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Did you lose money on investments in Gaotu Techedu? If so, please visit Gaotu Techedu Inc. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com to discuss your rights.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationally acclaimed investor rights law firm, reminds investors of the deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in a securities class action lawsuit that has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased or acquired the American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") of Gaotu Techedu Inc. f/k/a GSX Techedu Inc. ("Gaotu" or the "Company") (NYSE: GOTU, GSX) between March 5, 2021 and July 23, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and alleges violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Gaotu purports to be a technology-driven education company, providing online K-12 after-school tutoring services in the People's Republic of China.
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants made materially false and misleading statements throughout the Class Period. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that Defendants failed to disclose that: (1) China was barring tutoring for profit in core school subjects and the policy change would restrict foreign investment in a sector that had become essential to success in Chinese school exams; and (2) such regulations would have a negative impact on Gaotu's operations and profitability and the value of Company securities.
On July 23, 2021, Reuters reported that China was barring tutoring for profit in core school subjects to ease financial pressures on families that have contributed to low birth rates, news that sent shockwaves through its vast private education sector and share prices plunging. The move threatened to decimate China's $120 billion private tutoring industry and triggered a heavy selloff in shares of tutoring firms traded in Hong Kong and New York including New Oriental Education & Technology Group and Koolearn Technology Holding Ltd. Further, all institutions offering tutoring on the school curriculum were to be registered as non-profit organizations, and no new licenses were being granted.
On this news, the Company's ADSs fell $6.06, or over 63%, to close at $3.52 per share on July 23, 2021.
Then, on November 6, 2021, the Financial Times published an article entitled "How China's tech bosses cashed out at the right time-Sales of US-listed shares came ahead of significant moves in price." Among other things, the article stated that "[i]n one previously unreported trade, a shell company holding shares for executives at GSX Techedu, whose market capitalisation in New York was about $24bn at the time, launched the sale of shares worth as much as $119m just three days after Xi spoke. . . . [On November 6, 2021], the block of GSX shares that was put up for sale in March would be worth only $4m."
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than February 28, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as lead plaintiff. If you choose to take no action, you may remain an absent class member.
If you purchased Gaotu ADSs, and/or would like to discuss your legal rights and options please visit Gaotu Techedu Inc. Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit or contact Peter Allocco at (212) 951-2030 or pallocco@bernlieb.com.
Since 1993, Bernstein Liebhard LLP has recovered over $3.5 billion for its clients. In addition to representing individual investors, the Firm has been retained by some of the largest public and private pension funds in the country to monitor their assets and pursue litigation on their behalf. As a result of its success litigating hundreds of lawsuits and class actions, the Firm has been named to The National Law Journal's "Plaintiffs' Hot List" thirteen times and listed in The Legal 500 for ten consecutive years.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
0-7-9-0
(zero, seven, nine, zero)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Midday" game were:
0-7-9-0
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Police: Hitchhiker stabs, kills man who picked him up at a Taco Bell
TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) - Police in Texas have arrested and charged a hitchhiker with murder after they say he killed a man who picked him up at a Taco Bell.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by KWTX, 31-year-old Justin Glen Boswell has been charged with the murder of 25-year-old Rowdy Mays.
Police in Temple, Texas, responded to the Taco Bell on July 28, where they said they found Mays with stab wounds in the neck and body. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital where he later died.
Police said a witness at the scene told them she stopped to help after she noticed the wounded Mays walk into the roadway. Mays reportedly told the witness he was stabbed by a hitchhiker he picked up and that the attacker took his truck.
The witness reportedly saw the hitchhiker fleeing the scene in the truck and described the suspect to police as a white man with reddish blonde hair and facial hair.
Mays’ mother would later provide insurance documents to police, and they were able to get the make, model, and license plate of the victim’s pickup truck.
Police also obtained bank records that revealed Mays last used his debit card at a Temple Taco Bell. Surveillance footage from the Taco Bell shows Mays allowing a man to get into the bed of his pickup while Mays was in the drive-thru.
After leaving the drive-thru area, Mays is seen in the footage parking his pickup and allowing the man to get into the front passenger seat, according to the affidavit. The man who entered Mays’ pickup was also seen in surveillance footage buying a drink inside the Taco Bell earlier in the day, the affidavit states.
The document further states police began receiving reports of a man displaying erratic behavior in the area. A woman who allowed the man to use her phone to call a family member was among those who contacted police.
Using the information provided by the woman, police contacted the person the man called and confirmed his identity as Boswell, the affidavit states.
At the Taco Bell, an employee was shown a photo of Boswell and five other individuals with similar physical characteristics and “positively identified the suspect (Boswell) as the individual in the (surveillance) video,” the arrest affidavit states.
Police then spoke with a man in Cameron, Texas, who said he spoke with Boswell at the fuel pumps at a gas station. The man told police Boswell was acting strangely and he decided to write down the license plate number of the truck Boswell was driving. The license plate number matched that of Mays’ stolen pickup.
According to the affidavit, investigators claim Boswell is the man seen in the Taco Bell footage entering Mays’ truck and also the man seen with the stolen truck in the Cameron gas station footage.
Mays’ pickup was eventually found abandoned in Rockdale, Texas.
Boswell is being held at the Bell County Jail on a $1 million bond.
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For comedian Hasan Minhaj, the Film Independent Spirit Awards is the ideal hosting gig.
“Low pressure. Low downside. All upside,” Minhaj said. “That’s the sweet spot for me.”
Set for Saturday, it’ll be one of the last movie award stops before the big Oscar night for many of this year’s top nominees including “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which has a leading eight nominations including best feature, best director, best lead actor for Michelle Yeoh, supporting actors Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis and breakthrough for Stephanie Hsu.
There are plenty of Oscar nominees in the bunch: Cate Blanchett and director Todd Field for “Tár,” Paul Mescal for “Aftersun,” Andrea Riseborough for “To Leslie,” Brian Tyree Henry for “Causeway” and Sarah Polley for “Women Talking” among them. But the Spirit Awards also go beyond the typical awards season fare, recognizing great performances and work in smaller films like “The Inspection,” “Emily the Criminal,” “Pearl” and “Palm Trees and Power Lines.” And there are no “Avatars” or “Top Guns” here — the budget cap for eligibility is $30 million.
The show also honors television with nominees including “The Bear,” “Severance,” “Station Eleven” and actors like Quinta Brunson (“Abbott Elementary”), Melanie Lynskey (“Yellowjackets”), Mohammed Amer (“Mo”) and Aml Ameen (“The Porter”).
Minhaj, known for his Peabody Award-winning show “Patriot Act,” stand-up specials like “Homecoming King” and his work on “The Daily Show,” is excited to join the ranks of recent previous hosts like Aubrey Plaza, John Mulaney and Nick Kroll and last year’s Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.
“I just love how fun and irreverent the show can be,” he said. “Even the people that are attending, they’re down to do bits and that part of it is really fun and cool.”
Minhaj is no stranger to the terror of the room with a bad vibe. He took the podium at the 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner, after all.
“The White House Correspondents Dinner very much feels like an away game. Like going to another person’s party and hosting it,” he said. “And generally the feedback in the room is not great, whether it’s from the administration or the media outlets you’re making fun of. This gig is very different."
He promises a lot of “cutaways” and “props” and, of course a celebration of independent film and television.
“Everyone’s kind of in on the joke. We know that we’re day drinking in a tent in Santa Monica a week before the Oscars,” Minhaj said. “It’s good vibes surrounded by incredibly talented people that aren’t taking themselves too seriously. It’s a perfect cocktail for a great show.”
The 38th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards will be streamed live on IMDb and Film Independent’s YouTube channels beginning at 5 p.m. ET on March 4.
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FIRST ALERT-The summer pattern will continue until this weekend. A front will bring lower humidity Saturday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -
First Alert Headlines
- The heat and humidity will continue along with the summer pattern
- There is a chance of storms on Monday evening
- Daytime high temperatures will reach start to soar this week with highs near the mid-90s Wednesday
- Storm chances increase Thursday and Friday as a cold front approaches from the west
- Humidity will drop starting Friday and into the weekend.
First Alert Summary
There’s a 30% chance of showers and storms Tuesday afternoon. Highs are in the low 90s. High pressure to our east keeps the southern flow and humidity in the region.
Wednesday we have a 40% chance of some rain and thunder by the afternoon as a cold front nears from the west. Before the front gets here expect highs in the low 90s.
The cold front arrives Thursday and increases our rain chances to 50%. Expect mostly cloudy skies and high temperatures in the upper 80s.
We still see some shower activity in the early morning hours Friday. Highs are in the upper 80s. The chance of morning rain is around 30%, we should see clearing by the afternoon as drier air filters in from the northwest.
The weekend looks wonderful with drier air and temps in the mid to upper 80s!
There is an area of thunderstorms coming off the Coast of Africa that has a 40% chance of tropical development in the next 5 days.
Forecast Update
Tuesday: The chance of afternoon storms at 30% by the afternoon/evening. Highs are in the low 90s and humid
Wednesday: 40% Chance of showers and storms with mostly cloudy skies. Highs are still in the low to mid 90s and humid
Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of rain and storms, highs are in the upper 80s and humid
Friday: Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of rain and storms, highs are in the upper 80s and humid
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Running back Zach Charbonnet emerging as leader for UCLA
By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA’s Zach Charbonnet quietly emerged as one of the top running backs in the Pac-12 last season after transferring from Michigan.
With the Bruins expected to possibly contend in the conference this year, the junior is looking to establish himself as one of the team leaders.
“That was one of my main points coming into this offseason was working on my leadership skills and just working on my vocal skills too,” Charbonnet said. “I have to take on that role, especially this year and trying to lead those running backs.”
Last season, Charbonnet led the Pac-12 with seven 100-yard rushing games and was second in average rushing yards per game (94.75). But it wasn’t until the offseason and spring practices that the junior began to emerge more as a team leader.
Running backs coach DeShaun Foster said Charbonnet stepping out of his comfort zone has benefitted the Bruins.
“For us to be a player-led team, it has to come from the leaders. Everybody respects him and he understood that and just ran with it,” Foster said.
UCLA coach Chip Kelly said he has seen Charbonnet excel in all facets of his game. Charbonnet’s quick impact in Westwood was a big reason the Bruins finished 8-4 last season and earned a bowl berth for the first time since 2017.
“A lot of the kids joke around and call him a cyborg but he just goes every day, he practices every day, he doesn’t miss a rep,” Kelly said. “Anything that we ask our guys to do, he’s there full speed and more. I think all the great ones are like that. They always just want to get a little bit better on a daily basis and Zach really kind of epitomizes that for us.”
Charbonnet’s biggest improvements coming into the season have centered around pass protection and catching the ball out of the backfield. With the departures of Kyle Philips and Greg Dulcich for the NFL, Charbonnet is UCLA’s leading returning receiver with 24 receptions.
Even though Charbonnet had at least 28 touches in the final two games of last season and six games with at least 21 carries, Foster said a reasonable workload would be around 25 touches per game.
“I think you can tell stuff is slowing down for him. He has all the tools, it’s just finetuning it,” Foster said. “It’s just little things outside of running, like catching, pass pro. It’s all stuff he can do but just improving, so it’s just the overall game.”
Charbonnet is up to 223 pounds, but his body fat is under 5%. As one of the leading returning running backs in a Power Five program, he is trying to block out the distractions that come with increased visibility.
“I don’t think about all that other stuff, all the preseason stuff, I don’t pay it too much time,” he said. “I just try to come in every day and do what I can and play to the best of my ability.”
With Charbonnet established as the lead running back, there is still competition for the remaining carries. Deshun Murrell, Keegan Jones, Tomarion Harden and Kazmeir Allen remain in the mix.
The Bruins have excelled with two backs in Kelly’s four years at UCLA. Kelly lauded Jones for his progress during the first two weeks of preseason camp while Allen could see time at running back and wide receiver.
UCLA opens its season Sept. 3 against Bowling Green.
“It’s a two-back system, two-back league, everybody has two backs, you’ve just got to be able to stay healthy and you don’t know what’s going to happen at the end of the year,” Foster said. “I want to get everybody developed as much as I can.”
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Friday shrugged off a recent barb from former President Trump, who lashed out at him as speculation builds that Youngkin might run for the White House in 2024.
“Listen, you all know me. I do not call people names,” the governor told reporters. “I really work hard to bring people together … That’s not the way I roll and not the way I behave.”
Trump made fun of Youngkin’s last name in a post on Truth Social, suggesting that it sounds “Chinese,” while also claiming that the Virginia governor could not have won in his 2021 election without Trump’s backing.
“Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me,” the former president said. “I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him – or he couldn’t have come close to winning.”
Youngkin’s win last year was notable because he managed to walk a fine line on Trump, neither rejecting nor embracing the former president. The surprising victory came in a state that President Biden won in 2020 by about 10 points.
The former president has been on the offensive in the wake of Tuesday’s midterm elections, as he appears to be gearing up to announce his own presidential bid next week.
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However, most Americans (55%) said the Committee's report did not change their views on the issue
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Premise released the results of a poll conducted to gauge public perception on the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol. The poll found that a majority of respondents (56%) strongly or somewhat agreed with the House Jan. 6th Committee's findings that former President Donald Trump was responsible for the attack at the Capitol.
Premise surveyed Americans on a number of questions related to the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol weeks after the Committee issued its final report. The Committee's report concluded that Trump was responsible for the attack at the Capitol and issued a criminal referral to the Department of Justice ("DOJ").
"The findings reveal that Americans remain divided on their interpretation of the events of Jan 6th despite the conclusion the House Jan 6th Committee has reached," said Maury Blackman, President and CEO of Premise. "The most important common denominators among Americans are that the Committee's findings did not change their views, that the country remains divided along party lines, and violence is never the answer to pursue political goals."
Here are some prominent findings from the Premise Poll released today:
- When asked who they felt was most responsible for the events on Jan. 6, 42% of respondents said Trump and 40% said the rioters themselves. Of the remaining, 14% blamed Democrats in Congress and 4% blamed Republicans in Congress.
- A majority of respondents (58%) did not feel that the Committee's findings changed their view one way or another on the events of Jan. 6th.
- Over three quarters (77%) of Republicans disagreed with the Committee's decision to send a criminal referral of Trump to the DOJ, and 80% disagreed with the Committee's conclusion that Trump was responsible for the attack.
- Most Americans (45%) describe the events of Jan. 6th as a riot while nearly a third (30%) viewed it as a protest and a quarter (25%) call it a coup attempt.
- Consistent across all parties, the majority (70%) of respondents viewed the country as more divided on important values than 10 years ago.
This poll was conducted online within the United States between December 22-25, among 2,029 participants by Premise Data Corporation.
About Premise
Premise, the innovative platform that democratizes the way data is sourced, analyzed, and applied, recently surveyed, is an on-demand insights company. Its technology mobilizes communities of global smartphone users to source actionable data in real-time, cost-effectively, and with needed visibility. In more than 135 countries and 37 languages, Premise finds Data for Every Decision™. To learn more, please visit www.premise.com.
Methodology
These results are based on responses from 2,029 Americans collected between December 22-25 via the Premise smartphone application. Premise randomly sampled its opt-in panel members, stratified on Age, Gender, Region and Education, based on the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS). The results are weighted by Age, Gender, Region and Education benchmarked against the 2019 ACS estimates. Respondents were compensated for their completion of the survey through the Premise app.
Notes to the Editor:
Complete read out including cross-tabulation tables by party, gender, age, ethnicity, and region, are available upon request.
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PHOENIX, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI) was honored during the Phoenix Suns game on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Founded by Mark West, a former Phoenix Suns player, the late Scott Podleski and GinaMarie Scarpa, NABI is the largest all Native American basketball tournament in North America, with 136 teams representing Tribal communities from across the country, competing each summer.
"Our 20-year collaboration with the Suns and Mercury has elevated NABI significantly. The tournament showcases 'Rezball', a popular form of basketball played on tribal lands all over the Americas," said NABI co-founder, GinaMarie Scarpa. "Our annual tournament highlights the overlooked talent of our Indigenous athletes who play the championship games on the same wood floor that both the Suns and Mercury compete on," added Scarpa.
"For two decades, the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury have led the way and set the stage for other NBA teams to embrace and support Indigenous youth and communities in their respective states. This moment marks a significant time for NABI, the Suns, Mercury, and all Indigenous people across Arizona and beyond," said Stephen R. Lewis, Governor of the Gila River Indian Community.
"The Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury are honored to celebrate 20 years of partnership with NABI," said Graham Wincott, Senior Director of Marketing for the Suns. "Our longstanding relationship with NABI is the foundation of the ORIGINATIV program representing Arizona's 22 Tribal Nations and celebrating the shared love of basketball. We look forward to continuing our work together and helping to showcase young athletes from tribal communities across the country for years to come."
NABI is an Indigenous women-led national sporting event. In 2007, NABI was the driving force behind the NCAA's decision to change their "same state rule." NABI became the first all Native American basketball tournament sanctioned by the NCAA respecting Tribal Sovereignty and not state demographics. And in 2022, NABI became the first all Native American basketball tournament featured on the major sports network, ESPN+.
Each summer, NABI has an estimated $1.5 million-dollar economic impact to the city of Phoenix. In addition, NABI has awarded over $400,000 in grants and college scholarships.
For more information, please visit NABINation.com
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A fugitive defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who claims to have incriminating sex photos of U.S. Navy brass could become the latest bargaining chip in Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s efforts to win official recognition from the Biden administration, according to experts.
But it’s unclear how hard the U.S. government will fight for the return of Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian owner of a ship servicing company in Southeast Asia who is the central character in one of the largest bribery scandals in Pentagon history.
He fled home custody in San Diego on Sept. 4 and was arrested by Venezuelan police Tuesday attempting to board a flight at the Simon Bolivar International Airport outside Caracas. Francis had his first court appearance Thursday, according to a law enforcement official in Venezuela who spoke Friday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss judicial proceedings.
The official, who had been briefed on the case, said now it is up to the United States to make the next move. U.S. authorities have 30 days to formally request his extradition, something that the official viewed as unlikely given that the Biden administration recognizes opposition leader Juan Guaido — not Maduro — as the country’s legitimate ruler.
Venezuela and the United States have an extradition agreement but it’s not clear if U.S. authorities have made a formal request. In an email, a Department of Justice spokesperson said the agency does not comment on extradition-related matters. Even under normal circumstances, extraditions can take many months or even years to complete.
The Biden administration doesn’t officially recognize Maduro’s socialist government, has no embassy in Venezuela and has imposed crushing sanctions on the country that have further embittered relations.
U.S. indictments against Maduro and several members of his inner circle on narco-terrorism or money laundering charges has been a major irritant between the countries. The most serious case involves businessman Alex Saab, who was apprehended on a U.S. warrant in 2020 while making a fuel stop in Cape Verde en route to Iran. Maduro considers Saab a Venezuelan diplomat and has spared no effort fighting to bring him back.
“I have no doubt the Venezuelans will make hay of (Francis’ arrest), especially because they have felt the effects of the long arm of the U.S. justice system,” said David Smilde, a longtime expert on Venezuela who teaches at Tulane University.
Francis is the mastermind of a huge bribery scheme that ensnared dozens of Navy officials. Francis admitted to wooing them with sex parties in Asia in exchange for classified information on Navy ship routes that he used to benefit his Singapore-based company.
Francis pleaded guilty in 2015 and faced up to 25 years in prison. While awaiting sentencing, he was given home confinement in San Diego to receive medical care. He provided information to U.S. prosecutors that secured the convictions of 33 of 34 defendants.
But with the case nearing its end and his sentencing hearing just weeks away, he cut off his ankle monitor and disappeared across the border into Mexico. Venezuelan authorities say he then went to Cuba and then Venezuela, and was planning to go to Russia when he was apprehended.
In his heyday, the towering man with a wide girth and gregarious personality wielded huge influence as a main point of contact for U.S. Navy ships across Asia. His family’s ship servicing business, Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd. or GDMA, supplied food, water and fuel to vessels for decades.
He plied officers with Kobe beef, expensive cigars, concert tickets and sex parties at luxury hotels from Thailand to the Philippines. In exchange, commanders went as far as steering their ships, mostly from the Navy’s 7th Fleet, to ports he controlled so he could cover up as much as $35 million in fake charges.
It’s unclear what information, if any, Francis has that could bring further embarrassment to the U.S. Navy. Still, Smilde said he wouldn’t be surprised to see Francis pop up in a Venezuelan-government produced confession video hinting that he has more salacious details.
“I’m sure the Venezuelans would delight in that,” he said.
Neither U.S. nor Venezuelan officials have released details about how Francis spent his time on the run or what he planned to do in Russia, but his travels to three countries in a period of two weeks indicate he had access to money and other help.
It’s unclear if Francis had contacts in Russia offering to protect him, and if he did, what they wanted in return. Francis bragged about still holding compromising photos and videos of Navy officials.
“What really worried the United States the most was these officers being corrupted by me, that they would be corruptible by the foreign powers,” Francis said in an interview with podcaster Tom Wright, who created a nine-part series on the case last year.
Jason Forge, a former federal prosecutor in San Diego involved in high-profile extradition cases out of Mexico, said Francis may try to convince Venezuela that he’s got something to offer, but Forge doubts he truly does. Francis, who was put under house arrest after undergoing surgeries, according to court documents, also has been a costly prisoner because of his failing health.
“Even assuming he has embarrassing photos and videos of various naval officers, unless they’re of Hunter Biden at one of the parties, I just don’t see the U.S. caring,” he said, referring to Biden’s son.
U.S. officials point out that Venezuela doesn’t appear to have stopped Francis on his way into the country and could easily deport him on their own without any judicial proceeding.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were:
02-08-09-28-43, Mega Ball: 14
(two, eight, nine, twenty-eight, forty-three; Mega Ball: fourteen)
SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were:
02-08-09-28-43, Mega Ball: 14
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Meet the newest McDonald's Happy Meal toy: Squishmallows
Your McDonald's order is about to get a lot cuter thanks to a new toy that'll soon be featured in kid' Happy Meals.
The fast food giant is partnering with the cute and adorable Squishmallows to bring a "360-degree experience" to each Happy Meal, the toy brand's parent company, Jazwares, said in a news release.
There will be a total of 24 Squishmallows characters to collect, the release said, and each McDonald's location will reportedly feature 10–12 characters. Fourteen of them come with an exclusive playlist from Universal Music Group that matches the Squishmallow's personality that you can access via a QR code.
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NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com), a global leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion products, today announced it has closed the sale of its Aerospace Drive Systems (ADS) business to PCX Aerostructures, LLC. Terms were not disclosed.
ADS is a supplier of drive system components and sub-assemblies for military and civil rotorcraft applications. ADS revenue is expected to be around $50 million in 2022.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two first-time hosts — Quinta Brunson and Ana de Armas — will make their “Saturday Night Live” debuts in April.
Brunson, creator and star of ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” comedy, will be host of this Saturday’s show, NBC announced on Monday. Lil Yachty, whose latest disc debuted at the top of Billboard’s rock and alternative charts, is the musical guest.
Molly Shannon returns to “SNL” to host on April 8. Shannon, one of the show’s cast members from 1995 to 2001, has been host one time before. Jonas Brothers, who have a new album due in May, will be the show’s musical guest for the third time.
De Armas, who earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde,” is the scheduled host for April 15. She’s got an upcoming show, “Ghosted,” rolling out on Apple TV+ later in April.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball veteran umpire Dan Bellino has issued an apology after ejecting Arizona Diamondbacks star pitcher Madison Bumgarner from a game in Miami this week.
The Diamondbacks said Friday they received a copy of Bellino’s apology from MLB.
“I would like to address my actions on May 4th involving Madison Bumgarner,” the statement said. “When I began my MLB career almost 15 years ago, I received some good advice. I was told to umpire every game as if my children were sitting in the front row. I fell short of those expectations this week. While I can’t go back and change what happened, I take full accountability. I will learn from this incident, and I sincerely apologize.”
Bumgarner gave up a leadoff homer to the Marlins’ Jon Berti in the first inning Wednesday and then retired the next three batters. As he was walking to the dugout, the veteran left-hander gestured with his arm before holding his hand out for Bellino to take a look.
Bumgarner said something to Bellino as the check was ending, and the umpire threw him out. The 32-year-old then started yelling at Bellino and had to be restrained by some coaches.
The Diamondbacks worked around Bumgarner’s ejection and beat the Marlins 8-7.
ESPN first reported about Bellino’s apology.
Bumgarner faces no further discipline from MLB.
The 43-year-old Bellino joined the full-time MLB umpiring staff in 2011 and worked the World Series last year.
“You guys have seen the video,” Bumgarner said on Wednesday. “I don’t know if I could say anything that would make the situation better. What I am going to say is I’m extremely proud of our team, coming back. Obviously, I didn’t go into the game with the intention of throwing one inning. Everyone picked me up today.”
Bellino told a pool reporter that Bumgarner was ejected for directing profanity at an umpire.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — In a post-lunch session at Warriors youth basketball camp, 11-year-old Vanessa Lewis stood and beamed as she asked a very important question to a pair of very important guests: “Have you seen your rings yet?”
Nope, answered Nemanja Bjelica and Chris Chiozza. Then, moments later Wednesday, fellow campers Amari Chiefelk and Will McCloskey appeared from around the blue Golden State Warriors partition and handed each man a box containing his sparkling 2022 championship ring.
Awestruck, their eyes lit up immediately.
“I didn’t realize it was going to be that big,” said an emotional Bjelica, who traveled from home in Belgrade, Serbia, via Istanbul, Turkey, to San Francisco for the special occasion. “Probably in a couple more years it will be more realistic.”
Typically, the Warriors present former players with their rings in an on-court pregame ceremony when they come through town with an opposing organization, but these two were playing overseas so the first opportunity was Wednesday — and having the kids participate made it that much more memorable.
Senior camp director Jeff Addiego rallied the campers to start cheering and screaming so the players would emerge from the Warriors’ former weight room area to see what all the commotion was all about.
Chiozza had been home in Atlanta. He spent time with Brooklyn’s G League team this past season before recently playing two months in Spain. Chiozza called it special to see Bjelica again and was overjoyed to have the youth players take part in the fun.
“It is, I ain’t seen him in a long time. That’s my guy right here,” Chiozza said. “I didn’t know we were going to be here with the kids.”
The 35-year-old Bjelica said he will always be “very grateful” for his one season playing alongside superstars Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.
“It was amazing to share the locker room with this group of people,” Bjelica recalled. “It was a great friendship with all these people here. … It was all about the team and what we could accomplish as a group.”
Bjelica and Chiozza hoped the youngsters would still remember them — and if they didn’t, the players sure felt the love anyway. They autographed team photos for each camper.
And every young athlete had the chance to fist bump the stars and pose for a photo with them in front of the championship trophy. Lewis, an 11-year-old from the Northern California city of Fairfield, captured pictures and videos on her phone. The 10-year-old Chiefelk will have quite the story to share when she returns to her tiny hometown of Polson, Montana.
For the campers, it was an absolute thrill to be part of the unforgettable festivities.
“It was really amazing to see pros in person,” said the 11-year-old McCloskey, who will be a sixth-grader in Oakland in the fall and said of being picked, “I think it was just luck. I was really nervous. I was nervous I was going to drop the ring.”
No turnover here, just a perfect assist right into the hands of Chiozza.
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Labor commissioner isn’t usually a headline-grabbing post.
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries may be best known as a civil rights watchdog that enforces anti-discrimination laws in housing, jobs, and places that serve the public. One past commissioner, Brad Avakian, made national news in 2015, when BOLI fined a Gresham bakery $135,000 for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple — a penalty that resulted in years of litigation. Many Oregonians still think of the Sweet Cakes by Melissa case when they think of BOLI.
But much of the agency’s work is more technical in nature. BOLI investigates wage and hours violations, for example. It trains employers on relevant laws, including civil rights protections for workers.
The agency also oversees registered apprenticeship programs — some of which will get a boost from $20 million out of the governor’s Future Ready Oregon package approved by the Legislature earlier this year.
Commissioner Val Hoyle, who succeeded Avakian, is leaving the office to run for Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, a U.S. House seat opening created by the retirement of fellow Democrat, Rep. Peter DeFazio. During her one term, Hoyle prioritized increasing BOLI’s funding and staff in an effort to better handle the bureau’s various priorities of investigating civil rights, supporting businesses and workers, and expanding workforce opportunities.
Among those who filed for the race to fill Hoyle’s shoes are a county commissioner, a former state representative, a civil rights lawyer and a truck driver.
If a candidate gets more than 50% of the vote in the May primary, they win the non-partisan position. If not, the top two candidates would face each other in a run-off in November.
The winner will lead an agency with a budget of more than $30 million, will help supervise an ambitious new apprenticeship program and will take responsibility for a growing number of civil rights investigations waiting to be completed.
OPB sent questionnaires to the seven people who filed to run for BOLI commissioner, giving each candidate an opportunity to describe their views, experience and priorities.
Cheri Helt
Helt co-owns the Bend restaurant Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails with her husband. She served on the Bend-La Pine School Board for nearly a decade and as a Republican state representative for two years. She lost her 2020 reelection bid to now Rep. Jason Kropf, D-Bend.
Helt said her combination of business, education and government experience makes her the best-qualified candidate to be labor commissioner. She has called BOLI a “troubled agency,” pointing, for example, to the high volume of potential civil rights cases waiting to be assigned to an intake officer.
She told OPB the backlog of unassigned cases would be a top priority.
“On my first day in office, I will order a comprehensive review of agency performance, and make the findings of that review public,” Helt wrote. “I will also request an official, outside audit by the Oregon Secretary of State.”
BOLI officials acknowledge an increase in the number of cases in need of investigation; they say it’s in part because the public is more aware of the bureau’s investigative function.
Helt said she would also work to increase training opportunities for skilled, high-paying jobs, create a “pipeline” from high school to skilled labor force, and work with lawmakers to address the workforce housing crisis.
“Much of my agenda for serving as the labor commissioner is rooted in sticking with the basic duties and responsibilities of the office – and executing them well,” she said.
Helt said her highest priority would be reinforcing BOLI as a non-partisan agency.
“It was designed to be an office that enforces labor laws with neutrality and an even hand. We don’t need an activist with a partisan political agenda managing the bureau,” Helt said.
Among the people who have endorsed Helt are former state Rep. Knute Buehler and former Secretary of State Bev Clarno, both of whom served in Salem as Republicans.
Casey Kulla
Casey Kulla said he paid his way through college working as a plumber’s assistant. He credits that experience with teaching him the value of mentored training opportunities.
Today, Kulla is a Yamhill County Commissioner with a master’s degree in forest ecology. He and his wife started an organic farm southeast of McMinnville in 2007.
“BOLI needs a leader who knows government, who knows business, and who knows work-life,” said Kulla, a registered Democrat.
Kulla first threw his hat in the governor’s race. He pivoted to the BOLI contest after Hoyle announced her run for Congress.
“My overriding commitment is to building a responsive, responsible Bureau, a fully-staffed and fully-supported agency, so that BOLI can be the effective, high-profile civil rights watchdog that Oregonians expect,” Kulla wrote.
In addition to boosting hiring, Kulla said he planned to work with staff to reshape agency culture, “so that women and staff of color feel safe and supported.” He has promised on-site child care.
Looking outward, Kulla is prioritizing accountability for what he calls “historic levels of funding for training and apprentice support” in the state’s Future Ready Oregon program, emphasizing “we have to get this right.” As a county commissioner, Kulla has served on the Willamette Workforce Partnership’s jobs council, which he says has made him aware of both the pressing timelines and significant opportunities of the millions of dollars coming available.
Kulla gives a mixed reviews to current commissioner Hoyle, saying she’s done a good job reestablishing housing discrimination investigations, boosting staffing at the agency and opening up apprenticeships to serve more women and people of color. But he accuses Hoyle of not taking responsibility for the “failures of her agency” and for the bureau “failing at their basic duty to enforce state law.”
Kulla says he wants a bureau on which the public knows it can rely.
“Nearly all people that I hear from do not know their rights or where to go for help,” Kulla said in a response to OPB. “And those folks who know where to go often have had the experience of going to BOLI and not getting help. That is a basic failure that must be corrected…”
Kulla has been endorsed by former Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, among others.
Christina Stephenson
Christina Stephenson has spent much of her professional career as an employment and civil rights attorney in regular contact with the Oregon agency she hopes to run. While she hasn’t held elected office like Kulla and Helt, Stephenson has the support of the last five labor commissioners, including Hoyle and Avakian (both Democrats), as well as Jack Roberts (a Republican).
“At its core, the Commissioner’s job is to make sure that as Oregon’s economy grows and changes, the workers, employers, side-hustlers, and dreamers who drive our economy know they have someone looking out for them,” Stephenson said in an emailed response to questions from OPB.
Like other candidates, Stephenson acknowledges BOLI’s history of having too much to do without adequate staff, calling the agency “consistently and woefully under-resourced.” However, she says she’s grateful for Hoyle’s efforts to address the problem.
Stephenson presents herself as someone with a sensitivity to both employers and employees — as an attorney who has represented workers and as the owner of a small law firm.
She says her top priority would be to protect workers’ rights and wages, while simultaneously confronting a widespread employee shortage, which she says “is already a worker crisis” in some industries. Her solution is to prioritize expansions of apprenticeship programs, including through BOLI’s connection to the Future Ready Oregon program.
“My top priority will be ensuring that BOLI provides the guidance and oversight to ensure that these dollars are getting where they need to go to make a difference in the lives of Oregonians,” Stephenson said.
She also acknowledged the need for “wraparound support” - such as transportation and childcare - so that workers can access employment opportunities. She points again to the Future Ready Oregon program as an opportunity to fill those gaps for people trying to get established in a career.
Brent Barker
A self-identified small business owner and commercial broker, Brent Barker told OPB that educating and training “a qualified workforce with marketable skills” would be his top priority if elected commissioner. He also emphasizes the need for a supportive infrastructure in helping people get employed, calling for government and business entities to help provide “affordable housing, shelter, rehabilitation options, education and training that focuses on the individuals marketable skills for employment.”
Barker has not previously run for office and under “government experience,” he lists several roles, including being named a 2009 US-Asia Ambassador for Arizona by the Phoenix Economic Council.
Barker also mentioned attracting businesses to Oregon as a priority, and he was the most vocal in his criticism of Avakian’s approach to the Sweet Cakes case.
“Oregon has one less baker and fewer taxpayers,” Barker said in response to an OPB question about Avakian. “A person has the right to locate goods and services that reflect their values.”
Robert Neuman and Aaron R. Baca
Robert Neuman and Aaron R. Baca have also filed to run for labor commissioner, but neither submitted a statement to the voters pamphlet nor did they respond to the questionnaire OPB sent. In his filing for office, Neuman calls himself a “general laborer” who graduated from Stayton High School. Baca says he’s an electrician with a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University.
In response to a follow-up email from OPB, Neuman said that one of his main reasons for running for labor commissioner is to make it easier for people to apply for available jobs.
“Many employers are stating that they cannot find applicants, qualified or otherwise, to apply for the jobs which they are posting vacancies for,” Neuman wrote. “However, many people are saying that they are unable to find jobs to apply for.”
Chris Henry is a truck driver who said he was so excited to run that he launched his candidacy while hauling freight.
“I pulled my truck to the shoulder on the icy highway just after midnight and registered to run for office using my cellphone and very little fanfare other than a sky full of stars,” he said.
But according to a post to his campaign website, Henry is stepping out of the race and endorsing Christina Stephenson.
“Thank you everyone for your kind support, however, after careful consideration I have decided to step back from campaigning for health and family reasons and have endorsed Christina Stephenson’s campaign in her run for BOLI,” reads the statement on Henry’s website.
Henry’s withdrawal came too late for his name to be removed from the ballot or from the voters’ pamphlet.
Henry had said his focus in the race was on improving workers’ rights and in his words “creating democracy in the workplace.”
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How to Watch the Heat vs. Knicks: Streaming & TV Channel Info for Eastern Conference Semifinals Game 4
Published: May. 8, 2023 at 1:38 PM EDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
The NBA Playoffs will see the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks play in the second round, with Game 4 next to come.
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- Where: FTX Arena in Miami, Florida
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Heat vs Knicks Additional Info
Heat Stats Insights
- This season, the Heat have a 46% shooting percentage from the field, which is 0.2% lower than the 46.2% of shots the Knicks' opponents have made.
- Miami is 25-12 when it shoots better than 46.2% from the field.
- The Knicks are the second-ranked rebounding team in the league, the Heat sit at 27th.
- The Heat record only 3.6 fewer points per game (109.5) than the Knicks give up (113.1).
- When Miami puts up more than 113.1 points, it is 19-6.
Knicks Stats Insights
- The Knicks' 47% shooting percentage from the field this season is the same as the Heat have allowed to their opponents.
- New York is 21-12 when it shoots higher than 48.2% from the field.
- The Heat are the 20th best rebounding team in the league, the Knicks rank third.
- The Knicks put up 6.2 more points per game (116) than the Heat allow (109.8).
- When it scores more than 109.8 points, New York is 35-19.
Heat Home & Away Comparison
- Offensively the Heat have fared better in home games this year, posting 111.4 points per game, compared to 107.5 per game away from home.
- Miami is ceding 110.2 points per game this season at home, which is 0.9 more points than it is allowing in road games (109.3).
- When it comes to threes, the Heat have been equally balanced in home games and in away games this year, averaging 12 per game no matter the location. Meanwhile, they've put up a 36% three-point percentage when playing at home and a 32.9% clip on the road.
Knicks Home & Away Comparison
- In 2022-23 the Knicks are averaging more points at home (117.3 per game) than on the road (114.8). And they are giving up less at home (113) than on the road (113.2).
- New York concedes 113 points per game at home, and 113.2 away.
- At home the Knicks are collecting 23.5 assists per game, 1.1 more than on the road (22.4).
Heat Injuries
Knicks Injuries
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UN chief: Governments’ inaction on climate is ‘dangerous’
BERLIN (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday of a “dangerous disconnect” between what scientists and citizens are demanding to curb climate change, and what governments are actually doing about it.
Guterres said global greenhouse gas emissions need to drop by 45% this decade, but are currently forecast to increase by 14%.
“We are witnessing a historic and dangerous disconnect: science and citizens are demanding ambitious and transformative climate action,” he said at a climate conference in Austria. “Meanwhile many governments are dragging their feet. This inaction has grave consequences.”
Guterres said Russia’s war in Ukraine risked worsening the crisis, because major economies were “doubling down on fossil fuels” that are to blame for much of the emissions stoking global warming.
“New funding for fossil fuel exploration and production infrastructure is delusional,” he said in a video message to the Austrian World Summit, initiated by former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. “It will only further feed the scourge of war, pollution and climate catastrophe.”
Guterres urged countries to instead end all coal use by 2040, with rich nations doing so by 2030, and focus on replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy, such as solar and wind power.
“Renewables are the peace plan of the 21st century,” he said.
Schwarzenegger, who has long campaigned against environmental pollution, said the war in Ukraine was another reason to stop using fossil fuels.
He cited research showing that Europe paid Russia tens of billions of dollars for energy imports in the first two months of the year.
“No matter how you look at it, we have blood on our hands because we are financing the war,” said Schwarzenegger.
“We must do whatever it takes to eliminate our addiction to fossil fuels,” he added. “We must be part of the solution, not part of the problem. Failure is no option here.”
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Woman gives birth in basement to avoid arrest, child services, police say
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE/Gray News) - An Indiana woman is facing charges after police say she was found with an active warrant and drugs while carrying her newborn child.
WFIE reports that 38-year-old Arrielle Tomlinson was found Tuesday night with a baby who was only wearing a diaper and loosely wrapped in a blanket.
Police said Tomlinson told them she had given birth to the child in the basement at her home on March 31.
She reportedly didn’t go to the hospital because she was hiding from the Indiana Department of Child Services as the agency already had her other child.
According to police, Tomlinson had been staying at different places with her newborn over the last few weeks so they couldn’t find her.
When Tomlinson was told she was under arrest, police said she began to yell and would not let go of the baby. Officers said it took more than 45 minutes to get the infant and place her into custody.
Arresting officers said they also found about 1.4 grams of methamphetamine in her pocket.
Tomlinson is facing charges that include failure to appear, meth possession, neglect of a dependent and resisting law enforcement.
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At 7218 N. Academy Blvd.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Orthopedic Rehabilitation Associates has opened its sixth area outpatient clinic at 7218 N. Academy Blvd.
The new clinic operates 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday. To make an appointment, please call 719-505-7510 or visit ora.urpt.com.
The clinic offers in-clinic and telehealth options for outpatient orthopedic physical therapy, including manual therapy, injury prevention, return to performance, total joint replacement, concussion management and vestibular rehabilitation programs.
Part of the Upstream Rehabilitation family of clinical care, Orthopedic Rehabilitation Associates offers access to care within 24 hours and works with all insurance types.
Clinic director Cindy Piepes earned a bachelor's degree in health sciences from the University of Central Florida and a doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of St. Augustine.
Piepes completed an orthopedic residency through Upstream Rehabilitation Institute and is pursuing certification as an orthopedic clinical specialist.
Orthopedic Rehabilitation Associates also operates its Austin Bluffs, Elkton, Interquest, Tutt and World Arena clinics in Colorado Springs and a clinic in Monument.
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Which Christmas ball ornaments are best?
Christmas ball ornaments are a classic Christmas tree decoration. They can serve as a base for your other more unique ornaments or can themselves be featured pieces on your tree. Available in every color, they come glittered, shiny or even matte. You can buy them individually or in sets as large as 40 pieces. Whatever your decorating preferences, you can find the perfect ball ornaments for your Christmas tree. Our top pick, the Valery Madelyn Store Classic Collection Splendor Christmas Ball Ornaments, is a whimsical set of 30 balls in red, green and white.
What to know before you buy Christmas ball ornaments
Tree size
Before shopping for Christmas ball ornaments, think of how much space you need your ornaments to cover. Are you looking to add a few embellishing balls or do you need to decorate an entire tree?
Also, think of the size of your tree. Ball ornaments come in all sizes. The average ball measures 2.5-3 inches across. If you have a huge Christmas tree to decorate, then look for balls that are extra large. On the other end of the spectrum, if you are decorating a small, table-top tree, then look for mini-sized balls.
Tree decor style
Picking certain color combinations of Christmas ball ornaments can help you achieve your desired Christmas tree look. Red and gold ornaments can make an elegant, traditional style tree. For an icy look, try silver and blue ornaments with touches of glitter. Red, green and white can make a great base for a whimsical tree.
Alternative uses
Christmas ball ornaments don’t have to be exclusively used to decorate trees. You can use them to adorn your holiday wreaths, garland and centerpieces. Try filling up a glass container with your favorite ball ornaments for an easy DIY holiday decoration. You can also place a few ornaments in or around a coffee table centerpiece.
What to look for in quality Christmas ball ornaments
Individual ornaments
Christmas ball ornaments sold as individuals are often the most decorative. They can be crystal or glass and will often feature beading, hand painted designs and decorative adornments. These types of ball ornaments make great featured pieces. Try hanging these in the open spaces on your tree.
Small sets
Smaller ornament sets have anywhere from four to 12 ornaments. These frequently have complimentary designs, like matching illustrations or patterns. You can find small sets of ornaments that feature your favorite Christmas characters, like reindeer, Santa Claus or snowmen. A popular form of a small set of Christmas ball ornaments is one that’s themed by the popular “12 Days of Christmas” song.
Large sets
If you are buying ornaments to decorate an entire tree, then look for a set of Christmas ball ornaments that comes with 30 ornaments or more. These sets will often have balls within a certain color scheme, like silver and gold or red and green. You can find balls that are a plain color, multi-colored or that have glitter designs. These sets can serve as great base decorations for your tree.
How much you can expect to spend on Christmas ball ornaments
For a set of simple Christmas ball ornaments with around 30 pieces, expect to spend $20-$40. A set of ornaments with more extensive decorations and less pieces will cost you $40-$70.
Christmas ball ornaments FAQ
What’s the best way to store my ornaments?
A. There are several options for storing your Christmas ornaments. If the ornaments came in a box that keeps them well-padded, then you can just store the ornament in the original packaging when you’re not using it. You can keep these packages in a large storage bin. There are also collapsible ornament storage bags that will keep your ornaments separated so that they don’t break.
How do I ensure my fragile ornaments won’t fall off my tree?
A. Some ornaments come with hangers that aren’t very secure. If you are worried about your fragile ornaments getting broken, then try attaching metal hooks to your ornaments instead. These prevent your ornaments from slipping off the branches if someone bumps your tree. Also, try hanging your more fragile ornaments towards the top of your tree. This will keep them away from small children and pets.
What are the best Christmas ball ornaments to buy?
Top Christmas ball ornaments
Valery Madelyn Store Classic Collection Splendor Christmas Ball Ornaments
What you need to know: This set comes with 30 ball ornaments in the traditional colors of red, green and white.
What you’ll love: This set has a variety of glittery, matte and shiny ornaments, and the designs feature stripes, snowflakes and swirls. They come with a pre-attached cap and string for convenient hanging.
What you should consider: There have been rare complaints about the quality being lower than expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Christmas ball ornaments for the money
ROSELEAF Christmas Ball Decoration Set
What you need to know: This pack comes with 35 classic Christmas ball ornaments in green, red and gold.
What you’ll love: Made from shatterproof plastic, these ornaments are perfect for including children in the decorating process. Some balls in the set feature glittery patterns. They are light, so they won’t weigh down your tree’s branches.
What you should consider: The ties for these ornaments must be individually attached by hand.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
The Holiday Aisle 14 Piece Snowman Ball Ornaments Set
What you need to know: This set of 14 Christmas ball ornaments features pictures of snowmen.
What you’ll love: Glittering beads frost each ornament, giving it a snow-dusted look. Beneath the beads, there are illustrated images of snowmen. A cream ribbon serves as the hanger for each ball.
What you should consider: You might want to attach ornament hooks to the ribbon for more secure placement.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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You may have come across a meme showing an ancient fish known as Tiktaalik.
It shows the green, eel-like creature crawling out of the sea about 375 million years ago — about the time that scientists say fish developed the physical characteristics to survive on land — only to be directed to turn around.
The joke, as far as the meme goes, is that the fish should crawl straight back into the water to avoid the woes of our modern times.
Now, a new study published in Nature suggests a relative of Tiktaalik – named Qikiqtania wakei – did just that.
Dunno who made this, but yes. pic.twitter.com/JhxAACkTDu
— Matthew Cobb (@matthewcobb) December 7, 2021
"You had this evolutionary series of fish evolving to walk, but this one said, 'Eh, not going to do that one. I'm going back in,'" said Neil Shubin, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago who co-authored the study.
Shubin was part of the team who discovered Tiktaalik during a 2004 expedition in the Canadian Arctic. Qikiqtania was found on the same trip, but the fossil went mostly unstudied while the team focused on Tiktaalik.
"This new species is a very close cousin of Tiktaalik. We know that by looking at all the features," Shubin said. "In fact, it's a very close cousin of both Tiktaalik and creatures with arms and legs and fingers and toes, so-called tetrapods."
Early tetrapods were likely spending more and more time out of the water during this period, Shubin said. The arrangement of bones and joints in these animals' fins was starting to resemble arms and legs, which would have allowed animals like Tiktaalik to prop themselves up in shallow water and survive on mudflats.
But Tom Stewart, an evolutionary biologist at Penn State who also worked on the study, said Qikiqtania's physiology suggested it was swimming in open water. Qikiqtania's fins are the result of its swimming ancestors crawling onto land, then returning to the water.
"That's an unexpected pattern," he said. "That's not something that would have been predicted before we had a fossil like this."
The study expands paleontologists' understanding of this period in evolutionary history by showing that animals weren't just evolving from water-based fish to land-based tetrapods.
"The transition from life in water to life on land was going both ways," Shubin said.
Qikiqtania is a vivid counterexample to the long-debunked, yet enduring myth that evolution is a linear progression from one species to the next.
"We get introduced to the idea of evolution through images like an ape that slowly stands upright and then produces a man walking," Stewart said. "Those are some of these classic, iconic teaching tools ... but really, evolution doesn't work in that way."
Shubin said evolution was more accurately described as a set of branching paths, rather than a ladder. "Evolution is much more of a bush," Shubin said, "a tree of creatures evolving in many different directions."
We'll see how the memes evolve from here.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts can conduct a singalong about as well as he can orchestrate the kind of punishing scoring drives that sent the Eagles into the Super Bowl.
At the end of one more triumph, Hurts stood on the stage on the field — as his Eagles teammates passed around the NFC championship trophy — and clutched a microphone in front of what was suddenly Philadelphia’s largest karaoke joint. His rendition of the team fight song was a tad off-key.
Hurts may not sing as well as he can score, but it was another memorable moment in a season full of them. And the Eagles don’t believe they’re done yet.
“We’ve got new moments,” Hurts said. “New moments and new times.”
Hurts had one of Philadelphia’s four rushing touchdowns and the Eagles soared into the Super Bowl, forcing both of San Francisco’s quarterbacks out of the game with injuries and beating the wounded 49ers 31-7 in the NFC championship game on Sunday.
The Eagles, who won the Super Bowl five years ago with a different coach and quarterback, will try to do it again behind the formidable duo of Hurts and coach Nick Sirianni. Philadelphia will play former Eagles coach Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs.
“We get to do it because we did it better than anyone in the NFC this year,” Sirianni said.
Hurts had a modest game by his standards after a season in which he was a finalist for MVP. He was 15-of-25 passing for 121 yards and ran for 39, improving to 16-1 as a starter this season. The Eagles (16-3) lost two games that he missed with a sprained right shoulder.
Hurts sat alone at his locker dressed all in purple and he took a few puffs of a cigar as the Eagles celebrated around him. He understood there was one more game to win.
“I never knew how far we’d go,” Hurts said, “but I never said it couldn’t be done.”
Miles Sanders ran for two touchdowns and linebacker Haason Reddick made the hit that forced 49ers rookie quarterback Brock Purdy out of the game with an elbow injury. Reddick also recovered a fumble by Purdy’s replacement, Josh Johnson, who later suffered a concussion.
That forced Purdy back into the game, but his injury was clearly a factor as the 49ers all but gave up on the passing game, even while trailing by multiple scores. Purdy said he was unable to throw the ball more than 10 yards after his elbow got hurt.
San Francisco’s bad luck at quarterback was finally too much to overcome as its 12-game win streak ended. The Niners (15-5) lost both Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo to season-ending injuries, and Purdy — the final pick in April’s draft — lost as a starter for the first time.
Philadelphia police greased traffic and light poles in what proved again to be a futile attempt to slow the postgame revelry. The city now has its beloved Birds in the Super Bowl just three months after the Philadelphia Phillies reached the World Series.
“When you guys go into our indoor (practice facility), there’s always that picture in the back part of it of the 2017 NFC championship game, and it’s just the electricity of the stadium,” said Sirianni, who was hired two years ago to replace the Eagles’ Super Bowl-winning coach, Doug Pederson. “We’re looking forward to getting another picture up there of this special moment that we had.”
The game disintegrated in the waning minutes and Philadelphia’s K’Von Wallace and San Francisco’s Trent Williams were ejected for their roles in a brawl. Williams yanked Wallace from behind and slammed him to the ground.
The moment only seemed to rile up Eagles fans even more as they soon waved their green towels and went wild as confetti fluttered around them.
“We’ve got one more game for the rest of our lives,” Sanders said.
TAKING CONTROL
The Eagles broke the game open in the final two minutes of the first half, getting a rise out of a crowd that had been quiet with nervous energy since a touchdown on the opening drive.
Sanders broke free for a 13-yard run for a 14-7 lead, concluding a 14-play, 75-yard drive extended by three 49ers penalties.
Johnson bobbled a shotgun snap and fumbled on the next drive, and Reddick — the free-agent pickup from Carolina having one of the great defensive seasons in franchise history — recovered at the San Francisco 30. Boston Scott scooted 10 yards for a touchdown and 21-7 lead.
Even with Hurts almost a non-factor — he had 97 yards passing in the first half — the Eagles were firmly in control. His 1-yard rushing touchdown on Philadelphia’s signature rugby-style QB sneak made it 28-7 late in the third quarter.
“We’ve got a chance to go out there and win it all,” Hurts said. “So we want to go prepare to go do that.”
The Eagles used quick thinking as they scored on their opening drive for the second straight playoff game. DeVonta Smith made a sensational one-handed grab for 29 yards, but replays showed he appeared to lose control of the ball as he hit the ground. Smith popped up and frantically waved the Eagles to the line. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan did not challenge the call and the Eagles got off the next play. Sanders scored on a 6-yard run.
“Smart players do smart things,” Sirianni said. “He did a smart thing right there. I’m going to say he caught it, though.”
NINERS’ NADIR
Purdy left the game with an elbow injury after he was drilled in the arm by Reddick on San Francisco’s first drive. The play was initially ruled an incomplete pass, but replays confirmed it was a fumble.
“I knew that was a sack-fumble because I got my hand on the ball,” Reddick said.
He also got his hand on Purdy’s arm, changing the course of the game. The 23-year-old Purdy’s improbable rise from “Mr. Irrelevant” to playoff starter ended with a whimper as he failed to become the first rookie QB to lead a team to the Super Bowl.
He was improbably needed again in the third quarter after Johnson, a journeyman backup signed in December, was also injured.
“I hurt for these guys,” Shanahan said. “We felt really good about this game. It was tough circumstances.”
With little hope they could get anything going behind Johnson, the 49ers turned to Christian McCaffrey, a midseason acquisition who led the team with 13 TDs in the regular season and playoffs, to get on the board. He broke three tackles on a 23-yard touchdown run that made it 7-7 in the second quarter.
That turned out to be the only moment of hope for Shanahan’s Niners, who managed 164 yards of offense and 11 first downs.
“You’re never out of the fight,” McCaffrey said. “We believed it and it just didn’t turn out our way. We got beat and wish we had another shot at it with everybody.”
IN THE HOUSE
First lady Jill Biden, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, actor Bradley Cooper, comedian Kevin Hart, Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout and several 76ers, including Joel Embiid, attended the game.
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NAMPA, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
On Wednesday, 85-year-old Frank Brady flew for what could be the last time.
There are not enough words to describe the atmosphere at Nampa Airport on that cloudy morning, Brady’s daughter, Mary Pera, said.
“He was up there just like he would have been before,” Pera said.
Brady has lived in Idaho for 15 years, and got to his aviation passion later than most. After years of wanting to fly, Brady received his pilot’s license when he was 60 and went to school to be an airplane mechanic.
Before that, Brady was a sheet metal worker. He came to Idaho from San Francisco, California, where he worked on air conditioning units.
Second careers, according to Pera, run in the family.
Pera recently became a flight attendant for SkyWest Airlines and her brother, John Brady, began working as a farmer after years of being a sheet metal worker.
“It has to be the right time in life,” Pera said. “It doesn’t matter what age as long as you do it.”
Their paths, though winding, were meant to be that way, Pera said. Her father’s various specialties are exactly what led him to helping other people.
“He was a giver,” Pera said. “He would drop anything to help anybody.”
Brady has corticobasal degeneration, a form of frontotemporal degeneration that impacts the ability to think, remember or reason. The degeneration has made it almost impossible for Brady to speak.
“He worked hard his whole life to make a good life for my mom,” John Brady said. “He was always studying to better himself. Constantly involved in learning.”
When Pera thinks of her dad, she remembers his life of service.
“My brother and I, we just had the world’s greatest parents,” Pera said. “We did, we had an amazing childhood … even our neighborhood friends expressed that our parents were always a good role model for them.”
Not too long ago, Brady flew deaf and blind children in his plane with a group of retired men. He fixed peoples’ furnaces, cars and cleaned out their gutters.
This final flight stands as a testament that what goes around, comes back around, Pera said.
“Everybody really wanted this for Frank,” Pera said. “My heart was just full of appreciation for all the people that came together for him.”
After their mother passed away from Alzheimer’s in June, Pera and her brother are focused on making sure they do everything possible to make their dad’s life better — even if it means making their lives more complicated.
This time, it meant going to local pilot and real estate agent Stacey Budell, and asking for her to give Brady his last flight.
Budell has known Pera for two decades. Budell sold Brady’s home, which he had built complete with its own airstrip and hangar. Naturally, when Brady made it known that he wanted to fly again, Pera called Budell.
“It’s emotional but it’s also really gratifying, you know, to be able to do that for somebody,” Budell said. “He’s been a pilot for a long time, so for him not being able to fly when he used to fly whenever he wanted to it’s — you’ve got to find somebody that’s willing to take them and just do one last trip.”
Budell flew Brady over his old home so he could see where he used to head straight for the sky.
“I could tell it was a lot, emotionally, for him,” Budell said. “He teared up a little when we got over there.”
At the same time, Budell could see him lighting up, his blue eyes bright and his smile wide — something that only comes from an adoration of aviation.
“He knows what’s going on, but he can’t say the words to tell you out loud,” Budell said. “You could see it in his eyes.”
Budell let Brady hold the yoke, the airplane’s steering wheel, during the flight. He listened to the radio, too, getting a taste of the aviation lingo he was a part of for so many years.
He didn’t let go of the yoke until they had landed.
There’s a freedom that comes with flying — seeing that passion come back to Brady was enough to make Budell’s day brighter, she said.
“I hope to keep doing it as long as I can,” she said.
Wednesday’s flight was not Budell’s first time piloting a last flight, and it won’t be the last. Since she joined the aviation community in 1992, Budell has tried to give back to people with her plane.
Next Thursday, Budell will pilot another final flight for a 97-year-old woman who served in the Air Force. Budell is also planning on instructing Pera’s son, who is currently in ground school, to become a pilot. One day, he’ll fly Brady’s plane.
“Flying is more than a passion, it’s almost spiritual,” Budell said. “You can get up and get away from everything.”
After the flight was completed and Brady was back in his wheelchair, Pera held him tightly and her dad whispered his gratitude quietly.
“Thank you. I love you.”
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Kevin McCarthy: Democrats have been deceiving the American public
McCarthy says Republicans want to bring accountability to Washington, DC
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy gave his take on Dr. Anthony Fauci's retirement Tuesday on "Jesse Watters Primetime," saying he needs to take accountability for coronavirus blunders.
REP. KEVIN MCCARTHY: I imagine he will comply. What will be interesting is how many more in the administration will resign before we come to power in January, the Homeland Security secretary or others? The Democrats have been deceiving the American public, so Republicans are going to demand accountability. I remember being in the Situation Room when President Trump was in office, COVID had just hit, and Dr. Fauci told me nobody should be wearing a mask. It actually could cause you to get COVID because of the humidity created around it.
FAUCI'S BIGGEST CRITICS HINT AT THE REASON FOR HIS DECEMBER RETIREMENT: 'TRYING TO GET OUT OF DODGE'
Then he went from wearing a mask to two masks and others. I just have one rule of thumb. I really don’t trust anyone who keeps a mural of themselves in their office. Those type of individuals should have to come and answer questions.
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Florida looks to extend winning streak over Vanderbilt
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The Florida Gators are looking for a third straight victory to improve their position for bowl season. They also have dominated this series, winning 30 of the last 31 games with 15 straight in Nashville. The Vanderbilt Commodores not only have doubled their win total from coach Clark Lea’s debut season, they also just snapped a 26-game SEC skid. Now the Commodores can think of stringing together back-to-back league victories in the first of two consecutive home games to conclude the season. Vanderbilt last beat the Gators in Gainesville in 2013. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/11/17/florida-looks-to-extend-winning-streak-over-vanderbilt/ | 2022-11-17 19:46:14 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/11/17/florida-looks-to-extend-winning-streak-over-vanderbilt/ |
DMO introduces video series highlighting how their Pantone color, Puerto Rico Sunshine, has evolved and can be experienced by consumers
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Discover Puerto Rico, the Island's Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), is breaking through with its sunshine via a new, original video series on their channels, inviting consumers to learn about and experience the Island's iconic sunshine and color. The four-part series highlights how the Island's official color, created in partnership with the Pantone Color Institute, has come to life through science, fashion, décor and local small businesses.
"Through this process of creating Puerto Rico's signature color, we've always had the core of the Island in mind – our people. I can't think of a more perfect color, a vibrant and warm tone, that not only represents the sun that shines in Puerto Rico, but the Boricua spirit that sets our destination apart," said Leah Chandler, CMO of Discover Puerto Rico. "This video series celebrates the Puerto Rico Sunshine journey throughout the past year, sparking excitement locally while inspiring those who have seen it, to visit Puerto Rico and experience our sunshine for themselves."
The series includes interviews with key partners that took part in the creation of the Puerto Rico Sunshine experience including, but not limited to: the Pantone Color Institute, who certified and made the original color; physicist Hector Jimenez, who measured the sun's rays on the Island to create the color; ECOs Paints, who developed a Puerto Rico Sunshine paint; Christian Cowan, who created a one-of-a-kind Puerto Rico Sunshine dress that appeared on his New York Fashion Week runway; Cristina Villalón, who lent her decorating tips with the vibrant color to the campaign; Bombazo Wear, who created clothing and accessories for traditional Bomba dancing in the color; Señor Paleta, who created a paleta (popsicle) in Puerto Rico Sunshine; Indulge Chocolat, who created chocolate bon bons reminiscent of the color; and Bettina Cosmetics, who developed three nail polishes inspired by Puerto Rico Sunshine.
Last year, Discover Puerto Rico announced their partnership with the Pantone Color Institute to create a first-of-its kind color inspired by the hue of Puerto Rican sunlight, based on findings by Puerto Rican physicist, Hector J. Jimenez. Dr. Jimenez calculated the color of sunbeams using various existing models of the solar radiation and the atmosphere at different moments throughout the day in several locations throughout the Island, which then was applied to create the color Puerto Rico Sunshine. Since then, the color has taken on a life of its own and sparked pride in the Boricua community, with local small businesses creating unique products inspired by the color now sold through the Sunshine Shop on the Discover Puerto Rico website Travelers can also partake in the new Sunshine Route – a curated map that showcases the latest ways for visitors to experience Puerto Rico Sunshine via a road trip to the sunniest destinations across the Island.
With no passport, currency exchange, or international phone plan required for U.S. citizens, Puerto Rico is the perfect place for those looking for a combination of unparalleled cultural experiences, breathtaking beaches, world-class culinary delights, natural wonders, and thrilling adventures – all under the remarkable Puerto Rico sunshine.
For more information about the destination, follow Discover Puerto Rico's social channels on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and visit DiscoverPuertoRico.com.
About Discover Puerto Rico:
Discover Puerto Rico is a newly established private, not-for-profit Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) whose mission is to make Puerto Rico visible to the world as a premier travel destination. The DMO brings prosperity to the people of Puerto Rico by collaboratively promoting the Island's diversity and uniqueness for leisure and business travel, and events. It is responsible for all global marketing, sales, and promotion of the destination and works collaboratively with key local governmental and non-governmental players throughout Puerto Rico's visitor economy and the community at large, to empower economic growth. To discover all the beauty the Island has to offer, visit DiscoverPuertoRico.com.
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At least seven people are dead following separate shootings in Half Moon Bay, according to sources.
Four victims were found at one location and three others were found at a nearby location.
A suspect has been taken into custody, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.
"There is no ongoing threat to the community at this time," the sheriff's office said in a tweet just before 5 p.m.
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The suspect has been identified as 67-year-old Zhao Chunli.
The victims are Chinese farmworkers, Half Moon Bay Councilmember Debbie Ruddock said.
Authorities asked the public to avoid Highway 92 between Highway 1 and Highway 35.
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A tech company claims it had nothing to do with an Indeed job posting that said only white candidates born in the U.S. should apply.
The job ad, which has been removed, was attributed to Arthur Grand Technologies Inc., a Dallas-based firm.
The ad said the company was seeking a business analyst who lives in the area. The wage offered was $75 an hour.
The post went viral, with users online calling it racist.
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The company responded to the online outrage in a post on Linkedin.
"This job posting was neither authorized nor posted by Arthur Grand or its employees," the post says. "A former employee took an existing posting and added discriminatory language, then reposted it through his own account."
The company added that it has taken legal action against the job poster.
Arthur Grand Technologies Inc. has been offering IT staffing services for more than 10 years. The company says it prides itself on the "diversity of our staff and leadership."
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Philadelphia 76ers center and league scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA MVP trophy Tuesday night, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.
The 29-year-old from Yaoundé, Cameroon, averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game.
Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career, but again has been hit with injuries in the playoffs. Embiid has been sidelined with a sprained right knee that cost him one game of the playoff sweep against Brooklyn and the opening game of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Boston, which was won by Philadelphia on Monday night.
Jokic finished runner-up and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was third. Embiid received 73 first-place votes. Jokic received 15 first-place votes, and Antetokounmpo got 12.
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"It's been a long time coming," Embiid said. "A lot of hard work. I've been through a lot. I'm not just talking about basketball. I'm talking about my life. My story. Where I come from. How I got here and what it took for me to be here."
The 76ers watched on TV in Boston and erupted in applause and started chanting "MVP! MVP! " as the big man buried his head in his hands as he sat in a chair. Embiid was in tears as teammates James Harden, Tobias Harris and Tyrese Maxey mobbed him in celebration.
Embiid then vowed "I'll be back" for the playoff series against the Celtics.
But as for Game 2 on Wednesday night?
"We shall see," Embiid said.
Embiid has been determined to win -- and campaigned for -- the MVP trophy for years. The third overall pick of the 2014 draft, Embiid missed his first two full seasons with injuries before settling in as one of the top big men of his generation. He was at his best this season when he totaled three 50-point games, including a career-high 59 against Utah in November. He had 13 total 40-point games.
When Embiid totaled 52 points and 13 rebounds in a win against the Celtics in April, coach Doc Rivers boldly declared, "The MVP race is over."
Embiid certainly didn't argue that night with his coach or Sixers teammates who stumped on his behalf.
"They're probably right," Embiid said. "But we have bigger goals in mind."
Embiid is the first 76er to win league MVP since Allen Iverson in 2001. Julius Erving in 1981, Moses Malone in 1983 and Wilt Chamberlain from 1966-1968 are other 76ers who won NBA MVP awards.
Embiid's injury could be the deciding factor in the 76ers' chase for the NBA championship. The Sixers are trying to win their first NBA title since 1983 and advance past the second round for the first time since 2001 — which was the last time a Sixer won the MVP award.
Allen Iverson was named league MVP in 2001. Other 76ers to capture the league's top individual award: Julius Erving, 1981; Moses Malone, 1983; and Wilt Chamberlain, 1966-1968.
Embiid, who graduated from a Florida high school and played a season in college at Kansas, has been every bit the dominant force in the NBA over the past seven seasons. Once the poster child for load management, Embiid has played 134 regular-season games the last two seasons and his 30.6 points last season made him the first international player ever to win an NBA scoring title. He's a six-time All-Star and was runner-up each of the last two seasons to Jokic.
Antetokounmpo won in 2019 and 2020. Jokic in 2021 and 2022.
Now, the award belongs to Embiid, who didn't pick up a basketball until he was a teenager in Africa, when a friend informed him that very few 7-footers succeed in soccer.
A few months later, Embiid was lured to a basketball camp in the capital of Yaounde run by NBA veteran Luc Mbah a Moute, one of just two players from Cameroon to have played in the NBA. Mbah a Moute persuaded Embiid's parents to let him move 6,000 miles to Florida, and helped enroll him at Montverde Academy, one of the best high school programs in the country. He played just 28 games in his lone season at Kansas before leaving for the NBA.
"I am absolutely thrilled for Joel on winning the MVP award. He is the real deal and deserves every bit of recognition that comes his way," Rivers said. "He embodies everything that the honor stands for. His drive to improve is unmatched, and like the saying 'a dream doesn't become reality through magic, it takes hard work', he's put in the work."
Embiid, who became an American citizen last year, was known early in his career for sucking down Shirley Temples but has worked with sports dietitians to develop healthier eating habits and streamlined his workouts.
Sixers fans can enjoy him for years. Embiid's four-year, $196 million contract extension doesn't kick in until next season and takes him through 2026-27.
The affable center became the face of the 76ers' rebuilding effort more commonly known as The Process. He embraced the nickname and is introduced before every home game as Joel "The Process" Embiid.
He can now add MVP.
Billboards went up around Philadelphia of Embiid with the slogan "MVPIID" and Sixers fans serenaded him with "MVP!" chants from pregame introductions all the way to his final free throw attempts.
Embiid, who shares with his long-time girlfriend a son named in the honor of his late brother, holds career averages of 27.2 points and 11.2 rebounds in 394 career starts. He's a four-time All-NBA selection and three-time All-Defensive Team selection.
This is the fifth consecutive year an international player has been MVP, extending the longest streak in NBA history. It's also the second time that international players finished 1-2-3 in MVP voting; the first time was last season.
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Cloudflare says White House asked tech firm to bypass Iran censorship, but US sanctions got in the way
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN
A senior White House official asked US tech company Cloudflare to help circumvent internet censorship in Iran after protests erupted in that country last September but US sanctions prevented the firm from doing so, Cloudflare CEO Mathew Prince said Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“I got a call from a senior official in the White House who said, ‘Can you do in Iran what you’re doing in Russia?'” said Prince, whose company makes software that protects users from cyberattacks and allows activists in authoritarian regimes to bypass censorship, during a panel discussion on security and technology. “And I said, ‘No.’ And [they] said, ‘Why not?’ And I said, ‘Because sanctions prevented us from ever putting our equipment in Iran.'”
The Iranian government moved to block internet access as hundreds of protesters were killed in clashes with Iran’s security forces last fall, according to human rights activists.
The anecdote underscores the prominent role that large tech firms can play in US foreign policy.
US officials have, for example, tried to broker a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide crucial satellite communications for Ukrainian troops during the war while also encouraging SpaceX to provide satellite service to Iran.
In the case of San Francisco-based Cloudflare, Prince said the White House official suggested the company could be given a “license” to operate in Iran, but Prince replied that it was “too late” for that.
Prince did not name the White House official.
CNN has requested comment from the White House National Security Council.
The Biden administration in September granted certain exceptions to US sanctions on Iran for tech firms that provide tools for everyday Iranians to communicate, such as cloud computing or social media services.
But that move was long overdue, digital rights activists previously told CNN, and US sanctions unwittingly accelerated Iran’s development of an internal communications network.
Despite heavy US sanctions imposed on Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, Prince said Cloudflare’s prior presence on the ground in Russia means people there can use Cloudflare technology to circumvent Moscow’s censors to read credible news about the war. About 10% of Russian households use that anti-censorship Cloudflare technology, Prince claimed.
The phone call from the White House, Prince said, illustrated a difficult “tradeoff” between sanctions meant to punish human rights-flouting regimes and the need to get technology into the hands of dissidents.
Asked to respond to Prince’s comments during the panel discussion, FBI Director Christopher Wray said, “We engage in those tradeoffs every day.”
Many technologies present “great opportunity, but great dangers in the wrong hands,” Wray said.
While Cloudflare touts its record protecting dissidents abroad, it has also drawn heavy criticism from human rights activists for the firm’s willingness to provide services to controversial platforms such as messaging board 8chan (Cloudflare pulled its support for 8chan in 2019).
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NEW YORK (AP) — The second week of Kevin Spacey’s #MeToo-era trial starts Tuesday in New York — but no criminal charges are involved.
Stage and screen star Anthony Rapp has sued Spacey, accusing him of assault, battery and intentionally inflecting emotional distress when Rapp was 14. The trial opened with jury selection Thursday in Manhattan.
Here’s what to know about Spacey, Rapp, the lawsuit and the case so far.
WHAT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KEVIN SPACEY ARE INVOLVED IN THIS LAWSUIT?
Rapp said he attended a party at Spacey’s Manhattan apartment in 1986, when he was 14 and acting in the Broadway play “Precious Sons.”
At the end of the night, an inebriated Spacey allegedly picked Rapp up, placed him on his bed and climbed on top of him. Rapp said the then-26-year-old Spacey held him down tightly, but he was able to get away and left the apartment.
“I was pinned underneath him. I didn’t know what to do,” he testified last week.
Rapp filed the lawsuit in 2020 and is seeking compensatory and punitive damages up to $40 million. He is due to continue his testimony Tuesday.
WHO IS ANTHONY RAPP?
Rapp is an actor who made his Broadway debut at 10. He later starred on Broadway in “Six Degrees of Separation,” “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown” and had a breakout originating the role of Mark Cohen in the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent.” His screen credits include “Adventures in Babysitting,” “Dazed and Confused” and currently the Paramount+ series “Star Trek: Discovery.”
He was the first man to publicly accuse Spacey of inappropriate sexual advances, in 2017.
WHAT DOES SPACEY SAY ABOUT RAPP’S ALLEGATIONS?
After the allegations were made in 2017, Spacey posted on Twitter that he didn’t remember the Rapp encounter.
“But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior,” he said.
Spacey had never disclosed his sexuality before but said Rapp’s story encouraged him to come out as a gay man. Many observers thought it was an odd time for Spacey to address his sexuality or even saw his revelation as an attempt to deflect blame.
Spacey’s attorneys said in a legal filing that Rapp’s “allegations are, quite simply, false and never occurred.”
On Thursday, a Spacey lawyer suggested that Rapp filed the suit because he is angry about his own stalled career.
“He grew bitter about not getting parts as an openly gay man,” Jennifer L. Keller said. His team also proposed the allegations were the product of a young actor’s inability to tell the difference between real life and a scene he played on Broadway eight times a week.
WHAT OTHER LEGAL BATTLES DOES SPACEY FACE?
In the United Kingdom, Spacey faces charges of sexually assaulting three men a decade or more ago. He pleaded not guilty in July during a hearing at London’s Central Criminal Court. He is expected to go on trial there next year.
In a separate case, a Los Angeles judge ruled in August that Spacey and his production companies must pay the producers behind the Netflix series “House of Cards” close to $31 million because of losses incurred by his 2017 firing for what the streaming giant said was the sexual harassment of crew members.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SPACEY?
Several people have accused Spacey, but the legal record is mixed. The late Scandinavian writer Ari Behn, once married into the Norwegian royal family, accused Spacey of groping him at a Nobel Peace Prize concert but apparently never pursued legal action. Spacey didn’t comment on the allegations.
The only U.S. criminal case brought thus far against Spacey ended with prosecutors in Massachusetts dropping indecent assault and battery charges after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellphone the defense said was key to the case. The accuser, who said Spacey had groped him at a Nantucket bar, also dropped a lawsuit.
A massage therapist in Los Angeles had also sued, accusing Spacey of sexual assault, but the lawsuit was dropped after the accuser died, The New York Times reported.
Rapp had originally filed the lawsuit alongside an anonymous plaintiff known as C.D. who also accused Spacey of assaulting him when he was 14. C.D. was removed from the case after a judge ordered him to reveal his identity.
WHAT ARE SPACEY AND RAPP DOING NOW?
Spacey — who, after the allegations broke, was notoriously edited out of the already finished “All the Money in the World” and replaced by Christopher Plummer as J. Paul Getty — has recently reemerged from Hollywood exile with appearances in several films, including the thriller “Peter Five Eight,” the historical drama “1242 — Gateway To The West” and the Franco Nero-directed drama “The Man Who Drew God.”
Rapp is filming the fifth season of “Star Trek: Discovery,” had his film “Scrap” just released and has toured with his one-man show, “Anthony Rapp: Without You,” about grief, hope and triumph. He has spoken up on behalf of #MeToo victims.
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Gary Briggs' family hasn't had water coming out of their private well for over a decade, after a multi-year drought and overpumping by agriculture and industry.
Now, the eight-acre farm in West Goshen, California, which Briggs passed down to his son, Ryan, in the 1970s, is parched and fallow. His son and granddaughter carry in water from sources to drink and shower. They go to town to wash their clothes, Briggs says.
In recent years, the family has gone from relying on water from cisterns provided by government programs, which they say tastes terrible, to hauling water containers to and from neighbors' homes -- neighbors who are willing to share what they have left.
Briggs, 72, still remembers when the family property had a thriving orchard. When he was a teenager, he planted pecan and orange trees, while his father grew alfalfa and raised cows and sheep.
"Now, it's all dirt," Briggs, a lifelong California resident, told CNN. "Central California is dying. We're becoming a wasteland. A hot and dry wasteland."
"And God forbid, I don't know how long this drought is gonna go on," he added. "Believe it or not climate change is here, and California is a poster child for it."
As cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco struggle to cut their water use -- water that overwhelmingly comes from the state's reservoirs -- rural Californians that rely on groundwater are already tapped out. They live with the daily worry that they won't have enough water to bathe with or drink.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has pleaded with urban residents and businesses to reduce their water consumption by 15%, but water usage in March was up by 19% in cities compared to March 2020, the year the current drought began. With the state running out of water, unprecedented water cuts went into effect this week for city dwellers -- in parts of southern California, residents have been asked to cut consumption by 35% to avoid a full ban on watering later in the summer.
Scorching summer heat is also approaching. Water evaporates from the soil on hot days, which worsens the drought -- a key reason never-before-seen groundwater shortages are cropping up. Not only has there not been enough rain to fill reservoirs, the air is leeching water from what's left on the ground.
Then there's contamination from industry.
Ruth Martínez, who lives in the small, unincorporated town of Ducor in Tulare County, has been advocating for clean water for decades. In the town of roughly 600 people, mostly Latino residents, their drinking water had been contaminated with nitrate, which is typically caused by the fertilizer used in agriculture.
After several complaints from residents, Ducor received a state grant in 2015 allowing the community to drill a deeper well -- about 2,000 feet -- to access clean water. But it only operated for three years before Martínez says a new well set up shop across the street from their residential well, threatening their own water supply yet again.
"We didn't even know about it until we saw the the digging equipment, and when we saw it was drilled, and everything at the well site," Martínez told CNN. "The drought has really made it even worse, because we don't have the [water] pressure that we used to have. We've had problems with water quality and had to buy bottled water from the store and stuff like that."
Martínez, a member of Ducor's water board, says she's been fielding concerns from her neighbors who want to know what the government is going to do. She tells CNN that residents there blame agriculture and industry for exacerbating the crisis by pumping more groundwater, despite dwindling supply.
Briggs, whose family farm is in Tulare County, also points to nearby dairy farms that he says have been drilling deeper wells and pumping more water out of the ground, which leaves less water for residential use.
The groundwater under central California's rural communities hadn't recovered from the previous drought when it was hit again with the current one. And drought conditions in California have reemerged rapidly this spring. Not only did the state not get nearly enough rainfall this winter to put a dent in the drought, wintertime snowfall was painfully below average, leaving little to melt and runoff into rivers, reservoirs and groundwater.
Already, the San Joaquin Valley -- where Tulare County is located -- is in the US Drought Monitor's most severe category.
Kelsey Hinton, the communications director at the Community Water Center, a group advocating for affordable access to clean water, said the problem is complex and can be traced back to decades-old planning policies.
"The first thing that's important to understand is these communities have been historically disinvested in since the beginning," Hinton told CNN. "They weren't even included in general planning for the county, or considered viable communities that were going to continue to grow over time. But these are people's homes, it's their neighbors, they have decades of life and community, and they want to be growing and they want to have the infrastructure needed for that."
Water has long been considered a property right in California, meaning property owners can pump as much water as they like. That has become a problem in a changing climate. During droughts, water was pumped faster from the basin than it could be replenished.
The state's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, passed in 2014, was intended to address excessive pumping -- particularly from agriculture -- and to balance out depleted aquifers. Nevertheless, well-drilling permits have proliferated "with little oversight," Hinton said.
In March, Newsom issued an executive order that strictly prohibits local agencies from granting well-drilling permits for agriculture and industry, consistent with the 2014 bill, unless they perform a comprehensive review of how the drilling would impact households around them. But Hinton says the order includes temporary measures that will only last until the drought ends. Water advocates are banking on a bill to pass through the state legislature that would permanently strengthen oversight of the permitting process.
Martínez, who worked alongside César Chávez and the farmworkers movement, is a leading voice in the effort to get that bill passed quickly, as climate change accelerates drought impacts.
"We need to get together with the legislators and the different communities impacted and find out, educate ourselves on what we can do to prevent certain things from happening," she said. "All the problems that have got to do with water frustrate me. What keeps me going is I've only seen little improvement."
Briggs said seeing how drastically different the Central Valley is today, compared to when he was a child planting trees on his family's farm, there is no doubt that the climate crisis is taking a toll.
"We're in this part of the state that is slowly dying, because no one's taking us seriously," Briggs said. "I tell my grandkids as soon as you get out, leave this area, go somewhere where there's water, because this place is dying."
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright pitched seven spotless innings with longtime catcher Yadier Molina back behind the plate, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 on Tuesday night.
Paul Goldschmidt homered and drove in three runs to lead the St. Louis offense. Dylan Carlson, the subject of trade speculation before Tuesday’s deadline, hit a two-run shot and made a nice catch in center field. Nolan Arenado also went deep.
“Anytime you can block out the noise, you can focus on the goal,” said Carlson, now the team’s regular center fielder after injured Harrison Bader was traded to the Yankees. “To be able to come to the park the same way is a good thing for me. I want to produce, contribute and help this team win.”
Molina returned from knee inflammation that had sidelined him since June 16. Paired once again with Wainwright, the two 40-year-olds teamed up to shut down Chicago.
“It’s really good to see those two together and see Yadi back behind the plate,” St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol said. “It’s meaningful. Definitely a plus.”
Wainwright (8-8) allowed six hits and struck out four in his 192nd career win.
“I had terrible stuff,” Wainwright said. “Didn’t have a fastball. Slider was kind of sloppy. Curveball was OK, thankfully. Changeup stinks. But we made it work.”
Molina flashed his Gold Glove form by throwing out Rafael Ortega attempting to steal second in the first inning.
“It was a good throw. I set him up perfectly for that,” Wainwright quipped. “I’m just kidding. I’m glad to have him back. He’s the greatest catcher of our lifetime.”
Wainwright and Molina made their 317th career start as batterymates, passing the Boston/Milwaukee Braves duo of Warren Spahn and Del Crandall for sole possession of second place in major league history since 1901. The only pair in front is Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan (324) of the Detroit Tigers (1963-75).
Molina last caught Wainwright on June 11 against Cincinnati. Wainwright made eight starts without Molina behind the plate from June 17 to July 27, going 2-4 with a 3.93 ERA.
“I knew everything I missed about him,” Wainwright said.
Molina caught his 153rd career shutout. That’s second only to Yogi Berra (173) in MLB history.
Goldschmidt drove in two runs in the third with a single.
A three-run fifth put St. Louis up 5-0. Carlson’s homer came after Tommy Edman led off with a walk. With one out, Goldschmidt hit his 25th homer.
Arenado added his 20th home run with two outs in the seventh.
Cubs starter Keegan Thompson (8-5) gave up five runs and 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings.
“Probably just not his best outing,” Chicago manager David Ross said. “His stuff wasn’t as sharp as it has been. He wasn’t as crisp and they took advantage of it.”
MILESTONE MAN
After finishing the first, Wainwright reached 2,500 innings for his career. He is the fifth active MLB pitcher and fourth Cardinal all-time to reach that threshold.
TRADE DEADLINE MOVES
Cubs: Acquired minor league RHP Ben Brown from the Philadelphia Phillies for RHP David Robertson. … Claimed RHP Kervin Castro off waivers from the San Francisco Giants and optioned him to Triple-A Iowa. Castro was designated for assignment Monday by the Giants. … Acquired minor league RHP Saúl González from the New York Mets for RHP Mychal Givens. … Acquired RHP Hayden Wesneski from the New York Yankees for RHP Scott Effross.
Cardinals: Acquired LHP Jordan Montgomery from the New York Yankees for Bader. … Got veteran LHP José Quintana and RHP Chris Stratton from Pittsburgh for RHP Johan Oviedo and minor league INF Malcom Nunez.
COME FLY WITH ME
The Cardinals have homered in 11 straight games. The streak started July 15. It’s the second-longest active streak in the majors behind the Yankees (17). The Cardinals have multiple home runs in five straight games.
ROSTER MOVES
Cubs: Reinstated 2B Nick Madrigal from the 10-day injured list and recalled RHP Michael Rucker and RHP Anderson Espinoza from Triple-A Iowa.
Cardinals: Activated Molina from the 10-day injured list. … Optioned RHP Junior Fernández to Triple-A Memphis. … Designated C Austin Romine for assignment.
WELCOME BACK, HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Cardinals SS Paul DeJong turned 29 and celebrated by returning to the lineup at Busch Stadium. DeJong, an All-Star in 2019, was sent to Triple-A Memphis on May 10. He was recalled Saturday when the Cardinals played in Washington.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: Placed LHP Steven Brault on the COVID-19 injured list. … LHP Wade Miley (left shoulder strain) is scheduled to make a minor league rehab start with Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday.
Cardinals: INF/OF Juan Yepez (right forearm strain) can hit but can’t throw yet. Yepez went on the injured list July 15, a day after making an 84.5 mph throw from right field to nab Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman at the plate.
UP NEXT
Cubs: LHP Justin Steele (4-7, 3.86 ERA) lasted only 3 2/3 innings last time out in San Francisco. He will be making his third career start against the Cardinals. He took a no-decision in his first start against them this season, tossing seven innings and allowing one earned run.
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (8-8, 2.86) went seven innings last Friday, allowing two runs and six hits in the Cardinals’ 6-2 win over the Nationals.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — For Middle Tennessee State, big plays brought the biggest win in program history.
And for Miami, there are big problems.
Chase Cunningham passed for 408 yards and three touchdowns, including a 98-yarder to DJ England-Chisholm, and Middle Tennessee State stunned No. 25 Miami 45-31 for its first win in 21 tries against ranked opponents.
“It was a butt-kicking from the very beginning,” MTSU coach Rick Stockstill said.
He wasn’t wrong. MTSU (3-1) never trailed, forced turnovers on Miami’s first three possessions, stopped the Hurricanes (2-2) on downs on three other occasions and scored on passes of 69, 71 and 98 yards — and had another 89-yard pass in there for good measure.
Those four plays alone added up to 327 yards, or 63 more than Miami allowed in its entire game a week earlier at Texas A&M.
“They coached better than us, they played better than us,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said. “They were better. We didn’t do a good enough job. There’s no excuse. Real men look in the mirror and do something about it and don’t allow any cracks to happen from the inside. We all came here for a purpose and a reason. We’ve got a lot of work to do.”
England-Chisholm caught two passes — the first of them being a 71-yard touchdown in the first quarter, the other being the 98-yarder in the fourth — to help the Blue Raiders seal the upset.
Cunningham completed 16 of 25 passes for Middle Tennessee State, including a 69-yard scoring throw to Elijah Metcalf. Cunningham and Frank Peasant also ran for scores for the Blue Raiders, and defensive end Zaylin Wood returned an interception for a touchdown.
“I trust my guys to the end, and they won every single time,” Cunningham said.
Key’Shawn Smith returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown for Miami, which turned the ball over on its first three possessions and never escaped the early hole it dug. Quarterback Tyler Van Dyke — the Atlantic Coast Conference rookie of the year last season — was pulled in the third quarter and replaced by Jake Garcia.
Van Dyke completed 16 of 32 passes for 138 yards, one touchdown to Henry Parrish Jr., and two interceptions — those coming on Miami’s first and third plays from scrimmage. Garcia completed 10 of 19 passes for 161 yards for the Hurricanes, who heard plenty of boos from the fans who showed up to what was not even a half-filled stadium; most were long gone before the final whistle.
“We looked at that team, ’Oh, we’re going to win this game,’” Miami offensive lineman Jalen Rivers said. “So we came in obviously unmotivated … and we got punched in the mouth.”
Defensive back Kam Kinchens was more direct: “Everybody played horrible.”
Garcia entered midway through the third quarter and brought an immediate spark. He engineered a five-play, 72-yard touchdown drive — fueled by passes of 39 and 23 yards, Miami’s two biggest gains of the day to that point — and got the Hurricanes within 31-17 on a 1-yard rush by Thad Franklin, the first of his two scores on the day.
The win was a long time coming for Stockstill, who played his college football at Florida State — Miami’s rival. The Seminoles went 0-2 in games that Stockstill played against the Hurricanes in 1980 and 1981.
Those games were close. This one wasn’t.
And while a blowout might have been expected with Miami entering as a 25.5-point favorite, few, if anyone, would have dared to say it would be the Blue Raiders doing the romping. It even had oddsmakers scrambling; MTSU actually became the betting favorite to win by the midpoint of the second quarter, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
“We came down here and I told them Michael Irvin and Ray Lewis and those guys weren’t coming out of that tunnel,” said Stockstill, who had some family, friends and former FSU teammates on the trip. “We came down here with a strong belief and just a great, great competitive spirit.”
It was 10-0 before Miami got on the board, 24-3 early in the second quarter when Cunningham scored on a 9-yard rush. The Hurricanes never got closer than 14 points the rest of the way.
Miami had a chance to get within a touchdown on a 4th-and-goal from the Middle Tennessee 1 on the opening play of the fourth quarter; Garcia’s pass couldn’t be controlled by tight end Will Mallory, causing a turnover on downs.
The next play, England-Chisolm got loose down the left sideline for the second-longest pass play ever allowed by the Hurricanes; Jamison Crowder had a 99-yard TD reception for Duke in a loss to Miami in 2012.
From there, it was only a matter of time before MTSU could truly start the celebration.
“A lot of people doubted us,” said receiver Jaylin Lane, who had the 89-yard catch. “But this shows all about our perseverance.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Middle Tennessee State: The Blue Raiders went to the upper level of college football, now called FBS, in 1999. Entering Saturday, they were 0-20 against opponents that were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll when those games were played and outscored by 585 points — 868-283.
Miami: According to SportRadar, the Hurricanes became the first Power 5 school this season to commit three turnovers in a first quarter. The last Power 5 school to achieve that ignominious feat was … Miami, last season against Florida State.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
It’s over for Miami, for now. The Hurricanes were No. 25 and will fall out of the poll Sunday. At 2-2, it’ll be difficult for the Hurricanes to be considered again by many voters anytime soon.
NEVER LED
MTSU is now 3-0 all-time against Miami, with the other wins coming in 1931 and 1932. The Hurricanes never held the lead in any of those games.
UP NEXT
Middle Tennessee State: Hosts UTSA on Friday in the Conference USA opener for both clubs.
Miami: A bye week, then Atlantic Coast Conference play starts Oct. 8 at home against North Carolina.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered off Shohei Ohtani for the first time, and George Springer hit a leadoff home run in the Toronto Blue Jays' 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.
Ohtani (3-3) struck out 10 while yielding five runs over six innings in his eighth mound start of the season. He fell behind 5-2 in the sixth on a drive off the left field pole by Guerrero, who finished right behind the Angels' two-way star in last year's AL MVP voting.
Bo Bichette hit a two-run double and Santiago Espinal had an RBI single in the third inning for Toronto in the opener of a four-game series at the Big A. Danny Jansen added his third homer in two games in the ninth.
Luis Rengifo had an RBI single for the Angels, who have lost six of nine in their worst stretch of the season to date. Ohtani went 0 for 2 with a walk and an RBI groundout at the plate.
Hyun Jin Ryu (2-0) gave up six hits and two runs over five innings for Toronto while retiring Mike Trout three times. The three-time AL MVP is 0 for 13 against the South Korean left-hander — his worst mark against any pitcher he has faced at least 10 times.
After striking out four times Wednesday, Trout went hitless in back-to-back starts for the first time this season.
Toronto hit the ball hard early and often against Ohtani, who beat the Blue Jays last summer in his only previous mound meeting. Ohtani's fastball spin rate was down to 2,129 RPM after he averaged 2,429 coming in, and Toronto put nine balls in play with exit velocities over 93 mph. The Blue Jays got six hits against him.
Springer opened with an eight-pitch at-bat against Ohtani culminating in his 48th leadoff homer, tying Ian Kinsler for the fourth-most in baseball history. The homer also was the former Astros slugger's 17th in his last 33 games against the Halos.
The Blue Jays’ three-run third was only the third multi-run inning allowed this season by Ohtani. After Lourdes Gurriel walked, advanced on Springer's single and scored on Espinal's single. Bichette drove them both home.
Ohtani retired seven straight Blue Jays before Guerrero's homer — his second in two games after a 15-game homerless drought comprising most of May.
BIG SNAG
Ohtani got help in the fourth from left fielder Brandon Marsh, who sprinted to make a nifty leaping catch of Jansen's line drive to the wall.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Blue Jays: Cavan Biggio struck out three times, walked and played first base after returning from Triple-A Buffalo before the game. He had been away from the Jays since late April after testing positive for COVID-19.
Angels: Slugging OF Taylor Ward flied out as a pinch-hitter for Ohtani in the eighth for his first appearance since running into the wall last Friday. Ward won't play in the outfield until at least the weekend. ... Juan Lagares came up to provide Los Angeles with a fourth outfielder in Ward's absence, and reliever Mike Mayers was designated for assignment to make room. Mayers was a bullpen stalwart for the Halos in 2020 and 2021, but he capped his rough start to this season Wednesday by giving up five hits — his most in any appearance since his rookie season in 2016.
UP NEXT
Rising star Alek Manoah (5-1, 1.62 ERA) pitches on the one-year anniversary of his major league debut for the Blue Jays. He faces Halos rookie Chase Silseth (1-1, 2.61), whose first two big league starts were both solid.
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Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth can go into effect — at least for now — after a federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily reversed a lower court ruling.
Late last month a district court judge in Tennessee found that the state’s new law banning transgender therapies like hormone blockers and surgeries for transgender youth was unconstitutional because it discriminated on the basis of sex. The judge blocked large swaths of the law from taking effect.
On Saturday, however, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati granted an emergency appeal from Tennessee. In a 2-1 ruling, the majority wrote that decisions on emerging policy issues like transgender care are generally better left to legislatures rather than judges.
“Given the high stakes of these nascent policy deliberations — the long-term health of children facing gender dysphoria — sound government usually benefits from more rather than less debate,” wrote Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton, an appointee of former President George W. Bush.
Tennessee’s attorney general, Jonathan Skrmetti, praised the ruling, saying the ban can now be fully enforced. “The case is far from over, but this is a big win,” he said in a statement.
The ruling is preliminary, and remains in force only until the appeals court conducts a full review of the appeal. Sutton wrote that the appeal process will be expedited, with a goal of resolving the case by Sept. 30.
Tennessee is one of several states across the country that have recently enacted bans on gender-affirming care for minors. Federal judges in Arkansas, Indiana and Kentucky have also struck down those state’s bans.
Sutton acknowledged that other judges have ruled differently.
“We appreciate their perspectives, and they give us pause,” he wrote. “But they do not eliminate our doubts.”
Judge Amul Thapar, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, joined White’s ruling. A third judge, Helene White, dissented in part and concurred in part.
White — who was first nominated by former President Bill Clinton and later nominated by Bush — ruled that she believes the Tennessee law is likely unconstitutional, but said she would not have applied her ruling statewide, as the district court did. She said she would have limited her ruling to apply only to the nine plaintiffs who filed the lawsuit and to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where some of the plaintiffs had sought care.
“I fail to see how the state can justify denying access to hormone therapies for treatment of minor Plaintiffs’ gender dysphoria while permitting access to others, especially in light of the district court’s robust factual findings on the benefits of these treatments for transgender youth,” White wrote.
Gillian Branstetter, a spokesperson with the American Civil Liberties Union, said the Sixth Circuit is the first federal circuit to allow a ban on transgender health care for minors to go into effect. The Sixth Circuit covers Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky.
The federal government has also filed its own challenge to the Tennessee law.
The law bans Tennessee health care providers from offering hormone treatments or surgeries for transgender youth where the purpose is to allow the child to express a gender identity “inconsistent with the immutable characteristics of the reproductive system that define the minor as male or female.”
Tennessee’s Republican-dominant General Assembly, as well as some Democratic lawmakers, passed the law after Vanderbilt University Medical Center was accused of opening its transgender health clinic because it was profitable. Videos surfaced of a doctor there touting that gender-affirming procedures are “huge money makers.” Another video showed a staffer saying anyone with a religious objection should quit.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A multi-platinum recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist is coming to Wisconsin’s own Titletown in July.
Hunter Hayes‘ music dives into multiple genres, including country, pop, and alt-rock. His first album was released in 2000, and he later released a well-known hit called ‘Storm Warning.’
The five-time Grammy nominee is set to take the stage on Saturday, July 16, for the next free Titletown Beats concert series.
Organizers said the concert is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in Titletown Plaza, located on the west side of Ridge Road.
But make sure to get there earlier, since a DJ opener will perform at 6:00 p.m. before Hayes takes the stage.
There will also be free parking, explained organizers. Just make sure to park at Titletown and Lambeau Field parking lots.
What not to bring: Titletown staff urges guests to not bring carry-in food and beverages, lawn chairs, or umbrellas to the event. You can, however, share your love of the artist for the night.
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When the horn sounded on the greatest victory in the history of Florida Atlantic athletics, Nick Boyd and Bryan Greenlee hopped onto the press row table to celebrate.
Instead of going to the locker room, some of the Owls players made their way up into the stands to sing “New York, New York” with their fans.
The Boca Raton, Florida-based school that has only been competing in Division I for the last 30 years, and had just one previous appearance in the NCAA Tournament, is now a victory away from the Final Four.
The Owls used a second-half push led by Michael Forrest to upset fourth-seeded Tennessee 62-55 on Thursday night in the Sweet 16.
Ninth-seeded FAU (34-3) will play third-seeded Kansas State in the East Region final at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
“Yeah, our guys definitely feel like they belong on this stage,” fifth-year coach Dusty May said.
Even before the tournament started, this was the unquestionably the greatest season in FAU history. Now the Owls are one of the biggest stories in all of sports.
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“We're just a scrappy group,” Boyd said. “Unbreakable.”
Johnell Davis led the Conference USA champions with 15 points and Forrest finished with 11, including eight straight when FAU took control in the final 10 minutes.
The Volunteers (25-11), who were looking for the second Elite Eight appearance in program history, shot just 33% — including 6 of 23 from 3-point range. Josiah-Jordan James and Jonas Aidoo scored 10 points apiece.
“Certainly proud of the effort that these guys have given us all year, through tough times with injuries, but when it ends like this, it’s always disappointing because we want it all and came up short,” Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said.
Barnes has made 27 NCAA appearances with four schools, but he has reached the Elite Eight only three times and gone to one Final Four.
The game was slogging along at Tennessee’s style and pace. The No. 1 defense in the country, according to KemPom metrics, out of the rugged Southeastern Conference was making FAU work hard for shots.
Then the Owls started hitting the 3-pointers they had been missing for much of the first 30 minutes.
“We got great shots even in the first half when they were in us a little bit,” Boyd said. “The second half, they dropped, we broke it open a little bit.”
Forrest made consecutive 3s to put FAU up 41-39 with 9:49 left, the Owls' first lead since the opening minute.
Forrest capped a personal 8-0 run with driving layup that put the Owls up four.
Meanwhile, Tennessee couldn’t buy a bucket. The Vols had a six-minute stretch during which they scored four points.
“Obviously we missed open shots, they missed open shots. But we were disappointed in the way we played. We knew we had to play tougher, but we were up five points, so ...” James said, trailing off.
Brandon Weatherspoon’s putback of a 3-point miss off the side of the backboard made it 51-41 with 6:47 left.
The Vols had one more push left. James swished a 3 with 3:33 left to cut the Owls' lead to 55-50.
The Owls turned up the defense, getting a key stop that led to a fast-break layup by Boyd to put FAU up 57-50 with 2:31 left.
The Owls salted it away with free throws from there, as the orange-clad Vols fans emptied out of MSG and the outnumbered FAU fans took over.
Owls fans serenaded May's wife, Anna, with an “F-A-U!” chant before finally filing out of The Garden.
May had compared Tennessee’s defensive physicality to rugby in the run-up to the game. He meant it as a compliment, and his Owls showed they could play tough, too.
“We feel like we're physical as well,” Boyd said.
BIG PICTURE
FAU: The Owls outrebounded the bigger Vols 40-36, including 12 offensive rebounds that they turned into 14 second-chance points.
“We know we’re not the tallest team,” 7-foot-1 center Vlad Goldin said. “So we know we have to be quick to the ball. We have to be physical. We have to raise our physicality. But it’s not something to be scared of.”
Tennessee: The Vols were challenged offensively much of the season, and became even more limited when they lost point guard Zakai Zeigler.
Zeigler blew out his right knee against Arkansas on the last day of February, but there was no way the Long Island native was missing a trip back to New York. Zeigler was on the sideline, using a scooter to roll onto the court at times to join team huddles and provide encouragement.
Tennessee went 7-8 from Feb. 1 to the end of the season.
UP NEXT
The Owls have never played Kansas State.
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Khloe Kardashian isn't rushing into a new romance.
Earlier this week, news broke that the Kardashians star is expecting her second child via surrogate with Tristan Thompson. However, the pair are strictly co-parents and not back together.
So, where is Khloe's head at relationship-wise? A source exclusivley tells E! News that Khloe's dating here and there but "it's not serious."
Back in June, E! News confirmed that Khloe was dating a private equity investor who she met through her sister Kim Kardashian at a dinner party. At the time, People reported that the "relationship is in its early stages."
It's true the Good American co-founder went out on a few dates with the investor, a second source close to Khloe exclusively tells E! News. But don't assume things are full speed ahead, as the second insider notes that "she's been low-key and hasn't dated much lately."
Ultimately, the second source adds, "Khloe is definitely very open to dating but isn't forcing anything."
On Tristan's side, the NBA player was photographed hand in hand with a mystery woman while out in Greece, as seen in photos and videos obtained by TMZ. Following this sighting, a fan page on Instagram shared footage of Tristan and the woman together. In the caption, the post noted, "To everyone that's freaking out about this video of Tristan in Greece with another girl, Khloe and Tristan are both single."
The fan page continued, "I don't know why it would be crazy for Tristan to be with another girl as long as he's a good dad to his baby which we don't know when Khloe's surrogate is due."
And it appears Khloe approves of the message: She subtly gave her thoughts on the matter by giving the post a like. | https://www.eonline.com/news/1338633/inside-khloe-kardashian-s-dating-life-amid-tristan-thompson-baby-news | 2022-07-19 23:05:28 | 1 | https://www.eonline.com/news/1338633/inside-khloe-kardashian-s-dating-life-amid-tristan-thompson-baby-news |
TX Lubbock TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
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.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
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to 30 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming north after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. West winds
15 to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in
the mid 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, windy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear and windy. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ028-042115-
Lamb-
Including the cities of Littlefield, Amherst, and Olton
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then becoming partly sunny.
A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms.
Some thunderstorms may be severe this afternoon. Breezy with
highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Breezy with lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 20 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, becoming north 15 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming east 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in
the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, windy. Lows around 60.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear and windy. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ029-042115-
Hale-
Including the cities of Plainview and Hale Center
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms
this morning, then partly sunny with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be
severe this afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds
15 to 20 mph, becoming north 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance
of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming east 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Clear, windy. Lows around 60. Highs in
the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear and windy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ030-042115-
Floyd-
Including the cities of Floydada and Lockney
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly in the evening. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the
evening. Lows in the upper 40s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming east 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Not as cool with highs in the upper 80s.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Clear, breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear and windy. Lows around
60. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ031-042115-
Motley-
Including the cities of Matador and Roaring Springs
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
around 80. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some
thunderstorms may be severe in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s.
South winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs around 90. West winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy, hot. Highs
around 100. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ032-042115-
Cottle-
Including the cities of Paducah and Cee Vee
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west
15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs around 80. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Mostly clear. Hot. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy, hot. Highs
around 100. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ033-042115-
Cochran-
Including the cities of Morton and Whiteface
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then mostly sunny this afternoon.
Breezy with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming southwest 15 to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy, cooler with lows in the mid
40s. West winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, becoming
northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. West winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, windy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the
mid 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ034-042115-
Hockley-
Including the cities of Levelland and Sundown
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms
this morning, then partly sunny with a slight chance of
thunderstorms this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe
this afternoon. Breezy with highs in the mid 80s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph
this afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Breezy with lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 20 to
25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. West winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Not as cool with lows in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, windy. Highs in the upper 90s.
Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ036-042115-
Crosby-
Including the cities of Ralls and Crosbyton
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly this morning. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 15 to
20 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs around 80. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming east 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Highs in the
upper 90s. Lows in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ037-042115-
Dickens-
Including the cities of Spur and Dickens
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms
may be severe in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds
15 to 20 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance
of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. Northeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear, hot. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny, hot with highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy, hot. Highs
around 100. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of. Highs in the mid
90s.
$$
TXZ038-042115-
King-
Including the cities of Dumont and Guthrie
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming
southwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 80s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 90. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear, hot. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Clear. Not as cool with lows in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear and breezy, hot. Highs
around 100. Lows in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of.
Breezy. Lows in the upper 60s. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ039-042115-
Yoakum-
Including the cities of Denver City and Plains
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then partly sunny this afternoon.
Breezy with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
increasing to southwest 15 to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the upper 40s.
Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, becoming
northwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. West winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...Clear, breezy. Lows around 60.
Highs in the mid 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s.
$$
TXZ040-042115-
Terry-
Including the cities of Brownfield, Meadow, and Wellman
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
this morning. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50. South winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming south 5 to 10 mph
after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the mid 90s. West winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
in the upper 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear, breezy. Lows in the lower
60s. Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows
around 60. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ041-042115-
Lynn-
Including the cities of Tahoka, New Home, and ODonnell
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms,
mainly this morning. Some thunderstorms may be severe this
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. A
slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west 10 to 15 mph
after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 15 to
20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 50. North winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear, hot. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear, breezy. Lows in the mid 60s.
Highs in the upper 90s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the upper 90s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear and breezy. Lows in the
lower 60s. Highs in the mid 90s.
$$
TXZ042-042115-
Garza-
Including the cities of Post and Lake Alan Henry
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly
this morning. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. A
slight chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s. South winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, becoming west around 10 mph after
midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming east 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear, hot. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs around 100.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear, hot. Lows in the
mid 60s. Highs around 100.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear and breezy. Highs in the
upper 90s. Lows in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ043-042115-
Kent-
Including the city of Jayton
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms
may be severe in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds
15 to 20 mph, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 80s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming east 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the lower 90s. Southeast
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear, hot. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs 100 to 105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear, hot. Lows in the upper 60s.
Highs around 100.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear and breezy, hot. Lows in
the mid 60s. Highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Breezy with lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
TXZ044-042115-
Stonewall-
Including the cities of Aspermont and Old Glory
347 AM CDT Wed May 4 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs
in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the evening.
Lows around 60. South winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Less humid with highs in the lower 80s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, becoming east 5 to 10 mph
after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Clear, hot. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs 100 to 105.
.SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Clear, hot. Lows in the upper 60s.
Highs 100 to 105.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear and breezy, hot. Lows in
the upper 60s. Highs around 100.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Breezy with lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
$$
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By CIARÁN GILES
Associated Press
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Queen Letizia turned 50 on Thursday.
It’s only a birthday but Spain is taking the opportunity to assess its scarred monarchy and ponder how the arrival of a middle-class commoner may help shake up one of Europe’s most storied royal dynasties into a modern and more palatable institution.
Divorced and a seasoned national television journalist, Letizia Ortíz became princess on marrying then Prince Felipe — now King Felipe VI — in 2004. When King Juan Carlos abdicated 10 years later, she became the first woman without blue blood to reach the throne of Spain.
After initially been questioned by many, these days the media is full of articles and books abound about her, with most giving her the thumbs-up approval.
On Thursday, daily El Mundo ran a front-page headline, “Queen Letizia’s Revolution to Modernize the Crown” with its royal correspondent writing, “She turns 50 in a sweet moment. Even the less pro-monarchy media praise her and exalt her as the savior of the monarchy.”
But Letizia has had to battle to get there.
From the beginning of her royal life, the spotlight has been on her. Alongside possibly Penélope Cruz, no other woman in Spain is more talked about, whether it be about how she looks and dresses, her commitment to social causes or any perceived transgression from tradition.
“Letizia has always been talked about since she arrived in the monarchy because she is such an interesting and complex person who eclipses all others, including the King Emeritus Juan Carlos, when he was king,” said Alberto Lardiés, journalist and author of several books on the Spanish royals.
Letizia became queen consort at a time when the Spanish monarchy was on a downward roll following successive scandals involving Juan Carlos and her brother-in-law, Inaki Urdangarín.
She is known not to have had an easy time fitting in. Juan Carlos is known to have had little time for her because of her background. Letizia soon also distanced herself from Sofía, her predecessor and a model of conformity, as well as many of the rest of the what has always been known as a very conservative family.
In one of the most commented-on occasions, Letizia, now queen, was seen having words and stepping in the way to prevent Sofía, from posing with Letizia’s children at Palma de Mallorca cathedral in 2018. The reason why wasn’t clear, but her insistence was.
Earlier this year, she stood out by not blessing herself like the rest of her immediate family and nearby priests during a televised religious ceremony.
All eyes will now be on Felipe, Letizia, Juan Carlos and Sofía when they turn up for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, the first time they will be seen together in a long time.
It was Juan Carlos, once Spain’s most popular figure, who came close to shattering the monarchy’s reputation on many occasions, most recently when he was mentioned in 2020 in financial investigations along with a one-time lover.
He subsequently left the country and has since been residing in Abu Dhabi.
And although better known as a progressive feminist rather than a fervent monarchist, Letizia is now accredited with playing a major role in Felipe’s decision to forge a new path and break ties with the palace’s corruption-linked past so as to save the monarchy.
Lardiés says royal watchers now say Letizia is “turning out to be the good one and Juan Carlos was not that good after all.”
Mábel Galaz, El Pais palace correspondent for three decades and author of “Royal Letizia,” told her paper in an interview that a key attribute of Letizia’s is that people can identify with her.
“She has traveled in the subway, she has paid a mortgage, she has had problems making it to the end of the month, like the rest of us,” Galaz said. “She knows the monarchy has to reinvent itself and be more ordinary.”
As princess she was obliged to fulfill many official functions and by the looks on her face, it didn’t seem to always suit her. But once she became queen she freed herself up to dedicate time to things that genuinely interest her, such as organizations dealing with cancer and rare diseases, education, culture and Spain’s international cooperation projects for developing countries.
“She has become an icon,” Lardiés said. “Not on the level of the late Lady Di, but she is considered unique and very different from anyone else in the Spanish royalty.”
One of the rare moments when she talked about herself candidly since becoming queen occurred when she revisited her alma mater, Madrid’s Complutense University, for the 50th anniversary of the journalism faculty last year.
In a speech, she recounted how once one of her professors, a bit fed up with her, interrupted a class shouting, “Ortíz, look, I obviously don’t know what is going to come of your life, but when it comes to being annoying, you have no rival.”
Letizia said he was referring to her questions and curiosity. She said she continues to question but now doesn’t reveal the answers they give her.
Commenting on her age, she said:
“The faculty is 50 years old and I am about to be too, as all of Spain knows¨……. I think that 50 years is a nice figure to continue trying to do things well in the place that corresponds to each of us.”
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When Dawn Johnson was a teenager growing up in Northern Virginia in the 1990s, she remembers counting down the days until she could start driving. The freedom to see her friends whenever she wanted was tantalizing, she says: “I wanted to get out of my house.”
Driving a car was once a widely coveted rite of passage, but a rising number of kids no longer see it that way: 60 percent of American 18-year-olds had a driver’s license in 2021, down from 80 percent in 1983, according to data from the Federal Highway Administration. In that same period, the number of 16-year-olds with licenses dropped from 46 percent to 25 percent. Today’s driving-age teens are navigating a very different world, filled with new complexities and anxieties.
The allure of independent mobility might be dimmed by the digital connectivity that didn’t exist when previous generations came of age. Teens can summon an Uber or Lyft with the tap of a finger. Parents can monitor a child’s every move through an app. Phones are at once a potential distraction behind the wheel, and also why teens might feel less motivated to drive in the first place: When hangouts can happen at any time online, there’s less urgency to meet up with friends in person.
Johnson suspects this might be what’s going on with Derek. “He spends a lot of time playing video games,” she says. “That’s where his community is. So he doesn’t really need to go anywhere to hang out with people.”
A few weeks ago, his mom finally issued an ultimatum. “I said: You either need to go get a job or you need to get your learner’s permit.” Derek got his learner’s permit.
She urged him toward this milestone, but she still feels the mixed emotions that most parents describe as they watch their kids take any big step that carries them forward, and further away.
“The thought of him driving terrified me at first,” Johnson says. “But I took him out for the first time, and he was immediately good at it. So I was like, ‘Oh, okay … he’s going to be fine.’ I’m still going to be terrified, don’t get me wrong, but I really just want him to have that independence.”
She wouldn’t mind a little more freedom for herself, too — after all, the teen driving years are also a rite of passage for parents.
“Like, when we’re out of tomatoes,” Johnson says, and laughs, “I want to be able to say, ‘Hey, I need tomatoes. Go to the store and get a tomato.’”
As adults try to decipher the decline of teenage drivers, a slew of complicating factors have emerged: Reports of road rage and aggressive driving are soaring. American kids are experiencing a mental health crisis that has been deemed a national emergency; the prospect of driving can be especially daunting to kids who are already struggling with anxiety or depression. Socioeconomic and racial variables enter the equation, too: Driver’s education classes for teens are mandatory and typically cost hundreds of dollars, and car insurance is hugely expensive. For parents of Black teens and young drivers of color, there is the added fear of a child being pulled over by police.
Joanna von Staden, a licensed clinical mental health counselor who works with kids and teens, is particularly attuned to the ways that a child’s mental health might intersect with their reluctance to drive. In the past few years, she’s noticed a significant increase in the number of baffled parents who talk to her about this: “The parents keep coming in and saying: ‘I don’t get it, they don’t want to sign up for driving school. Are they lazy? What’s going on?’” she says. When von Staden asks the teens why they’re feeling disinterested, they often shrug and say they don’t know. Sometimes they tell her they don’t need to drive; they have friends who can drive them, or they can use a ride-share app, or their parents will give them a lift.
But when she probes a bit deeper, she says, different answers emerge. “The disinterest is really stemming from a level of anxiety — specifically around getting older, and having this huge responsibility.” She sees a particular correlation between those feelings and her patients who have diagnoses of anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder, the kids who strive for perfectionism, the ones who might be more likely to experience intrusive thoughts about worst-case scenarios.
And sometimes parents can unknowingly augment or enable those fears, von Staden says.
“Driving is a big responsibility, bad things can happen … but that fear might mean that when a child says ‘I don’t want to drive,’ parents might be like, ‘Oh, good!’” she says. “Then that’s just feeding into and reinforcing that fear. You don’t have to buy a car or drive all the time, but this is a life skill. And we can do hard things, we can do scary things.”
Many kids have also mentioned feeling unnerved by the fact that their parents can track their every move, von Staden says, using apps like Life360 that let parents see how fast a kid is driving, if their gas is getting low, if they had to brake too quickly, or if they picked up their phone while the car was in motion.
“As a parent, I’m like, ‘What a fantastic app!’ von Staden says. “But as an adolescent, I can’t imagine the level of stress that would cause, knowing your parents have eyes on you at all times.”
Shannon Humphrey, a mom of two in Texas, is among these parents. She downloaded Life360 when her 16-year-old daughter learned to drive. It helped ease her mind, she says. “I would stalk her the entire time she was out,” Humphrey says. “The minute she would go out the door I would open [the app] and have it in front of me.”
But that was only in the beginning, she says. “She’s got a lot of experience driving now, so now I’m relaxed. Now I just check it two or three times while she’s out.”
Humphrey’s 19-year-old son, however, is not particularly interested in driving. She thought it might be because of a particularly intimidating thoroughfare on the route to school. But he insists that he isn’t scared so much as bored by the prospect of driving, she says; he’d rather sit in the passenger seat and look at his phone.
Other parents say they’ve noticed this tendency, too — which is why, after Nanette Hartley and her husband taught their older son to drive in San Diego County, they devised a new rule for his younger brother: “The year before he was old enough to earn a learner’s permit, his time in the car with us was device-free and he had to pay attention to our driving,” she says.
Humphrey’s son recently passed his road test, but he still hasn’t initiated much practice driving, and his parents aren’t pushing him. “We were concerned that our son was nervous to drive and we certainly didn’t want a nervous driver on the road — that’s not good for him or anyone on the road,” she says. “We feel like this is just a short season of our lives. We’ll just drive him around.”
Former professional drag racer Doug Herbert has an acute understanding of why parents and teens might feel fearful. Fifteen years ago, he lost his two sons in a car accident less than a mile from their home. That same year, he started teaching his sons’ friends defensive driving skills, which soon led him to become the founder of B.R.A.K.E.S. (Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe), a nonprofit that offers free defensive driving instruction to teens. This year, he says, he expects the program to reach 20,000 students across 18 states.
Even as the number of teen drivers has dropped, the demand for his program has climbed, he says. From his vantage point, it seems that of the teens who are learning to drive, more of them (or their parents) are interested in additional preparation for safely navigating increasingly volatile roads.
“Something we’ve noticed over the years is that parents are not pushing their teenagers to get a driver’s license,” he says. The drivers coming to his training are often older than they once were — students who are about to head off to college, or about to graduate college. “We’ve definitely seen things trend toward older first-time drivers,” he says.
His goal is to prepare teens to face the scenarios that are most likely to threaten their safety on the roads, and build their confidence, he says. He also wants them to enjoy the experience of driving.
“I drove racecars at 330 miles per hour, so driving cars has been really fun for me, and so that’s one of the things we try to convey to these teens — driving a car is really fun,” he says. “It’s also a privilege, and you’ve got to really pay attention.”
It took Michelle McNally’s 17-year-old daughter, Megan, more than a year to get her license. But when she finally started driving, the whole family experienced something of a transformation.
McNally saw her daughter immediately embrace a newfound sense of responsibility. She came home one day with a “New Driver” bumper sticker that a friend had given her, and promptly put the decal on the car. McNally had noticed the apparent proliferation of these stickers and thought her daughter might find one embarrassing, but instead it seemed to calm her nerves.
“She wanted people to know she was new,” McNally says. “Like, ‘They need to be patient; I don’t want anybody to honk at me.’”
McNally felt a bit nervous, too. At first, she checked Life360 constantly when her daughter was out, especially when she was driving her little brother to school across town in Indianapolis. But over time, everyone’s sense of confidence grew. Megan eventually took the “New Driver” sticker off the car. McNally stopped checking the tracking app so often.
“Having that freedom has become really important to her. She’s more likely to be ready on time if she knows she’s driving herself. She’s nicer to her brother now that they drive to school together,” McNally says. “She’s a lot better at planning ahead because she wants to know if she can have the car. There have been noticeable leaps in maturity.”
Carrie Schuessler has seen this kind of growth in her kids, too. A mom of six in Apopka, Fla., who has spent years driving her kids everywhere, Schuessler was highly motivated for her oldest three to get their licenses when they were eligible. They were eager, too, she says, which makes them outliers among their friends.
“My kids often say to each other, “Why don’t they want to drive? Aren’t they sick of their parents driving them? Are they just happy to stay home all the time?’” Schuessler says. She thinks parental anxiety has something to do with this. “So many parents I know are obsessed with keeping their kids safe at all costs,” and refuse to allow them to ride their bikes out of sight, or climb trees, or skateboard, she says.
She thinks this sense of wariness has “transferred to the kids themselves,” she says. “Many of my kids’ friends say they are personally very fearful of driving. And apparently, this fear overcomes the natural desire for freedom that most teenagers have.”
In the transformed landscape of modern childhood, kids adapt to their new roles. Among a circle of nondriving peers, Schuessler’s kids love to be behind the wheel, so they often find themselves chauffeuring carloads of older friends.
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Selection recognizes Zurich's leadership in helping to modernize, diversify and expand apprenticeships to support the success of American workers and businesses.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zurich North America has been selected as an Apprenticeship Ambassador by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in recognition of the company's exemplary apprenticeship program, which enables people representing diverse backgrounds and experiences to launch careers in insurance while earning a college degree.
The DOL's Apprenticeship Ambassador designation recognizes Zurich's leadership in helping to modernize, diversify and expand Registered Apprenticeships across the country.
The Department of Labor's Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative is designed to create a national network of employers, labor organizations, industry associations, program sponsors, educators, workforce intermediaries, community-based organizations and other stakeholders to serve as champions for expansion of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs).
Dating to 2016, the Zurich Apprenticeship Program was the first Registered Apprenticeship Program in commercial insurance. From the start, Zurich has shared its model and learnings with companies inside and outside its industry. Zurich's program has more than tripled in size since its inception.
"We're honored to be recognized as an Apprenticeship Ambassador by the U.S. Department of Labor," said Zurich North America CEO Kristof Terryn. "When we launched our program nearly seven years ago, apprenticeships in the U.S. were largely limited to manufacturing and the trades, and it was difficult for people to launch a career in corporate America without a four-year college degree. Our U.S. business decided to adapt the apprenticeship model used at Zurich Insurance Group in Switzerland. The program's growth speaks for its value. It has greatly expanded our talent pipeline, attracting the diverse talent we need to continue to innovate for our customers. Apprenticeship benefits our business and our communities. It can do the same for many more companies."
As an Apprenticeship Ambassador, Zurich will support the DOL's goals of increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in Registered Apprenticeship Programs, including for underrepresented and underserved populations. Zurich also will continue to help communicate the business case for Registered Apprenticeship as a mainstream workforce strategy for high-demand industries.
"We look forward to serving as an Apprenticeship Ambassador," said Al Crook, Head of HR Business Partners and Apprenticeship at Zurich North America. "We believe that apprenticeships are going to become more critical in increasing access to debt-free degrees and in developing skilled workers across industries. We also believe every business and every function has apprenticeable work."
In 2017 Zurich co-founded the Chicago Apprentice Network (CAN) with Aon and Accenture. The three founders have since helped other companies create apprenticeship programs toward well-paying, professionally rewarding careers. Since 2019, Zurich has hosted an annual National Apprenticeship Week Summit event at its suburban Chicago headquarters or virtually. Zurich leaders and apprentices have spoken at many business events and CAN events about the value of apprenticeship.
"These are the types of actions the Department of Labor looks for from its Apprenticeship Ambassador designees," Crook said. "Recognition of Zurich as an Apprenticeship Ambassador acknowledges what we've accomplished to date and our commitment to contribute to a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable society well into the future."
Zurich North America is one of the largest providers of insurance solutions and services to businesses and individuals. Our customers represent industries ranging from agriculture to technology. Zurich North America is part of Zurich Insurance Group, a leading multi-line insurer serving more than 55 million customers – both people and businesses – in more than 210 countries and territories. Founded 150 years ago, Zurich is transforming insurance. In addition to providing insurance protection, Zurich is increasingly offering prevention services such as those that promote wellbeing and enhance climate resilience.
Reflecting its purpose "to create a brighter future together," Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. It is targeting net-zero emissions by 2050 and is one of the world's most sustainable insurers, as shown by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. In 2020, Zurich launched the Zurich Forest project to support reforestation and biodiversity restoration in Brazil.
The Group has about 56,000 employees and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (ZURN), is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt (ZURVY) program, which is traded over-the-counter on OTCQX. Further information is available at www.zurich.com.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s justice minister on Wednesday unveiled the new government’s long-promised overhaul of the judicial system that aims to weaken the country’s Supreme Court.
Critics accused the government of declaring war against the legal system, saying the plan will upend Israel’s system of checks and balances and undermine its democratic institutions by giving absolute power to the most right-wing coalition in the country’s history.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a confidant of Netanyahu’s and longtime critic of the Supreme Court, presented his plan a day before the justices are to debate a controversial new law passed by the government allowing a politician convicted of tax offenses to serve as a Cabinet minister.
“The time has come to act,” Levin said.
The proposals call for a series of sweeping changes aimed at curbing the powers of the judiciary, including by allowing lawmakers to pass laws that the high court has struck down and effectively deemed unconstitutional.
Levin laid out a law that would empower the country’s 120-seat parliament, or Knesset, to override Supreme Court decisions with a simple majority of 61 votes. Levin also proposed that politicians play a greater role in the appointment of Supreme Court judges and that ministers appoint their own legal advisers, instead of using independent professionals.
Levin argued that the public’s faith in the judicial system has plummeted to a historic low, and said he plans to restore power to elected officials that now lies in the hands of what he and his supporters consider to be overly interventionist judges.
“We go to the polls and vote, choose, but time after time, people who we didn’t elect decide for us,” he said. “That’s not democracy.”
The planned overhaul has already drawn fierce criticism from Israel’s attorney general and the Israeli opposition, though it is unclear whether they will be able to prevent the far-right government from racing forward.
Yair Lapid, former Prime Minister and head of the opposition, said he will fight the changes “in every possible way” and vowed to cancel them if he returns to power. “Those who carry out a unilateral coup in Israel need to know that we are not obligated to it in any way whatsoever,” he said.
If Levin’s proposed “override” law is passed, Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox and ultranationalist allies have said they hope to scrap Supreme Court rulings outlawing Israeli outposts on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. They would also seek to allow for the protracted detention of African asylum-seekers and make official the exclusion of the ultra-Orthodox from the country’s mandatory military service.
In Israel, Supreme Court judges are appointed and dismissed by a committee made up of professionals, lawmakers and some justices. Levin wants to give lawmakers a majority in the committee, with most coming from the right-wing and religiously conservative ruling coalition.
“It will be a hollow democracy,” said Amir Fuchs, senior researcher at Jerusalem’s Israel Democracy Institute think tank. “When the government has ultimate power, it will use this power not only for issues of LGBTQ rights and asylum-seekers but elections and free speech and anything it wants.”
Recent opinion polls by the Israel Democracy Institute found a majority of respondents believe the Supreme Court should have the power to strike down laws that conflict with Israel’s Basic Laws, which serve as a sort of constitution.
In a speech Wednesday ahead of Levin’s announcement, Netanyahu appeared to back his justice minister by vowing to “implement reforms that will ensure the proper balance between the three branches of government.”
Since being indicted on corruption charges, Netanyahu has campaigned against the justice system. He denies all charges, saying he is the victim of a witch hunt orchestrated by a hostile media, police and prosecutors. Levin said his plan is “not connected in any way” to Netanyahu’s trial.
Just hours before Levin’s speech, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, a prime target of the new government, declared her opposition to the ministerial appointment of one of Netanyahu’s key coalition partners who has been convicted of tax offenses. On Thursday, the Supreme Court is expected to hear petitions against Aryeh Deri serving as minister.
As part of negotiations to form the current government, Israel’s parliament last month changed a law to allow someone convicted on probation to serve as a Cabinet minister. That paved the way for Aryeh Deri, the leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, to serve half a term as the minister of health and interior affairs, before becoming finance minister. He will also hold the post of deputy prime minister. Deri was convicted of tax fraud and given a suspended sentence last year.
Good governance groups saw the legal maneuver as a green light for corruption by a government cavalierly changing laws for political expediency.
Baharav-Miara made her standing clear in a note to the Supreme Court. She said the appointment “radically deviates from the sphere of reasonability.” She has said she will not be defending the state in court against the appeals, because of her opposition.
Levin’s proposed changes also include eliminating the test of “reasonability” when reviewing government decisions.
Baharav-Miara was appointed by the previous government, which vehemently opposes Netanyahu’s rule.
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Alexandria man arrested for shooting on North Mall Drive
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - An Alexandria man has been arrested following a shooting that happened Saturday evening (Feb. 25) on North Mall Drive.
According to the Alexandria Police Department, two victims, a 21-year-old and a 16-year-old, said they were driving on North Mall Drive at the North Boulevard intersection around 5:06 p.m., when someone fired at them from a white sedan. After firing several shots, the suspect drove away.
Calvin Armstead, 19, of Alexandria, was identified as the suspect and arrested for two counts of attempted second degree murder.
APD said this is an ongoing investigation.
If anyone has information about the shooting, contact the Alexandria Police Detective Division at (318) 441-6416 or APD Dispatch at (318) 441-6559.
For a cash reward, call Crime Stoppers of Cenla at (318) 443-7867. The Crime Stoppers P3 Tipster App can also be downloaded to leave tips and get a claim number for a cash reward. Crime Stoppers is a private non-profit organization. Crime Stoppers is not a law enforcement agency.
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DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — Authorities on Monday announced an arrest in the unsolved murders of two teenage girls — a drugstore worker who has been living in the same small northern Indiana community where their bodies were found after they went on a hike nearly six years ago.
Richard Matthew Allen, 50, was arrested Friday on two murder counts in the killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, in a case that has haunted the Indiana city of about 3,000 people.
The investigation is “far from complete,” State Police Superintendent Doug Carter said at a news conference on Monday. He encouraged the community to come forward with more information, and said if any other people “had any involvement in these murders in any way, that person or persons will be held accountable.”
Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland described Allen’s arrest as “a step in the right direction.”
“It’s concerning that he’s a local guy,” McLeland said.
The evidence against Allen, a licensed pharmacy technician who worked at a local CVS store, has been temporarily sealed to avoid jeopardizing the “integrity” of their investigation, authorities said. “While I know you were all expecting final details today concerning this arrest, today is not that day,” Carter said.
The deaths of Libby and Abby were ruled a double homicide, but police have never disclosed how they died or described what evidence they gathered. A relative had dropped them off at a hiking trail near the Monon High Bridge just outside their hometown of Delphi, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis. Their bodies were found the next day, Feb. 14, 2017, in a rugged, heavily wooded area near the trail.
Libby’s grandmother, Becky Patty, told reporters that Allen once processed photos for the family at the CVS store in Delphi where Allen worked. He didn’t charge them for the photos, she added.
The families always knew that the suspect could have been “living right amongst us, hiding in plain sight,” said Libby’s grandfather, Mike Patty. “That’s why we never stopped searching anywhere, because we didn’t know where he was.”
The Pattys wore gray shirts that read “Today is the Day … Justice will be served for Abby and Libby,” to Monday’s news conference.
A judge found probable cause to arrest Allen, who entered a not-guilty plea at his initial hearing on Friday, authorities said. “All persons arrested are presumed innocent,” Carter said.
Sheriff Bill Brooks in adjacent White County, where Allen is being held without bond, said he did not know whether Allen has an attorney. No murder case was listed Monday afternoon under his name in Indiana’s online court system.
“We haven’t closed the door on the investigation,” McLeland said when asked if authorities were investigating others. “We’re not presuming anything at this point.”
No one answered the door Monday at Allen’s house, on a street of single-family homes where some put “Keep Out” signs in their yards.
Outside the CVS store, just down Main Street from the square where wanted posters still seek information in the murder case, Ralph Barnaby, a Delphi resident who knows the girls’ families, told The Associated Press that he’d “be more comfortable if he’s indicted.”
Within days of the killings, investigators released two grainy photos of a suspect walking on the abandoned railroad bridge the girls had visited, and an audio recording of a man believed to be the suspect saying “down the hill.”
Authorities released an initial sketch of the suspected killer in July 2017, and then another in April 2019 based on video released in April 2019 showing a suspect walking on the abandoned railroad bridge the girls had visited. The images and audio of the suspect came from Libby’s cellphone. Authorities hailed her as a hero for recording potentially crucial evidence before she was killed.
In December 2021, state police announced they were seeking information from people who had contact with someone who used a fictitious online profile to communicate with young girls. State Police said investigators determined the profile “anthony_shots” was used from 2016 to 2017 on Snapchat, Instagram and other social media platforms.
A statement from CVS said the company is “shocked and saddened to learn that one of our store employees was arrested as a suspect in these crimes. We stand ready to cooperate with the police investigation in any way we can.”
“We remain devastated by these murders and our hearts go out to the German and Williams families,” the statement said.
The case has been followed closely over the years by true-crime enthusiasts who have offered plenty of theories, but Carter urged people not to “subjectively interpret” the case while officers continue to gather information. “If you choose to be critical of our silence be critical of me, not the front line,” he said.
Sheryl McCollum, who has appeared on television as a cold case consultant, traveled to the news conference from Atlanta after meeting the Germans at a true-crime convention. She praised the authorities for holding the facts close to their vests.
“I think the integrity of this case, and not telling every single thing they know, I think that’s powerful,” Sheryl said. “If you start showing your hand, you know, you can mess things up and you can tell too much … The investigation does not stop at arrest. It really just begins. So now is when they’re really going to go to work.”
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Callahan reported from Indianapolis.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's chance of power outages will grow in the coming days, as the state prepares to enter the most brutal stretch yet of an ongoing heat wave, officials said Sunday.
Energy demand is expected to outpace supply starting Monday evening, and predictions for Tuesday show the state rivaling its all-time high for electricity demand, said Elliot Mainzer, president and chief executive officer of the California Independent System Operator.
“This is about to get significantly more intense,” Mainzer told reporters.
The system operator is in charge of managing and maintaining reliability on the electric grid, a challenging job during hot weather when energy demand soars as people crank up their air conditioners.
Grid managers have several options available before power outages, like tapping backup generators, buying more power from other states and using so-called demand response programs, where people are paid to use less energy. But keeping the lights on will also require Californians to continue conserving as they have been, even as temperatures rise.
Most of California’s 39 million people are facing extremely hot weather. Temperatures in the Central Valley are expected to be as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius) for several days. In Los Angeles, meanwhile, temperatures topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), unusually warm temperatures for September.
Energy officials and power companies have been urging people since Wednesday to use less power from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. by keeping air conditioners at 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25.5 degrees Celsius) or higher and avoiding using major appliances like ovens and dishwashers. Those so-called flex alerts have allowed the grid operator to keep the lights on so far.
On Saturday night, the state used about 44,000 megawatts of electricity, Mainzer said. By Tuesday, that's supposed to ramp up to more than 50,000 megawatts, nearing record levels of energy use set in 2006. But the state would rather curb demand to avoid that number than test the power grid's capability to respond.
“Our goal is to make sure that we do not reach that number," Mainzer said.
During the day, California's energy grid runs on a mix of mostly solar and natural gas, as well as some imports of power from other states. But solar power begins to fall off during the late afternoon and into the evening, which is the hottest time of day in some parts of the state.
Meanwhile, some of the aging natural gas plants that California relies on for backup power aren't as reliable in hot weather. As of Sunday afternoon, three of the state's coastal power plants were experiencing partial outages, though they make up just a small fraction of the state's supply, officials said.
At the same time, some hydropower resources are limited due to drought. Dry conditions and heat are hitting California as the state heads into what traditionally is the worst of the fire season, with large fires already burning and turning deadly. Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
Several hundred thousand Californians lost power in rolling blackouts in August 2020 amid hot weather. The state avoided a similar scenario last summer. Newsom on Friday signed legislation potentially allowing the state's last remaining nuclear plant to stay open beyond its planned 2025 closure in order to ensure more power for the energy grid.
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Ah, college — the classes, the parties, the debt. Is it still worth it? While most schools have seen enrollment declines during the pandemic, there's been a jump in applications at "elite" schools.
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Ah, college — the classes, the parties, the debt. Is it still worth it? While most schools have seen enrollment declines during the pandemic, there's been a jump in applications at "elite" schools.
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Ken Block’s widow will race at the 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) this June to honor her late husband.
Lucy Block announced last week that she will enter the hill climb, scheduled for June 25, driving a Sierra Echo EV in the Unlimited Class. This will be her first time competing at Pikes Peak.
“Driving Pikes Peak International Hill Climb gives us a way to carry Ken’s spirit forward and do something he was excited to do himself,” Lucy Block said in a statement.
Ken Block was killed in a snowmobile crash in January, after which his family confirmed plans to continue racing. Lucy and daughter Lia Block have competed in rallies over the past few months, and Lia will drive her father’s Porsche 911 “Hoonipigasus” Pikes Peak racer at the hill climb this year, in an untimed “tribute run.”
The Sierra Echo EV single-seat racer Lucy Block will be driving is manufactured by Sierra Cars, with an electric powertrain from specialist firm Hypercraft. The 1,350-pound tubular-steel-chassis vehicle is rated at 300 hp and 368 lb-ft of torque, enabling a top speed of 120 mph. Electricity is supplied by a trio of 18.6-kwh battery modules.
The Block family, Sierra Cars, and Hypercraft also plan to sell seven Block Edition versions of the race car, all signed by the family and featuring special graphics. A portion of the sales will be donated to the 43 Institute, a nonprofit formed by the Block family with the stated goal of “creating paths of opportunity for the exceptionally driven who may lack the proper support system for growth and success.” The goal is to raise $43,000 for the organization.
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Book review
For fans of Siri Hustvedt and Claire Messud, Charmaine Craig’s third novel, “My Nemesis,” is the spiky little feminist page-turner you’ve been waiting for. Spiky little feminist page-turner? When’s the last time you saw those four words in a row? I can explain. But first, some sense of the plot.
Tessa is a New York-based memoirist who falls into an emotional affair with Charlie, a West Coast philosopher. Charlie gets along fine with Tessa’s rich, easygoing husband, Milton, but his wife, Wah, is a problem, as is her adopted daughter from Burma, Htet, rescued from human trafficking, now a surly teenager.
Tessa finds Wah both “submissive and queenlike,” “a tangle of both deference and hostility,” and as the book opens, has informed her, three martinis in at a restaurant, that she is an “insult to womankind.” It’s going to take most of the book to find out why, so let me move on to defending my adjectives.
First, let’s take “spiky.” The last time we’ve seen a narrator this unlikable was … maybe never, though Tessa strikes notes that recall Julia May Jonas’ unnamed protagonist in “Vladimir.” Tessa is cold, self-centered, snooty and aggressively intellectual. Perhaps the peak of her off-putting qualities is found in her role as mother. A memory of putting her then-10-year-old daughter to bed: “The entire performance of maternal involvement was on my mind as I put Nora to bed that night.” Lord have mercy.
As partial redemption, Craig makes Tessa self-aware to the point of pain: “My essay was written from the perspective of a woman staring down into the abyss of a cynicism that had become too gargantuan to tolerate. There was the wreckage of my first marriage behind me. There was the damage I had caused my daughter — damage whose depths I was only beginning to fathom.”
On to “little.” “My Nemesis” is 208 pages long, the perfect weekend or airplane read, and just the right length for a book with such an annoying narrator.
“Feminist.” The feminism of the novel is interestingly complex and layered, since Tessa’s personal version of it is questioned rather than endorsed. While looking at Wah’s photo, Tessa points out “the features of dependency and insecurity that my feminism urges me to decry: the wide, wounded gaze; the helpless fragility.”
Naturally, self-aware Tessa sees the problem herself: After harshly evaluating another woman’s appearance, she accuses herself of anti-feminism, noticing “how merciless women can be in scrutiny of one another and of how far we may go to prove ourselves enough to be liked.” This is one of the main themes of the book, whose real feminism is found in its resistance to creating likable female characters.
Now we’re down to “page-turner.” Craig deals her narrative tricks with a sure hand. Between addressing the novel to a mysterious “you,” then dropping this bomb on Page 13 — “You have asked me to give an account of what transpired before Wah’s death” — but not mentioning the death again for so long that you start to wonder if you misread it, and, not last or least, neglecting to tell us what provoked the “womankind” insult on Page 1 for more than a hundred more pages — well, all I can say is see you on Page 208. | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/my-nemesis-review-charmaine-craigs-look-at-feminism-through-rivalry/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-02-13 14:40:15 | 1 | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/my-nemesis-review-charmaine-craigs-look-at-feminism-through-rivalry/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Castra has earned its place as one of the most reputable providers of managed security services in the world.
DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MSSP Alert, a CyberRisk Alliance brand, has included Castra in its annual list of the Top 250 Managed Security Service Providers for 2022. Castra is proud to announce that it earned 156th place this year, placing the company in the Top 200 out of 1,400 contenders per year.
MSSP Alert's Top 250 MSSP ranking is a global industry publication that draws on marketing research and submissions from security leaders around the world. It pinpoints business and technology trends across the entire IT service provider community and provides valuable insight into the state of the security service sector of the broader cybersecurity industry.
"Castra continues to place high priority on its managed service capabilities, helping organizations optimize security expenditure without compromising on their security posture." said Tony Simone, Co-Founder, "Small businesses, mid-sized organizations, and enterprises need reliable security partners they can count on, and we're honored to see MSSP Alert present us as one of the best options in the industry."
"Over the past few years, the managed security space has truly shown its value to security leaders in every industry." added Grant Leonard, co-founder. "Detecting and mitigating cyberattacks demands a combination of product expertise, scalable resource deployment, and high-quality talent that security providers like Castra are uniquely positioned to offer. We're thrilled that the hard work we've put into our approach is gaining recognition from reputable industry publications."
MSSP Alert's list of the Top 250 MSSPs for 2022 is available on the organization's website, along with comprehensive data and archived reports from previous years.
About Castra Managed Services
Founded in 2012 by Tony Simone and Grant Leonard, Castra provides enterprise-level managed detection and response services to more than 2000 organizations globally. The company leverages world-class SIEM and SOAR expertise to help customers meet their security needs without compromising on transparency. Castra serves Fortune 50 enterprises, small businesses, and everything in between, providing 24/7 managed security services custom-tailored to meet industry-specific objectives in healthcare, retail, technology, government, and more.
Contact: Tabitha Flythe, tabitha@castra.io
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Co-led by Hashed and Race Capital, the new funding comes as Notifi expands cross-chain messaging to Polygon, Avalanche, Aptos and Sui
SEATTLE, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Notifi (https://notifi.network/), a cross-chain messaging layer for Web3, announced today $10 million in a seed round of financing co-led by Hashed and Race Capital. Struck Capital, HRT Capital, Wintermute, Superscrypt founded by Temasek, and others have also participated in the oversubscribed round. Notifi had previously raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding, bringing its total funding to $12.5 million.
Notifi is addressing the broken communications model in Web3, which is not only fragmented across multiple messaging platforms like Telegram and Discord but also different layer 1 and layer 2 ecosystems. To close the communications gap, Notifi provides simple SDKs that allow developers to integrate 1:1 user communication into their dApps.
The Notifi SDK allows Web3 developers to easily embed messaging and notification functionality directly within their dApps and platforms, enabling users to opt-in to and manage alerts across Telegram, SMS, and Email. Among its many use cases, Notifi's communication infrastructure powers real-time liquidation alerts for DeFi protocols like LP Finance and Hedge; price and auction alerts for NFT marketplaces like Hyperspace and Holaplex; and governance proposal alerts for DAO platforms like Solana Realms and Astro DAO–keeping users informed in real-time via their preferred communication channels.
Designed to offer a seamless cross-chain user experience, Notifi currently supports Solana, Near, and Ethereum. With the new capital, Notifi is now expanding support to Polygon, Avalanche, Aptos, and Sui. Initial launch partners include SynFutures on Polygon; Pocket Worlds on Avalanche; and Pontem Networks, Aries Market, Shinami, and Ethos Wallet on Aptos & Sui.
More information about the funding, including quotes and a full list of investors, can be found here: https://bit.ly/NotifiSeedFunding
Notifi allows for simplified communication and user engagement across all blockchains and Web3 messaging channels, including Discord, Telegram, SMS, and Twitter. Designed with simple APIs for easy integration and customizable and advanced features for dApps and Web3 applications, Notifi is the go-to communication infrastructure platform for Web3 developers and creators.
For more information, visit www.notifi.network.
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee rolled out ads on Thursday targeting Senate Democrats up for reelection where President Biden lost in 2020.
The ad campaign, titled “Retire or Get Fired” targets Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Oh.), Montana Sen. John Tester (D-Mont.) and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). President Biden lost all three red states to former President Trump in 2020.
The president lost Ohio by eight points, Montana by 16 points and West Virginia by 39 points.
“These red state Democrats have a choice to make: retire or face a brutal two years in which they will be held accountable for backing Biden’s disastrous agenda,” NRSC Chairman Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said in a statement. “Their liberal policies are hurting their constituents, and the NRSC is going to make sure voters back home know it.”
The ads come as Republicans look to recalibrate ahead of 2024 after Democrats expanded their Senate majority in 2022. Republicans say they are already feeling optimistic after Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) announced last week that she would not seek reelection in 2024. A number of Republicans and Democrats have been floated as potential replacements for Stabenow. | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/republicans-targeting-senate-democrats-in-states-biden-lost/ | 2023-01-12 15:10:02 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/hill-politics/republicans-targeting-senate-democrats-in-states-biden-lost/ |
“ Avatar: The Way of Water ” didn’t make quite as big of a splash as many assumed it would, but James Cameron’s big budget spectacle still helped breathe life into the box office this weekend. The sequel earned $134 million from North American theaters and $300.5 million internationally for a $434.5 million global debut, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
It tied with “The Batman” as the fourth highest domestic debut of the year, behind “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ( $187.4 million in May ), “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” ( $181 million in November ) and “Thor: Love and Thunder” ($144.2 million in July).
Expectations were enormous for “Avatar 2,” which carried a reported price tag of over $350 million, the pressure of following up the highest grossing film of all time (thanks in part to various re-releases) over a decade later and the daunting task of propping up an exhibition business that’s still far from normal. Everything “Avatar” is oversized, though: the Na’vi characters, the runtime (a staggering three hours and 12 minutes), the technical advancements and the release strategy from 20th Century Studios and The Walt Disney Co.
Going into the weekend many were expecting a domestic debut of at least $150 million. Some even said $175 or higher, but tracking has also not been as reliable a metric during the pandemic.
Disney saw early that “The Way of Water” was going to be a different kind of beast when they looked at pre-sales. For a normal, spoiler-heavy movie like many Marvel offerings, post-opening weekend sales are usually around 5%. For “The Way of Water,” they were at 20%. In other words, the company knew that tracking was overinflated.
“We’ve got a terrific movie that is playing across all demographics and (has) terrific word of mouth,” said Tony Chambers, the Walt Disney Co.’s executive vice president for theatrical distribution. “We’ve got the screens and we’ve got a clear run. This isn’t about the opening day or the opening weekend. This is about the entire run.”
The film began its international rollout on Wednesday and debuted in North America on Thursday evening. Domestically, “Avatar: The Way of Water” was released in 4,202 theaters on over 12,000 screens, 400 of which were IMAX 3D. The studio and filmmakers bet big on the draw, and higher prices, of the 3D format and premium large screens.
By the end of Friday, “Avatar: The Way of Water” had already earned $53 million in the U.S. and Canada and $180.1 million globally, aided by a China release — the first major Hollywood release in the country since “Minions: The Rise of Gru” in August. It blows “Avatar’s” $26.7 million first day in 2009 out of the water, though that didn’t include Thursday previews.
An estimated 66% of the $435 million opening weekend revenue came from worldwide 3D ticket sales.
Travis Reid, CEO at 3D company RealD, set a “new benchmark for the current 3D marketplace.”
Over $48.8 million of the global total came from IMAX screens alone (1,543 in 80 markets), the company’s second biggest weekend.
“As excited as we are about these early results, we anticipate a long and successful run for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’” said Rich Gelfond, CEO of IMAX, in a statement.
As with many ambitious Cameron projects, from “Titanic” to the first “Avatar,” nerves were high for the costly sequel, one of the most expensive of all time, which began production five years ago. It faced repeated delays and weathered The Walt Disney Co’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019. It’s also one of four “Avatar” sequels Cameron had in mind. Filming on the third movie, which shot simultaneously with “The Way of Water,” is done, with an expected release in December 2024.
In the 13 years since the first film, “Avatar” has also been the butt of jokes for the perception that the biggest movie of all time, one that has made nearly $3 billion, has left a relatively minor footprint in the culture. But even so, critics have largely been on board with “The Way of Water,” not just for the visuals but also for improving on the story of the first. It holds a 78% positive rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
The question of whether “Avatar 2” will earn enough is a complicated one with varied answers. Is it enough for exhibitors, who’ve had several significant hits this year, including “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Black Panther 2” and “Doctor Strange 2,” but are still hurting? Is it enough to justify starting production on fourth and fifth movies? Is it enough for the business as a whole, which is looking at a domestic year-end total in the $8 billion range, as opposed to a pre-pandemic normal of $11 billion?
But like the critics shouting “never doubt James Cameron,” the studio and analysts are singing a similar tune.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” has the benefit of a holiday corridor that is, relatively speaking, lacking in major blockbuster-style movies. Next week sees the debut of Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” and the family-friendly “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” but there are no comparable blockbusters until “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” in February. The hope is that audiences will continue seeking “Avatar 2” out for weeks and months to come, similar to the first movie.
“Historically James Cameron’s movies are about the long haul, not the opening weekend,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “’Avatar’ is going to develop its box office over time. It’s about where it will end up months from now.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore, with Wednesday through Sunday in parentheses. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Avatar: The Way of Water,” $134 million.
2. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” $5.4 million.
3. “Violent Night,” $5 million.
4. “Strange World,” $2.2 million.
5. “The Menu,” $1.7 million.
6. “Devotion,” $825,000.
7. “The Fabelmans,” $750,000.
8. “Black Adam,” $500,000.
9. “I Heard the Bells,” $308,893.
10. “Empire of Light,” $235,000.
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We are following the latest on a school shooting in Nashville, Tenn. Authorities say three children and three adults were killed this morning and that the alleged 28-year-old shooter was killed by police. NPR's Joe Hernandez has been following the story and joins us now. And Joe, what else are police saying about what happened this morning?
JOE HERNANDEZ, BYLINE: Well, the first call came in at 10:13 a.m. local time for an active shooter at Covenant School. And this is a private religious school actually on the campus of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville. And it serves preschool age kids through sixth grade and usually has about 200 students and 40 staff members. Police say three students and three staff members were killed in the shooting. They've since named the victims. The students were all age 9. The staff members included a janitor, a substitute teacher. And Nashville Police Chief John Drake says all the parents of the children who were killed now have been notified.
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JOHN DRAKE: When we send our kids to school or to any place of safety, we expect them to live, learn, have fun and come back from that day - day's experience. We don't anticipate things like this.
HERNANDEZ: So when police arrived, two officers shot and killed the attacker. That was at 10:27 a.m., less than 15 minutes after the first 911 call came in. A spokesman for the Metro Nashville PD says he wasn't aware of any other gunshot victims, but one police officer had a wound from cut glass, and authorities were working to reunite parents with their children.
SUMMERS: And what else can you tell us at this point about the alleged shooter?
HERNANDEZ: Well, police say it was a 28-year-old from Nashville named Audrey Hale. And police believe Hale was a former student of Covenant School but haven't said anything yet about a motive, why Hale might have done this. The police chief said they're looking through some writings now to learn more about what happened. And police say Hale shot through a side door of Covenant School and entered the school. Here's Metro police spokesperson Don Aaron.
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DON AARON: She entered the school through a side entrance and traversed her way from the first floor to the second floor, firing multiple shots.
HERNANDEZ: Hale was also quite heavily armed, police said - two AR-style weapons as well as a handgun. And two of those guns were obtained legally - at least two of them. And police also said Hale had no criminal history.
SUMMERS: Unfortunately, this is a familiar scenario in this country - reckoning with another school shooting. What is the local and national response been like to this tragedy?
HERNANDEZ: Yeah. There's been an outpouring of support, not only for the fact of the number of people killed but also that it was children killed in a school. Nashville Mayor John Cooper said the city was joining the, quote, "dreaded long list of communities" that suffered school shootings. And President Biden also made a comment on the shooting. He was at a different event today and said it was heartbreaking, said it's a family's worst nightmare and called on Congress to do more to stop shootings.
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PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: We have to do more to stop gun violence. It's ripping our communities apart, ripping the soul of this nation - ripping at the very soul of the nation.
HERNANDEZ: He also again called on Congress to pass the assault weapons ban.
SUMMERS: We'll keep following this story. That's NPR's Joe Hernandez. Thank you.
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The man accused of serving as a getaway driver for his teenage son, who allegedly killed three other teens and wounded another at a Texas convenience store in 2021, has been convicted of capital murder in connection with the three deaths.
Richard Acosta Jr. was found guilty Friday and "automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole," for the deaths of Xavier Gonzalez, 14, Ivan Noyala, 16, and Rafael Garcia, 17, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Authorities said Acosta Jr. "was seen driving" a Dodge Ram with his son to a convenience store on the night of the shooting and was then seen "fleeing" afterward.
But Acosta's teenage son, who is suspected of gunning down the victims, is nowhere to be found.
Garland police said Acosta's son Abel Elias Acosta, who was 14 at the time, shot four teenagers, killing three and wounding the fourth, on December 26, 2021.
Abel Acosta remains at large.
"We are only halfway to justice," Garland police said. "The search continues. We will not stop until Abel Acosta is captured."
It's unusual for authorities to release juvenile information related to crimes, "but due to the nature of the offense and potential risk to the public, the court has authorized the release of his information," Garland police said in 2021.
A $10,000 reward has been offered for tips leading to Abel Acosta's capture.
"This shooting appears to be in retaliation from a previous disturbance, and was believed to be a targeted attack on one or more of the persons inside the store," Garland police said in 2021.
Police showed video of a person wearing shorts but no shirt opening the door to the store and shooting.
"The gun used in this incident was a 40-caliber pistol. It had an extended magazine," Garland Police Chief Jeff Bryan said. "We know he fired at least 20 rounds because we found the shell casings."
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham is proposing an age limit for South Carolina politicians — a cap that would cut off the 75-year-old incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster — and making a veiled argument that even fellow Democrats like President Joe Biden are staying "in office way past their prime."
"Our country and our state are being run by a geriatric oligarchy, people who stay in office way past their prime," Cunningham says in a campaign video, provided Wednesday to The Associated Press ahead of its public release.
“Some of these folks have been clinging onto power for 30, 40, even 50 years," Cunningham says. “The folks who are making a career out of politics are making a mess of our country.”
Cunningham proposes instituting a 72-year-old age limit for South Carolina politicians, a retirement bar already in effect for the state's judges, and one that would take a constitutional amendment, approved by voters, to implement. South Carolina currently requires judges to retire officially at age 72, although jurists are allowed to stay on the bench in a fill-in capacity beyond that age limit.
Cunningham ends the two-minute video by making a bipartisan appeal for support from those who may have previously voted for Biden, former President Donald Trump, or McMaster, “sometime in the last 40 years.”
Cunningham, who recently turned 40, has frequently jabbed at McMaster's age, arguing that the Republican — who has served in a variety of public roles including lieutenant governor, U.S. attorney and South Carolina attorney general, for the majority of the past four decades — has “been in politics longer than I've been alive.”
But Cunningham's campaign wouldn't answer questions Wednesday about whether the Democrat would argue that Biden — who has supported Cunningham since his 2018 run for Congress — is too old to serve.
When he took office last year at age 78, Biden was sworn in as the oldest president in the nation's history, displacing Ronald Reagan, who left the White House in 1989 when he was 77 years and 349 days old. According to an AP-NORC survey conducted in January, more than three-quarters of Democrats said they felt confident that Biden "has the mental capability to serve effectively as president" or "is healthy enough to serve effectively as president." However, 8 in 10 Republicans do not have much or any confidence in either his physical health or mental capacity.
Republicans including U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, have called on Biden to resign, calling him “incoherent, incapacitated and confused.” Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — who served the Trump administration as U.N. ambassador — proposed “some sort of cognitive test” for aging politicians, following a series of gaffes by Biden.
In the video, Cunningham also floats ending South Carolina's income tax — a practice already undertaken in a handful of other states — “to keep more money in your pocket.”
Cunningham, who served one term in the U.S. House before losing his 2020 reelection bid to Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, won a five-way primary June 14 to secure South Carolina's gubernatorial nomination. McMaster defeated his primary opponent
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Stephen Curry NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Warriors vs. Kings - April 30
Stephen Curry be on the court for the Golden State Warriors at 3:30 PM on Sunday versus the Sacramento Kings in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
Let's dive into the prop bets available for Curry, using stats and trends to make good predictions.
Stephen Curry Prop Bets vs. the Kings
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Stephen Curry Insights vs. the Kings
- This season, Stephen Curry has made 10 shots per game, which accounts for 15.8% of his team's total makes.
- He's knocked down 4.9 threes per game, or 20.0% of his team's makes from beyond the arc this season.
- The Warriors average the fourth-most possessions per game with 104.8. His opponents, the Kings, have one of the fastest tempos, ranking ninth with 103.2 possessions per contest.
- Defensively, the Kings are 25th in the league, giving up 118.1 points per contest.
- On the boards, the Kings are ranked ninth in the NBA, conceding 42.2 rebounds per contest.
- The Kings are the 28th-ranked team in the league, conceding 26.7 assists per game.
- The Kings allow 12.5 made 3-pointers per game, 18th-ranked in the NBA.
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Guests in Washington, D.C., can now enjoy bold and authentic P.F. Chang's scratch-made favorites for the first time
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- P.F. Chang's opened its first P.F. Chang's To Go location in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., today. Continuing the national expansion of P.F. Chang's To Go, the fast-casual concept provides guests with bold, authentically crafted Asian food whenever the craving hits.
Launched in 2020 as part of the company's off-premise dining strategy, P.F Chang's To Go features a smaller footprint and allows more guests in high-density metropolitan communities to experience its elevated Asian cuisine. The convenient To Go format also provides a solution for online ordering, takeout, catering and delivery.
"P.F. Chang's To Go allows guests the ability to enjoy P.F. Chang's Asian favorites in an easy and accessible way that matches their evolving, on-the-go lifestyles," said Art Kilmer, chief operating officer for P.F. Chang's. "We're excited to continue answering consumer demand by bringing P.F. Chang's To Go to the Washington, D.C., community for the first time."
P.F. Chang's To Go Dupont Circle is now open at 1120 20th Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20036. This 1,315-square-foot location offers indoor seating for 12 guests, and hours of operation are 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week. The menu features popular items guests know and love, including P.F. Chang's made-from-scratch dishes like Chang's Spicy Chicken, Mongolian Beef and Chang's Lettuce Wraps.
The opening of P.F. Chang's To Go Dupont Circle adds 30 new jobs to the Washington, D.C., community with opportunities in both culinary and hospitality fields. Qualified job candidates interested in a career with P.F. Chang's may apply at jobs.pfchangs.com.
About P.F. Chang's
Founded in 1993 by Philip Chiang and Paul Fleming, P.F. Chang's is the first internationally recognized multi-unit Asian culinary brand to honor and celebrate the 2,000-year-old tradition of wok cooking as the center of the guest experience. With roots in Chinese cuisine, today's menu at P.F. Chang's spans across all of Asia, honoring cultures and recipes from Japan, Korea, Thailand, and beyond. Each item offers a unique exploration of flavor, whether it's a handcrafted cocktail, wok-fired lunch bowl, or celebratory multi-course dinner. Worldwide, P.F. Chang's has more than 300 restaurants in 22 countries and U.S. airport locations, including a growing number of convenient P.F. Chang's To Go locations offering takeout and delivery. For more P.F. Chang's news, visit pfchangs.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @pfchangs.
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CAIRO – Deadly clashes broke out Saturday in Libya's capital between militias backed by its two rival administrations, portending a return to violence amid a long political stalemate.
At least 23 people were killed and 140 more wounded, the Health Ministry said. It added that 64 families were evacuated from areas around the fighting.
The escalation threatens to shatter the relative calm Libya has enjoyed for most of the past two years. The oil-rich nation plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Among the fatalities was Mustafa Baraka, a comedian known for his social media videos mocking militias and corruption. Baraka died after he was shot in his chest, said Malek Merset, an emergency services spokesman.
Merset said emergency services were still trying to evacuate wounded and civilians trapped in the fighting that erupted overnight and continued into Saturday evening.
The Health Ministry said in a statement hospitals and medical centers in the capital were shelled, and ambulance teams were barred from evacuating civilians, in acts that “amount to war crimes.”
The municipal council of Tripoli blamed the ruling political class for the deteriorating situation in the capital, and urged the international community to “protect civilians in Libya.”
The violence caused widespread panic among Tripoli residents. Footage circulated online showed houses, government facilities, and vehicles apparently damaged from the fighting. Other footage showed militia forces deploying and heavy fire being exchanged across the night sky.
The U.N. mission in Libya said the fighting involved “indiscriminate medium and heavy shelling in civilian-populated neighborhoods” of Tripoli.
The mission called for an immediate cease-fire, and for all parties in Libya to “refrain from using any form of hate speech and incitement to violence.”
The clashes pitted the Tripoli Revolutionaries’ Brigade militia, led by Haitham Tajouri, against another militia allied with Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli, an infamous warlord known as “Gheniwa,” according to local media. Later on Saturday, more militias joined the fighting which spread in different areas in the capital.
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s government, which is based in Tripoli, claimed the clashes broke out when one militia fired at another.
The fighting, however, is highly likely part of ongoing power struggle between Dbeibah and his rival Prime Minister Fathy Bashagha who is operating from the coast city of Sirte.
Both Dbeibah and Bashagha are backed by militias, and the latter was mobilizing in recent weeks to try to enter Tripoli to dislodge his rival.
An attempt in May by Bashagha to install his government in Tripoli triggered clashes that ended with his withdrawal from the capital.
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Early in his time in the NHL, Darnell Nurse says he did not notice a lot of players talking about what to do after hockey. Going into his ninth season, the chatter is now normal.
“People are curious as to what there is outside the game and what you can do to prepare yourself,” Nurse said.
Plenty of players have taken it upon themselves to prepare for the future, like Zdeno Chara getting his real estate license and others finishing college degrees or exploring business opportunities. The NHL Players’ Association on Thursday launched a program that gives its members the chance to do a personality analysis and delve into real estate, business or other avenues while still in the league.
The hope is to help them develop interests outside of hockey while playing and ease the transition to life afterward.
“It’s something that’s been missing a little bit,” veteran center Lars Eller told The Associated Press. “It’s kind of well known that one of the struggles for a professional athlete is the transition on to the next thing once he’s done with his professional career. And this platform helps you with that transition, and it’s something you can start even while you’re still playing so you can sort of hit the ground running once you’re done.”
New union boss Marty Walsh made helping former players one of his top priorities. His arrival in March coincided with a process two years in the making, after player feedback indicated the desire for more assistance outside of hockey.
The result is the NHLPA UNLMT program. Retired defenseman-turned-psychologist Jay Harrison is available to do an assessment, and players can get involved with companies ranging from Money Management International to The Second City comedy and improv theater and institutions like the University of Florida and Stanford’s graduate school of business.
Former goaltender Rob Zepp, who’s spearheading the program as the union’s director of strategic initiatives, said an extensive survey provided the building blocks for something that was designed to be 1-on-1 and customized for players to figure out what might interest them.
“What we’ve seen so far it really runs the gamut: anything from enhancing one’s personal brand to starting a podcast to taking these certificate-level courses in real estate, in entrepreneurship, in business, in leadership, communication skills, networking skills,” Zepp said. “We have players that are interested in or are currently pursuing commercial real estate avenues or farming ventures or construction.”
Eller, Nurse and Buffalo captain Kyle Okposo are among the players who have tried UNLMT so far. Okposo has already graduated from Stanford’s business leadership program, while Eller has spoken with Harrison and taken some of the courses offered.
“They’re not waiting until people’s careers are over,” said Nurse, who is still in his prime at 28. “It’s something that you can dip your feet into and grab a hold of while you’re still playing and giving you resources and opportunities to kind of figure out what you want to do.”
Zepp got a degree from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Liverpool the old-school way — tapes and textbooks sent by mail and tests taken in front of a proctor — while playing mostly in the minors and Europe before before 10 games with Philadelphia in 2014-15. He felt like having something to study made him a better goalie and understood there was plenty of idle time on the road.
Eller, who is a silent partner involved with helping start-up businesses, thinks the same way.
“We, as players, we have — not a lot of freedom once the season is starting — but we do have a lot of free time,” said Eller, who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for Washington in 2018 and is a pending free agent at 34. “It’s a huge positive if you have something else that you can take your mind off of hockey and do something productive with that time.”
Walsh got to know several Bruins alumni when he was mayor of Boston and has since talked to other former players and come away with a mandate to protect guys beyond their time on the ice.
“When they played, they gave it their all, and a lot of them didn’t really have anything after that,” Walsh said. “They didn’t make big contracts. They really didn’t have a strong pension system. A lot of them, even going back further than that, lost stuff. We can’t let that happen again.”
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-2-3
(four, two, three)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
4-2-3
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media's role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers.
The National Crime Prevention Council sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Merrick Garland, calling for an investigation. The group known for ads featuring McGruff the Crime Dog is especially concerned about the sale of fake pills laced with fentanyl on Snapchat, a popular platform among teens.
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“Drug dealers are using American innovation to sell lethal products,” executive director Paul DePonte wrote. “Social media platforms bear some responsibility for these deaths."
Overdose deaths in the U.S. hit a record last year, with an average of one death every five minutes in the U.S. Among teens ages 10 to 19, deaths spiked 109% between 2019 and 2021, according to monthly median data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vast majority of those deaths, 84%, involved fentanyl, according to the report released last week.
Dealers use many social media and money exchange platforms, sometimes in the same transactions, but Snapchat’s encrypted technology and disappearing messages make it especially hard to catch dealers, DePonte said.
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The Justice Department had no comment on the letter.
Snapchat's parent company, for its part, said it has taken significant steps to improve safety on the platform and saw a drop in user reports about drug sales from over 23% last year to 3.3% last month. It's also backing a new bill to bolster drug-activity reporting by social media companies.
Jennifer Stout, vice president of global public policy at Snap, said the company uses technology to identify and remove dealers and support police investigations. “We will continue to do everything we can to tackle this national crisis," she said in a statement.
Still, Snapchat is the most common platform grieving families mention when they reach out to his group for help, DePonte said.
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Those parents included Amy Neville, whose son Alex was 14 when he bought a pill that he thought was Oxycontin through the platform in June 2020. The boy had just told his parents about his experimentation with drugs and they were about to put him in treatment.
One day, he got his hair cut, went to lunch with his dad and hung out with friends. After he returned to the family's home in Orange County, California, he went to his room and at some point took the pill that ended his life.
“The following morning I found him in his bed. The rest is craziness,” Amy Neville said. “After he passed away, we said, ‘How did this happen?' We thought we were prepared.’"
His family knew little about fentanyl, which federal authorities say can be lethal in amounts smaller than the tip of a pencil. Neville has gotten a tragic education in the years since her son died and has also heard from more families whose children died of overdoses after buying pills through Snapchat, often for less than $25.
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Neville, who calls Snap’s recent changes “a little Band-Aid on a gaping wound," is also part of a lawsuit in California against the company. The lawsuit names several teens and young adults around the country who have died after accidental overdoses. It was filed by the Social Media Victims Law Center, which is now representing 28 families whose children have bought counterfeit pills through Snapchat. Founding attorney Matthew Bergman said the platform is the only one where their clients’ children have gotten fake or lethal pills.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has called fentanyl “the deadliest drug threat facing this country,” and administrator Anne Milgram has said social media apps are the “perfect drug delivery tool" in a speech where she also named platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
Ed Ternan became an activist after his son died at age 22 from taking a single fentanyl-laced pill he thought was Percocet. He said he's seen more action from Snapchat than other platforms since they became aware of the problem in early 2021. But he'd rather see the government work with companies to prosecute dealers than launch an corporate investigation.
“If the carrot is working, at some point the stick is counterproductive,” said Ternan, who serves on Snap's safety board. “I want to prevent future deaths. And we do that with education awareness and joining forces with the social media companies.”
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While the latest overdose death data has some encouraging signs, the number of fentanyl-laced pills seized in the U.S. more doubled this year, the DEA said this week. The drug is largely being produced in illicit labs in Mexico, with precursor chemicals bought from China, authorities have said.
For drug dealers, social media today holds a similar place to phones and beepers in years past, said Jim Carroll, a former director of Office of National Drug Control Policy who also serves as an unpaid member of the safety board advising Snap. There's no data on exactly how much fentanyl is trafficked through social-media sites, he said, but Snapchat's immense popularity among younger people could also help explain why dealers use the site and there are more deaths connected with the platform, he said.
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The Ravens haven’t played a game since early January, but with the release of the NFL’s 2023 schedule Thursday, hope springs eternal in Baltimore.
The Ravens, looking to return to the postseason for the second straight year and get a full season with newly signed quarterback Lamar Jackson, will open their slate at home against the Houston Texans on Sept. 10 before traveling to face the AFC North rival Cincinnati Bengals.
Four months from the Ravens’ season opener, 2023 predictions are almost entirely speculative. But someone’s got to make them. Here’s what Baltimore Sun reporters Brian Wacker and Childs Walker, columnist Mike Preston and editor Tim Schwartz have to say:
Which game are you most looking forward to?
Wacker: Last year’s Week 2 game against the Miami Dolphins had more than 1,000 yards of offense and 80 points between the teams, along with an epic fourth-quarter collapse by the Ravens, who lost 42-38. This season, they meet again at M&T Bank Stadium, but in the penultimate game of the regular season in a showdown that could have major playoff implications. If both quarterbacks are healthy, this could be another high-scoring affair, even with Miami’s addition of All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey.
Preston: The Bengals have won the past two AFC North titles, so they are the team to beat, especially since they knocked the Ravens out of the playoffs last year. The Bengals have upgraded their offensive line, so it will be a good barometer when Cincinnati hosts the Ravens in Week 2 at Paycor Stadium. Until proven otherwise, the road to the AFC North title goes through Cincinnati.
Walker: The answer might be the Week 16 game against the 49ers if it was not on Christmas night. But the great fascination with this team will be coordinator Todd Monken’s new offense, with Jackson throwing to the most gifted set of targets he’s ever had. That unit will face a serious test almost right out of the chute with a Week 2 trip to Cincinnati. Early-season games don’t come much more intriguing than that one.
Schwartz: The Week 2 game against the Bengals will tell us a lot about the pecking order of the AFC North. But I’m looking at Week 7 against the Detroit Lions. The Oct. 22 game is about the time of year that the league separates some of the contenders from the pretenders, and if the Lions are as legitimate as some analysts think they are, that could shape up to be a fun game to watch. Both teams have relatively easy schedules to that point, too, so the records on paper could make this the game of the week (hello, flex schedule).
Who’s the best team on the Ravens’ schedule?
Wacker: The 49ers went 13-4 last season, got to the NFC championship and will be contenders again this season. Their defense is elite and they’ll have a full season of surprise quarterback Brock Purdy and do-everything running back Christian McCaffrey.
Preston: The 49ers appear to be the most balanced. They have some good weapons on offense and might have the best defense in the NFL. They fly to the football, and they get the Ravens at home on Christmas night. Plus, the Ravens play Jacksonville the week before. It will be a good test to see if the Ravens are playoff ready.
Walker: The 49ers probably have the best all-around roster. The Bengals have the best quarterback in Joe Burrow. So, slight nod to the reigning kings of the AFC North.
Schwartz: The 49ers are loaded. The Bengals are loaded. The Chargers should be better. The Seahawks should be an NFC contender. The Dolphins are still scary. But let’s be honest … much of the NFL’s elite won’t face the Ravens this year.
Which opponent with a losing record last year (Houston, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Tennessee, Arizona, Los Angeles Rams) should the Ravens fear most?
Brian Wacker: The Ravens are 35-13 all-time against the Browns, but Cleveland has won six of the past 10, including the past two in Cleveland. They’ll also have a full season from quarterback Deshaun Watson, who last year served an 11-game suspension, paid a $5 million fine and underwent professional evaluation and treatment as part of a settlement with the NFL after he was sued by more than two dozen women for sexual harassment and assault during massages.
Preston: It’s definitely Cleveland. The Browns will have Watson for the entire season and they have always had a strong running game. Most of the other teams have quarterbacks who are unproven, but the Browns usually play the Ravens tough. Plus, it is an AFC North game. I like what the Browns have on their interior lines, so it will be a physical game. Houston, Indy, Arizona and even the Rams are in a rebuilding stage but it will be interesting to see how the Titans play Baltimore in England. The last time the Ravens traveled overseas they bombed against Jacksonville in London’s Wembley Stadium, 44-7, in 2017. Cleveland, though, presents the toughest challenge.
Walker: Fear? None of them. The Titans still have fangs, and the Ravens will have to overcome dispiriting memories of their last trip to London. But the Browns are the logical answer if Watson can come anywhere close to his peak form in Houston. They still have the front-line talent to make a playoff push.
Schwartz: With Watson having a normal offseason and preseason, it should be the Browns. A healthy Matthew Stafford could make the Rams closer to a contender in the NFC. But the Ravens won’t fear any of those teams, especially Houston and Indianapolis. Getting rookie quarterbacks in Weeks 1 and 3 is music to John Harbaugh’s ears.
Will all the travel (25,422 miles) be a factor at the end of the season?
Wacker: These guys aren’t sitting in middle seats in coach. The bigger problem for the Ravens is who they’ll play in the second half of the season with four prime-time games in six weeks, including tough matchups at the Los Angeles Chargers, at the Jacksonville Jaguars and at the 49ers on Christmas night before ending the season at home against the rival Steelers.
Preston: It really doesn’t make a difference. Schedules are done in advance and every team has to travel to the West Coast eventually. Last year, the Ravens got a break playing New England on the road as well as the Giants and Jets in New York. The furthest away game was playing the Saints in New Orleans, so there are no complaints here. It’s just their year to play teams in the NFC West, so deal with it. It is what it is, so the travel can’t be used as an excuse.
Walker: They don’t have long trips sandwiched around the London game. The Week 13 bye will help, splitting up their last two trips to the West Coast. And they’ll finish up with two home games. So no, it won’t be a huge factor in the end.
Schwartz: It’s the NFL, right? They should be fine. But there are always questions about Jackson’s routine and preparation, so there could be some worry about that with a lot of travel.
What’s your way-too-early prediction on the Ravens’ record?
Wacker: There’s every reason to believe the Ravens should start the season 8-2. Then the schedule gets tough. Still, given only a mildly difficult slate, a healthy Jackson, the additions of Odell Beckham Jr. and Zay Flowers and being very good on defense, the offensive line and special teams, 12-5 feels easily attainable.
Preston: 11-6. It all comes down to if Jackson can stay healthy for the entire season. Again.
Walker: 11-6.
Schwartz: I’ll say 12-5. Way-too-early prediction? They lose to the Bengals (Week 2), Steelers (Week 5), Lions (Week 7), Chargers (Week 12) and 49ers (Week 16). Optimism!
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis said Monday that it will toughen its trespassing policies as part of a settlement with the family of a boy who was severely injured when a man with a history of causing disturbances at the mall threw the child from a third-floor balcony.
Additional details of the settlement were not released by the boy’s family or the mall.
The boy, identified only as Landen, was 5 when Emmanuel Aranda threw him nearly 40 feet (12.2 meters) to the ground. Aranda, who had been banned from the Bloomington, Minnesota, mall twice in previous years, told investigators that when went there “looking for someone to kill” after women rejected his advances. He pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the attack on Landen.
The family alleged in a lawsuit filed last year that mall security should have prevented Aranda from “prowling” at the building without an officer following him closely. The lawsuit alleged that the mall and its security detail knew about previous “violent, aggressive, and erratic” behavior that Aranda had displayed at the shopping center.
In a joint statement announcing the settlement, the mall and the family said they will work together on policy changes to prevent similar incidents.
“Mall of America and the family have agreed to work together with a focus on safety, and already are jointly pursuing policy changes to existing trespass limits for violent criminals so as to give greater ability to preclude such persons from their premises,” the statement said.
The lawsuit sought unspecified damages. At the time it was filed, an attorney for the family said the boy had already incurred more than $1.7 million in medical expenses. Landen’s parents said on their GoFundMe page in 2019 that Landen had more than 15 medical procedures, including surgeries for two broken arms and a broken leg, facial and skull fractures and removal of his spleen.
“The boy’s recovery has been nothing short of miraculous and the focus remains on his health and wellbeing, which includes privacy during this time,” Monday’s statement added. “The Mall and the family will ask that any resulting change be named in honor of the young boy.”
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‘Cybersecurity incident’ targets state Finance Department; no funds compromised, officials say
A cyberthreat targeting the California Department of Finance prompted the response of multiple agencies, state officials said Monday.
“The California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC) is actively responding to a cybersecurity incident involving the California Department of Finance,” the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said in a statement. “The intrusion was proactively identified through coordination with state and federal security partners.”
Few details were shared about the nature of the attack but the Office of Emergency Affairs said no state funds had been compromised.
”...(Th)e Department of Finance is continuing its work to prepare the Governor’s Budget that will be released next month,” officials said.
The California Department of Technology, the state Military Department and the California Highway Patrol are responding to the intrusion along with the Office of Emergency Services.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Comic actor Joel McHale had no particular concern about working with live animals — tarantulas, ostriches, horses — in his Seattle-set Fox comedy “Animal Control” (9 p.m. Feb. 16).
He did have one worry: personal injury — but not involving the animals.
“Yesterday, we were shooting in a skatepark in an empty pool which I had to run around in, and that is when I get nervous that I’m gonna snap an ankle,” he says during a lunch break from the “Animal Control” set in Vancouver, B.C. “If you’re gonna ask me my phobia, it’s that. I shot a basketball scene also yesterday and I had to do a couple things, and I’m like, ‘Guys, just make sure my ankles are zipped up.’ ”
McHale has reason to be wary going back to his basketball days at Mercer Island High School.
“I turned my ankle numerous times and I actually broke it in high school playing basketball junior year,” McHale recalls. “I came down on top of a guy’s foot and it was a good time. When I say, ‘a good time,’ it was a really bad time.”
But McHale is having a good time on the set of “Animal Control,” his first half-hour series regular comedy role since his short-lived “Community” follow-up, “The Great Indoors” (2016-17, CBS). McHale stars in “Animal Control” as Frank, a former cop turned cranky, sarcastic animal control officer.
“We shot with a tarantula and we’ve shot with lizards. I held a baby cougar which I’ve shot a promo with for airing during the Super Bowl,” he says. “It was like a kitten, except it weighed 70 pounds and had razor blades for claws. And the [handler] was like, ‘OK, he just kind of wants to play. Just avoid the claws.’ ”
McHale, a graduate of Mercer Island High School and the University of Washington, was drawn to “Animal Control” by the script from series creators Bob Fisher (“Wedding Crashers”), Rob Greenberg (“The Moodys”) and Dan Sterling (“Girls”) and the show’s concept.
“Why hasn’t this done been done before? I think the creators really tap into this little part of our society and a job that I think will be interesting to see on camera,” McHale says, before snarking, “or you’ll be bored to tears. One or the other.”
“Animal Control” was originally set in Chicago, but when the production location changed to Vancouver, McHale says it would be hard to pull off Chicago with mountains in the background.
“I’m probably one of the more vocal Seattleites around and it really worked out. I was thrilled [with the new Seattle setting],” McHale says. “We get to drop in references that I think only people from Seattle will get, like, ‘Just head down Denny Way,’ and ‘Get some coffee from the Cyclops,’ or something like that.”
As for the series shooting in Vancouver — as many Seattle-set shows have done before (see: “The Killing,” “Dead Like Me,” “The 4400,” etc.) — McHale thinks it’s a pretty decent match.
“My mom’s Canadian, so growing up I couldn’t really tell the difference between Seattle, Portland and Vancouver,” he says. “They were just all pasty people in a very dreary, moist setting, wearing nonwaterproof shoes for whatever reason.”
Early episodes of “Animal Control” made available for review include references to Seattle sports teams, including a fictional Seahawks player who gets strangled by a boa constrictor. (McHale says the actor was actually a player on a CFL team.)
“At one point there was talk of [trying to get former Seahawks running back] Marshawn Lynch, but he’s obviously in big demand,” says McHale, who recalled having to say some lines with the name of real Seattle teams and then do alternate takes with more generic references in case the brand names don’t get legal clearance for use on-air. “It always happens with TV where they say, ‘All right, just say you have Kraken tickets,’ and then we have to get a take where you say, ‘I have hockey tickets.’ I was, like, I think the Kraken are gonna be OK with this, and they’re like, ‘Yeah, we got to make sure we cover our bases.’ ”
McHale says he hasn’t caught too many glaring errors that might irk Seattle viewers, although he did notice they forgot the “e” at the end of Anne in Queen Anne.
“I was like, ‘Hey guys, someone’s gonna notice that,’ ” McHale says. “So a guy pulled out a Sharpie and writes an ‘e.’ ”
As for that “Community” movie that was announced for Peacock, McHale says “it’s looking like we are going to shoot it sometime in the summer.”
But he’s coy about whether his evil New York City chef, glimpsed briefly in flashbacks during season one of FX’s Hulu hit “The Bear,” will be back in season two.
“You mean the greatest protagonist ever?” McHale jokes. “I don’t know [if I’ll be back]. Maybe.”
McHale does explain how the cameo came about in the first place.
“Gillian Jacobs, who plays Britta [on ‘Community’] obviously, her longtime boyfriend Chris Storer created ‘The Bear’ and he asked if I would play that [character],” McHale says. “Chris is so talented. He’s also a great chef and he’s super kind. He’s one of those guys that has been in Hollywood for, like, I don’t know, 15 years, and everybody was like, ‘Hold on to your hats because something’s gonna hit big for him,’ and it did, thank God, because it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/joel-mchale-seattle-set-animal-control-offers-something-different/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-02-10 15:04:29 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/joel-mchale-seattle-set-animal-control-offers-something-different/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Which Halloween Squishmallows are best?
These adorable, cuddly stuffed toys are popular from babies and toddlers through teenagers. Made of machine-washable polyester and stuffed the perfect amount to be squished, they are among the softest and cuddliest toys. Not only can they be snuggled and loved, they also make a great pillow. There are plenty of themed Halloween Squishmallows as well as beloved spooky characters.
What is a Squishmallow?
Squishmallows are stuffed animals shaped like pillows and known for their super-soft exterior and squishy interior. They were created in 2017 and started to get a large following in 2020. Kids love to snuggle them and can also use them as pillows. Adult collectors look for the rarest Squishmallows and their favorite characters.
There are over 1,000 Squishmallow characters, including licensed favorites from Disney. Each has its own name and backstory.
Best Halloween Squishmallows
The winking face brings the signature Squishmallow cuteness to this purple bat. It has soft black wings, a black belly and embroidered fangs. Joldy also has iridescent silver ears, which appeal to younger kids. At 10 inches tall, Joldy is a good size for older kids to use as a soft pillow. Joldy is new to the Squishmallows lineup for 2022.
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This 10-inch white ghost has an orange and purple striped witch’s hat with a buckle perched on his head, perfect for kids who love ghosts, witches or both. She has an adorable smile, closed eyes, rosy cheeks and the word “Boo!” embroidered on her chest in matching orange and purple.
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Holly the Owl is a fun Squishmallows character and this 8-inch version features her as a spooky mummy. The mummy wrappings are printed on the stuffed animal over her owl features, which you can see peeking through. She also has her signature purple ears. This is a good addition if your child already has and loves Holly, one of the best-known members of the Squishmallow squads.
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This 7-inch Squishmallow is portable and perfect as a comfort item for younger children. Patricio is a vampire bat with black wings and the iconic Dracula haircut. He also has a Hershey’s chocolate logo, a fun nod to the tradition of trick-or-treating at Halloween. Other candy-themed Squishmallows in this squad include a Reese’s octopus, a Jolly Rancher dragon, a Twizzlers bat and a Kisses werewolf.
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Tally is Halloween-ready in a vampire costume complete with a purple vest, red bow tie, black and red cape, and vampire fangs. The cape extends beyond the Squishmallow body for added play and detail. This 8-inch Squishmallow is a good stuffed animal for snuggling or taking with you while you trick or treat.
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This officially licensed Minnie Mouse has a purple outfit and cape, connected to the Squishmallow body with a cat-shaped applique. Don’t worry — the cape is also sewn in and very durable. Minnie wears a matching purple witch’s hat that covers one of her ears. She has embroidered eyelashes on her adorable face. Mickey Mouse is also available in a vampire costume.
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“Nightmare Before Christmas” Jack Skellington
The 8-inch Jack Skellington brings the spooky to Halloween with his pinstripe suit, round eyes and smile. He is officially licensed by Disney and has all of the features that make Jack Skellington and the world of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” so distinctive. The licensed Squishmallows do tend to cost a bit more than other basic characters.
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“Nightmare Before Christmas” Sally
Jack just wouldn’t be complete without Sally! She is also an 8-inch Squishmallow, wearing her rag doll design and sporting stitches on her face. She is part of an entire line of “Nightmare Before Christmas” 8-inch Squishmallows, so you can play and snuggle with all of your favorite characters.
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Spiders and Halloween go together perfectly. Bella has eight soft legs connected to her body, a red belly and a red smile. When you add a purple witch’s hat with twinkling stars, it completes the look. This 8-inch Squishmallow is simpler than some other characters, which appeals to a wide audience.
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It doesn’t get more iconic than a grinning jack-o’-lantern. Riba is designed with an embroidered toothy smile, triangle-shaped eyes and a small nose. It also wears a black bowler hat over one side. The hat’s sewing and the embroidery on the Squishmallow are durable enough to go through multiple cycles in the washing machine if needed. Riba is a 10-inch Squishmallow and makes a great pillow.
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You can love this soft dinosaur Squishmallow year-round, but he makes a great friend to bring along if your child is dressed up as a dino for Halloween. Jerome is a 10-inch Squishmallow with a plush blue body, three white horns and a dark turquoise frill to mark his neck. He also has a white belly that’s the perfect size for a small child to use as a super soft pillow.
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Zelina the Day of Dead Black Cat
Celebrate the Day of the Dead with Zelina, a black cat with a painted face and skeleton design. She has the traditional white face paint with flowers and embellishments around her eyes, forehead and cheeks. Her ears are gold and also have colorful embellishments as part of her costume. Don’t confuse Zelina with Jack the Black Cat Squishmallow, one of the rarest — and most expensive — characters.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Core BTS, a leading technology consulting firm and managed services provider, today announced it was named a 2022 Microsoft US Partner Award winner for Migration to Azure.
This award is a reflection of the company's ability to strategically migrate workloads to Microsoft Azure to help organizations improve IT operations and drive competitive edge.
"Our team is honored to be recognized for the work we do with clients to improve technical agility and business efficiency using Azure," said Paul Lidsky, CEO of Core BTS. "As a Microsoft Azure Expert MSP, we are committed to driving value for our clients by helping them harness the power of the Microsoft Cloud."
To recognize excellence in innovation by its US partners, Microsoft US (MSUS) created the MSUS Partner Awards program to supplement the Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year program. Award recipients are selected based on their commitment to clients, the impact of their solutions, and their exemplary use of Microsoft technologies.
"For over 18 years, we've worked closely with Microsoft to develop strategic programs and solutions that help organizations accelerate digital transformation and gain competitive edge," said Tony Guidi, SVP of Microsoft Channel Alliance at Core BTS. "We are honored to be recognized among the best of the best in Microsoft's US partner network."
To learn more about the MSUS Partner Awards program, and see a full list of winners, visit the Microsoft US Partner Community Blog.
Core BTS is an award-winning technology consulting firm and managed service provider. Recognized for accelerating the adoption of digital technology to transform business, Core BTS delivers robust cloud, modern workplace, collaboration, security, and networking solutions to clients nationwide. Core BTS is owned by Nomura Research Institute, a global provider of consulting services and system solutions. Learn more at https://corebts.com/.
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“The Mandalorian” has sparked a massive wave of obsession with its cute baby Yoda character, so it’s no wonder why so many are searching for the best baby Yoda toys available. Depending on what you’re looking for in a toy, several baby Yoda toys exist to keep you, your child, your friend or otherwise entertained for years to come.
Though a wide range of baby Yoda toys exists, this Animatronic Baby Yoda toy is a fan favorite, according to buyers, offering an extremely interactive toy for kids of all ages to enjoy.
What to know before you buy a baby Yoda toy
Age range
First and foremost, it’s essential to consider what age range your child or the recipient of this baby Yoda toy will be, as this will determine what kinds of toys they may like and which are safest.
Preferred type of toy
The best baby Yoda toys will ultimately be the ones you or your child like the best. As such, it’s critical to know what type of toys may be the most fun for the recipient of this baby Yoda toy, since that will determine how they end up liking it anyway. For example, if someone likes puzzles, a baby Yoda puzzle could be the best choice, while those that like building LEGOs should probably go with a LEGO version of baby Yoda.
Budget
Toys today come in a wide range of prices, but it’s worth considering your budget before you decide to make a purchase. Budget-friendly buyers will be glad to know that they can find several cheap baby Yoda toys online in simple doll or plush designs. If the price doesn’t matter to you, you can get baby Yoda toys with a wide range of features and fun entertainment.
What to look for in a quality baby Yoda toy
Material
The preferred material of a baby Yoda toy will help you narrow down your options. While plush toys are perfect and safe for young kids to play with, older kids and adults may enjoy more interactive toys made from hard plastics, like LEGOs or plastic replicas.
Size
The size of a baby Yoda toy is another determining factor in which toy is best. If you’re looking for something small to fit on a keychain, for instance, you’re probably going to want to avoid LEGOs, plush toys or other “life-size” replicas of “The Child.” However, if your child is young and may be at risk of swallowing small pieces, then a large plush toy or interactive doll may be a safer bet for them.
Features
One of the biggest factors affecting baby Yoda toys is the simple features they offer. While some decorative baby Yoda toys and plush baby Yodas may not have any added features, others may include sounds, gestures, or the ability to pose them, among many others still.
How much you can expect to spend on a baby Yoda toy
In general, you can expect to spend $10-$80 on a baby Yoda toy, with a few models costing more or less than that price range.
Baby Yoda toy FAQ
When are baby Yoda toys coming out?
A. Now that the first “Mandalorian” season has been out for some time, baby Yoda toys have become widely available online and at Disney stores across North America.
Where can you find baby Yoda toys?
A. You can find a few favorite hand-picked baby Yoda toys below, or you can find a much wider range of toys from “The Mandalorian” by searching online through Amazon or Disney.
What’s the best baby Yoda toy to buy?
Top baby Yoda toy
Star Wars Mandalorian The Child Animatronic Baby Yoda Toy
What you need to know: This animatronic baby Yoda toy offers over 25 different sound and movement combinations, and its realistic design makes it a blast for fans of all ages.
What you’ll love: Not only is this particular baby Yoda toy super interactive, but it also offers a wide enough bank of sounds and words to keep anyone entertained for years to come. The polar fleece robe is also realistic, and this is one of the few baby Yoda toys that includes the necklace the character wears.
What you should consider: Despite being as realistic and fun as it is, many users found this model quite a bit more expensive than what they were planning to pay.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top baby Yoda toys for the money
Star Wars Mandalorian The Child Stuffed Grogu Plush Baby Yoda Toy
What you need to know: This plush baby Yoda toy was selected as the Toy of the Year. Its affordability makes it more accessible than other toys while offering a super soft plush baby Yoda replica with a detailed plastic head.
What you’ll love: On top of being less than half the price of some other baby Yoda toys, this plush from “The Mandalorian” stands about 11 inches tall and is great for younger kids because of how soft the plush is. It also has a realistic, aesthetically pleasing hard plastic head.
What you should consider: Some buyers complained that they were expecting this toy to be completely plush, including the head. Others said they had to wait for a long time before their packages arrived.
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Worth checking out
Star Wars Mandalorian The Child LEGO Building Kit
What you need to know: If LEGOs are the route you’re looking to go, this 1,073-piece LEGO set of baby Yoda features a movable design once constructed that you can adjust to the pose of your choice.
What you’ll love: This model adds the fun of building LEGOs to the overall enjoyment of owning a baby Yoda toy. Once built, the figure stands a little over 15 inches tall, and you can adjust it into differing poses at the head, ears and mouth.
What you should consider: Like many LEGO sets, this baby Yoda LEGO set is more expensive than the average toy from “The Mandalorian.”
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By TRENTON DANIEL and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA
PEPILLO SALCEDO, Dominican Republic (AP) — In a blue bay that spans the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, fishermen from both countries recently aired grievances in a rare face-to-face meeting thanks to the efforts of marine biologist Jean Wiener.
The meeting, overseen by Dominican naval officers with rifles, was no small feat for Wiener, who has been forced to work on conserving this biologically sensitive region from afar — his house in Bethesda, Maryland — because of rampant violence in Haiti, his homeland. Now the prize-winning biologist stood in the steaming Caribbean heat at the mouth of an ominously named spot called the Massacre River, trying to bring together the two sides and find a solution that will not only save their livelihoods but also vital marine resources in a region under extreme pressures from climate change.
“The constant fishing, or overfishing, in these areas has decimated an entire ecosystem,” said Rodolfo Jimenez, director of an agricultural border project in the Dominican Republic.
The Haitian fishermen, standing across from Jimenez on the beach, agreed. But they also said they were not to blame for the damage in the Monte Cristi National Park in northwestern Dominican Republic.
Wiener’s work has grown in significance over the years in large part because of charcoal vendors in Haiti who hack down trees for cooking fuel and, more recently, wade into the country’s mangroves, the tropical vegetation that is a natural barrier against the Caribbean’s increasingly destructive hurricanes. With ocean storms becoming more severe, Haiti’s coastline and its biodiversity are becoming even more vulnerable.
It was the first trip for Wiener, leader of Foundation for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity, since November 2021, his absence largely attributed to the violent gangs that have engulfed the Haitian capital in recent years and reached parts of the countryside. Nominally present already and undermined further with the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise in the bedroom of his home, the government has done little to wrest control from the brazen gangs.
For years, Wiener used to visit Haiti every month or so, but now restricts his trips to only a few times a year while being compelled to work remotely and delegate more responsibility to staff members dispersed throughout the country. Haiti is just too dangerous otherwise. So when he does come, as he did for three weeks in March, he hopscotches the country via puddle-jumper plane; travel by road is too perilous, with major thoroughfares blocked by gangs fond of extortion. Many passengers hide in their cars by lying on the backseat.
It’s a conundrum that bedevils Jean and others like him around the world. As climate change plays a greater role in contributing to conflicts, that in turns makes it more difficult to carry out scientific research and work on environmental projects that seek to offset the effects of climate change. The environmental group Global Witness released a report last year noting that 2020 saw a record number of environmental activists killed around the world; the death toll of 227 was the highest number recorded for a second consecutive year, with Colombia having the highest number of recorded attacks, with 65, and Mexico second, with 30.
“The extent to which failed states make it difficult for scientists and the international scientific community to work on these issues simply means it will be more difficult to solve these problems,” said Peter Gleick, president emeritus and a senior fellow with the Pacific Institute, an Oakland-based research group that focuses on water issues around the world.
Said Jessica Olcott Yllemo, senior fellow for climate security at the American Security Project, a nonpartisan group in Washington, D.C.: “If the temperatures continue to rise and you don’t have basic functions because you don’t have a functioning government, climate sort of just exacerbates all of those different threats and hazards.”
In several reports released in October, the U.S. signaled that climate change would occupy a central role in security strategy, a policy shift that underscores how climatic changes are exacerbating long-standing problems. One of the studies identified 11 countries that were of “greatest concern,” because they were especially vulnerable to climate change and unable to deal with the attendant problems. Haiti was among them.
The Caribbean nation has the highest travel advisory—”Level 4: Do Not Travel”—from the U.S. State Department due to kidnapping, crime and civil unrest. Kidnapping, the State Department says, “is widespread and victims regularly include U.S. citizens.” In a March newsletter, the U.S. Embassy offered U.S. citizens in Haiti a tip sheet on ways to avoid being kidnapped.
The kidnappings have persisted for years, rising significantly after the 2017 departure of a U.N. peacekeeping mission. In October, 16 U.S. citizens, including five children, and one Canadian, were part of a group of missionaries who were abducted by the dreaded 400 Mawozo gang and held for ransom for two months. An untold number of Haitian Americans have also been kidnapped.
This past week, north of the Port-au-Prince capital, fighting between 400 Mawozo and a rival gang led to the displacement of thousands of people and the killing of at least 20, including six children. Officials warned that the main roads leading to Haiti’s northern region could be cut off as a result of the fighting, as has already happened to a thoroughfare heading south.
The March meeting Wiener set up was held at the beach of an estuary meant to be easy to reach for both parties, just a few steps on the Dominican side of the border. It was a Thursday morning, and a white mangrove provided shade to Wiener, the fishermen and their associations, a few environmental officials from the two countries and the Dominican naval officers. On the shore behind them stood a string of wooden posts used to hold seines for catching eels.
A big part of the two sides’ discussion was over the exact location of the border above Hispaniola, the name of the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
“The marine border is not completely north, it is northwest,” Cmdr. Irving Cabrera, of the Dominican Navy, said in the meeting.
The meeting took place at the mouth of a river with a name that harkens back to a bloody episode on the island of Hispaniola: The Massacre River, also the Dajabón River. Though named for an earlier massacre, it’s mostly known for when Dominican soldiers, under the orders of dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1937, executed thousands of Haitian families and Dominicans of Haitian descent. The weapon of choice was a machete.
“I don’t think it was lost on either side of the border,” said Frederick Payton, of AgroFrontera, the Dominican environmental group that worked with Wiener to organize the March meeting. Payton also helped lead the meeting. “The Río Massacre kind of represents both the tension and the integration of the economies in the border region.”
The antipathy toward Haitians persists today, not least with Dominican President Luis Abinader’s newly launched plan to build a multimillion-dollar, 118-mile (190-kilometer) wall along the border. Construction has already begun.
Bereft of the usual tension, let alone animosity, the beach meeting lasted a few hours, with both sides able to voice their concerns as Payton and Wiener served as peacekeepers of sorts in the absence of a strong border state. Both stressed the importance of seeking solutions instead of dwelling on problems.
“We were trying to frame the meeting not just as a session to complain and to point fingers, but to try to look for some possible solutions that will take time,” Payton said. “But will give each side hope and expectation that something will be done in the future.”
Out of the meeting came the idea of creating a boat registration and a licensing for fisheries so Haitian and Dominican authorities know who is in the water and where they’re going.
Perhaps Wiener’s biggest achievement has been creating Haiti’s first protected marine areas, including the Three Bays National Park known for its mangrove forests, coral reefs and seagrass beds, but he concedes that his work has become more difficult working remotely. Josué Celiscar, field operations director for Wiener’s foundation and a graduate student in agronomy, says the same, noting the inevitable delays that accompany projects.
“When you are the director, when you are present, you are executing the project,” Celiscar said. “When you aren’t there, you’re left with the assistant. It’s not going to be the same thing.”
In recent years, Wiener has seen the brother of his assistant director kidnapped and later released and spends considerable time making sure his staff is safe.
Born in Haiti, Wiener and his family fled the Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier regime when he was six months old for Queens, New York. He went back to Haiti at six while Duvalier’s son and successor, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc,” was in power and left again for college, studying biology at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. Haiti came calling once more, and Wiener returned at 23 and, in 1992 started his foundation. Now 57, Wiener is a married father of two children, a boy and a girl.
In the end, the March trip to Haiti proved fortuitously uneventful—though danger wasn’t far away.
When Wiener visited the southwestern part of the country, in the coastal town of Les Cayes, his driver got wind of protesters’ plans to storm the local airport. The attack didn’t happen until after Wiener flew out, a few days later: People ran onto the tarmac and torched a small plane owned by a U.S. missionary group. One person died and five others were injured, including four police officers, according to a police official working at the airport.
One day during his recent visit to northern Haiti, Wiener brought to the beach a group that included game wardens and university students with an interest in the environment. The idea was to get them in the water, make them feel comfortable and learn the basics of snorkeling.
Standing on the sand, Wiener gave a brief lesson on how to use a snorkel, explaining how to expel water from the breathing device. Minutes later they waded into the surf. A pufferfish floated toward them.
One man picked up the blowfish and studied it. Wiener told him to put the fish back in the water, which he did. Inflated like a ball as it bobbed supine, the puffer looked as if it were playing dead.
Wiener sloshed knee-high through the shore’s lucent water, and gently picked up the prickly fish with both hands. He then walked a few steps out, toward the northern horizon, and sent the pufferfish into the ocean.
“We really know that there’s a part, you know, where you can be in a classroom,” Wiener said later from the hotel, where a few security guards patrolled the grounds with rifles. “But it is critically important that people actually get out and touch and see and feel the environment.”
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French President Emmanuel Macron is facing calls for a parliamentary inquiry, after the "Uber files" exposed his extraordinary efforts to help the company lobby against the taxi industry.
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Explore a dozen ways MCNC continues to close the digital divide across North Carolina
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's the 12 Days of Broadband and MCNC gave to thee … tales of success from across the State of N.C.! For 12 consecutive years, the technology non-profit that builds, owns, and operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) has hummed this tune by providing the 12 Days of Broadband annually to showcase how critical high-speed Internet and related technology services really are for businesses, intuitions of learning, and the lives of North Carolina's citizens.
From Dec. 1 to Dec. 16, the 12 Days of Broadband returns to feature a dozen ways how broadband and high-speed connections impact communities in North Carolina as well as previewing what's to come in 2023.
"As we continue to expand broadband across the state," explained MCNC President and CEO Tracy Doaks, "opportunities continue to accelerate and become more available for all residents and industries. From health care to education, cybersecurity to community outreach, North Carolina has seen record advancements in what high-speed Internet can do, and we can't wait to once again share these great steps forward with you."
Over the past 40 years, MCNC has connected some of the most disparate communities to ensure digital equity and inclusion for every resident, old and young, and from every background. As in years past, the 12 Days of Broadband highlights how investments in infrastructure, bandwidth, and technology help ensure those opportunities continue to grow for everyone as well as drive economic and social change throughout the state.
It's been another exciting year for advancing MCNC's mission to benefit North Carolina. Each day will explore a new topic that is crucial to the digital progress of the state; topics such as cybersecurity, health care, historic funding opportunities, digital equity and inclusion, new outreach efforts and collaboration, and the innovative steps taken at MCNC to streamline internal processes as well as expand research and development.
"The 12 Days of Broadband has something for everyone," added Doaks. "Students, teachers, researchers, businesspeople, cybersecurity experts, and other engaged citizens will enjoy these stories highlighting how broadband has changed our world this past year and what we hope to achieve in the years to come."
MCNC's network today spans more than 4,400 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in every county in the state. This world-class network and MCNC's operational expertise provide critical connections and other important networking technologies and services for more than 1,000 community anchor institutions like research labs, libraries, health care sites, museums, public safety facilities, and all K-20 education in North Carolina.
Reflect back at the previous 11 years of the 12 Days of Broadband as MCNC continues working every day to level the digital playing field all across the state. Social media users can follow along using #MCNC12days.
MCNC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit client-focused technology organization. Founded in 1980, MCNC owns and operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN), one of America's longest-running regional research and education networks. With over 40 years of innovation, MCNC provides high-performance services for education, research, libraries, healthcare, public safety, and other community anchor institutions throughout North Carolina. NCREN is the fundamental broadband infrastructure for over 850 of these institutions including all public K-20 education in North Carolina. As one of the nation's premier middle-mile fiber backbone networks, MCNC leverages NCREN to customize protected Internet, cybersecurity services, and related applications for each client while supporting private service providers in bringing cost-efficient connectivity to rural and underserved communities in North Carolina.
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Packages from China are surging into the United States. Some say $800 duty-free limit was a mistake
By KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives anxious to counter America’s leading economic adversary have set their sights on a top trade priority for labor unions and progressives: cracking down on the deluge of duty-free packages coming in from China.
The changing political dynamic could have major ramifications for e-commerce businesses and consumers importing products from China valued at less than $800. It also could add to the growing tensions between the countries.
Under current U.S. law, most imports valued at less than $800 enter duty-free into the United States as long as they are packaged and addressed to individual buyers. It’s referred to as the de minimis rule. Efforts to lower the threshold amount or exclude certain countries altogether from duty-free treatment are set to become a major trade fight in this Congress.
“De minimis has become a proxy for all sorts of anxieties as it relates to China and other trade-related challenges,” said John Drake, a vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, who argues that the current U.S. law should be preserved.
The rule speeds the pace of commerce and lowers costs for consumers. It also allows U.S. Customs and Border Protection to focus its resources on the bigger-ticket items that generate more tariff revenue for the federal government.
The volume of products coming into the U.S. that benefit from the de minimis rule has soared in recent years. Congress raised the U.S. government’s threshold for expedited, duty-free treatment from $200 to $800 in 2016.
The volume of such imports has since risen from about 220 million packages that year to 720 million in 2021 and 685 million last year — with China accounting for about 60%.
“I think everybody’s got to kind of wrap their head around what kind of mistake this was,” Robert Lighthizer, the former U.S. trade representative during the Trump administration, told a House panel last month. “Nobody dreamt this would ever happen. Now we have packages coming in, 2 million packages a day, almost all from China. We have no idea what’s in them. We don’t really know what the value is.”
Lighthizer urged Congress to get rid of the de minimis rule altogether, or take it to a much lower amount, say $50 or $100. He said foreign companies are taking advantage of the “loophole” and “putting people out of work in stores, they’re putting people out of work in manufacturing.”
Last year, House Democrats pushed to prohibit Chinese-made goods from benefiting from the special treatment for lower-cost goods. That move was part of a larger measure that boosted investments in semiconductor manufacturing and research.
In the rush to get a bill passed before the 2022 elections, the Biden administration and Democratic leaders jettisoned provisions without bipartisan buy-in. The trade provision was opposed by important U.S. business groups and key Republican members of Congress, so it didn’t make the final bill.
Fast forward just a few months and it’s clear the political dynamic has shifted — and quickly.
In its first set of recommendations, a new House committee focused exclusively on China called for legislation that would reduce the threshold for duty-free shipments into the U.S. with a particular focus on “foreign adversaries, including the (People’s Republic of China.)”
The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said that exploiting the $800 threshold may be a major avenue through which Chinese companies selling directly to American consumers can circumvent U.S. law designed to prevent the sale of goods made with forced labor. The committee also said Customs and Border Protection “could not reasonably scrutinize” goods sent under the $800 threshold for forced labor concerns because of the sheer amount of products coming in.
The committee is most concerned about retailers Temu and Shein, which ship directly to consumers in the U.S. In a report released Thursday, it said the two companies alone are likely responsible for more than 30% of all de minimis shipments entering the U.S. each day, or nearly 600,000 a day last year.
The committee also has competitiveness concerns. It points out that U.S. retailers such as Gap and H&M paid $700 million and $205 million in import duties, respectively, in 2022. In contrast, virtually all of the goods sold by Temu and Shein are shipped using the de minimis exception in which the importer pays no duty.
Committees with jurisdiction over trade are also signaling a new mindset. Last year, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, since retired, warned against what he called “hasty changes in reasonable de minimis limits.”
But the Republican now leading the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, said he wants to “have a lot of conversations” about the $800 threshold.
“Basically, when you’re looking at $800 or less, that’s a free-trade agreement with anyone. And you’re looking at millions of products that come in per day. We need to look at it,” Smith said.
Meanwhile, the Senate has some bills on the issue, which were just introduced this month.
One, from Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., would prevent the expedited, tariff-free treatment of imports from certain countries, most notably China and Russia.
The other, from Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., not only similarly targets China and Russia, but would affect other trade partners. It would do so by reducing the threshold for duty-free treatment to the amount that other nations use.
For example, if another country, say Belgium, which uses the European Union threshold of 150 euros, or about $165 currently, then the U.S. would reciprocate and use that same amount when determining whether goods coming in from Belgium get duty-free and expedited treatment.
Cassidy said it was former President Donald Trump who “really reframed the argument” for Republicans when it comes to trade with China.
“He pointed out that, through a variety of mechanisms, they are taking jobs, not because they are out-competing us, but because they are subsidizing, because they using forced labor, that sort of thing,” Cassidy said.
In early 2022, when Congress was considering putting the de minimis trade provision in the semiconductor bill, several business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers wrote congressional leaders urging them to keep it out. They said the changes would “impose sweeping costs on American businesses, workers and consumers, add new inflationary pressures on the U.S. economy, and exacerbate ongoing supply chain disruptions at U.S. ports.”
Drake said that cutting back the threshold not only would represent a big tax increase for many U.S. small businesses, but many would would have to hire a customs broker to process their shipments.
“There’s a reason Congress raised the level back in 2016,” Drake said. “They knew in addition to it being a competitive advantage for the U.S. business community, they also recognized that collecting duties on these low-value shipments, you know, really wasn’t worth the trouble.” | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/06/24/packages-from-china-are-surging-into-the-u-s-lawmakers-wonder-if-an-800-exemption-was-a-mistake/ | 2023-06-24 13:59:06 | 1 | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2023/06/24/packages-from-china-are-surging-into-the-u-s-lawmakers-wonder-if-an-800-exemption-was-a-mistake/ |
A major beauty store’s ‘Love Your Skin’ event has many popular items heavily discounted
It’s time to love your skin.
Ulta Beauty is holding an event that has been running since New Year’s Day all about loving your skin.
Customers of the beauty chain store can get skincare products each day for half off what they would normally pay. In addition, Ulta is unveiling weekly wellness deals from their best brands.
As of this writing, Ulta was featuring the following “beauty steals” on their website that are all 50% off.
- Strivectin Neck Cream Plus
- Sunday Riley C.E.O. Glow Vitamin C and Turmeric Face Oil
- Florence by Mills Floating Under the Eyes Depuffing Gel Pads
- IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Makeup 3-in-1 Cleansing Balm
SHOP ULTA BEAUTY’S “LOVE YOUR SKIN” EVENT
The deals don’t stop at skincare products, though.
Top-rated jumbo shampoo and conditioners are seeing heavy discounts as well. You can get deals on popular brands like Redken, Biolage, Paul Mitchell and more. Here are a few of the picks we found for you:
- Redken Extreme Shampoo
- Redken All Soft Conditioner
- Biolage Ultra Hydra Source Conditioner
- Biolage Scalp Sync Anti-Dandruff Shampoo
- Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo
- Pattern Leave-In Conditioner
- DevaCurl Ultra Defining Gel
- Pureology Strength Cure Shampoo
SHOP ULTA BEAUTY’S “JUMBO LOVE”
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New VP of marketing takes on nation's longest off-road navigation competition
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RealTruck, the premier manufacturer and online retailer of aftermarket truck parts and accessories, announces its sponsorship of Team Rugged RubiBelles (#158) at the 2022 Rebelle Rally. The team is composed of Lee Riser and Rebecca Gabel who will be racing in a 2018 Rubicon Jeep Wrangler JLU. The 2022 Rebelle Rally kicks off in North Lake Tahoe tomorrow morning. Riser is RealTruck's new vice president of marketing; her focus is leading product marketing for the manufacturer brands.
"Rebecca and I are so excited to participate in our first Rebelle Rally race out west," said Riser. "We know there will be some tough elements to face, but we both enjoy a challenge and know it's going to be a great experience," she added.
The Rebelle Rally which started in 2015, is the first women's off-road navigation race in America and the longest competitive off-road rally in the nation. This year, 55 teams will be competing in the ten-day endurance event, which covers over 1,600 miles across California and Nevada. The race is structured in Rebelle format, meaning that teams can only use a compass, maps, and roadbooks for race strategy. Teams are made up of two women, a driver and a navigator, and participants hail from 94 cities, 24 states and 5 countries ranging in age from 23 to 74 years.
"We at RealTruck are so excited to follow Lee and Rebecca on their journey as they race at the 2022 Rebelle Rally," said Tony Ambroza, chief growth officer. "Our goal is to inspire people to get up, get out and live all of life's adventures. Lee and Rebecca epitomize the passion our team has for the RealTruck way of life. We couldn't be prouder to sponsor the Rugged RubiBelles to compete in this unique and demanding race."
Riser and Gabel met through a mutual friend and decided after just one call to take on Rebelle Rally together. Riser has nearly 20 years of experience in the automotive industry and Gabel, a Navy veteran, grew up off-roading and has nearly a lifetime of experience. For more information on the Rugged RubiBelles and the Rebelle Rally visit rebellerally.com.
RealTruck is the premier vertically integrated truck, Jeep® and off-road parts and accessories company in North America. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. with over 5,000 employees and 35 locations across North America, the company is an innovative market leading online retailer and manufacturer. Realtruck.com is the ultimate source and digital destination for those who love and live a "Real Truck" lifestyle. Fueled by its customer-first mindset, RealTruck continuously designs, develops, manufactures, and sells industry-defining products with more than 570 patents and growing. RealTruck's portfolio of 28 powerhouse product brands are #1 or #2 (in U.S. market share) in each of their primary categories. Its extensive omni-channel approach allows RealTruck to serve customers wherever they're searching, researching, and shopping for products online at RealTruck.com or across the Truck Hero Pro Channel, which includes more than 12,000 dealer locations and automotive (OEM) partnerships. RealTruck is engineered to deliver a seamless customer journey from idea to installation. For more information, visit realtruck.com.
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Las Vegas continues to battle water crisis
The city had just 21 days left of the water in early September. Since then, they've worked on temporary solutions.
The city had just 21 days left of the water in early September. Since then, they've worked on temporary solutions.
The city had just 21 days left of the water in early September. Since then, they've worked on temporary solutions.
The city of Las Vegas is still battling a water crisis. The city announced they were down to 50 days of drinkable water in early August.
The Calf Canyon Hermit's Peak wildfire created the largest burn scar in state history. Now that burn scar is hitting our watersheds hard. Las Vegas is one of the cities that's been hit hardest. The silt and debris from the burn scar make their largest watershed unusable.
Louie Trujillo is the Mayor of Las Vegas. Trujillo said, "this fire was devastating, and it changed the trajectory of our water plan substantially. We're told that water quality in the Gallinas River will take about ten years to become good drinking water again."
The city had just 21 days left of the water in early September. Since then, they've worked on temporary solutions.
"We're saving thousands of gallons every day, just by people being cognizant of how much water they're using," said Trujillo.
Las Vegas now has a pretreatment facility at Storrie Lake that Trujillo says is extending its water storage. The facility creates about a day's worth of water every workday. They're also working on other options to extend their water supply.
"We're researching technology to convert our effluent water into drinking water and blend it with the water in our reservoirs. Effluent water is the reused water that has already gone through households," said Trujillo.
As of Oct. 2, the city had around 50 days of water in storage, but they're not out of the woods yet. Experts say the burn scar could flood for three to five years.
Trujillo said, "it's going to be a while until we get out of this water crisis entirely. The Army Corps of Engineers has done great work along the watershed and the banks of the Gallinas River to lessen the punch for the next monsoon season next year."
Mayor Trujillo also says the city estimates it will cost around 100 million dollars to replace the treatment facility near the Gallinas River permanently. | https://www.koat.com/article/las-vegas-continues-battle-water-crisis-burn-scar/41488211 | 2022-10-03 14:08:56 | 1 | https://www.koat.com/article/las-vegas-continues-battle-water-crisis-burn-scar/41488211 |
Pandemic-era SNAP benefits to end in one week
This money has been used to put food on the table, especially with the price of many items costing a lot more.
CHARLOTTE, N.C (WBTV) - The extra money many families have been getting in their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits each month will end in one week.
This money has been used to put food on the table, especially with the price of many items costing a lot more.
Since March 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, families have been getting an extra $95 or more a month to help put food on the table, and in one week, that will end.
The Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy is trying to raise awareness and says there are some things families might be able to do to increase how much in SNAP benefits they get every month.
For example, a family of four can get as much as $939 a month. If families aren’t, here are a few things they should do:
- Go to EBTEdge.com and review your current SNAP benefits
- Compare what you currently get and that maximum amount. You might be able to get more by reporting changes in income and expenses like a rent increase or childcare costs
- Contact the Department of Social Services to report those changes
- Contact an advocate if something goes wrong. In Mecklenburg County, it’s the advocacy center. Outside the county, you can reach out to Legal Aid of North Carolina
The last day of those pandemic-era SNAP benefits is Feb. 28.
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Crawl For The Cure returns to Boyne City Oct. 29
BOYNE CITY — The Crawl For The Cure Pub Crawl Bingo is returning to Boyne City on Saturday, Oct. 29.
Registration and shirt pick up will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the Boyne City Eagles.
The Crawl For The Cure is a pub crawl with a bingo and scavenger hunt twist. Each participant will be given a bingo board T-shirt. The squares of the bingo board contain items to either find or complete at each of the participating establishments.
At 9 p.m., the groups will all meet back at the Eagle’s and everyone’s bingo boards will be tallied. For each completed bingo, participants will receive an entry into a door prize drawing.
The confirmed establishments participating in this year’s event so far are Stigg’s, Boyne City Eagles, Boyne City Tap Room, Cafe Santé and Red Mesa.
Pre-registration is available at www.eventbrite.com. Tickets are $30 per person or $100 for a team of four. T-shirts are guaranteed if pre-registered by Oct. 15. Paper bingo cards will be available for those who miss the T-shirt deadline.
All proceeds from this event go to the Chain of Lakes Relay For Life serving Antrim and Charlevoix counties. Relay For Life provides funds to the American Cancer Society for not only research, but helps to provide rides to treatment, as well as lodging for those needing to travel for treatment.
Anyone looking for more information, contact Syrina Dawson at (231) 675-2492 or Syrina @charter.net, or visit www.relayforlife.org/chainoflakesmi. | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/entertainment/local/2022/10/07/crawlfor-the-cure-returns-to-boyne-city-oct-29/69539721007/ | 2022-10-07 12:32:03 | 0 | https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/entertainment/local/2022/10/07/crawlfor-the-cure-returns-to-boyne-city-oct-29/69539721007/ |
UN nuclear agency pushes for access to Zaporizhzhia plant roof after reports of Russian explosives
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the UN nuclear agency, the IAEA, says he’s pushing for access to the roof of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, following reports from Ukrainian officials that the Russians planted explosives there. The plant was seized by Russia, in March 2022, in the first weeks of the war in Ukraine, raising fears of a nuclear accident. The Russians have only allowed IAEA officials limited access to the plant, citing the security situation. The head of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, says he’s optimistic and is continuing the conversation with the Russians. He was speaking at the end of a trip to Japan, where he was inspecting the Fukushima nuclear plant, which was wrecked by a tsunami. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/07/07/un-nuclear-agency-pushes-for-access-to-zaporizhzhia-plant-roof-after-reports-of-russian-explosives/ | 2023-07-07 14:17:19 | 1 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/07/07/un-nuclear-agency-pushes-for-access-to-zaporizhzhia-plant-roof-after-reports-of-russian-explosives/ |
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas has exploded in the South African town of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, killing at least 8 people and injuring 50 others on Saturday, officials said.
The top of the truck scraped a low-lying bridge, sparking flames that caused the explosion, according to emergency services officials.
Video footage shared by residents on social media showed the dramatic explosion, with pedestrians running away from the blaze and cars dramatically speeding away. Several houses and vehicles have been damaged by the explosion, according to local reports.
The tanker was reportedly delivering gas to the nearby O.R. Tambo Memorial Hospital, where some of the injured were treated. Patients in some units at the hospital had to be evacuated because of the explosion and fire, according to local media reports.
“Walking through here was just a sight of absolute devastation, I have never seen something like this ever before,” local resident Simon Lapping, told the local Citizen newspaper. He said he saw the bodies of six adults and two children.
The incident will be investigated, said Tania Campbell, the mayor of Ekurhuleni, the municipality which includes Boksburg.
“The disaster management cluster is on-site assisting the victims of this tragedy and assessing the cause of the accident,” she said. “On behalf of the city, the office of the executive mayor commits itself to assisting all role-players in ensuring that a comprehensive investigation takes place and those who are liable are brought to book.” | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-truck-with-liquified-gas-explodes-in-south-africa-8-killed/ | 2022-12-25 03:00:25 | 0 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-truck-with-liquified-gas-explodes-in-south-africa-8-killed/ |
Senate elections expert discusses “toss up” Georgia race
Democrat Rapahel Warnock is set to debate Republican Herschel Walker Oct. 14
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Cook Political Report’s top Senate ratings expert says Georgia’s race for a U.S. Senate seat remains a “toss up.” This follows a controversial week for Republican candidate Herschel Walker, who is challenging Senator Raphael Warnock.
Gray Television Washington News Bureau’s David Ade sits down with Jessica Taylor, the Cook Political Report’s Senate and Governors Editor.
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DA: So where do you see the Georgia Senate race standing right now?
JT: This is sort of a really true toss up. We really thought at the beginning of the cycle that just the probably pro-Republican environment that we typically see in a president’s first midterm election, especially when his party controls both the House and the Senate, that that backlash will probably be enough to help Walker. You have Warnock, though, that has kept things close. He has run ahead of where President Biden’s numbers are in Georgia. And we’ve seen a more neutral playing field and in a way emerge.
DA: So we’re sitting down doing this interview about a week after The Daily Beast report came out alleging that the pro-life candidate, Herschel Walker, paid for an abortion for his then-girlfriend, an allegation that Walker denies. But what kind of impact are you seeing that reporting have on this race?
JT: It’s too soon to sort of tell in polling. We’ve seen some snap polling, which I’m a little bit skeptical of, but we’ve seen a lot of Republicans still stand by him because even if he may have, you know, paid for this abortion or supported it in the past, they see him as someone who would be a vote against trying to codify Roe versus Wade, or for 15-weeks abortion ban, or something like that. Some sort of the positions to voters in sort of their different colored jerseys matter a little bit more than what may be in your past.
DA: So Senator Warnock and Herschel Walker are scheduled to have their first and only debate this Friday. What do each of them need to do in order to turn the race in their favor in these final three, four weeks.
JT: Unless there are big moments or big mistakes, really, I’m skeptical that debates can necessarily change things.
DA: When you look ahead to November, what are you expecting the outcome of this race to be?
JT: As we saw in 2020, if no candidate gets the 50%, that could send it into a runoff. Now that it’s been moved from January back to December, so we’re looking at December 6th for that. And sources I talked to on both Republican and Democratic side say they really think that’s increasingly likely, that they don’t see especially Walker with a path to 50 at this juncture. But keeping Warnock below that could be a possibility as well.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s pioneering experiment with legalized magic mushrooms took a step closer to reality as the first “facilitators” who will accompany clients as they experience the drug received their state licenses, authorities said Tuesday.
Voters approved the regulated use of psilocybin in a 2020 ballot measure, and anticipation has been building over the past 2 1/2 years for the day — expected to come later this year — when people can gain access to the drug that studies indicate has therapeutic value.
Hundreds of people have invested thousands of dollars apiece in this budding industry, and some worry that the rollout is proceeding too slowly.
“We thank you for your dedication to client safety and access as we move closer to opening service centers,” Oregon Psilocybin Services Manager Angie Allbee said in a statement Tuesday to three people who received the state’s first facilitator licenses.
But to date, no service centers — where customers would access psilocybin in controlled, calm environments with music, eye masks and mats — have been licensed. Nor has any laboratory where the products must be tested for potency. The psilocybin may come in the form of whole dried mushrooms, ground homogenized fungi, extracts and edible products, the Oregon Health Authority says.
Tori Armbrust applied for a license to grow magic mushrooms on Jan. 2, the first day the health authority began accepting applications. In March, she became the first person to receive a manufacturer license. Allbee at the time congratulated Armbrust “for representing women leading the way for the emerging psilocybin ecosystem.”
Armbrust paid $10,000 for the license, which is good for only one year. To renew it, she will have to pay another $10,000. Between the license fee, renting a space in Portland to grow the mushrooms and setting up utilities and other elements, the 33-year-old said she has already spent about $25,000 of her life savings.
And she has yet to earn a dime.
She is growing psilocybin mushrooms, with the first harvest expected in a few weeks, but has no one to sell them to because no service centers have been licensed. Even before any of her “psilocybe cubensis” mushrooms can go to a service center, she needs a licensed lab to test them.
“People are under a lot of pressure with all this overhead,” Armbrust said in an interview Monday. “It’s a lot of money and we have to get it going.”
Oregon Psilocybin Services, which is part of the health authority, said Tuesday that it anticipates issuing licenses to service center and lab applicants “in the coming months.”
“We’re going to have to see how it all plays out,” Armbrust said. “This is all new and nobody can say for sure what’s going to happen. So, I’m just trying my best to, on my own, grow as much medicine as I can.”
About 100 people recently completed a $7,900, six-month course at a retreat near Portland to learn how to become facilitators and earn a certificate. That enables them to then take a test administered by the health authority to receive facilitator licenses.
As of Tuesday, three manufacturing licenses and three facilitator licenses have been issued.
Oregon Psilocybin Services expects centers to open their doors and licensed facilitators to offer services sometime this fall, said health authority spokesperson Afiq Hisham.
“Many applicants are working through complex issues, such as working with their cities and counties on zoning or ensuring the proposed premises meets requirements,” Hisham said. “We are prioritizing applications in the order received and working to provide site inspections for those that are ready.” | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/planning-a-trip-oregons-magic-mushroom-experiment-advances/ | 2023-04-19 20:35:18 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/planning-a-trip-oregons-magic-mushroom-experiment-advances/ |
The Necronomicon: You are summoning an ancient and nameless being.
Podcast transcript: You don’t like to get sand in your electronic equipment but remain dedicated to keeping up on your podcasts.
The Economist: You love fine print.
Cosmopolitan, inside the Economist: You are Ken.
The Economist, inside Cosmopolitan: You are Barbie.
Cosmopolitan, inside a different Cosmopolitan: You brought two Cosmos to the beach and that’s just fine!
Subtitles: You are watching a foreign film at the beach.
Surtitles: You are watching an opera at the beach.
“ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul”: Oh no! you have the One Ring and have just read aloud its inscription! There are certainly going to be Ringwraiths here! You had better get off the beach!
Three paragraphs of crawl text in the sky that say something about galactic civil war, then get further and further away: You are lying on the beach on a planet that is involved in “Star Wars.”
Enormous stone tablet containing lots of proscriptions about coveting and killing: You are Moses.
Enormous stone tablet containing lots of punishments for coveting and killing: You are Hammurabi.
Enraged clay tablet complaining about the quality of your copper: You are famed Mesopotamian failure of a copper purveyor Ea-Nasir! Also, you are at the beach.
Your phone browser, opened to the WebMD entry for “Sudden Sharp Pinching Sensation to Foot”: Your foot was just attacked by a crab and you are very worried the pain is an incurable disease.
Nutrition information on the side of a cereal box: You forgot to bring a book to the beach and are hoping no one will notice.
Large papyrus covered in unspeakable runes: Once again, you are going to get kicked off the beach for necromancy!
Complete set of encyclopedias Britannica: You are an encyclopedia salesman who made the mistake of coming to the beach expecting to get work done.
Subpoena: You’ve just been summoned to appear in court!
The federal indictment of Donald Trump: You are reading for pleasure.
Suspenseful thriller: You like to be thrilled!
Large biography: You didn’t feel like putting sunscreen on your face.
Print newspaper: You didn’t feel like putting sunscreen on your face or body, but your arms are not strong enough for Robert Caro’s masterworks.
CVS receipt: There is no thrill like savings!!!
Declaration of Independence (back): You are Nicolas Cage.
Greeting card: You underestimated how fast a reader you are.
“Ulysses”: You overestimated how fast a reader you are.
The care and handling label of your garment, frantically: You have just spilled sangria on yourself.
Big stack of bird entrails: You are an ancient seer trying to get through some work that piled up before vacation started.
Long list of names of people at the State Department you consider naughty: You are either Santa or Joseph McCarthy.
A sign that says “MILLER HIGH LIFE” flapping back and forth high above you: You forgot to bring a book but there is a plane flying over the beach trying to sell you Miller High Life.
A license plate: You are not at the beach, you are in traffic. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/what-your-beach-reading-says-parody/ | 2023-07-07 11:15:27 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/what-your-beach-reading-says-parody/ |
Colorado Leads Nation with Highest Vehicle Theft Rate, California Leads Once Again in Overall Thefts
DES PLAINES, Ill., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) Hot Spots Report, vehicle thefts continue to skyrocket in many areas of the U.S. Nationwide, 932,329 vehicles were reported stolen to law enforcement in 2021, a 6% increase over 2020, and a 17% increase since 2019.
Experience the full interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8991753-nicb-report-national-vehicle-thefts-hot-spots/
Colorado led the nation in 2021 with the highest overall theft rate at 661.21 thefts per 100,000 people, up from 502.12 in 2020, an increase of 32%. California led the other states with the highest number of vehicle thefts by volume once again in 2021 with 200,524 vehicles stolen, over 100,000 more thefts than second place Texas.
"For many of us, cars are essential to our livelihoods and the welfare of our families," said NICB President and CEO David Glawe. "NICB, along with our partners in law enforcement, are proactively working to prevent and deter vehicle theft, but vehicle owners can take simple steps to empower themselves. No matter who you are or where you live, theft prevention starts with good security hygiene. Lock your doors and keep your keys with you at all times."
The top 5 states with the most thefts by volume, which include Illinois, Florida, and Colorado, in addition to California and Texas, account for 412,008, or 44%, of all vehicle thefts nationwide. Of these states, only Florida saw a slight decrease in vehicle thefts with 42,808, down from 44,940 in 2020.
In addition to having the most overall thefts by volume, California was also home to the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) with the highest theft rate in the United States as the Bakersfield, CA CBSA had 1,024 thefts per 100,000 people. With a rate of 964.92 thefts per 100,000 people, the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO CBSA was second overall in theft rate, while the former #2, the Yuba City, CA CBSA, fell to tenth place.
Not all states experienced an increase in thefts in 2021. Since the release of the 2020 Hot Spots report, 22 states have seen decreases in vehicle thefts.
The Hot Spots report examines vehicle theft data obtained from the National Crime Information Center for each of the nation's metropolitan statistical areas. These are designated by the Office of Management and Budget and often include municipalities other than the cities for which metropolitan statistical areas are named. For example, Bakersfield, Calif., includes the entire county of Kern, not just the city of Bakersfield.
As a population-based survey, an area with a much smaller population can have a higher theft rate than an area with a greater number of thefts. Creating a theft rate, or number of thefts per 100,000 people, enables analysts to compare large regions, such as Los Angeles, with small regions, such as Hot Springs, Ark.
NICB encourages vehicle owners to consider these tips to avoid becoming a victim of vehicle theft:
- Always practice good security hygiene.
- Make sure your auto policy is up to date.
- Roll up your windows, lock your doors, and take the keys or fob.
- Park in well-lit areas and, when possible, areas staffed by security
- Park personal vehicles in a garage. If not possible, and vehicles must be parked in a driveway, consider installing motion sensor security lights. While lights may not provide complete security, it may make some thieves think twice, making them leave the area and your vehicle untouched.
Should your vehicle be stolen, call law enforcement and your insurer immediately. NICB data shows that reporting a vehicle as soon as possible after it is stolen increases the chance of recovery.
REPORT FRAUD: Anyone with information concerning insurance fraud or vehicle theft can report it anonymously by calling toll-free 800.TEL.NICB (800.835.6422) or submitting a form on our website.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSURANCE CRIME BUREAU: Headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill., the NICB is the nation's leading not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to combatting and preventing insurance crime through Intelligence, Analytics, and Operations; Education and Crime Prevention; and Strategy, Policy, and Advocacy. The NICB is supported by more than 1,200 property and casualty insurance companies and self-insured organizations. NICB member companies wrote over $582 billion in insurance premiums in 2021, or more than 82% of the nation's property-casualty insurance. That includes more than 96% of the nation's personal auto insurance. To learn more, visit www.nicb.org.
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The Biden administration is moving to overhaul the federal Charter School Program with new rules finalized last week that make it harder for for-profit organizations to win taxpayer money and require greater transparency and accountability for grant applicants.
Charter school supporters strongly objected to a draft set of rules released earlier this year, saying they seemed intended to kill the program outright, which the Education Department denied. Nina Rees, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said in a statement that the final regulations appear to be “less harmful than the original proposal,” but added that more analysis of the details was needed.
Critics of the federal Charter School Program said both the draft set of regulation changes and the final versions were important moves to stop waste and fraud in the federal program and provide more transparency to the operation of charters.
Charter advocates say these schools offer necessary choices to families that want alternatives to troubled schools in traditional public school districts. Critics say charter schools drain funding from public school districts that educate the vast majority of children in the United States, and are part of a movement to privatize public education.
The Network for Public Education, an advocacy organization that opposes charter schools, has published several reports since 2019 on the federal program, revealing the waste of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on charter schools that did not open or were shut down. The reports also showed that the Education Department did not adequately monitor federal grants to these schools. You can read about two of those reports here and here. A third report details how many for-profit management companies evade state laws banning for-profit charters.
This post analyzes the final rules that the Education Department released last week — though more details are yet to come. The following was written by Carol Burris, an award-winning New York school principal who is now executive director of the Network for Public Education and who wrote or co-wrote the reports mentioned above. Burris has written extensively about charter schools and other school reform efforts for more than a decade on The Answer Sheet.
By Carol Burris
Last week, efforts to clean up the wasteful federal Charter School Program (CSP) made remarkable progress. First, the fiscal year 2023 House Appropriations bill report not only made cuts to the CSP program budget, it demanded improvements. Then the day after the passage of the bill by the House Appropriations Committee, the long-awaited final regulations for the Charter School Program were published by the Education Department. Although a few concessions were made to the charter lobby, nearly all proposed regulations remained intact from a draft version released earlier this year.
Let’s start with the fiscal year 2023 House Appropriations bill. It reduced the Charter School Program budget by $40 million from President Biden’s request to keep funding for next year the same as this, at $440 million. The bill also called on Congress and the U.S. Education Department to phase out for-profit management organizations, and encouraged further investigations and reforms. In short, it supported the proposed CSP regulations.
During a June 30 hearing on the bill, two amendments — the first to defund the Department of Education’s regulation efforts and the second to restore the $40 million budget cut — were defeated in committee votes.
When Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) offered his amendment to kill the new regulations by defunding them, (watch beginning at 3:20:37), Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.), chairman of the committee, expressed her “strong opposition.” She accused the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools of “peddling un-credible exaggerations” and “misrepresentations” to defeat what she characterized as modest reforms. She further stated that they had been “willing to take desperate measures to block accountability and transparency” to protect for-profit education management organizations. She voiced her strong support for reform of the CSP to address long-standing concerns. Moolenaar’s amendment was defeated 32 to 22.
The following day, on July 1, the department held an informational briefing on the final new regulations, the priorities, and the assurances applicants must provide to secure a grant from the Charter School Program (CSP). Following the meeting, three documents were posted here. The first describes the submitted comments and the department’s response to them as well as the new requirements for the three grant programs within the overall CSP (SE, or State Entity; CMO, or charter management organization; and Developer, or charter school developers).
The department received 26,580 comments on the proposed regulations, most of which were generated from letter-writing campaigns. Of all of the comments, 5,770 were unique. According to the department, “the majority [of comments] expressed general support for the regulations and the priorities.”
For those who have long advocated for overhauling the CSP program, here are the significant gains.
Schools managed by for-profits will have a difficult time securing CSP grants and, in some cases, will be excluded from funding.
If an applicant has or will have a contract with a for-profit management company (or a “nonprofit management organization operated by or on behalf of a for-profit entity”), they must provide extensive information, including a copy or description of the contract, comprehensive leadership personnel reporting and the identification of possible related party transactions. Real estate contracts must be reported, and “evergreen contracts” in which there is automatic contract renewal are prohibited. The school cannot share legal, accounting or auditing services with the for-profit. The state entity that awards the grant must publish the for-profit management contract between the awardee and the school.
The final regulations also include the reporting and exposure of the for-profit’s related entities. The Network for Public Education recommended the addition of “related entities” in its comments to the department. Our report, “Chartered for Profit,” explains how for-profit owners create separate corporations with different names to mask the complete control of the for-profit over operations of the school.
Finally, the applicant must assure that “the [for-profit] management company does not exercise full or substantial control over the charter school,” thereby barring any charter school operated by a for-profit with a “sweeps contract” from obtaining CSP funds.
There will be greater transparency and accountability for charter schools, State Entities, and CMOs that apply for grants.
This is probably the most underreported win for those who support charter school reform.
Transparency gains include:
- An assurance that the grantee holds a public hearing on the proposed or expanded charter school. These hearings must be well advertised and include information on how the school will increase diversity and not promote segregation. Schools are obligated to reach out to the community to encourage attendance and then provide a summary of the hearing as part of the application. These public hearings are required of direct grantees and subgrantees — both SE and CMO.
- The publication of for-profit management contracts.
- The publication of the names of awardee schools and their peer-reviewed applications by states and CMOs.
- A requirement that the school publish information for prospective parents, including fees, uniform requirements, disciplinary practices, transportation plans, and whether the school participates in the national free or reduced-price lunch program.
Accountability gains include:
- More substantial supervision by state entities of the schools that are awarded grants, including in-depth descriptions of how they will review applications, the peer review process they will use, and how they will select grantees for in-depth monitoring.
- Restrictions regarding the spending of grants by unauthorized schools. Charter schools not yet approved by an authorizer will be eligible to use planning grant funds; however, they cannot dip into any implementation funds until they are approved and have secured a facility. This new regulation will limit, though not prevent, all funding that goes to charter schools that never open.
Regulations to stop White-flight charters from receiving CSP funding and ensure the charter is needed in the community.
The final regulations are good, but not as strong as initially proposed.
One of the more controversial aspects of the new regulations was the need for the school to conduct a community impact analysis. The charter lobby focused on one example by which a school could show need (district over-enrollment) and used it as a rallying cry to garner opposition to the regulations. In the new regulations, the department clarifies that there are other ways to demonstrate need, including wait lists and offering a unique program. It also eliminated the need for the applicant to provide a district enrollment projection.
The community impact analysis is now called a needs analysis. That analysis must include evidence of community desire for the school; documentation of the school’s enrollment projection and how it was derived; a comparison of the demographics of the school with the area where the students are likely to be drawn; the projected impact of the school on racial and socio-economic district diversity; and an assurance that the school would not “hamper, delay or negatively affect” district desegregation efforts. Applicants would also have to submit their plan to ensure that the charter school does not increase racial segregation and isolation in the school district from which the charter would draw its students.
The department went to great pains to reassure applicants that schools in racially isolated districts would not need to show diversity (this straw man argument had been used by the charter lobby and even some editorial boards to fight the regulations, although the original rules had made that clear). Those schools that are unlikely to be diverse due to the school’s special mission would also have to submit an explanation.
Still, there are some concerns about unintended consequences of the regulations.
With the additional caveat regarding “special mission,” the department is trying to preserve grants to schools that are themed to promote, for example, Native American culture in an area where Native American students are a minority population in the district. That is understandable.
However, White-flight charter schools could skirt the regulation by arguing that their mission is to provide a Eurocentric, classical curriculum.
For example, charter schools opened by Hillsdale College — a small Christian college in Michigan that promotes a “classical” curriculum — are disproportionately White. These schools could claim that their mission appeals to students with European backgrounds and that the strong “anti-CRT” message in their “1776 curriculum” does not appeal to Black families. Although Hillsdale College does not take federal funds, Hillsdale charter schools do. We have identified nearly $7 million awarded to Hillsdale member charter schools up to April 2021. Newer schools have likely secured CSP grants as well.
Priority 2 — which encouraged charter/public school cooperation — was retained but categorized as “invitational” for the 2022 cycle.
The second straw man argument the National Alliance for Public Charters used to fuel their #backoff campaign on the regulations was the claim that charter/public school district cooperative projects were required. They were not. They were a priority, and priorities can be mandated, competitive (assigned a few points), or invitational (looked up favorably but no point value).
As I explained here, it is rare for a priority to be mandated. For example, of the six priorities for the 2022 State Entities grants, only one is required, which is that authorizers use best practices. The department now makes it clear that it is unlikely that charter/district cooperative activity will ever be a mandated priority while leaving the door open to it becoming a competitive priority after the 2022 award cycle.
All regulations, priorities and assurances go into effect for this 2022 grant cycle with one exception: Developer grant applicants, a small program in which individual schools apply, do not have to submit a needs analysis in 2022 only. That is because applications are due shortly.
Summary
Since 2019 when the Network for Public Education issued its reports on the federal Charter School Program, the program has come under increased congressional scrutiny. We have followed up by submitting letters to the department, often co-signed by other groups, demanding reform and exposing abuses of the program.
These new regulations are an essential first step in making sure that fewer tax dollars go to schools that never open, schools that quickly close, and for-profit operators. Unscrupulous individuals who used the program for their enrichment will find it more difficult to do so. State Entities that have pushed money out the door will now be forced to provide more oversight and supervision. And so they should. State Entities get 10 percent of every grant, representing millions of federal dollars, to use for such supervision.
We do not doubt that some applicants will still provide false information, as we found time and time again, but now as all peer-reviewed applications go online, groups such as ours will serve as watchdogs and report falsehoods and misrepresentations to the Office of the Inspector General.
And for all of the charter schools that are fronts for for-profit organizations, the Education Department just put a big sign on the door that says “you need not apply.” | https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/05/new-rules-us-charter-school-program/ | 2022-07-05 10:31:21 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/05/new-rules-us-charter-school-program/ |
Marion County Commissioners want the school board to pay SROs fully during Summer school
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OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - During the Summer, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office is assigning school resources officers to all schools in session.
During the Marion County Commission’s budget workshop, a debate over who should pay their wages was discussed. As of right now the county is providing some of the funds for the SROs but feels that the school board should be responsible for covering all of the costs.
“What it looks like we’re paying 30% and we’re not going to get that productivity from a deputy. So if we’re doing that I think the school board should pay for the deputy wholeheartedly,” said Commissioner Carl Zalak.
Vice-chair of the school board Allison Campbell said they just approved a new contract and pay the right amount to make sure their staff and students are safe.
“For the sheriff’s office, the Ocala Police Department, and the Belleview Police Department we just approved them at the end of June. So the fact that this seemed as if it was a revelation to the commissioners today was interesting because that was something we already approved.”
Sheriff Billy Woods was at the meeting and said he’ll do whatever to protect students and there’s no price on safety. “
There’s more than money in this negotiation and I’ll rather discuss it one on one because there’s a bigger picture.”
But commissioner Kathy Bryant said if the SROs are in schools and not on patrol the school board should still pay.
“At the end of the day if we’re not seeing any benefit from those SROs anymore the school needs to cover the complete cost of them.”
The school board said their contracts will go up over the next two years to pay SROs.
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CHICAGO (WGN) – Mercedes-Benz has issued a recall for nearly one million vehicles worldwide due to concerns of possible brake failure.
The recall affects various models of the German automaker’s ML and GL-Class series as well as their R-Class luxury crossovers sold between 2004 and 2015.
According to the company, there are problems with the power-braking mechanism due to corrosion in the joint area of the brake booster.
This could force the driver to put more pressure on the brake pedal to slow the vehicle, possibly create a longer stopping distance, or cause the brake system to stop functioning altogether.
The Mercedes-Benz recall is effective immediately and they are contacting owners whose vehicles may be affected.
The company says they will need to inspect the potentially faulty parts to see if they need replacement, and they’re asking affected customers not to drive their vehicles until they can be inspected. | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/mercedes-recalls-1m-vehicles-due-to-brake-issue/ | 2022-06-07 21:45:32 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/mercedes-recalls-1m-vehicles-due-to-brake-issue/ |
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today that new clinical studies presented at the 15th Congress of the International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) in Milan, Italy reinforce the value of the company's CyberKnife® platform in the treatment of neurological indications with non-invasive radiosurgery. The data highlight the benefits experienced by neurosurgeons for more than two decades, including the ability to effectively and efficiently deliver radiation in single and multi-fraction sessions, treat benign and functional cases, primary brain and spine tumors and metastases, as well as previously irradiated tumors.
"We are proud to see the impact that CyberKnife technology has on advancing patient care, with nearly 50 abstracts presented at the ISRS conference showcasing the system's use for non-invasive radiosurgery treatments. The data indicate we are fulfilling our goal to offer clinicians the tools they need to enhance the quality of care they offer and provide additional treatment options to their patients," said Suzanne Winter, president and chief executive officer of Accuray.
Ms. Winter continued, "The CyberKnife platform continues to evolve with powerful enhancements that enable clinicians to continue delivering extremely precise and accurate radiosurgery treatments, while also significantly reducing treatment times, providing a more comfortable experience for patients and enabling medical care teams to treat more patients each day. But we are not stopping here. Through investments in research and development and industry partnerships we will continue to introduce best-in-class innovations that make an incredible system even better."
The CyberKnife System delivers frameless radiosurgery treatments, unlike other systems that use a fixed metal frame attached to the patient's head to prevent movement during treatment. It provides clinical teams with a device that maximizes patient comfort and can deliver precision treatments in a single session, as well as up to 5 ultra-hypofractionated treatments, expanding access to radiosurgery to more patients. Studies shared at the ISRS meeting indicate radiosurgery delivered with the CyberKnife System can:
- Provide excellent local control with very low toxicity when treating perioptic meningiomas, tumors that are challenging to treat because of their close proximity to critical brain structures impacting a person's vision1
- Offer a feasible and effective technique for treating patients who have previously received radiation treatment for recurrent primary brain tumors and metastases - indications with limited treatment options2
- Supply an effective treatment approach for patients with craniopharyngioma, a slow growing brain tumor, with no evidence of long-term complications such as deterioration of visual or neuroendocrine function3
- Provide clinical teams with an effective single fraction or ablative option, with low toxicity, for the post-operative treatment of brain metastases4
The CyberKnife System is the industry's only radiation delivery system that features a linear accelerator (linac) directly mounted onto a sophisticated robotic platform to deliver radiation therapy. The robot maneuvers around the patient to deliver multiple beams of radiation from thousands of angles to target the tumor or lesion. Using advanced imaging and Accuray proprietary Synchrony® technology, the system can see the tumor or lesion in the brain and continually verifies its position, automatically correcting and adapting the beam position for even the slightest movement. For example, if the patient moves their head during treatment, the CyberKnife® System detects this movement and synchronizes the treatment target to the new position in real-time delivering maximum dose directly to the tumor while minimizing dose to surrounding health tissue, reducing the risk of many common side effects.
For Important Safety Information please refer to https://www.accuray.com/safety-statement.
Accuray is committed to expanding the powerful potential of radiation therapy to improve as many lives as possible. We invent unique, market-changing solutions designed to deliver radiation treatments for even the most complex cases—while making commonly treatable cases even easier—to meet the full spectrum of patient needs. We are dedicated to continuous innovation in radiation therapy for oncology, neuro-radiosurgery, and beyond, as we partner with clinicians and administrators, empowering them to help patients get back to their lives, faster. Accuray is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with facilities worldwide. To learn more, visit www.accuray.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
Statements made in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate, but are not limited, to planned investments in research and development and industry partnerships, new products and innovations, clinical applications, clinical results, patient experiences and patient outcomes. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of the company's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of the company and those of its customers and suppliers, the company's ability to achieve widespread market acceptance of its products; the company's ability to develop new products or improve existing products to meet customers' needs; the company's ability to anticipate or keep pace with changes in the marketplace and the direction of technological innovation and customer demands and such other risks identified under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 29, 2022, and as updated periodically with the company's other filings with the SEC.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to the company at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events. The company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual performance or results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. Accordingly, investors should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
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[1] ORAL PRESENTATIONS Skull-base Societies Session: Meningiomas; OP14 PERIOPTIC MENINGIOMAS TREATED WITH CYBERKNIFE RADIOSURGERY (1 - 5 SESSIONS): CLINICAL RESULTS. Morena SALLABANDA (Madrid, Spain), Kita SALLABANDA. https://isrscongress.org/real-time-programme-expanded/
[2] 01. EPOSTERS - BRAIN – MALIGNANT; P023 Re-irradiation of relapsed intracranic lesions with stereotactic radiotherapy: a monoinstitutional experience. Stefano Lorenzo VILLA (Milan, Italy), Chiara Lucrezia DEANTONI, Andrei FODOR, Roberta TUMMINERI, Flavia ZERBETTO, Sara BROGGI, Jessica SADDI, Barbara LONGOBARDI, Antonella DEL VECCHIO, Italo DELL'OCA, Nadia Gisella DI MUZIO. https://isrscongress.org/eposters/
[3] 02. EPOSTERS - BRAIN – BENIGN; P089 Long term results in stereotactic radiosurgery for craniopharyngioma: monoinstitutional experience. Sara MORLINO (Milano, Italy), Marcello MARCHETTI, Valentina PINZI, Irene CANE, Maria Luisa FUMAGALLI, Laura FARISELLI. https://isrscongress.org/eposters/
[4] 01. EPOSTERS - BRAIN – MALIGNANT; P034 Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery (fSRS) as adjuvant treatment for resected brain metastases (BMs): a single-center series. Valentina PINZI (Milan, Italy), Anna ROMEO, Marcello MARCHETTI, Sara MORLINO, Irene TRAMACERE, Laura FARISELLI. https://isrscongress.org/eposters/
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Former President Donald Trump delivered a grievance-ridden speech on Tuesday hours after facing arraignment on criminal charges in New York, casting himself as the victim of a political prosecution and railing against what he called a “lawless” justice system bent on ending his political career.
Speaking at Mar-a-Lago, his personal residence and private club in Palm Beach, Fla., Trump went on an extended tirade against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who’s office indicted Trump last week in a case involving hush money payments to a porn star to cover up an alleged extramarital affair.
The former president maintained his innocence, saying he never did anything illegal and that the charges against him should never have been brought. He also attacked the judge presiding over the case, Justice Juan Merchan, calling him a “Trump-hating judge.”
“You want to get President Trump at any cost,” Trump said. “As it turns out ,everyone who has looked at this case…says there is no crime and it should never have been brought. Never have been brought.
“It’s an insult to our country,” he added, “and the world is already laughing at us.”
Trump’s remarks before a friendly crowd that included allies like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) came just after he returned to Florida from New York, where he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts, including falsifying business records and conspiracy in connection to multiple hush-money payments.
Trump’s indictment has been expected. Law enforcement officials in Manhattan offered him the opportunity last month to testify before the grand jury looking into the matter, signaling charges were likely. That was followed by Trump wrongly predicting that he would be arrested.
But Trump made clear that he wasn’t only focused on those charges. He also went after law enforcement officials in Georgia and Washington, D.C. investigating other potential crimes.
In particular, he attacked special counsel Jack Smith, who’s investigating Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election, accusing him of “threatening” his allies with jail time in order to force them to cooperate with his inquiry.
“We have this Jack Smith lunatic threatening people every single day through his representatives,” Trump said. “They’re threatening jail terms. But talk about aTrump and you’ll go free.”
“That’s the country in which we live in, however, right now.”
He also defended his handling of classified documents he took with him upon leaving the White House in 2020, saying he took the documents “in good faith” and was being treated unfairly by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
He also rehashed older grievances, mentioning the FBI’s investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as the nation’s top diplomat and bringing up his two impeachments.
“From the beginning, the Democrats spied on my campaign,” he said. “Remember that? They attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent inventions. Russia, Russia, Russia. Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine.”
The remarks were relatively brief, by Trump’s standards, lasting just under half an hour. Still, they telegraphed how the former president plans to make his various legal entanglements a central part of his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Since winning the White House in 2016, Trump has sought to cast himself as the target of a so-called “deep state” intent on weeding out anyone whom it sees as a threat to its power. During his time in Washington, he faced impeachment twice.
Yet while Republicans have rallied around him amid his indictment in New York, many in the party have urged the party, both publicly and privately, to move on to a new standard bearer without Trump’s political and legal baggage.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who hasn’t yet announced a presidential campaign, is widely seen as Trump’s most serious challenger, though recent polls show him slipping as GOP voters rush to Trump’s defense in the face of the indictment.
Still, Trump has put his legal troubles front-and-center in the 2024 Republican primary. In his remarks on Thursday, he turned to a familiar line, warning that the United States “is going to hell” and needed him to save it.
“We are a nation in decline. And now these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law enforcement. We can’t let that happen,” he said. “I have no doubt nevertheless that we will make America great again.”
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
01-03-08-09-15-37
(one, three, eight, nine, fifteen, thirty-seven)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Classic Lotto 47" game were:
01-03-08-09-15-37
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials in California ordered evacuations in a high-risk coastal area where mudslides killed 23 people in 2018 as a huge storm barreled into the state Wednesday, bringing high winds and rain that threatened widespread flooding and knocked out power to more than 100,000 people.
The storm was expected to dump up to 6 inches (152.4 millimeters) of rain in parts of the San Francisco Bay Area where most of the region would remain under flood warnings into late Thursday night. In Southern California, the storm was expected to peak in intensity overnight into early Thursday morning with Santa Barbara and Ventura counties likely to see the most rain, forecasters said.
“We anticipate that this may be one of the most challenging and impactful series of storms to touch down in California in the last five years,” said Nancy Ward, the new director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed said at a news conference that the city was “preparing for a war.” Crews cleared clogged storm drains, tried to move homeless people into shelters and passed out emergency supplies and ponchos to those who refused to go.
The city distributed so many sandbags to residents that supplies temporarily ran out.
Powerful winds gusting to 85 mph (136 kmh) or more forced the cancellation of more than 70 flights at San Francisco International Airport and downed trees and power lines. Firefighters rescued a family after a tree fell onto their car. The fire department reported “large pieces of glass” fell off the Fox Plaza tower near the Civic Center, although no injuries were reported. It was “highly possible” the damage to the skyscraper was wind-related, the department tweeted.
The new storm left more than 100,000 customers in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast without power.
The storm is one of three so-called atmospheric river storms in the last week to reach the drought-stricken state. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to allow for a quick response and to aid in cleanup from another powerful storm that hit just days earlier.
In Southern California, evacuations were ordered for those living in areas burned by three recent wildfires in Santa Barbara County, where heavy rain forecast for overnight could cause widespread flooding and unleash debris flows.
County officials did not have a firm number for how many people were under evacuation orders, but Susan Klein-Rothschild, a spokesperson in the county’s emergency operations center, said sheriff’s deputies went door-to-door and contacted at least 480 people.
Among the towns ordered to evacuate was Montecito, where five years ago huge boulders, mud and debris swept down mountains through the town to the shoreline, killing 23 people and destroying more than 100 homes. The town is home to many celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan.
“What we’re talking about here is a lot of water coming off the top of the hills, coming down into the creeks and streams and as it comes down, it gains momentum and that’s what the initial danger is,” Montecito Fire Department Chief Kevin Taylor said.
Elsewhere, a 45-mile (72-kilometer) stretch of the coastal Highway 1 running through Big Sur was closed Wednesday evening in anticipation of flooding and rock falls. Further north, a 25-mile (40-kilometer) stretch of Highway 101 was closed due to several downed trees.
Drivers were urged to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary, especially with heavy snow expected in the mountains.
The storm came days after a New Year’s Eve downpour led to the evacuations of people in rural Northern California communities and the rescue of several motorists from flooded roads. A few levees south of Sacramento were damaged.
On Wednesday, authorities in south Sacramento County found a body in a submerged car — one of at least four victims of flooding from that storm.
Evacuation orders were in place in Santa Cruz County’s Paradise Park along the swiftly moving San Lorenzo River, as well as in areas along the Pajaro River. Residents who fled wildfires in the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020 were packing their bags as the towns of Boulder Creek, Ben Lomond and Felton were all warned they should be prepared to evacuate.
Sonoma County authorities issued an evacuation warning for a string of towns along the Russian River, which was expected to reach flood stage on Thursday.
The storms won’t be enough to officially end the state’s ongoing drought, now entering its fourth year. The U.S. Drought Monitor showed that most of California is in severe to extreme drought. Since the state’s major reservoirs are low, they have plenty of room to fill with more water from the storm, officials said.
Trees already stressed from years of limited rain are more likely to fall now that the ground is suddenly saturated and winds are heavy. That could cause widespread power outages or create flood hazards, said Karla Nemeth, director of the state’s Department of Water Resources.
“We are in the middle of a flood emergency and also in the middle of a drought emergency,” she said during an emergency briefing.
Storms also took a toll elsewhere in the U.S. In the Midwest, ice and heavy snow this week closed schools in Minnesota and western Wisconsin and caused a jet to go off an icy taxiway after landing in a snowstorm in Minneapolis. No passengers were injured, Delta airlines said.
In the South, a possible tornado damaged homes, downed trees and flipped a vehicle on its side in Montgomery, Alabama, early Wednesday.
In Illinois, staff from the National Weather Service’s Chicago office planned to survey storm damage on Wednesday following at least six tornadoes, the largest number of rare January tornadoes recorded in the state since 1989.
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Associated Press writers Janie Har in San Francisco, Sophie Austin in Sacramento, California, Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis and Rick Callahan in Indianapolis contributed to this report. | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-major-winter-storms-dump-on-california-upper-midwest/ | 2023-01-05 13:46:06 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/news/national/ap-major-winter-storms-dump-on-california-upper-midwest/ |
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Tickets On Sale Now for Automobile Exhibition, Returning to Wynn Golf Club in November
LAS VEGAS, May 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets are now on sale for Concours at Wynn Las Vegas (Nasdaq: WYNN), an annual automotive experience returning to the award-winning resort from Friday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Nov. 12. Debuting at Wynn in 2022, this year's Concours will feature two main events - a Saturday exhibition on the greens of Wynn Golf Club and the Tour d'Elegance, a motorcade down The Las Vegas Strip. The 2023 event has expanded to include four categories of vehicle display at Saturday's exhibition: Concours, Hypercar, Electric, and Concept and Culture.
"We look forward to building on last year's inaugural event, and creating even more differentiated experiences for our guests," said Steve Weitman, President of Wynn Las Vegas. "We expect this year's Concours to be an exceptional display of craftsmanship and innovation, with new categories that showcase something for everyone."
This year's lineup will include:
- The Concours exhibition on Saturday, Nov. 11, featuring a collection of more than 250 unique automobiles from around the world and former race car driver and notable personality Justin Bell as the event emcee. The exhibition will showcase four judged and non-judged pillars for vehicle entry and display: Concours, Hypercar, Electric, and Concept and Culture. The Hypercar category will showcase ultra-elite hypercars with sleek and seductive design from the world's most sought-after manufacturers, while the Electric category will highlight the latest and greatest in energy-efficient offerings. The Concept and Culture category is intended to highlight vehicles that are limited edition, as well as famous vehicles associated with cultural figures ranging from singers, actors and iconic Las Vegas personalities. The remaining Concours category will be the only judged class, and feature exceptional pre- and post-war automobiles. The exhibition concludes with an esteemed panel of judges presenting Best of Show winners with the coveted Helene Award statuette. Additional award categories such as "Most Fashionable" and "Spirit of Wynn" have been added for 2023, and will be presented to standouts that don't claim the Best of Show honors.
- The Tour d'Elegance motorcade will close out the weekend on Sunday, Nov. 12. The morning procession down The Las Vegas Strip will feature a mix of winning vehicles and other examples of automotive design, all proudly driven by their owners.
Available ticket types for Concours include:
- General Admission, consisting of access to Saturday's exhibition of rare and vintage vehicles.
- Hosted Bar, combining admission to Saturday's exhibition and entry to the fairway for cocktails and sweeping views.
- Chairman's VIP, a premium experience that features entry to Saturday's exhibition, along with an open bar and an array of chef stations underneath Wynn's Event Pavilion.
Wynn Las Vegas is also offering accommodation packages to enhance the weekend experience. Prices for each package vary. For additional package information, to buy tickets, or to apply for entry, please visit www.lasvegasconcours.com.
About Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn Resorts is the recipient of more Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Awards than any other independent hotel company in the world and in 2023 was once again honored on FORTUNE Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features approximately 194,000 square feet of casino space, 20 signature dining experiences, 14 bars, two award-winning spas, approximately 513,000 rentable square feet of meeting and convention space, approximately 174,000 square feet of retail space as well as two showrooms, two nightclubs, a beach club, and recreation and leisure facilities, including Wynn Golf Club, an 18-hole championship golf course. For more information on Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, visit press.wynnlasvegas.com.
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