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Barcelona reaches deal to sign Raphinha; Dembélé staying
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has reached a deal to sign Leeds playmaker Raphinha and will also keep France forward Ousmane Dembélé at the club. The agreement to sign Brazil international Raphinha was pending the 25-year-old winger passing a medical. Leeds also confirmed it had reached an agreement in principle. Barcelona president Joan Laporta also says the club is keeping France forward Dembélé who is expected to have his contract extended until the end of 2024. Laporta did not answer questions on whether Barcelona is still trying to sign Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich. Laporta said recently that Barcelona made an offer for the striker. | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/13/barcelona-reaches-deal-to-sign-raphinha-dembele-staying/ | 2022-07-13 14:46:36 | 1 | https://kion546.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/13/barcelona-reaches-deal-to-sign-raphinha-dembele-staying/ |
ATLANTA -- Gov. Brian Kemp signed a $30.2 billion state budget Thursday that includes pay raises for teachers and state employees.
The Fiscal 2023 spending plan, which takes effect July 1, is just shy of the record $30.3 billion Fiscal 2022 mid-year budget covering state spending through June 30. It includes the $2,000 final installment of a $5,000 pay hike for Georgia teachers Kemp promised on the campaign trail four years ago.
Most state workers also will get $5,000 raises, while larger increases will go to correctional officers in the adult and juvenile prison system plagued with high turnover rates.
State retirees will receive their first cost-of-living adjustment in 14 years.
The budget also contains a $180 million increase in mental health spending, the largest in the state's history, and $28 million to extend Medicaid coverage for new mothers from the current six months to a year.
In the criminal justice arena, the budget funds a new state trooper class of 75 cadets, an expansion of the attorney general's human trafficking unit and a newly created gang prosecution unit.
"We have prioritized education, public safety and health care, even when we faced truly unprecedented times," Kemp said during a budget signing ceremony at the University of North Georgia's Blue Ridge campus.
Kemp said state coffers are flush with enough money to cover the various spending increases because he re-opened Georgia's economy earlier than many other states during the early months of the pandemic.
But Democrats attributed the additional spending to the availability of federal funds from the American Rescue Plan a Democratic-controlled Congress passed shortly after President Biden took office last year.
"After calling Democrats’ American Rescue Plan a ‘slap in the face for hard-working Georgians,’ Brian Kemp is hypocritically trying to take credit because he thinks it will help his chances of re-election," Max Flugrath, a spokesman for the Democratic Party of Georgia, said.
While the state pours additional funds into education, public safety and health care, the budget also made room for a one-time $1.1 billion tax refund. A phased-in income tax cut will kick in starting in 2024.
The refunds are starting to go out to taxpayers this week. However, the process isn't expected to be completed until August due to the volume of refunds.
"This is a good budget, one which invests strategically in ... a growing, thriving state while at the same time keeping state government lean and returning every dollar possible to the taxpayer," Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, said.
Ralston noted the budget will provide $13 million to expand the Blue Ridge campus that hosted Thursday's signing ceremony. The budget also includes $388 million to restore cuts to the state's K-12 student funding formula imposed during the pandemic.
In higher education, the spending plan does away with special institutional fees the University System of Georgia began charging students during the Great Recession and raises tuition coverage offered by the HOPE Scholarships program to 90% for most qualified students. | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/governor-signs-fiscal-2023-state-budget/article_31813c9e-d225-11ec-a21a-d752132b3559.html | 2022-05-12 19:16:26 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/governor-signs-fiscal-2023-state-budget/article_31813c9e-d225-11ec-a21a-d752132b3559.html |
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, is the culmination of the Democrat’s three-year civil investigation of Trump and the Trump Organization. Three of Trump’s adult children, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump, were also named as defendants, along with two longtime company executives, Allen Weisselberg and Jeffrey McConney.
The lawsuit seeks to strike at the core of what made Trump famous, taking a blacklight to the image of wealth and opulence he’s embraced throughout his career — first as a real estate developer, then as a reality TV host on “The Apprentice” and “Celebrity Apprentice,” and later as president.
James, a Democrat, announced details of the lawsuit at a news conference on Wednesday. The case showed up on a court docket Wednesday morning.
James said Trump “falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars.”
The goal, the attorney general’s office has said, was to burnish Trump’s billionaire image and the value of his properties when doing so gave him an advantage, while playing down the value of assets at other times for tax purposes.
“This investigation revealed that Donald Trump engaged in years of illegal conduct to inflate his net worth, to deceive banks and the people of the great state of New York," James said at the news conference. “Claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. It’s the art of the steal.”
James is seeking to remove the Trumps from businesses engaged in the alleged fraud and wants an independent monitor appointed for no less than five years to oversee the Trump Organization’s compliance, financial reporting, valuations and disclosures to lenders, insurers and tax authorities.
She is seeking to replace the current trustees of Trump’s revocable trust, which controls his business interests, with independent trustees, to bar Trump and the Trump Organization from entering into commercial real estate acquisitions for five years, from obtaining loans from banks in New York for five years and permanently bar Trump and three of his adult children from serving as an officer or director in any New York corporation or similar business entity registered and/or licensed in New York State.
She also seeks to permanently bar Weisselberg and McConney from serving in the financial control function of any New York corporation or similar business entity registered and/or licensed in New York State.
James said her investigation uncovered potential criminal violations, including falsifying business records, issuing false financial statements, insurance fraud, conspiracy and bank fraud. She said her office is referring those findings to federal prosecutors and the Internal Revenue Service.
Alina Habba, an attorney for Trump, said the lawsuit “is neither focused on the facts nor the law — rather, it is solely focused on advancing the Attorney General’s political agenda.”
“It is abundantly clear that the Attorney General’s Office has exceeded its statutory authority by prying into transactions where absolutely no wrongdoing has taken place," Habba said. "We are confident that our judicial system will not stand for this unchecked abuse of authority, and we look forward to defending our client against each and every one of the Attorney General’s meritless claims.”
James’ lawsuit comes amid a swirl of unprecedented legal challenges for a former president, including an FBI investigation into Trump’s handling of classified records and inquiries into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
The Trump Organization is set to go on trial in October in a criminal case alleging that it schemed to give untaxed perks to senior executives, including its longtime finance chief Weisselberg, who alone took more than $1.7 million in extras.
Weisselberg, 75, pleaded guilty Aug. 18. His plea agreement requires him to testify at the company’s trial before he starts a five-month jail sentence. If convicted, the Trump Organization could face a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been conducting a parallel criminal investigation of the same business practices at the heart of James’ civil lawsuit. That probe lost momentum earlier this year after Bragg raised questions internally about whether a criminal case was viable, but the Democrat has said it has not been abandoned.
At the same time, the FBI is continuing to investigate Trump’s storage of sensitive government documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, and a special grand jury in Georgia is investigating whether Trump and others attempted to influence state election officials.
All of the legal drama is playing out ahead of the November midterm elections, where Republicans are trying to win control of one or both houses of Congress.
Meanwhile, Trump has been laying the groundwork for a potential comeback campaign for president in 2024 and has accused President Joe Biden’s administration of targeting him to hurt his political chances.
State law allows a broad range of civil remedies against companies committing commercial fraud, including revoking licenses to conduct business in the state, removing company officers and forcing the payment of restitution or disgorgement of ill-gotten gains.
James’ office could also seek to ban Trump from being involved in certain types of businesses, as happened in January when a judge barred ex-drug company CEO Martin Shkreli from the pharmaceutical industry for life.
In a previous clash with Trump, James oversaw the closure of his charity, the Trump Foundation, after her predecessor in the attorney general’s office, Barbara Underwood, filed a lawsuit alleging he misused its assets to resolve business disputes and boost his run for the White House. A judge ordered Trump to pay $2 million to an array of charities to settle the matter.
James, who campaigned for office as a Trump critic and watchdog, started scrutinizing his business practices in March 2019 after his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress that Trump exaggerated his wealth on financial statements provided to Deutsche Bank when he was trying to obtain financing to buy the NFL’s Buffalo Bills.
Since then, James’ office and Trump’s lawyers have repeatedly sparred over the direction of the investigation and Trump’s unwillingness to comply with subpoenas for his testimony and records. Trump spent months fighting the subpoena that led to his August deposition, his lawyers unable to convince courts that he should be excused from testifying because his answers could be used in Bragg’s criminal probe.
In May, Trump paid $110,000 in fines after he was held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a subpoena James’ office issued seeking documents and other evidence. The contempt finding was lifted in June after Trump and his lawyers submitted paperwork showing they had made a good faith effort to find relevant documents. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/NY-attorney-general-sues-Donald-Trump-and-his-17456902.php | 2022-09-21 16:47:50 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/NY-attorney-general-sues-Donald-Trump-and-his-17456902.php |
With gas and airline prices at record highs — and the airline industry in turmoil — travelers are facing more obstacles than usual over the busy holiday weekend.
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With gas and airline prices at record highs — and the airline industry in turmoil — travelers are facing more obstacles than usual over the busy holiday weekend.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "At this 50th annual March for Life, we and all of our fellow Solidarity HealthShare Members celebrate the end of Roe v. Wade. But never has this march and our commitment to life-affirming healthcare been so important. There is much work ahead of us as we seek to rebuild healthcare in America.
"A hostile administration is actively working to drive people of faith who are committed to protecting life out of the health care system altogether, and government has become a means of coercing Americans into providing or underwriting procedures to which they object. But authentic healthcare is always life-affirming and can never include abortion. We as a community stand as a reminder that protecting life at all stages and quality healthcare are complimentary." - Chris Faddis, president of Solidarity HealthShare and Brad Hahn, CEO of Solidarity HealthShare.
Solidarity HealthShare is a healthcare sharing ministry offering Members an affordable, ethical way to pay for healthcare. Based on social and moral doctrine of the Catholic Church, we protect Members' consciences by sharing the costs of life-affirming healthcare, refusing to participate in unethical medical practices. Our mission is to restore and rebuild an authentic pro-life healthcare culture that promotes the sanctity of all human life, while facilitating the sharing of our Members' medical expenses.
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BOSTON, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Valo Health, Inc. ("Valo"), the technology company using human-centric data and artificial intelligence (AI) powered computation to transform the drug discovery and development process, today announced that it will participate in the 41st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, January 9th – 12th.
David Berry, M.D. PhD, Valo's CEO and founder, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 2:30 PM PT (5:30 PM ET) in the Golden Gate Room (31st Fl) at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco.
Valo's management, investor relations and business development leadership will be attending and available throughout the conference for meetings.
Valo Health, Inc ("Valo") is a technology company built to transform the drug discovery and development process using human-centric data and artificial intelligence-driven computation. As a digitally native company, Valo aims to fully integrate human-centric data across the entire drug development life cycle into a single unified architecture, thereby accelerating the discovery and development of life-changing drugs while simultaneously reducing costs, time, and failure rates. The company's Opal Computational Platform™ is an integrated set of capabilities designed to transform data into valuable insights that may accelerate discoveries and enable Valo to advance a robust pipeline of programs across cardiovascular metabolic renal, oncology, and neurodegenerative disease. Founded by Flagship Pioneering and headquartered in Boston, MA, Valo also has offices in Lexington, MA, New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA. To learn more, visit www.valohealth.com.
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Investors: Graeme Bell, Chief Financial Officer gbell@ valohealth.com
Media: Jennifer Hanley Jhanley@valohealth.com
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NEW YORK, July 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ACAH) (the "Company"), a special purpose acquisition corporation, announced that Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Management LLC, the Company's initial public offering sponsor (the "Sponsor"), has deposited $80,000 into the Company's trust account (the "Trust Account) in order to extend the period of time that the Company has to complete a business combination for an additional one (1) month period, from July 8, 2023 to August 8, 2023. The Company had previously extended the period of time it had to complete a business combination from June 8, 2023 to July 8, 2023. In exchange for the Sponsor's additional contribution to the Trust Account, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to the Sponsor in an aggregate principal amount of $80,000. The purpose of the extension is to provide additional time for the Company to complete a business combination.
About Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp.
Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ACAH) is a special purpose acquisition company. On March 8, 2021, Atlantic Coastal announced the closing of its IPO and listing on Nasdaq. The Atlantic Coastal team is led by Chairman and CEO Shahraab Ahmad, President and Director Burt Jordan, and CSO Director Tony Eisenberg. For more information, please visit www.atlantic-coastal.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company's 10-K filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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Online survey of over 2,000 respondents by Blue Star Families shows that military families, who move every 2-3 years, face an average of over $6,000 in unreimbursed relocation and housing costs in the first year after a relocation.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Blue Star Families released a new survey that paints a dire situation facing many military families across the country. Conducted from September 16-21 with over 2,200 respondents, the new research shows that a majority of active-duty families are facing serious issues related to lengthy stays in temporary lodging due to a limited housing market and skyrocketing housing costs.
The results showed the following:
- On average, military families face over $6,000 in unreimbursed costs in the first year of relocation alone.
- The survey also found most families (81%) spent more than $2,000 in upfront, move-in expenses once they secured their permanent housing—including necessary non-optional costs such as electricity, internet, or one-time housing costs.
- Nearly half of active-duty family respondents (46%) moving in the past year spent longer than 20 days in temporary housing at their new duty station, but until October 1, 2022, were only reimbursed for the first 10 days. For temporary lodging costs alone, these families reported spending an average of over $2,000 out of pocket and unreimbursed.
"The stories we heard were wrenching, and pervasive. One family told us they ran out of money for hotels after two weeks, forcing them to sleep in their car in the middle of a Texas summer. Others resorted to living in RVs while waiting for military housing to become available. With each new assignment, families told us, any savings they had were wiped out. Many felt forced to settle for expensive or inadequate private rentals, or even to purchase a home when they didn't intend to buy, due to the high costs of remaining in temporary housing," said Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families.
In Lacey, Washington—just 30 minutes from Joint Base Lewis-McChord—the Lacey Veterans Services Hub told Blue Star Families that it has "helped several military members and their families that were either living in their cars or in tents due to the lack of housing in our community." For many of the active-duty families, "the monthly cost of a hotel is on average $1,500 more a month than what they receive as a housing allowance. They now must choose to either not pay their bills, feed their families, or live in their cars."
Congress, the Department of Defense, state lawmakers, and community organizations have all recognized these problems and have taken steps toward solutions, which we applaud, but it's time to take those efforts further. Representative Marilyn Strickland from Washington's 10th congressional district has recognized these efforts:
"Our servicemembers and their families shouldn't spend hundreds of dollars out of pocket to find adequate housing. Last year, I secured language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to direct the Department of Defense (DOD) to evaluate Temporary Lodging Expenses (TLE) and unreimbursed moving costs. This year, I introduced the Ensuring Every Servicemember has a Home package to restore Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) and improve BAH calculations. I am pleased that Secretary Austin has begun to address some of these issues, and I look forward to working with Blue Star Families to do more. It's past time to ensure that all servicemembers and their families are safely and adequately housed."
Read the survey findings HERE.
About Blue Star Families
Blue Star Families is the nation's largest grass-roots military family support organization, with a mission to support military families to improve military readiness. Its distinctive approach builds stronger communities around military families through knowledge and programs that address the unique needs of those who serve. Blue Star Families' nationally recognized surveys and analysis give military families an important voice that informs policymakers and its military family programs. It uses the power of its collective resources and cross-sector collaborations to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of members of military families to strengthen the troops, their families, and our nation as a whole. For more information, including the ongoing Blue Star Families Welcome Week events and opportunities to get involved, please visit bluestarfam.org.
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George Bernard Shaw asserted “the English are not very spiritual people so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.”
It has been a long game, traditionally.
While cricket has flourished in England and some of its former colonies, it has never taken off to the same degree in the United States, where some have perceived it as impenetrable.
A sport played in its purist form by players in long white uniforms, test cricket goes on for five days and still often ends with no winner, with days so long players twice have to leave the field for meals.
Major League Cricket, which begins on Thursday, could change that perception. For a start, the games only go for just over three hours.
MLC will comprise six teams, from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, New York and Washington, which will play a competition of 18 matches before the first final on July 30.
Teams will have a maximum of 19 and minimum of 16 players, combining international stars and home-grown players selected through a draft which was made when the league was launched, officially and metaphorically, at Space Center Houston. Each team was allowed to sign nine local players, one of which had to be under-23.
The salaries of international players will be drawn from an initial $120 million investment from corporate backers, mainly from India.
The teams will play Twenty20 style which might be portrayed as cricket with the dull bits removed. The format may be more appealing to the American sport palate because there is always a winner: if the teams are still tied after both innings — each comprising 20 six-ball overs — a tie-breaking “super over” is played to find the winner.
Most matches will be played at the Grand Prairie Stadium near Dallas, converted to a cricket stadium with 7,200 seats and a grass pitch. Other matches will be played at Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina.
The league follows the model of professional Twenty20 — or more broadly known as T20 — leagues which already exist in places such as India, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Caribbean, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa and Canada. They’re all supported by a travelling troupe of international players — many of them T20 specialists — who give leagues marquee quality.
The most lucrative and glamorous of all these franchise competitions is the Indian Premier League, where the world’s best players are hired by teams owned by Bollywood stars, business giants and other celebrities. The gravitational pull of the IPL has reshaped cricket’s traditional schedules and made many new cricketing millionaires.
Major League Cricket inevitably will have some of the Indian Premier League glitz. Four of the six teams are owned and will be run by IPL franchises.
The Los Angeles Knight Riders will be run by the Knight Riders Group which operate the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. MI New York will be run by the Mumbai Indians, Texas Super Kings and the Seattle Orcas by the GMR Group which runs the Delhi Capitals.
Two of Australia’s provincial organizations — Cricket Victoria and Cricket New South Wales — will run the San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom respectively.
Many of the biggest stars from India, Australia and England are involved in test series — more of those five-day matches — but MLC has attracted a strong contingent of seasoned T20 performers.
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan co-owns the Knight Riders Group and has recruited West Indies stars Sunil Narine and Andre Russell, England’s Jason Roy, South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw, Australian Adam Zampa and New Zealanders Lockie Ferguson and Martin Guptill.
“We have assembled a strong and talented team for the debut season of MLC who can compete at the highest level and bring joy to cricket fans around the world,” Knight Riders Group chief executive Venky Mysore said.
The Texas Super Kings have hired South Africa’s Faf du Plessis as captain alongside international stars Ambati Rayudu, Devon Conway, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, David Miller, Daniel Sams and Gerald Coetzee.
Chennai Super Kings chief executive K.S. Viswanathan said du Plessis “led the Joburg Super Kings at (the South African T20 league) from the front earlier this year and we’re confident of doing well under him in Texas.”
The West Indies and Mumbai Indians star Kieron Pollard will captain New York, which will have Robin Peterson as head coach and Lasith Malinga as bowling coach. Their signings include fast bowlers Trent Boult from New Zealand and Kagiso Rabada from South Africa.
Seattle has Australian star Mitch Marsh and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock.
MLC has broader ambitions, to build minor leagues in a bid to develop training and development facilities and support the U.S. national team.
Now it remains to be seen whether American fans will find Major League Cricket to their taste and make the league itself everlasting.
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HSINCHU, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ITRI today announced that it has been named one of the CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honorees for its AI Aquarium. This is the 10th award that ITRI has collected from CES since its first participation in 2018. The awarded innovation will be exhibited in early January at ITRI's pavilion at CES 2023, the largest in-person, audited business event to take place in the U.S. since early 2020.
The CES Innovation Awards program, held by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in 28 consumer technology product categories. Honorees this year including ITRI have shown how technological innovations help address global challenges and improve the lives of people around the world. From a record high number of over 2,100 submissions, ITRI's AI Aquarium was selected as an honoree in the Virtual & Augmented Reality category for its smart design in interactive display technology and the breakthrough it has made in exhibition solutions.
AI Aquarium is the world's first intelligent aquarium that uses virtual-real fusion technology to exhibit marine life information in real time according to visitors' line of sight. With an accuracy of 98%, the system dynamically recognizes and displays aquatic species and their positions. This innovation is also available for gesture control, which can create intuitive but hygienic interaction for visitors via a contact-free method.
ITRI President Edwin Liu commented that AI Aquarium integrates smart display, AI recognition, and human-computer interaction technologies to introduce augmented reality tourism services. "This innovation addresses the needs in the post-pandemic era and the trends of immersive experience," he said. "It has been applied in the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology in Taiwan to enhance marine exploration and education, offering a more interactive and effective option than conventional aquariums." Besides edutainment, the technology can also be deployed for other purposes such as surgical simulation for medical training.
Together with eight more of ITRI's innovations in sports & fitness, AI, robotics, and ICT, the AI aquarium will be exhibited at CES 2023 in Booth 9855, North Hall, LVCC, Las Vegas from January 5 to 8. Visitors are welcome to explore these innovations and discover new opportunities. Online exhibition is also available here: https://event.itri.org/ces2023.
About ITRI
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is one of the world's leading technology R&D institutions aiming to innovate a better future for society. Founded in 1973, ITRI has played a vital role in transforming Taiwan's industries from labor-intensive into innovation-driven. To address market needs and global trends, it has launched its 2030 Technology Strategy & Roadmap and focuses on innovation development in Smart Living, Quality Health, and Sustainable Environment. It also strives to strengthen Intelligentization Enabling Technology to support diversified applications.
Over the years, ITRI has been dedicated to incubating startups and spinoffs, including well-known names such as UMC and TSMC. In addition to its headquarters in Taiwan, ITRI has branch offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan in an effort to extend its R&D scope and promote international cooperation across the globe. For more information, please visit https://www.itri.org/eng.
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Data demonstrate significant fat selective weight loss across all body compartments, including the liver, with no loss of skeletal muscle mass
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rivus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving cardio-metabolic health, today announced the company will present topline results from a Phase 2a trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of HU6, a first-in-class controlled metabolic accelerator (CMA), to address liver fat and total body fat in patients with Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Data will be presented Sunday, Nov. 6 at 11:30 am EST, in an oral presentation titled "HU6 Reduces Liver Fat in Subjects with High BMI NAFLD: Top-Line Results From a Phase 2a Trial."
"Obesity is the underlying driver of a broad range of cardio-metabolic conditions including NAFLD," said Shaharyar Khan, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Rivus Pharmaceuticals. "The Phase 2a trial results showed that HU6, a first-in-class controlled metabolic accelerator (CMA), stands alone in its mechanism for fat selective weight loss, meeting the primary endpoint for reducing liver fat, as well as reducing body fat in the treated population. These results setup the next phase of HU6 clinical development in cardio-metabolic disease, including a Phase 2a trial in obese patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which is currently enrolling, and a Phase 2b trial in obesity that will begin enrollment in 2023."
Phase 2a Metabolic Trial Design and Results
The Phase 2a metabolic trial was a 61-day randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (n=80) designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of HU6 at three dose levels (150 mg, 300mg, and 450 mg) in NAFLD subjects with elevated liver fat (greater than 8%) and high BMI (body mass index 28 to 45 kg/m2). A subset of patients (40%) had elevated HbA1C levels.
The Phase 2a trial met primary (liver fat reduction by MRI-PDFF) and multiple secondary endpoints (including body weight and fat reduction by abdominal MRI). HU6 was associated with significant decreases in liver fat as well as total body fat in patients with Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) while preserving skeletal muscle mass. In addition, patients treated with HU6 demonstrated significant improvement in key cardiovascular and metabolic health indicators including glycemic control (glycated albumin) and inflammatory markers (hsCRP). This trial is the first clinical study with extended dosing of HU6 in subjects with high body mass index (BMI).
- A >30% absolute reduction in liver fat by MRI-PDFF was observed: 40%, 71%, and 72% for the HU6 150 mg, 300 mg, and 450 mg dose levels, respectively, and 43%, 75%, and 86% with HU6 doses in the HbA1c subset vs. 0-5% with placebo (P<0.05 for all).
- Relative reductions in liver fat were 33%, 43%, and 40% corresponding to responder rates (>30% relative reduction) of 40%, 71% and 72% at low, mid and high doses, respectively, compared to placebo relative reduction in liver fat of 2% and responder rate of 5%.
About HU6 and CMAs
HU6 is a Controlled Metabolic Accelerator (CMA) that provides a novel, measured approach to activating mitochondrial uncoupling, a natural process in the body by which the body generates heat. By ferrying protons out of the mitochondrial intermembrane space, CMAs cue the increased oxidation of sugars and fats, while maintaining the same baseline production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Activating this process results in fat selective weight loss while preserving muscle mass.
About Rivus Pharmaceuticals
Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in mitochondrial biology, is dedicated to improving cardio-metabolic health by advancing a new class of medicines, Controlled Metabolic Accelerators (CMAs). Harnessing a natural metabolic process, CMAs target a significant risk factor for these diseases – obesity, the result of excess fat accumulation in the body. Rivus' first-in-class small molecule therapy, HU6, represents a tremendous opportunity to empower patients on their journey to better health when facing a broad range of conditions, including obesity, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), type 2 diabetes, and Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)/Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). For more information, please visit www.rivuspharma.com.
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A car bomb explodes at the headquarters of the U.S.-trained police force in Baghdad, killing one person. The attack comes as mourners in Najaf bury Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, the Shiite cleric killed in last week's mosque bombing. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson and NPR's Emily Harris.
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TALLAHASSEE — Voter-registration groups such as the NAACP and the League of Women Voters urged a federal judge to block parts of a new Florida elections law, arguing it violates the First Amendment and is discriminatory.
The measure (SB 7050), signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last month, imposed new restrictions on “third-party” voter registration groups. The law dramatically increases fines for legal violations and prevents non-U.S. citizens from “collecting or handling” voter-registration applications.
DeSantis and other Republican state leaders contend the law is aimed at ensuring Florida elections are secure.
Three federal lawsuits filed by groups including the NAACP’s Florida chapter, the League of Women Voters of Florida and Hispanic Federation alleged the measure will harm efforts to sign up Black and Hispanic voters and unconstitutionally restrict speech rights.
During a hearing Wednesday, lawyers for the plaintiffs asked Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker to issue a preliminary injunction to block the law, which is scheduled to take effect Saturday.
The law will have a “chilling” effect on the organizations, Adriel Cepeda Derieux, an attorney who represents the groups Hispanic Federation and Poder Latinx and individual plaintiffs, argued.
Seventy percent of Hispanic Federation’s canvassers are non-citizens, as are 90 percent of Poder Latinx’s staff and 70 percent of its volunteers, said Cepeda Derieux, who is deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project.
“As of July 1, there’s no way these organizations can continue their work in any way remotely … like what they do now. So these groups are really between a rock and a very hard place,” Cepeda Derieux said. “In the worst-case scenario, and if they really want to play it safe — and they will, because no one wants to get fined $50,000 for every violation — they have to fire virtually their entire workforce in the next three days.”
The law will impose a $50,000 fine for each violation and make it a felony for workers to keep personal information of voters — sanctions the plaintiffs argued are forcing them to consider halting voter-registration efforts. The law also will require third-party groups to issue a “receipt” to people who’ve registered to vote. And it will prohibit people convicted of certain felonies from assisting voters through the registration groups.
In addition, the law shortened from 14 days to 10 days the length of time for the groups to submit completed voter-registration applications to elections supervisors.
The law “facially discriminates against” non-citizens, attorney Abha Khanna, who represents the NAACP, Alianza for Progress, Disability Rights Florida and other plaintiffs, told Walker.
In a response filed last week, attorneys for the state said the law includes a 90-day period for groups to come into compliance.
“Accordingly, at the earliest, plaintiffs need not comply with the 2023 law’s changes … until September 30, 2023,” the state’s lawyers wrote.
Secretary of State Cord Byrd also has begun a rule-making process to carry out the law, the state’s lawyers said. The rules will “elucidate the meaning of the phrase ‘collecting or handling’ … and clarify the meaning of the phrase ‘voter’s personal information’ as used in the voter information retention restriction,” the state’s brief said.
But Khanna argued Wednesday that the law is “unconstitutionally vague” and plaintiffs can’t wait for the rules to be finalized in the fall.
“Until then, we are left to wonder what it prohibits and whether the activities plaintiffs routinely and currently engage in will subject them to felony convictions,” she told Walker. “Ultimately, your honor, a vague statute cannot be cured by a specific rule. … At the end of the day, plaintiffs simply cannot afford to risk the very fate of their organizations, of their missions, of their livelihoods in the hopes that maybe the same state actors who defend the Legislature's wrongs will also make them right.”
Walker questioned the state’s lawyers about the impetus for the restriction on non-citizens registering voters.
Mohammad Jazil, an attorney with the Holtzman Vogel firm who represents the DeSantis administration, pointed to a lengthy report provided to lawmakers showing that 3,077 voter-registration forms were turned in late.
But Walker pressed the issue.
“What’s the justification? What are you relying on … that there’s a problem with resident non-citizens?” the judge asked.
“Timeliness is the bucket under which it falls,” Jazil responded.
Jazil argued that people who are not U.S. citizens, such as students from other countries or people who have temporary legal immigration status, “are not bound to the community” and thus could be at risk for not turning in voter-registration applications on time.
Walker also asked how the proposed rules could resolve issues raised in the lawsuit.
“What’s the legal basis for this court to say, ‘I’m not going to review it. I’m going to let the secretary (of state) essentially redraft the statute.’ That’s what I’m hung up on,” the judge said.
“The secretary’s position is, he’s not redrafting the statute. He’s interpreting the statute in the best possible way,” Jazil said, eliciting a snipe from Walker.
“I thought the way this works is I have to find … ordinary meaning” in the law, “and if I can’t, Houston, we have a problem, not the Legislature passes a law and we have the deep state of Florida fixing whatever it decides the Legislature should have done that it didn’t do,” Walker said.
The judge indicated he would not issue a ruling before Saturday.
It’s unclear whether the groups will continue their voter-registration efforts until Walker makes a decision.
“A lot of folks are in limbo. We struggle to advise them one way or another, because we know the impact this law is going to have on July 1. So, I can tell you right now that it’s a wait-and-see approach until we get verification of what kind of impact this will have on our clients,” Cesar Ruiz, an attorney for Latino Justice who represents plaintiffs, told reporters after Wednesday’s hearing.
The ban on non-citizens “really doesn’t encourage any efficiency or really relate to timeliness,” Ruiz said, adding that many immigrants who aren’t eligible to vote want to work or volunteer to help other people register.
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SANDUSKY, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Civista Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:CIVB) ("Civista") announced today that the Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of 14 cents per common share to shareholders of record November 8, 2022, payable November 22, 2022.
This dividend represents a payout of approximately $2.2 million. Based on the Civista's closing stock price of common shares of $22.01 on October 26, 2022, the quarterly dividend produces an annualized yield of 2.54%.
About Civista Bancshares, Inc.:
Civista Bancshares, Inc. is a $3.2 billion financial holding company headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio. Civista's banking subsidiary, Civista Bank, operates 43 locations in Northern, Northwestern, Central and Southwestern Ohio, Southeastern Indiana and Northern Kentucky. Civista Bancshares, Inc. may be accessed at www.civb.com. The Company's common shares are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "CIVB". This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding the financial performance, business prospects, growth and operating strategies of Civista. For these statements, Civista claims the protections of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this press release should be considered in conjunction with the other information available about Civista, including the information in the filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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There’s nothing friendlier than a bright smile and a happy face
From a young age, we’re taught that brushing our teeth at least twice a day is essential for preventing tooth decay, plaque buildup and giving us a fresh breath. But no matter how great or technologically advanced your toothbrush is, it can’t sufficiently get in between all the small spaces in your mouth.
Rinsing with mouthwash is a good start, but any dentist will tell you that flossing is arguably more important than daily brushing. Keeping tooth enamel clean is crucial, but if you don’t tackle what’s stuck between your teeth, it can have all sorts of health and hygiene implications. If the thought of fiddling with flossing thread puts you off, there are much better options, such as electronic and water flossers.
Shop this article: Phillips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 5300 Rechargeable Toothbrush, Philips Sonicare Power Flosser & Toothbrush 7000 and Oral-B iO Series 5 Electric Toothbrush
The importance of flossing
When you eat, your teeth pulverize anything in their path. While the majority of food matter makes its way down your throat, some small bits and pieces remain behind. These are often stuck in between your teeth and can be effectively removed through brushing. If your teeth are so close together that a toothbrush’s bristles can’t get in between, trapped particles start to decay, leading to halitosis. That’s why it is incredibly important to floss at least once a day.
“Flossing just once a day can have a big impact on your overall oral health. It removes plaque buildup and bacteria, getting into the spaces toothbrushes can’t reach — or where food is tightly lodged. It’s also crucial for keeping your gums healthy, which makes flossing an essential part of your daily routine,” explains Philips.
Best gadgets to make your teeth feel great and look clean
Philips Sonicare Power Flosser & Toothbrush 7000
There are few gadgets that give you a whole-mouth deep clean like this cordless flosser. The set includes the Philips Sonicare Power Flosser and the Philips Toothbrush System 7000. The flosser features a quad-stream tip that jets four streams of water in between your teeth and along the gumline. During testing, we found it easy to use — it cleans incredibly well and the charging dock is sturdy.
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Listerine Ultraclean Access Snap-On Flosser
If you’re looking for a low-tech option or something that can keep your teeth clean while traveling, this flosser is a solid choice. It has a comfortable handle and non-slip coating, making it easier for you to reach all the small spaces where food can get stuck. It comes with an additional pack of 28 mint-flavored replacement disposable heads.
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Phillips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 5300 Rechargeable Toothbrush
This cordless toothbrush is one of the best gadgets you can get for a perfectly white smile. It features three cleaning modes, comes with two additional heads and includes a handy carry case. The head has pressure-detection technology, letting you know when you’re pushing too hard. During our testing, we found it to be a fantastic entry-level electric toothbrush, and the battery lasted about two weeks.
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Oral-B iO Series 5 Electric Toothbrush
This electric toothbrush might be one of the more affordable oral gadgets, but it gets the job done easily. It includes an additional brush head, a charging station and a handy carry case. It has five brushing modes, two suitable for people with sensitive teeth or gums. The toothbrush has a pressure indicator and a two-minute timer. During testing, we found that it cleaned much better than a traditional toothbrush, and the AI that helps with tooth coverage is amazing.
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Nicwell Smart Oral Irrigator Flosser
Looking for an affordable water flosser with few bells and whistles? Then this water flosser from Nicwell is an excellent choice. It’s bulkier than others, but it produces up to 1,800 high-pressure water pulses per minute from the 6.7-ounce reservoir. It recharges with an included USB cable and comes with three standard nozzles, an orthodontic jet and a tongue scraper.
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From mystery to mastery: March’s 10 best books thrill, intrigue, and satisfy
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What does it take to master a skill? One of our top book picks for March addresses that question head on. But throughout this 10 best list, readers can explore mastery in action, as each of these authors have thoroughly conquered their medium, and woven their words with ingenuity and finesse.
Among the nonfiction selections, “The Mystery of Mastery” by Adam Gopnik explores what it’s like to become truly proficient at skills such as drawing, dancing, and baking. In “Flight Paths,” Rebecca Heisman tells how scientists solved the riddle of bird migration. And a biography of American diplomat George F. Kennan explains how his deep knowledge of Soviet ambitions guided U.S. policy for six decades.
Why We Wrote This
Our 10 picks this month include books that grapple with moral culpability, honor family bonds, confront the persistence of poverty, and unlock the mysteries of bird migration.
Fiction picks include two propulsive thrillers – set in New Zealand and Spain – that expose the tragedy of selfishness and greed. A “cozy mystery” set in Vermont takes its cue from TV cooking competitions – and adds a dollop of murder. A novel about World War II honors the fortitude of families separated by the fighting.
These books reveal authors at the height of their powers.
1. Birnam Wood, by Eleanor Catton
In New Zealand, guerrilla gardeners cross paths with an American billionaire secretly up to no good. As the characters debate ideals, weigh choices, and battle their own and others’ egos, the tale gathers speed. Expertly crafted by Booker Prize-winning author Eleanor Catton, it’s a heart-pumping thriller that exposes the tragedy of selfishness.
2. Red Queen, by Juan Gómez-Jurado
Why We Wrote This
Our 10 picks this month include books that grapple with moral culpability, honor family bonds, confront the persistence of poverty, and unlock the mysteries of bird migration.
Jon Gutierrez, a disgraced police officer, and Antonia Scott, a crime-solving genius, ground this international bestseller from Spanish journalist Juan Gómez-Jurado. Kidnappings, chases, traps, and setups (not to mention a creepy murder scene) propel the thriller, while questions of moral culpability and the poisonous effects of unaddressed trauma add heft.
3. The Great Reclamation, by Rachel Heng
Ah Boon, a sensitive boy growing up on Singapore’s coast in the early 1940s, struggles to find his place in a radically shifting world. Japanese occupation, student protests, and “the great reclamation” – a government effort to add new land to the tiny territory – bring turbulence and challenges. Rachel Heng’s moving, mighty novel grapples with the cultural unmooring that accompanies personal and collective change.
4. The Lost English Girl, by Julia Kelly
In 1935 Liverpool, England, a young pregnant bride faces betrayal when her Catholic parents pay her new Jewish musician husband to flee to New York, leaving her to raise their daughter alone. As World War II heats up, children are evacuated to the countryside to avoid Nazi bombings. This emotional novel about forgiveness honors the immense fortitude manifested by families separated during wartime.
5. The Golden Spoon, by Jessa Maxwell
Filming of the popular TV show “Bake Week” has begun at a Vermont estate. The six contestants – including bored billionaire Pradyumna, jumpy ex-journalist Stella, and mild senior Lottie – all have something to hide, especially after a dead body shows up. A satisfying repast for “cozy mystery” fans.
6. Earth’s the Right Place for Love, by Elizabeth Berg
In 1940s Missouri, timid Arthur Moses gleans sage advice from his confident older brother, Frank. As he waits for love, and deals with a family tragedy, Arthur turns to nature for solace. Gracefully, he grows into the man that readers admired in Elizabeth Berg’s “The Story of Arthur Truluv.”
7. The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery, by Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik breaks down the processes involved in achieving mastery by apprenticing himself to virtuosos of drawing, dancing, baking, and other crafts. He beautifully captures the challenges and pleasures of the pursuit of accomplishment, reaching the encouraging conclusion that mastery surrounds us in many different forms.
8. Flight Paths, by Rebecca Heisman
Rebecca Heisman’s delightful debut tells the fascinating story of how scientists eventually unlocked the mysteries of avian migration. Her enthusiastic and accessible account also conveys the urgency of her subject, as climate change contributes to sharp declines in bird populations.
9. Kennan: A Life Between Worlds, by Frank Costigliola
George F. Kennan played a central role in 20th-century American foreign policy and is regarded as the architect of the containment strategy that guided America’s approach to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But Kennan believed that his ideas had been badly misinterpreted. As the book makes clear, while he was certainly brilliant, he was also a complex and often troubled man.
10. Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond
Matthew Desmond’s follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Evicted” is a stirring study of why the United States, the world’s richest country, has the most poverty of any advanced democracy. He offers solutions by focusing not only on the poor but also on the wealthy and the middle class, who he says unwittingly benefit from the current system. | https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2023/0324/From-mystery-to-mastery-March-s-10-best-books-thrill-intrigue-and-satisfy | 2023-03-25 16:20:27 | 1 | https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2023/0324/From-mystery-to-mastery-March-s-10-best-books-thrill-intrigue-and-satisfy |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Weinberg, an executive producer and writer for the hit TV show “Scrubs” and many others, has been charged with sexually assaulting five women that he lured to photo shoots and there could be many more victims, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Weinberg, 62, was arrested Tuesday, nearly a week after he was charged with 18 felony counts including rape, oral copulation, forcible sexual penetration, sexual battery by restraint, false imprisonment by use of violence, assault by means of force likely to cause great bodily injury and attempted forcible penetration with a foreign object, according to the district attorney’s office.
He was released that day on a $5 million bond. His arraignment was scheduled for Oct. 25.
An email to an agent for Weinberg seeking comment wasn’t immediately returned.
Weinberg was charged for alleged attacks between 2014 and 2019, but investigators say they believe there may be other victims of assaults dating back to the 1990s, District Attorney George Gascón said at a news conference.
He urged them to come forward.
“The defendant relied on his Hollywood credentials to lure young women for photo shoots where he allegedly sexually assaulted them,” Gascón said. “Power and influence can corrupt some to hurt others, that often leads to a lifetime of trauma for those who are victimized.”
LAPD Detective Ryan Lamar said investigators were looking into information received from a tip line regarding possible other assaults by Weinberg.
Weinberg was previously investigated several times by police, but the DA’s office didn’t file charges for lack of evidence, Gascón said.
Weinberg was co-executive producer on nearly 100 episodes of the NBC hospital dramedy “Scrubs” between 2000 and 2006 and also wrote nearly a dozen episodes, according to the IMDB website.
He also was co-executive producer for “Californication” in 2007 and had producing and writing credits on other shows, including “Anger Management,” “Men at Work,” “Veronica’s Closet” and “Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.”
In 2020, documents filed in Weinberg’s divorce and child custody proceedings included allegations by three women that he sexually assaulted them during photo shoots, the Los Angeles Times reported.
One woman alleged that she met Weinberg at a North Hollywood coffee shop in 2014 when she was 22 and he convinced her to come to a photo shoot at his home where she stripped to her underwear. The woman alleged that while taking photos, Weinberg grabbed her, forced to perform oral sex, choked her and then raped her, according to documents cited by the Times. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-scrubs-producer-eric-weinberg-charged-with-sex-assaults/ | 2022-10-06 20:03:58 | 1 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/health-2/ap-health/ap-scrubs-producer-eric-weinberg-charged-with-sex-assaults/ |
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year?
Researchers say it is hard to predict how the tick season will play out. This year’s mild winter and early snow melt, though, could mean more ticks earlier than usual and a wider spread of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases, scientists said.
In Connecticut, ticks are showing up in greater numbers this year, according to Goudarz Molaei, a tick expert for the state. So far, more than 700 ticks have been sent in for a testing program that normally would have gotten 200 to 300 by now. The state typically sees a lot of Lyme disease, which got its name from a Connecticut town.
“It’s going to be an above average year for tick activity and abundance,” Molaei said.
WHAT DISEASES DO TICKS SPREAD?
Infected ticks spread bacteria, viruses and parasites that make people sick. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infection in the U.S., mostly in the Northeast and Midwest. An estimated 476,000 Americans are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black-legged ticks, also called deer ticks, can carry more than Lyme-causing bacteria. They can also spread babesiosis, anaplasmosis and Powassan virus disease. The lone star tick, mainly located in southern, eastern and midwestern states, can carry ehrlichiosis and Heartland virus disease. American dog ticks can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Ticks pick up disease-causing germs by biting infected wildlife, usually rodents.
WHEN IS TICK SEASON?
It varies by region, but tick season generally stretches from April to October. Ticks are mostly dormant during the cold winter months, and emerge as temperatures rise, but can be active on warm winter days, too. Memorial Day is often considered the start of the season but that’s largely because that’s when people in cold-weather states start spending more time outdoors, said Sam Telford of Tufts University’s school of veterinary medicine in North Grafton, Massachusetts. Lyme disease cases typically peak in June, July and August. April and May are typically lighter months, but not always.
Tiny ticks at the nymph stage — about the size of poppy seed — could be active early this year, said Dr. Bobbi Pritt, who studies tick-borne diseases at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “When we have mild winters, we do anticipate that the ticks are going to be out earlier, and biting humans,” Pritt said.
WHAT MAKES FOR A BAD SEASON?
Government disease trackers say predicting how tick-borne diseases will trend is complicated. The number of ticks can vary from region to region, and diagnoses can be affected by how well different doctors test and report cases. The changing climate has both positive and negative implications for ticks, as warm, wet weather is beneficial to them, but especially hot weather is not, Telford said. Tiny ticks could indeed be active early, but a dry, hot summer could also kill ticks, he said. The best approach is to assume ticks will be very active. “Every year should be considered a bad tick year,” he said.
HOW CAN PEOPLE PROTECT AGAINST TICKS?
Thankfully, there are numerous ways to prevent tick bites. The CDC recommends treating clothing with products containing 0.5% permethrin. It’s also important to be especially cautious in areas where ticks live, such as grassy and wooded areas. Using repellents and doing thorough checks afterward is also key, the CDC says. Limiting exposed skin also helps avoid bites.
The disease can cause a fever, chills, fatigue and muscle and joint pain. It is treated with antibiotics, and most people recover. Left untreated, it can worsen, causing symptoms such as heart problems and debilitating pain. There is no Lyme vaccine on the market in the U.S. for people but one is being tested. | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/what-to-know-about-tick-lyme-disease-season-after-a-mild-winter/ | 2023-04-28 11:49:26 | 0 | https://www.wivb.com/news/national/what-to-know-about-tick-lyme-disease-season-after-a-mild-winter/ |
William Penn High School in New Castle will be closed for the rest of the week, as Delaware State Police continue their investigation of a gun fired inside the building on Tuesday, January 10, 2023.
State Police have released more details on the incident, which was reported to the school resource officer just before 11:45 a.m. as a report of a shot fired in a second floor bathroom.
The officer found damage consistent with a gunshot and the school was put on lock down.
Troopers said a suspect was seen running from the rear of the school towards the football stadium, but got away.
Officers said they did find a Glock handgun outside the building during their search.
No one was injured.
Students are being given Wednesday and Thursday off in response to the incident and Friday was already set as a professional development day.
With the the Dr. Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday, students will not return to class until January 17th.
The Colonial School District released a statement: "The safety of staff and students remains our immediate priority and by allowing for this break it provides officials with the time to properly investigate and gives everyone time needed to regroup after today’s events."
The district also says that while the incident was unfortunate, they are thankful that no one was injured and students and staff alike responded quickly to the safety protocols that the district has in place.
When students return, there will be extra support available for any students who need individual or group support.
If students are experiencing mental health concerns, they are encouraged to call the National Mental Health Hotline at 988 or to Mobile Crisis at 1-800-969-4357. | https://www.wdel.com/news/update-william-penn-hs-closed-after-gun-fired-in-school/article_51dbf86c-9151-11ed-b30c-4fb7bb3351ba.html | 2023-01-11 21:01:26 | 1 | https://www.wdel.com/news/update-william-penn-hs-closed-after-gun-fired-in-school/article_51dbf86c-9151-11ed-b30c-4fb7bb3351ba.html |
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Grammy-winning sound engineer accused of kidnapping and threatening his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint in Tennessee was fatally shot by police, authorities said.
A Metro Nashville Police officer killed Mark Capps, 54, during an encounter Thursday at the man’s home in the Hermitage neighborhood, agency spokesman Don Aaron said. Officers had gone to the home to arrest Capps on warrants charging him with two counts each of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, Aaron said.
His 60-year-old wife and 23-year-old stepdaughter told police he had held them in the home at gunpoint early Thursday, police said.
“The victims said that Capps awakened them at 3 a.m., gathered them in the living room at gunpoint and refused to allow them to leave,” Aaron said. They told police he repeatedly threatened to kill them if they tried to call anyone, but they were able to escape when he fell asleep. They went to police and arrest warrants were issued in the afternoon, Aaron said.
When three SWAT officers went to the home arrest Capps, he opened the front door armed with a pistol and Officer Kendall Coon yelled at him to show his hands, Aaron said.
“Officer Coon deemed that Capps’ movements posed an immediate, imminent threat and fired,” Aaron said. Capps died at the scene.
Video of the shooting appears to show the door of the home opening and an officer can be heard yelling “Show me your hands” before firing seconds later.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will investigate the shooting. The Nashville Police Department will conduct an administrative review of the tactics and interactions used to determine whether they meet departmental standards.
Capps’ website says he is a multi-platinum Grammy award-winning Engineer/Mixer/Producer. He won four Grammys for his work on polka albums and his website lists several other albums on which he’s done mixing and engineering work. | https://www.wdtn.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-grammy-winner-accused-of-assault-kidnapping-fatally-shot/ | 2023-01-06 22:21:07 | 0 | https://www.wdtn.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-grammy-winner-accused-of-assault-kidnapping-fatally-shot/ |
LONDON (AP) — British health officials reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country on Friday, for a total of 574 cases. That makes the U.K.'s outbreak the biggest to date beyond Africa.
In a statement, Britain's Health Security Agency said most of the cases have been identified in gay or bisexual men, but warned that anyone who is in close, physical contact with someone who has monkeypox is at risk of catching the usually rare disease.
“If you have a rash with blisters, or any other monkeypox symptoms, don’t go to events, meet with friends or have sexual contact,” cautioned Dr. William Welfare of Britain's Health Security Agency. He said people who might have been exposed to the disease should stay at home and call health services for advice.
The World Health Organization has said people with monkeypox could be infectious for up to four weeks and advised them to isolate until they have completely recovered.
Globally, more than 30 countries have reported 1,880 infections in countries that don't typically report monkeypox, with 85% of cases in Europe. No deaths have been reported.
Until last month, monkeypox had only caused sizeable outbreaks in central and west Africa; the continent has so far reported more than 1,500 cases and 72 suspected deaths in a separate epidemic.
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the continued spread of monkeypox in countries that haven't previously seen the disease as “unusual and concerning.”
He said he would be convening an expert meeting next Thursday to decide if the expanding monkeypox outbreak warrants being declared a global emergency. That would give it the same designation as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/UK-50-new-monkeypox-cases-in-biggest-epidemic-17248461.php | 2022-06-17 15:24:21 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/UK-50-new-monkeypox-cases-in-biggest-epidemic-17248461.php |
An oppressive heat wave blamed for at least 13 deaths in Texas and one in Louisiana blanketed the South on Thursday, as authorities warned of dangerous, triple-digit temperatures.
Extreme heat and humidity increased the potential for heat-related illnesses, and lingering power outages exacerbated the misery in some areas. Officials urged residents to stay hydrated, shelter in air-conditioned rooms and check on friends and neighbors.
The unusually high temperatures were brought on by a heat dome that has taxed the Texas power grid and brought record highs to parts of that state, according to meteorologists. That dome is spreading eastward and is expected to be centered over the mid-South by the weekend.
The National Weather Service in Memphis issued an excessive heat warning for west Tennessee, eastern Arkansas, north Mississippi and the bootheel of Mississippi for Thursday and Friday as it forecast heat indexes to rise above 110 degrees (43 Celsius).
The heat posed a challenge for residents of Memphis and other Shelby County cities who still had no power after strong storms Sunday that produced winds of up to 90 mph and knocked down trees and power lines.
To get some relief while waiting for power to be restored, John Manger, 74, and his wife were sitting in shady spots outside their sweltering home in the Memphis suburb of Bartlett and taking cold showers.
“I just suck it up, with a washcloth, towel, whatever. I just sit in my chair by the window, and maybe get a breeze,” said Manger, who is retired.
As of Thursday morning, more than 20,000 homes and businesses remained without power in the county, according to the local utility, Memphis Light, Gas and Water. Dozens of crews were working to restore power, the utility said.
“Please, please, PLEASE make frequent checks on your family members, friends and neighbors today, especially if they are part of a vulnerable population,” the city of Memphis said in a statement.
Cooling centers opened, and those seeking relief from the heat also were advised to go to splash pads, libraries and malls.
Eleven of the Texas heat-related deaths occurred in Webb County, which includes Laredo. The dead ranged in age from 60 to 80 years old, and many had other health conditions, according to the county medical examiner, Dr. Corinne Stern. Also, two Florida residents died while hiking in extreme heat at Big Bend National Park. In Louisiana, a 49-year-old man died Sunday in Shreveport after he was found lying on a sidewalk.
In St. Louis, the forecast called for temperatures of around 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) on Thursday and Friday, and 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) on Saturday before a slight cool-down on Sunday. Smoke from Canadian wildfire s have combined with the heat and humidity to worsen air quality.
Gentry Trotter, who runs Cooldownstlouis.org, said volunteers were taking donated window air conditioners to the elderly and needy.
Trotter recently went into the home of an 83-year-old woman, measured the indoor temperature and found it was 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.6 degrees Celsius). Still, she refused to accept an air conditioner.
“Somebody needs to convince her that if she doesn’t have a blasting air conditioner, she’s going to die,” Trotter said. | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-a-deadly-heat-wave-is-blanketing-the-south-and-spreading-east/ | 2023-06-29 18:03:01 | 0 | https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/ap-a-deadly-heat-wave-is-blanketing-the-south-and-spreading-east/ |
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Trial opens for Army reservist charged with storming Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Army reservist who worked on a Navy base stormed the U.S. Capitol because he wanted to kick off a civil war and create “a clean slate,” a federal prosecutor said Tuesday at the start of the New Jersey man’s trial.
But a lawyer for Timothy Hale-Cusanelli told jurors that “groupthink” and a desperate desire “to be heard” drove him to follow a mob into the Capitol. Hale-Cusanelli shouldn’t have entered the building on Jan. 6, 2021, defense attorney Jonathan Crisp acknowledged during the trial’s opening statements.
“But the question of why he was there is what is important,” Crisp added.
Hale-Cusanelli is charged with obstructing the joint session of Congress convened to certify President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. He isn’t charged with engaging in any violence or property destruction that day.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Fifield played a video that captured Hale-Cusanelli yelling profanities at police officers guarding the Capitol and screaming, “The revolution will be televised!”
“This was not a peaceful protest,” she said.
In pretrial court filings, prosecutors presented evidence that coworkers described Hale-Cusanelli as a white supremacist, a Nazi sympathizer and a Holocaust denier who wore a Hitler-style mustache to work. On Hale-Cusanelli’s cellphone, investigators found photos of him with the distinctive mustache along with pro-Nazi cartoons.
It’s unclear from online court filings how much of that evidence, if any, will be admissible at trial. In her opening statements, Fifield only made a brief reference to Hale-Cusanelli having bigoted views about Jewish people.
Crisp has argued that any testimony about Hale-Cusanelli’s alleged statements about Jewish people and their role in the U.S. government would be “highly prejudicial in nature without substantive value.”
Crisp said Hale-Cusanelli believed then-President Donald Trump’s false claims about a stolen election. But the defense attorney said Hale-Cusanelli went to Washington, D.C., to peacefully protest, wearing a suit while many others wore tactical gear.
Hale-Cusanelli’s trial is the fifth before a jury and the seventh overall for a Capitol riot case. The first four juries unanimously convicted the riot defendants of all charges.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, who is presiding over Hale-Cusanelli’s trial, decided two other Capitol riot cases after hearing testimony without a jury. After bench trials, McFadden acquitted one of the defendants of all charges and partially acquitted the other.
More than 800 people have been charged with Capitol riot-related crimes. Many of then are military veterans. Hale-Cusanelli is among a few who were on active duty at the time of the riot.
Hale-Cusanelli was arrested less than two weeks after the attack and has remained jailed since February 2021.
Before his arrest, Hale-Cusanelli lived in Colts Neck, New Jersey, and worked there as a security contractor at Naval Weapons Station Earle, where he had a “secret” security clearance. He also was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves.
One Navy seaman said that Hale-Cusanelli told him “he would kill all the Jews and eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and he wouldn’t need to season them because the salt from their tears would make it flavorful enough,” according to prosecutors. Other coworkers recalled Hale-Cusanelli making derogatory remarks about women, Black people and other minorities, prosecutors said.
Jurors are expected to hear testimony from a roommate who lived with Hale-Cusanelli on the base and recorded their conversation about the riot.
Fifield said Hale-Cusanelli told his roommate that the riot felt like a civil war and hoped that it “would provide a clean slate.” He also paraphrased a Thomas Jefferson quotation in saying that “the tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants,” according to the prosecutor.
Crisp said Hale-Cusanelli was “full of adrenaline and stupidity” when he returned to New Jersey and spoke to his roommate about his actions in Washington. The defense lawyer described him as a bombastic agitator prone to making “extreme statements to get attention.”
Hale-Cusanelli was discharged from the Army Reserve and barred from the Navy base after his arrest.
He is charged with five counts: obstruction of an official proceeding, entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly or destructive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. The obstruction charge is a felony. The rest are misdemeanors.
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Two days after a wager on Alabama baseball led to the halting of bets being accepted in Ohio, another state joined them.
Sportsbooks in New Jersey were issued an order on Wednesday to stop taking any bets on the Crimson Tide, according to a tweet by ESPN reporter David Payne Purdum.
Alabama’s 8-6 loss to LSU on April 28 was flagged by an independent monitoring service after a large bet was placed in the Great American Ballpark sportsbook in Cincinnati. Regulators with the Ohio Casino Control Commission are investigating the matter, a spokesperson told AL.com.
“Alabama Athletics became aware of this situation Monday evening and is actively seeking information about the report,” the University of Alabama’s athletic department said in a statement Tuesday evening.
This post will be updated.
Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at NAlvarez@al.com. | https://www.al.com/alabama/2023/05/new-jersey-joins-ohio-in-preventing-bets-on-alabama-baseball-per-espn.html | 2023-05-03 20:41:33 | 0 | https://www.al.com/alabama/2023/05/new-jersey-joins-ohio-in-preventing-bets-on-alabama-baseball-per-espn.html |
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan officials have reported 11 more cases of Ebola in the capital since Friday, a worrisome increase in infections just over a month after an outbreak was declared in a remote part of the East African country.
Nine more people in the Kampala metropolitan area tested positive for Ebola on Sunday, in addition to two others on Friday, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said Monday.
A top World Health Organization official in Africa said last week that Uganda’s Ebola outbreak was “rapidly evolving,” describing a challenging situation for health workers.
Ugandan health authorities have confirmed 75 cases of Ebola since Sept. 20, including 28 deaths. There are 19 active cases.
The official numbers don’t include those who probably died of Ebola before the outbreak was confirmed in a farming community about 150 kilometers (93 miles) west of Kampala.
Fears that Ebola could spread far from the outbreak’s epicenter compelled authorities to impose an ongoing lockdown, including nighttime curfews, on two of the five districts reporting Ebola cases. The measures were put in place after a man infected with Ebola sought treatment in Kampala and died in a hospital there.
The nine new cases reported Monday follow a similar pattern as they all are contacts of an Ebola-infected patient who traveled from an Ebola hotspot and sought treatment at Kampala’s top public hospital, known as Mulago.
There is no proven vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola that’s circulating in Uganda.
Ugandan officials by Thursday had documented more than 1,800 Ebola contacts, 747 of whom had completed 21 days of monitoring for possible signs of the disease that manifests as a viral hemorrhagic fever, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of contagious diseases like Ebola.
Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and, at times, internal and external bleeding.
Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat. Ugandan officials are still investigating the source of the current outbreak.
Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed more than 200 people. The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the disease’s largest death toll.
Ebola was discovered in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks in South Sudan and Congo, where it occurred in a village near the Ebola River, after which the disease is named. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/health/ap-health/ap-uganda-reports-worrisome-increase-in-ebola-cases-in-capital/ | 2022-10-24 11:13:31 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/health/ap-health/ap-uganda-reports-worrisome-increase-in-ebola-cases-in-capital/ |
Through a little over two weeks of the season, several freshmen have made an immediate impact in their high school softball careers.
We’ve also seen other players who were in lesser roles a year ago or took major strides in the offseason make major jumps from last season to the 2023 campaign. | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/04/breakthrough-softball-players-for-2023-top-frosh-and-returners-who-took-big-jumps.html | 2023-04-19 14:50:03 | 1 | https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/04/breakthrough-softball-players-for-2023-top-frosh-and-returners-who-took-big-jumps.html |
Purdue will host its first three-game series at home this weekend as it continues the conference season with Wisconsin.
Both the Boilermakers (17-19, 2-6 Big Ten) and the Badgers (17-10, 4-2) took their series 2-1 last weekend and have had the week off since Sunday.
For the Boilers, the last series was at Rutgers, which sent the gold and black home on a 9-0 shutout Sunday. That game lasted just five innings and saw the Scarlet Knights put up eight RBIs on eight hits.
Prior to that game, Purdue threatened to sweep the series. The Boilers won both the Friday and Saturday matchups behind Madi Elish’s pitching, which resulted in a pair of wins for her, now 6-1.
Offensive matchup
Wisconsin and Purdue both find themselves toward the bottom of the conference in terms of collective hitting percentage. The Badgers have averaged .254 through 27 games while the Boilers sit at .264 through 36 outings.
Both teams have four hitters batting above .300. Purdue is led at the plate by Tyrina Jones, who hits for .347 and has driven in 25 runs so far.
Wisconsin’s lineup is paced by the duo of Kayla Konwent and Brooke Kuffel, who both hit about .340 and claim the first and second, respectively, most home runs on the team.
Konwent leads the Badgers in just about every statistic as a hitter. She has the most hits, RBIs and on-base percentage, courtesy of the most drawn walks and hit by pitches on the team. The only offensive statistic she doesn’t top the Badgers’ list of is on the basepaths, going 0-1 on stealing attempts this season.
Despite a nine-game difference, the Badgers and Boilers have a similar number of stolen base attempts.
Defensive matchup
The Badgers have only used four pitchers this season, including one of the best arms in the Big Ten. Gabi Salo leads the conference with a 0.76 ERA and is the only pitcher below 1.00 although she’s pitched 70 to 80 fewer innings than second and third place.
Salo claims a .185 batting average against and is one of three Wisconsin pitchers with an ERA that tops any of the Boilermakers’.
Purdue could show any of its pitchers throughout the weekend, as it has used a plethora of starters over the course of the season. Last weekend, in the series opener, Julianna Verni started her first game as a Boilermaker. She recorded five strikeouts, two walks and three hits through 4.2 innings before being replaced by Elish.
Elish picked up wins in her first two appearances against Rutgers the previous weekend and is the only Boiler with a win record above .500.
Elish has the most innings under her belt with 58, followed closely by Alex Echazaretta with 55.2. Echazaretta boasts the best batting average against and the second-best ERA behind Mo Wimpee, who has recorded the most starts with 10. | https://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/womens/softball/article_8b2052fd-f88d-5810-bc6f-ed283b26d32f.html | 2023-04-07 00:01:51 | 1 | https://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/womens/softball/article_8b2052fd-f88d-5810-bc6f-ed283b26d32f.html |
What's now the Hanford radioactive cleanup site in Washington state was long the salmon-rich territory of native peoples. Now, Yakama Nation youth are touring the site to connect with its legacy.
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What's now the Hanford radioactive cleanup site in Washington state was long the salmon-rich territory of native peoples. Now, Yakama Nation youth are touring the site to connect with its legacy.
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ROCKDALE — No services are planned for Seth Douglas Arthur Hirt, 71, of Rockdale.
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ROCKDALE — No services are planned for Seth Douglas Arthur Hirt, 71, of Rockdale.
The body will be cremated.
Mr. Hirt died Thursday, Jan. 5, at his residence.
He was born April 11, 1951, in Cameron to Lester and Judy Smith Hirt. He was a graduate of Rockdale High School. He received his associate degree in drafting. He married Margarett Ann Nolen on July 11, 1970, in Rockdale. He was employed 20 years with IGC in Rockdale and worked in the maintenance department.
He was preceded in death by his wife on June 17, 2012.
Survivors include three sons, Troy Douglas Hirt and Clay Earl Hirt, both of Rockdale, and Drew Nolen Hirt of Round Rock; a brother, Jimmy Hirt of Baytown; a sister, Jan Jones of Rockdale; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Phillips & Luckey Funeral Home of Rockdale is in charge of arrangements. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_75bbd96c-9167-11ed-9a44-ef59be6c893a.html | 2023-01-11 06:23:59 | 1 | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_75bbd96c-9167-11ed-9a44-ef59be6c893a.html |
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Josh Allen passed for 297 yards while accounting for four touchdowns, Von Miller had two of Buffalo’s seven sacks, and the Bills stamped themselves as a clear contender for the Rams’ Super Bowl crown with a 31-10 victory over Los Angeles on Thursday night.
Gabe Davis, Isaiah McKenzie and Stefon Diggs caught TD passes as the two-time defending AFC East champion Bills opened the NFL’s 103rd season by overcoming four turnovers and running away with a blowout win in the same stadium where the Rams won the Super Bowl nearly seven months ago.
Allen went 26 for 31 despite two interceptions. He also rushed for 56 yards, scrambling for a 4-yard TD when he stretched the ball over the line with 13:27 to play. The star quarterback took his share of hits, but he also dished them out and showed off a mean stiff-arm while Buffalo’s offense under new coordinator Ken Dorsey largely dominated the champs.
Matthew Stafford passed for 240 yards with one TD and three interceptions on a bruising night for the Rams, who lost a season opener and fell below .500 for the first time in coach Sean McVay’s six seasons in charge.
The Bills’ seven sacks were the most allowed in McVay’s tenure with the Rams, who lost two starters from last year’s offensive line and attempted to replace them internally.
Diggs punctuated the domination with a 53-yard TD catch with 9:25 to play, talking trash to Rams All-Pro defensive back Jalen Ramsey afterward.
Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp had 13 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown, but the Rams’ night went quickly downhill after they unveiled their championship banner in a pregame ceremony. Los Angeles could not keep up with Allen’s creative playmaking or the Bills’ pass rush, and its only major offseason addition on offense — receiver Allen Robinson — had one catch on two targets.
The Rams even got shut out in the second half, ending a streak of 89 consecutive halves with a point since November 2019.
Miller made an immediate impact in his debut for the Bills, who signed him away from the Rams after he won a ring in his half-season in LA. But he was just one part of a defense that yielded only 177 yards before Los Angeles’ final, meaningless drive.
Aaron Donald made his 99th career sack in the first half, but the seven-time All-Pro had just two tackles as the Rams became only the second defending champions in the last 10 years to lose the following season opener. Los Angeles trailed 17-10 after three quarters, but Buffalo ran away with two lengthy TD drives early in the fourth quarter.
With Dorsey taking over from Brian Daboll, the Bills went 9 for 10 on third downs and racked up 413 total yards, but three first-half turnovers kept it close early.
Allen set a career high to start a game by completing his first 10 passes, but linebacker Terrell Lewis’ interception stopped Buffalo’s second drive in Rams territory. Rookie James Cook fumbled away his first touch for Buffalo moments later, but Dane Jackson made an interception two snaps after that.
Los Angeles finally scored on its fourth drive when Kupp made an exceptional toe-tapping catch in the back of the end zone on a precise throw three minutes before halftime. The Rams got the ball back on Troy Hill’s interception, and Matt Gay hit a 57-yard field goal to pull the Rams even at the halftime gun.
50K
With a long third-down pass to Kupp on his opening drive, Stafford became the 12th quarterback in NFL history to pass for 50,000 career yards. He tied Drew Brees as the fastest to the mark, doing it in 183 games.
TO THE RAFTERS
Along with the banner to celebrate last February’s title, the Rams also hung a banner in the south rafters at SoFi Stadium honoring the 1999-2000 Super Bowl champions from the St. Louis era. The brief pregame ceremony included owner Stan Kroenke, retired left tackle Andrew Whitworth — and free agent Odell Beckham Jr., who held aloft the Lombardi Trophy.
INJURIES
Bills DL Ed Oliver injured his ankle in the first half and tried to play through it, but couldn’t do much. … Rams rookie RB Kyren Williams injured his ankle in the opening minutes. … The Rams played without WR Van Jefferson, who had knee surgery early in training camp after starting 21 games last season.
UP NEXT
Bills: Host Tennessee on Monday, Sept. 19.
Rams: Host Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 18.
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The University of Alabama’s football team remains one of the most popular in the nation, but it seems to be losing fans - at least in places outside of the South.
The Crimson Tide fell outside the top five on the list of favorite college teams among football fans across the United States, according to polling data from marketing research firm SBRnet and analyzed by AL.com and the Center for Sports Analytics at Samford University.
Last year, Alabama ranked No. 2, trailing only Ohio State University as the most popular team among college football fans.
This year, Alabama fell to No. 6.
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The Crimson Tide remained the most popular team in the Southeastern Conference, but it trailed three Big 10 schools and a pair of ACC schools on the national list. The Big 10 schools - Ohio State, the University of Michigan and Penn State University - led the list. Ohio State and Michigan, two blue bloods of the sport, both made the College Football Playoff last year.
Two surprises from the ACC were next - Duke University, historically an excellent basketball school, and Florida State University were both more popular nationwide than Alabama. Florida State edged out Alabama by just over 2,000 fans, based on this data.
This data came from polling of fans who watched or attended college football games in 2022. Respondents in that group were asked to list their favorite college teams. Based on the results, SBRnet produced these numbers.
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According to the data, Alabama lost roughly 700,000 fans between last year and this year, bringing the total number of college football fans who claim Alabama as their favorite team to roughly 3.4 million, compared to 4.1 million last year.
Alabama’s fandom may have declined year-over-year, but the number of Crimson Tide fans is actually up slightly since 2017. You can see fans over time for other schools, including every SEC school, by using the search bar of the chart below.
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And while Alabama lost fans around the nation, the Crimson Tide actually strengthened its fanbase closer to home, according to the data.
Alabama was the most popular college team in the South as of January, moving up two spots within the region since last year. It jumped over both two-time defending champions the University of Georgia and their soon-to-be SEC rivals the University of Texas-Austin.
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Nearly 2.8 million of the school’s 3.4 million fans were in the South, and the number of Southern Crimson Tide fans increased by about 421,000 year over year. Over that same time, though, Alabama lost over 1.1 million fans in other parts of the country, including more than 775,000 in the Midwest.
It could be that some bandwagon fans are moving on from Alabama, as the Crimson Tide hasn’t won a national title since 2020. That may not seem like that big of a title drought, but Alabama fans are a bit spoiled, with the team having won six championships since 2009.
“When a team wins a championship, they always pick up new fans because people love to associate themselves with winning teams as a way of enhancing their self-esteem,” said Darin White, head of the Center for Sports Analytics at Samford. “This phenomenon is known as BIRGing, or basking in the reflected glory. However, once a team stops winning championships many fans will do the opposite, known as CORFing, or cutting off reflected failure.
“For many years Alabama has been the top team in college football and thus a great source of BIRGing for many fans. Now that is starting to change with the success of Georgia,” he said.
Alabama also lost fans among Generation Z, according to the data. Last year, Alabama was the most popular school among that age group, but this year it fell to No. 14.
AL.com in partnership with the Center for Sports Analytics at Samford University conducted an analysis of college football fans. All analysis is based on a nationwide survey of sports fans in the U.S. conducted in January, 2023 by marketing research firm SBRnet.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- EasySend and Imburse, a DuckCreek company, are pleased to announce their strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing the end-to-end digital payment process. EasySend is a no-code platform that empowers organizations to transform complex forms, customer data intake, and signature collection processes into easy digital experiences, and Imburse is a global payment orchestration platform. The combined expertise and cutting-edge technologies of these two industry leaders will provide Insurance and financial businesses with a seamless and efficient payment solution that enhances customer experience and streamlines operations.
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, organizations face increasing demands to provide frictionless payment experiences to their customers. This partnership between EasySend and Imburse offers a comprehensive solution that simplifies the payment journey from start to finish, removing barriers and ensuring a secure and seamless process for businesses and their customers.
"We are thrilled to partner with Imburse to deliver a best-in-class end-to-end digital payment solution," said Tal Daskal, CEO of EasySend. "By combining our no-code platform with Imburse's payment aggregation capabilities, we are enabling businesses to enhance their customer experiences and drive operational efficiencies. Together, we are simplifying the complex payment journey and revolutionizing how organizations interact with their customers."
Oliver Werneyer, CEO of Imburse, added, "We are excited to join forces with EasySend to offer businesses a truly streamlined digital payment process. Our integrated solution will empower organizations to deliver frictionless payment experiences while simplifying payment operations. By eliminating the complexities associated with payment integration, we are enabling businesses to focus on what matters most: their customers."
About EasySend:
EasySend is a leading no-code platform that enables businesses to build and optimize digital customer journeys. With its intuitive interface and extensive integration capabilities, EasySend simplifies complex processes, reduces operational costs, and accelerates time to market. EasySend empowers organizations across industries to deliver exceptional customer experiences through efficient and streamlined digital journeys.
About Imburse:
Imburse, a Duck Creek Technologies company, is a payments platform. Via a single connection, directly or through your current core system provider, you can access the entire global payment ecosystem to collect or pay-out using any technology, any provider, in any market.
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The 2023 Wells Fargo Championship Odds & Preview: Max Homa
Max Homa enters play in the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina at Quail Hollow Club from May 4- 7, looking to defend his title.
Looking to place a wager on Homa at the Wells Fargo Championship this week? Read on for the betting odds and stats you can use before you make your picks.
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Max Homa Insights
- Homa has finished under par 10 times and carded 14 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 18 rounds.
- He has carded the best score of the day in one of his last 18 rounds, while scoring among the top 10 in four rounds.
- Homa has carded a score within three shots of the day's best in two of his last 18 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day 11 times.
- In his past five appearances, Homa has one top-five finish and two top-10 finishes.
- He has made the cut in four of his past five appearances.
- In his past five tournaments, Homa finished within three shots of the leader once and five or fewer strokes back twice. He carded a score better than average three times.
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Wells Fargo Championship Insights and Stats
- Homa has two wins in his past five starts at this event.
- Homa has made the cut two times in his previous five entries in this event.
- The previous time Homa competed in this event, in 2022, he ended up the champion.
- The par-71 course measures 7,538 yards this week, 243 yards longer than the average Tour stop during the past 12 months.
- The average course on the PGA Tour in the past year has played to 69.75 strokes per round and a score of -5. At Quail Hollow Club, the scoring average is higher at -1 per tournament.
- Homa will take to the 7,538-yard course this week at Quail Hollow Club after having played courses with an average length of 7,359 yards in the past year.
- The tournaments he has played in the past year have seen an average score of -3. That is lower than this course's recent scoring average of -1.
Homa's Last Time Out
- Homa was in the sixth percentile on par 3s at the RBC Heritage, with an average of 3.38 strokes on the eight par-3 holes.
- His 4.14-stroke average on the 22 par-4 holes at the RBC Heritage was below average, putting him in the 14th percentile of the field.
- Homa shot better than 70% of the field at the RBC Heritage on the tournament's six par-5 holes, averaging 4.5 strokes per hole compared to the field average, which was 4.63.
- Homa did not card a birdie on any of the eight par-3s at the RBC Heritage (the other competitors averaged 1.5).
- On the eight par-3s at the RBC Heritage, Homa carded three bogeys or worse (the other competitors averaged two).
- Homa's four birdies or better on the 22 par-4s at the RBC Heritage were less than the field average (6.2).
- In that last competition, Homa carded a bogey or worse on three of 22 par-4s (the field averaged 5.1).
- Homa finished the RBC Heritage underperforming compared to the tournament average of birdies or better on par-5s (3.8), with three on the six par-5 holes.
- The field at the RBC Heritage averaged 0.7 bogeys or worse on the six par-5s, but Homa finished without one.
Wells Fargo Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: May 4- 7, 2023
- Course: Quail Hollow Club
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Par: 71 / 7,538 yards
- Homa Odds to Win: +2500 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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‘Game of Thrones’ couple welcomes newborn daughter
Published: Jul. 4, 2023 at 6:22 PM CDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
(CNN) – There’s a new contender for the Iron Throne.
Kit Harington and wife Rose Leslie, both “Game of Thrones” stars, have welcomed their second child.
A representative for Harrington and Leslie said the couple is “delighted to have welcomed a little girl into the family.”
The couple already shares a son, who was born in 2021.
Harington and Leslie first met on the set of the widely popular HBO show, where they played star-crossed lovers Jon Snow and Ygritte.
The two later got married in real life in 2018.
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Restoring power after shootings could take until Thursday
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Crews are making progress on restoring power to a county where one or more vandals shot up substations, but the repairs won’t be complete until later in the week, Duke Energy said Tuesday.
The power company said in a message to customers posted on its website that it is on track to restore power throughout Moore County by Thursday morning, in line with previous estimates.
“Our technicians continue to work in 24-hour shifts and remain on schedule to bring service back on by early Thursday,” the statement said.
Nearly 36,000 customers were without power in the county, down from a peak of around 45,000, according to poweroutage.us.
Authorities have said the outages began shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday night after one or more people drove up to two substations, breached the gates and opened fire on them.
Duke Energy officials have said the damage requires sophisticated repairs and delivery of equipment from outside of the area.
Authorities have not released a motive or said what kind of weapon was used.
Many businesses around the county that’s about 60 miles (95 kilometers) southwest of the state capital of Raleigh are closed at a normally busy time of year for tourism and holiday shopping. Schools are also closed and traffic lights are out around the area.
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Jill Slattery is the VP of Content for the Hearst E-Commerce team. She previously served as the Chief Content Officer of Livingly Media. Email her at jill.slattery@hearst.com. Lauren Williamson is the Financial and Home Services Editor for the Hearst E-Commerce team. She previously served as Senior Editor at Chicago magazine, where she led coverage of real estate and business, and before that reported on regulatory law and financial reform for a magazine geared toward in-house attorneys. You can reach her at lauren.williamson@hearst.com.Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. This may influence which products we write about and where those products appear on the site, but it does not affect our recommendations or advice, which are grounded in research.Mobile app users, click here for the best viewing experience.The financial news kicking off 2023 has been, dare we say, stressful: a contracting housing market, middling wage growth, and oh yeah, a persistent threat of recession. But there’s a flip side to the news: Interest rates on high-yield savings accounts are rising in response to the Federal Reserve’s streak of rate hikes, the most recent of which upped the federal borrowing rate by 0.25%. While the Fed doesn’t set interest rates on consumer accounts, its actions influence them. And the payoff for consumers has been big: Some high-yield savings accounts are offering rates above 4%, a return that’s unheard of in recent memory.Yet most people aren’t taking advantage of these higher rates. Nearly 80% of Americans don’t have a high-yield savings account, according to a recent survey by NextAdvisor. If you’re not one of them, you’re probably leaving money on the table. Consider this math:Traditional savings account: The average interest, otherwise known as the annual percentage yield (APY), on a traditional savings account is 0.23% as of February 1, according to Bankrate’s weekly survey. If you leave $10,000 in a traditional savings account for 10 years at this rate, it would earn $232.40 in interest. (Worth noting: Even though 0.23% is the average, it’s not unusual for the big banks to offer 0.01% APY on traditional savings accounts, which would result in $10 of growth in this scenario.)High-yield savings account: A high-yield savings account that offers a 4% APY, on the other hand, would net you $4,802.44 over 10 years, bringing the total amount of money in the account to $14,802.44. Of course, in the real world, you would likely put regular deposits in the account, so the grand total would ultimately be much higher.The caveat in both of these examples is that interest rates on savings accounts aren’t fixed, so there will be some fluctuations over time. However, the long-term performance of high-yield savings accounts has generally been stronger than traditional savings accounts. And, as rates change, you can always move your money to a different savings account.What is a high-yield savings account?A high-yield savings account is a type of deposit account that is federally insured through the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) or NCUA (National Credit Union Administration). It earns a much higher interest rate compared to traditional savings accounts.In many cases, online banks offer high-yield savings accounts, usually in an effort to gain new customers. Most of these accounts will also offer the same features as regular savings accounts, such as monthly maintenance fees (if any) and the ability to transfer money easily to and from a linked checking account. Here’s how high-yield savings accounts work: Once you make a deposit, it’ll earn interest. Depending on your financial institution, interest can be compounded and deposited into your account at different intervals such as daily, weekly, or monthly. Some banks may also require that you keep a minimum amount on deposit in order to earn interest. Certificates of deposit, or CDs, are also a good option for higher interest rates, but you have to be prepared to leave your money in place for a while.Current savings account ratesAccording to the most recent data provided by Bankrate, these are the most current interest rates for savings accounts:PHNwYW4+PC9zcGFuPjxzY3JpcHQgYXN5bmM9InRydWUiIHNyYz0iaHR0cHM6Ly9zdGF0aWMubXlmaW5hbmNlLmNvbS93aWRnZXQvbXlGaW5hbmNlLmpzIj48L3NjcmlwdD48ZGl2IGNsYXNzPSJteUZpbmFuY2Utd2lkZ2V0IiBkYXRhLWFkLWlkPSJjYjdiMTc1Yy03YjU2LTRmY2QtODVjZS1kYjcxNjJmZDhmM2UiIGRhdGEtY2FtcGFpZ249ImhlYXJzdHR2LXNhdmluZ3MtbXVsdGkiIGRhdGEtc3ViLWlkPeKAnGh0dHA6Ly93d3cua2NyYS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9mZWQtcmF0ZS1oaWtlLWhpZ2gteWllbGQtc2F2aW5ncy80Mjc5MTc1MiI+PC9kaXY+Is a high-yield savings account or a CD right for you?If you have short-term savings goals — such as taking a summer vacation or making some home improvements — a high-yield savings account is probably your best option. Here are the basics of how a high-yield savings account works: Once you make a deposit, it’ll earn interest, called the annual percentage yield, or APY. Depending on your financial institution, interest can be compounded and deposited into your account at different intervals such as daily, weekly, or monthly. Some banks may also require that you keep a minimum amount deposited in order to earn interest. On the flip side, you can deposit additional money into your account as many times as you want. So if you’re starting off the year strong with a savings plan in place, a savings account can help you amplify your efforts even more.Different banks offer different interest rates and are always competing for customers. So even though it may seem time-consuming to shop around or tedious to switch banks, a higher interest rate can add up big time over the years. As mentioned earlier, though, the one major caveat on high-yield savings accounts is that rates on them aren’t fixed. That means they can go down just as easily as they can go up.PHNwYW4+PC9zcGFuPjxzY3JpcHQgYXN5bmM9InRydWUiIHNyYz0iaHR0cHM6Ly9zdGF0aWMubXlmaW5hbmNlLmNvbS93aWRnZXQvbXlGaW5hbmNlLmpzIj48L3NjcmlwdD48ZGl2IGNsYXNzPSJteUZpbmFuY2Utd2lkZ2V0IiBkYXRhLWFkLWlkPSJjYjdiMTc1Yy03YjU2LTRmY2QtODVjZS1kYjcxNjJmZDhmM2UiIGRhdGEtY2FtcGFpZ249ImhlYXJzdHR2LXNhdmluZ3MtbXVsdGkiIGRhdGEtc3ViLWlkPeKAnGh0dHA6Ly93d3cua2NyYS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS9mZWQtcmF0ZS1oaWtlLWhpZ2gteWllbGQtc2F2aW5ncy80Mjc5MTc1MiI+PC9kaXY+For longer term savings goals, such as putting a downpayment on a house, a CD may give you the biggest bang for your buck. A CD is a type of savings account offered by a bank or credit union that typically comes with a fixed interest rate that's higher than what's offered through a regular savings account. The catch is that account holders need to commit to depositing a fixed amount of cash for an agreed-upon term, which can range from a few months to a few years. The cash in a CD — including the principal and earned interest — can only be withdrawn when the CD matures. You also can’t add money to a regular CD after the initial deposit.According to the most recent data provided by Bankrate, the average CD rates for the week of February 1 are: 1-year CD rate: 1.47%5-year CD rate: 1.18%1-year jumbo CD rate: 1.55%5-year jumbo CD rate: 1.24%Money market account rate: 0.27%PHNwYW4+PC9zcGFuPjxzY3JpcHQgYXN5bmM9InRydWUiIHNyYz0iaHR0cHM6Ly9zdGF0aWMubXlmaW5hbmNlLmNvbS93aWRnZXQvbXlGaW5hbmNlLmpzIj48L3NjcmlwdD48ZGl2IGNsYXNzPSJteUZpbmFuY2Utd2lkZ2V0IiBkYXRhLWFkLWlkPSIwN2ZiOTg4My0yNzgwLTQ3MjItYmIzZi1mMjBhZWEwYWM1ZWEiIGRhdGEtY2FtcGFpZ249ImhlYXJzdHR2LWNkLW11bHRpIiBkYXRhLXN1Yi1pZD0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy5rY3JhLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL2ZlZC1yYXRlLWhpa2UtaGlnaC15aWVsZC1zYXZpbmdzLzQyNzkxNzUyIj48L2Rpdj4=As with savings accounts, it’s best to shop around to find the right CD for your needs. You should think about how long you want your money to be held in the account (there’s a withdrawal penalty fee if you take it out ahead of time) and whether there are any minimum deposits required to open an account. The bottom lineA high-yield savings account is a low-effort way to make sure that your money is always working for you. The Fed has indicated it will continue raising interest rates this year, which means high-yield savings account interest rates will likely increase more, too. A little bit of research into the best rates will prevent you from missing out on that boost.Editorial Disclosure: All articles are prepared by editorial staff and contributors. Opinions expressed therein are solely those of the editorial team and have not been reviewed or approved by any advertiser. The information, including rates and fees, presented in this article is accurate as of the date of the publish. Check the lender’s website for the most current information.This article was originally published on SFGate.com and reviewed by Lauren Williamson, who serves as Financial and Home Services Editor for the Hearst E-Commerce team. Email her at lauren.williamson@hearst.com.
Jill Slattery is the VP of Content for the Hearst E-Commerce team. She previously served as the Chief Content Officer of Livingly Media. Email her at jill.slattery@hearst.com. Lauren Williamson is the Financial and Home Services Editor for the Hearst E-Commerce team. She previously served as Senior Editor at Chicago magazine, where she led coverage of real estate and business, and before that reported on regulatory law and financial reform for a magazine geared toward in-house attorneys. You can reach her at lauren.williamson@hearst.com.
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The financial news kicking off 2023 has been, dare we say, stressful: a contracting housing market, middling wage growth, and oh yeah, a persistent threat of recession.
But there’s a flip side to the news: Interest rates on high-yield savings accounts are rising in response to the Federal Reserve’s streak of rate hikes, the most recent of which upped the federal borrowing rate by 0.25%. While the Fed doesn’t set interest rates on consumer accounts, its actions influence them. And the payoff for consumers has been big: Some high-yield savings accounts are offering rates above 4%, a return that’s unheard of in recent memory.
Yet most people aren’t taking advantage of these higher rates. Nearly 80% of Americans don’t have a high-yield savings account, according to a recent survey by NextAdvisor. If you’re not one of them, you’re probably leaving money on the table. Consider this math:
- Traditional savings account: The average interest, otherwise known as the annual percentage yield (APY), on a traditional savings account is 0.23% as of February 1, according to Bankrate’s weekly survey. If you leave $10,000 in a traditional savings account for 10 years at this rate, it would earn $232.40 in interest. (Worth noting: Even though 0.23% is the average, it’s not unusual for the big banks to offer 0.01% APY on traditional savings accounts, which would result in $10 of growth in this scenario.)
- High-yield savings account: A high-yield savings account that offers a 4% APY, on the other hand, would net you $4,802.44 over 10 years, bringing the total amount of money in the account to $14,802.44. Of course, in the real world, you would likely put regular deposits in the account, so the grand total would ultimately be much higher.
The caveat in both of these examples is that interest rates on savings accounts aren’t fixed, so there will be some fluctuations over time. However, the long-term performance of high-yield savings accounts has generally been stronger than traditional savings accounts. And, as rates change, you can always move your money to a different savings account.
What is a high-yield savings account?
A high-yield savings account is a type of deposit account that is federally insured through the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) or NCUA (National Credit Union Administration). It earns a much higher interest rate compared to traditional savings accounts.
In many cases, online banks offer high-yield savings accounts, usually in an effort to gain new customers. Most of these accounts will also offer the same features as regular savings accounts, such as monthly maintenance fees (if any) and the ability to transfer money easily to and from a linked checking account.
Here’s how high-yield savings accounts work: Once you make a deposit, it’ll earn interest. Depending on your financial institution, interest can be compounded and deposited into your account at different intervals such as daily, weekly, or monthly. Some banks may also require that you keep a minimum amount on deposit in order to earn interest.
Certificates of deposit, or CDs, are also a good option for higher interest rates, but you have to be prepared to leave your money in place for a while.
Current savings account rates
According to the most recent data provided by Bankrate, these are the most current interest rates for savings accounts:
Is a high-yield savings account or a CD right for you?
If you have short-term savings goals — such as taking a summer vacation or making some home improvements — a high-yield savings account is probably your best option. Here are the basics of how a high-yield savings account works: Once you make a deposit, it’ll earn interest, called the annual percentage yield, or APY. Depending on your financial institution, interest can be compounded and deposited into your account at different intervals such as daily, weekly, or monthly.
Some banks may also require that you keep a minimum amount deposited in order to earn interest. On the flip side, you can deposit additional money into your account as many times as you want. So if you’re starting off the year strong with a savings plan in place, a savings account can help you amplify your efforts even more.
Different banks offer different interest rates and are always competing for customers. So even though it may seem time-consuming to shop around or tedious to switch banks, a higher interest rate can add up big time over the years. As mentioned earlier, though, the one major caveat on high-yield savings accounts is that rates on them aren’t fixed. That means they can go down just as easily as they can go up.
For longer term savings goals, such as putting a downpayment on a house, a CD may give you the biggest bang for your buck. A CD is a type of savings account offered by a bank or credit union that typically comes with a fixed interest rate that's higher than what's offered through a regular savings account.
The catch is that account holders need to commit to depositing a fixed amount of cash for an agreed-upon term, which can range from a few months to a few years. The cash in a CD — including the principal and earned interest — can only be withdrawn when the CD matures. You also can’t add money to a regular CD after the initial deposit.
According to the most recent data provided by Bankrate, the average CD rates for the week of February 1 are:
- 1-year CD rate: 1.47%
- 5-year CD rate: 1.18%
- 1-year jumbo CD rate: 1.55%
- 5-year jumbo CD rate: 1.24%
- Money market account rate: 0.27%
As with savings accounts, it’s best to shop around to find the right CD for your needs. You should think about how long you want your money to be held in the account (there’s a withdrawal penalty fee if you take it out ahead of time) and whether there are any minimum deposits required to open an account.
The bottom line
A high-yield savings account is a low-effort way to make sure that your money is always working for you. The Fed has indicated it will continue raising interest rates this year, which means high-yield savings account interest rates will likely increase more, too. A little bit of research into the best rates will prevent you from missing out on that boost.
Editorial Disclosure: All articles are prepared by editorial staff and contributors. Opinions expressed therein are solely those of the editorial team and have not been reviewed or approved by any advertiser. The information, including rates and fees, presented in this article is accurate as of the date of the publish. Check the lender’s website for the most current information.
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CSG Government Solutions, a national leader in government program modernization, today announced that it has been selected by the Virginia Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement, to provide strategy and planning services for its Child Support System Modernization Project.
CHICAGO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CSG Government Solutions, a national leader in government program modernization, today announced that it has been selected by the Virginia Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement, to provide strategy and planning services for its Child Support System Modernization Project.
The Commonwealth is embarking on the implementation of a modern, cloud-hosted child support enforcement system. CSG is conducting a Feasibility Study, developing the Planning and Implementation Advance Planning Documents as required by the Office of Child Support Enforcement, and supporting development of a Request for Proposal for a system implementation vendor. CSG is also providing readiness activities such as Organizational Change Management, project management planning, and legacy data analysis to help the Commonwealth prepare for the next phase of the project.
This project has the full support of the Virginia Department of Social Services. Its Division of Child Support Enforcement collects more than $650 million in child support annually. DCSE's legacy system, the Automated Program to Enforce Child Support (APECS), is nearly 30 years old, the second oldest in the country. This system is used to manage almost 280,000 cases, which include nearly 350,000 children, and it interfaces with TANF, SNAP, Child Welfare, and Medicaid systems to accept referrals, complete intake, and conduct case management.
"CSG is excited to support Virginia in completing one of the nation's first feasibility studies using OCSE's updated guidance," says Tim Lenning, Director of CSG's Child Support practice. "Our team applies our child support system expertise to help DSS implement a system to efficiently serve families across the Commonwealth."
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Incentive funding used to upgrade central hot water system, saving over 4,000 therms of energy annually
LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the completion of energy efficiency upgrades in partnership with the Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF) at The Concord affordable senior living community in Pasadena, Calif. The project was made possible through SoCalGas' Whole Building Program. The program provided $108,000 in incentive funding that was used to help replace an aged, undersized central hot water system that serves 150 units within the 14-story affordable senior living complex. All units within The Concord also received water and energy saving measures such as low-flow showerheads and low-flow kitchen and bath aerators at no cost as part of the utility's Energy Savings Assistance (ESA) program. This upgrade will help the property accumulate $35,000 in savings over a five year span and save over 4,000 therms of energy annually, equivalent to powering 11 homes for one year.
"It's great to see SoCalGas place so much effort, time and funds into our community. These energy efficiency upgrades are crucial to our senior residents living at the Concord and will help improve their lifestyle by offering energy stability," said Steve Madison, Pasadena City Councilmember, District 6. "We hope to continue partnering with SoCalGas in the future to help improve our communities."
"These energy efficiency upgrades at The Concord will help residents save money and lower energy usage without altering their lifestyles. Our actions demonstrate our commitment towards helping low-income customers conserve energy while improving their living experience," said Gillian Wright, senior vice president and chief customer officer at SoCalGas. "Our energy efficiency initiatives at SoCalGas plays a critical role in helping our customers save on bills and reduce their energy usage. Energy efficiency initiatives not only help us fulfill our ASPIRE 2045 sustainability goals, it also takes us one step closer to fulfilling California's climate goals."
The completed project includes the replacement and installation of two high efficiency boilers, three water storage tanks, a remote thermostat control, a water heater expansion tank and a recirculation pump which will aid the property in saving approximately 45,000 therms of energy over a span of 10 years. This is equivalent to powering 30 homes in Southern California for a year.
"I can tell you that The Concord project happened because of what the SoCalGas team did with getting us enrolled early in site-wide energy conservation programs," said Stuart Hartman, president and CEO at the Retirement Housing Foundation. "They were a true partner every step of the way. The energy audit that SoCalGas commissioned has revealed the full potential for gas, electric and water savings as well as greenhouse gas reductions. Our site-wide systems reliability and overall efficiencies will improve immensely."
The Whole Building Program provides an assessment of a property's energy performance, upcoming projects, and operation and maintenance along with potential upgrade opportunities. The utility will schedule a free in-depth evaluation of the building's energy system to help identify energy-efficient upgrades and determine potential utility incentives available. Once analyzed, SoCalGas will work with the property owner on reserving incentive funds from the program and select a licensed contractor to perform the installations. To learn more about the program, visit socalgas.com/WBP.
In the last five years, SoCalGas' energy efficiency programs have generated over $1 billion in avoided energy costs and delivered more than 219 million therms in energy savings, enough natural gas usage for 548,000 households a year. These energy savings reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of removing more than 250,000 cars annually. Overall, these measures have helped SoCalGas customers save over $241 million on their natural gas bill costs over the past five years.
SoCalGas also offers various customer assistance programs and incentives to help customers become energy efficient and save money on their natural gas bills every month.
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is the largest gas distribution utility in the United States. SoCalGas delivers affordable, reliable, and increasingly renewable gas service to 21.8 million consumers across 24,000 square miles of Central and Southern California. Gas delivered through the company's pipelines will continue to play a key role in California's clean energy transition—providing electric grid reliability and supporting wind and solar energy deployment.
SoCalGas' mission is to build the cleanest, safest and most innovative energy company in America. In support of that mission, SoCalGas aspires to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations and delivery of energy by 2045 and to replacing 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply to core customers with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from waste created by dairy farms, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its gas delivery infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for customers. SoCalGas is a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE), an energy services holding company based in San Diego.
For more information visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with SoCalGas on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas) and Facebook.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. , June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fiber Connect 2022, Booth 205, OFS is pleased to announce the expansion of its popular rollable ribbon product portfolio with the release of the new PowerGuide® AccuTube+® RR ADSS cable solution.
With product availability up to 864 fibers, the PowerGuide® AccuTube+ RR ADSS cable is a totally dry, ribbon in loose tube cable construction offering twice the fiber density of comparable, standard flat ribbon cable designs. The PowerGuide® AccuTube+ RR is a totally gel-free double jacket ADSS design optimized for high density distribution networks and FTTH deployments utilizing self-support aerial cables or aerial to underground transition installations. With one of the highest fiber counts of any ADSS cable per cable area, the PowerGuide® AccuTube+ RR delivers increased carrying capacity and easy mass fusion splicing to meet the demands of today's high-growth, high-bandwidth networks.
The totally gel-free PowerGuide® AccuTube+ RR ribbon in loose tube construction offers the following benefits as an effect of removing gels from traditional ribbon ADSS designs:
- Enables savings on installation time and labor costs. Field technicians can experience up to 80% time reduction for cable end prep when compared to gel-filled flat ribbon constructions.
- Allows faster splicing with higher first pass yields due to cleaner work environment and mass fusion splicing ability.
- Significantly lowers overall cable weight and diameter for easier handling and lower operation tensions on poles.
"In response to customer demand for expansion of the rollable ribbon technology in ADSS solutions, OFS is excited to include this product into our PowerGuide® solutions portfolio," said Brian Maxwell, Outside Plant Cable Product Manager.
OFS Rollable Ribbon cables feature a unique ribbon structure featuring 12 individual 250 micron fibers which are partially bonded at predetermined intervals to form a very flexible ribbon, allowing the ribbons to be rolled into very tight bundles, doubling the fiber density of a cable. When accessed in the cable, these fibers behave much like a traditional flat ribbon that allows highly efficient mass fusion splicing using existing flat ribbon splice equipment and procedures. Individual fibers may also be accessed easily for single fiber splicing efforts.
The new PowerGuide® AccuTube+ RR products will be featured at Fiber Connect 2022 at the Gaylord Convention Center, Nashville, TN, June 12-15, or contact your OFS representative for more information.
OFS is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, fiber optic cable, connectivity, fiber-to-the-subscriber (FTTx) and specialty fiber optic products. We put our development and manufacturing resources to work creating solutions for applications in such areas as telecommunications, medicine, industrial networking, sensing, aerospace, defense, and energy. We provide reliable, cost-effective fiber optic solutions that help our customers meet the needs of consumers and businesses today and into the future.
Headquartered in Norcross (near Atlanta) Georgia, U.S.A., OFS is a global provider with facilities in several countries worldwide. OFS is part of Furukawa Electric Group, a multi-billion-dollar leader in optical communications.
Please visit www.ofsoptics.com/.
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NEW YORK, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: SIMO)'s sale to MaxLinear, Inc. Per the agreement, each American Depositary Share of Silicon Motion will receive $93.54 in cash and 0.388 shares of MaxLinear common stock. If you are a Silicon Motion shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana disclosed Tuesday that the railroad track was bent along a curve near the accident site, and the problem got worse as freight trains traveled over the area before the crash.
Details on the bent track were included in hundreds of pages of investigative documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board. The three passengers who died and two who were seriously injured were in, or had just been in, an observation car that ended up on its side, the investigation found.
Railroad safety practices are facing renewed scrutiny after a fiery freight train derailment released toxic chemicals in Ohio. The Feb. 3 crash of a Norfolk Southern train forced evacuations and raised public health concerns.
Investigators identified the problem with the track based on video footage, including from two BNSF freight trains that went around the accident curve within 90 minutes before the Amtrak derailment.
After each of the freight trains had passed, the bend in the track appeared to get worse, investigators reported. Neither of the freight train crews saw the problem.
“The Amtrak engineer also did not see the track misalignment before traveling over that portion of track. Investigators, who watched the videos and were focused primarily on detecting the track deviation, were able to first see the misalignment only a couple seconds before the trains had traveled over it,” the investigators said.
They did not determine the final cause of the accident.
Amtrak’s Empire Builder derailed Sept. 25, 2021, in northern Montana while en route from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, Oregon, with 154 people on board. The track is owned by BNSF Railway.
The train was traveling just below the speed limit of 79 mph (127 kph) when its emergency brakes were activated, the NTSB said.
Amtrak spokesperson Marc Magliari declined comment on the track issues raised in the report. A spokesperson with BNSF Railway did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Survivors described horrific scenes of people maimed and killed as four cars toppled and skidded down the tracks. Forty-four passengers and crew were taken to area hospitals with injuries.
First responders and residents of the rural plains near the crash site banded together to transport injured passengers to Chester, Montana, where they were given food and other assistance.
Killed in the accident were Margie and Don Vardahoe, a Georgia couple on a cross-country trip to mark their 50th wedding anniversary, and Zachariah Schneider, 28, a software developer from Illinois.
Rail safety expert David Clarke at the University of Tennessee said a track misalignment as described in the NTSB report could “certainly” cause a derailment.
Former NTSB investigator Robert Chipkevich, who had not reviewed the findings in the 2021 crash, said track problems can be caused by issues including the quality of maintenance and repairs, the integrity of the ballast material that underlies the rails and excessive summer heat.
“These conditions can change certainly after a heavy freight train passes over it,” Chipkevich said. “If it wasn’t noticed by a crew member, then you have several tons of train crossing over that so it could change.”
The Vardahoes were reportedly in the vestibule — the space between the observation car and a coach car behind it — when the derailment happened and were thrown from the train, investigators found. Don Vardahoe, 74, ended up under the observation car while Margie Vardahoe, 72, suffered a fatal head injury when she struck equipment along the track, a report said.
All but two of the windows on the observation car fell out during the derailment and the other fatality, Schneider, 28, and three other people were ejected from the car, investigators found.
Attorneys for the estates of the Vardahoes and Schneider did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment on Tuesday.
Schneider was dragged or rolled on the ground. Another man in the observation car suffered serious injuries and ended up with his prosthetic legs pinned under the car, the report stated. A husband and wife in the observation car fell out a window and into a gap between the side of the car and the ground as the train came to a stop. The man suffered serious injuries.
Rail accidents including derailments have been trending down in the U.S. as the number of miles traveled by trains drops.
However, the rate of accidents per mile has been going up, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. Railway unions contend rail transportation has become riskier in recent years following widespread job cuts. Most rail accidents involve freight trains, and fatalities involving passenger trains are rare. | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/ap-bent-track-a-factor-in-montana-amtrak-crash-that-killed-3/ | 2023-02-22 12:52:21 | 0 | https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/ap-bent-track-a-factor-in-montana-amtrak-crash-that-killed-3/ |
NASA has awarded $750,000 in prizes to eight winning teams in its Deep Space Food Challenge.
The winning teams will move on to compete in the third and final phase of the agency's challenge.
The Deep Space Food Challenge calls on participants to create tech to help feed astronauts on future long-term space missions.
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The second phase of the Deep Space Food Challenge tasked dozens of teams with the construction and demonstration of small-scale prototypes of technologies that use minimal resources and create little waste while also producing safe, healthy and appetizing foods for astronauts.
Their work was judged by a panel, and the teams who were chosen will build and demonstrate full-scale food technologies over the next year in Phase 3 of the challenge.
The teams will each receive $150,000 in prizes and are advancing to compete for as much as $1.5 million in total prizes from NASA.
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The teams include Brooklyn's Air Company, Florida's Interstellar Lab and Kernel Deltech USA, California's Nolux and Colorado's SATED (Safe, Appliance, Tidy, Efficient and Delicious).
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) also jointly selected three international teams: Australia's Enigma of the Cosmos, Sweden's Mycorena and Finland's Solar Foods.
Kernel Deltech developed a system for cultivating mushroom-based ingredients, and Interstellar Lab created a modular bioregenerative system for producing fresh microgreens, vegetables, mushrooms and insects.
The Melbourne-based Enigma of the Cosmos created an adaptive growing system to increase the efficiency of plants' natural growth cycles.
This competition is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between NASA and the CSA. NASA, in partnership with the Methuselah Foundation, manages the U.S. and international competitors.
"Astronauts will tell you that tasty and nutritious food is a critical part of any successful human space exploration mission," Denise Morris, program manager of NASA Centennial Challenges at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, said in a statement. "The possibilities presented in this challenge could help sustain our explorers on future missions, and even have the potential to help out right here on Earth in areas where food is scarce or hard to produce." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/nasa-canadian-space-agency-award-up-to-750k-to-teams-competing-in-deep-space-food/article_c326b751-9697-528a-b0bb-0ca7fcdf72a3.html | 2023-05-31 17:18:19 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/national/nasa-canadian-space-agency-award-up-to-750k-to-teams-competing-in-deep-space-food/article_c326b751-9697-528a-b0bb-0ca7fcdf72a3.html |
PHOENIX, Arizona — For many Arizonans, Pride is a reason to celebrate who you are with the ones you love the most. For many members of the LGBTQAI+ community, this season serves as a reminder that there is always more work to do.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month is an annual celebration marking the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. If you find yourself in the Valley of the sun this June, be sure to check out one of the many pride events.
Pride Month Deals
This year, Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale is celebrating Pride with a twist. The historic hotel is offering a sweet deal at their in-house restaurant, ‘ZuZu.’ For every visitor who purchases a “Show Stopper” shake, the restaurant will send $1 to pridePHX, a local organization aiming to “promote unity, visibility, and self-esteem” for the LGBTQ community in Phoenix.
Tempe-based brewery, Four Peaks is serving up a colorful rendition of their beloved Hazy IPA. Their website describes the drink as “brewed with kiwi, guava, cherries, strawberries, pineapples and peaches.” Proceeds from beer sales with go to One Community Arizona, one n ten and Phoenix Pride. In 2017, the company became the first Arizona brewery to sign the UNITY Pledge.
Valley creamery, Churn and neighborhood bar and restaurant, Windsor are adding on the deals this Pride season with a special ice cream flavor. $1 of every scoop of the lemon-curd and strawberry flavored 'Rodeo Queen' ice cream sold will be redirected back to One Community.
Pride Month Events
Boutique hotel FOUND:RE Phoenix Hotel is hosting the exhibition series, “WORK! COLOR! LIGHT!" which will take place in 3 distinct shows highlighting the work of local LGBTQ+ artists.
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- 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
- ROUND:RE Phoenix Hotel
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- Level 1 Arcade Bar
- Saturday, June 3
- Palabras Bilingual Bookstore
- Saturday, June 3
- 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
- Sunday, June 11
- 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.
- Tempe Center for the Arts
- Thursday, June 15
- 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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- Saturday, June 17
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- Scottsdale
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- Chase Field, Phoenix
- Sunday, June 18
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- Almost Famous, Scottsdale
- Thursday, June 22
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- Skateland Chandler
- Sunday, June 25
- 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Tempe Center for the Arts
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80s returning for some today, a big cooldown Wednesday
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Hazy skies continue today after they were around Monday. Besides the smoke, it’s actually technically been a mostly sunny sky, but with that smoke there it hasn’t felt like it at times. It was still warm on Monday, more warmth builds today too with many reach up to around 80 degrees!
A cold front on the way for Wednesday will bring temperatures down significantly, while at the same time helping to clear the wildfire smoke out. The passage of the cold front does bring some frost concerns back to Mid-Michigan though.
Today
It’s another nice morning starting off with conditions shaping up nicely for the bus stops and morning drive! Temperatures will reach up to around 74 degrees by noon, then many make their way to 80-81 degrees in most locations during the afternoon. The wind will turn southwesterly with a speed of 5 to 10 mph. Plenty of sun will go through today with only a few fair weather cumulus this afternoon. Skies remain hazy with wildfire smoke.
Tonight
Increasing cloud coverage carries through the overnight as the cold front from the north gets closer. Lows will settle to around 52 degrees with the wind veering to the northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
The cold front will pass through during the morning hours and while it could bring an isolated shower, the chance is very small. Likely, we won’t see any rain out of this front as it passes by. It’ll mostly just be an uptick in cloud coverage for the morning hours. Behind the cold front, it’s back to sunny skies but this time they’ll be blue thanks to the smoke going away with the front!
Highs will be very limited because of the front and strong northeast wind. Closer to Lake Huron, temperatures stay in the 50s while the Tri-Cities and Flint could achieve the lower to middle 60s. The wind will take over from the northeast behind the cold front with speeds of 10 to 20 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Wednesday night will be cold though with the new airmass in place. Temperatures could fall between 32 and 36 degrees in the northern half of our area. This certainly brings frost concerns and we’re expecting to see Frost Advisories into Thursday morning.
Although Thursday night will be comparably cold, temperatures up north won’t be as cold (now closer to 36 to 38 degrees), so we may be able to avoid frost then. It’s not a guarantee though as those temperatures start to flirt with that critical range. Temperatures will rebound at the end of the week, take a look in you full TV5 First Alert 7-Day Forecast!
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With City Hall blocking a proposed casino at McCormick Place, the agency that runs the site is moving on to Plan B in its efforts to rebuild its iconic but dilapidated Lakeside Center, the easternmost structure on the convention center campus.
The Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority is issuing a request for information, or RFI, to those interested in fixing up or even repurposing the 51-year-old, Helmut Jahn-designed building, in part or totally. | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/mcpier-issues-rfi-lakeside-center-overhaul | 2022-09-15 15:01:43 | 1 | https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/mcpier-issues-rfi-lakeside-center-overhaul |
NPR's A Martinez speaks with psychologist Laurence Steinberg about his advice for parents of adult children. His latest book is "You and Your Adult Child: How to Grow Together in Challenging Times."
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A growing chorus of policy experts have concluded that the way to root out racial bias in policing is for California to ban certain types of minor or technical traffic stops altogether.
They argue lawmakers should eliminate all pretextual stops, instances when an officer stops a driver for a minor traffic violation, like a broken tail light, expired registration or tinted windows, and uses the stop as an excuse to investigate the driver for a more serious offense.
But an effort to ban many types of pretextual stops fizzled in the state Legislature last year, without a single floor vote, amid heavy opposition from powerful law enforcement associations.
Justice reform advocates are hopeful, however, that the effort could succeed this year after two state boards that study racial profiling recommended lawmakers ban or limit such stops because the evidence is clear they exacerbate racial disparities and rarely lead to seizures of contraband.
Within the last month, the state’s Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board and the Committee on Revision of the Penal Code both made that recommendation for the first time.
The profiling advisory board, which is also known as RIPA and gathers data from police departments on profiling, concluded in its annual report that pretextual stops are an ineffective and costly policing strategy. RIPA also found that such stops can cause mental trauma, depression and anxiety for people of color who are targeted.
Its report found glaring racial disparities among those stopped by the state’s 58 largest law enforcement agencies. Black people accounted for 15% of traffic and pedestrian stops while they make up 6% of California’s population, according to 2021 data, the most recent year available. Latinos, 36% of the population, made up 42.4% of those stopped; whites accounted for 35% of the population and 30.7% of stops.
The penal code committee, which recommends changes to the state’s criminal laws, said that California should prohibit officers from stopping drivers for reasons unconnected to traffic safety, like violations related to license plates, lighting or expired vehicle registration, because the stops serve little purpose and have “disturbing racial disparities.”
RIPA’s report found Black people were also far more likely to be searched, handcuffed, ordered out of their vehicle and have force used against them. Yet they were less likely to possess contraband, including illegal guns and drugs, than white people.
Melanie Ochoa, co-chair of the RIPA board and director of police practices at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, said the board made its recommendation to ban pretextual stops entirely because those same trends have played out year after year.
“It’s really just a matter of when the Legislature will take the brave step forward and confront law enforcement special interests,” she said. “These are not cost-less stops. There is harm that is inflicted.”
The debate will soon be on legislators’ plates. State Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena (Los Angeles County), recently introduced Senate Bill 50, which aims to eliminate many types of pretextual stops.
Bradford is still working out the bill’s final language. But he said it will be similar to a measure he unsuccessfully tried to pass last year. That bill would have prohibited officers from stopping motorists solely for low-level infractions — such as a broken tail light, improperly fastened license plate or vehicle registration that has been expired for less than six months.
The senator said his chances could be boosted by the recommendations from state boards, as well as local governments that have passed policies to limit or ban pretextual stops, including Berkeley, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., though the policies vary.
On Wednesday, the San Francisco Police Commission approved a policy designed to clamp down on pretextual stops by preventing police from stopping drivers solely over nine low-level infractions.
The Chronicle, in an analysis published last fall, found vast disparities for common types of “pretextual” police stops in San Francisco. Over the past four years, Black drivers were 4.4 times more likely to be stopped than white people for any traffic violation and 10.5 times more likely to be stopped for pretextual reasons.
But Bradford’s effort to expand limits on pretextual stops statewide faces tough headwinds at the state Capitol.
Last year, Bradford’s bill died after he said he couldn’t secure enough lawmakers’ support due to opposition from groups such as the Peace Officers Research Association of California, or PORAC; California Police Chiefs Association and he California State Sheriffs’ Association.
PORAC, which represents most of the state’s full-time law enforcement officers, contends such stops are an important policing tool and crucial to getting illegal guns off the streets. The association also said vehicle equipment citations such as busted tail lights, while minor, were put on the book to help keep drivers safe.
“Two working brake lights are pretty important because you want to know when the car in front of you is going to stop,” said Brian Marvel, PORAC’s president and a San Diego police officer. “It’s a safety issue.”
PORAC has long disputed RIPA’s data about the extent of racial profiling in California, though the board includes representatives from the major law enforcement associations. Among a host of complaints, PORAC says the data is flawed because an officer’s perception of someone’s race is collected after a traffic stop, so it’s unclear if the officer knew their race before pulling them over.
Marvel said the group is open to studying potential changes, but he said Bradford hasn’t been willing to engage with them on potential compromises. Marvel added, “he feels that it’s his way or the highway. It always turns into an issue of because ‘we’re not Black, we’re racist’ and that’s just not true.”
Bradford said the notion that officers don’t see often drivers and decipher their perceived race before pulling them over is absurd. He said his past attempt to ban pretextual stops fizzled because of the outsize influence that law enforcement lobbyists have, even among the Legislature’s Democratic supermajority.
The senator said he has been profiled by police at least a half-dozen times in his life, traffic stops when he had not broken the law and was pulled over for seemingly no reason.
He said the first time was the summer after he graduated from high school, when a sheriff’s deputy in Los Angeles County stopped him after he stared at the officer as he drove by. Bradford said the deputy ordered him out of his car and forced him to put his hands on the hood of the black patrol car, which was scorching hot because it was the middle of the day in August and the engine was still running.
Bradford, now 63, said the unnecessary stops and searches have continued even after he was elected to public office. A few years ago, he said he was stopped at night and forced to take a field sobriety test when he hadn’t been drinking.
Bradford said he keeps pushing his bill on pretextual stops because he knows firsthand how devastating those stops can be to the sense of dignity and safety that Black people feel, particularly young men.
“At some point, we as Californians and Americans have to look ourselves in the mirror and accept that we’re deeply flawed,” he said. “We hold law enforcement on a pedestal, far different than any profession, almost like their word is god.”
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ROANOKE, Va. – Our break in humidity has come to an end, though it was nice while it lasted.
Thursday starts with hours of sunshine, leading to high temperatures reaching the 80s and 90s.
A few isolated storms may develop in the heat of the day - after 3 or 4 p.m. However, the greater chance of storms will come in from the northwest after 8 p.m. or so.
This comes as a cluster of storms dives down from the northwest. It’ll gradually weaken as it moves through our area.
The risk for severe weather is greatest in West Virginia prior to sunset.
This will suck enough energy out of the atmosphere, leaving us with isolated storms late in the day on Friday.
The rest of the weekend is pretty typical for summer time - heat, humidity and the chance for scattered afternoon and early evening thunderstorms.
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Nonprofit's research shows enforced modern building codes reduce hurricane damage
RICHBURG, S.C., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With the traditional start of hurricane season just weeks away, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has released its 2023 Hurricane Ready guides featuring science-based preparedness tips to help home and business owners strengthen their properties ahead of potentially damaging storms.
As Hurricane Ian demonstrated in 2022, it only takes one storm to wreak havoc on millions of lives. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the extreme winds and torrential rainfall of Ian caused $112.9 billion in damage after it made landfall in western Florida. IBHS research shows resilient construction practices can reduce costly storm damage, breaking the cycle of loss and better preparing homes and businesses for generations to come. The nonprofit's work has also identified smaller actions home and business owners can take to strengthen their properties.
"Last year's hurricane season started slow but ended with a powerful punch," said Dr. Ian Giammanco, lead research meteorologist at IBHS. "While Hurricane Ian caused extreme damage because of storm surge, it clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of modern building codes, uniform implementation and consistent enforcement in preventing wind damage. Properties built after 2002, when the Florida Building Code was first adopted based on lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew, saw substantially less devastation from high winds. Amid the overall destruction, this was a positive result."
To better prepare existing homes, Hurricane Ready translates findings from decades of IBHS field and lab research into actions large and small to be tackled ahead of the season, as well as last-minute actions to take when a storm nears. To ensure projects can be completed by June 1, the traditional start of hurricane season, IBHS encourages home and business owners to begin now.
First Line of Defense: The Roof
The roof is the first line of defense against severe weather, so an inspection should be prioritized ahead of hurricane season to ensure time for any necessary repairs. Missing shingles should be replaced and loose shingles secured. If it is time for roof replacement due to age or existing damage, re-roof to the FORTIFIED standard. Based on decades of the nonprofit's research, FORTIFIED is a voluntary above-code construction and re-roofing method to strengthen against severe weather. Lab studies and real-world events show FORTIFIED prevents damage from high winds up to 130 mph.
Wind-Rated Garage Doors
As the largest opening in most buildings, garage doors are vulnerable during high wind events like hurricanes. If the garage door fails, it often leads to significant damage to the entire structure. High winds can blow a garage door inward, allowing pressure to build inside the garage and push up on the roof and against surrounding walls—often resulting in a cascade of structural damage to the entire building. Property owners should install wind-resistant garage doors approved for use in their area and for added resistance, look for doors with a rating of 130 mph or higher. If a garage door is not labeled as wind resistant, it should be replaced or at least reinforced to provide needed protection.
Cost-Effective Repairs
As budget remains top of mind for many Americans, there are several low-cost upgrades, home repairs and last-minute prep actions that are both affordable and effective in preventing storm damage. These include sealing gaps and cracks, securing soffits and trimming trees. Additionally, proper maintenance is critical to avoid the failure of a generator when it's needed most. Set a maintenance plan for changing the oil and replacing spark plugs and the air filter.
Know Your Codes
Modern and enforced building codes are critical to reducing the damage and destruction caused by hurricanes each year. IBHS's Rating the States examines building codes in the 18 Gulf Coast and Atlantic states along the hurricane coast and ranks them based on adoption, enforcement and contractor licensing. Property owners can find out what building code is adopted in their local area at inspecttoprotect.org.
"Property owners whose states come up short on statewide building codes can still take action," Giammanco added. "Strengthening your home or business can be achieved through DIY projects or with the assistance of a professional. The most important action is to take the first step."
Visit www.disastersafety.org for the full Hurricane Ready guides and downloadable checklists to schedule and track progress.
About the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)
The IBHS mission is to conduct objective, scientific research to identify and promote effective actions that strengthen homes, businesses and communities against natural disasters and other causes of loss. Learn more at ibhs.org.
About FORTIFIED
Based on decades of research by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), FORTIFIED is a voluntary, beyond-code construction and re-roofing method to strengthen homes and businesses against severe weather, including high winds, hurricanes and tornadoes. Visit fortifiedhome.org to learn more about the program, including the designation process.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- xtype, the DevOps platform that accelerates ServiceNow app development, announced today $5.8 million in seed funding in a round led by Columbia Capital with participation from Inner Loop Capital and SaaS Ventures. The company will use the funds to accelerate its product roadmap by growing the development team, as well as increase its presence in the US market, expanding its sales and customer success teams.
As enterprises undergo digital transformation, the need for business apps has skyrocketed. According to a recent report, Gartner expects that 70% of new applications developed by enterprises will use low-code or no-code technologies by 2025. Enterprises widely use ServiceNow's application development platform as it enables the rapid development of robust and secure apps. However, as applications built using low-code technologies take on an increasingly important role in supporting business-critical functions, there is a need for modern DevOps practices to be adopted.
"ServiceNow is the most robust platform for managing IT and developing enterprise applications," said Ron Gidron, founder and CEO of xtype. "However, without the agility that modern DevOps brings, it can take weeks or months to deploy ServiceNow updates. Manual deployment processes create inefficiencies, delaying releases and leading to costly errors. It's common practice for releases to be scheduled and performed during off-hours in anticipation of downtime."
xtype's deployment and release automation platform dramatically increase enterprises' ability to deliver new features and applications on ServiceNow. The platform boosts the productivity of development teams and reduces the number of errors and escalations by combining modern DevOps practices with advanced automation and synchronization technology. Using xtype, app releases are automated, and new versions are deployed with a single click, allowing teams to adopt a Continuous Delivery approach. Additionally, the platform provides 360° real-time command and control of an organization's ServiceNow ecosystem that prevents unwanted changes from being included in a release and provides cross-instance transparency on what's been updated, where, and by whom.
"xtype helps development teams get the most out of the ServiceNow platform," Gidron said. "Moving from manual release processes managed in spreadsheets and documents to a fully automated CI/CD pipeline enables our customers to go from deploying every few weeks to multiple times a day. We see this creating a positive feedback loop for our users, with a wide-ranging impact on everything from reducing merge conflicts and cutting deployment times to increasing development quality and boosting employee satisfaction."
"Hundreds of millions of business apps will be built in the next few years alone to support digital transformation efforts of enterprises," said Jason Booma, Partner at Columbia Capital. "Traditional software development cannot meet this demand, and we see solutions like ServiceNow continuing to play a key role in addressing critical needs of the world's largest enterprises. xtype provides tremendous value by meeting enterprises where they are and dramatically enhancing their ability to build digital tools and products on their platform of choice. Acting as a force multiplier for companies by boosting their development teams' productivity means xtype gives its customers a decisive competitive edge."
About xtype
xtype, a deployment and release automation platform native to ServiceNow, was founded in 2020 by Ron Gidron, Peter Szulman, and Tobias Stanzel. The platform is already used by dozens of leading enterprises and technology companies, including HP, Zurich Insurance, Bank of Montreal, and Playtika.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the fighting in Ukraine, according to a new United Nations report.
Surveys in 10 countries in Africa and two in the Middle East that are worst affected by the food crisis were used in a UNICEF report, released Tuesday, a day before International Women’s Day.
Poor nutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding women can lead to weak immunity and complications during pregnancy and birth. Some countries in sub-Saharan Africa have in previous studies recorded high infant mortality rates due to various complications.
Globally, 51 million children under two years old are too short for their age due to malnutrition, a condition called stunting, and half of these become stunted during pregnancy or within their first six months of life, the report states.
“Without urgent action from the international community, the consequences could last for generations to come,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said.
The affected girls and women have increased from 5.5 million in 2020 to 6.9 million in 2022 in Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen and Afghanistan, according to the report.
UNICEF recommends increased nutrition assistance and supplying fortifications to highly consumed basic foods such as flour, cooking oil and salt to reduce micronutrient deficiencies.
Ensuring that pregnant and breastfeeding mothers have access to nutrition services and supplements has also been recommended in the report.
Some of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa have high rates of teenage pregnancies and low attendance at prenatal clinics.
Faith Kanini, 28, who lives in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, told The Associated Press she cannot afford to attend the prenatal clinics although it is recommended.
“I pay cash for the few clinics I have attended. It is expensive for me and I cannot pay the NHIF (state health) insurance monthly premiums because I am unemployed and I rely on friends and family,” the first-time mother-to-be said in a phone interview.
Women in poor households are twice as likely to be underweight as those from the wealthiest households, according to the UNICEF report.
“South Asia and sub-Saharan African remain the epicenter of the nutrition crisis among adolescent girls and women, home to two in three adolescent girls and women suffering from underweight globally, and three in five adolescent girls and women with anemia,” the report adds.
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Alex Murdaugh's slain son, Paul, allegedly strangled ex-girlfriend
The slain son of accused murderer Alex Murdaugh allegedly choked and beat his ex-girlfriend, Morgan Doughty, and once had his family help him cover up a serious drunk driving crash in 2017, according to an explosive new documentary.
Doughty, 23, spoke out for the first time about the alleged abuse at the hands of Paul Murdaugh, 22, in the Netflix documentary "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal."
The three-part series aired Wednesday during the fifth week of Murdaugh's double-murder trial in Walterboro, South Carolina.
The disgraced scion of a once-powerful legal dynasty is accused of fatally shooting his wife, Maggie, 52, and youngest son Paul in June 2021.
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Doughty, who began dating Paul in high school, said he attacked her one night when they were staying in a hotel to celebrate his brother Buster's graduation.
"He had been so intoxicated," she recalled. "We had finally gotten to bed and for some reason Paul kept, like, kicking me. I yelled at him, and then he got on top of me, and I just remember him screaming, ‘I told you to shut up,’ just holding down my throat. I just remember then he, like, punched me really hard in the knee right here."
Doughty broke down in tears as she recounted the harrowing assault.
Morgan Doughty in an interview for the Netflix documentary "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal." (Courtesy of Netflix)
The family's nanny and housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, warned her about Paul before she died in an alleged slip-and-fall at the Murdaugh's hunting estate in Islandton, South Carolina.
"Gloria was like, ‘You know how he is, and you’re just either going to have to learn how to deal with his temper, or you need to get out,’" Doughty said.
Murdaugh Avenue, a dirt road as seen on Sept. 16, 2021, connects Moselle Road to S.C. Hwy. 63, also known as Sniders Highway. The intersection is about 3 miles from Alex Murdaugh’s home, where on June 7, his wife Maggie and son Paul were found murder
Paul's ex-girlfriend recounted another disturbing incident when Paul allegedly drunkenly crashed his truck after a Christmas party in 2017.
She had been driving him home on Christmas Day when he demanded the wheel, then lost control and ended up in a ditch.
She tried to call 911, but he snatched the phone from her and called his father and his late grandfather and retired prosecutor Randolph Murdaugh III.
Before Randolph Murdaugh III retired in 2005, the family had for 87 years controlled the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office, which oversees five counties in South Carolina's Lowcountry.
Paul's mom, dad and grandfather showed up at the scene and scrambled to hide guns and beer before police arrived, Doughty alleged.
The accident foreshadowed a 2019 boat wreck that killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach.
Paul had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit when he slammed his father's boat into the Archer's Creek Bridge, killing Beach and injuring four friends, including Doughty.
A rendering of where the boat occupants were believed to have been sitting ahead of the crash. (Credit: Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal / Netflix)
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Before the collision, Doughty said, Paul had slapped and spit on her. At the hospital, Paul's father and grandfather rushed to his side and allegedly tried to interfere with the investigation.
Paul was eventually arrested and charged with three counts of boating under the influence. The tragic accident led to a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit that triggered the Murdaugh dynasty's spectacular downfall.
(Center) Paul Murdaugh is pictured during an arraignment hearing in 2019. (Credit: Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal / Netflix)
The new series also probes two mysterious deaths linked to the Murdaugh family: Satterfield's suspicious slip-and-fall in 2018 and the alleged hit-and-run of 19-year-old Stephen Smith in 2015.
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Murdaugh admitted to stealing a $4.3 million insurance settlement from Satterfield's surviving sons, and Smith was rumored to be Buster's secret lover.
A spokesperson for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division previously announced fresh probes into both deaths.
Alex Murdaugh sits in the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, as his attorneys discuss motions in front of Judge Clifton Newman on Dec. 9, 2022. (Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The team behind the latest documentary told Vanity Fair it had uncovered new Murdaugh scandals that did not make it into the series.
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"There are additional crimes that have occurred that we have the scoop on — corruption that goes far wider than Hampton, South Carolina. That goes to the state and to the federal level," filmmaker Jenner Furst told the magazine.
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Drivers dish on their worst pet peeves of the road: 'I hate it when people are 'polite'
Reddit users cited 'polite' drivers, people who don't 'signal their intentions,' and more as their biggest pet peeves
Drivers sped at the chance to dish on their biggest pet peeves of the road in a viral Reddit thread last week.
"What's your biggest driving pet peeve?" DrMike27 prompted.
Some drivers had specific complaints about the etiquette of those behind the wheel, and detailed situations in which drivers may think they're being "polite," but are actually making the road a whole lot more "dangerous."
"People who stop in the middle of a roundabout to let cars enter," swiftly_yoder wrote.
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One user, LowAd3406, piggybacked off the comment, sharing a name for people who fit in the category of "polite" driving - "niceholes."
"In my city, people will stop at random intersections without any traffic signals/signs to let cars from side streets through," the user said. "Another one is randomly stopping to let someone in oncoming traffic turning left in front of them. They think they are being nice, but not following the signage makes them unpredictable and super dangerous. We even have a name for it and refer to them niceholes."
"That one person in a lineup of cars that lets everyone in front of them," another said.
The thought of "polite" drivers stoked a fire under several other users.
"I hate it when people are "polite" while driving. It's dangerous! You're not the only one on the road, you being "polite" and having me drive through is gonna get me tboned by the next car! Don't be polite, be predictable," tony_bologna wrote.
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Several drivers agreed with the notion that being "polite" can often turn dangerous. Being "predictable," they said, is the better option.
"That one person in a lineup of cars that lets everyone in front of them," one person said. "Bonus hate for the cars that get mad at you because you refused their polite/dangerous offers."
"Being polite while driving is super dangerous and not polite at all," another agreed. "It’s very inconsiderate and selfish. Doing something just so you can pat yourself in the back and say I’m a good person isn’t worth risking everyone else on the road. I get pissed when someone is 'polite' to me. Like stop. Just be predictable."
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"Do not be polite. Be predictable," joan_wilder concurred.
Others said they couldn't stand indecisive driving, or those who refuse to use their signals. Another person sparked a sub thread about drivers who fail to hit the sensors on the road.
"My pet peeve is when people slow down or stop and you have no idea what they are doing," one driver said. "I’ll yield to anything. But, please, signal your intentions!!"
"Another thing I've only experienced here (PDX) is people routinely leaving a huge space before the intersection and totally missing the sensors in the road," another said.
"The only legitimate thing I can think that might stimulate this behavior is having been ticketed for going over a line and stopping early enough that even your dash cam can see it," one person replied. "But many of the times I see it people are on their phone and they use the extra spacing as a rationalization that they're being safe about it."
Pedestrians also weighed in on the "polite" driver debate, voicing how frustrating it is to try and communicate with them.
"I hate when a nicehole stops for me as a pedestrian without the right of way," one user said. "Because then I am sitting there furiously waving him on for 30 seconds, when he could have been past me in 2."
One user threw their mother-in-law under the bus, so to speak.
"My MIL will stop in the middle of a road to let someone cross," the person wrote. "No pedestrian crossing, nothing. She'll just slam on the breaks to let them past... Everytime... And gets mad that they don't cross because why the hell would you it's weird that someone would just stop in the middle of the road. And she'll wave them across and they'll continue to not cross because again it's weird. But she believes she is being nice by letting them cross even though it makes her angry that they take forever to cross.
"And yes she has been rear ended god knows how many times and to this day does not believe she is at fault and other drivers are just too aggressive.. nothing to do with a car randomly stopping in the middle of the road."
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Others offered much simpler answers when asked to describe their biggest driving pet peeves.
"Other people on the road," user AlexKewl said.
Analysts at Car Insurance Comparison produce an annual study of the rate of fatal car accidents involving speeding, careless driving, drunk driving, and breaking traffic laws, to compile a list of the worst U.S. states to drive.
New Mexico and Texas were tied at the top of the 2022 list, ranking worst in the category of careless driving, followed by Montana, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Hawaii, Arizona, Oregon, and Nevada rounding out the top 10. | https://www.foxnews.com/media/drivers-dish-worst-pet-peeves-road-i-hate-when-people-polite | 2023-01-21 14:29:02 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/media/drivers-dish-worst-pet-peeves-road-i-hate-when-people-polite |
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NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Rent the Runway, Inc. (NASDAQ: RENT).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Rent the Runway Class A common stock in or traceable to the Company's October 2021 initial public offering.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until January 13, 2023 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Rent the Runway, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Rent the Runway was continuing to face extraordinary business headwinds, such as transportation headwinds and labor wage rate increases, from the COVID-19 pandemic; (ii) Rent the Runway's active subscriber enrollments had sharply decelerated from the growth trajectory represented in the offering documents and, as a result, Rent the Runway was several months away from approaching its pre-pandemic levels of active subscriptions; (iii) Rent the Runway needed to substantially increase marketing and advertising costs from historical figures in order to attempt to grow its active subscriber network; (iv) Rent the Runway was suffering from ballooning fulfillment and transportation costs; and (v) as a result, Rent the Runway was suffering accelerating operational losses at the time of the initial public offering and was far less likely to achieve profitability in the near term, if ever, than represented.
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TX San Angelo TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, October 4, 2022
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915 FPUS54 KSJT 050824
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Zone Forecast Product for Texas
National Weather Service San Angelo TX
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
TXZ127-052030-
Taylor-
Including the city of Abilene
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in
the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ072-052030-
Tom Green-
Including the cities of Carlsbad, San Angelo, and Wall
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ140-052030-
Brown-
Including the cities of Brownwood and Indian Creek
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ054-052030-
Nolan-
Including the city of Sweetwater
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in
the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows around
60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ169-052030-
Kimble-
Including the cities of Cleo, Junction, London, Roosevelt,
Segovia, and Telegraph
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds
around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ154-052030-
McCulloch-
Including the cities of Brady, Fife, Lohn, Rochelle, and Voca
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around
60. Highs in the mid 80s.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ098-052030-
Haskell-
Including the cities of Irby and Haskell
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around
5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in
the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ099-052030-
Throckmorton-
Including the cities of Throckmorton and Woodson
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in
the upper 50s. East winds around 5 mph, becoming south around
5 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 60. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly clear after midnight.
Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ049-052030-
Fisher-
Including the cities of Rotan and Roby
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in
the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower
80s. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
around 60. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ113-052030-
Jones-
Including the cities of Stamford, Stith, Anson, Funston, Truby,
Tuxedo, and Hamlin
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around 5 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in
the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ114-052030-
Shackelford-
Including the city of Albany
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in
the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s.
Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ128-052030-
Callahan-
Including the cities of Clyde, Eula, Dudley, Baird,
and Cross Plains
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ064-052030-
Sterling-
Including the cities of Broome and Sterling City
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds
around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ065-052030-
Coke-
Including the cities of Robert Lee, Sanco, Silver, Bronte,
and Tennyson
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows around 60.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ066-052030-
Runnels-
Including the cities of Ballinger, Benoit, Hatchel, Rowena,
Crews, Winters, and Pumphrey
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s.
Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 60. Highs in the
lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ139-052030-
Coleman-
Including the cities of Coleman, Echo, Fisk, Valera, Voss,
and Trickham
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in
the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around
60. Highs in the mid 80s.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ071-052030-
Irion-
Including the cities of Barnhart, Arden, Mertzon, and Sherwood
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
south after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the
upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
$$
TXZ073-052030-
Concho-
Including the cities of Eden, Live Oak, and Lowake
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around
60. Highs in the mid 80s.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
$$
TXZ155-052030-
San Saba-
Including the cities of Chappel, Cherokee, Harkeyville,
and San Saba
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around
60. Highs in the mid 80s.
.COLUMBUS DAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid
80s. Lows in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ076-052030-
Crockett-
Including the city of Ozona
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to
15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Lows in the lower
60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
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Schleicher-
Including the city of Eldorado
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs
around 80. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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Menard-
Including the cities of Erna, Fort Mckavett, Hext, and Menard
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds
5 to 10 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
upper 50s. Highs in the mid 80s.
.COLUMBUS DAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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TXZ170-052030-
Mason-
Including the cities of Fredonia, Katemcy, Koockville,
Loyal Valley, Mason, Pontotoc, and Streeter
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to
10 mph, becoming southeast after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming south after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. West winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around
60. Highs in the mid 80s.
.TUESDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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Sutton-
Including the city of Sonora
324 AM CDT Wed Oct 5 2022
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows around 60.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Lows around 60.
.COLUMBUS DAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance
of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the
upper 50s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, July 25, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
212 PM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN NASSAU COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Additional flooding is no longer expected
to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SUFFOLK AND
NORTHEASTERN NASSAU COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
southeastern New York.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Audio, the only unified platform that advances content owners to strategically evolve to deliver audio experiences, announced Donald Buckley as the newest member of its Advisory Board.
"I'm happy to be joining the advisory board of Trinity Audio," said Donald Buckley. "Especially at this early stage, where future growth is unlimited, opportunities are broad and numerous and the Trinity products could not be more timely. Ron Jaworski and his team have built a powerful suite of audio AI offerings and it is going to be exciting to see, and help, the company grow."
"From his groundbreaking work in Warner Bros. to advisory roles and a whole lot in between, having someone of Mr. Buckley's stature is a huge honor and an incredible complement to our growing startup," says Ron Jaworski, CEO of Trinity Audio. "We look forward to drawing on his extensive media and business experience as we continue to invest in our unified audio AI platform and further our mission to help every piece of original content reach as many people as possible."
As a seasoned digital marketing executive and board member with more than two decades of experience in the entertainment, media, and technology industry, Mr. Buckley has worked on some of the most iconic brands such as the Harry Potter and The Dark Knight franchises, among others.
At Warner Bros. Pictures, he founded its first-ever digital marketing team and developed breakthrough strategies and tactics that largely became industry standards in terms of original digital content production, design, technology, creative advertising, podcasting, promotion, and public relations.
After Warner Bros., Mr. Buckley was part of Showtime Networks for eight years, ultimately becoming the company's CMO. He led and built the cross-disciplinary marketing organization that launched Showtime's OTT streaming product, driving subscriptions beyond projections.
His extensive experience in strategy, operations, and marketing has earned him the place of strategic advisor to numerous organizations, helping them advance innovative breakthroughs in marketing, voice, and voice AI.
By joining Trinity Audio's advisory board, Mr. Buckley will help guide the company's strategy regarding new products and business initiatives.
About Donald Buckley
An award-winning creative with deep expertise in innovative and breakthrough digital marketing, Mr. Buckley is a bonafide heavyweight in the media and entertainment industry. His transformational work in Warner Bros. set several industry standards when it comes to digital content, earning him recognition as one of the foremost creative innovators and strategists in the business.
Mr. Buckley also acts as an advisor to several startups and serves as a Board Member of the Experience Center of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). In addition to his advisory positions, he is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and a Guest Lecturer at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
About Trinity Audio
Founded in 2018, Trinity Audio, the only unified audio platform, is an AI company helping publishers and content creators build their audio future and provide audio experiences for their audiences. The company's technology instantly converts content from text to audio with the most natural sounding voices, continuously learns listeners' behavior, and creates futuristic smart audio experiences, covering every stage of the audio journey from creation to distribution.
Trinity Audio is part of GoTo Ltd, a publicly traded company on TASE.
For more information, please visit: http://www.trinityaudio.ai
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The birth of Stanley Francis Rother was by all accounts ordinary, aside from the weather. The Catholic farm boy came into the world during an Oklahoma dust storm.
But in life – and in death – he was extraordinary.
The 46-year-old priest, shot to death in Guatemala in 1981, became the first person born in the United States to be declared a martyr by the Catholic Church.
Now a $50 million shrine built to honor the slain missionary — killed by three masked assassins who entered his rectory during Guatemala’s civil war — is expected to draw thousands of pilgrims to his home state.
“People from all over the world can come and know more about him and really ask for his intercession,” said María Ruiz Scaperlanda, author of “The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run,” a 2015 biography of Rother.
A dedication Mass set for Friday will mark the official opening of the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine in Oklahoma City. The Spanish colonial-style structure incorporates a 2,000-seat sanctuary as well as a visitor center, gift shop, museum and smaller chapel that will serve as Rother’s final resting place.
The shrine grounds also will feature a re-creation of Tepeyac Hill, the Mexico City site where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to an Indigenous Mexican man named Juan Diego in 1531. An artist created painted bronze statues of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego — each weighing thousands of pounds — for the Oklahoma site.
Catholic donors funded the shrine, which was constructed debt free, Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said.
“I think there are a lot of different things that will draw people to the campus, whether to honor Mary or Juan Diego or Blessed Stanley Rother,” Coakley said. “We hope it’s an opportunity for people to experience faith and grow in their relationship with the Lord.”
The Oklahoma complex joins nearly 120 Catholic national and diocesan shrines in 27 states and the District of Columbia, according to the National Association of Shrine and Pilgrimage Apostolate.
Prior to becoming the Rother shrine’s executive director in 2020, Leif Arvidson oversaw the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, for a decade. About 75,000 pilgrims visited each year, Arvidson said.
He declined to estimate how many visitors the Rother shrine might attract.
“We’re still somewhat of a minority here,” Arvidson said of Oklahoma’s Catholic population.
Evangelical Protestants make up the largest share of the Bible Belt state’s adults at 47%, according to the Pew Research Center. Mainline Protestants follow at 18%. Catholics are next at 8%.
“I think he’ll be really special not only to Catholics but to Oklahomans and just people who will recognize the beauty of the virtues that he exhibited — of service and humility and dedication to God’s call in a person’s life,” Arvidson said.
Zac Craig, the Oklahoma City Convention and Visitors Bureau president and a Southern Baptist, echoed Arvidson’s assessment.
“It really adds to the cultural mix of diverse attractions that we have. … I think it’s going to be appealing to all,” said Craig, citing the city’s new First Americans Museum as well as the national memorial for the 1995 bombing of a federal office building.
Rother’s story begins with his 1935 birth in Okarche, a small town about 40 miles northwest of Oklahoma City.
While he served as an altar boy at his hometown Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Rother seemed destined for farm life. He studied vocational agriculture in high school, while his brother, Tom, took a Latin course – a language long associated with Catholicism.
Family members couldn’t help but chuckle when Stan — not Tom — later became a clergyman. But the road to the priesthood proved a struggle. He dropped out of his first seminary but eventually graduated from another before his ordination in 1963.
He served several Oklahoma parishes before volunteering for mission work in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, in 1968.
During his 13 years in the Central American nation, the priest who once had trouble with Latin learned Spanish and his parishioners’ Tzʼutujil language. He worked to translate the New Testament’s Gospels into the native dialect.
Amid political and military unrest in the late 1970s, parishioners began disappearing, their bodies found dumped on roadsides. By 1981, Rother knew he was on a “hit list,” according to the Oklahoma City archdiocese.
His last visit home came a few months before his July 28, 1981, murder. He accepted an invitation to watch his younger cousin, the Rev. Don Wolf, join the priesthood and celebrate his first Mass as a priest that May.
“We talked a lot about the dangers that he faced,” recalled Wolf, now 67.
But Rother insisted on returning to Guatemala, telling loved ones, “The shepherd cannot run.”
Rother became one of at least 13 Catholic priests killed during the war, branded as communists in collusion with left-wing revolutionary guerrillas.
Now his cousin will serve as the shrine’s first rector. Besides welcoming pilgrims, the new church will become the worship place for two of the city’s growing Hispanic parishes. They will combine into one — relieving crowding at existing facilities.
Wolf said it’s an exciting time — both for the memory of his cousin and the chance to grow the church in a state with a rising Latino population.
“Stan has become this incredible character,” Wolf said of the stories told about Rother. “I’ve always been proud to be a part of his family. But I’ve always felt more closely connected to Stan because I’m a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City than because he has the same last name as my mother.”
In December 2016, Pope Francis officially recognized Rother as a martyr. In September 2017, in the final step before sainthood, Rother was beatified at a special Mass that drew about 20,000 people, making him the first U.S. priest to be beatified.
For Rother to become a saint, a miracle involving his intercession must be verified.
“It’s a very rigorous process,” Coakley said. “The church tends to be very skeptical about claims of miraculous healings, until they can be proven that they’re not attributable to science or anything else.”
“It could be a long while,” the archbishop added. “It may never happen, for all we know, because we can’t predict how God is going to act.”
Scaperlanda, Rother’s biographer and an Oklahoma City Catholic, said she loves that a boy reared in humble circumstances in Middle America has a shrine named after him.
“He’s ordinary in that sense, and I think that’s one of the invaluable gifts he gives us,” she said. “If he can do it, then I can live out my best life that God put me here to do. I mean, I don’t have to be martyred like he was, but to give myself so fully to something, that’s a value that I want.
“I can ask Father Stan to help me live as he did.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation reels from a week of high-profile shootings, a new report on mass attacks calls for communities to intervene early when they see warning signs of violence, encourages businesses to consider workplace violence prevention plans and highlights the connection between domestic violence, misogyny and mass attacks.
The report, released Wednesday by the U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center, analyzed 173 mass attacks carried out over a five-year period from January 2016 to December 2020 in public or semi-public places such as businesses, schools or churches.
It was released as the U.S. experienced a particularly deadly start to the new year that has left 39 people dead in six mass killings, including one this week in Monterey Park, California, that left 11 people dead at a dance hall as they welcomed in the Lunar New Year.
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"It’s just happening way too often," said Lina Alathari, the center's director, during a news conference ahead of the report's release. Alathari said that while the center had not specifically studied the shootings that took place this week, there are themes seen “over and over again” when analyzing mass attacks.
The report is the latest in a series undertaken by the center to look at the problem of mass attacks. While previous reports examined the specific years of 2017, 2018 and 2019, the new report noted that it analyzed multiple years of data and gives more “in-depth analysis of the thinking and behavior of mass attackers."
The center defines a mass attack as one in which three or more people — not including the attacker — were harmed. Almost all the attacks were carried out by one person, 96% of attackers were men and the attackers ranged in age from 14 to 87.
The report noted that nearly two-thirds of attackers exhibited behaviors or communications “that were so concerning, they should have been met with an immediate response." It said these concerns were often shared with law enforcement, employers, school staff or parents. But in one-fifth of the cases, the concerning behavior wasn't relayed to anyone “in a position to respond, demonstrating a continued need to promote and facilitate bystander reporting."
The report also called for greater attention toward domestic violence and misogyny, noting that nearly half of the attackers studied had a history of domestic violence, misogynistic behavior or both.
“Though not all who possess misogynistic views are violent, viewpoints that describe women as the enemy or call for violence against women remain a cause for concern,” the report said.
About half the attacks in the study involved a business location, and attackers often had a prior relationship with the business, as an employee, a customer or a former employer. The report also noted the role that grievances like workplace disputes or feuds with neighbors played in mass attacks. About half the attacks were motivated “in whole or in part by a perceived grievance," according to the report.
“Workplaces should establish behavioral threat assessment programs as a component of their workplace violence prevention plans, and businesses should also establish proactive relationships with area law enforcement so that they may work collaboratively to respond to incidents involving a concern for violence, whether that concern arises from a current employee, a former employee, or a customer," the report read.
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Senior Executive Will Drive Innovation and Growth Through Firm's Unified Technology Platform
NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pretium, a specialized investment firm with over $45 billion in assets under management, today announced the appointment of Ramki Ramaswamy as Chief Digital and Technology Officer, effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Ramaswamy will leverage technology across Pretium's operating and portfolio companies to maintain the firm's industry-leading competitive advantage and to drive additional business value as Pretium scales. He will be a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
Mr. Ramaswamy brings more than two decades of experience overseeing the development and implementation of information technology and broader digital strategies across complex, high-growth businesses. He joins Pretium from Boeing, where he most recently served as the Chief Information Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. In this role, he was responsible for overseeing all digital strategy, developing innovative technological solutions and modernizing systems. Prior to Boeing, Mr. Ramaswamy was the Vice President of IT, Technology and Integrations for JetBlue, where he led the technological development across cloud, big data, artificial intelligence and agile solutions to build revenue and increase customer satisfaction.
"Pretium is entering a new era of technological innovation. As we continue to deploy a growing base of capital across Pretium's complementary investment strategies, technology and the scalability of our platforms will play a critical role in our ongoing success, including our ability to consistently deliver value to our stakeholders," said Don Mullen, Founder and CEO of Pretium. "Ramki has a proven track record of leading high-performing teams and delivering innovative digital solutions for multifaceted, high-growth businesses. I am thrilled to welcome him to the team to build Pretium's technology roadmap for the future."
"I am honored to join Pretium and work alongside a team so clearly focused on their mission," said Mr. Ramaswamy. "Throughout my career, I have seen the importance of unified technologies, systems and operations as companies grow. I am looking forward to contributing across the Pretium ecosystem."
Earlier in his career, Mr. Ramaswamy held various application development and software delivery roles at JD Power, Citigroup's Global Wealth Management business and Standard & Poor's Equity Research division. Mr. Ramaswamy holds a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology.
About Pretium
Pretium is a specialized investment firm focused on U.S. residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit. Pretium was founded in 2012 to capitalize on secular investment and lending opportunities arising as a result of structural changes, disruptions, and inefficiencies within the economy. Pretium has built an integrated analytical and operational ecosystem within the U.S. housing, residential credit, and corporate credit markets, and believes that its insight and experience within these markets create a strategic advantage over other investment managers. Pretium's platform has over $45 billion of assets and employs approximately 4,000 people across 30 offices, including London and Dubai. Please visit www.pretium.com for additional information.
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ODESSA, Texas — Thursday was the third annual Permian Basin Education Leadership Summit, which brings education leaders from the Permian Basin and southeast New Mexico together to not only discuss challenges facing their districts but also bounce off ideas for solving them.
“When you think about our region, if you were to exclude Midland and Odessa, which is the more urban center of the region, every other school system out in this region is rural," said Dr. Adrian Vega, executive director of Education Partnership of the Permian Basin.
"So a lot of times they’re out there on their own and so by being able to pull together all of the school systems and really talk about some creative, innovative solutions to some of the largest challenges that we all face it makes an impact,” Dr. Vega said.
Events like this one helps school districts know that they’re not alone.
“Well it’s important because otherwise we’re trying to do the work alone. And the work we’re involved in has such an impact and is so important for the students and the entire community of Midland and the Permian Basin,” said Dr. Stephanie Howard, superintendent for MISD.
When issues are addressed, the students are the ones to benefit the most from it, which is important because they’re our future.
“We all face the same challenges and ultimately with this being the oil and gas capital of the world, it doesn’t matter if you’re living in Southeast New Mexico or if you’re living in West Texas. Basically, all of our students represent our future workforce,” Dr. Vega continued. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/education/school-districts-gather-education-summit-odessa/513-6194d68d-eef7-4d70-845b-051a7400a33e | 2023-04-07 01:16:42 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/education/school-districts-gather-education-summit-odessa/513-6194d68d-eef7-4d70-845b-051a7400a33e |
From new spins on beloved classics to exciting inventions we've never seen, the specialty toy industry continues to innovate and evolve.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) just wrapped up their 2023 Marketplace & Academy show in Columbus, OH, where thousands of new toys were featured, from plush to science kits to puzzles to toys you didn't know your kids needed, but now can't live without! The ASTRA team, composed of ASTRA staff, small retailers and Certified Play Experts, scoured the floor and spoke with members to discover the top trends in the industry.
"This was a banner year for Marketplace & Academy. Every year we gather to see what's new, then consumers have to wait until they see products on-shelf. This year we're excited to be sharing trends from the show to give everyone a sneak peek of what to expect this holiday season," said Sue Warfield, President, ASTRA." These trends were compiled through the lens of the small retailer. They're on the front lines, they're hearing what is wanted from consumers and they were able to walk our show floors to see what fits those consumer interests. We anticipate it's going to be a strong toy year."
This year's trends included:
- Sloths might move slow, but they are one of the fastest growing trends we saw at the show. From plush to backpacks to games, sloths were front and center.
- Tech hasn't gone away, but we're seeing a lot more low-tech toys. Flying toys and lots of lights and glowing toys dominated at the show.
- Class Table Games have evolved and become more accessible. From new versions of ping pong to smaller foosball tables to table top volleyball, you don't need a giant playroom to join in on the fun!
- Toy Adjacent products are dominating with new fidget toys. New textures and an increased emphasis on stress relievers and anxiety easers, shows that this category continues to expand and address issues facing both kids and adults.
- Tweens are disconnecting for a brief moment to focus on fashion and the industry is not disappointing. Spa kits, hair accessories, manicures, purses that change color, they're all attracting the attention of this group.
- Getting creative never goes out of style and we saw this with new crafting kits and blank canvas toys. From painting to drawing to glitter, kids are being encouraged to create more than ever before.
- Inclusion and diversity was seen across multiple play patterns. From more neutral colors in toys, to added ethnicities in dolls and products that directly address inclusion, there was something to celebrate everyone.
- Social Emotional Learning continues to evolve with toys that help kids recognize emotions, role play scenarios and get in touch with how they feel. From blocks to dolls to games, there are multiple ways to approach the topic and help kids feel heard.
ASTRA Marketplace & Academy was held in Columbus, OH from June 11-14. This year's show featured over 300 exhibitors. ASTRA Marketplace & Academy is held yearly, rotating cities each year. The 2024 show will be held in St. Louis from June 1 to 4th. The show is open to trade only. For additional information visit astratoy.org
About the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA)
Founded in 1992, the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (ASTRA) is an international not-for-profit trade organization that develops and supports a membership of independent retailers, manufacturers and sales representatives in the toy industry. As the guiding star of the specialty Play industry, ASTRA is a community of dedicated professionals committed to providing children with healthy, quality play materials that have a high play value and are designed with a focus on what the child can do, rather than what the toy can do. Through certification programs, educational resources and networking opportunities, ASTRA engages, elevates, and promotes members to make a positive impact on the economy and culture of the communities they serve. For more information, visit http://www.astratoy.org.
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Ryan Seacrest will host ‘Wheel of Fortune’ after Pat Sajak retires next year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The category? “Proper Name.” The answer? Ryan Seacrest, who will become the new “Wheel of Fortune” host after Pat Sajak’s retirement next year.
Seacrest and Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday that Seacrest has signed a multiyear deal to host the long-running game show starting with Season 42. Sajak recently announced the upcoming 41st season would be his last on the show.
It’s the latest hosting gig for Seacrest, the popular “American Idol” host who also now rings in the new year for many on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”
“I’m truly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps of the legendary Pat Sajak,” Seacrest said in a statement. “I can say, along with the rest of America, that it’s been a privilege and pure joy to watch Pat and Vanna on our television screens for an unprecedented 40 years, making us smile every night and feel right at home with them.”
Seacrest in his statement also praised Vanna White, another mainstay of “Wheel of Fortune,” and signaled she would remain on the show after Sajak’s retirement. Both White and Sajak have been on the show since the early 1980s.
“I can’t wait to continue the tradition of spinning the wheel and working alongside the great Vanna White,” Seacrest’s statement said. He also said he was looking to learn as much as possible from Sajak during the transition period.
The show tapes in Southern California, where Seacrest also hosts a popular nationally syndicated morning drivetime radio show. In February, Seacrest announced he would leave the New York-based televised morning show “Live with Kelly and Ryan” after six years. Kelly Ripa now hosts that show with her husband Mark Consuelos.
Sajak, 76, has presided over the game show, in which contestants guess letters to try to fill out words and phrases in pursuit of money and prizes, since 1981. He took over duties from Chuck Woolery, who was the show’s host when it debuted in 1975. The show started out as a daytime game show but became a syndicated nightly telecast in 1983, making Sajak and White the main faces of “Wheel of Fortune” for viewers for four decades. | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/27/ryan-seacrest-will-host-wheel-of-fortune-after-pat-sajak-retires-next-year-2/ | 2023-06-27 18:59:52 | 0 | https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/06/27/ryan-seacrest-will-host-wheel-of-fortune-after-pat-sajak-retires-next-year-2/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities and to protest against attacks on hard-won civil rights gains.
This year’s Pride takes place in a contentious political climate in which some state legislators have sought to ban drag shows, prohibit gender-affirming care and limit how teachers can talk about sexuality and gender in the classroom.
Events have been disrupted. Performers have been harassed. And in Colorado in November, five people were killed and several injured when a gunman shot them inside a gay nightclub.
“What we’re seeing right now is probably the worst that it’s been since the early days, in terms of the demonization of our communities,” said Jay W. Walker, one of the co-founders of the Reclaim Pride Coalition, a New York City-based group.
But that won’t stop people from coming out to mark Pride this month, he said.
“You can’t keep our communities down. No one can. It’s basic human rights,” Walker said.
HOW IT STARTED
June has been an important month for the LGBTQ+ rights movement since New York City’s first Pride march — then dubbed the “Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day” march — on June 28, 1970.
That event marked an act of defiance from the year before, a 1969 uprising at New York City’s Stonewall Inn. After a police raid at the gay bar, a crowd partly led by trans women of color channeled their anger to confront authorities. It was a catalyst to what became a global movement for LGBTQ+ rights.
For more than a half-century, the annual marches have been an opportunity to demand action on specific issues such as the AIDS epidemic and same-sex marriage while also serving as a public celebration.
HOW IT’S GOING
These days, Pride celebrations and events can be found all over the country.
Many of the nation’s largest cities — including New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Denver and Minneapolis — hold their main marches on the last weekend of June, while some cities host their events throughout the month or even at other times of the year.
Along with the marches, Pride organizers fill the month of June with events ranging from readings and performances to parties and street festivals.
In Florida this weekend, Orlando-area theme parks and hotels will play host to annual Gay Days events, which are going ahead even after Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislators passed a series of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, some of which barred classroom discussion of sexual orientation.
Pride events are happening globally as well, drawing major crowds in places including Sao Paulo, Tel Aviv, Madrid and Toronto.
At some past events, there have been concerns about commercialism and corporate presence that overshadow real issues that are still unresolved. In New York City for the past few years, there has been a second event on the same day of the larger Pride march. The Reclaim Pride Coalition says their event hearkens back to the spirit of protest that animated Stonewall.
The New York City Dyke March channels the idea that Pride is about protest, not just parades.
WHAT ARE THE FLASHPOINTS?
Pride parades had plenty to celebrate in recent years, such as in 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court recognized same-sex marriage in the Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
But the last several years have been more difficult; Pride events were restricted during the pandemic, and when they returned to in-person last year, it was with a sense of urgency, given the rise of hateful rhetoric and anti-LGBTQ legislative action.
Around the country, at least 17 states have put restrictions or bans on gender-affirming medical care for minors, and transgender athletes are facing restrictions at schools in at least 20 states.
“This is a year where sentiment is going to be revolving around resistance and about finding strength and community and centering our joy and our right to exist and our right to be here,” said Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senior counsel for the Human Rights Campaign organization.
LGBTQ+ communities, Oakley said, need to “commit ourselves to continued resistance against the forces that are trying to prevent us from being our full, joyful, happy, thriving selves. … And band together and fight back against the very oppressive forces that are coming for us.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/lgbtq-pride-month-kicks-off-with-protests-parades-parties/ | 2023-06-01 19:56:35 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/u-s-world/lgbtq-pride-month-kicks-off-with-protests-parades-parties/ |
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister is defending the way Moroccan and Spanish police repelled migrants last week as they tried to cross the shared border into the north African enclave of Melilla, depicting the attempt in which at least 23 people died as “an attack on Spain’s borders.”
“We must remember that many of these migrants attacked Spain’s borders with axes and hooks,” Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said during an interview Monday with The Associated Press. “We are talking about an attempt to assault the fence that was evidently carried out in an aggressive way, and therefore what Spain’s state security forces and Moroccan guards did was defend Spain’s borders.”
Authorities in Morocco have blamed the deaths on a “stampede” of people that formed early Friday as hundreds attempted to scale or break through the 12-meter (29-feet) iron double fence.
The barrier surrounds Melilla, a town of 85,000 separated from the Spanish mainland by the Strait of Gibraltar.
Nonprofits working in northern Africa and human rights organizations have deplored the treatment the migrants received from police on both sides. But they have also directed their blame at Spanish and European Union officials who they say have essentially outsourced border controls to Morocco and other states.
Sánchez, whose left-to-center government is trying to improve ties with Morocco following an acrimonious diplomatic dispute over Western Sahara, has refused to criticize the crackdown.
Speaking at the palace on the outskirts of Madrid that hosts his office and residence, Sánchez told AP that his thoughts were with the families of those who died. But he blamed the tragedy on “international human trafficking rings who are profiting from the suffering of human beings who only want to seek a better life.”
“I insist, these are international mafia groups that are not only damaging the territorial integrity of Spain but also that of Morocco, which is a country suffering that irregular migration.”
Sánchez spoke to AP on the eve of hosting NATO leaders in a summit that aims to redraw the defense alliance’s strategy for the next decade. While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will take center stage at the Wednesday and Thursday meeting, the group will also debate its posture on Africa, where Russian mercenaries are adding to concerns about migration, extremism and the impacts of poverty and climate change.
Footage uploaded to social media shows how a large number of migrants approached a section of the fence and began scaling it. Some of the migrants hurled rocks at Moroccan anti-riot police trying to stop them. At one point, the fence collapses, sending many of the migrants to the ground from a height of several meters.
In at least one video released by Spanish online news website eldiario.es, Spanish guards can also be seen escorting migrants back to the Moroccan side, a practice that human rights activists say denies the right of refugees to apply for asylum on European soil.
More gruesome videos and photos posted online appear to show the aftermath of the crossing attempt, with scores of young men, some of them motionless and others barely moving and bleeding as Moroccan security forces stood over them.
At least 76 civilians and 140 security officers on the Moroccan side, and 60 National Police and Civil Guard officers on the Spanish side, were injured, according to their respective governments. A small group of African men who did make it across the fence were taken to a migrant holding center in Melilla.
Moussa Faki Mahamat, head of the continent’s largest grouping of countries, the African Union, has called for an investigation into the deaths. In a tweet, Mahamat said he wanted to “express my deep shock and concern at the violent and degrading treatment of African migrants,” adding that all countries have “obligations under international law to treat all migrants with dignity and to prioritize their safety and human rights while refraining from the use of excessive force.”
While Moroccan authorities say 23 people died in addition to scores of injuries both among the migrants and border guards, activists claim that the death toll is higher and denounce the EU’s policy of striking deals with Morocco and other states like Turkey to control migration flows.
A group of 51 human rights groups said Monday in a joint statement distributed by Spanish NGO Walking Borders that the deaths “are the tragic example of the European Union’s policies of externalizing its borders, with the complicity of a southern country, Morocco.”
“The death of these young Africans at the borders of ‘Fortress Europe’ is a warning of the deadly nature of the security cooperation on immigration between Morocco and Spain,” the statement added.
Spanish authorities in Melilla, meanwhile, are using the most recent attempt by migrants to cross over in mass numbers to make an appeal for even greater guarantees on their territorial security. Last year, when relations between Spain and Morocco were frayed, Moroccan border guard let thousands of people cross in a few hours in Ceuta, Spain’s other enclave city in Africa.
Since then, the Spanish media has been rife with debate about whether NATO would help Spain out if its hold of Melilla and Ceuta was ever in jeopardy.
“Melilla is Europe’s southern frontier, and that is why Europe must look to the south,” Melilla chief Eduardo de Castro said Monday.
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Using a good mattress pad on your bed can have many benefits. It can reduce allergens, provide support and comfort, increase the durability of your mattress and protect your bed from stains or damage. When it does its job, you might forget your mattress pad is even there.
However, proper care is essential to maintaining it and keeping your sleeping space sanitary.
How Often Should You Wash a Mattress Pad?
Dust mites and the flakes of dead skin they feed on can accumulate and aggravate allergies. Other allergens such as pet hair and dander, dirt, pollen and even mold can also end up in your bedding.
Accidents happen, as well. Mattress pads can protect the bed from spills, food and sweat, oil and other natural but unpleasant bodily functions.
When you consider all that your mattress endures, it becomes clear that you should probably wash your mattress pad on a regular basis. But how frequently should you do so?
Experts recommend just a few times each year.
“It’s only necessary to wash your mattress pad several times per year,” says Carolyn Forte, director of the Cleaning Lab at the Good Housekeeping Institute. “Sheets generally take more wear and tear than a mattress pad which is why they are washed more often.”
The Sleep Foundation concurs, stating that two to three times per year is adequate. However, they add that you can vacuum your mattress pad when you wash your bedding to remove dust particles and other debris.
How to Clean a Mattress Pad
So what is the best way to clean your mattress pad? The answer largely depends on the type of pad you have. The best solution is to read and follow the manufacturer’s washing instructions, typically listed on a tag.
Generally, it is safe to wash a mattress pad in cool or warm water with a mild detergent. Tumble dry on the lowest setting. You can use dryer balls to help the pad stay fluffy.
Alternatively, hang the pad out on a clothesline or an indoor clothes drying rack. If your mattress pad has vinyl backing, this is probably the best option to avoid melting or damaging the vinyl in the dryer.
If you have a foam mattress pad, it may not be safe to toss it in the washing machine.
“Your best bet is to spot clean them,” green-cleaning expert Leslie Reichert told “Today.”
First, vacuum both sides of the pad. Next, use an enzyme-based cleaner or equal parts water, distilled white vinegar and lemon juice to scrub any stains. Then, rinse with a clean sponge in cool water and blot dry. You can clean an egg crate mattress topper the same way.
Replacing a Mattress Pad
If your mattress pad is extremely stained, worn, stretched or otherwise damaged, it might be time for a new one. When shopping for the best mattress pad, there are several factors to consider.
First, make sure the pad is comfortable. Look for one that is breathable and won’t cause you to sweat while sleeping. A plush pad filled with a down alternative provides support and comfort and will be easy to clean.
Next, shop for a pad that will adequately protect your mattress. If you have pets or small children who sometimes share the bed, you will appreciate a waterproof pad. In addition, a hypoallergenic mattress pad is a beneficial feature for someone with severe allergies.
A pad that fits well and wraps around the mattress securely is essential. And, of course, the mattress pad should also fit your budget.
You’re sure to sleep better knowing you have a clean and comfortable mattress pad protecting your bed (and you).
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According to GasBuddy, gas prices ahead of Labor Day weekend are expected to be the lowest since March 3 and 20% lower than on Independence Day, at an average of $3.79 per gallon nationally.
The soaring gas prices seen earlier in the year threw a wrench into most of our road trip plans. GasBuddy reports gasoline demand over Independence Day weekend was notably lower than in 2021, and the decline in gallons used in recent weeks continues to push demand down along with prices.
“It was a dizzying time as gas prices surged ahead of summer, which caused many Americans to rethink their summer travel plans,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. “As the sun sets on summer, gas prices are in far more familiar territory and could continue to decline well into fall.”
For those hitting the road as summer travel season comes to a close, market analysts recommend shopping around for the best prices.
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THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Three more Greek rail officials were charged on Thursday in connection with a train crash that killed 57 people, as protests continued and the government promised to overhaul rail safety.
Two station managers and a supervisor were charged with endangering rail safety leading to the loss of life, a senior official involved in the investigation told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, citing judicial policy. The three have been summoned to provide additional testimony and have not been detained.
The charges are similar to those filed against a 59-year-old station manager who was arrested in the wake of the Feb. 28 crash in northern Greece and is currently in pre-trial detention.
Protests in Athens and other cities continued Thursday, following large rallies and strikes nationwide a day earlier to protest the government’s response to the head-on collision along Greece’s main rail route, outside the northern town of Tempe.
The disaster involving a passenger train and a freight carrier has set back widely reported plans by Greece’s center-right government to call a general election for early April.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis must hold elections before July. He vowed Thursday to press ahead with immediate and longer-term safety improvements that include higher staffing levels and stricter staff supervision along the rail network.
He repeated a public apology for the crash but added that previous governments also shared responsibility for long-term failings regarding rail safety.
“I take responsibility. We can’t — we don’t want to, and we should not — hide behind a series of human errors,” he told a televised meeting of Cabinet ministers.
Popi Tsapanidou, a spokesperson for the main left-wing opposition party, Syriza, called the apology insincere. “Mr. Mitsotakis should realize that he did not become prime minister the day before yesterday,” she said. “He has been governing for the past four years.” | https://www.qcnews.com/news/world-news/greece-3-more-rail-officials-charged-over-deadly-collision/ | 2023-03-10 12:32:35 | 1 | https://www.qcnews.com/news/world-news/greece-3-more-rail-officials-charged-over-deadly-collision/ |
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On the morning of Sept. 13, a bus of endurance athletes from around the globe left Nairobi, Kenya and rumbled hundreds of miles into the wide-open wilderness of eastern Africa.
After their seven-hour journey, the cramped and sweaty passengers stepped off the bus and into their base camp at the Lewa Conservancy.
From there, the runners embarked on a 143-mile ultramarathon, across four wildlife conservancies in support of wildlife rangers who protect Africa’s most endangered species.
First across the finish line was an Air National Guardsman from Hampton Falls: Senior Master Sgt. Jeff Delorey, superintendent of health services with the 157th Medical Group, who finished 41 minutes ahead of the second-place finisher.
“It was challenging, the heat we were in, the environment, the mental grit, all of it,” Delorey said. “When I crossed the finish line I was emotional. My heart and mind couldn’t be fuller from this journey.”
Over the course of five days Delorey trekked along winding dirt roads through baking grasslands, rocky hills, riverbeds and mountain forest teeming with East African wildlife.
“We were out in the wild with all of the beautiful animals, following the roads and paths that the rangers use to navigate around while they are protecting the wildlife,” Delorey said. “A small percentage of the time we were running through very small rural villages and meeting the people and the children that lived there.”
Lengths of the race legs varied from 24 miles to 30 miles a day. During the daily stages, the runners passed three checkpoints for water, medical care and a time check.
“We had the checkpoints for security and refueling,” Delorey said. “A couple sections we were running within feet of these enormous baboons, cape buffalo and elephants. The rangers and directors did everything in their power to make the course safe, but you still had to be vigilant running on the animals’ land.”
The runners finished the first four stages at temporary base camps built by race support crews. The small seas of tents were settled around a community structure and a fire pit.
“There was a ton of value in the nights by the fire, sharing stories and hearing about the lives of people,” Delorey said. “It makes you realize how important and how much value there is in connecting with humans from other parts of the world.”
“We learned more about the whole reason why we were there too,” he said. “The rangers who are protecting the wildlife knew anything and everything about the plants we saw, the landscape and the animal behaviors. It was so inspiring, they were wonderful humans and just true warriors.”
Running for rangers
The For Rangers Ultra raises funds for the wildlife rangers. Poaching of rhinos and elephants has reached catastrophic levels in the past decade, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, the largest and longest-standing field conservation program in Africa,
“It’s an incredibly dangerous job,” Delorey said. “The rangers risk their lives every day protecting the beautiful populations that have been decimated through poaching and industrialization. The whole race gave me a better understanding of conservation and appreciation for the rangers’ work.”
Delorey originally planned to compete in September 2020, but the race was postponed two years in a row during the height of the pandemic.
“There were a couple times during his training that he would share setbacks, but they never got in his way,” said Maj. Michelle Mastrobattista, administration officer for the 157th Medical Group. “He was bummed when the race was postponed, but he took it as a chance to train more. He was always positive and had a great attitude.”
But, Mastrobattista said, “I don’t think he set out to win.”
After waiting through global setbacks and becoming a father the year before the event, Delorey said the journey felt surreal.
“I felt very prepared,” he said. “I think there are a lot of similarities to how you approach goals in the military and how you approach them in endurance races. You have to constantly go through your checklist, and it’s all really strategic. You can’t let your mind wander too much because there are so many things going through your head to make sure you are running efficiently and safely, the same way you do in the military.
“I think my experiences in the Air Force have made me stronger for this race that certainly tested my resolve.” The Air Force, he said, “has taught me how to cope with challenges, navigate obstacles and adapt in real time.”
Delorey said he felt a sigh of relief as he crossed the finish line, three years of waiting and dedicated training left on the African savannah, but this race was just the beginning.
“I loved it, and I think I found my niche in terms of athletics,” he said, laughing. “It’s a challenge personally and I love what I gain from being around the other athletes competing.”
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Crowds gather in Tokyo to say final farewell to late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
By Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN
Family and close friends attended the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Tuesday, with crowds gathering on the streets of the capital to pay their last respects, four days after the shock of his assassination reverberated across the world.
The private funeral was hosted at the centuries-old Zojoji Temple by Abe’s widow, Akie Abe. Well-wishers queued outside, bringing flowers, notes and green tea — symbols of help in the afterlife — to pay their respects to Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister.
Following the service, a hearse carrying the former leader’s body traveled from the temple to the Kirigaya Funeral Hall for cremation, passing significant buildings including the Prime Minister’s office and the Parliament building.
Large crowds lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the hearse. Many waved and raised their arms in the air as the vehicle drove past, while others bowed their heads in respect.
Akie Abe traveled in the front seat of the hearse, bowing to the crowd as they paid their respects. She carried an ancestral tablet, a symbol of transition to the afterlife.
Millions around the world have reacted with shock and anguish at how Abe was gunned down in broad daylight during a campaign speech in the central city of Nara on Friday.
Police are investigating the shooting. The suspect, 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, was arrested at the scene but has not been formally charged.
The brutal nature of Abe’s death has left millions reeling across Japan, a country with one of the lowest gun violence rates in the world.
Abe was “the nation brand face of Japan,” Nancy Snow, a former Abe Fellow and Fulbright Scholar in Japan, told CNN.
“When I found out about his mortal injury and subsequent demise, my heart sank,” she said. “For someone in international relations, even though I can be critical of some of his policies, you have to appreciate so much of what he did to put Japan back up on the world stage.”
Naomi Aoki, a supporter of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, on Tuesday waited outside the Parliament building, hoping for a chance to say farewell.
“For me, he was the most respected politician in Japan. I want to say the last farewell and I was off work today. He has made a great impact on my life,” Aoki said.
“I don’t think his death will be for nothing. People all over the world will feel the impact of what he achieved in his life.”
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Lincoln Public Schools holds safety training for athletic events
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) -For every event the Lincoln Public School District holds, there’s an emergency plan in place.
“Are we going to keep people safe, that’s the big thing everyone wants to be sure of,” said Kathi Wieskamp, LPS Director of Athletics and Activities.
It’s why district administrators and law enforcement are spending a few days this week preparing for the worst with the National Center for Sports Spectator Safety and Security organization, or NCS4.
“Interscholastic sports is an important part of what we do and when we have events, we have significant crowds,” said Joey Sturm, NCS4. “We face all kinds of natural hazards and intentional acts from humans and technological problems that may just be accidents. We need to think about these things and try and prevent them.”
The training has been two years in the making postponed by the pandemic. Those involved said it’s even more relevant now, with the number of school shootings seen already this year.
“It just reinforces we have to be deliberate in regard to planning,” Wieskamp said. “We have to be on alert and aware that anything could happen at any time and we can’t get complacent.”
The training will cover things like active shooters, but also weather situations which are a big factor in planning events in Nebraska.
“For example a heat-related event, when humidity is high, by adding misting tents, selling water at reduced rates, those kinds of things,” Sturm said.
They said what this training can buy them is time and expertise, should the worst ever happen.
“We have to get it right 100% of the time,” Sturm said.
After this training, school districts from the surrounding area will be invited to attend a second session. The goal is to get as many schools that the district competes with in athletics trained up.
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NY Burlington VT Zone Forecast for Monday, January 30, 2023
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Eastern Clinton-
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300 AM EST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of snow showers this
morning. Highs around 17. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
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snow 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder with lows around zero. Light and
variable winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
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cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s. South winds around 10 mph,
becoming west in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 13. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s. South winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Much colder with lows 5 below to 10 below zero.
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.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold. Highs around
zero. Lows around 20 below.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around zero.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold with lows 5 below to
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10 below zero.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Breezy
with highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
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showers. Lows in the lower 20s.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around 30.
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Western Clinton-
Including the cities of Dannemora and Ellenburg
300 AM EST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of snow showers this
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morning. Highs around 14. Northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance
of snow 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder with lows around 2 below. Light and
variable winds.
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.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs around 19. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 11. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Much colder with lows around 10 below.
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.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold. Highs 5 below to
10 below zero. Lows 20 below to 25 below zero.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Cold with highs around zero.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold with lows around
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10 below.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
around 30.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
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.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.
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300 AM EST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then becoming sunny. Highs
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around 13. Light and variable winds.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cold with lows around zero. Light and variable
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. Southwest
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winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 14. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
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Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the upper 20s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Much colder with lows around 10 below.
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.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold. Highs around
5 below. Lows 20 below to 25 below zero.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs around zero.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
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showers. Not as cold with lows 5 below to 10 below zero.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow showers. Breezy. Highs in the lower 30s. Lows around 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s.
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Including the cities of Ogdensburg, Potsdam, and Gouverneur
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.TODAY...Partly sunny this morning, then clearing. Highs around
14. Northwest winds around 10 mph this morning, becoming light
and variable.
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.TONIGHT...Clear until midnight, then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows around 2 above. Light and variable winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
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.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 14. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers.
Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the upper 20s. Southwest
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winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Much colder with lows around 10 below.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold. Highs 5 below to
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zero. Lows 20 below to 25 below zero.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Not as cold with lows 5 below to zero.
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.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow showers. Breezy. Highs in the lower 30s. Lows around 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s.
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300 AM EST Tue Jan 31 2023
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.TODAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of snow showers this
morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs around 14. Northwest
winds around 10 mph. Chance of snow 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder with lows around 1 below. Light
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and variable winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with
a chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Snow accumulation
around an inch possible. Highs around 19. Southwest winds around
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10 mph. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Additional light snow accumulation possible. Lows around
13. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
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.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Little or no additional snow accumulation. Highs in the
upper 20s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
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showers. Much colder with lows around 10 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much colder with highs 5 below to
10 below zero.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 20 below to
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25 below zero. Highs around 5 above.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Not as cold with lows 5 below to zero.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
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snow showers. Breezy. Highs in the lower 30s. Lows around 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s.
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Northern Franklin-
Including the cities of Fort Covington and Malone
300 AM EST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny with a slight chance of snow showers this
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morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs around 13. West winds
around 10 mph this morning, becoming light and variable. Chance
of snow 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cold with lows around 1 below. Light and
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variable winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 14. Southwest winds
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10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers.
Little or no snow accumulation. Highs in the upper 20s. Southwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
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.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Much colder with lows around 10 below.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold. Highs 5 below to
10 below zero. Lows 20 below to 25 below zero.
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.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Cold with highs around zero.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Not as cold with lows 5 below to 10 below zero.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
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snow showers. Highs in the lower 30s. Lows around 20.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s.
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Including the cities of Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake
300 AM EST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of snow showers this
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morning. Highs around 12. Northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance
of snow 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear, colder with lows around 4 below. Light and
variable winds.
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.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs around 18. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Little or no snow accumulation. Lows around 11.
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Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 20s. Southwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
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showers. Much colder with lows around 10 below.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Much colder with highs around 10 below.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Cold. Lows 25 below
to 30 below zero. Highs around zero.
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.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold with lows 5 below to
10 below zero.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
snow showers. Breezy. Highs around 30. Lows around 20.
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.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s.
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300 AM EST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of snow showers this
morning. Highs around 19. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
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snow 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 2 above. Light and variable
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
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cloudy. Highs in the lower 20s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 13. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 30s. South winds
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10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around zero.
Highs around zero.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Much colder with lows around
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20 below.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around zero.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold with lows 5 below to
zero.
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.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Breezy
with highs in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the lower 20s.
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300 AM EST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Partly sunny. A slight chance of snow showers this
morning. Highs around 17. Northwest winds around 10 mph. Chance
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of snow 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Colder with lows around 3 below. Light
and variable winds.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then becoming mostly
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cloudy. Highs around 19. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 11. Southwest winds
around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 20s. Southwest
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winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Much colder with lows 5 below to
10 below zero.
.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cold. Highs 5 below to
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zero. Lows around 20 below.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around zero.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold with lows 5 below to
10 below zero.
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.SUNDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs
around 30.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows around 20.
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Morgan Wallen, right, performs with Diplo on the first night of the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Festival, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
TUPELO — Less than 24 hours after Morgan Wallen suddenly announced he who would not perform a scheduled concert to a packed crowd at Vaught-Hemingway stadium in Oxford, one of the attendees has filed a federal lawsuit against the country music singer.
The lawsuit, filed by a Prentiss County resident who purchased tickets for the Sunday night concert, accuses the performer of violating the refund policy in his contract with the University of Mississippi and acting in a negligent manner against people who paid to attend the concert.
Minutes before the country music star was set to take the stage, the Ole Miss football stadium showed a message saying the “Wasted on You” singer had lost his voice and was unable to perform, adding that people would be refunded their money when they bought the tickets.
But the plaintiff in the complaint believes simply refunding the tickets isn’t enough — she's now seeking further compensation for other expenses she incurred while attending the concert.
“Even if ticket prices are refunded, no offer has been made to reimburse concertgoers for other out-of-pocket expenses they incurred in connection with the concert cancellation, including transportation, lodging, food, merchandise sales, transaction fees, and other such expenses,” the lawsuit reads.
Since the complaint was filed on Monday, Wallen and his legal representatives have not yet responded to the suit.
It’s not immediately clear if Wallen has an attorney or spokesperson to speak on his behalf. The Daily Journal could not locate a communications representative on the performer’s website. A phone call with Big Loud Management, which manages Wallen, went unreturned.
The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock, and the plaintiff is asking the litigation to be certified as a class action.
Wallen is one of country music’s biggest stars, but he’s no stranger to controversy. He was caught on camera in 2021 outside a home in Nashville, Tennessee, yelling profanities and a racial slur. He apologized at the time but was suspended indefinitely from his label and his music was pulled by radio stations and streaming services.
The year before, Wallen was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct after getting kicked out of a downtown Nashville bar.
The sudden cancellation concluded what was supposed to be two consecutive nights of performances by one of the hottest stars in country music. Saturday night’s show appeared to be a huge success with thousands showing up for the first concert in the stadium’s history.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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A Ferrari Formula 1 race car driven by Michael Schumacher in his first championship year with the Scuderia is heading to auction with RM Sotheby’s. It will be a sealed auction that requires interested parties to send one sealed bid from April 3-12.
The Ferrari F2000 marked the beginning of the Ferrari-Schumacher championship dynasty. Schumacher joined Ferrari in 1996 after two championship seasons with Benetton seeking to revive the team, but that didn’t come to fruition until 2000, when the German won the drivers’ title, while Ferrari won the constructors’ championship. Schumacher and Ferrari went on to dominate F1 through the 2004 season.
With a design overseen by Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne, who had followed Schumacher from Benetton, the F2000 had serious pace. During the 17-race season, Schumacher took nine pole positions and nine victories. His teammate, Rubens Barichello, also won a single Grand Prix.
The car up for auction is chassis 198, which Schumacher drove to victory at the 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix, as well as the pole position and fifth overall at that year’s Spanish Grand Prix. Notably, this is also the car Schumacher drove to a pole position at the 2000 Monaco—his only pole with Ferrari at that prestigious race. Schumacher nearly took victory at that race as well but retired with a broken pushrod.
This car’s final race was the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix, where Schumacher qualified third, but retired after being hit by the BAR-Honda of Ricardo Zonta. The car was repaired and brought to the season’s remaining races, but was never used again, according to the auction listing. Ferrari subsequently rebuilt chassis 198, displayed it at the 2001 Geneva motor show, and sold it to Ferrari collector Kevin Crowder of Texas. Acquired by the seller in 2016, chassis 198 is Ferrari Classiche certified and has been driven at numerous Corse Clienti track days, the listing says.
Several ex-Schumacher F1 cars have come up for sale in recent years, including two examples of the 1998 Ferrari F300, one of which won all four of its races, making it Schumacher’s most successful F1 car. A Schumacher-driven Ferrari F2002 sold for $5.9 million at auction in 2019, while an F2003-GA from the following season sold for $14.8 million at a November 2022 auction.
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ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson // Becker, PLLC is a nationwide products liability law firm with experience representing victims of pressure cooker explosions. The firm has represented over 500 clients who have been severely burned by exploding pressure cookers designed and sold by numerous manufacturers.
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Mr. Bae, a resident of La Habra, California, was burned in a pressure cooker explosion in November 2020. Mr. Bae's pressure cooker lid opened while still under pressure, releasing its scalding hot contents and burning him. The incident happened because the Elite Bistro "was defectively and negligently designed and manufactured," the Complaint alleges. The pressure cooker exploded "during the ordinary, foreseeable and proper use of cooking food with the product," according to the Complaint, putting Mr. Bae, his family, and "similar consumers in danger while using [Elite Bistro] pressure cookers."
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INDIANAPOLIS — A 24-year-old Indianapolis man will spent the next year and a day behind federal prison bars after pleading guilty to six counts of making false statements in connection with the acquisition of a firearm and one count of dealing in firearms without a federal license.
According to court documents, over the course of 40 days, from April 2021 through May 2021, DeAngelo Carnell purchased a total of nineteen firearms from different gun retailers in the Indianapolis area over the course of six transactions as part of a “straw purchase” scheme.
A straw purchase scheme is when a person not prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm falsely states to a federally licensed gun dealer that they are purchasing a firearm for themselves, when they know that the gun is actually intended for someone else, frequently someone who is prohibited from purchasing or possessing a firearm.
In each transaction, Carnell told the dealer he was buying the gun for himself.
Using Instagram, Carnell would then find buyers for the weapons, chargina a one-time $50 fee for the transaction to the person ineligible for purchasing firearms.
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, Zachary A. Myers and Daryl S. McCormick, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Columbus Field Division made the announcement.
“Illegal gun traffickers flood our streets with firearms and drive the violence plaguing too many of our neighborhoods, and saving lives requires us to stop the flow of crime guns at their source,” said U.S. Attorney Myers. “This defendant repeatedly lied to obtain firearms and profited by putting them into the hands of people prohibited from legally purchasing them. Now he will pay for his crimes in federal prison. This prosecution demonstrates that our office will work tirelessly with the ATF to identify illegal gun traffickers and hold them accountable.” | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/indy-man-sentenced-to-a-year-and-a-day-for-illegal-gun-trafficking | 2023-04-24 17:40:00 | 1 | https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/indy-man-sentenced-to-a-year-and-a-day-for-illegal-gun-trafficking |
- Vestiaire Collective and Paco Rabanne launch a unique partnership to source the best pre-loved selection of the iconic 1969 bag
- A timeless design, crafted entirely from a seamless surface of metal discs, the 1969 bag is made to last forever
- The edit features rare pieces from past collaborations, plus vintage and archive models
- The partnership highlights both brands' belief in the importance of craftsmanship and circular fashion
- Launching exclusively on Vestiaire Collective on December 1st
PARIS, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vestiaire Collective, the leading global platform for desirable pre-loved fashion, has teamed up with legendary fashion house Paco Rabanne for a very special collaboration, featuring the brand's iconic 1969 bags.
The collection includes rare collaboration pieces (such as the much sought-after Comme des Garçons edition, created in 2019 to celebrate the 1969's 50th birthday), as well as vintage and archive models. The limited edit of pre-loved bags also includes examples in various sizes, colors, and shapes, just in time for the Holiday gifting season.
The partnership between Vestiaire Collective and Paco Rabanne celebrates timeless craftsmanship and creativity, and highlights the optimism both companies have for a better future of fashion. Paco Rabanne is increasingly using upcycled materials in its collections, and it is also reviving existing models to push for a more trans-seasonal approach to fashion. The fashion house also has a lifetime repair service for the 1969 bag, further increasing its sustainability credentials. Vestiaire Collective's expertise in pre-loved and vintage fashion resale enables both brands to share their mutual belief in sustainable, circular fashion even further, and to welcome more Paco Rabanne customers into this world.
Created at the height of fashion's obsession with "ready-made", Paco Rabanne's 1969 bag is iconic not only for its innovative, elegant design, but also for being the ultimate sustainable accessory - it was designed and made to last forever. Crafted from a seamless surface of metal discs (a defining design feature from the very earliest days of the house), it recalls an optimistic, creative and futuristic approach to fashion that is still found in the house's designs today under Creative Director Julien Dossena.
To celebrate the collaboration, a launch party will be held in Paris with some of the rarest pieces being displayed. During the event, a unique 1969 bag will be created in a live demonstration by one of the house's artisans, using upcycled materials. Designed in the Vestiaire Collective house orange, the unique piece will be made available for the platform's community to win in a special online event. Paco Rabanne is also offering a unique customisable service for the 1969 bag, available exclusively for the occasion with a special atelier at their Rue Cambon store.
The partnership with Paco Rabanne is a keystone in Vestiaire Collective's ongoing strategy of bespoke resale collaborations. From luxury brands to top retailers, Vestiaire Collective is leading the fashion industry to embrace pre-loved. These collaborations also enable its community to shop tasteful, unique fashion in a trusted and secure way.
Sophie Hersan, Vestiaire Collective's Co-Founder and Fashion Director says: "Vestiaire Collective's expertise makes us the perfect partner for a luxury house like Paco Rabanne. The 1969 bag is a French fashion icon, having been worn by everyone from Brigitte Bardot to Françoise Hardy. We're thrilled to be bringing it to a wider audience, highlighting the house's incredible craftsmanship and the power of resale to keep iconic pieces alive for decades to come."
Nadia Dhouib, Paco Rabanne's General Manager says: "We have always maintained a strong connection to our heritage and history. Partnering with Vestiaire Collective offers an exciting and effective way to encourage circularity – especially with the 1969 bag, a timeless treasure made to last forever. And with this curated selection of preloved 1969 bags, people can once again discover the craftsmanship unique to Paco Rabanne. Through its expertise and incomparable network, Vestiaire Collective stands out as the ideal partner to celebrate circularity today."
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Patty’s Picks: ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘About My Father’
On today’s “Patty’s Picks,” two movies are featured, both opening in theaters on the same day. The first film discussed is the live-action-animation feature of “The Little Mermaid.”
Patty addressed the controversy surrounding the casting choice for the character Ariel. Patty mentions that while Ariel was depicted as white in the 1989 version, in this film, Halle Bailey, a Black actress, portrays the lead.
She explains the storyline, where Ariel, fascinated with humans, falls in love with a prince and faces the decision of trading her voice for human legs. The film is rated PG and has a runtime of 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The segment then transitions to the next movie, a rom-com titled “About My Father,” starring Robert De Niro as an Italian immigrant father. The plot revolves around his son announcing his desire to marry an American girlfriend, leading the father to insist on getting to know her family.
Patty describes the movie as cute and sweet, highlighting the importance of family. “About My Father” is rated PG-13 and has a runtime of 1 hour and 29 minutes.
Patty gives the movie a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, praising De Niro’s performance and his willingness to explore new avenues of expression. She also mentions that De Niro recently became a new father in real life.
The segment concludes with a flashback interview featuring Tina Turner. Patty provides a brief preview of the interview, mentioning some questions about Turner’s legs and her outlook on life. | https://www.wishtv.com/lifestylelive/pattys-picks-the-little-mermaid-and-about-my-father/ | 2023-05-26 17:34:29 | 1 | https://www.wishtv.com/lifestylelive/pattys-picks-the-little-mermaid-and-about-my-father/ |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
9-2-7-8
(nine, two, seven, eight)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
9-2-7-8
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General Electric Chairman and CEO Larry Culp is taking on the additional role as the top executive at the company’s aviation business.
GE said Monday that aviation’s current CEO, John Slattery, will become executive vice president and chief commercial officer of the business.
The Boston company had begun to carve off pieces of itself not long after the financial crisis in 2008, and those efforts accelerated when Culp took over in 2018.
Also on Monday, GE said Russell Stokes, currently senior vice president of GE and president & CEO of GE Aviation Services, is being named CEO of Commercial Engines and Services.
Shane Wright, chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the aviation business, is retiring. Wright will be succeeded in the CFO post by Rahul Ghai, who is currently executive vice president and CFO of Otis Worldwide.
GE laid out a timetable in which it would complete the spinoff of its healthcare sector by early next year, and it’s power division in 2024. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ge-ceo-culp-to-lead-companys-aviation-unit/2022/06/27/a2975628-f62b-11ec-81db-ac07a394a86b_story.html | 2022-06-27 16:36:55 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ge-ceo-culp-to-lead-companys-aviation-unit/2022/06/27/a2975628-f62b-11ec-81db-ac07a394a86b_story.html |
SAN ANTONIO – The seek is on for a suspect who allegedly robbed a cab driver in San Antonio. The incident came about simply ahead of 1 a.m. on April 11 on the Rittiman Inn and Suites positioned within the 6300 block of North I-35, in keeping with San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers.
As in line with the file, the suspect used to be picked up via a cab within the clinical heart and paid part in their fare. Upon achieving the Inn, the suspect assaulted the cab driver, a 62-year-old guy, took again their cash, and fled in an unknown course.
Anyone with information at the incident is advised to name Crime Stoppers at (210) 224-7867. Tips will also be texted to CRIMES (274637) or submitted throughout the Crime Stoppers website online which can also be accessed by way of the next hyperlinks: Crime Stoppers website.
If the top results in legal arrests, Crime Stoppers is ready to pay as much as $5,000.
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Videos show gunman saying ‘kill me’ to onrushing officers in New Mexico rampage that killed 3
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Videos released Thursday of this week’s deadly rampage in northwest New Mexico recorded a voice said to be the shooter urging police to “kill me” and officers rushing toward the 18-year-old gunman before fatally shooting him outside a church.
“He is yelling on the Ring footage, ‘Come kill me,’” Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said of Beau Wilson, the high school senior who authorities say killed three older women during the attack.
“He’s making a stand, he has opportunities to run off, he does not use those opportunities,” Hebbe said. “So yes it’s my belief that ultimately in his head, he has made the decision that he is going to stand and fight it out until he is killed.”
Three older woman were killed Monday by the shooter, including a mother and daughter who happened to be driving through the neighborhood. The victims were identified as longtime Farmington residents Gwendolyn Schofield, 97, her 73-year-old daughter, Melody Ivie, and 79-year-old Shirley Voita.
At least six other people were wounded in the shootings, which sent waves of grief rippling through the community of 50,000 people. They included two police officers, who have been released from medical care as they recover.
Hebbe’s comments mirrored an account from witness Candi Brammell, who lives next to the church and told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday that the gunman seemed to be egging police on, saying: “Come on!”
Brammell said she couldn’t believe what she was seeing as Wilson opened fire. Within an instant, he was exchanging shots with the police and then was down in the grass.
Wilson lived with his father in a home that contained an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, apparently legally owned, according to law enforcement authorities. He bought an assault-style rifle last year after he turned 18.
On Monday, police say, he began shooting indiscriminately with the rifle from the front porch area of the home.
The first person hit was Voita, a retired nurse who was driving by. Video released by police showed her car rolling down the street with the door open after she managed to get out. Video also showed the path of a vehicle carrying Schofield and Ivie, who stopped to help.
“They see something in the road, which turns out to be (Voita), and they’re in the process of pulling over” when another hail of gunfire erupts, Hebbe said, narrating the images. “At that time we believe all those rounds are fired from (the rifle).”
Police say Wilson soon dropped the weapon into some bushes even though it still held more live ammunition.
Wilson then walked down the street for about a quarter mile, spraying bullets indiscriminately using two pistols. He discharged a .22-caliber gun and then depleted rounds from a 9-mm weapon in the final shootout with police, during which he let off at least 18 rounds.
He wore what appeared to be a modified protective vest with steel plates, but authorities say he discarded the vest before the shootout with police.
Police body camera video showed the perspective of one officer walking and running down the middle of the residential street, readying an assault rifle in one hand while barking commands into a radio in the other. On the run, he takes cues from a local resident and a dog runs beside them.
That video is later partially obscured, but a shadow on the ground shows the officer bracing in firing position for the final confrontation.
“I have eyes on the suspect. He’s walking south. He’s wearing all black,” an officer tells dispatchers in another video segment.
He then yells, “Farmington police! Let’s see your hands!”
A police car speeds by with flashing lights and sirens.
Video from the body camera of Sgt. Rachel Discenza showed her pointing her handgun toward where the suspect was standing. Amid an exchange of gunfire, she falls to the ground, and says: “I’m shot.”
She struggles unsuccessfully to get up, and a fellow officer uses her belt as a tourniquet.
“We got one hit. Get me a medic here for sarge,” he yells.
In the grass in front of the church, officers rush to the suspect after the gunfire subsides, telling him not to move. One officer cuffs him, while another says, “Subject is down. He is secured.”
A note was later found in the pocket of the discarded vest that said, “If your reading this im the end of the chapter.
The gunman’s body was left in the grass for a time as investigators worked the scene, and it was unclear then how many times he was shot.
Police said earlier this week that they couldn’t say how many gunshot wounds the victims had suffered and were waiting on the medical investigator’s report, which had not been made public as of Thursday.
Neighbor Bryan Brown, who was among those who ran to render first aid, told AP that Voita had gunshot wounds to the leg and the head.
Police have been probing for motivations behind Monday’s rampage, which took place the day before Wilson was due to graduate from high school, amid some indications from relatives of prior mental health issues.
Efforts were underway by authorities to access medical and school records that might shed light on his mental history.
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Montoya Bryan reported from Albuquerque and Snow reported from Phoenix.
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WA Pendleton OR Zone Forecast for Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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Zone Forecast Product for Northeast Oregon and South Central Washington
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
WAZ026-022315-
Kittitas Valley-
Including the cities of Ellensburg and Thorp
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TODAY...Partly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. A
20 percent chance of rain or snow in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid to upper 40s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain or snow
showers in the evening. Widespread frost overnight. Lows in the
20s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
in the 40s. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow. Lows in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Southwest wind 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the 50s. Southwest wind
5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Rain showers likely. Lows in the 30s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow showers. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain or snow showers likely. Light snow accumulations.
Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or
snow showers. Lows in the 20s.
.MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance
of snow showers. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Lows 19 to
27.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 30s.
$$
WAZ027-022315-
Yakima Valley-
Including the cities of Naches, Sunnyside, Toppenish, and Yakima
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning.
Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost overnight. Lows in the
20s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
in the mid to upper 40s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph in the
morning, becoming light.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain.
Lows in the 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around
20 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers. Lows in the mid to upper
30s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain or snow showers likely. Highs in the lower to mid
40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
50 percent chance of rain or snow showers. Lows in the 20s. Highs
in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs in the mid to upper 30s.
$$
WAZ028-022315-
Lower Columbia Basin of Washington-
Including the cities of Connell, Prosser, and Tri-Cities
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs
in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost overnight. Lows in the
mid 20s to lower 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
in the mid to upper 40s. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Lows
in the mid to upper 30s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Highs
in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph
with gusts to around 40 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers likely. Lows in the upper 30s
to lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with
a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the upper 20s to mid
30s. Highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain or snow showers. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Lows
in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
$$
WAZ029-022315-
Foothills of the Blue Mountains of Washington-
Including the cities of Dayton, Waitsburg, and Walla Walla
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Partly sunny. Patchy frost in the morning. Highs
in the mid to upper 40s. Breezy. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Widespread frost overnight. Lows in the
mid to upper 20s. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
in the mid to upper 40s. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows
in the lower to mid 30s. South wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the mid to upper 50s.
Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers. Lows in the upper 30s to
lower 40s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain or snow showers. Lows in the lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain or snow
showers. Highs in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain or snow showers likely. Lows in the upper
20s. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain or snow showers. Highs in the lower to mid 40s. Lows in
the mid to upper 20s.
$$
WAZ030-022315-
Northwest Blue Mountains-
Including the city of Ski Bluewood Resort
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY THIS
MORNING ABOVE 3000 FEET...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in
the morning. Highs in the 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 19 to 25.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the 30s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow.
Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph with
gusts to around 25 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain and high mountain snow showers. Light high
mountain snow accumulations. Highs in the 40s. Windy. Southwest
wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Very windy. Rain showers. Lows in the lower to
mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Very windy. Rain and mountain snow showers likely.
Light mountain snow accumulations. Highs in the mid 30s to lower
40s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Windy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of snow showers. Lows in the mid to upper 20s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers.
Highs in the 30s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Snow showers likely. Light snow accumulations.
Lows in the mid to upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of snow showers. Highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Lows in the
20s.
$$
WAZ520-022315-
East Slopes of the Washington Cascades-
Including the cities of Appleton, Cle Elum, and Cliffdell
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow. Highs in the
lower 30s to lower 40s, except in the lower to mid 40s valleys.
Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow in the
evening. Lows 19 to 26.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s,
except in the lower to mid 40s valleys.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow. Snow level 3000 feet. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
West wind 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers. Highs in the lower 40s to lower 50s,
except in the upper 40s to mid 50s valleys. Breezy. West wind
10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. Chance of precipitation
near 100 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers. Locally heavy rainfall
possible. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s. Chance of
precipitation near 100 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Rain or snow showers likely. Moderate snow
accumulations possible. Highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Lows in the 20s.
.SUNDAY...Snow showers likely. Moderate snow accumulations
possible. Highs in the upper 20s to upper 30s, except in the mid
30s to lower 40s valleys. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of snow showers. Lows 16 to 25. Highs in the mid 20s to
mid 30s.
$$
WAZ521-022315-
Simcoe Highlands-
Including the cities of Goldendale and Bickleton
444 AM PDT Wed Nov 2 2022
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM PDT THURSDAY...
.REST OF TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the 40s. West wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Widespread frost overnight. Lows in the
20s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Widespread frost in the morning. Highs
in the lower to mid 40s.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
or snow. Lows in the upper 20s to upper 30s. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
.FRIDAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the lower to mid 50s.
Windy. Southwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 45 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Windy. Rain showers. Lows in the 30s. Chance of
precipitation 90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Windy. Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain
and mountain snow showers. Highs in the 40s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Breezy. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance
of rain or snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s to lower 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain or snow showers likely. Light snow accumulations.
Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
50 percent chance of rain or snow showers. Lows in the lower 20s
to lower 30s. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow
showers. Highs in the 30s.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark finished with 32 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, Monika Czinano scored 22 and No. 16 Iowa dispatched Minnesota 87-64 on Saturday night.
Clark, who led the nation with a 27.3 scoring average coming into the game, sank 11 of 26 shots with four 3-pointers for the Hawkeyes (8-3, 2-0 Big Ten Conference). Clark, a junior, finished one assist shy of claiming her eighth career triple-double and second of the season. She added four steals. Czinano made 11 of 17 shots before fouling out. McKenna Warnock pitched in with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Clark and Czinano both scored eight points to help the Hawkeyes grab a 24-18 lead after one quarter.
Clark scored 11 in the second quarter and Iowa took a comfortable 49-37 lead into halftime. Mara Braun scored all 14 of her points in the first half for Minnesota (5-5, 1-1). She made 5 of 10 shots from the floor, while her teammates hit only 7 of 28.
Iowa's lead was still 12 heading into the final period, but Clark buried a 3-pointer and Czinano scored three straight baskets to up the Hawkeyes' advantage to 75-55 with 8:15 left to play.
Amaya Battle had 11 points, five rebounds and four assists before fouling out for the Golden Gophers, who have lost eight straight to Iowa.
Czinano's younger sister Maggie Czinano scored four points off the bench for Minnesota.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
5-9-3
(five, nine, three)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
5-9-3
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TX Lake Charles LA Zone Forecast for Tuesday, August 2, 2022
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243 FPUS54 KLCH 030845
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Zone Forecast Product
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
TXZ180-032215-
Tyler-
Including the cities of Town Bluff, Fred, Hillister, Ivanhoe,
Spurger, Warren, and Woodville
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds 10 to
15 mph. Heat index values up to 105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 106.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Temperature falling to
around 90 in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ201-032215-
Hardin-
Including the cities of Lumberton and Silsbee
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index values up to
105.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 90s. South winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
South winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Humid with highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Temperature falling
into the upper 80s in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Temperature falling into the
upper 80s in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Temperature falling into the
upper 80s in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ215-032215-
Jefferson-
Including the cities of Beaumont, Sabine Pass,
and Sea Rim State Park
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the upper 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ216-032215-
Orange-
Including the cities of Orange, Vidor, and Bridge City
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Humid
with lows in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Temperature
falling into the upper 80s in the afternoon. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Humid with lows in the mid 70s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Humid with
highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ259-032215-
Northern Jasper-
Including the cities of Holly Springs, Jasper, Kirbyville,
Magnolia Springs, Mt. Union, and Roganville
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index values up to
105.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ260-032215-
Northern Newton-
Including the cities of Burkeville, Farrsville, Jamestown,
Newton, Wiergate, Bleakwood, and Call
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly
clear. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ261-032215-
Southern Jasper-
Including the cities of Gist, Buna, and Evadale
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Humid
with lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. Temperature
falling into the upper 80s in the afternoon. South winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly
cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Humid with
highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Temperature falling into
the upper 80s in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ262-032215-
Southern Newton-
Including the city of Deweyville
345 AM CDT Wed Aug 3 2022
.TODAY...Mostly sunny with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Humid
with lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. Temperature
falling into the upper 80s in the afternoon. South winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly
cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the
morning, then thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Humid with
highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows
in the lower 70s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
$$
Rua
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KXNET) — In some cases, people shy away from the idea of having adult children remain with their parents — but when one looks at the constantly rising costs of living and inflation, it’s easy to see why many families end up living together as the years pass.
Stagnating wages, growing wealth gaps, and expensive housing mean that the dream of home ownership, to many, is not one that will become a reality any time soon. These many factors culminate in the unfortunate truth that the parents of many adults need to assist their kids — whether by allowing them to remain living with the family or in other ways.
To determine just how many parents still offer support to their adult children in modern times, Savings.com surveyed 1,000 Americans with at least one grown child, and asked if they provide financial support, how much, and if it’s affecting their ability to save for retirement.
According to the study’s findings, 51% of parents surveyed have admitted to financially supporting an adult child (45% excluding those with a disability). Of the ages of these children, those between the ages of 20 and 24 easily receive the most financial aid.
In addition to this information, it was noted that about 34% of the parents who continue to support their children are currently retired. Parents further from retiring, as a whole, are generally more likely to support their adult kids.
The topic of providing financial support in itself if one that’s ripe for variation — after all, there’s plenty of difference between a parent sending a check to celebrate the holidays and fully covering expenses for the child. Even though many may not directly house their kids, the study noted that only 19% of parents stated that they wouldn’t be willing to do anything to support them. On average, parents who support an adult child have been seen to provide them with an average of $1,442 every month. Here’s a list of the different categories of expenses and the percentage of parents who still aid their children with paying them.
In general, it was also noted that Millennials tend to contribute more to their household expenses when living with their parents as well — a monthly average of $258 as opposed to the $159 that Gen Zers contribute.
So deep is parents’ desires to support the younger generations that they would even sacrifice aspects of their own life and financial well-being to ensure that their kids are supported — and while these parents are indeed more likely to feel stressed out, a majority are still willing to send funds towards benefiting their adult children.
While the tendency to support adult children may at times hinder a parent’s own financial status, it would seem that there are still ways for them to both support their children and maintain their own financial status. According to the study, almost half of the surveyed individuals claim they’ll stop providing support in the next few years — which will allow both children to gain full independence and provide the parents with plenty of leftover finances to enjoy their retirement to its fullest.
To view the full study, including additional data, visit this page on Savings.com’s website. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/study-how-many-parents-still-cover-costs-for-their-adult-children/ | 2023-04-01 18:57:28 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/top-stories/study-how-many-parents-still-cover-costs-for-their-adult-children/ |
WAUSAU – Storytime in the Garden has been moved indoors for the fall and winter and renamed Storytime at the Museum.
Enjoy a couple storybooks followed by a children’s craft from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 13, Nov. 10 and Jan. 12 at the Woodson History Center, 410 McIndoe St., Wausau.
Don’t forget that the historical society also has regular exhibits and a children’s room in the Woodson History Center.
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The county election worker was crossing the street with a locked bag full of ballots when he saw a Jeep Gladiator pickup truck come around the corner. It sped toward him and slammed on the brakes, skidding to a stop just past him. The driver glared.
"Then she leaned out of the car and looked at me and yelled, 'you f***ing traitor!'" he said.
The woman had been following him all day as he drove around collecting ballots from drop-boxes in Coos County, Ore. The man — whom we've agreed not to identify because he said he fears being further targeted — says she would get out and film him, and that she had a gun on her hip.
Things weren't much better over at the county elections office. Local people, apparently juiced up on misinformation related to Donald Trump's false claims about rigged elections, were camped in the hallway day after day.
"Some of them were very mean," says Dede Murphy, the county clerk during this past midterm election. One called her "a wicked woman." Another barked through a bullhorn, "you should be ashamed of yourself."
Even though Trump won 59% of the vote in this county in 2020, Murphy and the other election workers say two years later people were still yelling in their faces about voter fraud.
Some of it seemed ridiculous, but other times it was scary.
Officials set up metal detectors at the entrance to the building, and over about a month, a security guard stopped people from bringing in a total of 20 guns and 60 knives or other weapons.
The worker collecting ballots called 911 four times the day he says he was menaced by the woman in the Jeep.
"I have had somebody following me," he tells a police dispatcher in one call. "She tried to run me off the road."
The roads in this rural Oregon county wind through steep wooded hillsides, logging trucks hurtle past in the other direction. He says the woman tailgated on his bumper, driving erratically, sometimes swerving into the oncoming traffic lane next to him.
"I was terrified," he says. "I was worried that I might not make it off that road."
As the country heads into the next election, NPR obtained contact information for thousands of local election workers and reached out to them. Workers and officials across 22 different states responded and told NPR they've received threats, felt unsafe doing their jobs, feared for the safety of their families, or even their pets.
Their stories show that more than two years after the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, not only is Trump's lie that he won the election alive and well in a large chunk of the Republican Party, but the misinformation about voter fraud is endangering the people whose job it is to conduct elections.
"I actually bring a weapon with me every day to work," says Nancy Boren, the director of elections in Columbus, Ga. "We also have security here at this building who, it sounds even crazy to say this, but, walks me to and from my car."
NPR spoke to many election workers who didn't want to use their names for fear of further harassment or threats.
"We have a lot of, you know, just general 'f*** you's, you're trying to rig the election... you oughta be ashamed of yourself,'" says one worker in Georgia.
"They said that they were coming for my family and somebody would have to pay for this," says an official in Virginia.
A looming sense of menace
When threats are made, often they're vague and just add to a looming sense of menace. But sometimes they're more direct.
"The threat was very specific with my name and my home address, and that I had four children and that all four of my children should be killed," says Thomas Liddy, an official with Maricopa County in Arizona who was threatened this past November. The FBI tracked down and arrested the person, who pleaded guilty to a criminal charge and is awaiting a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Another official in a southern state tells NPR she too was targeted during last year's midterms. "The threat was specifically that the following week I would not be alive, my home address was made public online, and then my dog was poisoned." The official says the dog survived, barely.
There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. Following the 2020 election, more than 60 lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies were all thrown out of court.
The election officials being targeted say they're just trying to do their jobs. They're Republicans, Democrats and independents — everyone from top state officials to lower-level county workers who handle ballots or even senior citizen volunteers.
2024 could be worse
"Election officials have been under siege," says David Becker, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation and Research. "They've been threatened, abused and harassed for nearly three years now and it's getting worse."
The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin in May warning that perceptions of the next presidential race could mobilize individuals to commit violence.
Many election officials say they need more resources to pay for better security and to do outreach to fight misinformation. Some election workers tell NPR they are scared by the threats and harassment and consider quitting their jobs. Others say it hardens their resolve to do the important work of running free and fair elections.
Other recent research backs up what NPR found. A survey from the nonprofit Brennan Center found nearly one in three election workers say they've had to deal with harassment, abuse or threats. And almost half worry about the safety of their colleagues in future elections.
"I am very nervous about next year... the presidential year," says one of the election workers in Coos County. She and her husband, the worker who says he was chased in his car, both work in the local elections office. And they've been dealing with all this while having their first baby. She was nine months pregnant this past midterm election.
"During that time I was scared every time I came into work, being at work, leaving," she says. "And I didn't get to feel safe at home either."
She says the couple was followed home from work. People knocked on their neighbors' doors asking questions about them. They even went through the couple's garbage.
It was a relentless mix of ridiculousness along with things that were more frightening, such as violent-sounding posts on social media, election workers told NPR.
Like others NPR talked to, the couple set up a motion-sensitive flood light and a security camera. And the couple doesn't think the community there in Coos County realizes what they've been going through at the elections office.
Mob mentality
"It felt like we were under attack," the woman says. "Constant phone calls and people coming in and making accusations and yelling at us. ... It felt very much like they were just harassing us, like they were just there to intimidate us."
During her NPR interview, she broke down crying while describing one moment during the midterm election when the sheriff was escorting her past the people camped out in the hallway.
"As the sheriff was leading us outside, people were recording and laughing like, 'that's so funny' that we're so scared that we had to have the sheriff walk us out." She says it was just bafflingly hurtful to be treated that way. "That was just really crazy."
"Absolutely inexcusable that that would happen," says 83-year-old Coos County Commissioner John Sweet. He's a Republican who does not believe in voter fraud conspiracy theories embraced by many in his party. He says it was hard to watch and hear about local people doing all this to county election workers.
"It's a form of ... mob activity," Sweet says. "The mob takes on a personality of its own that's probably different than the prevalent personality of the individual members of the mob."
Sweet says he doesn't think it was unique to his county this past midterm election. "It was a national thing."
Of course the mob at the Capitol building was a highly visible spectacle that's seared into the memories of many Americans.
But when NPR looked around the country it found that people with the same motivations were taking up the fight but in less-visible ways.
And that's happening in Coos County.
Election deniers run for local office
Rod Taylor runs a local surveying supply business and was arrested for a curfew violation on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
"I heeded an admonition from General Michael Flynn to go home and make a difference there," Taylor tells NPR. "So we started a citizens group here in Coos County called Citizens Restoring Liberty and we continue to meet weekly."
The group is worried about supposed voter fraud as well as government regulation of guns, masks, and public schools. Some of its members have run as candidates for local government and school boards. Taylor himself ran for county commissioner.
"You know what, I'm proud to have been there on Jan. 6," Taylor said on a local conservative talk radio show on Oct. 31, 2022, before the midterm election. "It was a peaceable gathering on the 6th ... people were happy, man."
Jan. 6 was, of course, quite violent. Taylor said on the talk show that he went into the Capitol building very briefly, although he says he didn't participate in the violence. He has not faced federal charges related to Jan. 6th.
County officials say members of that Citizens Restoring Liberty group were camped in the hallways of the elections office.
But, despite their concerns about voter fraud, when the votes were counted, Rod Taylor narrowly won — a result he does not dispute. And he is now a Coos County commissioner.
NPR interviewed Taylor at his new county office. He was wearing a gun on his belt, had a Scripture reading of the day on his desk, an American flag and a "Trump Won" sign.
Taylor mentions going to see people who tour the country promoting voter fraud conspiracy theories.
"I believe that there is a vast body of credible evidence ... that the 2020 election was in fact won by Donald Trump and that it was surreptitiously stolen," Taylor says.
In reality, there is no credible evidence of that. In addition to the dozens of lawsuits dismissed for lack of evidence nationally, a suit making vague allegations of voter fraud in Coos County was likewise thrown out by a judge.
NPR asked Taylor if he realized that local election workers in his own county feel threatened and harassed.
"Yeah, of course I'm aware of that," Taylor said. But when asked about whether he feels responsible for getting people stirred up to the point where election workers fear for their safety, he said, "I don't feel responsible for that."
"When you've got a large group of people, it's sometimes like herding cats and you cannot control what individuals do," Taylor said. "Unfortunately, we did have some people who I think engaged election staff in unproductive ways that I would not have advocated for and I still don't condone and that's unfortunate."
Julie Brecke, the new county clerk at the elections office, says she's trying to figure out how to avoid a repeat of last year in the upcoming presidential race.
"My biggest worry is that people aren't going to want to do the job anymore," she says.
Already one election worker has resigned.
"It's an important job and the people that work in this office take it very seriously," says Brecke. "If they're harassed constantly and made to look like villains, then eventually that weighs on people. I don't want to lose good people over harassment based on misinformation."
Threats, or freedom of speech?
For their part, law enforcement officials say it can be difficult to intervene. The election worker who says he was chased while collecting ballots says police told him there was nothing they could do, since no officers saw this person driving erratically.
The county sheriff's department says the incident was investigated, though apparently nothing resulted from that.
The sheriff, Gabe Fabrizio, says there were also complaints from voters who felt harassed or threatened at drop-boxes. But he says nothing rose to the level that law enforcement decided they could do much about.
"We want to make sure that everybody's First Amendment rights, their freedom of speech is protected," says Fabrizio. "So threats we take definitely seriously and we'll go investigate them ... but at the same time you have to balance that off of — people can say whatever they want."
Brecke, the county clerk, says she's been working with the sheriff to improve security of both the office and the election workers ahead of the upcoming presidential election. Election workers say they feel the sheriff is taking the situation seriously and are grateful for the help.
Around the country people are trying to find solutions. Election officials met last month in D.C., to share strategies. Some states are passing laws that, among other things, increase the penalties for threatening election workers while making their home addresses and other personal information private.
The U.S. Department of Justice has set up a special task force to investigate threats to election workers, and a spokesman tells NPR it has received reports of more than 2,000 incidents of hostility, harassment, abuse or threats. The DOJ says most don't meet the threshold of an unlawful threat of violence, but some do, and it has so far charged more than a dozen defendants. More cases are being prosecuted by state and local authorities.
For his part, John Sweet, the Coos County commissioner, thinks it will help that the local lawsuit over election fraud was dismissed as groundless, along with the fact that Fox News settled a defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems over bogus claims of fraud for close to $800 million.
"I hope that has discredited some of the angst about election propriety," Sweet says. "I've experienced it already."
Sweet says he's heard from one of the people who he saw last year in the county building staring through the window to the elections office apparently trying to scare the workers.
"I think he was embarrassed about it," Sweet says. "He apologized — he said, 'I was out of line.'"
Still, the election workers say nobody has apologized to them.
And there was plenty of discord on display at a recent town hall meeting in Coos Bay.
"Transgenderism is a religion and it's attacking the public moral norm that we've had for 200 years," declared one concerned citizen in a Christian-themed T-shirt, amidst groans and head shaking from others in attendance.
Another resident stood up and asked commissioner Rod Taylor not to wear his gun around town. "Can you please carry your gun concealed," asked Dave Crane, "for people like me that would rather not look at it."
The former county clerk, Dede Murphy, had some words for Taylor too.
"I think that you and your group ... have made me a target," Murphy said. "You certainly have told a lot of lies about me and my office, that's for sure."
"I haven't told any lies about you," Taylor responded, speaking over Murphy. "In no way would I ever condone a threat against any person."
But at least one resident was looking for some common ground.
"I don't give a s*** who's wearing a dress and who's packing a gun," said De Dee Peterson. "What I want to see is this community thrive." Peterson said her family has lived in the county for five generations, and she doesn't like seeing her neighbors so divided.
"Even when we disagree, we can sit down in a room like this and talk about it, and not hate," Peterson said. "It's not team red versus team blue, we have to see through the middle."
This story was edited by Robert Little. It was produced by Meg Anderson. Photo editing by Emily Bogle and Virginia Lozano.
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