text
string | url
string | crawl_date
string | label
int64 | id
string |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
1-1-1-0, FIREBALL: 1
(one, one, one, zero; FIREBALL: one)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Evening" game were:
1-1-1-0, FIREBALL: 1
(one, one, one, zero; FIREBALL: one)
|
https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Evening-game-17239304.php
|
2022-06-13 23:25:54
| 1
|
https://www.sfgate.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Evening-game-17239304.php
|
KHRESTYSHCHE, Ukraine (AP) — In a cramped municipal building in this former front-line village, its front window boarded up with plywood, a team of volunteer specialist doctors have set up a mobile clinic.
For the residents, it’s a lifeline. Even before Russia’s war, access to specialist medical help was available only to those who could get to the city, but the village near the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk did have a primary care doctor.
Now, with the village health clinic damaged by the war, its residents have been left with little access to health care, and in particular to specialist care.
“There is no doctor. We are without a doctor. They left us alone,” wept Mariia Hrebenko, 79, as a doctor took her blood pressure and tried to calm her, gently patting her hand. “No one is helping us.”
The limited availability of health care has led to an exacerbation of existing illnesses that could be easily treated with regular medical attention, said Bohdan Avramenko, a 27-year-old cardiologist who is the medical coordinator of FRIDA Ukraine, a Ukrainian-Israeli medical aid organization.
“Right now their limited access to the medicine is causing more chronic conditions and the exacerbation of the chronic conditions, which is very bad for the patients because simple diseases like hypertension, diabetes, which can be treated with a very simple medication, to be frank, very cheap medication, they cannot get it,” said Avramaneko. “So they stay with high blood pressure, with high glucose levels.”
The teams have also been diagnosing what appears to be an increasing level of cancer, he said. “The limited access to the specialists, the limited access to the ultrasound, to the onco(logy) screening cause a lot, a lot, and a lot of new diagnoses of cancer.”
Staffed by volunteer doctors, the group has been providing specialist doctors through mobile clinics in villages and towns near the front lines and in areas recently retaken by Ukrainian troops from Russian forces. Depending on the location, they can see anywhere between a few dozen and 250 patients a day, and they try to return to the places they have already visited once a month to provide follow-up care.
The specialists most in demand are the ophthalmologist, the endocrinologist and the cardiologist, Avramenko said, while the team also provides childhood vaccinations. The 14 doctors who were working in Khrestyshche on Sunday were expecting to see about 50-60 patients that day.
The teams of volunteers run the mobile clinics in the villages mostly during the weekends as they work in public and private hospitals across Ukraine during the week.
Paramedic, nurse and former New York police officer Joseph Farkas, 61, has been with FRIDA Ukraine for about eight months, helping treat families in bomb shelters in towns pummeled by shelling and in villages that haven’t seen a doctor for months.
“I wanted to help out,” he said. “Obviously, what is going on here, the Russian military invading Ukraine is wrong. So I wanted to do my share in helping out the people here.”
Olena Chetskaya, 38, said both a general practitioner and a pediatrician had worked in the village before the war, but now there was no one to write referrals for specialists, leaving a trip to Sloviansk as the only option.
“It’s very important,” she said of the volunteer clinic as she waited in line to see a doctor. “We have a lot of old people and they don’t have the opportunity to leave and go to the city.”
One of them was Lyubo Rimar, 74, who sat patiently waiting for the endocrinologist. She hadn’t been feeling well all morning, she said, and felt a lot of pressure in her head.
“Of course this is important,” she said of the volunteer group’s services. “We are old, and all the illnesses come to us.”
___
Vasilisa Stepanenko contributed to this report.
___
Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
|
https://pix11.com/ap-international/ukraine-volunteer-specialist-doctors-run-clinics-near-front/
|
2023-03-20 12:44:54
| 0
|
https://pix11.com/ap-international/ukraine-volunteer-specialist-doctors-run-clinics-near-front/
|
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (WJRT) - Police say a suspect shot by a Saginaw Chippewa tribal police officer last weekend pointed a handgun before first.
The suspect was treated and released from an area hospital but remained in jail Tuesday while awaiting arraignment on several charges in U.S. District Court.
The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department says officers responded to a residence on the outer boundaries of the reservation to investigate a possible home invasion on Saturday evening.
Someone called 911 saying a man was trying to break into a residence, where he received a trespass warning earlier in the day. The suspect fled on foot when police arrived in the area.
Officers chased the suspect to the area of Belle Tire on Pickard Street near Brown Road on the east side of Mount Pleasant. During the chase, police say the suspect pulled a black handgun out of a bag he was carrying.
Police say they ordered the suspect to put down the gun, but he refused several times. The suspect allegedly raised the gun and pointed at the officers, one of whom fired one shot at him.
Police say they began providing medical treatment immediately after the shooting until an ambulance arrived to rush the suspect to an area hospital. He received treatment and was released into law enforcement custody.
Michigan State Police and the FBI are investigating the officer-involved shooting.
Investigators say several federal charges are pending against the suspect, who will be arraigned in U.S. District Court soon.
|
https://www.abc12.com/news/crime/saginaw-chippewa-tribe-details-weekend-officer-involved-shooting/article_0aea3976-a729-11ed-ae60-b3fadc95ec77.html
|
2023-02-07 21:51:48
| 0
|
https://www.abc12.com/news/crime/saginaw-chippewa-tribe-details-weekend-officer-involved-shooting/article_0aea3976-a729-11ed-ae60-b3fadc95ec77.html
|
AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:
Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema rocked the political world two days ago when she announced she'd leave the Democratic Party to become an independent. The move is not expected to matter much on Capitol Hill right now, but it could in 2024. To explain, we now turn to NPR political correspondent Susan Davis. Good morning, Sue.
SUSAN DAVIS, BYLINE: Hey, Ayesha.
RASCOE: So, I mean, this might be a little bit harsh, but at least according to the polls, Sinema's not well-liked back home in Arizona, at least politically. I don't know about personally. But why not? Like, and why would changing her affiliation help her?
DAVIS: Well, harsh but fair I think. You know, she's been this unique figure in the Senate. And she has a voting record and a series of positions that have really frustrated Democrats in particular, things like her opposition to ending the filibuster in the Senate to make it easier for Democrats to pass legislation and also things like opposing tax raises on the wealthiest Americans to help pay for part of Biden's agenda. She opposed that and derailed part of the president's agenda earlier this year. So she's won no favor among Democrats. And in a very polarized country, you're not going to have particularly high approval among the opposing party, either. So in Arizona, a state that's pretty evenly divided by Democratic, Republican and independent voters, she's upside down with all of them. She has higher disapproval ratings than approval ratings. I think that's important context to look at this decision by. I don't think it comes at a time of particular political strength from her. It's happening at a time of political weakness. And I think in some ways, it needs to be viewed through that lens.
RASCOE: So, I mean, I've heard that if Sinema runs as an independent in 2024 - and she hasn't announced yet - that there's concern that she would hand the election to Republicans by splitting the Democratic vote. Like, how would that work since she's so unpopular among those core Democratic constituencies?
DAVIS: I mean, you already have people on the progressive left - their attitudes towards her was, good riddance. Get out of the party. She was also likely to face a Democratic primary regardless of whether she had stayed in the party or not. So the chances that Democrats don't put up a candidate seem very, very unlikely, considering how much dislike they have toward Sinema. So as you said, you know, you put up a Democrat. She runs as an independent. And they pretty clearly split the vote on that side of the aisle. And it makes it pretty easy for a Republican candidate to win with the plurality of votes. Now, as we've seen in Arizona, candidate quality matters a lot. Republicans have to put up somebody that could win. But any, you know, reasonably viable candidate with Sinema and a Democrat on the ballot would probably be pretty heavily favored in '24. And I think that's why you saw a lot of Republicans on Capitol Hill responding to this with what I described as quiet glee.
RASCOE: OK. So a little closer on the time horizon, Congress is facing another deadline to pass a big spending bill to fund the government by this coming Friday. It's like living check to check, kind of.
DAVIS: (Laughter).
RASCOE: So will this be one of those short-term extenders? And will lawmakers ever get back to regular order that people talk about sometimes?
DAVIS: Oh, it's not a good time to be a regular order fan, so I wouldn't get your hopes up. Shutdown talk is very minimal. It's not on the horizon, but they have a lot to negotiate still. They want to try and pass a yearlong funding bill. They can't really agree on the details. And so it's very likely they're going to need a short-term punt. One of the key things at issue right now is President Biden's request for more money for Ukraine. He asked for about $37 billion from Congress. There is increasing resistance, particularly on the Republican side of the aisle, to keep funding the war effort there. I do think there's talk of maybe trying to put something in the legislation that would give Congress more oversight or get more reports on how this money is being spent. But that's one of the key sticking issues. I think if they don't resolve it by Friday, they'll come up with another short-term solution. But if all else fails, Democrats are saying they'll just do a short-term funding gap into next year and let the new House Republican majority figure it out.
RASCOE: So a separate defense budget bill has already passed the House, you know, and the annual legislation sets the agenda for the Defense Department. There is a new system for prosecuting sexual assault and other crimes, like murder in the military. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, has been fighting for this change. Here's what she says.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND: They now have a system of justice that is worthy of their sacrifice, that we now have a system of justice that is independent, that is transparent and accountable, that will hopefully reduce or be free of bias.
RASCOE: Sue, in about 30 seconds we have left, like, how were accusations handled in the past, and what does this new policy do?
DAVIS: Well, this is a result of a basically a 10-year fight by Kirsten Gillibrand. And what it does is it takes commanders out of the process. People no longer have to report sexual assault claims. It would go to something called a special trial counsel with trained prosecutors. Fewer than a quarter of sexual assault victims in the military have come forward, and they think that this will make it a process that's more fair to the people that serve.
RASCOE: NPR's Susan Davis, thank you so much for joining us.
DAVIS: You're welcome. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
|
https://www.kasu.org/politics/politics/2022-12-11/politics-chat-what-sinemas-departure-means-for-democrats-congress-faces-a-budget-deadline
|
2023-01-03 21:01:07
| 0
|
https://www.kasu.org/politics/politics/2022-12-11/politics-chat-what-sinemas-departure-means-for-democrats-congress-faces-a-budget-deadline
|
ROME (AP) — Italy’s art squad police said Tuesday they have thwarted the potential illegal sale by a Vienna auction house of a 17th-century painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, a celebrated Baroque artist.
Carabinieri police said that art merchants had allegedly described the work as being painted by a follower of Gentileschi, and not the artist herself, to fraudulently obtain export permission from Italian authorities.
Gentileschi was unusual for achieving success as a female painter in the male-dominated art world of her time. She also is a symbol of courageous women for testifying, even while being tortured, against a man who raped her in her bedroom while she was a teen.
“The painting was on the verge of being auctioned,” Carabinieri Lt. Col. Alfio Gullotta told Italian state TV in Bari, Italy, where the returned masterpiece, ”Caritas Romana” (Roman Charity) was shown to reporters.
Gentileschi’s early work, with strikingly dark sections of her canvases contrasting with her illuminated subjects, reflects influences by Baroque giant Caravaggio.
Several of her works offer a bloody vision of Biblical or mythological stories, many of them focused on the struggle of strong women. In some of her paintings, the subjects are women wielding knives, swords or spikes against men.
A criminal probe is in its early stages, said the Carabinieri, who began their investigation of the oil painting’s movements in 2020.
Authorities said the artwork is worth at least 2 million euros (dollars). It was commissioned by a nobleman in Puglia in the mid-17th century.
Italian authorities said they suspect that the go-betweens, availing themselves of an intermediary based in Tuscany, aimed to have the painting sold abroad, and deliberately neglected to supply historic documentation about the work’s real origins.
The specialized art squad includes police officers who regularly pore over auction catalogues and online offerings, on the lookout for descriptions or images of any artworks or antiquities that have either been stolen or risk being illegally exported from Italy.
|
https://www.fox16.com/entertainment-news/italy-thwarts-illegal-auction-abroad-of-gentileschi-painting/
|
2022-07-20 00:19:51
| 1
|
https://www.fox16.com/entertainment-news/italy-thwarts-illegal-auction-abroad-of-gentileschi-painting/
|
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is battling an influx of disease-carrying mosquitoes by bringing in hundreds of thousands of the insects after being sterilized through radiation.
The battle is primarily focused on eradicating the Aedes aegypti variety of mosquito that has been found in large numbers in the island nation’s coastal town of Larnaca.
Cyprus’ Environmental Health Services head Herodotos Herodotou told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the Aedes aegypti has been specifically targeted to prevent its potential migration to continental Europe.
The effort is also targeting the Aedes albopictus mosquito on the island, which is more common in Europe.
Both varieties can transmit to humans dangerous diseases such as dengue, Zika and yellow fever, as well as West Nile virus.
Herodotou said that his service collects and dispatches both varieties of mosquitos — both eggs and grown insects — to laboratories in Italy and Austria where they’re bred and separated into male and female.
The male mosquitos are then sterilized by being exposed to ionizing radiation at the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna.
About 100,000 mosquitoes are then brought back to the island every week so that they can be released at specific locations and times for breeding after they are fed. The mating won’t produce any offspring and as a result, the mosquito population diminishes.
The program, which has also been tried in other European countries including Italy and Greece, will continue until the end of the year, according to Herodotou. The program’s cost is primarily borne by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The benefits of the program is that authorities won’t have to resort to potentially harmful insecticides to eradicate the pests.
|
https://www.wfla.com/hooked-on-science/ap-science/cyprus-battles-disease-carrying-mosquitoes-by-breeding-them-with-irradiated-sterilized-ones/
|
2023-06-28 10:43:46
| 0
|
https://www.wfla.com/hooked-on-science/ap-science/cyprus-battles-disease-carrying-mosquitoes-by-breeding-them-with-irradiated-sterilized-ones/
|
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers lost quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to a season-ending left foot injury Sunday, dealing a big blow to one of the NFL’s top teams.
Garoppolo got hurt on the opening drive of a 33-17 win over the Miami Dolphins and will need to undergo surgery that will sideline him for the remainder of the season.
“It’s pretty crushing. We know what Jimmy’s been through, how hard he’s worked at this,” coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game. “That was a really cool game, just as a team and all the stuff that went on throughout the game and just be able to overcome some things. So it’s such a special win. But definitely mixed emotions hearing about Jimmy.”
The first-place 49ers (8-4) have won five straight games to establish themselves as one of the top contenders in the NFC but now must go the rest of the way with untested rookie Brock Purdy after losing starter Trey Lance to a season-ending ankle injury in Week 2.
This is the third time Garoppolo has had a season derailed by injury since joining the 49ers midway through the 2017 season. He went down with a season-ending knee injury in the third game of the 2018 season and missed eight games with ankle injuries in 2020.
In Garoppolo’s two healthy seasons, the Niners went to the Super Bowl in 2019 and the NFC title game in 2021.
But his history led the Niners to trade three first-round picks to draft Lance third overall in 2021. Garoppolo kept his job last year but was supposed to move on this season before offseason shoulder surgery killed his trade market.
He ended up returning to San Francisco on a reduced contract to be the backup to Lance but regained his role as starter when Lance got hurt. He was playing the best football of his career.
“It’s brutal,” running back Christian McCaffrey said. “I haven’t been around a long time here, but I can’t say enough good things about him. I’ve been in that postion before, where you’re playing and you’re excited and it all ends for the year. It hurts.”
Now the Niners will try to go the rest of the way with Purdy, who came into the league as Mr. Irrelevant after being taken with the final draft pick but now has the most important job on one of the league’s top teams.
The former Iowa State star had thrown just nine passes in mop-up duty in a Week 7 loss to Kansas City before being told by quarterbacks coach Brian Griese it would be his time in the spotlight Sunday.
“I feel like there was a little just like, the whole butterfly feeling of ‘Man, we’re going in, let’s do this,’” Purdy said. “It wasn’t like I was out there like shaking like, ‘Oh, shoot, what do I do? What’s my read?’ None of that. Every single week I act like I’m the starter. I prepare like I’m the starter. My name was called. Coach Griese said let’s roll.”
Purdy threw a touchdown pass to Kyle Juszczyk on his first drive and another to McCaffrey to cap a well-executed two-minute drill at the end of the half.
He finished 25 for 37 for 210 yards with two TDs and one interception against an aggressive Miami defense that tried to fluster him with blitzes.
“Brock has played a lot of football and you can tell,” Juszczyk said. “Just the way that he plays the position, he has a savviness to him. He has an understanding. He has a confidence to him. I thought he did a really good job today in the huddle, just kind of commanding everyone’s respect and getting the plays in and out and delivering some confident passes out there. I think we can definitely still do some things with Brock.”
Purdy joins a team that features one of the top defenses in the league led by Nick Bosa, who had three sacks on Sunday, and a deep group of playmakers led by McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle and Brandon Aiyuk.
Purdy passed his first test, but it will only get tougher from here.
“We got to clean some stuff up, obviously, but just throwing him in there in the heat of battle like that, with how much (blitzing) that team did,” Shanahan said. “I thought he did a hell of a job doing it and protected the ball well.”
___
AP NFL coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL
|
https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/ap-49ers-qb-jimmy-garoppolo-leaves-game-with-foot-injury/
|
2022-12-05 06:02:48
| 0
|
https://www.texomashomepage.com/sports/ap-49ers-qb-jimmy-garoppolo-leaves-game-with-foot-injury/
|
MONTVALE, N.J., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. announced Accel Marketing Solutions inclusion on the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most distinguished ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. Accel Marketing Solutions is a leading national marketing agency specializing in attorney and law firm marketing, and has seen a significant spike in growth (228%, to be exact) over the last few years. The Inc. 5000 list provides potential clients and prospective connections with defining insight into the country's most industrious privately-owned companies.
In fact, the Inc. 5000 list has been the definitive list for the country's up-and-coming businesses for over four decades, and in that time, they've recognized several now-distinguished companies such as Patagonia, Under Armour, and Microsoft.
For inclusion on this list, a company must meet several criteria. To start, the company must be based in the United States, privately owned, and on record of receiving revenue by March 31, 2018. Only companies that received at least $100,000 in revenue in the year 2018 and at least $2 million in revenue by 2021 will qualify. Of those companies, only those with the highest rate of growth between 2018-2021 will make the list.
Of the recent announcement, CEO of Accel Marketing Solutions, Inc. Elliot Stern said, "I am honored to learn of Accel Marketing Solutions' inclusion on this list of leading independently-owned businesses, but not necessarily surprised. Our national law firm marketing agency is committed to helping attorneys and law firms throughout the country maximize their potential, and we believe this inclusion serves as further proof of our unwavering dedication to our clients. We have a formula that works, and it gives me great pleasure to say that our clients see a return on their investment, time and time again."
The companies included on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list are not only successful, but have also shown great resilience through turbulent times and have ultimately benefited their communities, as they've added more than 68,394 jobs to the economy over the past three years. To learn more about the Inc. 5000 list or to view Accel Marketing Solution's inclusion on the 2022 listing, please visit inc.com. #lawyer #lawyers #attorney #attorneys #marketing
Media Contact:
David Brinen
201-597-9777
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Accel Marketing Solutions, Inc
|
https://www.kold.com/prnewswire/2022/09/01/accel-marketing-solutions-appears-inc-5000-list-americas-fastest-growing-companies/
|
2022-09-01 18:36:54
| 1
|
https://www.kold.com/prnewswire/2022/09/01/accel-marketing-solutions-appears-inc-5000-list-americas-fastest-growing-companies/
|
At a lofty warehouse in East Oakland, a dozen students have spent their summer days tinkering with laptops. The teens, who are part of Oakland Unified’s tech repair internship, have fixed broken screens, faulty keyboards and tangled wiring, mending whatever they can.
But despite their technological prowess, there’s one mechanical issue the tech interns haven’t been able to crack: expired Chromebooks.
With a software death date baked into each model, older versions of these inexpensive computers are set to expire three to six years after their release. Despite having fully functioning hardware, an expired Chromebook will no longer receive the software updates it needs, blocking basic websites and applications from use.
“They’re designed to be disposable,” said Sam Berg, Oakland Unified’s computer science coordinator and designer of the district’s tech repair internship. “It’s like planned obsolescence.”
Chromebook sales soared after the start of the pandemic in 2020. More affordable than traditional laptops, the devices were seen as a way to connect students to their classes without breaking the bank — and across the country, school districts ordered them in droves.
By the end of 2020, the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) reported that global Chromebook sales were nearly 300% higher than a year earlier. And by March 2021, 90% of America’s school districts said they were providing some sort of digital learning device for every middle and high school student, according to EdWeek Research Center. Half of all districts surveyed said they used Chromebooks for all their schools.
But three years later, thousands of those laptops have already been rendered useless. This summer, another 13 Chromebook models will hit their death dates. Next summer, 51 will follow suit.
“It’s just a real waste of both money and material,” said 17-year-old Maritsa Cortez, whose team had already recycled 451 expired Chromebooks by mid-July. That’s a fraction of the 3,851 laptops the students replaced last year when more of the district’s Chromebooks reached their death dates.
But a Google spokesman said the death dates have an important purpose: Chromebook laptops receive regular software updates — including for security — and older devices often cannot support the upgrades.
“These updates depend on many device-specific non-Google hardware and software providers that work with Google to provide the highest level of security and stability support,” said Peter Du, communications manager for ChromeOS. “For this reason, older Chrome devices cannot receive updates indefinitely to enable new OS and browser features.”
Over the next five years, Oakland Unified estimates 40,000 of its Chromebooks will expire.
“Seeing the boxes of e-waste just doesn’t feel good,” said 17-year-old Danna Avila, another intern in the Oakland Unified program.
Oakland is not alone. In Southern California, the Torrance Unified School District will lay to rest more than 20,000 Chromebooks, according to the Southern California News Group. Another district in that region, Capistrano Unified, has had to budget $4.2 million to buy new Chromebooks and pay employees to repair them next school year, the news group reported.
“We are indeed concerned about the expiration date of these devices,” Maria Garcia, the district spokesperson for San Bernardino City Unified told SCNG.
Google has made some adjustments. It began guaranteeing an eight-year shelf life for its Chromebooks in 2020. The devices Oakland Unified bought last year, for example, have a 2029 expiration date. Piedmont Unified has also purchased newer models with an 8-year life cycle.
But the lifespan of older models, the ones schools and education nonprofits scrambled to buy for distance learning in the early months of the pandemic, hasn’t changed. Sander Kushen, a consumer advocate at CALPIRG, said expiration dates mean the clock starts running when the laptop is made, not when it is purchased. And because of that, any laptop model minted before 2020 is on a downward trajectory. Those using refurbished Chromebooks — or those who bought an older model, even if it’s fresh off the shelf — will see their devices’ lifespans dwindle even faster, oftentimes without the user realizing it.
Doubling the life of the devices sold across California in 2020 alone could save the state’s schools $225 million, according to CALPIRG, and nationwide, that number would rise to $1.8 billion.
Although districts can’t fix the expiration date, many work hard to get their money’s worth out of their Chromebooks. This year, the Oakland students have repaired more than 1,300 damaged laptops. Last year, that number was close to 4,000. But even so, they’re facing an upward climb. In a recent analysis, CALPIRG found that Chromebooks are harder to repair than other laptops, mostly due to a lack of spare, affordable and compatible parts, and that one-third of replaceable keyboard options cost around $90 — almost half the $200 cost of a laptop.
“Currently, schools need to purchase parts from third parties or scavenge from broken machines. This scarcity can contribute to the high price for parts, making repair uneconomical,” stated CALPIRG in a recent report.
Tired of seeing so much go to waste, some have tried to find other solutions. San Ramon Valley Unified collects and replaces laptops every five years, using the older models for administrative tasks until they need to be recycled, said Spokeswoman Ilana Israel Samuels. At Piedmont Unified, Superintendent Jennifer Hawn said the district uses older models as loaners during repairs, or shifts them to programs that only require light technology use. The district also harvests parts from older models in partnership with parent clubs before selling the unusable laptops as e-waste.
Kimathi Bradford, a 16-year-old Oakland tech repair intern, has looked into whether there was a way to replace the outdated Chromebook software with a non-Google brand, but it ended up being a lot of work, Kimathi said, and the open-source replacement wasn’t up to par.
“It’s like the Fritos of software,” he said. “No one really wants to use it.”
Kimathi is grateful his district recycles what they can’t use. But like many on his team, he wonders why the software life on older models can’t just be extended.
“School districts are dealing with enough in their budgets. They shouldn’t have to throw away laptops that are in perfectly good condition,” said Kushen. “We expect expiration dates for milk, but not for laptops.”
|
https://www.chicoer.com/2023/07/24/built-in-software-death-dates-are-sending-thousands-of-schools-chromebooks-to-the-recycling-bin/
|
2023-07-25 00:09:38
| 0
|
https://www.chicoer.com/2023/07/24/built-in-software-death-dates-are-sending-thousands-of-schools-chromebooks-to-the-recycling-bin/
|
LOS ANGELES, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cadiz Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI/CDZIP) ("Cadiz", the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the following cash dividend on Cadiz's 8.875% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock").
Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will receive a cash dividend equal to $560.00 per whole share.
Holders of depositary shares, each representing a 1/1000 fractional interest in a share of Series A Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: CDZIP), will receive a cash dividend equal to approximately $0.56 per depositary share.
The dividend will be paid on July 14, 2023 to respective holders of record as of the close of business on July 3, 2023.
About Cadiz, Inc.
Founded in 1983, Cadiz, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI) is a California water solutions company dedicated to providing access to clean, reliable and affordable water for people through a variety of innovative water supply, storage, conveyance and treatment projects. For more information, please visit www.cadizinc.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "anticipates", "expect", "may", "plan", or "will". Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, projections, predictions, expectations, or beliefs about future events or results and are not statements of historical fact, including statements regarding the Company's expectations regarding payments of dividends in the future. You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These and other risks are identified in our filings with the Commission, including without limitation our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, and in other filings subsequently made by the Company with the Commission. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made and are based on management's assumptions and estimates as of such date. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of the receipt of new information, the occurrence of future events or otherwise.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Cadiz Inc.
|
https://www.cleveland19.com/prnewswire/2023/06/23/cadiz-inc-declares-quarterly-dividend-q2-2023-series-cumulative-perpetual-preferred-stock/
|
2023-06-23 13:46:16
| 1
|
https://www.cleveland19.com/prnewswire/2023/06/23/cadiz-inc-declares-quarterly-dividend-q2-2023-series-cumulative-perpetual-preferred-stock/
|
RENO, Nev., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - i-80 GOLD CORP. (TSX: IAU) (NYSE: IAUX) ("i-80", or the "Company") will announce its unaudited financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 before market open Wednesday, November 9, 2022. The Company will host a live conference call and webcast on that same day, commencing at 10:00 am ET, providing the opportunity for analysts and investors to ask questions of i-80 Gold's executive team.
North American Toll-free: 1-888-882-4478
Confirmation Code: 5905476
A recording of the call can be accessed until November 16, 2022.
North American Toll-free Replay: 1-888-203-1112
Replay Code: 5905476
i-80 Gold Corp. is a well-financed, Nevada-focused, mining company with a goal of achieving mid-tier gold producer status through the development of multiple deposits within the Company's advanced-stage property portfolio anticipated to be processed at the centrally located Lone Tree processing facility and autoclave.
Certain statements in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including but not limited to, actual production results and costs, outcomes and timing of updated technical studies and future exploration results. Such statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company, its projects, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may", "would", "could", "will", "intend", "expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "estimate", "scheduled", "forecast", "predict" and other similar terminology, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. These statements reflect the Company's current expectations regarding future events, performance and results and speak only as of the date of this release.
Forward-looking statements and information involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate indicators of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements or information, including, but not limited to: material adverse changes, unexpected changes in laws, rules or regulations, or their enforcement by applicable authorities; the failure of parties to contracts with the company to perform as agreed; social or labour unrest; changes in commodity prices; and the failure of exploration programs or studies to deliver anticipated results or results that would justify and support continued exploration, studies, development or operations.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE i-80 Gold Corp
|
https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2022/10/25/i-80-gold-announce-third-quarter-financial-results-november-9-2022/
|
2022-10-25 11:17:56
| 1
|
https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2022/10/25/i-80-gold-announce-third-quarter-financial-results-november-9-2022/
|
HAMPTON, Ga. – Authorities in Georgia hunted Saturday for a man who remained at large hours after he was suspected of gunning down three men and a woman in a suburban neighborhood south of Atlanta.
Andre Longmore, 40, is believed to be armed and dangerous, Hampton Police Chief James Turner said during a news conference. The shootings happened late Saturday morning in a subdivision in Hampton, a city of roughly 8,500 people.
Officials released few details about the killings. Turner said detectives were investigating at least four crime scenes near one another in the same neighborhood. He said Longmore is a Hampton resident, but declined to discuss a possible motive.
The suspect remained at large more than five hours after the killings, and authorities vowed to keep searching until he was in custody.
“We’ve done an exhaustive search in the general area and we’re now widening that a little bit,” Turner told reporters.
Investigators were also on the lookout for a Black GMC Acadia SUV that they believe Longmore might be driving.
Longmore doesn’t appear to have a listed phone number and The Associated Press could not immediately find a family member or attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Authorities didn't release the victims' names, saying they were working to notify their families.
Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett said his office is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to Longmore's arrest and prosecution.
He also addressed Longmore directly, saying: “Wherever you are, we will hunt you down in whatever hole you may be residing in and bring you into custody. Period.”
Located about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Atlanta, Hampton is home to the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Georgia's racetrack for NASCAR events.
Law enforcement agencies throughout the Atlanta area and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are assisting in the manhunt and investigation.
The shootings marked the 31st mass killing of 2023, taking the lives of at least 153 people this year, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in a partnership with Northeastern University.
___
This story has been corrected to show that Hampton is roughly 30 miles south of Atlanta, not 40 miles away.
|
https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2023/07/15/authorities-search-for-man-suspected-of-killing-4-people-in-georgia/
|
2023-07-15 23:31:20
| 0
|
https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2023/07/15/authorities-search-for-man-suspected-of-killing-4-people-in-georgia/
|
Market drivers include decarbonization and advancements in technology
BOULDER, Colo., Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights analyzes the sustainable refrigeration market globally.
Considering that refrigeration consumes more than 50% of supermarket energy, sustainable solutions in the commercial refrigeration industry, such as those promoting high efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, offer substantial potential for market growth. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, the global market revenue for high-efficiency commercial refrigeration equipment is expected to grow from $10.9 billion in 2022 to $28.7 billion in 2031, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.4%.
"Global warming is not just a one-industry issue, so collaborating to build teams across industry, government, and finance is essential for achieving decarbonization," says Young Hoon Kim, senior research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "Revenue for equipment used in sustainable solutions is growing and there are many options for retailers and manufacturers to grasp this expanding market opportunity and continuously develop innovative and sustainable solutions."
Decarbonization is driving the sustainable refrigeration market; policies support the adoption of low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants and programs encourage high efficiency systems. Additionally, major retailers are investing in sustainable solutions to demonstrate environment, social, and governance responsibility. As the technology continues to advance, financing options have made sustainable refrigeration in the commercial sector more affordable, according to the report.
The report, Commercial Refrigeration, analyzes the commercial refrigeration market in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa through 2031. Outlooks are segmented into the equipment used for commercial refrigeration and service and digital, which includes the associated service, maintenance, and controlling digital solutions. Projected estimates include the market supporting food retail (e.g., supermarkets, convenience stores, and small grocery stores) and food services (e.g., caterers and cafeterias). The equipment outlook also estimates the sustainable refrigeration market for high efficiency and natural refrigerant adoption. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
* The information contained in this press release concerning the report, Commercial Refrigeration, is a summary and reflects the current expectations of Guidehouse Insights based on market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the report's conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report. Neither Guidehouse Insights nor Guidehouse undertakes any obligation to update any of the information contained in this press release or the report.
For more information, contact:
Cecile Fradkin
+1.646.941.9139
cfradkin@scprgroup.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Guidehouse Insights
|
https://www.wkyt.com/prnewswire/2022/09/22/guidehouse-insights-estimates-global-market-commercial-refrigeration-will-grow-29-billion-by-2031/
|
2022-09-22 09:42:28
| 0
|
https://www.wkyt.com/prnewswire/2022/09/22/guidehouse-insights-estimates-global-market-commercial-refrigeration-will-grow-29-billion-by-2031/
|
BEIJING (AP) — China reported Thursday that 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptick months after it lifted most containment measures.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention had reported 164 deaths in May and none at all in April and March.
China started employing a “zero-COVID” containment strategy in early 2020 and credits the strict lockdowns, quarantines, border closures and compulsory mass testing with significantly saving lives.
But the measures were lifted suddenly in December with little preparation, leading to a final surge in which about 60,000 people died, according to the official toll. Deaths this year peaked in January and February, hitting a high of 4,273 on Jan, 4, but then declined gradually to zero on Feb. 23, according to the Chinese CDC.
Chinese health officials didn’t say whether they expect the trend to continue or if they would recommend for preventative measures to be restored.
Two of the deaths in June were from respiratory failure caused by infection, while the CDC said the others involved underlying conditions. Those can include diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and other chronic illnesses.
Between Jan. 3, 2020, and July 5, 2023, China reported 99,292,081 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 121,490 deaths to the World Health Organization.
Experts estimate that many hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps more, may have died in China — far higher than the official toll, but still a significantly lower death rate than in the United States and Europe.
|
https://www.pahomepage.com/health/ap-china-says-239-people-died-from-covid-19-in-june-in-a-significant-uptick/
|
2023-07-06 13:35:24
| 0
|
https://www.pahomepage.com/health/ap-china-says-239-people-died-from-covid-19-in-june-in-a-significant-uptick/
|
VANCOUVER, BC, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - NexGen Energy Ltd. ("NexGen" or the "Company") (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) is pleased to announce a major milestone in the advancement of regulatory approvals for the 100% owned Rook I Project ("Rook I" or the "Project") with the submission of the draft Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment ("ENV") and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission ("CNSC"). The EIS submission included letters of support for the Project from each of the Clearwater River Dene Nation (CRDN), Birch Narrows Dene Nation (BNDN), and Buffalo River Dene Nation (BRDN), which all have also endorsed the Project through the execution of Benefit Agreements with NexGen covering the entire lifespan of the Project.
The submission of the draft EIS follows the Provincial and Federal Environmental Assessment (EA) processes that commenced in April 2019 following regulatory acceptance of NexGen's Project Description. The Project, located in the uranium rich district of Saskatchewan's southwestern Athabasca Basin, includes underground and surface facilities to support the mining and processing of uranium ore from the Arrow deposit.
Leigh Curyer, Chief Executive Officer commented: "The submission of the draft EIS is an exciting and significant milestone for NexGen, and we are proud to be working alongside our local Indigenous partners and all our stakeholders as we deliver on this generational opportunity for Saskatchewan and Canada. The draft EIS incorporates best practise in every aspect of the Project's elite environmental performance and is a culmination of many years of detailed data collection, analysis and design. Upon review and approval of the Environmental Assessment, the Rook I Project will deliver enormous economic, social, and community benefits, while being a major supplier of carbon-free base load energy fuel, highlighting Canada's leading environmental commitment to the world.
On behalf of everyone at NexGen, I would like to congratulate and thank all our valued partners with whom we have been working side by side. The communities where we operate, the government of Saskatchewan and Canada and their regulatory bodies, our valued employees, consultants and investors in accomplishing this unique milestone. The NexGen team is dedicated to the optimal delivery of the Rook I Project and ready for the next exciting phase of development."
Luke Moger, Vice President, Environment, Permitting & Licensing commented: "Conducting the biophysical and socio-economic assessments in support of developing the draft EIS highlights the elite environmental and social outcomes of the Rook I Project resulting from NexGen's long-term and disciplined planning approach. Key environmental design features such as the permanent underground storage of all tailings as engineered cemented backfill and the consolidation and optimization of the Project footprint reflect the commitment of the team and the integrated approach taken, including the incorporation of valuable feedback from local Indigenous Groups and communities.
We are excited to share our draft EIS with the experienced Provincial and Federal regulatory teams and welcome the transition to the next stage of the EA process, including the technical and public review that will be led by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment."
NexGen conducted the EA pursuant to The Environmental Assessment Act of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (collectively the "Acts"). The information and analysis conducted and submitted in the EIS represent the basis against which the environmental, social, and human health effects of the Project will be evaluated by the ENV and CNSC.
Since 2011, NexGen established an experienced team of subject matter experts and qualitied professionals across all aspects of the Project to conduct technical studies; engage with Indigenous Groups, communities, regulators, and public stakeholders; and prepare the EIS. The EIS represents the collection of reports that document NexGen's EA of the proposed Project and demonstrates the robust engagement undertaken over many years, the favorable geological setting of the Arrow deposit, NexGen's focused incorporation of environmental stewardship into the Project designs, and the generational positive long-term economic benefits the Project will provide to local communities, Saskatchewan, and Canada.
The draft EIS fulfills a key aspect of meeting Provincial and Federal requirements so that regulatory authorities can make an informed decision regarding Project approval. Data and analyses on the potential positive and adverse effects from the Project are included, as well as the mitigation measures and monitoring and management programs to be implemented by NexGen. Other important aspects of the EIS include the demonstration of meaningful engagement with affected Indigenous Groups, local communities, and the public, and the incorporation of Indigenous and Local Knowledge into the EA.
In 2019, NexGen entered into Study Agreements with each of the Clearwater River Dene Nation ("CRDN"), Birch Narrows Dene Nation ("BNDN"), Buffalo River Dene Nation ("BRDN"), and Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (on behalf of Northern Region 2). NexGen has been working with local Indigenous Groups and communities since 2013, with the Study Agreements formalizing engagement approaches specifically designed to support participation in the EA process and providing capacity funding for engagement and retention of technical support. The Study Agreements also fully funded the completion of self-directed Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Land Use Studies by each Indigenous Group that were valuable sources of information used by NexGen in conducting the EA.
In addition, NexGen has signed Benefit Agreements with the CRDN, BNDN, and BRDN to ensure provisions for ongoing engagement, financial and human resources to support Indigenous cultural and traditional values as well as environmental stewardship, employment, training, and economic development throughout the entire lifespan of the Project.
With submission of the draft EIS, the ENV and CNSC have commenced their respective Provincial and Federal reviews. Under the Provincial EA review process, the ENV has commenced their technical review of the EIS. Under the Federal EA review process, the CNSC is currently undergoing a conformance review of the EIS in advance of conducting parallel technical and public review.
Through a cooperative Provincial-Federal EA process, the ENV and CNSC will share information and work to reduce regulatory duplication, while providing a comprehensive EA process in accordance with the separate requirements that apply and must be satisfied with respect to the Acts, regulations, and guidelines in place for each of the respective jurisdictions.
To support the submission of the draft EIS, NexGen has launched "Delivering a Generational Project" – a 10-minute video on NexGen's team and innovative approach, and the unique characteristics of the Rook I Project. The video can be found by visiting www.nexgenenergy.ca or www.saskatchewanuranium.ca
NexGen is a British Columbia corporation focused on the development of the Rook I Project located in the southwestern Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada, into production. The Rook I Project is supported by a NI 43-101 compliant Feasibility Study which outlines elite environmental performance as well as industry leading economics. Rook I hosts the Arrow Deposit that hosts Measured Mineral Resources of 209.6 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 2.18 M tonnes grading 4.35% U3O8, Indicated Mineral Resources of 47.1 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 1.57 M tonnes grading 1.36% U3O8, and Inferred Mineral Resources of 80.7 M lbs of U3O8 contained in 4.40 M tonnes grading 0.83% U3O8.
NexGen has a highly experienced team of uranium industry professionals with a successful track record in the discovery of uranium deposits and in developing projects through discovery to production. The Company is the recipient of the 2018 PDAC Bill Dennis Award for Canadian mineral discovery and the 2019 PDAC Environmental and Social Responsibility Award.
All technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Anthony ( Tony) George , P.Eng., NexGen's Chief Project Officer, a qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.
A technical report in respect of the FS is filed on SEDAR ( www.sedar.com ) and EDGAR (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml ) and is available for review on NexGen Energy's website (www.nexgenenergy.ca ).
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors
This news release includes Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources classification terms that comply with reporting standards in Canada and the Mineral Reserves and the Mineral Resources estimates are made in accordance with NI 43-101. NI 43-101 is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators that establishes standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. These standards differ from the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") set by the SEC's rules that are applicable to domestic United States reporting companies. Consequently, Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources information included in this news release is not comparable to similar information that would generally be disclosed by domestic U.S. reporting companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC Accordingly, information concerning mineral deposits set forth herein may not be comparable with information made public by companies that report in accordance with U.S. standards.
The information contained herein contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable United States securities laws and regulations and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. "Forward-looking information" includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates, the 2021 Arrow Deposit, Rook I Project and estimates of uranium production, grade and long-term average uranium prices, anticipated effects of completed drill results on the Rook I Project, planned work programs, completion of further site investigations and engineering work to support basic engineering of the project and expected outcomes. Generally, but not always, forward-looking information and statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or the negative connotation thereof or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved" or the negative connotation thereof. Statements relating to "mineral resources" are deemed to be forward-looking information, as they involve the implied assessment that, based on certain estimates and assumptions, the mineral resources described can be profitably produced in the future.
Forward-looking information and statements are based on the then current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about NexGen's business and the industry and markets in which it operates. Forward-looking information and statements are made based upon numerous assumptions, including among others, that the mineral reserve and resources estimates and the key assumptions and parameters on which such estimates are based are as set out in this news release and the technical report for the property , the results of planned exploration activities are as anticipated, the price and market supply of uranium, the cost of planned exploration activities, that financing will be available if and when needed and on reasonable terms, that third party contractors, equipment, supplies and governmental and other approvals required to conduct NexGen's planned exploration activities will be available on reasonable terms and in a timely manner and that general business and economic conditions will not change in a material adverse manner. Although the assumptions made by the Company in providing forward looking information or making forward looking statements are considered reasonable by management at the time, there can be no assurance that such assumptions will prove to be accurate in the future.
Forward-looking information and statements also involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performances and achievements of NexGen to differ materially from any projections of results, performances and achievements of NexGen expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or statements, including, among others, the existence of negative operating cash flow and dependence on third party financing, uncertainty of the availability of additional financing, the risk that pending assay results will not confirm previously announced preliminary results, conclusions of economic valuations, the risk that actual results of exploration activities will be different than anticipated, the cost of labour, equipment or materials will increase more than expected, that the future price of uranium will decline or otherwise not rise to an economic level, the appeal of alternate sources of energy to uranium-produced energy, that the Canadian dollar will strengthen against the U.S. dollar, that mineral resources and reserves are not as estimated, that actual costs or actual results of reclamation activities are greater than expected, that changes in project parameters and plans continue to be refined and may result in increased costs, of unexpected variations in mineral resources and reserves, grade or recovery rates or other risks generally associated with mining, unanticipated delays in obtaining governmental, regulatory or First Nations approvals, risks related to First Nations title and consultation, reliance upon key management and other personnel, deficiencies in the Company's title to its properties, uninsurable risks, failure to manage conflicts of interest, failure to obtain or maintain required permits and licences, risks related to changes in laws, regulations, policy and public perception, as well as those factors or other risks as more fully described in NexGen's Annual Information Form dated February 25, 2022 filed with the securities commissions of all of the provinces of Canada except Quebec and in NexGen's 40-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and Edgar at www.sec.gov .
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking information or statements or implied by forward-looking information or statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information or statements due to the inherent uncertainty thereof.
There can be no assurance that forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or reissue forward-looking information as a result of new information or events except as required by applicable securities laws.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE NexGen Energy Ltd.
|
https://www.wistv.com/prnewswire/2022/06/21/nexgen-announces-submission-rook-i-project-environmental-impact-statement/
|
2022-06-21 11:03:17
| 1
|
https://www.wistv.com/prnewswire/2022/06/21/nexgen-announces-submission-rook-i-project-environmental-impact-statement/
|
Leading Outdoor Recreation Brand Inspires Active Play with Durable New Backyard Essentials
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- INTEX®, the industry leader in outdoor recreation, is excited to announce its new collection of backyard swing sets. Constructed with precision-engineered steel frames, the swing sets are designed with quality and safety as a priority. The galvanized steel frames features large 2⅜ tubing that is laser welded and crafted for durability and peace of mind. Easy-to-install anchor stakes and footpads ensure safety and stability. The brand's top-rated outdoor pools are made from the same materials and have a proven track record for reliability among consumers.
Equipped with sought-after features and combinations of sets for families of all sizes. Features include convenient height- adjustable swings, a trapeze bar with gym rings, and two-person gliders. Countless hours of fun for children ages three to ten. This collection is designed to inspire active, safe play and encourage families to spend quality time outdoors.
From splash-ready pools, floats, and accessories, sleepover-approved air mattresses, to inflatable rafts and kayaks for open-air adventures, INTEX® is a long-time industry leader in family-friendly home and outdoor gear. The brand's robust worldwide distribution spans Amazon, Target, Walmart and more, making outdoor recreation and indoor comfort easily accessible to consumers worldwide.
The new swing sets are a great addition to existing INTEX® recreational products and will bring backyard bliss to families around the world. For additional product information and hi-res images of the new swing set collection, click HERE.
ABOUT INTEX
Intex Recreation Corp. distributes airbeds, above ground pools, spas, toys, furniture, boats, and more. As part of a worldwide family of companies with more than 50 years of history, the brand's objective is to deliver the highest quality products at an affordable price, all designed for comfort, safety, and fun. Intex delivers outstanding merchandise with impeccable customer service. With a goal to be the most recognizable, trusted, and innovative company in the outdoor recreation industry, the brand routinely tests finished products to ensure they continue to meet elevated standards for quality, safety, and value. As a brand, Intex is committed to decreasing their carbon footprint, working with suppliers for ten years to reduce their environmental impact.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE INTEX
|
https://www.wsaz.com/prnewswire/2023/04/12/intex-announces-its-first-swing-set-collection/
|
2023-04-12 13:35:12
| 0
|
https://www.wsaz.com/prnewswire/2023/04/12/intex-announces-its-first-swing-set-collection/
|
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two Venezuelan nationals are facing smuggling charges in connection with a migrant stash house operation in Central El Paso.
U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted the two individuals driving a Dodge Ram pickup and a Dodge Journey SUV near Strauss Road in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on Sunday. Members of the agency’s anti-smuggling unit caught up to one of the vehicles and conducted an immigration stop. The vehicle carried seven unauthorized Mexican nationals, the Border Patrol said in a statement.
The agents obtained information from the detainees that led them to the location of the second vehicle. It was found in a mobile home park across the state line in El Paso, where agents identified a trailer holding additional unauthorized migrants, the agency said.
“Within the stash house, agents located a total of 12 smuggled migrants, all Mexican nationals,” the statement said. “All the Mexican nationals were medically evaluated and processed accordingly.”
The second driver also was a citizen of Venezuela. The two drivers are facing federal smuggling charges, the Border Patrol said.
In a second incident involving smuggling activity in Southern New Mexico, Border Patrol agents on horseback on Friday morning spotted fresh footprints in the desert 1 mile north of the Santa Teresa Port of Entry. The agents followed the tracks to an area near the Santa Teresa Country Club and noticed a gold Chrysler 300 sedan packed with people.
The Chrysler drove toward the Texas state line and border agents called for aerial support. The aircrew spotted the vehicle along North Mesa Street and notified members of the anti-smuggling unit. The Chrysler stopped near Piedras Street and three individuals ran away. While the vehicle’s trunk was open, the anti-smuggling unit members observed multiple individuals laying down inside and attempted to conduct an immigration stop, federal court documents show.
The Chrysler took off and failed to yield to the agents, who decided not to pursue the vehicle, court records show.
The aircrew was able to pinpoint the location of the three people who exited the car at Piedras Street and border agents on the ground apprehended them. Other agents found the Chrysler near the corner of North Oregon and Arizona streets with two Mexican nationals in the front seat and three unauthorized migrants in the back and three more in the trunk.
Federal agents took into custody Joaquin Adrian Alvarez Rodriguez and Luis Angel Germes Morales on migrant smuggling charges. The foreign nationals they allegedly were transporting were apprehended and one of those in the trunk necessitated medical care and was transported to a hospital.
According to court documents, Alvarez Rodriguez told federal officials that he knowingly picked up nine unauthorized migrants and was to be paid between $300 to $1,000 for transporting them to a stash house in El Paso.
Germes Morales also said he was aware the passengers in the Chrysler were in the country illegally and that he was promised payment of $350 for making sure they got to the stash house, court documents show.
Alvarez Rodriguez and Germes Morales acknowledged being in the United States illegally as well; Alvarez Rodriguez was previously deported from the United States, back in 2019, according to court records.
The two men face monetary penalties and up to 10 years in federal custody if convicted.
|
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/border-report/mexicans-venezuelans-charged-with-transporting-30-migrants-to-stash-houses/
|
2023-02-02 03:18:07
| 0
|
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/border-report/mexicans-venezuelans-charged-with-transporting-30-migrants-to-stash-houses/
|
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Boyertown Bears walked off the field Wednesday night as PAC champions with a shutout win over Upper Perkiomen, 2-0.
The Bears got a stellar performance on the mound from Ella Hurter. Hurter tossed a one-hit shutout, striking out 10 batters in the win.
Boyertown was the four-seed entering the PAC tournament.
|
https://www.wfmz.com/sports/boyertown-prevails-bears-claim-the-pac-softball-title/article_5929afb2-d719-11ec-b458-939ab7b9879e.html
|
2022-05-19 03:32:14
| 1
|
https://www.wfmz.com/sports/boyertown-prevails-bears-claim-the-pac-softball-title/article_5929afb2-d719-11ec-b458-939ab7b9879e.html
|
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis metro police are investigating two separate shootings that occurred in the span of 10 minutes on the east side of the city, injuring 3 people.
IMPD was first called around 6 p.m. to the intersection of E. Washington Street and S. Euclid Avenue on the city’s east side on report of a person shot. Upon arrival, officers found two victims suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
The conditions of the two victims, IMPD said, is currently unavailable. Aggravated Assault detectives are responding to the scene.
The second shooting occurred around 6:10 p.m. when IMPD officers were called to the 3700 block of N. Tacoma Avenue for a person shot. Upon arrival to the area, which is near the intersection of E. 38th Street and N. Keystone Avenue, they found one gunshot victim.
The victim, IMPD said, is currently listed in critical condition.
Police did not immediately provide any more information on either shooting.
|
https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/3-people-shot-in-2-separate-incidents-on-indys-east-side/
|
2022-10-04 22:41:57
| 0
|
https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/3-people-shot-in-2-separate-incidents-on-indys-east-side/
|
Julius Randle NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Knicks vs. Cavaliers - April 15
The New York Knicks, Julius Randle included, face the Cleveland Cavaliers at 6:00 PM ET on Saturday in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
If you'd like to place a wager on Randle's props, we dive into his available ones, providing some stats and trends, below.
Julius Randle Prop Bets vs. the Cavaliers
Looking to bet on one or more of Julius Randle's player prop bets? Sign up at DraftKings with our link to get a first deposit bonus today!
Julius Randle Insights vs. the Cavaliers
- This season, he's put up 19.5% of the Knicks' attempted field goals, as he's averaging 18.6 per contest.
- He's put up 8.3 threes per game, or 21.7% of his team's shots from beyond the arc this season.
- Randle's opponents, the Cavaliers, have the NBA's slowest tempo with 98.7 possessions per game, while his Knicks rank 23rd in possessions per game with 101.0.
- The Cavaliers are the best defensive squad in the league, giving up 106.9 points per game.
- The Cavaliers give up 41.2 rebounds per game, ranking second in the NBA.
- The Cavaliers are the best squad in the NBA, allowing 23.0 assists per contest.
- The Cavaliers are the second-ranked team in the NBA at allowing threes, giving up 11.3 made 3-pointers per contest.
Julius Randle vs. the Cavaliers
Want another way to try to win cash prizes? Add Randle or any of his Knicks teammates to your lineup in FanDuel Daily Fantasy NBA contests. Use our link to sign up and get a great offer for new users. (See website for offer details, not available in all areas.)
Not all offers available in all states. Please gamble responsibly. If you or someone you know has developed a gambling problem or addiction, contact 1-800-GAMBLER.
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.mysuncoast.com/sports/betting/2023/04/15/julius-randle-nba-playoffs-player-prop-bets-knicks-vs-cavaliers/
|
2023-04-15 17:17:36
| 1
|
https://www.mysuncoast.com/sports/betting/2023/04/15/julius-randle-nba-playoffs-player-prop-bets-knicks-vs-cavaliers/
|
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office said Thursday.
Karina Borger, a spokesperson for Murkowski, said by email that the office has been in communication with the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection and that “the Russian nationals reported that they fled one of the coastal communities on the east coast of Russia to avoid compulsory military service.”
Spokespersons with the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection each referred a reporter’s questions to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which did not immediately respond Thursday.
Alaska’s senators, Republicans Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, on Thursday said the individuals landed at a beach near Gambell, an isolated community of about 600 people on St. Lawrence Island. The statement doesn’t specify when the incident occurred though Sullivan said he was alerted to the matter by a “senior community leader from the Bering Strait region” on Tuesday morning.
A Sullivan spokesperson, Ben Dietderich, said it was the office’s understanding that the individuals had arrived by boat.
Gambell is about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southwest of the western Alaska hub community of Nome and about 36 miles (58 kilometers) from the Chukotka Peninsula, Siberia.
|
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/2-russians-seek-asylum-after-reaching-remote-alaska-island/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world
|
2022-10-06 19:31:00
| 0
|
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/2-russians-seek-asylum-after-reaching-remote-alaska-island/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world
|
(NewsNation) — Researchers studying the composition of tattoo inks have discovered that those used in the United States may contain cancer-causing chemicals.
In the study presented this week at an American Chemical Society conference, Dr. John Swierk said little is known about the chemical composition of inks, which are mostly unregulated in the U.S.
During their analysis of inks, Swierk and his team discovered the presence of ingredients that were not listed on the label. In one case, ethanol was not listed, but the chemical analysis showed it was present in the ink.
“Every time we looked at one of the inks, we found something that gave me pause,” Swierk said in a news release from the American Chemical Society. “For example, 23 of 56 different inks analyzed to date suggest an azo-containing dye is present.”
It’s those azo pigments that raise concerns.
While they cause no health problems when chemically intact, bacteria or ultraviolet light can degrade azo pigments into a compound that is a potential carcinogen, according to the Joint Research Centre.
The European Union has recently cracked down on tattoo inks, placing a ban on certain blue and green pigments. Americans should assume that those pigments of concern are in their tattoo inks, Swierk said at the conference.
“I think it’s important to note that those particular pigments, Blue 15:3 and Green 7, have been used in tattooing for a very long time,” he said. “While the EU’s data is a concern, it’s not a definite. Much like with everything involving tattooing, it’s incumbent on consumers and artists to make a decision about their particular comfort level and then proceed accordingly.”
In addition to ink ingredients, Swierk and his team noted a red flag in particle sizes, with some measuring as small as 100 nanometers.
“When you get down to that size regime, you start to have concerns about nanoparticles penetrating into cells, getting into the nucleus of those cells, doing damage and causing cancer that way,” Swierk said.
After the team has conducted more tests and their research is peer-reviewed, it will be posted on their website.
“With these data, we want consumers and artists to make informed decisions and understand how accurate the provided information is,” Swierk said.
|
https://www.wowktv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/tattoo-inks-may-have-cancer-causing-chemicals-study-shows/
|
2022-08-26 15:37:10
| 0
|
https://www.wowktv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/tattoo-inks-may-have-cancer-causing-chemicals-study-shows/
|
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Florida man who New Mexico authorities say drove recklessly before causing a pile-up that killed four people has been sentenced.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico announced Thursday that 50-year-old Alexis Riego, of Merritt Island, Florida, received a sentence of five years and 10 months for the 2019 crash.
He will then serve three years of supervised release.
A federal jury convicted him in September of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
Riego was driving a commercial vehicle on Sept. 7, 2019 when he crashed into a line of cars in a construction zone on Interstate 40 near the Laguna Pueblo, according to court documents. The crash caused a six-car pile-up. Besides the four fatalities, two others were injured.
Prosecutors say Riego was speeding and using his cellphone. They say Riego was video chatting at the time.
|
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/florida-man-sentenced-in-new-mexico-pile-up-that-17790846.php
|
2023-02-17 16:31:44
| 0
|
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/florida-man-sentenced-in-new-mexico-pile-up-that-17790846.php
|
Hi all, Gerrit De Vynck here. I’m a tech reporter for The Post in San Francisco. You can reach me at: gerrit.devynck@washpost.com.
Google has since publicly dialed up its fight back.
The company’s vice president of global ads, Dan Taylor, wrote a blog post rebutting the lawsuit on Jan. 24, the day it was filed, and has been doing on-the-record interviews with journalists since — something that’s rare for the typically tight-lipped search giant — to get the company’s message out.
In an interview Thursday at one of the company’s San Francisco offices, Taylor accused the Justice Department of trying to go back in time and re-litigate acquisitions that were settled over a decade ago. If it gets its way, he said, the result will upend the online ad ecosystem that millions of small businesses depend on.
“The broader story when you go up to the 10,000-foot level is how the tools that we provide, as well as other companies, enable an internet that people have come to rely on,” Taylor said. “I don’t think that we as an industry have talked about how important that is and how that actually operates.”
The suit has been a long time coming and adds to the growing roster of lawsuits and pending legislation that the tech giant is facing, both in the United States and abroad.
The Justice Department is already set to go to court with Google this year on a different lawsuit, which focuses on the company’s dominance in the search engine market. But Google critics and competitors have long argued the better case against the company is about advertising tech — the complex network of tools and marketplaces that connect advertisers, web publishers, tech platforms and consumers online.
The space is home to hundreds of companies, both big and small. But Google is by far the biggest player and sells tools that compete on almost every level of the adtech “stack” — including tools for both publishers and advertisers, and the exchange that connects them.
The government alleges that Google uses this position of power to push customers into using its tools over those of its competitors and that by doing so they drove up costs for advertisers and consumers.
They want a jury to find Google guilty and order the company to sell off a huge section of its adtech business. A big part of the argument is defining what level of the market one should use to judge how competitive it is overall.
Taylor argues that if you zoom out and look at how advertisers actually strategize and how regular people actually behave, the advertising space is extremely competitive.
TikTok’s rapid rise as a social media giant, Netflix building out its own ad business, Amazon using its treasure trove of customer data to build its own massive ad network and Apple upending the mobile ad ecosystem with new restrictions on targeted ads show that the space is dynamic and competitive, he said.
“This landscape is far from settled and far from uncompetitive,” Taylor said.
The government wants to litigate the case in front of a jury, potentially as a way to sidestep judges who are skeptical of more progressive interpretations of antitrust laws.
But explaining the advertising ecosystem to a panel of regular people will be a huge challenge. Even veterans of the adtech world say they sometimes don’t fully comprehend how the system works. The complexity might help Google by baffling jurors and making the government’s case harder to follow.
Before the lawsuit was filed, Google had offered to separate some of its adtech business into a separate entity that would still technically be part of the company, but that wasn’t enough for the DOJ, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Taylor wouldn’t comment on talks about spinning out part of the company’s business to head off going to court, but he said the part of their business that the government wants them to divest is core to Google’s mission of organizing the world’s information. Selling tools to publishers who literally create the internet is not something the company will give up lightly.
“It’s fundamental to our mission,” Taylor said. “It’s a foreign concept for me that we would not want to keep that.”
Our top tabs
FTC reaches settlement with BetterHelp over data-sharing allegations
Online therapy platform BetterHelp agreed to a $7.8 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations it shared customers’ sensitive health data with third parties for advertising purposes, Politico’s Josh Sisco and Ruth Reader report.
The FTC voted 4-0 to approve the settlement yesterday, Sisco and Reader report, citing an anonymous FTC official. According to their report, BetterHealth will use the $7.8 million to provide affected BetterHelp customers with partial refunds.
The FTC claimed the company sent personal health information to Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo and Pinterest for marketing purposes, the report said. In a statement, BetterHelp said the practice is routine in the health-care industry, adding that the company understands “the FTC’s desire to set new precedents.” According to Sisco and Reader, the company said it did not share patients’ names or their clinical information.
“Since 2020, the FTC has taken several actions to protect consumer health data collected online and in apps,” the reporters wrote. “In addition to GoodRx, the agency brought cases against period tracking app Flo Health and data broker Kochava.”
New group aims to pare back Amazon’s influence in e-commerce ecosystem
A trio of antitrust advocates on Thursday formed the Responsible Online Commerce Coalition, a group representing small businesses and large brands pushing for regulations to loosen Amazon’s influence in the e-commerce industry, Bloomberg News’s Emily Birnbaum reports.
“The group is not yet publicly announcing names or numbers of members, but organizers say several companies have already committed to joining — from a large publicly traded company to small third-party sellers,” Birnbaum writes. “Many companies fear retaliation from Amazon, they say.” (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.)
The formation of the group comes amid global efforts to crack down on Amazon for allegations of anticompetitive behavior, Birnbaum notes. “The group will advocate for competitive pricing for seller commissions, limiting the amount of counterfeit products circulating online, offering sellers the freedom to offer their products at a discount and ensuring search results are fair and non-discriminatory,” she writes..
The group’s founders include Damien Geradin, a founding partner with Geradin Partners, an antitrust law firm that specializes in opposing large tech companies and other corporations; Tom Smith, of Geradin Partners, and Amanda Lewis, a former staffer with the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel who helped to lead work on Amazon during its 16-month investigation of some of the largest tech companies.
Commerce secretary urges chip companies to begin environmental reviews
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Thursday that semiconductor chip companies seeking U.S. government funding should move quickly on environmental reviews for new projects, David Shepardson reports for Reuters.
The remarks come as the Commerce Department on Tuesday released its framework to award $52 billion in chip manufacturing subsidies and research funding from the CHIPS and Science Act signed into law last year.
Quoting from Shepardson’s report: "Raimondo said the department is telling companies ‘if they think they are going to apply (for funding) they should already have hired the consultants and the lawyers and start the process’ of environmental assessments.
“The faster they do that and get us the data, the quicker we can do it,” the article quoted Raimondo as saying.
Battles over environmental reviews could delay projects past a key December 2026 deadline to qualify for a 25 percent investment tax credit on manufacturing equipment for factories, the article says.
Hill happenings
Inside the industry
The age of the Silicon Valley ‘moonshot’ is over (Gerrit De Vynck, Caroline O'Donovan and Naomi Nix)
Competition watch
Privacy monitor
Workforce report
Before you log off
This is Kaia. She knows she's not supposed to be on the couch. In her defense, you were not supposed to be home this early. 14/10 pic.twitter.com/JCSfKMFcgp
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) March 2, 2023
That’s all for today — thank you so much for joining us! Make sure to tell others to subscribe to The Technology 202 here. Get in touch with tips, feedback or greetings on Twitter or email.
|
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/03/how-google-plans-beat-back-doj-antitrust-suit/
|
2023-03-03 14:31:17
| 1
|
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/03/how-google-plans-beat-back-doj-antitrust-suit/
|
Scattered thunderstorms in the morning, then mainly cloudy during the afternoon with thunderstorms likely. High 84F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%..
Tonight
Scattered thunderstorms in the evening, then mainly cloudy overnight with thunderstorms likely. Low 69F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - A Lima man accused of being involved in a bar fight that left one person in serious injuries back in January has changed his plea.
21-year-old Donovan Denson entered a plea of guilty to the sole count of felonious assault in his case. In exchange for his plea, the state will not make any sentencing recommendation but will reserve the right to play a video of the bar fight at J's American Pub. Denson also had his bond lowered to twenty thousand dollars cash assurety, along with the stipulation that if he posts bond, he goes under house arrest and must wear an ankle monitor. A sentencing date has been set for September 21, 2022.
Police say that they responded to J's American Pub just after midnight on January 22nd where they found Brandin Fisher-Jones in the parking lot with injuries to his face and body. Police then identified Denson, as well as Janiqua Bailey and Nicholas Williams, as suspects in the case and took them into custody in early February.
Copyright 2022 by Lima Communications Corporation. All rights reserved.
Hi, I manage online content here at Your Hometown Stations and assist reporters with posting their articles and press releases to our website and social media pages.
|
https://www.hometownstations.com/news/donovan-denson-changes-his-plea-to-guilty-for-bar-fight-at-js-american-pub/article_08ca756e-1432-11ed-bc6a-f32578971004.html
|
2022-08-05 00:17:37
| 1
|
https://www.hometownstations.com/news/donovan-denson-changes-his-plea-to-guilty-for-bar-fight-at-js-american-pub/article_08ca756e-1432-11ed-bc6a-f32578971004.html
|
NEW YORK, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Rite Aid between April 14, 2022 and September 28, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until December 19, 2022 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, Rite Aid Corporation issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) despite representations to the contrary, the number of new members that the Elixir pharmacy benefit management services business was adding during the selling season ending on January 1, 2023 was in material decline; (ii) Rite Aid was likely to recognize a significant charge for the impairment of goodwill related to Elixir due to a decrease in "lives" covered by Elixir's pharmacy benefit management services business; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
JAKUBOWITZ LAW
1140 Avenue of the Americas
9th Floor
New York, New York 10036
T: (212) 867-4490
F: (212) 537-5887
View original content:
SOURCE Jakubowitz Law
|
https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/11/rad-shareholder-alert-jakubowitz-law-reminds-rite-aid-shareholders-lead-plaintiff-deadline-december-19-2022/
|
2022-11-11 11:25:44
| 1
|
https://www.kfyrtv.com/prnewswire/2022/11/11/rad-shareholder-alert-jakubowitz-law-reminds-rite-aid-shareholders-lead-plaintiff-deadline-december-19-2022/
|
WINDHAM, N.H. (AP) — A celery stalk sighting and a little luck came together to help a New Hampshire man find his wife’s wedding rings in a 20-ton trash trailer, the jewelry wrapped in a napkin he had accidentally thrown away.
Kevin Butler had taken the trash to a transfer station in Windham last Wednesday. Unwittingly he had tossed the napkin into the white trash bag, not realizing his wife had cleaned the rings and wrapped them in the napkin to dry.
Several hours later, he returned and asked for help in finding the rings amid the piles of garbage.
“He said, ‘I’m pretty sure I threw the rings out,'” Dennis Senibaldi, the transfer station supervisor, said Tuesday.
Senibaldi and his crew reviewed surveillance video to see what time Butler first showed up at the transfer station and where he threw it out. They used an excavator to start scooping up trash from the trailer.
After about five or six scoops, they saw a white bag with a telltale clue.
“One of the things he said was (inside) was celery stalks, and I could see a celery stalk sticking out the side of the bag,” Senibaldi said.
They started going through the bag, but there was no sign of the rings.
But at the very bottom, underneath some carrot or sweet potato peelings, there was a napkin. “Literally, I opened up the napkin, there were the two rings,” Senibaldi said.
Butler jumped up and hugged Senibaldi.
“I wouldn’t recommend doing that,” Butler told WMUR-TV of searching through the trash, “but to get the rings back, I would do it a thousand times over.”
|
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/ap-celery-stalk-in-trash-luck-lead-to-lost-wedding-rings/
|
2022-11-30 16:21:28
| 1
|
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/national/ap-celery-stalk-in-trash-luck-lead-to-lost-wedding-rings/
|
PFT Mailbag: Coaches rewarded to stay below cap?
July 5, 2023 01:02 PM
Mike Florio dives into your questions into the lack of interest in doing an international game in Canada, the possibility of coaches being incentivized to stay below the salary cap, and more.
|
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/podcasts/pft-pm/pft-mailbag-coaches-rewarded-to-stay-below-cap
|
2023-07-06 01:34:12
| 0
|
https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/podcasts/pft-pm/pft-mailbag-coaches-rewarded-to-stay-below-cap
|
Terrified teen jumps out of Lyft over driver’s behavior
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) - A North Carolina teenager was injured when she jumped from the back seat of a moving Lyft because of what she calls her driver’s “suspicious behavior.”
It wasn’t long until 17-year-old Eziya Bowden felt uncomfortable due to the driver’s comments in a Lyft ride home from work.
“‘How many boys flirted with you?’ He said that right away,” she said. “‘Oh, you just look good. I would date you if you weren’t so young.’”
After two minutes of this behavior, Bowden says the driver then sprayed something she says made her dizzy and warm. She believes she was feeling drugged.
“When I got in his car, it did smell like cigarettes, so when he sprayed one time, it was already like, ‘Oh, it no longer smelled like that.’ But for you to keep spraying it, then roll your windows up, like, I know it’s not about me being nervous or anything,” she said.
The terrifying experience ultimately led the 17-year-old to make the potentially life-threatening decision to jump out of the moving car.
“I was very scared, but then again, I was more so like I’d rather get out of this car than fall asleep in a car with this man I don’t really know,” Bowden said.
She says she blacked out after opening the car door, only remembering where she landed and how she was scared and crying. She was still a few miles away from her house.
“I just looked down at the ground, I looked behind me and I just jumped out. He didn’t stop when he noticed the door was open or he heard me crying or anything,” she said.
Bowden says the driver did eventually turn around, pretended to a bystander and called police.
The 17-year-old ended up in the emergency department for her injuries. The scars on her face and body now remind her of what she believes was a close call.
A Lyft spokesperson says the driver’s alleged behavior is “deeply concerning,” and his access to the platform has been removed.
“I don’t think that’s stopping him from anything else. It doesn’t really bring peace to me at all. As us young girls, or even women, we have to be very aware and safe of our surroundings. Cancel your ride and wait. Wait for somebody ‘cause honestly, I would’ve waited for my friend,” Bowden said.
Lyft also refunded Bowden for her ride, but she says she won’t be taking another Lyft or Uber ever again.
Police say there are no charges being filed in the incident.
Copyright 2022 WTVD via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/11/07/terrified-teen-jumps-out-lyft-over-drivers-behavior/
|
2022-11-07 10:05:33
| 0
|
https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/11/07/terrified-teen-jumps-out-lyft-over-drivers-behavior/
|
Newly active Texas sinkhole unearths forgotten fears in some
Daisetta, Texas – When the massive sinkhole first appeared in Daisetta in May 2008, some residents had feared it might engulf their small Southeast Texas town.
But after growing to 900 feet (274 m) across and 260 feet (79 m) deep, it stabilized, swallowing up some oil tanks and several vehicles but sparing nearby homes. Some residents used humor to calm their fears, making “Sinkhole de Mayo” T-shirts, a reference to Cinco de Mayo. For others, the sinkhole, which eventually filled with water, became a new fishing spot.
“It was just a pond after that, just a story that we told our kids. We just learned how to live with it,” Krystal Parrish, one of the approximately 1,000 residents who live in the town located about 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Houston, said Tuesday.
But earlier this month, city officials announced the sinkhole had expanded after a long hibernation, renewing fears from some residents. Officials say there hasn’t been any significant expansion since the new growth was detected April 2, but they’re monitoring the sinkhole and keeping the public informed.
“I don’t think (residents) should panic or anything. But it’s something that they should watch,” said Richard Howe, a private geologist with Houston-based Terra Cognita who's helping Daisetta officials monitor the sinkhole.
But Parrish and some other residents say the city hasn’t sufficiently updated the public.
“I’m not gonna lie, I’m pretty creeped out by it because it’s twice in my lifetime and my house is like a quarter mile from the sinkhole,” said Parrish as she watched her son during a high school baseball game.
Daisetta sits on a salt dome, a natural formation created below the ground over millions of years where oil brine and natural gas accumulate.
Salt domes create good conditions where oil can migrate and accumulate, Howe said. This was the reason Daisetta became a booming oil town in the early 1900s. The sustained oil drilling along the salt dome over decades could have contributed to creating the sinkhole, Howe said. Investigators had also considered saltwater waste that was being stored underground by the waste well business as a possible cause.
But Howe said a cause for the 2008 sinkhole was never determined. A more comprehensive study could be done, but it would be costly and “a small town like this is not flush with cash,” he said. Howe, who also helped Daisetta in 2008, is working for the city on a volunteer basis.
Howe suggested the underground cavern in the salt dome that first collapsed and formed the 2008 sinkhole likely expanded, creating a new sinkhole that seems to have merged with the original one. Howe said he’s not had a chance to determine the size of the expanded sinkhole.
Sinkholes tend to be common in regions where soluble rocks, including salt domes and limestone, can be dissolved by groundwater, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Florida, for example, sits above limestone and is highly susceptible to sinkholes.
Howe said officials have placed steel posts 50 feet (15 m) apart in a pasture area near the sinkhole to monitor any changes in their elevation and to act “as an early warning if this thing continues to move south toward homes and buildings.”
“This thing could be like this for another 15 years … or it could be 100 years, or it could change tomorrow. It’s just no way to predict it,” said Howe, adding nothing can be done to stop the sinkhole if it continues expanding.
The expanding sinkhole is located near the high school campus, as well as various homes and a new Family Dollar/Dollar Tree store that opened just days after the new growth was discovered.
At the site of a shuttered oil and gas waste well business that’s been taken over by the expanding sinkhole, a road that connected one end of the location to the other has been washed away. Several large tanks, which officials say are empty, were in the water. A portion of a metal warehouse was being consumed by the sinkhole, while large cracks could be seen on the ground around the building.
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, had relocated six large tanks with an unknown substance from the cracked earth and asphalt near the sinkhole so they could be tested, the TCEQ said in an email Wednesday.
“Due to the imminent threats to human health and the environment, TCEQ and U.S. EPA proceeded quickly to mitigate the potential for chemical releases,” TCEQ said.
Daisetta resident Alexis Laird, 25, a mother of three kids, said she hadn’t really thought much about the sinkhole since first seeing it as a fourth-grader in 2008. Now she’s worried about it, as her apartment is located less than two blocks away from it. She said she wants officials to be more proactive in their updates to residents.
“It doesn’t matter whether it’s good or bad or a minuscule amount of information. … Tell the people that live here,” she said.
Daisetta City Secretary Joan Caruthers said officials are working to set up a website that will provide updates and are planning to hold a public meeting in the future. Caruthers said they want “a little more information” before scheduling the public meeting.
After the sinkhole appeared in 2008, county commissioners asked the state to set up monitoring devices that could be an early warning system.
Caruthers said she’s not aware if any such monitoring system from the state was ever set up. The sinkhole was monitored for several years after 2008, but there was no recent active monitoring by the city, she said.
Christine Bautsch, Laird’s mother, described Daisetta as a friendly town where “everybody pretty much knows everybody” and residents come together in a time of crisis, including a growing sinkhole.
“There is really good people here and they take care of each other. … We’ll pull together,” Bautsch said.
|
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/13/newly-active-texas-sinkhole-unearths-forgotten-fears-in-some/70112124007/
|
2023-04-13 18:29:07
| 1
|
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/13/newly-active-texas-sinkhole-unearths-forgotten-fears-in-some/70112124007/
|
LOS ANGELES -- Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday urged Americans to take action during "a critical point in our nation's history" as thousands of protesters demonstrated across the country against new limits to abortion rights making their way through the courts.
Saturday's nationwide rallies were sparked by the U.S. Supreme Court's actions the day before, when the high court intervened to delay rule changes that would have limited the way the abortion drug mifepristone could be used and dispensed. The limits were paused while the court reviews the case more thoroughly.
Harris made a surprise stop in Los Angeles at one of the rallies, where she called the latest upheaval over abortion rights a further incursion by conservatives into myriad "fundamental rights" many Americans thought they had.
"And so this is a moment that history will show required each of us -- based on our collective love of our country -- to stand up, and fight for, and protect our ideals. That's what this moment is," she said Saturday, speaking to several hundred demonstrators from the steps of City Hall. "When you attack the rights of women in America, you are attacking America."
Some of the protesters voiced their anger at the steps of the nation's high court, which took Friday's action at the request of the federal Justice Department. The agency asked the high court to lift restrictions on mifepristone imposed by an appellate court in Texas earlier in the week.
The decision by the appellate court reduced the window of time when the drug could be used and prevented the drug from being dispensed by mail.
Critics of the Texas and appellate court decisions, including pharmaceutical companies, viewed the courts' actions as a dangerous intrusion into the authority of the FDA, which regulates how medications are sold and used in the United States.
Demonstrators in New York City stood behind a sign with a four-letter expletive directed at Texas, where a federal judge set off the latest salvo in the battle over abortion. They held signs urging the government to defend medication abortions.
But the crowd was modest, attracting a little more than 100 people outside the picturesque public library along Fifth Avenue.
Still, the demonstrators attracted looks from passersby along the busy thoroughfare, some briefly joining the group to lend their voices.
"It can be hard to get people out, because people are being bombarded with all kinds of assaults on their bodies and people are tired and poor," said Viva Ruiz, who said she helped organize the rally.
"The news cycle is so fast that when one thing happens something terrible happens the next day. So it's hard to sustain the momentum or the energy for people to be on the streets," Ruiz said.
With few exceptions, many of the rallies -- organized under the banner of a group calling itself "Bigger than Roe" -- were held in smaller cities.
Since last year's reversal of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized the right to an abortion, more than a dozen states have effectively outlawed abortion, while additional states have moved to further tighten abortion laws.
On Thursday, the GOP-dominated Florida Legislature moved to became the latest state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
|
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/apr/17/at-la-protest-harris-urges-stand-for-ideals/
|
2023-04-17 11:38:49
| 1
|
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/apr/17/at-la-protest-harris-urges-stand-for-ideals/
|
The Storm Team 11 Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with a 30% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. The low will be warm at 68 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Tuesday with hot and humid conditions. We have a 40% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. A few of the storms could become strong to severe with the biggest threat being damaging winds and some hail along with heavy rainfall. The high will be 92 degrees.
Download the WJHL Weather App from the App Store or Google Play.
Passing clouds are forecast for tomorrow night with a 30% chance of scattered showers and a possible thunderstorm. The low will be muggy at 70 degrees.
Wednesday will give way to a mix of sun and clouds with a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms will be strong to severe with the potential for damaging winds, hail and heavy rainfall. The high will be hot at 90 degrees.
Scattered storms are forecast for Wednesday night with a low of 70 degrees.
Thursday will be partly cloudy and hot with a 60% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. The high will be 90 degrees.
We will keep the chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms on Friday with a high near 88 degrees. The chance of rain is 60%.
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies are forecast for Saturday with a 60% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. The high will be 86 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Sunday with a 30% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. The high will be 85 degrees.
Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Monday with a 20% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. The high will be 84 degrees.
Have a great night!
|
https://www.wjhl.com/wjhl-weather/partly-cloudy-with-a-few-storms-tonight-storms-possible-wednesday-afternoon/
|
2022-07-04 20:26:02
| 0
|
https://www.wjhl.com/wjhl-weather/partly-cloudy-with-a-few-storms-tonight-storms-possible-wednesday-afternoon/
|
April 27, 1926-June 25, 2023
Darlene Luchtenburg, 97, formerly of Cedar Falls, died June 25, 2023 at Arbor Springs, a continuing care community in West Des Moines.
Darlene was born April 27, 1926 in rural Grundy County, daughter of Brodie and Viola Smith. She married Don Luchtenburg on December 2, 1947 at Colfax Presbyterian Church in Holland, Iowa. They welcomed two children, Beth and Miles.
Darlene worked with Don at Colfax Presbyterian Church until 1959 when the family moved to Cedar Falls. That year, Darlene started work at the University of Northern Iowa in Postal Services. She retired from UNI in 1979. In 1984 Don and Darlene moved to the family’s Century Farm in rural Grundy County where they farmed until 2004.
Darlene shared her gift of hospitality. She and Don hosted many get-togethers that welcomed family and friends with conversation, laughter and Darlene’s good cooking. In 2016, the couple moved to Edgewater Assisted Living in West Des Moines.
Darlene was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center.
Survivors include son Miles (Marjorie) Luchtenburg of Waukee, IA; son in law Bruce Bunger of Casa Grande, AZ; great grandson Brett Baker of Columbus, NE; Brett’s mother, Talise Luchtenburg of Grimes, IA, and nieces and nephews. Darlene was preceded in death by her husband, Don, daughter Beth (Luchtenburg) Bunger, and grandson Brodie Luchtenburg.
A private memorial will be held at a later date.
|
https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/darlene-luchtenburg/article_4617be86-b710-5450-9c1b-6c5b3624473e.html
|
2023-06-29 06:27:43
| 1
|
https://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/darlene-luchtenburg/article_4617be86-b710-5450-9c1b-6c5b3624473e.html
|
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
|
https://wtmj.com/entertainment/2022/12/09/ap-top-entertainment-news-at-559-p-m-est/
|
2022-12-10 01:03:08
| 0
|
https://wtmj.com/entertainment/2022/12/09/ap-top-entertainment-news-at-559-p-m-est/
|
Company expands portfolio with line of high-quality, USDA-certified organic, fully traceable, U.S.-grown hemp CBD distillates for use in health and wellness products
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services, announced the launch of Luxiva™ hemp cannabidiol (CBD) distillates. The line includes two hemp CBD distillates that are farmed and produced in America's heartland and are United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-certified organic.
"The Kemin team is excited to announce that Luxiva hemp CBD distillates are now available to help our customers elevate their health and wellness innovation products," said Tyler Holstein, Global Product Manager, Kemin Human Nutrition and Health. "The line includes two new products that are USDA-certified organic and fully traceable to hemp farms in the Midwest United States. Kemin ingredients are made in facilities with third-party GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) certification and products that conform to the law and requirements governing hemp to help customers get new products to market quickly. They provide the added benefit of certification by a credible source—something that CBD consumers look for when making their purchase decisions."
The U.S. retail hemp-cannabidiol (CBD) market is booming, currently valued at USD$803 million, with growth expected to reach USD$1.2 billion by 2023, according to Nutrition Business Journal.1
Kemin Luxiva™ Full Spectrum CBD Distillates are organic, hemp-based ingredient solutions that have been developed for the U.S. and global health and wellness markets.
New product offerings include:
- Luxiva™ Full Spectrum Cannabidiol (CBD) Distillate (0.3%) – a USDA-certified organic hemp extract of the stems, leaves and flower of Cannabis Sativa, contains a minimum of 60% CBD content with a total THC content of less than 0.3%.
- Luxiva™ Full Spectrum Cannabidiol (CBD) Distillate (0.1%) – a USDA-certified organic hemp extract of the stems, leaves and flower of Cannabis Sativa, contains a minimum of 60% CBD content with a total THC content of less than 0.1%.
- Fully traceable hemp grown in the U.S.
- Clean/green extraction process
- Natural, USDA-certified organic
- Non-GMO
- Third-party tested
- Vegan
- Kosher
- Supported by Kemin Technical Service Team
"For more than 25 years, Kemin has gained a reputation as a leader in the global health and wellness marketplace by being a trusted, science-backed and quality ingredient supplier," said Holstein. "Our customers can depend on Kemin to provide superior botanical ingredients from plant experts known for outstanding quality, science and technical support. With all these benefits, we're excited to offer these new hemp CBD solutions and to give our customers peace of mind when buying high-quality Luxiva hemp ingredients from Kemin."
To learn more about the Kemin portfolio of organic, hemp-based ingredients and shaping a better future through sustainable solutions, please visit www.kemin.com/luxiva.
About Kemin Industries
Kemin Industries (www.kemin.com) is a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services. The company supplies over 500 specialty ingredients for human and animal health and nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, nutraceutical, food technologies, crop technologies, textile, biofuel and animal vaccine industries.
For over half a century, Kemin has been dedicated to using applied science to address industry challenges and offer product solutions to customers in more than 120 countries. Kemin provides ingredients to feed a growing population with its commitment to the quality, safety and efficacy of food, feed and health-related products.
Established in 1961, Kemin is a privately held, family-owned-and-operated company with more than 3,000 global employees and operations in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Russia, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.
Media Contacts:
Carrie Livingston, Director of Media Relations, carrie@colinkurtis.com, 815.519.8302
REFERENCES:
1 Nutrition Business Journal. (2021). Hemp Special Report. Retrieved from NutritionalBusinessJournal.com
© Kemin Industries, Inc. and its group of companies 2022. All rights reserved. ® TM Trademarks of Kemin Industries, Inc., U.S.A.
Certain statements, product labeling and claims may differ by geography or as required by government requirements.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Kemin Industries
|
https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/prnewswire/2022/06/15/kemin-industries-introduces-luxiva-hemp-cbd-distillates/
|
2022-06-15 16:22:03
| 0
|
https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/prnewswire/2022/06/15/kemin-industries-introduces-luxiva-hemp-cbd-distillates/
|
Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee over deposition authority
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor on Thursday sued the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, contesting its legal ability to force him to answer questions about it.
The lawsuit filed by Doug Mastriano contends that the committee lacks appointees of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and thus does not comply with House rules for conducting a compelled deposition of witnesses.
A properly appointed ranking minority member is necessary for a witness to have access to protections provided in House rules on deposition authority, the lawsuit says.
Last month, Mastriano cut short a closed-door interview without answering questions from committee members. The committee refused to let Mastriano record the deposition, Mastriano’s lawsuit said, and Mastriano has concerns about how the committee might disseminate excerpts to the public from a closed-door deposition with him, the lawsuit said.
A committee spokesperson declined comment on the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington.
Still, Mastriano’s lawyer, Timothy Parlatore, has said his client is willing to voluntarily testify publicly before the panel and has told the FBI that he didn’t know about a planned insurrection or any coordination behind the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Mastriano, a state senator and retired U.S. Army colonel who won the GOP nomination for governor in May, was in regular communication with Donald Trump as the then-president sought to stay in power despite his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Mastriano helped organize efforts in Pennsylvania to submit alternate presidential electors beholden to Trump and was seen outside the Capitol as pro-Trump demonstrators attacked police.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.newschannel6now.com/2022/09/02/mastriano-sues-jan-6-committee-over-deposition-authority/
|
2022-09-02 01:50:45
| 1
|
https://www.newschannel6now.com/2022/09/02/mastriano-sues-jan-6-committee-over-deposition-authority/
|
MOSCOW, Idaho — Court documents reveal investigators found DNA on a knife sheath and used cellphone data to identify 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger as the suspect in the murder of four University of Idaho students in November.
The students – Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho; and Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington – were found stabbed to death Nov. 13 in a rental house.
Below is a timeline of events leading up to the murders and Kohberger's first court appearance Thursday.
August 21
Court documents say Kohberger’s phone pinged a cell tower providing coverage to the victims’ residence between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
According to the documents, Kohberger was detained by a Latah County Sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop just after 11:30 p.m. Kohberger was driving a white 2015 Hyundai Elantra with a Pennsylvania license plate which was set to expire on Nov. 30. Kohberger reportedly provided his phone number during the traffic stop.
Data later showed Kohberger’s phone was found to be near the victims’ residence at least 12 times prior to Nov. 13.
October 14
Kohberger is detained again during a traffic stop conducted by a Washington State University police officer. Kohberger was stopped in his white Elantra with the Pennsylvania license plates.
November 13-14
9 p.m.: Chapin and Kernodle are seen at a house on the University of Idaho campus by one of their roommates.
10 p.m.: Goncalves and Mogen were seen on surveillance video at a local bar.
1:30 a.m.: Goncalves and Mogen were seen on video at a food truck.
1:56 a.m.: A private party drove Goncalves and Mogen to their King Road home.
2 a.m.: Roommates told investigators that all occupants of the King Road residence were at home.
2:47 a.m.: Kohberger's phone leaves his residence and travels south through Pullman before it stopped “reporting to the network” which investigators say is consistent with the phone being turned off.
2:50 a.m.: WSU surveillance video captures a white 2015 Hyundai Elantra traveling toward SR 270, which connects Pullman to Moscow.
3:30 a.m.: Multiple videos from the King Road neighborhood allegedly capture Kohberger's Elantra driving around several times.
4 a.m.: Kernodle receives a DoorDash delivery.
The Elantra is seen entering the area a fourth time.
One of the roommates is awoken by what sounded like one of the victims playing with her dog before hearing the victim say, “there’s someone here.”
4:12 a.m.: Records indicate Kernodle was using her phone and on TikTok.
The roommate said she looked outside her room after but didn’t see anything. The roommate reportedly later heard what sounded like crying from another victim’s bedroom and heard a male say something to the effect of "it's ok, I'm going to help you."
4:17 a.m.: Surveillance video from a neighboring house next to Kernodle’s room captured what sounded like “voices or a whimper followed by a loud thud” according to court documents. The video also captured the sound of a dog barking numerous times.
The roommate opened her door a third time after hearing the crying and reportedly saw a man in “black clothing and a mask” walking toward her that she didn’t recognize. The roommate told investigators the man walked past her as she stood in a “frozen shock phase.“ She said she closed her door and locked it as the man left through a sliding door.
4:20 a.m.: The Elantra was next seen leaving the area at a high rate of speed on Palouse River Drive, which eventually leads to Pullman.
4:48 a.m.: Kohberger’s cellphone begins reporting to the network that provides coverage to Highway 95, south of Moscow.
Investigators say the cellphone records show movements consistent with the movements of the Elantra.
Investigators believe the killings happened between 4 a.m. and 4:25 a.m.
11:58 a.m.: Moscow police respond to an unresponsive person at the victims' residence.
November 18
Kohberger registers his white Elantra in Washington state and later receives a Washington state license plate.
November 25-28
Moscow police ask area law enforcement to be on the lookout for white Hyundai Elantras in the area.
On Nov. 29, a WSU police officer searched for Elantras registered at the university and found the Elantra belonging to Kohberger.
December 13
Kohberger’s Elantra’s license plate is scanned by a license plate reader in Loma, Colorado.
December 15
Kohberger was pulled over twice in Indiana for tailgating and speeding. The stops happened within minutes of each other.
In the bodycam video, Kohberger spoke with an Indiana trooper about where they were headed and the Pullman SWAT standoff that happened that morning.
December 16
Surveillance video captures a man fitting Kohberger’s description in a white Elantra in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, where Kohberger’s family residence is located.
December 27 - 28
Pennsylvania FBI agents recover DNA evidence from the trash at the Kohberger family residence and send it to an Idaho State Lab for testing.
On Dec. 28, the Idaho State Lab reports results showed the DNA from the house was a 99.9% match to the father of the person whose DNA was on the knife.
December 30
Kohberger was arrested in the early morning by the Pennsylvania State Police at a home in Chestnuthill Township, according to authorities.
December 31
Kohberger's attorney in Pennsylvania Jason LaBar said his client is "eager to be exonerated" and "looks forward to resolving these matters as soon as possible."
Kohberger waived his extradition hearing to speed up his transfer to Idaho, according to his attorney.
January 1
In a statement, Kohberger's family said they promote his presumption of innocence but also "care deeply for the four families who have lost their precious children."
"There are no words that can adequately express the sadness we feel, and we pray each day for them," the family said.
January 4
Kohberger is extradited from Pennsylvania and booked into the Latah County Jail.
January 5
Kohberger makes his first court appearance. He is being held without bail.
|
https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/idaho-murders/idaho-murders-timeline-events-killings-investigation-arrest/281-64333c86-5a96-4760-8e05-4fb0341943e1
|
2023-01-06 00:07:20
| 1
|
https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/idaho-murders/idaho-murders-timeline-events-killings-investigation-arrest/281-64333c86-5a96-4760-8e05-4fb0341943e1
|
Multi-Unit Franchise Operator to Bring Family Entertainment Leader to Northern California
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sky Zone, the leader in the indoor active entertainment industry, today announced a new franchise agreement for an upcoming Sky Zone park in Silicon Valley, CA with local resident and entrepreneur, Yim Murphy. Sky Zone continues to expand rapidly across California, with its current 21 locations set to exceed 30 by year end 2023.
"By experiencing Sky Zone's unparalleled fun and engaging atmosphere as a guest first through numerous trips with my son and purchasing a membership – I knew quickly that I wanted to be a part of it on a larger scale," said Yim Murphy. "Having over 15 years of experience with personal care franchises, I'm excited to bring my expertise to Sky Zone and make active play more accessible in the Silicon Valley community and surrounding areas."
As the leader in the indoor active entertainment industry and innovator of bounce-off-the-walls fun, Sky Zone gives children the freedom to run, jump and play on a unique mix of attractions, including Ninja Courses that spark friendly competition; the Toddler Zone, a perfect place for the youngest jumpers to play; springy Air Courts that give guests of all abilities an extra boost while shooting baskets or scoring soccer goals; Drop Zones that provide a soft landing for the most fearless fliers; interactive iWalls that immerse players in a full-body play experience; and incredible Zip Lines that send riders soaring across the park.
"As the industry continues to grow, Sky Zone remains the first choice for those looking to invest in active entertainment," said Mike Revak, Sky Zone SVP of Franchise and Park Operations. "We're thrilled to welcome Yim Murphy into our franchise network and look forward to bringing a new park to the Bay Area where we are quickly expanding."
Sky Zone is the ultimate location for birthday, team and school parties – with set up, clean up and hosting included. Sky Zone also offers parents many other options to keep their kids in on the action, including memberships that provide daily access, exclusive savings and invitations to members-only events.
With aggressive expansion plans, Sky Zone is searching for engaged community and business leaders to add to its ever-growing roster of new franchisees. To learn more about Sky Zone, visit www.skyzone.com.
About Sky Zone:
Sky Zone is the active play destination for kids and kids at heart. The leader in indoor active entertainment, Sky Zone owns, operates and franchises parks across the US and Canada. The company helps its nearly 500,000 members and millions of yearly visitors make memorable moments with more than 60 smile-inducing attractions. Sky Zone elevates celebrations to the extraordinary, hosting millions of children at unforgettable birthday, team, and school parties every year. For more information about Sky Zone and to find your local park, visit www.skyzone.com.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Sky Zone
|
https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2023/06/20/sky-zone-continues-rapid-california-expansion-with-new-silicon-valley-location/
|
2023-06-20 14:49:05
| 0
|
https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2023/06/20/sky-zone-continues-rapid-california-expansion-with-new-silicon-valley-location/
|
With Black queer people under attack in the streets and in many state legislative chambers, it’s important to amplify the contributions of LGBTQ+ people.
This is especially true in spaces like the church, where queer people are either forced to shrink themselves or risk exile. While the sanctuary has served as a space of trauma and chastisement for queer people, it’s also a space where they have found their voices — in the choir. Many of them have used the Gospel sound to change the soundtracks of our nation.
So as both Pride and Black Music Appreciation Month comes to an end, the Black Joy team partnered with fellow Reckon newsletter Matter of Faith to celebrate a few of the Black queer icons who were raised on a foundation of Gospel music.
Wilmer “Little Axe” Broadnax was a Black transman whose tenor voice raised him to fame in the 1940s and 50s during the golden era of traditional Black Gospel music. Born in Houston, Broadnax started his career as a teen alongside his older brother William, who was known as “Big Axe.” During the 1930s, the brothers were in a gospel quartet group called the St. Paul Gospel Singers until the siblings moved to Southern California and onto bigger dreams in 1940. They formed their own group, Little Axe and the Golden Echoes, and became one of the first Gospel groups to sign to Specialty Records, which also recorded artists such as Little Richard and Percy Mayfield. By the 1950s, Broadnax returned to the South, where he performed with the Spirit of Memphis Quartet – one of the most impressive Gospel groups at that time. Wilmer also performed with the Fairfield Boys in Nashville, Tenn., and the Five Blind Boys of Mississippi.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a Black, queer woman who has known the sound of rock music since she started strumming the guitar at four years old. Raised by a family of religious singers and evangelists, Tharpe sung the word of God across the nation at a young age until her family settled in Chicago. Tharpe then started creating what would become the signature sound of Rock and Roll, which was a gumbo of genres: blues, jazz and, of course, Gospel. The way she invented the electric guitar sound and how she navigated both racism and misogyny in the music industry is why she has been crowned the “Godmother of Rock and Roll.” Little Richard, Elvis, Johnny Cash and other singers and musicians have all been awed by Tharpe’s musical magic. Unfortunately, she didn’t get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame until 2018, more than 40 years after her death.
Before she became a Broadway performer and television star, Nell Carter celebrated her love of music in Birmingham, Ala. She not only sung in her church choir, but she also sang all across the state – and later in life, all across the nation. She was also known to perform at lounges that, at the time, were considered unofficial gay bars. Carter left a traumatic childhood behind in Alabama to take advantage of acting opportunities in bigger cities. Her voice earned her a Tony Award in 1978 for her role in the musical “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, which sparked her popularity and led to a leading role in the sitcom “Gimme A Break” in 1982. Carter’s sexuality didn’t become known until after her death in 2003, when people learned she left everything to her partner, a woman she had been with since the mid-1990s.
|
https://www.mlive.com/reckon/2023/06/3-black-icons-who-paved-a-way-through-gospel-music.html
|
2023-06-30 12:31:24
| 1
|
https://www.mlive.com/reckon/2023/06/3-black-icons-who-paved-a-way-through-gospel-music.html
|
(NEXSTAR) – A rowdy night out or a pre-game tailgate is usually fun and games until the unfortunate but seemingly inevitable hangover catches up to you. When it does, it may be tempting to seek out a greasy breakfast sandwich from your favorite fast-food joint or opt for the “hair of the dog,” but you may want to reconsider.
A hangover doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing to everyone, but it generally includes one or more symptoms experienced after drinking too much alcohol. These symptoms often include headaches, fatigue, nausea, stomach pain, thirst, muscle aches, vertigo, weakness, irritability, and sensitivity to light and sound, the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism explains.
Why do I feel unwell after a night of drinking?
It’s partially because alcohol is a diuretic, Beth Czerwony, a registered dietitian with Cleveland Clinic, tells Nexstar. Simply put, drinking alcohol is going to send you to the bathroom, and probably frequently.
“So the majority of the time when we wake up the next morning and we’re not feeling great, it’s because you’re dehydrated,” Czerwony explains. Because of alcohol’s ability to dehydrate, it drives us to want to drink more, exasperating the cycle.
Alcohol also slows down our intestines and stomach, and irritates the intestinal lining, which can make you feel sluggish. If you don’t have anything to eat while you’re drinking, your blood sugar may be lowered, Czerwony notes, adding to the already sluggish state you’re likely to feel.
What causes my cravings?
How your body feels after a bout of drinking can impact what you crave for breakfast the next day (if you aren’t battling some nausea). Whether it’s a Sausage, Egg and Cheese McGriddle, a Pop-Tart, or leftover pizza, it’s important to acknowledge the signals your body is sending.
That might be a warning about low blood sugar, for example. Without food, our bodies aren’t able to refill our blood sugar stores, which can lead to lower energy.
“Our body kind of just wants immediate fuel,” Czerwony says. “So having things that are going to be heavier in calories like the grease and the sugar, it would make sense that your body craves those things.”
What will cure your hangover?
While there isn’t a straightforward cure for a hangover, there are a number of things you can do as you drink, and after, that can help to ease the hangover.
First, Czerwony recommends drinking water between your alcoholic beverages, a method sometimes referred to as “Taffering” — a nod to “Bar Rescue” host and notable proponent Jon Taffer.
You may want to drink a sports drink, too. Many of these beverages contain electrolytes, which can help your body rehydrate and likely won’t cause an upset stomach like coffee could, Czerwony explains. A recent study by Harvard Health also recommends drinking tea.
If you’re ready to eat, reach for foods that may be easier on your stomach. That could include fruit and ginger, Czerwony says, or the BRAT diet — bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. It’s best to avoid foods with too much fiber or sugar, to allow your stomach the chance to rest.
Another worthwhile snack to try? Salmon. As Czerwony explains, we can deplete our supply of B vitamins while drinking. Salmon is high in vitamins B6 and B12, which can help reduce inflammation caused by alcohol. Many of the products claiming to prevent hangovers also contain B vitamins, according to Czerwony. But, it’s important to note they aren’t regulated by the FDA.
Ultimately, if you are going to drink and want to avoid a hangover, you may want to pay attention to your body. Drink plenty of water, eat food easy on your stomach, and opt for a sports drink over coffee or “the hair of the dog.”
“Generally, being responsible … pacing it out, and making sure you eat with it, will make the night a little bit easier for you,” Czerwony says.
|
https://www.kron4.com/news/national/hungover-avoid-your-cravings-try-these-foods-drinks-instead/
|
2023-05-28 15:44:08
| 0
|
https://www.kron4.com/news/national/hungover-avoid-your-cravings-try-these-foods-drinks-instead/
|
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Smoky haze, hot weather and powerful storms brought dangerous and uncomfortable conditions to parts of the U.S. heading into a long July Fourth weekend that typically draws Americans to outdoor gatherings.
From heat waves in the South and West to unhealthy air quality in the Northeast, much of the U.S. was under the threat of extreme weather. In the Midwest, some residents Friday were recovering from a powerful storm that moved through Illinois and Indiana a day earlier packing winds that reached more than 70 miles per hour (112 kilometers per hour).
That storm damaged trees and buildings in the central parts of both states from the Mississippi River to the Indianapolis area. Crews worked to replace electrical lines entangled in downed trees ahead of more expected thunderstorms and temperatures climbing to around 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius). Utility companies reported that more than 250,000 homes and businesses were still without electricity.
Brian Alexander, 55, swept up debris from the front yard of his Springfield, Illinois, home. Tree limbs that fell on his car left several small dents.
“Very lucky on that,” Alexander said. “No power, but we’ll manage. We’re just waiting for the city to get us hooked up again and we’ll get everything cleaned up.”
The National Weather Service said the storm was a derecho, which is often described as an inland hurricane because of its line of strong winds stretching for hundreds of miles.
“We had damage all the way from northeast Kansas, all the way down into Kentucky and across Indiana,” said John Bumgardner, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Illinois.
In the South, a dangerous heat wave that has been blamed for the deaths of at least 14 people was expected to last into the weekend in some areas. Parts of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi were under excessive heat warnings Friday as heat indexes rose above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 degrees Celsius) in some places.
In Memphis, Tennessee, officials said relief efforts were focused on the thousands of people who still had no power after storms Sunday that knocked down trees and power lines. In Nashville, residents and tourists alike tried to keep comfortable as temperatures climbed toward the upper 90s.
Leo Bennett, an employee of the county sheriff and at a private traffic control company, said he prepares for long days outside by drinking several bottles of water and packing a cooler.
“One of my secrets is the pickle juice,” Bennett said. “I bring pickle juice to keep from cramping up or whatever the case might be.”
At a park just outside downtown, teenage baseball players participated in a tournament and used cold towels between innings to cope with the heat. Coach Jordan Sheffield said he planned to pick up a fan for the dugout.
“You can kind of see it on their face, really. The red face a lot. A lot more of them red faced,” said Sheffield. “A lot of hands on their knees, things like that. So I kind of keep an eye on that and just try to keep them as cool as possible.”
The EPA warned Friday that parts of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut could experience “unhealthy” air conditions because of ongoing wildfires in Quebec and northern Ontario.
“The primary concern is high concentrations of fine particle air pollution that is unhealthy, especially for sensitive groups such as people with respiratory disease, the elderly, or people with compromised health,” the agency said.
The Midwest storm helped clear that smoke from the region’s air. The Environmental Protection Agency had listed many cities, including Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, Ohio, as having “very unhealthy air” earlier in the week.
But the Midwest might only have a brief respite with another storm is poised to move through the region Sunday, meteorologist Bumgardner said.
“Behind that our winds will probably switch back to northerly, which theoretically could bring a little more smoke into the area,” Bumgardner said. “But that’s tough to predict more than a day or two out.”
Parts of the West were anticipating extremely hot, dry conditions forecast through the Fourth of July, raising concerns about the danger of fireworks shows and wildfires. Parts of California were under excessive-heat warnings and heat advisories that were expected to last through the weekend.
“Looking at our high temperature forecast, we can’t help but feel like we’ve fallen into a ring of fire,” the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office tweeted.
Airline travelers got some relief Friday, with none of the weather-induced restrictions imposed earlier this week on planes landing and taking off at major airports in the Northeast.
Still, by midday on the East Coast more than 2,000 flights had been delayed and more than 300 others canceled — more than 200 of those on United Airlines, according to FlightAware.
___
Hall reported from Nashville. Associated Press writers John O’Connor in Springfield, Ill., John Antczak in Los Angeles, David Koenig in Dallas, Adrian Sainz in Memphis, Tennessee and Bruce Shipkowski in Trenton, N.J. contributed.
|
https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-haze-heat-and-storms-are-affecting-summer-festivities-in-many-parts-of-the-u-s/
|
2023-07-01 14:20:53
| 1
|
https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-haze-heat-and-storms-are-affecting-summer-festivities-in-many-parts-of-the-u-s/
|
Mom with 800 tattoos says she can’t get a job
(Gray News) - A woman in the United Kingdom says she is struggling to find employment because of her tattoos.
The New York Post reports that 46-year-old Melissa Sloan previously found work cleaning toilets but she hasn’t been able to find a similar job since.
“I can’t get a job,” Sloan is quoted in the Daily Star. “I applied for a job cleaning toilets, but they won’t have me because of my tattoos.”
Sloan said she has 800 tattoos on her body.
The mother of two reportedly first started getting tattoos at the age of 20 and quickly became hooked.
Despite her struggles with employment, Sloan told The Mirror that she still gets about three new tattoos a week, saying she could be addicted.
Sloan said she has inked over some of her old tattoos three times, creating a multi-layered collage across her face.
“I probably have the most tattoos in the world, and if not, then at the rate I’m going I probably will have it in the end,” she is quoted as saying.
Sloan believes it’s her facial tattoos that cause people to judge her. She said she has been banned from a pub and from her children’s school because of her tattoos.
But despite the troubles she has faced, she plans to continue to get tattoos and possibly end up in the Guinness World Records.
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.wkyt.com/2023/07/08/mom-with-800-tattoos-says-she-cant-get-job/
|
2023-07-08 02:54:13
| 1
|
https://www.wkyt.com/2023/07/08/mom-with-800-tattoos-says-she-cant-get-job/
|
A Newark man has been charged with trying to burn down a Bayonne apartment complex and vandalizing a vehicle, authorities said.
Christopher Vasseghi, 35, was arrested Saturday morning in the area of 8th Street and Avenue C and charged with two counts of arson and causing/risking widespread injury or damage from an incident Thursday and criminal mischief, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon for an incident Friday, both at 31 East 11th St.
Police responded to the address Thursday at 4:40 a.m. on a report of a fire in the third floor hallway of the apartment complex, Bayonne Capt. Eric Amato said. An investigation found that cardboard boxes had been set on fire by someone who then fled.
The Bayonne Fire Department was able to quickly extinguish the fire before it spread, Amato said, and the Bayonne Police Department Detective Bureau identified Vasseghi as the person who set the fire.
Police responded to the apartment complex Saturday morning at 5:45 on a report of criminal mischief to an automobile, Amato said. Police found a vehicle parked on East 11th Street with a shattered windshield and dented hood with a cinder block resting on the hood of the vehicle.
Police were told the vandalism occurred the previous night and an investigation determined that Vasseghi, who was already in custody for the arson incident, was the vandal, Amato said.
|
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/03/newark-man-charged-with-setting-fire-inside-bayonne-apartment-complex-vandalizing-vehicle.html
|
2023-03-13 13:44:10
| 0
|
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/03/newark-man-charged-with-setting-fire-inside-bayonne-apartment-complex-vandalizing-vehicle.html
|
MONTVILLE, Conn. – Connecticut's first round of retail cannabis sales for adults 21 and older was set to begin Tuesday morning at seven existing medical marijuana establishments across the state, less than two years after Gov. Ned Lamont signed legislation making Connecticut the latest state to legalize recreational sales.
As many as 40 dispensaries, along with dozens of other cannabis-related businesses, are expected to eventually open in Connecticut by the end of 2023.
“Today is historic, but the real story is about the benefits to come that will transform lives and communities,” Adam Wood, president of the Connecticut Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement. He estimates the new industry will create more than 10,000 jobs over the next couple of years and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue that will help benefit communities most impacted by the war on drugs.
Recreational sales were allowed to begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. State-approved shops in Montville, New Haven, Branford, Newington, Stamford, Willimantic and Meriden were expected to open their doors to the general public on the first day. Two other approved dispensaries, in Danbury and Torrington, will open at a later date.
It's unclear whether the novelty of legalized marijuana has worn off a bit for Connecticut consumers, considering retail sales began in 2018 in neighboring Massachusetts and last month in neighboring Rhode Island and New York.
Twenty-one states have legalized recreational marijuana for adults over the past decade, even though it remains illegal under federal law. After voters approved legalization in Maryland and Missouri in November, marijuana advocates are now pressing forward with similar efforts elsewhere in the U.S., including in Oklahoma and Ohio.
As of Feb. 3, 2022, 37 states, three territories and the District of Columbia allow the medical use of cannabis products, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Connecticut's “hybrid” medical and recreational cannabis retail shops were still planning for large crowds Tuesday. At The Botanist in Montville, extra staff will be in place and a shuttle service will bring customers from satellite parking lots.
Kate Nelson, senior vice president of the Midwest and Northwest regions for Acreage Holdings, which owns The Botanist brand, said about 200-300 medical marijuana purchases are made on average at the Montville location. She's predicting there will be a 150% uptick in sales during the first week of adult-use recreational business, but acknowledged that will likely level off.
The company's second location in Connecticut, located in Danbury, is expected to open in the next few weeks after local approvals are finalized.
“I think even before the 40 operators come online, you’ll start to see less of that excitement of something new and more so of kind of what the status quo will become,” she said. “We’re in an area now in the country where there’s other adult-use states nearby. So it’s really going to be a focus of ours, in the state of Connecticut specifically, to make sure that this adult-use program has the product that it needs to have and we can support the industry ... to make sure Connecticut sets themselves apart from other competing markets."
Initial sales in Connecticut will be limited to one-quarter of an ounce (7 grams) of cannabis flower or its equivalent, in an effort to ensure there will be enough support for medical marijuana patients. Different items can be purchased together to make up the one-quarter ounce. The state's Department of Consumer Protection plans to watch retail sales and manufacturing supplies closely to determine when that amount can eventually be increased.
|
https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2023/01/10/legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-starting-in-connecticut/
|
2023-01-10 14:33:00
| 0
|
https://www.wsls.com/news/national/2023/01/10/legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-starting-in-connecticut/
|
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced on Friday that she had filed articles of impeachment against Attorney General Merrick Garland as the FBI’s search of the former president’s Florida residence roils Republicans.
Greene’s resolution claims that the attorney general’s “personal approval to seek a search warrant for the raid on the home of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, constitutes a blatant attempt to persecute a political opponent.”
The search warrant was approved by a federal judge and was unsealed on Friday after the Justice Department and Trump’s attorneys agreed.
The warrant showed that the FBI secured classified materials that were taken to Mar-a-Lago and suggests the former president is being investigated for possible violations of the Espionage Act.
Republicans, including Greene, have repeatedly accused the Justice Department of going after Trump for political reasons.
Her resolution claims that Garland’s “effort to unseal the search warrant for the home of former President Donald J. Trump constitutes an attempt to intimidate, harass, and potentially disqualify a political challenger to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.”
The White House has said Biden had no knowledge of the FBI’s search, and no evidence has been presented to dispute that. A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment to The Hill.
Articles of impeachment against Garland are unlikely to pass in Congress given the Democratic majority, and it’s not clear how many Republicans would support the resolution.
Mike Lillis contributed.
Updated 8:46 p.m.
|
https://www.wivb.com/hill-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-garland/
|
2022-08-13 03:44:50
| 0
|
https://www.wivb.com/hill-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-garland/
|
NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
COURT-APPROVED LEGAL NOTICE
If you purchased any Pork product in the United States from January 1, 2009, through April 2, 2021, a class action settlement may affect your rights.
Para una notificacion in español, llame gratis al 1-877-777-9594
o visite nuestro website www.overchargedforpork.com.
A new settlement has been reached in a class action antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs with Defendant Smithfield Foods, Inc. and related or affiliated entities ("Smithfield"). This Court-ordered notice may affect your rights. Please review and follow the instructions carefully.
The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota authorized this notice. Before any money is paid, the Court will hold a hearing to decide whether to approve the Settlement.
WHO IS INCLUDED?
For settlement purposes, members of the Settlement Class are defined as all persons and entities who indirectly purchased Pork from any of the Defendants or any co-conspirator, or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, for personal use in the United States from at least as early as January 1, 2009 until April 2, 2021. Specifically excluded from the Settlement Class are the Defendants; the officers, directors, or employees of any Defendant; any entity in which any Defendant has a controlling interest; and any affiliate, legal representative, heir, or assign of any Defendant. Also excluded from this Settlement Class are any federal, state, or local governmental entities, any judicial officer presiding over this action and the members of his/her immediate family and judicial staff, and any juror assigned to this action. In addition to Smithfield, the Defendants in this lawsuit for purposes of this notice include Clemens Food Group, LLC, The Clemens Family Corporation, Hormel Foods Corporation, JBS USA Food Company, JBS USA Food Company Holdings, Seaboard Foods LLC, Triumph Foods, LLC, Tyson Foods, Inc., Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc., Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., and Agri Stats, Inc.
If you are not sure you are included, you can get more information, including a detailed notice, at www.overchargedforpork.com or by calling toll-free 1-877-777-9594.
WHAT IS THIS LAWSUIT ABOUT?
Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs allege that Defendants and their co-conspirators conspired and combined to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price of Pork, at least as early as January 1, 2009, with the intent and expected result of increasing prices of Pork in the United States, in violation of federal and state consumer-protection and antitrust laws. Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs previously reached a settlement with one Defendant, JBS. The Court granted final approval to the JBS settlement on September 14, 2022. Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs have now reached a new proposed Settlement with Defendant Smithfield. Smithfield denies it did anything wrong. The Court did not decide which side was right, but both sides agreed to the Settlement Agreement to resolve the case, avoid the risks involved with continued litigation, and get benefits to the Settlement Class. The case is still proceeding on behalf of the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs against other Defendants who may be subject to separate settlements, judgments, or class certification orders.
WHAT DOES THE SETTLEMENT PROVIDE?
Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, Smithfield will pay $75,000,000 to resolve all Settlement Class claims against it in this litigation. In addition to this monetary benefit, Smithfield has also agreed to certain injunctive relief and to provide specified cooperation in the Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs' continued prosecution of the litigation. No money will be distributed yet. Co-Lead Counsel will continue to pursue the lawsuit against the other non-settling Defendants. Co-Lead Counsel may request that the Court award attorneys' fees and permit the reimbursement of certain litigation costs and expenses. If such request is made, it will be filed at least fourteen days before the objection deadline and posted on the website www.overchargedforpork.com at that time. Co-Lead Counsel believes that the total amount of attorneys' fees sought will be no more than 33.3% of the Settlement Fund or $25,000,000.00, and the total amount of costs sought will be no more than $5.2 million. Class Counsel will request service awards of up to $2,000 on behalf of each Class Representative. All Settlement funds that remain after payment of the Court-ordered attorneys' fees, costs, service awards, and expenses will be distributed at the conclusion of the lawsuit or as ordered by the Court.
WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS?
You do not need to take any action to remain a member of the Settlement Class and be bound by the Settlement Agreement. As a Settlement Class Member, you may be able to participate in (or exclude yourself from) any future settlement or judgment obtained by Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs against other Defendants in the case. If you do not want to be legally bound by the Settlement Agreement, you must exclude yourself by February 7, 2023, or you will not be able to sue or continue to sue Smithfield for the Released Claims (as defined in the Settlement Agreement). If you exclude yourself, you can't get money from the Settlement. If you don't exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you may still object to the Settlement Agreement by February 7, 2023. The detailed notice explains how to exclude yourself or object. Details may also be found on the FAQs page of the Settlement website. The Court will hold a hearing in this case (In re Pork Antitrust Litigation (Indirect Purchaser Actions), Case No. 0:18-cv-01776 (D. Minn.)), on March 30, 2023, to consider whether to approve the Settlement Agreement. You may ask to speak at the hearing, but you do not have to.
In order to be eligible to receive a payment from the Settlement, you must submit a valid Claim Form before June 30, 2023. You may submit a Claim Form either online or by mail. Both options are available at the website www.overchargedforpork.com. If you previously submitted a Claim Form in response to the JBS settlement notice, then you do not need to submit another Claim Form as you will be automatically eligible to receive a payment from the Smithfield Settlement.
Deadlines and the date and time of the hearing are subject to change. Updates will be provided on the website www.overchargedforpork.com.
This notice is only a summary. You can find more details about the Settlement at www.overchargedforpork.com or by calling toll-free 1-877-777-9594. Please do not contact the Court.
This notice is only a summary. You can find more details about the Settlement at www.overchargedforpork.com or by calling toll-free 1-877-777-9594. Please do not contact the Court.
View original content:
SOURCE Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and Gustafson Gluek PLLC
|
https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/12/09/hagens-berman-sobol-shapiro-llp-gustafson-gluek-pllc-announce-an-additional-75-million-settlement-consumers-who-purchased-pork-products/
|
2022-12-09 18:10:32
| 1
|
https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2022/12/09/hagens-berman-sobol-shapiro-llp-gustafson-gluek-pllc-announce-an-additional-75-million-settlement-consumers-who-purchased-pork-products/
|
Mormon church shows support for same-sex marriage law, believes act is still unbiblical
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it would back proposed federal legislation to safeguard same-sex marriages, marking the latest show of support for the measure from conservative-leaning groups.
The nearly 17-million member, Utah-based faith said in a statement that church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships to be against God's commandments. Yet it said it would support rights for same-sex couples as long as they didn't infringe upon religious groups' right to believe as they choose.
"We believe this approach is the way forward. As we work together to preserve the principles and practices of religious freedom together with the rights of LGBTQ individuals much can be accomplished to heal relationships and foster greater understanding," the church said in a statement posted on its website.
Support for the Respect for Marriage Act under consideration in Congress is the church's latest step to stake out a more welcoming stance toward the LGBTQ community while holding firm to its belief that same-sex relationships are sinful. Still, its stance toward LGBTQ people — including those who grow up in the church — remains painful for many.
RELATED: Former ‘Real Housewives of OC’ star introduces transgender son: 'I'm extremely proud of him'
Patrick Mason, a professor of religious studies at Utah State University, said the church's position was both a departure from and continuation of its past stances — respecting laws yet working to safeguard religious liberty and ensuring they won't be forced to perform same-sex marriages or grant them official church sanction.
"This is part of the church’s overall theology essentially sustaining the law of the land, recognizing that what they dictate and enforce for their members in terms of their behavior is different than what it means to be part of a pluralistic society," he said.
The faith opposes same-sex marriage and sexual intimacy, but it has taken a more welcoming stance to LGBTQ people in recent years. In 2016, it declared that same-sex attraction is not a sin, while maintaining that acting on it was.
The bill, which has won support from Democrats and Republicans, is set for a test vote in the Senate Wednesday, with a final vote as soon as this week or later this month. It comes after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion, with Justice Clarence Thomas issuing a concurring opinion indicating that an earlier high court decision protecting same-sex marriage could come under threat.
RELATED: California enacts law to help LGBTQ military veterans
The legislation would repeal the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act and require states to recognize all marriages that were legal where they were performed. It would also protect interracial marriages by requiring states to recognize legal marriages regardless of "sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin." It makes clear that the rights of private individuals and businesses wouldn’t be affected.
Utah’s four congressmen — who are all members of the church — each voiced support for the legislation earlier this year.
The church’s public stance is a stark contrast from 14 years ago, when its members were among the largest campaign contributors in support of California’s Prop. 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman in response to cities such as San Francisco granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Troy Williams, the executive director of Equality Utah, said it was "thrilling" to see the church part of the coalition in support of the legislation.
"Despite differences we may have, we can always discover common ground on laws that support the strengthening of all families," Williams, who grew up a church member, said.
RELATED: Singapore to decriminalize gay sex while continuing to prohibit same-sex marriage
The faith opposes laws that would make it illegal for churches to not allow to same-sex couples to marry on their property. But it has supported state-based efforts to pass laws that prohibit employment and housing discrimination as long as they clarify respect for religious freedom.
The Respect for Marriage Act neither fully codifies the U.S. Supreme Court decision that enshrined a federal right to same-sex marriage nor details all religious liberty concerns of those who object to it.
Faith groups see it as vehicle for passing religious liberty protections they haven't been able to in the past, said Tim Schultz, the president of the 1st Amendment Partnership.
Schultz's organization is advocating for religious liberty on behalf of a coalition concerned with that subject — a coalition that includes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"Same-sex marriage has achieved broad appeal in our culture in significant part because it hasn’t trampled on people who believe in traditional marriage," he said.
Associated Press News Editor Brady McCombs contributed to this report.
|
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mormon-church-shows-support-for-same-sex-marriage-law-believes-act-is-still-unbiblical
|
2022-11-16 01:02:50
| 0
|
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mormon-church-shows-support-for-same-sex-marriage-law-believes-act-is-still-unbiblical
|
FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Maryland State Police said the driver of a tanker truck died Saturday after the truck crashed and caught fire along part of Route 15 in Frederick County.
MSP tweeted out the information that the driver died at 1:59 p.m., updating its initial information that the tanker truck had overturned and was burning. MSP added in its update that other vehicles and homes had damage that flames from the fire caused. It said no other people were hurt.
Frederick County Fire/Rescue tweeted that there was a tanker exploded in the area of Route 15 and Rosemont Avenue.
Many people who were a good distance from the scene of the crash could see the flames as well as the billowing smoke that came from the fire.
The incident shut down the northbound and southbound lanes of Route 15. At 2:52 p.m., Maryland State Police tweeted that southbound lanes were open.
|
https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/driver-dead-after-maryland-tanker-explosion/
|
2023-03-04 23:34:05
| 0
|
https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/national-news/driver-dead-after-maryland-tanker-explosion/
|
4 Bedroom Home in Twin Falls - $415,000
Related to this story
Most Popular
“He has a much better disposition this morning than I would have if it would have been me,” Leslie Warwood said. “I was furious when I found out what had occurred. It could have ended horrifically.”
“I would like to say I’m sorry for the entire situation and how it turned out,” Michael Guizar said when Tribe asked him if he’d like to make a statement. “I have children of my own and I can imagine the problems they would have and I wouldn’t want my children to go through that...”
Almost $4,000 worth of items were taken, court records allege.
Congratulations to these families!
Man tried to strangle wife, then threatened her with knife, court records say.
Letter: Time to stand up to these politicians we are electing.
July 16, 2003—Aug. 4, 2022
A group of elected officials, traffic engineers and ITD met on Wednesday in Jerome to discuss a potential third bridge over the Snake River Canyon.
Concerned that a massive wind energy project would have a negative impact on their rural county, Minidoka County Commission passed a resolution in opposition to the Lava Ridge Wind Project.
Police allege that the driver of the vehicle in the crash later killed a woman in nearby Nescopeck and the county coroner identified her as his 56-year-old mother.
|
https://magicvalley.com/4-bedroom-home-in-twin-falls---415-000/article_f9753d68-ad23-5fe6-b5c2-d4e71483cc34.html
|
2022-08-20 06:08:50
| 0
|
https://magicvalley.com/4-bedroom-home-in-twin-falls---415-000/article_f9753d68-ad23-5fe6-b5c2-d4e71483cc34.html
|
Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Mexico City, Mexico. She covers Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Kahn's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning news programs including All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and on NPR.org.
|
https://www.kcbx.org/2023-01-19/peru-braces-for-new-protests-by-opponents-of-the-current-president
|
2023-01-19 11:49:04
| 0
|
https://www.kcbx.org/2023-01-19/peru-braces-for-new-protests-by-opponents-of-the-current-president
|
Remember Kevin Harvick's victory drought of almost two years, stemming from late September 2020?
The 22-year veteran has quickly put that to bed, ending it at Michigan International Speedway and subsequently backing it up with a win at Richmond Raceway on Sunday.
Even with the 2014 champion's recent lack of victories, he held his own after working his way up to pass the dominant Joey Logano for good on lap 334. Harvick hadn't won at Richmond at all since 2014 (an Xfinity victory with JR Motorsports) and the 46-year-old hadn't scored a victory there in Cup since 2013, when he was still with Richard Childress Racing.
The pass on Logano came with Chris Buescher in tow, a driver who'd never finished better than 15th at Richmond. Buescher crept closer and closer, but the lapped traffic that helped him close in on Harvick then held Buescher up and allowed the No. 4 to scoot away.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, Christopher Bell was also within striking distance of the No. 4. Bell finished second, but sliced a 1.6-second deficit down to less than half a second in the final three laps.
With that closing rate and how pit strategies unfolded, the race felt a bit similar to the spring, when varying plans led to comers and goers and a finish featuring Denny Hamlin's drive of a lifetime. Harvick finished second at Richmond in April.
As a backdrop to the drama up front on Sunday, the Richmond race was an intriguing one: one groove typically prevails at Richmond, as it did the night prior, with Chandler Smith flat-out crushing the Camping World Truck Series field en route to the win.
That uneventful evening turned into a wild Sunday afternoon, the race having moved from its traditional September date up into mid-August. Few actual incidents marred the race, but the racing and strategies were riveting: cars were running the bottom, middle and top, with Ty Dillon one of the notable drivers relying almost exclusively on the upper groove for much of the race.
With the win, Harvick might have vaulted himself into being a championship threat: he has career victories at nine of the 10 playoff tracks, the lone exception being the Charlotte ROVAL (though he has won on the oval layout). After Harvick's nine-win 2020 season was derailed, a bit of avenging might be on his mind for 2022, and he has nine triumphs at season finale venue Phoenix Raceway.
Ryan Blaney's cushion over Martin Truex Jr. at the playoff cutline now numbers 26 points, while 10 drivers are fully locked into the postseason. If 16 different winners does happen this season, it could mean that Blaney (second in non-playoff points) or Truex (fourth in non-playoff points) miss the postseason, an unprecedented situation in the playoff era.
Looking ahead, though, it's no easy road for any of these as-yet winless drivers to make it into the playoffs. Watkins Glen looms in many a windshield next week, with the New York circuit a potential venue for track type ace Chase Elliott, defending winner Kyle Larson or two-time 2022 road course winner Tyler Reddick to visit victory lane. Look for Buescher and Michael McDowell to make runs at a surprise win, though, after showing speed on other road courses this year.
That's followed by a visit to the high-speed banking of Daytona: the ultimate crapshoot. If a winless driver doesn't become the 16th different victor at the Glen, Daytona provides opportunities for just about any driver, from last year's winner Blaney to Bubba Wallace, from previous Daytona winner Erik Jones to Corey LaJoie, to claim that final playoff spot. With five different first-time winners so far this year, a sixth can't be counted out; if that happens, and with the parity of the season bringing forth the potential for non-playoff drivers to play spoiler in postseason races, chaos will reign.
PHOTOS: Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR race at Richmond Raceway
|
https://richmond.com/sports/professional/veteran-presence-harvicks-hot-streak-kicks-off-wild-stretch-in-nascar/article_231ea7a4-c5af-5c25-9a42-b45b9c81959a.html
|
2022-08-15 14:37:10
| 0
|
https://richmond.com/sports/professional/veteran-presence-harvicks-hot-streak-kicks-off-wild-stretch-in-nascar/article_231ea7a4-c5af-5c25-9a42-b45b9c81959a.html
|
Marion County Restaurant Inspections: Ruben Tacos, Dutch Bros, El Zarandeado
ABOUT RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Marion County health department.
Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures, food preparation practices, worker hygiene, dish washing and sanitizing, and equipment and facility cleanliness.
Violations: Restaurant scores are based on a 100-point scale. Priority violations deduct 5 points, and priority foundation violations deduct 3 points. Violations recorded on consecutive inspections result in point deductions being doubled.
Scoring: Scores of 70 or higher are considered compliant. Restaurants scoring below 70 must be re-inspected within 30 days or face closure or other administrative action. Restaurants display a placard by the entrance to indicate whether they have passed their last inspection.
Latest inspections are now viewable here.
Semiannual restaurant inspections from September 20-22.
Marion County Restaurant Inspections
Dutch Bros Coffee
Location: 1096 Commercial Street SE, Salem
Date: Sept. 20
Score: 92
Priority violations:
A handwashing sink is not accessible for employee use at all times, is used for purposes other than handwashing or is not operated properly, specifically: Observed employee rinse container in handwashing sink. Observed employees using right sink instead of handwashing sink to wash their hands. Point deduction: 3.
The chlorine sanitizer concentration, pH, or temperature is not adequate, specifically: 0 parts per million chlorine in wiping cloth buckets used to sanitize food contact surfaces. Point deduction: 5.
Taco Bell
Location: 2635 Jorie Lane NE, Keizer
Date: Sept. 21
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Panda Express
Location: 2675 Jorie Lane NE, Keizer
Date: Sept. 21
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Pacos
Location: 1122 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem
Date: Sept. 21
Score: 95
Priority violations:
Potentially hazardous food is not maintained at proper hot or cold holding temperatures, specifically: Observed two items out of temperature at the steam table: pepper and onion mix with no lid at 125 degrees Fahrenheit; cooked taco pork on top of another container, and not down inside, the steamtable at 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Point deduction: 5.
Rafa's Bar and Lounge LLC
Location: 2680 Portland Road NE, Salem
Date: Sept. 22
Score: 97
Priority violations:
Ready-to-eat food is not properly date-marked, specifically: Date mark was not present on taco meat in the prep cooler removed from the freezer on 9/20/22. Point deduction: 3.
El Zarandeado
Location: 320 N Pacific Highway, Woodburn
Date: Sept. 22
Score: 92
Priority violations:
Food employees are not washing their hands as often as necessary, specifically: an employee was putting raw beef and raw chicken on the grill using his hands. He then put cactus on the grill without washing his hands prior. Point deduction; 5.
Food-contact surfaces are not clean, specifically: Knives are stored between the cutting board and the hot holding unit and the area is not cleanable. Point deduction: 3.
Silverton Bake Shop
Location: 311 N Water Street, Silverton
Date: Sept. 22
Score: 97
Priority violations:
Food employees eat, drink or use tobacco in unapproved areas or use an inappropriate beverage container for drinking, specifically: Employee beverage in paper coffee cup with no straw/no handle on prep counter, employee beverage in container with no straw/no handle on large prep counter. Point deduction: 3.
The Old Oak Oven
Location: 206 Jersey Street, Silverton (mobile unit)
Date: Sept. 22
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Crave Haven
Location: 1600 Industrial Avenue, Woodburn (mobile unit)
Date: Sept. 22
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Sabor Tico
Location: 311 N Water Street, Silverton (mobile unit)
Date: Sept. 22
Score: 97
Priority violations:
A handwashing sink is not accessible for employee use at all times, is used for purposes other than handwashing or is not operated properly, specifically: Handwash sink had a gallon milk jug and a utensil in it at start of inspection. Point deduction: 3.
Ruben Tacos
Location: 623 N Pacific Highway, Woodburn
Date: Sept. 22
Score: 86
Priority violations:
Hand towels or a hand drying device is not provided at the handwashing sink, specifically: There are no paper towels at the hand washing sink. Point deduction: 3.
Raw or ready-to eat food is not properly protected from cross contamination, specifically: raw chorizo and raw beef is stored above ready-to-eat food items in the up-right refrigerator. Point deduction: 5.
Working containers of poisonous or toxic materials are not clearly labeled, specifically: a sprayer bottle of cleaner is not labeled. Point deduction: 3.
Santiam Hospital Espresso Stand
Location: 1401 North 10th Avenue, Stayton (mobile unit)
Date: Sept. 21
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Em Chan covers food and dining at the Statesman Journal. You can reach her atechan@statesmanjournal.com, follow her on Twitter @catchuptoemilyor see what she's eating on Instagram @sikfanmai.ah.
|
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/life/food/2022/10/17/marion-county-restaurant-inspections-ruben-tacos-dutch-bros-coffee/69554159007/
|
2022-10-17 23:18:00
| 1
|
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/life/food/2022/10/17/marion-county-restaurant-inspections-ruben-tacos-dutch-bros-coffee/69554159007/
|
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — Upside down, twisted and smashed. A camper with a couple from Canada inside it was tossed by wind in Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama, Thursday morning.
“It was just terrifying,” said camper Charlie Raymond, whose site was nearby. “It was just awful.” As the wind started building early Thursday morning at the campground at the park, he says couldn’t sleep.
“It was blowing hard and our camper was rolling and bouncing and all kinds of squeaks and noises,” said Raymond.
That’s when he heard it.
“This loud crash,” Raymond recalls. “I opened the window and looked out and I see that camper just blowing across the road. Then it slammed up against another camper on the other side of the road upside down.”
Kayla James heard it too.
“I wasn’t sure what had happened,” said James. “It never even crossed my mind that something like that [could happen].”
She and her family were camping just one site away.
“It was upside downwards and busted all up,” said James. “The camper it had hit, the windows was busted out and stuff.”
Firefighters from Gulf Shores Fire and Rescue responded to the 911 call and told Nexstar’s WKRG they found one of the camper’s occupants, a man, had been thrown from the vehicle and was trapped underneath it when they got there. At the last report, he was listed in critical condition. The couple’s names have not been released as of Friday.
As crews repaired the damage to the campsites, a grill, bicycles and a picnic table weighing almost a hundred pounds were fished from the marsh. Raymond knows as bad it as it was, it could have been worse.
“Thank God that camper was there because the way that thing was rolling it would have been out in the middle of the marsh,” said Raymond. “There was nothing to stop it.”
|
https://www.kron4.com/news/national/it-was-terrifying-storm-destroys-camper-at-alabama-park-2-injured/
|
2023-04-14 22:00:54
| 0
|
https://www.kron4.com/news/national/it-was-terrifying-storm-destroys-camper-at-alabama-park-2-injured/
|
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Molecular Partners AG ("Molecular Partners" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MOLN) and certain of its officers and directors. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-05925, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Molecular Partners American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") pursuant and/or traceable to the Offering Documents (defined below) issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about June 16, 2021 (the "IPO"); and/or (b) Molecular Partners securities between June 16, 2021 and April 26, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). Plaintiff pursues claims against the Defendants under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Molecular Partners ADSs pursuant and/or traceable to the Offering Documents (defined below) issued in connection with the Company's IPO, and/or Molecular Partners securities during the Class Period, you have until September 12, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Molecular Partners operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic proteins. Leading up to and following the IPO, the Company repeatedly touted the clinical and commercial prospects of certain of its product candidates under development in collaboration with other companies.
Among other product candidates, Molecular Partners is developing ensovibep as a treatment for COVID-19 in collaboration with Novartis AG ("Novartis"). One of the Company's most important development strategies for ensovibep includes securing Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA") for ensovibep from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA").
In addition, Molecular Partners is developing MP0310 (AMG 506) for the treatment of certain types of cancer in collaboration with Amgen Inc. ("Amgen"). The Company granted Amgen, among other licenses, the right to progress MP0310's development program into later stage development, including into combination trials, following Phase 1 data.
On April 22, 2021, Molecular Partners filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in connection with the IPO, which, after several amendments, was declared effective by the SEC on June 15, 2021 (the "Registration Statement").
On June 16, 2021, Molecular Partners filed a prospectus on Form 424B4 with the SEC in connection with the IPO, which incorporated and formed part of the Registration Statement (collectively, the "Offering Documents").
Pursuant to the Offering Documents, Molecular Partners conducted the IPO, issuing 3 million of its ADSs to the public at the IPO price $21.25 per ADS, for proceeds to the Company of over $59 million, after underwriting discounts and commissions, and before expenses.
The complaint alleges that the Offering Documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing their preparation. Additionally, the complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, the Offering Documents and Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) ensovibep was less effective at treating COVID-19 than Defendants had led investors to believe; (ii) accordingly, the FDA was reasonably likely to require an additional Phase 3 study of ensovibep before granting the drug EUA; (iii) waning global rates of COVID-19 significantly reduced the Company's chances of securing EUA for ensovibep; (iv) as a product candidate, MP0310 was less attractive to Amgen than Defendants had led investors to believe; (v) accordingly, there was a significant likelihood that Amgen would return global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners; (vi) as a result of all the foregoing, the clinical and commercial prospects of ensovibep and MP0310 were overstated; and (vii) as a result, the Offering Documents and Defendants' public statements throughout the Class Period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
On November 16, 2021, Molecular Partners disclosed that "a planned futility analysis of ensovibep in [an] ongoing [Phase 3] clinical study . . . has not met the thresholds required to continue enrollment of adults with COVID-19 in the hospitalized setting."
On this news, Molecular Partners' ADS price fell $4.64 per ADS, or 31.37%, to close at $10.15 per ADS on November 16, 2021.
On April 26, 2022, months after applying for EUA from the FDA for ensovibep, Novartis' Chief Executive Officer, Vas Narasimhan, disclosed that "given the latest feedback . . . in our discussions with the [FDA], we would expect the agency to require a Phase 3 study before granting an EUA approval or a general approval" for ensovibep, and that "we need to make a kind of sober evaluation as to is it a doable study in light of the waning rates of COVID around the world[.]"
On this news, Molecular Partners' ADS price fell $2.68 per ADS, or 16.17%, to close at $13.89 per ADS on April 26, 2022.
Then, also on April 26, 2022, during after-market hours, Molecular Partners "announced that Amgen . . . has informed the Company of their decision to return global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners following a strategic pipeline review."
On this news, Molecular Partners' ADS price fell $5.19 per ADS, or 37.37%, to close at $8.70 per ADS on April 27, 2022—a total decline of $7.87 per ADS, or 47.5%, over two consecutive trading days, and 59.06% below the $21.25 per ADS IPO price.
As of the time the complaint was filed, the price of Molecular Partners' ADSs continued to trade below the $21.25 per ADS IPO price, damaging investors.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Pomerantz LLP
|
https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/09/shareholder-alert-pomerantz-law-firm-reminds-shareholders-with-losses-their-investment-molecular-partners-ag-class-action-lawsuit-upcoming-deadline-moln/
|
2022-08-09 06:18:56
| 1
|
https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/08/09/shareholder-alert-pomerantz-law-firm-reminds-shareholders-with-losses-their-investment-molecular-partners-ag-class-action-lawsuit-upcoming-deadline-moln/
|
ROCKLIN, Calif., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Luna, the leading provider of in-home physical therapy, today announced Amber Mauro as the company's Head of Therapist Acquisition and People Operations. Amber joins the team to further advance Luna's mission to deliver high quality and cost-effective physical therapy to patients in their homes.
In her new role, Amber will oversee Luna's growth in therapists to 5,000+ exceptional clinicians in 2023, and continue to scale the company's clinical and market operations.
Amber joins Luna during a period of rapid expansion. In 2022, Luna became the fastest growing physical therapy clinic nationally with 6,183 percent growth in visits during the four consecutive years since it was founded in 2018. This is higher than any reported growth during the same time frame from any physical therapy clinic group.
"Patients demand high quality access to physical therapy care in their homes," said Palak Shah, co-founder and head of clinical operations at Luna. "Amber's proven track record of improving recruitment operations to support clinical growth represents another step in our vision to use technology to deliver in-home physical therapy to millions of patients with therapists who demonstrate quantifiably better outcomes than any other provider."
Luna currently operates across 50 markets in 27 states and has treated close to 30,000 patients in their homes. While other healthcare providers are experiencing widespread labor shortages, the number of therapists signing up to join Luna's platform has grown to two per hour.
"My background has enabled health care services to be delivered to a patient's home," said Amber Mauro, Head of Therapist Acquisition and People Operations. "Luna represents the future of in-home therapy delivery that continues to change the face of health care through technology, so it was a no-brainer to leave FOX Rehabilitation to join Luna. This role will ensure that Luna attracts and retains the best talent to support current and future therapists."
Shifting care to the home is radically transforming healthcare. According to a recent McKinsey report, up to $265 billion worth of care services (representing up to 25 percent of the total cost of care) for Medicare fee-for-service and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries is expected to shift from traditional facilities to the home by 2025, without a reduction in quality or access.
Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1818779/Luna_Logo.jpg
View original content:
SOURCE Luna
|
https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/12/01/luna-appoints-amber-mauro-head-therapist-acquisition-people-operations/
|
2022-12-01 13:47:09
| 1
|
https://www.wbtv.com/prnewswire/2022/12/01/luna-appoints-amber-mauro-head-therapist-acquisition-people-operations/
|
BEIJING, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- JA Solar announced that its n-type PV modules was awarded the carbon footprint PPE2 certification by the French authority Certisolis. It is among the first to obtain certification under the new PPE2 standard, which demonstrates the low-carbon competitiveness across JA Solar's whole supply chain. This certification is required by French authorities for PV products to be used in projects over 100kW.
French authorities are imposing strict requirements on the carbon footprint requirements of solar modules. Since April 1, 2023, the French Energy Regulatory Commission has started to implement the PPE2 standard in the bidding of CRE projects.
As an industry leader, JA Solar is shouldering its responsibility in leading the low-carbon development of solar PV products. Honoring its sustainable development theme of "Green to Green, Green to Grow, and Green to Great", JA Solar is building a green and low carbon supply chain by promoting green production and green operations, producing green products, and launching innovative solutions.
Due to the great achievement JA Solar has made in low-carbon development, six of JA Solar's manufacturing bases are recognized as national "green factories" by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. It has obtained several certifications from around the world, including the UL Environmental Product Declaration Certification, and the French Evaluation Carbone Simplifiée (ECS) certificate.
View original content:
SOURCE JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
|
https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2023/07/28/ja-solar-achieves-french-carbon-footprint-ppe2-certification/
|
2023-07-28 09:53:26
| 1
|
https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2023/07/28/ja-solar-achieves-french-carbon-footprint-ppe2-certification/
|
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Craig Greenberg has won the Louisville, Kentucky, mayor's race after surviving a shooting at his campaign office months ago that bolstered his resolve to tackle gun violence.
Greenberg, a 49-year-old businessman and political newcomer, defeated Republican Bill Dieruf, the mayor of a small city incorporated inside the boundaries of Louisville's Metro area.
Greenberg escaped the attempt on his life unharmed, but a bullet grazed his sweater. A local social justice activist was charged in the shooting and remains in federal custody. The suspect has been charged with attempted murder.
In a victory speech Tuesday night, Greenberg alluded to the shooting while thanking his campaign team, some of whom were with the candidate when the suspect opened fire with a handgun.
“We as a team have been through so much together,” Greenberg said. “Far more than most campaign teams ever want to go through together. To each of you, thank you for what you’ve given every day to this campaign.”
He said the attempt on his life in February strengthened his determination to reduce gun violence in Louisville, Kentucky’s largest city.
At the time, Greeberg was at his campaign office with four colleagues when a man appeared in the doorway with a weapon.
“When we greeted him, he pulled out a gun, aimed directly at me and began shooting,” Greenberg said at a news conference hours after the attack.
The person closest to the door managed to get the door shut, he said. The staffers barricaded the door using “tables and desks,” and the suspect fled, he said at the time.
During the campaign Greenberg announced a plan to have guns seized by police rendered inoperable before they are given to Kentucky State Police for auction. State law requires confiscated guns to be sold at auction, with proceeds used to buy equipment for police. Greenberg said taxpayers spend millions to take illegal guns off the street but many end up back in the hands of criminals.
While campaigning, Greenberg also pledged to build affordable housing units, improve public safety and restore transparency and confidence in government after the March 2020 Louisville police shooting of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, prompted months of racial justice protests.
Greenberg secured an endorsement from Gov. Andy Beshear, a fellow Democrat.
Louisville and Jefferson County merged governments in 2000. Since then, there have been two Democratic mayors, outgoing Mayor Greg Fischer and Jerry Abramson.
As a businessman, Greenberg helped start the Louisville-based 21c Museum Hotels, which now have locations in several states.
____
Follow AP’s coverage of the elections at: https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections
Check out https://apnews.com/hub/explaining-the-elections to learn more about the issues and factors at play in the 2022 midterm elections.
|
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Democrat-Greenberg-shooting-survivor-wins-17570244.php
|
2022-11-09 07:28:39
| 1
|
https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Democrat-Greenberg-shooting-survivor-wins-17570244.php
|
Musk plans to relaunch Twitter premium service, again
By KELVIN CHAN
AP Business Writer
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week, in a fresh move to revamp the service after a previous attempt backfired.
It’s the latest change to the social media platform that the billionaire Tesla CEO bought last month for $44 billion, coming a day after Musk said he would grant “amnesty” for suspended accounts and causing yet more uncertainty for users.
Twitter previously suspended the premium service, which under Musk granted blue-check labels to anyone paying $8 a month, because of a wave of imposter accounts. Originally, the blue check was given to government entities, corporations, celebrities and journalists verified by the platform to prevent impersonation.
In the latest version, companies will get a gold check, governments will get a gray check, and individuals who pay for the service, whether or not they’re celebrities, will get a blue check, Musk said Friday.
“All verified accounts will be manually authenticated before check activates,” he said, adding it was “Painful, but necessary” and promising a “longer explanation” next week. He said the service was “tentatively launching” Dec. 2.
Twitter had put the revamped premium service on hold days after its launch earlier this month after accounts impersonated companies including pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co., Nintendo, Lockheed Martin, and even Musk’s own businesses Tesla and SpaceX, along with various professional sports and political figures.
It was just one change in the past two days. On Thursday, Musk said he would grant “amnesty” for suspended accounts, following the results of an online poll he conducted on whether accounts that have not “broken the law or engaged in egregious spam” should be reinstated.
The yes vote was 72%. Such online polls are anything but scientific and can easily be influenced by bots. Musk also used one before restoring former U.S. President Donald Trump’s account.
“The people have spoken. Amnesty begins next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk tweeted Thursday using a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people, the voice of God.”
The move is likely to put the company on a crash course with European regulators seeking to clamp down on harmful online content with tough new rules, which helped cement Europe’s reputation as the global leader in efforts to rein in the power of social media companies and other digital platforms.
Zach Meyers, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Reform think tank, said giving blanket amnesty based on an online poll is an “arbitrary approach” that’s “hard to reconcile with the Digital Services Act,” a new EU law that will start applying to the biggest online platforms by mid-2023.
The law is aimed at protecting internet users from illegal content and reducing the spread of harmful but legal content. It requires big social media platforms to be “diligent and objective” in enforcing restrictions, which must be spelled out clearly in the fine print for users when signing up, Meyers said.
Britain also is working on its own online safety law.
“Unless Musk quickly moves from a ‘move fast and break things’ approach to a more sober management style, he will be on a collision course with Brussels and London regulators,” Meyers said.
European Union officials took to social media to highlight their worries. The 27-nation bloc’s executive Commission published a report Thursday that found Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it this year compared with 2021.
The report was based on data collected over the spring — before Musk acquired Twitter — as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms’ compliance with the bloc’s voluntary code of conduct on disinformation. It found that Twitter assessed just over half of the notifications it received about illegal hate speech within 24 hours, down from 82% in 2021.
The numbers may yet worsen. Since taking over, Musk has l aid off half the company’s 7,500-person workforce along with an untold number of contractors responsible for content moderation. Many others have resigned, including the company’s head of trust and safety.
Recent layoffs at Twitter and results of the EU’s review “are a source of concern,” the bloc’s commissioner for justice, Didier Reynders tweeted Thursday evening after meeting with Twitter executives at the company’s European headquarters in Dublin.
In the meeting, Reynders said he “underlined that we expect Twitter to deliver on their voluntary commitments and comply with EU rules,” including the Digital Services Act and the bloc’s strict privacy regulations known as General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.
Another EU commissioner, Vera Jourova, tweeted Thursday evening that she was concerned about news reports that a “vast amount” of Twitter’s European staff were fired.
“If you want to effectively detect and take action against #disinformation & propaganda, this requires resources,” Jourova said. “Especially in the context of Russian disinformation warfare.”
|
https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/25/musk-plans-to-relaunch-twitter-premium-service-again/
|
2022-11-25 17:04:54
| 0
|
https://kion546.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/11/25/musk-plans-to-relaunch-twitter-premium-service-again/
|
SANTA CLARA – Listen carefully to anyone who tells you which 49ers quarterback will start this season. Then ask them for the lottery numbers while they’re at it.
No one definitively knows anything.
Brock Purdy’s return date from a surgically repaired elbow won’t be clear for several weeks, at least. His six-month recovery timeline coincides with the regular-season opener at Pittsburgh (Sept. 10), so the 49ers have time to proceed with every option available.
Unlike in the NFC Championship Game loss at Philadelphia, they have appealing options behind him.
Four quarterbacks enter camp on the roster: Purdy, Trey Lance, Sam Darnold and Brandon Allen.
Three quarterbacks are eligible to suit up on game days, courtesy of the NFL’s Purdy-inspired bylaw that passed this offseason.
Lance and Darnold, who presided over the offseason snaps, will battle it out in camp for the starting role if Purdy isn’t ready. If Purdy is cleared for Week 1, then the Lance-Darnold “competition” is for the QB2 backup role, with no guarantee of a QB3 job.
Just when you thought a 49ers training camp couldn’t offer a more bizarre spectacle than Jimmy Garoppolo throwing on a side field last year, that scene could be topped this summer.
Welcome to the 49ers’ quarterback dragnet. Here is what to expect from the foursome:
BROCK PURDY
As long as his right arm continues to cooperate in rehabilitation, Purdy could be the one throwing on the side this year, a la Garoppolo last year.
It’ll be interesting to see if the 49ers place him on the “physically unable to perform” list to open camp, which would allow them to keep him on it for the first six weeks of the season if he needs further recovery time. Purdy could come off PUP before the season, or he could avoid the list altogether, which would be the ideal scenario, allowing him to interact with teammates on the practice field.
It’s not as if the 49ers are fast-tracking Purdy’s comeback. His March 10 surgery afforded him a quicker timeline when an internal brace procedure was used to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament, rather than Tommy John surgery, a reconstruction that would have kept him out a year.
Purdy began throwing footballs in June as the 49ers wound down their offseason program, then he headed to Jacksonville to throw like he did last year with private tutors Will Hewlett and Tom Gormely.
TREY LANCE
Odds are you’ve heard outsiders or national reporters speculate that Lance will be the odd man out, simply because they haven’t seen him play much in two years (while Darnold has played).
Sorry, but Lance is their most prepared asset, and he should be the frontrunner ahead of Darnold, who does have time to rally.
That isn’t so much about the 49ers wanting to get the most out of their 2021 draft investment in Lance by reviving his stock. He genuinely appears to be as much of a QB1 as he did last year, when he served in that role through the offseason, training camp and the start of the regular season until his right ankle crumpled in Week 2.
Assuming Lance avoids further injury (2022 finger/knee; 2023 ankle), he must use camp to prove more accurate with his passes. Lance, with his positive attitude and work ethic, has his teammates’ widespread support.
SAM DARNOLD
Learning and adapting to a new offense has been an annual challenge in Darnold’s NFL existence. Is four months enough time for Darnold to master Kyle Shanahan’s complex offense?
Darnold’s time with the New York Jets (2018-20) and Carolina Panthers (2021-22) saw him play for four coaches and five offensive coordinators. The 49ers feel they’re offering a stable environment to maximize his obvious talent as a polished passer.
Darnold already has great rapport with two of the offense’s catalysts – Christian McCaffrey and George Kittle – so establishing chemistry with others is key in camp, but not as big a priority as nailing the details and timing required in this offense.
BRANDON ALLEN
Look at Allen as a wild card in this quarterback chaos. Shanahan was “extremely impressed” by him in offseason workouts after Allen signed in free agency, leaving behind his backup role with the AFC-contending Cincinnati Bengals.
“He is obviously not just a camp arm around this league,” Shanahan said in June. “He’s been a backup for a while, but just how good he’s done in his OTAs and stuff is going to give him a chance with us.”
If Purdy’s comeback stalls, or if Lance becomes a trade target for a team that loses its starter to injury, or if Darnold doesn’t pan out in his 49ers arrival, then Allen could be in play for a roster spot. Bringing him back to the practice squad – for potential emergency QB duty on game days – would seem like a longshot in a league that will have others courting his experience.
|
https://www.chicoer.com/2023/07/23/49ers-camp-preview-brock-or-bust-is-not-the-deal-with-better-quarterback-options/
|
2023-07-23 14:15:08
| 1
|
https://www.chicoer.com/2023/07/23/49ers-camp-preview-brock-or-bust-is-not-the-deal-with-better-quarterback-options/
|
NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Oscar Health, Inc. ("Oscar") (NYSE: OSCR) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Oscar, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Oscar includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant SEP membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
Aggrieved Oscar investors only have until July 11, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
Vincent Wong, Esq.
39 East Broadway
Suite 304
New York, NY 10002
Tel. 212.425.1140
E-Mail: vw@wongesq.com
View original content:
SOURCE The Law Offices of Vincent Wong
|
https://www.wsaz.com/prnewswire/2022/06/27/class-action-alert-law-offices-vincent-wong-remind-oscar-investors-lead-plaintiff-deadline-july-11-2022/
|
2022-06-27 21:00:13
| 0
|
https://www.wsaz.com/prnewswire/2022/06/27/class-action-alert-law-offices-vincent-wong-remind-oscar-investors-lead-plaintiff-deadline-july-11-2022/
|
A strong earthquake shook the region around Ecuador’s second-largest city on Saturday, killing at least four people, damaging homes and buildings, and sending panicked residents into the streets.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 in the country’s coastal Guayas region. It was centered about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Guayaquil, which anchors a metro area of over 3 million people.
President Guillermo Lasso tweeted a message asking residents to remain calm.
The South American country’s emergency response agency, the Risk Management Secretariat, reported one person died in the Andean community of Cuenca. The victim was a passenger in a vehicle trapped under the rubble of a house. Three other people died in the coastal state of El Oro, the agency reported.
In Guayaquil, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Quito, authorities reported cracks on buildings and homes, as well as some collapsed walls. Authorities ordered the closure of three vehicular tunnels.
Videos shared on social media show people gathered on the streets of Guayaquil and nearby communities. People reported objects falling inside their homes.
One video posted online showed three anchors of a show dart from their studio desk as the set shook. They initially tried to shake it off as a minor quake but soon fled off camera. One anchor indicated the show would go on a commercial break, while another repeated, “My God, my God.”
A pier sank in the city of Machala. The earthquake was also felt in northern Peru.
___
Associated Press writer Regina Garcia Cano contributed to this report from Caracas, Venezuela.
|
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-ecuador-earthquake-20230318-4xpkvrzlfncybi4t75wzr22ogi-story.html
|
2023-03-18 22:54:47
| 1
|
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-ecuador-earthquake-20230318-4xpkvrzlfncybi4t75wzr22ogi-story.html
|
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co.’s second-quarter profit surged to nearly three times more than a year ago to $1.92 billion on stronger sales and revenue.
Pretax losses at Model e, the company’s electric vehicle unit, increased to more than $1 billion, but they were offset by strong profits in the commercial and internal combustion vehicle businesses.
Ford Blue, the internal combustion unit, made $2.3 billion before taxes, while Ford Pro made $2.39 billion on commercial vehicles.
Excluding one-time items, Ford made 72 cents per share. That beat Wall Street estimates of 54 cents. Revenue rose 12% to $44.95 billion, beating the $43.17 billion expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
|
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-ford-2q-profit-surges-on-strong-revenue-earnings-per-share-top-estimates/
|
2023-07-27 21:18:30
| 0
|
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-ford-2q-profit-surges-on-strong-revenue-earnings-per-share-top-estimates/
|
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday that the government would do “whatever it takes” to protect the country, as the U.K. announced a security review after several unidentified objects were shot down in the skies over North America.
Asked about the objects, Sunak said he wouldn’t “comment in detail on security matters, but people should be reassured that we have all the capabilities in place to keep the country safe,” including a quick-reaction force of Typhoon fighter jets.
Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said “the U.K. and her allies will review what these airspace intrusions mean for our security.”
He said “this development is another sign of how the global threat picture is changing for the worse.”
U.S. fighter jets shot down an object over Lake Huron on Sunday – the fourth such downing over the U.S. or Canada this month.
On Feb. 4, the U.S. military downed what officials say was a Chinese spy balloon off the South Carolina coast after tracking it for several days across North America.
On Friday, F-22 jets shot down a “car-sized” object in U.S. airspace off the coast of Alaska, and on Saturday Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had ordered a U.S. warplane to shoot down an unidentified object – later described as a balloon — high over the Yukon territory in northwest Canada.
The item downed Sunday was described as octagonal, with strings hanging off, but had no discernable payload.
The three objects were much smaller in size, different in appearance and flew at lower altitudes than the suspected spy balloon — one of what U.S. officials say is a fleet of Chinese aerial surveillance balloons that have targeted more than 40 countries over several years.
China says the unmanned balloon was a civilian meteorological airship that had blown off course.
British Transport Minister Richard Holden said Monday that it was “possible” China had flown spy balloons over the U.K. He said Britain would deal “robustly” with China, which he called “a hostile state.”
A senior U.S. military official said Sunday that part of the reason for the repeated shootdowns is a “heightened alert” and closer scrutiny of the skies following discovery of the spy balloon.
Pentagon officials say the three objects downed since then posed no security threats, but so far little is known about them and officials have ruled nothing out — not even UFOs.
|
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/ap-uk-to-review-security-after-unknown-objects-puzzle-n-america/
|
2023-02-13 13:00:18
| 1
|
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/international/ap-uk-to-review-security-after-unknown-objects-puzzle-n-america/
|
Two local nonprofits where people can create art, access advanced equipment and collaborate on projects may come together to make their services even more accessible.
On Tuesday, Longmont Public Media Executive Director and General Manager Sergio Angeles is scheduled to update the City Council on the organization’s work and direction.
“In the coming months, TinkerMill & Longmont Public Media will sign (a memorandum of understanding) to explore a merger,” according to a slide presentation that is attached to the council’s packet of materials.
In an interview Monday, TinkerMill Executive Director Erin Hoard clarified that TinkerMill and Longmont Public Media are exploring a “partnership” and not trying to merge the two nonprofits together into a single entity.
If all goes according to plan, Hoard will serve as executive director of both TinkerMill and Longmont Public Media after Angeles steps down.
Angeles was not immediately available for comment Monday.
“We’re not sure what structure … we’re going to land on as far as how we are going to partner,” Hoard said. “That’s still up in the air.”
The general idea is for members of Longmont Public Media to be allowed to access TinkerMill’s makerspace at 1840 Delaware Place and vice versa; TinkerMill’s members would be able to use Longmont Public Media’s makerspace at 457 Fourth Ave. too.
Longmont Public Media’s memberships have grown significantly over the past three years. In 2020, the nonprofit had 70 free memberships and eight paid ones.
Today, Longmont Public Media has 285 free memberships and 117 paid ones, according to Tuesday’s slide presentation.
TinkerMill has more than 700 paying members.
“We’ve been growing like crazy lately,” Hoard said.
TinkerMill offers numerous resources to people who are interested in art, technology, science and business including 3D-printing, woodworking, machining, electronics, robotics, metalcraft, jewelry making and sewing, according to its website.
“I think of it as … we’re hardware, they’re software,” Hoard said.
Longmont Public Media is “dedicated to the creation of media of all types for all platforms by and for the community,” its website says.
Longmont Public Media also records meetings for the City Council and nearly 20 other local boards and commissions.
In September, the council approved a new two-year contract with Longmont Public Media that provides the organization with 50% of the city’s franchise fees, which are estimated to be about $305,000 in 2023.
That contract should not be impacted by the potential partnership between Longmont Public Media and TinkerMill.
“The partnership will help us to … focus on what’s really important and I think the biggest thing is education,” Hoard said. “We’re kind of seen as like a place to come make fun stuff but really what we’re focused on is education and teaching people.”
|
https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/05/01/longmont-public-media-tinkermill-explore-potential-partnership/
|
2023-05-02 02:41:11
| 1
|
https://www.dailycamera.com/2023/05/01/longmont-public-media-tinkermill-explore-potential-partnership/
|
From the Civil War to today’s mattress sales, Memorial Day is full of contradiction
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.
Auto club AAA said in a travel forecast that this holiday weekend could be “one for the record books, especially at airports,” with more than 42 million Americans projected to travel 50 miles (80 kilometers) or more. Federal officials said Friday that the number of air travelers had already hit a pandemic-era high.
But for Manuel Castañeda Jr., 58, the day will be a quiet one in Durand, Illinois, outside Rockford. He lost his father, a U.S. Marine who served in Vietnam, in an accident in California while training other Marines in 1966.
“Memorial Day is very personal,” said Castañeda, who also served in the Marines and Army National Guard, from which he knew men who died in combat. “It isn’t just the specials. It isn’t just the barbecue.”
But he tries not to judge others who spend the holiday differently: “How can I expect them to understand the depth of what I feel when they haven’t experienced anything like that?”
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL PURPOSE OF MEMORIAL DAY?
It’s a day of reflection and remembrance of those who died while serving in the U.S. military, according to the Congressional Research Service. The holiday is observed in part by the National Moment of Remembrance, which encourages all Americans to pause at 3 p.m. for a moment of silence.
WHAT ARE THE HOLIDAY’S ORIGINS?
The holiday stems from the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.
There’s little controversy over the first national observance of what was then called Decoration Day. It occurred May 30, 1868, after an organization of Union veterans called for decorating war graves with flowers, which were in bloom.
The practice was already widespread on a local level. Waterloo, New York, began a formal observance on May 5, 1866, and was later proclaimed to be the holiday’s birthplace.
Yet Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, traced its first observance to October 1864, according to the Library of Congress. And women in some Confederate states were decorating graves before the war’s end.
But David Blight, a Yale history professor, points to May 1, 1865, when as many as 10,000 people, many of them Black, held a parade, heard speeches and dedicated the graves of Union dead in Charleston, South Carolina.
A total of 267 Union troops had died at a Confederate prison and were buried in a mass grave. After the war, members of Black churches buried them in individual graves.
“What happened in Charleston does have the right to claim to be first, if that matters,” Blight told The Associated Press in 2011.
In 2021, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel cited the story in a Memorial Day speech in Hudson, Ohio. The ceremony’s organizers turned off his microphone because they said it wasn’t relevant to honoring the city’s veterans. The event’s organizers later resigned.
HAS MEMORIAL DAY ALWAYS BEEN A SOURCE OF CONTENTION?
Someone has always lamented the holiday’s drift from its original meaning.
As early as 1869, The New York Times wrote that the holiday could become “sacrilegious” and no longer “sacred” if it focuses more on pomp, dinners and oratory.
In 1871, abolitionist Frederick Douglass feared Americans were forgetting the Civil War’s impetus — slavery — when he gave a Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.
“We must never forget that the loyal soldiers who rest beneath this sod flung themselves between the nation and the nation’s destroyers,” Douglass said.
His concerns were well-founded, said Ben Railton, a professor of English and American studies at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. Even though roughly 180,000 Black men served in the Union Army, the holiday in many communities would essentially become “white Memorial Day,” especially after the rise of the Jim Crow South, Railton said.
Meanwhile, how the day was spent — at least by the nation’s elected officials — could draw scrutiny for years after the Civil War. In the 1880s, then-President Grover Cleveland was said to have gone fishing — and “people were appalled,” said Matthew Dennis, an emeritus history professor at the University of Oregon.
By 1911, the Indianapolis 500 held its inaugural race on May 30, drawing 85,000 spectators. A report from The Associated Press made no mention of the holiday — or any controversy.
HOW HAS MEMORIAL DAY CHANGED?
Dennis said Memorial Day’s potency diminished somewhat with the addition of Armistice Day, which marked World War I’s end on Nov. 11, 1918. Armistice Day became a national holiday by 1938 and was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
An act of Congress changed Memorial Day from every May 30th to the last Monday in May in 1971. Dennis said the creation of the three-day weekend recognized that Memorial Day had long been transformed into a more generic remembrance of the dead, as well as a day of leisure.
In 1972, Time Magazine said the holiday had become “a three-day nationwide hootenanny that seems to have lost much of its original purpose.”
WHY IS MEMORIAL DAY TIED TO SALES AND TRAVEL?
Even in the 19th century, grave ceremonies were followed by leisure activities such as picnicking and foot races, Dennis said.
The holiday also evolved alongside baseball and the automobile, the five-day work week and summer vacation, according to the 2002 book, “A History of Memorial Day: Unity, Discord and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
In the mid-20th century, a small number of businesses began to open defiantly on the holiday.
Once the holiday moved to Monday, “the traditional barriers against doing business began to crumble,” authors Richard Harmond and Thomas Curran wrote.
These days, Memorial Day sales and traveling are deeply woven into the nation’s muscle memory. This weekend, 2.7 million more people will travel for the unofficial start of summer compared to last year — despite inflation, according to AAA.
The Transportation Security Administration said it screened 2.66 million people at airport checkpoints on Thursday, about 2,500 more than last Friday, and the highest number since the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2019. The Federal Aviation Administration had predicted that Thursday would be the busiest travel day of the holiday period, with more than 51,000 airline flights.
Meanwhile, Jason Redman, 48, a retired Navy SEAL who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he’ll be thinking of friends he’s lost. Thirty names are tattooed on his arm “for every guy that I personally knew that died.”
He wants Americans to remember the fallen — but also to enjoy themselves, knowing lives were sacrificed to forge the holiday.
___
A previous version of this article misquoted Matthew Dennis, the University of Oregon professor, regarding veterans’ reaction to Memorial Day being moved to Monday. The quote has been removed.
___
Associated Press airlines writer David Koenig in Dallas contributed to this report.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.wlbt.com/2023/05/26/civil-war-todays-mattress-sales-memorial-day-is-full-contradiction/
|
2023-05-26 19:28:10
| 1
|
https://www.wlbt.com/2023/05/26/civil-war-todays-mattress-sales-memorial-day-is-full-contradiction/
|
IRONTON, OH (WOWK) — The Ironton Police Department has arrested a man who allegedly started a house fire in Ironton on Monday.
According to police, 42-year-old Kendrick Jones started a house fire in the 900 block of Adams Street around 12:40 a.m.
Ironton PD talked to multiple eyewitnesses who identified the man as someone they knew by the name of Kendrick.
Investigators spoke to the suspect on the phone and obtained a statement from Jones, leading to a warrant for his arrest.
Jones is currently held at the Boyd County Jail on charges of arson and breaking and entering. He is awaiting extradition to Ohio.
|
https://www.wowktv.com/news/ironton-arson-investigation-leads-to-arrest/
|
2022-06-14 18:16:55
| 1
|
https://www.wowktv.com/news/ironton-arson-investigation-leads-to-arrest/
|
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Friday denounced a protest by Kurds in central Stockholm where an effigy of Turkey’s president was hung from a lamppost as an act of sabotage against Sweden’s bid to join NATO.
The protest outside City Hall on Wednesday drew an angry backlash from Turkey, a NATO member which already had held off on approving Sweden’s application to become part of the Western military alliance until the government in Stockholm satisfies its demands.
The speaker of Turkey’s parliament, Mustafa Sentop, canceled a visit by Andreas Norlén, the speaker of the Swedish Riksdag, that was scheduled for next Tuesday. Turkish lawmakers need to ratify Sweden’s NATO application for the Nordic nation to become a member.
“I believe it is regrettable that the visit has been canceled,” Norlén told Swedish news agency TT.
Turkey has made its approval conditional on Stockholm cracking down on Kurdish militants and other groups that Ankara considers a threat to national security. The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the Swedish ambassador on Thursday over the Stockholm demonstration.
Kristersson condemned the effigy of Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He told Swedish broadcaster TV4 on Friday that it was “extremely serious” to stage a “mock execution of a foreign democratically elected leader” in a country where two leading politicians have been killed. Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in 1986 and Foreign Minister Anna Lindh was fatally stabbed in 2003.
“I would say this is sabotage against the Swedish NATO application,” Kristersson said. “It is dangerous for Swedish security to act in this way.”
Photographs posted on social media showed a mannequin resembling Erdoğan hanging upside down. A group calling itself the Swedish Solidarity Committee for Rojava claimed it was behind the protest. Rojava is a Kurdish name for north and east Syria.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and affiliated Kurdish groups in Syria were “laying mines on the path of Sweden’s NATO membership.”
“It is Sweden’s decision whether it wants to clear these mines or knowingly step on them,” he said in an interview with Turkish state-broadcaster, TRT.
Alarmed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland dropped their longstanding policies of military nonalignment and applied to join NATO in May. All 30 member countries must agree to admit the two Nordic neighbors into the security organization.
The Turkish government has pressed Finland and Sweden to crack down on groups it considers to be terrorist organizations and to extradite people suspected of terror-related crimes. Cavusoglu said last month that Sweden was not even “halfway” through addressing his country’s concerns.
___
Jan M. Olsen reported from Copenhagen.
|
https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-sweden-erdogan-effigy-act-of-sabotage-against-nato-bid/
|
2023-01-13 12:43:52
| 1
|
https://www.fox16.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-sweden-erdogan-effigy-act-of-sabotage-against-nato-bid/
|
NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Spero Therapeutics, Inc. ("Spero" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SPRO) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Spero investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between October 28, 2021 and May 2, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
SPRO investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) the data submitted in support of the New Drug Application ("NDA") for the Company's product candidate, Tebipenem HBr, were insufficient to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"); (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (iii) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Spero during the relevant time frame, you have until July 25, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
Ed Korsinsky, Esq.
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
jlevi@levikorsinsky.com
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Fax: (212) 363-7171
www.zlk.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
|
https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/06/23/spro-lawsuit-alert-levi-amp-korsinsky-notifies-spero-therapeutics-inc-investors-class-action-lawsuit-upcoming-deadline/
|
2022-06-23 11:06:11
| 1
|
https://www.wflx.com/prnewswire/2022/06/23/spro-lawsuit-alert-levi-amp-korsinsky-notifies-spero-therapeutics-inc-investors-class-action-lawsuit-upcoming-deadline/
|
WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, December 17, 2022
_____
WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albany NY
632 AM EST Thu Dec 15 2022
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 16
inches for the southern Adirondacks, eastern Catskills, Mohawk
and Schoharie Valley and Helderbergs with locally up to two feet
possible. Total snow accumulation of 6 to 12 inches expected for
the Lake George Saratoga Region and northwestern parts of the
Capital Region. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.
* WHERE...The southern Adirondacks, Mohawk Valley, Schoharie
Valley, eastern Catskills, Lake George Saratoga Region,
northwestern parts of the Capital Region, and the Helderbergs.
* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 10 AM EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be very difficult. The hazardous
conditions are expected to impact the morning and evening
commute on Friday.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snowfall amounts will vary by elevation.
Best chance for greater than 18 inches will be at locations
above 2000 feet in elevation. Snowfall rates may reach one inch
per hour at times, especially early Friday morning and again on
Friday late afternoon and evening.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulation of 4 to 10
inches across the northern Taconics, western Massachusetts and
northwest Connecticut with locally higher totals exceeding one
foot at the highest elevations of the Berkshires. Total snow
accumulations of 6 to 12 inches expected across southern Vermont
with localized totals of up to 24 inches possible within the
highest elevations of the southern Green Mountains. Winds
gusting as high as 40 mph.
* WHERE...The Litchfield Hills of northwest Connecticut, western
Massachusetts, southern Vermont and the northern Taconics of
eastern New York.
* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 10 AM EST Saturday.
Best chance for greater than a foot will be at locations above
2000 feet in elevation. Snowfall rates may reach one inch per
hour at times, especially early Friday morning and again on
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches
for areas east of the Hudson River and 4 to 8 inches of areas
west of the Hudson River.
* WHERE...Southern Washington County, eastern Albany county,
western Rensselaer County, Columbia County and eastern Ulster
County.
* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 7 AM EST Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult. The hazardous conditions
are expected to impact the morning and evening commute on
Friday.
Snowfall rates may reach one inch per hour at times, especially
early Friday morning and again on Friday late afternoon and
evening. The snow will mix with or change to rain at times
during the day on Friday.
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
_____
Copyright 2022 AccuWeather
|
https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/NY-WFO-ALBANY-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17655779.php
|
2022-12-15 12:29:51
| 0
|
https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/NY-WFO-ALBANY-Warnings-Watches-and-Advisories-17655779.php
|
(KTLA) – Officials in Italy have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was recently filmed defacing a wall of the Colosseum in Rome.
A tourist from California was visiting the site Friday when he saw the man carving a message reading “Ivan+Haley 23” into the stone.
“I was pretty upset,” said Ryan Lutz, who spoke with Nexstar’s KTLA.
Lutz is currently on a two-month tour of Europe. He said he visited the Colosseum after becoming “entranced” by depictions of ancient Rome in movies and TV, citing “The Gladiator” as one of his favorites.
“I wanted to see it and it came to life,” Lutz said.
But his visit was ruined when he spotted a man carving his name into one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Lutz recorded the tourist and said he confronted him, but the video shows the vandal grinning as he continues to carve with what appeared to be a set of keys.
“You always hate to see any tourist doing that … You kind of hold out hope that they’re not American,” said Lutz, who felt that American tourists already have a bad reputation abroad.
Lutz said he reported the incident and offered his video to security guards, but they didn’t seem interested. Later, when he posted his video on Reddit, it went viral, prompting an international reaction.
Italy’s culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano is now calling for the person to be “identified and sanctioned.”
“We cannot allow those who visit our nation to feel free to behave in this way,” tourism minister Daniela Santanche added.
Outside the Colosseum on Tuesday, other visitors agreed.
“We have to preserve what we have,” said Diego Cruz, an American student, in a statement obtained by the Associated Press. “There is a rich history here. It helps us learn from the past.”
Lutz agreed that tourists should show respect when visiting other countries.
“Be humble. Have an attitude in contrast to what I saw at the Colosseum. … Whatever fun you have just make sure you’re not being offensive to your host country,” he said.
Tourists have been punished for carving their initials on the Colosseum in the past. A few years ago, a Russian visitor was fined $20,000 and given a four-month prison sentence for carving the letter “K” onto a wall at the Colosseum.
If identified, the tourist who carved into the Colosseum on Friday could face similar repercussions. Italian officials said punishments could include a fine of up to 15,000 Euros and up to five years in jail, according to Italy’s ANSA news agency.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
|
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/tourist-filmed-vandalizing-romes-colosseum-officials-vow-to-find-punish-person-responsible/
|
2023-06-27 18:24:03
| 1
|
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/tourist-filmed-vandalizing-romes-colosseum-officials-vow-to-find-punish-person-responsible/
|
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank boosted its benchmark interest rate on Tuesday for a seventh consecutive month to a nine-year high of 2.85%.
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decided on a second consecutive quarter-percentage-point rise in the cash rate at its latest monthly board meeting following four consecutive half-percentage-point hikes.
When the bank lifted the rate by a quarter percentage point in May, it was Australia’s first rate hike in more than 11 years. The cash rate is now at its highest point since May 2013, when the bank cut the rate from 3% to 2.75%.
Reserve Bank Gov. Philip Lowe said in a statement “inflation in Australia is too high,” and his board “expects to increase interest rates further over the period ahead.”
The bank “remains resolute in its determination to return inflation” to a target band of 2% to 3% by raising the cost of money, Lowe said.
Inflation rose from an annual rate of 6.1% in the June quarter to 7.3% in the September quarter.
The Treasury Department forecast last week that inflation would peak at 7.75% before the end of the year. But the bank expected a peak of “around 8%.”
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the rate hike reaffirmed his government’s decision to restrain spending in its economic plan for the current fiscal year which he released last week in the annual budget.
“As today’s decision has shown, inflation is the No. 1 challenge in our economy. It’s the No. 1 focus of the government. It’s the No. 1 focus when it comes to the budget that we handed down last week,” Chalmers told reporters.
Lowe said Australia’s economy was “continuing to grow solidly.”
Treasury documents released last week forecast the economy would grow 3.25% in the current fiscal year that began on July 1 before plummeting to 1.5% in 2023-24 as rising interest rates hit consumer spending. Growth is then forecast to creep up to 2.25% in 2024-25 and to 2.5% the following year.
Andrew McKellar, chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the nation’s largest business group, warned the bank against pushing the economy into recession.
“We have to be careful. I think we can’t have a situation where it’s tightened too rapidly,” McKellar told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
“If they squeeze the life out of the economy, then really the damage is going to be quite significant and we don’t want to end up with that outcome,” he added.
|
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/ap-australian-cash-rate-rises-for-7th-straight-month-to-2-85/
|
2022-11-01 14:33:31
| 0
|
https://www.conchovalleyhomepage.com/news/business/ap-australian-cash-rate-rises-for-7th-straight-month-to-2-85/
|
TIPPAH COUNTY, Miss. — A north Mississippi man faces charges after a video shows him allegedly attempting to run over teenagers riding bicycles.
Mark Hall has been charged with nine counts of simple assault-attempt by physical menace to create fear.
Many in the Ripley, Mississippi community are outraged after the video circulated on social media. The teens said they were riding on Cooper Street near downtown Ripley when a truck came up behind them.
“I’m riding my bike,” Jeremiah Crum said. “The first thing that I said was ‘Jabari move.'”
Hall can be heard in the video saying “finna get a few points” before driving through the group at 37 miles per hour.
“When we seen him coming, Jeremiah and Jabari had to run into the ditch,” Austin Hill said. “And he clipped the back of Jeremiah’s bike damaging the front wheel.”
As Hall passes by, he is heard laughing before calling the kids a racial slur.
“It’s still people that’s like that in the world,” Crum said. “Even though you don’t want to see it, you have to accept the truth and what it is that it’s still people like that in the community.”
Parents, on the other hand, are upset.
“My son should be able to live his life, to grow up and to be a productive young man,” Willie Hill said. “Not to fear if he is going to be mowed down by someone that has complete disregard because his tan is darker than his.”
Some parents filed charges, and dozens of people showed up to City Hall Tuesday morning to voice their concerns.
“We’re sitting here trying to figure out two days later, what if,” Hill said. “It’s unacceptable. And honestly, I am not going to be quiet about it.”
WREG attempted to reach out to Mark Hall for comment but was unsuccessful.
“I believe no charges would have been charged against him, but our presence, our concern for our young men,” Miriam Anderson said. “Whether they are fine young men or not, no one should have to encounter an incident like that.”
WREG has attempted to reach out to Ripley Police Department but has not heard back.
|
https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/mississippi-man-arrested-after-calling-teens-racial-slur-attempting-to-run-them-over/
|
2022-07-27 14:57:05
| 0
|
https://www.cbs42.com/news/crime/mississippi-man-arrested-after-calling-teens-racial-slur-attempting-to-run-them-over/
|
U.S. Rep. George Santos was charged with criminal theft in Pennsylvania in 2017 in connection with bad checks apparently used to buy puppies from dog breeders, according to a lawyer who said she helped the Republican with the case.
The case was ultimately dismissed after Santos said the nine checks, totaling more than $15,000, were from a checkbook that had been stolen from him, according to information provided to The Associated Press on Thursday by the attorney, Tiffany Bogosian.
The theft case, first reported by Politico, adds to the controversy surrounding the first-term Long Island congressman, who faces multiple investigations and has acknowledged lying about elements of his life story.
A spokesperson for the York County district attorney’s office in Pennsylvania, where the charges were filed, said the office cannot comment on expunged cases. Pennsylvania state police officials did not return messages seeking comment.
A congressional aide to Santos referred questions to his attorney, Joseph Murray, who didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Santos has previously denied any illegal doings.
The charges date to a time when Santos claimed to be leading a group, Friends of Pets United, that benefited sick, abandoned or neglected animals.
Some people familiar with the group have questioned what became of the money it raised. FBI agents recently visited a New Jersey man who complained that Santos had raised $3,000 for his terminally ill dog, but never delivered the cash or helped the sick animal.
It’s not the first time Santos has been linked to a criminal investigation involving checks. Court records in Brazil, first reported by The New York Times, show Santos was the subject of a criminal charge there for using two stolen checks in 2008, when he would have been 19, to buy about $1,350 worth of items at a clothing shop in the city of Niteroi.
The Times quoted local prosecutors as saying the case was dormant because Santos had never appeared in court. Santos has denied being sought by authorities in South America.
Bogosian said she began helping Santos with the Pennsylvania theft case in 2020, after he told her he had been served with an extradition warrant. She gave the AP email correspondence she had with a Pennsylvania state trooper in February 2020.
In the email to the trooper, she wrote that Santos told her one of four checkbooks he received from his bank disappeared in 2017 and he immediately called the bank, had the checks canceled and put stop pay orders on all the checks. He later closed the account.
In the email, Bogosian said Santos was not aware of the checks written to the dog breeders until after he was charged. Defending her friend, she also wrote that the signatures on the checks differed from each other and from Santos’ own signature.
“A review of the below and attached will make clear my client is not only the victim of fraud but so are the additional payees listed below and whom received the attached checks,” Bogosian wrote in the email.
Santos, she wrote, suspected that his roommate at the end of 2017, “a person only known as ‘Sydney Lima,'” had access to the checks and was perhaps responsible.
The charges were later expunged, but it is not clear exactly why.
The memo lines on some of the bad checks written to the dog breeders said they had been used to buy “puppies.”
Shortly after the checks were written, Friends of Pets United held a puppy adoption event at a pet store in New York City, at which people paid hundreds of dollars for the animals.
The New York Times reported Monday that after that adoption event, in November 2017, Santos asked the pet store owner to write a check from the proceeds to Anthony Devolder, the name Santos was going by at the time.
The owner rejected the request and instead made the check payable to Friends of Pets United. The owner, Daniel Avissato, told the Times he later discovered in his bank records that someone had blotted out Friends of Pets United on the check’s recipient line and replaced it with Anthony Devolder.
Santos has refused to answer questions about Friends of Pets United, but said in a tweet responding to some of the fundraising allegations that “my work in animal advocacy was the labor of love & hard work.”
He said he had rescued many dogs over the years.
|
https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-lawyer-santos-had-2017-pennsylvania-theft-charge-expunged/
|
2023-02-10 17:51:45
| 1
|
https://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-lawyer-santos-had-2017-pennsylvania-theft-charge-expunged/
|
SHENZHEN, China, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pudu Robotics, a global leader in commercial service robots, announced its official entry into the Japanese cleaning market during a press conference in Japan. The company unveiled its advanced commercial cleaning robots PUDU CC1 and PUDU SH1, aimed at addressing labor shortages and transforming the cleaning sector.
Japan, like many countries, faces a pressing labor shortage due to an intensifying aging population, with over 33% aged 60 and above. The cleaning service industry is struggling with recruitment challenges and high personnel turnover. To combat this, there is a growing demand for low-cost, high-efficiency automated cleaning robots in Japan.
PUDU's delivery robots have been well-received in the Japanese market and have established long-term partnerships with renowned brands like Skylark Group and Panasonic. Building on this success, PUDU has adapted its mature technology to create cutting-edge cleaning robots, offering superior performance, stability, and ease of use. With Japan's severe labor shortage as a backdrop, PUDU's commercial cleaning robots are poised to rapidly capture the market, elevating cleaning services intelligently and meeting the public's increasingly stringent and diverse cleaning needs.
PUDU CC1, a revolutionary 4-in-1 intelligent commercial cleaning robot, integrates sweeping, scrubbing, vacuuming, and dust mopping functions into one comprehensive solution. It provides efficient and thorough cleaning for various environments. PUDU SH1 is a specialized commercial scrubber dryer designed to tackle greasy and slippery areas, making it ideal for various industries.
The introduction of cleaning robots significantly improves work efficiency and reduces the workload of cleaning personnel. Intelligent robots offer higher cleaning quality and consistency, delivering more professional and reliable cleaning services. Renowned Japanese medical environmental manager, Mr. Matsumoto, emphasized the importance of a symbiotic relationship between humans and robots in addressing cleaning challenges at the press conference. While robots provide convenience, they cannot replace human wisdom and judgment. Certain tasks, such as cleaning in high places or narrow crevices, remain best suited for humans, creating a complementary partnership between robots and humans.
In the era of AI, intelligent robots are emerging as a new type of terminal, forging increasingly close connections with humans. As Felix Zhang, the founder and CEO of Pudu Robotics, said at the press conference: "We aim to use robots to improve the efficiency of human production and living. The introduction of robots is not meant to replace humans or take away human jobs; instead, it aims to leverage technological advantages to better assist humans in their work and ultimately achieve a harmonious coexistence between humans and robots in society."
To learn more visit: https://www.pudurobotics.com/ and connect with us on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
About Pudu Robotics
Shenzhen-based and founded in 2016, Pudu Robotics is a world-leading tech-focused enterprise dedicated to the design, R&D, production and sales of commercial service robots, which aims to use robots to improve the efficiency of human production and living, Pudu Robotics has been rapidly growing in recent years to become a "leader" in the global markets with coverage of over 60 countries and regions worldwide.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Pudu Robotics
|
https://www.wbay.com/prnewswire/2023/07/28/pudu-robotics-announces-entry-into-japanese-cleaning-market-press-conference/
|
2023-07-28 11:24:46
| 1
|
https://www.wbay.com/prnewswire/2023/07/28/pudu-robotics-announces-entry-into-japanese-cleaning-market-press-conference/
|
SOONER OF THE CENTURY. O U’S BIGGEST FAN TURNS 104 TOMORROW. BUT THE NAVY CHIEF’S BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS TODAY WHERE HIS FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FAVORITE SCHOOLS CELEBRATED HIM WITH GIFTS WORTHY OF A VETERAN AND A FOOTBALL SIGNED BY OUR BRAND NEW YOU COACH BRANT VENABLE. OH, IT’S NOT EVERY DAY YOU TURN 104. SO WHEN THE DAY CAME FOR A WELL KNOWN VETERAN, IT HAD TO BE SPECIAL. WHEN WHITE. OH, THANK YOU, ALAN. ALAN. AND WAS A NAVY CHIEF DURING WORLD WAR TWO. HE’S BEEN IN SERVICE IN USS SEAHORSE, ONE OF THE FIRST SUBMARINES TO RESPOND TO PEARL HARBOR. AND WE DIDN’T KNOW DAD WAS A HERO. IT WAS ONLY LATER IN LIFE THAT I BEGAN TO LOOK INTO HIS SERVICE DAYS. AND AS WE THANKED HIM FOR HIS SERVICE. TEARS CAME TO HIS EYES. THINK, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, PAPA WAS THE PATRIOT OF THE GAME AT ONE OF THE FOOTBALL GAMES. IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. HIS LOVE FOR YOU STARTED BACK IN COLLEGE WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH HIS MASTER’S IN EDUCATION. HE’D GO ON TO BE A PRINCIPAL AT MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY FOR 20 YEARS. WELL, I DON’T DESERVE ALL THIS LITTLE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I THANK YOU AND FOR HIS YEARS AS A MENTOR FOR IT WAS ALL WORTHWHILE. WHEN I TELL YOU, YOU GOT BLACK. AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. AS A LIFELONG SUPER FAN, IT’S NOT HARD TO GUESS WHAT HIS 104TH BIRTHDAY WISH WAS. OF ALL THE. REPORTING IN NORMA
WWII veteran, lifelong college football fan turns 104
As a lifelong Oklahoma Sooners football fan, it's not hard to guess what his 104th birthday wish was – a win.
Updated: 11:01 AM MDT Oct 7, 2022
It's not every day you turn 104. So, when the day came for Oklahoma World War II veteran Allen Vann, it had to be special.Vann was a Navy chief during WWII. He spent his service on the USS Seahorse, which was one of the first submarines to respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor."We didn't know dad was a hero," Daniel Vann, his son, said. "It was only later in life that I began to look into his service days."As everyone thanked Allen for his service during a birthday party Thursday, tears came to his eyes."Last year, Papa was the 'Patriot of the Game' at one of the football games. It was really special," Marsha Vann, his daughter-in-law, said.Allen's love for OU started back in college. He graduated with a master's in education, and he went on to be a principal at Mark Twain Elementary School for 20 years."I don't deserve all this, but I want you to know that I thank you," Allen said. "Those years I spent in the service, it was all worthwhile when I take a look at you. God bless you, and keep up the good work."As a lifelong OU fan, it's not hard to guess what his 104th birthday wish was."Above all, beat Texas," Allen said. One of OU's mascots, as well as cheerleaders and RUF/NEKS, OU's spirit squad, attended Allen's birthday party.
NORMAN, Okla. — It's not every day you turn 104. So, when the day came for Oklahoma World War II veteran Allen Vann, it had to be special.
Vann was a Navy chief during WWII. He spent his service on the USS Seahorse, which was one of the first submarines to respond to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
"We didn't know dad was a hero," Daniel Vann, his son, said. "It was only later in life that I began to look into his service days."
As everyone thanked Allen for his service during a birthday party Thursday, tears came to his eyes.
"Last year, Papa was the 'Patriot of the Game' at one of the [Oklahoma University] football games. It was really special," Marsha Vann, his daughter-in-law, said.
Allen's love for OU started back in college. He graduated with a master's in education, and he went on to be a principal at Mark Twain Elementary School for 20 years.
"I don't deserve all this, but I want you to know that I thank you," Allen said. "Those years I spent in the service, it was all worthwhile when I take a look at you. God bless you, and keep up the good work."
As a lifelong OU fan, it's not hard to guess what his 104th birthday wish was.
"Above all, beat Texas," Allen said.
One of OU's mascots, as well as cheerleaders and RUF/NEKS, OU's spirit squad, attended Allen's birthday party.
|
https://www.koat.com/article/oklahoma-norman-wwii-veteran-turns-104/41559063
|
2022-10-07 18:56:48
| 1
|
https://www.koat.com/article/oklahoma-norman-wwii-veteran-turns-104/41559063
|
The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Friday:
8-7-7
(eight, seven, seven)
03-06-09-16-40
(three, six, nine, sixteen, forty)
09-12-21-25-40-41
(nine, twelve, twenty-one, twenty-five, forty, forty-one)
5-8-1
(five, eight, one)
1-5-6
(one, five, six)
3-8-5-0
(three, eight, five, zero)
9-7-2-7
(nine, seven, two, seven)
02-09-14-16-22
(two, nine, fourteen, sixteen, twenty-two)
0-7-4
(zero, seven, four)
0-1-8
(zero, one, eight)
6-3-2-6
(six, three, two, six)
1st:8 Gorgeous George-2nd:9 Winning Spirit-3rd:3 Hot Shot, Race Time: 1:49.89
(1st: 8 Gorgeous George, 2nd: 9 Winning Spirit, 3rd: 3 Hot Shot; Race Time: one: 49.89)
05-10-15-29-32
(five, ten, fifteen, twenty-nine, thirty-two)
01-09-15-21-22
(one, nine, fifteen, twenty-one, twenty-two)
6-4-5
(six, four, five)
3-2-9
(three, two, nine)
02-04-08-24-35
(two, four, eight, twenty-four, thirty-five)
01-15-20-25-35-44
(one, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty-five, forty-four)
4-2-0, WB: 3
(four, two, zero; WB: three)
4-5-1, WB: 9
(four, five, one; WB: nine)
9-7-9-8, WB: 2
(nine, seven, nine, eight; WB: two)
9-8-0-2, WB:
(nine, eight, zero, two; WB: zero)
03-04-07-22-31-35
(three, four, seven, twenty-two, thirty-one, thirty-five)
0-9-2
(zero, nine, two)
9-4-5
(nine, four, five)
5-3-9-1
(five, three, nine, one)
0-8-8-8
(zero, eight, eight, eight)
0-2
(zero, two)
0-3
(zero, three)
9-4-9
(nine, four, nine)
5-8-1
(five, eight, one)
1-1-6-3
(one, one, six, three)
6-0-5-2
(six, zero, five, two)
5-5-2-9-6
(five, five, two, nine, six)
2-3-4-6-6
(two, three, four, six, six)
08-09-11-25-35
(eight, nine, eleven, twenty-five, thirty-five)
10-13-19-21-37-42
(ten, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-one, thirty-seven, forty-two)
1-6, FB: 8
(one, six; FB: eight)
3-2, FB: 5
(three, two; FB: five)
5-8-4, FB: 8
(five, eight, four; FB: eight)
4-2-9, FB: 5
(four, two, nine; FB: five)
4-9-8-4, FB: 8
(four, nine, eight, four; FB: eight)
9-2-0-6, FB: 5
(nine, two, zero, six; FB: five)
0-8-8-9-7, FB: 8
(zero, eight, eight, nine, seven; FB: eight)
9-3-5-5-4, FB: 5
(nine, three, five, five, four; FB: five)
7-0-6
(seven, zero, six)
3-9-4
(three, nine, four)
7-2-7
(seven, two, seven)
3-0-0-4
(three, zero, zero, four)
7-6-8-3
(seven, six, eight, three)
7-9-9-7
(seven, nine, nine, seven)
14-16-20-28-32
(fourteen, sixteen, twenty, twenty-eight, thirty-two)
4-5-7-0-0
(four, five, seven, zero, zero)
3-2-5-9-5
(three, two, five, nine, five)
07-12-30-35-39
(seven, twelve, thirty, thirty-five, thirty-nine)
05-11-22-27-37
(five, eleven, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-seven)
0-0-5
(zero, zero, five)
3-2-3
(three, two, three)
0-5-1-0
(zero, five, one, zero)
1-2-8-5
(one, two, eight, five)
05-13-28-29-30
(five, thirteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty)
02-07-08-12-41
(two, seven, eight, twelve, forty-one)
06-18-25-35-40
(six, eighteen, twenty-five, thirty-five, forty)
02-06-13-38-44
(two, six, thirteen, thirty-eight, forty-four)
04-10-13-19-23-28-33-47-48-49-51-53-59-60-61-66-67-72-73-75, BE: 75
(four, ten, thirteen, nineteen, twenty-three, twenty-eight, thirty-three, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty-one, fifty-three, fifty-nine, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-six, sixty-seven, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-five; BE: seventy-five)
6-0-6, SB: 4
(six, zero, six; SB: four)
1-2-7, SB: 3
(one, two, seven; SB: three)
6-2-2-3, SB: 4
(six, two, two, three; SB: four)
7-3-0-2, SB: 3
(seven, three, zero, two; SB: three)
07-11-14-21-28-29-33-34-38-39-40-43-44-45-56-59-61-66-68-73, BE: 21
(seven, eleven, fourteen, twenty-one, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, fifty-six, fifty-nine, sixty-one, sixty-six, sixty-eight, seventy-three; BE: twenty-one)
5-5-3
(five, five, three)
7-3-8
(seven, three, eight)
7-2-0-3
(seven, two, zero, three)
1-8-2-1
(one, eight, two, one)
8-3-0
(eight, three, zero)
0-7-6
(zero, seven, six)
14-16-19-30, Cash Ball: 17
(fourteen, sixteen, nineteen, thirty; Cash Ball: seventeen)
09-18-20-27-28
(nine, eighteen, twenty, twenty-seven, twenty-eight)
2-4-5
(two, four, five)
9-6-0
(nine, six, zero)
6-4-7-8
(six, four, seven, eight)
3-2-8-2
(three, two, eight, two)
5-2-3
(five, two, three)
1-1-1-0
(one, one, one, zero)
8-1-6-7-4
(eight, one, six, seven, four)
AD-QH-QS-7C-2D
(AD, QH, QS, 7C, 2D)
21-24-29-33-35, Bonus: 36
(twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-nine, thirty-three, thirty-five; Bonus: thirty-six)
8-8-3
(eight, eight, three)
7-5-3
(seven, five, three)
1-3-6-5
(one, three, six, five)
5-9-6-0
(five, nine, six, zero)
2-7-6-6-3
(two, seven, six, six, three)
0-1-2-4-2
(zero, one, two, four, two)
09-13-15-29-33
(nine, thirteen, fifteen, twenty-nine, thirty-three)
1-4-2-2
(one, four, two, two)
9-4-7-0
(nine, four, seven, zero)
15-17-18-21-30
(fifteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty-one, thirty)
JS-QS-8C-9H-5S
(JS, QS, 8C, 9H, 5S)
5-2-5
(five, two, five)
6-4-1-5
(six, four, one, five)
9-2-1
(nine, two, one)
6-8-5-5
(six, eight, five, five)
08-27-30-34-36
(eight, twenty-seven, thirty, thirty-four, thirty-six)
03-10-17-18-19-20-23-28-36-38-46-47-49-51-52-55-57-64-67-71-74-77
(three, ten, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-three, twenty-eight, thirty-six, thirty-eight, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-nine, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-five, fifty-seven, sixty-four, sixty-seven, seventy-one, seventy-four, seventy-seven)
16-22-38-42-46
(sixteen, twenty-two, thirty-eight, forty-two, forty-six)
01-08-15-17-30
(one, eight, fifteen, seventeen, thirty)
3-7-3
(three, seven, three)
8-8-8
(eight, eight, eight)
8-0-6
(eight, zero, six)
7-2-3-9
(seven, two, three, nine)
0-3-3-8
(zero, three, three, eight)
03-07-19-22-29
(three, seven, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-nine)
02-05-13-28, Bonus: 9
(two, five, thirteen, twenty-eight; Bonus: nine)
Month: 4, Day: 2, Year: 29
(Month: four; Day: two; Year: twenty-nine)
9-0-1
(nine, zero, one)
20-31-32-33-34
(twenty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four)
9-5-8, Fireball:
(nine, five, eight; Fireball: zero)
1-9-7-1, Fireball:
(one, nine, seven, one; Fireball: zero)
01-05-07-29-35, Xtra: 3
(one, five, seven, twenty-nine, thirty-five; Xtra: three)
9-4-7, Fireball: 3
(nine, four, seven; Fireball: three)
4-0-8-7, Fireball: 3
(four, zero, eight, seven; Fireball: three)
0-1-3
(zero, one, three)
1-8-1
(one, eight, one)
0-7-9-4
(zero, seven, nine, four)
9-7-4-1
(nine, seven, four, one)
01-06-25-34-37
(one, six, twenty-five, thirty-four, thirty-seven)
05-11-13-25-37
(five, eleven, thirteen, twenty-five, thirty-seven)
5-0-7
(five, zero, seven)
5-5-5-1
(five, five, five, one)
4-4-8
(four, four, eight)
0-3-6-5
(zero, three, six, five)
02-03-06-33-36
(two, three, six, thirty-three, thirty-six)
07-11-13-18-20-22-26-27-34-36-40-42-43-44-59-70-71-72-73-77
(seven, eleven, thirteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-four, thirty-six, forty, forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, fifty-nine, seventy, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-seven)
05-12-23-34-40
(five, twelve, twenty-three, thirty-four, forty)
6-1-0, Fireball:
(six, one, zero; Fireball: zero)
5-7-5, Fireball: 8
(five, seven, five; Fireball: eight)
7-0-1-4, Fireball: 4
(seven, zero, one, four; Fireball: four)
1-6-4-9, Fireball: 6
(one, six, four, nine; Fireball: six)
7-0-9
(seven, zero, nine)
9-7-6
(nine, seven, six)
7-2-6-2
(seven, two, six, two)
7-7-3-4
(seven, seven, three, four)
6-5-4-6-6
(six, five, four, six, six)
1-8-1-7-3
(one, eight, one, seven, three)
05-18-22-31-33
(five, eighteen, twenty-two, thirty-one, thirty-three)
02-03-07-13-23
(two, three, seven, thirteen, twenty-three)
5-0-0
(five, zero, zero)
03-08-12-16-17-21-27-29
(three, eight, twelve, sixteen, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-seven, twenty-nine)
3-8-1-9
(three, eight, one, nine)
0-6-6-6
(zero, six, six, six)
6-4-0-9
(six, four, zero, nine)
2-3-4-3
(two, three, four, three)
13-20-28-30-40
(thirteen, twenty, twenty-eight, thirty, forty)
03-19-28-36-37-39
(three, nineteen, twenty-eight, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-nine)
1-6, Wild: 8
(one, six; Wild: eight)
7-7, Wild: 7
(seven, seven; Wild: seven)
4-1-9, Wild: 8
(four, one, nine; Wild: eight)
5-7-5, Wild: 7
(five, seven, five; Wild: seven)
2-7-8-3, Wild: 8
(two, seven, eight, three; Wild: eight)
4-0-6-7, Wild: 7
(four, zero, six, seven; Wild: seven)
6-5-8-5-0, Wild: 8
(six, five, eight, five, zero; Wild: eight)
0-9-4-2-3, Wild: 7
(zero, nine, four, two, three; Wild: seven)
03-14-26-28-30
(three, fourteen, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty)
0-1-4-9
(zero, one, four, nine)
2-4-6-1
(two, four, six, one)
24-25-28-34-38, Extra: 6
(twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-eight, thirty-four, thirty-eight; Extra: six)
10-15-26-28-33, Power-Up: 10
(ten, fifteen, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty-three; Power, Up: ten)
0-8-5, FB: 9
(zero, eight, five; FB: nine)
0-2-5, FB:
(zero, two, five; FB: zero)
0-7-3-0, FB: 9
(zero, seven, three, zero; FB: nine)
4-2-9-1, FB:
(four, two, nine, one; FB: zero)
1-4-3, Wild: 5
(one, four, three; Wild: five)
8-5-6, Wild: 9
(eight, five, six; Wild: nine)
5-2-6, Wild:
(five, two, six; Wild: zero)
2-9-9-9, Wild: 2
(two, nine, nine, nine; Wild: two)
6-7-6-2, Wild:
(six, seven, six, two; Wild: zero)
4-5-1-9, Wild: 6
(four, five, one, nine; Wild: six)
01-11-14-17-32
(one, eleven, fourteen, seventeen, thirty-two)
02-10-17-22-31, Bonus: 4
(two, ten, seventeen, twenty-two, thirty-one; Bonus: four)
01-02-03-04-06-08-10-13-16-17-20-24
(one, two, three, four, six, eight, ten, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen, twenty, twenty-four)
04-05-09-10-12-16-17-19-21-22-23-24
(four, five, nine, ten, twelve, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four)
01-04-06-08-09-10-11-13-14-15-17-21
(one, four, six, eight, nine, ten, eleven, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, twenty-one)
06-07-09-10-13-14-17-18-19-20-21-23
(six, seven, nine, ten, thirteen, fourteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-three)
11-17-23-32-33
(eleven, seventeen, twenty-three, thirty-two, thirty-three)
4-1-6-8, FIREBALL: 2
(four, one, six, eight; FIREBALL: two)
2-0-2-1, FIREBALL: 1
(two, zero, two, one; FIREBALL: one)
9-3-5-0, FIREBALL: 1
(nine, three, five, zero; FIREBALL: one)
6-5-4-2, FIREBALL: 8
(six, five, four, two; FIREBALL: eight)
0-3-9, FIREBALL:
(zero, three, nine; FIREBALL: zero)
9-2-0, FIREBALL: 3
(nine, two, zero; FIREBALL: three)
8-2-1, FIREBALL: 9
(eight, two, one; FIREBALL: nine)
8-5-3, FIREBALL: 8
(eight, five, three; FIREBALL: eight)
05-17-19-27-31
(five, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-seven, thirty-one)
1-5-9, FB: 7
(one, five, nine; FB: seven)
4-7-2, FB: 9
(four, seven, two; FB: nine)
9-5-8-7, FB:
(nine, five, eight, seven; FB: zero)
1-3-7-3, FB: 2
(one, three, seven, three; FB: two)
8-8-8
(eight, eight, eight)
04-31-37-38-39
(four, thirty-one, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine)
03-10-24-28-32-34-35-39-42-45-52-53-57-59-61-71-74-75-76-79
(three, ten, twenty-four, twenty-eight, thirty-two, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-nine, forty-two, forty-five, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-seven, fifty-nine, sixty-one, seventy-one, seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-nine)
02-11-20-24
(two, eleven, twenty, twenty-four)
01-09-14-19-22-24
(one, nine, fourteen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-four)
2-1-3
(two, one, three)
1-0-4-4
(one, zero, four, four)
01-05-07-08-10-12-14-15-17-21-22
(one, five, seven, eight, ten, twelve, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-two)
02-03-07-08-10-11-13-17-20-21-22
(two, three, seven, eight, ten, eleven, thirteen, seventeen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two)
4-0-6
(four, zero, six)
4-5-7-2
(four, five, seven, two)
09-11-12-15-17-30, Doubler: N
(nine, eleven, twelve, fifteen, seventeen, thirty; Doubler: N)
08-09-13-24-27
(eight, nine, thirteen, twenty-four, twenty-seven)
9-6-3
(nine, six, three)
6-4-6-5
(six, four, six, five)
|
https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Lottery-State-by-State-All-17660744.php
|
2022-12-17 14:46:02
| 1
|
https://www.sfchronicle.com/lottery/article/Lottery-State-by-State-All-17660744.php
|
BEIJING (AP) — China said Friday that a balloon spotted over American airspace was used for weather research and was blown off course, despite U.S. suspicion it was spying. The discovery further strained already tense relations between Beijing and Washington.
The Pentagon decided not to shoot down the balloon, which was potentially flying over sensitive sites, because of concerns of hurting people on the ground.
The news came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was expected to make his first trip to Beijing this weekend. The visit has not been formally announced, and it was not immediately clear if the balloon’s discovery would affect his travel plans. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said she had no information on the trip.
Blinken would be the highest-ranking member of President Joe Biden’s administration to visit China, on a mission to mitigate a sharp downturn in relations between the countries amid trade disputes and concerns about Beijing’s increasingly aggressive stance toward Taiwan and in the South China Sea.
In a statement late Friday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the balloon a was civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research. The ministry said the airship has limited steering capabilities and “deviated far from its planned course” because of winds.
“The Chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the airship into U.S. airspace due to force majeure,” the statement said, citing a legal term used to refer to events beyond one’s control.
On Thursday, a senior American defense official told Pentagon reporters that the U.S. has “very high confidence” that the object spotted over U.S. airspace in recent days was a Chinese high-altitude balloon and that it was flying over sensitive sites to collect information. One of the places the balloon was spotted was Montana, which is home to one of the nation’s three nuclear missile silo fields at Malmstrom Air Force Base. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.
The defense official said the U.S. has assessed that the balloon has “limited” value in terms of providing intelligence that couldn’t be obtained by other technologies, such as spy satellites.
It was not clear what will happen with the balloon if it isn’t brought down.
Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said Thursday that similar balloon activity has been seen in the past several years and the government has taken steps to ensure no sensitive information was stolen.
He said the balloon was traveling well above the height commercial aircraft fly at and didn’t present a threat to people on the ground.
Biden was briefed and asked the military to present options, according to a senior administration official, who was also not authorized to publicly discuss sensitive information. The senior defense official said the U.S. prepared fighter jets, including F-22s, to shoot down the balloon if ordered.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, advised against taking “kinetic action” because of risks to the safety of people on the ground. Biden accepted that recommendation.
Even though the balloon was over a sparsely populated area of Montana, its size would create a debris field large enough that it could have put people at risk.
The defense official would not specify the size of the balloon but said commercial pilots could spot it from their cockpits.
The balloon was first reported by NBC News.
A photograph of a large white balloon lingering over the area was captured by The Billings Gazette. It could be seen drifting in and out of clouds and had what appeared to be a solar array hanging from the bottom, said Gazette photographer Larry Mayer.
The balloon’s appearance adds to national security concerns among American lawmakers over China’s influence in the U.S., ranging from the prevalence of the hugely popular smartphone app TikTok to purchases of American farmland.
“China’s brazen disregard for U.S. sovereignty is a destabilizing action that must be addressed,” Republican Party House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted.
Tensions with China are particularly high on numerous issues, ranging from Taiwan and the South China Sea to human rights in China’s western Xinjiang region and the clampdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong. Not least on that list of irritants are China’s tacit support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its refusal to rein in North Korea’s expanding ballistic missile program and ongoing disputes over trade and technology.
On Tuesday, Taiwan scrambled fighter jets, put its navy on alert and activated missile systems in response to nearby operations by 34 Chinese military aircraft and nine warships that are part Beijing’s strategy to unsettle and intimidate the self-governing island democracy.
Twenty of those aircraft crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that has long been an unofficial buffer zone between the two sides, which separated during a civil war in 1949.
Beijing has also increased preparations for a potential blockade or military action against Taiwan, which has stirred increasing concern among military leaders, diplomats and elected officials in the U.S., Taiwan’s key ally.
|
https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/china-says-balloon-spotted-over-us-is-for-research-was-blown-off-course/
|
2023-02-03 17:10:42
| 1
|
https://www.wfla.com/nextstar-news-wire/china-says-balloon-spotted-over-us-is-for-research-was-blown-off-course/
|
Former George W. Bush aide Karl Rove warned in a new op-ed that former President Trump’s federal indictment over his mishandling of classified documents will come at a steep cost to himself and the country.
“No matter the outcome, America will pay a high price for the former president’s reckless petulance. So will he,” Rove wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
Rove, who served as a senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to Bush, wrote that the country has been “plunged into an unprecedented crisis” after Trump was indicted on 37 felony counts last week. The former president pleaded not guilty to all 37 charges Tuesday as he maintains that the federal case against him is a “witch hunt” orchestrated by the weaponization of the government.
Rove said that this indictment is much more serious than Trump’s indictment in connection to falsifying business records in the Manhattan court, where he also pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records earlier this year.
“Unlike Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s charges of falsifying business records, this indictment is devastating in its rigor of evidence and the seriousness of the alleged crimes,” Rove wrote. “Even so, the case will further tear our country apart, as it has a heavy impact on the presidential campaign and—wrongly—undermines confidence in our justice system.”
“The blame for this calamity rests solely on Mr. Trump and his childish impulse to keep mementos from his time in the Oval Office, no matter what the law says,” he added.
Rove also wrote that when Trump’s trial is over, the county will face a “period of anger, division and recrimination” as some Republicans call for law enforcement agencies, like the FBI, to be eliminated. He said that the call to cut funding to an agency like the FBI is “no different than scrapping the San Francisco Police Department.”
He also suggested that if Trump did not take his “precious keepsakes,” then the country may have avoided the divisive aftermath of his indictment.
Rove, who is also a Fox News contributor, has criticized the former president in the past, saying in April that Trump’s focus on making fun of his rivals is “not smart.” He also said earlier this month that voters could learn a lot about political candidates by “how they trade blows,” pointing to Trump’s ongoing feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who announced his bid for the White House last month.
|
https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/karl-rove-in-journal-op-ed-trump-will-pay-a-high-price-in-mar-a-lago-case/
|
2023-06-15 17:09:17
| 1
|
https://www.kron4.com/hill-politics/karl-rove-in-journal-op-ed-trump-will-pay-a-high-price-in-mar-a-lago-case/
|
Study: COVID-19 pandemic stress may have aged teens’ brains faster
Published: Dec. 2, 2022 at 5:21 PM CST|Updated: 32 minutes ago
(CNN) - COVID-19 appears to have affected mental health among the youth.
According to a study published Thursday in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, the stress caused by the pandemic may have prematurely aged teenage brains by at least three years.
Researchers from Stanford University compared scans of physical structures of these young minds and found growth in two brain areas that control access to memories and regulate emotions, including stress and anxiety.
The findings are based on 128 children before and after the end of the pandemic’s first full year.
Researchers say they don’t know if these changes in the brain are permanent and will do more studies in the future.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/12/02/study-covid-19-pandemic-stress-may-have-aged-teens-brains-faster/
|
2022-12-02 23:53:41
| 0
|
https://www.valleynewslive.com/2022/12/02/study-covid-19-pandemic-stress-may-have-aged-teens-brains-faster/
|
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Firework sales start Tuesday in Wichita. They may be sold until July Fourth.
Although Wichita recently legalized aerial fireworks, they are not being sold within city limits this year.
Non-aerial fireworks may be shot off from 10 a.m. to midnight from July 27 through July Fourth. Aerial fireworks may be shot off from 10 a.m. to midnight from July 1 through July Fourth.
For dates and times fireworks are being sold and the timeframe they can be discharged in surrounding cities, click here.
The City of Wichita has shared firework safety tips:
- Never allow young children to handle fireworks
- Older children should use fireworks only under close adult supervision
- Never use fireworks while impaired by drugs or alcohol
- Anyone using fireworks or standing nearby should wear protective eyewear
- Never hold lighted fireworks in your hands
- Never light them indoors
- Only use them away from people, houses and flammable material
- Never point or throw fireworks at another person
- Only light one device at a time and maintain a safe distance after lighting
- Never ignite devices in a container
- Do not try to re-light or handle malfunctioning fireworks
- Soak both spent and unused fireworks in water for a few hours before discarding
- Keep a bucket of water nearby to fully extinguish fireworks that don’t go off or in case of fire
Sedgwick County has set up a non-emergency number, 316-290-1011, that will run from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. from June 30 through July 5. The line will function as an alternative to 911 and is meant to receive calls for non-emergency nuisances that do not pose a threat to life or property. For example, complaints pertaining to fireworks, parties, excess noise, etc.
For more details about fireworks in Wichita, visit the City’s website.
|
https://www.ksn.com/news/dont-miss-this/firework-sales-start-tuesday-in-wichita/
|
2023-06-26 22:18:20
| 0
|
https://www.ksn.com/news/dont-miss-this/firework-sales-start-tuesday-in-wichita/
|
Stars vs. Kraken Prediction & Picks: Line, Spread, Over/Under - NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 7
Game 7 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round will see the Dallas Stars host the Seattle Kraken on Monday, May 15, starting at 8:00 PM ET on ESPN, TVAS, and SportsNet. The series is tied 3-3. The Kraken are underdogs (+160) in this decisive game against the Stars (-190).
Catch over 1,000 out of market NHL games, plus original programming, with ESPN+ or the Disney Bundle. Click here to sign up!
Prepare for this NHL Playoffs Second Round matchup with a look at who we predict will emerge with the victory.
Stars vs. Kraken Predictions for Monday
Our computer model for this matchup expects a final score of Stars 4, Kraken 2.
- Moneyline Pick: Stars (-190)
- Computer Predicted Total: 6.4
- Computer Predicted Spread: Stars (-1.7)
Check out the latest odds for this game and place your bets with DraftKings.
Stars vs Kraken Additional Info
Stars Splits and Trends
- The Stars have a 47-21-14 record overall, with an 8-16-24 record in matchups that have required overtime.
- Dallas is 10-6-13 (33 points) in its 29 games decided by one goal.
- In the 14 games this season the Stars scored only one goal, they went 3-9-2 (eight points).
- Dallas has finished 5-5-7 in the 17 games this season when it scored exactly two goals (registering 17 points).
- The Stars have scored more than two goals in 61 games (46-8-7, 99 points).
- In the 28 games when Dallas has capitalized on a single power-play goal, it picked up 37 points after finishing 15-6-7.
- In games when it has outshot its opponent, Dallas is 32-12-7 (71 points).
- The Stars' opponents have had more shots in 39 games. The Stars went 18-12-9 in those contests (45 points).
Kraken Splits and Trends
- The Kraken have a 46-28-8 record this season and are 11-8-19 in games that have required overtime.
- Seattle has earned 44 points (20-8-4) in its 32 games that finished with a one-goal margin.
- This season the Kraken recorded only one goal in 13 games and they've earned two points (0-11-2) in those contests.
- Seattle has six points (2-12-2) when scoring a pair of goals this season.
- The Kraken have earned 106 points in their 63 games with at least three goals scored.
- This season, Seattle has capitalized on a single power-play goal in 33 games and picked up 47 points with a record of 22-8-3.
- When outshooting its opponent this season, Seattle is 37-19-4 (78 points).
- The Kraken's opponents have had more shots in 32 games. The Kraken went 14-15-3 in those matchups (31 points).
Put your picks to the test and bet with DraftKings.
Stars vs. Kraken Game Time and TV Channel
- When: Monday, May 15, 2023 at 8:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, TVAS, and SportsNet
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Where: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
Not all offers available in all states, please visit DraftKings for the latest promotions for your area. Must be 21+ to gamble, please wager responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, contact 1-800-GAMBLER.
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.1011now.com/sports/betting/2023/05/15/stars-kraken-nhl-nhl-playoffs-second-round-game-7-picks-predictions/
|
2023-05-15 19:41:55
| 0
|
https://www.1011now.com/sports/betting/2023/05/15/stars-kraken-nhl-nhl-playoffs-second-round-game-7-picks-predictions/
|
Assailants apologize to ex-Japanese soldier over harassment
By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — A former Japanese soldier who suffered sexual harassment while serving in the army says she has accepted apologies from four servicemen in a groundbreaking case that prompted a Defense Ministry-wide investigation into growing reports of assaults in the military. Rina Gonoi filed a sexual harassment case with the ministry last year, saying she had suffered multiple assaults by male colleagues. After prosecutors dropped the case, she quit the army and submitted a petition signed by more than 100,000 people seeking a reinvestigation. In a country where gender inequality remains high, sexual harassment is often disregarded. Japanese women have slowly begun to speak up, though many still suffer silently.
|
https://localnews8.com/news/2022/10/17/assailants-apologize-to-ex-japanese-soldier-over-harassment/
|
2022-10-17 15:58:54
| 1
|
https://localnews8.com/news/2022/10/17/assailants-apologize-to-ex-japanese-soldier-over-harassment/
|
Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as part of the Justice Department's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.
Mike Hassinger, public information officer with the Georgia secretary of state's office, confirmed that Raffensperger's office has received a subpoena from Smith.
"At the request of the Justice Department, we have no further comment," Hassinger said in an email to CNN.
The grand jury activity expands on previous investigative steps the Justice Department has taken to understand efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies in battleground states after the election.
Since Thanksgiving, Smith has brought a number of close Trump associates before a grand jury in Washington, DC, including two former White House lawyers, three of Trump's closest aides, and his former speechwriter Stephen Miller.
Smith has also issued a flurry of subpoenas, including to election officials in battleground states where Trump tried to overturn his loss in 2020.
But Raffensperger could prove to be a particularly compelling witness. His profile grew after the 2020 election when he resisted Trump's efforts to pressure him to "find" the votes necessary for Trump to win Georgia in an infamous January 2021 phone call.
In excerpts of the one-hour call, Trump lambasted his fellow Republican for refusing to falsely say that he won the election in Georgia and repeatedly touted baseless claims of election fraud.
"The people of Georgia are angry, the people of the country are angry. And there's nothing wrong with saying that, you know, um, that you've recalculated," Trump said in one part of the call.
Raffensperger responded, "Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong."
The Georgia Republican has already spoken with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, and he testified publicly this summer about the threats he received after standing up to Trump.
It's unclear how long Smith, who will also oversee the investigation into the potential mishandling of federal records taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House, may continue to work before deciding on any charges in the probes. While the investigations may result in charges within months, Smith could still spend time organizing and expanding his team, and continuing to pick through information that's been collected, according to people familiar with parts of the probe.
This story has been updated with additional information Monday.
The-CNN-Wire
™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.wxow.com/townnews/politics/special-counsel-subpoenas-georgia-secretary-of-state-raffensperger-in-january-6-probe/article_2315ba19-bc4f-5b77-9b1f-41962aa1c162.html
|
2022-12-12 23:48:55
| 0
|
https://www.wxow.com/townnews/politics/special-counsel-subpoenas-georgia-secretary-of-state-raffensperger-in-january-6-probe/article_2315ba19-bc4f-5b77-9b1f-41962aa1c162.html
|
One-on-one with Anna Paulina Luna: Her views on banning oil exports, ‘pork’ infrastructure spending, vaccines
TAMPA, Fla. - When U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist elected to run for governor, it set up a race in Pinellas County for a rare open seat in Congress.
The state also redrew the district this year to give Republicans a slight edge in November. Five republicans are competing for the nomination in the August 23 primary.
Anna Paulina Luna won the GOP nomination in 2020. In an interview with FOX 13 Political Editor Craig Patrick, she discussed her focus on the issue of energy independence.
More candidate interviews: Kevin Hayslett's views on inflation, same-sex marriage, running as a Trump Republican
Anna Paulina Luna discusses platform ahead of the 2022 midterm primary for US House District 13
Here is an excerpt from that part of the interview.
Energy independence and oil export ban
Luna said she would support a ban on U.S. oil exports. Here is an excerpt from that part of the interview.
Anna Paulina Luna: "The United States has literally one of the biggest supplies of cleanest oil in the entire world. There's no reason why we need to be going to places like Saudi Arabia or even Venezuela to get those oil source."
Craig Patrick: "So you would support a ban in order to increase the domestic supply?
Anna Paulina Luna: "Frankly, yes. "
Craig Patrick: "That puts you right in line with Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and it takes you out of step with your party. Are you comfortable with that and the qualms they raise about the consequences of doing it?
Anna Paulina Luna: "My decisions and what I make is what's best for the American people. That's the America First platform. If it means not selling to other countries so that here in the United States, we can literally lower the gas prices. That's what I agree with."
Craig Patrick: "Well, the arguments against are that it would wound our allies in Europe, that it would boost Vladimir Putin, that it would reduce supply on the global market and thereby drive up global prices and therefore drive up our prices. And it could reduce refining capacity in this country. To those points..."
Anna Paulina Luna: "If we really want to hinder Vladimir Putin, we need to start with going after China. China this entire time, especially in regards to Ukraine, has been aiding and abetting with Russia, right? If we really want to focus on how we can stop that and stop this global inflation that we're seeing, we have to start with, one, maintaining our position as a global superpower and then also to ensuring that our production comes back here to the United States. There's been a huge problem in politics, in particular, with people being afraid to say that China is one of the biggest threats that we as a nation. Whether you are Democrat, Republican or independent are facing going back to the oil issue, going back to what we can do here in the United States to stop that immediately. We have every single natural resource we need in this country. We don't need anyone else. And to really go elsewhere is a complete joke to me.
More candidate interviews: Amanda Makki on 'rigged' election, firing Fauci, climate change
Infrastructure ‘pork’ spending, technology, and veterans
On her campaign website, Anna Paulina Luna states she will champion improvements to surface transportation. However, she said she would have voted against the bi-partisan infrastructure law due to her concerns over how money under that legislation would be spent. She expressed similar concerns in explaining why she would have voted against the Pact Act which expands access to benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
FOX 13's Craig Patrick interviews Anna Paulina Luna ahead of the 2022 midterm primary for US House District 13
Anna Paulina Luna: "I think the infrastructure bill that was passed had a lot of pork that was unnecessary spending. So that's the one thing that I'm adamantly opposed to. I think that if we're going to write bills, that it needs to go specifically to those causes and issues.
Craig Patrick: "But here's the challenge. Most bills are going to have that in them, and you will see good and bad in various bills… Which way would you have gone?
Anna Paulina Luna: "I would not have voted for it, because I do believe that it's not excusable for any party to put in, for example, what we saw with recently, what happened to our veterans. They had a bill that they proposed for veterans, but there was unnecessary spending that did not go to vets. And I don't agree with that."
Craig Patrick: "You’re talking about the PACT Act?"
Anna Paulina Luna: "Yes, I'm talking about that."
Craig Patrick: "It's a good example. Would you have voted yes or no, given your qualms with the spending contained within?"
Anna Paulina Luna: "I would have proposed a better bill that actually had legislation that put that funding towards only veterans."
Anna Paulina Luna interviewed by FOX 13's Craig Patrick ahead of the 2022 midterm primary for US House District 13
Craig Patrick: "But here's where it gets tricky. That one may not advance, and you're left with the one before you. And you have to make those difficult decisions, given the mixed feelings you have about it. So on the PACT Act with the concerns that you just relayed and the value you see in protecting our vets and giving them the benefits they deserve. Would you have voted yes or no?
Anna Paulina Luna: "Well, if I was in Congress, I would have voted no. However, I will say this, there was a president, his name was John F Kennedy, who said where there are manmade problems, there are manmade solutions. And so I believe talking in hypotheticals is not really a fair example, because if I was in Congress, I would have voted and I would have ensured I would have gone to every single office I had to and knocked on those doors and twisted arms, as they say, in an effort to make sure that that bill went to veterans. That is what I care about."
Rejecting military vaccine requirements
Craig Patrick: "Your husband was honorably discharged, if I understand correctly, for declining to take the COVID vaccine. Do you support or will you, if elected, pursue efforts to get rid of those vaccine requirements in the military?"
Anna Paulina Luna: "I think that they should have acknowledged and honored people's religious exemptions. I can tell you, having gone through that process, not only did they make it nearly impossible for people to actually be able to do the paperwork to get that religious exemption, but then these people were discharged and a lot of these families were on single incomes. So, when I'm elected, because I do feel based on the effort that our team is putting forward and based on what we're seeing with the grassroots outreach in this community, I will sponsor a bill to either get those people reinstated honorably back into the service or give them the option of getting a stipend from the federal government because of the fact that they were wrongfully discriminated against and discharged."
Craig Patrick: "So you think there should be a religious exemption for all vaccines in the military?"
Anna Paulina Luna: "I think so."
|
https://www.fox13news.com/news/one-on-one-with-anna-paulina-luna-her-views-on-banning-oil-exports-pork-infrastructure-spending-vaccines
|
2022-08-12 21:22:01
| 0
|
https://www.fox13news.com/news/one-on-one-with-anna-paulina-luna-her-views-on-banning-oil-exports-pork-infrastructure-spending-vaccines
|
BOSTON, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Analysis Group, one of the largest international economics consulting firms, was retained by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP to develop expert testimony on secondary meaning on behalf of one of the respondents in an International Trademark Commission (ITC) hearing held to determine a trademark infringement claim brought by the footwear company Crocs.
In filing its request for a hearing, Crocs claimed that multiple respondents had violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by importing and selling footwear that allegedly violated registered trademarks tied to certain Crocs shoe designs. The US trademarks at issue related to so-called "3D Marks" comprising textured areas and holes on the upper and front of Crocs' Classic Clog shoes. Crocs requested that the ITC issue general exclusion orders (GEOs) and cease-and-desist orders to bar the respondents from importing and selling the at-issue products.
In the hearing, Analysis Group Vice President Michael Schreck provided testimony related to his analysis of Crocs' advertising and the question of whether Crocs' marketing practices had established secondary meaning in the 3D Marks, such that consumers recognized the 3D Marks as an identifier of source. In his finding, the administrative law judge overseeing the hearing cited Dr. Schreck's testimony in concluding that Crocs' advertisements did not support a finding of secondary meaning, writing:
Crocs has not continuously and consistently promoted the 3D Marks in its advertisements. [The evidence] also shows that, contrary to Crocs' assertions, the 3D Marks do not always appear, and certainly do not always prominently appear, in Crocs' advertisements. The exemplary advertisements also show that the 3D Marks are not visible at virtually any angle. All of this makes it unlikely that Crocs' advertisements created a mental association in the minds of consumers such that they identify the 3D Marks with Crocs.
After reviewing a wide range of expert testimony, including Dr. Schreck's, an administrative law judge determined that none of the respondents had infringed on the trademarks in dispute, and none of the claimed trademarks had acquired secondary meaning. In finding that no trademark infringement had occurred, the judge also denied Crocs' request to halt the importation of the respondents' at-issue shoes and to enjoin the sales and marketing of those products by retailers and distributors in the US.
An Analysis Group team led by Managing Principal Aaron Yeater worked with Dr. Schreck in preparing his testimony and developing his expert report.
To learn more about Analysis Group's capabilities, visit AnalysisGroup.com
About Analysis Group:
Analysis Group is one of the largest international economics consulting firms, with more than 1,000 professionals across 14 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since 1981, we have provided expertise in economics, finance, health care analytics, and strategy to top law firms, Fortune Global 500 companies, and government agencies worldwide. Our internal experts, together with our network of affiliated experts from academia, industry, and government, offer our clients exceptional breadth and depth of expertise.
Contact:
Analysis Group
Eric Seymour
978 273 6049
eric.seymour@analysisgroup.com
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Analysis Group
|
https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2023/03/02/analysis-group-provides-expert-testimony-secondary-meaning-itc-hearing-crocs-trademark-infringement-claim/
|
2023-03-02 15:49:40
| 1
|
https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2023/03/02/analysis-group-provides-expert-testimony-secondary-meaning-itc-hearing-crocs-trademark-infringement-claim/
|
How to Watch Auburn vs. Iowa on TV or Live Stream - NCAA Tournament First Round
Published: Mar. 16, 2023 at 12:17 PM EDT|Updated: 3 hours ago
The No. 9 seed Auburn Tigers (20-12) and the No. 8 seed Iowa Hawkeyes (19-13) will meet in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at 6:50 PM. The contest airs on TNT.
Use our link to get a free trial of fuboTV, where you can watch college hoops and tons of other live sports without cable!
Auburn vs. Iowa Game Info
- When: Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 6:50 PM ET
- Where: Legacy Arena at BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama
- TV: TNT
- Live Stream select March Madness games on fuboTV: Start your free trial today!
Watch college hoops all season without cable on all your devices with a seven-day free trial to fuboTV!
Auburn Stats Insights
- The Tigers make 44.1% of their shots from the field this season, which is 3.3 percentage points lower than the Hawkeyes have allowed to their opponents (47.4%).
- Auburn is 10-1 when it shoots higher than 47.4% from the field.
- The Hawkeyes are the 69th-ranked rebounding team in the nation, while the Tigers sit at 112th.
- The 72.7 points per game the Tigers put up are the same as the Hawkeyes give up.
- Auburn has a 10-3 record when scoring more than 74.4 points.
Iowa Stats Insights
- The Hawkeyes have shot at a 45.4% rate from the field this season, 4.7 percentage points greater than the 40.7% shooting opponents of the Tigers have averaged.
- Iowa has put together a 17-7 straight-up record in games it shoots over 40.7% from the field.
- The Hawkeyes are the 69th-ranked rebounding team in the country, the Tigers sit at 71st.
- The Hawkeyes average 13.1 more points per game (80.2) than the Tigers allow (67.1).
- When Iowa allows fewer than 72.7 points, it is 12-3.
Auburn Home & Away Comparison
- At home, Auburn is scoring 4.2 more points per game (75.1) than it is in away games (70.9).
- The Tigers are surrendering 64.4 points per game this year in home games, which is 6.5 fewer points than they're allowing in road games (70.9).
- When it comes to three-point shooting, Auburn has fared worse at home this season, averaging 6.5 treys per game with a 31.3% three-point percentage, compared to 6.7 per game and a 31.6% percentage away from home.
Iowa Home & Away Comparison
- Iowa is scoring more points at home (89.8 per game) than away (69.9).
- The Hawkeyes are conceding more points at home (76 per game) than away (72).
- Iowa drains more 3-pointers at home (10 per game) than away (6.7). It also has a higher 3-point percentage at home (38.6%) than on the road (30.5%).
Auburn Schedule
Iowa Schedule
© 2023 Data Skrive. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.wagmtv.com/sports/betting/2023/03/16/auburn-iowa-ncaa-tournament-live-stream-tv-first-round/
|
2023-03-17 00:27:47
| 1
|
https://www.wagmtv.com/sports/betting/2023/03/16/auburn-iowa-ncaa-tournament-live-stream-tv-first-round/
|
PLAINS, Ga. — Rosalynn Carter, the second-oldest U.S. first lady ever, turns 95 Thursday on a birthday that will be marked not just with cards and best wishes, but with butterflies.
The wife of former President Jimmy Carter, 97, has a fascination with butterflies dating back to childhood, when she was entranced by the colorful insects flitting around her mother's flowers in Plains, Georgia, longtime friend and neighbor Annette Wise said.
That interest led to the formation of the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail, which was established in the southwest Georgia town after the former first lady grew concerned about the future of butterflies, which are crucial to the pollination of flowering plants.
“She read an article in 2013 about the decline in monarchs and decided she wanted to do something about it,” Wise said.
Wise said she helped Carter establish a garden featuring native milkweed, a prime habitat for monarch butterflies, at the home she shares with the former president, her husband of 76 years, but the public can't visit it because of Secret Service security concerns. So Wise planted another garden nearby that could be open to visitors, and that helped lead to the butterfly trail, which includes 76 public and private gardens around rural Plains.
The butterfly trail will use Carter’s birthday to promote an annual statewide count of butterflies, the Great Georgia Pollinator Census, set for Friday and Saturday, Wise said.
Last Saturday, at an event held in honor of the former first lady’s birthday, Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter made one of their first public outings in awhile for the dedication of a new butterfly sculpture that's part of the trail and is on property next door to where she grew up. The former first lady, using a walker, flipped a switch to illuminate the artwork at nightfall.
“They’re not getting out too much. COVID is a real concern, and their ages, too,” Wise said.
Bess Truman, the wife of President Harry Truman, is the only first lady to have outlived Rosalynn Carter, according to The National First Ladies Library. Truman, who was first lady from 1943 until 1953, died in 1982 at the age of 97.
Jimmy Carter, who will turn 98 on Oct. 1, is the oldest living U.S. ex-president. Photos showed him seated in a wheelchair and smiling during the sculpture dedication.
|
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/rosalynn-carter-95th-birthday/507-ccf0c32c-fdbe-4d8d-b242-78930a34d445
|
2022-08-18 08:44:26
| 0
|
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/rosalynn-carter-95th-birthday/507-ccf0c32c-fdbe-4d8d-b242-78930a34d445
|
The San Luis Obispo County District attorney's office announced Thursday the sentencing of an man found guilty of a murder in Oceano in 2019.
David Krause is sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for the murder of Lawrence Albert Bross, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office.
On October 4, Krause pleaded guilty to second degree murder and elder abuse resulting in death. He also admitted a prior conviction for residential burglary, a “strike” under California’s Three Strikes sentencing law doubling his sentence.
Bross, 90, was found dead inside his home on the 1400 block of Strand Way on Jan. 24, 2019.
Sheriff's officials said an autopsy determined Bross's cause of death to be "multiple chop force traumatic injuries."
Krause, 41, was reportedly already in custody at the San Luis Obispo County Jail on unrelated charges when he was arrested in April 2021 in connection with Bross's murder.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff detectives said forensic evidence, specifically a DNA match, helped identify Krause as the suspect.
The district attorney's office said the victim and suspect had met before but could not go into detail on their relationship or the motive for the killing.
Larry Bross, moved to Oceano full-time in 1988 after serving in the Coast Guard during the Korean War, then teaching high school History and Government for 30 years in Northern California.
At the sentencing hearing Mr. Bross’s daughter offered the following appreciation for her father, “my father was a collector of ideas and people. When he walked the beach he would strike up conversations and invite people to his home, a place where he loved to share his art and wisdom, and that zest for life that he just had. Our home was a place of peace for our family, friends, and strangers alike – and my father, a rock amid the turmoil of life.”
|
https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/man-sentenced-to-30-years-to-life-in-2019-oceano-murder-case
|
2022-10-28 03:34:25
| 0
|
https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/man-sentenced-to-30-years-to-life-in-2019-oceano-murder-case
|
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate
The names of more than 200 homeless people who died on the streets of San Francisco in 2022 were read aloud during an annual vigil on Thursday night at Civic Center Plaza.
The readings were accompanied by bell chimes as attendees joined in a number of prayers and songs, many mourning loved ones and friends who died this year. Names of some of those who died were also displayed on banners.
“Part of what we gather to affirm... is that though there is much that divides people of faith, the things that we can join together on are so much more obvious and pressing,” Minister Vanessa Southern, chair of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, said. “Moments like this where we gather to witness to life, to its loss and to the work it points us toward in restoring our fuller humanity in a larger vision of our city and how we hold one another.”
The event, held each year over in past two decades, is organized by the Interfaith Council, SF Night Ministry, the Faithful Fools San Francisco, ABD/Sky Watchers and the Coalition on Homelessness.
After reading the names, attendees burned the lists at the end of the vigil.
This year has been particularly deadly for accidental drug overdoses on San Francisco streets. According to a November Chronicle report tracking of medical examiner reports and local, state and federal agencies, 501 people have died so far this year in accidental overdoses with many concentrated in the Tenderloin and SoMa neighborhoods.
In late September, San Francisco’s Health Department announced a plan calling for reducing overdoses in the city by 15% by 2025 and increasing the number of people receiving medications for addiction treatment by 30% by the same year.
“We are all community. It takes so much to cut each of the names of our siblings who have passed away,” Rev. Monique Ortiz of SF Night Ministry said, looking at the banners bearing names. “Here we are free to pour our grief, feel our emptiness and support one another in our deep and common loss.”
Joel Umanzor (he/him) is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: joel.umanzor@sfchronicle.com
|
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Names-read-during-vigil-of-homeless-people-who-17657993.php
|
2022-12-16 06:11:03
| 0
|
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Names-read-during-vigil-of-homeless-people-who-17657993.php
|
Degnan's appointment comes amid cybersecurity leader's 132% ARR growth
NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Axonius, the leader in cybersecurity asset management and SaaS management, today announced the appointment of Nick Degnan as Senior Vice President of Sales. Degnan, who has spent the past decade building and rapidly scaling global sales and channel teams, joins Axonius to oversee the global sales organization.
"The Axonius platform is well known for solving critical security and infrastructure problems for businesses of all sizes and I am thrilled to join an organization that stands out for its culture, technology and vision," said Nick Degnan, SVP of Global Sales, Axonius. "I look forward to partnering with the team to build on the high-growth, high-energy in pursuit of infinite scalability."
Degnan joins Axonius from Tanium, where he led the global sales organization focused on hyper-growth of the business. Degnan led the Go-to-Market strategy as Tanium entered the Mid-Market after being responsible for some of the company's largest, most strategic accounts, F200 accounts. Previously Degnan held roles with Dell EMC and Pure Storage, where he was a founding member of their industry-leading channel program. Pure's channel program has since become an industry standard and replicated by companies across the globe.
"Nick brings a deep understanding of the cybersecurity and infrastructure landscape and a clear appreciation of and commitment to our culture and values," said Dean Sysman, Co-founder and CEO, Axonius. "With a proven track record of helping already high-functioning sales teams transition to highly-efficient, scaleable units, Nick will undoubtedly play a critical role in our next phase of growth."
Degnan joins during a period of remarkable momentum for Axonius, including:
- 132% year-over-year increase in annual recurring revenue (ARR), marking its third consecutive year of triple-digit revenue growth.
- Global expansion of Axonius Correlated Partner Program, launching into EMEA, APAC and LATAM with EMEA experiencing a resulting 60% channel growth.
- 152% year-over-year growth of Axonius Federal Systems.
- Being named to the Forbes Cloud 100 for the second consecutive year.
- $200M Series E round, resulting in new market valuation of $2.6B.
"Axonius has built an incredible culture across its business, which is one of the reasons for its success," continued Degnan. "We want to continue to build on the pillars we already have and give our sales team more opportunities for growth through improved processes, better forecasting, and a focus on efficiency. We have every intention to continue to disrupt the market, and we've only just begun to tap into our total addressable market."
Degnan's predecessor, Joe Hoban, will retire at the end of the year after more than three decades working in tech sales and channel leadership positions, the last four of which were focused on propelling Axonius' growth.
About Axonius
Axonius gives customers the confidence to control complexity by mitigating threats, navigating risk, automating response actions, and informing business-level strategy. With solutions for both cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) and SaaS management, Axonius is deployed in minutes and integrates with hundreds of data sources to provide a comprehensive asset inventory, uncover gaps, and automatically validate and enforce policies. Cited as one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups, with accolades from CNBC, Forbes, and Fortune, Axonius covers millions of assets, including devices and cloud assets, user accounts, and SaaS applications, for customers around the world. For more, visit Axonius.com.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Axonius
|
https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/10/18/axonius-hires-nick-degnan-new-global-svp-sales/
|
2022-10-18 11:44:03
| 0
|
https://www.kwch.com/prnewswire/2022/10/18/axonius-hires-nick-degnan-new-global-svp-sales/
|
A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including a reactor in Georgia reaching criticality.
NEW YORK, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the energy and natural resources industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- bp Expands Natural Gas Certification to 100% of its U.S. Onshore Upstream Operations
The certification, completed in March 2023, gives bpx energy a more granular understanding of its methane intensity and source emissions, which enables ongoing and additional methane emissions reduction. - Vogtle Unit 3 reaches initial criticality A reactor achieves criticality when the nuclear fission reaction becomes self-sustaining. Achieving initial criticality is necessary to continue the startup of the Unit in order to generate sufficient heat for the production of electricity.
- Vistra to Create "Vistra Vision," a Leading Zero-Carbon Generation and Retail Platform, Through the Acquisition of Energy Harbor
This combination creates a leading integrated retail electricity and zero-carbon generation company with the second-largest competitive nuclear fleet in the country, along with a growing renewables and energy storage portfolio. - Honda's Zero Emission Stationary Fuel Cell Provides Back Up Power to a Data Center
The demonstration stationary fuel cell unit has a capacity of approximately 500 kW and reuses the fuel cell systems of previously leased Honda Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles, with a design that allows the output to increase every 250 kW packaged with four fuel cells. - Tredence Launches Energy.AI
Tredence's Energy.AI solution offers a comprehensive suite of tools to help businesses streamline processes, minimize emissions, optimize consumption, and successfully attain their sustainability objectives. - Cross Country Infrastructure Services Leads Innovation in Renewable Energy Construction Markets with Groundbreaking Construction Equipment
The Cross Country ALLU Blue Transformer Series (TS) Padding Buckets are used to process materials on site, to specification. The unique design of the buckets allows for increased productivity, reducing the amount of time needed for material processing. - Bayou Bend Expands Carbon Capture Project to Onshore Southeast Texas The total acreage holds a gross storage capacity of more than one billion metric tons, positioning Bayou Bend to be a leading carbon transportation and storage solution for industrial emitters located in the Houston Ship Channel and Beaumont / Port Arthur region, one of the largest industrial corridors in the country.
- Ideanomics subsidiary US Hybrid, Mi-Jack to develop hydrogen powered rubber tire gantry crane
US Hybrid is managing all procurement, engineering and design work relating to the hydrogen propulsion kit. - H2Pro and Sumitomo Corporation to partner on high efficiency production of green hydrogen and green ammonia
Green hydrogen, which does not emit carbon dioxide when utilized, is becoming widely accepted as a critical tool for achieving net zero. Integrating green hydrogen into hard-to-abate sectors like steel, ammonia, refineries, heavy transport and aviation is crucial.
Read more of the latest energy-related releases from PR Newswire and stay caught up on the top press releases by following @PRNenergy on Twitter.
In addition to these popular releases, several must-read earnings reports crossed the wire this week, including the quarterly results for Maxeon Solar Technologies and Vermilion Energy.
Catch up on all the latest earnings reports here.
These are just a few of the recent press releases that consumers and the media should know about. To be notified of releases relevant to their coverage area, journalists can set up a custom newsfeed with PR Newswire for Journalists.
Once they're signed up, reporters, bloggers and freelancers have access to the following free features:
- Customization: Create a customized newsfeed that will deliver relevant news right to your inbox. Customize the newsfeed by keywords, industry, subject, geography, and more.
- Photos and Videos: Thousands of multimedia assets are available to download and include with your next story.
- Subject Matter Experts: Access ProfNet, a database of industry experts to connect with as sources or for quotes in your articles.
- Related Resources: Read and subscribe to our journalist- and blogger-focused blog, Beyond Bylines, for media news roundups, writing tips, upcoming events, and more.
For more than 65 years, PR Newswire has been the industry leader with the largest, most comprehensive distribution network of print, radio, magazine, television stations, financial portals and trade publications. PR Newswire has an unparalleled global reach of more than 200,000 publications and 10,000 websites and is available in more than 170 countries and 40 languages.
PR Newswire for Journalists (PRNJ) is an exclusive community that includes over 20,000 journalists, bloggers and influencers who are logging into their PRNJ accounts specifically looking for story ideas. PR Newswire thoroughly researches and vets this community to verify their identity as a member of the press, blogger or influencer. PRNJ users cover more than 200 beats and verticals.
For questions, contact the team at media.relations@cision.com.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE PR Newswire
|
https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2023/03/10/this-week-energy-news-9-stories-you-need-see/
|
2023-03-10 13:22:26
| 0
|
https://www.kalb.com/prnewswire/2023/03/10/this-week-energy-news-9-stories-you-need-see/
|
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It doesn't feel like work for Jorge Guerra as he trains aviation students at Florida Memorial University.
"I just love being around them," Guerra said. "It's something that I look forward to every day," Guerra said.
However, there's a major flaw in the field Guerra chose back in the 1970s.
"This industry, as great as it is, is lacking in diversity," he said.
According to Zippia, only 1.2% of commercial airline pilots in the U.S. are black. That statistic doesn't surprise FMU senior Cephas Pinder.
"When I was growing up, I didn't see too much of people who looked like me on TV or in the cockpit," Pinder said.
"Currently, I'm the only female flying at school," sophomore Sarai Stewart said.
Both Pinder and Stewart said they're witnessing a shift in diversity in aviation.
"I feel that it's very good that now, a lot of Black females are stepping out of that box and starting to show that I can do this, and I will be here," Stewart said.
Florida Memorial University, a historically black university, said since its aviation program started in 1987, they've had approximately 500 graduates of the program, and 85% of them have secured jobs in the industry as airport ground and support staff and commercial airline pilots all over the world.
"Different people from different backgrounds brings other ideas, and it's not just the one single thought process. So, bringing in diversity brings greater ideas and more people contributing to solving some of the problems the industry has," Guerra said.
Pinder might inherit some of those problems in the aviation industry, like pilot shortages, when he graduates next year. Until then, he's focused on his career goals.
"My dream job is to be able to wake up in the morning, walk outside, go to the airport, point at a plane and be able to fly it every day," Pinder said.
Stewart is pursuing a career as a pilot or founder of a private jet company.
Florida Memorial University estimated tuition costs $65,000 for their aviation program, which they pitted as low compared to similar programs with price tags reaching $90,000. FMU said almost all of their aviation students are on scholarship thanks to government assistance and generous community partners.
|
https://www.abc15.com/news/national/historically-black-colleges-training-next-generation-pilots
|
2022-09-23 17:53:16
| 1
|
https://www.abc15.com/news/national/historically-black-colleges-training-next-generation-pilots
|
INDIANAPOLIS — Firefighters rescued a 19-year-old driver after his car went down an embankment and into a west Indianapolis retention pond Sunday morning.
Firefighters were told there were multiple people in the car when it crashed near 34th Street and Lafayette Road, just after 5 a.m.
When they arrived, the car was overturned in the pond. All of the windows and doors were intact.
The Indianapolis Fire Department said firefighters made an "aggressive rescue" of the driver.
Six firefighters got into the mucky, waist-deep water and opened one of the doors. The driver reached out to them and they pulled him out, then carried him up the embankment to awaiting medics.
At the same time, other firefighters were searching for other occupants. One firefighter said they felt a car seat — which made them think there could be a child inside.
While with the medics, the driver said there were four other people in the car.
Based on that information, divers went into the water and searched, but they didn't find any other occupants.
When the driver's mother arrived on scene, IFD said, the driver recanted his story and admitted he was the only person in the vehicle. He was released to the custody of his mother.
What other people are reading:
- IMPD: Man found fatally shot in truck behind his house
- Michigan assistant coach Mike Hart carted off field on backboard during game at IU
- 3 people banned for 1 year from Greenwood Park Mall for carrying guns
- ISP: Man put spray foam insulation in the tailpipe judge's truck
- Carmel, Zionsville, Westfield named among top 10 best small cities in America
|
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/firefighters-rescue-driver-from-car-overturned-in-retention-pond-west-side-indianapolis/531-7434e394-e170-4f23-8dc2-ad7db76504db
|
2022-10-10 00:15:35
| 1
|
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/firefighters-rescue-driver-from-car-overturned-in-retention-pond-west-side-indianapolis/531-7434e394-e170-4f23-8dc2-ad7db76504db
|
The Kansas City Chiefs’ overhaul of their wide-receiver corps continued on Thursday when the NFL team waived Gehrig Dieter.
The former Alabama pass-catcher was among the six players released by Kansas City on Thursday in the wake of last week’s NFL Draft.
· ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOLS RANK SECOND PER-CAPITA IN NFL DRAFT
· FROM NICK SABAN’S HELICOPTER TO AN NFL DRAFT PICK
· EAGLES QB JALEN HURTS: ‘IT’S MY TEAM’
After spending the previous five seasons with the Chiefs, Dieter signed a reserve/future contract on Feb. 2 to return to Kansas City this year.
Dieter has been with the Chiefs since he made the Kansas City practice squad in 2017 as an undrafted rookie. And if a past trend continues, he’ll be back with them again. This is the eighth time that the Chiefs have waived or released Dieter, and he’s re-signed with Kansas City after all the previous times.
Most of Dieter’s NFL career has been spent as a practice-squad member, including the entire 2021 season. In the three years between this season and his rookie campaign, Dieter played in 10 regular-season games and three playoff contests with the Chiefs.
Kansas City traded wide receiver Tyreek Hill, a six-time Pro Bowler and former West Alabama standout, to the Miami Dolphins this offseason. But the Chiefs signed wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster from the Pittsburgh Steelers, Marquez Valdes-Scantling from the Green Bay Packers and former first-round draft pick Corey Coleman in free agency, used a second-round selection on Western Michigan wide receiver Skyy Moore in the NFL Draft on Friday night and have Clemson wide receiver Justyn Ross, a former Central-Phenix City star, coming in as an undrafted rookie.
RELATED: MEDICAL ISSUE DRAGS FORMER ALABAMA PREP STAR OUT OF NFL DRAFT
After catching 94 passes for 1,033 yards and 10 touchdowns for Bowling Green in 2015, Dieter came to Alabama as a graduate transfer and had 15 catches for 214 yards and four touchdowns in 2016.
FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.
|
https://www.al.com/sports/2022/05/kansas-city-waives-former-alabama-wide-receiver.html
|
2022-05-06 04:10:34
| 1
|
https://www.al.com/sports/2022/05/kansas-city-waives-former-alabama-wide-receiver.html
|
Drive-thru beer and wine sales almost a reality in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - You may soon be able to pick up beer or wine via curbside or takeout options in Alabama.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control board is setting up new rules and regulations that could make this possible by January 2023.
The new rules are currently in a 45-day waiting period, and if there are no changes, businesses with the proper licenses will soon be selling certain alcoholic beverages through a drive-thru or takeout service - a feature many businesses are excited about.
“I think it can be a good thing. It is a natural progression,” said John Parker, the owner of Dave’s Pub.
Parker is happy Alabamians will enjoy the same amenity that has already been made available in other states and doesn’t think the change will hurt any bar’s bottom line.
“People come into bars for a social experience. To see bartenders make these pieces of art that live in the moment,” said Parker.
Parker is also the CEO of BUZD alcohol and delivery. He says the business just did a record breaking amount of business this past Friday, but it has required a substantial amount of work getting set up, which may discourage some establishments from making any changes.
“I don’t think it is stepping into our space. Retail is a whole different world than an on premise. It is a huge undertaking to kind of marry them both.”
Since he already has a larger crew working on the delivery side of things, Parker is now looking into making some infrastructure changes to the pub to take advantage of the new opportunity.
“Just yesterday, I was talking to a builder about kind of setting up so people can come in and get bottles and utilizing that license,” said Parker.
Parker is interested to see how this change will impact the seller’s insurance requirements and thinks that will be one of the most difficult things to navigate once the change becomes official.
Get news alerts in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store or subscribe to our email newsletter here.
Copyright 2022 WBRC. All rights reserved.
|
https://www.wbrc.com/2022/11/04/drive-though-beer-wine-sales-almost-reality-alabama/
|
2022-11-04 01:41:21
| 1
|
https://www.wbrc.com/2022/11/04/drive-though-beer-wine-sales-almost-reality-alabama/
|
Fixes to the federal student loan program means more than 804,000 borrowers will get a total of $39 billion in debt erased.
The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday, July 14 the student debt will be automatically discharged in coming weeks.
The debt forgiveness stems from adjustments made by the Biden administration to the income-driven repayment plan. The fixes accurately count the number of qualifying monthly payments that bring borrowers closer to forgiveness.
Eligible borrowers will be notified in coming days if they have accumulated either 20 or 25 years of qualifying monthly payments. Debt discharges will begin 30 days after emails are sent.
“For far too long, borrowers fell through the cracks of a broken system that failed to keep accurate track of their progress towards forgiveness,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement.
Related: ‘Feel so far behind’: Michigan borrowers recalculate after SCOTUS debt forgiveness ruling
The White House announced the changes in April last year to address “historical inaccuracies” in the count of payments, the education department said. Under the Higher Education Act, a borrower qualifies for forgiveness after making 240 or 300 monthly payments under an income-driven repayment plan or a standard repayment plan.
“At the start of this Administration, millions of borrowers had earned loan forgiveness but never received it. That’s unacceptable,” said Under Secretary James Kvaal. “Today we are holding up the bargain we offered borrowers who have completed decades of repayment.”
The U.S. Department of Education says borrowers with Direct Loans or Federal Family Education Loans including Parent PLUS Loans who have reached the forgiveness threshold will receive payment credit for these periods:
- A month when the borrower was in repayment status regardless of whether payments were partial or late, the type of loan or the repayment plan
- Any period when a borrower was 12 or more consecutive months in forbearance
- Any month in forbearance for borrowers who were in forbearance for 36 or more months
- Any month spent in deferment before 2013, except for in-school deferred payments
- Any month in economic hardship or military deferments after Jan. 1, 2013
- Any month spent in deferment (except for in-school deferment) prior to 2013; and
- Any month spent in economic hardship or military deferments on or after January 1, 2013.
This announcement comes two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s broad student debt relief program that would have erased $10,000 per borrower and $20,000 per Pell Grant recipient. About 864,000 Michiganders applied for the debt forgiveness before the program was halted by the courts last year.
The White House did not provide state-by-state estimates on how many borrowers will see their debt cleared with the adjustments to the Income-Driven Repayment plan.
Student loan repayments are on track to start in October after being paused for three years. Interest will begin accruing in September.
More on MLive:
5 key dates: Student loan repayments starting in October
Can Biden still cancel student loans? Actually, yes, say experts and the White House
Americans are drowning in student loan debt. How does the rest of the world compare?
|
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/07/more-than-804000-student-loan-borrowers-to-get-debt-forgiven.html
|
2023-07-14 14:10:58
| 1
|
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/07/more-than-804000-student-loan-borrowers-to-get-debt-forgiven.html
|
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A commission formed to review the government structure in Portland, Oregon, has voted by a supermajority to send a sweeping slate of reforms to voters in November amid rising dissatisfaction with livability issues and the current leadership structure.
The independent commission, which reviews the city charter at least every decade, voted 17-3 on Tuesday to send the issue to voters, many of whom are angry about Portland’s response to homelessness, rising gun violence and other issues.
Portland’s governing system was established in 1917, when the city was less than one-third its current population. It’s the last major city in the U.S. governed by a city commission style of government wherein four commissioners and the mayor are elected at-large — not by district — and then divvy up authority over major bureaus such as fire, police and transportation.
Critics have argued the citywide elections do little to hold leadership accountable and oversight of major bureaus by elected officials creates silos and conflicts among competing interests. Portland also lacks a professional city manager who is not beholden to voters.
The reforms, if passed, would expand the number of city council members to 12 — three from each of four newly created districts — implement ranked-choice voting and hire a professional city administrator, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
The mayor and city auditor would still be elected by an at-large vote, KGW-TV reported.
Multiple attempts at reform have been rejected by voters over the years, including as recently as 2007, but dissatisfaction with the current style of government has created newfound buzz around the upcoming ballot measure.
“This isn’t just fixing around the edges,” said Melanie Billings-Yun, co-chair of the 20-member commission. “This is a big change.”
“This form goes back to 1917 when we had 200,000 people, and there have been several — I believe seven — attempts to change it. The last one was in 2007,” she told KGW-TV. “And I will tell you that it failed by about three to one. The most common reason given by people was that, ‘Why should we change? The city is great, we don’t have any problems.’”
But today’s Portland residents have grown increasingly upset about quality of life issues such as crime, homelessness and rising housing costs, and polls show frustration with the city’s government is running high.
“We spent a lot of time looking at what Portlanders are unhappy about and trying to fix that,” Billings-Yun said. “Basically, what we heard was that they wanted a complete change of government.”
|
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/portland-oregon-to-vote-on-major-government-overhaul/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
|
2022-06-15 20:34:49
| 1
|
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/portland-oregon-to-vote-on-major-government-overhaul/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
|
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- High school teams from across Michigan came together for the finals of the 2022 Governor's High School Cyber Challenge, a cybersecurity competition hosted by the State of Michigan. The ten qualifying teams, composed of up to three students each, completed challenges designed to test their knowledge of information technology and cybersecurity. The competition scores were based on the number of completed virtual challenges and the highest demonstrated mastery of essential cybersecurity skills. The winning teams were announced today at the Michigan Cyber Summit.
WINNING TEAMS:
1st Place: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools – Team: Crickets
2nd Place: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools – Team: Super Novas
3rd Place: Kalamazoo Area Mathematics and Science Center – Team: K10MM-JS-DS
The first round of the Cyber Challenge was held from October 3 to October 6, 2022. Each day of the event focused on a different topic, such as networking, programming, hacking or operating systems. Teams progressed through the story-driven scenarios by submitting their answers to multiple-choice questions.
248 teams, composed of more than 680 students from 29 Michigan schools, participated in the first round of the challenge. The schools were geographically located across the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.
The Governor's High School Cyber Challenge is facilitated by Merit Network and the Michigan Cyber Range, in partnership with the State of Michigan. Event support was provided by Cisco, Juniper Networks and ADVA.
ABOUT THE MICHIGAN CYBER SUMMIT:
The Michigan Cyber Summit 2022, hosted by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, was held this year in Novi at Suburban Collection Showcase. This event, in its eleventh year, brought together experts from across the globe to address a variety of cybersecurity issues impacting the world.
ABOUT MERIT NETWORK:
Merit Network, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation owned and governed by Michigan's public universities. Merit owns and operates America's longest-running regional research and education network. In 1966, Michigan's public universities created Merit as a shared resource to help meet their common need for networking assistance. Since its formation, Merit Network has remained on the forefront of research and education networking expertise and services. Merit provides high-performance networking and IT solutions to Michigan's public universities, colleges, K-12 organizations, libraries, state government, healthcare, and other non-profit organizations. For more information: www.merit.edu
MEDIA CONTACT
Barnaby Pung
bjpung@merit.edu
734-864-2030
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE Merit Network
|
https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2022/10/28/plymouth-canton-community-high-school-wins-2022-governors-high-school-cyber-challenge/
|
2022-10-28 15:27:05
| 1
|
https://www.kmvt.com/prnewswire/2022/10/28/plymouth-canton-community-high-school-wins-2022-governors-high-school-cyber-challenge/
|
ROANOKE, Va. – We don’t have a particularly nice day from now until the weekend. You either have to deal with rain when we have warm temperatures or lots of cold when we have sunshine.
Showers are limited to Friday. Rain moved into the NRV shortly before sunrise, and it takes until pretty late in the day for us to dry up.
Showers are widespread but light consistently through noon. I wouldn’t recommend sitting outside to have lunch, but if you’re headed to a restaurant the drive itself is not bad.
Showers take a bit of a break in the early afternoon. By 3:00 PM they start building back in the northwest. Showers continue across the region until 6:00 PM.
After 6:00 PM showers both move far east and dry up. Blacksburg is done with rain around 8:00 PM, Roanoke around 9:00 PM, and most of us by 10:00 PM.
Rain totals are light for all of us. The NRV and parts of the Highlands get above a tenth of an inch while staying under a quarter.
It might seem like a nice break once the rain lets up, but cold and wind swoop right in. Lows Saturday morning are cooler than Friday, but we hold on to at least a little heat. Saturday afternoon is more noticeably cold: highs are about 10 degrees cooler than Friday.
The same system that helped bring warm air our way sends in the colder air this weekend. Temperatures start to improve once the front is further east and other air systems have more influence on our weather.
Winds are mostly calm through Friday, but they climb up to 20 mph Saturday with gusts to 30 mph. These are lighter winds than some days so far this month. The breeze paired with cold air this weekend sends morning wind chills into the teens.
As chilly as these temperatures are we do have lots of sunshine to help take the edge off. The amount of sunshine during the day only increases between Monday and June.
The equinox on Monday gives every location about 12 hours of day and night. The Earth’s orbit puts the northern hemisphere more directly towards the sun from now until our next equinox in September. The longest day of the year is the summer solstice in June.
Temperatures feel more spring-like once the season actually starts. Monday is a big improvement from Sunday, and we add a few more degrees each day through the end of the work week.
|
https://www.wsls.com/weather/2023/03/17/big-switch-to-end-the-week-rainy-and-mild-to-dry-and-cold/
|
2023-03-17 14:00:25
| 0
|
https://www.wsls.com/weather/2023/03/17/big-switch-to-end-the-week-rainy-and-mild-to-dry-and-cold/
|
American Residential Services® ("ARS") Can Help Homeowners Navigate Cost-Saving Opportunities
MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Homeowners can make their homes more energy efficient while taking advantage of financial incentives included in the Inflation Reduction Act that was signed in August 2022.
ARS, a nationwide network of company-owned heating, cooling, plumbing, and sewer and drain service companies, is helping homeowners navigate the incentives created by the new law.
"One of the main purposes of the Inflation Reduction Act is to incentivize making energy efficient improvements to the home," says Scott Boose, President and CEO of ARS. "Consumer tax credits and rebates will be made available for high-efficiency products like heat pumps, electrical upgrades, and insulation improvements."
Right now, eligible homeowners can take advantage of tax credits for home improvements for heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, qualifying HVAC systems, and certain other efficiency improvement projects, such as improving insulation. Homeowners can receive an annual tax credit of up to $3,200 per year for these projects.
"The tax incentives are available immediately, and these benefits combined with seasonal discounts make this the ideal time to contact your local ARS professional for a comfort assessment," says Boose. "Homeowners can make their homes more comfortable and energy efficient, while identifying tremendous cost savings."
In addition to the tax credits that are available now, the Inflation Reduction Act created consumer rebate programs that are still being finalized by federal and state governments and are not available to consumers yet. The largest rebate, which will be up to $8,000, will go to homeowners who upgrade to electric heat pumps, which can replace an air conditioner and provide both heating and cooling. Homeowners who use gas as the primary heating source can also realize significant utility cost savings by converting to a hybrid dual-fuel heating and cooling system with a heat pump.
The Inflation Reduction Act also provides rebates for heat pump water heaters (up to $1,750), electrical panel upgrades (up to $4,000), electrical wiring improvements (up to $2,500) as well as insulation, air duct sealing, and ventilation (up to $1,600). ARS provides all these services.
"Electrical panel upgrades and wiring improvements may be necessary, especially in older homes, to allow for some of these other upgrades," says Boose. "It also may be necessary for anyone who is thinking about installing a charging station for an electric vehicle."
To qualify for rebates, which are expected to become available in 2024, homeowners' incomes must fall into certain brackets, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for that region. Households making less than 80% of an area's median income will be eligible for the rebate amounts described above. Households making 80% to 150% of an area's median income will be eligible for 50% of the rebate amounts, up to the limits for certain items as outlined above and up to $14,000 in total.
"We're here to make this process simple and easy for homeowners," says Boose. "Our Comfort Advisors meet with each customer to assess their preferences and energy consumption, and to identify solutions that meet their needs while providing large savings opportunities."
Homeowners can learn more by visiting www.ars.com/tax-credits.
ARS is one of the nation's largest providers of air conditioning, heating, electrical, energy-efficient, and plumbing services. Providing exceptional service, the ARS® Network serves both residential and light commercial customers by providing heating, cooling, indoor air quality, plumbing, drain cleaning, sewer line, radiant barrier, insulation, and ventilation services. Each location has a knowledgeable team of trained specialists who undergo rigorous training and background checks. Further, ARS/Rescue Rooter has longstanding strategic partnerships with industry-leading suppliers and retailers to efficiently service consumers. For more information and a complete list of our locations nationwide, visit www.ars.com.
View original content to download multimedia:
SOURCE American Residential Services, LLC
|
https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2023/06/15/inflation-reduction-act-makes-tax-credits-rebates-available-energy-efficient-upgrades/
|
2023-06-15 19:51:17
| 1
|
https://www.wagmtv.com/prnewswire/2023/06/15/inflation-reduction-act-makes-tax-credits-rebates-available-energy-efficient-upgrades/
|
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.