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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Norfolk Southern has pledged several million dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in Pennsylvania after last month’s derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals just across the border in Ohio, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday.
Shapiro’s office said he met with Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw on Thursday and secured an initial commitment for financial aid as the cleanup from the Feb. 3 derailment continues.
Norfolk Southern has made similar pledges to Ohio, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the company to cover the costs of cleanup from the derailment that toppled 38 rail cars in East Palestine, Ohio.
No one was hurt, but concerns that the chemicals could explode led state and local officials to approve releasing and burning toxic vinyl chloride from five tanker cars and to evacuate half of East Palestine and the surrounding area near the Pennsylvania border. Shapiro said Norfolk Southern will pay $5 million to reimburse fire departments for equipment that was contaminated or damaged and $1 million to Beaver and Lawrence counties to help business owners and residents whose livelihoods were damaged.
Another nearly $1.4 million will go to state agencies that responded, including for setting up a health clinic for residents, Shapiro said.
Shapiro’s office said he will push Norfolk Southern to cover any additional costs that accumulate.
In Ohio, Norfolk Southern previously announced more than $1 million to replace fire equipment used in the response to the fiery wreck, plus $1 million for East Palestine and more than $1.2 million for evacuation costs for nearly 900 families and businesses.
The company has said it is “committed to coordinating the cleanup project and paying for its associated costs,” and wants to ensure that East Palestine’s residents and natural environment recover.
Federal and state officials have repeatedly said it’s safe for evacuated residents to return to the area and that air testing in the town and inside hundreds of homes hasn’t detected any concerning levels of contaminants. However, some residents say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month later.
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Percentages: FG .389, FT .889.
3-Point Goals: 6-24, .250 (Petcash 3-8, Gibson 1-3, Falko 1-4, McGriff 1-5, Harried 0-2, Hinckson 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 2.
Blocked Shots: 2 (White 2).
Turnovers: 6 (Gibson 3, McGriff 2, Hinckson).
Steals: 6 (Falko 2, Gibson, Harried, Hinckson, McGriff).
Technical Fouls: None.
Percentages: FG .462, FT .839.
3-Point Goals: 8-22, .364 (Gross-Bullock 5-13, Edert 2-4, Brelsford 1-2, Walker 0-1, Pride 0-2).
Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: None.
Blocked Shots: 4 (Hawkins 2, Pride, Walker).
Turnovers: 11 (Walker 4, Gross-Bullock 2, Pride 2, Brelsford, Edert, Timberlake).
Steals: 6 (Gross-Bullock 2, Hawkins 2, Pride, Timberlake).
Technical Fouls: None.
A_1,050 (2,000).
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LAKE STEVENS, Wash. — Editor's note: The video above originally aired Jan. 13, 2023.
The Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART) released more information on its investigation into the deadly Lake Stevens police shooting last week.
The incident began after the Lake Stevens Police Department responded to a reported carjacking at the Frontier Village shopping center on Jan. 13.
Police said the suspect, a 30-year-old man, followed a woman as she exited a store and walked to her vehicle in the parking lot. The man reportedly got into a physical altercation with the woman before he drove off with her vehicle.
Officers found the stolen vehicle heading southbound on State Route 9, where the suspect left the vehicle and began fleeing on foot.
According to SMART, the suspect ran toward a marked patrol vehicle and gained access to the driver's seat. SMART said a physical altercation took place between the suspect and a Lake Stevens police officer and the suspect was shot.
The man died at the scene. The identity of the man will eventually be released by the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office.
The Lake Stevens police officer has been put on administrative leave and has been with the department for 12 years.
Authorities said the victim had non-life-threatening injuries.
SMART is a team of Snohomish County law enforcement agencies, Washington State Patrol and community members.
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Battle Creek man pleads guilty to tampering with evidence in Bedford Township murder
A Battle Creek man has pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence tied to a Bedford Township woman's murder in June 2020. The plea is part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Julice Haggerty, 29, admitted in 37th Circuit Court Wednesday that he disposed of bloody bed sheets but said he was unaware at the time that the materials related to the murder of Amber Griffin. He said he only knew that an assault had taken place.
Haggerty, a friend of Griffin's boyfriend Derek Horton, pleaded guilty to a single count of tampering with evidence Wednesday before Circuit Court Judge Sarah Lincoln. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors agreed to dismiss an additional charge of lying to a police officer.
Horton, 27, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison Monday for the murder of Griffin.
On the second day of his jury trial March 2, Horton accepted a plea agreement that required him to lead police to the location of Griffin's remains. After searching two other areas with the assistance of the Michigan State Police cadaver canine unit, police located the remains buried three feet underground March 3 in a wooded area on a property on Waubascon Road off Limit Street.
The 27-year-old Bedford Township mother of two had been missing since June 23, 2020. Horton, her boyfriend of five years, was arrested and charged with her murder six days after her disappearance.
Under the conditions of his deal with prosecutors, Horton pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and another murder charge was dismissed, with a tentative sentence agreement of 15 to 30 years in prison.
Horton initially told police he and Griffin had gotten into an argument and that she had walked away from the mobile home they shared in Bedford Township.
Investigators discovered a 9-1-1 call had been made from her phone at 2:01 a.m. on June 22, 2020, and a struggle could be heard. Police determined the couple was arguing at a house party on Oneita Street, where they believe Griffin was assaulted. There were signs of a struggle and blood was discovered on three floors of the home as well as in and on Griffin's car.
Police also located a pair of women's leggings in an overgrown area on Waubascon Road at a property owned by the family who also owned the Oneita Street house. In nearby grass, a wadded receipt from Mix Hardware was discovered showing the purchase of an $8 shovel on the afternoon of June 23, 2020. Police said video from the store showed Horton purchasing a shovel that day.
Witnesses from the Battle Creek Police Department testified that during interviews with Haggerty, he said he was with several people on June 22, 2020, and woke the next morning to find blood on him, his shorts and sheets and the walls and furniture of the house.
He said in the interviews he cleaned the blood and then disposed of the sheets in a dumpster several blocks away.
Police said Haggerty told them he had not seen Horton since June 22 but a video showed the two men together June 23 at Mix Hardware in Battle Creek, where Horton bought a shovel.
Police also alleged that Haggerty lied about his cell phones, giving investigators different numbers for his phone.
Detective Sgt. Joel Case testified that police learned that one of Haggerty's phones was used during the time he said he was asleep and police determined by tracking calls through different cell towers that the phone was moving.
Tampering with evidence is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Haggerty is scheduled to be sentenced June 24.
Contact reporter Greyson Steele at gsteele@battlecreekenquirer.com or 269-501-5661. Follow him on Twitter: G_SteeleBC
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A pillar of the legal community, mentor, and friend
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sherr Law Group is deeply saddened to announce that Ronald Sherr, founder of the Sherr Law Group, passed away on Sunday, December 18th. Sherr was a pillar in the Pennsylvania legal community, a dedicated mentor and friend to many, and a beloved father and family member.
Sherr's career in law began quickly after graduating from Temple Law School in 1956 at the age of 28. After relocating his practice to Norristown, PA in Montgomery County, Sherr earned a reputation both as a gifted litigator and as a trustworthy and honorable individual. He regularly shared meals in the Montgomery County Bar Association Dining Room with fellow attorneys, judges, and colleagues, building relationships that lasted his entire lifetime and earned him a treasured reputation in the legal community.
For more than 60 years, Sherr continued his work in the Norristown, PA area, continuing to offer mediation and arbitration services and devoted to his lifelong practice of building and maintaining relationships within the industry. In addition to settling over 3,000 matters and litigating over 1,000 additional cases, Sherr served as Judge pro tem in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Temple University School of Law, and as a mediator in the United Stated District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sherr received countless honors, both regionally and nationally, throughout his esteemed career. Equally important to him were the friendships and working relationships he built with his clients, colleagues, opponents, competitors, and judges. These connections serve as a testament to Sherr's integrity, ethics, fairness, and commitment to those around him.
A writer recently had the opportunity to interview Sherr on his life and legacy in the law, which you can read here.
Sherr will be deeply missed by his son -- Managing Partner of Sherr Law Group Anthony R. Sherr -- his surviving family, the Sherr Law Group team past and present, and the entire legal communities of Norristown, Montgomery County, and the State of Pennsylvania.
Contact:
Managing Partner
Sherr Law Group
Direct: 484-591-3001
Email: tsherr@sherrlawgroup.com
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4-year-old struck, killed by mail truck in Louisiana, sheriff says
LAKE CHARLES, la. (KPLC/Gray News) - A 4-year-old boy was struck and killed by a mail truck Thursday evening, authorities said.
The child was riding his scooter in a neighbor’s driveway around 5:30 p.m. when he was hit, according to Kayla Vincent, spokesperson for the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office. The child was transported to a hospital where he died.
The driver of the mail truck was turning around at a residence near the end of the dead-end street, Vincent said.
“This is a heartbreaking and tragic situation for everyone involved,” said Sheriff Tony Mancuso in a statement. “Impairment is not suspected, but as mandated by state law a toxicology report will be conducted on the driver.”
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It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are generating new tempests in the Category 4 storm’s wake.
Contractors who remove debris and perform post-storm repairs are fighting over local government contracts that could be worth tens of millions in tax dollars. The skirmishes offer a preview of likely fights over local, state and federal funds that will be distributed over the next several months to help southwest Florida get back on its feet.
A case in point is the recent contentious expansion of a land-based storm debris removal contract that had been put out to bid well before the hurricane. Coincidentally, the contract was awarded to Crowder-Gulf Joint Venture just days after Ian made landfall at the county’s Cayo Costa State Park on Sept. 28.
In response to the wide hurricane damage, county officials expanded the contract’s scope on Oct. 2 to include waterways and private property.
Disposing quickly of downed trees, blown-off roof shingles and shredded drywall is one of the most challenging but important parts of hurricane recovery. County officials want to get the job done speedily since local governments get direct payment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the cost of debris picked up within 60 days of a storm. Officials estimate Lee County has 1.8 million cubic yards of storm debris.
“We are bumping up against some very important timelines,” Lee County Commissioner Ray Sandelli said at a recent meeting.
But Bart Smith, an attorney for one of the contractors that lost the bid to Crowder-Gulf Joint Venture, told Lee County commissioners that not putting the extra work contained in the contract’s expansion out to bid put them at risk of a “clawback,” which is when FEMA takes back previously awarded money.
“Decisions are always made after storms, and these are emergencies, but you have to understand that hindsight is 20-20 and FEMA, when they do all these reimbursements years later and review it and audit it and then tell you you have to give the money back, there are ramifications,” Smith said.
Daniella Sanabria, an attorney for another rival contractor, also warned commissioners about a possible clawback, saying the expansion of the debris-removal contract to cover waterways and private properties was anti-competitive.
“In light of Hurricane Ian, it’s an enormous addition to the contract’s scope, potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars,” Sanabria said. “It’s being improperly and uncompetitively awarded.”
The federal government regularly claws back disaster money that it believes was incorrectly distributed or when procedures weren’t followed correctly. Federal agencies tried to take back $73 million from more than 1,800 New Jersey households that received federal disaster monies from Superstorm Sandy a decade ago. After Hurricane Irma in 2017, FEMA claimed $4.3 million in clawbacks from Lake Worth Beach, Florida.
Officials have estimated the damage caused by Ian in Florida and North Carolina at anywhere from $40 billion to $70 billion, making it among the costliest storms ever to hit the U.S. At least 118 deaths in Florida are attributable to the storm.
Lee County’s manager, Roger Desjarlais, dismissed the complaints, saying that vendors who don’t get a piece of the pie will try to “muddy the waters” because so much money is at stake in hurricane cleanup efforts.
“Every time, disaster politics takes over at some point because there is so much money to be made by some of these companies, millions of dollars,” Desjarlais said.
Because the money awarded for cleanup is so large, it can be an easy target for corruption. In Bay County, Florida, where a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Michael, made landfall in 2018, 10 businessmen and high-ranking officials from the city of Lynn Haven were indicted on charges of theft or fraud for allegedly overbilling or billing for cleanup work that was never performed. Federal prosecutors have obtained guilty pleas from seven of the 10 defendants.
Douglass Whitehead, Lee County’s solid-waste director, said the new, expanded contract with Crowder is cheaper per truckload than the old contract, under which costs had risen due to inflation. He said expanding a contract already in place provides continuity in an emergency situation.
But two of the five commissioners said no to the deal when it came up for a vote last week.
“I’m going to vote against the motion,” Commissioner Brian Hamman said at the time. “I don’t feel comfortable with the way it’s gone down.”
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As the world learned of the Allied Forces landing on the beaches of Normandy, officials in Scranton and Lackawanna County started to getting to work on how the day should be marked.
At 3:15 p.m., church bells and factory whistles throughout the county were to toll and toot so county residents could take a moment to reflect and think about friends and family serving in the military.
Scranton Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Dyer announced that at 3:15 p.m. all students and staff at the district’s 40 schools would participate in a “moment of meditation.” Schools in other parts of the county said they would conduct a moment of silence.
The Rev. Joseph Woods, executive secretary of the United Churches of Scranton and Lackawanna County, announced that 150 churches throughout the county would be holding special D-Day services at 8 p.m.
Bishop William Hafey said that all Catholics would find their churches open and he asked that people pray to the “Blessed Mother for the successful completion of this crusade of liberation.”
Rabbi Henry Gutterman invited all members of Linden Street Temple, Penn Avenue Synagogue and other congregations to attend a special service at the Linden Street Temple at 8 p.m.
Scranton Mayor Howard Snowdon also issued a proclamation to mark D-Day. In the proclamation, he asked that everyone “display our flags as a symbol that we are united on this great day.”
The scene was similar in Pottsville and Hazleton.
Trinity Episcopal Church in Pottsville held a prayer service at 3 pm and 7:45 pm and the church's doors remained open around the clock until June 10 for private prayer.
In Hazleton, St. Gabriel's Church was filled with worshippers for morning mass at 9 am.
The employees of Liebovitz Shirt Factory asked for an hour off to attend a service. The factory's owners said yes and the workers walked together to attend a mass at Holy Trinity Church on Wyoming Avenue at 3 pm.
Editor's Note - Portions of this article was originally published on June 6, 2019, the 75th Anniversary of D-Day.
Brian Fulton, library manager, oversees The Times-Tribune's expansive digital and paper archives and is an authority on local history. Contact Brian at bfulton@timesshamrock.com or 570-348-9140.
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‘All the evidence pointed to him’: Husband of cold case murder victim Karen Swift indicted
DYERSBURG, Tenn. (WMC) - Members of the Dyer County Grand Jury indicted former Dyer County resident David Swift on a charge of pre-meditated first-degree murder in the death of his former wife, the late Karen Swift.
The indictment comes more than a decade after Karen Swift’s slain body was found on December 10, 2011.
Swift, a mother with four children, was reported missing on October 30, 2011. David Swift was allegedly the last person to see her alive when she returned home from a Halloween party held at The Dyersburg Country Club at The Farms.
Swift, since remarried and living in Alabama, was arrested on Monday afternoon by members of the DCSO with assistance from members of the Jefferson County Alabama Sheriff’s Office.
Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box was pleased as well as emotional the grand jury heard enough evidence on Monday to return an indictment and charge David Swift with the murder, acknowledging his office spent nearly a decade investigating the death.
“Today is a good day for law enforcement and I’m very pleased the grand jury returned an indictment against (David) Swift,” said Sheriff Box. “We have literally spent thousands of hours on this case and a lot of that time was spent dispelling false information and rumors. Our investigators never gave up and just kept going through the evidence and I want to sincerely thank them for their diligence in this case.”
Box continued to explain, “the one thing that held true since the early stages of the investigation into Karen’s death was that David was always a suspect because all the evidence pointed to him. We were able to rule anyone and everyone else out involving this tragic murder and the grand jury made the right decision today by indicting him on a pre-meditated first-degree murder charge.”
The Dyer County Sheriff’s Office concluded its investigation and turned the evidence over to District Attorney General Danny Goodman’s office in October of 2019. Box was pleased Goodman and his staff took their time looking over the case before presenting it the grand jury on Monday.
“I am so glad the district attorney, our prosecutor, had enough interest in this case to present it to the grand jury,” Box said. “I’ve thanked District Attorney General Goodman for seeing this thing through, and he did the right thing today.”
Throughout the past 11 years, Box has remained in touch with Karen Swift’s mother, Carol Johnson. Box said he made Johnson a promise more than a decade ago that one day the person that committed the murder would be brought to justice. On Monday afternoon the sheriff made a phone call he has waited to make for nearly 11 years.
“As soon as (David) Swift was placed in handcuffs I called Carol and told her the news. I always told her I had faith this case would be prosecuted and today we had a very emotional conversation,” said Box. “She just wants justice for her daughter.”
Sheriff Box concluded his statements regarding Monday’s indictment by thanking the citizens of Dyer County.
“I really do appreciate the patience of the citizens of Dyer County while we investigated this terrible crime,” added Box. “It took nearly 11 years but we can now go through the process of extraditing Swift back to Dyer County to face this charge at a trial.”
Swift will remain in the custody, without bond, at the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office until an extradition hearing takes place, possibly on Tuesday.
If convicted, Swift faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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The Nation's Weather for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
As a bubble of high pressure slides southeastward, dry
weather with low humidity and sunshine will settle over the
Great Lakes region today. Along the edge of the dry air, a
front will set off showers and thunderstorms from Maine to
Missouri and Kansas. Some of the storms, especially those in
the Northeast, are likely to be severe with high winds, hail
and flash flooding. Meanwhile, spotty but heavy
thunderstorms will also riddle the Southeast states where
some communities may be hit with urban flooding. Storms are
also forecast to erupt over the interior West, especially
over the Rockies, where the risk of both flash flooding and
gusty winds will exist, mainly during the afternoon and
evening hours. Much of the Pacific Coast region can expect a
dry day.
SPECIAL WEATHER
No new information for this time period.
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS
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DAILY EXTREMES
National High Friday 115 at Ocotillo Wells, CA
National Low Friday 31 at Bodie State Park, CA
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Buckingham Palace aide resigns over ‘unacceptable’ comments made toward Black charity founder
(CNN) - A guest attending an official domestic abuse function at Buckingham Palace Tuesday evening says she was approached by an aide who persistently asked her about her heritage and would not accept that the woman was a British national.
Sistah Space, which says it provides “specialist support for African and Caribbean heritage women affected by abuse, tweeted about the incident. It details how the aide approached Sistah Space CEO, Ngozi Fulani, and asked where she was from. When Fulani answered she was from the London neighborhood of Hackney, the aide insisted, “No, what part of Africa are you from?”
According to Sistah Space, the aide also asked, “When did you first come here?”
“We take this incident extremely seriously and have investigated immediately to establish the full details. In this instance, unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments have been made. We have reached out to Ngozi Fulani on this matter, and are inviting her to discuss all elements of her experience in person if she wishes,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.
The aide has resigned and apologized, according to the spokesperson.
The spokesperson also said that all members of Buckingham Palace are being reminded of the diversity and inclusivity policies which they are required to “uphold at all times.”
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
01-10-26-35-39, Star Ball: 6, ASB: 2
(one, ten, twenty-six, thirty-five, thirty-nine; Star Ball: six; ASB: two)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Lotto America" game were:
01-10-26-35-39, Star Ball: 6, ASB: 2
(one, ten, twenty-six, thirty-five, thirty-nine; Star Ball: six; ASB: two)
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Momma Chef shares the recipe for quicker meals
JACKSON, Tenn. — Cooking just got faster and a little easier thanks to one chef.
One mom went from blogging and writing, to building organizations to help against hunger, all while holding the title Momma Chef.
Karen Nochimowski is the author of “6-Minute Dinners (and More!)” and more!
“It just came out last month. It’s filled with 100, over 100 recipes. They’re all made with six ingredients and less than under six minutes prep time. So they’re all quick and easy recipes. It kind of is an extension of the blog that I started in 2017,” Nochimowski said.
With big activities and watch parties coming up, less time in the kitchen can be a source of joy.
“You don’t want to spend the entire time in the kitchen. You want to actually cook something and then be able to enjoy the game and to spend time with your family. So there’s a lot of recipes in there,” Nochimowski said.
Some of the proceeds from the book also impacts her community through the soup kitchen.
“Just kind of using my love of cooking to help feed those in my community. So I opened that up in 2018 and we’ve provided over 20,000 meals,” Nochimowski said.
And Momma Chef mentioned that the outdoor food pantries have provided over 15,000 pounds of non-perishable foods.
The book can be found on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and in most bookstores.
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The acquisition marks Noodle's entry into the international market and underscores its commitment to building the highest-quality online learning design and experience for university partners and students
NEW YORK and CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Noodle, a mission-driven B Corp and the nation's fastest-growing online education network of universities, employers, and learners, today has completed the acquisition of Hubble Studios, a global e-learning design firm headquartered in Cape Town. This marks Noodle's entry into the international market, scaling to seven countries, including the US, South Africa, Australia, England, Germany, Switzerland and Singapore. The substantial added capacity accelerates the company's mission to transform online learning design and the overall learner experience for university partners and their students. Hannes Geldenhuys, CEO of Hubble Studios, will join Noodle as SVP of International.
"The acquisition underscores and strengthens Noodle's commitment to building world-class online learning design that is affordable for our partners and modernizes teaching and learning," said John Katzman, CEO of Noodle. "We believe the new emphasis of Hubble Studio's innovative and interactive design capabilities empowers Noodle to create a unified vision for the rigor and aesthetic of the online learning experience and to integrate that vision into the ongoing student journey, from inquiry to alumnus and lifelong learner."
Noodle and Hubble Studios first partnered in 2021 and are currently building over 100 courses for partners, including the Yale School of Nursing, Butler University, the New England College of Optometry, and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Independently, Hubble Studios has deep experience in higher education, having partnered with institutions such as Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, London Business School, and the University of Bristol. The learning design firm also brings Noodle a roster of corporate clients supporting the upskilling and training at Johnson and Johnson, USAID, The World Bank, and dozens more.
"The management and staff of Hubble Studios are honored to join the esteemed team at Noodle and contribute to their trailblazing efforts to deliver high-quality, rigorous and accessible hybrid degree programs," said Hannes Geldenhuys. "As one entity, we can elevate our support for university partners in North America and introduce the Noodle brand to universities globally."
Furthermore, this acquisition continues a multi-year evolution of Noodle bringing its services, such as marketing, enrollment, and student support, in-house to more nimbly and efficiently respond to its university partners' needs to modernize the online learning experience.
"Noodle and Hubble Studios share a vision of great learning that is engaging, personalized, interactive, intuitive, inclusive and collaborative," said Melora Sundt, Chief Academic Officer of Noodle. "The extensive experience of Hubble Studios in higher education and the quality of their work with Noodle make them a natural fit as we augment our internal learning design capabilities."
"We are thrilled to unite with a team so transformative and intentional in their approach to online education," adds Chelsey Pienaar, Hubble Studios Chief Academic Officer, who joins Noodle as Managing Director, Learning.
The acquisition comes at an exciting time of growth and iteration for Noodle and its commitment to building a robust partner ecosystem. By adding Hubble Studios, Noodle now partners with over 40 universities and 30 corporations worldwide.
The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About Noodle
Noodle is a mission-driven certified B Corp and was founded to make education more accessible and affordable by offering an alternative to the traditional online program management (OPM) model. Noodle partners with leading universities to launch and scale world-class online and hybrid degree programs that are high-quality, rigorous, and cost-efficient. In 2022, the company launched an employer partnerships service to help companies find, retain, and maximize the performance of great employees, and the Noodle Learning Platform, which allows students to discover the best pathways for their career aspirations and then upskill in a socially-engaging, expert-supported way. Follow Noodle on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Hubble Studios is an eLearning company founded in 2012 to develop custom online education content and technology that will maximize learning impact and serve the missions of our partner institutions, foundations and clients. Adding value as both a content provider and thinking partner, Hubble Studios' teams of expert learning designers, creatives and software engineers work together to create bespoke ed-tech solutions. We believe the most effective solutions come from working alongside our clients, immersing ourselves in the organization to truly understand their specific needs.
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Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to avoid prison and is hit with $452-million restitution bill
Disgraced Theranos Chief Executive Elizabeth Holmes appears to be bound for prison soon after an appeals court Tuesday rejected her bid to remain free while she tries to overturn her conviction in a blood-testing hoax that brought her fleeting fame and fortune.
In a ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered Holmes to pay $452 million in restitution to the victims of her crimes.
Holmes is being held jointly liable for that amount with her top Theranos lieutenant, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, who is in prison after being convicted on a broader range of felonies in a separate trial.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Holmes’ attempt to avoid prison comes nearly three weeks after she deployed a last-minute legal maneuver to delay the start of her 11-year sentence. She was previously ordered to surrender to authorities on April 27 by Davila, who sentenced her in November.
Davila will set a new date for Holmes, 39, to leave her home in the San Diego area and report to prison.
The punishment will separate Holmes from her partner, William “Billy” Evans, and their 1-year-old son, William, and 3-month-old daughter, Invicta. Holmes became pregnant with Invicta — Latin for “invincible” or “undefeated” — after a jury convicted her on four counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022.
Davila has recommended that Holmes serve her sentence at a women’s prison in Bryan, Texas. It hasn’t been disclosed whether the federal Bureau of Prisons accepted Davila’s recommendation or assigned Holmes to another facility.
Balwani, 57, began a nearly 13-year prison sentence in April after being convicted on 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy last July. He was incarcerated in a Southern California prison last month after losing a similar effort to remain free on bail while appealing his conviction.
The verdict against Holmes came after 46 days of trial testimony and other evidence that cast a spotlight on a culture of greed and hubris that infected Silicon Valley as technology became a pervasive influence on society and the economy during the past 20 years.
Elizabeth Holmes was convicted, but lack of regulation for private companies like Theranos remains the problem.
The trial’s most riveting moments unfolded when Holmes took the witness stand to testify in her own defense.
Besides telling how she founded Theranos as a teenager after dropping out of Stanford University in 2003, Holmes accused Balwani of abusing her emotionally and sexually. She also asserted that she never stopped believing Theranos would revolutionize healthcare with a technology that she promised would be able to scan for hundreds of diseases and other potential problems with just a few drops of blood.
While pursuing that audacious ambition, Holmes raised nearly $1 billion from a list of well-heeled investors that included Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Those sophisticated investors lost their money after a Wall Street Journal investigation and regulatory reviews exposed dangerous flaws in Theranos’ technology.
In his restitution ruling, Davila determined that Holmes and Balwani should pay Murdoch $125 million — by far the most among the investors listed in the order. The restitution also requires the co-conspirators in the Theranos scam to pay $40 million to Walgreens, which became an investor in the startup after agreeing to provide some of the blood tests in its pharmacies in 2013. Another $14.5 million is owed to Safeway, which also agreed to be a Theranos business partner before backing out.
In separate hearings, lawyers for Holmes and Balwani tried to persuade Davila that their clients should be required to pay little, if anything. Prosecutors had been pushing for a restitution penalty in the $800-million range. Both Holmes — whose stake in Theranos was once valued at $4.5 billion — and Balwani — whose holdings were valued around $500 million — have indicated that they are nearly broke after running up millions of dollars in legal bills while proclaiming their innocence.
Holmes’ lawyers have been fighting her conviction on grounds of alleged mistakes and misconduct during her trial. They have contended that errors and abuses that biased the jury were so egregious that she should be allowed to stay out of prison while the appeal unfolds.
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BEIJING, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 36Kr Holdings Inc. ("36Kr" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: KRKR), a prominent brand and pioneering platform dedicated to serving New Economy participants in China, today announced that its Enterprise Service Review Platform has entered into a one-stop marketing service cooperation with Volcano Engine, ByteDance's cloud service brand.
Under the cooperation agreement, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform will provide comprehensive marketing solutions for Volcano Engine, including customer acquisition, content marketing management and promotional campaigns, among others. As China's pioneering SaaS platform for enterprise services software selection, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform has developed a set of proprietary marketing solutions, including customer acquisition and conversion of sales leads, as well as marketing campaigns, promotions, content production and community operations for all types of SaaS providers. For Volcano Engine, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform will provide a one-stop solution tailored to its business and products across cloud services, big data, and intelligent technologies. Leveraging its fast-growing userbase and in-depth understanding of the SaaS industry, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform will not only empower Volcano Engine with effective access to target customer groups, secure and convert sales leads, but will also provide multiple types of value-added content operations such as live broadcasts, evaluation reports, and in-depth interviews to solidify Volcano Engine's unique market position in the SaaS industry.
Riding the wave of digital transformation in China, 36Kr launched its Enterprise Service Review Platform in late 2020, aspiring to build the go-to destination for enterprises to efficiently identify and procure SaaS products most suitable to their individual needs. 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform is designed to address the pain point of information asymmetry between buyers and sellers in the enterprise services market. With a comprehensive library of SaaS apps and products, a growing display of authentic reviews and commentaries, and a structured knowledge graph, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform helps all participants in the digital transformation and upgrade process to make informed decisions on SaaS product procurement for their respective businesses. Following a year and a half of incubation, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform has grown into one of the most comprehensive, authoritative, influential, and convenient enterprise service platforms in China.
By the end of the first quarter of 2022, 36Kr's Enterprise Service Review Platform had showcased approximately 6,000 mainstream SaaS products, spanning enterprise services software across 16 sectors and 200 industries. The platform now covers most of the leading and well-known SaaS brands, and its monthly active users (MAUs) reached approximately 900,000 during the first quarter, rising nearly 26 times year-over-year. The total number of authentic reviews on its platform surged almost 50 times to over 21,000, and the number of registered SaaS merchants on the platform has also grown significantly, reaching almost 700 to date. Since kicking off its initial commercialization efforts in early 2022, 36Kr Enterprise Service Review Platform has signed service contracts with an array of leading enterprise software brands, including Kingdee, Beisen, Polyv, HiteVision, and EC SCRM.
Mr. Dagang Feng, 36Kr's co-chairman and CEO, commented, "We are delighted to have entered into a one-stop marketing cooperation with Volcano Engine, which marks another important breakthrough in our Enterprise Service Review Platform's business development. As a prominent brand and pioneering platform serving New Economy participants in China, 36Kr has accumulated vast content assets, a diversified portfolio of service capabilities, and dominant influence in the New Economy space over the past decade. Our innovative Enterprise Service Review Platform will further extend 36Kr's service boundaries, harnessing our content advantage, massive user base, and enterprise data to help clients improve efficiency in their customer acquisition as well as product selection. Moving forward, with our relentless efforts in product optimization and commercialization, we believe that our Enterprise Service Review Platform will become a new growth engine for 36Kr, accelerate the expansion of our business boundaries, and unlock more of the Company's potential value."
About 36Kr Holdings Inc.
36Kr Holdings Inc. is a prominent brand and a pioneering platform dedicated to serving New Economy participants in China with the mission of empowering New Economy participants to achieve more. The Company started its business with high-quality New Economy-focused content offerings, covering a variety of industries in China's New Economy with diverse distribution channels. Leveraging traffic brought by high-quality content, the Company has expanded its offerings to business services, including online advertising services, enterprise value-added services, and subscription services, to address the evolving needs of New Economy companies and upgrading needs of traditional companies. The Company is supported by a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities. Through diverse service offerings and significant brand influence, the Company is well-positioned to continuously capture the high growth potential of China's New Economy.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Chris Farley died in 1997 at the age of 33 after a long battle with addiction and now his brother Tom works to battle the stigma surrounding the disease.
“You can’t love Chris and his work and find him funny and not care about the disease that killed him,” said Tom Farley. “Not care about people like him that are struggling with addiction. You can’t have stigma and not care about people that need treatment. If you love Chris you have to understand a disease killed him.”
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“I would have loved to have been in recovery with Chris. I would have loved to have been able to be up here the two of us, talking about this,” said Farley. “I would have loved to have been able to have those conversations with Chris probably about some of the same things that fed into our drinking.”
Tom said he has gone through phases of sobriety but only felt he was truly in recovery when he addressed his mental health.
“I brought it all together. I’m helping people get into treatment, I’m spreading the word messaging,” said Farley. “Doing the speaking as I’ve always done so it all feels like it comes together.”
Farley got the chance to speak in Green Bay when “Be Soul Good” asked him to speak at an event.
Meredith Bieri, the “Be Soul Good Founder and CEO said, “I was really inspired by going through my own journey as the child of an alcoholic and I lived through domestic violence and I was a teen mom. I just know how fellow human beings treated me along the way and I just thought there’s got to be a way to make this charge. And at least I can change people’s mentality and how they think about their neighbors and other community members.”
Farley asks everyone to remember their humanity when it comes to addiction, “There’s another human being in pain. That should be enough to be concerned about.”
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One of the biggest girls basketball showcases makes its return this weekend.
The annual Coaches Choice USA Shore Conference Challenge will be at Holmdel High School on Saturday and Sunday, featuring some of the best teams in the state matchup up against one another.
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The two-day event has eight games on tap -- three on Saturday and five on Sunday -- with a total of eight NJ.com Top 20 teams playing on Sunday.
St. Thomas Aquinas assistant coach Tom Sclafani started Coaches Choice when he was a coach in New York, and the event has flourished since it arrived in New Jersey more than two decades ago.
“What we wanted to do was to start running high school tournaments, and we had been doing them in Staten Island,” Sclafani explained. “The Holmdel event, over the years, I mean just some of the games have been incredible. We’ve been lucky.”
Sclafani wanted the Shore Conference and its teams involved because of the level of talent and depth throughout the conference.
The event has taken off since then, and this weekend is another exciting opportunity to see some of the best teams around the state.
“We’re super excited,” said Notre Dame coach James Martinos, who is partners with Sclafani. “We think the Shore Conference has tremendously talented teams and great coaches. And the teams that are coming to play in the Shore Conference Challenge are the same. Great talent, great coaches, great programs.”
Here is a breakdown of each matchup this weekend:
SATURDAY, FEB. 4
Notre Dame vs. Holmdel, 11:30
Notre Dame has been on a roll of late after starting the season slowly. Led by junior Simone Pintinalli, seniors Juliana Lynch and Angelina Banas and sophomores Meghan Connolly and Isabella Diaz, Notre Dame will look to close out the regular season with a win. Holmdel has faced some tough competition this season, playing against three Top 20-ranked teams, including twice against No. 1 St. John Vianney. Despite having gone 1-3 in its last four games, junior Allison Cannon and senior Alexandra Loucopoulos will look to lead a balanced offense to victory.
Hightstown vs. No. 14 Ocean Township, 1
Another Colonial Valley Conference vs. Shore Conference matchup, these two teams meet for the first time since 2021. Ocean Township, led by juniors Eli Clark and Gamila Betton and sophomore Kayden Clark, had an eight-game win streak snapped with a loss to No. 12 New Providence. Hightstown, which has a stellar offense led by senior Kyla Glasser-Hyman and junior Abby Misier, has been one of Mercer County’s top teams this season.
St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Wall, 2:30
St. Thomas Aquinas has only lost to two New Jersey teams this season - No. 7 Ewing and No. 20 Saddle River Day. The Trojans have gone 6-2 in their last eight games, led by senior Jessica Cooper and sophomores Leah Crosby and Gianna Chuffo. Wall has struggled this season, but its schedule has been against some of the toughest competition the Shore Conference has to offer. It has played six games against Top 20 competition and had a three-game win streak snapped with losses to No. 14 Ocean Township and No. 9 Manasquan.
SUNDAY, FEB. 5
No. 7 Ewing vs. No. 9 Manasquan, 10:30
Manasquan lost four of its first nine games - three of which were against ranked opponents - but have won 11-straight games, including three over Top 20 teams. Led by juniors Hope Masonius, McKenna Karlson and Katie Collins and sophomore Olivia Shaughnessy, Manasquan will look to knock off yet another Top 20 team. Ewing, led by juniors Rhian Stokes, Joi Johnson and Te’Yala Delfosse, have won six of its last seven games and have only lost two games all season - to No. 1 St. John Vianney and then-No. 10 St. Rose.
No. 4 Rutgers Prep vs. Rumson-Fair Haven, 12
Rutgers Prep has been on a roll of late, winning eight consecutive games, including wins over teams like No. 6 Montclair Immaculate and Blair. Junior Mikayla Blakes is one of the premier talents in the state, along with senior Katie Ledden. Rumson-Fair Haven has played one of the most competitive schedules in the state this season, facing teams like Red Bank Catholic, St. Rose, Sparta, Ewing and Trinity Hall. Coach Dave Callahan’s team will be up for the challenge against Rutgers Prep, with players like senior Julia Corsentino and junior Raquel Guidetti.
No. 2 Paul VI vs. No. 11 St. Rose, 1:30
Hannah Hidalgo, a McDonald’s All-American and Notre Dame signee, will enter Sunday fresh off of scoring her 2,000th point, which came in a win over Camden Catholic on Thursday. She’s one of the best players in the country and has been hard to defend all year long. St. Rose coach Mary Beth Chambers will be looking to devise a game plan to try and contain Hidalgo, and she has a talented team on her hands as well, with players like Rosie Scognamiglio and Jada Lynch. There will be plenty of talent on display in this matchup.
Franklin vs. No. 5 Red Bank Catholic, 3:15
Veteran coach Audrey Taylor takes her young team to Holmdel to face one of the deepest and youngest teams in the state in fifth-ranked Red Bank Catholic. Franklin has had some growing pains this season, but has a chance to make a statement against a power in RBC, coached by Joe Montano. Montano has been using a five-in, five-out substitution pattern this season and it’s worked out well as the Caseys are 20-1 heading into the matchup against Franklin.
No. 6 Montclair Immaculate vs. No. 1 St. John Vianney, 1
The headliner of the weekend features two top-10 teams taking each other on as Montclair Immaculate faces St. John Vianney. St. John Vianney has been untouchable in recent years, and features McDonald’s All-American and NC State signee Zoe Brooks. Senior forward Ashley Sofilkanich has been on a tear of late, and the pressure SJV puts on its opponents is unrelenting. Montclair Immaculate will look to handle SJV’s press with players like senior Tyonna Bailey, junior Brenae Jones and sophomore Nila Giraud. Bailey can score with the best of them in state, while Jones has flashed her all-around talent this season and Giraud has a talented skillset for a forward.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge who approved a court settlement lowering the number of signatures needed on a recall petition against New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell didn't disclose that she had signed the petition.
The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported that Judge Jennifer Medley had signed the petition in December. The newspaper made the discovery after having filed a lawsuit to get the signatures from recall organizers.
Last week, Medley presided over a recall-related lawsuit that the recall organizers had filed against state and local election officials over the number of signatures required to force a recall. They had argued that voter rolls were inflated with hundreds of dead people who have yet to be removed from the rolls, and thousands of people who have moved out of the city.
The result was a settlement, approved by Medley, that dropped the number of signatures required to force a recall election from nearly 50,000 signatures to just under 45,000.
Cantrell’s office declined comment Thursday on Medley having signed the petition. Medley's office didn't immediately respond to a Thursday emailed query by The Associated Press. But it has declined comment to other news outlets, citing the fact that the court case is still pending in her court.
It remains unclear if Cantrell's opponents have gathered enough signatures to force a recall. Organizers delivered the petitions to the New Orleans registrar of voters on Feb. 22. The registrar's office, which has until March 22 to certify the results of the petition drive, is counting and validating signatures.
Cantrell is more than a year into her second term, which has been plagued by numerous problems, including stubborn violent crime, fitful progress on major street projects that have left some city streets a mess, and unreliable garbage collection. Questions also have been raised about her travel expenses and her personal use of a city-owned apartment.
On Wednesday, the City Council unanimously approved a resolution to open an investigation into the use of public money to send a mailer to city residents earlier this year touting Cantrell's accomplishments.
Cantrell's director of communications defended the mailer. “Given the challenges the City has had to endure and work through, our people deserve to be notified of the efforts being made by this administration to ensure that future generations of New Orleanians are given opportunities to thrive in a progressive, safer, healthier, more inclusive and more equitable city,” Gregory Joseph said in an email.
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A work week that has been dominated by clouds and rain will end on the same note. While there will be some gaps without rain, it's going to be a rainy day with numerous off and on showers. Unlike the system earlier this week that produced a tornado in our area and damaging winds, there is zero concern of severe weather for our area. In fact, we have fully removed the thunder chance as the air mass will stay cool and stable. Expect fairly steady temperatures struggling to escape the 50s today.
The showers hang around for Friday evening and much of the night, but a tapering trend will develop by the predawn hours. The other story will be a stiff northeast wind gusting 20 to 30 mph. Lows drop to the upper 40s.
Although Saturday is breezy and cool, the forecast has trended drier and a little brighter. A few leftover showers could pinwheel into the area during the morning, otherwise skies become partly cloudy during the afternoon. Highs will range from the upper 50s to low 60s.
Great news for all the moms - Mother's Day will bring sunshine! The day starts off quite chilly near 40°, but the day ends with highs ranging from 65° to 67°.
Next week brings glorious weather our way. Lots of sunshine is expected throughout the week. Right now, there is no rain in the forecast. A continued warming trend from the 70s early week to the 80s later in the week.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has agreed to a $30 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels for the 2023 season in the two-way superstar’s final year of arbitration eligibility before free agency.
The Angels announced the deal Saturday, avoiding a potentially complicated arbitration case with the 2021 AL MVP.
Ohtani’s deal is fully guaranteed, with no other provisions. The contract is the largest ever given to an arbitration-eligible player, surpassing the $27 million given to Mookie Betts by the Boston Red Sox in January 2020, a month before he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ohtani is having another incredible season at the plate and on the mound for the Angels, regularly accomplishing feats that haven’t occurred in the major leagues since Babe Ruth’s heyday. He is a strong contender for the AL MVP award again alongside the Yankees’ Aaron Judge, who has tied the AL home run record and is closing in on the batting Triple Crown.
Ohtani is batting .276 with 34 homers, 94 RBIs and a .888 OPS as the Halos’ designated hitter. He is 15-8 with a 2.35 ERA and 213 strikeouts as their ace on the mound, and opponents are batting only .207 against him.
The 28-year-old Ohtani still will be a free agent after the 2023 season, and his future could be tied to the immediate fortunes of the Angels, who will complete their seventh consecutive losing season next week. The Angels didn’t trade Ohtani at the deadline despite being out of the playoff race again, and Ohtani is wildly popular among the club’s fans.
Ohtani repeatedly has said winning will be an important factor in choosing his home beyond 2023, and Angels owner Arte Moreno is currently exploring a sale of the team.
Moreno’s leadership has been widely criticized during the Angels’ mostly miserable run of play since 2009, and a fresh start with deep-pocketed new owners could be the best chance to persuade Ohtani to stay with the franchise he joined in 2018 from Japan. Ohtani immediately won the AL Rookie of the Year award, and he rounded into unique form last season after recovering fully from Tommy John surgery.
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The Buccaneers have moved to hold onto guard Nick Leverett.
The team announced that they have tendered Leverett a contract as an exclusive rights free agent. The move means Leverett will not be able to negotiate with other teams, which will keep him tied to Tampa for another season.
Leverett moved into the starting lineup around the middle of the season and made 10 starts at left guard before the year was out. He missed the team’s playoff loss to the Cowboys with knee and shoulder injuries, however.
He took over the starting job from 2022 second-round pick Luke Goedeke and Friday’s move likely sets up another competition between the two men for the starting job.
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NEW YORK (AP) — It was the wee hours of the morning, and the docks at New York’s largest produce market were bustling in the cold. Thanksgiving was inching closer, and sacks of onions, potatoes and carrots were flying off the shelves.
Amidst the whir, buyers and sellers were finalizing deals on tomatoes, mangoes and lettuce. Trucks stood ready to haul away the bounty — a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables destined for supermarket produce aisles, household refrigerators and, eventually, millions of mouths across the Northeast during the gluttonous holidays.
“This time of year is our busiest. We have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas and New Year’s. All of these are very big family and big-eating holidays,” said Stefanie Katzman, the executive vice president of S. Katzman Produce, one of the country’s largest and oldest produce dealers, which operates at the Hunts Point Produce Market.
The market is a sprawling collection of wholesalers that make it the nation’s busiest distribution center for fruits and vegetables, responsible for more than 60% of the daily stock for New York City and feeds over 30 million customers, according to another Hunts Point wholesaler, E. Armata Inc.
Thanksgiving is especially busy time of year because the quintessentially American feast is widely celebrated across the United States.
“Our market as a whole does about three times as much business as normal on a day like today,” Katzman said while leading a tour Tuesday morning of her company’s cavernous warehouse, which extends a quarter mile (0.4 kilometers) and room for produce across nearly two football fields.
In one huge room, the whiff of onions filled the cold air. In another, the scent of berries wafted through the room — although Katzman’s biggest seller, strawberries, were in short supply because of inclement weather that wreaked havoc on the growing season.
“Our market is really unique. It’s kind of like the stock market, but a little bit more intense. Because our ‘stocks’ are perishable, we can’t hold on to them for too long hoping they go up in value,” Katzman said.
Not only can the place be likened as a stock market, but it is also a Grand Central station of sorts with delivery trucks in and out of the Bronx facility.
In all, Hunts Point’s wholesalers distribute 2.5 billion pounds of produce a year, with about 30 million pounds having moved on Tuesday alone. The produce ends up at places like Whole Foods, high-end grocers and specialty markets, as well smaller mom-and-pop outlets.
Michael Rubinsky, a buyer from Market Basket, a gourmet grocery, makes the hour’s drive from Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, three times a week to inspect the goods.
“I come for the basics — everything like celery, lettuce, strawberries and potatoes — but quality is No. 1,” he said. “I check the quality and load everything on the truck.”
Charlie Mule, one of Katzman’s produce salesmen, said consumers don’t realize where their produce comes from.
“You’ve eaten our stuff without you even knowing you’ve eaten our stuff,” said Mule. “If you go to a restaurant or store you probably don’t realize the whole scope of how it got there before you put it in your refrigerator or on your plate.”
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Sammy Hagar Suggests He Wouldn’t Do Van Halen Tribute Without Michael Anthony
Former Van Halen singer and current The Circle bandleader Sammy Hagar recently spoke to the potential official Van Halen tribute first mentioned by ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted. However, Hagar suggested his involvement would only come with both drummer Alex Van Halen and bassist Michael Anthony on board.
Newsted had indicated the tribute was to feature him and guitarist Joe Satriani along with Alex, Van Halen's surviving drummer and the brother of their late bandleader, Eddie Van Halen.
But in an interview this week, Hagar seemed content to continue performing with his own band, which also includes Anthony, another former Van Halen member. Still, the lead singer intimated that Alex and Anthony's participation could be a deciding factor.
Responding to the News-Herald on Sunday (Aug. 21), Hagar said, "I'm so happy with everything I'm doing now, I don't think I'd go back there. Maybe if Alex was interested, it might be something to talk about, with him and Mikey and a superstar guitar player. But it's really not Van Halen without Eddie, so…I just don't know.”
In April, Newsted told The Palm Beach Post that Alex had personally selected him and Satriani. The bassist said he agreed to travel to California to jam with them and see how it felt. But he admitted he sensed it would be impossible to do justice to Van Halen's legacy.
"How could you [do it justice]?" Newsted posited. "There's nobody that can top it, so how do you show it honor? I didn't want it to be viewed as a money grab. And then it kind of just all fizzled."
Fellow former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth later gave his two cents in a statement, referencing the pop star Pink and the pandemic. The vocalist wrote, "IN MY MIND 'VAN HALEN 4K,' IN THE AGE OF COVID IS GOING TO REQUIRE TWO OF US FOR EVERY POSITION. SATRIANI AND LUKATHER, ANTHONY AND NEWSTED, AL OR TOMMY LEE. PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD DO MY JOB TODAY WOULD BE PINK."
Around the same time, Satriani confirmed Newsted's story of the tribute band on the podcast Rock of Nations With Dave Kinchen. "I've been talking with Alex and Dave for about a year about doing something – a tour, something like that – that was gonna be a true tribute to Eddie and the Van Halen legacy," the guitarist said.
"It was a terrifying prospect of doing something like that," Satch continued, "but I realized that it was something that would be a real labor of love for me. I was just so honored to take on the challenge. … And all I can really say about it is that if it does happen, I know we'll make it the greatest thing ever for the fans and we'll all celebrate together not only the great Eddie Van Halen but the legacy that that band created, the amazing amount of music and the goodwill and good vibes they created as a band."
Not mentioned was Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie's son. After replacing Anthony in Van Halen in 2006, he played in the band until Eddie's 2020 death. Wolf emerged with his own band, Mammoth WVH, the next year. Last month, radio host Eddie Trunk suggested Roth was holding up the tribute.
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Former President Donald Trump spoke to New Hampshire voters during a CNN town hall held at St. Anselm College in Manchester Wednesday night. Audience members asked how he would tackle issues like abortion, Second Amendment rights, immigration and more. But nobody brought up the opioid crisis plaguing the Granite State.
Two of New Hampshire's major cities, Manchester and Nashua, saw a spike in opioid-related deaths at the end of 2022, WMUR reported in January, a 41% and 37% increase respectively. Like other states that have historically struggled with the health crisis attributed to drug makers and distributors, New Hampshire is slated to receive tens of millions of dollars in settlement payouts--an estimated $310 million--in the next 20 years.
However, Trump does have a plan for addressing America's drug problems, even if he didn't discuss it Wednesday night: institute the death penalty for drug traffickers, smugglers and dealers. It's an approach in stark contrast with much of the world — it's also a violation of international human rights laws.
This extreme position on drug offenses came right out of the gate with Trump's candidacy. During his campaign announcement last November, the former president drummed a familiar beat on securing America's southern border and combating Mexican drug cartels. He didn't go into detail on his promises, but did outline how he would handle certain drug offenses.
"We're going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught selling drugs, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts," Trump said. "Because it's the only way."
But November wasn't the first time Trump suggested harsh penalties for drug offenders. It was another event in Manchester when he delivered a similar message as president. Speaking to a crowd at Manchester Community College on March 19, 2018, Trump espoused a strong response to drug crimes:
"... if we don't get tough on drug dealers, we're wasting our time, just remember that, we're wasting our time, and that toughness includes the death penalty," Trump lambasted.
Using the opioid epidemic as a backdrop at the time, Trump compared penalties for drug dealers and murderers. He claimed some drug dealers will kill thousands of people in their lifetime and that, if caught, they face light sentences: 30 days in jail, "they'll go away for a year," he told his supporters, "or they'll be fined."
"And yet if you kill one person, you get the death penalty or you go to jail for life."
Details about Trump's policy aren't clear
The former president has a history of making brazen policy promises that he did not deliver: having Mexico pay for a wall along the southern border, implementing a nation-wide concealed carry weapon permit and ending birthright citizenship to name a few.
NPR reached out to the Trump team with questions about the specifics of how he would combat Mexico's cartels specifically and drug crimes more broadly. The inquiry went unanswered. Still, there is publicly available information to determine the approach Trump intends to take, most notably in a 2024 campaign agenda.
He promises to "impose a total naval embargo on cartels" and demand the Department of Defense "inflict maximum damage on cartel leadership and operations". Trump said he'll have cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations and will "choke off their access to the global financial system".
Furthermore, he pledged to work with neighboring governments to dismantle the cartels, backed by the threat of exposing "every bribe and kickback that allows these criminal networks to preserve their brutal reign".
The agenda concludes with Trump asking Congress to pass legislation to ensure drug smugglers and traffickers are eligible for the death penalty.
"When President Trump is back in the White House, the drug kingpins and vicious traffickers will never sleep soundly again," the pledge reads.
Is Trump's approach reasonable? Possible?
According to University of Notre Dame Law Professor Jimmy Gurulé, who also serves as the director of the university's Exoneration Justice Clinic, Trump's pledge to enact capital punishment for drug offenses isn't realistic.
In order for Trump's agenda to be implemented nationwide, he would have to convince the majority of lawmakers in Congress as well as those in state legislatures.
America's drug laws fall under Title 21 of the U.S. Code, where subsections 841 and 960, in essence, prohibit the manufacturing and distribution of controlled substances.
But drug charges can be tricky.
Gurulé explained that drug-related offenses violate federal and state laws. However, "the vast majority of drug trafficking offenses are prosecuted at the state level as a state criminal offense," he explained.
As a result, federal offenses make up only a "small fraction" of all drug smuggling prosecutions. Which is why if Trump somehow convinced a divided Congress to pass a death penalty bill--a long shot on its own--it would only apply on the federal level, thus not having much of an impact on sentencing for individual states.
"I think it may be intended to generate press headlines, but in terms of it being a serious recommendation, a serious proposal to a serious problem ... it's not a serious recommendation," Gurulé said.
In short, the former president's approach to tackling America's drug problem through the death penalty is bombastic; a promise he cannot keep.
States utilizing the death penalty are on the decline
As president, Trump reinstated executions of federal inmates sentenced to the death penalty in 2019. Before leaving the Oval Office in 2021, Trump oversaw 13 executions, more than any other president in at least 100 years, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons records.
There hasn't been a federal execution since President Biden took office.
However, executions at the state level have not stopped and Biden's 2020 campaign promise to abolish the federal death penalty remains unfulfilled.
Capital punishment is currently legal in 27 states, but it's falling out of favor with lawmakers. Four states (Colorado, New Hampshire, Washington and Virginia) have dropped the death penalty in the past five years.
Meanwhile, governors in California, Oregon and Pennsylvania have moratoriums prohibiting executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, pledged to abolish the state's death penalty--America's largest death row --by 2024.
Some states that retain the death penalty haven't carried a sentence out in at least a decade, Gurulé said. Additionally, the District of Columbia and the military have not had an execution in that same time span.
"And so again, no matter how you look at it, the movement, the trend is clearly away from imposition of the death penalty," he explained.
But it's important to note that just because the public favor of the death penalty is on the decline, it is nowhere near a one-sided issue. In fact, a Gallup poll conducted last October suggests that 55% of Americans are in favor of capital punishment for convicted murderers, which is what the death penalty has historically been reserved for, Gurulé said. Those numbers extend a downward trend from 80% in 1976 but still represent more than half of the population.
Gallup has consistently found that Republicans are overwhelmingly in favor of the death penalty, while Democrats are increasingly less supportive year after year.
The downward trend is likely due in some part to America's ongoing racial reckoning.
For instance, California passed a 2022 bill targeting racial bias evident in death row convictions, an acknowledgment of the United States' history showing harsher conviction penalties for people of color. This is especially evident in drug offenses, as the Department of Justice reported nearly 80% of federal prisoners for drug charges were Black, Hispanic, or Latino between 1998 and 2012.
Capital punishment for drug charges goes against international human rights laws
The U.S. has 44 federal inmates on death row and more than 2,000 at the state level. It's in a small group of countries that carry out executions as a form of punishment, many of which the U.S. has often been critical of, Gurulé said.
An expansion of the death penalty for drug offenses in the U.S. would be a violation of the United Nations' International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a multilateral peace treaty designed to recognize and protect the basic human rights, which more than 170 countries abide by. The covenant says the death penalty should be carried out only for "the most serious crimes" in countries that have yet to abolish that form of punishment altogether.
"Unfortunately, [the] United States finds itself in that minority of countries, of that group of 55 countries that continue to retain the death penalty," Gurulé said. "... And again, sadly, that group of countries ... they're some of the most significant human rights violators in the world, such as Syria, China, North Korea, and here, the United States."
According to the ACLU, the United States has to comply with the treaty because after it was ratified in 1992, the covenant received federal law status under the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause.
"The ICCPR applies to all government entities and agents, including all state and local governments in the United States," the ACLU states.
Violations of the treaty are brought before the UN's Human Rights Committee, which is made up of independent experts that monitor and enforce the covenant. Countries that fall under the treaty also have to stand before the committee in Switzerland for review every four-and-a-half years. In the U.S., the State Department submits a report to the committee for review, which then issues its concerns and recommendations.
The U.S. was last reviewed March 17, 2021, where the committee issued 347 recommendations, 280 of which were wholly or partially adopted. In a statement to the committee, the government acknowledged and addressed several violations, including the use of capital punishment.
"We received recommendations from 33 countries concerning the administration of capital punishment at the State and Federal level," the State Department's statement reads. "While we respect those who make these recommendations, they reflect continuing differences of policy, not differences about what the United States' international human rights obligations require."
With Trump's proposal to expand the use of the death penalty, he is reigniting a debate over the practice that remains unsettled.
Still, according to Gurule, even discussing capital punishment as a policy proposal threatens the status of the U.S. in the world when most countries condemn the death penalty.
"It really undermines the U.S.'s position when it's attempting to take the high moral ground and claim 'oh, you know, these other countries are human rights violators.'," he said. "Then the United States leaves itself open for criticism."
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Yes, we've done the seemingly impossible: We've put together a list of practical, thoughtful, and cute stocking stuffers for moms that aren't just photos or candy.
After all, most moms we know are loving, incredible, helpful, and selfless. More often than not, they swear they don't even want anything at the holidays. "Save your money!" they say, "Just write me a nice little note!"
Sure, there are some things money can't buy. That note she wants, for instance. But there are plenty of affordable, useful, and sweet things out there that she may not have thought to get for herself. And those? Well, those are the perfect stocking stuffers.
So this year, we're getting our moms stuff they won't see as just "stuff." No more cocktail napkins with funny little sayings. No more magnets with the dog on them. We're talking eye patches, bath salts, and other little luxuries they'll surely appreciate.
No. No longer. This year, we're getting moms the gifts that they deserve: Gifts as meaningful, wonderful, and impactful as they are. Gifts that won't make them say "You should have saved your money!" in a way that we know they definitely meant.
Scroll on for our top choices for meaningful, wonderful, and impactful stocking stuffers for moms. It's not too late!
Dr. Zion x Retinol Youth Renewal Eye Mask Single
"Created with skincare expert Dr. Zion Ko," the brand explains, "This premium extra-large eye mask delivers an instant boost of retinol to virtually erase lines, visibly firm and leave eyes looking ultra-refreshed." Mom will look ultra-glam for photos with the tree this year.
Drybar Detox Dry Shampoo Original Scent
For the mom always on the go (so, all of them)? This lightweight dry shampoo from premier blowout chain Drybar. Not only is it long-lasting; when I use it, people compliment me on my perfume.
Native Hand & Body Lotion
Purse- or nightstand-sized and ready for anything, this fresh lotion is made with "plant-based moisturizers that deliver deep hydration."
Herbivore Botanicals Calm Bath Salts
Give a mom the gift of a relaxing, skin-friendly soak with these calming bath salts from Herbivore.
Rose Gold Heart Tea Infuser
While she's enjoying that soak, she can now enjoy her favorite looseleaf tea brewed to her strength preference — thanks to your gift!
e.l.f. Skin Jade Roller, Facial Skincare
Don't leave mom out of Tik Tok-approved beauty trends! Treat her to this jade facial roller that's intended to soothe and de-puff the skin. Plus, it's small, so if she doesn't trust it, no big deal.
Exquisite Eye Kit
Zhuzh up mom's makeup kit with this sweet set of brushes. They offer everything she needs to try out a new look. Not that she needs to, of course, but it's nice to have a fresh set!
Nest Votive Candle
A fancy, long-burning, and stocking-stuffer-sized candle is perfect for anyone, but really perfect for moms, who genuinely love their candles.
Wander Baggage Claim Eye Mask Packette
On the very, very slim chance that your mom would feel offended by the suggestion of retinol-powered anti-aging eye masks, there's always this luxe set from Wander that offers all of the nourishment without any of the "Mom, it's not like that!" connotations.
Just in case you're doing all your shopping at once, here's a list of the best gifts for moms this holiday season.
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Alec Baldwin has reached a settlement in the fatal Rust shooting which killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza in October 2021.
Production on the film is expected to resume in January 2023 with Halyna's widower, Matthew Hutchins, on board as an executive producer.
"We are pleased to announce today the settlement of the civil case filed on behalf of the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins," a statement released Wednesday on Baldwin's Instagram page reads. "Throughout this difficult process, everyone has maintained the specific desire to do what is best for Halyna’s son. We are grateful to everyone who contributed to the resolution of this tragic and painful situation."
Baldwin's lawyer, Luke Nikas of Quinn Emanuel, added in a statement to ET: "Throughout this difficult process, everyone has maintained the specific desire to do what is best for Halyna’s son. We are grateful to everyone who contributed to the resolution of this tragic and painful situation."
In a separate statement from Matthew Hutchins, his attorney Brian Panish of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP told ET: "We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, for our wrongful death case against the producers of Rust including Alec Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions, LLC. As part of that settlement, our case will be dismissed. The filming of Rust, which I will now executive produce, will resume with all the original principal players on board, in January 2023. I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attribution of blame (to the producers or Mr. Baldwin). All of us believe Halyna's death was a terrible accident. I am grateful that the producers and the entertainment community have come together to pay tribute to Halyna's final work."
In February, Halyna's estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Baldwin and the Rust production over the fatal shooting on the set of the film in which Baldwin starred and produced. During a news conference in Los Angeles, Panish said Baldwin and others named defendants are "responsible for the safety on the set and whose reckless behavior in cost cutting led to the senseless and tragic death of Halyna Hutchins.”
While Baldwin was holding the gun at the time of the shooting, he maintains that he never pulled the trigger.
Baldwin spoke out about the tragic incident in August during an interview on The Chris Cuomo Project, explaining how the gun could have gone off without him pulling the trigger.
"This did not come from me, this came from the D.A.'s Office themselves," he said. "You're familiar with what fanning a gun is? Have you heard of that phrase, fanning the gun? So, if you pull the hammer back, and you don’t lock the hammer; if you pull the hammer back pretty far -- in old Western movies you’d see someone fan the hammer of the gun-- the hammer didn’t lock; you pulled it back to an extent where it would fire the bullet without you pulling the trigger, without you locking the hammer."
"The man who's the principal safety officer on the set of the film declared that the gun was safe when he handed it to me," he continued. "The person who was the principal safety officer of the film declared in front of the entire assemblage, ‘This is a cold gun.' Now, why did he say that if he didn’t know and he hadn’t checked? The point is, all of us were told that everything was cool and you could relax and we’re working with a gun that’s safe to rehearse with. He explained it to me, effectively, exactly what can happen if you pull the hammer back and let it go if there’s a live round. See, there’s only one question to ask here -- who put a live round in the gun? That’s it. There is no other question to ask."
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's attorney, Jason Bowles, told ET on Wednesday: "Hannah is grateful that this settlement will benefit the Hutchins family and that the parties were able to constructively resolve the civil lawsuit. We are hopeful that the district attorneys office will also recognize that a measure of Justice has been achieved in regards to this tragic accident, and that they will opt not to pursue criminal charges."
However, a spokesperson for the New Mexico Office of the First Judicial District Attorney told ET in a statement, "The proposed settlement announced today in Matthew Hutchins’ wrongful death case against Rust movie producers, including Alec Baldwin, in the death of Halyna Hutchins will have no impact on District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altweis’ ongoing investigation or her ultimate decision whether to file criminal charges in the case. While civil suits are settled privately and often involve financial awards, criminal cases deal only in facts. If the facts and evidence warrant criminal charges under New Mexico law then charges will be brought. No one is above the law."
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DALLAS (AP) — Dallas’ police chief said Friday that a shooting that injured three women in a hair salon in the city’s Koreatown might have been a hate crime as he announced that it could be connected to two other shootings at businesses run by Asian Americans.
Chief Eddie Garcia had previously said police didn’t have any indication the shooting Wednesday at Hair World Salon was motivated by hate, but he said that had changed as of Friday afternoon.
“The possibility that we are dealing with a violent gunman who is motivated by hate is chilling and deeply disturbing,” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said in a statement Friday.
Authorities are still searching for a man dressed all in black who opened fire at the salon, then drove off in a maroon minivan. Garcia said investigators found that a similar vehicle was reported to be involved in two other recent shootings, including an April 2 drive-by in the area where the salon is located. No one was injured in either of those shootings.
“We are turning to every resident of the city of Dallas to keep an eye out and safeguard our city,” Garcia said. “Hate has no place here.”
“We need to get this person in custody,” Garcia said.
He said the vehicle was also linked to a drive-by shooting on Tuesday about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of the shopping center where Wednesday’s shooting happened.
Garcia said police would be increasing patrols, and they were reaching out to other police departments in North Texas to see if there have been any similar incidents in their area. He said Dallas police have also reached out to the FBI to let them know of the possible connection.
The three women who were shot at the salon were taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.
The daughter of one of the injured women said her mother told her that the man, whom she didn’t recognize, calmly walked in, opened fire and left.
John Jun, a founding member of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Korean American Coalition, said he’d hoped that the shooting at the salon was an isolated incident.
“Now we’re a little more concerned because it seems like they are targeting for sure Asian Americans and most likely Korean American businesses in the area,” Jun said.
He said the salon is in the heart of Koreatown, which is in a part of the city that was transformed in the 1980s from an industrial area to a thriving district with shopping, dining, markets, medical offices and salons.
“The people are obviously shaken and they are on the edge right now,” Jun said.
Anti-Asian violence has risen sharply in recent years. Last year, six women of Asian descent were among the eight killed in a shooting at massage businesses in and near Atlanta, heightening anger and fear among Asian Americans.
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By MATTHEW PERRONE (AP Health Writer)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it has sent warning letters to dozens of retailers selling fruit- and candy-flavored disposable e-cigarettes, including the current best-selling brand, Elf Bar.
It’s the latest attempt by regulators to crack down on illegal disposable vapes that have poured into U.S. stores in recent years.
Last month, the FDA issued orders allowing customs officials to seize shipments of Elf Bar, Esco Bar and two other brands at U.S. ports. None of the products have received FDA authorization and they come in flavors like cotton candy, which regulators say can appeal to teenagers.
In the latest action, the FDA said it issued warnings to 189 convenience stores, vape shops and other retailers.
“We’re not going to stand by as bad actors are profiting off the sale of illegal products that are addicting our nation’s youth,” Brian King, the FDA’s tobacco center director, said in an interview. “Today’s action is just part of our long-standing efforts to address those products, particularly flavored disposable products.”
The FDA has tried for years to regulate the multibillion-dollar vaping industry, but separate data released by government researchers Thursday shows unauthorized e-cigarettes continue to launch.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis showed the number of e-cigarette brands in the U.S. grew from 184 in early 2020 to 269 by late 2022.
The rise coincided with the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes. The analysis showed disposables’ share of vaping sales more than doubled from 24.7% in early 2020 to nearly 52% by late last year.
Researchers from the CDC and a nonprofit, Truth Initiative, analyzed data from IRI, which collects sales records from convenience stores, gas stations and other retailers.
Elf Bar was the best-selling disposable in the U.S. and the third-best selling e-cigarette by late last year. Only the reusable e-cigarettes Vuse, from Reynolds American, and Juul had higher sales.
The FDA and CDC also cited Elf Bar in a separate report about thousands of calls to U.S. poison centers concerning e-cigarettes, mainly involving children under age 5.
When accidentally ingested, liquid nicotine can cause seizures, convulsions, vomiting and brain injury. Reports of nicotine poisoning have gone up and down over the past decade, but government scientists said calls increased more than 30% between last spring and March this year.
Brand information was not reported in 95% of cases, but when it was, Elf Bar was the most frequently named product.
Despite the missing data, FDA’s King called the high number of reports involving Elf Bar a “canary in the coal mine.”
“What we want to do is nip things in the bud before they’re allowed to expand even further,” King said.
Manufactured by a Chinese firm, iMiracle Shenzhen, Elf Bar is part of a wave of copycat e-cigarettes that have followed a path paved by Puff Bar, a popular brand of disposables that briefly racked up hundreds of millions in sales after regulators cracked down on older vaping products like Juul.
In early 2020, the FDA restricted flavors in cartridge-based reusable e-cigarettes like Juul to just menthol and tobacco, which are more popular with adults. But the flavor restriction didn’t apply to disposable e-cigarettes, which are thrown away after use.
After the FDA tried to force Puff Bar off the market, the company relaunched and said it was now using laboratory-made nicotine, which didn’t fall under FDA’s original oversight of tobacco-derived nicotine. Most disposable makers followed the same playbook.
Congress closed the loophole last year. Under the law, companies were supposed to remove their vapes from the market and file FDA applications, but new products continue to launch.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has approved a $1.15 million settlement between a medic who worked on the “Rust” film set and one of several defendants she accused of negligence in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal.
Court records show the partial settlement between Cherlyn Schaefer and prop master Sarah Zachry was approved during a hearing Monday. Schaefer told the judge there’s not a day that goes by when she doesn’t think about what happened, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported.
In her civil complaint, Schaefer said she fought desperately in a failed attempt to save the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. She said the shock, trauma and emotional distress that followed has made it impossible for her to continue working in her field.
Prosecutors dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against the actor and producer last month, citing new evidence and the need for more time to investigate.
State District Judge Kathleen McGarry Ellenwood had entered a default judgment against Zachry in November after the film worker failed to file responses within court deadlines.
Zachry’s current attorney, Nathan Winger, told the court Monday that her previous attorney, William Waggoner, let deadlines pass without her permission, and she intends to seek damages from him to fund her settlement with Schaefer. Waggoner disputes the claim.
Justin Rodriguez, one of several attorneys representing Schaefer, said the settlement “is a small portion of what we expect to receive in the future.” The remaining defendants include Rust Movie Productions, weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed and assistant director David Halls, but not Baldwin.
Schaefer’s complaint claims Zachry and Gutierrez-Reed failed to ensure there were no live rounds in Baldwin’s weapon. An involuntary manslaughter charge remains pending against Gutierrez-Reed, but her attorneys have said they fully expect her to be exonerated.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is confident the U.S. will avoid an unprecedented and catastrophic debt default, saying talks with congressional Republicans have been productive as he prepared to leave for a global summit in Japan.
“I’m confident that we’ll get the agreement on the budget and America will not default," Biden said from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. He said he and lawmakers will come together “because there's no alternative.”
Biden’s remarks came just before he departed Washington for the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, and one day after he convened a second Oval Office meeting with congressional leaders to determine how to avert debt default.
The president and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., tasked a handful of negotiators to try and close out a final deal, with negotiations beginning late Tuesday. Those people include Steve Ricchetti, counselor to the president; legislative affairs director Louisa Terrell and Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young for the administration, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., a close McCarthy ally, for the Republicans.
“I think at the end of the day we do not have a debt default,” McCarthy told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday. “The problem is, the timeline is very short.”
Negotiators have been scrambling to strike an agreement that would unlock a path forward for raising the debt limit by June 1, which is when the Treasury Department says the U.S. could begin defaulting on its obligations and trigger financial chaos.
The national debt currently stands at $31.4 trillion. An increase in the debt limit would not authorize new federal spending; it would only allow for borrowing to pay for what Congress has already approved.
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HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) — Irish nationalist speaker of Northern Ireland Assembly expresses condolences to king, praises queen's peace process role.
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The man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November had thoroughly cleaned the interior and exterior of his car and was also seen wearing surgical gloves multiple times before being apprehended, a law enforcement source tells CNN.
Bryan Kohberger, 28, is currently the sole suspect in the gruesome stabbings of students Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20, who were found dead inside their off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13.
Kohberger, who was pursuing a PhD in criminal justice at Washington State University at the time of the killings, "cleaned his car, inside and outside, not missing an inch," according to the law enforcement source.
The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, was briefed on observations made by investigators during four days of surveillance leading up to Kohberger's arrest at his family's Pennsylvania home on December 30.
As Kohberger now remains behind bars in Idaho awaiting his January 12 status hearing, new details have emerged elucidating some of the suspect's movements in the days leading up to his arrest.
A surveillance team assigned to Kohberger was tasked with two missions, according to multiple law enforcement sources: keep eyes on Kohberger so they could arrest him as soon as a warrant was issued, and try to obtain an object that would yield a DNA sample from Kohberger, which could then be compared to DNA evidence found at the crime scene.
Kohberger was seen multiple times outside the Pennsylvania home wearing surgical gloves, according to the law enforcement source.
In one instance prior to Kohberger's arrest, authorities observed him leaving his family home around 4 a.m. and putting trash bags in the neighbors' garbage bins, according to the source. At that point, agents recovered garbage from the Kohberger family's trash bins and what was observed being placed into the neighbors' bins, the source said.
The recovered items were sent to the Idaho State Lab, per the source.
Last Friday, a Pennsylvania State Police SWAT team then moved in on the Kohberger family home, breaking down the door and windows in what is known as a "dynamic entry" -- a tactic used in rare cases to arrest "high risk" suspects, the source added.
On Thursday, Kohberger had his initial court appearance in Idaho after he was booked into the Latah County jail Wednesday night following his extradition from Pennsylvania.
Kohberger is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary. He did not enter a plea at the hearing.
Victim's father says suspect 'was hunting them'
Steve Goncalves, whose daughter Kaylee was among those killed, told CNN's Jim Sciutto in an interview that aired Friday morning he has no reason to think his daughter was the killer's target in particular.
"Nobody understands exactly why but he was stalking them, he was hunting them," Goncalves said. "He was a person looking for an opportunity and it just happened to be in that house. And that's hard to take.
"She had her phone right next to her and she couldn't call 911. So these were just girls that went to sleep that night and a coward, you know, a hunter that went out and he picked his little opponent that was girls, that's probably why the house was targeted.
"None of these girls deserved this," Goncalves said. "The real problem we have is we have an individual that thought it was okay to attack other human beings. That's what I'm going to focus on."
He said, "I'd be a little bit surprised if there wasn't a clearer touch point that would suggest that he was interested in one or two of the people more than he was the others."
Goncalves was in the courtroom for Kohberger's appearance.
"He knows I want him to look me in the eye. So he didn't. He didn't give me that opportunity," Goncalves said. "He's scared to look at me in the eyes and start to understand what's about to happen to him. You know, he picked the wrong family. We're not scared of a conflict. We're not running. We're coming at him."
The evidence against the suspect
Authorities spent nearly two months investigating before they were able to name publicly a suspect, a task that grabbed national attention and rattled the victims' loved ones as well as the community -- which had not recorded a murder in years.
Still, the public's view of the case remains mired with questions. As of late Thursday, it remains unclear what motivated the killings. It's also unclear how the suspect entered the house after authorities said there was no sign of forced entry or why two roommates who were inside the residence at the time of the killings survived the attacks.
Here's how investigators narrowed the search to Kohberger:
Roommate reveals she heard crying the day of attacks
One of two roommates who were not harmed in the attacks said she saw a masked man dressed in black inside the house on the morning of the killings, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Identified as D.M. in the court document, the roommate said she "heard crying" in the house that morning and also heard a man's voice say, 'It's OK, I'm going to help you.'" D.M. said she then saw a "figure clad in black clothing and a mask that covered the person's mouth and nose walking towards her," the affidavit continued.
"D.M. described the figure as 5' 10" or taller, male, not very muscular, but athletically built with bushy eyebrows," the affidavit says. "The male walked past D.M. as she stood in a 'frozen shock phase.'
"The male walked towards the back sliding glass door. D.M. locked herself in her room after seeing the male," the document says, adding the roommate did not recognize the male.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "Justice means that we face the ugly truth about systemic racism, the harm caused, and change those systems so that we can move closer to 'liberty and justice for all,' " says Mary-Frances Winters, founder and CEO of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice consultancy The Winters Group, Inc.
Justice is a newer concept in the corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion space, and there is a lack of understanding about what it means and how to actualize it. There is a great deal of effort put into hiring BIPOC and other programmatic activities such as employee resource groups and mentoring programs, but not enough emphasis on the organizational systems perpetuating inequities. In the forthcoming RACIAL JUSTICE AT WORK: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change (Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Publication Date: February 14, 2023; ISBN: 978-1520003624: $24.95) Mary-Frances Winters and The Winters Group team focus their narrative on reimagining policies, practices, procedures, and ways of working and being that foster fairness, equity, and opportunity for all.
According to a study by Coqual (formerly the Center for Talent Innovation), Black professionals are almost four times as likely to encounter prejudice or bias as white professionals (58% vs. 15%). With barely 1% of Fortune 500 CEOs identifying as Black, one in five Black professionals do not feel someone of their race/ethnicity would ever ascend to the top position at their company.
Racial Justice at Work is a series of essays written by members of The Winters Group team in two parts. Part I explores racial justice at work from a strategic perspective – opportunities such as justice-centered leadership approaches, addressing resistance to change, and becoming comfortable with racial justice concepts. Part II offers specific solutions to achieving racial justice in different organizational functions, including leadership, procurement, learning and development, marketing, philanthropy, and more.
Racial Justice at Work is about exploring possibilities for something new, different, affirming, and sustaining.
Mary-Frances Winters is the founder and CEO of the Winters Group Inc. Winters is also the author of We Can't Talk about That at Work, Inclusive Conversations, and Black Fatigue.
The Winters Group Team contributors are Kevin A. Carter, Megan Ellinghausen, Scott Ferry, Gabrielle Gayagoy Gonzalez, Dr. Terrence Harewood, Tami Jackson, Dr. Megan Larson, Leigh Morrison, Katelyn Peterson, Mareisha N. Reese, Thamara Subramanian, and Rochelle Younan-Montgomery. http://www.RacialJusticeatWork.com
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Super Bowl Sunday will be one of the biggest events in television this year. On Feb. 12, the Chiefs face off against the Eagles and Rihanna hits the stage in a highly anticipated halftime performance. Hours before the big game, though, you may want to check out Puppy Bowl XIX to watch adorable, adoptable dogs hit the turf.
The Puppy Bowl goes down at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT on Feb. 12, with a pregame show that starts at 1 p.m ET/10 a.m. PT. Now in its 19th year, the event will feature over 100 dogs, a kitty halftime show, a puppy cheer squad and guest appearances from Flipping Virgins' Egypt Sherrod, chef Alex Guarnaschelli and cast members of Shazam! Fury of the Gods. During the show, viewers will meet pets from all over the country and learn how to potentially adopt a furry, new family member.
The event will simulcast live across multiple streaming and cable platforms: Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, TBS, Discovery Plus and HBO Max. Here's how to stream the cuddly sporting matchup if you don't have cable.
Like last year, Puppy Bowl will be available to stream on Discovery Plus. Viewers will get to see interviews with coaches and trainers, watch Pup Close and Personal stories and meet one doggie who gets pointers from an NFL player at the Seattle Seahawks' training camp. The service costs $5 a month for the basic version but comes with a free trial.
HBO Max will broadcast the Puppy Bowl live, which is a first for the streaming service. Subscriptions start at $10 a month for the ad-based version, but no free trials are available. Bear in mind that because this is a livestreaming event, commercials will be part of the program whether you have the ad-free or ad-supported version of HBO Max.
Love Animal Planet? Philo is one of the cheapest live TV streaming services that offers the network and the Discovery Channel in its lineup. You can watch the Puppy Bowl on the platform, which costs $25 per month and comes with a seven-day free trial.
If you're a cord-cutter who prefers a live TV streaming service, Sling gives you more bang for your buck. The platform carries TBS and the Discovery channel, and you can watch the Puppy Bowl on any of its plans: Sling Orange ($40), Sling Blue ($40) or Sling Orange & Blue ($55). New customers can pay $20 for their first month.
You may already have YouTube TV, but if you don't, the service costs $65 monthly and features the Discovery Channel and TBS. Stream the Puppy Bowl live on the platform. There's also a free trial available for up to 14 days.
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Scientists discover fossils of new predatory dinosaur species in Mongolia
Posted/updated on: December 1, 2022 at 1:03 pm(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have discovered a new predatory dinosaur fossil in Mongolia that was likely a semiaquatic diving predator.
A near-complete skeleton, found in the Omnogovi Province, depicts a bird-like specimen and was named "Natovenator polydontus," or "Swimming hunter with many teeth," according to a paper published in Communications Biology on Thursday.
Researchers from the Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Expedition located the fossils at the Baruungoyot Formation in 2008, Young-Nam Lee, a professor of vertebrate paleontology who led the dig, told ABC News.
During the expedition, 27 members of the team gathered 196 cataloged specimens. The Natovenator polydontus was found by Robin Sissons, a graduate student of the University of Alberta, Lee said.
The fossil was not fully exposed in the field, so Sissons, despite not knowing what it was at the time, made a plaster jacket for it, Lee said.
All of the fossils from that collection were then shipped to South Korea for preparation and study, where “a whole skeleton came to light” of the new species of dinosaur, Lee said.
The specimen “was so delicate but beautifully preserved,” Lee said.
It included a skull, spinal column, one forelimb and the remains of two hindlimbs. Its streamlined body, with ribs that point toward its tail, is similar to modern diving birds and its long neck resembles modern water birds such as geese, the researchers said. These adaptions may have reduced the drag that Natovenator would have been subjected to when swimming, helping it to catch prey.
The fossil also included an "unusually high number of teeth" compared to the size of the dinosaur's jaw, indicating that it ate a fish or insect-based diet, according to the researchers.
“Instantly we realized it was something important,” Lee said. “It had a skull with many tiny teeth and a very long neck was distinct.”
This is the first time that a non-avian theropod -- a type of carnivorous dinosaur that walked on two legs -- was discovered with a streamlined body similar to some birds, according to the researchers.
Analysis of evolutionary relationships also indicate that the new species is closely related to halszkaraptorines, a group of non-avian theropods that previous research has suggested may have been adapted for a semiaquatic lifestyle.
“Natovenator is a valuable discovery,” Lee said. “Finding semi-aquatic dinosaurs means that the ecological diversity was very high in dinosaurs. Halszkaraptorines could change our prejudice about the lifestyle of dinosaurs.”
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Young black bear wanders Washington, D.C. neighborhood, sparking a frenzy before being captured
WASHINGTON (AP) — A young black bear gave residents of a quiet northeast Washington neighborhood a start Friday morning when they woke to find a furry interloper wandering backyards and sniffing around garbage cans.
Pictures of the bear and its capture touched off a frenzy on social media. It also spurred a healthy online debate as to whether to name it Franklin, for the street where he was captured, or Smokey — for both the iconic cartoon bear and as a testament to this particularly smoky week in Washington weather.
The bear was discovered roaming the Brookland neighborhood, less than 5 miles from the Capitol and White House. It prompted formation of a sort of ursine emergency task force including the Metropolitan Police Department, the local Humane Rescue Alliance, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the National Zoo.
Authorities formed a perimeter near the 1300 block of Franklin Street NE to keep curious onlookers away. When the young male bear climbed a tree, police used their sirens to discourage him from climbing down until capture crews were ready.
Undeterred by the noise, the bear came down around 10 a.m. and started wandering area yards. Humane Rescue Alliance staffers were able to tranquilize the approximately 200- pound animal and load it into a huge metal crate. The young male will now receive a medical check and be released back into the wild, “somewhere in Maryland,” said Chris Schindler, vice president of field services for the Humane Rescue Alliance.
Wildlife authorities had actually been tracking this particular bear for several weeks, spotting him most recently around nearby Hyattsville, Maryland. But the last bear-related mobilization like this in D.C. was at least five years ago.
“At this age, it’s natural for them to explore other areas,” said Schindler, who estimated the animal was a little more than a year old, “especially as wildlife continues to be pushed out of their natural areas by human construction.”
The bear would mostly likely not have been aggressive unless it was startled by humans or challenged by a particularly brave dog.
“Bears often do not want to engage with people,” Schindler said. “As long as people keep their distance and give them their space, it will be fine.”
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CORRECTS to change Human Rescue Alliance to Humane Rescue Alliance.
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Mother and boyfriend charged with murder after 3-year-old found dead in pond
WARREN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - A mother and her boyfriend are facing murder charges after a child’s body was found in a pond in Mississippi.
Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said a resident called his office Friday morning regarding a 5-year-old boy who had come to their front door.
The special-needs child could not share where he was from but with the help of deputies, they were able to locate his mother about an hour later.
Authorities said when they found the boy’s mother, 25-year-old Brooke Mallet, she was with her boyfriend, 22-year-old John Walker, and they were unaware that the child had gone missing.
While deputies were speaking with the mother, it was realized that a 3-year-old was also missing from the home.
Pace said deputies then began to look for the child, along with officers from the Vicksburg Police Department. Drones were also put into use.
Authorities said during their search they ended up finding the 3-year-old’s body in a pond. First responders administered CPR, but the child was pronounced dead.
According to the sheriff, the child’s mother and boyfriend were arrested and charged with murder. Pace said this does not mean that they deliberately killed the child, but their alleged inactions led to the child’s death.
The 5-year-old boy has since been taken in by child protective services, authorities said.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – St. Petersburg police believe the same gunman may be involved in two St. Petersburg murders.
Police said, Vernon Williams, 60, died Sunday, April 10, of a gunshot wound, in the 900 block of Melrose Avenue South. Corlenzo Williams, 24, died April 12, of a gunshot wound, in the 2900 block of 17th Avenue South.
According to St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway, both men were shot killed while walking down the street by an unknown man. The shootings were within two miles of each other.
Chief Holloway added a potential third victim came forward to report a person that drove up to them around the same time as the second shooting. When the victim noticed a weapon inside the vehicle, the victim started running and was able to get away.
The victims are unknown to each other and the shootings were unprovoked.
As of now, police can only describe the suspect as a black man driving an unknown vehicle.
“We’re assuming that the suspect is just driving down the street, spotting these people walking down the street, having a conversation with these people and shooting them,” Chief Holloway said.
Chief Holloway says the shootings are believed to all be within a two-mile radius of each other.
Anyone with information regarding either case, who wishes to remain anonymous, is eligible for a reward of up to $5000 by calling 1-800-873-TIPS.
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Pulling together the perfect charcuterie board doesn’t start with the meat, cheese, and fresh fruits. To create a masterpiece for your table that will wow your guests, you need a quality cheese board set as the foundation for an irresistible platter that almost looks too good to eat.
When choosing a cheese board set for your kitchen — or even as a gift for a housewarming party or bridal shower — you want to find one that includes everything you need to not only present your hors d’oeuvres but which offers a variety of accessories to allow your guests to serve themselves easily. The ChefSofi Cheese Board Set available on Amazon brings together substance and style in one appetizing package.
This gourmet cheese board set from ChefSofi is marked down to $54.99 right now (a 27% discount from the normal $74.99 price!). A basic charcuterie board can cost that much, but we love all the extras that come with this set.
First, you get the board itself, which is made with acacia wood. Tucked inside the board you’ll find a set of four stainless steel knives that will make slicing any sort of cheese (hard or soft) a breeze for you and your guests. Also, when you open up the top portion of the cheese board set, you’ll find a place to put the four included bowls that hold whatever you’d like: fruit, dips, nuts, and more.
These bowls keep your charcuterie board neat and organized while still serving a variety of foods on your table.
With its 13-inch diameter cheese board, this set provides plenty of room to spread out a smorgasbord of snacks for everyone to enjoy. No need to crowd the cheese, crackers, and meat together. Everything has room to shine on this stage.
And, anyone who hosts a dinner party knows the food should look beautiful as well as taste good. The quality of this cheese board set will help bring everyone into the kitchen to ooh and ahh even before they taste the delicious food.
Nearly 6,000 people have left reviews about the ChefSofi Cheese Board Set, earning the collection a 4.8 out of 5-star overall rating on the website.
Amazon reviewer Jaimie called this charcuterie set “the best cheese board” in one 5-star review. The user attached a photo attached of it all decked out.
“Beautiful board! Have gotten many compliments since purchase,” the review said. “Amazing quality and great individual compartments.”
Another 5-star review and photo submitted by Amazon customer A. Kwala. showcased just how much food this cheese board set can hold.
“I bought this as a gift for my sis-in-law. This past Christmas we put together a quick charcuterie. I was blown away by the quality of the product,” the customer wrote. “Too perfect. We used it once again about a week later for my cousin’s birthday for a “chips” charcuterie — all his fav snacks on it. Pictures are of the Christmas charcuterie.”
The $55 price for the ChefSofi Cheese Board Set is only for a limited time, so if you need a gift idea or want to treat yourself, head over to Amazon now and pick this set up right away before it disappears.
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NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for GOVX, CNCE, RDBX, BKSY, and BIG.
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Interactive puzzles stimulate dogs physically and mentally
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Interactive dog puzzle toys are a convenient solution to dogs suffering from boredom, lack of adequate stimulation and/or destructive behaviors. Beyond being helpful for pet parents who may need a break from a barking, chewing dog, puzzle toys are also helpful to the canines that play with them.
While some dog breeds are prone to boredom because they are both intelligent and high-energy — for example, Siberian huskies or border collies — dogs also find themselves resorting to destructive behavior if they’re young, understimulated or restless. To easily remedy doggie boredom and other destructive behaviors, take your dog for long walks, play with them or socialize them with other pooches.
And when in doubt, give them a puzzle for some extra stimulation. The best dog puzzles include mazes, plushies with surprise toys inside and puzzles with multiple compartments.
What to look for in a dog puzzle toy
Some of the best dog puzzles include puzzles with hide-and-seek compartments (for sniffing out treats), maze-type puzzles and plush puzzles with smaller reward toys inside.
Also, consider your dog’s puzzle acumen. If your pup is first starting out on their puzzle journey, start with a basic level designed for beginners. As your dog gets faster and more impressive at solving puzzles, you can move to more difficult levels such as intermediate and advanced.
Don’t overstuff your pup
If you’re using treats to motivate your dog to do an interactive puzzle, make sure you’re choosing something small and low-calorie. No one wants to feed their pet 10 treats in under three minutes if it’s going to cause them to throw up or, if done frequently, gain weight down the line.
Best dog puzzle toys
Outward Hound Nina Ottosson Dog Casino Interactive Treat Puzzle Dog Toy
For dogs that are ready to tackle advanced-level puzzles, this interactive toy features bones that must be twisted in order to unlock six hidden drawers where there are treats. This level three toy challenges your dog to learn sequential steps using a complex system such as twisting.
This interactive toy features a removable tennis ball inside of a natural rubber casing. It’s designed for dogs that love paw-pushing and rolling around toys, making it a good beginner toy for pups new to puzzles. It also includes a four-pack of tennis balls that come in the same color as the rubber barrel.
Outward Hound Nina Ottosson Dog Hide N’ Slide
One of the most popular interactive dog puzzle toys, this requires your dog to figure out a tricky sliding technique in order to find their beloved treats. They’ll have to use both their noses and paws to slide and swivel the seven compartments out of the way.
Hdliv Hide and Seek Sniffing Dog Ball
Like a snuffle mat, but in the size and shape of a ball, the Hide and Seek Sniffing Dog Ball is made of cloth, so it’s soft to the touch of your dog’s nose and paws. To use, roll out each piece of fabric and place a treat there. Then roll each piece of fabric back into the ball, stuffing it into its respective hole. This toy challenges pups more than traditional snuffle mats do because the rolled-up fabric makes it harder to find the food.
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Our Pets Waffle Interactive Puzzle
This stimulating dog puzzle looks like a waffle topped with melted butter and syrup, but underneath each leg of syrup, there’s a treat hiding in a waffle pocket. Dogs have to tap into their motor skills to figure out how to rotate the top of the waffle and reveal the pockets full of treats.
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The large-sized Pupsicle is 3.6 inches in diameter and made of nontoxic natural rubber, free of bisphenol A and phthalates. It’s designed for hours of stimulating play in which dogs lick the frozen broth treat inside, wearing it down until they can finally get the reward of the whole treat.
BarkBox 2-in-1 Rip and Reveal Monsieur Acorn
Rip and Reveals are durable toys that feature another, surprising toy inside. Once your pup chews through and rips apart the first Monsieur Acorn, they’ll find a second one inside (although the interior acorn is not smiling since his buddy’s just been ripped to shreds). This 2-for-1 toy encourages curious dogs to get to the center; when they do, the interior acorn has a squeaky ball inside rather than rippable fluff.
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This turnaround strategy game forces pets to do some deep thinking and problem-solving. It comes with two lids that can be used interchangeably — one easier and one more difficult to solve. Dogs have to rotate and then balance each tube to release any treats. It takes a lot of skill and a lot of paw work, too.
Worth checking out
- A level two dog toy, the Leaps and Bounds Ponder and Puzzle has 10 sliding doors, two pullout drawers, four domes that flip open, and two levels that open doors.
- This next-level snuffle mat, called the Sniffiz Smelly Matty Snuffle Mat, is 31.5 by 31.5 by 1.18 inches and can be used as several different styles of puzzles including a handkerchief, book, wallet, puzzle board and ball pocket.
- The Our Pets Interactive Sushi Puzzle asks dogs to slide the little sushi buttons aside, promoting paw- and nose-play.
- Large and best for advanced puzzlers, the Outward Hound Blue Multi puzzle Dog Toy features 28 hidden treat compartments and slides for your dog to discover.
- Pets have to “dig out” plush carrots with their noses to find surprise rewards lurking underneath the dirt in this Carrot Farm Plush Puzzle Game.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes to Tyler Higbee, Cam Akers rushed for 118 yards and three more scores, and the Los Angeles Rams routed the Denver Broncos 51-14 Sunday for their second victory since mid-October.
Mayfield went 24 of 28 for 230 yards in another standout performance for his second win in three starts with the Rams (5-10), who produced the best game of their dismal season on Christmas.
Rookie Cobie Durant returned his second interception 85 yards for a touchdown with 4:08 left to cap the Rams’ first 50-point performance under Sean McVay since their famed 54-51 victory over Kansas City in 2018.
For at least one more week, Los Angeles avoided becoming the first defending Super Bowl champion to lose 11 games. Even with the NFL’s 32nd-ranked offense coming in, Los Angeles became just the second team to score 50 points in the NFL this season, joining Dallas earlier this month, and put together a comprehensively dominant performance.
In his Los Angeles debut, Larrell Murchison had 2½ of the Rams’ six sacks of Russell Wilson, who passed for 214 yards with three interceptions for Denver (4-11).
The beleaguered Wilson was not sharp in his return from a one-game absence with a concussion, throwing interceptions to end Denver’s first two drives. The second pick was by Bobby Wagner, who faced his longtime teammate and friend for the first time after spending a full decade together in Seattle.
Wagner also sacked Wilson during the first half when the Rams improbably racked up 261 of their 388 yards before halftime and eventually scored on their first eight drives against Denver’s above-average defense, already matching their full-game season high in points with their 31-6 halftime lead.
Denver trailed 41-6 before Wilson hit Greg Dulcich for the Broncos’ only touchdown with 8:30 to play.
Akers continued his late-season surge by producing the Rams’ first 100-yard rushing game of the season while Higbee had 94 yards receiving for an offense missing its top three wideouts due to injury.
The Rams led by double digits less than nine minutes in when Durant picked off Wilson’s second pass and Mayfield hit Higbee for a 9-yard TD three plays later. Higbee became the Rams’ career franchise leader in touchdown catches by a tight end with his 19th score.
Wagner then poached a pass from Wilson across the middle of the field and made a long return, and the Rams scored two snaps later on Akers’ 3-yard run. Los Angeles had scored just one touchdown off a takeaway all season long before doing it twice more in the first quarter.
The Rams’ 17-point first quarter was their highest-scoring opening period since Week 6 of McVay’s first season in 2017. They subsequently scored touchdowns on four consecutive drives for the first time in McVay’s tenure.
Higbee made his second TD catch early in the second quarter after a smooth 75-yard drive by the Rams’ long-struggling offense. Akers then punched it in again 1:06 before halftime for a 31-3 lead.
Ramsey picked off Wilson’s long heave to the end zone on Denver’s opening drive of the second half. The Rams’ pressure on Wilson improbably was led by Murchison, who signed with LA 13 days ago after Tennessee cut him.
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WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
216 PM EDT Wed Apr 26 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Otsego,
central Broome, west central Delaware and Chenango Counties through
300 PM EDT...
At 216 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Greene, or 13 miles northeast of Greater Binghamton Airport, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Norwich, Sidney, Guilford, Coventry, Greene, Oxford, Bainbridge,
Masonville, Unadilla and Preston.
This includes the following highway exits...
Interstate 88 between 5 and 11.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 244DEG 24KT 4235 7580
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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NEW YORK, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The most exclusive waterfront event space in Manhattan is The Water Club - the best place anywhere in the world to experience The Macy's 4th of July Fireworks show happening again this year!
Our glamorous & iconic private events venue is atop the East River, in midtown Manhattan and hosts unparalleled prime viewing for New York's greatest live fireworks show. This year's pyrotechnics display will happen directly in front of us - at 30th Street, on the river, in the greatest city in the world. Follow us on Instagram @waterclubnyc
The Water Club is a private event venue beyond your wildest dreams. Set your sights this 4th of July for a very special evening of dinner & cocktails on the East River in New York City. You will witness this year's enormous Macy's spectacle from five barges lighting up the NYC skyline with a fireworks production beyond anything you could imagine.
The Water Club events team is currently taking reservations for each of our gorgeous event rooms, both indoor and on our stunning rooftop terraces. Reservations can be made by calling 212.683.3333 for this "one night only" immersive experience, which includes an elaborate & festive dinner, premium open bar at the most fabulous waterside location anywhere in New York City and the chance to experience this sensational fireworks show with front row access. The Macy's fireworks extravaganza is a night in NYC that you will absolutely remember long after the evening is over.
RESERVATIONS
- Guests must be over the age of seven years old, we do not offer children's pricing.
- Doors will open at 6:00pm and the fireworks are scheduled for 9:00pm.
- Please note the FDR Highway is closed on the 4th of July beginning at 3:00pm.
- *Please keep in mind that our venue does NOT have an elevator to the second floor.
- Once your ticket is purchased we will email you a confirmation of receipt.
*This is a ticketed celebration held at The Water Club. 500 E 30th St NY, New York, 10016.
Reservations may be made by calling our events department at 212.683.3333
Happy Independence day! We look forward to celebrating this year's Macy's Fourth of July festivities with you at The Water Club.
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Feeling ripped off on Valentine’s Day? Popular chocolate boxes look big, but have more plastic than ever
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN
Get ready for heartbreak in the candy aisle.
As Valentine’s Day arrives, so does the annual frenzy to buy or gift the classic Russell Stover and Whitman’s Sampler chocolate boxes that come in under $12 or so at Walgreens, CVS, Walmart and Target stores.
But shoppers may be disappointed this year when they open those big red or pink heart-shaped boxes, according to one consumer advocate. That’s because the packaging is misleading, said Edgar Dworsky, a former assistant attorney general in Massachusetts, who is editor of the website ConsumerWorld.org.
There’s sometimes precious little candy inside, he said.
Dworsky said his research shows the over-sized boxes deceive consumers into believing there’s more chocolate inside when there isn’t.
Consumer watchdogs have a name for the tactic, called “slack-fill,” and it’s not allowed under federal law. Regulators judge whether a product is slack-filled by comparing the capacity of the package to the amount of product it actually contains, he said. Then they determine if the extra space in it is nonfunctional and doesn’t serve a legitimate purpose, like protecting the product.
This is different from the “shrinkflation” phenomenon, a product packaging practice that’s typically triggered when inflation surges and companies’ costs go up. To contain those costs, companies put products in packaging that appear smaller, lighter in weight and decorated with less flashy colors.
Dworsky said a reader alerted him to the chocolate boxes a few days ago and sent him evidence of a heart-shaped Whitman’s chocolate sampler box.
The box, 9.3-inches wide and 10-inches high, had a net weight of 5.1 ounces. “That’s a pretty decent size,” said Dworsky. But when the box was opened, it had 11 pieces of chocolate inside.
So, Dworsky bought a few of this year’s Whitman’s boxes (priced at $7.99 each) and removed all of the inside packaging material and inserts. “The chocolate pieces only filled up one-third of the box.”
Dworsky didn’t have evidence that brands are actually skimping on the chocolates compared to previous years. But CNN found one Russell Stover heart-shaped candy box — with a Best Before date of June 10, 2006 and kept as a memento by one of our staffers — of the same size, 9 inches wide by 10 inches high.
It featured 24 pieces.
Dworsky also found a 5.1 ounce Russell Stover heart with nine pieces of chocolate inside. “It’s almost double the size of the 4-ounce Russell Stover box, which has seven pieces,” he said.
“Imagine being the recipient of the bigger box. If you’re giving it to your love on Valentine’s Day, they think it’s decent-sized big box of chocolate but then it only has nine pieces in it,” he said. “It’s awful.”
Both brands do disclose on their boxes the weight and the approximate number of candy pieces inside. Swiss chocolate company Lindt & Sprüngli, which owns Russell Stover, Whitman’s and Ghirardelli brands, referred requests for comment to Russell Stover Chocolates.
Russell Stover Chocolates said it “works to clearly indicate to our customers what is included in our packaging.”
“This includes sharing the product weight and how many pieces are in all of our Valentine’s Day boxed chocolates,” said Patrick Khattak, the brand’s vice president of marketing, in an email to CNN Business.
Regulators have gone after chocolate makers in the past over so-called deception packaging. California district attorneys filed a lawsuit in 2019 against Russell Stover and Ghirardelli for allegedly using false bottoms and other deceptive tactics in some chocolate boxes and bags, making the packaging look more filled than it really was.
Prosecutors also accused Ghirardelli of using less cocoa in their products than advertised.
The DAs, which included the Santa Cruz District Attorney, settled the case and the companies paid a fine of $750,000 without admitting any wrongdoing, but agreed to make packaging changes.
Edward Browne, an Assistant District Attorney in Santa Cruz, said he will be looking into this recent example of potentially deceptive packaging by the companies. He said Dworsky had reached about to him about his most report looking at the Russell Stover and Whitman’s chocolate candy boxes.
“It’s unfortunate that this situation is still going on. It’s also disappointing,” Browne told CNN. “We will take a look and see if the companies are taking advantage of any exceptions to the law. There have been many exceptions added since our case in 2019 and they eat up the rule.”
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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A lightning strike caused an overnight brush fire Tuesday night.
A 75 acres fire spread around Robin Road and South Gulf Cove in Charlotte County.
According to the Florida Forestry Services Myakka River District, the cause of the fire was lightning. Crews worked on containing the fire.
The last update shows that 90% of the fire has been contained.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Friday said Georgia law allows counties to offer early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which is the only possibility for Saturday voting before next month’s Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.
Warnock’s campaign, along with the Democratic Party of Georgia and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, filed a lawsuit this week arguing that early voting should be allowed that day. They were challenging guidance by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that said it would be illegal to hold early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26, the day after a state holiday.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox on Friday issued an order saying Georgia law “does not specifically prohibit counties from conducting advanced voting on Saturday, November 26, 2022, for a runoff election.” He also prohibited the state from interfering in efforts to hold early voting that day or preventing any votes cast that day from being counted.
“We disagree with the Court’s order and look forward to a prompt appeal,” Raffensperger’s office said in an emailed statement.
During a hearing earlier Friday, Uzoma Nkwonta, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, noted that last week both Raffensperger and one of his top deputies said on national television that early voting would be allowed that day. Then, Nkwonta said, the secretary of state issued guidance to counties a few days later saying it wouldn’t be allowed because the law doesn’t permit early voting the day after a state holiday. Thanksgiving and the following Friday are both state holidays.
Nkwonta argued at the hearing that the state holiday restriction applies only to primary and general elections, not to runoffs. Provisions in the law that directs the state’s 159 counties to open early in-person voting “as soon as possible” for a runoff, and no later than Monday, Nov. 28, reinforce the idea that counties can choose to offer early voting that Saturday, he said.
State lawmakers intentionally created a distinction between primary and general elections on one hand and runoff elections on the other, Nkwonta said. That makes sense, he reasoned, because of the condensed time period before a runoff.
“The legislature has provided voting opportunities that the state now seeks to withdraw,” Nkwonta said. “That is unlawful.”
Charlene McGowan, a lawyer for the state, rejected assertions that Raffensperger was cherry-picking parts of the law.
“This is a legal issue, it’s not a policy one,” she told the judge. “The issue is what does Georgia law require?”
McGowan argued that there are two types of elections in Georgia: primary elections and general elections. Runoffs are a continuation of one of those two types of election and, therefore, do not have different rules for allowing early voting after a holiday.
Cox disagreed saying that a runoff “is not merely a continuation of a primary or (general) election but is in fact it’s own distinct event.”
Warnock and Walker were forced into a Dec. 6 runoff because neither won a majority in the midterm election this month.
Under Georgia’s 2021 election law, there will be only four weeks between the general election and the runoff — with Thanksgiving in the middle. Many Georgians will be offered only five weekdays of early in-person voting beginning Nov. 28.
The lawsuit says the state’s interpretation of the law would hurt Warnock in particular because Democrats tend to push early voting more than Republicans.
It’s not clear how many counties will scramble to offer Saturday voting. Counties are supposed to give public notice seven days before starting early voting. But Cox prohibited the state from interfering in counties’ efforts to provide early voting that day due to any failure to provide the required notice.
Counties may also not be interested in offering Saturday voting, or may not have enough time to organize and schedule poll workers. As of Thursday, only nine predominantly Democratic urban counties planned Sunday voting, according to Associated Press reporting. Six are in the Atlanta area and the others are home to some of the state’s other bigger cities.
Some counties plan to offer early voting Tuesday and Wednesday, while others have said they couldn’t mobilize in time to offer voting on those pre-Thanksgiving days.
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Collaboration Will Enable Fans to Wear Digital Fashion Lines Designed by WMG's Roster of Artists
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Music Group (Nasdaq: WMG) today announced a partnership with and investment in DRESSX, a digital fashion retailer and the largest digital closet with a deep commitment to sustainable fashion. The first-of-its-kind partnership will provide a platform for select WMG artists to design their own virtual fashion lines.
In the agreement, artists will collaborate directly with DRESSX to design and launch 3D and AR virtual clothing that fans can collect and enjoy across Instagram, Snapchat, and other platform partners. The deal will enable artists to unlock new revenue streams, while creating additional outlets for fans to showcase their fandom across multiple digital worlds.
Oana Ruxandra, Chief Digital Officer & EVP, Business Development, WMG said, "The representation of our future digital selves will be as important and, if you're measuring by sheer volume of interactions, maybe more important than how we represent ourselves physically. As our digital identities become exponentially more robust and impactful, we are focused on building partnerships that will enable WMG and our artists. With its leadership in wearables and sustainability, DRESSX is exactly the type of partner we need sprinting alongside us as we build for the future."
"We are extremely proud to partner with Warner Music Group and their incredible artists to continue building and scaling the DRESSX meta-closet vision for the future. Digital fashion is a visual language for communicating and creating bonds online, and at DRESSX we use technology to provide the utility for digital wearables using augmented reality, machine learning, and blockchain. Digital merch and swag from musicians will definitely be a part of the digital wardrobes of fans, and it's great to see that more and more stakeholders believe in this new domain that is already changing the fashion industry at a scale. Every day, we are getting closer to our aim of giving a meta-closet to every person in the world, making fashion accessible to everyone through innovation and tech," commented Daria Shapovalova and Natalia Modenova, co-founders of DRESSX.
Since the DRESSX launch in August 2020, the company has become the largest platform for digital-only fashion, with more than 3,000 digital items available in the DRESSX library, and launched the largest AR fashion app on the market. DRESSX has partnered with numerous leading tech, fashion, and lifestyle companies, including Meta, Roblox, Snapchat, Google, Coca-Cola, FARFETCH, and more. The company's expertise in the digital fashion space cements its place among WMG's growing number of Web3 collaborations.
DRESSX is committed to sustainable fashion, promoting the digital garment market to provide consumers with opportunities to showcase their style digitally. DRESSX fulfills its commitment to sustainability by investing in science-based evaluation of the carbon footprint of its digital fashions. The company has pioneered the development of a carbon calculation methodology for digital fashion and proposing patent, validated by The Carbon Accounting Company. Since June 2021, DRESSX has been partnering with Flow Carbon to offset the carbon emission from all of its operational activities, making the company carbon neutral due to offsets. To learn more about DRESSX's approach to sustainability and carbon footprint methodology click here.
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With a legacy extending back over 200 years, Warner Music Group (WMG) today brings together artists, songwriters, and entrepreneurs that are moving entertainment culture across the globe. Operating in more than 70 countries through a network of affiliates and licensees, WMG's Recorded Music division includes renowned labels such as 300 Entertainment, Asylum, Atlantic, Big Beat, Canvasback, Elektra, Erato, First Night, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin', Warner Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. WMG's music publishing arm, Warner Chappell Music, has a catalog of over one million copyrights spanning every musical genre, from the standards of the Great American Songbook to the biggest hits of the 21st century. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, the independent artist and label services company – as well as next gen artist services division WMX, which includes consumer brands such as Songkick, the live music app; EMP, the merchandise e-tailer; UPROXX, the youth culture destination; and HipHopDX, the hip-hop music news site. In addition, WMG counts storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment and social media content creator IMGN among its many brands. Follow WMG on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
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ROCKLAND, Mass., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geneva Financial (Geneva), a direct mortgage lender operating in 46 states, has announced the opening of a new branch in Rockland, Massachusetts led by Branch Manager Patrick Queally. The opening of this new branch provides opportunities for local borrowers and buyers looking to navigate the current housing market.
"Helping borrowers navigate the intricacies of today's market and being an educational resource on all things 'mortgage' are what make my job worth it." Massachusetts Branch Manager Patrick Queally stated. "Joining Geneva Financial has given me all the tools I need to better serve my borrowers and grow my branch."
Based out of Rockland, MA, Queally and his new branch proudly serve homebuyers throughout the state. The new branch will continue Geneva's exceptional service and extensive product offering through countless homebuyer and homeowner-focused products including Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Refinance, Reverse, Jumbo Loans, Condo Financing, and so much more.
Patrick started his career in the mortgage industry as a Loan Processor in 1993. Through the years he has worked for a variety of lending institutions – national lenders, regional and community banks, mortgage brokerages, and independent correspondent lenders. With his rare mix of underwriting and operational background in the mortgage industry, combined with years of sales experience, Patrick is uniquely equipped to serve his borrowers and help them navigate the increasingly complex world of obtaining mortgage financing.
Geneva Financial Home Loans is currently expanding in all markets and seeking branch managers and loan originators across the United States looking to advance their mortgage careers. For information on opportunities, visit www.GenevaFi.com/opportunity
About Geneva Financial
Founded in 2007 by Aaron VanTrojen, Geneva Financial (NMLS 42056) is a direct mortgage lender headquartered in Chandler, Arizona with more than 130 branch locations in 46 states. Our mission at Geneva Financial is to approach every aspect of our business from the "inside-out". With a culture-forward mindset, we focus on our loan originators and support staff first to ensure an unbeatable experience for our customers.
Our Core Values were created as a daily reminder to operate with the inside-out approach in mind. Core Value #1 is the backbone of all our Core Values, our mission, and our brand vision: Home Loans Powered by Humans®. Learn more about Geneva Financial Home Loans at www.GenevaFi.com
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor gathered at the scene of the Japanese bombing on Wednesday to commemorate those who perished 81 years ago.
That’s fewer than in recent years, when a dozen or more traveled to Hawaii from across the country to pay their respects at the annual remembrance ceremony.
Part of the decline reflects the dwindling number of survivors as they age. The youngest active-duty military personnel on Dec. 7, 1941, would have been about 17, making them 98 today. Many of those still alive are at least 100.
Ira Schab, 102, was on the USS Dobbin as a tuba player in the ship’s band. He recalls seeing Japanese planes flying overhead and wondering what to do.
“We had no place to go and hoped they’d miss us,” he said before the ceremony began.
He fed ammunition to machine gunners on the vessel, which wasn’t hit.
He’s now attended the remembrance ceremony four times.
“I wouldn’t miss it because I got an awful lot of friends that are still here that are buried here. I come back out of respect for them,” he said.
Schab stayed in the Navy during the war. After the war, he studied aerospace engineering and worked on the Apollo program. Today he lives in Portland, Oregon.
He wants people to remember those who served that day.
“Remember what they’re here for. Remember and honor those that are left. They did a hell of a job. Those who are still here, dead or alive,” he said.
About 2,400 servicemen were killed in the bombing, which launched the U.S. into World War II. The USS Arizona alone lost 1,177 sailors and Marines, nearly half the death toll.
Robert John Lee recalls being a 20-year-old civilian living at his parent’s home on the naval base where his father ran the water pumping station. The home was just about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) across the harbor from where the USS Arizona was moored on battleship row.
The first explosions before 8 a.m. woke him up, making him think a door was slamming in the wind. He got up to yell for someone to shut the door only to look out the window at Japanese planes dropping torpedo bombs from the sky.
He saw the hull of the USS Arizona turn a deep orange-red after an aerial bomb hit it.
“Within a few seconds, that explosion then came out with huge tongues of flame right straight up over the ship itself — but hundreds of feet up,” Lee said in an interview Monday after a boat tour of the harbor.
He still remembers the hissing sound of the fire.
Sailors jumped into the water to escape their burning ships and swam to the landing near Lee’s house. Many were covered in the thick, heavy oil that coated the harbor. Lee and his mother used Fels-Naptha soap to help wash them. Sailors who were able to boarded small boats that shuttled them back to their vessels.
“Very heroic, I thought,” Lee said of them.
Lee joined the Hawaii Territorial Guard the next day, and later the U.S. Navy. He worked for Pan American World Airways for 30 years after the war.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doesn’t have statistics for how many Pearl Harbor survivors are still living. But department data show that of the 16 million who served in World War II, only about 240,000 were alive as of August and some 230 die each day.
There were about 87,000 military personnel on Oahu at the time of the attack, according to a rough estimate compiled by military historian J. Michael Wenger.
The ceremony sponsored by the Navy and the National Park Service featured a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the minute the attack began, and a missing-man-formation flyover.
Navy and park service officials are due to deliver remarks.
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ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — A sinkhole has forced an emergency closure of a section of northbound S.R. 3 in northwest Allen County.
INDOT said the sinkhole opened up on the shoulder of the northbound lanes of S.R. 3, between Gump Road and Old Lima Road in Huntertown.
INDOT has closed both northbound lanes so crews can safely assess and fix the issue.
A timetable was not immediately known.
Motorists should use Old Lima Road to West Gump Road to get around the closure, INDOT said.
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50th Anniversary Commemoration held in the Capital City honoring Vietnam War Veterans
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Hundreds of Vietnam era veterans packed into the Raising Cane’s center, along with their families, to be recognized, honored, and thanked.
“I was told this the largest gathering of Vietnam veterans in the history of the state,” said Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. Today, marks 50 years since the last American troop left Vietnam.
“It is nice to be around those who experienced the same thing. You can share and grow,” Vietnam veteran Roland Doucet added.
885 Louisianans did not make it back home.
“That is 885 families out there who are still sacrificing for us because there are spouses, children and parents are gone,” Governor Edwards continued.
Louisiana is home to more than 85,000 Vietnam era veterans. That is more than 30% of the total Louisiana veteran population.
“We came home with honor all though the country did not honor us but we honored each other,” Louisiana Secretary of Veteran Affairs Joey Strickland explained.
Although today is about those whose boots hit the ground in Vietnam, the war impacted entire families and their sacrifice was recognized today as well.
“I simply don’t have the words. You put up with us. You deal with deployments. You put up with our aftermath,” Major General Glenn Curtis continued.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until August 5, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC), if they purchased the Company's securities between October 28, 2021 and April 27, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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About the Lawsuit
Teladoc and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On April 27, 2022, the Company disclosed a host of negative financial results, including revenue of $565.4 million, below consensus estimates by $3.23 million, net loss per share of $41.58, primarily driven by a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $6.6 billion or $41.11 per share, and revised FY 2022 revenue guidance to $2.4 - $2.5 billion and adjusted EBITDA guidance to $240 - $265 million, which the Company largely attributed to increased competition in its BetterHelp and chronic care businesses.
On this news, shares of Teladoc fell $22.48 per share, or 40.15%, to close at $33.51 per share on April 28, 2022.
The case is Schneider v. Teladoc Health, Inc., et al., No. 22-cv-04687.
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Represents 80% Premium to CIRCOR's Unaffected Share Price and 12% to the Implied Value of CIRCOR's Announced Transaction with KKR
Fully Financed Transaction with Clear Path to Completion
NEW YORK, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcline Investment Management LP ("Arcline"), a growth-oriented private equity firm, today announced that on June 28, 2023, it submitted a binding proposal to acquire 100% of the shares of CIRCOR International Inc. (NYSE: CIR) ("CIRCOR") for $57.00 per share, in an all-cash, fully financed transaction, to the CIRCOR Board of Directors (the "Board"). The proposal represents a premium of approximately 12% to the $51.00 per share price reflected in CIRCOR's revised merger agreement with affiliates of KKR & Co. Inc., and a premium of approximately 80% to CIRCOR's closing share price on June 2, 2023, the last trading day prior to CIRCOR's June 5, 2023 announcement of its original transaction with KKR. The offer represents a total valuation of over $59.00 per share, when factoring in over $2.00 per share in value leakage through termination fees that the Board has agreed with KKR despite Arcline's active interest.
The proposal to the Board is accompanied by fully executed transaction documents reflecting all of the terms of Arcline's proposal and is supported by fully committed financing from BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Bank of Montreal. Arcline's binding proposal will expire automatically if the Board does not declare it to be a "Superior Proposal" and provide to KKR a "Determination Notice" (as defined in the amended agreement and plan of merger between CIRCOR and affiliates of KKR) by no later than 8:00 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
BMO Capital Markets Corp. is serving as financial advisor to Arcline in connection with the offer, and Bass, Berry & Sims PLC is serving as legal advisor.
About Arcline Investment Management
Arcline was established in September 2018 and has $8.9 billion of cumulative capital commitments. Arcline seeks to invest in technology driven, meaningful to the world industrial businesses that enable a better future. For more information visit www.arcline.com.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This press release does not constitute an offer to buy or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities. This document relates to a proposal which Arcline Investment Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership (together with its affiliates, "Arcline"), has made for a business combination transaction with CIRCOR International, Inc. ("CIRCOR"). In furtherance of this proposal and subject to future developments, Arcline, (and, if a negotiated transaction is agreed, CIRCOR) intends to file relevant materials with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including, if required, a proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the "Proxy Statement"). IF SUCH A TRANSACTION WERE TO OCCUR, ARCLINE STRONGLY ADVISES ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF CIRCOR TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Any definitive Proxy Statement will be delivered to the shareholders of CIRCOR. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of these documents (if and when available) and other documents filed with the SEC by CIRCOR or Arcline through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.
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This press release includes certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may address, among other things, the timing, scope, terms, conditions and completion of a potential Arcline transaction to acquire CIRCOR, the anticipated benefits of the potential transaction and other statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, such as statements regarding Arcline's expectations, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the following words: "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "expect," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "project," "aim," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," "goal," "can," "seek," "target," or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to, among other things, changes in economic, business and market conditions; changes in its strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; expansion plans and opportunities; changes in applicable laws or regulations; negotiations (or lack thereof) regarding the potential transaction with CIRCOR; and the outcome of any known or unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements were made. Arcline does not undertake an obligation to update forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable law.
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Arcline Investment Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Arcline Capital Partners III LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Arcline Capital Partners III-A LP, a Delaware limited partnership and Arcline Capital Partners III Executive LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and together with their other affiliates, and their directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of CIRCOR common stock in respect of the proposed transaction. To the knowledge of Arcline, none of its directors or executive officers has any discretionary interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise, in CIRCOR. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the Proxy Statement and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC in respect of the proposed transaction when they become available.
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A’s fans come out en masse for reverse boycott and tell owner John Fisher to sell
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Furious Oakland Athletics fans came en masse with a single message to owner John Fisher: “SELL.”
Buddies Brian Guido and Scott Finney of Sacramento each took off early from work Tuesday because there was no way they were going to miss the festivities a couple of hours away in Oakland.
“I’ve been to only one game this year. I saw this game and I knew I had to come because I knew it was going to be very monumental and would send a message to the owner that this is what the fan base wants,” Finney said. “They want the ownership to sell the team so they can remain in Oakland.”
Thousands of frustrated, heartbroken A’s fans arrived early for tailgating and solidarity at the Oakland Coliseum ahead of a Rays-A’s matchup to both celebrate their team and protest a planned relocation to Las Vegas. They called it a reverse boycott aimed at bringing as many people as possible to the ballpark, complete with bright green “SELL” T-shirts made by local company Oaklandish.
A “We Are Here!” poster provided specific instructions for every inning such as chants of “Sell the team! Sell the team!” for the first Tampa Bay batter in the top of the inning and “Stay in Oakland!” followed by five claps for the first hitter in the bottom half.
The A’s announced a couple of hours before first pitch that they will donate all ticket revenue from the game to charity, the Alameda County Community Food Bank and Oakland Public Education Fund. Tickets were still being sold so the team planned to provide an update later in the evening.
Mother and son Leslie and Justin Lopez walked together in their SELL T-shirts reflecting on how much the A’s have meant in their lives — 27-year-old Justin has been coming to games since he was 8 months old. He is devastated every year watching All-Stars depart to bigger markets in free agency or all the other stars get traded away.
“It’s been so sad to witness. We feel like the historically disenfranchised,” Justin Lopez said, embracing his mom.
Toddler Pepito Mendez, 3, of Pittsburg entertained himself through the action tossing a beanbag (featuring an emoji of feces) into the boards covered in facial images of Fisher and team President Dave Kaval.
Father Paco is considering canceling his season tickets for 2024.
“We’re thinking of not re-signing next year because of this,” he said. “Hopefully he sells locally. I wish I had the money for it. It doesn’t look good for us.”
There was even a sign painting station in the southeast parking lot, where 13-year-old to-be eighth-grader Hunter Martini of Rohnert Park painted “STAY AND SELL.”
“I’ve been an A’s fan since I was 3 years old,” the teen said.
For Mark Maier, it has been more than five decades.
The 70-year-old San Rafael resident has been attending A’s games since the club moved West in 1968. Maier held a green and gold painted sign in Spanish that read “VENDE,” with the V an upside down A’s logo.
“So sad,” wife Hallie said.
“It is sad,” Mark replied.
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WAKAYAMA, Japan (AP) — The fishermen who tackled the man suspected of the second attack on a Japanese political leader in less than a year were surprised by the lack of security for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Fisherman Tsutomu Konishi was watching Kishida at a campaign event at this fishing port when an object flew overhead and landed near the prime minister, Konishi said. A security officer covered the object with a bulletproof briefcase, Konishi said. The fishermen swarmed the attacker.
“I never thought a crime like this would happen in my hometown, which is a rather small fishing area,” Konishi, 41, said Sunday as he sipped a can of coffee at the port of Saikazaki. “I’m still shocked and stunned.”
The prime minister was unhurt but like many others in Japan, Konishi was mulling Sunday what the country should do to better protect public figures.
“At a time when Japan’s serving prime minister was visiting, perhaps we may have needed a metal detector,” Konishi said.
Masaki Nishide, a 55-year-old fisherman from Saikazaki, said most of the people at Saturday’s event were residents and supporters of the local candidate. He said the young man carrying the silver-gray backpack stood out.
“People here all dress like me, and nobody carries a backpack; it was only him,” Nishide said, wearing a sweatsuit and red rubber boots. “If I were in charge of security, I would have asked for a bag check.”
After the failed attack on the prime minister, one of the fishermen grabbed the suspect’s neck from behind, another pushed his head down, and Konishi latched onto his leg. They were holding the man as police officers pulled him to the ground.
The chaotic scene was reminiscent of the assassination nine months ago of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which prompted police to tighten their protective measures after an investigation found holes in Abe’s security. Abe, one of Japan’s most influential and divisive politicians, was killed with a homemade gun during a campaign speech.
Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami has been charged with murder and several other crimes, including violating gun-control laws.
Authorities have said Yamagami told investigators he killed Abe because of the former prime minister’s apparent links to a religious group that Yamagami hated. In statements and in social media postings attributed to him, Yamagami said his mother’s donations to the Unification Church bankrupted his family and ruined his life.
Violent crimes are rare in Japan, and with its strict gun control laws, the country has only a handful of gun-related crimes annually. Most of the cases are gang-related, though in recent years there has been growing concern about homemade guns and explosives. There also have been some high-profile cases of random knifing on subways and arson attacks.
Groups of several officers have guarded serving prime ministers. Fewer officers have been watching Cabinet ministers and former leaders.
Compared with the U.S. elections, audience at political campaigns in Japan are often allowed to be quite close to dignitaries. At the campaign event for Kishida the front-row audience was within touching distance.
Only one person, a police official, was hurt, his arm cut by fragments of the device, which didn’t fully explode. Police arrested 24-year-old Ryuji Kimura on suspicion of throwing an explosive in a metal tube at Kishida.
Police sent a special counter-explosives team to the suspect’s home in Hyogo prefecture to search for evidence of bomb-making. There are nationwide local elections this month. and Japan is hosting a series of Group of Seven meetings leading up to the May 19-21 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima. Diplomats arrived Sunday for the G-7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Karuizawa.
Isao Itabashi, a public safety expert, said on NHK TV that the attack raised questions about how election campaigns are being handled. Guarding top politicians in campaigns is logistically hard, and balancing tight security with a free election is also difficult, he said.
Kiyotaka Hamada, 70, a senior member of the local fishing association, said he felt something hit his shoulder just as he heard the bang and was running from the scene. Police took his jacket to see if he’d been hit by a fragment of the explosive.
“I just want to ask the suspect why he had to come here to make trouble,” he said.
For Hamada and other fishermen, there’s worry also about the expected loss of income from the days they cannot work while the port facilities are closed for the investigation.
“We put so much effort throughout the village to welcome the prime minister here on his first ever visit,” Hamada said. “Now we cannot even go out to sea.”
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This story corrects the suspect’s surname in the 15th paragraph to Kimura, not Nakamura.
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KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Kennesaw State is officially accepting bandwagon fans as the latest NCAA Tournament Cinderella team.
“I support it,” junior guard Brandon Stroud said Wednesday. “Let’s go. Jump on now!”
Few teams have landed in March Madness with more compelling rags-to-riches credentials.
The Owls finished 1-28 overall and 0-16 in the ASUN Conference in coach Amir Abdur-Rahim’s first season in 2019-20. Having left Division II in 2005, Kennesaw State never had a winning Division I record before this season, when they improved to 26-8 by beating Liberty 67-66 in Sunday’s conference tournament championship.
The Owls are suddenly drawing a media crowd — including three Atlanta TV crews before their practice Wednesday — and the spotlight will grow brighter Sunday, when the public will be invited to an selection show viewing party at the KSU Convocation Center.
“This is really cool from when we started four years ago and maybe had only one student reporter here,” Abdur-Rahim said.
Junior Chris Youngblood was part of Abdur-Rahim’s first full recruiting class following the one-win season. Youngblood said Abdur-Rahim “most definitely” talked about the team’s potential to reach March Madness as part of his recruiting pitch.
“I probably wouldn’t have come here if he didn’t believe in that,” said Youngblood, who leads the Owls averaging 14.7 points per game.
Abdur-Rahim said he began to believe the dream could be realized this season by the way his players, especially point guard Terrell Burden, responded to an ugly 88-54 loss at San Diego State on Dec. 12.
“Normally, you get beat like that, it can shake you a little bit, make you question what you’re doing,” Abdur-Rahim said.
Burden, who had been mostly quiet early in his career, set the pace for the team at the next practice after a teammate failed to dive for a loose ball.
“Terrell jumps him,” Abdur-Rahim said. “I was like OK. That was the moment for me.”
The 5-foot-10 Burden, second on the team with 13.5 points per game, is one of four guards in the starting lineup. The Owls are likely to face a size disadvantage in their first NCAA Tournament game — no matter the matchup.
That only adds to the underdog outlook that Burden and his teammates are eager to embrace.
“No matter who we play, we’re going to give them a fight,” Burden said. “… I love being the underdog. I’ve been the underdog my whole life.”
Abdur-Rahim is the younger brother of Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who played 13 years in the NBA and now is the NBA G League president. Shareef’s son, Jabri, is a guard at Georgia, where Amir was an assistant on Tom Crean’s staff before taking the Kennesaw State job.
At Georgia, Amir Abdur-Rahim landed star recruit Anthony Edwards, the No. 1 overall pick by Minnesota in the 2020 NBA draft.
The Owls’ roster doesn’t have top-rated NBA prospects, but Abdur-Rahim believes his team deserves to be respected as more than a 16 seed.
“I’m hoping for a 14. If they love us enough, maybe a 13,” Abdur-Rahim said, adding that the Owls are “going to play a great team next week. … It’s all about draw in the tournament. I’m not here to politic for a seed.”
He has told his players to “put the headphones on, and put that noise cancellation up to 10” when preparing for the NCAA Tournament.
But with a compelling story like theirs, Youngblood said: “It’s tough to keep the headphones on in times like this.”
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A driver high on fentanyl injured two people in back-to-back crashes Friday afternoon along William Penn Highway, Palmer Township police said.
Justin Ostrander, of the 500 block of Broad Street in Pen Argyl, remained in Northampton County Prison Monday after failing to post the $250,000 bail set in his case.
The 38-year-old Ostrander is facing 17 charges stemming from Friday’s crashes, including two counts each of felony aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault by vehicle, and accidents involving injury while not property licensed.
Township police were first called at 1:48 p.m. Friday for a pedestrian injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a white sedan at William Penn Highway and Milford Street.
As officers responded to the hit-and-run, police were called for a second crash down the road in the 3100 block of William Penn involving a white sedan that crashed head-on into car in the opposing lane of traffic.
Ostrander was behind the wheel of the white 2008 Mercury Milan involved in the crashes, and police said he had extremely constricted pupils, bloodshot eyes and appeared lethargic.
He later reportedly told police he gave a couple a ride, they offered him fentanyl and “I actually did a little bit,” according to court records.
Police said the pedestrian hit-and-run was caught on surveillance video at a nearby business.
The video shows Ostrander’s white car traveling west on William Penn Highway and not slowing or stopping for a red traffic light before hitting a person crossing the street, according to police.
An officer rendered first aid to the injured person before the victim was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital- Anderson campus for treatment.
Police said they found debris from the car, including a side mirror, in the road. A witness reported the driver passed a vehicle on the right, drove over the concrete traffic island and hit several traffic signs before continuing west on William Penn Highway.
At the second crash scene, police said the car hit several traffic signs at William Penn and Greenwood Street, and then crossed over a double yellow line and crashed head-on into a vehicle on the eastbound side of William Penn Highway.
The driver in the other vehicle was also injured and taken to St. Luke’s Hospital-Anderson campus for treatment, township police said.
Ostrander was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital-Anderson campus for a medical evaluation and blood draw. He was treated and released, and was immediately arrested and taken to police headquarters for processing, police said.
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GREENWOOD, S.C., Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carolina Pride, a leading regional producer of Bacon, Hot Dogs, Sausage and Lunchmeats, is introducing four new Chicken Breast lunchmeat items under their Carolina Pride Meats brand. The varieties are: 95% Fat-Free Chicken Breast and 95% Fat-Free Honey Smoked Chicken Breast. Each variety will be available in 4-oz, 4x4 peggable packages, and 10-oz, 4x6 packages.
These delicious new items join a lunchmeat lineup which includes flavored hams, turkey breasts, salami, bologna, and more. Carolina Pride lunchmeats are a key part of a product portfolio that support a 100-plus year heritage of delivering the "true Southern taste" loved by generations of loyal consumers. These new Chicken items have been met with great enthusiasm, and will appear on grocery store shelves in the very near future. The packaging highlights key product attributes and enables consumers to identify product information, serving instructions, and nutritional information for these new Chicken Breast items.
Demand for boneless chicken breast and for chicken breast lunchmeats continues to grow. CEO David Wiggins notes that, "our loyal customers are looking for more great-tasting lunchmeat options, and these new Chicken Breast items deliver on our commitment to provide great food at a good value. In a rapidly changing world, our values of hospitality, quality, and family don't change, which is why we continue to resonate with a growing number loyal customers who consider our brand an important family tradition."
About Carolina Pride
For more than a Century, Carolina Pride has supplied the nation's finest distributors, restaurants, and retailers with high-quality, smoked meats, sausages, hot dogs and lunchmeats. Products include Original, Thick-sliced, and Lower Sodium Bacon, sliced 4x6 Hams and Turkey Breasts, Smoked Sausage, Cocktail Smoked Sausage and Breakfast Sausage, in addition to sandwich-ready lunchmeats and bologna. For more information, visit www.carolinapride.com or follow @carolinapridemeats on social media.
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Anheuser-Busch launching new Bud Light campaign; giving away $10K weekly to help sales
(Gray News) - Anheuser-Busch is launching a new summer ad campaign amid slumping sales of Bud Light.
The company released an “Easy to Summer” commercial on Thursday that portrays the beer being enjoyed by people facing summer difficulties, like sunburns and rainouts.
According to Anheuser-Busch, additional ads will feature partnerships with country singers and NFL players.
Bud Light’s parent company said part of the summer campaign will include giving away $10,000 a week to drinkers “to make summer easy to enjoy and stock up for all the backyard parties” as well other special offers.
The new ad campaign comes in an effort to boost sales after the company’s recent LGBTQ+ controversy.
According to reports, sales dropped about 25% after a response to the brand’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Some LGBTQ+ advocates were also upset at the company’s response to the backlash.
Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that Anheuser-Busch Global Chief Marketing Officer Marcel Marcondes said the recent controversy has created a bit of a “wake-up call.”
Copyright 2023 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. CNN Newsource contributed to this report.
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In partnership with The Dad Gang, this Father's Day, Dove Men+Care continues its commitment to changing how the world sees Black men and fatherhood
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Black fathers are present in caring for their families but too often, media and culture do not convey this truth. According to a new research study commissioned by Dove Men+Care, less than half of Black fathers believe social media, mainstream media, and popular culture portray Black fatherhood accurately1.
As a brand committed to fighting against the stereotypes that negatively impact men, this Father's Day, Dove Men+Care is launching #CelebrateBlackDads, a social media initiative that will amplify the pages and content of Black fathers, encouraging people nationwide to add these fathers to their feeds and find inspiration in the care they show. This is an evolution of the brand's ongoing Commit to C.A.R.E. (Care About Racial Equity) Now initiative that first launched in 2020.
Through these efforts, we are partnering with leading voices like GRAMMY Award nominated, multi-platinum country musician star Jimmie Allen, longtime Dove Men+Care partner and influencer Beleaf in Fatherhood (Glen Henry), and Black fatherhood network The Dad Gang to launch this initiative. Dove Men+Care is highlighting the content of various dads and content creators so their love, care, and presence for their families can be seen by the world.
"All caring fathers deserve to be seen, respected, and celebrated," said Carlos Gil, Global Brand Vice President of Dove Men+Care. "We know how important a dad's care is, and the transformational effect that care has on everyone around them. But too often, the care that Black fathers have for their kids and family is not seen or celebrated. It felt incredibly important to help break down the barriers that limit who is seeing the true stories of these fathers. As part of our ongoing mission to Commit to C.A.R.E. Now, we are dedicated to changing the way the world sees Black fatherhood."
We encourage everyone to join us in these efforts. Visit DoveMenCare.com/CelebrateBlackDads to learn more about our work and who you can add to your feed to learn more and share your own content by tagging #CelebrateBlackDads on social.
About Dove Men+Care
Dove Men+Care is the first range of products from Dove developed specially for men. Manufactured by Unilever, the line includes the #1 dermatologist recommended body wash. Launched in 2010, Dove Men+Care is the fastest growing men's grooming brand in the world and the portfolio includes bars, body washes, face care, anti-perspirant/deodorants, and hair care, which are available nationwide in food, drug, and mass outlet stores.
Since launching, Dove Men+Care has also been dedicated to debunking the stereotypes of how men around the world care for themselves and others. The brand is on a mission to inspire every man to experience the transformative effects of care and has focused on making that a reality through cultural initiatives, legislative action and community engagement. Learn more at DoveMenCare.com.
About The Dad Gang
The Dad Gang is an organization committed to building community amongst Black fathers globally. They have worked to create a safe space for Black men to find camaraderie, support, and turn up a few times a year. They are dedicated to defying stereotypes, shattering myths and celebrating Black fatherhood every day. Through their work, social content and community events, they encourage, teach, support and share tips that can help all fathers become better dads. Though marred by a racially driven and media amplified stigma that has led the world to perceive Black fathers as widely missing in action, inactive or simply unfit parents, the Dad Gang is committed to highlighting how the community thrives.
About Unilever North America
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods & Refreshment products, with sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. We have 148,000 employees and generated sales of €52.4 billion in 2021. Over half of our footprint is in developing and emerging markets. We have around 400 brands found in homes all over the world – including iconic brands like Dove, Knorr, Hellmann's, Magnum, Axe, Ben & Jerry's, Degree, Seventh Generation, St. Ives, Suave, TRESemmé, and Vaseline.
Our vision is to be the global leader in sustainable business and to demonstrate how our purpose-led, future-fit business model drives superior performance. We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business. It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world's first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap, more than 100 years ago, and it's at the heart of how we run our company today.
The Unilever Compass, our sustainable business strategy, is set out to help us deliver superior performance and drive sustainable and responsible growth, while:
- improving the health of the planet;
- improving people's health, confidence and wellbeing; and
- contributing to a fairer and more socially inclusive world.
While there is still more to do, in the past year we're proud to have achieved sector leadership in S&P's Dow Jones Sustainability Index, 'Triple A' status in CDP's Climate, Water and Forest benchmarks, and to be named as the top ranked company in the GlobeScan/SustainAbility Sustainability Leaders survey for the eleventh consecutive year.
For more information on Unilever U.S. and its brands visit: www.unileverusa.com
For more information on Unilever Canada and its brands visit: www.unilever.ca
About the survey
This survey was conducted by Edelman Data & Intelligence (DXI), a global research, analytics, and data consultancy, on behalf of Dove Men+Care. The survey is based on the response of 2,000 US adults aged 18 and over, nationally representative of the US online population in terms of age, gender, region and race & ethnicity, as well as an oversample of 500 Black fathers. Fieldwork was conducted online, in English, between May 20 – May 30. The margin of error is +/-2.2% at the 95% confidence level for the sample of US adults, and +/-4.4% at the 95% confidence level for the oversample of Black fathers.
CONTACT: Jessica Ostrau, Jessica.Ostrau@Edelman.com, 914-261-8766
- This survey of 2,000 US adults and 500 Black Fathers was conducted by Edelman DXI, on behalf of Dove Men+Care, between May 20-30, 2022
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Let the games begin. High school sports officials will be on the field with the players after a deal was reached with Section VI Monday evening.
If a deal wasn’t reached, referees were considering not working games until a new contract was in place. This was a risk for fall, winter and spring sports.
The big issues at hand were pay and staffing.
With high school football starting this Friday, Dr. Robert Zayas, the executive director of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, joined us on News 4 to talk about the agreement. You can watch the interview with him in the video below:
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The impact investing nonprofit is working to finance clinical research training and introduce new talent and greater diversity to a fast-growing profession.
BOSTON and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Social Finance announced its latest Career Impact Bond, a $5 million partnership with Clinical Research Fastrack to help people facing barriers to employment, including immigrants and refugees with impressive medical or science degrees earned outside of the U.S., find careers within the growing clinical research industry.
The Clinical Research Fastrack Career Impact Bond will serve at least 700 people over three years through a proven 148-hour training program that includes both classroom instruction and career coaching. Clinical Research Fastrack has helped hundreds of individuals from diverse backgrounds enter the field of clinical research, where they've helped facilitate clinical trials for new treatments to address a variety of health conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, cancer, Covid-19, diabetes, and heart disease.
Clinical Research Fastrack is the fifth training provider supported by Social Finance's $50 million UP Fund, following partnerships with other training providers in the information technology and skilled trade sectors. The Career Impact Bond is a student-friendly financing model that expands access to quality, industry-recognized career training to people who face barriers to education and employment.
"We're excited to partner with Clinical Research Fastrack to train clinical research professionals who help bring new life-saving treatments to market," Social Finance CEO and Co-Founder Tracy Palandjian said. "This Career Impact Bond, the first-ever in health care, will support people as they build lasting careers in a growing field."
"It's exciting to collaborate with Social Finance on a program that will diversify and strengthen the clinical research industry," Clinical Research Fastrack Co-Founder and CEO David Silberman said. "The need for qualified clinical research professionals in the field is huge and this program improves our ability to meet that demand, giving more people the opportunity to find career success."
Clinical Research Fastrack was founded in 2016 to improve the quality and progress of clinical research by educating and empowering new research professionals. The organization has a history of enrolling leading candidates from a diverse range of ethnicities and backgrounds, including a high number of immigrants to the U.S. who, despite their impressive education overseas, previously struggled to find meaningful careers. Clinical Research Fastrack graduates are employed at clinical research organizations across the country and widely recognized throughout the industry as they progress quickly and partner with leaders in the field to advance medical research.
Impact investor capital funds tuition and supportive services, including personalized career services, for learners, who enroll in the Clinical Research Fastrack Career Impact Bond at no upfront cost. Those who graduate and find jobs with salaries of $40,000 or more repay their tuition costs for up to 36 months, or until they reach the payment cap. Those who earn less than $40,000 pay nothing. These repayment terms, along with other protections, including a post-graduation grace period, are outlined in a Student Bill of Rights.
A portion of Clinical Research Fastrack's revenue is linked to student success, incentivizing the training provider to maintain its track record of effectively preparing learners and placing them in high-growth clinical research roles.
IonTuition, in collaboration with MentorWorks Education Capital, is the servicing partner managing student repayment.
The UP Fund includes support from Blue Meridian Partners; Blue Haven Initiative; the Dakota Foundation; Inherent Foundation; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; MFS Investment Management; The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation; Pershing Square Foundation; Phillips Foundation; The Shapiro Foundation; the W.K. Kellogg Foundation; and individual donors with donor-advised fund contributions from The Boston Foundation, the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Fidelity Charitable, and Vanguard Charitable.
Social Finance manages the UP Fund, identifying and vetting training providers, structuring partnerships, and managing each launched Career Impact Bond for impact throughout the 10-year life of the fund.
Disclaimer: The UP Fund offered partnership interests only to eligible investors and admission to the UP Fund as a limited partner was not open to the general public. Partnership interests in the UP Fund were offered solely to U.S. persons who are "accredited investors" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D as described in the fund's Confidential Private Offering Memorandum and related documents.
Social Finance is a national impact finance and advisory nonprofit. We work with the public, private, and social sectors to create partnerships and investments that measurably improve lives. Since our founding in 2011, we have mobilized $350 million in new investments designed to help people and communities realize improved outcomes in education, economic mobility, health, and housing. In addition to managing the investment program funded by the Google Career Certificates Fund, our economic mobility portfolio includes the UP Fund, place-based Pay It Forward Funds, and the Dreamers Graduate Loan Fund. Learn more at socialfinance.org.
Clinical Research Fastrack trains aspiring Clinical Research professionals and connects them with leading research organizations to elevate the efficacy of clinical trials. Ultimately, qualified Clinical Researchers lead to new and better treatments for debilitating conditions like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, chronic respiratory diseases, tumors, septicemia, liver disease, Parkinson's, obesity, arthritis, and so many more. Learn more at clinicalresearchfastrack.com.
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 19, 2022, Ohio Valley Banc Corp. [Nasdaq: OVBC] Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.21 per common share payable on August 10, 2022, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 29, 2022. OVBC once again continues the tradition of maintaining a consistent, regular quarterly dividend.
"This has been an active year for your company. We are continuing to expand our footprint with our new Ironton Office, which will open later this summer. We are also very excited that this marks our fourth dividend of the year due to the 150th Anniversary Special Dividend. The special dividend was paid out to celebrate the bank's 150th year in business. Our offices have also continued our anniversary celebration with special customer appreciation events," Tom Wiseman, OVB Chairman said.
Ohio Valley Banc Corp. is based in Gallipolis, Ohio. The company owns The Ohio Valley Bank Company, with 16 offices in Ohio and West Virginia, and Loan Central, Inc., with six consumer finance offices in Ohio. The Ohio Valley Bank Company opened a new online consumer direct mortgage company in the fall of 2021 called Race Day Mortgage. Learn more about Ohio Valley Banc Corp. at www.ovbc.com.
Contact: Scott Shockey or Bryna Butler, 740-446-2631, 1-800-468-6682
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BEIJING, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We must do our part by finding our passion, dreaming big, then starting small, and loving others along the way, and we can absolutely take our impact on the world to a whole another level," said Geresu Dagmawit Mesfin in the final of the fourth China Daily Belt and Road Youth English Speaking Competition, held online from Nov 26 to 27.
Mesfin, 24, of Ethiopia and Wang Zhisheng, 21, of China, and Gabriella Madombwe, 19, of South Africa, were the three winners among six contestants who reached the final. Nearly 40 young people in more than 30 countries and regions had taken part in the semi-final.
Speaking on the topic "Youth making a difference", all finalists talked of how young people can contribute to making the world a better place by proposing and making positive changes.
In Wang's speech, he calls on young people from every inch and crevice of the world to contribute to a better future for this planet for all human beings to share. "I believe, there is a huge difference youth can and should make."
"Youth is seeing the world through your own lens, an unperturbed lens which has not been smudged by the restrictions of reality," Madombwe said. "Optimism, hope, courage, idealism, energy – that is how I see youth."
Concluding the final competition, one of the judges, Mark Levine, a professor at Minzu University of China, spoke highly of the event and the contestants.
"This was a very unique competition, extremely interesting and informative. People came from all over the world. "
The China Daily Belt and Road Youth English Speaking Competition, first held three years ago, has been an important public platform for young people from all over the world to exchange ideas, deepen mutual understanding and polish their communications skills. The annual event has attracted participants from 51 countries and regions.
This year's event began in January. Preliminary rounds were held offline in Malaysia, Russia, Serbia and South Africa, and nine universities in China. With this year's event over, contestants will get the chance to take part in more activities so they can gain a deeper understanding of China linguistically and culturally.
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Two female inmates have been charged with trafficking drugs inside the Penobscot County Jail. The investigation that led to the charges began on Jan. 19 after three female inmates, including one of the women charged, overdosed.
Karen Jordan, 30, of Springfield is charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, a Class A crime, and one count of trafficking in prison contraband, a Class C crime.
Heather Carlow, 39, of Portland, is charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, a Class A crime, and one count of violation of a condition of release, a Class D crime.
Even though Carlow, who overdosed, was unable to post bail, the condition that she not use drugs applied to her while she was in jail.
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s office has not released the name of the inmate who reportedly brought the drugs into the facility.
In addition to the new charges, Jordan and Carlow both have pending drug, theft and other misdemeanor and felony charges.
Jordan and Carlow made their first court appearances Friday remotely at the Penobscot Judicial Center from the jail. They were not asked to enter pleas because they have not yet been indicted by a Penobscot County grand jury.
Superior Court Justice Ann Murray set bail for Jordan’s and Carlow’s new charges at $5,000 each. Conditions include no contact with four other inmates who are women, so it is highly likely one or both defendants will be moved to a different facility.
The women who overdosed were taken to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, treated and returned to the jail, Sheriff Troy Morton said Thursday in a Facebook post. The investigation determined that a female inmate had smuggled into the facility in a body cavity 18 grams, or more than half an ounce, of fentanyl. Correctional staff located the container of drugs.
“These incidents put many lives at risk, including the individuals who smuggle drugs, other inmates, staff and vendors,” Morton said in the Facebook post. “This dangerous criminal behavior also negatively impacts those who are trying to maintain sobriety, including many in the jail’s MAT (medication-assisted treatment) program.”
The jail does not yet have body scanning equipment that might have allowed the vial containing the drugs to be detected when the woman entered the jail. Penobscot County Commissioners approved spending $160,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds after they learned the purchase was allowed under the U.S. Treasury guidelines, but the scanner has not yet arrived, Morton said.
If convicted, Jordan and Carlow face up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $50,000 on the drug trafficking charges.
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MOSCOW (AP) — A blast at a Russian explosives plant on Friday killed six people and injured two more, emergency officials said.
The explosion occurred as workers were dismantling equipment at one of the workshops of the Promsintez plant in Russia’s Samara region, some 800 kilometers (500 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing emergency officials.
The blast didn’t start a fire, the report said.
Promsintez is one of the main producers of industrial explosives in Russia. It is located in the town of Chapayevsk in the Samara region.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — First-grade teacher Abby Zwerner who was shot by her 6-year-old student in January no longer works for Newport News Public Schools.
WAVY obtained a copy of an email sent to Zwerner on May 22 that states, “NNPS has processed a separation of employment for you effective the close of business 06/12/2023.”
The one-page email from the Human Resources Department explains exiting information, per standard NNPS policy.
Zwerner’s attorney Jeffrey Breit on Tuesday called this a firing.
“I don’t think you can read this any other way than you’ve been fired. And that’s what she thinks. She doesn’t understand it; there’s no other communication,” Breit said told WAVY.
According to NNPS spokesperson Michelle Price, Zwerner notified the school system in March that she would not be returning. Price provided this statement to WAVY:
The email that Ms. Zwerner received from the Human Resources Department is a confirmation of her separation of service from Newport News Public Schools. Every employee who is separating from the school division receives a similar communication. Ms. Zwerner notified the Human Resources Department that she was resigning from her position as a teacher for NNPS on March 13, 2023.
Ms. Zwerner was an employee of Newport News Public Schools until June 12, 2023, the last day of her contract.
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But Breit said when the email arrived, Zwerner couldn’t believe it.
“To say we were shocked is an understatement; we have litigation. They haven’t paid her in a couple of months. They are trying to squeeze her. She has to Aug. 1 to leave or re-sign, (but) they fired her two months early. The only thing I can think, they were trying to put pressure on her because we filed suit,” said Breit. “It’s outrageous, as outrageous as I’ve ever seen.”
According to Breit, Zwerner has not been paid since February. He said they tried to make her take workers’ comp, but when she wouldn’t take it, they just stopped paying her.
Zwerner, 25 at the time of the shooting, was in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School the afternoon of Jan. 6 when her student shot her. She was seriously injured.
Police confirmed the gun used by the 6-year-old belonged to his mother, Deja Taylor.
On the same day as Zwerner’s last day of official employment with NNPS, Taylor was in court to face federal charges tied to this case. She pleaded guilty to both charges, unlawful user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm and making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.
Zwerner has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the Newport News School Board, former Superintendent Dr. Gregory Parker, former Richneck Principal Briana Foster-Newton, and former Richneck Assistant Principal Dr. Ebony Parker. Attorneys representing Parker are asking a judge to dismiss the suit. Their argument is that Zwerner was shot while doing her job, so her injuries are covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act.
Several Richneck employees have resigned from NNPS since the shooting, including Parker.
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RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Corporation (NYSE:UVV) announced today that it has changed the date and time of its previously announced third quarter of fiscal year 2023 earnings conference call to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 8, 2023. The call will be webcast, and the Company will release its results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 after market close on that date.
A live webcast of the conference call will be available online on a listen-only basis at www.universalcorp.com. A replay of the webcast conference call will be available at that site through May 8, 2023. A taped replay of the call will also be available from 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on February 8th through February 21, 2023, at (866) 813-9403. The telephone replay identification number is 778598.
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Universal Corporation (NYSE: UVV), headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a global business-to-business agri-products supplier to consumer product manufacturers, operating in over 30 countries on five continents. We strive to be the supplier of choice for our customers by leveraging our farmer base, our commitment to a sustainable supply chain, and our ability to provide high-quality, customized, traceable, value-added agri-products essential for our customers' requirements. We find innovative solutions to serve our customers and have been meeting their agri-product needs for more than 100 years. Our principal focus since our founding in 1918 has been tobacco, and we are the leading global leaf tobacco supplier. Through our plant-based ingredients platform, we provide a variety of value-added manufacturing processes to produce high-quality, specialty vegetable- and fruit-based ingredients as well as botanical extracts and flavorings for the food and beverage end markets. For more information, visit www.universalcorp.com.
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- Net proceeds will be used to invest exclusively in new clean energy projects in connection with the company's Green Finance Framework
- The debut green bond was 5.6x oversubscribed demonstrating investor confidence in Masdar's financial strength and its 17 years of sustainability credentials
- Offering is part of the UAE clean energy champion's long-term plan to raise up to US$3 billion for new renewable energy projects
ABU DHABI, UAE, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar announced the successful completion of its first green bond issuance for US$750 million 10-year senior unsecured Notes today. There was exceptionally strong appetite from regional and international investors with the orderbook peaking at US$ 4.2bn, i.e. oversubscription of 5.6x. Pricing tightened 35bps between launch and final terms, with a final landing spread of 115bps over US Treasuries and a coupon of 4.875%. Allocation was finalized with a split of 87.5% to international investors and 12.5% to MENA investors.
The debut green bond demonstrates investor confidence in the financial strength of Masdar, which has credit ratings of A2 (Moody's) and A+ (Fitch), and its strong sustainability credentials. In line with Masdar's Green Finance Framework, net proceeds from this bond and future offerings will be used to invest exclusively in 'dark green' renewable energy projects, many of which will be in developing economies and climate-vulnerable countries that have a critical need for investment.
This bond is the first part of a program to raise up to US$3 billion of bonds to meet Masdar's equity funding commitments on new renewable energy projects at home and overseas, as it seeks to grow its global portfolio to 100GW of capacity by 2030. Proceeds from all bond offerings under the program will be deployed towards the greenest projects in the renewables sector, namely solar, wind, renewable power transmission and distribution infrastructure, and battery storage assets, and strict ESG criteria will apply to restrict the eligibility of projects.
HE Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Chairman of Masdar and COP28 President-Designate, said, "It is vital to make finance more available, accessible and affordable for developing economies if we have any chance of meeting climate goals to supercharge sustainable development. Ahead of the UAE hosting the UN climate change conference, COP28, we must champion initiatives that advance climate finance and decarbonization. Today, the successful issuance of Masdar green bonds will support these twin aims, by helping to provide funding towards renewable energy projects where they are needed most."
Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar's Chief Executive Officer, said, "The success of this debut green bond issuance is testament to the pioneering spirit of all the people who have worked incredibly hard over the last 17 years to grow Masdar into one of the world's leading renewable energy companies. We are thankful for the trust that the financial community has placed in us and we look forward to the involvement of many top class investors in our journey towards delivering renewable energy and accelerating the net-zero transition around the globe."
Niall Hannigan, Masdar's Chief Financial Officer, commented, "The proceeds from our inaugural bond offering will be deployed in developing new renewable energy projects around the world. These projects will make a major contribution towards mitigating climate change, but they will also make a real difference to the local communities they serve, and that makes us incredibly proud. We remain committed to maintaining a prudent approach to funding our ambitious growth plans, which includes maintaining our investment grade credit ratings from Fitch and Moody's."
The bond was rated A2 by Moody's and A+ by Fitch, in line with the corporate credit ratings of the company, and was priced at a coupon rate of 4.875% with maturity on 25 July 2033.
The issuance was arranged and offered through a syndicate of joint lead managers and bookrunners comprising of BNP Paribas, Citi, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, SMBC Nikko, Société Générale and Standard Chartered.
Masdar's Green Finance Framework, established in February 2023, was updated in May 2023 to reflect changes to the Green Loan Principles. Moody's has issued a Second Party Opinion on the Green Finance Framework.
Established in 2006, Masdar is the UAE's clean energy powerhouse. It is active in over 40 countries and has invested in a portfolio of renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of around 20GW. Masdar aims to grow this to at least 100GW by 2030. The company is also targeting green hydrogen production of 1 million tonnes per annum by the same year.
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Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) is the UAE's clean energy champion and one of the largest companies of its kind in the world, advancing the development and deployment of renewable energy and green hydrogen technologies to address global sustainability challenges. Established in 2006, Masdar is today active in over 40 countries, helping them to achieve their clean energy objectives and advance sustainable development. Masdar is jointly owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), and under this ownership the company is targeting a renewable energy portfolio capacity of at least 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 and an annual green hydrogen production capacity of up to 1 million tonnes by the same year.
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Netflix’s fictionalized Marilyn Monroe biopic, “Blonde,” has been widely criticized for its exploitative depiction of Monroe’s character. Now, some also say the film mishandled a major theme: abortion.
“You won’t hurt me this time, will you?” the fetus asks Monroe, who is played by Ana de Armas.
Abortion rights activists say the scenes, based on a 2000 novel by Joyce Carol Oates, contribute to “anti-abortion propaganda.”
“Medically inaccurate descriptions of fetuses and pregnancy” contribute to abortion stigma, Caren Spruch, national director of arts and entertainment engagement at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, told The Washington Post in a statement.
The film bolsters antiabortion advocates’ message “with a CGI-talking fetus, depicted to look like a fully-formed baby,” she added in the statement, which was first reported by the Hollywood Reporter.
The release of “Blonde,” and the ensuing criticism, comes about three months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which for nearly five decades protected abortion access in the United States. The decision prompted bans in a slew of states that have left about a third of American women without access to abortions where they live.
Andrew Dominik, the film’s director, told USA Today that the criticism is a result of “happenstance.”
“It’s just people looking at the film through the lens of their own particular prejudices or whatever agenda that they want to advance,” he told the paper. “I don’t think it has anything to say about Roe v. Wade.”
“If the film would have come out in 2008, no one would be talking about that,” he added. “And if (it) were to come out in 10 years (from now), no one is going to care about it either. People are reacting to this idea that freedoms are being taken away.”
Steph Herold, who researches reproductive health at the University of California at San Francisco, studies abortion depiction in films and television shows. Herold told The Post she has seen many of the roughly 500 on-screen portrayals of abortion produced over the last century.
The last decade has seen an increasing number of abortion depictions in films and shows, she said, and they’ve been mixed in how accurately the procedure is portrayed.
“Blonde” is not the worst representation of abortion she’s seen, she said, though she still found its portrayals problematic and inaccurate. In the scene in which Monroe receives her first abortion, the character lies on a surgical table in a sterile room, which reinforces the notion that abortion is a “serious surgical event,” Herold said. Today, abortions typically take place at outpatient clinics. Abortion pills were used in more than half of U.S. abortions in 2020, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive rights organization.
Herold also said the scene in which Monroe’s character speaks to the fetus, which has the voice of a child, “personifies” it, while the close-up image of the unrealistically developed fetus removes the focus from Monroe as a pregnant person, Herold added.
“It totally infantilized her in ways that I’ve only seen in antiabortion propaganda-type movies,” Herold said. “I was pretty shocked by it, especially given the platform and the mainstream quality of this movie.”
It’s unclear if Monroe even had abortions, Herold said. Michelle Vogel, who authored the book “Marilyn Monroe: Her Films, Her Life,” told USA Today that while Monroe’s miscarriages were well-documented, there is no evidence the actress had abortions, much less forced procedures.
“Any talk of pregnancy termination is an assumption on our part,” Vogel told the paper. “Marilyn loved children and she was desperate to be a mother. Sadly, she never carried a baby to term.”
María Luisa Paúl contributed to this report.
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Visitors returned to a changed landscape in Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday. It partially reopened following record floods that reshaped the park’s rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and left some areas famous for their wildlife viewing inaccessible, possibly for months to come.
Park managers raised the gates at 8 a.m. Wednesday at three of Yellowstone’s five entrances for the first time since June 13, when 10,000 visitors were ordered out after rivers across northern Wyoming and southern Montana surged over their banks following a torrent of rainfall that accelerated the spring snowmelt.
Some of the premier attractions at America’s first national park will again be viewable, including Old Faithful — the legendary geyser that shoots towering bursts of steaming water almost like clockwork more than a dozen times a day.
But the bears, wolves and bison that roam the wild Lamar Valley and the thermal features around Mammoth Hot Springs will remain out of reach. The wildlife-rich northern half of the park will be shuttered until at least early July, and key routes into the park remain severed near the Montana tourist towns of Gardiner, Red Lodge and Cooke City.
It’s unknown how many visitors will show up in the flooding’s immediate aftermath. Park managers had been bracing for throngs as the park celebrated its 150th anniversary a year after it tallied a record 4.9 million visits.
“We get a million people a month in Yellowstone in July and August,” Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said. “You can’t get a full visitation in half the park.”
To keep visitor numbers down while repairs continue, park managers will use a system that only allows cars with even-numbered last digits on their license plates to enter on even days, while vehicles with odd-numbered last numbers can come on odd days.
Groups of visitors traveling together in different cars are exempt from the license plate system as well as people with reservations at campgrounds and hotels in the park.
If traffic along the park’s 400 miles of roads becomes unmanageable, Sholly said officials will impose a reservation system to enter the park.
The reopening comes as officials in Yellowstone are still tallying the scope of the damage. Based on other national park disasters, it could take years and carry a steep price tag to rebuild. It’s an environmentally sensitive landscape with a huge underground plumbing system that feeds into the park’s geysers, hot springs and other thermal features. Construction season only runs from the spring thaw until the first snowfall, a narrow window that means some roads could receive only temporary fixes this year.
That’s turned some Montana communities into dead ends instead of being gateways to Yellowstone, a blow to their tourism-dependent economies. They’re also still struggling to clean up damage to several hundred homes and businesses that were swamped by flooding on the Yellowstone, Stillwater and Clarks Fork rivers.
For others the rebound may come faster. Yellowstone tour guide Derek Draimin said he’s fully booked up Wednesday with four groups that will be headed into the park.
“I think there will be cars stacked up trying to get in, to be the first people to enter the park after the thousand-year flood,” he said.
Additional reporting by The Associated Press.
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WFO MIDLAND/ODESSA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1058 AM CDT Wed Sep 7 2022
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Rio Grande at Boquillas affecting Brewster County.
For the Rio Grande...including Boquillas...Moderate flooding is
forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 1100 PM CDT.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Rio Grande at Boquillas.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 12.0 feet (3.7 meters), the river reaches bankfull,
and no damage is expected. Preparations may be necessary to
remove water pumps. The park should be notified at this time if
additional rises are expected so they will have time to remove the
pumps.
At 13.0 feet (4.0 meters), the river reaches minor flood stage.
Water reaches the water pumps maintained by the park service that
are used to water the campgrounds and to provide water to the
employee living quarters. It may be necessary for park personnel
to remove the pumps.
At 15.0 feet (4.6 meters), the river reaches moderate flood
stage. Water pumps submerge.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 0.3 feet (0.1
meters).
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Friday morning and continue rising to 16.5 feet (5.0
meters) Sunday evening. Additional rises are possible
thereafter.
- Flood stage is 13.0 feet (4.0 meters).
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
17.6 feet (5.4 meters) on 10/22/2021.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (feet):
Fld Observed Wed Thu Fri Sat
Location Stg Stg Day/Time 1pm 1pm 1pm 1pm
Rio Grande
Boquillas 13.0 0.3 Wed 10am 7.7 11.0 14.6 16.0
Below are the latest river stages and forecasts (meters):
Boquillas 4.0 0.1 Wed 10am 2.3 3.4 4.5 4.9
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ATLANTA, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Secureworks (NASDAQ: SCWX), a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced that it is scheduled to present at the 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference on Thursday, January 11, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
The presentation will be webcast live and archived on Secureworks' Investor Relations website at https://investors.secureworks.com/.
Secureworks® (NASDAQ: SCWX) is a global cybersecurity leader that protects customer progress with Secureworks Taegis™, a cloud-native security analytics platform built on 20+ years of real-world threat intelligence and research, improving customers' ability to detect advanced threats, streamline and collaborate on investigations, and automate the right actions.
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The game of roulette isn't nearly as intimidating as craps. There's a good chance you may even have played it at home with a miniature plastic version of the roulette wheel.
The basic premise of the game is picking numbers, or guessing red or black or odd or even. Today we'll take a look at roulette…and one version of the game to stay away from.
For openers, the house edge in roulette is about 5.25 percent. That's because in addition to numbers 1 through 36, including an equal number of blacks and reds, the American roulette wheel has two green slots marked "0" and "00".
One word of caution if you’re planning a trip to Las Vegas: The Triplle Zero Roulette wheel, which first reared its ugly head way back in 2016, is picking up momentum.
The Triple-Zero wheel has the same numbers and colors as the American double-zero wheel with the addition of a 39th place, which is always the color green and often has the logo of the property in which it is being played.
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All even-money bets lose when the ball settles into the green frets. The Triple-Zero Roulette wheel commands a 7.69 percent house advantage. That’s 2.44 percent higher than the double-zero wheel. It is a considerable disadvantage over the course of playing time.
When you walk up to a roulette wheel, place your money on the layout. The dealer will give you non-negotiable casino chips with which to play. Every person at the table plays with different colored chips so that the dealer knows who's who when it comes time to make pay outs.
When you are finished playing, just tell the dealer you wish to "color" your chips. He'll bring them in, count them, and give you negotiable casino chips that you may in turn redeem for cash at the casino cage.
Once everyone has placed their bets, the dealer gives the wheel a spin and then sends the little roulette ball spinning in the opposite direction the wheel is turning.
When the ball finally slows down, it'll eventually drop into a numbered slot. The dealer will mark the corresponding number on the layout and proceed to collect losing chips and then pay out winning wagers.
One word about roulette etiquette: Do not make any new bets or collect your winnings until the dealer has removed his marker from the layout. If you attempt to do so, you'll be given a friendly reminder that's it's a no-no. Once he removes his marker from the winning number, that's the signal for the table to start placing their wagers on the next spin.
If you make a nice score at the wheel, it's a nice gesture to tip the dealer a buck or two. Just toss in a couple of your colored roulette chips, and the dealer will convert them into negotiable casino chips and drop them in the "toke" box.
BONUS ROUND-UP
` AMERISTAR: The $1,000,000 PENN Play giveaway continues in the June and July promotional spotlight. Participate in the sticker collection game on Wednesdays from noon to 4 p.m. or 6 to 10 p.m. Guests may visit the Discovery Ballroom to print out their game stickers and check to see if they are an instant winner of $1-million, PENN Cash, or PENN Merch. Weekly drawings will be held every Saturday this month. Five winners each hour will win a share of $15,000 in PENN Cash.
FOUR WINDS: Kankakee Grille at the New Buffalo and South Bend destinations has a great Father’s Day special on Sunday (June 18) that‘s worth making a trip with dad. Watch him feast his eyes on a T-bone steak dinner served with a loaded baked potato and vegetable for $38. Please visit opentable.com or call 866-494-6371 to make reservations.
HARD ROCK: Celebrate Father’s Day Sunday at Hard Rock Café when the specials will be a bourbon mushroom New York strip steak for $30. Relax with a smoked old-fashioned cocktail for $14.99. The 250-seat, 4,200 sq. ft. venue is open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
HOLLYWOOD JOLIET: The “Lucky Ball” game headlines the fun every Saturday in June from 5. to 9 p.m. It gives guests a chance to win up to $5,000 in free slot play or the $1-million cash grand prize. Three winners will be selected each hour to play the $1-million Lucky Ball Machine.
WORLD SERIES OF POKER: The second week of action in Las Vegas was headlined by Isaac Haxton, who won his first WSOP gold bracelet for capturing Event #16, the $25,000 High Roller Tournament. His prize money was just under $1.7-million, giving him earnings in live play this year alone of over $7-million. Incredibly enough he has won seven tournaments this year, putting him on pace to have one of the best years ever recorded in poker history. He is already 14th on the all-time money list with $37-million.
Yet another impressive performance was turned in by Chad Eveslage, who was victorious in back-to-back Dealer’s Choice tournaments. He collected two WSOP gold bracelets in just four days, winning Event #5, $1,500 Dealer’s Choice and Event #10, $10,000 Dealer’s Choice.
Finally, Brian Yoon captured Event #14, $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, to claim his fifth career WSOP gold bracelet. He is just the 33rd player in history to win five of the coveted hardware symbolizing excellence in the sport.
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition said Tuesday it would bring a disputed heating bill to parliament this week for consideration.
The bill is a key element in the country’s ambitious climate policy, but it had seemed increasingly unlikely in recent weeks that it would still be brought to the Bundestag before the parliament’s summer break in early July, because the coalition had appeared to not be able to agree on it.
The issue had stoked an impression of disarray in the governing coalition and helped push it down in polls.
But on Tuesday evening, the chairpersons of the parliamentary groups of the three governing parties said they had found a compromise on how to improve the bill so that they could bring it to parliament later this week.
“The heating transition is practicable, climate protection becomes concrete, the clear signal for the switch to climate-friendly heating is set,” said Economy and Energy Minister Robert Habeck of the environmentalist Greens, according to German news agency dpa.
The latest compromise wasn’t immediately laid out in all its details, but among other changes, the bill will include more people from lower income groups than before who will be eligible for government subsidies when they buy new, more environmentally friendly heating systems.
Last month, the environmentalist Greens had accused the libertarian Free Democratic Party of backtracking on agreements by refusing to let lawmakers debate the bill, which is about replacing home heating systems with greener alternatives.
The bill was approved by the Cabinet in March after months of intense haggling between the parties. A major stumbling block was the Green party’s demand that the installation of new oil or gas furnaces should be banned from next year to ensure that Germany can meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2045.
Populist newspapers have claimed that installing climate-friendly heat pumps will be hugely expensive and may not be feasible in older buildings, though such systems are widely used in neighboring countries. Experts counter that a failure to replace fossil fuel heating will end up costing homeowners more because the price of oil and gas is expected to rise sharply in the coming decades due to emissions surcharges agreed on at the European level.
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Trump prepares to launch third campaign for the White House
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is preparing to launch his third campaign for the White House on Tuesday, looking to move on from disappointing midterm defeats and defy history amid signs that his grip on the Republican Party is waning.
Trump had hoped to use the GOP’s expected gains in last week’s elections as a springboard to vault himself to his party’s nomination by locking in early support to keep potential challengers at bay. Instead, he now finds himself being blamed for backing a series of losing candidates after disappointing results in which Democrats retained control of the Senate and House control remains too early to call.
“Hopefully, tomorrow will turn out to be one of the most important days in the history of our Country!” Trump wrote on his social media network on Monday. An announcement was expected at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday from his club in Palm Beach.
Another campaign is a remarkable turn for any former president, much less one who made history as the first to be impeached twice and whose term ended with his supporters violently storming the U.S. Capitol in a deadly bid to halt the peaceful transition of power on Jan. 6, 2021. Just one president in U.S. history has been elected to two nonconsecutive terms: Grover Cleveland in 1884 and 1892.
Trump is also facing a series of intensifying criminal investigations, including a Justice Department probe into the hundreds of documents with classified markings that were discovered in boxes and drawers at his Mar-a-Lago club.
Aides and allies had urged Trump to wait until after the midterms were over — and then until after a Dec. 6 Senate runoff election in Georgia — to announce his plans. But Trump, eager to return to the spotlight, is also hoping to stave off a long list of potential challengers, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who cruised to reelection last week and is now being urged by many in his party to run for president a well.
Trump has tried to blame Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for the GOP’s performance — and McConnell allies have criticized Rick Scott, the Florida senator who heads the Senate Republicans’ campaign committee.
However, Trump has received the brunt of criticism for elevating candidates in states like Pennsylvania and Arizona who were unappealing to general election voters because they embraced his lies about 2020 election or held hard-line views on issues like abortion that were out of step with the mainstream.
While Trump has the backing of the No. 3 House Republican, Rep. Elise Stefanik, others were already moving on.
Asked whether she would endorse Trump in 2024, Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming told reporters Monday: “I don’t think that’s the right question. I think the question is, who is the current leader of the Republican Party?”
Asked who that was, she replied: “Ron DeSantis.”
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, a longtime Trump critic, compared Trump to a pitcher who keeps losing after GOP disappointments in 2018, 2020 and now 2022.
“He’s been on the mound and lost three straight games. If we want to start winning, we need someone else on the mound. And we’ve got a very strong bench that can come out,” Romney said. “I know, there’s some fans that love him. Just like, you know, an aging pitcher, they’re always fans that want to keep them there forever. But if you keep losing games, try to put some new players on the field.”
Others expressed concern that Trump’s announcement would be a distraction from the Georgia race and urged potential candidates to focus there.
“What’s really important for anybody who wants to be a 2024 candidate is to help us right now in 2020 to finish the cycle by winning the state of Georgia,” said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
“We obviously had higher expectation in the Senate, which didn’t pan out. I think there are a lot of different things that contribute to that,” Thune added. “But I do think that, you know, folks who were unduly focused on the 2020 election, that’s not a winning strategy with independent voices.”
Even the former president’s right-flank allies in the House Freedom Caucus kept their distance ahead of Trump’s announcement.
“I am focused on what’s happening here,” said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the Freedom Caucus chairman, as lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Monday. “I’m just not paying attention to any of those things, so I don’t want to comment on that.”
Meanwhile, in Utah, 86 Republican lawmakers on Monday sent out a news release urging DeSantis to run, reflecting dissatisfaction with having Trump as their party’s standard-bearer. The state’s Mormon majority has long been skeptical of Trump’s isolationism and foul language.
And in Michigan, Paul Cordes, chief of staff of the Michigan Republican Party, penned a four-page internal memo that criticized Trump-backed candidates for “statewide sweeps” that will give Democrats full control of the state’s government for the first time in 40 years. That includes Tudor Dixon, who lost the governor’s race to Democratic incumbent Gretchen Whitmer by double digits.
Trump, Cordes wrote, was “popular amongst our grassroots and a motivating factor for his supporters, but provided challenges on a statewide ballot, especially with independents and women in the midterm election.”
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Associates Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Kevin Freking in Washington, Samuel Metz in Salt Lake City and Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan, contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After major blows to his agenda by the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden is intent on making sure voters will have the final say.
When the court’s conservative majority effectively killed his plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of people, Biden said, “Republicans snatched away the hope that they were given.” When the justices ended race-based affirmative action in college admissions, he said, “This is not a normal court.” When they overturned Roe v. Wade and a national right to abortion last year, the president said, “Voters need to make their voices heard.”
As Biden heads into the 2024 election, he is running not only against the Republicans who control one-half of Congress but also against the conservative bloc that dominates the nation’s highest court. It’s a subtle but significant shift in approach toward the Supreme Court, treating it more like a political entity even as Biden stops short of calling for an overhaul.
That shift is becoming apparent in everything from the White House’s messaging to its legal strategy.
“The president respects the court’s authority, but if its judgments are going to be political and there are members of the court who are saying that, he owes it to voters to make it clear what his positions are and what he’s doing to address it,” said Ron Klain, his former chief of staff.
“Many members of the current court testified that Roe is settled law and still overturned it,” he added, referring to the court’s ruling on abortion. “That has its consequences.”
Biden, who once led the Senate Judiciary Committee, is focusing on the politicization of the court as a way to encourage voters to back him. Yet he has not embraced any effort to make big changes to the court.
Instead, Biden is increasingly vocal about his belief that the court is abandoning mainstream constitutional interpretation. He tells voters they need more Democrats in Congress and a Democrat in the White House to counter the impact of the conservative-leaning court.
Biden has won his share of cases, including on immigration, before a court where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority. But the student loan defeat capped a term when justices imposed significant roadblocks.
White House officials say Biden is keen to explore other ways to pursue the same priorities and explain to the American people about the obstacles.
“There’s only upside in running against the court as an institution because the court is doing things that are wildly unpopular and they’re preventing the president from implementing his agenda,” said Chris Kang, chief counsel of the progressive group Demand Justice and a onetime deputy counsel to President Barack Obama.
“I think that it’s important to make clear that the Supreme Court is making it impossible to implement and advance policies that should not have any controversy attached to them,” he added.
Republicans are working to portray Biden as overstepping his legal authority in pursuit of his agenda. They say the high court’s policies are in step with much of the country and they are trying to motivate their own voters by highlighting what the GOP has achieved through court rulings.
Former President Donald Trump, at the recent Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, praised the three justices he had nominated to the Supreme Court. “Exactly one year ago today, those justices were the pivotal votes in the Supreme Court’s landmark decision ending the constitutional atrocity known as Roe v. Wade,” Trump said.
He drew a standing ovation by noting that “conservatives had been trying for 50 years,” to overturn that ruling. “But I got it done and nobody ever thought it was a possibility.”
Other administration officials said the court’s conservative dominance has lowered the political cost to Biden when the justices scuttle some of his legally suspect actions such as on student loans and coronavirus mandates. On the latter, the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s attempt to require employees of large companies to get shots but left the requirement in place for health care workers, though by that time the pandemic had started to wane.
Klain insisted that everything Biden has put forward had a solid legal basis and was approved by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.
“There was no sense of taking the legal issues lightly or just ‘do it and take whatever the court says,’’ he said.
Confidence in the Supreme Court fell to its lowest point in at least 50 years after the leaked draft opinion in the abortion case in 2022. Those who view the current court favorably are largely Republican.
According to the Pew Research Center’s September 2022 report, only 28% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents now view the court favorably, down nearly 40 percentage points since 2020. And people in the United States increasingly favor term limits.
Positive views of the court among Republicans and those who lean Republican has increased to 73%. As a result, the partisan gap is larger than at any other point in the 35 years of polling that Pew has done on the court.
Republicans have focused for years on remaking the federal judiciary and Supreme Court. When Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., was the majority leader, he refused to even meet in 2016 with Obama’s pick for the high court — current Attorney General Merrick Garland, a federal judge at that time. The nomination stalled until a Republican president, Trump, took over.
Establishment GOP operatives backed Trump because of his pledge to name as many judges to the bench as possible. Their gamble worked. Trump ended up with three Supreme Court nominees and 54 federal appeals court judges, reshaping the courts for a generation.
Democrats are now finally understanding the power of judges as a voting tool, and Biden has made judicial nominations a priority, appointing a record number of judges for a president at this point in his first term, including some of the most diverse picks yet to the judiciary. Biden aides plan on highlighting those accomplishments during the reelection campaign, but acknowledge it’s only a small salve to their troubles at the high court.
Biden has taken to warning voters about what else the Supreme Court might do in the future, whether rolling back same-sex marriage rights or access to contraception.
“President Biden is being direct with the American people about the stakes these extreme decisions that jettison decades of longstanding precedent have for their fundamental freedoms and their daily lives,” said White House spokesman Andrew Bates.
Part of Biden’s unwillingness to go further to reshape the Supreme Court comes from a sense of history. Those pushing social change stood by the court after Brown v. Board of Education, a major civil rights case, and even Roe v. Wade, holding up its autonomy as a way to push forward. Backing away from that, particularly for an establishment Democrat like Biden, is not easy.
As Biden said in an interview with MSNBC, “I think if we start the process of trying to expand the court, we’re going to politicize it maybe forever in a way that is not healthy,”
Leah Litman, a professor of law at the University of Michigan and co-host of “Strict Scrutiny” podcast about the Supreme Court, said that while Biden was unlikely to go that far, “there are a variety of things that Democratic politicians could run on that would actually allow them to more explicitly push back against the court.”
Besides expanding the size of the Supreme Court and or the lower courts, she said, other options include stripping the Supreme Court of jurisdiction over certain cases, setting term limits and implementing ethics changes.
All of them, she said, are things the party could embrace “as part of their recognition that the court has politicized itself.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents of victims and survivors of the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde will appear before a House committee next week in an effort to bring home the devastation of America’s gun violence epidemic.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the chairwoman of the Oversight Committee, said Friday the hearing will examine the human impact of gun violence and the urgency for lawmakers to enact gun control legislation.
“It is my hope that all my colleagues will listen with an open heart as gun violence survivors and loved ones recount one of the darkest days of their lives,” Maloney said in a statement. “This hearing is ultimately about saving lives, and I hope it will galvanize my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass legislation to do just that.”
The panel for Wednesday’s hearing will include testimony from the mother of a 20-year-old man who was shot in a racist mass shooting last month in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, as well as the parents of a 10-year-old girl shot and killed in her elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, 12 days later.
The panel will also hear from Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader who covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead to survive the shooting rampage in Uvalde. The committee said the testimonies will take place either in person or virtually.
The announcement of the hearing comes days after the Oversight Committee launched an investigation into five leading manufacturers of the semi-automatic weapons used in both recent shootings. The committee, controlled by a Democratic majority, is no stranger to examining gun violence in America. But the recent spate of killings has reached a boiling point on Capitol Hill and around the country.
It also comes a day after President Joe Biden issued his strongest appeal yet for Congress to take action on guns as bipartisan talks are intensifying among a core group of senators.
The private discussions in the Senate, which is split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans, are not expected to produce the kinds of sweeping reforms being considered by the Democratic-led House — which has approved expansive background checks legislation and will next turn to an assault weapons ban.
A House package debated Thursday — and approved by a committee, 25-19 — is less sweeping but includes a provision raising the required age for buying semi-automatic firearms to 21. It still faces slim chances in the Senate.
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ROME (AP) — Flying back to Rome from Beirut in September 2012, I was escorted down the aisle to the first-class section of the papal plane and seated beside Pope Benedict XVI.
The pope, then 85, looked and sounded weary. He had just completed a delicate, two-day visit to Lebanon as civil war raged in neighboring Syria.
It was my 92nd such trip: The first was with Pope John Paul II, the master of papal globe-trotting, and then over the past eight years with Benedict.
Because I was planning to retire, Benedict’s trip to Beirut was to be my last, and Vatican officials thought I should share the moment with him.
What I didn’t know at the time was that it was to be his last trip, too. In a few months, he would become the first pope to resign in 600 years.
On that flight, Benedict was clearly tired, but he remained as congenial as always.
“Congratulations on your retirement,’’ he said in a soft voice, speaking in his German-accented Italian that often made Italians chuckle.
When I told him that I had covered the Vatican for more than 30 years, he looked surprised. He sounded wistful as he said my retirement “is much deserved.”
I have always wondered whether our encounter led him to think about any plans of his own that he had not yet revealed to the world. The retirement date that he announced later was Feb. 28 — the exact date that I had chosen to retire.
On the plane, Benedict appeared pleased with our chat and seemed to be in no rush to end it — it was his aides who motioned to me that it was time to return to my seat.
“Gracious” is always a word I associate with Benedict, who was perpetually ready to shake hands and say something appropriate for the occasion.
In the Netflix drama “The Two Popes,” Benedict, as played by Anthony Hopkins, is depicted as uncompromising in his belief that the survival of the Roman Catholic Church can only be ensured by a return to its core principles.
Yet in his own way, Benedict was a revolutionary.
He was one to stand his ground and not back down, whatever outside pressures he came under. But he also seemed almost oblivious to the storms he would create.
When the inevitable questions arose about his past in Nazi Germany, he could point out he had covered that territory in several interviews done years before becoming pope: his mandatory membership in the Hitler Youth as a teenager; being drafted into the military near the end of the war; his desertion and surrender to the Americans.
He thus avoided controversies faced by others who were less honest about their histories. That certainly smoothed the way for his papal visits to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, to Israel and to synagogues in Rome and New York.
It was fascinating to hear him chat in German with Rabbi Arthur Schneirer, the Vienna-born rabbi, during a stop at New York’s Park East Synagogue. They sounded like two old friends.
In one of the major crises of his papacy, a speech aimed at promoting tolerance among religions ended up provoking anger — and even some violence — in the Islamic community.
In a 2006 speech at Regensburg University in Germany, where he once served as a professor of theology, Benedict quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor who called Islam “evil and inhumane, such as his (the Prophet Muhammad’s) command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.”
The remarks drew swift condemnation in the Muslim world, but Benedict appeared surprised that what he saw as a scholarly discourse could create such rancor.
He said he “deeply regretted” that some took offense, but that he needed to insist that religion can never be a motivation for violence.
Years later, his former spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Benedict knew exactly what he meant with his remark.
When Benedict made his first trip to Africa, a French reporter asked in a news conference aboard the flight to Cameroon in 2009 whether condoms could play a role in fighting HIV.
“On the contrary, it (condom use) increases the problem,” he said.
Journalists and others on the plane were baffled by the response, which contradicted the views of health workers and many of his own priests battling the disease on the continent.
He backtracked a bit a year later, saying that condom use could be a first step toward a more moral behavior to prevent the spread of HIV.
It was the kind of clarification that was a sign of the lingering confusion and Vatican infighting that marked Benedict’s papacy.
In the years after his resignation, Benedict turned increasingly fragile and remained out of public view in a monastery inside the walls of Vatican City. He mainly devoted himself to prayer.
But his contributions to the church, which included opening the way for Pope Francis, were not forgotten by his Argentine successor. In 2021, when Benedict was 94, Francis issued a public thank you to the German on the 70th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
“To you Benedict, dear father and brother, goes our affection, our gratitude and our closeness,” Francis said.
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Victor L. Simpson covered the Vatican for The Associated Press from his arrival as a correspondent in Rome in 1972 to his retirement as Italy bureau chief in 2013. During that period, he covered the final months of Pope Paul VI, the 33-day tenure of Pope John Paul I, and the papacies of St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, including 92 of their trips abroad.
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — An employee of an animal park in southwestern Sweden was gored to death by an eland, Swedish media reported Monday.
The man, a foreign national, was taking the antelopes into stables after the park had closed, police spokesman Robert Loeffel told Swedish broadcaster SVT.
The goring happened late Sunday at the Oland Animal and Entertainment Park on the southwestern island of Oland. Police said the case is being considered a "workplace accident,” which is standard procedure.
It was not known precisely what happened inside the enclosure. The identity and citizenship of the deceased employee was not given.
The eland is the world's largest antelope.
As of Monday, the park had closed for the season, according to its website.
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LONDON and NEW YORK, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of London, the next-generation technology company and the world's first purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank, today announced the appointment of Tam Holmes as its Co-President & Group Chief Product Officer and Member of the Group's Executive Management Committee. As Group Chief Product Officer, Tam is responsible for oversight of the Group's overall customer and product vision, strategy, and innovation.
Prior to The Bank of London, Tam spent five years at 10X Banking ("10X") where he served as Chief Product Officer and Chief Development Officer, playing a key role in driving the business forward, including as a Board Member, and where he was principally responsible for managing all customer relationships, product strategy, product management and business development. Instrumental in building investor and customer confidence, he positioned 10X as the transformational partner of choice for Global Tier 1 banks.
Previously Tam was the Head of Digital Security and Fraud at Lloyds Banking Group, where he also served as Head of Programme Delivery for Digital Banking. Tam was responsible for the re-platforming of Lloyd's digital banking stack, as well as the design of innovative digital fraud and security controls, including the UK's first deployment of behavioural biometrics, and device ID systems.
Anthony Watson, Group Chief Executive & Founder of The Bank of London, said: "Tam's wealth of knowledge and experience across banking, large-scale transformation, and programme delivery, makes him a great fit at The Bank of London. He brings a particularly unique perspective from his time at 10X, where he led both the sales and product development of their cloud bank platform to JP Morgan Chase in the UK and Europe, Westpac in Australia and other global banks. With his flair for driving innovation coupled with a strong reputation for leading with humility and empathy, Tam will provide a world-class product experience for our clients globally."
Tam Holmes, Co-President & Group Chief Product Officer of The Bank of London, said: "I'm delighted to join The Bank of London at such a pivotal time. The market has been left under-served by incumbents for far too long and I'm excited to start driving forward our customer and product vision, strategy, and innovation, to build strong products and experiences that our will customers love - in the UK, the EU and beyond."
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About The Bank of London
The Bank of London launched 30th November 2021 as the sixth principal clearing bank of the United Kingdom, and only the second clearing bank in 250 years. With a $1.1 billion valuation, it is the first pre-revenue bank in history to attain 'unicorn' status upon debut.
The Bank of London is a leading-edge technology company and the world's first purpose-built global clearing, agency, and transaction bank. We leverage our patented technology innovations and differentiated bank capabilities to lift economies and communities by powering the borderless economic infrastructure of the future.
The bank has been established to assist banks, clearing houses, digital & traditional asset firms, governments, financial services companies from local fintechs to global institutions, payment networks and non-financial brands seeking to launch fully compliant financial products and services in-country and across-borders.
With headquarters in London and offices in New York and Belfast, The Bank of London is a principal clearing bank of the United Kingdom authorised by the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority.
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ORRVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) today issued its 2022 Corporate Impact Report, including its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Disclosure Report, detailing its commitment to responsible business practices and continued progress on its Thriving Together agenda.
The Company's Thriving Together agenda centers on five key pillars: ensuring access to quality food, aiding access to education, promoting equitable and ethical treatment for all, making connections to necessary community resources and ensuring a healthier planet.
This agenda came to life in many important ways this past fiscal year. Some notable highlights include:
- Supported delivery of more than 23 million meals to people and pets in need
- Acted as a founding sponsor of Opening Track, a unique music education program from Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio
- Donated more than $1.2 million to the Red Cross and United Way to support the unique needs of communities across North America
- Launched initial Employee Resource Groups to support marginalized communities, promote a spirit of community and foster allyship
- Worked with a number of external conservation partners, including World Wildlife Fund, Pollinator Partnership and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to conserve resources, restore biodiversity and promote healthier ecosystems
The Company recognizes its responsibility to support all constituents and provide updates on progress made toward its ESG goals.
"We have high expectations for the important role we must play in support of our communities and planet, and recognize our stakeholders share in our passion," said Mark Smucker, Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our Corporate Impact Report and ESG disclosure are opportunities to keep these engaged constituents informed while also sharing our sincere appreciation to our employees and partners who helped us deliver these results."
Learn more about the Company's impact and Thriving Together agenda by visiting: www.jmsmucker.com/our-impact.
About The J.M. Smucker Co.
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a diverse portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets and is found in more than 80 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker's® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer preferences and acting responsibly, we will continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on society. For more information, please visit jmsmucker.com.
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SEATTLE — Seattle’s Stefan Frei finished with three saves for his league-leading 10th clean sheet of the season and Pedro Gallese saved two shots as Orlando City played the Sounders to a scoreless tie on Saturday night.
Orlando City improves to 3-0-6 in its last nine road matches against Western Conference opponents. The club picked up its first win over the Sounders with a 3-2 victory last August, rallying from two goals down. Prior to its unbeaten run, Orlando City was 0-10-2 on the road against the West.
Orlando City returns home to host the Chicago Fire on Saturday. Seattle will host the Houston Dynamo on Saturday.
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- A clear majority in the GCC, North Africa and the Levant (64%) say democracy in the region will never work, despite two-thirds of Arab youth saying they have more freedoms because of the Arab Spring
- While perceptions of the United States as an ally of the Arab world have strengthened over the past five years, a majority support its disengagement from the Middle East
- China, Turkey and Russia are seen as stronger allies of their countries by young Arabs than historical powerbrokers the U.S., the United Kingdom and France
- A third of Arab youth hold the U.S. and NATO primarily responsible for the conflict in Ukraine compared with 18% who say Russia is to blame
DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Young Arab men and women in the Middle East & North Africa, a cohort that has lived through the Arab Spring, the rise and fall of Daesh (ISIS) and the Covid-19 pandemic, are charting a new course as they contemplate their future, with a full 82 percent saying that promoting stability is more important than promoting democracy.
This is in stark contrast to the results of the 2009 Arab Youth Survey, in which 92% of young Arabs said living in a democratic country was their single-most important priority. A majority in the GCC (57%), 62% in North Africa and 72% in the Levant say that democracy in the region will never work.
These were some of the top findings of the 14th Annual ASDA'A BCW Arab Youth Survey, the largest study of the Middle East & North Africa's largest demographic, its 200 million plus youth, unveiled today in Dubai.
ASDA'A BCW, the region's leading communications consultancy, commissioned IDS Research & Consultancy to conduct face-to-face interviews with 3,400 Arab citizens aged 18 to 24 in 50 cities across 17 Arab states from May 13 to June 16, 2022. The sample was equally split between men and women.
Most of the so-called Arab Spring Generation, which entered adulthood after the momentous events of the early 2010s, say they have more freedoms today because of the protests and that their voice matters to their leadership. A full 59% of respondents say that women have equal rights.
Entrepreneurship on the rise
While 87% of Arab youth in the GCC say their government has the right policies to tackle the issues most important to young people, fewer than six in 10 in North Africa, and barely a fifth (21%) in Levant say the same. Against this backdrop, more young people say they would prefer to work for themselves or with their family (28%) than for the government or the private sector.
Attitudes towards religion
The uncertainty of young Arab men and women today is arguably most conspicuous in their attitudes towards religion. Overall, 41% say their religion is most important to their identity (a 7% increase compared to 2021), followed by their nationality (18%), their family or tribe (17%) and cultural heritage (7%), though the attachment to religion is less in the Levant (24%). And nearly three-quarters overall (70%) and a clear majority in all three regions express concern about the loss of traditional values and culture.
Most youth in all three regions also agree that preserving the region's religious and cultural identity is more important than creating a more globalized society (65% say this overall). And 70% of youth in the GCC and 60% in the North Africa say that Sharia law should be the basis of their legal systems rather than civil or common law, though just over 4 in 10 in the Levant agree.
In contrast, 73% of Arab youth overall (78% in the GCC, 76% in North Africa and 65% in the Levant) say that religion plays too big a role in Middle Eastern life, and more than three-quarters (77%) say that religious institutions in the region require reform.
Changing allegiances
In a further sign of today's shifting global allegiances, Arab youth now view China, Turkey and Russia as stronger allies of their countries than historical powerbrokers the U.S., the United Kingdom and France.
This year, three-quarters (78%) of Arab youth say China is either a strong ally or somewhat of an ally of their country, followed by Turkey (77%) and Russia (72%). The UK and France were the fourth-ranked strongest allies on 70%, followed by the United States (63%) in sixth.
Despite the thaw in relations heralded by the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020, Arab youth remain steadfast in their opposition to Israel, with 88% saying the country is a strong enemy or somewhat of an enemy. Nearly two-thirds (62%) say the same of Iran.
Responsibility for the Ukraine crisis
Perhaps most surprising is the stance of Arab youth on the Ukraine conflict, with 31% saying they hold the U.S. and NATO primarily responsible for the conflict, while 18% say Russia is mostly to blame. More youth in the Levant (41%) and North Africa (29%) than other areas surveyed said that accountability rests with NATO and the U.S., while GCC youth are more divided on the issue, with 22% saying Russia is to blame and 21% saying NATO/the U.S. are at fault.
The U.S. continues to have by far the most influence on the Arab world, according to the research. More than a third (36%) say the U.S. has the most influence, compared with just 4% who say China is the most influential. After the U.S., Saudi Arabia (11%), Israel (9%), the UAE (7%), and Iran (7%) are said to be the most influential nations.
Support for U.S. disengagement from MENA
The fact that the U.S. still holds sway over the region could explain why most Arab youth want the country to play a less prominent role in MENA affairs. Three-quarters (73%) say they either strongly or somewhat support the disengagement of the U.S. from the Middle East, with the proportion of Arab youth taking this stance consistent across the GCC, Levant and North Africa.
Arab youth still consider Western nations role models
Arab youth may be wary of Western political influence in the region, but they clearly approve of Western countries as places to live. After the United Arab Emirates, voted for by 57% of young Arabs, the top five countries they say they would most like to live in are the United States (24%), Canada (20%), France (15%) and Germany (15%). And for the ninth straight the year, the U.S. is also the country most Arab youth say they would like their own to be like, again after the UAE (37%). Around a quarter (22%) of young Arabs say they would like their own country to emulate the U.S., followed by Canada (18%), Germany (14%), France (11%) and Turkey (11%).
More young Arabs consider emigration
Bleak employment opportunities are encouraging Arab youth to emigrate, with nearly half (45%) saying they are either actively trying to emigrate or have considered emigrating – up from 42% in 2020 and 33% last year. Canada (22%), Germany (19%) and the US (17%) are the three most popular destinations – the UAE is ranked fourth (14%).
Rise of TikTok
The popularity of Twitter and Facebook is declining, but the use of TikTok has more than doubled in the past three years, from 21% of youth saying they use it daily in 2020 to 50% today. TikTok is the fifth most popular social media app in terms of daily usage. WhatsApp ranks first, with 82% of Arab youth saying they use it daily, followed by Facebook (72%), Instagram (61%) and YouTube (53%).
Donna Imperato, Global CEO, BCW, said the findings of the 14th ASDA'A BCW Arab Youth Survey open a window onto the shifting dynamics of the Arab world. "Once again, the ASDA'A BCW Arab Youth Survey provides rich data for policymakers, businesses and communicators who want to better understand the hopes, attitudes and aspirations of the MENA's region's largest demographic.
"While this year's study arguably paints the most enigmatic picture of Arab youth in its 14-year history, some characteristics of the so-called Arab Spring Generation are clear to see. They are united by their faith, their roots, their resourcefulness, and their demand for a fair chance to succeed," Imperato added.
Sunil John, President, MENA, BCW and Founder of ASDA'A BCW, said the research presented further valuable insights into the mindset of young Arab men and women across MENA, and the issues decision makers must address if they are to make the most of their potential.
"These evidence-based insights inform governments, businesses, multilateral institutions and academics on policymaking and strategy. At ASDA'A BCW, we believe that to understand the Arab world, we must first understand the hearts and minds of its largest demographic, its youth. Once again, this year's survey pinpoints critical themes in their outlook.
"The current generation of Arab youth are moving on from the divisions of the early 2010s but have yet to decide the direction they will take. They want more freedoms, but they prioritize stability. They seek reform but want to preserve their culture and traditions. They are optimistic and self-reliant, believing their best days lie ahead, but their expectations are high."
The findings of this year's ASDA'A BCW Arab Youth Survey are presented under six distinct themes – My Identity, My Livelihood, My Politics, My Global Citizenship, My Lifestyle and My Aspirations.
They reveal a generation at a crossroads, confronted with the dilemma of preserving their traditional culture and values on the one hand, and embracing modernization and reform on the other.
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GARY, Ind. — A bar in Gary has been shut down by the mayor’s office following a deadly quadruple shooting over the weekend.
At around 2:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to Up Top Lounge, located in the 900 block of East 21st Avenue, on the report of a shooting.
A 37-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and three others were wounded — two men and a woman, the Northwest Indiana Times reported.
On Monday, Mayor Jerome Prince sent a letter to the owner which shut down the business until further notice.
No one is in custody.
“We’re all frustrated and angry a handful of people in our City choose to behave violently toward others, but we will not allow the cowardly actions of a small number of people deter us from our mission to make Gary a safer place to live, play and work,” Mayor Prince said. “This is an ongoing investigation, but the Gary Police Department and the Lake County Prosecutor’s Homicide Task Force will pour every necessary resource into getting to the bottom of the incident at the Up Top Lounge and into holding the responsible parties accountable for their actions.”
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A shift in migration patterns is bringing thousands of migrants to remote South Texas. This development has transformed the area into the busiest sector of the border for several months running.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The president of the European Union's executive arm traveled Saturday to Bulgaria for the opening of a natural gas link between the country and Greece, emphasizing the EU’s determination to stop relying on Russian energy imports by.
Speaking at a ceremony in Sofia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the pipeline as an important contribution to limiting opportunities for Russia to use its gas and oil reserves to blackmail or punish the EU.
“This pipeline changes the energy security situation for Europe. This project means freedom,“ von der Leyen told an audience that included heads of state and government from the region.
The European Commission committed nearly 250 million euros to finance the project, von der Leyen said.
The importance of the Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria pipeline, which was completed in July, has significantly risen after Moscow decided to turn its natural gas deliveries into a political weapon.
In late April, Russia cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria after it refused Moscow’s demand to pay for the deliveries in rubles, Russia’s currency. Relations between the two former Soviet bloc allies have tanked in recent months, and last month Bulgaria ordered the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats, triggering an angry response from Moscow.
“People in Bulgaria and across Europe are feeling the consequences of Russia’s war. But thanks to projects like this, Europe will have enough gas for the winter,” von der Leyen said. "Europe has everything it needs to break free from our dependency on Russia. It is a matter of political will.
The 182-kilometer (115-mile) conduit runs from the northeastern Greek city of Komotini, where it links to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, up to Stara Zagora in central Bulgaria. Plans call for an initial capacity of 3 billion cubic meters of gas a year, and the prospect of future expansion to 5 billion cubic meters.
The Bulgarian executive of the project, Teodora Georgieva, said the pipeline would help supply other countries in southeastern Europe.
“We have the opportunity to supply gas to the Western Balkans, to ensure supplies to Moldova and Ukraine,” Georgieva said.
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TUCSON, Ariz. — The internet has been clamoring for a "Hocus Pocus" sequel for so long that it was almost inevitable that the fulfillment of that wish would lead to disappointment.
The movie is a joyous lark rather than a mediocre disappointment that is nothing short of a magic trick. "Hocus Pocus 2" is about anything a fan could hope for.
The movie, which debuts on Disney+ Friday, lives up to the ludicrous level of hype that had surrounded it long before it actually existed.
The film follows the cult hit 1993 comedy. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy are back as the Sanderson Sisters, a trio of rambunctious witches with a tendency to return from the dead to terrorize Salem, Mass.
Spirited performances from all three — as well as a rich connection between them that has lost nothing over the decades — is the magic that makes this broom fly. Less intriguing is the new blood: A trio of high school witches (Whitney Peak, Lilia Buckingham, and Belissa Escobedo) who accidentally resurrect the Sandersons, then work to thwart their plans for mayhem.
The younger crew works best when their inner drama melts away, and they are left to gawk at the Sandersons' hijinks.
Prone to spontaneous song-and-dance numbers, acts of vandalism, and witty asides, the divas command attention at all times, always providing a mixture of good-natured humor, eye-rolling, and mild annoyance.
Director Anne Fletcher is all too aware that the film thrives when the Sandersons are on screen together and fizzles when they're off. She gets the most out of the kinetic actors that she can, even if the flimsy story falls by the wayside as a result.
"Hocus Pocus" 2 works because it has the same madcap feel as the original. This is a movie that could have been made in 1993. Like any effective nostalgia trip, the film seizes the moment and recaptures the same wacky wavelength as the original.
Here's hoping it won't take another 29 years for a third "Hocus Pocus."
RATING: 3 stars out of 4.
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Flags to fly at half-staff to honor victims of Covenant School Shooting
(ABC 6 News) – In accordance with a notice from the White House, Governor Tim Walz has ordered all Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at all state buildings in Minnesota effective immediately until sunset Friday, March 31, 2023 to remember and honor the lives lost today at the Convenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.
“Gwen and I are praying for the students and families in Nashville as we reel from another devastating shooting in a school – a place that should be free of violence,” said Governor Walz. “We are going to pass commonsense gun safety laws this session to help prevent tragedies like this in Minnesota.”
Individuals, businesses, and other organizations are also encouraged to join in lowering their flags.
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A woman who bought a home valued at $594,481 got more than she bargained for when the sale included about $50 million in additional lots — no charge.
When county officials went over the documents for the sale in Washoe County, Nevada, they found what appeared to be a copy-and-paste error that added 84 additional lots and two common spaces to the transaction.
The error was first reported by the Reno Gazette-Journal. The newspaper did not name the woman, but said it reached out to a Sparks resident with the same name as the buyer and received a “no comment” response with a smiley face emoji.
The home in Sparks, Nevada, was sold in July to a woman who had no idea she was getting the extra property. The home she purchased and all the extra lots are in a Toll Brothers subdivision called Stonebrook.
County officials told the Gazette-Journal on Monday that Westminster Title’s Las Vegas office appeared to be the source of the error.
Westminster Title branch manager Tammy Barnes didn’t have much to say about the mistake. She said, “It’s been resolved.” She said her office doesn’t copy and paste information, adding that the error was on a “base document,” but offered no further comment.
To sort out the mess, the homebuyer will have to transfer the title back to Toll Brothers so they can be recorded and sold again properly, according to the Washoe County Assessor’s Office. Some of the properties had previously been built on and sold, the newspaper reported.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts kill hundreds of people and uproot tens of thousands from their homes.
These countries and many others in the Middle East and Africa have been plunged into turmoil and wars for several years. Now climate change is an added disaster for those already struggling for survival.
The United Nations’ climate conference, which wrapped up last weekend in Egypt, established a new fund to help poor, vulnerable countries hit hard by climate change. Countries like Yemen and Somalia are among the world’s poorest and more vulnerable to climate change impacts as they are less able to adapt to weather extremes.
But they have little or no access to climate financing.
Conflict-hit countries are unlikely to receive funds because they lack stable governments, said Nisreen el-Saim, chair of the U.N. Secretary-General Youth Advisory Group.
“They don’t have institutions in order to have climate finance,” she said. “You have to have strong institutions, which don’t exist in many countries.”
Robert Mardini, the director general of the International Committee for the Red Cross, said that “close to zero amount of climate finance” is reaching conflict-affected nations “because decision makers who decide to allocate those funds consider that it is too risky to invest” there.
He warned that the worst is yet to come for Yemenis and Somalis amid worsening food shortages.
Those decision makers “need to reconsider the risk appetite because there are also big risks in not investing in these countries and huge (human) costs that should be avoided,” he said.
In Yemen, a third of the population — 19 million people — are not able to find sufficient food in 2022, up from 15 million last year. Those include 161,000 living in famine-like conditions, according to the U.N. food agency.
Children and women are the most affected, with 1.3 million pregnant and breastfeeding women and 2.2 million children under 5 years acutely malnourished. Of those, 538,000 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition, said the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Yemen has endured a brutal civil war since 2014, when the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, forcing the government into exile. A Saudi-led coalition entered the war in early 2015 to try restore the internationally recognized government to power.
The conflict devastated the country, created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and over the years, turned into a regional proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. More than 150,000 people have been killed, including over 14,500 civilians.
The country has also suffered from droughts, soil erosion and yet worsening floods every year. According to the U.N. agriculture agency, this year’s rainfall was 45% higher compared to 2021.
At least 72 people were killed in flooding this year, and some 74,000 families in 19 of the country’s 22 provinces were affected, with those living in displacement camps bearing the brunt of the deluge. There are 4.3 million people displaced, most made homelss by the raging conflict, according to U.N. figures.
To meet the increasing humanitarian needs, the World Food Program says it needs more than $1 billion until March 2023.
The situation is worse in Somalia. The country is inching towards famine, the U.N. says. Prolonged drought has brought hunger and death to hundreds of thousands.
The country experienced its fifth consecutive failed rainy season this year, forcing at least 700,000 people from their homes, said Mohamed Osman, an economic advisor to the Somali president.
He said Somalia needs $55.5 billion in investment and assistance in the next 10 years to be able to recover from climatic shocks.
“Somalia is paying the price already,” he said. “We have received so far nothing and in total, Africa has received less.”
In the past two months alone, more than 55,000 Somalis fled drought and conflict to neighboring Kenya, and the number is expected to reach 120,000 in the next few months, according to the International Rescue Committee.
“Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees will struggle to find life-saving assistance by fleeing to Kenya this year unless urgent steps are taken,” said IRC’s director in Kenya, Mohamed El Montassir Hussein.
Somalia descended into chaos following the 1991 ousting of longtime dictator Siad Barre by warlords who then turned on each other. The al-Shabab militants, who are affiliated with al-Qaida, are also active in the country which occupied a strategically important position in the Horn of Africa.
In Nigeria, seasonal rainfall and flooding killed more than 55 people in extreme weather scientists say was made 80 times more likely because of climate change. Around 20 million people in the country are estimated to face acute food insecurity amid crop losses and lower yields, according to official figures.
The ICRC has warned about an outbreak of cholera and other waterborne diseases amid dire a shortage of live-saving aid, including shelter, water, sanitation, food, and emergency healthcare.
The country’s northeastern regions where yearslong fighting against Islamic insurgency are centered were the worst hit.
“With more than 440,000 hectares of land already impacted by this flood, the magnitude of its effect on food security can be better imagined,” said Benson Agbro, head of the Nigerian Red Cross Society’s disaster response.
Agbro added they urgently need more than $13.5 million to address dire humanitarian conditions in the most hard hit areas.
“But longer term, we also need to build resilience to climate shocks as we know that communities affected by conflict are among the most vulnerable to climate change,” he said.
The Russian war in Ukraine has also doubled the challenges and costs of living for people in conflict-hit countries, according Mardini of the Red Cross.
“There is a knock-on effect of the Ukraine international armed conflict,” he said, pointing to the skyrocketing prices of food, energy, fertilizers and the straining supply chain.
“So doing the same thing in a place like Somalia or Mali is more costly for us, and we need to mobilize more funds from our donors to do the same type of project that we used to do a year ago,” he said.
Osman, the Somali official, said greater efforts are also needed for conflict-hit countries to access funds beyond the new proposed compensation deal. The package is just one part of a proposed “mosaic of funding arrangements” for climate vulnerable nations.
He called for “innovative ways” to receive funds, including initiatives on debt relief and help to build government institutions.
“No country should be left behind,” he said.
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Legal battles begin over abortion pill as several states move to restrict or ban abortion
Medication abortion is approved by the FDA. It can be sent through the mail. President Biden signed an executive order to protect it. So, with these federal safeguards can states restrict access to it?
WASHINGTON- The federally-safeguarded abortion pill is expected to be the subject of legal challenges as several states seek to ban abortion or highly restrict it.
For more than 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved medication abortion and has determined it to be safe and effective. The medication can also be sent through the mail. Yet, those safeguards are being challenged in court after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year-old Roe vs Wade and returned abortion rights to the states.
The Guttmacher Institute reports medication abortion makes up for more than half of all abortions in the United States. It’s a two-drug combination of Mifepristone and Misoprostol that is used to terminate early pregnancy, medical experts say, up to 10 weeks.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order to protect reproductive healthcare services like the abortion pill. He directed the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to take additional action to protect and expand access to it “to ensure that medication abortion is as widely accessible as possible.”
Washington News Bureau reporter Jamie Bittner spoke to Katie Keith, director of Health Policy and The Law Initiative at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center, about some of the biggest legal battles that could lie ahead.
The risk for people and providers
“I think most of these laws are really designed to have a chilling effect to scare people into either not seeking the care or not undergoing the procedure or taking the steps they want to take. And, prevent providers from performing the procedure,” said Keith.
The Washington News Bureau asked Keith if people could face legal issues or criminal charges if they would take the abortion pill or help someone gain access to the pill in a state where abortion is banned or restricted.
She said, “it’s going to vary by state and it’s pretty wide open. I think part of it is going to be how aggressive the states that have banned abortion are going to be.”
She noted, however, that many states right now seem to be more focused on providers than people when it comes to legal action. However, she noted that may not be the case for long.
“What is concerning though is how some of these laws are going to get enforced and implemented. Especially ones that include a reference to personhood, for example. And, so if you do have an abortion are women going to be targeted for homicide or something like that given some of these changes. So, there’s some questions about that. What I would not want anyone to take away from this is that women are currently under threat for taking action by accessing medication for abortion at this stage,” she said.
Keith said prosecutors and attorneys general in some states have publicly announced that they will not target citizens or that they will not cooperate with investigations into citizens. However, she once again notes it will vary by state.
She stressed no one should break the law. So, to make sure everyone know what their rights are, she suggests first turning to trusted sources such as the Center for Reproductive Rights, the National Women’s Law Center, or a lawyer.
Keith said, states like Texas and Oklahoma have also implemented ‘bounty hunter laws’ where those who aide or abet an abortion could face civil liability even if they do not face criminal charges.
She added the pressure on providers may make doctors more wary of possible legal repercussions or the risk of losing their medical license.
FDA Approval
In 2000, the FDA approved medication abortion, Mifeprex (mifepristone) in combination with misoprostol, to end an early pregnancy.
Due to that federal approval, one manufacturer, GenBioPro, has already filed a lawsuit in Mississippi as it claims the state is trying to make it harder for people to get the pill. It argues the federal approval should override state restrictions.
“The argument that is being made is that the federal government has said that this is a safe and effective drug. It’s been blessed at the federal level. Can states restrict this on a state by state basis? We really haven’t seen that before with other drugs,” said Keith.
In 2019, the FDA also approved a generic version of the drug.
The President’s executive order and sending the abortion pill through the mail
Keith said the constitution puts the job of overseeing the mail in the hands of the federal government.
The abortion pill, as mentioned, is allowed to be sent through the mail.
“And so I think the question is going to be, are states going to try to come up with restrictions over the mail itself? What do those look like?” said Keith. “And again, I think that’s something that has to be litigated. But I would emphasize, I think both the kind of FDA approval drugs and the mail itself.... these are federal programs that should be regulated that way. And, the states are probably going to try to step in and usurp that role. And, hopefully we see that the federal law governs here.”
Keith noted the question also raises discussion over states trying to assert jurisdiction over people living outside of the state. This, she adds, gets even more legally complex as several officials in states where abortion is legal are promising to be ‘safe harbor states.’
“And it raises all kinds of questions. I would emphasize... you’re starting to see prosecutors in both states where it’s legal and where it’s not step in and say we’re not, we would never enforce this. I’m not, you know, in my jurisdiction, I’m not going to be going after women. I’m not going to be going after providers in some of the states where it remains legal,” Keith said.
The pandemic has also surged the use of telemedicine.
Keith adds the President’s executive order is ‘powerful.’ Yet, even with the full backing of the White House, the FDA, and the Department of Justice, she said many of the issues surrounding access to things such as the abortion pill will fall to the courts.
“I think we’re going to see many more abortion related cases up at the Supreme Court as a result of this,” she said.
She added, even with executive action from the President, “I think none of it is going to go far enough to restore the right to abortion, that was, as you said, in place for 50 or nearly 50 years and was just overturned.”
Waiting for clarity from the courts
Keith said it could take ‘decades’ for courts to wade through the legal challenges to abortion restrictions and rights.
“I would just emphasize, I think one of the things that was given as a rationale for this big Supreme Court decision was sort of the unworkability of the prior standard that we had based on a Supreme Court case called Casey. The idea was that... states can restrict abortion or regulate it, but you can’t place an undue burden on women.... it was regularly litigated. One of the reasons that the court sort of overturned that case and Roe versus Wade was this idea that, oh, that’s too hard of a standard. It’s led to all of these lawsuits and all this litigation. And I guess what I want to emphasize is that the idea that this will make it easier, we’ll just return this issue to the states, I think it’s not the case,” said Keith. “Just even in the conversation we’ve been having, the number of lawsuits and legal issues and challenges that this is going to raise, I think it’s all going to be sort of decided by the courts. It’s going to be extremely unworkable and vary state by state. And, it’s going to take decades to sort of figure out what what the state of the law is going to be.”
Despite action by House lawmakers in Congress, measures to codify Roe v Wade into federal law have not passed the U.S Senate.
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