOLLY: Yeah. It sort of, I mean, goes back to this idea where, you know, we have our own government, you know, who spent millions of dollars on a campaign to get the word out about how wonderful breastfeeding is and how it's, you know, so important for your child's health. I don't know if you women recall seeing that ad where there was like a nine-month pregnant woman riding a mechanical bull. It's sort of tagged with, you know, you wouldn't do this while you were pregnant. Well, then, why wouldn't you not breast feed? And it wasn't very well received by a lot of people. And by suggesting...
MARTIN: If a saw it, I blocked it out. I don't remember it.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
CONNOLLY: Yeah, it was sort of like, you've got to be kidding me. And I - the reason I say that is because, you know, you can preach all you want - and as a journalist myself who's been on staff at Parenting, I mean, I sort of preached about the values of breastfeeding. But at the same time, you know, people aren't following up, meaning the corporate world, and sort of making it doable for women.
MARTIN: And speaking of that as a takeaway, Maureen, did you have a takeaway? Was there something after you collected these essays that changed your thinking about breastfeeding or the way women are living their lives?
CONNOLLY: I'm just sort of thrilled that we've started this dialogue, you know, the sort of reality testing that's so needed. And I think, you know, when women read this book, it's almost like they're getting reassured that yes, oh, my gosh, you know, I did give up after six weeks, and I'm not a loser mom. That doesn't mean I don't, you know, that I'm not fit to be a mother or I love my child any less and for people who've decided not to nurse. And then the people who do, I mean, there are beautiful essays in there. I don't want - you know, the takeaway to be that this book sort of is the anti-breastfeeding book, because it's anything but. I just think it celebrates, you know, all sides of it.
MARTIN: Well, there are no - one point I would make is there are no women with what I would call blue-collar jobs in this collection. There are no women who are, say, metro bus drivers, for example, who are, you know, subway train engineers or who work on ships or who work on an assembly line. I was curious about that experience. And was it just because you didn't know anybody who was a writer, who could express their experience in a way that was interesting?
CONNOLLY: I sort of went to writers I knew, partly. I mean, half of them live and reside in Montclair, New Jersey, and that was because, you know, the book publisher gave us a certain amount and we knew that we had to find, you know, 25 people who could do the job and get it done for very little money. So that was the reality of it. I mean, I think if I were doing a reporting piece on breastfeeding, I certainly would have reached out to just, you know, different backgrounds, different socioeconomic status. So, for sure - and if there's anyway to include, you know, I'd love to hear what...
MARTIN: And Pat, your essay ends on a kind of a wistful note. You write if I do have a regret, it's that my daughters won't have me as positive role model when it's their turn to think about feeding their babies. And if after weighing their options if they choose not to nurse, I don't want to hear one word that might cause them stress. But you also say: Do I think they should breast feed my grandchildren? Yes, I do. I would like them to try, at least. Was it hard to write those words?
BARRY: Yes, it wasn't there in the first version. For me, it was bravery, and I didn't have it then. I had - I thought I was pretty brave to have children. And that was - something that I'm able to do now is to look back and say: Could I've been a little bit braver? Well, maybe. And would I like to be able to offer my kids the support to do things differently? Sure. Am I going to be a role model for them and they might choose not to breast feed because of my choice? That's a risk I took. So, yes, it was a little wistful.
MARTIN: Jolene, final thought. Now you've got five boys. You don't have a daughter to worry about, but you'll probably have daughters-in-law.
IVEY: I hope I have a few daughters-in-law, and I hope they all love me very much.
MARTIN: That have children.
IVEY: Yes, many years down the road. But, you know, with my boys, they look at the way I've done things. You know, I was at home with them for many years. I breast fed all of them. They wore cloth diapers, most of them, and they think this is normal. And so I've heard them say oh, well, when I have kids, my wife is going to do x, and they would say something that I'd done.
And I always tell them, wait a minute. That's not your choice. That's your wife's choice. And I don't let them have that attitude, or I've tried to block it, of their babies must be born at home, or anything. I do say, oh, that the only thing that I'll hold on to is it would be nice if she'd breast feed the kids.
MARTIN: Do you have any final words of wisdom for women who might be listening to our conversation and who are struggling with this who find it harder than they thought it was going to be, who may be afraid or...
IVEY: Oh, it hurts, and it's going to be harder than you think it's going to be, but it's worth it if you can do it even for a little while. However much you can do is good, and however much more you can do is better. But that doesn't mean that you should let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
MARTIN: All right. Maureen, any final thoughts from you about - a word of wisdom, for example, for a woman who's listening to this conversation, who might think it much harder than she had envisioned?
CONNOLLY: Yeah, I guess I could say that...
MARTIN: The blissful people we don't have to worry about. They're fine.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
CONNOLLY: Well, you know, maybe if we could just do a little bit better at reserving judgment, you know, meaning among mothers, and sort of look to have more of a kinship. I know there tends to be, you know, we put each other, sometimes the media puts each other in different camps - you know, the breast feeders and the non-breast-feeders, the stay-at-home, the working moms. And so I just think, you know, moving forward, it just - wouldn't be great if we could all just get along, as my co-editor says, in her essay. That's my parting words.
MARTIN: How about you, Pat? Final thought?
BARRY: Only that, never underestimate the validity of your feelings. I just think it's important to know yourself and to know what you're capable of and if there are hurdles, you know, measure them up and decide which ones you want to take.
MARTIN: Patricia Barry's essay "Because I Don't Want To" appears in the new collection of essays about breastfeeding. It's called "Unbuttoned." Co-editor Maureen Connolly was also with us. Pat and Maureen both joined us from WBGO in New York. We were also joined by Jolene Ivey, our regular TELL ME MORE parenting contributor. She joined me from our studios in Washington. You can find more information about "Unbuttoned" at the TELL ME MORE page at npr.org. Ladies, moms, thank you and Happy Mothers Day to all of you.
IVEY: Happy Mothers Day to you, Michel.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10692795/Mother-reveals-boundaries-breastfeeding-two-year-old-son.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490 | Mother who still breastfeeds her two-year-old son reveals the 'boundaries' she is teaching him while he nurses, including where he should put his hands to which breast to feed from
- Mikaela De La Myco demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her two-year-old son, Marten, who is still breastfeeding, in a viral TikTok video
- The California mom, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, filmed herself asking her son a series of questions before he started nursing
- She had Marten choose what breast he wanted to feed from and place his hands on his knees until she was ready to pull her shirt up
- Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead
- De La Myco explained in the on-screen text that she almost quit extended breastfeeding because of the difficulties they were having
- The TikTok has been viewed more than 7.9 million times, and many mothers praised De La Myco for teaching her son boundaries
- However, others claimed the toddler was 'too old' to be breastfeeding
- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends infants be breastfed for the first six months with continued breastfeeding for one year or longer
A California mother has demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her toddler who is still breastfeeding by having him rest his hands on his knees and wait for her to lift her shirt before he can start nursing.
Mikaela De La Myco, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, shared a TikTok video of herself asking her two-year-old son, Marten, a series of questions before letting him nurse, explaining she almost quit extended breastfeeding out of frustration.
At the start of the clip, titled 'Breastfeeding My Toddler: A Boundaries Conversation,' the mom asked her son if he wanted 'leche,' the Spanish word for 'milk.' After Marten said, 'Yeah,' she replied: 'OK, where do your hands go.'
Mikaela De La Myco demonstrated how she sets boundaries with her two-year-old son, Marten, who is still breastfeeding, in a viral TikTok video
The California mom, who is known as @mamadelamyco on social media, filmed herself asking her son a series of questions before he started nursing
Marten put his hands on his knees, showing that he knew not to grab at his mother's breast without her consent.
De La Myco then asked him which breast he wanted to nurse from. After he chose, she put her hand up to stop him from grabbing her, reminding him: 'Mommy does it.'
The TikToker noted in the on-screen text that her son often gets 'annoyed' and 'uncomfortable' with waiting at this point, and it is something they've been 'working through.'
Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead.
'Other one?' she asked, before letting her son switch breasts.
'Honestly, I know this probably looks weird to a lot of people, but I ALMOST quit [breastfeeding] because this was so hard to accomplish without any good extended breastfeeding models,' she wrote at the end the video. 'Is this "gross" to you?'
She had Marten choose what breast he wanted to feed from and place his hands on his knees until she was ready
De La Myco put her hand up to stop him from grabbing her, reminding him: 'Mommy does it'
The TikTok has been viewed more than 7.9 million times and has sparked a debate in the comments about whether her son is 'too old' to be breastfeeding.
Many mothers praised @mamadelamyco and shared their own extended breastfeeding stories. Others admitted they thought Marten shouldn't be nursing at his age.
'I think [you're] doing a wonderful job. We went to 3 years with my youngest and I def taught him nursing etiquette,' one person wrote.
'I think he’s too old... just my opinion — I feel like at that stage it’s more for you not wanting to let go [than] his benefit. That could be harmful late,' another replied.
'It feels weird because modern society decided the most natural thing was inappropriate,' someone else point out.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that infants be exclusively breastfed for about the first six months with continued breastfeeding for one year or longer while they are being introduced to appropriate complementary foods.
The TikToker noted in the on-screen text that her son often gets 'annoyed' and 'uncomfortable' with waiting at this point, and it is something they've been 'working through'
Marten didn't start breastfeeding until his mother gave him the go-ahead
'Other one?' she asked, before letting her son switch breasts
A number of people who commented on De La Myco's video pointed out that extended breastfeeding is common in other cultures and should not be looked down upon in the U.S.
The American Academy of American Physicians (AAFP) notes that breastfeeding beyond infancy is 'not the cultural norm in the United States,' but 'there is no evidence that extended breastfeeding is harmful to parent or child.'
According to research on natural weaning, which allows children to stop breastfeeding on their own timetable, Marten is right on target.
The National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI) states that 'when natural weaning is practiced, complete weaning usually takes place between two and four years of age.'
De La Myco, a plant medicine educator who specializes in womb healing, told Yahoo Life that she started teaching her son 'nursing manners' in February because breastfeeding was becoming more difficult as he got older.
'He doesn't bite, but he would kind of yank [my breast],' she explained. 'He would turn his head and I'm like, "Do you not realize I'm attached to you?"'
De La Myco explained in the on-screen text that she almost quit extended breastfeeding because of the difficulties they were having
The TikTok has been viewed 7.9 million times, and many praised De La Myco for teaching her son boundaries However, others claimed the toddler was 'too old' to be breastfeeding
The toddler, who used to nurse on-demand, would grab his mother and pull at her shirt instead of self-soothing when he was looking for comfort. It got to the point that she felt 'very disrespected' and was ready to quit.
Her partner and mother also voiced concerns that her breastfeeding relationship with Marten was 'unhealthy.'
De La Myco said she no longer breastfeeds her son in the middle of the night, and after his bedtime feeding, he can't nurse until the next morning. She has also limited the length of his feedings by adding a countdown.
As her viral video showed, communication has helped her establish boundaries with Martin, who has been 'pretty quick' to catch on to her age-appropriate cues that she needs physical space.
De La Myco added that she now plans on continuing to breastfeed Marten until he decides he is ready to stop.
'Implementing just a few little changes in the way that we nurse has made all the difference in the world, and has made me want to continue and not really stop," she told Yahoo Life. 'I don't have a time where I want to.' | 2 | 66,052 | 0.77032 | https://www.ksut.org/2009-05-05/moms-is-the-breast-the-best-for-kids | 2022-08-29 22:06:47+00:00 | MICHEL MARTIN, Host:
I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. They say it takes a village to raise a child, but maybe you just need a few moms in your corner. We visit with a diverse group of parents each week for their common sense and savvy parenting advice.
Today we want to talk about breastfeeding. As far as the medical establishment is concerned, for advocates like the La Leche League, for millions of moms around the world through the ages, there is no doubt, breast is best.
Breastfeeding is the best way to ensure the well-being of both mother and child, both physically and emotionally, but just because it's natural doesn't mean it's easy. Contrary to those blissful, warm, fuzzy images of happy moms and happy babies that you see in those parenting books, here's a newsflash, people. It's hard work.
And for many new mothers trying to balance many responsibilities in a fast-paced world, the responsibility can bring on an array of wildly conflicting emotions. Those feelings are explored in a new book, "Unbuttoned," a collection of essays about breastfeeding. and joining us now to talk about it is Maureen Connolly. She's one of the co-editors of "Unbuttoned."
We're also joined by Patricia Barry, author of one of the essays in the book. And as always, our regular TELL ME MORE parenting contributor, Jolene Ivey. She's one of the co-founders of the parenting support group, The Mocha Moms. Welcome, ladies, moms.
JOLENE IVEY: Hey, Michel.
PATRICIA BARRY: Thank you for having us.
MAUREEN CONNOLLY: Yeah, thank you.
MARTIN: So Jolene, let me start with you. Five boys. Did you breastfeed all of them? And this is not a contest, but for how long?
IVEY: Well, I breastfed all of them. The first one, I felt a lot of pressure from my family and maybe from society to wean him by the time he was a year, and I did. But the others I was like, well, good grief, this is my baby. Who cares what they think? I did nurse them all longer, somewhere between a year and a half to two years each.
MARTIN: What do you mean you felt a lot of pressure? I'm intrigued by, like, why people feel the need to weigh in on how long you breastfeed your child. I'm sorry?
IVEY: People feel the need to weigh in about everything that has to do with your baby. I know, I had a big fight with my brother about the circumcision issue. So why he thought that was his business is a mystery to me.
MARTIN: I'm going to ask him next time I see him.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
MARTIN: Maureen, how did you get the idea for this book?
CONNOLLY: Well, my first book is called "The Essential C-Section Guide," and it's sort of the reality-testing guide to having a C- section, and my co-editor, co-author and I, sort of thought, okay, what's next for us? And breastfeeding was the most obvious, truly because we felt, like so many other women, that you know, all those how- to books made it seem so attractive and easy, and you know, you can do it too.
And for what we were hearing from lots and lots of women was that just was not the case, and so I thought, you know what? This would just be a great opportunity for women to tell their stories, the real stories, the good, the bad and the ugly.
MARTIN: The real stuff. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007, 70 percent of American mothers were breastfeeding their babies at least at the beginning stage of life, and I don't know about any of you, but I think my mother breastfed. I mean, they were told back in the day that, you know, formula was better or was more modern or something of that sort. What about you all? Did you all have breastfeeding role models? Pat, what about you?
BARRY: No, my mother didn't breastfeed. I mean, there were plenty of role models, certainly plenty of women friends and family who chose to breastfeed.
MARTIN: Maureen, what about you?
CONNOLLY: I'm the oldest of three girls, and so I was born in the '60s, and certainly there were other moms, women breastfeeding, but my mom didn't. You know, Irish Catholic and just sort of listened to what the doctor said at the time, and they made it seem like formula was just like the thing, you know, just this is the best thing you can do for your baby, and it just sort of blows me away how far we've come, you know? So yeah, no, I was not breastfed.
MARTIN: Jolene, what about you?
IVEY: My mother was a renegade to start with. Here's a white woman. In the '50s she married my dad and lived in D.C. She was a little bit different, and she remembers sitting on the front porch nursing me, and it was dusk. You would have to walk all the way onto our porch to see what she was doing, and a neighbor did just that and came and yelled at her, and she told him to go back to his own house and he wouldn't know what she was doing.
MARTIN: Oh my goodness. So Maureen, what is it about breastfeeding that you think allows other people to feel that they can participate in your decision, number one, but number two, was it hard to get women to tell the real deal?
CONNOLLY: Yeah, I'm sort of stymied by it myself, you know. I tend to think it starts with pregnancy. I mean, you all know how that goes. You know, you're on the elevator looking super-pregnant, and people are reaching out and touching your belly and sort of saying, oh, any day now, and I remember saying, no, gosh, I've got three months to go, you know, but thank you. So - and then you kind of goes from there. You know, then you have your baby. And I guess because everybody has some sort of experience, I mean, on some level with it, meeting like, you know, other women who are commenting. They want to share their own wisdom and advice, and I think most of it is helpful to some degree. But people don't always want to hear what everybody else has to say, and that's kind of what I hear from my other friends as well.
It's just sort of like, oh, my gosh. You know, I formula fed and I was given a hard time. I breast fed and someone - my mom thought it was weird. And so - but as far as getting women to open up, it wasn't a problem at all.
MARTIN: The book addresses a number of issues, I think some that many people will have thought of readily and some that they won't. It talks about latching on to starting. It talks about people who've had difficulties, people who've tried to balance breastfeeding with demanding job situations. Pat, your essay is titled "Because I Don't Want To," which pretty much sums up what it's about. Tell me...
BARRY: Pretty much.
MARTIN: ...about your essay.
BARRY: Oh...
MARTIN: Is it all right stuff to talk about? Is it hard to talk about?
BARRY: It's - you know, I did hope to sort of travel under the radar with this, and it's sort of not working out that way. It has really turned out to be an explanation to my children, my daughters, of why I made the choice that I did and made it three times. And I don't particularly regret it because in my heart of hearts, I knew that breastfeeding was not something I felt comfortable with.
It wasn't something that I wanted to do and I felt that having children and taking care of my children in other ways, that I would find a way to make it up to them, that it was important that I not feel even more stressed with parenting than I needed to or that I felt I needed to.
MARTIN: In the essay, you're pretty upfront about this fact that you don't blame your mother. You don't blame the media. It's not that you didn't know about all the data surrounding breastfeeding. It's exactly, as the title said, you just didn't want to. With the benefit of some hindsight, can you say why you think you didn't want to?
BARRY: I had a physiological or mental reaction to the notion of suckling a child - like there, I'm even saying the word - it's not - it was not a process that I wanted to follow, and I didn't feel as though I needed to explain it to anybody.
MARTIN: Well, your husband didn't agree...
BARRY: No he didn't.
MARTIN: ...with your position, which is something that is actually a fairly painful passage in the essay, where you talk about your husband was not pleased.
BARRY: No. He wasn't. And I think that sort of surprised me. I don't - maybe that's different. I guess it is different today, but I know that there were - there have been times that men were sort of maybe even jealous of the whole notion of breastfeeding. That wasn't - definitely not where my husband stood. And my greatest ally, as I also write about it, was my mother-in-law, who was perfectly happy to talk about how her son was not treating me very well over the whole subject and that, you know, once we had discussed it, we could put it to rest and move on. And she thought that would be fine. So it was sort of a nice connection to have.
MARTIN: If you are just joining us, you're listening to TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. We're talking about breastfeeding. Its our regular conversation with the moms. And our guests are Maureen Connolly - she's co-editor of the book "Unbuttoned," a collection of essays about breastfeeding - Patricia Barry, one of the contributors to the book, and our regular moms guest Jolene Ivey. Maureen, what were some of the other scenarios that your authors wrote about that perhaps surprised you as life experiences?
CONNOLLY: Well, I still find the essay by Daryn Eller - she writes about her adopted daughter and the fact that even someone who's - you know, as someone who's adopted a child, who I guess socially, people don't necessarily know or expect them to be breastfeeding their daughter, or a child that she actually knew that it was possible, that she could take a drug that would get her milk to come in. So anyway, her essay is actually really amusing. I mean, she sort of starts off by saying how she lied on the playground, that one of the women she was sitting next to said, oh, you know, did you wean your daughter? And she said, oh, yes, she's weaned, and sort of lapsed into this whole lie.
And she thought oh, my God. What am I doing? You know, I feel such pressure to sort of play off this thing as, you know, would make me a better mother. And I just kind of found that fascinating every time I read that excerpt. You know, about - gosh, you know, she felt that. I mean, we're all feeling a certain amount of pressure. And a lot of these essays speak to that.
MARTIN: There are a number of essays about women who are working in the paid labor force and trying to balance being in the paid labor force with the responsibility of breastfeeding, which is constant. I mean, anybody who's ever tried to manage this, you know, knows that it depends on the kind of work that, you know, one does. But you have essay by a former colleague of mine, Dawn Porter, who was an attorney in the news division at ABC News.
Part of her job was to help journalists work through legal issues surrounding their work. But it's still kind of a demand business. And she talks about how they tried to - she and some of the other women in her part of the building tried to kind of commandeer some space so that they could try to keep it going with their breast pumps. But just - that leads to this question of whether they are kind of legal and social framework offer space for women to manage those dual responsibilities. So, Maureen, I don't know if that came up in the course of collecting essays for the book.
CONNOLLY: Yeah. It sort of, I mean, goes back to this idea where, you know, we have our own government, you know, who spent millions of dollars on a campaign to get the word out about how wonderful breastfeeding is and how it's, you know, so important for your child's health. I don't know if you women recall seeing that ad where there was like a nine-month pregnant woman riding a mechanical bull. It's sort of tagged with, you know, you wouldn't do this while you were pregnant. Well, then, why wouldn't you not breast feed? And it wasn't very well received by a lot of people. And by suggesting...
MARTIN: If a saw it, I blocked it out. I don't remember it.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
CONNOLLY: Yeah, it was sort of like, you've got to be kidding me. And I - the reason I say that is because, you know, you can preach all you want - and as a journalist myself who's been on staff at Parenting, I mean, I sort of preached about the values of breastfeeding. But at the same time, you know, people aren't following up, meaning the corporate world, and sort of making it doable for women.
MARTIN: And speaking of that as a takeaway, Maureen, did you have a takeaway? Was there something after you collected these essays that changed your thinking about breastfeeding or the way women are living their lives?
CONNOLLY: I'm just sort of thrilled that we've started this dialogue, you know, the sort of reality testing that's so needed. And I think, you know, when women read this book, it's almost like they're getting reassured that yes, oh, my gosh, you know, I did give up after six weeks, and I'm not a loser mom. That doesn't mean I don't, you know, that I'm not fit to be a mother or I love my child any less and for people who've decided not to nurse. And then the people who do, I mean, there are beautiful essays in there. I don't want - you know, the takeaway to be that this book sort of is the anti-breastfeeding book, because it's anything but. I just think it celebrates, you know, all sides of it.
MARTIN: Well, there are no - one point I would make is there are no women with what I would call blue-collar jobs in this collection. There are no women who are, say, metro bus drivers, for example, who are, you know, subway train engineers or who work on ships or who work on an assembly line. I was curious about that experience. And was it just because you didn't know anybody who was a writer, who could express their experience in a way that was interesting?
CONNOLLY: I sort of went to writers I knew, partly. I mean, half of them live and reside in Montclair, New Jersey, and that was because, you know, the book publisher gave us a certain amount and we knew that we had to find, you know, 25 people who could do the job and get it done for very little money. So that was the reality of it. I mean, I think if I were doing a reporting piece on breastfeeding, I certainly would have reached out to just, you know, different backgrounds, different socioeconomic status. So, for sure - and if there's anyway to include, you know, I'd love to hear what...
MARTIN: And Pat, your essay ends on a kind of a wistful note. You write if I do have a regret, it's that my daughters won't have me as positive role model when it's their turn to think about feeding their babies. And if after weighing their options if they choose not to nurse, I don't want to hear one word that might cause them stress. But you also say: Do I think they should breast feed my grandchildren? Yes, I do. I would like them to try, at least. Was it hard to write those words?
BARRY: Yes, it wasn't there in the first version. For me, it was bravery, and I didn't have it then. I had - I thought I was pretty brave to have children. And that was - something that I'm able to do now is to look back and say: Could I've been a little bit braver? Well, maybe. And would I like to be able to offer my kids the support to do things differently? Sure. Am I going to be a role model for them and they might choose not to breast feed because of my choice? That's a risk I took. So, yes, it was a little wistful.
MARTIN: Jolene, final thought. Now you've got five boys. You don't have a daughter to worry about, but you'll probably have daughters-in-law.
IVEY: I hope I have a few daughters-in-law, and I hope they all love me very much.
MARTIN: That have children.
IVEY: Yes, many years down the road. But, you know, with my boys, they look at the way I've done things. You know, I was at home with them for many years. I breast fed all of them. They wore cloth diapers, most of them, and they think this is normal. And so I've heard them say oh, well, when I have kids, my wife is going to do x, and they would say something that I'd done.
And I always tell them, wait a minute. That's not your choice. That's your wife's choice. And I don't let them have that attitude, or I've tried to block it, of their babies must be born at home, or anything. I do say, oh, that the only thing that I'll hold on to is it would be nice if she'd breast feed the kids.
MARTIN: Do you have any final words of wisdom for women who might be listening to our conversation and who are struggling with this who find it harder than they thought it was going to be, who may be afraid or...
IVEY: Oh, it hurts, and it's going to be harder than you think it's going to be, but it's worth it if you can do it even for a little while. However much you can do is good, and however much more you can do is better. But that doesn't mean that you should let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
MARTIN: All right. Maureen, any final thoughts from you about - a word of wisdom, for example, for a woman who's listening to this conversation, who might think it much harder than she had envisioned?
CONNOLLY: Yeah, I guess I could say that...
MARTIN: The blissful people we don't have to worry about. They're fine.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
CONNOLLY: Well, you know, maybe if we could just do a little bit better at reserving judgment, you know, meaning among mothers, and sort of look to have more of a kinship. I know there tends to be, you know, we put each other, sometimes the media puts each other in different camps - you know, the breast feeders and the non-breast-feeders, the stay-at-home, the working moms. And so I just think, you know, moving forward, it just - wouldn't be great if we could all just get along, as my co-editor says, in her essay. That's my parting words.
MARTIN: How about you, Pat? Final thought?
BARRY: Only that, never underestimate the validity of your feelings. I just think it's important to know yourself and to know what you're capable of and if there are hurdles, you know, measure them up and decide which ones you want to take.
MARTIN: Patricia Barry's essay "Because I Don't Want To" appears in the new collection of essays about breastfeeding. It's called "Unbuttoned." Co-editor Maureen Connolly was also with us. Pat and Maureen both joined us from WBGO in New York. We were also joined by Jolene Ivey, our regular TELL ME MORE parenting contributor. She joined me from our studios in Washington. You can find more information about "Unbuttoned" at the TELL ME MORE page at npr.org. Ladies, moms, thank you and Happy Mothers Day to all of you.
IVEY: Happy Mothers Day to you, Michel.
(SOUNDBITE OF LAUGHTER)
MARTIN: Remember, at TELL ME MORE, the conversation never ends. And now we'd like to hear from you. Are you a mom who's ever struggled with the decision about whether to breast feed or not? Did you find advice from others helpful, or just intrusive? Do you have your own story that you'd like to share? To tell us more, you can call our comment line at 202- 842-3522. That number again: 202-842-3522. Please remember to leave your name and tell us where you're from, or you can visit our Web site at the TELL ME MORE page at npr.org and blog it out.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/explainable-ai-pays-off-for-microsofts-linkedin-578427?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+ | Microsoft's LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by eight percent after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of cancelling, but also explains how it arrived at its conclusion.
The system, introduced last July and to be described in a LinkedIn blog post today, marks a breakthrough in getting AI to "show its work" in a helpful way.
While AI scientists have no problem designing systems that make accurate predictions on all sorts of business outcomes, they are discovering that to make those tools more effective for human operators, the AI may need to explain itself through another algorithm.
The emerging field of “Explainable AI,” or XAI, has spurred big investment in Silicon Valley as startups and cloud giants compete to make opaque software more understandable and has stoked discussion in Washington and Brussels where regulators want to ensure automated decision-making is done fairly and transparently.
AI technology can perpetuate societal biases like those around race, gender and culture. Some AI scientists view explanations as a crucial part of mitigating those problematic outcomes.
US consumer protection regulators including the Federal Trade Commission have warned over the last two years that AI that is not explainable could be investigated.
The EU next year could pass the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive requirements including that users be able to interpret automated predictions.
Proponents of explainable AI say it has helped increase the effectiveness of AI’s application in fields such as healthcare and sales.
Google Cloud sells explainable AI services that, for instance, tell clients trying to sharpen their systems which pixels and soon which training examples mattered most in predicting the subject of a photo.
But critics say the explanations of why AI predicted what it did are too unreliable because the AI technology to interpret the machines is not good enough.
LinkedIn and others developing explainable AI acknowledge that each step in the process - analysing predictions, generating explanations, confirming their accuracy and making them actionable for users - still has room for improvement.
But after two years of trial and error in a relatively low-stakes application, LinkedIn says its technology has yielded practical value.
Its proof is the eight percent increase in renewal bookings during the current fiscal year above normally expected growth.
LinkedIn declined to specify the benefit in dollars, but described it as sizeable.
Before, LinkedIn salespeople relied on their own intuition and some spotty automated alerts about clients' adoption of services.
Now, the AI quickly handles research and analysis. Dubbed CrystalCandle by LinkedIn, it calls out unnoticed trends and its reasoning helps salespeople hone their tactics to keep at-risk customers on board and pitch others on upgrades.
LinkedIn says explanation-based recommendations have expanded to more than 5000 of its sales employees spanning recruiting, advertising, marketing and education offerings.
"It has helped experienced salespeople by arming them with specific insights to navigate conversations with prospects. It’s also helped new salespeople dive in right away," said Parvez Ahammad, LinkedIn's director of machine learning and head of data science applied research.
To explain or not to explain?
In 2020, LinkedIn had first provided predictions without explanations. A score with about 80 percent accuracy indicates the likelihood a client soon due for renewal will upgrade, hold steady or cancel.
Salespeople were not fully won over. The team selling LinkedIn's Talent Solutions recruiting and hiring software were unclear on how to adapt their strategy, especially when the odds of a client not renewing were no better than a coin toss.
Last July, they started seeing a short, auto-generated paragraph that highlights the factors influencing the score.
For instance, the AI decided a customer was likely to upgrade because it grew by 240 workers over the past year and candidates had become 146% more responsive in the last month.
In addition, an index that measures a client's overall success with LinkedIn recruiting tools surged 25 percent in the last three months.
Lekha Doshi, LinkedIn's vice president of global operations, said that based on the explanations sales representatives now direct clients to training, support and services that improve their experience and keep them spending.
But some AI experts question whether explanations are necessary. They could even do harm, engendering a false sense of security in AI or prompting design sacrifices that make predictions less accurate, researchers say.
Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, said people use products such as Tylenol and Google Maps whose inner workings are not neatly understood.
In such cases, rigorous testing and monitoring have dispelled most doubts about their efficacy.
Similarly, AI systems overall could be deemed fair even if individual decisions are inscrutable, said Daniel Roy, an associate professor of statistics at University of Toronto.
LinkedIn says an algorithm's integrity cannot be evaluated without understanding its thinking.
It also maintains that tools like its CrystalCandle could help AI users in other fields. Doctors could learn why AI predicts someone is more at risk of a disease, or people could be told why AI recommended they be denied a credit card.
The hope is that explanations reveal whether a system aligns with concepts and values one wants to promote, said Been Kim, an AI researcher at Google.
"I view interpretability as ultimately enabling a conversation between machines and humans," she said. "If we truly want to enable human-machine collaboration, we need that." | 0 | 76,502 | 0.041107 | https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/07/business/tech/explainable-artificial-intelligence/ | 2022-04-07 02:51:36+00:00 | Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by 8% after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of canceling, but also explains how it arrived at its conclusion.
The system, introduced last July and described in a LinkedIn blog post on Wednesday, marks a breakthrough in getting AI to “show its work” in a helpful way.
While AI scientists have no problem designing systems that make accurate predictions on all sorts of business outcomes, they are discovering that to make those tools more effective for human operators, the AI may need to explain itself through another algorithm.
The emerging field of explainable AI, or XAI, has spurred big investment in Silicon Valley as startups and cloud giants compete to make opaque software more understandable and has stoked discussion in Washington and Brussels where regulators want to ensure automated decision-making is done fairly and transparently.
AI technology can perpetuate societal biases like those around race, gender and culture. Some AI scientists view explanations as a crucial part of mitigating those problematic outcomes.
U.S. consumer protection regulators including the Federal Trade Commission have warned over the last two years that AI that is not explainable could be investigated. The EU next year could pass the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive requirements including that users be able to interpret automated predictions.
Proponents of explainable AI say it has helped increase the effectiveness of AI’s application in fields such as healthcare and sales. Google Cloud sells explainable AI services that, for instance, tell clients trying to sharpen their systems which pixels and soon which training examples mattered most in predicting the subject of a photo.
But critics say the explanations of why AI predicted what it did are too unreliable because the AI technology to interpret the machines is not good enough.
LinkedIn and others developing explainable AI acknowledge that each step in the process — analyzing predictions, generating explanations, confirming their accuracy and making them actionable for users — still has room for improvement.
But after two years of trial and error in a relatively low-stakes application, LinkedIn says its technology has yielded practical value. Its proof is the 8% increase in renewal bookings during the current fiscal year above normally expected growth. LinkedIn declined to specify the benefit in dollars, but described it as sizeable.
Before, LinkedIn salespeople relied on their own intuition and some spotty automated alerts about clients’ adoption of services.
Now, the AI quickly handles research and analysis. Dubbed CrystalCandle by LinkedIn, it calls out unnoticed trends and its reasoning helps salespeople hone their tactics to keep at-risk customers on board and pitch others on upgrades.
LinkedIn says explanation-based recommendations have expanded to more than 5,000 of its sales employees spanning recruiting, advertising, marketing and education offerings.
“It has helped experienced salespeople by arming them with specific insights to navigate conversations with prospects. It’s also helped new salespeople dive in right away,” said Parvez Ahammad, LinkedIn’s director of machine learning and head of data science applied research.
In 2020, LinkedIn had first provided predictions without explanations. A score with about 80% accuracy indicates the likelihood a client soon due for renewal will upgrade, hold steady or cancel.
Salespeople were not fully won over. The team selling LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions recruiting and hiring software were unclear on how to adapt their strategy, especially when the odds of a client not renewing were no better than a coin toss.
Last July, they started seeing a short, auto-generated paragraph that highlights the factors influencing the score.
For instance, the AI decided a customer was likely to upgrade because it grew by 240 workers over the past year and candidates had become 146% more responsive in the last month.
In addition, an index that measures a client’s overall success with LinkedIn recruiting tools surged 25% in the last three months.
Lekha Doshi, LinkedIn’s vice president of global operations, said that based on the explanations sales representatives now direct clients to training, support and services that improve their experience and keep them spending.
But some AI experts question whether explanations are necessary. They could even do harm, engendering a false sense of security in AI or prompting design sacrifices that make predictions less accurate, researchers say.
Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, said people use products such as Tylenol and Google Maps whose inner workings are not neatly understood. In such cases, rigorous testing and monitoring have dispelled most doubts about their efficacy.
Similarly, AI systems overall could be deemed fair even if individual decisions are inscrutable, said Daniel Roy, an associate professor of statistics at University of Toronto.
LinkedIn says an algorithm’s integrity cannot be evaluated without understanding its thinking.
It also maintains that tools like its CrystalCandle could help AI users in other fields. Doctors could learn why AI predicts someone is more at risk of a disease, or people could be told why AI recommended they be denied a credit card.
The hope is that explanations reveal whether a system aligns with concepts and values one wants to promote, said Been Kim, an AI researcher at Google.
“I view interpretability as ultimately enabling a conversation between machines and humans,” she said.
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/explainable-ai-pays-off-for-microsofts-linkedin-578427?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+ | Microsoft's LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by eight percent after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of cancelling, but also explains how it arrived at its conclusion.
The system, introduced last July and to be described in a LinkedIn blog post today, marks a breakthrough in getting AI to "show its work" in a helpful way.
While AI scientists have no problem designing systems that make accurate predictions on all sorts of business outcomes, they are discovering that to make those tools more effective for human operators, the AI may need to explain itself through another algorithm.
The emerging field of “Explainable AI,” or XAI, has spurred big investment in Silicon Valley as startups and cloud giants compete to make opaque software more understandable and has stoked discussion in Washington and Brussels where regulators want to ensure automated decision-making is done fairly and transparently.
AI technology can perpetuate societal biases like those around race, gender and culture. Some AI scientists view explanations as a crucial part of mitigating those problematic outcomes.
US consumer protection regulators including the Federal Trade Commission have warned over the last two years that AI that is not explainable could be investigated.
The EU next year could pass the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive requirements including that users be able to interpret automated predictions.
Proponents of explainable AI say it has helped increase the effectiveness of AI’s application in fields such as healthcare and sales.
Google Cloud sells explainable AI services that, for instance, tell clients trying to sharpen their systems which pixels and soon which training examples mattered most in predicting the subject of a photo.
But critics say the explanations of why AI predicted what it did are too unreliable because the AI technology to interpret the machines is not good enough.
LinkedIn and others developing explainable AI acknowledge that each step in the process - analysing predictions, generating explanations, confirming their accuracy and making them actionable for users - still has room for improvement.
But after two years of trial and error in a relatively low-stakes application, LinkedIn says its technology has yielded practical value.
Its proof is the eight percent increase in renewal bookings during the current fiscal year above normally expected growth.
LinkedIn declined to specify the benefit in dollars, but described it as sizeable.
Before, LinkedIn salespeople relied on their own intuition and some spotty automated alerts about clients' adoption of services.
Now, the AI quickly handles research and analysis. Dubbed CrystalCandle by LinkedIn, it calls out unnoticed trends and its reasoning helps salespeople hone their tactics to keep at-risk customers on board and pitch others on upgrades.
LinkedIn says explanation-based recommendations have expanded to more than 5000 of its sales employees spanning recruiting, advertising, marketing and education offerings.
"It has helped experienced salespeople by arming them with specific insights to navigate conversations with prospects. It’s also helped new salespeople dive in right away," said Parvez Ahammad, LinkedIn's director of machine learning and head of data science applied research.
To explain or not to explain?
In 2020, LinkedIn had first provided predictions without explanations. A score with about 80 percent accuracy indicates the likelihood a client soon due for renewal will upgrade, hold steady or cancel.
Salespeople were not fully won over. The team selling LinkedIn's Talent Solutions recruiting and hiring software were unclear on how to adapt their strategy, especially when the odds of a client not renewing were no better than a coin toss.
Last July, they started seeing a short, auto-generated paragraph that highlights the factors influencing the score.
For instance, the AI decided a customer was likely to upgrade because it grew by 240 workers over the past year and candidates had become 146% more responsive in the last month.
In addition, an index that measures a client's overall success with LinkedIn recruiting tools surged 25 percent in the last three months.
Lekha Doshi, LinkedIn's vice president of global operations, said that based on the explanations sales representatives now direct clients to training, support and services that improve their experience and keep them spending.
But some AI experts question whether explanations are necessary. They could even do harm, engendering a false sense of security in AI or prompting design sacrifices that make predictions less accurate, researchers say.
Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, said people use products such as Tylenol and Google Maps whose inner workings are not neatly understood.
In such cases, rigorous testing and monitoring have dispelled most doubts about their efficacy.
Similarly, AI systems overall could be deemed fair even if individual decisions are inscrutable, said Daniel Roy, an associate professor of statistics at University of Toronto.
LinkedIn says an algorithm's integrity cannot be evaluated without understanding its thinking.
It also maintains that tools like its CrystalCandle could help AI users in other fields. Doctors could learn why AI predicts someone is more at risk of a disease, or people could be told why AI recommended they be denied a credit card.
The hope is that explanations reveal whether a system aligns with concepts and values one wants to promote, said Been Kim, an AI researcher at Google.
"I view interpretability as ultimately enabling a conversation between machines and humans," she said. "If we truly want to enable human-machine collaboration, we need that." | 1 | 30,490 | 0.047771 | https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/ai-is-explaining-itself-to-humans-and-its-paying-off/ | 2022-04-06 13:00:18+00:00 | Microsoft Corp’s LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by 8% after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of canceling, but also
explains how it arrived at its conclusion. The system, introduced last July and to be described in a LinkedIn blog post on Wednesday, marks a breakthrough in getting AI to “show its work” in a helpful way.
While AI scientists have no problem designing systems that make accurate predictions on all sorts of business outcomes, they are discovering that to make those tools more effective for
human operators, the AI may need to explain itself through another algorithm. The emerging field of “Explainable AI,” or XAI, has spurred big investment in Silicon Valley as startups and cloud giants compete to make opaque software more understandable and has stoked discussion in Washington and Brussels where regulators want to ensure automated decision-making is done fairly and transparently.
AI technology can perpetuate societal biases like those around race, gender and culture. Some AI scientists view explanations as a crucial part of mitigating those problematic outcomes. U.S. consumer protection regulators including the Federal Trade Commission have warned over the last two years that AI that is not explainable could be investigated. The EU next year could pass the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive requirements including that users be able to interpret automated predictions.
Proponents of explainable AI say it has helped increase the effectiveness of AI’s application in fields such as healthcare and sales. Google Cloud sells explainable AI services that, for instance, tell clients trying to sharpen their systems which pixels and soon which training examples mattered most in predicting the subject of a photo.
But critics say the explanations of why AI predicted what it did are too unreliable because the AI technology to interpret the machines is not good enough.LinkedIn and others developing explainable AI acknowledge that each step in the process – analyzing predictions, generating explanations, confirming their accuracy and making them actionable for users – still has room for improvement. But after two years of trial and error in a relatively low-stakes application, LinkedIn says its technology has yielded practical value.
Its proof is the 8% increase in renewal bookings during the current fiscal year above normally expected growth. LinkedIn declined to specify the benefit in dollars, but described it as sizeable. Before, LinkedIn salespeople relied on their own intuition and some spotty automated alerts about clients’ adoption of services.
Now, the AI quickly handles research and analysis. Dubbed CrystalCandle by LinkedIn, it calls out unnoticed trends and its reasoning helps salespeople hone their tactics to keep at-risk
customers on board and pitch others on upgrades.LinkedIn says explanation-based recommendations have expanded to more than 5,000 of its sales employees spanning
recruiting, advertising, marketing and education offerings.
“It has helped experienced salespeople by arming them with specific insights to navigate conversations with prospects. It’s also helped new salespeople dive in right away,” said Parvez
Ahammad, LinkedIn’s director of machine learning and head of data science applied research.
To explain or not to explain?
In 2020, LinkedIn had first provided predictions without explanations. A score with about 80% accuracy indicates the likelihood a client soon due for renewal will upgrade, hold
steady or cancel. Salespeople were not fully won over. The team selling LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions recruiting and hiring software were unclear on how to adapt their strategy, especially when the odds of a client not renewing were no better than a coin toss.
Last July, they started seeing a short, auto-generated paragraph that highlights the factors influencing the score. For instance, the AI decided a customer was likely to upgrade because it grew by 240 workers over the past year and candidates had become 146% more responsive in the last month. In addition, an index that measures a client’s overall success with LinkedIn recruiting tools surged 25% in the last three months.
Lekha Doshi, LinkedIn’s vice president of global operations, said that based on the explanations sales representatives now direct clients to training, support and services that improve
their experience and keep them spending. But some AI experts question whether explanations are necessary. They could even do harm, engendering a false sense of security in AI or prompting design sacrifices that make predictions less accurate, researchers say.
Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, said people use products such as Tylenol and Google Maps whose inner workings
are not neatly understood. In such cases, rigorous testing and monitoring have dispelled most doubts about their efficacy. Similarly, AI systems overall could be deemed fair even if
individual decisions are inscrutable, said Daniel Roy, an associate professor of statistics at University of Toronto.
LinkedIn says an algorithm’s integrity cannot be evaluated without understanding its thinking. It also maintains that tools like its CrystalCandle could help AI users in other fields. Doctors could learn why AI predicts someone is more at risk of a disease, or people could be told why AI recommended they be denied a credit card. The hope is that explanations reveal whether a system aligns
with concepts and values one wants to promote, said Been Kim, an AI researcher at Google. “I view interpretability as ultimately enabling a conversation between machines and humans,” she said. “If we truly want to enable human-machine collaboration, we need that.”
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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/explainable-ai-pays-off-for-microsofts-linkedin-578427?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iTnews+ | Microsoft's LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by eight percent after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of cancelling, but also explains how it arrived at its conclusion.
The system, introduced last July and to be described in a LinkedIn blog post today, marks a breakthrough in getting AI to "show its work" in a helpful way.
While AI scientists have no problem designing systems that make accurate predictions on all sorts of business outcomes, they are discovering that to make those tools more effective for human operators, the AI may need to explain itself through another algorithm.
The emerging field of “Explainable AI,” or XAI, has spurred big investment in Silicon Valley as startups and cloud giants compete to make opaque software more understandable and has stoked discussion in Washington and Brussels where regulators want to ensure automated decision-making is done fairly and transparently.
AI technology can perpetuate societal biases like those around race, gender and culture. Some AI scientists view explanations as a crucial part of mitigating those problematic outcomes.
US consumer protection regulators including the Federal Trade Commission have warned over the last two years that AI that is not explainable could be investigated.
The EU next year could pass the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive requirements including that users be able to interpret automated predictions.
Proponents of explainable AI say it has helped increase the effectiveness of AI’s application in fields such as healthcare and sales.
Google Cloud sells explainable AI services that, for instance, tell clients trying to sharpen their systems which pixels and soon which training examples mattered most in predicting the subject of a photo.
But critics say the explanations of why AI predicted what it did are too unreliable because the AI technology to interpret the machines is not good enough.
LinkedIn and others developing explainable AI acknowledge that each step in the process - analysing predictions, generating explanations, confirming their accuracy and making them actionable for users - still has room for improvement.
But after two years of trial and error in a relatively low-stakes application, LinkedIn says its technology has yielded practical value.
Its proof is the eight percent increase in renewal bookings during the current fiscal year above normally expected growth.
LinkedIn declined to specify the benefit in dollars, but described it as sizeable.
Before, LinkedIn salespeople relied on their own intuition and some spotty automated alerts about clients' adoption of services.
Now, the AI quickly handles research and analysis. Dubbed CrystalCandle by LinkedIn, it calls out unnoticed trends and its reasoning helps salespeople hone their tactics to keep at-risk customers on board and pitch others on upgrades.
LinkedIn says explanation-based recommendations have expanded to more than 5000 of its sales employees spanning recruiting, advertising, marketing and education offerings.
"It has helped experienced salespeople by arming them with specific insights to navigate conversations with prospects. It’s also helped new salespeople dive in right away," said Parvez Ahammad, LinkedIn's director of machine learning and head of data science applied research.
To explain or not to explain?
In 2020, LinkedIn had first provided predictions without explanations. A score with about 80 percent accuracy indicates the likelihood a client soon due for renewal will upgrade, hold steady or cancel.
Salespeople were not fully won over. The team selling LinkedIn's Talent Solutions recruiting and hiring software were unclear on how to adapt their strategy, especially when the odds of a client not renewing were no better than a coin toss.
Last July, they started seeing a short, auto-generated paragraph that highlights the factors influencing the score.
For instance, the AI decided a customer was likely to upgrade because it grew by 240 workers over the past year and candidates had become 146% more responsive in the last month.
In addition, an index that measures a client's overall success with LinkedIn recruiting tools surged 25 percent in the last three months.
Lekha Doshi, LinkedIn's vice president of global operations, said that based on the explanations sales representatives now direct clients to training, support and services that improve their experience and keep them spending.
But some AI experts question whether explanations are necessary. They could even do harm, engendering a false sense of security in AI or prompting design sacrifices that make predictions less accurate, researchers say.
Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, said people use products such as Tylenol and Google Maps whose inner workings are not neatly understood.
In such cases, rigorous testing and monitoring have dispelled most doubts about their efficacy.
Similarly, AI systems overall could be deemed fair even if individual decisions are inscrutable, said Daniel Roy, an associate professor of statistics at University of Toronto.
LinkedIn says an algorithm's integrity cannot be evaluated without understanding its thinking.
It also maintains that tools like its CrystalCandle could help AI users in other fields. Doctors could learn why AI predicts someone is more at risk of a disease, or people could be told why AI recommended they be denied a credit card.
The hope is that explanations reveal whether a system aligns with concepts and values one wants to promote, said Been Kim, an AI researcher at Google.
"I view interpretability as ultimately enabling a conversation between machines and humans," she said. "If we truly want to enable human-machine collaboration, we need that." | 2 | 48,785 | 0.047771 | https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/ai-is-explaining-itself-to-humans-and-its-paying-off-7856499/ | 2022-04-06 14:22:07+00:00 | Microsoft Corp’s LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by 8% after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of canceling, but also
explains how it arrived at its conclusion. The system, introduced last July and to be described in a LinkedIn blog post on Wednesday, marks a breakthrough in getting AI to “show its work” in a helpful way.
While AI scientists have no problem designing systems that make accurate predictions on all sorts of business outcomes, they are discovering that to make those tools more effective for
human operators, the AI may need to explain itself through another algorithm. The emerging field of “Explainable AI,” or XAI, has spurred big investment in Silicon Valley as startups and cloud giants compete to make opaque software more understandable and has stoked discussion in Washington and Brussels where regulators want to ensure automated decision-making is done fairly and transparently.
AI technology can perpetuate societal biases like those around race, gender and culture. Some AI scientists view explanations as a crucial part of mitigating those problematic outcomes. U.S. consumer protection regulators including the Federal Trade Commission have warned over the last two years that AI that is not explainable could be investigated. The EU next year could pass the Artificial Intelligence Act, a set of comprehensive requirements including that users be able to interpret automated predictions.
Proponents of explainable AI say it has helped increase the effectiveness of AI’s application in fields such as healthcare and sales. Google Cloud sells explainable AI services that, for instance, tell clients trying to sharpen their systems which pixels and soon which training examples mattered most in predicting the subject of a photo.
But critics say the explanations of why AI predicted what it did are too unreliable because the AI technology to interpret the machines is not good enough.LinkedIn and others developing explainable AI acknowledge that each step in the process – analyzing predictions, generating explanations, confirming their accuracy and making them actionable for users – still has room for improvement. But after two years of trial and error in a relatively low-stakes application, LinkedIn says its technology has yielded practical value.
Its proof is the 8% increase in renewal bookings during the current fiscal year above normally expected growth. LinkedIn declined to specify the benefit in dollars, but described it as sizeable. Before, LinkedIn salespeople relied on their own intuition and some spotty automated alerts about clients’ adoption of services.
Now, the AI quickly handles research and analysis. Dubbed CrystalCandle by LinkedIn, it calls out unnoticed trends and its reasoning helps salespeople hone their tactics to keep at-risk
customers on board and pitch others on upgrades.LinkedIn says explanation-based recommendations have expanded to more than 5,000 of its sales employees spanning
recruiting, advertising, marketing and education offerings.
“It has helped experienced salespeople by arming them with specific insights to navigate conversations with prospects. It’s also helped new salespeople dive in right away,” said Parvez
Ahammad, LinkedIn’s director of machine learning and head of data science applied research.
To explain or not to explain?
In 2020, LinkedIn had first provided predictions without explanations. A score with about 80% accuracy indicates the likelihood a client soon due for renewal will upgrade, hold
steady or cancel. Salespeople were not fully won over. The team selling LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions recruiting and hiring software were unclear on how to adapt their strategy, especially when the odds of a client not renewing were no better than a coin toss.
Last July, they started seeing a short, auto-generated paragraph that highlights the factors influencing the score. For instance, the AI decided a customer was likely to upgrade because it grew by 240 workers over the past year and candidates had become 146% more responsive in the last month. In addition, an index that measures a client’s overall success with LinkedIn recruiting tools surged 25% in the last three months.
Lekha Doshi, LinkedIn’s vice president of global operations, said that based on the explanations sales representatives now direct clients to training, support and services that improve
their experience and keep them spending. But some AI experts question whether explanations are necessary. They could even do harm, engendering a false sense of security in AI or prompting design sacrifices that make predictions less accurate, researchers say.
Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, said people use products such as Tylenol and Google Maps whose inner workings
are not neatly understood. In such cases, rigorous testing and monitoring have dispelled most doubts about their efficacy. Similarly, AI systems overall could be deemed fair even if
individual decisions are inscrutable, said Daniel Roy, an associate professor of statistics at University of Toronto.
LinkedIn says an algorithm’s integrity cannot be evaluated without understanding its thinking. It also maintains that tools like its CrystalCandle could help AI users in other fields. Doctors could learn why AI predicts someone is more at risk of a disease, or people could be told why AI recommended they be denied a credit card. The hope is that explanations reveal whether a system aligns
with concepts and values one wants to promote, said Been Kim, an AI researcher at Google. “I view interpretability as ultimately enabling a conversation between machines and humans,” she said. “If we truly want to enable human-machine collaboration, we need that.”
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https://www.ourmidland.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 | 0 | 134,476 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | 2022-04-06 20:11:12+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 |
https://www.ourmidland.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 | 1 | 134,589 | 0 | https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | 2022-04-06 20:11:35+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 |
https://www.ourmidland.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 | 2 | 134,675 | 0 | https://www.theheraldreview.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | 2022-04-06 20:11:56+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 |
https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkins-new-parole-board-members-include-troopers-widow-toby-vick/article_4cca3022-f13a-5b5f-9a82-55b4c4e322e7.html | Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced four new members of the Virginia Parole Board on Wednesday, picks he needed to make after state Senate Democrats rejected his previous choices during a battle over personnel appointments.
The new board members include the widow of a Virginia State Police trooper killed in 2016 at a Richmond bus terminal, as well as a former Henrico commonwealth's attorney.
Youngkin said in a statement that his choices would help reform the parole board. The board faced scandal under the previous administration of Ralph Northam after a state watchdog agency found violations of law and policy in the process the board used to release people from prison in some cases, and officials from the governor's office reprimanded the watchdog agency.
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“This group of individuals will restore common sense, reform the Parole Board, and stand up for victims’ rights.”
Virginia Parole Board operations have ground to a halt with nearly 400 pending parole cases …
The new board members are:
- Samuel L. Boone Jr., a master trooper and recruiter with Virginia State Police and member of the Chesapeake School Board.
- Steven Buck, a former assistant prosecutor in Richmond, Henrico and Albemarle.
- Michelle Dermyer, an advocate for survivors of crime whose husband, the late Trooper Chad Dermyer, was fatally shot on duty in 2016 at the Greyhound bus station in Richmond.
- Toby Vick, a former partner at the firm McGuireWoods LLP, the commonwealth's attorney in Henrico for seven years and previously an assistant U.S. attorney in Richmond, Miami and Houston.
The four will join the board's chair, Chadwick Dotson, a retired judge and former Wise County commonwealth’s attorney.
Virginia Senate Democrats rejected four of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s nominees for the Virginia P…
As Republicans and Democrats engaged in a partisan fight over personnel appointments this year, Democrats wouldn't confirm four of Youngkin's earlier choices for the board.
They were Tracy Banks, a longtime lawyer and law professor from Charlottesville; Cheryl Nici-O’Connell of Chesterfield County, a former Richmond police officer injured in a shooting in 1984; Montgomery County Sheriff Charles Partin; and Carmen Williams of Chesterfield.
The move by Democrats followed House Republicans' rejection of 11 appointees of Democratic former Gov. Ralph Northam.
A lawyer for The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Friday urged the court to unseal its order that explained why it closed off the records to the public.
Virginia has abolished parole, but the board's duties include making decisions on parole for people in prison who were convicted prior to Jan. 1, 1995.
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Twitter: @patrickmwilson | 0 | 134,558 | 0.410913 | https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/news/article/Youngkin-announces-4-new-Virginia-parole-board-17062254.php | 2022-04-06 20:11:29+00:00 | RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced new nominees Wednesday to serve on the Virginia Parole Board, after Senate Democrats' decision last month to dump four members of his initial slate of picks.
The four nominees were caught up in a partisan back-and-forth over appointments during this year's regular session of the divided General Assembly.
The new nominees are: Samuel Boone Jr., a Virginia State Police trooper and 9/11 first responder; Steven Buck, a former state and federal prosecutor; Michelle Dermyer, a law enforcement advocate and the widow of VSP trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer, who was killed in the line of duty in Richmond in 2016; and Toby Vick, a lawyer who has worked as a prosecutor and defense attorney.
“This group of individuals will restore common sense, reform the Parole Board, and stand up for victims’ rights,” Youngkin said in a statement.
Under Virginia law, a limited number of inmates are eligible for parole. The parole board members decide whether to grant parole and can revoke parole. The board also acts on requests for geriatric release.
The board has been under heightened scrutiny since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when it engaged in an accelerated and sometimes chaotic release of inmates. Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on the day he was sworn into office that he had opened an investigation into the board’s actions.
The new group, also subject to legislative approval, will join board chairman Chadwick Dotson, the only initial Youngkin nominee who was confirmed. |
https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkins-new-parole-board-members-include-troopers-widow-toby-vick/article_4cca3022-f13a-5b5f-9a82-55b4c4e322e7.html | Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced four new members of the Virginia Parole Board on Wednesday, picks he needed to make after state Senate Democrats rejected his previous choices during a battle over personnel appointments.
The new board members include the widow of a Virginia State Police trooper killed in 2016 at a Richmond bus terminal, as well as a former Henrico commonwealth's attorney.
Youngkin said in a statement that his choices would help reform the parole board. The board faced scandal under the previous administration of Ralph Northam after a state watchdog agency found violations of law and policy in the process the board used to release people from prison in some cases, and officials from the governor's office reprimanded the watchdog agency.
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“This group of individuals will restore common sense, reform the Parole Board, and stand up for victims’ rights.”
Virginia Parole Board operations have ground to a halt with nearly 400 pending parole cases …
The new board members are:
- Samuel L. Boone Jr., a master trooper and recruiter with Virginia State Police and member of the Chesapeake School Board.
- Steven Buck, a former assistant prosecutor in Richmond, Henrico and Albemarle.
- Michelle Dermyer, an advocate for survivors of crime whose husband, the late Trooper Chad Dermyer, was fatally shot on duty in 2016 at the Greyhound bus station in Richmond.
- Toby Vick, a former partner at the firm McGuireWoods LLP, the commonwealth's attorney in Henrico for seven years and previously an assistant U.S. attorney in Richmond, Miami and Houston.
The four will join the board's chair, Chadwick Dotson, a retired judge and former Wise County commonwealth’s attorney.
Virginia Senate Democrats rejected four of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s nominees for the Virginia P…
As Republicans and Democrats engaged in a partisan fight over personnel appointments this year, Democrats wouldn't confirm four of Youngkin's earlier choices for the board.
They were Tracy Banks, a longtime lawyer and law professor from Charlottesville; Cheryl Nici-O’Connell of Chesterfield County, a former Richmond police officer injured in a shooting in 1984; Montgomery County Sheriff Charles Partin; and Carmen Williams of Chesterfield.
The move by Democrats followed House Republicans' rejection of 11 appointees of Democratic former Gov. Ralph Northam.
A lawyer for The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Friday urged the court to unseal its order that explained why it closed off the records to the public.
Virginia has abolished parole, but the board's duties include making decisions on parole for people in prison who were convicted prior to Jan. 1, 1995.
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Twitter: @patrickmwilson | 1 | 134,592 | 0.410913 | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Youngkin-announces-4-new-Virginia-parole-board-17062254.php | 2022-04-06 20:11:36+00:00 | RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced new nominees Wednesday to serve on the Virginia Parole Board, after Senate Democrats' decision last month to dump four members of his initial slate of picks.
The four nominees were caught up in a partisan back-and-forth over appointments during this year's regular session of the divided General Assembly.
The new nominees are: Samuel Boone Jr., a Virginia State Police trooper and 9/11 first responder; Steven Buck, a former state and federal prosecutor; Michelle Dermyer, a law enforcement advocate and the widow of VSP trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer, who was killed in the line of duty in Richmond in 2016; and Toby Vick, a lawyer who has worked as a prosecutor and defense attorney.
“This group of individuals will restore common sense, reform the Parole Board, and stand up for victims’ rights,” Youngkin said in a statement.
Under Virginia law, a limited number of inmates are eligible for parole. The parole board members decide whether to grant parole and can revoke parole. The board also acts on requests for geriatric release.
The board has been under heightened scrutiny since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when it engaged in an accelerated and sometimes chaotic release of inmates. Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on the day he was sworn into office that he had opened an investigation into the board’s actions.
The new group, also subject to legislative approval, will join board chairman Chadwick Dotson, the only initial Youngkin nominee who was confirmed. |
https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkins-new-parole-board-members-include-troopers-widow-toby-vick/article_4cca3022-f13a-5b5f-9a82-55b4c4e322e7.html | Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced four new members of the Virginia Parole Board on Wednesday, picks he needed to make after state Senate Democrats rejected his previous choices during a battle over personnel appointments.
The new board members include the widow of a Virginia State Police trooper killed in 2016 at a Richmond bus terminal, as well as a former Henrico commonwealth's attorney.
Youngkin said in a statement that his choices would help reform the parole board. The board faced scandal under the previous administration of Ralph Northam after a state watchdog agency found violations of law and policy in the process the board used to release people from prison in some cases, and officials from the governor's office reprimanded the watchdog agency.
People are also reading…
“This group of individuals will restore common sense, reform the Parole Board, and stand up for victims’ rights.”
Virginia Parole Board operations have ground to a halt with nearly 400 pending parole cases …
The new board members are:
- Samuel L. Boone Jr., a master trooper and recruiter with Virginia State Police and member of the Chesapeake School Board.
- Steven Buck, a former assistant prosecutor in Richmond, Henrico and Albemarle.
- Michelle Dermyer, an advocate for survivors of crime whose husband, the late Trooper Chad Dermyer, was fatally shot on duty in 2016 at the Greyhound bus station in Richmond.
- Toby Vick, a former partner at the firm McGuireWoods LLP, the commonwealth's attorney in Henrico for seven years and previously an assistant U.S. attorney in Richmond, Miami and Houston.
The four will join the board's chair, Chadwick Dotson, a retired judge and former Wise County commonwealth’s attorney.
Virginia Senate Democrats rejected four of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s nominees for the Virginia P…
As Republicans and Democrats engaged in a partisan fight over personnel appointments this year, Democrats wouldn't confirm four of Youngkin's earlier choices for the board.
They were Tracy Banks, a longtime lawyer and law professor from Charlottesville; Cheryl Nici-O’Connell of Chesterfield County, a former Richmond police officer injured in a shooting in 1984; Montgomery County Sheriff Charles Partin; and Carmen Williams of Chesterfield.
The move by Democrats followed House Republicans' rejection of 11 appointees of Democratic former Gov. Ralph Northam.
A lawyer for The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Friday urged the court to unseal its order that explained why it closed off the records to the public.
Virginia has abolished parole, but the board's duties include making decisions on parole for people in prison who were convicted prior to Jan. 1, 1995.
(804) 649-6061
Twitter: @patrickmwilson | 2 | 135,250 | 0.410913 | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Youngkin-announces-4-new-Virginia-parole-board-17062254.php | 2022-04-06 20:14:12+00:00 | RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced new nominees Wednesday to serve on the Virginia Parole Board, after Senate Democrats' decision last month to dump four members of his initial slate of picks.
The four nominees were caught up in a partisan back-and-forth over appointments during this year's regular session of the divided General Assembly.
The new nominees are: Samuel Boone Jr., a Virginia State Police trooper and 9/11 first responder; Steven Buck, a former state and federal prosecutor; Michelle Dermyer, a law enforcement advocate and the widow of VSP trooper Chad Phillip Dermyer, who was killed in the line of duty in Richmond in 2016; and Toby Vick, a lawyer who has worked as a prosecutor and defense attorney.
“This group of individuals will restore common sense, reform the Parole Board, and stand up for victims’ rights,” Youngkin said in a statement.
Under Virginia law, a limited number of inmates are eligible for parole. The parole board members decide whether to grant parole and can revoke parole. The board also acts on requests for geriatric release.
The board has been under heightened scrutiny since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when it engaged in an accelerated and sometimes chaotic release of inmates. Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares announced on the day he was sworn into office that he had opened an investigation into the board’s actions.
The new group, also subject to legislative approval, will join board chairman Chadwick Dotson, the only initial Youngkin nominee who was confirmed. |
https://www.chron.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-CORPUS-CHRISTI-Warnings-Watches-and-17062257.php | WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
_____
RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
252 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...La Salle...McMullen...Live Oak...Bee...
Goliad...Victoria...Webb...Duval...Jim Wells...Inland
Kleberg... Inland Nueces...Inland San Patricio...Coastal
Aransas...Inland Refugio...Inland Calhoun...Coastal Kleberg...
Coastal Nueces... Coastal San Patricio...Coastal Refugio...
Coastal Calhoun.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM tonight for the Red Flag Warning. From 10
AM Thursday to 7 PM Thursday for the Fire Weather Watch.
* WIND...North at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today, then
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph on Thursday.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum values around 15 percent in the Brush
Country to 20 to 30 percent for the coastal region today,
then down to 7 to 10 percent over the Brush Country to around
15 to 20 percent over the Coastal Bend on Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Residents are urged to exercise care with respect to all outdoor
activities that could inadvertently cause wildfires. Report
wildfires quickly to the nearest fire department or law
enforcement office.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35...
* AFFECTED AREA...Along and west of Interstate 35.
* TIMING...Late Thursday morning through Thursday evening.
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 10 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...In the lower 70s.
* IMPACTS...Wildfires will have the potential to grow and spread
rapidly. Any activities that can spark a wildfire should be
avoided. Planned burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that extreme fire weather conditions are
either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong
winds, low relative humidity, and dry vegetation can contribute
to extreme fire behavior. Avoid all outside burning and welding
today. Do not toss lit cigarette butts outside. Report wild fires
to the nearest fire department or law enforcement office.
* WINDS...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Near 70.
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
252 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...La Salle...McMullen...Live Oak...Bee...
Goliad...Victoria...Webb...Duval...Jim Wells...Inland
Kleberg... Inland Nueces...Inland San Patricio...Coastal
Aransas...Inland Refugio...Inland Calhoun...Coastal Kleberg...
Coastal Nueces... Coastal San Patricio...Coastal Refugio...
Coastal Calhoun.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM tonight for the Red Flag Warning. From 10
AM Thursday to 7 PM Thursday for the Fire Weather Watch.
* WIND...North at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today, then
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph on Thursday.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum values around 15 percent in the Brush
Country to 20 to 30 percent for the coastal region today,
then down to 7 to 10 percent over the Brush Country to around
15 to 20 percent over the Coastal Bend on Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Residents are urged to exercise care with respect to all outdoor
activities that could inadvertently cause wildfires. Report
wildfires quickly to the nearest fire department or law
enforcement office.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35...
* AFFECTED AREA...Along and west of Interstate 35.
* TIMING...Late Thursday morning through Thursday evening.
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 10 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...In the lower 70s.
* IMPACTS...Wildfires will have the potential to grow and spread
rapidly. Any activities that can spark a wildfire should be
avoided. Planned burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that extreme fire weather conditions are
either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong
winds, low relative humidity, and dry vegetation can contribute
to extreme fire behavior. Avoid all outside burning and welding
today. Do not toss lit cigarette butts outside. Report wild fires
to the nearest fire department or law enforcement office.
* WINDS...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Near 70.
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https://www.chron.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-CORPUS-CHRISTI-Warnings-Watches-and-17062257.php | WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
_____
RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
252 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...La Salle...McMullen...Live Oak...Bee...
Goliad...Victoria...Webb...Duval...Jim Wells...Inland
Kleberg... Inland Nueces...Inland San Patricio...Coastal
Aransas...Inland Refugio...Inland Calhoun...Coastal Kleberg...
Coastal Nueces... Coastal San Patricio...Coastal Refugio...
Coastal Calhoun.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM tonight for the Red Flag Warning. From 10
AM Thursday to 7 PM Thursday for the Fire Weather Watch.
* WIND...North at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today, then
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph on Thursday.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum values around 15 percent in the Brush
Country to 20 to 30 percent for the coastal region today,
then down to 7 to 10 percent over the Brush Country to around
15 to 20 percent over the Coastal Bend on Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Residents are urged to exercise care with respect to all outdoor
activities that could inadvertently cause wildfires. Report
wildfires quickly to the nearest fire department or law
enforcement office.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35...
* AFFECTED AREA...Along and west of Interstate 35.
* TIMING...Late Thursday morning through Thursday evening.
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 10 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...In the lower 70s.
* IMPACTS...Wildfires will have the potential to grow and spread
rapidly. Any activities that can spark a wildfire should be
avoided. Planned burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that extreme fire weather conditions are
either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong
winds, low relative humidity, and dry vegetation can contribute
to extreme fire behavior. Avoid all outside burning and welding
today. Do not toss lit cigarette butts outside. Report wild fires
to the nearest fire department or law enforcement office.
* WINDS...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Near 70.
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_____
RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
252 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...La Salle...McMullen...Live Oak...Bee...
Goliad...Victoria...Webb...Duval...Jim Wells...Inland
Kleberg... Inland Nueces...Inland San Patricio...Coastal
Aransas...Inland Refugio...Inland Calhoun...Coastal Kleberg...
Coastal Nueces... Coastal San Patricio...Coastal Refugio...
Coastal Calhoun.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM tonight for the Red Flag Warning. From 10
AM Thursday to 7 PM Thursday for the Fire Weather Watch.
* WIND...North at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today, then
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph on Thursday.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum values around 15 percent in the Brush
Country to 20 to 30 percent for the coastal region today,
then down to 7 to 10 percent over the Brush Country to around
15 to 20 percent over the Coastal Bend on Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Residents are urged to exercise care with respect to all outdoor
activities that could inadvertently cause wildfires. Report
wildfires quickly to the nearest fire department or law
enforcement office.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35...
* AFFECTED AREA...Along and west of Interstate 35.
* TIMING...Late Thursday morning through Thursday evening.
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 10 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...In the lower 70s.
* IMPACTS...Wildfires will have the potential to grow and spread
rapidly. Any activities that can spark a wildfire should be
avoided. Planned burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that extreme fire weather conditions are
either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong
winds, low relative humidity, and dry vegetation can contribute
to extreme fire behavior. Avoid all outside burning and welding
today. Do not toss lit cigarette butts outside. Report wild fires
to the nearest fire department or law enforcement office.
* WINDS...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Near 70.
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https://www.chron.com/weather/article/TX-WFO-CORPUS-CHRISTI-Warnings-Watches-and-17062257.php | WFO CORPUS CHRISTI Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 6, 2022
_____
RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
252 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...La Salle...McMullen...Live Oak...Bee...
Goliad...Victoria...Webb...Duval...Jim Wells...Inland
Kleberg... Inland Nueces...Inland San Patricio...Coastal
Aransas...Inland Refugio...Inland Calhoun...Coastal Kleberg...
Coastal Nueces... Coastal San Patricio...Coastal Refugio...
Coastal Calhoun.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM tonight for the Red Flag Warning. From 10
AM Thursday to 7 PM Thursday for the Fire Weather Watch.
* WIND...North at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today, then
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph on Thursday.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum values around 15 percent in the Brush
Country to 20 to 30 percent for the coastal region today,
then down to 7 to 10 percent over the Brush Country to around
15 to 20 percent over the Coastal Bend on Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Residents are urged to exercise care with respect to all outdoor
activities that could inadvertently cause wildfires. Report
wildfires quickly to the nearest fire department or law
enforcement office.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35...
* AFFECTED AREA...Along and west of Interstate 35.
* TIMING...Late Thursday morning through Thursday evening.
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 10 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...In the lower 70s.
* IMPACTS...Wildfires will have the potential to grow and spread
rapidly. Any activities that can spark a wildfire should be
avoided. Planned burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that extreme fire weather conditions are
either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong
winds, low relative humidity, and dry vegetation can contribute
to extreme fire behavior. Avoid all outside burning and welding
today. Do not toss lit cigarette butts outside. Report wild fires
to the nearest fire department or law enforcement office.
* WINDS...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Near 70.
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
252 PM CDT Wed Apr 6 2022
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
FOR SOUTH TEXAS...
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a Fire
Weather Watch, which is in effect from Thursday morning through
Thursday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...La Salle...McMullen...Live Oak...Bee...
Goliad...Victoria...Webb...Duval...Jim Wells...Inland
Kleberg... Inland Nueces...Inland San Patricio...Coastal
Aransas...Inland Refugio...Inland Calhoun...Coastal Kleberg...
Coastal Nueces... Coastal San Patricio...Coastal Refugio...
Coastal Calhoun.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM tonight for the Red Flag Warning. From 10
AM Thursday to 7 PM Thursday for the Fire Weather Watch.
* WIND...North at 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph today, then
15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph on Thursday.
* HUMIDITY...Minimum values around 15 percent in the Brush
Country to 20 to 30 percent for the coastal region today,
then down to 7 to 10 percent over the Brush Country to around
15 to 20 percent over the Coastal Bend on Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
Residents are urged to exercise care with respect to all outdoor
activities that could inadvertently cause wildfires. Report
wildfires quickly to the nearest fire department or law
enforcement office.
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-35...
* AFFECTED AREA...Along and west of Interstate 35.
* TIMING...Late Thursday morning through Thursday evening.
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 10 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...In the lower 70s.
* IMPACTS...Wildfires will have the potential to grow and spread
rapidly. Any activities that can spark a wildfire should be
avoided. Planned burning is not recommended.
A Red Flag Warning means that extreme fire weather conditions are
either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong
winds, low relative humidity, and dry vegetation can contribute
to extreme fire behavior. Avoid all outside burning and welding
today. Do not toss lit cigarette butts outside. Report wild fires
to the nearest fire department or law enforcement office.
* WINDS...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Near 70.
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https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/new-gun-laws-to-take-effect-in-july/ | On March 25, Governor Phil Scott signed a bill extending the maximum waiting time for a background check from three to seven days. The new gun laws will take effect this July.
At Back Country Sports in St. Albans, gun sales have been consistent. “We haven’t seen much traffic, gun sales have been steady but not a boom,” said Chad Hale, owner of Back County Sports. Hale has owned the store for eleven years. “Will it make a difference, I don’t know. Sales wise, probably not, probably not much at all.”
Law professor Jared Carter believes the change in waiting times won’t have much of an influence. “I think adding the extra four days, you might pick up a few folks but as a general principal, I don’t think it is going to have a major impact.”
The bill also allows health care providers to notify law enforcement and seek an emergency risk protection order for someone they believe is a threat to themselves or to the public.
“We have to be honest we have a mental health crisis in Vermont and the United States and people taking their own life is a big part of the upshot of all of that and so this would allow health care professionals who are concerned about a person doing something like that, it would give them an additional tool to prevent that from happening,” said Carter.
The bill also bans firearms from hospitals. “It reflects the mental health crisis that Vermont and the rest of the country faces as hospitals are having to deal with much more volatile situations and so keeping firearms out of the emergency rooms by law is an important step.” | 0 | 50,274 | 0.6382 | https://www.newportvermontdailyexpress.com/news/governor-signs-gun-control-bill/article_4598535e-b1d5-11ec-9410-f76c70301b89.html | 2022-04-02 06:18:25+00:00 | MONTPELIER - For the second time in his tenure as Vermont's governor, Phil Scott has signed into law S.4 which extends the waiting period to purchase a firearm from three to seven days.
The bill's authors focused on prohibiting firearms in hospitals, but by the end of the legislative session, the bill expanded to include the waiting period, removal of a firearm if imminent harm may occur, allowing transporting large capacity firearms across state lines, and other safety measures.
Legislators addressed the "Charleston loophole," extending the waiting period for criminal background checks from three days to thirty. After compromising with Governor Scott, the lead sponsor Senator Phil Baruth agreed to the seven day waiting period.
Read more in Friday's Newport Daily Express... |
https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/new-gun-laws-to-take-effect-in-july/ | On March 25, Governor Phil Scott signed a bill extending the maximum waiting time for a background check from three to seven days. The new gun laws will take effect this July.
At Back Country Sports in St. Albans, gun sales have been consistent. “We haven’t seen much traffic, gun sales have been steady but not a boom,” said Chad Hale, owner of Back County Sports. Hale has owned the store for eleven years. “Will it make a difference, I don’t know. Sales wise, probably not, probably not much at all.”
Law professor Jared Carter believes the change in waiting times won’t have much of an influence. “I think adding the extra four days, you might pick up a few folks but as a general principal, I don’t think it is going to have a major impact.”
The bill also allows health care providers to notify law enforcement and seek an emergency risk protection order for someone they believe is a threat to themselves or to the public.
“We have to be honest we have a mental health crisis in Vermont and the United States and people taking their own life is a big part of the upshot of all of that and so this would allow health care professionals who are concerned about a person doing something like that, it would give them an additional tool to prevent that from happening,” said Carter.
The bill also bans firearms from hospitals. “It reflects the mental health crisis that Vermont and the rest of the country faces as hospitals are having to deal with much more volatile situations and so keeping firearms out of the emergency rooms by law is an important step.” | 1 | 121,243 | 0.641346 | https://www.newportvermontdailyexpress.com/news/how-do-new-federal-gun-control-laws-compare-to-vermont-law/article_de96fc44-f66e-11ec-a042-db734702ab91.html | 2022-06-28 08:25:19+00:00 | Congress is prepared to pass new gun control laws in an effort to stop mass shootings. Within the past month, 10 people were killed in a grocery store in Buffalo, NY, at an elementary school in Uvalde, TX, 19 children and two adults were killed. The shooters were teenagers and used assault rifles as weapons. But how do these new proposed laws compare to the ones Vermont has on the books?
The federal bill expands background checks for gun buyers between the ages of 18 and 21. States are incentivized to upload sealed juvenile records to include in the background check.
Previous federal law allowed a five day waiting period for background checks until 1998 when the National Instant Criminal Check (NICC) came online.
This past spring, the Vermont legislature extended the three day waiting period for a background check to up to seven days. This provision kicks in if a background check is held up for some reason. Many come back the same day. If for some reason a background check doesn’t clear, Vermont’s former law allowed for a three day hold. If the check didn’t clear in three days, the purchase was allowed to go through. Under the new changes to the law, there will be up to a seven day hold. After seven days, the transaction can be completed even if the background check doesn’t come through. Governor Phil Scott endorsed the change after the legislature compromised on the initial 30 day waiting period proposal.
Vermont outlawed the sale of all firearms to anyone under the age of 21 that hasn’t completed a hunter safety course in 2018. There are a few other exceptions to the age requirement, including members of law enforcement, and an active or veteran member of the National Guard, US armed forces.
An existing federal law preventing people convicted of domestic abuse from owning a gun will be expanded. The law used to contain what was referred to as the “boyfriend” loophole. The new bill will use the language "dating relationship" to expand the law to include dating partners and not just spouses and ex-spouses.
For the rest of the story see Tuesday's Express |
https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/new-gun-laws-to-take-effect-in-july/ | On March 25, Governor Phil Scott signed a bill extending the maximum waiting time for a background check from three to seven days. The new gun laws will take effect this July.
At Back Country Sports in St. Albans, gun sales have been consistent. “We haven’t seen much traffic, gun sales have been steady but not a boom,” said Chad Hale, owner of Back County Sports. Hale has owned the store for eleven years. “Will it make a difference, I don’t know. Sales wise, probably not, probably not much at all.”
Law professor Jared Carter believes the change in waiting times won’t have much of an influence. “I think adding the extra four days, you might pick up a few folks but as a general principal, I don’t think it is going to have a major impact.”
The bill also allows health care providers to notify law enforcement and seek an emergency risk protection order for someone they believe is a threat to themselves or to the public.
“We have to be honest we have a mental health crisis in Vermont and the United States and people taking their own life is a big part of the upshot of all of that and so this would allow health care professionals who are concerned about a person doing something like that, it would give them an additional tool to prevent that from happening,” said Carter.
The bill also bans firearms from hospitals. “It reflects the mental health crisis that Vermont and the rest of the country faces as hospitals are having to deal with much more volatile situations and so keeping firearms out of the emergency rooms by law is an important step.” | 2 | 27,830 | 0.725153 | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/570809938/action-taken-by-governor-phil-scott-on-legislation-february-22-2022 | 2022-05-02 22:17:37+00:00 | Action Taken by Governor Phil Scott on Legislation - February 22, 2022
Montpelier, Vt. - On February 22, Governor Phil Scott returned without signature and vetoed S.30 and sent the following letter to the General Assembly explaining his decision and outlining a path forward:
February 22, 2022
The Honorable John Bloomer, Jr.
Secretary of the Senate
115 State House
Montpelier, VT 05633-5401
Dear Mr. Bloomer:
Pursuant to Chapter II, Section 11 of the Vermont Constitution, I’m returning S. 30, An act relating to prohibiting possession of firearms within hospital buildings without my signature.
In 2018, I called for and signed the most comprehensive gun safety measures in our state’s history. We established universal background check requirements; authorized extreme risk protection orders (i.e., “red flag” laws), providing tools to prevent someone from having a gun if there is credible evidence they may harm themselves or others; strengthened the ability of law enforcement to seize firearms from those accused of domestic violence; enhanced age requirements; and prohibited the sale and possession of bump stocks and large capacity magazines. This was a comprehensive, and historic, set of policies that take reasonable steps to help keep firearms out of the hands of people who should not have them. It's my belief that we need to give these new provisions more time to be fully understood and utilized, and that the Legislature should focus on educating Vermonters on these changes – and on addressing Vermont’s mental health crisis – before additional gun laws are passed.
However, as I’ve also said, I’m open to a discussion about improving existing law to address the so-called “Charleston Loophole” and I’m offering a path forward below. This refers to a provision in federal law that provides automatic approval to someone who is buying a gun if a federal background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (also known as NICS) doesn’t produce a “red light” (i.e., reporting they are ineligible) within three business days.
S. 30 increases that timeframe from three days to an unlimited amount of time without acknowledging that an application expires in 30 days. So instead of holding the federal government accountable to complete the background check in a timely manner, it shifts all the burden away from government – where responsibility was intentionally placed in federal law – entirely onto the citizen. Law abiding citizens who become the victims of a government administrative error must themselves gather all applicable law enforcement and court records and try to understand and navigate a complex maze of federal bureaucratic process to try to rectify their “yellow” status.
For these reasons, I believe going from three to effectively 30 days is excessive and unreasonable for law-abiding citizens who wish to purchase a firearm for their own personal safety or for other lawful and constitutionally protected purposes.
However, I’m willing to work with the Legislature to find a path forward that gives the federal government more time to fulfill its obligations to complete background checks, without denying law-abiding citizens of their right to a fair and reasonable process.
A more reasonable standard would be to increase the current three-day waiting period to seven business days to allow the federal government additional time to resolve issues and make a final determination.
Given this bill’s effective date of July 1, 2022, the Legislature has ample time to address my concerns and send me a bill I can sign.
Based on the objections outlined above I’m returning this legislation without my signature pursuant to Chapter II, Section 11 of the Vermont Constitution.
Sincerely,
/s/
Philip B. Scott
Governor
To view a complete list of action on bills passed during the 2022 legislative session, click here.
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https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/national-news/dea-warns-of-increase-in-mass-overdose-events-involving-fentanyl/ | WASHINGTON (WGNO) — On April 6, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement to warn of the potential spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, a fentanyl-related mass overdose event is described as three or more overdoses occurring close in time and at the same location.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, it has already happened in at least seven American cities in the past few months.
Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; and Washington, D.C.
Fentanyl can be found in all 50 states according to the DEA.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans at an unprecedented rate,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
The CDC estimated that each year more than 105,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, with 66 percent of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Here is the letter the DEA sent to law enforcement.
To find out more about fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, visit DEA.gov.
- Still no finalized NYS budget
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- Rochester Amerks player suspended 8 games for using homophobic language during game against Utica
- Fox that attacked individuals on Capitol Hill euthanized
- Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in US, pleads guilty | 0 | 28,162 | 0.238013 | https://www.wsav.com/crime-safety/dea-warns-of-increase-in-mass-overdose-events-involving-fentanyl/ | 2022-04-06 22:22:14+00:00 | WASHINGTON (WGNO) — On April 6, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement to warn of the potential spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, a fentanyl-related mass overdose event is described as three or more overdoses occurring close in time and at the same location.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, it has already happened in at least seven American cities in the past few months.
Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; and Washington, D.C.
Fentanyl can be found in all 50 states according to the DEA.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans at an unprecedented rate,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
The CDC estimated that each year more than 105,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, with 66% of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Here is the letter the DEA sent to law enforcement.
To find out more about fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, visit DEA.gov. |
https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/national-news/dea-warns-of-increase-in-mass-overdose-events-involving-fentanyl/ | WASHINGTON (WGNO) — On April 6, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement to warn of the potential spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, a fentanyl-related mass overdose event is described as three or more overdoses occurring close in time and at the same location.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, it has already happened in at least seven American cities in the past few months.
Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; and Washington, D.C.
Fentanyl can be found in all 50 states according to the DEA.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans at an unprecedented rate,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
The CDC estimated that each year more than 105,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, with 66 percent of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Here is the letter the DEA sent to law enforcement.
To find out more about fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, visit DEA.gov.
- Still no finalized NYS budget
- “I was awe shocked,” family’s dream of seeing Tiger Woods comes true
- Rochester Amerks player suspended 8 games for using homophobic language during game against Utica
- Fox that attacked individuals on Capitol Hill euthanized
- Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in US, pleads guilty | 1 | 112,060 | 0.238749 | https://www.ktsm.com/news/dea-warns-of-increase-in-mass-overdose-events-involving-fentanyl/ | 2022-04-22 12:27:03+00:00 | WASHINGTON (WGNO) — On April 6, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement to warn of the potential spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, a fentanyl-related mass overdose event is described as three or more overdoses occurring close in time and at the same location.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, it has already happened in at least seven American cities in the past few months.
Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; and Washington, D.C.
Fentanyl can be found in all 50 states according to the DEA.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans at an unprecedented rate,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
The CDC estimated that each year more than 105,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, with 66 percent of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Here is the letter the DEA sent to law enforcement.
To find out more about fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, visit DEA.gov. |
https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/national-news/dea-warns-of-increase-in-mass-overdose-events-involving-fentanyl/ | WASHINGTON (WGNO) — On April 6, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement to warn of the potential spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, a fentanyl-related mass overdose event is described as three or more overdoses occurring close in time and at the same location.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, it has already happened in at least seven American cities in the past few months.
Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; and Washington, D.C.
Fentanyl can be found in all 50 states according to the DEA.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans at an unprecedented rate,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
The CDC estimated that each year more than 105,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, with 66 percent of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Here is the letter the DEA sent to law enforcement.
To find out more about fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, visit DEA.gov.
- Still no finalized NYS budget
- “I was awe shocked,” family’s dream of seeing Tiger Woods comes true
- Rochester Amerks player suspended 8 games for using homophobic language during game against Utica
- Fox that attacked individuals on Capitol Hill euthanized
- Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in US, pleads guilty | 2 | 23,335 | 0.238749 | https://www.borderreport.com/news/dea-warns-of-increase-in-mass-overdose-events-involving-fentanyl/ | 2022-05-11 22:49:41+00:00 | WASHINGTON (WGNO) — On April 6, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement to warn of the potential spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, a fentanyl-related mass overdose event is described as three or more overdoses occurring close in time and at the same location.
According to the U.S Department of Justice, it has already happened in at least seven American cities in the past few months.
Cities impacted include Wilton Manors, Florida; Austin, Texas; Cortez, Colorado; Commerce City, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; and Washington, D.C.
Fentanyl can be found in all 50 states according to the DEA.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans at an unprecedented rate,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.
The CDC estimated that each year more than 105,000 Americans died of drug overdoses, with 66 percent of those deaths related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Here is the letter the DEA sent to law enforcement.
To find out more about fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, visit DEA.gov. |
https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/nation-world/fed-considers-more-aggressive-steps-to-fight-inflation/507-5cd13ace-6311-4ab0-891f-825697d7efd0 | WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increase, “could be appropriate” multiple times this year.
At last month's meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off then because of the uncertainties created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago, when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are surging at the fastest pace in four decades, and officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to start raising rates and could be forced to respond so aggressively as to trigger a recession. Indeed, economists at Deutsche Bank predict that the economy will tumble into a recession late next year, noting that the Fed, “finding itself now well behind the curve, has given clear signals that it is shifting to a more aggressive tightening mode.”
The stock market sold off when the minutes were released Wednesday but later recovered most of its losses. Still, the S&P 500 was down nearly 0.8% in afternoon trading after a sharp drop on Tuesday.
Financial markets now expect much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March. Just three weeks ago, the policymakers projected that the Fed's benchmark rate would remain below 2% by the end of this year and 2.8% at the end of 2023, up from its current level below 0.5%.
But Wall Street now forecasts that the Fed's rate will reach 2.6% by year's end, with further rate hikes next year. That would require three half-point increases this year.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. By doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn't carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed's Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that they envision such sharp increases. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed's increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank's bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period" than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it's twice as large.
After the pandemic hammered the economy two years ago, the Fed bought trillions in Treasury and mortgage bonds, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing course, the last time the Fed bought bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now, that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months.
Brainard's remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market trends aren't flashing the same warning signals.
The Fed will reduce its balance sheet by allowing some of its Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to mature without reinvesting the proceeds, which it has done for the past two years.
What kind of impact this will have on interest rates is highly uncertain. Powell said at a news conference after last month's meeting that the reduction in bond holdings would be equivalent to another rate hike. Economists estimate that reducing the Fed's balance sheet by $1 trillion a year would be equal to anywhere from one to three additional quarter-point increases in the Fed's benchmark short-term rate.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who preceded Powell as Fed chair, suggested during a congressional hearing Wednesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would likely keep escalating inflation in the coming months.
“The sanctions we’ve placed on Russia are pushing up the price of energy," Yellen said. “When energy prices are going up, the price of wheat and corn that Russia and Ukraine produce are going up, and metals that play an important industrial role are going up.” | 0 | 1,715 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/fed-considers-more-aggressive-steps-to-fight-inflation/507-5cd13ace-6311-4ab0-891f-825697d7efd0 | 2022-04-06 20:28:06+00:00 | WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increase, “could be appropriate” multiple times this year.
At last month's meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off then because of the uncertainties created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago, when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are surging at the fastest pace in four decades, and officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to start raising rates and could be forced to respond so aggressively as to trigger a recession. Indeed, economists at Deutsche Bank predict that the economy will tumble into a recession late next year, noting that the Fed, “finding itself now well behind the curve, has given clear signals that it is shifting to a more aggressive tightening mode.”
The stock market sold off when the minutes were released Wednesday but later recovered most of its losses. Still, the S&P 500 was down nearly 0.8% in afternoon trading after a sharp drop on Tuesday.
Financial markets now expect much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March. Just three weeks ago, the policymakers projected that the Fed's benchmark rate would remain below 2% by the end of this year and 2.8% at the end of 2023, up from its current level below 0.5%.
But Wall Street now forecasts that the Fed's rate will reach 2.6% by year's end, with further rate hikes next year. That would require three half-point increases this year.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. By doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn't carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed's Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that they envision such sharp increases. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed's increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank's bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period" than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it's twice as large.
After the pandemic hammered the economy two years ago, the Fed bought trillions in Treasury and mortgage bonds, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing course, the last time the Fed bought bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now, that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months.
Brainard's remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market trends aren't flashing the same warning signals.
The Fed will reduce its balance sheet by allowing some of its Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to mature without reinvesting the proceeds, which it has done for the past two years.
What kind of impact this will have on interest rates is highly uncertain. Powell said at a news conference after last month's meeting that the reduction in bond holdings would be equivalent to another rate hike. Economists estimate that reducing the Fed's balance sheet by $1 trillion a year would be equal to anywhere from one to three additional quarter-point increases in the Fed's benchmark short-term rate.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who preceded Powell as Fed chair, suggested during a congressional hearing Wednesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would likely keep escalating inflation in the coming months.
“The sanctions we’ve placed on Russia are pushing up the price of energy," Yellen said. “When energy prices are going up, the price of wheat and corn that Russia and Ukraine produce are going up, and metals that play an important industrial role are going up.” |
https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/nation-world/fed-considers-more-aggressive-steps-to-fight-inflation/507-5cd13ace-6311-4ab0-891f-825697d7efd0 | WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increase, “could be appropriate” multiple times this year.
At last month's meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off then because of the uncertainties created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago, when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are surging at the fastest pace in four decades, and officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to start raising rates and could be forced to respond so aggressively as to trigger a recession. Indeed, economists at Deutsche Bank predict that the economy will tumble into a recession late next year, noting that the Fed, “finding itself now well behind the curve, has given clear signals that it is shifting to a more aggressive tightening mode.”
The stock market sold off when the minutes were released Wednesday but later recovered most of its losses. Still, the S&P 500 was down nearly 0.8% in afternoon trading after a sharp drop on Tuesday.
Financial markets now expect much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March. Just three weeks ago, the policymakers projected that the Fed's benchmark rate would remain below 2% by the end of this year and 2.8% at the end of 2023, up from its current level below 0.5%.
But Wall Street now forecasts that the Fed's rate will reach 2.6% by year's end, with further rate hikes next year. That would require three half-point increases this year.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. By doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn't carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed's Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that they envision such sharp increases. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed's increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank's bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period" than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it's twice as large.
After the pandemic hammered the economy two years ago, the Fed bought trillions in Treasury and mortgage bonds, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing course, the last time the Fed bought bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now, that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months.
Brainard's remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market trends aren't flashing the same warning signals.
The Fed will reduce its balance sheet by allowing some of its Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to mature without reinvesting the proceeds, which it has done for the past two years.
What kind of impact this will have on interest rates is highly uncertain. Powell said at a news conference after last month's meeting that the reduction in bond holdings would be equivalent to another rate hike. Economists estimate that reducing the Fed's balance sheet by $1 trillion a year would be equal to anywhere from one to three additional quarter-point increases in the Fed's benchmark short-term rate.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who preceded Powell as Fed chair, suggested during a congressional hearing Wednesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would likely keep escalating inflation in the coming months.
“The sanctions we’ve placed on Russia are pushing up the price of energy," Yellen said. “When energy prices are going up, the price of wheat and corn that Russia and Ukraine produce are going up, and metals that play an important industrial role are going up.” | 1 | 2,321 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/fed-considers-more-aggressive-steps-to-fight-inflation/507-5cd13ace-6311-4ab0-891f-825697d7efd0 | 2022-04-06 20:30:42+00:00 | WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increase, “could be appropriate” multiple times this year.
At last month's meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off then because of the uncertainties created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago, when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are surging at the fastest pace in four decades, and officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to start raising rates and could be forced to respond so aggressively as to trigger a recession. Indeed, economists at Deutsche Bank predict that the economy will tumble into a recession late next year, noting that the Fed, “finding itself now well behind the curve, has given clear signals that it is shifting to a more aggressive tightening mode.”
The stock market sold off when the minutes were released Wednesday but later recovered most of its losses. Still, the S&P 500 was down nearly 0.8% in afternoon trading after a sharp drop on Tuesday.
Financial markets now expect much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March. Just three weeks ago, the policymakers projected that the Fed's benchmark rate would remain below 2% by the end of this year and 2.8% at the end of 2023, up from its current level below 0.5%.
But Wall Street now forecasts that the Fed's rate will reach 2.6% by year's end, with further rate hikes next year. That would require three half-point increases this year.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. By doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn't carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed's Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that they envision such sharp increases. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed's increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank's bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period" than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it's twice as large.
After the pandemic hammered the economy two years ago, the Fed bought trillions in Treasury and mortgage bonds, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing course, the last time the Fed bought bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now, that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months.
Brainard's remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market trends aren't flashing the same warning signals.
The Fed will reduce its balance sheet by allowing some of its Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to mature without reinvesting the proceeds, which it has done for the past two years.
What kind of impact this will have on interest rates is highly uncertain. Powell said at a news conference after last month's meeting that the reduction in bond holdings would be equivalent to another rate hike. Economists estimate that reducing the Fed's balance sheet by $1 trillion a year would be equal to anywhere from one to three additional quarter-point increases in the Fed's benchmark short-term rate.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who preceded Powell as Fed chair, suggested during a congressional hearing Wednesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would likely keep escalating inflation in the coming months.
“The sanctions we’ve placed on Russia are pushing up the price of energy," Yellen said. “When energy prices are going up, the price of wheat and corn that Russia and Ukraine produce are going up, and metals that play an important industrial role are going up.” |
https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/nation-world/fed-considers-more-aggressive-steps-to-fight-inflation/507-5cd13ace-6311-4ab0-891f-825697d7efd0 | WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increase, “could be appropriate” multiple times this year.
At last month's meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off then because of the uncertainties created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago, when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are surging at the fastest pace in four decades, and officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to start raising rates and could be forced to respond so aggressively as to trigger a recession. Indeed, economists at Deutsche Bank predict that the economy will tumble into a recession late next year, noting that the Fed, “finding itself now well behind the curve, has given clear signals that it is shifting to a more aggressive tightening mode.”
The stock market sold off when the minutes were released Wednesday but later recovered most of its losses. Still, the S&P 500 was down nearly 0.8% in afternoon trading after a sharp drop on Tuesday.
Financial markets now expect much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March. Just three weeks ago, the policymakers projected that the Fed's benchmark rate would remain below 2% by the end of this year and 2.8% at the end of 2023, up from its current level below 0.5%.
But Wall Street now forecasts that the Fed's rate will reach 2.6% by year's end, with further rate hikes next year. That would require three half-point increases this year.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. By doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn't carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed's Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that they envision such sharp increases. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed's increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank's bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period" than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it's twice as large.
After the pandemic hammered the economy two years ago, the Fed bought trillions in Treasury and mortgage bonds, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing course, the last time the Fed bought bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now, that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months.
Brainard's remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market trends aren't flashing the same warning signals.
The Fed will reduce its balance sheet by allowing some of its Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to mature without reinvesting the proceeds, which it has done for the past two years.
What kind of impact this will have on interest rates is highly uncertain. Powell said at a news conference after last month's meeting that the reduction in bond holdings would be equivalent to another rate hike. Economists estimate that reducing the Fed's balance sheet by $1 trillion a year would be equal to anywhere from one to three additional quarter-point increases in the Fed's benchmark short-term rate.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who preceded Powell as Fed chair, suggested during a congressional hearing Wednesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would likely keep escalating inflation in the coming months.
“The sanctions we’ve placed on Russia are pushing up the price of energy," Yellen said. “When energy prices are going up, the price of wheat and corn that Russia and Ukraine produce are going up, and metals that play an important industrial role are going up.” | 2 | 2,888 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/nation-world/fed-considers-more-aggressive-steps-to-fight-inflation/507-5cd13ace-6311-4ab0-891f-825697d7efd0 | 2022-04-06 20:32:42+00:00 | WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take an aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that half-point interest rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increase, “could be appropriate” multiple times this year.
At last month's meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off then because of the uncertainties created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago, when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are surging at the fastest pace in four decades, and officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to start raising rates and could be forced to respond so aggressively as to trigger a recession. Indeed, economists at Deutsche Bank predict that the economy will tumble into a recession late next year, noting that the Fed, “finding itself now well behind the curve, has given clear signals that it is shifting to a more aggressive tightening mode.”
The stock market sold off when the minutes were released Wednesday but later recovered most of its losses. Still, the S&P 500 was down nearly 0.8% in afternoon trading after a sharp drop on Tuesday.
Financial markets now expect much steeper rate hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March. Just three weeks ago, the policymakers projected that the Fed's benchmark rate would remain below 2% by the end of this year and 2.8% at the end of 2023, up from its current level below 0.5%.
But Wall Street now forecasts that the Fed's rate will reach 2.6% by year's end, with further rate hikes next year. That would require three half-point increases this year.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. By doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn't carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed's Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that they envision such sharp increases. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed's increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank's bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period" than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it's twice as large.
After the pandemic hammered the economy two years ago, the Fed bought trillions in Treasury and mortgage bonds, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing course, the last time the Fed bought bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now, that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months.
Brainard's remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market trends aren't flashing the same warning signals.
The Fed will reduce its balance sheet by allowing some of its Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities to mature without reinvesting the proceeds, which it has done for the past two years.
What kind of impact this will have on interest rates is highly uncertain. Powell said at a news conference after last month's meeting that the reduction in bond holdings would be equivalent to another rate hike. Economists estimate that reducing the Fed's balance sheet by $1 trillion a year would be equal to anywhere from one to three additional quarter-point increases in the Fed's benchmark short-term rate.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who preceded Powell as Fed chair, suggested during a congressional hearing Wednesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would likely keep escalating inflation in the coming months.
“The sanctions we’ve placed on Russia are pushing up the price of energy," Yellen said. “When energy prices are going up, the price of wheat and corn that Russia and Ukraine produce are going up, and metals that play an important industrial role are going up.” |
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 | 0 | 134,476 | 0 | https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | 2022-04-06 20:11:12+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 |
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 | 1 | 134,589 | 0 | https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | 2022-04-06 20:11:35+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 |
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 | 2 | 134,675 | 0 | https://www.theheraldreview.com/business/article/Open-High-Low-Settle-Chg-17062269.php | 2022-04-06 20:11:56+00:00 | NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; cents per lb. May 137.68 138.44 135.14 135.69 —1.84 Jul 134.09 134.84 132.10 132.60 —1.37 Sep 114.50 —.32 Oct 120.56 —1.07 Nov 114.50 —.32 Dec 114.85 114.98 113.83 114.50 —.32 Jan 110.19 —.27 Mar 110.00 110.50 109.73 110.19 —.27 May 106.01 106.50 105.98 106.34 —.12 Jul 101.98 102.48 101.96 102.29 —.14 Sep 88.29 —.15 Oct 94.29 —.40 Nov 88.29 —.15 Dec 88.47 88.49 88.25 88.29 —.15 Jan 86.29 Mar 86.29 May 85.79 Jul 85.63 85.63 85.34 85.34 —.10 Sep 84.04 —.10 Oct 84.69 —.10 Nov 84.04 —.10 Dec 84.04 —.10 Jan 83.54 —.10 Mar 83.54 —.10 Est. sales 41,505. Tue.'s sales 32,780 Tue.'s open int 233,264, up 2,849 |
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/2-punjab-police-officials-booked-for-taking-bribe-101649274399281.html | Vigilance bureau books 2 Punjab police officials for taking bribe
: Two Punjab police officials have been booked for allegedly taking over ₹1.5 lakhs as bribe from a man after the audio recording of their crime was submitted to the vigilance bureau.
Assistant sub-inspector Pritam Singh and his subordinate constable Mandeep Singh were on Tuesday booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act -1988 at VB police station in Ferozepur.
“The investigation has found them guilty of taking bribe and police is conducting raids to nab them,” Kewal Krishan, deputy superintendent of police, vigilance bureau, said.
He said that Chaturvedi Sharma, a resident of Akaliyan Jalal village in Bathinda district, had filed a corruption complaint against the two police officials posted at Nihal Singh Wala police station here.
“During the investigation, it was found that ASI Pritam Singh and constable Mandeep Singh had seized 4 kg of poppy husk from Chaturvedi’s father Jagdish Chand on June 9, 2021 and took him to the police station in Chaturvedi’s car,” he said.
The duo threatened Chaturvedi to book him in the case and seize his car too and demanded a bribe of Re. 5 lakhs from him for letting him off and release his vehicle. With mediation of Mandeep, the amount was settled at Rs. 2.20 lakhs.
“Chaturvedi paid ₹1.5 lakh bribe to the cops on the spot after which he was released along with his vehicle. On June 13, 2021, Mandeep visited Chaturvedi’s house and demanded the remaining amount of the bribe. Chaturvedi paid ₹20,000 to Mandeep and asked for more time,” Krishan said.
However, Chaturvedi recorded his conversation with Mandeep, which he submitted to the VB along with the complaint. ENDS
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Probe into illegal regularisation, recruitment of employees in ZPs, panchayat samitis
The Punjab rural development and panchayat department has launched a probe into illegal regularisation or recruitment of employees in the zila parishads and panchayat samitis. Financial commissioner of the rural development and panchayat department Rahul Bhandari on Wednesday formed a panel to verify the records of such employees. Bhandari directed the panel to submit its report to him within three weeks. Sandhu submitted his report to FCR Rahul Bhandari in March this year.
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Ludhiana | 2 cops booked for taking bribe
The vigilance bureau on Wednesday booked two cops for allegedly taking bribe from residents in lieu of getting their work done. In the first case, a passport verification officer Dilbag Singh deployed at the Sanjh Kendra of Division No 8 police station was booked for seeking ₹20,000. The case was registered on the complaint of Rahul Sahni of Deep Nagar.
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Ludhiana | Two fresh Covid infections reported in 24 hours
Two fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Ludhiana in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. So far, 1,09,791 cases have been reported in the district, of which 1,07,499 patients have recovered and 2,279 have succumbed to the virus. On Wednesday, the district was left with 13 active cases. Ten persons are under home-isolation while three are under treatment at different hospitals. The administration has appealed to residents to continue taking precautions.
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Gurdaspur clash happened right under the nose of cops, shows video
A video clip of the bloody clash over a land dispute at Phulra village in Gurdaspur district on Monday is being shared widely on social media and shows that cops were present as “mute spectators” near the spot as shots were being fired that ended up claiming four lives. Husband of the village sarpanch, Sukhraj Singh, was among three locals killed in the attack besides a member of the rival group.
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Ludhiana | Good Samaritan helps reunite 4-year-old missing girl with family
A four-year-old girl, who was suspected to have been kidnapped from Shivpuri area on Monday, was reunited with her parents on Wednesday. The girl's mother Yasmin Parveen, who works at a factory, used to take her two daughters to her workplace. The girls used to play outside the factory while she worked. She was handed over to her parents after a medical check-up. A resident of Kundanpuri's relatives, Ajmal Ansari also tried to search for her parents, but in vain. | 0 | 13,162 | 0.310592 | https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/2-punjab-police-officials-booked-for-taking-bribe-101649274399281-amp.html | 2022-04-06 21:19:28+00:00 | Vigilance bureau books 2 Punjab police officials for taking bribe
: Two Punjab police officials have been booked for allegedly taking over ₹1.5 lakhs as bribe from a man after the audio recording of their crime was submitted to the vigilance bureau.
Assistant sub-inspector Pritam Singh and his subordinate constable Mandeep Singh were on Tuesday booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act -1988 at VB police station in Ferozepur.
“The investigation has found them guilty of taking bribe and police is conducting raids to nab them,” Kewal Krishan, deputy superintendent of police, vigilance bureau, said.
He said that Chaturvedi Sharma, a resident of Akaliyan Jalal village in Bathinda district, had filed a corruption complaint against the two police officials posted at Nihal Singh Wala police station here.
“During the investigation, it was found that ASI Pritam Singh and constable Mandeep Singh had seized 4 kg of poppy husk from Chaturvedi’s father Jagdish Chand on June 9, 2021 and took him to the police station in Chaturvedi’s car,” he said.
The duo threatened Chaturvedi to book him in the case and seize his car too and demanded a bribe of Re. 5 lakhs from him for letting him off and release his vehicle. With mediation of Mandeep, the amount was settled at Rs. 2.20 lakhs.
“Chaturvedi paid ₹1.5 lakh bribe to the cops on the spot after which he was released along with his vehicle. On June 13, 2021, Mandeep visited Chaturvedi’s house and demanded the remaining amount of the bribe. Chaturvedi paid ₹20,000 to Mandeep and asked for more time,” Krishan said.
However, Chaturvedi recorded his conversation with Mandeep, which he submitted to the VB along with the complaint. ENDS |
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/2-punjab-police-officials-booked-for-taking-bribe-101649274399281.html | Vigilance bureau books 2 Punjab police officials for taking bribe
: Two Punjab police officials have been booked for allegedly taking over ₹1.5 lakhs as bribe from a man after the audio recording of their crime was submitted to the vigilance bureau.
Assistant sub-inspector Pritam Singh and his subordinate constable Mandeep Singh were on Tuesday booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act -1988 at VB police station in Ferozepur.
“The investigation has found them guilty of taking bribe and police is conducting raids to nab them,” Kewal Krishan, deputy superintendent of police, vigilance bureau, said.
He said that Chaturvedi Sharma, a resident of Akaliyan Jalal village in Bathinda district, had filed a corruption complaint against the two police officials posted at Nihal Singh Wala police station here.
“During the investigation, it was found that ASI Pritam Singh and constable Mandeep Singh had seized 4 kg of poppy husk from Chaturvedi’s father Jagdish Chand on June 9, 2021 and took him to the police station in Chaturvedi’s car,” he said.
The duo threatened Chaturvedi to book him in the case and seize his car too and demanded a bribe of Re. 5 lakhs from him for letting him off and release his vehicle. With mediation of Mandeep, the amount was settled at Rs. 2.20 lakhs.
“Chaturvedi paid ₹1.5 lakh bribe to the cops on the spot after which he was released along with his vehicle. On June 13, 2021, Mandeep visited Chaturvedi’s house and demanded the remaining amount of the bribe. Chaturvedi paid ₹20,000 to Mandeep and asked for more time,” Krishan said.
However, Chaturvedi recorded his conversation with Mandeep, which he submitted to the VB along with the complaint. ENDS
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Probe into illegal regularisation, recruitment of employees in ZPs, panchayat samitis
The Punjab rural development and panchayat department has launched a probe into illegal regularisation or recruitment of employees in the zila parishads and panchayat samitis. Financial commissioner of the rural development and panchayat department Rahul Bhandari on Wednesday formed a panel to verify the records of such employees. Bhandari directed the panel to submit its report to him within three weeks. Sandhu submitted his report to FCR Rahul Bhandari in March this year.
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Ludhiana | 2 cops booked for taking bribe
The vigilance bureau on Wednesday booked two cops for allegedly taking bribe from residents in lieu of getting their work done. In the first case, a passport verification officer Dilbag Singh deployed at the Sanjh Kendra of Division No 8 police station was booked for seeking ₹20,000. The case was registered on the complaint of Rahul Sahni of Deep Nagar.
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Ludhiana | Two fresh Covid infections reported in 24 hours
Two fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Ludhiana in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. So far, 1,09,791 cases have been reported in the district, of which 1,07,499 patients have recovered and 2,279 have succumbed to the virus. On Wednesday, the district was left with 13 active cases. Ten persons are under home-isolation while three are under treatment at different hospitals. The administration has appealed to residents to continue taking precautions.
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Gurdaspur clash happened right under the nose of cops, shows video
A video clip of the bloody clash over a land dispute at Phulra village in Gurdaspur district on Monday is being shared widely on social media and shows that cops were present as “mute spectators” near the spot as shots were being fired that ended up claiming four lives. Husband of the village sarpanch, Sukhraj Singh, was among three locals killed in the attack besides a member of the rival group.
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Ludhiana | Good Samaritan helps reunite 4-year-old missing girl with family
A four-year-old girl, who was suspected to have been kidnapped from Shivpuri area on Monday, was reunited with her parents on Wednesday. The girl's mother Yasmin Parveen, who works at a factory, used to take her two daughters to her workplace. The girls used to play outside the factory while she worked. She was handed over to her parents after a medical check-up. A resident of Kundanpuri's relatives, Ajmal Ansari also tried to search for her parents, but in vain. | 1 | 54,976 | 0.695459 | https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/ludhiana-2-cops-land-in-vigilance-net-for-taking-bribe-101662763263536-amp.html | 2022-09-09 23:21:40+00:00 | Ludhiana: 2 cops land in vigilance net for taking bribe
An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a woman Punjab Home Guard (PHG) volunteer was arrested by the vigilance Bureau for taking bribe, while another cop is yet to be arrested.
The Vigilance Bureau on Friday arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a woman Punjab Home Guard (PHG) volunteer for taking bribe, while another ASI is yet to be arrested. All these cops were deputed at the bus stand police post.
The arrested accused have been identified as ASI Tejinder Singh and PHG Jyoti, while ASI Nasib Singh is yet to be arrested.
A spokesperson of the State Vigilance Bureau (VB) said the bureau has registered a case under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act in Ludhiana against the accused. The action was taken following the complaint of Manjit of Kasandi village in Sonepat district, Haryana.
The spokesperson stated that Maniit filed a complaint on the Punjab Anti-Corruption Helpline and informed that he was arrested in a case lodged under Sections 420,467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC at the Division number 5 police station in 2019, Ludhiana. In this case, there are about 35 more co-accused.
In his complaint, Manjit said he had joined the army with a fake address and caste certificate. After getting bail from the court, the complainant approached ASI Tejinder Singh to submit a chargesheet in court, who took ₹20,000 in instalments from him in this regard.
The complainant further submitted that on July 11, Jyoti called him and demanded ₹20,000 more to help him in this case but the deal was struck at ₹15,000. During the conversation, he recorded her call as evidence.
The complainant has added that on September 12, he met Jyoti who demanded ₹15,000 as a bribe but he refused. Thereafter, on the same day, ASI Tejinder Singh and ASI Nasib Singh had taken ₹500 each as bribe from him. The complaint made a video recording of this also.
The spokesperson said during the inquiry, the facts in the complaint were found to be true and the above-mentioned case has been registered against all the accused. |
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/2-punjab-police-officials-booked-for-taking-bribe-101649274399281.html | Vigilance bureau books 2 Punjab police officials for taking bribe
: Two Punjab police officials have been booked for allegedly taking over ₹1.5 lakhs as bribe from a man after the audio recording of their crime was submitted to the vigilance bureau.
Assistant sub-inspector Pritam Singh and his subordinate constable Mandeep Singh were on Tuesday booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act -1988 at VB police station in Ferozepur.
“The investigation has found them guilty of taking bribe and police is conducting raids to nab them,” Kewal Krishan, deputy superintendent of police, vigilance bureau, said.
He said that Chaturvedi Sharma, a resident of Akaliyan Jalal village in Bathinda district, had filed a corruption complaint against the two police officials posted at Nihal Singh Wala police station here.
“During the investigation, it was found that ASI Pritam Singh and constable Mandeep Singh had seized 4 kg of poppy husk from Chaturvedi’s father Jagdish Chand on June 9, 2021 and took him to the police station in Chaturvedi’s car,” he said.
The duo threatened Chaturvedi to book him in the case and seize his car too and demanded a bribe of Re. 5 lakhs from him for letting him off and release his vehicle. With mediation of Mandeep, the amount was settled at Rs. 2.20 lakhs.
“Chaturvedi paid ₹1.5 lakh bribe to the cops on the spot after which he was released along with his vehicle. On June 13, 2021, Mandeep visited Chaturvedi’s house and demanded the remaining amount of the bribe. Chaturvedi paid ₹20,000 to Mandeep and asked for more time,” Krishan said.
However, Chaturvedi recorded his conversation with Mandeep, which he submitted to the VB along with the complaint. ENDS
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Probe into illegal regularisation, recruitment of employees in ZPs, panchayat samitis
The Punjab rural development and panchayat department has launched a probe into illegal regularisation or recruitment of employees in the zila parishads and panchayat samitis. Financial commissioner of the rural development and panchayat department Rahul Bhandari on Wednesday formed a panel to verify the records of such employees. Bhandari directed the panel to submit its report to him within three weeks. Sandhu submitted his report to FCR Rahul Bhandari in March this year.
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Ludhiana | 2 cops booked for taking bribe
The vigilance bureau on Wednesday booked two cops for allegedly taking bribe from residents in lieu of getting their work done. In the first case, a passport verification officer Dilbag Singh deployed at the Sanjh Kendra of Division No 8 police station was booked for seeking ₹20,000. The case was registered on the complaint of Rahul Sahni of Deep Nagar.
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Ludhiana | Two fresh Covid infections reported in 24 hours
Two fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported in Ludhiana in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Wednesday. So far, 1,09,791 cases have been reported in the district, of which 1,07,499 patients have recovered and 2,279 have succumbed to the virus. On Wednesday, the district was left with 13 active cases. Ten persons are under home-isolation while three are under treatment at different hospitals. The administration has appealed to residents to continue taking precautions.
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Gurdaspur clash happened right under the nose of cops, shows video
A video clip of the bloody clash over a land dispute at Phulra village in Gurdaspur district on Monday is being shared widely on social media and shows that cops were present as “mute spectators” near the spot as shots were being fired that ended up claiming four lives. Husband of the village sarpanch, Sukhraj Singh, was among three locals killed in the attack besides a member of the rival group.
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Ludhiana | Good Samaritan helps reunite 4-year-old missing girl with family
A four-year-old girl, who was suspected to have been kidnapped from Shivpuri area on Monday, was reunited with her parents on Wednesday. The girl's mother Yasmin Parveen, who works at a factory, used to take her two daughters to her workplace. The girls used to play outside the factory while she worked. She was handed over to her parents after a medical check-up. A resident of Kundanpuri's relatives, Ajmal Ansari also tried to search for her parents, but in vain. | 2 | 94,552 | 0.723856 | https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/state-vigilance-bureau-books-2asis-home-guard-for-taking-bribe-430239 | 2022-09-10 04:40:01+00:00 | Ludhiana, September 9
The State Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Friday, registered a bribery case against two Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASI) and a woman Punjab Home Guards (PHG) volunteer. Two police personnel accused in the case have been arrested.
Spokesperson of the State Vigilance Bureau (VB) said, “The Bureau has registered a case under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act at the VB police station against ASI Tejinder Singh (922/Ldh), ASI Nasib Singh (2212/Ldh) and woman PHG Jyoti (No. 16240), all posted at the Ludhiana bus stand police post on the complaint of Manjit of Kasandi village in Sonepat district, Haryana. In this case ASI Tejinder Singh and PHG Jyoti have been arrested on the basis of an inquiry.”
Giving more details of the case, he informed that Manjit had filed a complaint on the Punjab anti-corruption helpline and informed that he was arrested in a cheating and forgery case by the police Division No. 5, Ludhiana. In this case, there were 35 more co-accused.
In his complaint Manjit added that he had joined the Army on fake address and caste certificate as Rajput, but he was from Jat caste. After getting bail from the court, the complainant approached ASI Tejinder Singh to submit challan of his case in the court, who took Rs 20,000 in installments from him in this regard.
The complainant further submitted that on July 11 this year, PHG Jyoti called him and demanded Rs 20,000 more to help him in this case, but the deal was struck at Rs 15,000. During conversation he recorded her call as evidence.
The complainant added that on September 12, he met PHG Jyoti, who demanded Rs 15,000 bribe, but he refused. Thereafter on the same day ASI Tejinder Singh and ASI Nasib Singh took bribe from him and the complainant made video recording of this also.
Bureau spokesperson said out of the three accused, ASI Tejinder Singh and PHG Jyoti, had been arrested. Further investigation in the case was under progress, he said. |
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10693697/Nottingham-Forest-continue-Championship-playoff-push-seal-2-0-win-Coventry.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | Nottingham Forest continue their Championship playoff push as they seal 2-0 win over Coventry thanks to homegrown talent Brennan Johnson's opener and James Garner's second-half strike
- Nottingham Forest beat Coventry 2-0 at the City Ground on Wednesday
- Brennan Johnson opened the scoring as he turned in Jack Colback's cross
- Man United loanee James Garner doubled Forest's lead in the second half
- The result saw Steve Cooper's side climb up to fifth in the Championship
Brennan Johnson has been listening. Fifteen goals for the season is the result.
Forest’s homegrown talent enhances his reputation every time he steps on to the pitch and now he has added scoring to the repertoire.
Manager Steve Cooper is a specialist in the art of bringing on promising youngsters and it is not just Johnson who is benefitting.
Nottingham Forest secured a 2-0 win over Coventry in the Championship on Wednesday
Homegrown talent Brennan Johnson (No 20) opened the scoring for the home side
Manchester United loanee James Garner has also blossomed and when Keinan Davis gave him the opportunity, blasted Forest’s second.
Johnson’s opener last night will not win any awards for appearance but he was still in the right place at the right time.
A match full of pretty patterns at the start – mainly from Coventry - burst into life thanks to a triple combination of Keinan Davis, Jack Colback and Johnson.
Davis found Colback, whose cross was turned in by Johnson from close range although he needed a second attempt before it crossed the line.
The breakthrough had the knock-on effect of a release of tension and suddenly Forest were swarming all over their Midlands rivals.
James Garner’s free kick fed Djed Spence but his low shot was cleared and it needed Simon Moore to save from Zinckernagel and Dom Hyam to block another Zinckernagel effort.
Forest started the night in eighth but their play-off push has been gathering impressive momentum in recent weeks.
As well has having games in hand, Cooper’s team have built up a plus 21 goal difference which is far superior to their rivals and almost worth another point.
Add 11 goals in the last three matches to the mix and a packed City Ground gathered last night in excited anticipation.
Coventry have gone off the boil, winless in three since beating Sheffield United, and face a tough run-in including a trip to Fulham and a home fixture against Bournemouth.
They certainly did not look like a side with a run like that and kept home goalkeeper Brice Samba on his toes. Even after the goal, they were looking to break at every opportunity.
The first half also saw an incident of a laser being used by a fan with referee Tim Robinson alerting the fourth official and security staff.
Manchester United loanee James Garner (left) doubled the lead for Steve Cooper's side
Back to the action and Forest showed no signs of shutting up shop, bringing on Joe Lolley and looking for a second killer. Shots were of the long-range variety and no real threat.
Then the impressive Davis shook off his marker, teed up Garner and his finish was explosive.
Davis had a couple of penalty claims turned down and left the pitch to a standing ovation. The striker, on loan from Aston Villa, has added a presence to the team and is a master at bringing team-mates into the action. | 0 | 27,436 | 0.524961 | https://www.newschainonline.com/sport/mens-sport/football/nottingham-forest-battle-past-coventry-to-move-into-play-off-places-263760 | 2022-04-06 22:18:57+00:00 | Nottingham Forest battle past Coventry to move into play-off places
Nottingham Forest battled to a fourth consecutive Sky Bet Championship win and climbed into the play-off places with a 2-0 victory over Coventry at the City Ground.
Steve Cooper’s side had to work hard for their win but Brennan Johnson’s 15th goal of the season and a well-taken strike from James Garner, either side of half-time, put them on course for a precious three points.
Coventry made it an even contest and Mark Robins will feel his side deserved more as their own top-six ambitions were dealt a blow after a fourth game without a win.
Forest made the brighter start but it was Victor Gyokeres who had the first sight of goal, shooting wide from Coventry’s first meaningful attack.
When space opened up in front of Forest full-back Djed Spence, he surged into the penalty area but his attempted cut-back to Philip Zinckernagel was cut out.
Callum O’Hare tested Forest keeper Brice Samba with a low shot that was well held, with Coventry continuing to look a threat on the break.
Zinckernagel appealed for handball when Jake Bidwell slid in to block his shot on the edge of the box, but it would have been harsh on the defender. O’Hare then lofted a clever effort narrowly over the bar.
Forest took the lead in the 24th minute after Keinan Davis found Jack Colback on the left. His cross was fired right across the face of goal and, just as Coventry looked as though they would keep it out at the far post, Johnson dragged the ball back and lifted it high into the back of the net from close range.
Goalkeeper Simon Moore took two attempts to hold a driven shot from Zinckernagel as Forest looked to extend their lead.
Zinckernagel then attempted a spectacular volley that was always off target, before Davis did brilliantly to leave two Coventry defenders in his wake on a 20-yard run only to miss the target by some distance with a shot.
Samba was forced to make a strong save to keep out a long-range effort from Ben Sheaf as Coventry sought a leveller.
Yates shot wide as Forest pushed again – and the second goal was not long in coming. More brilliant work from Davis saw him lay the ball into the path of the rampaging Garner, who lashed an emphatic finish beyond Moore to make it 2-0 in the 61st minute.
Forest wanted a penalty when Fankaty Dabo appeared to obstruct Davis in the area, but referee Tim Robinson was not convinced.
Sub Lewis Grabban lashed wide as Forest looked to make certain of the win.
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