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WASHINGTON (AP) — The government will require heavy trucks and buses to include automatic emergency braking equipment within five years, the federal traffic safety agency said Thursday, estimating it will prevent nearly 20,000 crashes save at least 155 lives a year.
The announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration follows a similar move last month for all new passenger cars and light trucks. The actions represent the traffic safety agency’s latest efforts to regulate electronic systems that take on certain tasks that drivers themselves have normally handled. NHTSA has been reluctant in the past to impose such regulations, saying the technology would change during the time it took to enact new rules.
Ann Carlson, the safety agency’s chief counsel, said Thursday that automatic emergency braking systems will reduce the frequency and severity of rear-end crashes, as well as rollovers and accidents involving loss of driver control.
“Advanced driver assistance systems like AEB have the power to save lives,” she said at a news conference. The new requirement “is an important step forward in improving safety on our nation’s roadways by reducing — and ultimately eliminating — preventable tragedies that harm Americans.”
The proposed rule applies to new trucks and buses weighing at least 10,000 pounds and is expected to become final next year. The heaviest trucks — those over 26,000 pounds — will be required to install the braking system three years after the rule becomes final, while vehicles weighing between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds will have until 2028.
AEB systems use forward-facing cameras and sensor technologies to detect when a crash is imminent. The system automatically applies the brakes if the driver has not done so, or, if needed, applies additional braking force to supplement the driver’s actions. The proposed standard would require the technology to work at speeds ranging from 6 to 50 miles per hour.
The American Trucking Associations, the industry’s largest lobbying group, welcomed the announcement.
“The trucking industry supports the use of proven safety technology like automatic emergency braking,” said Dan Horvath, the group’s vice president of safety policy. “With NHTSA’s recent regulation requiring AEB on all new passenger vehicles, this proposal for heavy duty trucks is timely and appropriate.”
According to NHTSA statistics, there are about 60,000 rear-end crashes a year in which a heavy truck or bus is the striking vehicle. Once implemented, NHTSA estimates the proposed rule will prevent more than 19,000 crashes, save 155 lives and prevent nearly 9,000 injuries annually.
The agency says the rule on new passengers vehicles and light trucks will dramatically reduce rear-end crashes, saving at least 360 lives per year. It also is projected to cut injuries by at least 24,000 annually and reduce property damage.
The Transportation Department, which includes NHTSA, called the proposal an important step in the broader goal of reducing roadway deaths. The number of people killed on U.S. roads declined slightly last year, to 42,795, but still represents a national crisis, the agency said.
The announcements on automatic emergency brakes follow a provision in the 2021 infrastructure law requiring automatic braking in all vehicles, passenger and commercial.
As of December, a total of 15 automakers had included the technology standard on most or all new models. General Motors said automatic emergency braking will be standard on nearly all its vehicles by the end of the model year.
Automatic braking systems are not flawless. NHTSA has opened three investigations into systems from Tesla, Honda and Freightliner that activated the brakes for no apparent reason. | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/us-safety-agency-to-require-automatic-emergency-braking-on-heavy-trucks-and-buses/ | 2023-06-22 19:19:48 | 0 | https://phl17.com/business/ap-business/us-safety-agency-to-require-automatic-emergency-braking-on-heavy-trucks-and-buses/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A shooting outside U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin’s Long Island home is giving the Republican a fresh, personal perspective on the kind of violent crime that has been a focus of his campaign for governor.
Two 17-year-old boys were wounded by gunfire from a moving car Sunday afternoon while walking in front of Zeldin’s home, police said. Zeldin’s daughters, both 16, heard the gunshots, locked themselves in a bathroom and called 911.
“It doesn’t hit any closer to home than this,” Zeldin said to a reporter while marching in a parade on Monday. “This could be anyone across this entire state.”
Police have divulged few details about the wounded teens, whose wounds were not life threatening, or what might have led to the shooting.
Speaking to reporters outside Zeldin's home Monday, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said investigators suspect the victims were targeted and were looking in to whether the shooting might be gang related. No arrests have been made.
Harrison said he’s deploying more officers to Zeldin’s neighborhood, in Shirley on Long Island’s South Shore, as a precaution. A squad car was parked Monday near Zeldin’s home.
Zeldin, who is running against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, has made tackling violent crime a pillar of his campaign.
Overall, statistics show Suffolk County, where he lives, is relatively safe.
Linked in popular imagination with the Hamptons and its beachy coastlines, the county is one of the richest in the United States. Last year it had the fifth-lowest violent crime rate of the state’s 62 counties, according to state data.
Through August this year, the Suffolk Police Department, which patrols much of the county of 1.5 million people, had reported 47 shootings and 12 shooting deaths. That’s fewer than at this same point in 2021.
Zeldin and his wife were returning from a parade in the Bronx and weren’t home at the time of the shooting. Police said they had no reason to believe it had any connection to him. The wounded teens were from the nearby towns of Mastic and Mastic Beach.
Zeldin said his daughters were rattled but otherwise safe. They marched with him Monday in the 78th Annual Columbus Day Parade in Manhattan.
“Yesterday was a pretty traumatic day,” Zeldin said. “When they heard the screaming the concern was — for them, what was most traumatic, was that they thought that these people were trying to get in the house.”
It’s the second scare Zeldin has had in several months.
In July, he was assaulted while campaigning in upstate New York when a man approached him onstage and thrust a sharp object near his head and neck. He was uninjured and the man was arrested.
Zeldin has pledged to fight crime by scaling back the state’s bail reforms, which went into effect in 2020, and has singled out Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, a Democrat, saying he’d seek to remove him from office, if elected.
He also applauded the Supreme Court’s ruling in June that struck down a New York gun law and made it easier for people to own guns.
There have been at least three other shootings in other parts of Zeldin’s town, Shirley, this year.
In January, a 34-year-old man was shot and killed about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from Zeldin’s home. In February, a man was wounded, and three houses were struck by gunfire. In August, a couple died of gunshot wounds in a suspected murder-suicide. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Shooting-brings-violent-crime-to-Rep-Zeldin-s-17500164.php | 2022-10-11 00:24:25 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Shooting-brings-violent-crime-to-Rep-Zeldin-s-17500164.php |
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
9-6-7-6
(nine, six, seven, six)
BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Evening" game were:
9-6-7-6
(nine, six, seven, six) | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Evening-game-17289007.php | 2022-07-07 02:49:40 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Numbers-Evening-game-17289007.php |
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said China’s extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the omicron variant, but that it’s up to every country to decide what policy to pursue.
At a press briefing on Tuesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described China’s “zero-COVID” strategy as “not sustainable” after similar remarks last weekdrew sharp criticism from China.
“We know the virus better and we have better tools, including vaccines, so that’s why the handling of the virus should actually be different from what we used to do at the start of the pandemic,” Tedros said. He added that the virus had changed significantly since it was first identified in Wuhan in late 2019, when China largely stopped its spread with lockdowns.
Tedros said the WHO had repeatedly advised Chinese officials about their recommended COVID containment strategies, but that “regarding their choice of policies, it is up to every country to make that choice.”
The ruthless and often chaotic implementation of zero-COVID in China has stirred considerable resentment and food shortages in Shanghai, where some residents have been under lockdown for more than a month.
WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said the agency recognized that China had faced a difficult situation with COVID-19 recently and commended authorities for keeping the number of deaths to a very low level.
“We understand why the initial response of China was to try and suppress infections to the maximum level (but) that strategy is not sustainable and other elements of the strategic response needs to be amplified,” he said. Ryan added that vaccination efforts should continue and emphasized that “a suppression-only strategy is not a sustainable way to exit the pandemic for any country.”
WHO chief Tedros also said the agency was trying to convince North Korea and Eritrea to begin COVID-19 vaccination.
“WHO is deeply concerned at the risk of further spread in (North Korea),” Tedros said, noting that the population is unvaccinated and there are worrying numbers of people with underlying conditions that put them at risk of severe disease.
Tedros said the WHO has asked North Korea to share more data about the outbreak there — which state media have reported is affecting more than 1 million people — but has so far had no response. He said the WHO had offered to send both North Korea and Eritrea vaccines, medicines, tests and technical support, but that neither country’s leader has yet responded.
Ryan said any unchecked transmission in countries like North Korea and Eritrea could spur the emergence of new variants, but that the WHO was powerless to act unless countries accepted its help.
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Ravens week 3 preview: Ravens on the road to take on Belichick and Patriots
The Baltimore Raves travel to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, this Sunday to take on the New England Patriots in a week three matchup. It will the first game against the Patriots since a 2020 loss of 23-17, and only quarterback Lamar Jackson's second start against them.
Jackson is 1-1 against Bill Belichick, but head coach John Harbaugh has had a tough time against his coaching rival. He has a 2-5 record against the Patriots, his second worst record versus an opponent he has played at least six times. (He is 2-7 against the Buffalo Bills) Both teams come into this game with 1-1 records, both with losses to the Miami Dolphins.
The Ravens will have to fortify a passing defense that has given up the most yards in the NFL after two games. Luckily for them, the Patriots have struggled on offense this season averaging only 12 points per game so far. Here are a few factors that will lead to a Ravens victory.
Lamar continues his MVP-level play
Jackson comes into this game with a 120.1 quarterback rating, good for third in the NFL behind Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. He has shown an improved passing attack that the Ravens were hoping to see this season. He is coming from one of his best games of his career, with 300 yards passing, over 100 yards rushing and four total touchdowns against the Dolphins.
Belichick thinks Jackson has answered his critics about his pocket passing abilities: "Without a doubt, It's the type of the player, the MVP type of candidate. I think he's more than answered them. But we'll see what his contract is, that will answer them."
Jackson did show up on the Ravens injury report on Wednesday as a limited participant with a right elbow injury, but Harbaugh doesn't think it is too serious.
"It's just a normal course of the season type thing. He practiced today. He'll be playing on Sunday," Harbaugh said.
Establish a defensive identity
Defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald has to figure out the identity of this Ravens defense. This group is not the second coming of the historic 2000 Ravens defense, who holds the record for fewest points per game allowed in NFL history (10.3) but should be better than they have played so far this season. When he was hired, Macdonald said that he was going to keep an aggressive approach to the defense, but after only two games they have only managed four sacks and have given up the most passing yards and passing touchdowns.
The secondary must play better after allowing too many big plays to the Dolphins, thanks to blown coverages and miscommunication. If the Ravens can pressure the quarterback, they will help out the secondary greatly. Second-year linebacker Odafe Oweh has yet to establish himself so far this year. He has not had a sack and has only had two quarterback pressures. The 2020 first-round pick has to start living up to his draft position and make some plays going forward.
"He's so determined, wants to be so good. He's learning; he's a young player," Harbaugh said about Oweh. "But he's very determined, and it's really every aspect of the position. The biggest thing is that the process is what leads to the production. Come in every day, take care of business, keep it simple, let's not overthink everything; start with your stance and your alignment, and we'll go from there."
Prediction
This year's defense is determined to show that they are not a repeat of last year's unit and will come out playing aggressive and angry after letting last week's game slip away from them in the fourth quarter. Jackson will continue his MVP-level play, and hopefully, they get help from the running backs. Ravens over Patriots, 28-13. | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/ravens-week-3-preview-ravens-road-take-belichick-patriots/41334008 | 2022-09-22 17:37:15 | 0 | https://www.wbaltv.com/article/ravens-week-3-preview-ravens-road-take-belichick-patriots/41334008 |
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has brought in a law that bans health workers such as nurses and doctors from prolonged strikes, imposing punishments of up to six months in jail for defiant workers or union leaders, state-run media and a government spokesman said Wednesday.
The provision, signed into law by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week but made public now, stipulates that health workers can only strike for up to three days because they are considered an essential service.
Health professionals should continue providing emergency services during a strike, tweeted government spokesman, Nick Mangwana.
Other countries including neighboring South Africa and Zambia limit strikes by health workers but impose less severe punishments, such as dismissals, work suspensions or docking salaries.
Frequent and weekslong strikes by health workers have for years strained Zimbabwe’s public health facilities, which are already in a poor condition due to dilapidated infrastructure and medicine shortages.
Public health workers argue that their salaries — around $100 a month for many — and lack of basic equipment make their jobs untenable.
The southern African country, which once boasted some of the best public health care facilities and personnel in Africa, is now struggling with brain drain as nurses and doctors seek better opportunities elsewhere, mainly in the United Kingdom. | https://www.krqe.com/health/ap-zimbabwe-threatens-health-workers-with-jail-if-they-strike/ | 2023-01-11 21:38:40 | 0 | https://www.krqe.com/health/ap-zimbabwe-threatens-health-workers-with-jail-if-they-strike/ |
Detroit Tigers (13-25, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (16-19, third in the AL Central)
Cleveland; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Tarik Skubal (3-2, 2.04 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 45 strikeouts); Guardians: Aaron Civale (1-3, 9.85 ERA, 1.74 WHIP, 27 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -116, Guardians -102; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians head into a matchup with the Detroit Tigers after losing three straight games.
Cleveland is 16-19 overall and 7-7 at home. The Guardians have gone 5-2 in games when they hit two or more home runs.
Detroit is 8-13 at home and 13-25 overall. The Tigers have a 5-1 record in games when they scored at least five runs.
The matchup Friday is the first meeting this season between the two clubs.
TOP PERFORMERS: Steven Kwan has six doubles, a triple and a home run for the Guardians. Josh Naylor is 6-for-15 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.
Jonathan Schoop has four doubles and three home runs for the Tigers. Miguel Cabrera is 12-for-30 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 4-6, .221 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by six runs
Tigers: 5-5, .232 batting average, 3.68 ERA, outscored by 10 runs
INJURIES: Guardians: James Karinchak: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Josh Naylor: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Carlos Vargas: 60-Day IL (undisclosed), Cody Morris: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Tigers: Eduardo Rodriguez: day-to-day (undisclosed), Victor Reyes: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Austin Meadows: 10-Day IL (vertigo), Michael Pineda: 15-Day IL (finger), Tyler Alexander: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Funkhouser: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Matt Manning: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Casey Mize: 10-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Turnbull: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Rogers: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jose Cisnero: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Palantir Technologies Inc. ("Palantir") (NYSE: PLTR) shareholders:
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The College Board on Wednesday released a revised version of an Advanced Placement African American studies course following criticism from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who refused to allow the program to run in the state’s schools.
In a new framework for the course reviewed by The Hill, Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory have been scrubbed from the curriculum, as have those who touch on the Black queer experience and Black feminism. Other topics, like Black Lives Matter, are now optional.
The Board also added “Black conservatism” as a potential research topic.
David Coleman, the head of the College Board, told The New York Times that these changes were not made to bow to political pressure.
“At the College Board, we can’t look to statements of political leaders,” Coleman said. The changes, he said, came from “the input of professors” and “longstanding A.P. principles.”
But last week, when changes were first announced, DeSantis’s administration took credit for the move.
“Thanks to @GovRonDeSantis’ principled stand for education over identity politics, the College Board will be revising the course for the entire nation,” press secretary Bryan Griffin said on Twitter last week.
DeSantis’s administration rejected the original course because “the content of this course is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”
The administration specifically named topics of intersectionality, Black queer studies, the Black Lives Matter movement, Black feminist literary thought, the reparations movement, and the Black study and Black struggle in the 21st century as key concerns.
It also identified writings by Kimberlé Crenshaw, the “founder” of intersectionality; Angela Davis, a “self-avowed Communist and Marxist”; Roderick Ferguson; Leslie Kay Jones; bell hooks; and Robin D.G. Kelly as problematic.
At a press conference defending his decision, DeSantis said queer theory had nothing to do with Black history and added his administration believes in “teaching kids facts and how to think,” not political agendas.
“We want education, not indoctrination,” he said. “If you fall on the side of indoctrination, we’re going to decline. If it’s education, then we will do.”
The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund said Tuesday that Black Americans “are multifaceted individuals.”
“We can identify with multiple communities,” it added. “We can be both Black *and* LGBTQ+.”
DeSantis’s actions have been met with backlash across the nation.
“Gov. DeSantis’ whitewashing of history and book bans are his latest assault on American history and our First Amendment rights,” Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones (D), the state’s first openly gay senator, said in a statement.
“Horrifyingly, it is our vulnerable and underrepresented students who will suffer the most as a result.”
Last week, three students threatened to file a lawsuit against the governor if the course was kept from schools.
Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) sent a letter to the College Board stating he expects any AP African American studies course to “include a factual accounting of history, including the role played by black queer Americans.” | https://phl17.com/hill-politics/college-board-revises-african-american-studies-class-after-desantis-criticism/ | 2023-02-01 16:57:34 | 0 | https://phl17.com/hill-politics/college-board-revises-african-american-studies-class-after-desantis-criticism/ |
Scottsdale man accused of downloading images, video that depict sexual acts involving minors
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Scottsdale Police officials say they have arrested a man for allegedly downloading video featuring sexual misconduct involving children.
According to court documents we obtained, 21-year-old Austin Timothy Bretz was arrested at his home in Scottsdale on May 16. An investigation into Bretz began on May 14, when a computer repair store owner contacted police to report that his staff members possibly located child pornography on a computer that was brought into the store the day before for repairs.
"While conducting the repairs, the computer repair technician located several file names that were alarming and led them to believe that the computer contained child sexual abuse material (CSAM)," read a portion of the court documents.
Police listed a number of file names in the court documents that contain graphic description of the allegedly illegal acts that were being committed.
"Detectives immediately recognized file names such as these to be consistent with multimedia file content containing CSAM," read a portion of the court documents.
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Eventually, officials served a search warrant at Bretz's home, where they found hundreds of images and videos containing CSAM on a flash drive. The flash drive was reportedly found concealed inside a Star Wars Lego sculpture.
Court documents provided graphic details on some of the materials on the flash drive.
Bretz, officials say, confirmed that his computer was the one that was reported to police, but when he was confronted about the CSAM, he suggested that he had a virus that downloaded questionable content.
"Bretz ultimately admitted he had a 'fetish' and a ‘curiousity’ into viewing CSAM and that he had been downloading and viewing it for at least the last month." investigators said, in court documents. "Bretz said he downloads the material from a tor browser (dark web) and has also obtained the content through Discord."
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According to court documents, a judge has set a Secured Appearance Bond of $25,000 for Bretz, and should he make bond, he will be required to undergo electronic monitoring. Among other restrictions, a judge has banned Bretz from accessing the internet through any electronic means, except to take part and classes and do assignments from Rio Salado College. | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/scottsdale-man-accused-of-downloading-images-video-that-depict-sexual-acts-involving-minors | 2022-05-17 23:06:16 | 0 | https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/scottsdale-man-accused-of-downloading-images-video-that-depict-sexual-acts-involving-minors |
AUSTIN, Minn., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a Fortune 500 global branded food company, announced today its internship program has been honored once again, having been named in the 2023 Vault Best Internships ranking. The company's internship program was recognized in the categories of best internships for the retail and consumer products industry and also top engineering roles.
"Our internship program is an excellent opportunity for those looking to build a career with us and experience all that working for an industry-leading Fortune 500 company can offer. We're currently recruiting interns to start with us over the summer of 2023 for our manufacturing facilities, sales offices and corporate locations," said Amy Sheehan, director of talent acquisition at Hormel Foods. "Those who are interested and want to make a difference by feeding families around the world can view our current openings and apply at hormelfoods.com/careers."
Vault-Firsthand was charged with compiling the ranking, surveying more than 10,800 current and former interns in summer 2022. They were asked to rate their internship experiences in several areas:
- Industry and employment factors
- Quality of life (company culture, hours, work-life balance, flexibility)
- Interview press (application process, requirements, number of interviews)
- Career development (including four separate ratings for training and mentoring, quality of assignments, real-life experience, networking opportunities)
- Full-time employment prospects (opportunity to obtain a full-time job with this organization)
- Diversity (including four separate ratings for diversity with respect to women, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ individuals and other underrepresented groups)
This is not the first time the Hormel Foods internship program has been awarded for giving students valuable experiences. In addition to previous mentions from Vault and others, the company was praised nationwide when it quickly developed a virtual internship program in spring 2020, when COVID-19 was causing most major companies to rescind their internship offers altogether. Hormel Foods has a long-standing track record of hiring interns after graduation to full-time positions with the company.
To view the Vault internship rankings visit 2023 Best Retail & Consumer Products Internships, 2023 Best Internships For Engineering. For the full rankings list click here 2023 Vault Best Internship Rankings.
ABOUT HORMEL FOODS — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minn., is a global branded food company with over $11 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands include Planters®, SKIPPY®, SPAM®, Hormel® Natural Choice®, Applegate®, Justin's®, WHOLLY®, Hormel® Black Label®, Columbus®, Jennie-O® and more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, was named on the "Global 2000 World's Best Employers" list by Forbes magazine for three years, is one of Fortune magazine's most admired companies, has appeared on the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list by 3BL Media 13 times, and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. The company lives by its purpose statement — Inspired People. Inspired Food.™ — to bring some of the world's most trusted and iconic brands to tables across the globe. For more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com and http://csr.hormelfoods.com/.
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INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis felon with a 20-year history of criminal conduct has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for his latest crime which involved fleeing from police while high on PCP and colliding with an innocent bystander’s vehicle at nearly 80 miles per hour.
Carl Young Jr., 41, pleaded guilty to cocaine and marijuana trafficking charges, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and being a felon in possession of a firearm. After Young’s stint in federal prison is completed, he will be ordered to serve probation for three years.
Previous reports on Young revealed him to be a lifelong criminal with 20 criminal cases spanning over a period of 20 years in Marion County. From February 2021 to February 2022, when he was last arrested, Young racked up 10 felony counts in four separate cases.
Young’s 14-year sentence and his guilty plea stem from a Feb. 16, 2022, incident where Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to Thaddeus Street in response to a domestic disturbance.
Officers were told on scene that Young had stolen a woman’s Jeep and was in a nearby alley. Young fled when officers approached the Jeep and ended up running a stop sign at Minnesota and State streets where he collided at nearly 80 mph with a Buick.
Police reported the Buick was struck so hard that both driver and passenger were ejected. Both were critically injured and sent to a hospital.
After the collision, Young continued to try and flee police and even backed into a police vehicle. Officers were able to remove Young from the vehicle.
Young was reportedly wearing a GPS ankle monitor at the time of this incident and had been high on PCP. He also had a loaded shotgun in the Jeep and a backpack containing 26 grams of crack cocaine and six pounds of marijuana.
Young admitted in his plea that he had intended to sell the illegal drugs.
Young was forbidden from possessing a firearm due to being a convicted felon.
A previous report also revealed that Young had been issued a warrant for his arrest only hours before he fled from police in the Jeep.
“This armed drug trafficker severely injured two innocent people as he sped away from police with utter disregard for human life,” said U.S. Attorney Zachary Myers. “I commend the outstanding first responders who undoubtedly saved lives at the scene of the crash and protected the public by arresting a dangerous criminal. The serious sentence imposed today will protect the public from further crimes by Mr. Young, and demonstrates that our office will work closely with our local and federal partners to make our communities safer.” | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/indy-felon-with-20-year-history-sentenced-to-14-years-in-federal-prison-after-latest-crime/ | 2022-12-13 21:17:03 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/indy-felon-with-20-year-history-sentenced-to-14-years-in-federal-prison-after-latest-crime/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — Pop star Bebe Rexha was hit in the face and injured by a cellphone hurled from the audience at a hometown show in New York City Sunday night, and a man was arrested, police said.
The Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum-selling singer-songwriter was taken to a hospital after the phone hit her, police said. A bruise and a bandage were visible above her left eye in social media posts she made Monday.
“I’m good, yeah, I’m feelin’ alright,” she sang in a TikTok video, taking a line from “I’m Good (Blue),” her recent hit with DJ David Guetta.
Rexha, 33, was on stage at Pier 17, a rooftop venue in Manhattan, when the phone was thrown, police said. Video posted on social media showed the phone ricocheting off the artist’s head, and then Rexha grabbing her face and sinking to her knees.
A 27-year-old New Jersey man was awaiting arraignment Monday after being arrested on an assault charge. There was no immediate information on whether he had a lawyer who could comment on the allegation.
A three-time Grammy nominee, Rexha is known for such hits as “I’m Good (Blue),” “Meant to Be,” featuring country’s Florida Georgia Line, and “I Got You.” Raised in New York, she was a songwriter for other artists before becoming a solo star.
“What I’m learning is that not everybody is going to connect with you and understand you, and that’s OK,” she told The Associated Press in April, shortly before the release of her latest album, “Bebe.”
“And I feel like you have to just be your realest, truest version of yourself because, at the end of the day, if you try to change yourself to be liked by other people, you’re not really being yourself,” she added.
She is next scheduled to perform in Philadelphia on Tuesday. | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/singer-bebe-rexha-says-shes-ok-after-being-hit-in-the-face-on-stage-by-thrown-phone/ | 2023-06-19 23:32:41 | 0 | https://cbs4indy.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/singer-bebe-rexha-says-shes-ok-after-being-hit-in-the-face-on-stage-by-thrown-phone/ |
2 teens electrocuted by live wires following pickup truck crash, sheriff says
REDFIELD, N.Y. (WWNY/Gray News) – Two teenagers died Wednesday night after touching live wires following a pickup truck crash in New York.
According to the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened on County Route 17 around 10:45 p.m.
Officials said four teens were riding in a pickup truck when they crashed into a tree. The truck wound up in a ditch.
The sheriff’s office said a pair of 17-year-olds, Madysen Young and Matthew Bice, got out of the truck and touched live wires that were tangled up in the tree as they attempted to climb out of the ditch.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The other two teens in the truck, both 16-year-old boys, survived the crash. Their conditions are unknown.
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Canton Hall of Fame Marathon changes gears. Are fewer people running marathons?
- The director of Run To You Racing, which organizes races throughout Northeast Ohio, said fewer runners have signed up for long-distance races.
- Races in the United States saw a 2.7% decrease in registration between 2018 and 2019.
- Half marathons have generally grown in popularity more than marathons.
CANTON − One reason the 10th year of the Canton Hall of Fame Marathon will be its last is a "downward trend" in participation, according to race director Jim Chaney.
The director of Run To You Racing, which organizes races throughout Northeast Ohio, said fewer runners have signed up for long-distance races in recent years. Chaney attributes it to more home-based living prompted by the pandemic and half marathons becoming more popular as "bucket list items" than marathons.
"I chalked it up to habits," he said. "Habits changed fairly radically."
Marathon 'plateau' pre-COVID-19 pandemic
Road racing was on the rise globally for years and peaked with 9.1 million race results in 2016, according to "The State of Running 2019" by RunRepeat.com. Participation then declined by 13% to 7.9 million in 2018.
Races in the United States saw a 2.7% decrease in registration between 2018 and 2019, according to a report from the nonprofit Running USA, which used data from online registration providers. The 26.2-mile marathon and 13.1-mile half marathon distances had the greatest decline ― 19% and 17% respectively. The 5K had a 1% increase.
Darris Blackford, race director of the Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon, said the capital city's annual marathon was formed in 1980 as a way to attract tourists ― a common reason larger races began around that time.
More recently, he saw road racing peak between 2013 and 2015.
"Everything was going really strong but, unfortunately, a lot of races were added during that time," he said. "So, the pie got kind of split up a little bit more, a little bit more."
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Blackford said participation in marathons also started to "plateau" while half marathons grew in popularity between about 2010 to 2019. The Columbus half marathon has an all-time record of 12,000 participants while the marathon's record is 7,000 runners.
As for the why, Blackford said, the logical conclusion would be a less-strenuous training schedule of 12-to-14 weeks versus 18-to-20 weeks.
Chaney said he noticed a shift in runner preference for half marathons before the pandemic but overall, race participation was steady.
"From our vantage point, pre-COVID, things were strong," he said.
Then COVID-19 hit. In-person races, including the Canton Hall of Fame Marathon, were canceled in 2020.
"COVID obviously put a halt to everything," Chaney said.
Post-pandemic recovery for running industry
Anne Bitong, president and CEO of the Akron Marathon, said their races have had fewer runners since the pandemic. She estimated that the running industry overall has seen a participation decrease of about 20%.
"Really 2021 and 2022 were our rebirth years, and it's looking like 2023, this year, is a rebuild year," she said.
The Akron Marathon race series involves an 8K and one-mile run in June, a 10K and half marathon in August, and a marathon, half marathon and team relay in September. Bitong said registration, which is open until the week before each race, is up 20% across all events than at this time last year. She expects to end the year 16% above 2022 numbers.
"In terms of getting back to our 2019 numbers, we think that we won't necessarily get there in one year but by 2024, we envision that we'll be back to our 2019 numbers," Bitong said.
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The Columbus Marathon also has been on the "upswing" since the October race weekend returned, Blackford said. There were half as many runners as normal in 2021, about two-thirds as many in 2022, and this year should be even larger.
"We're bouncing back pretty well," Blackford said. "And I think you'd find it's really not a one-size-fits-all situation."
The Columbus event has the advantage of being centrally located and charity-driven with a Nationwide Children's Hospital partnership that raises about $1 million a year for the hospital. Blackford noted some other marathons that are doing well, such as the Flying Pig Marathon ― which is predicting "near record crowds" for its 25th anniversary in Cincinnati this weekend ― or Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minn. ― which reported one of its fastest sellouts this year.
The Canton Hall of Fame Marathon reported 3,183 participants for its 2019 race weekend with 292 runners in the marathon (9.17% of the total) and 1,241 in the half marathon (38.9%). It increased to 3,266 total participants and 517 marathon runners (15.8%) in 2021 but marathon runners decreased despite an overall increase in participation the following years.
There were 470 marathon (12.8%) and 3,670 total participants in 2022 and 425 marathon (10.9%) and 3,870 total participants this year. Half marathon participation was on an upward trend until this year, when a 10K and kids race were added.
Running's new normal
Brent Bruckner is one of the participants in Sunday's Canton marathon. He's also the director of public relations and development at Second Sole, where the sales of running shoes have "never been better."
"We attribute that to a lot of demographic indicators like people being more accountable for their own health, from the standpoint of making active changes in their lifestyle as a result of a higher and more complicated healthcare system, potentially," Bruckner said.
He said the rise of remote work, more relaxed workplace dress codes and the desire to walk dogs adopted during the pandemic also seem to be contributing factors. Although COVID-19 upended routines, Bruckner said, he doesn't see race participation staying down.
"I would consider the racing community pretty strong, and in my opinion, only growing over time," he said.
Bitong said the Akron Marathon conducted surveys to gauge the post-pandemic running landscape and found that the greatest change is how people socialize.
"Maybe they fell off of their fitness journey or that so many of the folks that run in our events are corporate participants and with the kind of change in how people work, people working remotely or hybrid working, that they're just not gathering or maybe running before work or after work with their coworkers," she said.
However, more companies also are starting to prioritize employees' physical and mental wellness. The Akron Marathon already promoted community health and wellness, Bitong said. It expanded from a single-day event to a three-part race series in 2015 to provide experiences for people on an 18-week marathon training schedule.
This year, race organizers partnered with Summit County to introduce a Corporate Challenge that invites local companies to compete against one another in the race series. They're also tailoring shorter-distance events to younger runners as race demographics get older.
"It's really all about the experience and kind of promoting that health and wellness and giving individuals a platform and a reason to run and the experience to enjoy themselves while they're doing that," she said.
That's similar to the stated goal of a new race series announced Friday by Run to You Racing and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Starting next year, there will be four "run/walk races that aim to improve the health, wellness and fitness around the area," according to a joint news release.
“The Hall of Fame is truly excited to bring this type of event to Canton,” said Jim Porter, president of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “For those making the trip to Canton, I have no doubt that during the Race Series each participant will experience what makes Canton so great.”
The series will start April 21 with the Training Camp 10K in downtown Canton. That will be followed by a Father's Day 5K on June 16 at the Pro Football Hall of Fame campus, a Kickoff 6K on Aug. 24 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame Half Marathon ― both downtown.
The combined distance of the races equals a marathon or 26.2 miles. Runners also can choose whether they want to participate in-person, virtually or a combination of the two.
“We are excited to produce a truly unique race series that blends the best of in-person and virtual events, offering options for participants of all ages and abilities here in Canton and around the country,” Chaney said.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday he would ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to lift billions of dollars in trade barriers in the event that the two leaders hold their first bilateral meeting.
Both leaders will attend a Group of 20 meeting in Indonesia and then an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting in Thailand next week.
Albanese was speaking in Sydney before departing Australia on Friday for an East Asia Summit in Cambodia, which Xi is not expected to attend.
A face-to-face meeting between the Chinese and Australian leaders would mark a major reset in a bilateral relationship that plumbed new depths under the nine-year rule of Australia’s previous conservative government.
Beijing had banned minister-to-minister contacts and imposed a series of official and unofficial trade barriers on products including wine, coal, beef, seafood and barley in recent years that cost Australian exporters 20 billion Australian dollars ($13 billion) a year.
Albanese said a meeting with Xi was “not locked in at this point in time.”
“We obviously will be attending the same conferences, or at least two of them (G-20 and APEC) over the next nine days. And I would welcome a meeting if it occurs over that time,” Albanese said.
China lifting economic sanctions was the first priority in returning to normal relations, he said.
“We have some AU$20 billion of economic sanctions against Australia. That is not in Australia’s interest in terms of our jobs and the economy, but it’s also not in China’s interest,” Albanese said.
“Australia has world class products — in seafood, in meat, in wine, in other products that we export to China. It’s in China’s interest to receive those products, it’s in Australia’s interest to export them. So I’m very hopeful — we’ll continue to put our case that these sanctions are not justified, that they need to be removed,” Albanese added.
Asked what China wanted from Australia to improve relations, Albanese replied: “It’s not up to me to put forward their case.”
“What I want to see with the relationship with China is cooperation where we … maintain our Australian values where we must,” Albanese said.
Bilateral relations soured over issues including Australian demands for an independent inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, a ban on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei’s involvement in the Australian 5G networks on security grounds and recent laws that ban covert foreign interference in domestic politics.
China’s Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said in August that Beijing would discuss with Australia whether conditions were right in November for Albanese to meet Xi during the G-20 summit.
China’s People’s Daily English-language newspaper reported this week that “signs of resetting bilateral ties have emerged” since Albanese’s center-left Labor Party came to power in May.
The White House has confirmed President Joe Biden will hold talks with Xi on Monday on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Indonesia, their first face-to-face meeting since Biden became president in January 2021.
The meeting would come as competition for influence among South Pacific island nations heightens between China and the United States, with its allies including Australia, since Beijing struck a security pact with the Solomon Islands early this year that has raised fears of a Chinese naval base being established in the region.
Albanese said Australia has “strategic competition in the region” with China.
“China, of course, has changed its position. And it is much more forward-leaning than it was in the past,” Albanese said.
“That has caused tensions in the relationship, and we need to acknowledge that that’s the context in which the relationship exists,” he added. | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-australian-pm-wants-to-ask-chinas-xi-to-lift-trade-barriers/ | 2022-11-11 19:33:08 | 1 | https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/international/ap-australian-pm-wants-to-ask-chinas-xi-to-lift-trade-barriers/ |
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s clemency board unanimously declined on Thursday to recommend that the governor commute a man’s death sentence to life in prison, keeping the inmate’s planned execution on track for his conviction in two 1980 killings.
The decision by the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency marks one of the last steps before Murray Hooper’s scheduled Nov. 16 execution for the slayings of William ’Pat” Redmond and his mother-in-law, Helen Phelps.
Board members rejected Hooper’s claims that he was innocent and that there wasn’t credible evidence to support his convictions.
“There is no doubt as to Mr. Hooper’s guilt,” said Mina Mendez, who chairs the board that advises Gov. Doug Ducey.
Board member Louis Quinonez said he didn’t think Hooper’s sentence was excessive based on the nature of the killings. “I find Mr. Hooper’s convictions to be lawful and authentic,” Quinonez said.
Hooper is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the state prison in Florence, Arizona.
Authorities said Redmond and Phelps were killed after Hooper and two other men forced their way into Redmond’s home on Dec. 31, 1980. Redmond’s wife, Marilyn, was shot in the head but survived and testified against Hooper.
Two other men, William Bracy and Edward McCall, were convicted in the killings but died before their death sentences could be carried out.
Authorities say Robert Cruz, who was alleged to have had ties to organized crime, hired Hooper, Bracy and McCall to kill Pat Redmond, who co-owned a printing business. They said Cruz wanted to take over the business and was unhappy that Redmond had rejected his offers to enter into several printing contracts with Las Vegas hotels, according to court records. In 1995, Cruz was acquitted of murder charges in both deaths.
Attorneys for Hooper say Marilyn Redmon’s description of the assailants changed several times before she identified Hooper, who claimed not to be in Arizona at the time. They also allege that criminal informants who helped implicate Hooper were influenced by incentives from the police.
The defense lawyers also brought up their efforts to have fingerprint and DNA tests conducted on evidence from the two killings. The lawyers say no physical evidence ties Hooper to the killings and that testing could lead to the identification of those responsible. His convictions came in an era before computerized fingerprint systems and DNA testing were available in criminal cases.
Nearly two weeks ago, a judge rejected Hooper’s request for such testing, saying the evidence implicating Hooper was overwhelming. Hooper is appealing that decision.
Nicole List, one of Hooper’s attorneys, said the case against her client was weak. “This case was nothing without an unreliable identification from Marilyn Redmond and four paid informants,” List said.
Geoffrey Loftus, professor emeritus at the University of Washington’s psychology department, testified before the board on behalf of Hooper. He said people who witness dangerous crimes are more focused on their safety and often have hazy accounts of the details of the crimes.
“I believe that in this case the primary witness, Mrs. Redmond, did not have a very good memory of the perpetrators,” Loftus said.
Prosecutor Kirsten Valenzuela said the courts have already rejected the arguments made by Hooper’s attorneys and found Marilyn Redmond’s testimony to be credible. “This man is not innocent,” Valenzuela said.
In a letter, Pat Redmond’s children urged the board to reject Hooper’s clemency bid, saying their father, their stepmother Marilyn Redmond and her mother were tied up and shot in the head. They also pointed out that Pat Redmond’s throat had been cut.
His children lamented that Hooper would have an easier death than those he attacked.
Hooper chose not to participate in his hearing, though his lawyers argued for clemency before the board.
Hooper would be the third prisoner put to death this year after Arizona resumed carrying out executions in May. The resumption followed a nearly eight-year hiatus attributed to both the difficulty of obtaining lethal injection drugs and criticism that a 2014 execution was botched.
There are 111 prisoners on Arizona’s death row, and 22 have exhausted their appeals, according to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/ap-arizona-death-row-prisoners-clemency-bid-rejected-by-board/ | 2022-11-04 12:47:43 | 1 | https://www.cenlanow.com/national/ap-arizona-death-row-prisoners-clemency-bid-rejected-by-board/ |
Keanu Reeves Praising Tom Cruise
Keanu Reeves is praising fellow action star Tom Cruise. At a special screening of “John Wick: Chapter 4,” Keanu was asked about Cruise, who is known for performing his own stunts in his action movies. Reeves said, “He’s just amazing. He’s just incredible, what he does.” Reeves was then asked about the possibility of an onscreen pairing with Cruise and said, “I don’t know. Maybe, we could be side-by-side with a common goal.” Reeves leaves many of his on-screen stunts to the professionals but says he tries to do as much as he can with the action scenes in the latest “John Wick” film. What two action stars would you like to see in the same movie?
Thanks Keanu. #JohnWick4 pic.twitter.com/LTFQn7LTSU
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — We’ll be receiving an update on the investigation into the Tops mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three others at 3 p.m.
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia and others are scheduled to speak. Once it begins, you can watch the conference in the video player above and on WIVB.
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The Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger are getting Mopar limited editions for the final time in their current form.
Since 2010, Stellantis’ Mopar parts division has released limited editions of Dodge, Chrysler, and Ram models. With the current Challenger and Charger going away after the 2023 model year, the Mopar ’23 editions of these models will be part of their send-off.
Based on the Challenger and Charger R/T Scat Pack Widebody variants, the Mopar ’23 editions get an exclusive color combination of Pitch Black Clear Coat with matte-black stripes and blue tracer stripes, blue brake calipers, and a carbon-fiber rear spoiler.
Mopar ’23 editions also get a Carbon Black finish for the 20-inch wheels that are part of the normal Widebody package. The 3.5-inch fender flares, Pirelli P Zero summer tires, and adaptive dampers from the standard Widebody models also carry over.
Also carried over is the 6.4-liter V-8, which makes the same 485 hp as before. Charger models are only available with an 8-speed automatic transmission, but Challengers can be equipped with either that transmission or a 6-speed manual.
The interiors add carbon-fiber trim and seats upholstered in a mix of nappa leather and Alcantara. Each car also sports a serialized plaque, and comes with an owner’s kit that includes a certificate of authenticity and a rendering of the car from the Mopar design team.
Production is limited to 220 units of each model, with 200 going to the U.S. and 20 to Canada. The price is $3,995, on top of the base price of a Challenger or Charger R/T Scat Pack Widebody.
Dodge plans to start production of Mopar ’23 editions in September and deliver the first cars in October. That will make these special editions among the last of the current-generation Challenger and Charger models. Earlier this month, Dodge announced that it is taking final orders for both models, with production scheduled to cease at the end of the year to prepare the Brampton, Ontario, Canada, plant for EV production.
Dodge has already revealed a series of seven special editions known as the Last Call cars, topped by the 1,025-hp Challenger SRT Demon 170, to mark the end of the road for the Challenger and Charger in their current form. The nameplates are expected to live on as EVs. Dodge has already previewed an electric muscle car due in 2024 with the Charger Daytona concept.
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RINGTOWN, Pa. - A Schuylkill County commissioner is in a hospital after getting hurt in a farming accident.
According to a Facebook post from B & R Farms in Ringtown, Commissioner Baron Hetherington fell off the top of a hay mow.
The post says Hetherington is "seriously injured."
But he should be able to recover "slower than any farmer ever prefers."
Hetherington was appointed commissioner in 2020 after the death of Commissioner Frank Staudenmeier. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/schuylkill-county-commissioner-seriously-injured-in-farming-accident/article_4b9aa01c-02e4-11ed-8304-4babe14998c0.html | 2022-07-13 20:21:50 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/schuylkill-county-commissioner-seriously-injured-in-farming-accident/article_4b9aa01c-02e4-11ed-8304-4babe14998c0.html |
The Naturally Flavored Pumpkin Spiced Blend Is Back, and It's Not Just for Sweater Weather
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Death Wish Coffee Co., The World's Strongest Coffee®, is resurrecting one of its most popular seasonal blends, Pumpkin Chai, to spice up everyone's favorite time of year. The re-launched fall favorite—made with no artificial ingredients—is anything but basic with its chai-inspired blend of cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg, resulting in a delicious, cozy, autumnal flavor.
Inspired by Death Wish Coffee's homemade chai, a staple in the coffee shop where the brand was first created, this premium blend is the perfect companion for the brisk days of fall. For the first time ever, it's available on shelves at Walmart nationwide, as well as Kroger, Publix, Albertson's, and Sprout's. Online, Pumpkin Chai is available on Amazon and deathwishcoffee.com.
Pumpkin Chai Coffee is available in the traditional 12-ounce ground and whole bean bags, as well as 10-count Death Cups, compatible with Keurig machines. The blend is made with Fair Trade Certified and USDA organic coffee beans and natural ingredients.
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GENEVA (AP) — The new U.N. human rights chief said Tuesday that his office has opened “channels of communication” to help follow up on concerns about the rights of minorities in China, including Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans. But this fell short of activists’ hopes for a stronger message to Beijing.
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, in an address highly anticipated by rights advocates, didn’t detail how his office plans to follow up on a critical report on China’s western Xinjiang region published in August by his predecessor, Michelle Bachelet. That report cited possible “crimes against humanity” against Uyghurs and others in Xinjiang.
Türk noted that the U.N. rights office “documented grave concerns” like arbitrary detentions and family separations in China, and called for “concrete follow-up.” He also voiced concerns about the impact of the national security law in Hong Kong that fanned huge protests.
“Regarding China, we have opened up channels of communication with a range of actors to follow up on a variety of human rights issues, including the protection of minorities, such as for Tibetans, Uyghurs, and other groups,” Türk told the Human Rights Council’s latest session.
It was his first presentation of the office’s annual report since he took office in October. It covered an array of concerns like pressure on women’s rights, discrimination, conflict and climate change, in a sweeping number of countries — from Afghanistan to Zambia.
The rights chief highlighted Russia’s war in Ukraine, the continued fighting in Syria and instability in Mali and Burkina Faso. He also expressed concerns about crackdowns on dissent, free expression and political activists in parts of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.
Türk further cited reports of “excessive use of force, racial profiling and discriminatory practices by police — most recently in Australia, France, Ireland and the United Kingdom.”
He said he was “deeply concerned by multiple trends” in Russia like the closure of the offices of independent media and activist groups, and “constant” pro-war messages on state media that “feed stereotypes and incite hatred and violence.”
Advocacy groups had been particularly listening for Türk’s take on the rights situation in China.
Agnes Callamard, the secretary-general of Amnesty International, said last month that Türk should “publicly put his weight” behind Bachelet’s report and include in the council session “a significant brief on Xinjiang that reflects the gravity of the findings” of the U.N. rights office.
“It will be an important message in many ways,” she told the ACANU press association. “I think the high commissioner will be very much judged by his willingness and his courage to stand up to China and other superpowers.”
The former head of Human Rights Watch, Ken Roth, said that Türk had “mouthed not a word of criticism of China.”
“He offers only quiet diplomacy – ‘we have opened up channels of communication’ — as if he has any leverage besides the public reporting/condemnation that he abandons,” Roth tweeted. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/un-rights-chief-cites-communication-about-issues-in-china/ | 2023-03-08 02:31:32 | 0 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/un-rights-chief-cites-communication-about-issues-in-china/ |
China sanctions Reagan library, others over meeting between US lawmakers and Taiwan's president
China views any official exchanges between foreign governments and Taiwan as an infringement on Beijing's claims of sovereignty over the island.
China views any official exchanges between foreign governments and Taiwan as an infringement on Beijing's claims of sovereignty over the island.
China views any official exchanges between foreign governments and Taiwan as an infringement on Beijing's claims of sovereignty over the island.
China is imposing sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other U.S.- and Asian-based organizations in retaliation for the closely watched meeting this week between the U.S. House Speaker and Taiwan's president.
The Reagan library was the site of the rare high-level, bipartisan meeting Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted this week for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
The meeting came as U.S.-China relations have sunk to historic lows and as tensions between Taiwan and China have risen. China views any official exchanges between foreign governments and Taiwan as an attempt to raise Taipei's global status, and thus an infringement on Beijing's claims of sovereignty over the island.
Video above: Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan's president made remarks during their meeting
China had vowed countermeasures against Taipei for its interactions with the U.S. "We will take resolute measures to punish the 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces and their actions, and resolutely safeguard our country's sovereignty and territorial integrity," China's Taiwan Affairs Office said in a statement Thursday, referring to Tsai and her political party as separatists.
In addition, the Prospect Foundation and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, both in Asia, were being sanctioned for their involvement in promoting Taiwan independence "under the guise of academic and research exchanges," China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson, Zhu Fenglian, said.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Hudson Institute think tank and the Reagan library were sanctioned for "providing a platform and convenience to Taiwan separatist activities."
Video below: U.S. Secretary of State says China must not use Taiwan visit to escalate tensions
Four individuals in leadership roles with the organizations also were named: Sarah May Stern, chair of the board of directors of Hudson Institute; John P. Walters, director of the Hudson Institute; John Heubusch, former executive director of the Reagan Foundation; Joanne M. Drake, chief administrative officer of the Reagan Foundation. China said any property or financial assets belonging to them in China would be frozen.
Tsai had accepted a leadership award from the Hudson Institute as part of her trip to the U.S. and also given a speech about Taiwan's challenges in regional security.
The sanctions effectively are a travel ban on the individuals in charge of the organizations. They're also banned from working with Chinese organizations.
Video below: Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle make remarks related to the visit to the U.S. by Taiwan's president
The Prospect Foundation is a Taiwanese think tank that works on dialogue and cooperation on issues related to Taiwan's security, economy, and social development. The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats is a regional organization established in Thailand that promotes exchanges among liberal and democratic political parties in Asia. Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party is a member.
Separately, the Taiwan Affairs Office also announced further sanctions on Hsiao Bi-Khim, Taiwan's representative in the U.S. The ban on Hsiao does not appear to be substantively different from the ban enacted on her last August, when then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. China then announced sanctions on a list of individuals from the DPP and ruling administration, including Hsiao.
Then it banned the individuals, their family members and related organizations from traveling or operating in China, including Hong Kong. Friday's announcement said any financial sponsors of Hsiao are also included. | https://www.wmur.com/article/china-sanctions-over-taiwans-presidents-us-visit-and-meetings/43536120 | 2023-04-07 05:55:14 | 0 | https://www.wmur.com/article/china-sanctions-over-taiwans-presidents-us-visit-and-meetings/43536120 |
Zach Wilson is not a fan favorite right now.
The quarterback’s disappointing performance Sunday headlined the New York Jets’ 10-3 loss to the New England Patriots. Wilson connected on just 9 of 22 passes for 77 yards and was sacked four times, good for a QB rating of just 50.8. What’s more, is the 23-year-old refused to take responsibility for his poor performance in the post-game press conference.
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Here’s what NFL analysts have to say about him:
ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky: “The comments were pathetic and they reek of insecurity. ... He pointed fingers at everyone else but himself.”
Former NFL offensive lineman Ross Tucker: “I saw that video ... that to me comes across as insecurity. If you’re comfortable with who you are as a player, when you mess up you own it.”
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith: “Zach Wilson’s trash. ... He’s a boy playing a man’s game because he mentally showed that yesterday. No accountability whatsoever.”
Former New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton: “We always talk about the roster this way. Is this guy going to be here when we win the next Super Bowl or will there be someone else in his spot?”
NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah: “A couple things can be true- 1) Zach Wilson didn’t play well (ok first half, terrible 2nd half) 2) He had zero run game & played against a really good defense in less than ideal weather. 3) NE offense had a run game & produced same point total 4) dumb answer in postgame.
“To summarize what we learned- At this point in his development, Zach Wilson isn’t good enough to put up points against a Bill Belichick defense on a windy day without presence of a run game. This shouldn’t be a surprise. Also, he needs to clean up his footwork & that will help.”
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ESPN’s Booger McFarland: “Problem is he has been bad to average most of the year and for him to not get any better and then the answer postgame. Things are adding up. Not just a one off.”
On Monday, Jets head coach Robert Saleh indicated that it’s possible he might bench Wilson, who was the No. 2 pick overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. Per NJ Advance Media’s Andy Vasquez:
“Everything is on the table,” Saleh said in his Monday video call with reporters, adding that he would spend the next few days reviewing his quarterback situation to “make sure we’re doing what’s best for the organization.”
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday.
Sadai Banowan, which means women’s voice in Dari, is Afghanistan’s only women-run station and started 10 years ago. It has eight staff, six of them female.
Moezuddin Ahmadi, the director for Information and Culture in Badakhshan province, said the station violated the “laws and regulations of the Islamic Emirate” several times by broadcasting songs and music during Ramadan and was shuttered because of the breach.
“If this radio station accepts the policy of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and gives a guarantee that it will not repeat such a thing again, we will allow it to operate again,” said Ahmadi.
Station head Najia Sorosh denied there was any violation, saying there was no need for the closure and called it a conspiracy. The Taliban “told us that you have broadcast music. We have not broadcast any kind of music,” she said.
Sorosh said at 11:40 a.m. on Thursday representatives from the Ministry of Information and Culture and the Vice and Virtue Directorate arrived at the station and shut it down. She said station staff have contacted Vice and Virtue but officials there said they do not have any additional information about the closing.
Many journalists lost their jobs after the Taliban takeover in August 2021. Media outlets closed over lack of funds or because staff left the country, according to the Afghan Independent Journalists Association.
The Taliban have barred women from most forms of employment and education beyond the sixth grade, including university. There is no official ban on music. During their previous rule in the late 1990s, the Taliban barred most television, radio and newspapers in the country. | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/taliban-close-women-run-afghan-station-for-playing-music/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world | 2023-04-01 13:23:50 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/taliban-close-women-run-afghan-station-for-playing-music/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_nation-world |
New Instant Client Insights Case Monitor™ Helps Support Continuity of Government Benefits with Data-Driven Insights
ATLANTA, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) today announced the launch of Instant Client Insights (ICI) Case Monitor™ to help government health and human services agencies make quicker and more informed benefit decisions for the people they serve. Powered by the Equifax TotalVerify™ data hub, ICI Case Monitor is designed to conduct the traditional searches agencies currently use and monitor for potential beneficiary life changes.
ICI Case Monitor is the latest innovation demonstrating Equifax's commitment to serving hundreds of U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies. As an example, Equifax has supported the federally funded healthcare marketplace since its inception, and in 2022 fulfilled 45 million verifications in support of various government assistance programs.
After the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision ends on March 31, social service agencies will begin processing benefit redeterminations that were on hold throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Faced with a surge of redeterminations, as well as ongoing staffing shortages affecting many programs, social service agencies are seeking out meaningful solutions to help them process applications and redeterminations with greater efficiency and confidence, in order to support a more timely and streamlined process for the agencies and beneficiaries alike. State Medicaid partners, amongst other agencies, will be able to leverage data from solutions offered on the Equifax TotalVerify data hub to help provide effective and efficient determination and redetermination of benefits for millions of individuals, whether through the federal marketplace, state platforms or directly through Equifax.
"Millions of people rely on vital social service benefits every day, and we are proud to offer innovative solutions that can help agencies serve more people, more efficiently," said Mike Bromley, Vice President and General Manager of Equifax Government Solutions. "The solution provided by ICI Case Monitor can help agencies increase caseworker capacity, reduce program churn and support continuity of care for beneficiaries. Ultimately, we are helping the agencies to provide timely benefits to individuals in need and cost effectively administer their programs."
Through ICI Case Monitor, an agency will be able to conduct its initial searches plus receive alerts when a member of its population experiences certain changes that may impact benefit eligibility, either through direct verification or by notifying the agency that further investigation is needed. These changes are set to policy-specific thresholds as applicable to the agency seeking the information, helping promote timely benefit delivery and continuity of benefits to eligible beneficiaries throughout the benefit lifecycle.
In addition to Medicaid, ICI Case Monitor can also support agencies providing benefits under programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and more. ICI Case Monitor begins with the consumer's consent when they apply for social services, then notifies the agency only when a change relates to specific predefined criteria according to program and policy requirements.
ICI Case Monitor is one solution on the ICI platform powered by the TotalVerify data hub, which brings together The Work Number® and other Equifax data sources into one delivery platform, which can help streamline the benefit eligibility process, from application through renewal. ICI Case Monitor is available now for federal, state and local health and human services agencies. To learn more about the full ICI suite of products, visit Equifax.com.
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February 24th Event will Honor Rising Leaders from Across the Nation
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Irish Echo, the leading Irish American news publication, will hold their Annual 40 Under 40 Awards on Friday, February 24th at Rosie O'Gradys in New York City.
Inaugurated in 2007, the Irish Echo 40 Under 40 Awards recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves in their respective fields of work before reaching the age of 40. The 2023 honorees include distinguished leaders from across the United States including Sean Garballey, State Representative of Massachusetts, best-selling author Alicia Cook, and CEO of Boomerang Fashion, Shauna Farrell.
Honorees will be celebrated by Guest Speaker: Representative Jammal Bowman who represents New York's 16th district.
"I'm thrilled to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of all of the Irish Echo 40 Under 40 honorees," said Representative Jamaal Bowman Ed.D (NY-16). "Irish America and your communities are so proud of you all and excited to see you thrive and grow in the years to come. The work you have all done is sure to empower the next generation of Irish America and support their representation in your respective industries."
"We are thrilled to see Emma Brazil recognized as a finalist in the Irish Echo 40 Under 40," said Danny Moore, President and CEO of Options IT, the lead sponsor of the Irish Echo 40 Under 40 Awards. "Emma's plays a vital role in our Trading Infrastructure business, where she expertly manages a portfolio of our most significant and influential clients and their complex trading environments. Emma's dedication and hard work have helped us deliver exceptional service to our clients, and we are incredibly proud of her achievement in being named a finalist for this prestigious award."
"The future of Irish America is safe in the hands of this outstanding cohort of young leaders from across the U.S," said Mairtin O'Muilleoir, Publisher of the Irish Echo. "All 40 represent the bold ambition, selfless generosity and pride in heritage which have been the hallmark of Irish America for centuries. I have no doubt that these honorees will continue the vital work of transatlantic bridge-building which has, over recent decades, transformed the Irish economy and made the peace process possible."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Fox says it has sold out all of its Super Bowl LVII ad space as of the end of January. The big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles takes place on Sunday.
The Super Bowl is advertising’s biggest stage, with advertisers jockeying to get their products in front of the more than 100 million people that watch each year. Mark Evans, executive vide president of ad sales for Fox Sports, said a few ads went for more than $7 million for a 30-second spot. Most sold between $6 million and $7 million.
Anheuser-Busch remains the biggest advertiser with three minutes of national airtime. The beverage giant gave up its deal to be the exclusive advertiser this year, so Heineken, Diageo, Remy Martin and Molson Coors are also in the game. Other big categories advertising include packaged food like Doritos and M&Ms, movie studios and streaming services, automakers and tech companies, Evans said. Out this year: crypto companies.
Last year’s Super Bowl was dubbed the “Crypto Bowl” because four cryptocurrency companies — FTX, Coinbase, Crypto.com and eToro — ran splashy commercials. But in November, FTX filed for bankruptcy and its founder was charged in a scheme to defraud investors.
This year, two crypto advertisers had commercials “booked and done” and two others were ”on the one-yard line,” Evans said. But once FTX news broke, those deals weren’t completed.
Now, “There’s zero representation in that category on the day at all,” he said.
Evans said most Super Bowl ads sold much earlier than usual, with more than 90% of its Super Bowl ad inventory gone by the end of the summer, as established advertisers jockeyed for prime positions. But the remaining spots sold slower. Partly that was due to the implosion of the crypto space, as well as general advertiser concerns about the global economy, Evans said. | https://cw33.com/the-big-game/crypto-out-alcohol-in-for-super-bowl-ads/ | 2023-02-06 21:22:30 | 1 | https://cw33.com/the-big-game/crypto-out-alcohol-in-for-super-bowl-ads/ |
AUBURN, Ala., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A few hours from the oak trees and picturesque brick buildings of the Plains lies the gemstone of the forestry and wildlife programs in Auburn University's College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment: The Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center.
The Dixon Center, located in Andalusia, Alabama, was created by a gift from Solon and Martha Dixon to Auburn University in 1978. The donation, which included 5,350 acres of land and a $500,000 monetary contribution for the purpose of building the educational facilities, was at that time the largest gift in Auburn University history.
As a graduate of Auburn's Class of 1926, Solon Dixon aspired to promote excellence in forestry education by providing students with a hands-on laboratory to develop and practice responsible forest management.
It is at the Dixon Center, with its state-of-the-art classrooms and diverse forest habitats, that Solon Dixon's vision to provide experiential learning is manifested as students travel to the center each year for the college's summer practicum experience.
First established in 1980, the summer practicum allows students the valuable opportunity to immediately practice in the field what is learned in the classroom. It is this unique combination of traditional and experiential learning that makes the practicum experience renowned for preparing students for the fields of forestry and wildlife sciences.
Before beginning courses in their major, forestry students attend the practicum for nine weeks between their sophomore and junior years to learn the foundational concepts and technical field skills that form the building blocks of their education.
Tom Gallagher, Auburn's Regions Bank Endowed Professor of Forest Operations, said one of the greatest takeaways for students is "an understanding of what it takes to work in the woods," as the summer can be "an eye-opening first experience."
Auburn's six-week wildlife summer practicum, launched in 2010 as a senior-year capstone to the wildlife curriculum, provides students with the necessary field skills for their careers.
In addition to the field immersion, students live among forestry and wildlife faculty and often work with various state, corporate and private entities. These connections provide students with invaluable networking opportunities and the ability to apply their classroom learning to real-world situations, often leading to internships and post-graduation job opportunities.
Brae Buckner, a graduate of the wildlife program who previously worked with the Southeastern Raptor Center, said that the summer yields "a lot of networking…you get to work with the best ornithologists, the best herpetologists and the top minds in today's wildlife research."
Students also participate in the Dixon Center's instruction and training exercises provided for government agencies, landowners and practitioners. In the past, students have trapped hogs with local property owners to remove sounders, or herds of wild pigs. They have also assisted Conecuh National Forest rangers with trapping and removing invasive or destructive animals.
According to Joel Martin, the center's director, students who experience a combination of classroom theory and hands-on learning are often those who are most competitive in the job market, and typically advance more quickly. Noted Martin, "It's impressive how many people working today in decision-making or policy-influencing positions within the state and region have 'cut their teeth' at the center."
For decades the summer practicum experience at the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center has been a cornerstone of Auburn's forestry and wildlife programs. It is this unique educational asset that has made the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment a top institution in the Southeast for natural resources education.
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Michelle Aselta Brings Beauty and Wellness Expertise to Expanding Strategic Communications and Investor Relations Agency
NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KCSA Strategic Communications, an integrated strategic communications firm specializing in public relations, media relations, social media and investor relations, announced the addition of Michelle Aselta as Senior Vice President in its Public Relations practice.
As SVP of Beauty and Wellness, Ms. Aselta will build a new division and help expand the service offerings at KCSA. She will focus on innovative communications strategies, as well as thought provoking narratives that will make industry leaders out of brands and their founders, thereby developing strong footholds in an increasingly complex consumer market environment.
Michelle Aselta joins KCSA from Jennifer Bett Communications, where she was the Head of Strategy/SVP of Beauty + Wellness, specializing in business development, agency growth, brand development and media strategy. Michelle has more than 18 years of experience and has cultivated and grown brands both in house and at the agency level.
"Michelle brings a strong blend of consumer brand strategy and business development," said Todd Fromer, Managing Partner at KCSA. "She has a substantial track record driving agency growth and expansion, as well as catapulting startups and young brands into industry leaders. We are honored to have her join our growing bench of talent; she will be a key asset to the agency and our clients as we continue to provide best-in-class strategic communications and brand evolution."
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KCSA is a fully integrated communications agency specializing in public relations, shareholder communications and social media, with expertise in cannabis, financial and professional services, technology, healthcare, digital media and energy. Since 1969, the firm has demonstrated strategic thinking and program execution that drives results for its clients in the ever-changing communications and digital landscape. The firm's clients are its best references. For more information, please visit www.kcsa.com.
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ESSEX COUNTY, Mass. (WHNT) — It was DNA evidence that linked an Alabama man to the murder of an 11-year-old Massachusetts girl in 1988, according to the Essex County Assistant District Attorney.
Marvin C. “Skip” McClendon, Jr., 74, was arrested on April 26, 2022, at his Bremen, Ala. home on a fugitive-from-justice warrant. He pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of Melissa “Missy” Tremblay over 30 years ago.
At a court hearing in September, ADA Jessica Strasnick specified where that DNA evidence was found leading to McClendon’s arrest.
“Specifically, the defendant’s DNA was found under the fingernails of the 11-year-old victim. The defendant offers no innocent explanation for this discovery,” Strasnick wrote in court papers.
At the time of Missy’s death, McClendon, then 41, was in and out of work as a Corrections Officer for the Massachusetts Department of Corrections.
Missy’s body was found lying on the train tracks of the old Boston & Maine Railway Yard. She had been stabbed multiple times. According to DA Johnathan Blodgett, her left leg had been amputated by a train car after she died.
She had disappeared from the streets of Lawrence, Massachusetts, on a late September evening in 1988 while playing around the neighborhood of the LaSalle Social Club. She was reported missing by her mother around 9 p.m. after she and her boyfriend had frantically searched for her.
Her body was found the next day, just one block away from the social club, authorities said.
A van that had been seen in the area was similar to a van that the suspect drove at the time, prosecutors said. No motive for the killing was disclosed.
At the time, authorities found that McClendon had lived in Chelmsford during the time of Missy’s murder, and had multiple ties to the Lawrence area – including a church he attended.
The case was never fully closed, and Missy’s family never gave up hope that her killer would one day be caught.
McClendon was indicted for the murder on June 15 by an Essex County grand jury. On May 13, he pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing.
McClendon’s defense lawyer, Henry Fasoldt, filed a motion to dismiss the case against him. That motion will be argued at a hearing set for December 27.
The 74-year-old remains in the custody of the Middleton House of Correction in Massachusetts without bail. He is reportedly kept in “protective custody” and isn’t allowed to leave his cell unless escorted by guards.
Fasoldt wrote in a court document that as a retired corrections officer accused of murdering a child, “[McClendon] is at an elevated risk of violence from other inmates during his incarceration,” adding that “in practice, this means that [he] does not leave his cell until approximately 11 p.m. each night. At that time, he is permitted to shower followed by a short period of recreation.”
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Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member were killed early Sunday in a car wreck, the school said, just hours after the Bulldogs celebrated their second straight national championship with a parade and ceremony.
Two other members of the football program were injured in the crash, which occurred in Athens, south of the Georgia campus. They were not immediately identified, but the school said both were in stable condition.
ESPN reported that another offensive lineman, Warren McLendon, was among the injured. The junior announced Saturday he was entering the NFL draft.
The single-vehicle wreck occurred at approximately 2:45 a.m., according to a statement from the Athens-Clarke County police department.
The initial investigation found that a Ford Expedition “left the roadway, striking two power poles and several trees,” the statement said.
The 20-year-old Willock was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle, 24-year-old Chandler LeCroy, was transported to a hospital, where she died from her injuries.
LeCroy was a recruiting analyst for the Bulldogs.
On Saturday, Georgia marked its 65-7 rout of TCU in the national championship game with a parade through town and a ceremony at Sanford Stadium.
The joyous mood quickly turned to grief.
“We are all heartbroken and devastated with the loss of Devin Willock and Chandler LeCroy,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “Devin was an outstanding young man in every way. He was always smiling, was a great teammate and a joy to coach.”
Smart said LeCroy was “a valuable member of our football staff and brought an incredible attitude and energy every single day. We grieve with their families for this tragic loss and will support them in every way possible.”
Police said the wreck was still under investigation and they have not determined what factors may have contributed to the crash. It may be several days before an accident report is issued.
Willock was a 6-foot-7, 335-pound redshirt sophomore from New Milford, New Jersey.
He played extensively as a backup during the 2022 season and started at right guard in Southeastern Conference victories over Tennessee and Kentucky.
With McClendon and offensive lineman Warren Ericson headed to the NFL draft, Willock likely would have been competing for a starting position in 2023 as the Bulldogs go for a third straight national title.
Athletic director Josh Brooks said Willock and LeCroy were “two special people” who “meant the world to our football program and athletic department.”
“We will continue to honor their memory in the years to come,” Brooks added.
Police said a 21-year-old male passenger sustained minor injuries and a 26-year-old female passenger sustained serious injuries. “We will continue to monitor their status with medical personnel,” the school said.
Georgia also said its mental health and performance personnel would “make sure we are providing the best support possible for our staff and student-athletes who are processing this grief.”
Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, who spoke at the championship celebration, tweeted that Willock’s death was “incredibly sad news and we join in sharing our sympathies, prayers and support.”
Another Georgia player, linebacker Nolan Smith, said Willock’s death “hurt my heart.”
“All I have to say the GREAT ONES LEAVE (TOO) SOON,” Smith tweeted. “@DevinWillock I LOVE YOU FOREVER.”
A few hours before his death, Willock retweeted a post that showed him taking time with a young Georgia fan at what appeared to a restaurant, even letting the youngster wear his championship ring.
“Special thank u to @DevinWillock for taking time for my grandson when he didn’t have to,” the tweet said. “U went out of ur way to make him feel special and U made his day!! Good luck next year! Go Dawgs!” | https://who13.com/news/national-news/uga-football-player-killed-in-wreck-after-title-celebration/ | 2023-01-15 18:18:20 | 0 | https://who13.com/news/national-news/uga-football-player-killed-in-wreck-after-title-celebration/ |
MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler had the game of his life, and the Miami Heat had a comeback for the ages.
Butler scored 56 points — tying the fourth-best scoring performance ever in an NBA playoff game — and the Heat roared back from 14 points down in the final quarter to stun the Milwaukee Bucks 119-114 on Monday night to put the NBA’s top overall seed on the brink of early elimination.
The 56 points also became Butler’s career high, as well as a franchise playoff record. And the 14-point fourth-quarter comeback became Miami’s biggest of the season, at the absolute biggest time.
“We knew what we were capable of, even if nobody outside of this building, outside of this roster and outside of this organization believed in us,” Butler said. “That’s fine. We just want to continue to do what we know is possible.”
It is a statistically improbable story: The No. 8 seed now leads the No. 1 seed 3-1, something that has only happened four other times since the NBA went to the 16-team playoff format in 1984.
But Butler has willed them there. He was 19 for 28 from the field, 15 of 18 from the foul line and added nine rebounds.
“We deserved to win that game,” Heat center Bam Adebayo said, “because he played incredible.”
Brook Lopez scored 36 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo returned from a two-game absence with a bruised back and had a triple-double — 26 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists.
The Bucks — who now need to win three straight, starting with Game 5 at Milwaukee on Wednesday — led almost the whole way, until the Heat roared back in the final minutes. Miami was 8 for 9 from the floor in the final six minutes, Milwaukee was 4 for 13, and the Heat outscored the Bucks 30-13 in that game-ending stretch.
“We didn’t make enough plays on either end,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “And they did.”
Butler had 21 of his points in the fourth, and the Heat still trailed 101-89 after a layup by Lopez with 6:09 left.
That’s when a 13-0 run, capped by a Butler dunk off a Bucks turnover, put Miami up for the first time all night with 3:17 left — 102-101.
The lead changed hands four more times, and Butler’s 3-pointer with 1:20 left put Miami ahead for good. He added a step-back jumper on Miami’s next possession, punched the air in celebration, and the Heat knew they would soon be leaving with a 3-1 lead.
“For 40 minutes of this game, it was frustrating. … It just shows you that when you have the right grit and perseverance, you can win,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And then it always helps to have a guy like him.”
The only players to score more in a playoff game: Michael Jordan had 63 in 1986, Elgin Baylor had 61 in 1962, Donovan Mitchell had 57 in 2020. Butler became the fourth with 56, joining Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Charles Barkley.
“He obviously played great,” Lopez said. “He’s been great all series long. He’s been aggressive. He’s been knocking down shots, shooting the 3 extremely well. There hasn’t been a thing he hasn’t been doing. It’s a tough draw, but we have to keep getting better, keep making life tough for him, one game at a time.”
Adebayo scored 15, Caleb Martin had 12 and Gabe Vincent scored 10 for the Heat.
Antetokounmpo missed Games 2 and 3 of the series — and most of Game 1 — with a bruised lower back. He worked out Sunday, went through shootaround with the Bucks on Monday, got cleared to play and looked good as new.
But Butler was better than ever.
He set the tone early — with the highest-scoring quarter of his career. He had 22 of Miami’s 28 first-quarter points, including 20 in a row over a span of 5:45 late in the period.
And in the fourth, he had 21 more — leading a massive comeback, one that put a team that won an NBA-best 58 games this season squarely on the ropes in Round 1.
“The series is still going,” Spoelstra said. “And we have great respect for the championship DNA that group has.”
TIP-INS
Bucks: Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton each scored 14 for the Bucks. … Milwaukee now has made 138 3-pointers in eight games against Miami this season, including playoffs. No team has ever made more vs. the Heat in a season; Boston made 126 in 10 games last season. … All three of Antetokounmpo’s playoff triple-doubles have come on the road — two at Miami, the other at Boston.
Heat: Butler is averaging 16.5 points in first quarters in the series, with at least 13 points to open all four games. … It was the 99th win of Spoelstra’s playoff career.
OLADIPO TRIBUTE
The game was Miami’s first since Victor Oladipo’s season-ending torn left patellar tendon injury. Heat players arrived at the arena wearing Oladipo T-shirts. “He said, ‘Don’t shed any tears for me. I’m going to get through all of this,’” Spoelstra said.
FANDUEL SAYS
Milwaukee closed as a 7.5-point favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook. The Heat hadn’t been more than a 2.5-point underdog in any home game this season, and weren’t such a big underdog in their arena since Feb. 27, 2019 against Golden State — 177 games ago.
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This real-life Barbie Dreamhouse in Phoenix is up for sale
PHOENIX - A Phoenix couple has transformed their 1950s home into Barbie's Dreamhouse, and now it's up for sale.
Rochelle Anvik is a Barbie girl selling her Barbie world - and everything is pink.
She's lived at this home at the corner of 10th Street and Manzanita Drive for the past five years and says it's now time for it to be someone else's Dreamhouse.
"We redid the house 1950's [style], which is a lot of pinks and light aqua blues, pastel colors, and then with the Barbie movie coming out, it was just perfect timing," said Anvik.
We took a tour of Anvik's home in 2021, decked out in the style of the 1950s with everything from a Tiki room to 1950s kitchen appliances, and even a room dedicated to Walt Disney.
How has Anvik's "Ken" liked living in the Dreamhouse?
"My husband's lovely, he let me do all of it," she said. "He said ‘Chase your dreams, do what you want to do.’ So, he's been lovely living in a pink house."
Over the years, the home has received attention all over the world. It's been booked out for music videos, photo shoots, weddings, you name it.
Now the pink pastel plastic is grabbing the attention of Barbie fans.
"We have come viral, like I feel like every cool account has picked us up," said Chrstie Kinchen with Twins & Co. Realty. "We've had like a steady flow of showings. We haven't had any negative feedback."
Anvik's love for Barbie goes beyond her Dreamhouse.
"Learning fashion, dress up, all of that and how she's just evolved with, you know, helping a lot of other people find themselves," she said.
Now it's time for Barbie and Ken's next adventure in Florida -- trading Barbie World for Disney World.
"I know a lot of people have been worried, you know, you're selling this house, you are going to lose your identity," Anvik said. "Nuh uh, I did this, I can do it again for sure."
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(The Hill) — Uber announced on Wednesday the launch of a new feature that will let teenagers under the age of 18 open accounts and take rides on their own.
In a news release, the ride-hailing company said that its “Teen accounts” will allow teens from 13- to 17-year-olds to set up their own personal accounts through their families’ profiles.
The company said that only experienced and highly-rated drivers are eligible to take on rides from teens, and drivers can also opt out of driving a teen.
Teens riding alone in Ubers is not new, but the new policies mark a change in how the company deals with them. Parents have long used Uber as a carpool alternative, and teenagers have set up their own accounts despite users technically being required to be 18. The decision on whether to check IDs to verify the age of riders has largely been left to drivers.
The new policy also comes as the number of teen drivers has fallen drastically in recent decades, with only 25 percent of 16-year-olds holding a driver’s license, according to Federal Highway Administration data.
Parents will now have the ability to live-track their child’s trip so they will know exactly where their teen is going and who is behind the wheel, and can also contact their teen’s drivers directly during trips and contact the company’s support team to report an issue on behalf of their teen.
Other safety features will always be automatically turned on during trips and teens will have the option to activate the audio recording feature as well.
“With a teen account, they’ll have the freedom to request their own rides—and you’ll be notified every time they do. Plus, with live safety features and real-time updates, you can follow along from pickup to dropoff,” the company said in its statement.
“One thing that will never change is our commitment to helping keep your teens safe while using Uber. Together, let’s get them moving.”
Teen accounts will also be made available on Uber Eats, as the platform will make it easier for parents to keep tabs on orders and monitor their teens spending on the app.
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AUBURN, Michigan (WNEM) -- A local 16-year-old’s veggie stand he created to make some extra money was cleaned out by thieves several times in the past few weeks.
The Auburn teen lost his veggies and his homemade maple syrup.
“My dad used to have a garden and we have a huge garden in the backyard and decided not to have for just us and sell some stuff,” Jacob Geno said. “Peppers, peaches, melons, tomatoes.”
He’s getting exercise, while learning hard work and responsibility.
The fruits of his labor are stored in a self-serve veggie stand outside of the family home.
“Lot of people stealing not paying,” Jacob said.
“It’s disheartening. We put up signs that says it’s a kid doing this,” Mark, Jacob’s father said.
A handful of times in two weeks, produce and syrup were stolen, a loss of about $50 to $70.
“Makes it so all my hard work was for nothing,” Jacob said.
And Jacob’s parents hate to see him become so jaded.
“He’s got a good heart but it’s disheartening to him and he’s losing faith in people when this keeps happening to him,” Mark said.
They’ve now set up surveillance to keep out an extra eye. They hope people will stop stealing and be up front if they need some help.
“He actually had a sign out that said if you’re hungry, come to the door,” Mark said.
“I would provide them with stuff if they need it,” Jacob said.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Grammy-winning sound engineer accused of kidnapping and threatening his wife and stepdaughter at gunpoint in Tennessee was fatally shot by police, authorities said.
A Metro Nashville Police officer killed Mark Capps, 54, during an encounter Thursday at the man's home in the Hermitage neighborhood, agency spokesman Don Aaron said. Officers had gone to the home to arrest Capps on warrants charging him with two counts each of aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping, Aaron said.
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His 60-year-old wife and 23-year-old stepdaughter told police he had held them in the home at gunpoint early Thursday, police said.
“The victims said that Capps awakened them at 3 a.m., gathered them in the living room at gunpoint and refused to allow them to leave,” Aaron said. They told police he repeatedly threatened to kill them if they tried to call anyone, but they were able to escape when he fell asleep. They went to police and arrest warrants were issued in the afternoon, Aaron said.
When three SWAT officers went to the home arrest Capps, he opened the front door armed with a pistol and Officer Kendall Coon yelled at him to show his hands, Aaron said.
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“Officer Coon deemed that Capps' movements posed an immediate, imminent threat and fired,” Aaron said. Capps died at the scene.
Video of the shooting appears to show the door of the home opening and an officer can be heard yelling “Show me your hands” before firing seconds later.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will investigate the shooting. The Nashville Police Department will conduct an administrative review of the tactics and interactions used to determine whether they meet departmental standards.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions this year backing proposed ballot initiatives to expand voting access, ensure abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona, Arkansas and Michigan.
Yet voters might not get a say because Republican officials or judges have blocked the proposals from the November elections, citing flawed wording, procedural shortcomings or insufficient petition signatures.
At the same time, Republican lawmakers in Arkansas and Arizona have placed constitutional amendments on the ballot proposing to make it harder to approve citizen initiatives in the future.
The Republican pushback against the initiative process is part of a several-year trend that gained steam as Democratic-aligned groups have increasingly used petitions to force public votes on issues that Republican-led legislatures have opposed. In reliably Republican Missouri, for example, voters have approved initiatives to expand Medicaid, raise the minimum wage and legalize medical marijuana. An initiative seeking to allow recreational pot is facing a court challenge from an anti-drug activist aiming to knock it off the November ballot.
Some Democrats contend Republicans are subverting the will of the people by making the ballot initiative process more difficult.
“What is happening now is just a web of technicalities to thwart the process in states where voters are using the people’s tool to make an immediate positive change in their lives,” said Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which has worked with progressive groups sponsoring the blocked initiatives.
“That is not the way our democracy should work,” she added
Republicans who have thrown up hurdles to initiative petitions contend they are protecting the integrity of the lawmaking process against well-funded interest groups trying to bend state policies in their favor.
“I think the Legislature is a much purer way to get things done and it represents the people much better, rather than having this jungle where you just throw it on the ballot,” said South Dakota state Rep. Tim Goodwin, who has perennially targeted the initiative process with restrictions.
About half the states allow citizen initiatives, in which petition signers can bypass a legislature to place proposed laws or constitutional changes directly before voters. But executive or judicial officials often still have some role in the process, typically by certifying that the ballot wording is clear and accurate and that petition circulators gathered enough valid signatures of registered voters.
In Michigan this past week, two Republican members of the bipartisan Board of State Canvassers blocked initiatives to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution and expand opportunities for voting. Each measure had significantly more than the required 425,000 signatures. But GOP board members said the voting measure had unclear wording and the abortion measure was flawed because of spacing problems that scrunched some words together.
Supporters have appealed both decisions to the Michigan Supreme Court, which consists of a majority of Democratic-appointed judges.
The Arkansas Supreme Court, whose justices run in nonpartisan elections, is weighing an appeal of an August decision blocking an initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana for adults.
The State Board of Election Commissioners, which has just one Democrat among its many Republicans, determined that the ballot title was misleading because it failed to mention it would repeal potency limits in an existing medical marijuana provision. Because the deadline has passed to certify initiative titles, the Supreme Court has allowed the measure on the general election ballot while it decides whether the votes will be counted.
A lawsuit by initiative supporters contends a 2019 law passed by the Republican-led Legislature violates the Arkansas Constitution by allowing the board to reject ballot titles.
“The (initiative) process in Arkansas has gotten consistently harder each cycle, as the Legislature adds more and more requirements,” said Steve Lancaster, a lawyer for Responsible Growth Arkansas, which is sponsoring the marijuana amendment.
It would get even harder if voters support a legislatively referred amendment on the November ballot that would require a 60% vote to approve citizen-initiated ballot measures or future constitutional amendments.
In Arizona, the primarily Republican-appointed Supreme Court recently blocked a proposed constitutional amendment that would have extended early voting and limited lobbyist gifts to lawmakers. The measure also would have specifically prohibited the Legislature from overturning the results of presidential elections, which some Republicans had explored after then- President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020.
After a lower court initially ruled the measure could appear on the November ballot, Arizona’s high court instructed the judge to reconsider. Then it upheld a subsequent ruling throwing out enough petition signatures to prevent the initiative from qualifying for the ballot.
Still on the ballot are several other amendments referred by Arizona’s Republican-led Legislature. Those measures would limit initiatives to a single subject, require a 60% supermajority to approve tax proposals and expand the Legislature’s authority to change voter-approved initiatives.
Those proposals come after Arizona Republicans have spent the past decade enacting laws making it more difficult to get citizen initiatives on the ballot. State laws now require petition sheets to be precisely printed and ban the use of a copy machine to create new ones. Other laws require paid circulators to include their registration number on each petition sheet, get it notarized and check a box saying they were paid.
“The effect is to make it much harder, much more expensive to get the signatures to put one of these propositions on the ballot,” said Terry Goddard, a Democrat who served as the state’s attorney general from 2003 through 2011.
After years of trying, Goddard finally succeeded this year in getting an initiative on the ballot that would require nonprofit groups that spend large amounts on elections to reveal their donors.
Earlier this summer, South Dakota voters defeated a measure that would have made it harder to pass initiatives on taxes and spending. The proposal from the Republican-led Legislature would have required a 60% vote to raise taxes or spend over a certain amount of money. Voters rejected the measure by 67%.
“This just seems like a way to suppress voters. honestly,” Joshua Matzner, a Democrat, said after voting against it.
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Associated Press writers Bob Christie in Phoenix and Stephen Groves in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, contributed to this report.
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LAS VEGAS — The Orlando Magic made their most significant move in free agency official, re-signing big Mo Bamba to a multi-year contract on Thursday.
The Magic, like all NBA teams, didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, citing team policy.
Bamba’s agents told Yahoo Sports on June 30, shortly after teams were able to communicate with free agents, that Bamba agreed to terms on a 2-year, $21 million deal.
His salary is estimated to be $10.1 million for 2022-23, slightly below next season’s non-taxpayer mid-level exception ($10.49 million) and a $2.52 million increase from the $7.59 million he was making last year in the final season of his 4-year, $24.1 million rookie scale contract.
The league’s salary cap increased by $11.24 million — $112.41 million in 2021-22 to $123.66 million — meaning Bamba’s deal is expected to take up 1.5% more of Orlando’s cap space compared to last season.
Bamba, the No. 6 pick in the 2018 draft, averaged career-highs across the board last season, including minutes (25.7), points (10.6), rebounds (8.1), blocks (1.7) and assists (1.2) in 71 games (69 starts).
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The Magic allowed Bamba to enter free agency as an unrestricted free agent after not extending the qualifying offer but made it clear they wanted him to return.
Most deals couldn’t become official until 12:01 p.m. on July 6.
The Magic also agreed to a 2-year, $26 million contract extension with Gary Harris, whose previous 4-year, $84 million deal was set to expire, one day before free agency officially began on July 1.
Harris’ $13 million salary for 2022-23 is fully guaranteed while his $13 million salary for 2023-24 is non-guaranteed, according to Spotrac, an online contract resource.
That essentially makes Harris’ contract an expiring deal if the Magic want it to be. His 2023-24 salary becomes fully guaranteed if he’s on the roster past June 30, 2023.
The Magic also re-signed Bol Bol to a 2-year contract on Thursday. The full details of Bol’s deal weren’t known as of Thursday, but a league source told the Orlando Sentinel the deal has a team option for the second season.
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New research shows university students prioritize compensation and quality of work-life, while desire for "challenging work" plummets. Bumpy road ahead for hiring negotiations?
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 World's Most Attractive Employers (WMAE) rankings highlight a growing misalignment between students' job expectations and what employers can offer in a cooling economy. "Competitive salary" and "high future earnings" are now two of the top-three priorities for business, engineering, and IT university students — and are among the fastest-growing priorities.
"Over the last 18 months, employers offered generous contracts and working conditions to attract young talent because demand exceeded supply in many regions," says Mats Röjdmark, Chief Executive Officer, Universum. "Now that hiring is slowing, we expect more realistic employment deals in 2023."
Universum, the global leader in employer branding, surveyed over 185,067 students in business, engineering, and IT from the 9 largest economies between September 2021 and May 2022. The survey asks students which employer characteristics are most influential as they consider future employment, and which employer brands they most admire. Other key findings:
Google drops to #2 among business students. It was edged out by Apple, which rose two places this year to #1. (Google still ranks #1 for engineering and IT students.)
Quality of life is still a growing priority. From a list of 40 attributes, "work-life balance" rose 6 places to rank as #8 most important in 2022, and "flexible working conditions" rose 7 places to #10.
Evidence of "quiet quitting?" Asked to rank their top priorities in a future employer, young people were significantly less likely to choose "challenging work" in 2022 — the largest one-year drop of any priority in 2022.
Universum Global Account Director Richard Mosley says the 2022 study offers critical data points for employers' 2023 budgets: "Companies are still hungry for young talent in tech, business, and engineering, but budget tightening will likely force difficult decisions. Now more than ever, organizations must take a data-driven approach to employer branding, messaging and channel strategy."
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Bicyclist hit and killed on Old Venice Road
Published: Jan. 24, 2023 at 7:20 PM EST|Updated: 47 minutes ago
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A 88-year old bicyclist was struck and killed in a collision with a Buick sedan on Old Venice Road on Tuesday afternoon.
The Federal Highway Patrol report said the Osprey man was riding eastbound on US 41 and attempting to access Old Venice Road when he was hit and thrown off his bicycle.
The driver of the vehicle, a 95-year old man, came to a controlled stop within the collision area.
The crash is under investigation.
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the outspoken leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Christian Church whose forays into the country’s complex politics and finances fired up supporters and detractors alike, died Monday. He was 81.
Chrysostomos had suffered from intestinal and liver cancer for the past four years and had spent his final days at the church’s headquarters in the capital.
A medical bulletin said the archbishop “passed peacefully after facing the trial of his ailment with courage, patience and Christian endurance” early Monday.
“All those were close to him during the difficult hours of his ailment experienced his humility, kindness and deep faith as well as his concern for his flock,” the bulletin said. It added that the archbishop left behind a legacy marked by his “vision, daring, respect for and restoration of the church’s historic tradition as well as innovative changes that always aimed for the unity of the church.”
The Holy Synod — the church’s highest decision-making body — decided after convening Monday that the archbishop’s body will lie in state at St. Barnabas Cathedral at the church’s headquarters in Nicosia beginning Thursday until his funeral on Saturday.
The funeral service will be presided over by the leader of the world’s Orthodox Christian faithful, Patriarch Bartholomew, while the archbishop will be buried in a crypt beneath the cathedral, according to his wishes. Church bells across the country will ring in mourning throughout the funeral, while flags at all churches will be lowered to half-staff for the next five days.
The Cyprus government declared a five-day period of mourning during which all public events will be cancelled and flags on public buildings will be lowered to half-staff. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will offer the eulogy at the funeral.
Meanwhile, tributes poured in for the archbishop. Anastasiades hailed Chrysostomos’ “massive body of reforms for Orthodoxy and the church as well as the well-being of our people.” Even staunch detractors from the communist-rooted AKEL party said the archbishop “clearly left his imprint on matters of church and society.”
Tall and imposing with a white beard in accordance with Orthodox tradition, Chrysostomos seldom held back from speaking his mind on issues ranging from politics to the country’s finances, rallying supporters but causing consternation among some politicians and other critics who scolded him for not sticking to his religious duties.
Prior to the island nation’s multibillion-euro financial rescue by international creditors in March 2013, Chrysostomos declared he would have preferred that the cash-strapped country abandon the euro as its currency rather than accept a bailout deal that he claimed would set its economy back decades.
After the deal was signed, forcing large depositors in the country’s two biggest banks to take a hit on their savings, an indignant Chrysostomos said: “This isn’t the Europe that we believed in when we joined.”
The archbishop also did not refrain from making his comments personal. He once told communist-rooted former President Dimitris Christofias to engage in self-reflection after having been handed a “prosperous, happy nation and leaving it with some people going hungry.”
The cleric railed against politicians and bankers, who he called “thieves” who ran for cover while “poor people paid the piper” for their ruinous decisions. He also warned that he wouldn’t hesitate to call on the people to rise up in order to prevent technocrats from “wreaking havoc” on the country’s banking sector.
His comments about the world of finance prompted some critics to say he was behaving more like a businessman and banker than a spiritual leader.
Although Chrysostomos had in the past openly courted Russian investors and the Kremlin’s political support, relations with the Russian Orthodox Church frayed when he followed in 2020 the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s decision to recognize the new Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s independence.
Two months after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine this year, the archbishop “unreservedly” condemned Moscow’s action, saying there’s “no justification” for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “destroy a country, to raze it to kill,” questioning whether the Russian leader “is in his right mind.” He told the state broadcaster that the “egotism, if not the stupidity” of the Russian leadership “knows no bounds.”
Chrysostomos also questioned Putin’s embrace of Orthodox Christianity, including the sincerity of his travels to the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was baptized.
He visited war-torn Syria in 2016 to offer support to that country’s Orthodox faithful. During the coronavirus pandemic, he threw his full support behind scientists’ recommendations for vaccinations and restrictions aimed at preventing the virus’ spread.
His ascension to the throne in 2006, after his predecessor and namesake could no longer carry out his duties because of poor health, reflected his political adroitness.
Church leaders in Cyprus are elected by lay voters in combination with a college of clerics, a tradition that goes back centuries. Hardly the people’s favorite and trailing the two frontrunners in the lay vote, Chrysostomos outmaneuvered his rivals by clinching majority support within the college to win.
Chrysostomos was always open about his right-wing politics and was not afraid to use his influence to steer the Holy Synod to bend to his will.
Chrysostomos had spoken openly about his distrust of Turkey’s intentions in Cyprus. In 2018, he said he never believed that a peace deal to reunify the ethnically divided island nation was possible because Turkey wanted to establish a Turkish state here.
Cyprus was split in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece. Turkish Cypriots declared an independent state in the north of the Mediterranean island, recognized only by Turkey, which maintains 35,000 troops there.
Chrysostomos campaigned in 2004 for the church to take a stand against what was believed to be an unfair U.N.-drafted peace plan that the vast majority of Greek Cypriots subsequently voted down in a referendum.
Addressing Pope Benedict XVI during the pontiff’s 2010 visit to the island, Chrysostomos accused Turkey of trying to carry out “its obscure plans, which include the annexation of the land now under military occupation and then a conquest of the whole of Cyprus.”
Chrysostomos also said Turks “ruthlessly sacked” Christian artworks, claiming they were seeking to make Greek and Christian culture disappear from northern Cyprus. The archbishop also appealed to Pope Francis during the pontiff’s 2021 visit to Cyprus for help to ensure the protection of sacred Christian monuments.
Despite his politics, the archbishop worked closely with the Muslim mufti, the religious leader of the Turkish Cypriots, as well as other Christian leaders to rebuild religious sites to send the message that faith is an anchor rather than a hindrance to peace.
The church’s weighty influence in Cyprus dates back to the Middle Ages, when the island’s Ottoman rulers had recognized it as the sole representative body of Greek Orthodox Christians. That continued right up to 1960, when Cyprus gained independence from British colonial rule with the election of then-Archbishop Makarios as the country’s first president.
Born on April 10, 1941, Chrysostomos’ religious calling came early when he joined Cyprus’ famous monastery of Saint Neophytos as a lay-brother right after completing primary school. He steadily rose through the church’s ranks until 1978, when he was enthroned bishop of his native prefecture of Paphos.
As archbishop, Chrysostomos shored up church finances and enacted a string of reforms, including restoring the church’s decision-making independence by bolstering the Holy Synod with the ordination of new bishops and the drafting of a new constitution.
Chrysostomos also opened a church office at the European Union’s headquarters in Brussels and was a strong supporter of closer relations between the Orthodox and Catholic churches.
“I want to do real work, not just for show. … I want to leave something behind for this country, that’s what matters,” Chrysostomos told state broadcaster CyBC earlier this year. | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-cyprus-greek-orthodox-archbishop-chrysostomos-ii-dies-at-81/ | 2022-11-07 23:46:41 | 1 | https://fox59.com/news/national-world/ap-international/ap-cyprus-greek-orthodox-archbishop-chrysostomos-ii-dies-at-81/ |
Delta flight aborts takeoff as another aircraft crosses runway
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE/Gray News) - A Delta flight out of New Orleans was canceled after it had to abort takeoff when another flight crossed the runway, WVUE reports.
Passengers were forced to rebook their flights after the incident.
Dallas Richins called the experience the “scariest incident” of his life on a plane.
Richins had finished a business trip in Gulfport, Mississippi, and planned to fly non-stop out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International to his home in Salt Lake City on Friday night.
“It was the first time I’ve really been scared on an airplane, and I’ve landed in Tucson with a fire truck spraying foam and it didn’t bother me as bad as last night,” Richins said.
Just as Delta flight 1482 was speeding down the runway to take off Friday night, it screeched to an emergency stop.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a private Learjet rolling on the tarmac got too close for comfort.
According to the FAA, the Learjet never crossed the “hold short line,” and the air traffic controller canceled the takeoff clearance for the Delta Airbus A321 out of an abundance of caution.
Richins said his plane remained on the tarmac for nearly 45 minutes before returning to the gate to allow the jet’s brakes to cool down. He said passengers could hear and feel the thump of shredded rubber from the plane’s tires that were damaged during the emergency stop.
Richins says the chaos continued with passengers trying to rebook their flights.
“It was a disaster,” he said. “I was on hold with Delta forever. Poor people, they didn’t have any staff there so the flight attendants were rebooking people.”
“Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people and we apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and delay of their travels,” Delta said in a statement.
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Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast. | https://www.wunc.org/2022-05-15/whats-behind-the-baby-formula-shortage-in-the-u-s | 2022-05-15 13:24:08 | 0 | https://www.wunc.org/2022-05-15/whats-behind-the-baby-formula-shortage-in-the-u-s |
BURKBURNETT (KFDX/KJTL) — The owner of a long-time local pet shop in Burkburnett is facing criminal charges after more than 300 animals were seized from the shop due to several reports of the condition of the shop, including the animals inside.
Executive Director for the Humane Society of Wichita County Cheryl Heineken said she was asked to assist the Burkburnett Animal Control but when she heard how many animals they were going to be picking up, she had to call in reinforcements.
Guinea pigs, snakes, birds, mice, and rats, are just a few of the species seized from little critters pet shop which has been open for decades after reports of poor and unsafe conditions inside.
“We were asked to help since we have the extra building out at the humane society so we agreed to help Burkburnett with this situation,” Heineken said.
And with more than a hundred animals to haul off, Heineken called in air support or the Animal Investigation and Response Team to assist.
“They have the bigger trailer, it’s heated they brought 12 people down with them, and of course the Burkburnett Animal Control they have three officers and they were all on stand-by at the humane society and we brought a few of our employees,” Heineken said.
The animals were transferred to the humane society where they will be assessed, and Heineken said they could use all the help they could get.
“It’s an awful lot of animals to have to feed and to house. We’ll need bird seed or bird feed and we’ll need shavings for the guinea pigs and so forth because we’re just not used to housing these kinds of animals. We also have some rabbits that we’ll need help with,” Heineken said.
As well as cages for the dozens of birds, something that the community has already started helping with.
“I read the story about them bringing in all these hoarding animals and we just lost our bird and so we had an extra bird cage and I figured I’d drop it off here because they can use it,” Tonia Machado said.
And when it comes to fostering these animals, Heineken said they will need help with that but for the time being, asks the public to be patient.
The humane society, more than ever could use monetary donations, all the volunteers they can get, as well as food for a lot of these animals as well.
As of 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, Heineken said at last county, they have seized 367 animals and still aren’t done.
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‘Moonage Daydream’ director on Studio 3
Published: Sep. 16, 2022 at 2:30 PM EDT|Updated: 7 minutes ago
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -
Brett Morgen, the director of ‘Moonage Daydream,’ joined Susan on Studio 3 to talk about the film.
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What is your mobile carrier doing to combat the climate crisis? It might not be something you've thought much about, but with increasing numbers of networks around the world aligning themselves with science-based targets, it's easier than ever to see if the service you're paying for is taking genuine action to reduce its environmental impact.
In a report released at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday, mobile industry body GSMA said that nearly a quarter of energy (24%) used by the mobile sector comes from renewable sources, up from 14% in 2020. In addition, 62 carriers globally have now committed to rapidly decreasing their direct and indirect emissions by 2030, representing 61% of the industry by revenue. This is an increase of 12 networks since the previous report published last April.
The GSMA is leading an industry-wide drive to ensure carriers reach net zero emissions by 2050. A key metric it's using to measure the ambition of its members is their commitment to preventing global warming from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius, the science-based target laid out in the Paris Agreement.
With the impacts of the climate crisis -- from floods to wildfires to deadly heatwaves -- increasingly being felt in regions around the world, there is growing pressure on all industries to prioritize transitioning to clean energy and ensure they're playing an active role in preserving rather than harming our ecosystems. The mobile industry is no exception, and some networks are doing more than others to alleviate their environmental impact, which could make a difference to where you choose to spend your money.
On the hardware side, phone makers are investing heavily in giving phones a longer life and using more recycled materials in their products. But on the network side, companies are increasingly investing in finding ways to build and operate infrastructure using highly efficient methods that are less energy-intensive than those used in the past.
The biggest challenge for carriers, said John Giusti, chief regulatory office for the GSMA, is access to renewable energy. "The good news is that the industry is moving forward, with operators now directly purchasing 24% of their electricity from renewable sources, up from 18% in 2021 and 14% in 2020," he said in the report. But with carrier demand outstripping supply, governments need to help expand access to renewable energy, he added.
Europe and North America, two of the regions most responsible for historic emissions, are leading the charge when it comes to ambitious sustainability commitments and actions. "It's perhaps only fair because it's parts of the world where they're the most advanced climate wise, and therefore they have the most capability to actually reduce their emissions," Steven Moore, head of climate action for the GSMA, said in an interview with CNET the week preceding MWC.
The GSMA's report looked at actions by mobile operators across the world but called out T-Mobile as an example of a company making great strides to reduce its carbon impact in the US. It's the first company in the US wireless sector to set a net zero goal validated by the Science Based Target Initiative covering all of its emissions, including those from across the supply chain and indirect emissions from purchased electricity. It's also one of only a small handful of networks so far to set a net zero by 2040 target, instead of 2050.
Meanwhile, its main competitors, Verizon and AT&T have both aligned themselves with the 1.5 degrees pathway, and Verizon has committed to net zero emissions across the board by 2050. Moore said that he wouldn't be surprised if networks in many places end up achieving net zero much earlier than 2050. "Once we start to invest, it's incredible how quickly things can change," he said. | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/the-mobile-industry-is-increasingly-powered-by-renewable-energy/ | 2023-02-28 06:46:10 | 0 | https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/the-mobile-industry-is-increasingly-powered-by-renewable-energy/ |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka improved her winning streak to six as she beat American Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday to reach the third round of the Australian Open.
The No. 5-seeded Sabalenka, who began the year by winning the title in Adelaide, trailed the American 3-1 early in the match but won five straight games to take the opening set and then eased through the second.
“I expected a great level from her today, that’s why I stayed focused from the beginning to the end,” Sabalenka said.
Sabalenka will play either Elise Mertens, the No. 26-seeded player, or Lauren Davis in the third round.
No. 9-seeded Veronika Kudermetova was upset, ousted 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 by Katie Volnyets, a 21-year-old qualifier from the United States.
“I literally have the chills because the fans here are just incredible,” said Volnyets, who is through to the third round of a Grand Slam event for the first time. “I’ve never played in a stadium this packed and with that many people keeping the energy up for me. It was awesome.”
Taylor Townsend bowed out, the American beaten 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 by No. 19 Ekaterina Alexandrova.
On the men's side, No 25-seeded Dan Evans was an early winner, beating Jeremy Chardy of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the third round for the third successive year.
The news on the men's side still oscillated around the absence of Rafael Nadal, who was beaten on Wednesday after losing a battle with an injured hip.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The convictions on historically rare seditious conspiracy charges against leaders of the Proud Boys extremist group mark another major victory for the Justice Department in its massive prosecution of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jurors on Thursday found former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio and three lieutenants guilty of the rarely used Civil War-era charge.
It was the third seditious conspiracy trial stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot that forced Congress to adjourn as lawmakers and staff hid from a violent mob. The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and several members have also been convicted of the charge.
Here’s a look at the charge of seditious conspiracy and its history:
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WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LATEST TRIAL?
Prosecutors sought to prove Tarrio and four co-defendants plotted for weeks to use force to keep then-President Donald Trump in power. Tarrio wasn’t in Washington on Jan. 6 — he was arrested in a separate case two days earlier — but authorities say he helped put the violence into motion and cheered on the riot from afar as it unfolded.
Defense attorneys told jurors there was no plot to storm the Capitol or block Congress’ certification of President Joe Biden’s victory. They contended that the actions of the Proud Boys who joined the pro-Trump mob were spontaneous rather than the culmination of a premeditated plot.
Tarrio, from Miami, stood trial with Ethan Nordean of Auburn, Washington, who was a Proud Boys chapter president; Joseph Biggs of Ormond Beach, Florida, a self-described Proud Boys organizer; Zachary Rehl, president of the Proud Boys chapter in Philadelphia; and Dominic Pezzola, a Proud Boys member from Rochester, New York. Prosecutors said Pezzola allowed the first rioters to enter the Capitol by using a police riot shield to shatter a window.
Nordean, Biggs and Rehl were also convicted Thursday of seditious conspiracy. Jurors cleared Pezzola of the sedition charge, though he was convicted of other serious felonies.
WHAT IS SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY?
The seditious conspiracy law was enacted after the Civil War to arrest Southerners who might keep fighting the U.S. government. Sedition cases have been rare in recent history. The charge can be difficult to prove, especially in cases when an alleged plot is unsuccessful.
In order to win a seditious conspiracy case, prosecutors have to prove that two or more people conspired to “overthrow, put down or to destroy by force” the U.S. government or bring war against it, or that they plotted to use force to oppose the authority of the government or to block the execution of a law.
Tarrio and his co-defendants were accused of conspiring to block the transfer of power from Trump to Biden. The indictment alleged that they conspired to forcibly oppose the authority of the federal government and to use force to prevent the execution of laws having to do with the transfer of power.
To prevail at trial, it’s not enough to merely show defendants advocated the use of force — prosecutors must show they conspired to use force. Conviction calls for up 20 years in prison.
WHO HAS FACED SIMILAR CHARGES IN THE JAN. 6 ATTACK?
The Justice Department in November won seditious conspiracy convictions against Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and Florida Chapter leader Kelly Meggs after a two-month trial in the same federal court in Washington.
Three other Oath Keepers associates were acquitted of the charge but were convicted of other felonies that carry significant prison time. Four other Oath Keepers were convicted of seditious conspiracy at a second trial.
Jeremy Joseph Bertino, a former Proud Boys leader from North Carolina, was the first member of that extremist group to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy in October.
A statement of offense filed in court said that Bertino understood the Proud Boys’ goal in traveling to Washington was to stop the certification of Biden and that the group was prepared to use force and violence.
WHAT ABOUT PAST CASES?
The convictions of Oath Keepers Rhodes and Meggs were the first seditious conspiracy guilty verdicts in decades.
Before that trial, the last time the Justice Department tried such a case was in 2010 in an alleged Michigan plot by members of the Hutaree militia to incite an uprising against the government.
A judge ordered acquittals of the sedition conspiracy charges at a 2012 trial, saying prosecutors relied too much on hateful diatribes protected by the First Amendment and didn’t, as required, prove the accused ever had detailed plans for a rebellion.
Lawyer William Swor, who represented Hutaree militia leader David Stone, has said that prosecutors in the case failed to prove that group members were “more than just talking” and were “actively planning to oppose the government.”
The judge said Stone’s “diatribes evince nothing more than his own hatred for — perhaps even desire to fight or kill — law enforcement; this is not the same as seditious conspiracy.”
Before the Oath keepers case, the last successful prosecution in a seditious conspiracy trial was in 1995, when Egyptian cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and nine followers were convicted in a plot to blow up the United Nations, an FBI building, and two tunnels and a bridge linking New York and New Jersey.
Abdel-Rahman, known as the “Blind Sheikh,” argued on appeal that he was never involved in planning actual attacks and his hostile rhetoric was protected free speech. He died in federal prison in 2017.
Prosecutors also secured seditious conspiracy convictions in another, now largely forgotten storming of the Capitol building in 1954. Four pro-independence Puerto Rican activists rushed the building and opened fire on the House floor, wounding several representatives.
More recently, Oscar Lopez Rivera, a former leader of a Puerto Rican independence group that orchestrated a bombing campaign that left dozens of people dead or maimed in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico in the 1970s and early 1980s, spent 35 years in prison for seditious conspiracy before President Barack Obama commuted his sentence in 2017.
In 1988, jurors in Fort Smith, Arkansas, acquitted white supremacists charged with seditious conspiracy. The defendants were accused of plotting to overthrow the federal government and establish an all-white nation in the Pacific Northwest, and conspiring to kill a federal judge and FBI agent.
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Spero Therapeutics, Inc. ("Spero" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SPRO) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-04154, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Spero securities between May 6, 2021 and May 2, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Spero securities during the Class Period, you have until July 25, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Spero, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on identifying, developing, and commercializing treatments for multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections and rare diseases in the United States. The Company's product candidates include Tebipenem Pivoxil Hydrobromide (HBr), an oral carbapenem-class antibiotic to treat complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis for adults.
On October 28, 2021, Spero announced that it had submitted a New Drug Application ("NDA") to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for Tebipenem HBr for the Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections including Pyelonephritis (the "Tebipenem HBr NDA").
Throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the data submitted in support of the Tebipenem HBr NDA were insufficient to obtain FDA approval; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (iii) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On March 31, 2022, Spero issued a press release announcing the Company's fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results. In the press release, Spero disclosed that "[t]he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified Spero that, as part of its ongoing review of Spero's New Drug Application (NDA) for tebipenem HBr, it has identified deficiencies that preclude discussion of labeling and post-marketing requirements/commitments at this time."
On this news, Spero's stock price fell $1.59 per share, or 18.27%, to close at $7.11 per share on April 1, 2022.
Then on May 3, 2022, Spero issued a press release announcing "that it will immediately defer current commercialization activities for tebipenem HBr based on feedback from a recent Late Cycle Meeting (LCM) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding Spero's New Drug Application (NDA) for tebipenem HBr[,]" and that, "[a]lthough the review is still ongoing and the FDA has not yet made any final determination regarding approvability, the discussion suggested that the data package may be insufficient to support approval during this review cycle." Specifically, the FDA advised the Company, in relevant part, that the FDA's separate analysis of the relevant study population had "reduce[d] the number of evaluable patients in the primary analysis population compared with those resulting from the trial's pre-specified micro-ITT population as outlined in the statistical analysis plan" and [a]s a result, the FDA considers that the pre-specified non-inferiority margin of -12.5% was not met." Further, the press release advised that, "[i]n connection with this development, Spero announced that it is undertaking a reduction in its workforce by approximately 75% and a restructuring of its operations to reduce operating costs and reallocate resources."
On this news, Spero's stock price fell $3.24 per share, or 63.65%, to close at $1.85 per share on May 3, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Strowbridge Reservoir under blue-green algae watch status in Osage County
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Strowbridge Reservoir is under blue-green algae watch status in Osage County.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) said they and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) issued the public health advisory update due to blue-green algae on Thursday, June 29.
The following active advisories are in effect in Kansas:
Warning
- Harvey County East Lake, Harvey County
- Lake Afton, Sedgwick County
- Marion Lake (Reservoir), Marion County
- Webster Lake (Reservoir), Rooks County
Watch
- Strowbridge Reservoir (Carbondale East Lake), Osage County (Added June 29)
- Augusta Santa Fe Lake, Butler County
- Dorner Park Lake, Sedgwick County
- Lovewell Lake (Reservoir), Jewell County (Lowered June 29)
Lifted
- Cedar Lake, Johnson County (Lifted June 29)
- Lake Parsons, Neosho County (Lifted June 29)
- Wellington Lake, Sumner County (Lifted June 29)
A harmful algal bloom (HAB) may look like foam, scum or paint floating on the water and be colored blue, bright green, brown or red. Blooms can develop rapidly; if the water appears suspicious or there is decaying algae on the shore, avoid contact and keep dogs away. These toxins can be absorbed by ingestion, inhalation of aerosols and even skin contact. Symptoms vary depending upon the type of exposure (e.g. direct contact, ingestion, inhalation) but can include rash, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, sore throat, and headache. If you, or your dog, come into contact with algae rinse the area with clean, fresh water. Suspected HAB-related health incidents, whether human or animal, regardless of season, should be reported at kdhe.ks.gov/1163.
The state of Kansas recognizes three advisory levels:
A Hazard status indicates that a harmful algal bloom is present, and extreme conditions exist.
- Signage should be posted at all public access locations.
- It is recommended that either a portion of the lake or the entire lake or zone, be closed to the public.
- In some cases, the adjacent land should be closed as well. Actual setback distances will be determined on a site-specific basis, if necessary.
- When partial closures (i.e., beach or cove) are issued, the remaining lake or zone area will carry a warning status.
A Warning status indicates that conditions are unsafe for human and pet exposure. Contact with the waterbody should be avoided.
When a warning is issued, KDHE recommends the following precautions be taken:
- Signage should be posted at all public access locations.
- Inhalation of spray or aerosols may be harmful.
- Lake water is not safe to drink for pets or livestock.
- Lake water, regardless of blue-green algae status, should never be consumed by humans.
- Water contact should be avoided.
- Fish may be eaten if they are rinsed with clean water and only the fillet portion is consumed, while all other parts are discarded.
- Do not allow pets to eat dried algae.
- If lake water contacts skin, wash with clean water as soon as possible.
- Avoid areas of visible algae accumulation.
A Watch status means that blue-green algae have been detected and a harmful algal bloom is present or likely to develop. People are encouraged to avoid areas of algae accumulation and keep pets and livestock away from the water.
During the watch status, KDHE recommends the following precautions be taken:
- Signage should be posted at all public access locations.
- Water may be unsafe for humans/animals.
- Avoid areas of algae accumulation and do not let people/pets eat dried algae or drink contaminated water.
- Swimming, wading, skiing and jet skiing are discouraged near visible blooms.
- Boating and fishing are safe. However, inhalation of the spray may affect some individuals. Avoid direct contact with water, and wash with clean water after any contact.
- Clean fish well with potable water and eat fillet portion only.
Advisories are lifted when cell densities and toxin concentrations dissipate to levels below the Watch thresholds.
KDHE officials said they investigate publicly accessible bodies of water for blue-green algae when the agency receives reports of potential algae blooms in Kansas lakes. Based on credible field observation and sampling results, KDHE reports on potentially harmful conditions.
For information on blue-green algae and reporting potential harmful algal blooms, visit kdhe.ks.gov/HAB.
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Rare and State-of-the-Art Hybrid 3D Printing Machine Represents First Milestone Toward Fortified Supply Chain and Enhanced Energy Security
SEDALIA, Mo., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PROENERGY announced today a $28.8-million investment on an advanced manufacturing initiative, starting with the recent acquisition and proven application of a 3D hybrid printing machine. As part of the company's vertically integrated aeroderivative power services, PROENERGY is creating a robust supply of critical parts for LM6000 gas turbines.
This initiative enables the company to maintain reduced manufacturing and repair times, says Jeff Canon, PROENERGY CEO.
"Independently fortifying our parts supply enables us to maintain our 120-day turnarounds for major overhauls, maintain world-class responsiveness, and progress the greater goal of global energy security," he says. "More importantly, these are critical steps in supporting renewable power generation and moving the energy transition forward."
As part of its advanced manufacturing initiative, the company's first major acquisition is a DMG MORI LASERTEC 125 DED hybrid machine. One of only a handful in the world, this technology enables manufacturing industrial-scale parts of any complexity in a small amount of time. Featuring additive and subtractive capabilities, the machine can build and machine new parts without pause.
While the DMG MORI hybrid can expedite manufacturing of high-value parts, the primary value of the machine is vastly accelerated parts development and prototyping capabilities, says Rob Andrews, PROENERGY Senior Vice President Operations.
"Creating a variable bypass-valve door, for example, would take at least 12 months for a casting process; the PROENERGY advanced manufacturing process took less than 90 days," he says. "This machine is just the beginning of our initiative, which will also include a complete refit of one of our large campus buildings with a further 16 advanced manufacturing devices. These steps will not only position PROENERGY as the top advanced manufacturing provider for any industry within Missouri, but likely in the Midwest."
Based in Sedalia, Missouri, PROENERGY is a global peak-power solutions provider with operational experience on every continent. The company offers vertically integrated aeroderivative power services, including engineering, construction, operations, repair, maintenance, research, and true, turnkey peak-power facilities that include the complete balance of plant. For more on PROENERGY, visit www.proenergyservices.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) —
Leading climate figures are urging the Biden administration to use the early departure of the Trump-appointed head of the World Bank as an opening to overhaul the powerful financial institution, which has been increasingly criticized as hostile to less-wealthy nations and efforts to address climate change.
David Malpass announced Wednesday he would step down by June 30, about one year short of completing the five-year term to which President Donald Trump appointed him.
Malpass had struggled to tamp down accusations that he was a climate-denier, after a 2022 interview in which he refused to say whether he accepted that fossil fuels were changing the world’s climate, saying instead, “I’m not a scientist.”
His many critics in the United States and abroad had accused the World Bank of continuing its financial support for fossil fuel projects and failing to move quickly enough to unleash funding for switching the world’s economy from oil and coal to solar, wind and other climate-friendly renewables.
Al Gore, a former vice president and leading environmentalist, was among those who welcomed Malpass’ announcement.
“Humankind needs the head of the World Bank to fully recognize and creatively respond to the civilization-threatening danger posed by the climate crisis. I am very happy to hear that new leadership is coming,” Gore tweeted. “This must be the first step toward true reform that places the climate crisis at the center of the bank’s work.”
Barbados government leaders at last November’s Sharm el Sheikh U.N. climate conference gathered significant global support for calls to overhaul both the World Bank and International Monetary Fund so that nations in the Global South had ways to pay for switching to renewable energy and prepare for rising seas and other climate damage without taking on crushing debt.
Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said Malpass’ support for fossil fuels and “abject failure to fund climate action” was unacceptable. “Now, the World Bank must make up for his missteps and get ready to be part of the solution for a liveable future,” Markey said in a tweet.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen credited Malpass with having made “important recent advances” to overcome the World Bank’s image as an institution unfriendly to developing-world nations and to climate progress.
“We all must continue to raise our collective ambitions in the fight against climate change,” Yellen said in a statement.
Malpass later expressed regret for his reluctance to directly acknowledge climate change and increasingly backed climate projects in recent months.
His reluctance was criticized at the time by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who said the Biden administration expected the World Bank “to be a global leader of climate ambition and mobilization.”
Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry, has been among those calling financing for a fast switch to renewable energy essential to staving off the worst scenarios of climate change, and urging big changes in how the World Bank and IMF do business.
Created along with the International Monetary Fund as World War II moved toward a close, the World Bank is charged with providing funding to low- and middle-income countries and other entities to promote sustainable development around the world.
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Michigan man’s 911 call reporting girlfriend missing in US Virgin Islands never recorded: family
Heslop's American boyfriend Ryan Bane reported her missing from his yacht on March 8, 2021
A 911 call placed by a Michigan man reporting his U.K. girlfriend missing was never recorded, her family revealed Tuesday, the latest apparent misstep in the case nearly two years after her disappearance in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Sarm Heslop's then-boyfriend, 46-year-old Ryan Bane, reported her missing from his 47-foot catamaran the Siren Song on March 8, 2021.
Heslop, a former flight attendant, linked up with Bane in the Caribbean and was working as a cook alongside him as he chartered the vessel.
The two were seen at the 420 to Center Bar the night she went missing, and although police initially said there was no surveillance video, they showed some to the family last year.
"The inconsistencies in this investigation have troubled me from the start," Heslop's mother, Brenda Street, said in a statement Tuesday. She is asking British authorities to intervene in the investigation.
Police showed the video to Heslop’s parents in March 2022, around one year after she vanished. But when they asked for a copy of the video, police denied their request.
According to her parents, the version of the video they were shown ended before the couple got into their dinghy.
AMERICAN SWIMMING CHAMP FOUND DEAD IN US VIRGIN ISLANDS, INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY
"We have been told that the CCTV wasn’t working in the local area due to a power outage on the island," Street said. "And now we discover that the 911 call Ryan made to the Coast Guard was never recorded! Something doesn’t add up."
Bane reported Heslop missing to police around 2:30 a.m. on March 8, 2021. Police told him to contact the U.S. Coast Guard if she had fallen off his 47-foot yacht. He did so around 11:45 a.m.
Police have said they could not confirm whether Heslop returned to the boat after being seen leaving the bar with Bane, although her family says her passport, wallet and phone were left on his boat.
"What I want to know," Street said Tuesday, "is if they went to the dock and spoke to Ryan and conducted a search that night, why didn’t they look on the boat first? Why weren’t any of the neighboring boats moored nearby woken and searched? Why did the police not immediately involve the Coast Guard?"
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Virgin Islands police never searched Bane's boat and previously told Fox News Digital that the court denied their application for a search warrant. Multiple U.S.-based investigators have blasted that excuse.
"They have enough probable cause, I think," Jerry Forrester, a former FBI agent and private investigator who has worked extensively in the Caribbean, told Fox News three weeks after the woman’s disappearance. "She’s missing, and she was on that boat."
"If the boat belonged to Joe Blow, or the boyfriend, or even her, but she didn't go missing from the boat, maybe then they wouldn't be able to get a search warrant," he added six months later, when they still hadn't searched the vessel. "But she went missing, probably, from the boat. There's enough probable cause there to get a search warrant."
FLASHBACK: Sarm Heslop was last seen on this 47-foot catamaran nearly two weeks ago
Bane’s attorney has said a Coast Guard crew performed an "on-site inspection of the vessel and an on-site interview without limitation," but USCG officials said that they had been "denied full access" to the vessel and issued citations.
Without a warrant, Bane was under no obligation to voluntarily allow police to search his boat – and through his attorney he has denied any involvement in Heslop’s disappearance. He has not been named a suspect or accused of wrongdoing, and the boat is believed to have been sold last year.
Bane has a 2011 domestic violence conviction for attacking his ex-wife, after they got home from a wedding in Michigan.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department or Crime Stoppers USVI at (800) 222-TIPS (8477).
The department is also investigating the death of another woman on the same island – Jamie Cail, a former champion swimmer for Team USA whose cause of death has not yet been revealed.
"It is absolutely devastating to read about Jamie Cail and our thoughts go out to her friends and family, now suffering similar frustrations trying to find answers and justice for their loved one through the VIPD’s insensitive and insufficient resources," Street said Tuesday.
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Heslop is 5 feet, 8 inches tall with a slim build, brown hair and a bright-colored tattoo on her left shoulder that includes a seahorse, a butterfly, a bird and a pink flower.
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Union Pacific railroad ordered to improve service so it can deliver grain to CA livestock
The railroad previously blamed the weather for its delivery problems
Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific railroad to make sure a livestock producer gets the grain it needs in California to prevent millions of chickens and hundreds of thousands of cattle from starving.
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board told the railroad it must improve service to Foster Farms to keep it from running out of feed for livestock it raises. It's is the second time in the past year regulators issued an emergency order related to delivery problems at Foster Farms, which is based in Livingston, California, as the railroad struggled with a shortage of crews.
This time, however, Union Pacific blamed the weather for its problems. Spokesman Mike Jaixen said last month's extreme cold and blizzard conditions slowed deliveries in 20 of the 23 western states the railroad operated in, and additional problems are possible because of the forecast for more severe winter weather.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD SHIPPING EMBARGOES RAISE COMPLAINTS
"Union Pacific remains committed to serving all of our customers as efficiently as possible, including Foster Farms, weather permitting," Jaixen said.
Foster Farms called on the STB to get Union Pacific to give priority to grain trains heading from the Midwest to the livestock producer's facilities in Traver, Turlock, and Delhi, California.
Union Pacific said the problems at Foster Farms should improve once five trains hauling corn that are already en route arrive, but Jaixen declined to provide an update on those trains Tuesday. The railroad is submitting updates to the STB, but it wants to keep that customer-specific information confidential.
Foster Farms attorney Thomas Wilcox said in a letter to regulators that the company has little faith that UP will deliver on its promises because the railroad has failed to deliver any of its grain trains on time in the past two weeks.
US FARMER WORRIED BIDEN'S POLICIES PUT INDUSTRY IN JEOPARDY
So in the meantime, Foster Farms has been buying dozens of truckloads of expensive corn to keep its chickens alive while it waits for the grain trains to be delivered, but those truck deliveries can't continue to meet its needs.
Union Pacific said its performance has improved since the spring when Foster Farms and many other shippers went before the STB to complain about chronic delivery problems at most of the major freight railroads that were disrupting their businesses.
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UP and the other major freight railroads have hired hundreds of new workers since the start of the year to help them better handle all the shipments. But railroad executives acknowledge that their service still isn't meeting customer expectations and must continue to improve.
Regulators also recently criticized Union Pacific's practice of imposing limits on customer shipments as part of its effort to clear up congestion along the Omaha, Nebraska, based railroad's network of 32,400 miles of track across the Western half of the United States. | https://www.foxnews.com/us/union-pacific-railroad-ordered-improve-service-deliver-grain-ca-livestock | 2023-01-04 18:58:22 | 1 | https://www.foxnews.com/us/union-pacific-railroad-ordered-improve-service-deliver-grain-ca-livestock |
Mia_FG J.Sanders 37, 5:17. Drive: 10 plays, 36 yards, 5:31. Key Plays: J.Wilson 11 run on 3rd-and-1; Thompson 11 pass to Waddle on 3rd-and-3.
NYJ_FG Zuerlein 32, 1:35. Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards, 3:42. Key Plays: Flacco 12 pass to T.Johnson on 3rd-and-9; Flacco 36 pass to G.Wilson; Flacco 6 pass to Conklin on 3rd-and-5; Knight 5 run on 3rd-and-14.
Mia_FG J.Sanders 37, 5:18. Drive: 15 plays, 72 yards, 8:12. Key Plays: Mostert 14 run; Mostert 11 run; J.Wilson 8 run on 4th-and-5; Mostert 21 run.
NYJ_FG Zuerlein 35, 11:59. Drive: 15 plays, 58 yards, 8:19. Key Plays: Flacco 16 pass to G.Wilson; Flacco 5 pass to G.Wilson on 3rd-and-5; Flacco 12 pass to G.Wilson; Flacco 11 pass to G.Wilson on 3rd-and-6; Knight 3 run on 3rd-and-1; T.Johnson 12 run on 3rd-and-17.
Mia_FG J.Sanders 50, :18. Drive: 8 plays, 36 yards, 2:43.
Mia_safety, :00. Drive: 4 plays, -20 yards, 00:18.
A_66,429.
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RUSHING_N.Y. Jets, Knight 12-22, T.Johnson 5-12, Carter 3-4. Miami, J.Wilson 16-72, Mostert 11-71, Waddle 1-9, Ahmed 1-7, Thompson 3-3.
PASSING_N.Y. Jets, Flacco 18-33-0-149. Miami, Thompson 20-31-0-152.
RECEIVING_N.Y. Jets, G.Wilson 9-89, Conklin 2-13, T.Johnson 2-13, Carter 2-1, C.Davis 1-17, Moore 1-11, Ruckert 1-8. Miami, Waddle 5-44, Gesicki 4-46, Smythe 3-39, Hill 2-23, J.Wilson 2-2, Mostert 2-(minus 10), Cracraft 1-5, Ezukanma 1-3.
PUNT RETURNS_N.Y. Jets, Berrios 2-29. Miami, None.
KICKOFF RETURNS_N.Y. Jets, None. Miami, None.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_N.Y. Jets, Quinc.Williams 9-1-1, Mosley 5-2-0, Reed 4-1-0, Gardner 3-3-0, Carter 3-2-0, Whitehead 3-1-0, Adams 2-4-0, Alexander 2-2-0, Shepherd 2-2-0, Curry 2-1-0, Clemons 2-0-0, Sherwood 2-0-0, Quinn.Williams 1-3-0, J.Johnson 1-1-0, Lawson 1-0-0, Parks 1-0-0, Franklin-Myers 0-2-0, Huff 0-1-0, Rankins 0-1-0, Thomas 0-1-0. Miami, Holland 5-2-0, Wilkins 4-2-0, Riley 4-1-0, Roberts 3-1-0, Davis 2-2-0, Baker 2-1-0, Howard 2-0-0, Kohou 2-0-0, Phillips 2-0-0, Rowe 1-2-0, Sieler 1-2-0, Jenkins 1-1-0, Crossen 1-0-0, Van Ginkel 1-0-0, McKinley 0-2-0, Ingram 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS_N.Y. Jets, None. Miami, None.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_N.Y. Jets, Zuerlein 55.
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Sean Lowe's love story makes Zach Shallcross believe in the power of The Bachelor. Only Entertainment Tonight was at the Bachelor Mansion just before Zach welcomed 30 women on his journey for love, and the 26-year-old tech executive revealed how a former franchise lead allayed his fears about the road ahead.
"He's happily married [with] three kids," Zach told ET's Denny Directo of Sean, who married Catherine Giudici in 2014, the year after his season of The Bachelor aired. The couple has since welcomed three children: Samuel, 6, Isaiah, 4, and Mia, 3.
"He found his best friend," Zach said. "... There is that worry that sometimes it doesn't work out, but when you see someone like Sean have such a successful, happy, healthy relationship, I was like, 'All right, it's real. It can happen.'"
Sean was on hand when Zach was announced as the season 27 lead, and has been there for him in the weeks since.
"I spent a day with Sean and he kind of [talked] me through how to be a Bachelor 'cause it’s so new to me," Zach said. "He is a great guy, a great friend. He really showed me the ropes. We did talk quite a bit."
As Zach prepared for the limo arrivals, he admitted that the reality of the situation had yet to hit him.
"I don't know when it really will [sink in]," he told ET. "It still feels so surreal and just kind of like a dream, but I'm just, like, excited for it, just want to start it already. It's the anticipation... I'm pinching myself every day."
Throughout his journey, Zach, who vied for Rachel Recchia's heart on The Bachelorette, said he's laser-focused on "finding my best friend, finding that forever person."
"I think it can actually happen," he said. "I've seen it happen. I've lived it. It's real. There's love here."
As for what he's looking for in his love, Zach told ET that it's all about "compassion, kindness, and someone that likes to just have fun, just be spontaneous, likes to travel, do anything, but also just hang out on the couch."
When it comes to a relationship deal-breaker, Zach was quick to reveal that, for him, that's someone who's "talking or texting in a movie theater or just [while] watching a movie."
"I've been on a date where someone was texting and talking during the movie constantly and I was like, '[We've] got to end it. We're done,'" he recalled.
With the exception of any movie texters, Zach hopes that his women will be able to fully be themselves throughout the season, even when it's hard.
"I want them to all feel comfortable. I know it’s never gonna be easy, but I wanna make this as easy as I can for them to feel natural and feel [like] themselves," he said, before advising them to "show your emotion. Always communicate how you're feeling throughout the whole journey. Even though it's tough, you have to be vulnerable."
Season 27 of The Bachelor premieres Monday, Jan. 23 on ABC. Stay up to date on all the drama with ET's coverage of Zach Shallcross' journey for love.
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Verizon to raise prices on select plans
Published: Mar. 7, 2023 at 11:08 AM CST|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - Your cell phone bill may be going up if you are a Verizon customer.
The company says it is raising prices on some of its older cell phone plans.
Verizon is hoping the price hike on older plans will be an incentive to get customers to switch to its newest 5G plan.
Plans facing a rate change include Beyond Unlimited, Beyond Unlimited 55+, Go Unlimited and Verizon Unlimited. The company is encouraging customers to upgrade to plans such as 5G Get More or 5G Start.
People who prefer to stay on their older plans will have to pay $2 more a month.
The change takes effect on April 10.
AT&T took similar action last year, raising rates on some of its older plans as well.
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NEW YORK (AP) — It was small, as Washington celebrations go — two senior Biden administration advisers gathered with program participants near the White House on a Thursday afternoon in December to mark the end of a little-known initiative with a budget of less than $8 million.
The impact of The Community Violence Intervention Collaborative (CVIC), though, may yet be larger, both in the fight to slow the growth of gun violence and in the way philanthropy and government work together. The Biden administration used CVIC to get public funding to fight gun violence to 50 grassroots organizations that would normally be too small to get federal funding directly, as well as training and other support for 18 months to prepare them to receive even more funding.
It’s an effort some participants applauded, while others argued the president could have backed it more forcefully.
There was a feeling of momentum at the CVIC celebration, said Nancy Fishman, director at the Schusterman Family Philanthropies, toward what she and other advocates hope is the beginning of a shift in governmental approaches public safety. And it went beyond the attendance of nonprofit leaders, whose workers often go without recognition or pay, in a “rarefied space with others being celebrated,” she said.
Daamin X Durden, executive director of the Newark Community Street Team, called it surreal “to be with one another, to hear the testimony and the journey experience and just to share that camaraderie and fidelity for one another.”
On top of that, each of the 50 community violence interruption organizations at the celebration in the office building across from the White House also received $20,000, as a final “mini-grant,” which Durden said was much appreciated because it came with few strings attached.
A nonprofit, Hyphen, coordinated the initiative, which included peer exchanges, training and mentorship, provided by five national nonprofits.
Aqeela Sherrills, the advisor for the initiative at Hyphen, thinks many more officials and communities now understand violence interruption is a compliment to policing, not a strategy that is anti-police.
“We’re not expecting our cops will be everything, to be teachers, lawyers, therapists and counselors,” he said.
President Joe Biden announced the initiative in June 2021 shortly after the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police. During the second summer of the pandemic, hundreds were being shot daily, as the jump in gun homicides that started in 2020 across the country continued.
As one piece of the administration’s response, Biden urged local governments to use coronavirus relief funds to strengthen public safety through investments in police as well as community-based programs.
CVIC was another part of this public safety plan aimed to prepare grassroots groups to be accept more public funding by strengthening their infrastructure and sharing best practices to design programs.
“The theory of change for this collaborative was to focus on community groups that were the hardest to reach, that were doing incredible work locally and had very little support,” said Fatimah Loren Dreier, who leads the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, one of the organizations providing training.
Decades of research has documented that small groups of people drive a disproportionate amount of gun violence and homicides in any given community. Violence interruption programs seek to identify those people, with some working out of hospitals, others offering a carrot-and-stick approach along with the police, while others provide cognitive behavior therapy and mentoring.
If people agree to participate, the programs often also provide economic aid like paying for food or rent and connecting them to job trainings or other skills development — interventions that reveal the close connection between poverty and violence.
Measured in terms of funds delivered to the grassroots organizations, the collaborative’s record is mixed. Six of the cities participating have so far not reported that they plan to spend coronavirus relief funds on violence interruption as of June, according to an academic analysis of Treasury Department data.
Community violence interruption programs could be funded by about $350 billion included in the American Rescue Plan available for states, cities and municipalities to use for a broad range of programs, as well as another $120 billion in aid for schools.
Alex Johnson, of the California Wellness Foundation, which funded early models of violence interruption in the 1990s, said many officials who control local budgets still do not understand the value of the approach.
Four cities, including Newark, along with several of the grassroots organizations, recently won grants from the Department of Justice.
Amanda Kass, of DePaul University, and Philip Rocco, of Marquette University, have been studying the use of coronavirus relief funds with support from The Joyce Foundation. They warn that numerous factors make it difficult to track spending, especially since municipalities have until 2026 to finalize their plans.
So far, Kass and Rocco found participating cities allocated $71.7 million toward violence interruption programs — less than 1% of the $7.8 billion in coronavirus relief funds available. Their study excluded participating counties, Washington, D.C., and Rapid City, South Dakota.
Some CVIC participants said they expected more money to come to them through the initiative. Dujuan Kennedy, who leads the violence interruption work for FORCE Detroit, felt Biden wasn’t sincere in his support.
“It may be a talking point for him. It may be a campaign, but for us, it’s our little brothers, our sons, our daughters, our babies,” he said. “People are really dying out here.”
In the summer, Pastor Mike McBride, the leader of the nonprofit Live Free USA, who has advocated for violence interruption for two decades, invited Kennedy and others to attend the signing ceremony at the White House for the gun safety legislation that helped states put in place “red flag” laws and included $250 million in funds for violence interruption. The U.S. Secret Service turned Kennedy away at the gates, along with several others, he thinks because of his manslaughter conviction. A U.S. Secret Service spokesperson said Kennedy and others, did not “meet federal security entrance requirements” and that the decision was not made by the White House.
“My issue with that is: How can you acknowledge us and say we’re responsible enough to curb violence, but you’re allowing our records to prevent us from standing on your front grass?” Kennedy said.
Kennedy doesn’t want an apology but instead, a pathway to redemption for people like him who are saving lives in their community and have made amends with the loved ones of the people they harmed or killed.
Archana Sahgal, president of Hyphen, said the White House gathering in December proved there is no space between the administration’s words and actions and said she expects funding for violence interruption to increase as a result of the initiative.
Julie Rodriguez, a senior advisor to Biden who has championed the collaborative, was not available to be interviewed and did not respond to a request for comment.
Nina Revoyr, who leads the Ballmer Group’s work in Los Angeles, believes the White House has conferred a new level of credibility and legitimacy on violence interruption work. That along with George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police and the suffering and anger caused by the pandemic, has created a moment where both foundations and governments are more open to investing in violence interruption.
“It’s not that the work hasn’t existed,” Revoyr said. “What has shifted is the moment in time.”
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CALGARY, AB, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Vitruvi™ Software received a Companies-to-Watch award as part of the 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ program. Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the award recognizes the nation's fastest growing companies based on their revenue growth percentage.
Vitruvi's CEO, Bryan McIver, credits the company's world class product development talent combined with Calgary's deep construction roots and a highly effective board and visionary strategic investor with the company's early-stage success. McIver said, "Building technology to disrupt the least digitized industry on the planet was a daunting challenge in the early years. It's been rewarding to see the team's success on the international stage, and I'm pleased for the recognition they are now receiving here at home in Canada."
The Companies-to-watch category is a ranking of Canadian technology companies with the potential to be future Technology Fast 50™ candidates by their revenue growth percentage over their last three years of operation. The winners of this year's companies to watch category must have a minimum of $50 thousand in 2019.
"Congratulations to this year's Companies-to-Watch winners," commented Anders McKenzie, partner and national leader for the Technology Fast 50 program at Deloitte Canada. "These companies have demonstrated promising growth trajectories and an exemplary ability to seize opportunities even in the face of a challenging economic context. This sets them apart as members of an emerging cohort of tech leaders in Canada. We look forward to keeping an eye on their progress in the months and years to come."
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How mental game turned Brea Beal into two-way weapon for South Carolina women's basketball
South Carolina women's basketball guard Brea Beal started off the 2023 SEC tournament with a bang Friday, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers in the opening minutes of the Gamecocks' quarterfinal game against Arkansas.
After South Carolina (31-0) routed the Razorbacks 93-66, Beal turned around to deliver another electric offensive performance in the semifinals against Ole Miss on Saturday. The senior shot 5-of-7 from the field and 2-of-3 beyond the arc for 13 points, and she also added two assists.
"I've been praying I'd hit the threes, because I felt like I was in a little slump," Beal said. "It just felt amazing ... Especially this time of year, you need that. You need the encouragement from your family, your team, your coaches. I think that's what came out today."
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Beal struggled to earn conference and national recognition last season because of her low numbers on the stat sheet: She ended 2022 averaging 5.1 points, five rebounds and 1.3 assists. In 2022-23 Beal has the highest 3-point shooting percentage on the team among players that have attempted more than two shots, hitting 40% from beyond the arc. She averages 6.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and a block per game.
While she has long been known as a prolific defender, she was named to the All-SEC defensive team and to the final Naismith Defensive Player of the Year watch list for the first time in her career this season.
It's not her defense that has changed, though: Her increased offensive impact is simply helping to highlight her all-around ability.
"For four years you develop, you grow, you figure out who you are ... and Brea Beal never stops thinking about that or puts herself in a box," Staley said. "Obviously she has been a great defender for us, but throughout the years she is figuring out where she can make an impact passing the ball, where she can make an impact shooting the basketball ... That's the development of her and her mentality and us pushing her towards getting herself ready for the next level."
For Beal, the biggest game-changer has been in her mental game. She said prioritizing her mindset has helped build her confidence as a shooter.
"I've definitely gave into more so the mental health aspect and telling myself that I'm able to make those shots," Beal said. "I just keep telling myself: You're going to make them. You're good. You can shoot ... Because it's my senior season, I don't want to walk away saying I could have done this. It's just that extra aspect to make me realize that I'm here for a reason and on this great team for a reason."
A team-wide emphasis on sharing the ball has also benefited the senior's confidence. The Gamecocks lead the SEC averaging 16.6 assists per game, and that figure has skyrocketed to 26 per game over the first two matchups of the SEC tournament.
"We're able to move the ball, and everybody touches the ball on multiple possessions instead of it staying in one person's hands," Beal said. "When we're playing unselfish basketball ... it just naturally happens. For the people off the bench to come in and make shots and go on runs, it makes us unstoppable." | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/usc/2023/03/04/south-carolina-womens-basketball-how-brea-beal-became-a-sharpshooter/69962357007/ | 2023-03-05 02:01:42 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/usc/2023/03/04/south-carolina-womens-basketball-how-brea-beal-became-a-sharpshooter/69962357007/ |
Thousands of pro-Trump bots are attacking DeSantis, Haley
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past 11 months, someone created thousands of fake, automated Twitter accounts — perhaps hundreds of thousands of them — to offer a stream of praise for Donald Trump.
Besides posting adoring words about the former president, the fake accounts ridiculed Trump’s critics from both parties and attacked Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who is challenging her onetime boss for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
When it came to Ron DeSantis, the bots aggressively suggested that the Florida governor couldn’t beat Trump, but would be a great running mate.
As Republican voters size up their candidates for 2024, whoever created the bot network is seeking to put a thumb on the scale, using online manipulation techniques pioneered by the Kremlin to sway the digital platform conversation about candidates while exploiting Twitter’s algorithms to maximize their reach.
The sprawling bot network was uncovered by researchers at Cyabra, an Israeli tech firm that shared its findings with The Associated Press. While the identity of those behind the network of fake accounts is unknown, Cyabra’s analysts determined that it was likely created within the U.S.
To identify a bot, researchers will look for patterns in an account’s profile, its follower list and the content it posts. Human users typically post about a variety of subjects, with a mix of original and reposted material, but bots often post repetitive content about the same topics.
That was true of many of the bots identified by Cyabra.
“One account will say, ‘Biden is trying to take our guns; Trump was the best,’ and another will say, ‘Jan. 6 was a lie and Trump was innocent,’” said Jules Gross, the Cyabra engineer who first discovered the network. “Those voices are not people. For the sake of democracy I want people to know this is happening.”
Bots, as they are commonly called, are fake, automated accounts that became notoriously well-known after Russia employed them in an effort to meddle in the 2016 election. While big tech companies have improved their detection of fake accounts, the network identified by Cyabra shows they remain a potent force in shaping online political discussion.
The new pro-Trump network is actually three different networks of Twitter accounts, all created in huge batches in April, October and November 2022. In all, researchers believe hundreds of thousands of accounts could be involved.
The accounts all feature personal photos of the alleged account holder as well as a name. Some of the accounts posted their own content, often in reply to real users, while others reposted content from real users, helping to amplify it further.
“McConnell... Traitor!” wrote one of the accounts, in response to an article in a conservative publication about GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell, one of several Republican critics of Trump targeted by the network.
One way of gauging the impact of bots is to measure the percentage of posts about any given topic generated by accounts that appear to be fake. The percentage for typical online debates is often in the low single digits. Twitter itself has said that less than 5% of its active daily users are fake or spam accounts.
When Cyabra researchers examined negative posts about specific Trump critics, however, they found far higher levels of inauthenticity. Nearly three-fourths of the negative posts about Haley, for example, were traced back to fake accounts.
The network also helped popularize a call for DeSantis to join Trump as his vice presidential running mate — an outcome that would serve Trump well and allow him to avoid a potentially bitter matchup if DeSantis enters the race.
The same network of accounts shared overwhelmingly positive content about Trump and contributed to an overall false picture of his support online, researchers found.
“Our understanding of what is mainstream Republican sentiment for 2024 is being manipulated by the prevalence of bots online,” the Cyabra researchers concluded.
The triple network was discovered after Gross analyzed Tweets about different national political figures and noticed that many of the accounts posting the content were created on the same day. Most of the accounts remain active, though they have relatively modest numbers of followers.
A message left with a spokesman for Trump’s campaign was not immediately returned.
Most bots aren’t designed to persuade people, but to amplify certain content so more people see it, according to Samuel Woolley, a professor and misinformation researcher at the University of Texas whose most recent book focuses on automated propaganda.
When a human user sees a hashtag or piece of content from a bot and reposts it, they’re doing the network’s job for it, and also sending a signal to Twitter’s algorithms to boost the spread of the content further.
Bots can also succeed in convincing people that a candidate or idea is more or less popular than the reality, he said. More pro-Trump bots can lead to people overstating his popularity overall, for example.
“Bots absolutely do impact the flow of information,” Woolley said. “They’re built to manufacture the illusion of popularity. Repetition is the core weapon of propaganda and bots are really good at repetition. They’re really good at getting information in front of people’s eyeballs.”
Until recently, most bots were easily identified thanks to their clumsy writing or account names that included nonsensical words or long strings of random numbers. As social media platforms got better at detecting these accounts, the bots became more sophisticated.
So-called cyborg accounts are one example: a bot that is periodically taken over by a human user who can post original content and respond to users in human-like ways, making them much harder to sniff out.
Bots could soon get much sneakier thanks to advances in artificial intelligence. New AI programs can create lifelike profile photos and posts that sound much more authentic. Bots that sound like a real person and deploy deepfake video technology may challenge platforms and users alike in new ways, according to Katie Harbath, a fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a former Facebook public policy director.
“The platforms have gotten so much better at combating bots since 2016,” Harbath said. “But the types that we’re starting to see now, with AI, they can create fake people. Fake videos.”
These technological advances likely ensure that bots have a long future in American politics — as digital foot soldiers in online campaigns, and as potential problems for both voters and candidates trying to defend themselves against anonymous online attacks.
“There’s never been more noise online,” said Tyler Brown, a political consultant and former digital director for the Republican National Committee. “How much of it is malicious or even unintentionally unfactual? It’s easy to imagine people being able to manipulate that.”
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Leroy Brenteson was driving a tractor across his fields in eastern Montana nearly 30 years ago when suddenly the ground gave out beneath him.
“There ain’t much to tell. I was driving across the fields, and I fell in,” Brenteson said.
Brenteson, 83, lives on property that his family has owned for generations. He is one of two remaining residents in the former town of Coalridge, so named for a vein of coal that settlers began mining in the early 1900s. He knew there was a mine under his property because he had worked in that very mine for 15 years as part of his family’s business, Acme Coal Mining. He just didn’t expect to fall into it.
“I didn’t drive into a hole; it was under-mined,” Brenteson said.
In the years after the incident, Brenteson has worked with Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality Abandoned Mine Lands program to fill in holes across his property, remnants from a previous era.
Since it began in the early 1980s, the Abandoned Mine Lands program has closed more than 1,600 hazardous mine openings around the state. But with almost 7,000 abandoned mines in Montana, demand for the program’s services isn’t likely to abate soon. Following a funding reauthorization stemming from the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act of 2021, the program has secured funds for the next 15 years of work. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality manages the AML program, which seeks to protect public health, safety and property from the adverse effects of mining.
The $2.8 million that AML receives each year from the federal government comes primarily from a fee on coal mining. As such, the focus of the program is on closing abandoned coal mines, but AML works with mineral and metal mines, as well.
The type and concentration of abandoned mines varies across the state. The town of Coalridge is located in Sheridan County, which, according to the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology’s abandoned and inactive mines database, has an estimated 40 abandoned mines. Most are coal or gravel mines. Just to the south, Roosevelt County has 101 abandoned mines.
“These are little old farmers back in the homesteader days that got a little hole in the hill and took out — it’s usually poor-quality — coal to heat their houses or their barns,” longtime eastern Montana resident Connie Iversen said.
Iversen and her husband, Dick, own and operate a cattle ranch along the Missouri River that sits on the border of Roosevelt and Richland counties, about 24 miles west of the North Dakota border. The Iversens weren’t aware there were old mines on their property until two of them caught fire.
In 2017, a prairie fire ignited by an spark from a neighbor’s metal cutter burned roughly 8,000 acres across the Iversens’ land and neighboring properties. It wasn’t until a windy fall day two years later that the Iversens noticed smoke and realized two abandoned coal mines were burning on their property.
“You could stand on [the ground] and feel the heat 20 feet away,” Dick Iversen said.
Their first call was to the local fire department. As one of the firefighters was walking along the fire and trying to extinguish it, he fell up to his waist into a burning coal seam. Dick Iverson said other firefighters were able to pull him out, but the firefighters legs were badly burned and required hospital treatment.
The Iversens’ next call was to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, which directed them to the AML program and Scott Graham, one of just two field employees working in the program.
Graham uses software like Google Earth to identify possible abandoned mines before heading out to the site. Occasionally, he will get a call from landowners like the Iversens who are having trouble with a particular mine.
In the case of abandoned coal mines, Graham said once a coal seam catches fire it essentially burns until the coal runs out. Graham visited the Iversens’ property in June 2020 to survey the extent of the undermined area and determine if it was eligible for AML funding. Graham then hired a contractor to facilitate the rehabilitation of the coal mine, which he estimates dates back to the early 1900s.
The burning coal seam was dug up in three places. In each area, workers mixed the burning coal with soil and water to quench the fire before putting the material back in the ground. Then they graded the surface to match the natural contours of the land and seeded the ground with native grasses.
Such work can be costly, but Graham said the agency is good at leveraging funds and working with other groups like the DNRC to help communities and property owners not only reclaim sites but make them beneficial.
“We show up with a wheelbarrow full of money,” Graham said.
Qualifying for AML funding was crucial for the Iversens. The cost of excavating and extinguishing the fires without county and state assistance would have been significant.
“You can’t afford not to because it could burn the whole countryside down in the middle of the night,” Connie Iversen said.
Despite the fires on the Iversen property, which weren’t extinguished until the spring of 2022 due to the dangers of digging them up during an ongoing drought, Connie Iversen said they’re not too concerned about discovering another mine on their land.
“Worried? No, not really,” she said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we had another one, but it’s not something that keeps us awake at night.” | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/program-helps-montana-landowners-abate-abandoned-mines/article_901f257a-c425-11ed-80c1-8f162217f686.html | 2023-03-16 20:26:46 | 1 | https://www.willistonherald.com/news/program-helps-montana-landowners-abate-abandoned-mines/article_901f257a-c425-11ed-80c1-8f162217f686.html |
Most popular Halloween candy to please trick-or-treaters
(Stacker) - Most Americans can think back on childhood and recall the excitement of preparing for Halloween. Carving pumpkins, putting together a costume, and finding a ginormous bag to stuff with candy is just the beginning.
Halloween is the one night a year when kids can meander around neighborhoods with a posse of friends, ringing doorbells and collecting a mountain of treats. Remember sorting the candy, hiding it from your siblings, and ultimately popping pieces in your mouth for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the following weeks?
Americans love their candy, generally speaking. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the average American consumes 22 pounds of candy every year. More than 60,000 U.S. citizens earn their living manufacturing treats and sweets. Over 2.2 million metric tons of chocolate are imported to the United States to satisfy our cravings.
To determine the most popular Halloween candy in America, Stacker turned to FiveThirtyEight’s Ultimate Halloween Candy Power Ranking.
In this ranking, FiveThirtyEight used an anonymous online quiz to pit 86 common Halloween treats against each other in randomized, one-on-one matchups for voter preference.
After the votes were tallied (over 250,000 votes from 8,371 different IP addresses in total), the percentage of matches that each candy won was used to rank the most popular treats. Stacker is including the win percentage and desirable properties of the top 50 candies in this story.
The results were chocolatey, with favorites like M&M’s, Milky Ways, Reese’s Cups and Snickers making the cut. Although candy corn is everywhere come Halloween, you won’t see it in the top 50.
Fascinating facts came out of researching this story. Did you know that Reese’s Pieces was not the first pick for E.T.’s choice of candy or that Snickers was named for a horse?
#20. Hershey’s Krackel
- Win percentage: 62.3%
- Candy properties: chocolate, crisped rice wafer, bar
The original Hershey’s Krackel bar was launched in the 1930s. It was only available in miniature size for about 20 years, but it returned to its full size (1.55 ounces) along with a 4-ounce and 6.5-ounce size in 2014.
#19. Skittles original
- Win percentage: 63.1%
- Candy properties: fruity
Skittles were created in England in 1974 and introduced in the United States five years later. The brand’s “Taste the Rainbow” campaign was rolled out in 1994. Skittles were one of the first candies marketed on social media.
#18. Milky Way Simply Caramel
- Win percentage: 64.4%
- Candy properties: chocolate, caramel, bar
Did you know that Milky Way is owned by Mars? Its Simply Caramel candy bar has 250 calories and 31 grams of sugar.
#17. Rolo
- Win percentage: 65.7%
- Candy properties: chocolate, caramel
Rolos were invented in the United Kingdom in 1937, but have only been available in the United States since 1969. The rolly candy’s slogan, “Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?” refers to the fact that they would come 11 in a pack—enough for one person to have an even 10 with one extra to share with a friend.
#16. Nestle Crunch
- Win percentage: 66.5%
- Candy properties: chocolate, crisped rice wafer, bar
The Nestlé Crunch Bar was first produced by Nestlé in 1928. Since 2018, it has been produced by Ferrero Italia. Slogans for the chocolate bar made with milk chocolate and crisped rice included, “Music to your mouth,” “Munch Now. Munch Some Later,” and “For the Kid in You.”
#15. M&M’s
- Win percentage: 66.6%
- Candy properties: chocolate
The letter “M” was printed in black ink on the candy-coated chocolate until 1954 when it switched to white. That same year saw the introduction of the M&M slogan, “The milk chocolate that melts in your mouth, not in your hand,” as well as the introduction of the iconic animated characters. Over 400 million M&M’s are produced every day.
#14. 100 Grand
- Win percentage: 67.0%
- Candy properties: chocolate, caramel, crisped rice wafer, bar
Nestle’s 100 Grand candy bar was originally named the $100,000 Grand candy bar, inspired by game shows in the 1950s. People have been trying to get to the bottom of why the name was changed to 100 Grand in the mid-’80s, but have not yet solved the mystery. The candy bar’s name in South Africa was $1,000,000.
#13. Starburst
- Win percentage: 67.0%
- Candy properties: fruity
Starbursts were originally called Opal Fruits and were invented in the United Kingdom in 1960 and came to the U.S. in 1967. Strawberry, orange, lime, and lemon were the original flavors. Pink is a fan favorite, and it’s spawned dozens of homages—from a slushy drink at Taco Bell to cocktails.
#12. 3 Musketeers
- Win percentage: 67.6%
- Candy properties: chocolate, nougat, bar
Mars invented the 3 Musketeers bar in 1932. It consisted of individual minibars of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry nougat, which inspired the moniker 3 Musketeers. Due to the hiking costs of vanilla and strawberry during WWII, Mars switched the bar to be only chocolate flavored but kept the original name.
#11. Peanut M&M’s
- Win percentage: 69.5%
-Candy properties: chocolate, peanut
Peanut M&M’s made their debut in 1954, 15 years after the original M&M’s were launched. Initially, they were only available in tan. Ironically, candymaker Forrest Mars was allergic to peanuts.
#10. Nestle Butterfinger
- Win percentage: 70.7%
- Candy properties: chocolate, peanut, almond, bar
The moniker Butterfinger was submitted in a contest by a Chicago gentleman who described himself as a klutz. Otto Schnering, who invented the Baby Ruth candy, also invented Nestle Butterfinger.
#9. Peanut butter M&M’s
- Win percentage: 71.5%
- Candy properties: chocolate, peanut, almond
M&M’s added peanut butter to its roster of flavors in 1991. Although they are offered in the same colors as other M&M’s, since 2013 Peanut Butter M&M’s have been slightly smaller in size.
#8. Reese’s Stuffed with Pieces
- Win percentage: 72.9%
- Candy properties: chocolate, peanut, almond
Reese’s Stuffed with Pieces is a dream for fans of both Reese’s cups and Reese’s pieces. Each package contains two Reese’s cups and is gluten-free.
#7. Milky Way
- Win percentage: 73.1%
- Candy properties: chocolate, caramel, nougat, bar
The Milky Way candy bar was created in 1923 and was the first candy bar that was filled. When it was rolled out nationally in 1926, it came in two flavors: chocolate and vanilla. They were originally sold for a nickel each.
#6. Reese’s Pieces
- Win percentage: 73.4%
- Candy properties: peanut, almond
The original moniker for Reese’s Pieces was PB. You may be surprised to learn that Reese’s Pieces weren’t the first choice for E.T.’s favorite candy: M&M’s were. Despite their visual similarities to the latter, Reese’s Pieces don’t contain any chocolate.
#5. Snickers
- Win percentage: 76.7%
- Candy properties: chocolate, caramel, peanut, almond, nougat, bar
Snickers were invented in 1930 and named for a horse that belonged to Frank Mars. When they were first sold it, Snickers bars cost a nickel. If you flip your Snickers upside down, you will see the pattern of a conveyor belt used to transport the candies during packaging.
#4. Kit Kat
- Win percentage: 76.8%
- Candy properties: chocolate, crisped rice wafer, bar
Kit Kats were originally packaged as a box of chocolates. At some point in your life, you might have sung the jingle, “Gimme a break,” when thinking about a Kit Kat bar. Japan has more than 200 flavors of Kits Kats including miso, green tea, and soy sauce.
#3. Twix
- Win percentage: 81.6%
- Candy properties: chocolate, caramel, crisped rice wafer, bar
Twix hit the United States in 1979 after debuting in the United Kingdom in 1967. It is a fusion of twin and bix, which is British shorthand for biscuits, or cookies, as they are known in the States.
#2. Reese’s Miniatures
- Win percentage: 81.9%
- Candy properties: chocolate, peanut, almond
Good news for lovers of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups: The mini version has just 36 calories per cup. But who can eat just one? Along with tossing into Halloween bags, the foil-wrapped treats are great for baking (without the wrap, of course) and sharing with guests.
#1. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
- Win percentage: 84.2%
- Candy properties: chocolate, peanut, almond
Did you know the Halloween favorite sells 62% more than its closest competitor? Not only on Halloween, but on Valentine’s Day, Easter, and throughout the holiday seasons, 47% of all candy sold are Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP)Jeremy Roach had 14 points and six assists, Kyle Filipowski added 13 points and seven rebounds, and Duke beat Louisville 79-62 on Monday night for its third straight victory.
Duke trailed by nine points early before scoring 13 unanswered points to go ahead for good at 22-18. Jacob Grandison made two 3-pointers during the run and Tyrese Proctor added another. Roach capped the first-half scoring with a long jumper before the buzzer to give Duke a 42-33 lead.
Filipowski made a 3-pointer in the first minute of the second half to put Duke ahead by double figures and the lead didn’t drop below 10 the rest of the way.
Mark Mitchell also scored 13 points for Duke (20-8, 11-6). Proctor added 12 points on four 3-pointers and Dereck Lively II scored 10.
Filipowski was named the ACC rookie of the week for the eighth time this season after averaging 18 points, 8.5 rebounds and three assists in two wins last week. He finished 5 of 7 from the field against Louisville.
El Ellis, the co-player of the week after averaging 24.5 points last week, led Louisville (4-24, 2-15) with 21 points and seven assists. JJ Traynor tied his career high for the second straight game with 16 points. Ellis, a Durham native, was 8 of 16 with three 3-pointers.
Duke continues a three-game homestand against Virginia Tech on Saturday. Louisville plays at Georgia Tech on Saturday.
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Taiwan FDA accepts New Drug Application for Xerava for treatment of cIAI
Everest enters into strategic partnership with TTY Biopharm for the commercialization of Xerava in Taiwan
SHANGHAI, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK, "Everest", or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products to address critical unmet needs in Asia Pacific markets, announced today that the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has accepted the submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) for Xerava™ (eravacycline) for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI).
In addition, the Company has entered into an exclusive partnership agreement with TTY Biopharm (TTY) for commercialization of Xerava in Taiwan. TTY is one of the largest local pharmaceutical companies in Taiwan and has led the successful commercialization of other novel anti-infective products in the region, such as Brosym (cefoperazone+sulbactam), Colistin (colimycin) and Cubicin (daptomycin).
"The acceptance of our New Drug Application for Xerava and our agreement with TTY are key steps towards bringing this important and novel therapy to Taiwan," said Kerry Blanchard, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of Everest Medicines. "With a robust organization that includes expert functions in regulatory, medical, marketing and sales, and a successful record of commercializing other important anti-infective products in the region, TTY was a clear partner of choice as we continue our work to expand the regional reach and access of this critical therapy for patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections and other potentially life-threatening infections."
"TTY Biopharm has been dedicated in the fields of cancer and critical care for many years. It is not only being one of the top pharmaceutical companies in Taiwan, but also focuses on international marketing. Through this partnership, TTY may provide more options and better solutions to both patients and medical professionals in the near future," said Sara Hou, Chief Executive Officer of TTY Biopharm.
Under the partnership, which includes a 10-year term upon the launch of Xerava in Taiwan with possibility of extension, TTY will be responsible for all commercialization of the product in Taiwan.
Everest Medicines has exclusive rights to develop and commercialize Xerava in Greater China, South Korea, and the key markets of South East Asia, under a licensing agreement with Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals (a wholly owned subsidiary of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company). Xerava was approved for the treatment of cIAI in adults in Singapore in April 2020 and is currently under regulatory review for cIAI in mainland China and the Hong Kong region.
About Xerava™ (eravacycline)
Xerava™ (eravacycline) is a novel, fully synthetic, broad-spectrum, fluorocycline, parenteral antibiotic of the tetracycline class that has shown broad in vitro activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens that have acquired multidrug resistance (MDR) and are prevalent in China. Xerava is currently approved for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI) in the US, EU, UK and Singapore and the medicine is currently under review for cIAI in Greater China. Everest is also developing Xerava for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). Xerava was licensed from Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. For more information, please visit https://www.xerava.com/.
About Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections
Complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAI) is a type of major hospital- or community-acquired infection which extend beyond the source organ into the peritoneal space and can result from perforation of or damage to the gastrointestinal tract. cIAI diagnoses include intra-abdominal abscess, stomach or intestinal perforation, peritonitis, appendicitis, cholecystitis, or diverticulitis. cIAI is caused by different bacterial pathogens, including Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria, and anaerobic bacteria. In 2018, there were 2.9 million cIAI patients in China alone, with increasing rates of infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria, which limits the effectiveness of currently available antibiotics.
About Everest Medicines
Everest Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Asian markets. The management team of Everest Medicines has deep expertise and an extensive track record of high-quality clinical development, regulatory affairs, CMC, business development and operations both in China and with leading global pharmaceutical companies. Everest Medicines has built a portfolio of eleven potentially global first-in-class or best-in-class molecules, many of which are in late stage clinical development. The Company's therapeutic areas of interest include oncology, autoimmune disorders, cardio-renal diseases and infectious diseases. For more information, please visit its website at www.everestmedicines.com.
About TTY Biopharm
Established in 1960, TTY Biopharm Company Limited, a publicly listed pharmaceutical company, has transformed in the last sixty years from a production- and sales-oriented generic manufacturing factory into a development- and marketing-focused company of branded generics. With unending self-renovation and transformation, TTY is utilizing the experience, technology, and relationship network accumulated over the decades to redefine itself as a biotech company focusing on developing special formulations and novel drugs. Its mission is to improve the quality of human life with scientific innovation. Additional information can be found at http://eng.tty.com.tw/.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may make statements that constitute forward-looking statements, including descriptions regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company or its officers with respect to the business operations and financial condition of the Company, which can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, or other factors, some of which are beyond the control of the Company and are unforeseeable. Therefore, the actual results may differ from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and assumptions, such as future changes and developments in our business, competitive environment, political, economic, legal and social conditions. The Company or any of its affiliates, directors, officers, advisors or representatives has no obligation and does not undertake to revise forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or circumstances after the date of this news release, except as required by law.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BuildingLink, the leading provider of operations and resident engagement software for luxury residential properties worldwide, today announced a strategic growth investment from Bregal Sagemount ("Sagemount"), a leading growth-focused private equity firm. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in New York City, BuildingLink provides property managers with the tools to optimize building management through their operational and communications SaaS platform. BuildingLink's suite of software solutions helps managers turn data into knowledge, allowing them to seamlessly oversee property operations, optimize building performance, and provide superior experiences to their residents. Used by more than 6,000 properties in over 25 countries, BuildingLink's mission is to simplify and elevate modern working and living in residential communities through inspired solutions, pioneering technology, and dedicated service. BuildingLink introduced many of the industry's "firsts"— online maintenance requests, package tracking, amenity reservations, resident apps, and others—and continues to lead in innovation.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Sagemount as we enter our next stage of growth," said Zachary Kestenbaum, BuildingLink CEO. "With their support and deep industry expertise, we will be well-positioned to further invest in our current offerings and to continue to grow both domestically and internationally. We have a long history of delighting property managers, and this investment will enable us to take that to the next level."
Jerry Kestenbaum, BuildingLink founder, added, "When I founded BuildingLink 22 years ago, I never could have imagined where it would be today. I am humbled by the success we've seen to date, and so proud of the products we've built and the company's culture and unwavering commitment to our customers."
The investment from Sagemount will allow the Company to continue to invest in product and feature development efforts, seek out strategic M&A opportunities, and accelerate new customer growth in their core and adjacent markets.
"We are very excited to partner with Zach and the world-class management team he has built," said Gene Yoon, Managing Partner and Founder of Sagemount. "BuildingLink has developed a reputation as the gold-standard in the property management industry and we believe they are well positioned to capitalize on the increasing demand for improved operational efficiencies and residential experiences in the luxury multi-unit housing market."
Jordan Walton, Vice President at Sagemount added, "Zach and Jerry have created a phenomenal business built on the foundation of innovation and customer-service. We are eager to partner with the BuildingLink team to help take the business to the next level through organic and inorganic growth."
Software Equity Group (SEG) served as the exclusive financial advisor to BuildingLink. Goodwin Proctor served as legal counsel to Sagemount, and Holland & Knight served as legal counsel to BuildingLink.
BuildingLink is the gold standard for property managers looking to enhance the total experience of people living in, working at, or managing luxury residential properties. Its innovative web-based platform offers the ultimate in efficient management, flawless communication, and enhanced resident-living experience. BuildingLink is a recognized industry leader in adapting and integrating state-of-the-art technology in over 6,000 buildings worldwide.
Bregal Sagemount is a leading growth-focused private capital firm with more than $5.5 billion of capital raised. The firm provides flexible capital and strategic assistance to market-leading companies in high-growth sectors across a wide variety of transaction situations. Bregal Sagemount has invested in over 60 companies in a variety of sectors including software, financial technology & specialty finance, digital infrastructure, healthcare IT, and business & consumer services. The firm has offices in New York, Dallas and Redwood City.
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Updated May 7, 2023 at 2:55 PM ET
A slew of questions remain unanswered one day after a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, killing eight people and wounding seven others. The shooter was killed by police.
Local and state authorities have given scant details about the victims, the suspect or how the shooting unfolded.
But in a statement on the attack, President Biden said the shooter had used "an AR-15 style assault weapon" and wore "tactical gear," and that children were among the fatalities. Biden ordered flags on federal buildings lowered to half-staff to honor the victims.
Saturday's attack was the second-deadliest mass shooting of 2023, according to data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive. The only attack to eclipse it was the January shooting in Monterey Park, Calif., that left 11 people dead.
Witnesses and video footage on social media have begun to paint a picture of the horror that transpired at the shopping center in Allen, a city of more than 100,000 people located 25 miles north of downtown Dallas.
Steven Spainhouer, whose son worked at the H&M store at the scene of the shooting, told CBS News Texas that he rushed to help the wounded after his son called to say there had been an attack.
"The first girl I walked up to was crouched down covering her head in the bushes, so I felt for a pulse, pulled her head to the side and she had no face," he told the outlet.
Spainhouer said he also found a boy covered in blood who had survived the shooting while being protected by his mother, who was killed.
"No one can see what we saw today and not be affected by it," Spainhouer added. "It's not a situation I would wish upon anybody, it's just unfathomable to see carnage."
Gunfire erupted at the suburban mall on Saturday afternoon
According to officials, an Allen Police Department officer on an unrelated call heard gunfire at 3:36 p.m. on Saturday.
"He heard gunshots, went to the gunshots, engaged the suspect and neutralized the suspect," Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey said at a news conference Saturday.
Seven people died at the scene, including the shooter, while two victims died at the hospital.
Seven others were injured in the attack and taken to nearby hospitals, officials said. As of Sunday morning, Medical City McKinney was treating four patients — one in fair condition and three in critical condition. One person was transferred to Medical City Plano, a Level I Trauma Center, and is in fair condition. Another went to Medical City Children's Hospital and is in fair condition. Yet another victim was treated at a different hospital nearby.
Medical City Healthcare, a Dallas-area hospital system, said injured victims ranged in age from 5 to 61.
The eruption of gunfire left some weekend shoppers trapped in the mall as the attack unfolded, including Collin Palakiko, who told KERA's Katherine Hobbs that he sheltered in a store during the shooting.
"We all just kind of knew what to do, because this happens so often," Palakiko said.
As he was led to safety by police after the attack, Palakiko said he saw the bloodied bodies of victims.
Law enforcement officials have not identified the suspect, said what weapon or weapons were used or disclosed any motive for the shooting.
Dashcam video from another driver in the outlet mall parking lot shared on social media shows the shooter exiting a gray car from the driver's side and beginning to open fire on passing shoppers. NPR has not independently verified the video.
Authorities announced on Sunday that the Texas Department of Public Safety had taken over the investigation of the shooting.
The Allen Police Department and the FBI were working with Allen Premium Outlets on a plan to help shoppers retrieve any vehicles that were left at the scene.
A community prayer service was planned for Sunday evening at Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen.
It's the latest in a string of mass shootings across the country — and in Texas
There have been 199 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The group defines a mass shooting as any event in which at least four people are shot.
One incident just over a week ago, which also occurred in Texas, saw a man allegedly open fire in his neighbors' home and kill five people after he was asked to stop shooting a gun in his front yard because it was frightening a baby who lived next door.
Authorities captured the suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropesa, on Tuesday.
It's still unclear whether the weapon or weapons used in Saturday's attack were purchased legally.
Federally-licensed firearms dealers in Texas must conduct a background check on potential buyers, but private sellers in the state do not have to conduct background checks before sales.
Texas law was amended in 2021 to allow qualified people to carry handguns in public without a license or training. People could previously carry rifles and shotguns in public without a license.
Some people are restricted from possessing guns in Texas, including people with certain felony or misdemeanor convictions as well as those under an active protective order.
Officials are expressing grief over the massacre
On Saturday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered the full backing of the state government in the aftermath of the incident and expressed support for the victims.
"Our hearts are with the people of Allen, Texas tonight during this unspeakable tragedy," Abbott said in a statement.
Allen Premium Outlets, part of the Simon Property Group that owns outdoor malls and other commercial properties, said the company's thoughts and prayers were with the victims and others impacted by the shooting.
"We are horrified by the senseless tragedy at Allen Premium Outlets and are outraged by the violence that continues to plague our country," the company said in a statement posted to its website.
Biden said he and First Lady Jill Biden were praying for the victims and their families and thanked first responders.
The president again called for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines as well as other gun safety measures, such as universal background checks and ending immunity for gun manufacturers.
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New York City Parks Department says beach goers are not allowed in the water, but the boardwalk and concessions remain open. They say they will reopen the beach when it's safe to do so.
Rockaway Beach is temporarily closed for swimming due to shark sightings in the area. Beach goers are not allowed in the water at this time, but the boardwalk and concessions remain open. We will reopen the beach when it is safe to do so.
— NYC Parks (@NYCParks) July 23, 2022
It comes as the heat wave is keeping beaches packed, and with authorities continuing to monitor shark activity with lifeguards, boats, helicopters and drones.
A 16-year-old surfer, Max Haynes, was bitten about 15 to 20 yards out from Kismet Beach on Fire Island Wednesday evening.
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He was bitten on his right foot, and he said he was playing with his friend James, pretending to be a shark about 30 seconds before he was attacked.
"We were actually flipping each other off our boards, scaring each other, you know, grabbing each other's feet in the water pretending we were sharks," he said. "And then all of a sudden, 30 seconds later, I actually get chomped on."
He suffered an approximately 4-inch cut.
"I felt on my foot like a bear trap just get me from below, like hard," he said. "It felt like it broke my foot."
His doctor told him that based off of his bite marks, he could tell the size of the shark's jaw, which led to the estimate that the shark was about 6 feet long.
It all came the same day as a dead great white shark washed up ashore in Quogue in the Hamptons.
Experts say the warmer and cleaner waters mean sharks are getting closer to shore.
Lifeguards are trained to spot sharks' distinctive fins.
Governor Kathy Hochul says New York State beaches have increased staffing.
Teddy Tilkin, an expert with the Long Island Aquarium, tells Eyewitness News there are several important factors to surviving a shark encounter.
"Stay as calm as possible and try to get away from the shark," Tilkin said.
He said to swim away with as little splashing as possible, so that the shark won't sense that you are injured or distressed.
"If they really were to bite and wanted to eat us, we would be losing limbs and have a lot more external damages to us from a lot of the attacks," he said. "Because sharks are extremely powerful animals."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's private company arranged for the Secret Service to pay for rooms at his properties over government-approved rates at least 40 times during his presidency, including two charges for more than $1,100 per night, according to documents released Monday by a congressional committee.
The Secret Service was charged room rates of more than $800 per night at least 11 times when agents stayed at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, the Trump hotel in Washington, D.C., and other properties, the Democratic-led House Oversight Committee said. It noted that Trump made over 500 trips to his properties while president.
The "exorbitant" rates point to a possible "taxpayer-funded windfall for former President Trump's struggling businesses," Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney of New York wrote in a letter Monday to the Secret Service requesting more information.
The Secret Service said it had received the letter and was reviewing it.
The Trump Organization denied that the Secret Service charges were a problem and said it provided rooms and other services at cost, at big discounts or for free.
"The Trump Family is likely the first family in American history to have not profited off of the United States government," said Eric Trump in a statement. He added, "President Trump funded the vast majority of his campaign with hundreds of millions of dollars of his own money and turned away billions of dollars in real estate deals worldwide."
In total, the Trump Organization charged the agency responsible for protecting the president and his family at least $1.4 million, according to Secret Service records released by the committee. The committee said the total bill was likely higher because the panel only got records through September 2021 and payments for trips abroad were not included.
The former president has been repeatedly criticized by Democrats, and government watchdogs for what they say were brazen attempts to make money from taxpayer funds during his presidency.
In addition to money from the Secret Service when he and his family visited his clubs and hotels, Trump played host to foreign officials at his properties, also requiring lodging for accompanying agents. The president tried to arrange for his Trump National Doral Golf Club in Florida to be chosen as the venue for a Group of Seven meeting of global leaders, only to pull back after an outcry of about self-dealing.
Among the documents released Monday was a bill tied to a 2017 trip by Trump's oldest son, Don Jr., to the Trump International Hotel down the street from the White House. That resulted in a Secret Service room charge of $1,185 per night, more than five times the government-approved per diem rate, the committee said, though the agency is allowed to make exceptions. | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/house-panel-says-trumps-bills-to-secret-service-exorbitant | 2022-10-17 22:57:38 | 0 | https://www.wtvr.com/news/national/house-panel-says-trumps-bills-to-secret-service-exorbitant |
2023 PGA Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 4
Brooks Koepka currently leads the way (-6, +120 to win) after three rounds of play at the 2023 PGA Championship .
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SAN DIEGO, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inhibrx, Inc. (Nasdaq: INBX), or Inhibrx, or the Company, a biopharmaceutical company with four clinical programs in development and a strong emerging pipeline, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2023 and provided an update on recent corporate highlights.
Recent Corporate Highlights
- On April 26, 2023, Inhibrx announced the initiation of a registration-enabling trial for INBRX-101, an optimized recombinant human AAT-Fc fusion protein, for treatment of patients with emphysema due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. The initial read-out from this trial is expected to occur in late 2024.
- On April 26, 2023, Inhibrx announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted the partial clinical hold on studies evaluating its death-receptor 5 agonist, INBRX-109. Patient enrollment has resumed.
Financial Results
- Cash and Cash Equivalents. As of March 31, 2023, Inhibrx had cash and cash equivalents of $234.3 million, compared to $273.9 million as of December 31, 2022. The increase in cash outflow during the first quarter of 2023 was a result of the timing of payments made to the Company's contract development and manufacturing organizations, or CDMO, related to batch production for its clinical and preclinical candidates. Additionally, there was an increase in cash outflow during the period in advance of the initiation of the INBRX-101 registration-enabling trial to the Company's contract research organizations, or CRO, partners, as well as the timing of payments associated with the INBRX-109 Phase 1 combination cohorts and expanded patient enrollment targets for the Phase 1/2 trials for both INBRX-105 and INBRX-106.
- R&D Expense. Research and development expenses were $37.4 million during the first quarter of 2023, compared to $24.9 million during the first quarter of 2022. During the first quarter of 2023, Inhibrx's clinical trial expenses increased, both for its Phase 1/2 trials as they continue to progress, as well as its continued expenses related to the ongoing INBRX-109 registration-enabling trial and the initiation of the INBRX-101 registration-enabling trial. The Company also incurred increased CMC expenses at our CDMO and CRO partners supporting our clinical and preclinical therapeutic candidates, including early and late stage drug substance clinical manufacturing, drug product manufacturing, and selected BLA-enabling activities. Personnel-related costs also increased during both periods, partially attributable to an increase in headcount as the Company continues to expand its research and development and clinical operations teams as well as increased salaries and the expansion of our bonus eligibility pool in the current year.
- G&A Expense. General and administrative expenses were $6.4 million during the first quarter of 2023, compared to $5.1 million during the first quarter of 2022. This overall increase was primarily driven by an increase in additional personnel-related costs in part due to the expansion of the Company's commercial strategy team as well as an increase in salaries and the expansion of our bonus eligibility pool in the current year. In addition, market research and other scientific publication expenses were incurred related to its continued pre-commercialization efforts for INBRX-101 and INBRX-109.
- Net Loss. Net loss was $48.9 million during the first quarter of 2023, or $1.12 per share, compared to $31.3 million during the first quarter of 2022, or $0.80 per share.
About Inhibrx, Inc.
Inhibrx is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a broad pipeline of novel biologic therapeutic candidates in oncology and orphan diseases. Inhibrx utilizes diverse methods of protein engineering to address the specific requirements of complex target and disease biology, including its proprietary protein engineering platforms. Inhibrx has collaborations with 2seventy bio, Inc. (formerly bluebird bio, Inc.), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. For more information, please visit www.inhibrx.com.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — An overnight raid by Taliban forces in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province killed six members of the extremist Islamic State group, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday.
The regional affiliate of the IS group — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province — has been the key rival of the Taliban since their takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021. The militant group has increased its attacks, targeting both Taliban patrols and members of Afghanistan’s Shiite minority.
According to Mohammad Asif Waziri, a spokesman for the police chief in Balkh, the operation late Monday night targeted an IS hideout in Nahri Shahi district and six members of the militant group were killed.
The Taliban swept across Afghanistan in August 2021, seizing power as U.S. and NATO forces were withdrew after 20 years of war.
The international community has not recognized the Taliban government, wary of the harsh measures they have imposed since their takeover — including restricting rights and freedoms, especially for of women and minorities.
In March, a member of the Islamic State group carried out a suicide bombing that killed three people, including Daud Muzmal, the Taliban’s appointed governor for Balkh. Muzmal is one of the most senior Taliban officials to have been killed since they took power in mid-August 2021. | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/afghan-taliban-raid-kills-6-members-of-islamic-state-group/ | 2023-04-04 15:09:52 | 0 | https://www.wearegreenbay.com/international/ap-international/afghan-taliban-raid-kills-6-members-of-islamic-state-group/ |
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A fifth major offshore oil field being developed by a consortium led by ExxonMobil at an estimated cost of $12.7 billion will add another 1.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil reserves to the 10-billion barrel Guyana-Surinam basin, the Guyanese government said Tuesday.
The Uaru-Mako project currently under review could come on stream in the next three years, adding add as many as 63 more wells to the 30 already drilled in the Stabroek Block by the consortium, which also includes Hess Corporation and China’s CNOOC.
With two fields in production and two more approved, the consortium is the first among many multinational entities seeking to exploit the massive basin, which promises to transform two small South American nations into some of the world’s largest fossil-fuel producers.
Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency released the oil field’s specifications on Tuesday for public review, saying that Uaru-Mako has at least 1.3 billion barrels of sweet, light crude to add to the more than 10 billion barrels in recoverable reserves the consortium has estimated so far.
Current production from the first two fields is nearly 400,000 barrels per day. The agency required the consortium to take out insurance to cover the costs of any potential oil spills in those fields.
Exxon has said that once it’s approved by the local EPA and a final investment decision is made, a fifth giant floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) will be brought in to fill tankers for international markets. The consortium’s licenses cover stretches of the Caribbean located about 120 miles (193 kilometers) offshore in an area near Guyana’s maritime border with Suriname.
The announcement about a fifth major oil field comes amid calls from opposition parties and rights groups for Guyana to get a better deal.
The consortium is paying the up-front development costs, and will recover 75% when revenues roll in. ExxonMobil will receive additional revenues equivalent to another 12.5% of the cost. Guyana will collect the final 12.5% — roughly $1.6 billion — as well as a 2% royalty on any revenues thereafter.
Guyana earned more than $1 billion last year from its portion of the production sharing agreement with the consortium, but that’s well below industry norms. The International Monetary Fund, among other outside observers, has urged the government to seek better deals as the oil rush contributes to world-leading economic growth, increasing Guyana’s GDP by nearly 60% in 2022.
Guyanese authorities have said they will not push to renegotiate the existing deal, but will demand better terms from any new licensees. Bidding by the industry’s major global players will close in mid-April for 14 new blocks near the consortium’s Stabroek Block. | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ap-guyana-1-3-billion-barrels-in-exxonmobil-offshore-oil-field/ | 2023-01-11 13:29:58 | 1 | https://www.krqe.com/news/business/ap-guyana-1-3-billion-barrels-in-exxonmobil-offshore-oil-field/ |
A manager at an Olive Garden in Kansas has been fired after allegedly sending out a letter to employees detailing an aggressive new sick-leave policy.
The strongly-worded message sent to the employees at the Overland Park Olive Garden appeared to show sweeping changes to the restaurant's sick leave policy.
Part of the letter obtained by a local station reads:
"We are no longer tolerating ANY excuse for calling off. If you’re sick, you need to come prove it to us. If your dog died, you need to bring him in and prove it to us. If it's a 'family emergency' and you can’t say, too bad. Go work somewhere else."
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The letter goes on to say that any employee that calls in sick more than once within the next 30 days will be terminated.
At the end of the letter, the manager said that they hoped all employees would continue to work there while thanking the employees who come in on time, saying, "I wish there were more like you."
In a statement to NBC 5, Darden Restaurants, the parent company of Olive Garden, confirmed the chain parted ways with the manager:
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“We strive to provide a caring and respectful work environment for our team members. This message is not aligned with our company’s values. We can confirm we have parted ways with this manager.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/midwest-olive-garden-manager-fired-after-intense-crackdown-on-call-offs/3143731/ | 2022-12-08 14:49:17 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/midwest-olive-garden-manager-fired-after-intense-crackdown-on-call-offs/3143731/ |
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Three Rivers Ambulance Authority (TRAA) is working to assure an ambulance shows up when you call 911.
Next week, TRAA will part ways with Paramedics Logistics for ambulatory services in Allen County.
The board is looking to increase wages for some employees by $5 an hour and add extra benefits to hire more employees.
“It will be the first time in the history of this organization where we have handled operations. In the past, that portion of the organization has been handled by a contractor,” said Rachel Guin, president of the board of directors.
According to officials, the contractor Paramedic Logistics failed to fulfill their contract, and Three Rivers Ambulance Authority voted to part ways this summer. It becomes effective Sept. 1.
Officials with TRAA have told WANE 15 issues like slower response times are a big issue.
Guin said the bigger picture with having a contractor comes down to profit.
“One of the primary issues that a private organization that’s not a not-for-profit has is to show profit margin, and that can be very difficult especially in our current economy when organizations are struggling,” Guin said.
She said the transition will be a positive move forward.
“This is a big step for TRAA and our community, but we believe it’s in the best interest of the community and it’s going to better for our employees,” Guin said.
Guin adds that they plan to make moves to help entice more people to want to work for TRAA.
“Our staffing levels are improving so we are at 62 now. Ideally, we will be at 80 for full-time employees. We have several applications right now for people that are showing interest,” Guin said.
And interest might be there if all goes to plan with the board.
“In increasing wages, but in increasing wages we’re also going to offer, we’re working towards night-time incentives, weekend incentives, improving benefits. We are are also offering a $1,000 hazard pay bonus to all of the employees who have stayed with us through this process so we want to show them we are grateful for what they’ve done,” Guin said.
The board plans to meet next week to finalize the wage rates and other incentives. | https://www.wane.com/news/three-rivers-ambulance-authority-is-working-to-increase-wages-benefits-for-employees/ | 2022-08-27 03:29:18 | 1 | https://www.wane.com/news/three-rivers-ambulance-authority-is-working-to-increase-wages-benefits-for-employees/ |
Police say 22 injured when SUV crashes into NYC restaurant
NEW YORK (AP) — A hit-and-run driver rear-ended a sport utility vehicle and sent it crashing into a New York City restaurant, injuring 22 people, police said Tuesday.
The crash happened at about 9 p.m. Monday in upper Manhattan, a police spokesperson said.
A white Audi exited a gas station and struck the rear of a Toyota sport utility vehicle, causing the SUV’s driver to lose control of the vehicle, police said. The SUV mounted the curb and crashed into the front window of the Inwood Bar and Grill, police said.
A total of 22 people were injured in the collision, police said, mostly by flying glass. Nineteen people were taken to hospitals, and the remaining three declined medical attention. Police said none of the injuries were life-threatening.
The Audi’s driver fled the scene and was being sought Tuesday.
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The law is on the lookout for a 24-year-old Lawton man accused of seducing and having sex with a then 13-year-old girl last year.
Investigators said he threatened to post her sex video to social media.
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The law is on the lookout for a 24-year-old Lawton man accused of seducing and having sex with a then 13-year-old girl last year.
Investigators said he threatened to post her sex video to social media.
The Comanche County District Court issued a felony arrest warrant Tuesday for Shawn LaVelle Glass II for a count of second-degree rape, records indicate. The crime is punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Lawton Police Detective Christopher Adamson interviewed the now 14-year-old girl and her mother on Sept. 5.
The girl said Glass contacted her in August 2021 via Snap Chat after she posted she was “single,” the warrant affidavit states. She said she told him she was 13 and he said he was 17 years old. The girl said she thought he was too old for her.
The girl told Adamson she invited Glass over to her father’s house one night and they had sex. Afterwards, she said he left and she didn’t hear from him. A Snap Chat message sent by the girl given to the detective stated “she didn’t want to have sex with Glass in the first place, the very first time. … that she was scared she was in the seventh grade,” the affidavit states.
After doing some research, the girl said she discovered Glass graduated high school in 2017.
In May, Glass contacted the girl and told her he’d been in jail. When asked about his age, she said he admitted to lying but then said he was 20, goes to Cameron University and plays basketball, according to the affidavit. She told Adamson she had sex with him two more times after that. She said one of the times, she felt he forced her into it.
Adamson examined the girl’s cell phone and iPad, as well as screenshots of past conversations with Glass. This is when, Adamson stated, a sex tape of the girl and Glass was discovered, along with threats by the man to post it on social media, the affidavit states.
“Glass told (the girl) he hopes she would kill herself, and he could have shot at her and her friends one night,” Adamson stated.
Glass has a June felony conviction in Comanche County for endangering others while eluding/attempting to elude police, records indicate.
A $50,000 cash warrant bond was issued upon Glass’ arrest.
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Snapsheet's cloud-native API-based software enables a differentiated customer experience for IAT Insurance Group
CHICAGO, June 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Snapsheet, the pioneer of virtual appraisals and an emerging leader in cloud-based claims management software, today announced that specialty property and casualty insurance carrier IAT Insurance Group selected Snapsheet Claims software to deliver the modern claims experience to its customers.
"At IAT, our people and the service we provide are what make us unique. We leverage high-tech solutions to enhance our high-touch approach. Snapsheet's technology will equip our claims team with the leading-edge digital capabilities they need to deliver a better claims experience for our customers," said Trent Haas, Chief Claims Officer at IAT Insurance.
Snapsheet's SaaS platform provides the tools required for fully digitized, end-to-end claims management in one system—from optimized digital communications to effective workload management, digital payments, and settlement—driving speed and results for insurers. With Snapsheet, customers can harness the true power of data and automation to make better, faster claims-handling decisions, improve agility and increase profitability. Snapsheet Claims software seamlessly integrates with modern, legacy, or multiple core systems with business line configurations to support multiple brands.
"IAT Insurance is a great example of how innovative technology can be infused into already well-functioning organizations to upgrade the customer experience," said Andy Cohen, President of Snapsheet. "We are proud to equip IAT Insurance Group, along with our clients across the globe, with a platform that allows them to build a claims operating model for the digital world."
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ARCADIA, Fla. — The devastation from the storm surge was 50 miles away on the coast, so Ana Aguilar thought she was fine. Still, she and her family passed the night a few miles away from home in the town of Arcadia, and then went back to look at their house on the other side of the Peace River the next day.
"Thursday afternoon we came over here to check the house and then ... we couldn't leave," she says.
That's because Route 70, the road she drove in on, was swallowed by the floods brought on by Hurricane Ian. About 20 inches of rainfall, dumped here and inland by the slow moving storm, engorged the Peace River and another creek that cut her off to the road west to Sarasota. She was suddenly trapped on an island.
"We're fine compared to so many who lost everything," she said, three days later, "We just can't leave."
Thousands saw their homes flooded by Ian
About 2,000 homes were flooded by the river a full day after the storm had passed, according to Desoto County Commissioner J.C. Deriso, who spent several days helping rescue efforts.
"People we were saying the day after the storm — there were some people wanting to stay because they thought they were good, and the next day, they realized they needed to get out 'cause it was over their roofs," he said.
Deriso and a small navy of volunteers ferried food and water across the flooded highway in air-boats: shallow skiffs propelled by giant fans. They took sick and injured people back from the newly formed island, where National Guard soldiers set up food and water distribution sites on the last stretches of highway still above water.
"Our community was pretty well-prepared for the storm and high winds, but the flood was pretty unexpected. They're saying it's really close to a 500-year flood," said Deriso. His airboat zipped over the yellow line in the middle of the highway, visible through several feet of rushing water. Mobile homes floated in an RV park across from a Sunoco station with water pouring over the tops of the gas pumps.
Locals are pulling together and hoping politicians can do the same
In Arcadia, the floods and downed trees destroyed Victoria Hatcher Washington's house. She, her husband and her 75-year-old mother survived the storm and floods, but in the chaos she lost her money and credit cards.
"We just don't have anything right now," she said, standing outside a food tent set up by a local charity. She's been sleeping in her car, which is somehow still running, even though there's mud on the roof and the windshield from where the water washed over it.
"My brother-in-law bought me a $5 gallon [gas can]. And then my son had two or three gallons in his car. So that, I'm riding on that," she said. The same son, she said with pride, is out on a boat helping rescue people from the floods.
This past Sunday, Governor Ron DeSantis visited Arcadia. County commissioner Deriso said he was grateful, and was looking forward to President Biden's Wednesday visit to Florida, and hoped to see the two rival politicians work together, like the volunteers here in this town.
"That would be impressive to me, you know? I really like to see politicians from both sides of the aisle work together. It doesn't happen that often, but it gives me a lot of heart when I see it happen and I think it could happen here," he said.
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Parts of South Carolina under Air Quality Alert due to wildfires in Canada
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) said people in the Palmetto State should be aware of the continued risk for health effects related to smoke from wildfires burning across parts of eastern and western Canada.
DHEC said smoke from these fires has been in place across the state since Tuesday and will likely continue at least through Wednesday.
“Smoke can irritate the eyes and respiratory system, as well as aggravate or exacerbate chronic heart and lung diseases,” DHEC said.
An Air Quality Alert is in effect for June 7 for the northern half of South Carolina which includes the following counties: Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Florence, Georgetown, Greenwood, Greenville, Horry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, Williamsburg, and York.
DHEC recommends individuals with respiratory health issues limit time spent outdoors to avoid the smoke and to keep windows and doors closed.
For more information, please visit DHEC’s wildfires information webpage here.
For more information about the location of these specific wildfires, please visit the EPA’s Fire and Smoke Map available here.
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Republicans are seeking to flip the script on Social Security as they dial up the pressure on President Biden.
Democrats for months have been on offense on Social Security, accusing Republicans repeatedly and publicly of wanting to make cuts to the entitlement program. But now some in the GOP are hitting back and trying to put the onus back on Biden to address the insolvency threat facing the program.
The dynamic was on full display in a pair of hearings this week that saw Republicans criticize White House officials and key in on the absence of a plan to shore up Social Security in the 2024 budget proposal the president released last week.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) was among other Republicans to broach the issue in a charged line of questioning against Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a Finance Committee hearing Thursday.
“Of the $4.5 trillion in taxes he has proposed, not a dime is going to shore up Social Security,” Cassidy said, before asking moments later “why doesn’t the president care” about threats to the program’s funding.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated last month the program’s fund risks running a shortfall in 2032.
Yellen responded that Biden “cares very deeply,” before Cassidy interjected to ask for the president’s plan to extend solvency for Social Security.
Yellen said that Biden “stands ready” to work with Congress on the matter, but Cassidy called the statement a “lie.”
“Because when a bipartisan group of senators has repeatedly requested to meet with him about Social, so that somebody who is a current beneficiary will not see her benefits cut by 24 percent, we have not heard anything on our request,” he said.
“And we’ve made multiple requests to meet with the president,” Cassidy added.
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.
Cassidy has been leading bipartisan talks with Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) to explore potential fixes to shore up funding for the program.
The issue was also subject of a heated exchange during a hearing before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday, when Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) pressed White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young about Biden’s plans for the program, and his accusations against Republicans.
“I know of no Republican or Democrat in the House or the Senate who is proposing cutting Social Security benefits, and it’s dishonest to keep saying it,” he told Young. “It’s offensive and dishonest and not realistic.”
“This president believes the biggest threat to Social Security are those who want to cut it,” Young said moments later. “His budget says no.”
Romney called the response “offensive in the extreme,” while doubling down on his argument that “no one” on the Republican side “is proposing cutting Social Security benefits for our Social Security recipients.”
The exchanges are some of the latest shows of frustration among Republicans, as the party has sought to quell concerns they are looking to cut Social Security, despite an onslaught of attacks from the other side.
“We’ll never get those programs reformed and saved without presidential leadership,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told The Hill this week, saying Biden is “not doing anything.”
Democrats have pushed back on the criticisms, arguing the president’s resume speaks for itself on the matter.
“One way of looking at it is through the budget, but I think the president’s got a long record of outlining steps he would take to strengthen Social Security,” Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) told The Hill on Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, the debate around here has been Republicans wanting to make changes or privatize or private accounts, there’s so many different ideas,” he argued. “So, he spent a lot of time pushing back against that, but I think our side has been in the, in the lane of trying to strengthen it.”
The president’s budget request included investments aimed at improving services for recipients. And while he didn’t propose a plan for solvency for Social Security, the request offered a path to plan to shore up Medicare, as some estimates project the program’s Hospital Insurance trust fund will reach insolvency in roughly five years. The budget calls for a higher tax rate on earned and unearned income above $400,000, which the White House says will protect the fund for at least 25 years.
The pitch was instantly met with immediate support from Democrats, though Republicans came out against the proposed tax hike. Others say they were also taken aback by the inclusion of a plan for Medicare, and not Social Security, though it’s not the first time that plans for solvency for either program have been absent from the president’s budget requests.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday called the move by Biden surprising, while arguing changes to Social Security are probably “easier” to tackle than reforms to Medicare, though “harder to do politically.”
Rubio said otherwise on Wednesday, instead arguing that “no one wants to touch” the program, as changes to entitlement programs have long been seen as a tough lift on Capitol Hill.
“In fairness, Republican presidents really haven’t either because it’s a third rail politically. But the math is what it is on those programs,” he said, adding: “Eventually, we’re gonna have to confront it.”
Democrats began to ramp up attacks on Republicans over Social Security months ago, after some GOP members floated linking potential entitlement reforms to a deal to avoid a federal default late last year.
The Republican Study Committee, the biggest conservative caucus in the House, has also received attention for proposals to tighten the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare, an idea many Democrats see as a nonstarter.
And while there has been interest among the conference’s conservative flank toward pursuing changes to the age threshold for Social Security in recent months, GOP leadership has vowed reforms to Social Security or Medicare will be off the table in debt ceiling talks.
However, that hasn’t stopped Democrats from sounding the alarm as House Republicans pushed for plans to balance the federal budget in 10 years — an ambitious goal Democrats say would be extremely difficult without steep cuts to spending across the board, including to Social Security.
But despite distrust among some Democrats, a number of senators in the party have signaled a willingness to explore bipartisan solutions to help shore up funds for Social Security and Medicare in recent weeks.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who’s been among the most vocal Democrats pushing for bipartisan funding fixes for the entitlement program, said on Wednesday that he wants Congress to “take care of both.” | https://www.ksn.com/hill-politics/republicans-seek-to-flip-the-script-on-social-security/ | 2023-03-17 13:34:06 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/hill-politics/republicans-seek-to-flip-the-script-on-social-security/ |
Tracey Edmonds, a television producer and longtime girlfriend of Deion Sanders, provided an update on health status of the Colorado Buffaloes.
The NFL legend underwent another surgery this week to repair blood clots in one of his legs. He initially had a procedure to remove blood clots from his left thigh and leg in June. On Friday, Edmonds said the second surgery was successful.
"Thank you Lord for another successful surgery!! We thank you for giving #CoachPrime Deion Sanders the strength to fight these challenges and we have Faith that you will give him the VICTORY! We are so GRATEFUL for all the doctors, nurses, and staff who have blessed him on his road to recovery!" Edmonds wrote in an Instagram post on Friday.
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"Following the success of his last procedure and upon advice of his doctors, Coach Prime is scheduled for a subsequent, routine follow-up procedure on July 20," a spokesperson said in a statement earlier this week. University officials initially described Thursday's surgery as a "routine follow-up."
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Edmonds also expressed gratitude for the support that Sanders has received as he has dealt with the blood clots.
"And we thank ALL OF YOU for your BEAUTIFUL prayers! They bring tears to my eyes when I read them and they fill us with HOPE and STRENGTH! God bless all of you!" she wrote.
Sanders said the latest procedure would also straighten out his remaining toes on his left foot. He previously had to have some of his toes amputated due to complications from the blood clots.
Colorado defensive coordinator Charles Kelly stepped in at the Pac-12 media day in Las Vegas on Friday as Sanders continued to recover.
"Unfortunately, his recovery will preclude him from attending Pac-12 media day, but he is fully expected to be back coaching in time for fall camp," Sanders said in a YouTube video earlier this week.
Sanders has also made it clear that he plans to be on the sidelines coaching when Colorado opens the season on Sept. 2, when the Buffaloes travel to Forth Worth, Texas, to face TCU. The Horned Frogs defeated Michigan in last year's College Football Playoff semifinal game before losing to the Georgia Bulldogs in the national championship.
"I promise you when we go to TCU, I'm running out in front of our team. I promise you that," Sanders said.
Sanders was an eight-time Pro Bowler and won two Super Bowls during his storied NFL career. Prior to taking the head coaching job at Colorado, Sanders coached at Jackson State for three seasons.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the common stock of DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (NASDAQ: XRAY) between June 9, 2021 and May 9, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 1, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Dentsply common stock during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Dentsply class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6111 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 1, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants orchestrated a scheme to inflate Dentsply's revenue and earnings by manipulating its accounting for a distributor rebate program in order for senior executives to be eligible for significant cash and stock-based incentive compensation; (2) in order to facilitate this scheme, Dentsply and its executives made numerous false and misleading statements to investors during the Class Period; (3) accordingly, Dentsply's financial statements were not prepared in accordance with GAAP and SEC rules, and Dentsply's internal controls over financial reporting were deficient throughout the Class Period; and (4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations, Dentsply's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period. As a result of the foregoing, When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Dentsply class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6111 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, October 6, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
502 PM MDT Thu Oct 6 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of western Texas, including the following
counties, El Paso and Hudspeth.
* WHEN...Until 815 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Rises in small streams and normally dry arroyos. Water over
roadways. Some low-water crossings may become impassable.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 502 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen.
- Additional rainfall of up to 0.5 to 1 inch is expected over
the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Sierra Blanca, Tornillo, Fort Hancock, Fort Quitman,
Esperanza, Acala, Finlay, McNary, Quitman Canyon and Sunset
Ranches.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
In hilly terrain there are numerous of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
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SHANGRAO, China, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company") (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. ("Jiangxi Jinko"), its majority-owned principal operating subsidiary, intends to issue convertible bonds (the "Convertible Bonds") in the principal amount of up to RMB10 billion (the "Convertible Bond Issuance"). The Convertible Bonds, which will be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Sci-Tech Innovation Board, have a term of six years and are convertible into Jiangxi Jinko's ordinary shares. The net proceeds from the Convertible Bond Issuance will be used for (i) construction and development of certain solar cell and module production projects by Jiangxi Jinko, and (ii) working capital for Jiangxi Jinko.
The completion of the proposed Convertible Bond Issuance is subject to the review process by the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the registration process by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
The Company currently owns approximately 58.62% equity interest in Jiangxi Jinko and has special preemptive rights to subscribe for a portion of the Convertible Bonds.
About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a diversified international utility, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain, with an integrated annual capacity of 40.0 GW for mono wafers, 40.0 GW for solar cells, and 50.0 GW for solar modules, as of March 31, 2022.
JinkoSolar has 12 productions facilities globally, 21 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Canada, Malaysia, UAE, and Denmark, and global sales teams in mainland China, the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Australia, Korea, India, Turkey, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong, as of March 31, 2022.
To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this press release and the Company's operations and business outlook, contain forward-looking statements. Such statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in JinkoSolar's filings with the SEC, including its annual report on Form 20-F. Except as required by law, the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Ms. Stella Wang
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86 21-5180-8777 ext.7806
Email: ir@jinkosolar.com
Mr. Rene Vanguestaine
Christensen
Tel: +86 178 1749 0483
Email: rvanguestaine@ChristensenIR.com
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Ms. Linda Bergkamp
Christensen, Scottsdale, Arizona
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Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.com
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EL PASO, Texas — Suspense mounted at the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday about the future of restrictions on asylum-seekers as the Supreme Court issued a temporary order to keep pandemic-era limits on migrants in place.
Conservative-leaning states won a reprieve — though it could be brief — as they push to maintain a measure that allows officials to expel many but not all asylum-seekers. In a last-ditch appeal to the Supreme Court, they argued that an increased numbers of migrants would take a toll on public services such as law enforcement and health care and warned of an “unprecedented calamity” at the southern border.
Chief Justice John Roberts granted a stay pending further order, asking the administration of President Joe Biden to respond by 5 p.m. Tuesday. That’s just hours before restrictions are slated to expire Wednesday.
The Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for enforcing border security, acknowledged Roberts’ order — and said the agency would continue “preparations to manage the border in a safe, orderly, and humane way when the Title 42 public health order lifts.”
Migrants have been denied rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law 2.5 million times since March 2020 on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19 under a public-health rule called Title 42.
With the decision on what comes next going down to the wire, pressure is building in communities along both sides of the U.S-Mexico border.
In El Paso, Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser warned that shelters across the border in Ciudad Juárez are packed to capacity with an estimated 20,000 migrants who are prepared to cross into the U.S.
Despite the court’s stay, the city of El Paso rushed to expand its ability to accommodate more migrants by converting large buildings into shelters, as the Red Cross brings in 10,000 cots. Local officials also hope to relieve pressure on local shelters by chartering buses to other large cities in Texas or nearby states, bringing migrants a step closer to relatives and sponsors in coordination with nonprofit groups.
“We will continue to be prepared for whatever is coming through,” Leeser said.
Troops in tactical gear under Texas state command on Tuesday used razor wire to cordon off a gap in the border fence along a bank of the Rio Grande that became a popular crossing point in recent days for migrants who waded through shallow waters to approach immigration officials. They announced through a loudspeaker in Spanish that it’s illegal to cross there.
Texas said Monday that it was sending 400 National Guard personnel to El Paso, after city officials declared a state of emergency. Leeser said the declaration was aimed largely at protecting vulnerable migrants, while the deployment included forces used to “repel and turn-back illegal immigrants,” according to a Texas National Guard statement.
A flashing signed warned motorists to “watch for unexpected pedestrians” on a highway that extends along the fenced-off border, near three bridges that connect El Paso with Mexico.
At a church-affiliated shelter a few blocks from the border, migrants including children lined up early afternoon Monday in hopes of securing a bed for the night, accepting donations of food from a succession of cars bearing gifts. Police and municipal garbage workers arrived to remove abandoned blankets and discarded possessions.
The Rev. Michael Gallagher, a priest at Sacred Heart Church in downtown El Paso, said local faith leaders have been trying to pool resources and open up empty space. On Tuesday, a gym at the church gave shelter to 200 migrants — mostly women and children.
Outside the church Monday, Jose Natera, a 48-year-old handyman from the Venezuelan town of Guaicaipuro, said he traveled for three months to reach El Paso, sometimes on foot, with no money or sponsors to take him further.
“I have to stop here until I can get a ticket” out, he said.
El Paso residents Roberto Lujan and Daniela Centeno handed out fruit, Hostess cakes, soda and chips at a street corner.
“I have to do it,” said Lujan, a 39-year-old construction worker. “I have kids and I know the struggle.”
Conservative-leaning states have argued that the federal government has no plan to deal with an increase in migrants — while in Washington, Republicans are set to take control of the House and make immigration a key issue.
Biden administration officials said they have marshaled more resources to the border in preparation for the end of Title 42. That includes more Border Patrol processing coordinators, more surveillance and increased security at ports of entry.
About 23,000 agents are currently deployed to the southern border, according to the White House.
Immigration advocates have said that the Title 42 restrictions, imposed under provisions of a 1944 health law, go against American and international obligations to people fleeing to the U.S. to escape persecution — and that the pretext is outdated as coronavirus treatments improve. They sued to end the use of Title 42; a federal judge in November sided with them and set the Dec. 21 deadline.
The Roman Catholic bishop of El Paso, Mark Seitz, expressed concern that the stay would keep migrants who had to flee their homes from even making a case for protection in the U.S., after years of pent-up need.
“What happens now with all those on their way?” he said.
Title 42 restrictions have applied to all nationalities but have fallen disproportionately on those from countries that Mexico has agreed to take back: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and, more recently Venezuela, in addition to Mexico.
Santana reported from Washington, D.C. Juan Lozano in Houston and Alicia Fernández in Ciudad Juárez contributed to this report. | https://www.mcall.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-migrant-asylum-ban-20221220-hddtgsdhnndjva3l323rw66zxu-story.html | 2022-12-20 22:26:59 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-migrant-asylum-ban-20221220-hddtgsdhnndjva3l323rw66zxu-story.html |
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden says he “feels good” about the debt ceiling and budget deal negotiated with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the White House and congressional leaders work to ensure its passage this week in time to lift the nation’s borrowing limit and prevent a disastrous U.S. default.
Biden spent part of the Memorial Day holiday working the phones, calling lawmakers in both parties, as the president does his part to deliver the votes. A number of hard right conservatives are criticizing the deal as falling short of the deep spending cuts they wanted, while liberals decry policy changes such as new work requirements for older Americans in the food aid program.
A key test will come Tuesday afternoon when the House Rules Committee is scheduled to consider the package and vote on sending it to the full House for a vote expected Wednesday.
“I feel very good about it,” Biden told reporters Monday as he left Washington for his home in Delaware.
“I’ve spoken to a number of the members,” he said, among them Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a past partner in big bipartisan deals who largely sat this one out.
“I spoke to a whole bunch of people, and it feels good,” Biden said.
To those progressive Democrats raising concerns about the package, the president had a simple message: “Talk to me.”
As lawmakers size up the 99-page bill, few are expected to be fully satisfied with the final product. But Biden, a Democrat, and McCarthy, a Republican, are counting on pulling majority support from the political center, a rarity in divided Washington, to join in voting to prevent a catastrophic federal default.
Wall Street will open early Tuesday morning delivering its own assessment, as the U.S. financial markets that had been closed when the deal was struck over the weekend show their reaction to the outcome.
McCarthy acknowledged the hard-fought compromise with Biden will not be “100% of what everybody wants” as he leads a slim House majority powered by hard-right conservatives.
Facing potential blowback from his conservative ranks, the Republican speaker will have to rely on upwards of half the House Democrats and half the House Republicans to push the debt ceiling package to passage.
Overall, the package is a tradeoff that would impose some spending reductions for the next two years along with a suspension of the debt limit into January 2025, pushing the volatile political issue past the next presidential election. Raising the debt limit, now $31 trillion, would allow Treasury to continue borrowing to pay the nation’s already incurred bills.
Additionally, policy issues are raising the most objections from lawmakers.
Liberal lawmakers fought hard but were unable to stop new work requirements for people 50 to 54 who receive government food assistance and are otherwise able-bodied without dependents. The Republicans demanded the bolstered work requirements as part of the deal, but some say the changes to the food stamp program are not enough.
The Republicans were also pushing to beef up work requirements for health care and other aid; Biden refused to go along on those.
Questions are also being raised about an unexpected provision that essentially gives congressional approval to the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a natural gas project important to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that many Democrats and others oppose.
At the same time, conservative Republicans including those from the House Freedom Caucus say the budget slashing does not go nearly far enough to have their support.
“No one claiming to be a conservative could justify a YES vote,” tweeted Rep. Bob Good, R-Va.
This “deal” is insanity,” said Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C. “Not gonna vote to bankrupt our country.”
All told the package would hold spending essentially flat for the coming year, while allowing increases for military and veterans accounts. It would cap growth at 1% for 2025.
The House Rules Committee has three members from the influential Freedom Caucus who may very well try to block the package from advancing, forcing McCarthy to rely on the Democrats on the panel to ensure the bill can be sent to the House floor.
The House aims to vote Wednesday and send the bill to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer along with McConnell are working for a quick passage by week’s end.
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Senators, who have remained largely on the sidelines during much of the negotiations between the president and the House speaker, began inserting themselves more forcefully into the debate.
Some senators are insisting on amendments to reshape the package from both the left and right flanks. That could require time-consuming debates that delay final approval of the deal.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia is “extremely disappointed” by the provision greenlighting the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, his office said in a statement. He plans to file an amendment to remove the provision from the package.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina complained that the military spending increases are not enough. “I will use all powers available to me in the Senate to have amendment votes to undo this catastrophe for defense,” he tweeted.
But making any changes to the package at this stage seems highly unlikely with so little time to spare. Congress and the White House are racing to meet the Monday deadline now less than a week away. That’s when Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the U.S. would run short of cash and face an unprecedented debt default without action.
A default would almost certainly crush the U.S. economy and spill over around the globe, as the world’s reliance on the stability of the American dollar and the country’s leadership fall into question.
Associated Press writers Darlene Superville, Mary Clare Jalonick and Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report. | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-debt-ceiling-vote-20230530-rewvi3yhtbbopfawub5fjzlwqa-story.html | 2023-05-30 16:42:26 | 1 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-debt-ceiling-vote-20230530-rewvi3yhtbbopfawub5fjzlwqa-story.html |
LAWRENCE, Mass., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On Belay Health Solutions, the company on a mission to empower primary care practices to succeed in value-based care, today announced the addition of two new executives to the team who will be instrumental in expanding its reach and growth.
- Chad Turner joins as Chief Growth Officer
- Olga Eskinazi joins as Vice President of Marketing
"We are excited to welcome Chad and Olga to our team. Their extensive industry expertise and successful track records will be invaluable to our growth as we continue to support primary care practices on their value-based care journey," said Andrew Allison, Co-Founder and CEO of On Belay. "Chad and Olga will help raise physician awareness of On Belay, expand partnerships with practices, and ultimately enable more patients to access high-quality care through robust, value-based care models."
Chad Turner has joined On Belay as Chief Growth Officer. Chad brings over 25 years of healthcare experience in sales, marketing, and operational leadership roles. Prior to joining On Belay, Chad led growth teams at Ventra Health, Sandata Technologies, & athenahealth. Earlier in his career, Chad served as Chief Operations Officer at Arrowhead Medical Management Services, a fully-delegated management company serving at-risk physician organizations. "I believe the best way to drive meaningful change in our healthcare system is to empower and support physicians as they transition to value-based care models," said Turner. "It is an honor to lead the On Belay growth team as we partner with physician practices across the nation."
Olga Eskinazi joins the team as VP of Marketing. She brings more than 15 years of brand management and marketing experience to the team. Prior to joining On Belay, Eskinazi led brand and marketing efforts at Kaia Health, Teladoc Health, and Quartet Health. "I'm excited to work for such a mission-driven company that is truly making an impact on people's lives. We have a unique opportunity to share our story and inspire more practices to join us on this journey," said Eskinazi.
On Belay's team has doubled in the last six months and is hiring at a fast pace to meet the needs of its growing physician base. With these new additions to the leadership team, the On Belay is ensuring the right people are in place to drive the On Belay mission forward.
About On Belay Health Solutions
On Belay Health Solutions is on a mission to empower primary care providers to deliver the best possible care, while optimizing their financial and operational performance. On Belay supports practices in successfully transitioning to value-based care with solutions that improve patient outcomes and care team experience. On Belay currently operates in 15 states, including Washington D.C., partnering with practices to create a brighter, more sustainable future for healthcare. Learn more at www.obhs.com.
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Brazil's national government announced last week that the rate of deforestation in the Amazon dropped about 34% in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year.
The decrease coincided with the new administration of leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office in January and pledged to protect the rainforest and reverse ballooning deforestation.
Da Silva's ascendance follows the controversial tenure of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost his bid for another term and was later blocked from running for office again until 2030 for abuse of power during last year's election.
While president, Bolsonaro eliminated some of Brazil's environmental protections and encouraged agricultural production and mining in the Amazon.
Illegal deforestation is often caused by people taking land and razing it to sell for soybean farming and cattle grazing. A small minority of farmers is responsible for most of the destruction.
In 2021, Brazil recorded its highest annual rate of deforestation in 15 years, with some 5,100 square miles of rainforest lost.
Government officials say that is changing under da Silva.
"The effort to reverse the deforestation growth curve was successful," João Paulo Capobianco, the secretary of deforestation control, said at a press conference on Friday.
Environmental minister Marina Silva added that there would no longer be "complicity with criminality," and said an increase in inspections and embargoes also helped rein in the recent growth of deforestation across the Amazon.
Fines issued by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources increased by 116% in the first six months of this year, and embargoes on the use of illegally deforested areas grew by 111%, data showed.
Still, officials acknowledged that while deforestation has slowed, it has not stopped — from January to June this year, more than 1,000 square miles of forest was cleared. And they said the upcoming dry season may produce destructive wildfires that could further endanger the rainforest.
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By MIKE CATALINI
The instant polls close across the country Tuesday, in some races in this year’s midterm elections.
How is that possible, before any results are released? Let’s take a look at how the AP can declare a winner before the first ballots are counted.
First, a quick refresher on and the AP does this work: The country’s founders didn’t set up . Each state does it a little differently.
On election night, the AP counts the nation’s votes, tallying the results of millions of ballots as reported by local election officials to come up with the overall total for thousands of races up and down the ballot. It’s been done like that since of Zachary Taylor as president.
includes tons of preparation, journalists in all 50 states and a network of roughly 4,000 stringers, or temporary freelancers.
So, what about those race calls that land as the moment polls close — before any votes have officially been counted?
Some are in uncontested races, or those with only one candidate on the ballot. And then there are races with multiple candidates, but in which a party or candidate has a past history of consistent and convincing wins.
In these states, the AP can use results from , a survey of the American electorate aimed at determining why voters voted how they did, to confirm a candidate’s victory.
“The results from the poll — along with our analysis of early voting and other statistics — confirm our expectation that longstanding political trends in these states will hold,” said David Scott, a senior editor who helps oversee AP’s coverage of elections.
Still, the AP won’t call the winner of a race before the last polls close in a jurisdiction, including in states where the polls don’t all close at once.
and will only declare a winner when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow the trailing candidates to close the gap — even if one candidate has claimed victory and others have conceded, Scott said, noting that declarations of victory can be premature and concessions can be withdrawn.
“It’s only when we determine that the trailing candidates no longer have a path to victory that we call a race and send the APNewsAlert declaring that a candidate has won,” Scott said. “In a small number of cases, that can happen as soon as all polls are closed.”
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At Cook’s Garage in Lubbock, Texas, owner Rusty Cook has accumulated enough vintage signs to cover both the inside and outside of the entire restaurant. So many signs, in fact, that he had to hire someone to maintain them all. That’s where Rebecca Welch stepped in. A professional neon glass bender, Rebecca is responsible for restoring the restaurant’s numerous neon fixtures to their original charm and vibrancy. See more in the latest dispatch from Texas Country Reporter.
This Lubbock Restaurant Is a Vintage-Sign and Neon-Fixture Utopia
At Cook’s Garage, Rebecca Welch is responsible for repairing and restoring the restaurant’s famous signs to their original glow. | https://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-country-reporter/cooks-garage-neon-sign-repair-lubbock/ | 2023-01-26 20:42:50 | 1 | https://www.texasmonthly.com/texas-country-reporter/cooks-garage-neon-sign-repair-lubbock/ |
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A Delaware judge halted the state's efforts to move of all of its 30,000 retired state employees off of their traditional Medicare supplemental plan and onto Medicare Advantage. The Court found that government officials provided inadequate and/or misleading information about the nature of Medicare Advantage, which provides materially worse benefits than traditional Medicare, and has been the subject of dozen of fraud lawsuits.
"We are relieved and thrilled that the Court halted this unwelcome change to our health insurance benefits," said Thomas Penoza, a plaintiff and retired Delaware employee. "This is justice for the retirees who worked for their existing benefits, who were promised these benefits, and who rightly believed that together, we could fight back."
The Hon. Calvin Scott, of the Delaware Superior Court issued an interim order in favor of plaintiffs in the lawsuit against State of Delaware officials brought by RISE Delaware, an advocacy group for retirees of the State of Delaware, and two individuals. The lawsuit asks to stop Delaware's implementation of its improperly adopted HighMark Medicare Advantage Plan to replace the long-standing traditional Medicare benefit earned by state retirees. Based on the record that state officials failed to follow basic open government laws, the Court has stayed implementation of the Medicare Advantage plan, pending a final trial on the merits.
"We believe that everyone should have access to affordable, high-quality health care," said Sara Haviva Mark, senior counsel at Pollock Cohen. "Health care is a human right, not a luxury that only the privileged should be able to obtain. We are proud to have represented retirees in both of these cases, who are far too often treated as expendable, and who deserve the basic right to obtain the health care that they need."
The Delaware case comes on the heels of a similar victory for 250,000 New York City retirees in March 2022. Both groups were represented by Pollock Cohen partner Steve Cohen and Jake Gardener of Walden Macht & Haran. Ms. Mark successfully argued the Delaware case and David Felice of Bailey Glasser in Wilmington, Del. Served as co-counsel.
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