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AVERITT: Mary Averitt, 62, of Chico, died May 31, 2023, in Chico. Arrangements are under the direction of Affordable Mortuary, 214-0177.
BAIS: Janice Mae Bais, 80, of Oroville, died May 31, 2023, in Oroville. Arrangements are under the direction of Ramsey Funeral Home, 534-3877. | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/06/03/death-notices-received-june-2-6/ | 2023-06-03 11:06:23 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/06/03/death-notices-received-june-2-6/ |
FBI searched Biden home, found documents marked classified
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday and located six additional documents containing classified markings and also took possession of some of his notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday.
Bob Bauer, the president’s personal lawyer, said the search of the entire premises lasted nearly 13 hours. The documents taken by the FBI spanned Biden’s time in the Senate and the vice presidency, while the notes dated to his time as vice president. The level of classification, and whether they remained classified, was not immediately clear as the Justice Department reviews the records.
The search followed more than a week after Biden’s attorneys found six classified documents in the president’s home library from his time as vice president, and nearly three months after lawyers found a small number of classified records at his former offices at the Penn Biden Center in Washington. It came a day after Biden maintained that “there’s no there there” on the document discoveries, which have become a political headache for the president and complicated the Justice Department’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents and official records after he left office.
“We found a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place,” Biden told reporters who questioned him during a tour of the damage from storms in California. “We immediately turned them over to the Archives and the Justice Department.”
Biden said he was “fully cooperating and looking forward to getting this resolved quickly.”
The president and first lady Jill Biden were not at the home when it was searched. They were spending the weekend at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
It remains to be seen whether additional searches by federal officials of other locations might be conducted. Biden’s personal attorneys previously conducted a search of the Rehoboth Beach residence and said they did not find any official documents or classified records.
Bauer said the FBI requested that the White House not comment on the search before it was conducted, and that Biden’s personal and White House attorneys were present. The FBI, he added, “had full access to the President’s home, including personally handwritten notes, files, papers, binders, memorabilia, to-do lists, schedules, and reminders going back decades.”
The Justice Department, he added, “took possession of materials it deemed within the scope of its inquiry, including six items consisting of documents with classification markings and surrounding materials, some of which were from the President’s service in the Senate and some of which were from his tenure as Vice President.”
Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed former Maryland U.S. Attorney Robert Hur as a special counsel to investigate any potential wrongdoing surrounding the Biden documents.
“Since the beginning, the President has been committed to handling this responsibly because he takes this seriously,” White House lawyer Richard Sauber said Saturday. “The President’s lawyers and White House Counsel’s Office will continue to cooperate with DOJ and the Special Counsel to help ensure this process is conducted swiftly and efficiently.”
The Biden document discoveries and the investigation into Trump, which is in the hands of special counsel Jack Smith, are significantly different. The Justice Department says Trump took hundreds of records marked classified with him upon leaving the White House in early 2021 and resisted months of requests to return them to the government. Biden has made a point of cooperating with the DOJ probe at every turn, though questions about his transparency with the public remain.
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Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, contributed to this report.
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- This represents the third Car and Driver 10Best list inclusion for Genesis in five years
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Car and Driver announced the inclusion of the Genesis GV70 as one of its 2023 10Best Trucks and SUVs. This marks the third time that Genesis has earned a Car and Driver 10Best award, following GV80 in 2021 and G70 in 2019.
"We are humbled that the Genesis GV70 SUV has earned a place on Car and Driver's 2023 10Best Trucks and SUV list," said Claudia Marquez, chief operating officer of Genesis Motor North America. "We are pleased that our bold designs, commitment to safety, and world-class technologies resonate with industry experts and customers alike."
GV70 is an award-winning SUV from Genesis showcasing the brand's Athletic Elegance design language featuring a bold and distinct look with its signature two-lined Quad Lamps. GV70 provides a dynamic driving experience and exceptional comfort, all while incorporating the latest technologies and advanced safety features.
Car and Driver 10Best is a list produced annually by Car and Driver, nominating what it considers the ten best cars of the year. Car and Driver also produces the 10Best Trucks and SUVs list, highlighting what it considers the ten best vehicles from the combined truck and SUV category.
At Genesis, we put the customer at the center of every decision we make. Genesis is a global automotive brand that delivers the highest standards of performance, design, safety, and innovation while looking towards a more sustainable future. Genesis designs customer experiences that go beyond products, embodying audacious, forward-thinking, and distinctly Korean characteristics within its unique Athletic Elegance design identity. With a growing range of award-winning models — including the 2023 MotorTrend Car of the Year G90 along with G70, G80, GV60, GV70, and GV80 — Genesis aims to lead the age of electrification with battery EVs, starting with its Electrified G80, GV60, and Electrified GV70 models. Genesis has stated its commitment to becoming an all-electric vehicle brand by 2030 and to pursuing carbon neutrality by 2035.
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ST LOUIS (AP) _ Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) on Thursday reported third-quarter net income of $375.1 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had profit of $2.33. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1.78 per share.
The coal mining company posted revenue of $1.34 billion in the period.
Peabody Energy shares have more than doubled since the beginning of the year, while the S&P's 500 index has declined 21%. The stock has more than doubled in the last 12 months.
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WASHINGTON — Frozen fruit sold at Walmart, Costco and HEB has been recalled because of the potential risk of hepatitis A contamination, according to the FDA.
The latest recalls are part of an ongoing investigation into an outbreak of hepatitis A infections linked to frozen organic strawberries imported from Baja California, Mexico.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been investigating and trying to contain the outbreak since at least March.
On Monday, Willamette Valley Fruit Co. of Salem, Oregon, recalled select frozen fruit products containing strawberries that were sold at Walmart stores in 32 states, Costco stores in 4 states and HEB stores in Texas. These products were sold under the Great Value and Radar Farms brands.
The FDA said the recalled frozen fruit includes:
- Walmart: Great Value Sliced Strawberries, Great Value Mixed Fruit, and Great Value Antioxidant Blend distributed to select Walmart stores in AR, AZ, CA, CO, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV, and WY from Jan. 24, 2023 to June 8, 2023
- Costco: Rader Farms Organic Fresh Start Smoothie Blend distributed to Costco Wholesale stores in Colorado, Texas, California, and Arizona from Oct. 3, 2022 and June 8, 2023.
- HEB: Rader Farms Organic Berry Trio distributed to HEB stores in Texas from July 18, 2022 to June 8, 2023.
No illnesses have been associated with this voluntary recall from Willamette Valley Fruit Co. Anybody who has frozen fruit in their freezer that is included in the recall should throw it out or return it to the store for a refund.
Last week, Wawona Frozen Foods recalled year-old packages of its Organic Daybreak Blend distributed to Costco stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah and Washington from April 15, 2022 to June 26, 2022. To see the lot numbers and product photos of the affected products, click here.
Although the products were sold last year, the packages have "Use By" dates of 09/23/2023, 09/29/2023, 09/30/2023 and 10/18/2023. Shoppers are being encouraged to check their freezers to see if any of their frozen fruit is included.
The fruit includes strawberries grown in Mexico that the FDA says may have been contaminated with the hepatitis A virus.
The voluntary recall is being made out of an abundance of caution, according to the manufacturer. No illnesses have been associated with their products involved in the recall.
Daybreak Blend fruit currently being sold at Costco, or fruit that has a different purchase date, is not affected by the recall and can be safely eaten, the recall noticed explained.
The newest recalls comes after a March recall of frozen fruit sold nationwide at Trader Joe's and frozen strawberries sold in several states at a number of retailers including Costco and Aldi.
The product supplier, Scenic Fruit Company of Gresham, Oregon, said it was recalling the frozen fruit "due to an outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses."
The affected Trader Joe's product is their store-brand frozen Organic Tropical Fruit Blend with best by dates of 04/25/24, 05/12/24, 05/23/24, 05/30/24, and 06/07/24. Trader Joe's said no illnesses have been reported to date and urged anyone with the recalled fruit blend to throw it out or return it to a store for a full refund.
The recall also includes frozen organic strawberries sold under five different brand names including Aldi's Simply Nature brand and Costco's Kirkland Signature.
The recalled frozen strawberries sold at Costco were only distributed to stores in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington with a best by date of 10/8/2024. While the recalled Simple Nature frozen strawberries were sold at Aldi stores in California, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin with a best by date of 6/14/2024.
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KINSTON, N.C., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, flyExclusive announced it has entered into a purchase agreement with Textron Aviation for up to 14 additional Cessna Citation business jets. flyExclusive will purchase eight Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 aircraft to be delivered in 2024, and up to six Citation Longitudes, with initial deliveries of the first two Longitudes in 2025.
"This agreement reinforces flyExclusive's rapid growth and further bolsters the company's offerings in the fractional space. We continue to elevate the private flying experience, delivering consistent, reliable, and world-class service for our customers," said Jim Segrave, Chairman and CEO, flyExclusive. "We are proud to deepen our relationship with Textron Aviation and support high quality, American manufacturing. We appreciate Textron Aviation's support as we continue to grow into one of the largest private jet charter operators in the industry."
These aircraft will provide customers of flyExclusive Fractional additional options in the midsize and super-midsize segments.
"We're proud that flyExclusive, a growing fractional operator, has chosen the Citation XLS Gen2 and Citation Longitude to offer comfortable, spacious and unforgettable experiences to their customers entering business aviation," said Ron Draper, president & CEO, Textron Aviation. "We appreciate their confidence in Textron Aviation as they continue to expand their already impressive Citation fleet and look forward to continuing our relationship for years to come."
This announcement is in addition to flyExclusive's agreement earlier this year for up to 30 Cessna Citation CJ3+ light jets and creates new opportunities to expand its fractional offering for customers.
flyExclusive Fractional owners enjoy a host of benefits, including:
- Consistency, Versatility and Additional Fleet Access: flyExclusive's entire fleet of more than 90 jets is available to Fractional owners through preferred Fractional pricing. If an aircraft is not available or the flyer needs hours beyond their allotment, they can count on flyExclusive's fleet of light, midsize and super-midsize aircraft to meet their needs for any occasion.
- No Monthly Management Fee: flyExclusive is expanding its daily rate and hourly rate concept, popular in its Aircraft Partnership program and Jet Club. Instead of paying a monthly fee, Fractional owners only pay a daily rate for the aircraft when they fly.
- No Positioning Fees or Daily Minimums: Like flyExclusive's popular Jet Club, with advance notice there are no repositioning fees with a Fractional share. Fractional owners enjoy the simplicity of a daily and hourly rate, providing both access and competitive pricing.
- Ease of Use: Unlike full ownership, flyExclusive Fractional allows the peace of mind to simply plan travel and not worry about hiring and training crews, insurance and other regulatory matters. flyExclusive's team of experts professionally manage those details so Fractional owners can simply enjoy their flight.
- No Compromises: flyExclusive makes safety and service its highest priority. flyExclusive is one of only 5% of private jet operators to achieve both the ARGUS Platinum and Wyvern Wingman third-party audit certifications. The dedicated Services team is available 24x7 to assist with any trip planning and personalized needs. And, with a robust culture of safety and a Safety Management System governing operations, flyExclusive puts the safety of its flyers and crews first.
To learn more about flyExclusive's range of private jet charter offerings or to inquire about becoming a Jet Club Member, visit www.flyexclusive.com.
About flyExclusive
flyExclusive is a premiere Part 135 owner/operator of private jet experiences that surpass expectations for quality, convenience, and safety. From a world-class Jet Club to an unmatched private charter and fractional ownership opportunities, clients who fly with the company receive a curated experience that anticipates their needs for consistency, comfort, and style. As one of the world's largest operators of Cessna Citation aircraft with a floating fleet of 90 light to heavy jets, flyExclusive offers access to a network of personalized private aviation with on-demand flights that can service a myriad of specialized trip needs. flyExclusive is headquartered in Kinston, North Carolina with services provided across North America, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia and beyond. To learn more, visit www.flyexclusive.com.
About Textron Aviation
We inspire the journey of flight. For more than 95 years, Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has empowered our collective talent across the Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker brands to design and deliver the best aviation experience for our customers. With a range that includes everything from business jets, turboprops, and high-performance pistons, to special mission, military trainer and defense products, Textron Aviation has the most versatile and comprehensive aviation product portfolio in the world and a workforce that has produced more than half of all general aviation aircraft worldwide. Customers in more than 170 countries rely on our legendary performance, reliability and versatility, along with our trusted global customer service network, for affordable and flexible flight.
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About Textron Inc.
Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Arctic Cat, Textron Systems, and TRU Simulation + Training. For more information, visit: www.textron.com
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OKOTOKS, AB, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX: MTL) Mullen Group Ltd. ("Mullen Group", "We", "Our" and/or the "Corporation") reports that Stephen Clark, the Corporation's Senior Financial Officer, is on extended leave for health reasons. In his absence, Carson Urlacher, Senior Accounting Officer has assumed Mr. Clark's responsibilities.
About Mullen Group Ltd.
Mullen Group is one of North America's largest logistics providers. Our network of independently operated businesses provide a wide range of service offerings including less-than-truckload, truckload, warehousing, logistics, transload, oversized, third-party logistics and specialized hauling transportation. In addition, we provide a diverse set of specialized services related to the energy, mining, forestry and construction industries in western Canada, including water management, fluid hauling and environmental reclamation. The corporate office provides the capital and financial expertise, legal support, technology and systems support, shared services and strategic planning to its independent businesses.
Mullen Group is a publicly traded corporation listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "MTL". Additional information is available on our website at www.mullen-group.com or on the Corporation's issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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Harvard University student newspaper survey of graduates finds very few lean conservative
The survey also found that 54.1% of graduating students surveyed support 'defunding or abolishing ICE'
A Harvard University student newspaper survey of graduating students found that only 6.4% of the people who responded have a conservative-leaning after attending the private Ivy League institution.
The survey, conducted by The Crimson, was emailed to all 1,269 graduating seniors and drew a nearly 40% response rate. It found that 4% of graduates from the class of 2022 lean conservative, and 2.4% lean "very conservative." It also surveyed the students about what their politics were before attending Harvard and found that 7.1% of the graduating class identified as conservative before attending the college.
40.7% of the students identified as progressive after attending Harvard, compared to 44.7% prior to attending the college. 27.9% of graduating students identify as "very progressive," which is an increase from the 20.9% who said they were "very progressive" prior to attending the college.
1.4% of the graduating students surveyed identify as apolitical, according to the student newspaper.
BIDEN TO UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE GRADS, 'WE CAN'T OUTLAW TRAGEDY, BUT WE CAN MAKE AMERICA SAFER'
93% of graduating students surveyed hold an unfavorable view of former President Trump, according to the report. 51.8% of graduating students surveyed have a favorable view of President Biden, compared to 30.1% who hold an unfavorable view.
The survey also polled support on various other social and political issues such as abolishing ICE and Elon Musk's Twitter purchase.
It found that 54.1% of graduating students surveyed support "defunding or abolishing ICE," and just 15.3% support "Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter."
MISSISSIPPI FAMILY CELEBRATES GRADUATION AS DAD, TWO KIDS ALL EARN MASTER'S DEGREES
On the "Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement," the survey found that 33.8% of graduating students surveyed support the movement and 21.1% oppose it.
When asked about the Biden administration's decision withdraw from Afghanistan, 42.5% said they hold a favorable view of it, and 21.9% hold an unfavorable view.
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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, her coffin borne to the Houses of Parliament by a horse-drawn gun carriage and trailed by grieving family members.
The coffin will lie in state for four days until the late monarch’s funeral on Monday, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to file past. Eight pall bearers carried the oak and lead-lined coffin into Westminster Hall, placing it on a raised platform known as a catafalque.
With the Royal Standard and crown of state resting on top of the coffin and artillery firing salutes at one-minute intervals, the solemn procession from Buckingham Palace was designed to underscore the queen’s seven decades as head of state as the national mourning process shifted to the grand boulevards and historic landmarks of the U.K. capital.
King Charles III, his sons Princes William and Harry and other members of the royal family walked behind the gun carriage.
Thousands of people who had waited for hours along The Mall outside the palace and other locations to line the route held up phones and cameras, and some wiped away tears, as the procession passed. Applause broke out as it went through Horse Guards Parade.
The coffin was draped in the Royal Standard and topped with the Imperial State Crown – adorned with almost 3,000 diamonds — and a bouquet of flowers and plants including pine from the Balmoral Estate, where Elizabeth died last week.
An escort of two officers and 32 troops from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in red uniforms and bearskin hats walked on on either side of the gun carriage. Big Ben tolled, a gun salute boomed from Hyde Park and the martial strains of a military band accompanied the procession.
The 38-minute procession ended at Westminster Hall, where Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby led a service attended by Charles and other royals after the coffin was brought in. The choir of Westminster Abbey and the Choir of His Majesty’s Chapel Royal sang the words of a psalm.
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you,” Welby said as he read from the Book of John.
Thousands of people were standing or sitting in line along the banks of the River Thames waiting their turn to file past the coffin and pay their respects.
The crowds are the latest manifestation of a nationwide outpouring of grief and respect for the only monarch most Britons have ever known, who died at her beloved Balmoral summer retreat on Thursday at age 96, ending a 70-year reign.
Joan Bucklehurst, a 50-year-old retail worker from Cheshire in northwestern England, said the queen “meant so much for everybody.”
“She was amazing, yeah,” she added, choking up with emotion. “So, we had to be here. We’ve been here a few times when there have been special occasions, but this one, I couldn’t miss this.”
Maj. Gen. Christopher Ghika, of the Household division, who organized the ceremonial aspects of the queen’s funeral said it was a sad day, “but it’s our last opportunity to do our duty for the queen and it’s our first opportunity to do it for the king, and that makes us all very proud.”
London’s Heathrow Airport halted flights to prevent overhead planes disturbing the procession.
The airport said in a statement that the changes would “ensure silence over central London as the ceremonial procession moves from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.”
Troops involved in the procession have been preparing since the queen died. So have the horses of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Sgt. Tom Jenks, from the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, said that the horses have undergone special training, including how to handle weeping mourners, as well as flowers and flags being thrown onto streets as the procession passes by.
Since the early morning, people staked out prime viewing positions behind metal barriers along the Mall and other streets along the route. They stood or sat on folding chairs, umbrellas at the ready, takeout coffees in hand.
Crowds have lined the route of the queen’s coffin whenever it has been moved in its long journey from Scotland back to London.
On Tuesday night, thousands braved a typical London drizzle as the state hearse, with interior lights illuminating the sovereign’s flag-draped casket, drove slowly from a military air base into the heart of London.
Earlier, in Edinburgh, some 33,000 people filed in silent respect past her coffin as it lay for 24 hours at St. Giles’ Cathedral.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to do the same in London when the queen lies in state at the 900-year-old Westminster Hall, the oldest building in Parliament, for four days before her state funeral on Monday.
The hall is where Guy Fawkes and Charles I were tried, where kings and queens hosted magnificent medieval banquets, and where ceremonial addresses were presented to Queen Elizabeth II during her silver, golden and diamond jubilees.
Chris Bond, from Truro in southwest England, was among those lining up along the banks of the River Thames. He also attended the lying in state of the queen’s mother in 2002.
“Obviously, it’s quite difficult queuing all day long, but when you walk through those doors into Westminster Hall, that marvellous, historic building, there was a great sense of hush and one was told you take as much time as you like, and it’s just amazing,” he said.
“We know the queen was a good age and she served the country a long time, but we hoped this day would never come,” he added.
Chris Imafidon, secured the sixth place in the queue.
“I have 1,001 emotions when I see her,” he said. “I want to say, God, she was an angel, because she touched many good people and did so many good things.”
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc. f/k/a Spartan Acquisition Corp. II.
Shareholders who purchased shares of SUNL during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: January 25, 2021 to September 28, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company lacked effective underwriting and risk evaluation with respect to its contractor advance program; (2) Sunlight lacked the oversight and periodic monitoring systems necessary to timely detect bad debt associated with its contractor advance program; (3) the Company lacked effective internal controls over accounting and reporting of non-cash advance receivables; (4) as a result, the Company would be forced to take a non-cash advance receivables impairment charge exceeding $30 million; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendant's positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: February 14, 2023 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/sunlight-financial-class-action-loss-submission-form/?id=35275&from=4
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NEW YORK (AP) — As he campaigns for a Manhattan congressional seat against fellow Democrats twice his age, 38-year-old Suraj Patel harnesses the frustration of his generation toward those who have held office for decades.
In his telling, Reps. Jerry Nadler, 75, and Carolyn Maloney, 76, are part of a crop of Democrats who rose to power in the 1990s only to fail on issues ranging from guns to climate change and abortion. The redistricting process that merged their congressional districts offers a chance for new leadership, Patel says.
“If we keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different result: That’s not just the definition of insanity,” he said. “That’s also the definition of incumbency.”
More than 1,100 miles to the west in the presidential testing ground of Iowa, Republican Jeremiah Bronson was also considering whether someone other than 76-year-old Donald Trump might carry his party into the future. Bronson expressed growing interest in 55-year-old Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
“He seems to be on the same page with conservatives around the country,” Bronson, 39, said as he dined on barbecued pork sandwiches with a half-dozen other Story County Republicans.
In a nation faltering along seemingly every conceivable divide, there’s a shared desire among Democrats and Republicans for a new generation of political leadership. The conversation is most pronounced when it comes to the White House as Trump considers another campaign and President Joe Biden confronts skepticism about his ability to mount a reelection bid in 2024 when he is 82.
“There’s just a sense of like, that rematch between these two old guys seems ridiculous to people,” said Sarah Longwell, a Republican strategist who conducts almost weekly focus groups with voters across the country and political spectrum.
There are recurring calls for youth and change in U.S. politics.
Bill Clinton’s appeal for a new generation of leadership helped him rise from governor of Arkansas to the first baby boomer president in 1992. In 2008, Barack Obama’s relative youth was an asset in his primary campaign against Hillary Clinton and during the general election against Arizona Sen. John McCain.
More recently, Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential bid gained traction with its focus on fresh leadership before being overtaken by Biden, viewed by many Democrats as the safer choice against Trump.
The dynamics have shifted since then, with some Democratic voters furious that Biden and leaders in Congress haven’t done more to protect abortion rights, respond more aggressively to a wave of mass shootings and address climate change.
A new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows 83% of U.S. adults say the country is on the wrong track. Only 36% approve of Biden’s leadership overall, while 62% disapprove. Polling from AP-NORC in recent months captured deepening pessimism among members of his own Democratic Party about Biden, the direction of the country and t he state of the economy. A January AP-NORC poll found just 28% of those surveyed and 48% of Democrats said they want Biden to run for reelection in 2024.
Julián Castro, a former Obama housing secretary and onetime presidential candidate, said there’s “no doubt” that members of his party are frustrated and that Democrats in Washington need to show a sense of urgency and produce results. In a telephone interview from the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas, he said Democrats seemed energized.
“My immediate hope is that that angst and frustration is going to be channeled positively to turnout in November,” he said, referring to the midterm elections. “And then we’ll reckon with what’s beyond that when November happens.”
Biden has repeatedly insisted he will run for reelection. But should he decide to step aside, a host of younger Democrats could be in contention. They include Vice President Kamala Harris, who is 57. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, 54, and Illinois Gov. J.B Pritzker, 57, have garnered attention for their responses to the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and mass shootings.
Some Democrats seeking office this year have been clear about their desires that a new generation take its place in politics.
Last month, the Democratic candidate for governor in South Carolina, Joe Cunningham, proposed not only term limits but also age limits for officeholders, saying it was time to end America’s “geriatric oligarchy” of politicians who are staying “in office way past their prime.” To Cunningham, who recently turned 40, that includes the incumbent he hopes to oust in November, 75-year-old Republican Henry McMaster, who is the state’s oldest sitting governor.
But Cunningham also said the proposal was intended to apply to Biden.
For Republicans, the most pressing debate often seems to focus less explicitly on age and more on whether the party should move on from Trump. That’s particularly true in the wake of hearings by the House Jan. 6 committee that have drawn new attention to his desperate efforts to stay in office after losing the 2020 election.
The Jan. 6 hearings may be sending voters looking elsewhere.
An AP-NORC in June found that 48% of U.S. adults say Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the siege of the U.S. Capitol. January’s AP-NORC poll showed that people were just as down on Trump running again in 2024 as they were Biden: Just 27% of U.S. adults wanted Trump to run again, including a slim majority – 56% — of Republicans. That poll also showed the former president’s popularity with the GOP dropped somewhat, with 71% of Republicans saying they had a favorable opinion of Trump compared with 78% in a September 2020 AP-NORC/USAFacts poll.
Longwell, the Republican strategist, said the hearings seem to be having an impact even among Republican voters who are not watching the sessions or persuaded by them because they are a reminder of the tumult that has surrounded Trump.
“One of the things I hear coming up over and over again in the groups is that Trump has a lot of baggage and that there’s all these other stars, Republican stars, and maybe it’s time Trump should be like an elder statesman,” she said.
A number of figures from Trump’s world and outside it are seen as potential challengers in 2024. Trump and his associates are especially focused on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who, at 43, is increasingly viewed as a younger heir to the former president’s brand of politics.
Other Republicans making increasingly overt moves toward a presidential run include Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, 45; former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, 50; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, 51; former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 58; and former Vice President Mike Pence, 63.
Pat Brady, the former chair of the Illinois Republican Party who is not a Trump supporter, said he thinks the “fever has broken” when it comes to Trump’s standing with the GOP.
“I think the combination of him just spending all his time, every speech, relitigating 2020. Voters typically look forward. They don’t look backward,” he said.
Brady said part of the frustrations voters have with their political leaders is the age-related.
“When you look at the leadership, I’m old and those guys make me look young,” said 61-year-old Brady. “This is a vibrant youthful country, fundamentally, and we’ve got a bunch of old people running it.”
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Associated Press writers Thomas Beaumont in Cambridge, Iowa, Hannah Fingerhut in Washington and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
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The Board's counsel will ensure second home co-ownership benefits both owners and communities
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacaso, the leading technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home, today announced the formation of a Government Advisory Board to shape the company's actions on housing policy, community engagement and growth.
The news was first reported by Protocol and announced in a blog post from Pacaso.
Pacaso was founded to address problems created by the traditional second home, which is often a median priced single family home that sits empty about 90% of the time. High demand for second homes caused by the pandemic and remote work have resulted in low inventory and high prices for single family homes in many destination communities.
"One significant, but less-discussed, contributor to the housing crisis is a wasteful legacy model of second-home ownership," said Colin Tooze, Pacaso's Vice President of Public Affairs. "While no company can solve this complex set of problems on its own, Pacaso offers a sustainable alternative that combines multiple families into one luxury home."
Pacaso takes up to eight buyers and puts them in one home. Those up to eight buyers were looking for single family homes in the community. Instead, they share one luxury home. This means less competition for single family homes, more spending at local businesses, and more tax revenue, according to economists at EBP who studied Pacaso's impact in five U.S. communities.
The Board's expert counsel will ensure a long-term future for second home co-ownership that benefits both second home owners and communities.
"With a diverse, bipartisan membership from current and former elected officials and regulators with deep experience addressing emerging public policy issues," Tooze added, "the Board is ideally-suited to advise Pacaso on how best to work with governments and community leaders."
"Pacaso's innovative second home co-ownership model is a value-add to communities across the United States," said Steve Benjamin, former Mayor of Columbia, SC and past President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. "Pacaso consolidates second home demand into fewer homes, taking pressure off of housing inventory for first-time home buyers and middle class families. This is the thoughtful and sustainable approach to housing we need right now, and I'm proud to help advise the company as it works to bring this model to more communities."
The inaugural members of Pacaso's Government Advisory Board are:
- Steve Benjamin (Chair)
Former Mayor of Columbia, SC and past President of the US Conference of Mayors - Steve Adler
Mayor of Austin, Texas - Michael Hancock
Mayor of Denver, Colorado - Danny Perez
Member, Florida House of Representatives - Alexis Podesta
Former California Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing
Pacaso® is a technology-enabled marketplace that modernizes real estate co-ownership to make owning a second home possible and enjoyable for more people. Pacaso curates luxury listings with premium amenities and high-end contemporary interior design, offers ⅛ to ½ ownership with integrated financing, and, after purchase, professionally manages the home and supports seamless resale. Co-founded by Austin Allison and Spencer Rascoff in 2020, Pacaso operates in top second home destinations around the world. Pacaso has been certified as a Great Place to Work and is recognized as one of Glassdoor's 2022 Best Places to Work.
For more information about Pacaso and to view luxury second home listings, visit www.pacaso.com or download the Pacaso app for Android or iPhone. You can also follow Pacaso on social media @PacasoHomes on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube or @Pacaso_Homes on TikTok.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Founder of The Dawn Project and secure software expert Dan O'Dowd has implored policymakers to ensure that legislation regarding autonomous vehicles prioritizes public safety. Dan O'Dowd is advocating for there to be standards that all autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles must meet, together with safety tests that they must pass, before they are released onto public roads.
Before a carmaker can sell a product whose name suggests that it is autonomous, the manufacturer must demonstrate that the product can achieve 10,000 miles between disengagements. All autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles must also be able to consistently pass a driver's test, and be retested every time there is an update to the software. These vehicles must also be able to read and be familiar with each state's Driver's Handbook, and obey all standards and instructions contained in it.
In a letter addressed to ranking members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, Dan O'Dowd urged regulators to ensure that legislative measures are taken to address the deadly safety risk represented by Tesla Full Self-Driving as Congress contemplates federal frameworks to regulate the AV industry.
Dan O'Dowd's public letter, which was addressed to Chairwoman Rodgers, Ranking Member Pallone, Chairman Bilirakis and Ranking Member Schakowsky, follows the news that legislators considered regulation on the adoption of self-driving vehicles at a congressional hearing on July 26, in a hearing entitled: "Self-Driving Vehicle Legislative Framework: Enhancing Safety, Improving Lives and Mobility, and Beating China."
In the absence of a comprehensive federal framework on software security and safety in the autonomous vehicle sector, safety experts have called upon Congress to introduce measures to protect road users from experimental and untested software being deployed on public roads. Dan's open letter follows other leading safety advocates pressuring Congress to act, after open source statistics provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have revealed that, since June 2021, Tesla's self-driving systems have been active in 840 accidents. As such, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety President Cathy Chase recently commented: "Congress must take action to make our roads safer, not open them up to unproven and unregulated vehicles."
Founder of The Dawn Project and secure software expert Dan O'Dowd commented: "For the past two years, we have warned NHTSA, Congress and the public of the critical safety defects present in Tesla's dangerous and defective self-driving systems. Now is the time to act to protect the public from dangerous, experimental technology to ensure that driver control systems, such as advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles, are tested to be 100% safe before they are put into production and sold to the public. Under current law, there are no restrictions to placing any technology in vehicles, no matter how dangerous that technology may be.
We implore Congress to close this dangerous gap in current law. Tesla's unchecked deployment of its self-driving systems, 'Full Self-Driving' and 'Autopilot', is a clear and present danger to our road users. Per data from NHTSA's Standing General Order on Crash Reporting, at least 23 Americans have already died in crashes involving Tesla's self-driving software since June 2021. Open-source data from community trackers of deaths involving Tesla's self-driving systems place the total number of fatalities at 38 since 2016. In its present state, this defective technology has no place on our public roads.
The Dawn Project tests have revealed a litany of defects, including that a self-driving Tesla will run down a child sized mannequin crossing the road, blow past a stop sign at 35mph, overtake stopped school buses displaying their warnings, ignore 'Do Not Enter' and 'Road Closed' signs and run over a stroller in its path.
NHTSA's statistics show the true extent of the threat that Tesla's self-driving software poses to other drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Since June 2021, Tesla's self-driving systems have been active in 840 accidents. For context, Honda, the manufacturer with the second highest number of crashes, reported 108 during this period. Despite this, Tesla has been allowed to deploy this software on every road in the US, and has shipped its self-driving technology to over a million customers.
In 2022, we presented our findings to NHTSA's senior leadership, urging them to thoroughly investigate Full Self-Driving and providing them with all the information needed to methodically recreate our tests. I met with Senator Richard Blumenthal, where we discussed the flagrant risks of Tesla's self-driving systems. I have also met in person with many members of the Energy and Commerce and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees. Despite multiple investigations into Tesla's self-driving technology and a recall of Tesla's Full Self-Driving software, NHTSA has taken no action to remove this threat from our roads, which is why I implore you to ensure that legislative measures are taken to address this deadly safety risk.
I implore you to ensure that legislation regarding autonomous vehicles puts the safety of Americans first and foremost. Unlike other self-driving manufacturers such as Waymo and Cruise, who test their vehicles in carefully mapped and geofenced environments, Tesla has recklessly deployed their self-driving technology to "anyone in North America", per Elon Musk. We must not stand by while self-driving Teslas continue to claim lives on our roads and threaten our national security. We cannot jeopardize the safety of ordinary Americans any longer - Tesla's self-driving systems must be taken off our roads until they are conclusively proven to be safe."
Dan O'Dowd's public letter was written on 25 July 2023, and addressed to Chairwoman Rodgers, Ranking Member Pallone, Chairman Bilirakis and Ranking Member Schakowsky. A full copy of the letter can be found here.
Dan's letter follows more than twenty other safety advocacy organizations expressing their concerns to Congress about legislation on autonomous vehicles, which can be found here.
Dan O'Dowd is an entrepreneur and CEO with over 40 years' experience in designing and writing secure, safety-critical software. Dan has built operating systems for the U.S. military's fighter jets and some of the world's most trusted organizations such as NASA, Boeing, and Airbus.
In 2021, Dan O'Dowd founded The Dawn Project, which campaigns to make computers safe for humanity by ensuring that all software in safety-critical infrastructure never fails and can't be hacked. The first danger The Dawn Project is tackling is Elon Musk's reckless deployment of unsafe Full Self-Driving cars on our roads.
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WEST HILLS, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Westwood Insurance Agency, an indirect subsidiary of BRP Group, Inc. ("BRP Group") (NASDAQ: BRP), has been ranked #37 on Insurance Journal's annual Top 100 Property and Casualty Agencies list. For nearly 20 years, the publication has compiled this list to showcase independent agencies and brokerages who are leaders in the insurance industry. Westwood retains its national ranking with $474 million in written premium and $84 million in revenue.
"We're very proud to be included on the list again this year," said Alan Umaly, President of Westwood Insurance Agency. "We're grateful to our clients and policyholders who've trusted us to be their insurance agency. They inspire us to continue building and improving, and our drive to deliver them industry-leading service and superior coverage at competitive rates is part of why we're listed among the top 100 agencies."
Westwood is a full-service agency offering a complete array of personal, commercial, and surplus lines products through appointments with more than 35 insurance companies. With an industry-leading Net Promoter Score® (NPS®) of 91, Westwood keeps customers at the heart of its business and prioritizes an improved policyholder experience. "We continue to invest in the highest quality talent and technology to help customers address their insurance needs efficiently and with the best available options and prices," said Umaly.
Insurance Journal compiles its list by evaluating the total revenue of property/casualty agencies whose business is primarily retail, not wholesale. Information for this list is collected voluntarily or through best estimates according to public sources, and the list ultimately reflects some of the most successful independent insurance agencies and brokerages in the country.
BRP Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRP) is an independent insurance distribution firm delivering tailored insurance and risk management insights and solutions that give our clients the peace of mind to pursue their purpose, passion and dreams. We are innovating the industry by taking a holistic and tailored approach to risk management, insurance and employee benefits, and support our clients, Colleagues, Insurance Company Partners and communities through the deployment of vanguard resources and capital to drive our growth. BRP Group represents over 1,200,000 clients across the United States and internationally. For more information, please visit www.baldwinriskpartners.com. Learn more about MSI at www.msimga.com.
Established in 1952, Westwood Insurance Agency is a leading, full-service personal lines agency specializing in builder-sourced homeowners insurance. Licensed in all 50 states, Westwood represents over 400,000 homeowners through relationships with leading U.S. homebuilders and top insurance companies. Westwood's unique platform facilitates seamless home closings by connecting builders, carriers, lenders and homebuyers with click-to-bind technology. For more information, please visit www.westwoodinsurance.com.
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- Facility is utility's 13th publicly accessible CNG fueling station; eighth in North Carolina.
- Location offers convenient fueling option for CNG-powered vehicles traveling on coastal highways.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Piedmont Natural Gas today announced the opening of a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Wilmington, N.C. The facility is Piedmont's 13th CNG fueling station in the company's three-state service territory and its eighth in North Carolina.
Located at 141 Sutton Steam Plant Drive, near the intersection of Interstate 140 and U.S. Highway 421, and conveniently accessible to Interstate 40, the station provides a fueling stop for trucks, fleet vehicles and other vehicles that run on CNG.
The station features four fast-fill fuel pumps, can accommodate Class 8 tractor-trailer trucks and is accessible 24/7. For resiliency, a natural gas backup generator is on-site to help ensure reliability during hurricanes and severe weather.
"Compressed natural gas offers several advantages to traditional fuels, from fuel-cost savings to helping reduce vehicles' carbon footprints," said Phillip Grigsby, senior vice president of ventures and business development at Piedmont Natural Gas. "The lower-cost, lower-emission CNG offered at our network of publicly accessible CNG stations can help companies and fleets meet their sustainability goals, and we're pleased to make this fuel available to more motorists driving along the I-40 and I-140 corridors."
Thanks to the domestic abundance of natural gas, the price of CNG remains below that of conventional vehicle fuels. With savings over conventional fuels such as gasoline and diesel, business fleets and the trucking industry have found CNG to be a cost-effective fueling solution. Approximately 50% of Piedmont's own utility fleet consists of CNG-powered or CNG-capable vehicles.
CNG also is a more environmentally friendly choice; natural gas vehicles are 90% cleaner than the federal Environmental Protection Agency's current NOx standard. CNG emits up to 21% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than comparable gasoline and diesel vehicles. Many state and local governments also offer incentives to encourage the adoption of natural gas vehicles.
To learn more about Piedmont's network of CNG fueling stations, natural gas vehicles and their benefits, visit piedmontng.com/ChooseCNG.
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Piedmont Natural Gas, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, distributes natural gas to more than 1.1 million residential, commercial, industrial and power generation customers in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Piedmont is routinely recognized by J.D. Power for excellent customer satisfaction, and has been named by Cogent Reports as one of the most trusted utility brands in the U.S. More information: piedmontng.com. Follow Piedmont Natural Gas: Twitter, Facebook.
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business and at least a 50% carbon reduction from electric generation by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The 2050 net-zero goals also include Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 emissions. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
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Angus Cloud, ‘Euphoria’ star, dies at 25
Angus Cloud, the actor who won “Euphoria” fans over with his portrayal of nonchalant drug dealer Fezco, has died. He was 25.
In a statement shared to The Times on Monday, the family said, “it is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today.
“As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways. Last week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss,” the statement continued. “The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.”
Cloud is best known for his work in “Euphoria.” His credits also include movies “North Hollywood” and “The Line.” He also appeared in music videos for Juice WRLD, Becky G and Karol G.
“We hope the world remembers him for his humor, laughter and love for everyone. We ask for privacy at this time as we are still processing this devastating loss,” the family statement concluded.
An HBO spokesperson described Cloud as a “talented and a beloved part of the HBO and ‘Euphoria’ family.”
“We are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Angus Cloud,” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement to The Times. “He was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and Euphoria family. We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family during this difficult time.”
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TAMAQUA, Pa. — Trains have been pulling into the Tamaqua train station since 1875.
"More than 40 passenger trains stopped here. So, in front of the station where you see one track today, there were four tracks across here," said Dale Freudenberger, president of the Tamaqua Historical Society.
This train station is one of five stations across the country that will be featured in the 2023 U.S. Postal Service's stamp series.
"I think it's fantastic. I never thought in my wildest dreams that they would be doing a postage stamp for the train station in Tamaqua. But so much heart and soul went into this station," added Linda Heigele, Save Our Station board member.
For decades, groups like the Tamaqua Save Our Station and the Tamaqua Station Restaurant have invested over $1 million to preserve the historic train station.
"It's been 30-plus years redoing this building, and growing up in this town, I know how much it meant. And what it means now that it's finished," Dan Odorizzi, Save Our Station board member, said.
While they are unsure how they were nominated to be a part of the U.S. Postal Service's railroad stations collection, the restaurant owners hope this national recognition will bring new people into Tamaqua.
"It's definitely an unexpected blessing, between the railroad and the new steam engines that are going through, the passenger trains coming through, all the news business coming into town, plus the postage stamp. This is a wonderful opportunity for Tamaqua and the surrounding communities," explained Melanie Ross, Tamaqua Station Restaurant owner.
The Tamaqua train station stamp is available for pre-order and will be released next year.
The other stations depicted include Point of Rocks Station in Maryland; Main Street Station in Richmond, VA; Santa Fe Station in San Bernardino, CA; and Union Terminal in Cincinnati, OH. Passenger trains stop at all of them except Tamaqua.
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A Texas militia member was sentenced Friday to nearly five years in prison for attacking police officers at the U.S. Capitol, seriously injuring one of them during a mob’s attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss sentenced Donald Hazard to four years and nine months in prison followed by three months of supervised release for his role in the riot at the Capitol, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.
The sentence matched what federal prosecutors had recommended for Hazard, who pleaded guilty to an assault charge in February.
Hazard, 44, of Hurst, Texas, was a member of a militia called the Patriot Boys of North Texas. Lucas Denney, the group’s self-proclaimed president, appointed Hazard as its sergeant-at-arms. Denney also encouraged Hazard to stock up on weapons and protective gear and recruit others to join them in Washington, D.C., prosecutors said.
Hazard was “eager for violence” on Jan. 6, wearing a tactical vest and a helmet adorned with the image of the Confederate battle flag, Justice Department prosecutor Benet Kearney wrote in a court filing.
After marching to the Capitol, Hazard clashed with officers who were trying to hold off the mob near scaffolding on the northwest side of the building. Hazard grabbed a Capitol police officer and pulled him down a set of concrete steps, knocking him unconscious. That officer was treated for a concussion and foot injuries that required multiple surgeries, according to prosecutors.
Hazard also fell on another Capitol police officer whose head hit the concrete. Hazard and Denney, both wielding what appeared to be canisters of pepper spray, confronted other officers on the west side of the Capitol.
Hazard briefly entered the Capitol before police pushed him and other rioters out of the building.
“When he reached the exterior steps, Hazard raised his arms in a gesture of victory,” Kearney wrote.
In the days after Jan. 6, Hazard bragged on Facebook about storming the Capitol and fighting with police.
“The only regret Hazard expressed was that he no longer had the photographs and videos he took that day,” Kearney wrote.
Defense attorney Ubong Akpan said Hazard had no plan to attack officers.
“His actions were more of a reaction to what he saw that day, as opposed to a plan to attack law enforcement, a group he thought he was similarly situated with,” Akpan wrote in a court filing.
Video shows that Hazard didn’t forcibly assault the officers in the scaffolding, his lawyer argued.
“His conduct was more consistent with impeding officers and his impeding led to bodily injuries of the officers,” Akpan wrote.
Hazard was charged with Denney, who pleaded guilty to an assault charge and was sentenced last September to four years and four months in prison.
More than 100 police officers were injured at the Capitol on Jan. 6, as rioters disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory over Republican incumbent Donald Trump.
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PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to elevate items on grass to prevent water or soil-based damage while also protecting the grass," said an inventor, from Cassopolis, Mich., "so I invented the SHORE STATION AERATOR PLATE / STORAGE. My design would allow rainwater and sun to reach the lawn and it would prevent water from sitting idle and causing damage to the stored items."
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie center fielder Garrett Mitchell is at risk of missing the rest of the season after an MRI revealed significant damage to his left shoulder.
Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Friday that Mitchell is getting a second opinion. If Mitchell has to undergo surgery, Counsell said that would “definitely put the rest of the season in jeopardy.”
“It’s kind of a tough pill to swallow,” Mitchell said Friday before the Brewers’ game against the Boston Red Sox. “You’re never expecting to hear news like that. Just trying to stay positive about it.”
Mitchell said he will visit Los Angeles Dodgers head team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache for a consultation. Mitchell remains hopeful he can return later this season, even if he has to undergo surgery.
“If he thinks surgery is the right call, that probably would be on Tuesday,” Mitchell said. “From there, it’s just rehab and see how it goes. Obviously with how the team’s doing, if they make a playoff push, playoff run, hopefully I can try to get back at the end at some point if I can.”
Mitchell was batting .259 with a .307 on-base percentage, .466 slugging percentage, three homers, six RBIs and one steal in 16 games this season. The 2020 first-round pick from UCLA had batted .312 with a .373 on-base percentage, two homers and nine RBIs in 28 games last year after getting promoted late in the season.
The 24-year-old Mitchell hurt his left shoulder while sliding into third base in the top of the 10th inning of the Brewers’ 6-5, 11-inning victory at Seattle on Wednesday.
“Obviously, it’s a freak accident,” Mitchell said. “There’s nothing I could’ve done to change what happened. If I had to redo that play 100 times, I would do it the exact same way. The amount of times I’ve had to dive into a bag is more times than I can count in my career, so I wouldn’t change what I did. It’s unfortunate it happened that way, but I wouldn’t have changed what I did.”
Mitchell stayed in the game for the bottom half of the 10th when the shoulder appeared to bother the right-handed Michell on a throw to the plate. He left the game after that.
“The throw from the outfield wasn’t comfortable, but I don’t think that’s really the reason as to why,” Mitchell said. “I know when I dove into third, I felt my shoulder kind of separate as I was trying to hold on to the bag. That’s where the most pain was. I wouldn’t have changed (the throw) either. I Did everything I could. I didn’t want to get taken out of the game. That was definitely a last resort.”
Mitchell’s injury is particularly worrisome for the Brewers because of their lack of healthy and proven center fielders.
Tyrone Taylor, who made 75 starts for the Brewers in center last season, hasn’t played yet this year due to an injured right elbow. Taylor is scheduled to begin a rehabilitation assignment with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate in Nashville on Tuesday.
"This is the start of spring training for him, and there’s an injury, so we have to let him play and let him get into playing shape where he’s able to come here and play and has the number of at bats under his belt,” Counsell said.
Center fielder Sal Frelick is one of the Brewers’ top prospects, but he’s on the injured list at Nashville with a sprained left thumb.
Joey Wiemer, a rookie with experience playing every position in the outfield, started at center on Friday. The Brewers also have Blake Perkins, who was promoted from Nashville when Mitchell went on the injured list. ___
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Women and Minority-Led Business Grew Tenfold in the Last Three Years
NEW YORK, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, has acquired Tinsel Experiential Design (Tinsel), a marketing and design studio focused on immersive customer experiences and experiential engagement. Tinsel joins Stagwell's Constellation Network of agencies, complementing TEAM Enterprises with creative resources and integrated production capabilities to take on larger-scope projects.
"One of the main reasons we looked at Tinsel to begin with was the culture of humanity, collaboration, and creativity that shapes and guides the organization on a daily basis, making space for big ideas that have earned the agency a reputation for cutting-edge, avant garde design and creative concepts," said Justin Lewis, chair, Constellation Network. "This approach combined with their expertise in the physical part of brand building were the perfect blend for Constellation and the Stagwell network."
Tinsel, whose clients include Sony Music Entertainment, GitHub, Pfizer, and Uber, also brings environmental design, 3D renderings, and conference and corporate events experience, with special expertise in the B2B technology space.
"As the champions of experiential marketing within Stagwell, it's exciting to see Tinsel join the mix. The story of the three female founders – a unique blend of backgrounds, pure tenacity, and a touch of grace – is inspiring," said Dan Gregory, CEO, TEAM Enterprises. "Tinsel's distinct style and knack for creative problem-solving, especially in the B2B space, has us amped for the network. With Tinsel, Stagwell is all-in on expanding experiential offerings to clients."
"This milestone is a testament to the team's consistent high caliber of work, and we're excited to expand our service offerings even further, being able to continue delivering for our current client base and opening up more integrated marketing opportunities," said Adette C. Contreras, co-founder and CEO, Tinsel. "Having started at big agencies, this is a full-circle moment. We're grateful to find ourselves among a network of disruptors that share our entrepreneurial spirit and core values."
Stagwell has made thoughtful investments in response to the resurgence of experiential and immersive experiences, such as the development and growth of ARound, its shared augmented reality platform for large-scale venues, and Sport Beach, the first-ever hub at Cannes Lions dedicated to the cultural power of sport.
Tinsel will retain its brand, and its founders – Adette C. Contreras, Liz Castelli, and Erica Taylor Haskins – will remain in leadership roles. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
About Tinsel
Tinsel started in 2011 in Brooklyn, founded by Partners Liz Castelli, Adette C. Contreras, and Erica Taylor Haskins. Since then, it's grown to a multimillion-dollar company. With avant-garde aesthetics and the unmistakable personal touch of a boutique shop, Tinsel has established itself as an authority in a new breed of experiential design agency.
The Tinsel co-founders have participated in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program, Harvard's Leading High Growth Businesses, Berkeley Haas EMBA Program, The Women Presidents' Organization, and The Jackie Robinson Foundation. They have been honored as BizBash Top Event Professionals in the U.S. and as one of Harper's Bazaar Top Event Designers in the world.
About Constellation Network
Constellation is a formation of best-in-class agencies within Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) across marketing services from data, insights, creativity, technology, and experiential that deploys itself to seize clients' biggest opportunities and solve their toughest business problems at scale. The collective includes: 72andSunny, Brand Citizens, The Harris Poll, Hecho Studios, Instrument, Redscout and TEAM Enterprises.
About Stagwell Inc.
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia , June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- There are many safety concerns for travelers to foreign places. For solo travelers looking to intermingle with locals, and perhaps meet a new partner, there are ominous threats to consider, especially when using a dating app.
Dating apps conceal a hidden danger that many fail to recognize - the rise of honey trap scams. These scams involve individuals being drugged, kidnapped, and robbed or worse. Adding to the severity of these crimes in some areas is the use of scopolamine, a mind-control drug known as the "Devil's Breath."
Honey trap scams begin seemingly innocently, with an attractive individual connecting with a potential target on a dating app, often someone who seems wealthy. Unbeknownst to the victim, they are being targeted by a criminal group. During the meetup, the scammer discreetly administers a drug like scopolamine, rendering the victim suggestible and compliant. Financial information and personal details are coerced from the victim, often without their knowledge.
Beyond drugging and robbery, honey trap scams can escalate to heinous acts, including sexual assault and murder. The increasingly popular use of drugs like scopolamine have only made the situation worse. Victims lose control soon after ingesting the drug, becoming totally compliant and unable to resist requests or recommendations. The drug induces a zombie-like state, making victims appear lucid and happy but physically capable of normal tasks.
Capturing honey trap scam perpetrators is challenging due to drug-induced memory loss. Victims wake up disoriented, with drained bank accounts and not much evidence to go on. Recognizing warning signs is crucial. Profiles with stock images and unusual requests or questions should raise red flags.
Follow these tips by Medellin Tours to increase chances of personal safety while both traveling in South America and when dating strangers:
Avoid going out alone; bring a friend or stay in public spaces.
Never leave food or drinks unattended; be cautious of strangers offering food/beverages.
Share live locations with trusted contacts and consider hiring local guides in unfamiliar areas.
Avoid leaving public venues for private locations with strangers.
Honey trap scams pose risks worldwide. Educating oneself and taking preventive measures to stay safe is vital in today's world. By spreading awareness, we can fight these threats and protect ourselves and others in our communities.
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By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A controversial roughing the passer call just before halftime of the Las Vegas Raiders’ game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night delivered another blow to the NFL and its beleaguered officiating crew.
The Chiefs had just scored to trim their deficit to 17-7 when Chris Jones stripped Derek Carr from behind. The Pro Bowl defensive tackle landed on the Raiders quarterback while also coming away with the ball — replays showed it was clearly loose and that Jones clearly recovered — and referee Carl Cheffers threw a flag for roughing the passer.
The play happened with less than two minutes to go and was not reviewed.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid stormed off the sideline to argue with every official within earshot. And after the teams traded field goals, leaving the Raiders ahead 20-10 at halftime, Reid cornered Cheffers again as they headed to the locker room.
When the players emerged for the second half, Kansas City fans booed Cheffers more loudly than the hated Raiders.
The call came one day after Atlanta defensive tackle Grady Jarrett was flagged by referee Jerome Boger for a seemingly innocuous tackle of Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady. The penalty gave the Buccaneers a first down and allowed them to run out the clock on a 21-15 victory, rather than giving the Falcons a chance to drive for the win.
“What I had was the defender grabbed the quarterback while he was still in the pocket, and unnecessarily throwing him to the ground,” Boger told a pool reporter after the game. “That is what I was making my decision based upon.”
The NFL has been criticized for its failure to protect quarterbacks after Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was taken off the field on a stretcher following a violent hit in a game against Cincinnati. Tagovailoa sustained a concussion when his head was slammed to the turf by the Bengals’ Josh Tupou, who was not flagged on the play.
In the NFL rulebook, it states: “Any physical acts against a player who is in a passing posture (i.e. before, during, or after a pass) which, in the referee’s judgment, are unwarranted by the circumstances of the play will be called as fouls.”
The rulebook also notes: “When in doubt about a roughness call or potentially dangerous tactic against the quarterback, the referee should always call roughing the passer.”
“Obviously from my vantage point, it looked like it was a bad call,” Falcons cornerback Casey Hayward Jr. said Sunday. “But that’s why you put the refs out there to make these calls. They pay these guys to make those calls. It looked bad (from) my standpoint, but like I said, I was on the back end. They put these guys there to make those calls.”
Meanwhile, the Chiefs have had plenty of conflicts with Cheffers in the past.
The biggest came during the 2016 playoffs against Pittsburgh, when Cheffers called left tackle Eric Fisher for holding that negated what would have been a tying two-point conversion. The Steelers won 18-16 to advance to the AFC title game, and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said Cheffers “shouldn’t even be able to work at … Foot Locker.”
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(NEXSTAR) – More than 1,300 sites around the country are suspected of being so contaminated, hazardous or polluted – or are at risk of becoming so polluted – that they have been deemed a national cleanup priority.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identifies places around the country that pose a risk to people’s health because they have been contaminated by hazardous waste.
Since 1980, the agency has taken charge of cleaning up those sites under a law with the nickname “Superfund.” (Its full name is The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA.)
Superfund sites include poorly managed landfills, mining areas, or industrial facilities.
As of June 27, when the National Priorities List was last updated, there were 1,336 sites, plus an additional 40 sites that were proposed as new additions. “It is a list of the worst hazardous waste sites identified by Superfund,” the EPA explains.
As part of its effort to inform the public on potential threats and hazards in their area, the EPA maps out every site on an interactive map. Zooming in on the map (below) allows you to see more information about the Superfund sites in your neighborhood, city or state.
Clicking on a site opens a pop-up window with more information, including the site’s Hazard Ranking System score. That score represents how likely a site is to release harmful substances into the surrounding environment, how toxic the waste on site is, and how many people are (or could be) impacted by the pollution, among other factors. The highest possible score is 100.
Clicking on a site’s name also gives you more information on why a site ended up on the National Priorities List. For example, clicking around California’s Silicon Valley shows areas where semiconductor manufacturers contaminated groundwater below their buildings. In Oklahoma, an oil refinery polluted the surrounding soil and water. In Alabama, a company producing pesticides had been disposing of waste in open pits. Those chemicals ended up flowing into nearby rivers and wetlands.
See the Superfund sites in your area on the map below:
You can also view a full list of sites and explore the map on the EPA’s website.
Once a site is put on the National Priorities List, the EPA investigates the dangers posed to human health and pursues the best way of cleaning up the problem. The EPA may force the person or company responsible for the pollution to finance the cleanup, or it may take charge of cleanup if no party can be found responsible.
Once a site is fully cleaned up and the EPA determines there’s no further risk to people’s health or the surrounding environment, it can be deleted from the list. The site can then be redeveloped into something new. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/map-shows-the-contaminated-superfund-sites-closest-to-your-home/ | 2023-07-23 16:36:24 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/map-shows-the-contaminated-superfund-sites-closest-to-your-home/ |
Bartow High senior seriously injured, 2 others killed in SR 60 crash
Two people were killed Tuesday morning when an SUV carrying seven people to work turned in front of a pickup truck on State Road 60 west of Mulberry, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
Sheriff Grady Judd said the accident happened at 5:41 a.m. at SR 60 and Pine Grove Road in Willow Oak. He said an 18-year-old female, and senior at Bartow High School who is set to graduate in little over a week, was driving east toward school when a Ford Expedition SUV attempted to cross the road in front of her.
"She was, apparently from all indications at the early stage of the investigation, obeying the law," Judd said at a news conference at the scene.
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Judd said four of the seven people in the Expedition were ejected: "Two of them landed in the road; two of them landed in the wood line. They were significantly injured."
He said the Bartow student and one of the people from the SUV were airlifted to Tampa General Hospital significant injuries. Five others were taken by ambulance to Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.
One person who was taken to Lakeland Regional died at the hospital. The other deceased person was removed from the SUV shortly before the new conference at 9:15 a.m. Judd said it's possible another one of the people who was transported to a hospital could die from his injuries.
"The others are in various conditions from stable to critical. There's a possibility a third may die as a result of their injuries. That one is in emergency surgery right now," Judd said.
Judd said it appears the driver of the SUV was picking up members of his team for a construction job, but he said investigators still had to determine exactly who was driving.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some of Pennsylvania’s largest counties scrambled Monday to help voters fix mail-in ballots that have fatal flaws such as incorrect dates or missing signatures on the envelopes used to send them in, bringing about confusion and legal challenges in the battleground state on the eve of the election.
Elections officials in Philadelphia and Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, announced measures they were taking in response to state Supreme Court rulings in recent days that said mail-in ballots may not be counted if they lack accurate handwritten dates on the exterior envelopes.
Ahead of Tuesday’s midterms, more than a million mail-in and absentee ballots have already been returned in Pennsylvania, with Democrats far more likely than Republicans to vote by mail. The numbers are large enough that they might matter in a close race, such as the contest between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz that could determine majority control of the U.S. Senate.
The Department of State said it was unclear just how many ballots are at issue across the state. The agency over the weekend asked counties to provide the numbers, broken down by political party. Officials said some counties were not letting voters fix their mistakes.
Lines formed at City Hall in downtown Philadelphia on Monday and over the weekend with voters waiting to correct their ballots. Some people on social media said the office did not get to everyone Monday.
The Pennsylvania litigation was filed by Republican groups and is among legal efforts by both political parties in multiple states to have courts sort out disputes over voting rules and procedures ahead of the midterm election.
A new federal lawsuit over the envelope dates was filed Monday in Pittsburgh federal court by the national congressional and senatorial Democratic campaign organizations, two Democratic voters and Fetterman’s U.S. Senate campaign. They sued county boards of election across the state, arguing that throwing out ballots that lack proper envelope dates would violate a provision in the 1964 U.S. Civil Rights Act that says people can’t be kept from voting based on what the lawsuit calls “needless technical requirements.”
A separate federal lawsuit filed Friday makes a similar argument.
In Wisconsin, the Republican chair of the state Assembly’s elections committee, along with a veterans group and other voters, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking a court order requiring the sequestering of military absentee ballots in the battleground state. The lawsuit seeks a temporary injunction requiring elections officials in Wisconsin to set aside military ballots so their authenticity can be verified.
A judge Monday refused that order.
Also on Monday, in Arizona, a judge blocked Cochise County’s plan to conduct a Republican effort to count all ballots by hand. The lawsuit aimed to stop the county board of supervisors from expanding what is normally a small hand tally used to verify machines’ accuracy to include all early ballots and all Election Day ballots as well.
A challenge against voting by absentee ballot in Detroit was also thrown out Monday after a judge ruled that a Republican candidate for secretary of state “failed dramatically” to produce any evidence of violations in the majority-Black city.
Pennsylvania’s acting secretary of state, Leigh Chapman, on Monday urged mail-in voters who think they may have made technical errors to contact their county elections offices. If the county won’t let them fix the problem, they should go to their local polling place on Tuesday and request a provisional ballot, she said.
In Allentown, Lehigh County officials reached out to all the voters they could locate whose ballots have problems, election director Tim Benyo said Monday. He said there are a few hundred ballots at issue.
“People have been very interested in curing their ballots,” Benyo said. “We’ve been busy.”
Allegheny County elections officials posted online the names and birth years of voters who have sent in ballots in envelopes that either lack any date or are dated outside the permissible range of Sept. 19-Nov. 8 for mail-in ballots and Aug. 30-Nov. 8 for absentee ballots. Those voters can fix their ballots in person at the elections office Monday or Tuesday, or vote provisionally at their regular polling places.
Allegheny reported that, as of Sunday, more than 600 incorrectly and nearly 400 undated ballots had arrived to be counted. Philadelphia said it has received about 2,000 undated ballots and several hundred more that appear to have been incorrectly dated.
Philadelphia Deputy Commissioner Nick Custodio said the court decision last week and the tide of ballots rolling in ahead of Election Day has made it difficult to issue direct notifications.
“So far we have only been able to put out a list on our website, but we are exploring whatever other options are available given the short time-period,” Custodio said.
Dozens of voters seeking to fix their ballots showed up at City Hall over the weekend, and Custodio said more visited city offices Monday. Volunteers from several groups are contacting those voters to see if they need help getting to the elections office.
A judge in Monroe County, a swing region in eastern Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, on Monday denied a Republican request to stop efforts by county election officials to notify voters about defective absentee and mail-in ballots and give them a chance to fix them.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that mail-in votes do not count if they are “contained in undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes,” then supplemented that with a follow-up order on Saturday that specified the allowable date range for mail-in and absentee ballots.
Ballots without properly dated envelopes have been the topic of litigation since mail-in voting was greatly expanded in Pennsylvania under a state law passed in 2019.
Mail-in ballots must be received by 8 p.m. Tuesday, so at this point officials are urging people who have not done so to deliver them to elections offices or drop boxes by hand.
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This story has been corrected to say mail-in ballots must be received by 8 p.m., not 8 a.m.
___ AP reporters Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, Bob Christie in Phoenix and Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia contributed to this story.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — With Pelé’s death, Brazilians have lost a piece of their hearts.
In the coastal city of Santos, where Pelé made his name, Nicolas Oliveira, 18, was outside the stadium along with roughly 200 others. Oliveira said even replays of Pelé’s sensational playing make him swell with emotion.
“Pelé is a Black man from the interior of Minas Gerais state,” Oliveira said. “I’m here because of what he did, for the soccer he played, for the soccer he improved and for the future players he helped mold and inspire.”
Everton Luz, a 41-year-old lawyer, was crying outside the hospital with a Santos club flag wrapped around him. He had come directly from work to pay tribute to the player whose performances had electrified his own dad, and prompted decades of stories.
Luz recounts those stories to his own two children, and shows them videos of the idol. He recalled seeing Pelé in person once, watching a game at a stadium.
“We managed to get close to his box, and he waved goodbye,” Luz said. “He was an example of the Brazilian, of what we could become.”
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The Baltimore Sun’s recent editorial focused attention on the senseless deaths of six highway workers in a high-speed reckless driving episode in March on the Baltimore Beltway (”Maryland’s lengthening commutes raise the reckless driving threat,” June 7). But rather than focus on that crime and how best to respond to it, the editorial offered a long commentary on remote work, lengthening commutes and the need for public transit. While those lifestyle and public policy issues are worthy of discussion, they are completely beside the point in considering the crime committed on Interstate 695.
Anyone driving on America’s roads these days, whether urban, suburban or rural, will from time to time find themselves unwitting observers of a road race going on around them as cars overtake them and race past, weaving through traffic at high speed. Some traffic studies show that aggressive driving and unsafe behaviors rose during COVID. Perhaps drivers got used to the freedom of empty roads or noted the decline in traffic enforcement. Whatever the causes and remedies, there is a lot of unsafe driving going on and the recent deadly accident perfectly exemplifies it.
The Sun reported several times that the drivers were “exceeding the speed limit in a work zone,” but at 111 and 122 miles per hour, they would have been competitive on a drag strip. Such behavior cannot be tolerated in commuter traffic on our streets and highways.
For a more livable city and region, we should build a Red Line, link MARC to Virginia’s commuter rail system, provide better bus service, build networks of bike lanes and reimagine a city where people live closer to their work. But for today, let’s address a problem that is all around us on our roads. Do the things we need to do to restore sanity on our highways: set up speed traps, add traffic cameras and issue more tickets; enforce current law.
If we are unprepared to act, we can at least take a page from South Africa’s highway department. Their work-zone signs show a praying man in a hard hat saying: “Please don’t kill us.”
— John Walsh, Catonsville
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Stabilize your life. Fewer risks will ease stress. Plan your path carefully. You’ll discover what makes you happy once you take a minimalist approach to life. A change in circumstances is within reach, but you must begin the process. Take nothing for granted and expect to do the work yourself.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’ll get what you deserve if you give your best effort. An attentive attitude will help you pick out any flaws that may hold you back. Rely on your energy and mastery to help you get things done.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Intuition and emotion will lead to assumptions and poor decisions. Use your imagination productively to work toward a satisfying goal. A physical change will lead to compliments.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Take better care of yourself and your reputation. A sudden change of plans can damage your position if you are all talk and no action. Put your heart and soul into everything you do.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Your power of persuasion will win support. An issue will arise if you or someone you work alongside isn’t honest, straightforward or careful when handling responsibilities. Verify information.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Spend time with a friend or relative. Discuss issues that can influence your relationship. Look over shared expenses or joint ventures, and consider the pros and cons before you make a move.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Lighten up and share your thoughts and feelings. The changes you implement will help you discover what’s possible. Put a budget in place that will encourage you to make positive adjustments.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Working with those who can help you advance will be beneficial. A change at home will push you to take on a new project or share something special with a loved one.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Be secretive. If you overreact, it will be hard to get what you want. Consider the logistics of a situation or a plan; use your charm and know-how to convince others to help.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t dawdle, or you’ll fall behind. Maintain where you are rather than stretch for something that isn’t attainable. Adjust your plans and use your intelligence to set priorities.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Embrace fitness and lifestyle changes. Be thorough, but keep your plans secret until you have tested every adjustment you want to make. A new look or image will attract attention.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’ll gain momentum by focusing on what matters. Being well-informed will help you find solutions. A rational approach will help you gain respect and support from influential people.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock were among scores of mourners who paid tribute Friday at the Capitol to the late Christine King Farris, who was the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Farris’ casket lay under the building’s gold dome — an honor usually reserved for prominent political figures that has been bestowed on few African Americans. She died last month at the age of 95.
Kemp said Farris was instrumental in preserving her brother’s memory, but also an influential civil rights leader herself. Farris helped Coretta Scott King build The King Center and helped to teach King’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
“She was a gracious and courageous woman, an inspiration to many,” Kemp said.
Warnock noted that Farris, who was born in 1927, grew up in the segregated South, but he said she lived to see the country change the way King described when he said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
“She knew in her heart how great we are at our best,” Warnock said.
That type of faith helped him win his Senate seat, he said.
“We owe it to her to continue to fight, to keep the faith, to love one another,” he said. “Only a great soul could have summoned all of us here, Democrats and Republicans, red, yellow, brown, Black and white.”
Other speakers recalled Farris’ impeccable sense of style and her long work as an educator at Spelman College, a historically Black liberal arts school for women. Farris also graduated from the school, receiving her degree in economics in 1948 on the same day King earned his degree in sociology from Morehouse College.
Isaiah Walker, 33, attended the memorial service with his four daughters. Long an admirer of King, he said he felt a kinship with the entire family. He also wanted his daughters to know more about Farris’ life.
“This is American history and as an African American, it’s our history as well,” he said.
Farris wrote two children’s books about her life, “My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up With the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” and “March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World.” In 2009, she wrote a memoir, “Through It All: Reflections on My Life, My Family and My Faith.”
Farris was also a mainstay at the ecumenical service celebrating her brother’s birthday at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her grandfather and father also preached and where Farris remained a member.
Robin Donaldson, 64, also a member of the church, scrolled through photos of Farris on his cellphone before the memorial service started.
He said he would take a photo with Farris at the church every time he saw her in a new outfit.
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COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, Francia (AP) — El jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto dice a la AP que EEUU y sus aliados seguirán prestando apoyo "significativo" a Ucrania.
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The life-threatening heat waves that have baked U.S. cities and inflamed European wildfires in recent weeks would be "virtually impossible" without the influence of human-caused climate change, a team of international researchers said Tuesday. Global warming, they said, also made China's recent record-setting heat wave 50 times more likely.
Soaring temperatures are punishing the Northern Hemisphere this summer. In the U.S., more than 2,000 high temperature records have been broken in the past 30 days, according to federal data. In Southern Europe, an observatory in Palermo, Sicily, which has kept temperature records on the Mediterranean coast since 1791, hit 117 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, shattering its previous recorded high. And in China, a small northwest town recently recorded the hottest temperature in the country's history.
July is likely to be the hottest month on Earth since records have been kept.
"Without climate change we wouldn't see this at all or it would be so rare that it would basically be not happening," said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London who helped lead the new research as part of a collaborative group called World Weather Attribution.
El Niño, a natural weather pattern, is likely contributing to some of the heat, the researchers said, "but the burning of fossil fuels is the main reason the heatwaves are so severe."
Global temperatures have increased nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the Industrial Revolution, when humans started burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas in earnest.
To determine what role that warming has played on the current heat waves, the researchers looked at weather data from the three continents and used peer-reviewed computer model simulations to compare the climate as it is today with what it was in the past. The study is a so-called rapid attribution report, which aims to explain the role of climate change in ongoing or recent extreme weather events. It has not yet been peer-reviewed.
The researchers found that greenhouse gas emissions are not only making extreme heat waves — the world's deadliest weather events — more common, but that they've made the current heat waves hotter than they would have otherwise been by multiple degrees Fahrenheit — a finding, Otto said, that wasn't surprising.
Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at Climate Central, who wasn't involved in the research but had reviewed its findings, agreed with that assessment.
"It is not surprising that there's a climate connection with the extreme heat that we're seeing around the world right now," Placky said. "We know we're adding more greenhouse gases to our atmosphere and we continue to add more of them through the burning of fossil fuels. And the more heat that we put into our atmosphere, it will translate into bigger heat events."
Even a small rise in temperatures can lead to increased illness and death, according to the World Health Organization. Hot temperatures can cause heat exhaustion, severe dehydration and raise the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Those risks are even higher in low-income neighborhoods and in communities of color, where research has found temperatures are often hotter than in white neighborhoods.
Heat waves in Europe last summer killed an estimated 61,000 people — most of them women — according to a recent study published in the journal Nature. A stifling heat dome in the Pacific Northwest in 2021 is believed to have killed hundreds in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
"Dangerous climate change is here now," said Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who studies how climate change influences extreme weather and has published work on the 2021 heat dome. "I've been saying that for 10 years, so now my saying is 'dangerous climate change is here now and if you don't know that, you're not paying attention.'"
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HILO, Hawaii, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alumni have been quietly raving about their experiences at the Hawaii based program Pacific Quest. Recently their Google page surpassed over 100 reviews with an average rating of 4.5/5 stars–a score nearly unheard of in healthcare. Pacific Quest, an integrative behavioral health program for youth has been operating for over 18 years on the Big Island of Hawaii, and has worked with well over 3000 families. Kellyn Smythe, Pacific Quest's Director of Admissions explained, "Families increasingly depend on online reviews to make important decisions, and it's astonishing we have so many alumni who are willing to share a bit about their experiences." Mr Smythe adds, "Mental health continues to carry a stigma that deters from sharing about such an intimate part of their journey; we feel so fortunate for those who are willing to push past this taboo and normalize what so many families are struggling with."
In a recent survey of 15 outdoor based programs, Pacific Quest earned the highest average online review rating. Most experts agree that online reviews are by no means the only metric families should use to make such an important decision. "We feel strongly that a careful examination of treatment history, scope of services, therapeutic goals and other considerations are essential to a positive experience" adds Mr. Smythe. "Each family's needs are so unique, that even a glowing list of google reviews doesn't mean this is the right thing for every family."
Some families have even taken to film, podcasts and books to share their stories. Girl on The Edge is an award winning feature length film created by an alumni father about his daughter's journey with depression, anxiety and self harm. More recently, Marci Wolff Ober, LMFT and her daughter Courtney Jessica Ober detailed their journey in a best selling book The KrazyGirl (& Guy) Parent Survival Guide: Helping Your Child of Any Age Thrive with Mental Health Challenges. There is now an emerging body of podcasts available that explore topics related to treatment experiences. A leading example is Wilderness Therapy & Residential Treatment Center Journey by Andy
More robust outcome data is found through the YO-Q research. Throughout the treatment process, students and families participate in a series of nationally standardized questionnaires referred to as the Youth Outcome Questionnaire (Y-OQ®). Results are gathered at admission, discharge, and specific points post-discharge. At the individual level, this data better equips treatment teams to craft interventions/treatment approaches to meet student's needs. The meta-data allows leadership teams to evaluate treatment efficacy on a longitudinal scale, and enhance programming.
Pacific Quest is nationally recognized as a Gold Status designated research program by the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP) and the University of New Hampshire. Well over 1,000 Pacific Quest Alumni students and families have been a part of this study.
Established in 2004 Pacific Quest's stated mission is to provide evidence-based treatment for families of adolescents and young adults by facilitating life-changing experiences on the Big Island of Hawaii in their Licensed Therapeutic Living Programs (TLP). Their individualized approach to mental health treatment is focused on treating anxiety, depression, isolation, low self esteem, and trauma.
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An Atlanta district attorney has dropped the charges for six police officers accused of battery and aggravated assault against two college students, after they were out past curfew following a George Floyd protest in 2020, the DA announced Monday.
Video footage shows officers on foot confronting two Black young adults, Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young, who, at the time, were students of Spelman College and Morehouse College, respectively. The pair had been passing officers in a car 45 minutes after the city's 9 p.m. curfew.
After they appear to drive away briefly from the officers, Pilgrim and Young stop — at which point the officers swarm the vehicle. Stun guns are used on both occupants, who are ripped from the car as Pilgrim screams for them to stop.
"I agree with Mayor [Keisha Lance] Bottoms and I agree with our police chief, Erika Shields, when they both have conveyed in so many separate ways that the conduct in this incident — it is not indicative of the way that we treat people in the city of Atlanta," Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Paul Howard told reporters at the time.
Pilgrim was never charged; Young was charged with attempting to elude officers before the charge was dismissed at the request of Bottoms, who apologized.
The officers charged following the incident were Lonnie Hood, Willie Sauls, Ivory Streeter, Mark Gardner, Armond Jones and Roland Claud. Streeter and Gardner were fired from the force, while the three others were placed on desk duty.
But Samir Patel, the temporary district attorney for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, dropped the charges against the officers, arguing that the officers' use of force was "the direct result of Mr. Young and Ms. Pilgrim's resistance to and noncompliance with the officers' instructions."
Patel said the officers were acting within the Atlanta Police Department's use of force policy, and that the force stopped after Pilgrim and Young were subdued by stun guns.
"The video that was widely distributed through media in the days following May 30, 2020, was not an accurate portrayal of the entire encounter between Mr. Young, Ms. Pilgrim, and law enforcement," he said.
He continued, "I wholeheartedly believe that Georgia has made significant progress in improving how our communities and police work together and we must continue that positive path, always guided by the rule of law."
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CCIM Designees will be able to add and view sale and lease property listings nationwide in one easy process
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Crexi, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry's leading marketplace, data, and technology platform, today announced their partnership with the CCIM Institute.
The CCIM Institute has partnered with Crexi to create a Designee-only benefit, known as the CCIM Property Listing Service. CCIM Designees can now connect their Crexi and CCIM accounts for instant access to thousands of CCIM Designee listings across the country.
"The real estate industry is moving to a more collaborative model," said Mike DeGiorgio, founder and CEO of Crexi. "By partnering with the CCIM Institute, we're able to share market data on one platform which leads to a perfect solution for both organizations and our clients."
With this partnership, CCIM Designees can also subscribe to Crexi's PRO offering at a discounted annual rate, which includes higher rankings in property searches and AI generated property blasts resulting in more qualified buyers with full contact information provided. In addition, PRO members get full access to intelligence, research, and sales comps. Today, Crexi's database has over 13 million sales comparables in the United States, and 153 million property records with ownership contact information.
"We are thrilled to partner with Crexi on the new CCIM Property Listing Service, which exclusively features properties for sale and lease by CCIM Designees," said David Schnitzer, CCIM, 2023 Global President of the CCIM Institute. "Crexi's technology solution provides CCIMs across the country a fast, easy, and effective way to post or search for their next deal — with the added comfort of knowing that they will be working with a fellow CCIM Designee"
Crexi is proud to partner with the CCIM Institute who, for more than 55 years, remains the global standard for commercial real estate professionals, including appraisers, asset managers, brokers, developers, investors, lenders, and other allied professionals. Crexi remains the preferred provider for the National Association of REALTORS (R) (NAR), establishing a long history of quality up-to-date data to professionals who need access quickly and efficiently.
"The CCIM Institute constantly researches opportunities to help our Designees broaden their reach. With Crexi's vast database of commercial real estate listings and comps, we believe our Designee members will find this relationship an incredible benefit. It is all about making certain our Designees have access to some of the best CRE tools in the industry," said Schnitzer. "We are confident that our members will love this solution. We are helping make their transactions even more effective for their clients."
About Crexi
Commercial Real Estate Exchange, Inc. (Crexi) is revolutionizing the way commercial real estate professionals transact by accelerating deal velocity and democratizing access to both properties and industry data. In 2015, Crexi embarked on a journey to transform the CRE industry: to create a single-source hub for stakeholders to market, analyze, and trade commercial property.
Today, Crexi empowers over 2 million buyers, brokers, and tenants each month to explore over $2 trillion of property value nationwide and has helped to close upward of $330 billion in transactions. Crexi's growing team of 350+ employees — based in Los Angeles with offices in Miami, New York, Dallas, Phoenix, and Raleigh — strive to create a centralized CRE marketplace with enhanced marketing, due diligence, and deal-closing tools to accelerate our users' success. For more information on Crexi, visit www.crexi.com.
About the CCIM Institute
The CCIM Institute created the language of global real estate investment. Our courses and worldwide community deploy commercial real estate investment methodologies and tools that speed the pathway between opportunity, a go/no-go decision and success for an asset, taught by instructors who are themselves industry leaders. Today, the organization, through its 55 chapters, continues to innovate best practices and elevate the commercial real estate professional through its core designation program to earn the CCIM Pin — real estate's most coveted credential — and its topical education courses offered through the Ward Center for Real Estate Studies. In addition, membership in CCIM includes the industry's best technology and operational platform, allowing entrepreneurial and mid-sized businesses to compete with the largest multinational providers. Today, almost 70 percent of Designees hold the title of owner, partner, principal, or president, representing an exclusive worldwide referral network of 13,000 members in 30 countries. Ultimately, CCIM represents a larger vision of the commercial real estate provider, leveraging investment analysis, opinions of value, and underwriting to become a leader in sourcing capital, building a cash-flow vehicle, and ultimately creating value. Information at www.ccim.com.
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SHANGHAI, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GenFleet Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focusing on cutting-edge therapies in oncology and immunology, announced today that European Medicine Agency (EMA) approved the phase Ib/II study of GFH925 (KRASG12C inhibitor) in combination with ERBITUX® (cetuximab). This is the first therapy combining a KRASG12C inhibitor and cetuximab granted with CTA approval to treat advanced patients with KRASG12C-mutant NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer) in the first-line setting.
With study concept proposed by GenFleet, the trial is led by Professor Rafael Rosell, a world-renowned expert in particular in the field of lung cancer, with scores of clinical research centers participating in the study across Europe. GenFleet will firstly initiate the overseas study, followed by domestic trials conducted by its partner Innovent Biologics, to accelerate the clinical development of the combination therapy treating NSCLC in first-line setting.
"GFH925 is an investigational product with promising efficacy and good safety profile as monotherapy developed by Chinese biotech. This product has been granted breakthrough therapy designation (BTD) by NMPA in China. The innovative and thoughtful idea of combining GFH925 with Erbitux will potentially pave the way for bringing KRAS inhibitors to treat NSCLC in the first-line setting. The study is among the few combination trials that target the frontline treatment and is in leading position when compared with other pharmaceutical companies. We look forward to seeing data from this study." said Professor Rafael Rosell, Quiron-Dexeus University Institute and Catalan Institute of Oncology.
"As GenFleet's first multi-center study in Europe, it highlights our ability for novel design and our efficiency executing cross-border combination trials. Currently, GenFleet and our partner are conducting a number of trials in different regions across the globe, demonstrating the broad prospects of GFH925 in clinical development. Through collaboration with our industry-leading partners, we hope innovative therapies can be delivered fast to benefit patients worldwide. " said by Yu Wang, M.D.,Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer of GenFleet.
About GFH925X0201 and GFH925
The multi-center study of GFH925 in combination with cetuximab is to kick off in scores of clinical rsearch centers worldwide and sets its objectives to evaluate the safety/tolerance, efficacy and the pharmacokinetic characteristics of the combination in advanced NSCLC patients harboring KRASG12C mutation.
The phase I data of GFH925 monotherapy were presented at ASCO and CSCO annual meetings in 2022. Of 21 patients with NSCLC treated at 600mg BID (the recommended phase 2 dose), better efficacy signal was observed, with investigator assessed ORR 61.9% and DCR 100%. GFH925 monotherapy has been granted with breakthrough therapy designation by CDE, to treat advanced NSCLC patients with KRASG12C mutation that have received at least one prior line of systemic therapy.
By covalently and irreversibly modifying the cysteine residue of KRASG12C protein, GFH925 inhibits the GTP/GDP exchange, an essential step in pathway activation. Preclinical cysteine selectivity studies demonstrated high selectivity of GFH925 towards G12C. Subsequently, GFH925 inhibits the downstream signal pathway to induce tumor cells' apoptosis and cell cycle arrest.
About ERBITUX® (cetuximab)
ERBITUX is an IgG1 monoclonal antibody targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). As a monoclonal antibody, the mode of action of ERBITUX is distinct from standard non-selective chemotherapy treatments in that it specifically targets and binds to the EGFR. This binding inhibits the activation of the receptor and the subsequent signal-transduction pathway, which results in reducing both the invasion of normal tissues by tumor cells and the spread of tumors to new sites.
About GenFleet Therapeutics
GenFleet Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focusing on cutting-edge therapies, is dedicated to serving significant global unmet medical needs in oncology and immunology. Based on the deep understanding of disease biology and translational medicine, GenFleet's proprietary and fully integrated R&D platform highlights multiple cutting-edge products with novel mechanisms and global IP.
Since its inception in 2017, GenFleet has built up industry-leading capabilities and expertise in developing novel drug candidates - both small molecules and biologics. Its pipeline includes over 10 programs, many of which have entered multi-regional clinical trials across China (including Taiwan), the United States, Europe and Australia. To date, GenFleet has over 5 clinical studies encompassing IND stage to phase II studies and completed co-development partnerships with a number of publicly listed companies worldwide.
GenFleet is expected to progress additional programs into the clinic, as well as transition from a clinical stage biotech company into a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company in the next 3-5 years.
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Listening to America – Student Loans
Published: May. 29, 2023 at 2:54 PM CDT|Updated: 40 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Together, tens of millions of Americans owe more than $1 trillion in student loan debt. Janel Forsythe is one of them. She earned her undergraduate degree at Ursinus College, then graduated from the prestigious London School of Economics. Hear why she told Peter Zampa paying off her loans “feels like an impossible endeavor.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was poised to certify Joe Biden’s election victory.
Musk made the announcement in the evening after holding a poll that asked Twitter users to click “yes” or “no” on whether Trump’s account should be restored. The “yes” vote won, with 51.8%. Previously, Musk had said Twitter would establish new procedures and a “content moderation council” before making decisions to restore suspended accounts.
“The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk tweeted, using a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people, the voice of God.”
Shortly afterward Trump’s account, which had earlier appeared as suspended, reappeared on the platform complete with his former tweets, more than 59,000 of them. His followers were gone, at least initially, but he quickly began regaining them. There were no new tweets from the account as of late Saturday, however.
Musk restored the account less than a month after the Tesla CEO took control of Twitter and four days after Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential race.
It is not clear whether Trump would actually return to Twitter. An irrepressible tweeter before he was banned, Trump has said in the past that he would not rejoin even if his account was reinstated. He has been relying on his own, much smaller social media site, Truth Social, which he launched after being blocked from Twitter.
And on Saturday, during a video speech to a Republican Jewish group meeting in Las Vegas, Trump said that he was aware of Musk’s poll but that he saw “a lot of problems at Twitter.”
“I hear we’re getting a big vote to also go back on Twitter. I don’t see it because I don’t see any reason for it,” Trump said. “It may make it, it may not make it,” he added, apparently referring to Twitter’s recent internal upheavals.
The prospect of restoring Trump’s presence to the platform follows Musk’s purchase last month of Twitter — an acquisition that has fanned widespread concern that the billionaire owner will allow purveyors of lies and misinformation to flourish on the site. Musk has frequently expressed his belief that Twitter had become too restrictive of freewheeling speech.
His efforts to reshape the site have been both swift and chaotic. Musk has fired many of the company’s 7,500 full-time workers and an untold number of contractors who are responsible for content moderation and other crucial responsibilities. His demand that remaining employees pledge to “extremely hardcore” work triggered a wave of resignations, including hundreds of software engineers.
Users have reported seeing increased spam and scams on their feeds and in their direct messages, among other glitches, in the aftermath of the mass layoffs and worker exodus. Some programmers who were fired or resigned this week warned that Twitter may soon fray so badly it could actually crash.
Musk’s online survey, posted on his own Twitter account, drew more than 15 million votes in the 24 hours in which it ran.
Musk conceded that the results were hardly scientific. “Bot & troll armies might be running out of steam soon,” he tweeted Saturday morning. “Some interesting lessons to clean up future polls.”
It’s not the first time he’s used Twitter polling to make business decisions. Last year he sold millions of shares of his Tesla stock after asking his followers whether he should.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York responded to Musk’s poll on Trump by tweeting video of the Jan. 6 insurrection. She tweeted Friday that when Trump was last on Twitter, it “was used to incite an insurrection, multiple people died, the Vice President of the United States was nearly assassinated, and hundreds were injured but I guess that’s not enough for you to answer the question. Twitter poll it is.”
Trump lost his access to Twitter two days after his supporters stormed the Capitol, soon after the former president had exhorted them to “fight like hell.” Twitter dropped his account after Trump wrote a pair of tweets that the company said cast further doubts on the legitimacy of the presidential election and raised risks for the Biden presidential inauguration.
After the Jan. 6 attack, Trump was also kicked off Facebook and Instagram, which are owned by Meta Platforms, and Snapchat. His ability to post videos to his YouTube channel was also suspended. Facebook is set to reconsider Trump’s suspension in January.
Throughout his tenure as president, Trump’s use of social media posed a significant challenge to major social media platforms that sought to balance the public’s interest in hearing from public officials with worries about misinformation, bigotry, harassment and incitement of violence.
But in a speech at an auto conference in May, Musk asserted that Twitter’s ban of Trump was a “morally bad decision” and “foolish in the extreme.”
Earlier this month, Musk, who completed the $44 billion takeover of Twitter in late October, declared that the company wouldn’t let anyone who had been kicked off the site return until Twitter had established procedures on how to do so, including forming a “content moderation council.”
On Friday, Musk tweeted that the suspended Twitter accounts for the comedian Kathy Griffin, the Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and the conservative Christian news satire website Babylon Bee had been reinstated. He added that a decision on Trump had not yet been made. He also responded “no” when someone on Twitter asked him to reinstate the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ account.
In a tweet Friday, the Tesla CEO described the company’s new content policy as “freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.”
He explained that a tweet deemed to be “negative” or to include “hate” would be allowed on the site but would be visible only to users who specifically searched for it. Such tweets also would be “demonetized, so no ads or other revenue to Twitter,” Musk said.
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(NEXSTAR) – One of the world’s largest known moths has been reported for the first time in the United States, and experts are now asking residents to report any other sightings of the insect.
Entomologists in Washington state confirmed the discovery of an atlas moth in Bellevue, located west of Seattle, earlier this month. The Washington State Department of Agriculture said the moth, found on the side of a garage, was reported by a University of Washington professor in early July.
After confirming the species with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, experts now believe this is the first time the moth has been detected in the U.S.
The atlas moth is a native of Asia, primarily from India to the Philippines and south to Indonesia, according to the California Academy of Sciences. Its wingspan of 10 inches is second only to the white witch moth of Central and South America, which has a wingspan of 14 inches.
Its wings are also mesmerizing to some and serve as protection from birds looking for a snack. When open, the atlas moth’s wings may appear to instead be two cobra heads, deterring predators.
Despite its size, the atlas moth doesn’t live long. As London’s Natural History Museum explains, the moth’s proboscis – what butterflies and moths use to drink nectar – is very small and unusable. Because it has no way to eat, the moth typically lives only one to two weeks.
The moth gains much of its sustenance as a caterpillar. During this phase, they will eat leaves of cinnamon, citrus fruit, guava, and Jamaican cherry trees. Moth caterpillars produce silk, and the cocoons they leave behind are sometimes used as purses, according to the Museum.
The atlas moth is a federally quarantined pest in the U.S., according to Washington State officials. This means it is illegal to have or sell live atlas moths, regardless of their stage in life, without a permit from the USDA.
This is the only atlas moth reported in Washington so far, meaning there is no evidence a population has been established in the state. Without a known way to trap the moth, officials are now relying on reports from the public to determine if there are more in the state.
Officials haven’t explained how the moth may have found its way to the U.S.
Because it is a tropical species, Sven Spichiger, managing entomologist for the state’s Department of Agriculture, says its unclear whether the atlas moth could even survive the conditions of the Pacific Northwest.
“USDA is gathering available scientific and technical information about this moth and will provide response recommendations, but in the meantime, we hope residents will help us learn if this was a one-off escapee or whether there might indeed be a population in the area,” Spichiger said in a statement.
If you spot this mesmerizing moth, you are encouraged to take a photo of it, note where you spotted it, and notify your state or local agriculture department.
This rare sighting comes as officials on the other side of the country are warning residents to kill a stunning but invasive bug that could drastically impact certain trees and even grape and wine industries.
Measuring about one inch in size, the spotted lanternfly, with its spots and pair of bright red wings, was first detected in the U.S. in 2014. It has since spread to 11 states, primarily across the Northeast. The spotted lanternfly is a native of China and feasts off of fruit, ornamental, and woody trees, especially the tree of heaven, a fellow invasive species native to China, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
If allowed to spread, experts say the spotted lanternfly “could seriously impact the country’s grape, orchard, and logging industries.”
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Now that the dust has settled on Black Monday, let’s break down the six currently open NFL head coaching jobs — Jets, Falcons, Texans, Lions, Jaguars, and Chargers.
Which job is most appealing? Which is least appealing?
There are several factors to consider — NFL draft capital, 2021 salary cap space, general manager situation, quarterback situation, and ownership situation.
So let’s take them one by one, ranking the vacancies from best to worst in each category, before we come up with a final conclusion.
NFL DRAFT CAPITAL
We will use Tankathon’s 2021 NFL Draft power rankings here.
Jaguars: 5,360.6 (first)
Jets: 4,453.4 points (second)
Falcons: 2,770.2 points (fourth)
Lions: 2,345.5 (seventh)
Chargers: 1,940.3 (12th)
Texans: 539.2 (31st)
2021 SALARY CAP SPACE
We will use overthecap.com’s estimate here.
Jaguars: $74,422,992 (first)
Jets: $72,598,706 (second)
Chargers: $31,323,947 (eighth)
Lions: $12,473,910 (19th)
Texans: minus-$17,739,400 (26th)
Falcons: minus-$24,394,641 (30th)
GENERAL MANAGER SITUATION
Falcons — vacant: A chance for a fresh start, with an organization that has won recently.
Jaguars — vacant: Another fresh start opportunity here, but not as much recent success in Jacksonville.
Lions — vacant: Really, all three of these situations (Falcons, Jaguars, Lions) are reasonably similar. But the Lions have experienced their share of dysfunction over the years.
Jets — Joe Douglas: The Jets hired him in 2019, after free agency and the draft. So he has only had one offseason. And he isn’t going anywhere until after 2022 at the earliest, since he is signed through 2024 and has two first-round picks in both 2021 and 2022.
Texans — vacant: Yes, the GM job is open, but what about Jack Easterby? He has a powerful voice in Houston. How much will he meddle?
Chargers — Tom Telesco: He has to be on the hot seat at this point, right? He’s been the Chargers’ GM since 2013. On the positive side of things, he just drafted Justin Herbert. And that looks like a great pick so far. On the negative side — two playoff appearances (with a 2-2 record) in eight seasons (2013 and 2018) and a 60-68 regular season record.
QUARTERBACK SITUATION
Texans: Deshaun Watson is one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL.
Chargers: They took Herbert sixth overall last year, and he had a fantastic rookie season.
Jaguars: They’re surely going to take Trevor Lawrence — who is regarded as a can’t-miss prospect — with the first overall pick. But he hasn’t played a single NFL snap yet.
Lions: Matt Stafford will be 33 when next season opens. He’s still a quality starter, but because of his contract structure, the Lions can move on from him after 2021 rather easily. It’s less likely they ditch him this offseason. Still, some flexibility here — eventually.
Jets: No sure-thing answers here, since Sam Darnold has been a mess. And they won’t be landing Lawrence. But they do have the No. 2 pick. Justin Fields?
Falcons: Matt Ryan is still capable, but he’ll be 36 when next season starts. And because of his contract structure, the Falcons are stuck with him for at least the next two seasons. If the new coach and GM want a fresh start at quarterback, that’ll be tough to do soon.
OWNERSHIP SITUATION
Falcons: Arthur Blank is one of the NFL’s most respect owners. He has owned the Falcons since 2002.
Jaguars: Shad Khan is willing to throw a lot of resources at his franchise, but he has yet to prove he can be a consistent winner.
Jets: Christopher Johnson is the acting owner — for a little while longer. Woody Johnson will soon be returning from his post as the United States’ ambassador to the United Kingdom. So there’s some uncertainty in Florham Park, even as Christopher (wisely) gets out of the way and lets Douglas lead this coaching search. How will Woody’s return impact things?
Lions: Sheila Ford Hamp runs the show in Detroit — the latest member of the Ford family to do so. She just took over for her mother, Martha Firestone Ford, last summer. So she remains unproven.
Chargers: The Spanos family has owned the Chargers since 1984, and Dean Spanos now runs things. The Chargers have had very little success under the Spanoses’ ownership. And the Spanoses have long had a reputation for being cheap, in terms of investing in their team.
Texans: Cal McNair has been an absolute mess since taking over for his late father, Bob. Just look at how poorly he handled the Easterby and Bill O’Brien situations. Brutal.
SO HOW DO THINGS SHAKE OUT?
Look, this isn’t wholly scientific, but here’s how the rankings look, if we apply points to each position — six for first place, etc.:
1. Jaguars — 26
2. Jets — 19
3. Falcons — 18
4. Lions — 16
5. Chargers — 14
6. Texans — 12
One thing to remember, though, is that all five of these factors don’t matter equally to a head coaching candidate. The ownership situation, for instance, isn’t as important as the quarterback situation. So the Jets are probably too high, and the Chargers too low.
The issue with the Texans: Watson is really the only thing they have going for them right now — but he’s a large factor. And clearly, their roster overall is better than the Jets’ roster.
If you set aside the GM and ownership situations, you can make the case that the Chargers — because of cap space and Herbert — are actually the best job open. We’d still put the Jaguars at No. 1, though.
So if we use our points system and also incorporate the eye test — plus a weighted scale for these points — here’s how we’d rank the open jobs:
1. Jaguars
2. Chargers
3. Texans
4. Jets
5. Falcons
6. Lions
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Maplecrest Road between State Boulevard and Trier Road will have lane restrictions Monday, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A landscaping crew will be working in the area and should finish Tuesday.
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Trump described Pentagon plan of attack, shared classified map: indictment
MIAMI - Donald Trump improperly stored in his Florida estate sensitive documents on nuclear capabilities, repeatedly enlisted aides and lawyers to help him hide records demanded by investigators and cavalierly showed off a Pentagon "plan of attack" and classified map, according to a sweeping felony indictment that paints a damning portrait of the former president's treatment of national security information.
The conduct alleged in the historic indictment — the first federal case against a former president — cuts to the heart of any president's responsibility to safeguard the government's most valuable secrets. Prosecutors say the documents he stowed, refused to return and in some cases showed to visitors risked jeopardizing not only relations with foreign nations but also the safety of troops and confidential sources.
"Our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the United States and they must be enforced," Jack Smith, the Justice Department special counsel who filed the case, said in his first public statements. "Violations of those laws put our country at risk."
Trump, currently the leading contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is due to make his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon in Miami. In a rare bit of welcome news for the former president, the judge initially assigned to the case is someone he appointed and who drew criticism for rulings in his favor during a dispute last year over a special master assigned to review the seized classified documents. Meanwhile, two lawyers who worked the case for months announced Friday that they had resigned from Trump's legal team.
All told, Trump faces 37 felony counts — 31 pertaining to the willful retention of national defense information, the balance relating to alleged conspiracy, obstruction and false statements — that could result in a substantial prison sentence in the event of a conviction. A Trump aide who prosecutors said moved dozens of boxes at his Florida estate at his direction, and then lied to investigators about it, was charged in the same indictment with conspiracy and other crimes.
Trump responded to the indictment Friday by falsely conflating his case with a separate classified documents investigation concerning President Joe Biden. Though classified records were found in a Biden home and office, there has been no indication that the president, unlike Trump, sought to conceal them or knew they were there.
"Nobody said I wasn’t allowed to look at the personal records that I brought with me from the White House. There’s nothing wrong with that," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Read the PDF of Trump's indictment
The case adds to deepening legal jeopardy for Trump, who has already been indicted in New York and faces additional investigations in Washington and Atlanta that also could lead to criminal charges. But among the various investigations he has faced, legal experts — as well as Trump’s own aides — had long seen the Mar-a-Lago probe as the most perilous threat and the one most ripe for prosecution. Campaign aides had been bracing for the fallout since Trump’s attorneys were notified that he was the target of the investigation, assuming it was not a matter of if charges would be brought, but when.
The indictment arrives at a time when Trump is continuing to dominate the Republican presidential primary. A Trump campaign official described the former president’s mood as "defiant" and he is expected to deliver a full-throated rebuke of the filing during a speech before Republican Party officials in Georgia Saturday afternoon and will also speak in North Carolina in the evening
READ MORE: Trump indictment in classified documents case is historic first for former president
Aides were notably more reserved after the indictment’s unsealing as they reckoned with the gravity of the legal charges and the threat they pose to Trump beyond the potential short-term political gain.
The document's startling scope and breadth of allegations, including a reliance on surveillance video and an audio recording, will almost certainly make it harder for Republicans to rail against than an earlier New York criminal case that many legal analysts had derided as weak.
The documents case is a milestone for a Justice Department that had investigated Trump for years — as president and private citizen — but had never before charged him with a crime. The most notable investigation was an earlier special counsel probe into ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia, but prosecutors in that probe cited Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president. Once he left office, though, he lost that protection.
The inquiry took a major step forward last November when Attorney General Merrick Garland, a soft-spoken former federal judge who has long stated that no person should be regarded as above the law, appointed Smith, a war crimes prosecutor with an aggressive, hard-charging reputation, to lead both the documents probe as well as a separate investigation into efforts to subvert the 2020 election. That investigation remains pending.
The 49-page indictment centers on hundreds of classified documents that Trump took with him from the White House to Mar-a-Lago upon leaving office in January 2021. Even as "tens of thousands of members and guests" visited Mar-a-Lago between the end of Trump’s presidency and August 2022, when the FBI obtained a search warrant, documents were recklessly stored in spaces including a "ballroom, a bathroom and shower, and office space, his bedroom, and a storage room."
Former U.S. President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on June 08, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The indictment claims that, for a two-month period between January and March 15, some of Trump’s boxes were stored in one of Mar-a-Lago’s gilded ballrooms. A picture included in the indictment shows boxes stacked in rows on the ballroom’s stage.
Prosecutors allege that Trump, who claimed without evidence that he had declassified all the documents before leaving office, understood his duty to care for classified information but shirked it anyway. It details a July 2021 meeting in Bedminster in which he boasted about having held onto a classified document prepared by the military about a potential attack on another country.
"Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this," the indictment quotes him as saying, citing an audio recording. He also said he could have declassified the document but "Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret," according to the indictment.
READ MORE: Trump’s lawyers ask judge to recuse himself, echoing claims of political bias
Using Trump's own words and actions, as recounted to prosecutors by lawyers, aides and other witnesses, the indictment alleges both a refusal to return the documents despite more than a year's worth of government demands but also steps that he encouraged others around him to take to conceal the records.
For instance, prosecutors say, after the Justice Department issued a subpoena for the records in May 2022, Trump asked his own lawyers if he could defy the request and said words to the effect of, "I don't want anybody looking through my boxes."
"Wouldn’t it be better if we just told them we don’t have anything here?" one of his lawyers described him as saying.
Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower on May 31, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images)
But before his own lawyer searched the property for classified records, the indictment says, Trump directed aides to remove from the Mar-a-Lago storage room boxes of documents so that they would not be found during the search and therefore handed over to the government.
Weeks later, when Justice Department officials arrived at Mar-a-Lago to collect the records, they were handed a folder with only 38 documents and an untrue letter attesting that all documents responsive to the subpoena had been turned over. That day, even as Trump assured investigators that he was "an open book," aides loaded several of Trump’s boxes onto a plane bound for Bedminster, the indictment alleges.
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But suspecting that many more remained inside, the FBI obtained a search warrant and returned in August to recover more than 100 additional documents. The Justice Department says Trump held onto more than 300 classified documents, including some at the top secret level.
Walt Nauta, one of the personal aides alleged to have transported the boxes around the complex, lied to the FBI about the movement of the boxes and faces charges that he conspired to hide them, according to the indictment. His lawyer declined to comment.
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Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Atlanta, Michael R. Sisak in New York, Meg Kinnard in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Gary Fields and Zeke Miller in Washington contributed to this report. Tucker and Whithurst reported from Washington. Colvin reported from Greensboro, North Carolina. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/trump-iindictment-unsealed-described-pentagon-plan-attack-shared-classified-map | 2023-06-11 18:12:14 | 0 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/trump-iindictment-unsealed-described-pentagon-plan-attack-shared-classified-map |
Dive boat captain pleads not guilty in fiery deaths of 34
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dive boat captain pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court for a second time to manslaughter in the fiery deaths of 34 people trapped below deck on his burning vessel three years ago off the Southern California coast.
A federal grand jury issued a new indictment last month alleging that Captain Jerry Boylan acted with gross negligence aboard the Conception during one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent U.S. history. A judge threw out the original case on the third anniversary of the Sept. 2, 2019, tragedy.
The trial is scheduled for Dec. 20 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
Boylan faces 10 years in prison if convicted of a single count of misconduct or neglect of a ship officer — a pre-Civil War statute known as “seaman’s manslaughter” that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters.
All 33 passengers and a crew member who were trapped in the Conception’s bunk room died.
Boylan, who frantically radioed for help after he and four crew members sleeping above deck awoke to the fire, was the first man overboard and then told his crew to abandon ship rather than fight the fire, the indictment said.
He is accused of failing to train his crew, conduct fire drills and post a roving night watchman on the boat when the fire ignited.
Prosecutors brought the second case against Boylan after U.S. District Judge George Wu in September dismissed the original indictment because it did not mention gross negligence, an element required to prove the crime.
The subsequent indictment alleges Boylan “acted with a wanton or reckless disregard for human life by engaging in misconduct, gross negligence and inattention to his duties.”
Officials blamed the owners of the vessel, Truth Aquatics Inc., for a lack of oversight even though federal safety investigators never found the cause of the fire. The owners, Glen and Dana Fritzler, have not been criminally charged.
Truth Aquatics is seeking to avoid payouts to the families of the victims under a provision in federal maritime law. Family members of the dead have filed claims against the Fritzlers and the company, and have sued the U.S. Coast Guard.
Family members of those who perished at sea showed up for Boylan’s arraignment and said it has been a trying three years seeking accountability.
“It’s been a long journey, a very hard journey. And learning to live with grief is very difficult,” said Susana Solano Rosas, who lost three daughters in the fire. “Today means that hopefully we can see a little bit of justice. ... The court is going to move along and try this man, try this captain who allowed our 34 to be killed and burned on that boat.” ___
Associated Press reporter Brian Melley contributed to this report.
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Fireworks and Firecrackers Can Cause Immediate, Permanent Hearing Loss If Children and Adults Don't Use Caution, Says ASHA
ROCKVILLE, Md., June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The booms, pops, and crackles of fireworks and firecrackers are signature sounds of the July 4th holiday, but according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), they could come at the high cost of irreversible hearing loss if people don't take simple steps to protect themselves.
"There's no doubt about it: Many of our favorite Independence Day traditions are exceedingly loud, and they can put our ears in real danger," said Robert Augustine, PhD, CCC-SLP, 2023 ASHA President. "That doesn't mean we can't enjoy the holiday and all the fun it brings. It just means we need to take steps to minimize our risk, and luckily, it's not that difficult to do so."
Noise and Hearing Loss
Any exposure to excessively loud noise can cause a form of hearing loss called noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Notably, the World Health Organization estimates that more than 1 billion young people ages 12–35 globally are at risk of NIHL due to recreational exposure to loud sounds. This type of hearing loss is preventable, but once it occurs, it is irreversible.
People can develop NIHL from attending loud events (e.g., concerts, sporting events); listening to personal technology devices for too loud and too long (especially with earbuds or headphones); participating in loud hobbies (e.g., playing an instrument, riding all-terrain vehicles); and/or working in a loud profession or industry (e.g., lawn care, restaurant/food service). The louder the noise, the less time it takes to damage one's hearing. Sounds at 70 decibels or lower are generally safe to listen to for an extended period of time. Sounds at 80 decibels (for adults) or 75 decibels (for children) can lead to hearing loss if you listen to them for more than 8 hours at a time.
However, a single loud blast or explosion that lasts for less than 1 second can cause permanent hearing loss right away. This noise, called impulse noise or impact noise, can come from sources such as fireworks. Impulse noise is measured in decibel peak pressure, or dBP. Impulse noise greater than 140 dBP will hurt a person's hearing right away. Fireworks at 3 feet, as well as firecrackers, can measure 150 dBP. This is considered painful to the ears—and is well beyond a safe listening level.
Hearing Protection Tips
By taking some simple precautionary steps, everyone can protect themselves. ASHA advises the following for the July 4th holiday—and any loud event.
- Wear hearing protection. Basic earplugs (available at drug stores and other retailers) offer good protection for most teens and adults. Children are generally better off wearing well-fitting earmuffs instead of earplugs.
- Keep a safe distance. Stand at least 500 feet away from noise sources, such as a fireworks launch site. The closer you are, the more likely you are to hurt your ears.
- Know your limits. If you are experiencing ringing in your ears or any other ear discomfort, leave the noisy situation. Listen to your body!
If a person continues to experience pain or ringing in their ears the next day, they should visit a certified audiologist. Learn more, and find a searchable database of audiologists nationwide, at www.asha.org/public.
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All-Star third baseman Nolan Arenado will not exercise the opt-out clause in his contract with the Cardinals, keeping him in St. Louis through the end of the 2027 season, a person familiar with his decision told The Associated Press on Saturday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made. The Athletic was the first to report on Arenado’s decision.
Arenado had until five days after the World Series to decide whether to opt out of the remaining five years and $144 million on his contract. He originally signed an eight-year, $260 million pact with the Colorado Rockies in 2019 before getting sent to the NL Central champions, where he is set to make a base salary of $35 million next season.
Cardinals president John Mozeliak said earlier in the week that he flew to Southern California to meet with Arenado and that he was “optimistic” that things would work out.
The 31-year-old Arenado, a seven-time All-Star, also had been hearing from longtime ace Adam Wainwright, who announced earlier this week that he would return for one last season in St. Louis.
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who might be Arenado’s biggest competition in the NL MVP race, also has been peppering him with text messages.
“Goldy and I have been on him and hopefully that works out,” Wainwright said. “I think it will. Nolan wants to be here.”
The very thought of opting out of such a massive contract seemed a longshot a year ago. But Arenado proceeded to hit .293 with 30 homers and 103 RBIs while playing well enough defensively to earn his 10th Gold Glove, and he could have pushed for an even bigger contract had he chosen to test free agency.
Instead, he will return to a team that loses retiring Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina but little else from the team that was swept by the NL champion Philadelphia Phillies in the wild-card round at Busch Stadium.
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MONTROSE, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s most active gas driller pleaded no contest Tuesday to criminal charges, capping a landmark environmental case against a company prosecutors say polluted a rural community's drinking water 14 years ago and then tried to evade responsibility.
Residents of the tiny crossroads of Dimock in northeastern Pennsylvania said their aquifer was ruined and Houston-based Coterra Energy failed to make it right. That led to one of the most prominent pollution cases ever to emerge from the U.S. drilling and fracking boom.
Under a plea deal entered in nearby Susquehanna County Court, Coterra agreed to pay $16.29 million to connect the residents’ homes to a clean source of water and pay their water bills for the next 75 years.
Coterra’s corporate predecessor, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., was charged in June 2020 with 15 criminal counts, most of them felonies, after a grand jury investigation found the company drilled faulty gas wells that leaked flammable methane into residential water supplies in Dimock and surrounding communities.
The grand jury blasted what it called Cabot’s “long-term indifference to the damage it caused to the environment and citizens of Susquehanna County.” Many residents have continued to avoid using their well water, using bottled water, bulk water purchased commercially, and even water drawn from creeks and artesian wells instead.
After being charged, the company had denied any suggestion that it “acted with indifference toward the community where we live and operate.” Cabot, which merged with Denver-based Cimarex Energy Co. to form Coterra, has long maintained the gas in residents’ water was naturally occurring.
Coterra pleaded no contest to a charge of prohibition against discharge of industrial wastes under the state’s Clean Streams Law.
The battle over Dimock’s water woes was featured in the Emmy-winning 2010 documentary “Gasland,” which showed residents lighting their tap water on fire.
Residents were informed of the plea deal last week. Pennsylvania American Water has said it plans to drill two wells — what it calls a “public groundwater system” — and build a treatment plant that will remove any contaminants from the water before piping it to about 20 homes in Dimock.
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1978 Mississippi cold case victim identified using DNA testing
MS woman found dumped in illegal landfill in Rankin County
The body of a white woman found in 1978 that was dumped at an illegal landfill in Mississippi's Rankin County has been identified, investigators said.
Using DNA testing on the remains of the body, the Rankin County Coroner's Office positively identified the victim as Tonya Lea Wills Mullins, who was 22 years old when she disappeared, according to a Thursday news release from DNASolves, a database that helps law enforcement solve cold cases.
Rankin County Coroner David Ruth and his deputy, Heather Smith, found renewed interest in the 1978 Jane Doe case after Ohio officials contacted them about a similar unsolved case, The Clarion Ledger reported.
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"As a result, Ruth filed a petition with the courts to exhume the victim’s body," the statement said. "After considering the evidence, Judge Dewey Arthur approved the exhumation."
After Ruth collected and shipped the forensic evidence to a lab, experts were able to get a DNA extraction that lead to the victim's identity.
Meanwhile, authorities are continuing to investigate Mullins' death to determine what happened to her, the release said.
"We are very appreciative to everyone that helped shepherd this case from the original crime scene to the exhumation, DNA testing, and investigative process that finally led to the restoration of Tonya’s identity," according to the release. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/1978-mississippi-cold-case-victim-identified-using-dna-testing | 2023-03-27 17:53:05 | 0 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/1978-mississippi-cold-case-victim-identified-using-dna-testing |
Fort Pierce - Saturday March 25, 2023: The Hallstrom Planetarium at Indian River State College will host “Forward to the Moon,” a lecture and multimedia exploration of the Artemis Project, a cooperative international mission to return humans to the moon by 2025, then to launch mankind to Mars and beyond.
Friday evening and Saturday afternoon shows are scheduled for April and May.
This exciting program explores the work being done by NASA and independent contractors working with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to reestablish a human presence on the moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. As of last December, 23 countries and one territory have signed on to the Artemis Accords, the non-binding framework for civil exploration and peaceful use of the Moon, Mars, and other astronomical objects.
Performances of “Forward to the Moon” will be held April 21 and 22, and May 12, 13, 26 and 27. Friday shows are at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and Saturday shows are at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tickets are just $5 per performance and can be purchased online at https://irsc.edu/community/planetarium.html or by calling the Planetarium box office at 772-462-4750 or 800-220-9915.
Planetarium shows are recommended for adults and children over the age of ten. The air temperature is maintained at 72 degrees. Participants may wish to bring a sweater or light jacket. The planetarium is located on the IRSC Massey Campus at 3209 Virginia Ave. in Fort Pierce.
Be sure to tune in weekday mornings for Skywatch—a daily one-minute look skyward hosted by Planetarium Director Jon U. Bell—at 6:40 a.m., 8:40 a.m., 11:59 a.m., and 7:40 p.m. on WQCS 88.9 FM, and at 7:59 a.m. and 12:59 p.m. on WQCP 91.9 FM. | https://www.wqcs.org/wqcs-news/2023-03-25/hallstrom-planetarium-presents-forward-to-the-moon-during-april-and-may | 2023-04-05 00:11:58 | 0 | https://www.wqcs.org/wqcs-news/2023-03-25/hallstrom-planetarium-presents-forward-to-the-moon-during-april-and-may |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court on Tuesday reversed a ruling by a lower court that the state’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising was unconstitutional, saying the court lacked jurisdiction over the case.
In an order, Justice Matthew Fader, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, sent the case back to Anne Arundel County Circuit Court with directions to dismiss. He said the plaintiffs failed to exhaust administrative remedies through the state’s tax court — Reasons will be stated in a later opinion. The four-page order does not make any ruling on the constitutionality of the law.
Last year, the circuit court ruled that the tax on digital advertising violates the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibits discrimination against electronic commerce. The court also held that the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on state interference with interstate commerce.
In a case that is being closely watched by other states that have also weighed a similar tax for online ads, Maryland’s comptroller appealed the decision in the case brought by Verizon Media Inc. and Comcast.
Maryland’s Supreme Court issued its order after hearing arguments from attorneys in the case on Friday.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown praised the court’s ruling, saying the digital ad tax provides critical funding for a sweeping education reform law known as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future.
“I applaud the Supreme Court for acting quickly because the revenues generated by this tax will help us provide our children the best education possible for success,” Brown said in a statement. “The digital ad tax will support our collective goal of transforming schools across the State. It will help level the playing field so that underserved communities will have access to quality educational opportunities enjoyed by our highest performing schools.”
In arguments Friday, Julia Bernhardt, an assistant attorney general, said the plaintiffs sought to bypass administrative procedures that the state has in place.
“This court has repeatedly held that constitutional claims are to be presented to the tax court. In case, after case, after case, almost every case involving a constitutional challenge to a state tax has come up through that way since the establishment of the tax court,” Bernhardt said.
Jeffrey Friedman, an attorney for the plaintiffs, argued there was a constitutional exception that applied to this case.
“It only applies, as this court has repeatedly described it, in a situation where the entirety of the law is invalid. In this case, it’s invalid because it violates federal law,” he told the court Friday.
Maryland lawmakers overrode then-Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the digital ad tax measure to pass the legislation in 2021. The state estimated the tax could raise about $250 million a year to help pay for a sweeping K-12 education measure.
The law taxes revenue that the affected companies make on digital advertisements shown in Maryland.
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USC freshman Bronny James released from hospital days after cardiac arrest on campus
LOS ANGELES - Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA superstar and the league's all-time leading scorer LeBron James, was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center days after he went into cardiac arrest at the Galen Center at the University of Southern California earlier this week, Los Angeles health officials announced Thursday.
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"Thanks to the swift and effective response by the USC athletics’ medical staff, Bronny James was successfully treated for a sudden cardiac arrest. He arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center fully conscious, neurologically intact and stable," Marije Chukumerije, MD, the consulting cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Group said in a statement released to The Athletic.
The statement continued to read: "Mr. James was cared for promptly by highly-trained staff and has been discharged home, where he is resting. Although his workup will be ongoing, we are hopeful for his continued progress and are encouraged by his response, resilience, and his family and community support."
The positive update comes hours after LeBron James broke his silence and posted to social media for the first time since Bronny's medical emergency.
"I want to thank the countless people sending my family love and prayers. We feel you and I’m so grateful," LeBron James wrote in part on social media Thursday.
Bronny James, a freshman at USC, collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during practice Monday morning. Law enforcement sources told TMZ the 911 call was made at 9:26 a.m.
Bronny James at Crypto.com Arena on May 06, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
The 18-year-old guard spent four seasons as a standout on the basketball team at Chatsworth's Sierra Canyon. In May, the McDonald's All-American and highly sought-after recruit announced his commitment to USC in an Instagram post.
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Arash Marzaki, the founder of Sporting Tribune, reported fellow USC basketball star Vincent Iwuchukwu collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest on campus last July. With proper care, the 7-foot-1 forward returned to the hardwood in time for his freshman season.
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Phoenix Suns Charities receives $5 million from ex-owner Robert Sarver
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Phoenix Suns Charities has received a $5 million donation from the Penny and Robert Sarver Foundation. The money will go directly toward the Phoenix Suns’ expansive nonprofit that helps Arizona children and their families that are in need in areas such as health care, education and sports. In 2019, Sarver led the Suns’ “Rise Together” campaign to award $10 million to local organizations. The Suns were the first professional sports team to support a Head Start program. During Sarver’s guidance, Phoenix Suns Charities granted more than $36 million to Arizona nonprofits and community programming.
He also sponsored the “adoption” of Central High School through a program called “SunsCentral.” Both the Suns and Phoenix Mercury teams have dispersed more than $41 million in their 35-year history as teams. To learn more about the Suns and Mercury Charities and the work they do across the Phoenix area and throughout Arizona, click here.
Robert Sarver is the former owner of the Phoenix Suns and Mercury. He sold the teams to new owner Mat Ishbia in early February for an estimated $4 billion after an NBA report investigating Sarver over allegations of sexism, racism, and creating a hostile working environment.
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The recent storms that walloped the Sierra have significantly moved the needle on the state's stubborn drought: A large swathe of California, including part of the Sierra foothills, the Central Valley and the south-central coast, is no longer classified as being in drought, according to a map released Thursday by the federal government in partnership with a university group.
Just over half of the state is now out of drought, according to the map, though many of those areas are still labeled "abnormally dry" — one stage below a formal drought designation.
It's a major improvement for California, which until this surprisingly stormy winter had been battling an intense three-year drought. Three months ago, the entire state was in drought, and 40 percent was experiencing extreme or exceptional drought. Now, none of the state is in those two dire categories, though a quarter of California -- especially the northeast quadrant -- remains in severe drought, according to the map.
And more storms are coming.
Even though the drought may have technically lifted from much of the state, its effects linger, particularly on ecology. Many trees died during the drought, serving as fuel for potential future fires. And aquifers, a crucial water source for farmers, have recharged only slowly.
Still, reservoirs are at last filling and California's snowpack is at 181% of its average level for this time of year -- and if a parade of storms materializes in March, it could push the snowpack to record territory. Yosemite National Park is currently closed, after the valley recorded record snow levels.
The drought monitor maps are updated Thursday mornings. They are drawn by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Forty-six percent of the western United States is also out of drought, meaning it is either in the "abnormally dry" category or has no classification, compared to 31% three months ago.
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- New 3M will remain a leading global material science innovator serving diverse end markets, with science and technology, manufacturing, global capabilities, and iconic brands
- Standalone Health Care business will be a leading global diversified healthcare technology company focused on wound care, oral care, healthcare IT, and biopharma filtration
- Tax-free transaction expected to be completed by year-end 2023
- 3M intends to complete the previously announced separation of Food Safety business through a split-off transaction with a targeted closing date of September 1, 2022, subject to certain conditions
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced its intent to spin off its Health Care business, resulting in two world-class public companies well positioned to pursue their respective growth plans. The New 3M will remain a leading global material science innovator serving customers across a range of industrial and consumer end markets, and Health Care will be a leading global diversified healthcare technology company focused on wound care, healthcare IT, oral care, and biopharma filtration.
"Today's actions advance our ability to create value for customers and shareholders," said 3M chairman and chief executive officer Mike Roman. "Disciplined portfolio management is a hallmark of our growth strategy. Our management team and board continually evaluate the strategic options that will best drive long term sustainable growth and value. The decision to spin off our Health Care business will result in two well-capitalized, world-class companies, well positioned to pursue their respective priorities."
As leading standalone companies, each is expected to benefit from:
- Enhanced agility and focus to better position for long term success;
- Ability to tailor capital allocation strategies and make company-specific investment decisions to drive innovation and growth;
- Compelling investment profiles appealing to different investor bases; and,
- Distinct boards and management teams comprised of world-class leaders with relevant expertise and track records driving value creation.
New 3M: A Leading Global Material Science Innovator
New 3M, with $26.8 billion in sales in 2021, will remain a leading global material science innovator, powered by an operating model rooted in science and technology, manufacturing, global capabilities, and iconic brands. The company will continue to leverage its unique and differentiated innovation to capitalize on customer opportunities aligned with key global megatrends such as electronics, safety, mobility, digitization, home improvement, and sustainability.
New 3M expects to continue to deliver profitable growth, generate robust cash flow, and return capital to shareholders while maintaining a strong balance sheet. New 3M will continue to prioritize strategic opportunities, including investments in growth, productivity, and sustainability while maintaining a proactive approach to portfolio management. 3M anticipates that there will be no changes to the Company's capital allocation priorities through the completion of the separation.
Health Care: A Leading Global Diversified Health Care Technology Company
Health Care, with approximately $8.61 billion in sales in 2021, will be a diversified healthcare technology leader with a deep and diverse portfolio of trusted brands, global capabilities, and leadership in attractive end market segments such as wound care, oral care, healthcare IT, and biopharma filtration. Health Care will be better positioned to deliver industry-leading innovation that enables better, smarter, and safer healthcare for patients worldwide.
Health Care will focus on growth, grounded in its strong track record of profitability. With robust cash flow generation, Health Care will be well positioned to pursue its strategic objectives.
Transaction Details
Health Care is currently expected to be spun off with net leverage of approximately 3.0x – 3.5x EBITDA and to be positioned for rapid deleveraging. Additionally, New 3M expects to retain a stake of 19.9% in Health Care, which will be monetized over time.
The spin-off is intended to be tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Company expects to complete the transaction by year-end 2023. The transaction is subject to satisfaction of customary conditions, including final approval from the 3M Board of Directors, filing and effectiveness of a Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, receipt of a tax opinion, receipt of a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, satisfactory completion of financing, and receipt of other regulatory approvals.
3M will retain responsibility for non-Health Care related litigation, including those related to Combat Arms Earplugs and PFAS.
Advisors
Goldman Sachs & Co and PJT Partners are serving as financial advisors and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal counsel on the spin-off of 3M's Health Care business.
Update on Pending Food Safety Transaction with Neogen
3M intends to complete the transaction through a split-off with a targeted closing date of September 1, 2022, subject to approval by Neogen shareholders, receipt of required regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.
Taking Action to Efficiently and Equitably Resolve Combat Arms Earplugs Litigation
In a separate press release issued today, 3M announced it is taking steps to resolve litigation related to Combat Arms Earplugs. Aearo Technologies and related entities ("Aearo Technologies"), all of which are wholly-owned 3M subsidiaries, have voluntarily initiated chapter 11 proceedings. With this change in strategy, this process is intended to resolve claims related to Combat Arms Earplugs in a manner that is more efficient and equitable to all parties, including plaintiffs with claims that are determined to be entitled to compensation. 3M and its other businesses have not filed for chapter 11 and will continue to operate as usual. Aearo Technologies' operations are also expected to continue operating in the ordinary course.
To access the press release, please visit our press release page here.
Q2 2022 Earnings Results and Conference Call
In a separate press release issued today, 3M announced its second-quarter 2022 results and updated its outlook for the full-year 2022.
3M will conduct an investor teleconference at 9 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. CDT) today. Investors can access this conference via the following:
- Live webcast at http://investors.3M.com.
- Live telephone:
- Webcast replay:
- Telephone replay:
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking information about 3M's financial results and estimates and business prospects that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the use of words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "aim," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," "will," "should," "could," "target," "forecast" and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance or business plans or prospects. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, regulatory, capital markets and other external conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) risks related to public health crises such as the global pandemic associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19); (3) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (4) liabilities related to certain fluorochemicals, including lawsuits concerning various PFAS-related products and chemistries, and claims and governmental regulatory proceedings and inquiries related to PFAS in a variety of jurisdictions; (5) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021, as updated by the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 26, 2022, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (the "Reports"); (6) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (7) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (8) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (11) operational execution, including scenarios where the Company generates fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (12) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; (13) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (14) tax-related external conditions, including changes in tax rates, laws or regulations; (15) matters relating to the proposed spin-off of the Company's Health Care business, including whether the transaction will be completed, or if completed, will be on the expected terms; the risk that the expected benefits will not be realized; the risk that the costs or dis-synergies will exceed the anticipated amounts; the ability to satisfy the various closing conditions; potential business disruption; the diversion of management time; the impact of the transaction (or its pendency) on the Company's ability to retain talent; potential impacts on the Company's relationships with its customers, suppliers, employees, regulators and other counterparties; the ability to realize the desired tax treatment (including whether an Internal Revenue Service private letter ruling will be sought or obtained); the risk that any consents or approvals required will not be obtained; risks associated with financings that may be undertaken and indebtedness that may be incurred in connection with the transaction; and (16) matters relating to the voluntary chapter 11 proceedings of the Company's subsidiary Aearo Technologies and certain of its affiliates (the "Aearo Entities"), including legal risks related to the chapter 11 proceedings; potential impacts to the Company's reputation and its relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, regulators and other counterparties and community members; potential impacts to the Company's liquidity or results of operations, including risks related to the amount that will be necessary to fully and finally resolve all of the Company's obligations to make payments to resolve such claims under the terms of its funding and indemnification agreement with the Aearo Entities; and the Aearo Entities' ability to navigate the chapter 11 proceedings to obtain approval and consummation of a plan of reorganization. Changes in such assumptions or factors could produce significantly different results. A further description of these factors is located in the Reports under "Cautionary Note Concerning Factors That May Affect Future Results" and "Risk Factors" in Part I, Items 1 and 1A (Annual Report) and in Part I, Item 2 and Part II, Item 1A (Quarterly Reports). The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements discussed herein as a result of new information or future events or developments.
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Diane Farrow
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers should be prepared to act quickly to pass a resolution funding the federal government for one week as negotiators continue to work on a longer-term spending bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday.
Schumer described weekend talks over a funding package as “positive and productive conversations, enough that both sides are moving forward to reach a deal, even if it’s not going to be everything both sides want.”
Congress finds itself in a familiar position, facing a midnight Friday deadline to pass a spending bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. A vote to fund the government for one week gives negotiators more time, but also pushes back the deadline to Dec. 23, giving lawmakers more incentive to compromise as they face the prospect of being in Washington for the holidays.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Biden administration believes there is sufficient time for Congress to pass a funding measure. But she added, “If they need extra days to get there, so be it.”
The two parties are at odds mostly over how much should be allocated for non-defense spending in the next fiscal year. Republicans have argued that Democrats were already able to secure money for an array of health care and environmental priorities through previous party-line votes.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said any final agreement needs to fund defense at the level written into a defense policy bill that passed the House last week, about $858 billion, and “without lavishing extra funding” beyond what President Joe Biden has requested on domestic programs.
“Our Democratic colleagues have already spent two years massively, massively increasing domestic spending, using party-line reconciliation bills outside the normal appropriations process,” McConnell said. “So, clearly our colleagues cannot now demand even more, more domestic spending than President Biden even requested in exchange for funding the United States military.”
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said last week that the two parties are about $25 billion apart on non-defense, domestic spending in what is expected to be about a $1.65 trillion package.
With negotiations stalled last week, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. was set to introduce a full-year spending bill Monday along with Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. The two are the top Democrats on the appropriations committees in the Senate and House. Leahy said the bill would “provide the needed increase to non-defense programs to stave off inflation and serve the American people.”
But Democratic leaders decided to delay their bill introduction. A Senate aide said that Leahy believed “sufficient progress” had occurred during talks over the weekend, so negotiations would continue.
Lawmakers are hoping to attach an array of other priorities to the spending bill, including the Biden administration’s request for an additional $37 billion in Ukraine aid, something that Senate leaders in both parties say is necessary as that country defends itself against Russia.
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* WHAT...Surf of 3 to 6 feet with local sets to 7 feet with high
risk of dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...San Diego County Coastal Areas and Orange County
Coastal Areas.
* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Elevated surf and strong rip and longshore currents
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* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highest surf will be on south facing
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Carlsbad.
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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, October 13, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
539 PM EDT Thu Oct 13 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Fulton
and east central Montgomery Counties through 630 PM EDT...
At 538 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Johnstown, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and heavy rain.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Heavy rains could cause flooding.
Locations impacted include...
Amsterdam, Gloversville, Johnstown, Broadalbin, Hagaman, Mayfield,
Fort Johnson, Tribes Hill, Perth, Berkshire, Meco, West Perth,
Hoeseville, Munsonville, Benedict, Steele Corners, Church Corners,
Honeywell Corners, Stairs Corners and Sammonsville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 4308 7446 4314 7412 4292 7409 4297 7446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 269DEG 18KT 4303 7438
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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Law enforcement urges citizens to stay safe for trick or treating
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Here is a scary statistic, children are more than twice as likely to be injured on Halloween, than any other time of the year.
Whether your Halloween plans are for adults or kids, there is plenty to consider before choosing a costume, putting on makeup and eating a bag full of treats.
From the candy to the costumes, Halloween is a fun-filled time for kids and parents. But before everyone hits the streets tonight, there are a few things to keep in mind to help ensure you and your loved one’s night is as safe as it is fun.
“Everyone, if they have children under the age of 12, make sure parents accompany them,” said Lt. Lane Windham, of the Alexandria Police Department. “If you are walking on the streets, before you cross the street to get on the other side, make sure you cross at an intersection, we do not want anyone run over, so please do not dart out in front of vehicles. Make sure you always keep your kids with you. We are asking drivers tonight driving around Alexandria, watch out for trick or treaters also.”
Eating sweet treats is also a big part of Halloween fun; however, Windham said it is safer to wait until you get home and inspect what you have collected before you dig in.
“We are also asking everyone, as they are getting candy from people, what you want to do when you get home, is look through the candy,” said Windham. “Make sure it is all sealed and make sure it is not something that has been labeled as candy.”
Pet parents should also be on alert by keeping pets away from treats and glowsticks and try to be understanding, because Halloween can be overwhelming for some pets.
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Shipping companies prepared to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany’s biggest river neared a critically low point Saturday.
An ongoing drought affecting much of Europe has lowered rivers such as the Rhine, preventing large ships with heavy loads from passing key waypoints and forcing them to use smaller vessels or to split cargoes into multiple shipments.
At one bottleneck, near the town of Kaub on the Middle Rhine, an official gauge measured the water level at 37 centimeters (14.6 inches) on Saturday afternoon. Big, heavy ships can’t pass if the level falls below 40 centimeters (15.7 inches).
While the depth of the shipping lane in Kaub was still about 150 centimeters (59 inches), experts say passage becomes tricky even for light or specially adapted cargo ships if water levels fall below 35 centimeters (14 inches) at the gauge mark. A reading below 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) is considered unpassable.
Shipping authorities predict that point could be reached early next week, though it is unclear whether water levels will reach the record low of 25 centimeters measured at the Kaub gauge in October 2018.
Logistics company Contargo said Friday that it was preparing to halt shipping on the Upper and Middle Rhine for safety reasons and planned to shift some of its cargo onto trucks.
Road and rail freight capacity is limited, however.
Companies along the Rhine that rely on ships to receive raw materials and deliver finished goods are expected to face delays and shortages. Coal-fired power plants and gas stations could also see supply shortages, if shipping on the Rhine is halted.
Meteorologists forecast rain in the coming days, though it was unclear whether it would be enough to keep water levels on the Rhine from dropping to a point that affects shipping.
In Italy, authorities allowed more water from Lake Garda to flow out to parched local rivers like the Po that farmers use to irrigate crops. Combined with Italy’s worst drought in decades, the country’s largest lake is nearing its lowest-ever recorded water level.
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SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- J INTS BIO announced that the preclinical assessment of JIN-001 or MPT0B640, a novel, orally administered 2nd generation HSP90 (heat shock protein 90) inhibitor, was presented during the 2022 edition of the Society for Neuro-Oncology Conference, held in Tampa, Florida from 17th to 20th November.
The company revealed that it started the joint development of JIN-001 with MD Anderson Cancer Center in March last year, looking at the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme both as a monotherapy and in combination with temozolomide.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant type of brain cancer with a poor prognosis and a median patient survival of approximately 18 months. It is difficult to treat, and cure is usually not possible. HSP90 is overexpressed in brain cancer and supports cancer cell survival and resistance. HSP90 inhibition therefore can impact pathways essential for cancer cell survival and overcome tumor heterogeneity.
Preclinical data showed that JIN-001 is potent against a wide spectrum of diverse glioma cell lines in a dose and time dependent manner, by downregulating client proteins essential for glioma cell survival. In addition, JIN-001 is highly penetrant of the normal Blood Brain Barrier with greater drug exposure in the brain versus the plasma, and this has resulted in a significant survival benefit in intracranial mouse model.
J INTS BIO is confident that JIN-001 will benefit patients with GBM and in collaboration with MD Anderson, to start human trials in GBM patients in 2023.
About JIN-001
JIN-001 is a novel, orally administered 2nd generation HSP90 inhibitor developed to overcome tumor heterogeneity and cancer cell survival. It is expected to be a game changer in obviating tumor resistance and survival, and thereby improving the treatment outcomes for patients.
About J INTS BIO
J INTS BIO is a bio company specialized in developing innovative anti-cancer and orphan drugs to realize the goal of changing lives and improving health for patients around the world. J INTS BIO's teams have prior multi-year experience in multinational pharmaceutical companies and CROs and track records in medical, regulatory affairs, drug discovery and development.
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Israel’s parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a law to strip Arabs convicted in nationalistic attacks of their Israeli citizenship or residency and deport them if they have accepted stipends from the Palestinian Authority.
The decision, which could potentially affect hundreds of Palestinian citizens and residents of Israel, was condemned as racist by Arab lawmakers as well as Palestinian officials in the occupied West Bank.
The internationally recognized Palestinian Authority has long provided stipends to the families of Palestinians killed or imprisoned for attacks on Israelis.
Prisoners are widely seen as heroes in Palestinian society, and the PA considers these payments as a form of welfare to needy families. But Israel says they reward violence and serve as an incentive for others to carry out attacks.
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Roughly 4,700 Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel for alleged security offenses, according to Israeli rights group HaMoked. Of those, roughly 360 are Israeli citizens or residents of east Jerusalem, which was captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and subsequently annexed.
Though Israel considers all of Jerusalem to be its undivided capital, its annexation of the eastern part of the city is not internationally recognized. Most Palestinians in Jerusalem have Israeli residency rights, which allow them to work and travel freely and provide access to Israeli social services, but not full citizenship, which would allow them to vote.
In Wednesday’s vote, parliament voted 94-10 in favor of the law, which gives authorities the right to strip people of their citizenship or residency and deport them to either the neighboring West Bank or Gaza Strip.
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The Palestinian Authority has limited autonomy in parts of the West Bank, where Israel wields overall control. The Gaza Strip, meanwhile, is controlled by the Hamas militant group and largely closed by an Israeli-Egyptian blockade.
“It is inconceivable that Israeli citizens and residents who have not only betrayed the state and Israeli society, but have also agreed to receive payment from the PA as wages for committing the act of terrorism and continue to benefit from it — will continue to hold Israeli citizenship or residency status,” says an explanatory note to the bill.
Jewish lawmakers across the political spectrum, including the opposition, voted in favor of the bill, while Arab lawmakers voted against it.
Arab lawmaker Ahmad Tibi said the bill was racist because it only applies to Palestinians convicted of violence.
“An Arab who commits an offense is a conditional citizen,” he said. “If a Jew commits the same offense or a more serious one, they don’t even think of revoking his citizenship.”
Kadoura Fares, the head of the Palestinian prisoners’ club, a West Bank group that represents prisoners and their families, said the law was a “very dangerous decision that aims to transfer Palestinians from their cities and villages under the pretext of getting social assistance from the PA.”
HaMoked, the Israeli rights group, said 140 Arab citizens and 211 Jerusalem residents could be affected by the law.
It said the Jerusalem residents are especially vulnerable since they have fewer legal protections to fight the order. The group also says that because east Jerusalem is considered occupied territory, transferring the population would violate international humanitarian law.
In a separate case, Israel recently deported an east Jerusalem Palestinian man to France after claiming he belonged to a banned militant group.
“It’s shameful that this law passed, and with an overwhelming majority of support from the opposition as well,” said Jessica Montell, HaMoked's executive director. “Revoking citizenship is an extreme measure — and revoking the residency of east Jerusalem Palestinians and deporting them would be a war crime.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/israel-passes-law-to-strip-arab-attackers-of-citizenship/3195748/ | 2023-02-15 21:50:21 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/israel-passes-law-to-strip-arab-attackers-of-citizenship/3195748/ |
WFO SAN DIEGO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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Kadarius Toney insisted multiple times Wednesday that he isn’t upset with barely playing in the Giants’ Week 1 win at the Titans.
Toney — a second-year wide receiver, drafted 20th overall last year — got just seven snaps in the Giants’ 21-20 victory, as they overcame a 13-0 halftime deficit.
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In the Giants’ locker room Wednesday, he was asked about his disappointment level coming out of the game.
“Disappointed in a victory?” he said. “Disappointed in winning? You sound crazy.”
But more specifically, was Toney disappointed that he didn’t play more in the game?
“If I played two plays, one play and we won, bro, I don’t really care nothing about getting in,” he said. “It’s OK. You want a dollar? You know what I’m saying? Like, come on.”
The Giants host the Panthers on Sunday. It remains unclear how involved Toney will be, but he’s trying to stay ready.
“I don’t really know what’s ahead for me Sunday,” said Toney, who didn’t speak to reporters after the game in Nashville. “I mean, I’ve just got to go out there and be the best player I can be Sunday.”
Of Toney’s seven snaps last Sunday in Nashville (out of 60 total plays), four came out wide, two were in the slot, and one came with Toney in the backfield. Toney was not targeted once. He had two carries for 23 yards, with a long of 19. So he was a sparsely used gadget player in Week 1.
Meanwhile, lower-profile receiver David Sills got 27 snaps. And when starting slot receiver Wan’Dale Robinson (knee) exited after nine snaps, it was another lower-profile receiver, Richie James, who saw his playing time increase, rather than Toney. James got 42 snaps, one fewer than Sterling Shepard. Kenny Golladay unsurprisingly led the Giants’ receivers with 46 snaps.
Toney’s limited playing time gave him an opportunity to watch the Giants’ offense — which struggled early but surged late — from the sideline.
“I felt like early on, we were too [much] trying to force the play or trying to make something that wasn’t there,” Toney said. “But once we settled down and everything lined up, we just went out there and played.”
Toney marveled at what running back Saquon Barkley did in the game — 164 rushing yards (plus a touchdown), 30 receiving yards, and the game-winning two-point conversion, on a shovel pass from Daniel Jones.
“I just feel like everybody’s got their juice back,” Toney said. “We’re back on track [with] how we’re supposed to be.”
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Well, Toney was supposed to be playing more than this, considering where he was drafted and how it appeared this summer that he’d start opposite Golladay at outside receiver.
So will his playing time increase any time soon? He surely wouldn’t mind that. But in the meantime, he’ll relish a Week 1 victory that is worth a lot more than a dollar to this rebuilding team.
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PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge has sanctioned former Republican secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem and his attorney over a lawsuit challenging his loss in last year’s election, saying the suit “was groundless and not brought in good faith.”
Finchem’s suit raised unsupported claims that his loss was marred by misconduct and demanded the results be set aside and the election redone. He’s refused to concede to Democrat Adrian Fontes, who took office in January.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Melissa Julian tossed out Finchem’s lawsuit in December. Fontes and then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who is now governor, asked her to sanction Finchem for requiring them to incur the hassle and expense of defending against a baseless lawsuit.
Julian said in a ruling dated March 1 that Finchem must pay the reasonable lawyer fees incurred by the Fontes campaign and by the secretary of state’s office, which Fontes now leads. Those costs have not been determined.
“Mr. Finchem and bad actors like him cannot be permitted to avoid accountability,” Fontes said in a statement. “He continues to grift off of his broken political agenda using fraudulent schemes that take advantage of Arizonans.”
Finchem did not respond to a request for comment. His lawyer, Daniel McCauley, declined to comment.
Even if everything Finchem alleged in his lawsuit was true, Julian wrote, it would not have changed the results of the election, which Finchem lost by 120,000 votes.
Julian, who was appointed by former Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, also pointed to McCauley’s comments during a hearing that more experienced election lawyers had refused to take the case but he had little to lose because he was preparing to retire. That, she wrote, is an indication he knew the lawsuit had no merit.
Finchem was a prolific proponent of the lie that former President Donald Trump lost his 2020 reelection because of widespread fraud, which has been repeatedly debunked by courts, election experts and Trump’s own attorney general.
While most of the election deniers who lose their races last year have conceded, three prominent Republicans in Arizona have not. Finchem, candidate for governor Kari Lake and attorney general candidate Abraham Hamadeh have all filed unsuccessful lawsuits challenging their losses and have refused to concede, continuing to point to mishaps that courts have repeatedly said do not throw the results in doubt.
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — The 20-team World Baseball Classic got underway after a six-year absence with Panama defeating Taiwan 12-5 for its first win in tournament history and the Netherlands beating Cuba 4-2 as Didi Gregorius drove in the tying run and scored the go-ahead run.
Play in Group B begins on Thursday in Tokyo with South Korea playing Australia and host Japan — led by Angels star Shohei Ohtani — up against China. Play in Groups C and D begins Saturday in Phoenix and Miami.
The United States won the last tournament in 2017 and is among the favorites with the Dominican Republic and Japan. Japan has won it twice (2006, 2009) and the Dominicans once (2013).
This is the first WBC in which MLB players are eligible to play for Cuba. Former MLB player Yoenis Céspedes, who played for Cuba in the event in 2009, hit .458 in that tournament and began his MLB career three years later with the Oakland Athletics. He played in part of eight seasons with Oakland, Boston, Detroit and the New York Mets.
Céspedes, playing as the DH, was hitless and walked twice as Cuba managed only three hits. The game was a matchup between the two favorites in the group, giving the Dutch a big lift right out of the gate.
Cuba went ahead 1-0 in the second on a double by Yadil Mujica to score Yoelkis Guibert.
Gregorius singled home Roger Bernadina to tie it 1-1 in the third. The Netherlands took a 4-1 lead in the sixth when Josh Palacios singled home Gregorius, and Chadwick Tromp added a two-run single.
Cuba cut it to 4-2 in the seventh.
PANAMA 12, TAIWAN 5
Panama won after going 0-5 in its first two WBC appearances in 2006 and 2009.
Taiwan was down 12-2 in the bottom of the seventh and faced a loss under the 10-run mercy rule after seven innings. But Nien-Ting Wu hit a two-run homer and pushed the game to the full nine innings.
Taiwan got another run in the eighth to make it 12-5.
Panama had 14 hits, led by Jonathan Arauz with two hits and three RBIs. The Central Americans were also issued eight walks.
Taiwan had 13 hits. Tsung-Che Cheng and Wu — the home run hitter — had three hits each.
The WBC is being played without the pitch clock, and this game lasted four hours.
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If you've been saving up for a winter jacket, mark your calendar: The North Face will kick off its Black Friday sales Nov. 18 with massive discounts on cozy apparel.
You'll see markdowns up to 40% on select sale items as well as pieces from the retailer's holiday collection, which features printed down jackets, novelty sweatshirts and insulated mules. The North Face currently has parkas, jackets, vests and more on sale.
But it gets better: You can also save 25% on full-price items if you're one of The North Face's XPLR Pass Members — and it's totally free to join. That means you could potentially purchase a heavy-duty parka originally priced at $500 for just $375.
To create an XPLR Pass account, head to The North Face website and enter your name, email and a few other personal details. As part of the membership program, you can earn points when you spend on the brand's gear and apparel.
The North Face Black Friday sale ends Nov. 28. In the meantime, here are a few standout winter gear items from the holiday collection to whet your palate (and if you can't wait that long, Amazon already has deals on parkas, hoodies and more):
Men’s Printed 71 Sierra Down Short Jacket
Men's Larimer Mid Waterproof Boots
Women’s ThermoBall Traction Mules V
Baby Waffle Base Layer One Piece
When is Black Friday 2022?
This year, Black Friday falls on Nov. 25, as it traditionally does on the day after the Thanksgiving holiday. Cyber Monday is slated for Nov. 28. But some retailers are ahead of the curve and dishing out early deals. Black Friday is no longer a one-day shopping bonanza!
The weeks leading up to these consumer holidays are now part of the fun, with new sales popping up almost every day. It's a great time to book your Christmas flight (make sure you're up to date on which day is the worst to fly) or next year's vacation.
Be sure to peruse our ultimate guide to all the top Black Friday travel sales, from hotel discounts to luggage deals and more.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
2-4-4-3
(two, four, four, three)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
2-4-4-3
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WHITESTOWN, Ind., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SHEIN, a global online retailer of fashion, beauty and lifestyle products, today announced the results of a study conducted by Kyle Anderson, Ph.D., an economist at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, of the impact of the company's new warehouse in Whitestown, Indiana on the economy of Boone County, Indiana, as well as surrounding counties. Findings state that the facility will generate $175 million per year to the local Whitestown, Indianapolis-area economy, once fully operational, and will include the creation of more than 1,000 jobs by the end of 2022 and more than 1,400 by the end of 2025.
To put this significant impact in perspective, central Indiana's hosting of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament brings in an estimated $46.5 million per year to the region and Gen Con, the national gaming convention in Indianapolis, brings in an estimated $57 million per year.
"SHEIN's impact will be felt beyond their satisfied customer base," said Governor Eric J. Holcomb. "The anticipated economic impact is only part of the SHEIN story. Equally as exciting, SHEIN will improve the quality of place and life for Hoosiers in Boone County by offering quality employment, more opportunities and future growth in the community."
SHEIN's anticipated expansion of the Indiana facility, which projects more than 1,400 employees to be hired by the end of 2025, would increase the total employment impact in the region to approximately 2,300 jobs. In addition, this growth would contribute to an estimated $230 million of economic value add per year by 2025.
"SHEIN's substantial investment in Indiana will create hundreds of new jobs for Hoosiers and will have a significant economic impact on Boone County," said U.S. Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04). "As SHEIN expands their U.S. presence, I'm glad they've chosen to call America's heartland home, and I look forward to the positive impacts their presence in Boone County will have on our community."
SHEIN's employment of more than 1,000 new workers in 2022 will have a substantial impact on the size of the economy in the city and county, as the average hourly wages for warehouse employees (estimated to be around $19.68) are in line with or slightly above the average wage for the industry in Boone County, and more than double the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour in Indiana.
"The report illustrates SHEIN's commitment to establishing itself as a productive and popular employer in the region. The economic impacts to Boone County, central Indiana and the state are significant," said Adam Berry, Indiana Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Economic Development and Technology. "SHEIN is an example of a company going 'all in' on Indiana. This state is a great place to do business but equally important are those who choose to do business in Indiana. As the report shows, SHEIN's profitability is designed to improve the economic outlook for its employees, partners and the state for years to come."
The facility in Whitestown will serve as SHEIN's main distribution hub in the Midwest, serving U.S. customers and reducing the need for international shipping and handling. The facility is located surrounding Interstate 65 in Indiana, a main thoroughfare which serves as a connecting highway between Indianapolis and Chicago. This makes the facility an ideal location for SHEIN's distribution in the U.S., and an addition to the company's growing U.S. presence, which includes Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. area offices.
"We're very grateful to the state of Indiana and Boone County for allowing us to call Whitestown home," said Chuck Cornwell, General Manager of SHEIN's Whitestown facility. "We know that the success of our facility goes beyond employment, and SHEIN is building more than just a warehouse; we are building a community. That's why I'm also proud that our facility will offer not just competitive wages, but multiple employee benefits and offerings that will add great value to the region and people's lives."
To learn more about the economic impact of the Whitestown facility, view the complete study here.
SHEIN is a global fashion and lifestyle e-retailer committed to making the beauty of fashion accessible to all. We use on-demand manufacturing technology to connect suppliers to our agile supply chain, reducing inventory waste and enabling us to deliver a variety of affordable products to customers around the world. From our global offices, we reach customers in more than 150 countries. To learn more about SHEIN, visit www.SHEINGroup.com.
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Stephen Curry NBA Playoffs Player Prop Bets: Warriors vs. Lakers - May 2
The Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry included, face the Los Angeles Lakers at 10:00 PM ET on Tuesday in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
Below, we dig into Curry's stats and trends to help you find the top prop bets.
Stephen Curry Prop Bets vs. the Lakers
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- This season, he's put up 15.3% of the Warriors' attempted field goals, as he's averaging 20.2 per contest.
- He's made 4.9 threes per game, or 20.0% of his team's makes from beyond the arc this season.
- Curry's opponents, the Lakers, have one of the NBA's fastest tempos, ranking second with 104.8 possessions per game, while his Warriors average the fourth-most possessions per game with 104.8.
- The Lakers allow 116.6 points per contest, 20th-ranked in the league.
- On the boards, the Lakers are ranked 25th in the league, giving up 44.9 rebounds per contest.
- Looking at assists, the Lakers have conceded 25.7 per contest, 15th in the league.
- The Lakers are the 18th-ranked team in the league at allowing threes, giving up 12.5 made 3-pointers per game.
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Have you noticed your water and sewer bills getting higher and higher lately? People in some areas are seeing double-digit increases, and are looking for any ways they can to lower those bills.
William Turner watches every drop of water he uses these days.
That's because, he says, "We got a letter back in March warning us of a rate hike."
But it wasn't just an average rate hike.
"They are going to raise our sewer rates 120%," he said. "That's $46 to $99 a month."
The reason? Mandatory federal upgrades to aging water and sewer lines across the country.
In his case, his supplier, Bluegrass Water, has been raising rates significantly throughout Kentucky in recent months.
The company did not respond to our emails but told the state's Public Service Commission it needs the rate hikes to pay for the $5 million in upgrades it is doing to sewer systems throughout the state.
But it is happening everywhere.
According to a team of water experts from Bluefield Research, the combined water and wastewater bill for the typical US household jumped more than 43% from 2012 to 2021.
That's more than 4% per year and more than any other household utility.
How to keep your bill down
So what can you do?
NerdWallet's Kimberly Palmer says the simplest way to start lowering your bill is to check for leaks in your home.
"It's very common to have something like a dripping faucet or a toilet that's not flushing properly," she said,
Then she says when it's time to update fixtures and appliances, look for two labels:
Dishwashers or washing machines with an "Energy Star" label will save you money on your water and electric bill. When shopping for a new toilet, faucet or showerhead, look for the EPA's "WaterSense" label.
"Often, our older appliances just are not running as efficiently. And so if you can make that upfront investment, it saves you money every single month," she said,
Another tip from NerdWallet: use the dishwasher, as it uses less water than hand washing
Finally, if you can't afford it, call the utility company. They may have an assistance program or offer more time to pay.
Turner says these hikes are more than many of his neighbors can afford.
"You gotta decide what you gotta cut to find that $50," he said.
So try to cut your usage, and upgrade those appliances, so you don't waste your money.
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Alyssa Thomas has kept the Connecticut Sun competitive with her all-around play. She has found ways to increase her productivity with Connecticut center Brionna Jones sidelined for the remainder of the season because of a ruptured Achilles' tendon.
“I want to win,” said Thomas after the win over Chicago on Sunday. “We’re still trying to bring a championship here. We just continue to grind it out each and every day. My name might be on (the record) but a lot of credit goes to my teammates. So far this year, I feel like it’s been the easiest for me with the way they’re knocking down shots.”
The Sun lost former MVP Jonquel Jones in a trade to New York and Jasmine Thomas in a deal with Los Angeles in the offseason. Despite those departures, Connecticut has the second best record in the league a year after their finals appearance.
Alyssa Thomas, who was the AP player of the week, is a major reason why. She leads the WNBA in rebounds and is second in assists and minutes played, yet wasn’t named a starter for the All-Star Game.
“She’s legit one of the best players in the world,” teammate DeWanna Bonner said. “And I think everybody’s starting to recognize it and I think it’s great timing. She’s waited her turn and now she’s getting that recognition. It’s coming little by little and it’s just an honor to play with her, but she’s literally one of the best players I’ve played with hands down.”
AP WNBA POLL
Las Vegas remained the atop the AP WNBA Poll for the seventh straight week. The Aces were followed by Connecticut and New York again. The three teams will all face each other this week. Washington was fourth with Los Angeles fifth. Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta and Indiana were next. Minnesota, Seattle and Phoenix rounded out the poll.
AILING AUSTIN
The Washington Mystics announced that forward Shakira Austin will be out for at least the next three weeks and be reevaluated at that time to better determine her return to play timeline. Austin was selected with the third pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft and is currently averaging 11.4 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
ALL-STAR STARTERS
The league announced the 10 All-Star starters for the game that will be played in Las Vegas on July 15. The WNBA will reveal the 12 reserves who will be chosen by the league’s coaches on Saturday. A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart were chosen as captains for the second consecutive season. They will have their draft on July 8 to choose the two teams.
GRINER WATCH
Brittney Griner, who was chosen as an All-Star for the ninth time, returned from a hip injury last week that sidelined her for three games. She will be playing for a new coach as the Phoenix Mercury fired Vanessa Nygaard on Sunday. The team promoted assistant Nikki Blue to be the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The Mercury have three home games this week playing Dallas, Indiana and Minnesota.
GAME OF THE WEEK
New York at Las Vegas, Thursday. The first meeting between the two teams that experts predict will meet in the WNBA Finals. Las Vegas has lost just one game this season while New York has dropped three contests.
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Arizona secretary of state candidate Shawnna Bolick has turned attention to 'rigged' election
Shawnna Bolick was in her usual no-nonsense mode.
Looking at an overcrowded, undercooled room at the state Senate on May 31, she laid down the ground rules for a presentation from the producers of "2,000 Mules," a documentary that purports to show massive fraud in the 2020 election. The film was widely debunked.
“For those of you who have been in one of my Ways and Means committees, I will use the gavel," said Bolick, signaling her intent to run a tight meeting. "If you guys are out of line, we will potentially give you a warning and throw you out.”
The presentation gave Bolick, a state lawmaker from Phoenix, a spotlight as she pursues the GOP nomination for Arizona secretary of state.
After the 2020 election, she told the audience during closing remarks, she filled 15 pages with ideas for improving elections. She worked with a local attorney to examine voter affidavits about irregularities in the election.
"Unfortunately, I had death threats. I had to put cameras up around our house," she said. She waved off advice to get protection from the state Department of Public Safety.
“That’s OK, three of us know how to shoot back," she said referring to her household, as the audience chuckled.
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Bolick: 2020 election was 'rigged'
Bolick's tough talk doesn't end with dealing with threats.
She has a lot to say about what she sees as failings of the last election, tiptoeing close to claiming it was stolen but not saying that outright.
“We do know the election officials colluded with the judiciary in 2020,” Bolick told the Senate audience, without offering any evidence.
She has said numerous times that the election was "rigged" because of grants from private foundations, including one established by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, to help elections offices cover unexpected costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Those Zuck Bucks bought this election and rigged it against us," she said at a debate sponsored by the Republican Party of Arizona.
The Arizona auditor general reviewed the $11.9 million Arizona received and showed the money was used to hire temporary workers, to support early voting sites and to create public messaging to counteract misinformation, among other things. The state and county elections offices returned nearly $2 million of the grant money.
The review didn't indicate any impropriety in how the money was spent.
In the only televised debate of the primary campaign on Arizona PBS, Bolick said she didn't know if there was rampant fraud but again contended the process was rigged.
Bolick also had enough questions about the outcome of the 2020 presidential race that, if she were secretary of state, she would not have immediately certified the results, she said during the PBS debate, even though the law requires the secretary to do so absent an injunction. She said she would have ordered an audit first.
In 2021, she introduced legislation that would have allowed lawmakers to reject the presidential results and substitute their own slate of electors if they believed there was fraud. The bill did not advance, but it drew national attention — even as recently as May, when emails showed Bolick was among state lawmakers asked by Ginni Thomas, wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to reject the presidential electors chosen by voters and substitute their own slate.
Bolick insists her 2021 bill would have had safeguards to prevent a simple majority of the Legislature from making such a move, but that language was not in the legislation she introduced.
Who else is running? These are the major candidates in the race for Arizona secretary of state
A focus on county offices
Bolick, 47, has long had involvement with public policy, according to her legislative and campaign biographies. She did not respond to a request for an interview.
As she runs for secretary of state, Bolick has emphasized three key themes: She would check her politics at the door, recognizing the secretary's role as a nonpartisan overseer of elections; tighten up election security; and serve the Arizona businesses that rely on the office for services such as partnership registration, address confidentiality and notary regulation.
She has proposed the establishment of election integrity task forces to work with county recorders and election directors in each of the 15 counties, to ensure election procedures are followed uniformly. And she said she would advocate for better training and a small pay boost for poll workers.
The other Bolick in government
Bolick was born in Pittsburgh and earned a degree in environmental and education policy from Syracuse University. During her undergraduate years, she worked in a public high school in New York City, an experience that kindled her interest in helping families find better educational options, according to her biography.
She went on to earn a master's degree in urban education from American University in Washington, D.C. During that time, she got involved in policy creation, working for then-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania, and after graduation moving to Texas to work on a digital economy project for then-Lt. Gov. Rick Perry.
But she never strayed far from education. As a young mother, she wrote a book, "Playtime in Phoenix: The Ultimate Guide to Learning & Having Fun With Kids!" in 2004 and was involved in numerous activities associated with her two children's schools. She served on the board of Benchmark Elementary & Pre-School, a charter school, and has worked as a researcher for school choice organizations.
Bolick is married to Clint Bolick, one of Arizona's seven Supreme Court justices. After two unsuccessful runs for the state House, she won in 2018 and was re-elected in 2020.
From school choice to election integrity
A strong proponent of school choice, Bolick entered the Legislature with education issues forefront. But election integrity soon moved up on her agenda, she told the audience at the Senate meeting with the "2,000 Mules" producers.
During her four years at the state House, she sponsored numerous election bills, including a measure that would have banned the creation of emergency voting centers unless there were a war or civil disaster. Another would have clarified that state election laws prevail over any conflicting provisions in the Elections Procedures Manual, the guidebook prepared by the secretary of state for how elections are run.
“Unfortunately, a lot of them got killed," she said at the Senate hearing. But many of those proposals are part of her roadmap for how she'd like to see elections run as the state's top elections official.
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SEATTLE — One of Seattle’s not-so-modern marvels was cleaned Friday by the Army Corps of Engineers and some well-equipped volunteers.
The Ballard Locks are 105 years old and remain one of Seattle’s most popular attractions. The locks are a gravity fed system used to raise and lower boats and connects the saltwater Puget Sound to the freshwater Ship Canal that leads to Lake Washington.
Operations Plant Manager Jonathan Hofstra said they are the busiest locks in the nation. There are about 50,000 “lockings” a year between the upper and lower chambers and is operational 24/7.
Officially known as the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, the Ballard Locks host a fall cleaning that empties the large lock. The annual maintenance and inspection provides a window of opportunity for the Army Corps of Engineers to host a vital cleaning.
Corps employees and volunteers scrape barnacle buildup from two tunnels that run the entire length of the 800-foot chamber.
“It’s a big job but we have an obligation to protect the salmon that pass through the locks, twice,” says Fisheries Biologist Kaitlin Whitlock.
Migrating salmon are channeled through the tunnels that feed the locks and excessive barnacle buildup makes the passage treacherous.
“The current can push the salmon against the wall and get scraped and injured and can even die,” Whitlock said.
Commander Colonel Alexander L. Bullock of the Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District joined the scraping. He said the safe passage of boaters, private and commercial, isn’t something to take for granted.
“I’m really proud of the team that works above the Locks. I’m really proud of the team that works behind the locks in the machine shops. And then my volunteers who are down here scraping barnacles out,” Bullock said.
The safe passage is a point of pride and a vital access point for big business along the canal.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two weeks after their son died at the hands of five Memphis Police officers, the family of Tyre Nichols and members of the Memphis community is remembering him with a candlelight vigil at a Memphis skatepark.
The vigil is being held at Tobey Skatepark in Memphis at 7 p.m. Thursday, Attorney Ben Crump said on behalf of Nichols' family.
Nichols died three days after a traffic stop by five Memphis Police officers on Jan. 7.
All five former Memphis Police officers who were fired following Nichols' death have been indicted on charges and booked into the Shelby County Jail Thursday.
The officers were fired Friday, Jan. 20, after MPD said they were found to be "directly responsible for the physical abuse of Mr. Nichols.” They were identified as Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith.
Haley, Smith, Bean, Mills, and Martin are each charged with second degree murder, aggravated assault – acting in concert, aggravated kidnapping causing bodily injury, aggravated kidnapping while possessing a weapon, official misconduct thru unauthorized exercising of official power, official misconduct thru failure to perform a duty imposed by law, and official oppression.
Memphis community leaders, state legislators and even the President of the United States weighed in on Nichols' death Thursday after the charges were announced.
President Biden said he's joining Tyre's family in calling for peaceful protests in wake of Tyre's death.
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When the draft opinion signaling the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked this week, many abortion providers and advocates had just attended the National Abortion Federation conference.
Just how the moment felt is hard to capture, according to Odile Schalit, the director of the Brigid Alliance, a group that helps women connect with abortion services.
"It was a combination of being feeling stunned and mad and also a sense of resignation and acceptance that this is something that we knew was coming for a long time," Schalit said. "And gratitude that, unlike many other moments that had been quite similar to this one in this one, we got to actually some of us be together."
Schalit said the providers who had hung around following the conference quickly realized "the world is going to wake up in a big way," and that this decision was going to dominate their work for the next several years – if not longer.
Many abortion providers and advocates have been preparing for this moment, though, and now that it seems all but certain that Roe will be overturned, the conversations have turned to what their work will look like in the future.
"How can we steady ourselves through this? How can we use this as an important opportunity to engage our communities, our donors, our allies, our friends to be with us for a long-term commitment, which is what this necessitates?" Schalit said. "And how can we sustain ourselves as people a part of this movement which has a tendency to push and pull you around quite drastically?"
For others though, the news of the leaked opinion felt like déjà vu. Kathaleen Pittman runs an abortion clinic in Shreveport, La. When Pittman heard the news, she canceled the plans she had and started talking to her attorneys and reassuring her staff and patients.
"You know, we have overcome so many obstacles. We'll see this through. We'll do what we need to do," Pittman said. "And to my staff's credit, the concern was about the women. Not a single employee expressed concern for themselves or their livelihood. Everybody has been worried about the women."
Pittman's clinic, the Hope Medical Group for Women, is one of only three in the entire state of Louisiana. When Texas banned abortion for pregnancies past about six weeks, things got extremely busy. Now she's steeling herself for a similar influx in patients and trying to help people sort out confusion surrounding the draft opinion.
Schalit, Pittman and Dr. Erin King, the executive director of the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Ill., spoke with NPR's All Things Considered about what the past few days have been like and what comes next.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Interview Highlights
Dr. Erin King, your clinic is in Granite City, Ill., just about 10 minutes from the Missouri border, where abortion access has already been quite restricted. Illinois is surrounded by states that have trigger laws, meaning automatic bans would go into effect if Roe is overturned. How is your clinic preparing for this possible outcome?
King: About 60% of our patients are from Missouri. They are coming from out of state. And we have watched over two years as Missouri has restricted abortion so much that there are just a couple hundred abortions happening in Missouri right now where there used, you know, to be over 5- to 6,000 at least per year.
And so we are extremely worried about the Supreme Court decision that the same thing is going to happen in more states around us. And pretty much every other state that borders Illinois will immediately or, over this next several months after a Supreme Court decision, will have significant restrictions on abortion if not a complete ban on abortion.
So we've actually been preparing for several years. We are optimistic all the time. We want the best for our patients. But we also are realistic. And to be prepared to even be able to see a small portion of the patients that will need access out of their own states, we've had to add staff. We've added nurses. We've added doctors. We've added appointment types. We have the capacity to expand pretty quickly hours and appointments, and have been able to even though we've seen influxes of patients on and off from surrounding states. But no one will be ready for the number of patients that can't access care if the decision from the Supreme Court is anything like the draft that's come out.
I imagine you've been getting a lot of phone calls in the last few days. Tell me about who's calling and what they're saying to you.
King: We had patients immediately calling, asking were we canceling their appointment because they thought abortion was now illegal in the country. There was a lot of confusion around what access and care was available just the next morning after the leak of a draft. So I can't even imagine the amount of confusion that's going to happen and concern when the real decision comes down.
We were also getting calls from — luckily from supporters, saying, what can we do? How can we help? Who can we fund? What funds can we help? What patient support organizations should we turn our attention to? And unfortunately, we also had a very strong protester presence outside of our office for the next several days. We've seen almost double the number of protesters, and a lot more anger and really angry, mean words towards patients and staff entering the building.
Kathaleen in Louisiana, are you making plans to scale up your clinic, or are you kind of taking a wait-and-see approach because of the pending restrictions that Louisiana's legislature might pass soon?
Pittman: There is no possibility of scaling up. We have a trigger ban in Louisiana. Should Roe be reversed, we would cease to exist – all three clinics in Louisiana. You have to understand — none of the clinics that provide abortion care in Louisiana offer any other type of care. Because we are dealing with some of the poorest of the poor, there would be issues with, say, if we were to attempt to provide routine GYN care. How is that cost going to be covered? Most of the patients that come to us would qualify for Medicaid because of their income. However, in Louisiana, it's against the law to provide any type of funding, Medicaid or otherwise, to clinics that provide abortion care.
So in Louisiana, it's all or nothing. We can't do more than abortions. We can't even relocate to expand, should we need to, without having to apply for a new license, which would not be forthcoming, I assure you. There's a Planned Parenthood in New Orleans that, years ago, had a new facility, applied for an abortion clinic license, and that has never come to fruition and probably never will.
Odile, your organization, the Brigid Alliance, is a practical support organization. You help people get across state lines all over the U.S. Describe some of the logistics of that for me. What does it look like to help someone get across state lines to find an abortion that might not be available where they live?
Schalit: We cover a wide range of logistical needs. So that can include anything from transportation, like flights, bus tickets, train tickets, gas, cash for parking, cash for a rental car service. It can also include lodging, reimbursements for childcare. And critically, we coordinate these things for our clients. As you can imagine, having to access an abortion, having to travel for that, having to negotiate the disruption that that causes to your life is significant enough. Having to then plan a whole trip, especially if you've never traveled out of your state before, which is the case for many folks who – a lot of people who travel from rural areas – that can be a significant hindrance to whether someone even tries to travel.
Kathaleen, in Louisiana, where you are, what kind of patients are you expecting are going to be most affected by this potential forthcoming ruling?
Pittman: I think what we will be seeing most affected would be the marginalized communities, which actually makes up the majority of our patient roster. Most of the women we see here at Hope are living at or below the federal poverty level. The majority are persons of color. The majority already have one or more children at home and are trying to decide what's best for them. We're seeing them having to navigate just to get to our clinic – issues with transportation, issues with child care, time off work, time off school. Again, it's going to be those who have the least that will suffer the most.
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US probes complaint that woman was trapped in flaming SUV
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating whether inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the SUVs during an emergency.
Documents posted Friday on the agency’s website say the probe covers more than 82,000 Journeys from the 2009 model year. The investigation was opened after the woman’s death on Dec. 9.
A complaint filed with the agency says the woman pulled to the side of a road when warning lights started flashing, windshield wipers came on, the horn started honking, windows wouldn’t go down and the doors wouldn’t unlock. The complaint alleged that fire apparently started in the engine and spread, trapping the woman inside.
“The driver was unable to exit the vehicle, resulting in her death,” the agency wrote in documents.
Stellantis, which makes Dodge vehicles, offered sympathy to the woman’s family and said it is cooperating with NHTSA.
Agency documents don’t say where the fire happened, but the Wisconsin State Journal reported in January that 73-year-old Mary Frahm died when her Journey caught fire Dec. 9 near Madison.
Frahm had called her fiance and told him she pulled to the side of the road after the Journey started having electrical problems. Later she called back and said smoke was coming from the dashboard and she could smell burning, the newspaper said. She called 911, but by the time first responders had arrived, flames had engulfed the SUV, the newspaper reported.
In 2009, Chrysler LLC recalled about 17,000 Journeys because an unused electrical connector could corrode and short circuit, potentially causing a fire, according to NHTSA documents.
The Journey owner’s manual says the doors can be unlocked manually by pulling up a plunger on the top of the door trim panel.
Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, says drivers should try to pull up the plunger first to escape if their vehicle’s electrical system malfunctions.
Beyond that, escape is difficult because many windows now have plastic laminated between two layers of glass and are difficult to shatter. He suggests keeping a metal tool in the car and becoming familiar with which windows are tempered glass and can be shattered with the tool.
Laminated glass, he said, helps to prevent people from being thrown from cars in a crash.
He said there’s a need to standardize a way to unlock doors or somehow escape from all cars.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nylla Miller didn’t dwell on the shortcomings of her education when she spoke at her high school graduation. Instead she talked about all she and her classmates had accomplished.
They had achieved at high levels even in cramped classrooms with no air conditioning that got stuffier as the summer months approached — a reversal from earlier in the year, when the heat wasn’t working and it was almost too cold to focus. Athletes had set new records, even on a dirt track that doesn’t meet state standards.
Miller praised the Penn Wood High School Class of ’23 on a hot June morning in Hagan Arena at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia without saying much about all the ways the Pennsylvania public schools had failed them. She told her fellow graduates and their families that they were “the flyest class ever to do it.”
“We have left our mark, not only here, but in every room that we have entered,” she said.
But overcoming adversity was more than just a graduation theme.
A few months earlier, a Pennsylvania court acknowledged the reality that Penn Wood students faced every day: Students in the William Penn district and five others in Pennsylvania didn’t get the education the state constitution entitles them to. The court ordered the state to alter its system — though it didn’t spell out how or how fast.
By pursuing funding equity in court, the financially challenged Pennsylvania districts were following a well-traveled school reform path. For decades, school districts around the country that have found themselves on the short end of a resource imbalance have gone to court to force states to give them a fair shake.
Those lawsuits have not been the solution they were once thought to be. In many cases, legislative action has fallen short of meeting the true cost of bringing balance to public education. In others, major reform efforts brought about short-term changes, but couldn’t sustain success when political or economic climates turned unfavorable.
Some states have seen progress in academic achievement and student success when the state provides more funding, said Maura McInerney, the legal director of Education Law Center, which represented the petitioner districts in the lawsuit.
“We’ve certainly seen a history of infusions of investments in school funding that have made dramatic differences,” she said.
In Pennsylvania, prospects for a legislative fix hinge on a budgeting process in a divided legislature. Emboldened by the court’s decision, House Democrats tried to funnel more money into public education this year, going above Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s initial proposal. But it hit a wall in the Republican-controlled Senate, which proposed a more modest spending plan and sought to advance a school voucher system, though it saw heavy opposition under Democratic control in the other chamber.
Yet students like Miller keep going to school in districts forced to address gaps with limited means to do so.
The William Penn district used federal COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to hire a reading specialist to help address achievement gaps, but that money runs out this year. The district would like to keep the position, Superintendent Eric Becoats said, but that could mean raising taxes on a community that is already one of the highest taxed in the state.
A contract for mental health services, paid for with federal funds, is another support program the district may not be able to sustain. That mattered to Miller, who struggled to find someone to confide in. Those needs have only grown more acute, at William Penn and elsewhere, as more teenagers struggle with mental health issues in the aftermath of COVID, especially teen girls.
“We switched therapists about three times this year,” Miller said. “So each time you had to get to know somebody new. That’s draining. No student feels like getting to know three different therapists and pouring their heart out three different times and telling your story three different times to three different people. It’s a lot to handle.”
The inferior facilities are a lot to handle, too. Penn Wood has no real science labs. Rooms are cramped, and classes can get overcrowded. Heating and ventilation systems need to be updated. Schools in the district have to share resources, including teachers and staff.
The district has a 10-year plan for improving school buildings, with ideas about what a 21st-century learning environment should look like, but there are no funds to support it.
“We need the resources now,” Becoats said in early June. “Our current budget proposal that we have out to our board does show a gap in funding.”
Miller’s classmate, Paul Vandy, says he never had a full sense of what other students have until he and Miller went to a nearby high school with the speech and debate team. It felt like they had stepped into one of the high schools he’d seen on TV.
There were gorgeous white tile floors, robots in the halls. Students had brand new books and their own laptops. And the campus hosted multiple gyms and a beautiful, expansive dance space.
Miller recalled another difference that was hard to miss.
“I think I even wrote down in a journal when I got home the similarities and differences between our schools. And the main difference was the color of the students’ skin,” she said. “My school is predominantly Black, and their school is a predominantly white school. And I think it was just a moment of, like, reality really falling on me — very, very heavy — of what is happening in our district.”
Vandy’s mother, Musu Momoh, said her son came home tense, talking about the impressive school library and the fact they had a pool on campus.
“I wish I had money to move to a better community, to put them in a better school,” she said. “But for now, this is where we are. So I just try to encourage them.”
Vandy said despite trying to live a normal experience at their school, “things are kind of falling apart around you.”
One of his favorite clubs, Mock Trial, crumbled when the coach who had been active with the team left for another district. The students spent the summer working with the principal to see if another staff member would pick it up, but there were no systems in place to make sure someone would, Vandy said.
“You just have to kind of deal with it,” Vandy said. “That’s all you can really do.”
Often, Miller and other students have stepped up. They did so to make sure their class had a yearbook.
Miller plans to attend Spelman College for performing arts and theater. In high school, though, stage productions had “little to no money” to support them, she said.
Nicole Miller, Nylla’s mother, grew up in the district. She pursued a teaching degree, and when she and her husband decided to have a family, they came home because she loved the community so much. She teaches at the same elementary school she attended. Many things have stayed the same for decades, she said, down to the smell of the building.
Her love for home has come into conflict with the district’s difficulties. She worries about Nylla’s younger brother, who is about to enter the sixth grade and already has a sense that things are different elsewhere.
“I don’t want my kids feeling like they’re lacking,” Nicole said. “I don’t want you to feel less than. I don’t want you to feel like you’re undeserving of all these other things.”
With all of the gaps in facilities and resources, the school community has stepped up in many ways, too. One of Nicole’s best childhood friends, a former guidance counselor, now works as an administrator at Penn Wood. But, when needed, the administrator still wears the guidance counselor hat to help Nylla. That’s led to a running joke about how many people Nylla has brought to the administrator’s office to connect them with support.
“Pulling on people to do multiple jobs, it’s just like the way of the district. It’s just what the people are willing to do here,” Nicole said. “They’re not saying, ‘No, I’m not going to do that. No, I don’t have time for that.’ It’s, ‘Let me stop what I’m doing and let me help you with this, because this is what you need me to be right now.’”
You can’t get that just anywhere, she said, but it can also be a fine line to walk. More and more teachers are leaving the field, and Pennsylvania saw particularly high attrition this year. Asking fewer people to work harder can lead to burnout — which in turn leaves even fewer people to scramble.
The path forward after high school is complicated, too. When Vandy began applying to colleges, the senior class’s guidance counselor was booked for days at a time, juggling hundreds of students. There was a lot he had to learn to do on his own.
“Even if everyone is trying their best, trying to make things go smoothly, just because of the conditions around us, we can’t get access to these resources to get help or advice at all the time that we need it,” said Vandy, who has since decided to attend Thomas Jefferson University to study psychology.
Still, Miller didn’t say much about the school’s shortcomings when she addressed her fellow classmates as their senior class president. When she thinks about Penn Wood, she thinks about her mother, whose friends graduated from the high school and came back to teach. She thinks about leaning on her own friends as they navigated, and graduated, high school while having less than other districts.
In a ceremony marked by inside jokes, Mariah Carey quotes and shoutouts to friends as they walked across the stage to receive their diplomas, she told them the class gift was a sign-off wall: a place for every graduating class to leave their mark permanently at Penn Wood High School.
A reminder, she said, that the school is more than its deficits.
“We are more than a small part of a lawsuit,” she said, “and we are more than everything that we lack.”
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(The Hill) – Mortgage rates experienced their largest weekly drop in nearly 40 years this week, easing potential buyers’ monthly payments.
The 30-year fixed rate fell to 6.61 percent, declining by nearly half a percentage point from a week earlier after a report showing softer than expected inflation.
This historic drop could save buyers more than $100 each month, according to an analysis from the real estate company Redfin.
Now the typical monthly mortgage payment across the U.S. is $2,430, down from $2,542.
But Redfin deputy chief economist Taylor Marr cautioned that the overall impact could be muted without consistently declining inflation.
Still, buyers in need of a home will benefit from the falling rate.
“Serious buyers who need to purchase a home as soon as possible can feel good about pouncing on a home this week, knowing it could cost them upwards of $100 less per month than the same home would’ve cost if they’d signed the deal a week earlier,” Marr said.
“More casual buyers may want to wait a few more months, as there’s reason to be cautiously optimistic that the worst of inflation and high rates are behind us, and monthly payments could come down more.”
The Federal Reserve’s aggressive effort to fight persistent inflation through a series of jumbo interest rate hikes has seriously impacted the housing market. Since the Fed issued its first interest rate increase in March, mortgage rates have shot up from 4.16 percent.
These rising rates, when combined with consistently high prices, have pushed many Americans out of the housing market — especially first-time buyers.
The Fed’s actions have also impacted builders, leading to falling builder confidence and sharp decline in new home construction.
Housing starts declined by 4.2 percent from September to 1.43 million units, according to Census Bureau data released on Thursday.
Meanwhile, data released Wednesday by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) revealed that home builders’ confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes is at an all-time low.
“Higher interest rates have significantly weakened demand for new homes as buyer traffic is becoming increasingly scarce,” NAHB Chairman Jerry Konter said in a media release.
But the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index found that homebuilders are looking for ways to encourage more buyers to enter the market, with 37 percent saying they have cut prices. Overall, 59 percent of homebuilders said they are using some sort of incentive. | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/heres-how-much-homebuyers-could-save-after-mortgage-rates-tumble/ | 2022-11-20 19:33:18 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/nexstar-media-wire/heres-how-much-homebuyers-could-save-after-mortgage-rates-tumble/ |
- Tennis Australia deal builds on multiple years of success between Stats Perform and a growing portfolio of premium tennis rightsholders, including Wimbledon and the WTA
- Stats Perform to enhance betting experiences with unique, cutting-edge features including a shot-by-shot trading data feed
- Tennis Australia to benefit from Stats Perform's Integrity services, Opta Facts, Pressbox Graphics and Media Services.
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The multi-year agreement sees Stats Perform add the Australian Open, Australian Open Qualifying and other TA tournaments to its wide portfolio of premium live betting streams and trading data.
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TRAVERSE CITY — The Grand Traverse County Commission could approve a new company Monday to deliver medical and mental health care services in the jail.
The company, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, turned in a bid of $1.223 million for services starting Jan. 1 through the end of 2023.
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The current jail provider, County Health Support Services, turned in a bid for $2.231 million — much higher than the jail’s healthcare services budget of $1.326 million.
Their bid also lacked detail and was unprofessional, with several formatting and grammatical errors, according to a letter from Capt. Chris Barsheff, jail administrator, to the county board. The letter was included in the packet for the commissioners’ special meeting at 8 a.m., Monday, Nov. 14.
The county meeting was moved up to Monday from its usual Wednesday slot because of deer hunting rifle season, which opens Nov. 15.
CHSS took over from former provider Wellpath in February, but never hired people to deliver mental health services that were part of the contract and had budget overruns of up to $400,000, which the county has declined to pay.
Along with these financial and staffing shortages at the jail, the death of an inmate on Wednesday is being investigated as a possible suicide.
Sheriff Tom Bensley said it is too soon to comment on whether mental health services the jail had contracted for with CHSS which were not provided could have prevented Smith’s death.
Some services had improved on the medical side of the operation, Bensley said.
“Honestly, on the managerial side of that, it was a nightmare,” he added. “It’s been a pretty turbulent 10 months.”
ACH and CHSS are the two companies that met bid requirements. Two others, TrueCare24 based in Tampa, Fla., and Diamond Pharmacy Services of Pennsylvania, were not considered as they did not attend a mandatory pre-bid meeting.
The board could still consider those companies, but a committee made up of a jail and county administrator, a community member with a mental health background and a nurse from the GTC Health Department recommended ACH.
ACH, based in Tennessee, delivers adult and juvenile jail health services in 19 states and 38 Michigan counties. They have been in business for 20 years, compared to CHSS, which formed in fall of 2021 specifically to provide services to Grand Traverse County.
When the company’s references were contacted, mixed reviews were received, according to the Barsheff letter. Some shared concerns about inadequate staffing by ACH and ineffective management, the letter said. Some said the company fell short of meeting contractual obligations and required constant oversight.
The proposal from ACH includes a practitioner working up to four hours per week, three full- and two part-time nurses, and a qualified mental health practitioner.
Extras that could be added later include a discharge planner and an addictions professional. Both would be in the jail for up to eight hours a week, with an added cost of $2,789 per month or $33,462 per year for each position.
Another extra would have personnel in the jail 24/7, which would bump the cost of the one-year contract up to $1.490 million.
Bensley said it would be wonderful to have healthcare workers in the jail around the clock. “We would love that,” the sheriff said. “There are so many benefits for our inmates and for our staff.”
But it’s expensive and over budget, he noted, in addition to staffing problems that were reported by some facilities the company has contracts with.
“We have staffing issues with our current company,” he said. “Everyone has staffing issues.”
Bensley said, depending on how the company works out, the county could later increase the contract amount for added services.
“If we can turn that into 24 hours that would be wonderful,” he said.
On Thursday, the sheriff reported that jail staff had found the body of Michael Shaun Smith at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The 34-year-old Traverse City man’s death is being investigated by the Michigan State Police.
“We’ll wait for the MSP to wrap up their investigation before we take the next step,” Bensley said Friday.
The county jail has been under pressure from the public for many years to provide better mental health services for inmates. There were two suicides at the jail along with 51 attempted suicides of varying degrees of severity over a seven-year span, prior to Barsheff taking over administration of the jail.
Barsheff has said he is determined to provide better care for inmates and has put in place the Stepping Up program, which has jail staff doing mental health and substance use assessments at booking.
He has advocated for mobile services that would have a law enforcement officer and a mental health worker going to a person’s home to handle mental health crises that may otherwise land people in jail or the emergency room.
Barsheff also has advocated for a diversion center for adults and youth, something that is in the works in the community.
County administrators are currently working with administrators from Crawford, Leelanau, Missaukee, Roscommon and Wexford counties to rewrite an enabling agreement for the Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority.
Bensley said county Administrator Nate Alger is looking for the agreement to provide specifics for mental health services in the jail.
“We are hoping to get improved services when that is written,” Bensley said.
Northern Lakes provides crisis services at the jail and, for two years, held a contract to provide treatment for those with mild to moderate mental disorders and substance use disorder. That contract was discontinued when it was found not enough inmates were being reached and that many waited weeks for services. | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/gtc-sheriff-jail-health-services-a-nightmare/article_f14e713a-61fa-11ed-b989-839600ea773e.html | 2022-11-13 15:21:49 | 0 | https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/gtc-sheriff-jail-health-services-a-nightmare/article_f14e713a-61fa-11ed-b989-839600ea773e.html |
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Invasive Species Council (WISC) and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) are asking high school-age artists to participate in an art contest that will help spread the word about not spreading invasive species.
The winning art from this contest will be displayed on WDFW’s new trailer that travels around Washington state and the Northwest to bring attention to invasive species.
They are looking for someone to create educational designs that highlight a few of the top priority invasive species in Washington. There should also be visible actions the public can take to reduce the spread of the species.
The number one species WISC and WDFW are trying to contain are the freshwater Quagga and Zebra mussels. They attach to boats and pipes so they can travel and spread quickly.
The WISC even employs trained rescue dogs to inspect boats by finding mussels attached to them.
Other priority species include European green crabs, Eurasian watermilfoil, northern pike, New Zealand mud snails and more.
Invasive species are plants, animals and other organisms that don’t naturally live in Washington and, when brought here, can cause economic and environmental harm, according to the WISC. Invasive species can outcompete native species for food and habitat and may even eat native species. Once established, they can proliferate and cost a lot of money to control, as well as negatively impact utility, agriculture and tourism industries.
The art contest runs now through Dec. 31. Submissions are required to be in a digital art format, such as graphic designs, photographs, illustrations, cartoons, digital paintings and more.
In addition to having the design made into a trailer wrap, the winner will receive a $500 Amazon gift card. The second place winner will receive a $300 Amazon gift card.
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Rapper J. Cole to play pro basketball in Canada
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario (AP) — Rapper J. Cole will play another season of pro basketball, this time in Canada.
The Canadian Elite Basketball League tweeted Thursday night that the 37-year-old rapper will join the Scarborough Shooting Stars in the coming season as a guard. The season begins May 25.
Cole, whose full name is Jermaine Cole, played with the Rwanda Patriots in the Basketball Africa League in 2021. He also played basketball in high school in North Carolina.
Cole won a Grammy in 2020 for Best Rap Song (“A Lot” by 21 Savage featuring J. Cole) and has several BET Hip Hop Awards to his name. He also has six platinum albums and produced songs for artists like Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson and Young Thug.
His last album, “The Off-Season,” came out a year ago.
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Comanche County Sheriff reacts to State Question 820 vote
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The votes are in, and Oklahomans have officially rejected legalizing recreational marijuana after State Question 820′s special election.
Comanche County Sheriff Kenny Stradley, has been vocal in speaking out against the election.
He said he was so excited when he learned of the election vote this morning. He said with his over 30 years of law enforcement experience, he thinks legalizing recreational marijuana causes nothing but trouble.
Nearly sixty thousand Oklahomans voted in the election, which only had one question: should the state legalize and receive taxes on recreational marijuana being sold to adults 21 and older?
Only 38% of voters said yes and 61% voted no.
Comanche, Cotton, and Stephens counties all voted against the measure.
Sheriff Stradley said he’s glad rural Oklahoma showed up to vote.
He said most people have at least one person in their family with a drug problem and said marijuana seems to be the root cause.
“Why do we want to add to the problem, if it’s easily available. Sure they’re getting it, and we’re out to fight, law enforcement and get it off the street. If we just open the door, it will be utter chaos. So I am so proud of the people of Oklahoma, Thank you Jesus, and Thank you Oklahoma for standing up for what’s right,” Stradley said.
Stradley said he worries recreational marijuana being legalized would increase crime, DUIs, and homeless populations.
Stradley said, he believes this is not going to be the last time Oklahomans will see the question of legalizing recreational marijuana on a ballot, but he is confident they will continue to vote no.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The three major U.S. banking regulators said Thursday they a plan to rewrite much of the outdated regulations tied to a decades-old banking law designed to encourage lending to the poor and racial minorities in the areas where banks have branches.
The stated aim of the overhaul of the Community Reinvestment Act by the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is to “strengthen and modernize” the law and end years of uncertainty about its regulations for both the banking industry and advocates for traditionally underserved communities.
The Community Reinvestment Act was passed in 1977 to address redlining — a racist practice used by the financial industry to avoid lending to certain neighborhoods. Redlining still happens to this day, with banks large and small avoiding lending to low- income areas, even though they take money from those neighborhoods through deposits.
When the CRA was enacted, bank branches were one of the few ways to measure a bank’s presence in a community. The law was last revised in the mid-1990s, when online banking was in its infancy. But there are now banks that have zero physical branches, making it more difficult to measure what constitutes a bank's presence in a community under the law.
Under the current law, banks are assessed on how well they lend where they are physically located. That has led to a large amount of community reinvestment dollars flowing into places like Salt Lake City, a popular place for digital banks to headquarter their operations, while neglecting cities where these banks might actually be making their loans.
In addition, the law rewards banks that make mortgages and small-business loans in their communities but is murky about what other types of loans or activities can count as community reinvestment.
While banks and community groups agreed an overhaul was needed, the three bank regulators were unable to agree on how to overhaul the regulations. Under the Trump administration, the Comptroller of the Currency made its own proposal on how to rewrite the CRA. The proposal was not accepted by the Fed or FDIC, and was scrapped in the early days of the Biden administration.
“The CRA is one of our most important tools to improve financial inclusion in communities across America, so it is critical to get reform right,” said Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard, in a statement.
The biggest push by the new CRA regulations would be to address banks that lend nationally but do not have many branches. The part of the financial industry likely to be impacted the most by this are non-bank mortgage lenders like Quicken Loans, SoFi and LoanDepot. These companies would now have to comply with CRA regulations even though they do not generally take in deposits from local communities.
But traditional banks, which have long felt competitive pressure from non-branch banks and non-bank mortgage lenders, welcomed the new proposal.
“We’re pleased to see the proposal focus on providing banks with the clarity, consistency, and transparency necessary to continue delivering on CRA’s important mission for years to come,” said Richard Hunt, president of the Community Bankers Association, an industry and lobby group for the larger retail banks. | https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Bank-regulators-overhaul-low-income-17151319.php | 2022-05-05 20:15:33 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Bank-regulators-overhaul-low-income-17151319.php |
Pop acts sing for glory at Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, with Ukraine in spotlight
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The final of the Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Saturday in Liverpool, with a Swedish diva and a party-loving Finnish rapper among favorites to win a joyous music competition clouded, for a second year running, by the war in Ukraine.
Britain is hosting on behalf of Ukraine, which won last year but can’t take up its right to hold the contest because of the war — air raid sirens sounded across Ukrainie as the contest was underway. Under the slogan “united by music,” the grand final fused the soul of English port city that birthed The Beatles with the spirit of war-battered Ukraine.
The sights and sounds of Ukraine ran through the show, starting with an opening film that showed 2022 Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra singing and dancing in the Kyiv subway, with the tune picked up by musicians in the U.K. — including Kate, Princess of Wales, shown playing the piano.
The folk-rap band itself then emerged onstage in the Liverpool Arena on a giant pair of outstretched hands, accompanied by massed drummers.
Contestants from the 26 finalist nations entered the arena in an Olympics-style flag parade, accompanied by live performances from Ukrainian acts including Go A, Jamala, Tina Karol and Verka Serduchka — all past Eurovision competitors.
Now in its 67th year, Eurovision bills itself as the world’s biggest music contest — an Olympiad of party-friendly pop. Competitors each have three minutes to meld catchy tunes and eye-popping spectacle into performances capable of winning the hearts of millions of viewers.
The favorites include Swedish singer Loreen – the 2012 Eurovision winner, tipped by the bookies to take the title again with her power ballad “Tattoo” – and Finland’s Käärijä, a performer with Energizer bunny energy and a lurid green bolero top who goes from metal growler to sweet crooner on party anthem “Cha Cha Cha.” The infectious song got one of the biggest sinaglong crowd reactions of the night.
Italy’s Marco Mengoni also has a strong following for “Due Vite” (Two Lives), a seductive ballad with enigmatic lyrics.
Austrian duo Teya & Salena was first to perform with “Who the Hell is Edgar?” — a daffy satirical ode to Edgar Allen Poe that also slams the meagre royalties musicians earn from streaming services.
After that, the varied tastes of the continent were on display: the cabaret-style singing of Portugal’s Mimicat; the Britney-esque power pop of Poland’s Blanka; echoes of Edith Piaf from La Zarra for France; smoldering balladry from Cyprus’ entry, Andrew Lambrou.
Rock is unusually well represented this year at a contest that tends to favor perky pop. Australia’s Voyager evoked head-banging 80s stadium rock on “Promise,” while Slovenia’s Joker Out, Germany’s Lord of the Lost were also guitar-crunching entries.
An offbeat contender was antiwar rock opera “Mama ŠČ!” by Croatia’s Let 3, who mock militarist dictators amid Monty Pythonesque imagery before stripping down to their underpants onstage.
Reigning champion Ukraine is represented by Tvorchi, an electronica duo who pay tribute to the country’s resilience on “Heart of Steel.” Britain’s entrant is Mae Muller, scheduled to be the final performer of the night with her jaunty breakup anthem “I Wrote a Song.”
About 6,000 fans watched the show inside the arena, and tens of thousands more at a Liverpool fan zone and at big-screen events across the U.K. The global television audience has been estimated at 160 million.
Under spring sunshine, fans flocked in their thousands to city’s dockside area — now a vast party zone — near the contest venue ahead of the contest. Many were draped in flags of their favored nations or dressed as their favorite acts. A large number of British fans wore red, white and blue Union Jack dresses or jackets.
“Just to come down and see people from all different nationalities, all different cultures — it’s good fun,” said Australia fan Martin Troedel, sporting a kangaroo on his hat.
“Frankly there’s some quite odd acts, which is what I love about it. You never know what to expect.”
Liverpool has embraced Eurovision, and Ukraine, with businesses across the city flying Ukrainian flags and a program of cultural events introducing locals to the art, music and food of the eastern European country.
Amid the musical celebration, viewers were reminded of the brutal cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, though organizers say they turned down a request by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to make a video address. The European Broadcasting Union said that would breach “the nonpolitical nature of the event.”
The winner will be decided by Eurovision’s famously complex system of jury and public votes, with each act hoping to escape the humiliation of getting “nul points” — zero points.
Founded in 1956, Eurovision is a European cultural institution that has produced breakout stars — ABBA and Celine Dion are both past winners – alongside performers whose careers sank without a trace.
In recent years, it has once again become a platform that can launch stars. Italian rock band Måneskin, who won in 2021, have played major U.S. festivals and opened for the Rolling Stones on tour. Last year’s British runner-up, Sam Ryder, has had a No. 1 album and performed at the Glastonbury festival.
“People know the value of stepping on that stage to 160 million people, knowing that they could go huge,” said Steve Holden, host of the official Eurovision Song Contest podcast. “ABBA did it in the 1970s, then it went quiet and it wasn’t quite seen as the launchpad it is now.
“Now, the music industry, the world, knows that if you appear at Eurovision, you could be in for a great thing.”
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We’re fortunate to have strong candidates up and down the ballot from both parties and that is certainly true for House District 54. Republican Matt Soper is running for another term representing this large rural district and he has a strong challenger in Democratic candidate AliceMarie Slaven-Emond.
Soper has proven to be an effective representative and has been able to find ways to pass bipartisan legislation to benefit his district and all of rural Colorado. His recent legislation to put agricultural producers who use greenhouses on the same footing as traditional growers is a great example of what Soper has been able to accomplish. This is a bi-partisan bill that benefits farmers and clears the way for what we see as the future of agriculture.
Going forward, Soper seems laser focused on reducing crime and fighting inflation, which are undeniable issues facing our rural communities. He also said he wanted to see the Colorado Department of Transportation doing more traditional infrastructure work, especially around maintaining our pavement quality.
We think, with his growing seniority in the party and his record of working across the aisle he will be successful.
While we think Soper has done a good job, Slaven-Emond was very impressive and we think would be a strong leader representing rural values. She is a nurse practitioner and has experience in education and agriculture.
Slaven-Emond displayed a strong grasp of the issues we’re facing in rural Colorado and was committed to finding common ground with Republicans to solve them. She spoke of our housing and child care needs, which needs to be addressed whoever is elected.
Both candidates emphasized water as a major issue facing this region. We trust both would be effective advocates of the Western Slope when discussing the future of the Colorado River.
It’s difficult to choose when you have two very qualified candidates, but for those who have yet to make up your mind, we suggest giving Soper another term to continue his work for this district. If he does win, we would also encourage Slaven-Emond to continue to be involved and perhaps find another office to run for. Her voice would be a welcome one among our elected leaders. | https://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/editorials/quality-choices-for-house-district-54/article_7aba1980-48ea-11ed-8154-b75819170966.html | 2022-10-11 10:48:08 | 0 | https://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/editorials/quality-choices-for-house-district-54/article_7aba1980-48ea-11ed-8154-b75819170966.html |
Which slip-on shoes are best?
Convenience is a powerful force when it comes to what you buy. Easy-open packages, fast and free shipping, microwavable meals, you name it. And when it comes to shoes, the ease of slipping them on without having to bend down and secure them with laces or hook-and-loop straps is hard to pass up.
Slip-on shoes aren’t limited to beach and boat fare; there are slip-on versions of everything from cleats to dress shoes. They come in all manner of designs, too, so you don’t have to sacrifice fashion for the sake of function.
What to know before you buy slip-on shoes
Slip-on shoe types
Most shoe types have slip-on variants, but some of the most common are:
- Boots: Slip-on boots are worn for many reasons, such as walking in the rain or snow, or for work. Slip-on hiking boots aren’t common, as you typically want to secure your shoe to avoid ankle damage.
- Dress: Slip-on dress shoes are more of a norm than an exception, though women’s “dress shoes” are too varied to generalize much.
- Sandals: “Sandals” cover a wide range of designs and have multiple straps, unlike slides.
- Slides: Slides are separated from sandals by all having the same general design, which is to say they have one large strap as opposed to several.
- Sneakers: Slip-on sneakers are an excellent combination of function and convenience. They’re just as good for trips to the mall as they are for high-energy activities such as running or tennis.
Size
Most slip-on shoes come in either men’s or women’s sizes save for exceptions such as Crocs, which are unisex. Women’s sizes are typically narrower than men’s, though some men’s and women’s slip-on shoes offer narrow, wide and extra-wide options. If you typically wear men’s sizes, for example, you can usually do a size conversion if you want a women’s-sized shoe.
Cost
They can cost as little as $10 or as much as $5,000-plus depending on the type, quality and brand value. Casual slip-on shoes typically top out at $50, with better non-brand shoes going not much higher than $150.
Best slip-ons
Top slip-on boots
Cat Footwear Men’s Revolver Pull-On Soft Toe Work Boots
These work boots have excellent treads to keep you from slipping, and the dual loops make it easy to pull them on. They come in sizes 7 to 14, with some half sizes and wide sizes also available.
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These are waterproof to keep your feet dry and warm, and the anti-skid soles protect you from slipping on ice. They come in sizes from 4.5 to 14 with some half sizes, and in 14 designs.
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The quilted pattern on the leg of the boot adds some style while loops on the back help you pull them on. They come in sizes from 5 to 9.5 and in eight colors.
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Top slip-on dress shoes
These excellent classic loafers don’t sacrifice comfort. They come in sizes from 7.5 to 16 with several wide variants and in black or brown.
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Cole Haan Men’s Pinch Tassel Loafer
The usual sleek loafer look isn’t as engaging for some men. For them, these tasseled shoes make for a splashier impression. They come in sizes from 6 to 16 with several half, narrow, wide and extra-wide sizes.
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Top sandals
Huayuanwell Women’s Gladiator Sandals
These fancy flip-flops are great for those who want to make a bigger impression without sacrificing comfort or their bank account. They come in sizes from 5.5 to 10 and in 21 designs.
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Reef Women’s Bliss Nights Flip-Flops
These use the classic, no-muss-no-fuss flip-flop design, but they use vegan leather to be fully animal-friendly. They come in sizes from 5 to 12 and in 10 designs.
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Steve Madden Women’s Donddi Sandals
These are a fashion-forward combination of slide and sandal for those wanting something elegant and comfortable. They come in sizes from 5 to 11 with some half sizes, and in 13 designs.
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Top slides
These slides are designed for comfort on the beach, and they’re machine-washable to make ridding them of sand a breeze. They come in sizes from 4 to 15 and in nine designs.
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Top slip-on sneakers
These are the perfect low-effort but high-reward sneakers, as their design is simple yet eye-catching. They come in nearly every size and in 30-plus designs, but they’re also easy to customize for a unique look.
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Steve Madden Women’s Ecntrcqt Sneaker
These sneakers’ quilted look is great for those who want to stand out, but not too much. They come in sizes from 5 to 12 with several half and wide sizes, and in 14 designs.
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These running shoes slip on, but they also have some laces that don’t need to be tied but can be adjusted to better fit your foot. Mesh is used for breathability and they have a non-slip outsole. They come in sizes from 6.5 to 13 and in 17 designs.
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A man was shot early Thursday morning following a home invasion and robbery in Glen Burnie. He was transported to an area hospital for treatment and is in stable condition, Anne Arundel County Police said.
According to a news release, officers responded to the unit block of Leymar Road at approximately 4:10 a.m., where a woman said four people in ski masks had entered the man’s home and demanded to know “where the money was kept,” police said. The woman was a guest at the house, department spokesperson Marc Limansky said.
The four suspects, who authorities described as being between ages 20 and 30, pushed the woman to the ground and left with a locked cash box and another box, police said, not drawing any weapons inside.
Once they went outside, however, they confronted the man at his vehicle and attempted to rob him. When he tried to get in his car to escape, one of the suspects shot him, police said. All four then fled the scene.
Officers later found the boxes at the scene, Limansky said, though the department could not confirm Thursday afternoon whether anything had been taken from them.
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Clayton Kershaw and Dodgers lose to Giants, must cope with Walker Buehler’s absence
On a day Clayton Kershaw returned to the mound for the first time in a month, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Walker Buehler might not do so again for at least “a good bit of time.”
Such was the dichotomy surrounding the Dodgers on Saturday, when neither their 3-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants nor Kershaw’s four-inning, two-run start coming back from injury was their biggest concern.
Instead, the status of Buehler’s injured right elbow hung over the club.
A night after exiting a start early because of right elbow discomfort, Buehler was diagnosed with an elbow strain Saturday after undergoing an MRI exam in Los Angeles and was put on the injured list.
According to Roberts, Buehler won’t need surgery and, as of now, is expected to pitch again. However, he won’t pick up a ball for six to eight weeks, then will need to rebuild arm strength and stamina, as if it were the start of spring training.
Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler, who made an early exit against the Giants on Friday, is dealing with a flexor tendon strain in his right elbow.
It means Buehler could be out until the final third of the season, at least — a crushing blow in what had already been an inconsistent season for him, and perhaps the biggest setback yet for this year’s increasingly banged-up Dodgers pitching staff.
“To lose him in any capacity is a blow,” Roberts said. “I think [other] guys understand that there’s going to be more asked of them.”
Perhaps no one more than Kershaw.
Though he’s 34 with a history of elbow and back troubles in recent years, Kershaw has shown he’s still capable of dominant stretches.
In his first five starts this year, he had a 1.80 ERA and the best strikeout rate of the team’s starters. And in his return Saturday from a SI joint inflammation in his lower back injury, an issue that had kept him off the mound since May 7, Kershaw looked solid, albeit unspectacular, as he resumed his season.
The Giants scored two of their runs in the second inning, taking advantage of a few misplaced sliders. Thairo Estrada homered on one Kershaw left over the middle of the plate on a 1-and-2 count. Austin Wynns and Luis González both singled off the pitch, as well, the latter knocking in the second run.
“The one that stings is the two-strike single to González,” Kershaw said. “Really wish I could have gotten out of there with one run.”
Apart from that inning, however, Kershaw looked sharp. He retired the side in order in the first and third. He escaped a runners-on-the-corner jam in the fourth. And he was removed only because he’d surpassed his predetermined pitch count of 70.
“Overall felt great,” Kershaw said. “Good to be back out there.”
It was the Dodgers’ offense that was to blame in Saturday’s loss. Despite collecting 13 hits against the Giants (32-26), the team went just two for 10 with runners in scoring position and left 14 runners on base.
“You’re not going to win many games when you do that,” said Freddie Freeman, who hit a solo home run in the ninth but struck out with the bases loaded in the seventh.
One of the five Marines killed in a training flight crash Wednesday was the son of former Los Angeles Dodgers player Steve Sax.
There was also a moment of umpire controversy: With the Dodgers (37-22) trailing 2-1 in the eighth, Craig Kimbrel threw a run-scoring wild pitch. The ball, however, appeared to hit the foot of batter Brandon Crawford — something the Dodgers’ dugout wasn’t aware of until shortstop Trea Turner yelled to them from the field.
Roberts said he tried to challenge the play but was told by the umpires the 20-second window to initiate a review had closed.
The run — which proved to be the deciding tally — stood as called.
Roberts, however, was more worried afterward about the offense’s missed opportunities.
“The story of the game was we weren’t good at all with runners in scoring position,” Roberts said.
The story of the Dodgers’ season, however, might now revolve around their ability to compensate for Buehler’s long-term absence.
Getting Kershaw back should help, as long as he stays healthy. Left-hander Andrew Heaney could be back from a shoulder injury as soon as next Sunday.
Still, as Kershaw pointed out, “No matter if Heaney and I are back or not, it’s tough to lose Walker for any amount of time.”
In the middle of Kershaw’s postgame scrum with reporters, his smartwatch started to ring. Buehler’s name popped up on the screen. He chuckled when asked if he needed to take it. Then, his tone became serious again when explaining the void his teammate’s long-term absence will leave.
“He’s a stud,” Kershaw said. “He’s pitched some huge innings in huge games for us and he’s been pretty consistent going out there every fifth day. So all of us are going to have to step up for however long he is out.”
It might not be season-ending, but it likely will be for a long while.
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How to Watch NASCAR, F1, IndyCar & More: Auto Racing Streaming Live - Thursday, July 27
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Industry's first true shift-left API security solution exposes even shadow and zombie APIs, offering the most comprehensive API inventory available and prioritized remediation of API vulnerabilities
LAS VEGASand RAMAT GAN, Israel, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Checkmarx, the global leader in developer-centric application security testing (AST) solutions, announced today the availability of Checkmarx API Security, the first true "shift-left" API security solution. Building on the launch of Checkmarx Fusion, which prioritizes and correlates vulnerability data from across different AppSec engines, Checkmarx API Security is delivered as part of the industry-leading application security platform Checkmarx One. The developer workflow-oriented solution inventories even shadow and zombie APIs as part of the most comprehensive inventory and remediation solution available to secure the entire API lifecycle.
According to Gartner®, "Every connected mobile, modern web or cloud-hosted application uses and exposes APIs. These APIs are used to access data and to call application functionality. APIs are easy to expose but difficult to defend. This creates a large and growing attack surface, leading to a growing number of publicized API attacks and breaches. Traditional network and web protection tools do not protect against all the security threats facing APIs, including many of those described in the OWASP API Security Top 10."i
While other API security offerings can only discover APIs already deployed in production, Checkmarx API Security addresses security issues earlier in the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This differentiation uniquely enables:
- Comprehensive visibility of APIs: Discovers shadow and zombie APIs with the most accurate and up-to-date view into the entire API attack surface.
- True shift-left approach: Detects APIs in application source code to identify and fix problems earlier in the SDLC – faster, with less cost and lower risk.
- Prioritized remediation: Enables developers and AppSec teams to focus on solving the most critical issues first by prioritizing API vulnerabilities based on their real impact and risk.
- Holistic view into application risk: Scans entire applications with a single solution, eliminating the need for additional API-specific tools to reduce the overhead on already pressured AppSec teams.
"Modern application development is increasingly dependent on APIs, which are notoriously difficult to document. Often the only place that a given API's documentation exists is on the developer's laptop," said Checkmarx CEO Emmanuel Benzaquen. "Our global enterprise customers are focusing on the transition to cloud-native application development, yet their tools have only been able to address part of the API challenge that cloud-native development imposes. The Checkmarx goal is to secure every component of every application in a way that keeps developers productive and simplifies processes for AppSec leaders, thereby keeping their organizations agile, secure and competitive."
Taking a unique, API-centric view into the problem, Checkmarx API Security offers:
- Automatic API discovery: Automatic identification of API endpoints without requiring manual API definition or registration by AppSec teams or developers.
- Complete API inventory: The ability to discover newly created or updated APIs as the source code is checked in or compiled by developers, as early as possible in the SDLC.
- Unknown API identification: Automatic comparison of an application's complete API inventory against its API documentation to identify unknown, shadow and zombie APIs.
- API-centric remediation: API-specific views that allow AppSec teams and developers to prioritize remediation of API vulnerabilities and OWASP Top 10 risks.
- Whole-application coverage: A single application security testing (AST) solution for the entire application, which may include both API- and non-API-based components, offering a holistic view of security risk and prioritization for vulnerability remediation.
Gartner has also reported that "Attacks on applications are shifting to focus on APIs, and the pace of attacks is increasing. API abuses and exploits are a common attack category that can result in data breaches. DevSecOps teams are focusing attention on the need for improved API testing in development. To identify the optimal approach to API testing, they are looking to a mix of traditional tools (such as static AST [SAST] and dynamic AST [DAST]) and emerging solutions focused specifically on the requirements of APIs."ii
Checkmarx API Security is available now. For more information, visit this page or visit booth #860 at Black Hat USA.
Checkmarx is constantly pushing the boundaries of Application Security (AppSec) Testing to make security seamless and simple for the world's developers while giving CISOs the confidence and control they need. As the AppSec leader, Checkmarx offers the industry's most comprehensive AppSec platform, Checkmarx One, that provides developers and security teams with unparalleled accuracy, coverage, visibility and guidance to reduce risk across all components of modern software—including proprietary code, open source, APIs and infrastructure as code. Over 1,800 customers worldwide, including nearly half of the Fortune 50, trust Checkmarx security technology, expert research, and global services to securely optimize development at speed and scale. For more information, visit the Checkmarx website, check out the blog or follow the company on LinkedIn.
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Right-hander Mitch White will make his debut for Toronto on Saturday night when the Blue Jays face the American League Central-leading Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis.
The 27-year-old White (1-2, 3.70 ERA) was picked up on Tuesday’s trade deadline from the Los Angeles Dodgers along with infield prospect Alex De Jesus for minor league pitchers Nick Frasso and Moises Brito to help strengthen the back end of Toronto’s rotation, which has seen Yusei Kikuchi struggle in the fifth spot.
White also could help manage the workload of All-Star Alek Manoah.
A second-round pick in 2016, White has drawn comparisons to another Blue Jays starter, Ross Stripling, who also was acquired from the Dodgers two seasons ago to fill a swingman roll but has since replaced injured left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu (left-elbow surgery) in the rotation.
“I think that’s a fair assessment,” Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said. “You see it more and more in the game today. It really comes down to the ability to start that is so attractive, someone that can go five or six innings, throw 100 pitches, had the ability to get right-handers and left-handers out.
“The arsenal to do that and the athleticism to hold up and the durability are all things that aren’t easy to acquire.”
White, who has never faced the Twins, gained his lone win this season in relief in a 7-6 victory over Arizona on May 17 and moved into the Dodgers’ starting rotation after that. He averaged 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings in 10 starts and five relief appearances for Los Angeles this season.
He posted a no-decision in his last start on July 26 against Washington when he allowed two runs on nine hits over six innings while striking out four.
Minnesota will counter on Saturday with veteran right-hander Dylan Bundy (6-5, 5.04), who dropped his last start on Sunday at San Diego, 3-2. He allowed three runs on four hits over five innings while striking out three. Bundy is 5-5 with a 3.76 ERA in 17 career appearances (13 starts) against Toronto.
The Twins, who gave up six runs in the eighth inning of a 9-3 loss to the Blue Jays in the series opener on Thursday, bounced back to win 6-5 in 10 innings on Friday despite blowing a 5-0 lead.
Nick Gordon, who began the 10th as the designated runner at second, scored the winning run on Tim Beckham’s fielder’s-choice grounder to third as Minnesota took advantage of a pair of defensive miscues by the Blue Jays.
Gordon, who finished 3-for-5 with a three-run homer and double and scored twice, had advanced to third on a strikeout by Jake Cave. Cave reached first when catcher Danny Jansen blocked Jordan Romano’s third-strike slider up the first-base line and then threw wildly to first trying to complete the strikeout.
Beckham then hit a grounder to Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman in a drawn-in infield, but Chapman’s throw bounced in front of the plate, and Jansen couldn’t control it as he tried to tag Gordon sliding over home plate on his stomach.
“We fought today and we found a way to win,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.
The Blue Jays, who got a two-run homer from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and solo shots by Chapman and Santiago Espinal, had rallied to tie it in the ninth with three singles against Twins closer Jorge Lopez, including a two-out RBI blooper to center by Raimel Tapia that drove in Bo Bichette.
“I love the way we’re playing, and I think it’s one game kind of in a vacuum,” Toronto interim manager John Schneider said. “You try to squash it and move on.”
It was just the fourth loss in 13 games since the All-Star break for Toronto.
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Launched in 2020, the Program is Built to Serve Organizations Supporting Black and Systemically Excluded Communities
NEW YORK and PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Instrument, a leading digital agency within Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), opened applications today for its Build. Grow. Serve. (BGS) pro bono program, an ongoing $3 million agency commitment to support and empower Black and systemically excluded communities. Applications are open at this link. The program includes three tenets:
- Build, in which Instrument donates hours of design, strategy and development work to nonprofit organizations
- Grow, Instrument's donation matching initiative, which to date has contributed over $355,000 to organizations advancing equity
- Serve, a volunteer time-off benefit, affording each Instrument employee 16 hours of paid time off per year to volunteer with nonprofits of their choosing
Instrument seeks applications from organizations that are working to support Black and systemically excluded communities, fight prejudice, or pursue a more just and inclusive future. Selected organizations will receive pro bono support from Instrument, including strategy, creative, and technology services, to accelerate the impact their organizations are delivering to these communities. The partnership will culminate in a completed project by the end of 2023.
"Our Build. Grow. Serve. program is foundational to who we are at Instrument – and representative of how we think all companies need to show up in today's world," said Kara Place, CEO, Instrument. "Our partnerships with organizations that are actively making the world a better place allow us to amplify their work and mission, and provide opportunities for our employees to use their skills in meaningful ways."
In 2022, the program supported BlackSpace, a collective or urbanists, architects, policymakers, artists, and advocates co-creating spaces that affirm and amplify Black presence in public spaces. During the partnership, Instrument created an evolved brand, design system, and a reimagined digital experience that empowers the organization to scale its mission.
"We can't believe our eyes – the final results are beyond what we could've imagined. Instrument has given us something really special, and we're so happy with all the hard work of everyone involved," said BlackSpace Co-Managing Director Emma Osore. "The attention to creating approachable language and guides, providing updates at every turn, and sensitivity to our budget were especially generous touches that did not go unnoticed and were highly appreciated."
Work completed for Instrument's inaugural BGS partner, BankBlackUSA, a grassroots organization with a mission to promote financial advocacy in Black communities, was recognized in Fast Company's 2022 Innovation by Design Awards across three key categories: Finance, Graphic Design and Impact.
To apply for the 2023 BGS program, complete this short application form , outlining your organization's mission, goals, and the type of support needed. Applications will close Wednesday, March 10. For questions about the application, please contact Shanelle Felice, Associate Director, Business Development and Build. Grow. Serve co-lead at shanelle.felice@instrument.com.
About Instrument
Instrument is a values-driven digital agency with offices in Portland, Oregon, Brooklyn, New York, and Los Angeles, California. We are a dynamic group of creative technologists and storytellers that use the power of design and technology to co-create groundbreaking work with our clients. We connect brands like never before—helping organizations reimagine the most valuable pieces of their digital ecosystem. With deep talent in the areas of Strategy, Design, Development and Content Creation, we build modern experiences for ambitious brands.
About Stagwell
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
Contact: Brandon Dixon; pr@stagwellglobal.com
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid will be sentenced Tuesday for driving drunk, speeding and hitting two parked cars last year, leaving a 5-year-old girl with a serious brain injury.
Reid pleaded guilty in September to driving while intoxicated causing seriously bodily injury. The charge carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison, but prosecutors said at the plea hearing they had agreed to ask for a maximum sentence of four years in prison.
Circuit Judge Charles H. McKenzie also could ignore the sentencing agreement and give Reid 120 days in jail and five years’ probation.
Prosecutors said Reid, the son of Chiefs Coach Andy Reid, was intoxicated and driving about 84 mph (135 kph) in a 65 mph zone when his Dodge truck hit the cars on an entrance ramp to Interstate 435 near Arrowhead Stadium on Feb. 4, 2021.
A girl inside one of the cars, Ariel Young, suffered a traumatic brain injury. A total of six people, including Reid, were injured. One of the vehicles he hit had stalled because of a dead battery, and the second was owned by Ariel’s mother, who had arrived to help.
Reid had a blood-alcohol level of 0.113% two hours after the crash, police said. The legal limit is 0.08%.
Reid’s attorney, J.R. Hobbs, asked in a sentencing memorandum that Reid be placed on probation, noting he had publicly apologized and was remorseful.
Ariel’s family opposed the plea deal and wanted Reid be sentenced to the maximum of seven years.
Reid underwent emergency surgery for a groin injury after the crash. The Chiefs placed him on administrative leave, and his job with the team ended after his contract was allowed to expire.
This is not the first legal issue for Reid, who graduated from a drug treatment program in Pennsylvania in 2009 after a series of run-ins with law enforcement. His father was coach of the Philadelphia Eagles at the time.
The Chiefs reached a confidential agreement with Ariel’s family in November to pay for her ongoing medical treatment and other expenses. | https://www.wdtn.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-ex-chiefs-assistant-reid-to-be-sentenced-in-drunken-crash/ | 2022-11-01 17:02:20 | 1 | https://www.wdtn.com/sports/ap-sports/ap-ex-chiefs-assistant-reid-to-be-sentenced-in-drunken-crash/ |
WASHINGTON (Nexstar) – Congressional Republicans want to pass a measure on Wednesday to block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan – however, the measure is unlikely to go anywhere in the Senate.
House Republicans say they’ve been working to block student loan forgiveness since the day President Biden announced his plans.
“This is a professional-class bail out,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said. “Student loan cancellation is regressive… it takes from those in the lower half and gives to the upper half. It redistributes wealth.”
Representative Bob Good (R-VA) added, “student loan cancellation doesn’t make the debt actually go away, it simply shifts the cost from the student loan borrower and transfers it to hard-working American taxpayers.”
But Democrats say Republicans are misrepresenting the plan to forgive up to $10,000 in debt for some borrowers and up to $20,0000 for those who received Pell grants.
California Democratic Representative Robert Garcia noted how the loan forgiveness could help people of color and people facing economic hardship.
“Billionaires are not burdened with student debt. Working class people are…student loan debt also disproportionately impacts people of color, low-income students,” Rep. Garcia said.
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) furthered, “ninety percent of the relief would go to borrowers earning less than $75,000 a year.”
The Biden administration says the program also helps more than just borrowers, as Under-Secretary of Education James Kvaal says the relief “will help strengthen the economy, encourage people to go to college, and have benefits for not just borrowers but also their families and communities.”
The Republican-led measure comes after the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that questions the legality of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan earlier in 2023. | https://www.fox16.com/washington/washington-dc/republicans-vie-for-measure-blocking-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/ | 2023-05-24 22:49:44 | 0 | https://www.fox16.com/washington/washington-dc/republicans-vie-for-measure-blocking-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/ |
SHANGHAI, Feb. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- naked Group Ltd. and Trip.com Group (NASDAQ: TCOM) have announced a new joint venture focused on expanding cooperation in the sustainable luxury sector in China and globally. The announcement was made at a signing ceremony held at the naked Stables in Moganshan, Zhejiang Province, China.
In recent years, both naked Group and Trip.com Group have carried out extensive work around rural revitalization, with naked Group developing luxury resorts and Trip.com Group targeting high-end homestays. The high-end holiday experiences created by both parties in their respective fields has effectively stimulated the growth of rural tourism economy in China, exemplified by the flagship resorts naked Stables, naked Castle in Moganshan Zhejiang province, followed by naked Water, naked Hill, and naked Valley in eastern and central China.
The expanded partnership will see naked Group & Trip.com Group work together to grow the naked brand globally through collaboration at multiple levels, encompassing high-end hospitality, technological innovation, promotion of sustainable lifestyles and more. With the shared value of sustainable development, the new partnership will continue to emphasize environmental sustainability, a focus on history, culture, heritage, as well as activating economic sustainability of communities at the place of business.
Manoj Mehta, CEO of naked Group Ltd., said: "naked has been a pioneer in China in harnessing sustainable principles through its design, construction and operation to create thriving local economies and brining prosperity to the rural China. We believe that this JV is a great opportunity to ensure the continued and accelerated success of naked brand and to create more 'green mountain & blue sky' economies continuously in stunning natural locations across China and overseas. A few new naked resorts are in the pipeline and will open soon in Xi'an, Chengdu, Hubei etc. naked Group is confident in realizing the true potential of the partnership with Trip.com Group."
Jane Sun, CEO of Trip.com Group, said: "Rural tourism is key to revitalising rural areas, which will, in turn, impact the level of economic and social development. Since the launch of our "Rural Tourism Revitalization Strategy" in 2021, we have undertaken several actions and programmes aimed at strengthening the appeal of the identified areas while enhancing the capabilities and capacities of the local officials. These include building high-end rural accommodations and training rural tourism professionals, among others. These targeted actions and strategies have led to more job opportunities and increased income among tourism professionals in general. It is important for industry partners to collaborate and identify new opportunities to further strengthen the appeal of rural areas, and promote sustainable development and high-quality rural tourism."
naked Group will be the majority shareholder of the joint venture. naked Group and Trip.com Group both strongly believe that technology will continue to play an increasingly important role in people's lives. This partnership will provide a foundation to use the latest technology to create more meaningful and customized lifestyle experiences for our customers. Through this, the venture will accelerate the growth of the naked Brand in a systematic and sustainable manner
About naked Group Ltd.
naked is dedicated as a brand that explores and leads lifestyles, a lifestyle devoted to living light, healthy and sustainable, to providing Fresh, Fun, Green and Great experience.
naked is a luxurious lifestyle, inspired by nature, with social responsibility, managed with sustainability, and designed with creative & quality , to provide the experience of "Born naked, Live naked"
Find out more about naked here : www.livenaked.com
About Trip.com Group
Trip.com Group is a leading global travel service provider comprising of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group helps travellers around the world make informed and cost-effective bookings for travel products and services and enables partners to connect their offerings with users through the aggregation of comprehensive travel-related content and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of apps, websites and 24/7 customer service centers. Founded in 1999 and listed on NASDAQ in 2003 and HKEX in 2021, Trip.com Group has become one of the best-known travel groups in the world, with the mission "to pursue the perfect trip for a better world". Find out more about Trip.com Group here: group.trip.com
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