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Premier Lighting vertical opens integral new warehouse
OMAHA, Neb., May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Horse Power Brands, an owner and operator of a growing portfolio of service-based franchise systems, has recently opened a 55,000 sq. ft. warehouse in La Vista, Nebraska to create a storage facility supporting Horse Power's outdoor lighting vertical Lights for Christmas.
Lights for Christmas serves as the direct product and services support arm of Blingle, Horse Power Brands premier outdoor lighting brand. This new warehouse solidifies the supply chain for Blingle franchisees creating a direct source of professional grade products without waiting on extended global lead times, creating more efficient design and project implementations for clients.
"With over forty-three hundred pallet positions, twelve docks, and three stories, we house over $20 million of the best holiday, event and outdoor lighting products for our franchise business partners. It gives us a full scope on the management and inventorying of supplies year-round" says Lights for Christmas and Blingle Founder/President Mike Marlow.
Current plans are in development to create offices, product training rooms, a showroom, and future R&D labs. With rapid territorial expansion of the Blingle brand across the U.S., the need for such a facility is critical to ensure the supply of products and service offerings remain seamless and uninterrupted for both franchise owners and end consumers.
"As the Blingle brand continues to scale, Lights for Christmas can scale with them. Our new warehouse provides us with buying power enabling us to provide competitive pricing, product development as well as continued innovation for our franchisees for a long time to come."
Since launching earlier this year, Blingle has awarded fifty franchise territories across the U.S. and continues to emerge as the nation's premier exterior lighting franchise.
About Horse Power Brands
Horsepower Brands is a portfolio company comprised of service-based franchisors and franchise brands delivering first class customer service and experiences. Founded in 2019 by franchise veterans Josh Skolnick and Zach Beutler, the team was determined to disrupt the franchise industry to responsibly grow and support franchisees through a platform that focused on operational excellence and accountability. For more information on Horse Power Brands and their various franchise opportunities, visit https://horsepowerbrands.com/.
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Saturday Night Live's season 48 is in full swing, with three fun, star-studded episodes under its belt and a whole slew of A-listers and comedy icons gearing up to take the legendary Studio 8H stage.
This year, the cast looks quite a bit different, with four fresh new faces after a surprising exodus of long-time cast members. However, the new talented repertoire of players have already shown, in just their first few episodes of the season, that they have what it takes to leave an impression and create comedy gold.
Check out the full list of the hosts and musical guests who have lent their talent to Season 48, and who are set to take the stage in the weeks to come. Check back as the season progresses, as the list will be updated regularly as new hosts and musical guests are announced.
SNL Episode 1 -- Oct. 1, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick star Miles Teller hosted the season 48 debut -- and appeared in the "cold open" sketch, which is rare for a first-time host -- while Kendrick Lamar hit the stage as a musical guest.
SNLEpisode 2 -- Oct. 8, 2022
Celebrated Irish actor Brendan Gleeson made his SNL debut and was joined in his monologue by his The Banshees of Inisherin co-star Colin Farrell. Meanwhile, Willow served as the night's musical guest.
SNL Episode 3 -- Oct. 15, 2022
Megan Thee Stallion pulled double duty, making her debut as an SNL host, and her triumphant return as a musical guest.
SNL Episode 4 -- Oct. 29, 2022
After previously serving as a musical guest, Jack Harlow will take the stage for SNL's Halloween episode, and, like Megan Thee Stallion, will also perform.
SNL Episode 5 -- Nov. 5, 2022
Comedian and Oscars co-host Amy Schumer will take the reins in her third go as host. Meanwhile, she will be joined by Steve Lacy as the night's musical guest.
SNL airs lives, coast to coast, at 11:30 p.m. ET, 8:30 p.m. PT on NBC.
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Life Time Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2023 Financial Results
Published: Jul. 25, 2023 at 6:54 AM EDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
Second quarter revenue increased 21.8% to $561.7 million from $461.3 million in the second quarter of 2022.
Net income increased to $17.0 million from a net loss of $2.3 million in the second quarter of 2022.
Adjusted EBITDA increased 115.5% to $136.0 million from $63.1 million in the second quarter of 2022.
The Company provides full year fiscal 2023 net income guidance range of $75-$83 million and increases full year fiscal 2023 Adjusted EBITDA guidance range to $510-$520 million.
On July 24, Fitch Ratings assigned the Company an issuer credit rating of B+ (stable). The Company is rated B by S&P and B- by Moody's.
CHANHASSEN, Minn., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. ("Life Time," "we," "our," "us," or the "Company") (NYSE: LTH) today announced its financial results for the fiscal second quarter ended June 30, 2023.
Bahram Akradi, Founder, Chairman and CEO, stated: "Our strong quarter further validates that all of our strategies are working and contributing to our success. We added 26,000 memberships, grew revenue nearly 22% and once again raised our expectations for net income and Adjusted EBITDA for the full year. With continued focus on our balance sheet, we further lowered our leverage ratio and are actively pursuing an increasing number of asset-light growth opportunities. We entered the third quarter with great momentum as we are delivering extraordinary member experiences. Our Company is on a solid footing and well positioned for long-term success."
Financial Summary
Second Quarter 2023 Information
Revenue increased 21.8% to $561.7 million due to continued strong growth in membership dues and in-center revenue.
Center memberships increased by approximately 26,000 from the first quarter to 790,238.
Total subscriptions, which include our digital on-hold memberships, increased to 832,639.
Center operations expenses increased 8.2% to $302.6 million primarily due to operating costs related to our new and ramping centers.
General, administrative and marketing expenses increased 1.5% to $52.8 million due to higher share-based compensation expense, which was partially offset by reduced center support overhead, advertising and marketing, public company and cash incentive compensation expenses.
Net income included tax-effected expenses of $21.0 million, including $13.7 million related to non-cash share-based compensation expense and a $6.2 million loss on a sale-leaseback transaction. Net loss in the prior year period included a tax-effected net benefit of $5.4 million, including a $7.7 million gain on sale-leaseback transactions, partially offset by $2.2 million in non-cash share-based compensation expense. Excluding these expenses and net benefit, net income improved by $45.7 million.
Net income and Adjusted EBITDA improved significantly as we experienced greater flow through of our increased revenue and benefited from the structural improvements to our business that have improved our margins.
Six-Month 2023 Information
Revenue increased 25.7% to $1072.6 million due to continued strong growth in membership dues and in-center revenue.
Center memberships increased by approximately 65,000 versus last year.
Center operations expenses increased 11.1% to $576.7 million primarily due to operating costs related to our new and ramping centers and utility cost inflation.
General, administrative and marketing expenses declined 19.6% to $95.3 million due to lower share-based compensation expense, lower cash incentive compensation expense, and reduced center support overhead, advertising and marketing, and public company expenses.
Net income included tax-effected expenses of $15.4 million, including $17.3 million related to non-cash share-based compensation expense and a $0.6 million net loss on sale-leaseback transactions. Net loss in the prior year period included a tax-effected net benefit of $18.4 million, including a $42.4 million gain on sale-leaseback transactions, partially offset by $23.4 million in non-cash share-based compensation expense and $0.8 million in expenses consisting primarily of COVID-19 related costs. Excluding these expenses and net benefit, net income improved by $118.5 million.
Net income and Adjusted EBITDA improved significantly for the same reasons identified for the quarter.
New Center Openings
The Company opened one new center in the second quarter of 2023 and has opened four new centers through the first half of 2023.
As of June 30, 2023, Life Time operated a total of 164 centers.
The Company plans to open a total of 12 centers in 2023, eight of which are planned for the second half.
The Company is still targeting capital expenditures of $260 million to $280 million for the year, net of the planned $300 million of gross sale-leaseback proceeds.
Cash Flow Highlights
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2023 the Company had total cash and cash equivalents of $30.9 million, and $20.0 million in outstanding borrowings under its $475 million revolving credit facility.
On May 9, 2023, Life Time completed the refinancing of its $274 million Term Loan B facility with a $310 million Term Loan B facility that matures January 15, 2026.
The Company completed a sale leaseback transaction for one property for gross proceeds of approximately $45.5 million in the second quarter, bringing total gross proceeds for the year-to-date 2023 period to $78.5 million.
The final property from the Company's previously announced letters of intent is expected to be completed by September 30, 2023, for gross proceeds of approximately $45 million.
The Company continues to expect to complete $300 million in sale-leaseback transactions in 2023.
2023 Outlook
Third Quarter 2023 Guidance
Full-Year 2023 Guidance
Conference Call Details
A conference call to discuss the Company's second quarter financial results is scheduled for today:
How to Participate
Date:Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Time:10:00 a.m. Eastern time (9:00 a.m. Central time)
A link to the live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available at https://ir.lifetime.life
Replay Information
WEBCAST - A recorded replay of the webcast will be available within approximately three hours of the conclusion of the call and may be accessed online at https://ir.lifetime.life
CONFERENCE CALL - A replay of the conference call will be available after 1:00 p.m. ET the same day through August 8, 2023 and may be accessed as follows:
U.S. replay number: 1-844-512-2921
International replay number: 1-412-317-6671
Replay ID: 1373 9845
About Life Time® Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people to live healthy, happy lives through its portfolio of more than 160 athletic country clubs across the United States and Canada. The Company's healthy way of life communities and ecosystem address all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment for people 90 days to 90+ years old. Supported by a team of more than 42,000 dedicated professionals, Life Time is committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its clubs, iconic athletic events and comprehensive digital platform.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Performance Indicators This press release includes certain financial measures that are not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"), including Adjusted EBITDA, net income excluding net benefits and expenses, free cash flow before growth capital expenditures and net debt and ratios and calculations with respect thereto. These non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, net income (loss) or total debt (defined as long-term debt, net of current portion, plus current maturities of debt) as a measure of financial performance or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP, and should not be construed as an inference that the Company's future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures should be read in conjunction with the Company's financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. The reconciliations of the Company's non-GAAP financial measures to the corresponding GAAP measures should be carefully evaluated.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) before interest expense, net, provision for (benefit from) income taxes and depreciation and amortization, excluding the impact of share-based compensation expense, (gain) loss on sale-leaseback transactions, capital transaction costs, legal settlements, asset impairment, severance and other items that are not indicative of the Company's ongoing operations, including incremental costs related to COVID-19. Free cash flow before growth capital expenditures is defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less center maintenance capital expenditures and corporate capital expenditures. Net debt is defined as long-term debt, net of current portion, plus current maturities of debt, excluding fair value adjustments, unamortized debt discounts and issuance costs, minus cash and cash equivalents. Net debt is as of the last day of the respective quarter. Our net debt leverage ratio is calculated as our net debt divided by our trailing twelve months of Adjusted EBITDA.
The Company presents these non-GAAP financial measures because management believes that these measures assist investors and analysts in comparing the Company's operating performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that management does not believe are indicative of the Company's ongoing operating performance. Investors are encouraged to evaluate these adjustments and the reasons the Company considers them appropriate for supplemental analysis. In evaluating the non-GAAP financial measures, investors should be aware that, in the future, the Company may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the adjustments in the Company's presentation of its non-GAAP financial measures. There can be no assurance that the Company will not modify the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures in future periods, and any such modification may be material. In addition, the Company's non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in the Company's industry or across different industries.
The non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools, and investors should not consider these measures in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of the Company's results as reported under GAAP.
The Company includes a center, for comparable center revenue purposes, beginning on the first day of the 13th full calendar month of the center's operation, in order to assess the center's growth rate after one year of operation.
Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities regulations. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, the Company's plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial, including its financial outlook for the third quarter and full year 2023, growth, cost efficiencies and margin expansion, improvements to its balance sheet and leverage, capital expenditures, consumer demand, industry and economic trends, expected number of new center openings and successful signings and closings of sale-leaseback transactions (including the amount, pricing and timing thereof). These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the Company's management. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning the Company's possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate" or similar expressions. In addition, any statements or information that refer to expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, performance or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements included in this press release include, but are not limited to, risks relating to our business operations and competitive and economic environment, risks relating to our brand, risks relating to the growth of our business, risks relating to our technological operations, risks relating to our capital structure and lease obligations, risks relating to our human capital, risks relating to legal compliance and risk management and risks relating to ownership of our common stock and the other important factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 8, 2023, (File No. 001-40887), as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's other filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement that the Company makes in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, the Company does not have any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Measurements and Key Performance Indicators
See "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Performance Indicators" for a discussion of the Non-GAAP financial measures reconciled below.
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(CNN) — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting on Tuesday with the January 6 committee, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The deposition will be conducted virtually, the source added.
CNN has previously reported on Pompeo’s negotiations with the committee about his testimony. The panel has shown an increased interest in members of former President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, particularly regarding conversations among Cabinet members about invoking the 25th Amendment after January 6, and the committee’s focus in the Pompeo interview is expected to be on the 25th Amendment, the source said.
A portion of the 25th Amendment, which addresses presidential succession, allows a vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to vote to remove a president from office due to his inability to “discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
Pompeo served as CIA director for the first year of Trump’s presidency, and led the State Department for Trump’s final three years, where he was a stalwart Trump ally and defender.
The committee declined to comment. The New York Times was first to report Pompeo’s expected appearance Tuesday.
As discussions surrounding the 25th Amendment come into focus, the committee is also expected to hear from Doug Mastriano, a Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania who will also appear virtually before the panel on Tuesday.
Mastriano, a key figure in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, led a faux legislative “hearing” at a hotel in Gettysburg a few weeks after the 2020 election, where Trump and his then-lawyer Rudy Giuliani made false claims about election fraud. He also chartered buses to bring Trump supporters to Washington on January 6, and he was briefly in charge of the Pennsylvania state Senate’s partisan “audit” of the 2020 election.
Last week, Mastriano threatened to walk out of a scheduled deposition before the House select committee unless the panel agreed to his conditions, potentially setting up a court fight over his testimony.
In a letter to the committee, his attorney, Tim Parlatore, said he would pull out of a scheduled deposition unless they can agree to certain accommodations. Parlatore is asking that he be able to videotape the deposition, keep the footage in escrow, and release portions of it later on, if the committee publicly releases clips that he believes would require additional context.
Several Trump Cabinet officials have already met with the committee, including Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia. Attorney General William Barr also met with the committee, but he had left the administration prior to the January 6 insurrection. | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/mike-pompeo-meeting-with-january-6-committee-on-tuesday-source-says/ | 2022-08-09 14:24:08 | 0 | https://www.wishtv.com/news/national/mike-pompeo-meeting-with-january-6-committee-on-tuesday-source-says/ |
BEIJING (AP) — China is easing some of the world's most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker. But they have yet to say when they might end a "zero-COVID" strategy that confines millions of people to their homes and set off protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
On Monday, commuters in Beijing and at least 16 other cities were allowed to board buses and subways without a virus test in the previous 48 hours for the first time in months. Industrial centers including Guangzhou near Hong Kong have reopened markets and businesses and lifted most curbs on movement while keeping restrictions on neighborhoods with infections.
The government announced plans last week to vaccinate millions of people in their 70s and 80s, a condition for ending "zero- COVID" restrictions that keep most visitors out of China and have disrupted manufacturing and global trade.
That spurred hopes for a quick end to “zero COVID." But health experts and economists warn it will be mid-2023 and possibly 2024 before vaccination rates are high enough and hospitals are prepared to handle a possible rash of infections.
“China is not ready for a fast reopening yet,” Morgan Stanley economists said in a report Monday. “We expect lingering containment measures. ... Restrictions could still tighten dynamically in lower-tier cities should hospitalizations surge.”
The changes follow protests demanding an end to "zero COVID” but are in line with Communist Party promises earlier to reduce disruption by easing quarantine and other restrictions. The changes have been highly publicized in a possible effort to mollify public anger, but there is no indication whether any might have been made in response to protests in Shanghai and other cities.
China is the only major country still trying to stamp out transmission while the United States and others relax restrictions and try to live with the virus that has killed at least 6.6 million people and infected almost 650 million.
The protests began Nov. 25 after at least 10 people died in a fire in an apartment building in Urumqi in the northwest. Authorities denied suggestions firefighters or victims were blocked by locked doors or other anti-virus controls. But the disaster became a focus for public frustration.
Ahead of the protests, the Communist Party promised to make “zero COVID” less costly and disruptive but said it was sticking to the overall containment strategy.
The party earlier announced updates to the strategy to make it more focused. Authorities began suspending access to buildings or neighborhoods with an infection instead of whole cities. But a spike in cases starting in October prompted areas across China to close schools and confine families to cramped apartments for weeks at a time.
Authorities say they are “further optimizing” controls and warn the country needs to stay alert.
China faces “new situations and tasks” due to the “weakening of the pathogenicity” of the latest omicron variant, a deputy premier in charge of the anti-virus campaign, Sun Chunlan, said last week. She said China has “effective diagnosis and treatment” and has vaccinated more than 90% of its people.
The ruling party is trying to balance “epidemic prevention, economic stability and security for development,” Sun said Wednesday in a conference with health officials, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
Despite the changes, Beijing and other cities are telling some residents to stay home or enforcing other restrictions on neighborhoods with infections.
Travelers at the Chinese capital's train stations and three airports are required to show a negative virus test within the previous 48 hours. Elsewhere, Guangzhou and other cities said areas deemed at high-risk for infection still face additional curbs.
A negative virus test within the past 72 hours still is required to enter public buildings in vast metropolis of Chongqing in the southwest, a hotspot in the latest infection spike. Dining in restaurants in some parts of Beijing still is prohibited.
A newspaper reported last week that some Beijing residents who have mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 cases would be allowed for the first time to isolate themselves at home instead of going to one of China's sprawling quarantine centers. The government has yet to confirm that.
Forecasters say the struggling economy, already under pressure from weak demand for Chinese exports and a government crackdown on debt in the real estate industry, might be contracting this quarter.
Regulators have responded by freeing up more money for lending and are trying to encourage private investment in infrastructure projects. They have eased some financial controls on real estate developers to reverse a slump in one of China’s biggest industries.
“Policymakers are focusing their efforts on spurring growth,” Eurasia Group analysts said in a report. "However, even if China’s transition away from a strict zero-COVID policy is more decisive and accelerated, meeting public health milestones like increasing elderly vaccination will take months.”
On Monday, the government reported 30,014 new cases, including 25,696 without symptoms. That was down from last week’s daily peak above 40,000 but still close to record daily highs for China.
Xi’s government has held up “zero COVID” as proof of the superiority of China’s system compared with the United States and Western countries. China’s official death toll stands at 5,235 since the start of the pandemic versus a U.S. count of 1.1 million.
China also has suffered a possible rise in fatalities among people with cancer, heart disease and other conditions who struggled to get care while hospitals focused on treating virus cases. Data on those deaths haven’t been reported.
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CHICAGO (AP) — As many as 15 people, including three children, were injured in a drive-by shooting on Halloween night that sent shots flying into a crowd along a Chicago street corner, police said.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said the three juvenile victims are a 3-year-old, an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old. The others wounded by gunfire Monday night are adults ranging in age from their 30s to their 50s.
In addition, police said a woman fleeing from the shooting scene was struck by a vehicle as she crossed traffic. She was hospitalized in fair condition.
The Chicago Fire Department said it sent at least 10 ambulances to the scene in Chicago’s Garfield Park neighborhood. Brown said the victims’ conditions range from non-life threatening injuries to critical condition. No fatalities were immediately reported and police were waiting to interview the shooting victims after they received medical treatment.
Brown said the drive-by shooting happened around 9:30 p.m. and was over in a matter of seconds. It was captured on police surveillance video, which investigators are reviewing.
Preliminary information indicates there were at least two shooters seen on the video, firing indiscriminately into the crowd.
Community activist Andrew Holmes said the children shot during the incident are “just young.”
“They’re putting on an outfit just to enjoy the evening and then you got a clown that goes and discharges that weapon, bringing great bodily harm to these families,” he told WGN-TV.
Investigators are trying to determine a motive and get a description of the car and those responsible, Brown said. No one was in custody.
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy put the silver-plated shovels into a pile of dirt and left sizable divots.
With that, their high-tech golf league got a bit closer to launch.
The ceremonial groundbreaking for the arena that will house the league that’s being called TGL was held Tuesday at Palm Beach State College, with Woods and McIlroy — two of the co-founders of TMRW Sports — there for the first step of actual construction.
TMRW — pronounced “tomorrow” — says TGL play will begin early next year, and the league will be in partnership with the PGA Tour. Woods and McIlroy, so far, have 11 players committed to the league. Besides them, the league will include world No. 1 Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Adam Scott, Collin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Max Homa, Billy Horschel, Justin Rose, and Xander Schauffele.
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That list includes six players currently ranked 10th or better in the world, plus the game's biggest draw in Woods.
“In terms of fan experience, it’s going to be nothing like golf has offered before,” McIlroy said.
The concept is this: six teams of three PGA Tour players, squaring off in match play on a data-driven virtual course that also includes a short-game complex for chipping and putting.
It’ll be played on Monday nights, and will take only two hours, with in-arena fans all very close to the action. There will be 15 matches in the regular season, followed by semifinals and a final.
“We’re going to have excitement, we’re going to have something different, something that is is passionate,” Woods said. “We’ve been involved in teams before whether it’s Ryder Cup, President’s Cup, Irish national teams, for me high school, college, whatever it is. You’re going to get home and away, you’re going to get some people that you want to win and not win. We’re going to have that type of excitement.”
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And you can bet on it. Literally, Woods pointed out.
“Wagering is part of our sport, part of our culture,” Woods said, then turned and looked at McIlroy. “We don’t know how to play golf without it.”
Access is part of the allure of the concept, along with the technology. Only a handful of fans at typical golf events can get close to the action, and they’re often running from hole to hole to stay with a certain group.
TGL players will be mic’d-up, and fans won’t have to guess what their thought processes are on certain shots.
“It’s going to give the viewer at home and also the people in the arena just more of an in-depth of sort of how we do things and how we sort of think through things in our head,” McIlroy said. “It’s just a more in-depth look into that.”
Mike McCarley, another co-founder and former Golf Channel president, said the arena will be built on a 10-acre (435,600-square feet) parcel of unused land. The partnership includes educational and recreational initiatives that will benefit Palm Beach State students, along with offering paid internships and other opportunities for students in technology, hospitality and administrative services.
“Think about how cool this will be for this land, this campus, to become a launching pad for future leaders in sports and media and technology as they learn here as part of TGL,” McCarley said. “We are breaking ground on much more than a dream, much more than a prime-time golf league.”
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Inaugural deal receives AAA rating and is backed by home equity lines of credit originated by Achieve Loans.
SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Achieve, the leader in digital personal finance, announces the closing of a first-of-its-kind, AAA-rated securitization backed by $175 million in newly-originated home equity lines of credit (HELOCs).
The securitization, FREED Mortgage Trust 2022-HE1, consists of three classes of rated notes backed by nearly 3,300 HELOCs originated by Achieve Loans. The HELOCs in the portfolio have an average seasoning of 7 months and range from 2 to 33 months' seasoned. DBRS Morningstar rated the securitization's Class A notes AAA (sf), the Class B notes BBB (low) (sf), and the Class C notes B (low) (sf).
"This deal is among only a handful of AAA-rated securitizations of HELOCs issued since the Great Recession," said Achieve Co-Founder and Co-CEO Andrew Housser. "But what makes this securitization truly unique is the consumer-centric nature of the Achieve HELOCs backing the deal."
Achieve's HELOCs are designed to help homeowners with unsecured debt reduce the burden of high interest rates by using a portion of their home's available equity to consolidate their debt and lower their payments. Each HELOC is fixed-rate and fully amortizing, which eliminates the uncertainty and risk of payment shock that traditional HELOCs present via variable rates, interest-only periods, or balloon payments. Since Achieve Loans (formerly known as Lendage) launched in 2019, HELOC borrowers have saved an average of $860 per month compared to their previous unsecured debt payments.
The HELOCs are fully drawn at origination and carry a 10- or 15-year term that includes a five-year draw period. In most cases, the HELOCs are secured by a junior lien on the homeowner's primary residence, although a small portion of HELOCs hold a first-lien position. Achieve works with its members to conduct a comprehensive financial assessment during the application process. A thorough collateral valuation process ensures the HELOCs are originated with low combined loan-to-value ratios that preserve an ample cushion of remaining home equity. As a result, Achieve is able to help its members address their immediate financial needs without jeopardizing their opportunity to build long-term wealth via their home.
"When we started our HELOC program in 2019, we designed it from the ground up to serve the needs of everyday homeowners," said Achieve Loans President Kyle Enright. "We made the large investment to learn how to help homeowners use their home equity responsibly to address their most significant financial pain points. Along the way, we've built up highly proprietary data and our own, differentiated credit models which allow us to serve these consumers in ways that few others can."
The HELOC transaction is the 15th securitization by the Freedom Consumer Credit Fund (FCCF), an investment fund managed by Freedom Financial Asset Management (FFAM), an Achieve company. Previous securitizations have been backed by unsecured personal loans originated by partner banks on the FFAM platform.
"This precedent-setting transaction demonstrates our capital markets leadership and is the first step in our plan to be a regular, programmatic issuer of HELOC-backed securitizations," said Achieve Senior Vice President of Capital Markets Barry Rafferty. "We are encouraged by the positive response we've received from the ABS market for our differentiated HELOC assets."
About Achieve
Achieve is the leader in digital personal finance. Our solutions help everyday people get on, and stay on, the path to a better financial future, with innovative technology and personalized support. By leveraging proprietary data and analytics, our solutions are tailored for each step of a consumer's financial journey and include personal loans, home loans, help with debt and financial tools and education. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Achieve has more than 2,700 dedicated employees across the country with hubs in California, Arizona and Texas and has regularly been recognized as a Best Place to Work.
Achieve and its affiliates are subsidiaries of Freedom Financial Network Funding, LLC, including Bills.com, LLC d/b/a Achieve.com (NMLS ID #138464) Equal Housing Lender; Freedom Financial Asset Management, LLC (NMLS ID #227977); Freedom Resolution (NMLS ID #1248929); and Lendage, LLC d/b/a Achieve Loans (NMLS ID #1810501), Equal Housing Lender.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a big week for U.S.-Mexico relations, and that was even before President Joe Biden becomes the first U.S. leader to visit Mexico in nearly a decade.
In the lead-up to that trip, Biden announced a major border policy shift, with Mexico’s blessing, that will result in the United States sending 30,000 migrants from four other countries per month back across the border. In Mexico, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s security forces nabbed one of the sons of imprisoned former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, touching off violence that left 30 dead and dozens injured. The son, Ovidio Guzmán, is a reputed drug trafficker wanted by the United States.
The two presidents, along with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will gather in Mexico City on Monday and Tuesday for a North American leaders summit. Even with progress on the migration issue, there is much to discuss: climate change, manufacturing, trade, the economy and the potential global clout of a more collaborative North America.
Biden arrives at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on Monday afternoon and the presidents will meet before Trudeau joins them for dinner. Biden and Trudeau will hold talks Tuesday and then the three will gather for discussions. It will be the first time since 2014 that Mexico has hosted a U.S. president.
Biden hopes to use the summit “to keep driving North America’s economic competitiveness and help promote inclusive growth and prosperity,” said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
For the U.S., the major talking points are migration, drug trafficking and building on Biden’s push on electric vehicles and manufacturing.
Lopez Obrador is focused on economic integration for North America, supporting the poor in the Americas and regional relationships that put all governments on equal footing.
The U.S. and Mexico are expected to continue discussions about ending a dispute over U.S. corn after Mexico announced it would ban imports of genetically modified corn. In addition, Mexico is seeking money to boost solar energy projects.
As for Canada, the goal is simply “to carve some attention and space in this summit,” said Louise Blais, a longtime Canadian diplomat.
Mexico sees the event as a chance to advance its economic interests.
It stands to benefit as U.S. companies reconsider their relationships with China after supply chain disruptions, coronavirus outbreaks and changes in federal policy. Both Mexico’s proximity to the U.S. and existing trade agreements would be incentives for American factories to relocate south of the border. The U.S. imported more than $380 billion worth of goods from Mexico through the first 10 months of 2022 — the third-largest source of imports after China and the European Union, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Canada is the fourth-largest U.S. partner by imports, with the State Department calling it “the world’s most comprehensive trading relationship.” The U.S. and Canada are each other’s largest market for exports, and Canada is the largest foreign supplier of energy products to the U.S.
The U.S., Mexico and Canada are already in a long-standing trade agreement that was updated in 2020. When U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met last month with Mexico’s secretary of the economy, Raquel Buenrostro, they discussed further economic integration as well as energy, fisheries and the trade agreement’s ban on importing goods made by forced labor — a subject that is among the tensions with China.
Analysts at Bank of America estimated in October that Mexico could increase its trade by as much as 30% if more supply chains returned to North America. Their report notes there had already been a bump in Mexican manufacturing as U.S. policymakers and businesses increasingly focus on bringing more trade to allied countries that are near American consumers.
“Every country is arriving with different priorities, but there is common ground,” said Enrique Perret, managing director of the U.S.-Mexico Foundation, a think tank focused on cooperation between the two nations. “It’s competitiveness, it’s economy, it’s education, it’s labor mobility.”
But it’s not all rosy.
The leaders of Canada and Mexico have voiced concerns over Biden’s “Buy America” plan. And while Biden’s push toward electric vehicles is a boon to both nations because of the tax credits for North American batteries, there’s concern the U.S. allies will be left behind.
Meantime, the U.S. and Canada accuse López Obrador of trying to favor Mexico’s state-owned utility over power plants built by foreign and private investors, something that is forbidden under the three countries’ free trade pact.
The leaders did meet in Washington last November, but until then, there hadn’t been a summit in five years and many of the current disputes have festered despite constant discussion. They include fentanyl trafficking, corn production, automobile rules of origin and Mexican energy laws.
“These topics are really complicated issues and they will not be solved in a two-day summit,” said Carin Zissis of the Americas Society, a nonprofit dedicated to education, debate and dialogue in the Americas.
The chemistry between Biden and Lopez Obrador is tricky, too. Their relationship is highly transactional and absent any of the warmth and camaraderie Biden has with other world leaders.
Lopez Obrador has made no secret of his admiration of Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump. Lopez Obrador did not recognize Biden’s election victory from November 2020 until after the formal Electoral College vote a month later.
Biden has raised concerns over security and drug trafficking in Mexico and the deaths of journalists there. The U.S. took issue with Lopez Obrador for boycotting the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles last year over Biden’s decision not to invite the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
Biden plans to stop in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday for his first visit as president to the U.S.-Mexico border, just days after announcing that the U.S. will immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who illegally cross into the U.S. from Mexico. The new policy is an effort to manage the spiraling numbers of migrants arriving at the border.
Mexico agreed each month to take 30,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans and Haitians who walk or swim to the U.S. and are turned back, and the U.S. each month will offer 30,000 people from those four nations work permits for two years and a legal path if they come to the U.S. by plane, have eligible sponsors and pass background checks. People from those four countries now make up the most migrants crossing the border.
Biden’s attempt to tackle border security issues has drawn considerable criticism from immigrant advocates and refugee rights groups ,who say the changes are inhumane and reminiscent of Trump’s hard-line approach.
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The snapping up of discounted Russian crude has widened India's already substantial trade deficit with RussiaImage: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images
Russia's rupee problem risks harming trade ties with India
Srinivas Mazumdaru
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As sanctions cut off major Russian banks from much of the West's payment systems, finding ways to pay for the crude India imports from Russia has become a challenge.
The South Asian nation imported more oil from Russia than ever before in April, according to data from Vortexa, a ship tracking company.
In fact, Moscow became the top supplier of crude oil to India last month, with Russian supplies greater than those from Iraq and Saudi Arabia combined.
Before the war in Ukraine began in February last year, India bought very little oil from Russia.
But as sanctions cut off major Russian banks from much of the West's payment systems, finding ways to pay for the Russian crude has become a challenge.
Over the past year, Indian importers have been paying for Russian oil and other commodities mostly in Indian rupees.
But currency restrictions mean Russian entities face difficulty in repatriating rupees.
How big is the problem?
The snapping up of discounted Russian crude, meanwhile, has widened India's already substantial trade deficit with Russia.
In the first 11 months of the 2022-23 financial year, Indian imports from Russia were worth nearly $41.5 billion (€38 billion), while exports amounted to just $2.8 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
This has left Russian oil companies and banks with billions of rupees in their Indian bank accounts — a pile of cash they are struggling to use.
"I don't think this situation can continue for long," Nandan Unnikrishnan, distinguished fellow and Russia expert at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in New Delhi, told DW. "If both sides fail to resolve the problem, it will impact purchases of not only oil but everything."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also recently commented on the issue while attending a Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting in the Indian state of Goa.
"We need to use this money. But for this, these rupees must be transferred in another currency, and this is being discussed now," he was quoted by news agency Bloomberg as saying.
Close ties between India and Russia
The uncertainties over payment mechanisms have also hurt defense imports, Bloomberg reported. New Delhi and Moscow share longstanding political and security ties.
India is a major buyer of Russian weapons, although it has been attempting to diversify its sources of military equipment, increasingly turning to countries like the US and France in recent years.
Russia accounted for $8.5 billion of the $18.3 billion New Delhi has spent on weapons imports since 2017, according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Both sides are also in talks to reach a free trade agreement.
The Indian government has so far refrained from explicitly criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine. New Delhi has abstained several times from voting on UN resolutions against Moscow. It has, however, called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue.
Pant: India attempts 'to balance its ties with Russia and the West'
How can the two sides resolve the problem?
Besides the Indian rupee, the UAE dirhams and the Chinese yuan are seen by some as potential options to settle trade between India and Russia.
"Russia wants a currency that it can use to buy goods that it requires for its economy… the question is identifying that currency," said Unnikrishnan. "Russians would be happy to use the yuan," he underlined, pointing to their bilateral trade worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
In 2022, Russia-China commerce hit a record high of $190 billion.
But Unnikrishnan noted that New Delhi would not be comfortable allowing trade settlement in the yuan, given the tense relations between India and China due to their border disputes.
The Reuters news agency also reported in March, citing Indian officials, that the Indian government had asked banks and businesses to avoid using the yuan to pay for Russian imports.
Another option is the use of UAE dirhams to pay for India's Russian imports but experts say this might not offer a viable long-term solution, due to the sensitivity of that currency to Western sanctions.
Unnikrishnan stressed that India and Russia could come up with alternative solutions, like productively investing the rupees into joint ventures that produce goods that are of use to Russia or could be exported to other parts of the world.
"There are multiple ways to deploy this money, and both sides just have to show the political will to reach that agreement," Unnikrishnan said. | https://www.dw.com/en/russias-rupee-problem-risks-harming-trade-ties-with-india/a-65628922 | 2023-05-15 16:02:58 | 1 | https://www.dw.com/en/russias-rupee-problem-risks-harming-trade-ties-with-india/a-65628922 |
Braves reeling after playoff flop, but excited for future
More than four months of dazzling baseball carried the Atlanta Braves to a fifth straight NL East title. Their hopes of repeating as World Series champion fell apart in less than a week.
The season came to an unimaginable end with two dismal performances in Philadelphia, where the Braves were outscored 17-4 and lost the Division Series 3-1 to a Phillies team they beat by 14 games during the regular season.
“Man, I’m disappointed,” manager Brian Snitker said Sunday, less than 24 hours after the final game. “Just remembering what we went through this year, and expecting to (win the World Series) again.”
Instead, the Braves made their earliest exit from the postseason since 2019.
The wild-card Phillies are now heading to the Championship Series, their title hopes still alive while two 101-win teams that fought to the wire for the division title are all done.
The Braves climbed back from a 10 1/2-game deficit to chase down the Mets, sweeping New York on the final weekend of the season and winning the dramatic pennant race on a tiebreaker to earn the first-round bye.
The Mets were upset in the opening round by the San Diego Padres. Atlanta went down next, doomed by poor starting pitching, an offense that suddenly went cold and a bullpen that couldn’t keep it close with the season on the line.
“We didn’t do a lot of things well,” Snitker said. “We’re a better team than the way we played in this Division Series.”
For good measure, a glaring lack of hustle by one of the team’s best players, Ronald Acuña Jr., marred the decisive game and sparked a tirade from team radio announcer Joe Simpson, who called it “embarrassing.”
Still, Snitker said his biggest memory of this team will be the way it fought back to catch the Mets. The future certainly looks bright, with most of the young core locked up to long-term contracts and nearly everyone set to return in 2023.
“We have a great team. We really do,” general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. “You have to turn the page at some point.”
Snitker, too, is excited about what the future holds.
“We have talented players,” he said. “We’ll reconvene in March and the goal is going to be to win the division again.”
SWANSON’S FAREWELL?
The biggest question heading the offseason is the status of shortstop Dansby Swanson, who is set to become a free agent.
After winning the World Series a year ago, the Braves lost longtime first baseman and team leader Freddie Freeman in free agency.
Another Atlanta stalwart could be headed out the door this winter, though both the Braves and Swanson have expressed a desire to get a new deal done.
That was the case with Freeman, too, but he now plays for the Dodgers.
BABY BRAVES
The Braves have the two leading candidates for NL rookie of the year — outfielder Michael Harris II and pitcher Spencer Strider — and locked them both up to lengthy contracts even though they were years away from being eligible for free agency.
Harris, 21, was brought up from Double-A to bolster the team’s defense and wound up being one of the Braves’ best all-around players. He hit .297 with 19 homers, 64 RBIs and 20 stolen bases.
The hard-throwing Strider, still a few days from his 24th birthday, solidified the rotation while become the first pitcher in baseball history to record 200 strikeouts and give up fewer than 100 hits.
WHO’S THE CLOSER?
Kenley Jansen had a big season, leading the NL with 41 saves after signing a $16 million, one-year deal with the Braves.
Anthopoulos said he’d like to bring Jansen back, but the Braves have other options if the 35-year-old signs elsewhere.
Former Angels closer Raisel Iglesias was acquired at the trade deadline and thrived in a set-up role to Jansen. He’s also had a pair of 30-save seasons and is under contract to Braves for three more years at $48 million.
Another option is Kirby Yates, who struggled in limited appearances coming back from Tommy John surgery but also has experience as a closer. He was an All-Star who led the NL with 41 saves while pitching for San Diego in 2019.
STARTING QUESTIONS
Kyle Wright led the majors with 21 wins, Max Fried had another strong season and Strider looks to have an extremely bright future.
Beyond that, there are questions marks in the rotation.
Charlie Morton will return to the Braves on a $20 million, one-year deal, providing plenty of experience but needing to improve on an up-and-down season.
The other starting candidates all come with baggage.
Former All-Star Mike Soroka hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since 2020 after twice tearing an Achilles tendon, while Ian Anderson endured a miserable season that led the Braves to send the once-budding star back to the minors.
Bryce Elder and Kirk Muller have plenty of promise but little big league experience.
ACUNA’S MATURITY
It’s time for Acuña to fulfill his potential.
He can be one of baseball’s biggest stars, but his numbers coming off a season-ending knee injury in 2021 were rather ordinary (15 homers, 50 RBIs, 29 stolen bases).
Also, his lack of hustle in the season’s final game wasn’t the first time his work ethic and cocky style of play have drawn scrutiny.
In the NLDS, Acuña failed to back up a play from his right-field position, barely moving until it was far too late to prevent J.T. Realmuto’s inside-the-park homer as Philadelphia romped to a series-clinching 8-3 win.
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2 time capsules buried by Flagler County Sheriff's Office to mark milestones: 'History is important'
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. - Two time capsules have been buried in Flagler County to celebrate two huge milestones.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly was on hand Monday to bury the two capsules at the new Flagler County Sheriff's Operation Center, as seen in a video shared on the Flagler County Sheriff's Office Facebook page.
One of the time capsules – the FCSO Centennial Time Capsule – will be opened on FCSO's 150th anniversary on July 9, 2067. It contains photos and news articles from the sheriff's office's 100th anniversary, which was celebrated in 2017. Inside are the following items:
- Photos and news articles from the 100th anniversary celebration
- FCSO Centennial badge, challenge coin and pin
The other one – the FCSO Operations and District 3 Time Capsule – will be opened on November 7, 2072. The opening date coincides with the 50th anniversary of the dedication ceremony of the sheriff's office's new operations center and District 3 building, which was held in 2022. Here's a look at what's inside:
- Eviction notice and writ of possession from the courthouse
- USB drive with time-lapse of building construction
- FCSO face mask from COVID-19
- FSCO challenge coins from COVID-19, 2020, 2022 and dedication ceremony
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"I think history is important. It shows where you have come from and where you’re going," Sheriff Staly said. "What’s better than a time capsule to commemorate the opening of this beautiful building that will serve our county for decades to come. It would be interesting to see how different the world will be 50 years from now." | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/flagler-county-sheriff-buries-two-time-capsules | 2023-07-11 20:12:49 | 1 | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/flagler-county-sheriff-buries-two-time-capsules |
General Motors has recalled nearly one million three-row crossover SUVs for airbag inflators that could rupture unintentionally in a crash, the NHTSA disclosed Monday.
The current recall escalates prior recalls from Oct. 7, 2021, and April 14, 2022. Those recalls encompassed only 555 and 2,787 vehicles, respectively.
The expanded recall of 994,763 vehicles encompasses the following vehicles:
2014-2017 Buick Enclave
2014-2017 Chevrolet Traverse
2014-2017 GMC Acadia
Though similar sounding in nature, the airbag recall is not related to the Takata airbag recall that was the largest recall in automotive history. The sweeping Takata airbag recall affecting about 67 million airbags in about 40 million vehicles made by most major automakers. Those airbag inflators could explode and shoot metal fragments into the cabin. The NHTSA attributes 24 deaths and more than 400 injuries in the U.S. to faulty airbags from Takata, which has since gone bankrupt. Many vehicle owners still have not had their cars repaired.
GM may be operating out of an abundance of caution due to the Takata airbag recall. The current recall has similar warnings and issues, though the supplier is U.S.-based ARC Automotive. GM acknowledged three known airbag inflator rupture events after hiring a third-party engineering firm to help investigate claims. The reason for the ruptures remain unknown.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a cease-fire, imploring him to “stop this spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine and denouncing the “absurd” risk of the “uncontrollable” consequences of nuclear attack as tensions sharply escalate over the war.
Francis uttered his strongest plea yet about the seventh-month-old conflict, which he denounced as an “error and a horror.”
It was the first time in public that he cited Putin’s role in the war. The pontiff also called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to “be open” to serious peace proposals.
Francis told the public, gathered in St. Peter’s Square, that he was abandoning his usual religious theme for his Sunday noon remarks to concentrate his reflection on Ukraine.
“How the war is going in Ukraine has become so grave, devastating and threatening that it sparks great worry,” Francis said.
“In fact, this terrible, inconceivable wound of humanity, instead of shrinking, continues to bleed even more, threatening to spread,” the pope said.
“I deplore strongly the grave situation created in the last days, with further actions contrary to the principles of international law,” Francis said, in a clear reference to Putin’s illegal annexation of a large swath of eastern Ukraine. ”It, in fact, increases the risk of a nuclear escalation, to the point of fearing uncontrollable and catastrophic consequences on the world level.”
“Rivers of blood and tears spilled these months torment me,” the pope said. ”I am pained by the thousands of victims, in particular among the children, and by so much destruction, that leaves many persons and families homeless and threatens vast territories with cold and hunger,” he said.
“Certain actions can never be justified, never,” the pope said. He didn’t elaborate. But Putin sought to justify launching the invasion saying he needed to protect his country from what he called “Nazi” elements in Ukraine.
“It’s anguishing that the world is learning the geography of Ukraine through names like Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, Izium, Zaporizhizhia and other places, that have become places of indescribable sufferings and fears,” Francis said.
“And what to say about the fact that humanity finds itself again faced with atomic threat? It’s absurd,” Francis said, who then called for an immediate cease-fire.
“My appeal is directed above all to the president of the Russian Federation, imploring him to stop, also for the love of his people, this spiral of violence and death,” Francis said. ”On the other side, pained by the immense suffering of the Ukrainian people following the aggression undergone, I direct a similarly trusting appeal to the president of Ukraine to be open to serious proposals of peace,” Francis said.
It is rare for the pope to single out leaders in his frequent appeals for an end to violent conflicts. In doing so, Francis signaled his extreme worry over the deteriorating situation.
“May arms cease and conditions be searched for to start negotiations able to lead to solutions not imposed by force but agreed upon, just and stable,” Francis said. ”And they will be thus if they are based on respect for the sacrosanct value of human life, as well as on the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of every country, as well as the rights of minorities and of legitimate concerns.”
Invoking God’s name and the “sense of humanity that lodges in every heart,” he renewed his many pleas for an immediate cease-fire.
Without elaborating, Francis also called for the “recourse to all diplomatic instruments, including those so far possibly not utilized, to end this immense tragedy.”
“The war itself is an error and a horror,” the pontiff lamented.
Throughout the war, Francis has denounced the recourse to arms. But recently, he stressed Ukraine’s right to defend itself from aggression. Logistics complications have frustrated his oft-stated hope to make a pilgrimage to Ukraine to encourage peace efforts.
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HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Flotek Industries Inc. (FTK) on Monday reported a loss of $19 million in its fourth quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had a loss of 25 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 16 cents per share.
The oilfield services company posted revenue of $48.2 million in the period.
For the year, the company reported that its loss widened to $42.3 million, or 57 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $136.1 million.
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Powers' addition increases knowledge and expertise in firm's Financial Services practice
ATLANTA, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- North Highland, the leading change and transformation consultancy, has welcomed Robert Powers as vice president in Financial Services, based in the firm's New York office. In this role, Powers will work with the Financial Services team to help accelerate its go-to-market strategy.
Powers is a seasoned Financial Services leader with more than 25 years of executive-level experience growing relationships, brands and business. He joins North Highland most recently from MERGE WW, where he oversaw the Financial Services practice for brands including American Express, Morgan Stanley, Voya Investment Management and Coverys. Earlier in his career, he led major financial services accounts at Epsilon, including Comenity Direct, KeyBank and TIAA.
"We're thrilled to welcome Robert to the team," said Erik Raper, vice president and Financial Services lead at North Highland. "Robert is known to clients for driving speedy results through innovative, strategic thinking, and we know his addition will only ensure our ability to better serve our clients."
In addition to his experience, Powers graduated from The University of Connecticut with a degree in Economics.
About North Highland
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WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden took her husband’s unity agenda to an unlikely venue on Monday, when conservative cable station Newsmax aired an interview with her about cancer research.
Curing cancer is a central goal for President Joe Biden, whose eldest son, Beau, died from a brain tumor seven years ago. Last month he urged Americans to embrace a “moonshot” initiative to reduce deaths, one of several objectives that he hopes crosses party lines in today's divisive political environment.
“It's not a red issue, a blue issue," the first lady told Newsmax. "Cancer affects every American.”
It was a friendly conversation on a channel that’s better known for its excoriations of the president and his fellow Democrats. Newsmax is also facing a lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about voter manipulation. The channel has denied wrongdoing.
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The interview was conducted by Nancy Brinker, who hosts a show on the cable channel and founded the breast cancer organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The organization is named for Brinker's sister, who died of cancer.
Biden and Brinker have known each other for years, and they previously teamed up in Palm Beach, Florida, for a June 23 event on cancer screening. They spoke on Saturday at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the interview is being aired during breast cancer awareness month.
Biden said four of her friends were diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, and one of them died. She said the experience drover her to create the Biden Breast Health Initiative, which educated young girls in Delaware about breast health.
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She encouraged people to catch up on any cancer screenings that they delayed during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Biden talked about the impact of Beau's death, describing how the tragedy had shaken her faith.
“I didn’t give up hope, ever, until he took his last breath,” she said. When that happened, “I had this empty, angry feeling.”
Biden said years later, a woman approached her at a church in South Carolina and said, “I want to be your prayer partner.”
She credited that relationship in helping to restore her faith.
“I felt like it was God’s way of saying to me, OK, you come back,” Biden said.
During the interview, Brinker asked Biden, “How do you deal with the intensity of all the media?”
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WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Echo Butler has pleaded guilty in what the Lycoming County District Attorney says is the most horrific case he’s ever experienced.
It involves the deliberate starvation of two young girls to death who were then buried in the backyard of a home near Williamsport.
It’s been over a year since the children’s remains were discovered by authorities. As their family continues to grieve these immeasurable losses, another suspect in the case has now taken responsibility for their actions.
27-year-old Echo Butler walked out of Lycoming County Court Friday after pleading guilty to charges relating to the death of her girlfriend’s two young daughters.
In November 2021, the bodies of six-year-old Nicole Snyder, and her sister, four-year-old Jasmine Snyder, were found buried in the yard of the Hepburn Township home Butler shared with her girlfriend, 33-year-old Marie Snyder, the girls’ biological mother.
Snyder pleaded guilty in October to the same charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
“In all the years that I’ve been a practicing attorney, this is the most horrific case I’ve ever experienced,” said Ryan Gardner, the Lycoming County District Attorney.
Prosecutors say the young sisters dealt with constant physical and verbal abuse during their young lives.
Butler admitted in court to acting with Snyder to intentionally starve the girls to death.
“Two children subject to repeated intentional starvation and torture that results in their deaths is a tragedy of epic proportions. It’s tragic for the surviving family members and it’s tragic for the community in general,” DA Gardner told Eyewitness News.
Butler and Snyder will both serve two consecutive life sentences each without the possibility of parole.
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-- ASC10 is an oral double prodrug that is rapidly and completely converted in vivo into the active metabolite ASC10-A, which is the same active metabolite of molnupiravir
-- Ascletis has filed multiple patent applications for ASC10 and its use globally. Compared with molnupiravir, ASC10 has a new and differentiated chemical structure
-- FDA recommended that Ascletis directly conduct the first clinical study of ASC10 in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients rather than in healthy subjects
HANGZHOU and SHAOXING, China, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672, "Ascletis") today announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for ASC10, an oral drug candidate targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) for COVID-19, to conduct the Phase Ib clinical trial in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients. Ascletis will immediately initiate the clinical trial in patients to collect ASC10's clinical safety, pharmacokinetics and preliminary efficacy data.
ASC10 is an orally bioavailable double prodrug which has a new and differentiated chemical structure from the single prodrug molnupiravir. After oral administration, both ASC10 and molnupiravir are rapidly and completely converted in vivo into the same active metabolite ASC10-A, also known as β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC). ASC10 was discovered and developed in-house. Ascletis has filed multiple patent applications for ASC10 and its use globally. ASC10 oral tablet formulation for the clinical study was developed with in-house proprietary technology of Ascletis.
By applying a double prodrug strategy, ASC10's permeability in Caco-2 cells (human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells) and active metabolite exposure in monkeys reached 3.2-fold and 2.1-fold of molnupiravir's, respectively. In the SARS-CoV-2 infected mouse models, ASC10 at 240 mg/kg twice daily led to a 4.0 log reduction in viral titer in lungs, equivalent to molnupiravir at 500 mg/kg twice daily[1]. Preclinical studies demonstrated that ASC10-A has potent cellular antiviral activity against Omicron variant (EC50 = 0.3 µM), Delta variant (EC50 = 0.5 µM) and wildtype virus (EC50 = 0.7 µM). It also suggested that there were no drug-drug interactions between ASC10 and other common medicines.
FDA recommended that Ascletis directly conduct the first clinical study of ASC10 in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients rather than in healthy subjects. This study is a randomized, placebo controlled Phase Ib clinical trial to determine the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and preliminary efficacy in multiple ascending doses of ASC10 tablets (200 mg, 400 mg or 800 mg twice daily) in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients for 5.5-day treatment with 28-day monitoring. Previously, molnupiravir was granted Emergency Use Authorization by FDA for 800 mg twice daily.
Currently, Ascletis is actively communicating with regulatory authorities to explore the possibility of further accelerating the clinical development of ASC10.
"The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause huge social and economic implications globally with over 572 million cases been confirmed including more than 6 million deaths[2]. As a leading biotech with in-depth insights into viral diseases, Ascletis is committed to leveraging its proprietary pipeline including ASC10 (RdRp inhibitor) and ASC11 (3CLpro inhibitor) to fight against the pandemic. This IND approval of ASC10 from FDA marks a great recognition to our in-house R&D capabilities and enables us to expedite the clinical progress of ASC10. With other efforts made on capacity expansion and process optimization, we have further improved the accessibility and affordability of ASC10." said Dr. Jinzi J. Wu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Ascletis.
[1] Wahl, et al., Nature. 2021 March; 591(7850): 451–457.
[2] WHO, WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard, https://covid19.who.int/
About Ascletis
Ascletis is an innovative R&D driven biotech listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1672.HK), covering the entire value chain from discovery and development to manufacturing and commercialization. Led by a management team with deep expertise and a proven track record, Ascletis focuses on three therapeutic areas with unmet medical needs from a global perspective: viral diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and oncology. Through excellent execution, Ascletis rapidly advances its drug pipeline with an aim of leading in global competition. To date, Ascletis has three marketed products, i.e. ritonavir tablets, GANOVO® and ASCLEVIR®, and 20 drug candidates in its R&D pipeline. The most advanced drug candidates include ASC22 (CHB functional cure), ASC10 and ASC11(oral small molecules for COVID-19 treatment), ASC40 (recurrent glioblastoma), ASC42 (PBC, primary biliary cholangitis), and ASC40 (acne).
For more information, please visit www.ascletis.com.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Friday with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and top European legal officials, and called for Russia to face international prosecution for war crimes.
Zelenskyy announced the meetings in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, hundreds of kilometers from the war’s front lines, during his evening video address to the nation.
“We are doing everything to ensure that the International Criminal Court is successful in punishing Russian war criminals,” Zelenskyy said.
“The main issue of all these meetings and the Lviv conference is accountability,” he added. “The accountability of Russia and its leadership is personal, for aggression and terror against our state and people.”
Zelenskyy said over 70,000 Russian war crimes have been recorded so far.
“But, unfortunately, we do not know about all crimes at the moment,” he added. “A large part of our territory still remains occupied and we cannot currently reliably predict how many Russian crimes we would discover after the occupiers are expelled.”
Along with Garland, other participants at the conference included U.K. Attorney General Victoria Prentis, Spanish Attorney General Alvaro Garcia Ortiz and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders.
Meanwhile at the United Nations, deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said U.N. humanitarian staff are reporting “intensive hostilities” near the beleaguered Ukrainian town of Bakhmut and say the U.N.’s few humanitarian partners on the ground are focusing on evacuating the most vulnerable people from the conflict area.
Bakhmut has been the focus of intense fighting for months, with Russian troops including large forces from the private Wagner Group inching ever closer to the largely destroyed town.
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.
MOVIES
— Did you follow all the “Don’t Worry Darling” fuss and forget to watch the film behind it all? Well, don’t worry, darling, Olivia Wilde’s mid-century styled psychological thriller be streaming on HBO Max starting Monday. For those who’ve managed to stay blissfully unaware of spit-gate and salad dressing and “Miss Flo,” Wilde’s film takes us into a planned community in the desert, where the martinis flow, the women clean and the men go off to work during the day. But Alice (Florence Pugh) starts seeing cracks in her seemingly perfect life with Jack (Harry Styles) and starts asking questions about the mysterious company he works for, run by an enigmatic leader played by Chris Pine. In his review, AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote that “’Don’t Worry Darling’ is “ultimately neither worthy of all the off-screen fuss nor quite the on-screen disappointment it’s been made out to be.”
— Film critic and historian Elvis Mitchell looks at the history of Black cinema and “a group of artists who changed the culture forever” with the landmark films of the 1970s in a new Netflix documentary, “Is That Black Enough For You?!?” streaming Friday. Using clips from over 100 films and new interviews from the likes of Harry Belafonte, Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg and Zendaya, Mitchell looks at the impact of Black voices, creators and actors on cinema and makes the case that blaxploitation wasn’t just a niche moment, but as influential and important as what the new generation of white, male filmmakers were making in the ’70s. Also arriving on Netflix on Saturday is the adaptation of “Where the Crawdads Sing” and, on Thursday, the Lindsay Lohan rom-com “Falling for Christmas.”
— Disney+ gets one of the best documentaries of the year starting Friday, in “Fire of Love” about Katia and Maurice Krafft, French, celebrity volcanologists who died on Japan’s Mount Unzen in 1991. Sara Dosa’s experimental documentary about a strange love triangle between man, woman and volcano is compiled from hundreds of hours of the Krafft’s wildly cinematic footage of their explorations. Dosa drew on the aesthetics of French New Wave films to help inform the tone and style of the film, including playful split screens and zooms. They leaned into the absurdity and profundity of the story with a “deadpan curious” narration by Miranda July and an original “retro-futuristic” score from Nicolas Godin of the French music duo Air.
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
MUSIC
— Bruce Springsteen takes on the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Frankie Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin and other soul legends in an album of cover songs due out Friday. The disc “Only the Strong Survive” is named for the Jimmy Butler song, among the 15 other covers. Among the songs he tackles are the Commodores’ “Nightshift,” The Walker Brothers’ “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore and the Four Tops’ “When She Was My Girl.” The disc arrives three months before the beginning of his tour with the E Street Band.
— Louis Tomlinson seems to be in an optimistic mood judging from the title of his sophomore album, “’Faith in the Future.” It’s the former One Direction member’s first album since 2020′s “Walls” and the first single “Bigger Than Me” has a massive pop hook. Tomlinson says the goal is “to produce a collection of songs befitting an anthemic live show.” Another single, “Out Of My System,” has a darker, more hard rock vibe with the lyrics “Demons, I’m takin’ all of my demons/ Putting them where I won’t see them/ ’Cause I just wanna feel alive.”
— Morris Day, lead singer of The Time, is calling time. His fifth solo album, “Last Call,” will be his last, he says, and he’s brought some friends along to say goodbye. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons appears on “Too Much Girl 4 Me,”“Grown Man” features Big Daddy Kane and “Use to Be the Playa” has Snoop Dogg aboard. Other guests include E40, Flo-Rida, Tech N9ne and Trinidad James. Day rose to prominence in the 1980s as the leader of The Time, a band put together by Prince, who released several classic albums and singles, including “Jungle Love, “777-9311” and “The Bird.”
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— Road trip! The proprietors of the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop are heading out from their “Pawn Stars” Las Vegas home base for The History Channel’s “Pawn Stars Do America.” Father-son shop owners Rick Harrison and Corey Harrison and pal Austin “Chumlee” Russell visit eight states in the eight-part series, debuting Wednesday. Stops include Austin, Texas; Denver; and Savannah, Georgia. Among the finds: a letter from George Washington, shield of French King Henry II and a signed Yousuf Karsh photo of Ernest Hemingway.
— Dan Levy of Emmy-winning “Schitt’s Creek” fame is serving up a change of pace with “The Big Brunch,” a cooking competition he created and hosts. The HBO Max series, debuting with the first three of its eight episodes on Thursday, aims to tout “inspiring and undiscovered culinary voices” from across the country. Ten chefs vying for a $300,000 prize will be judged by Levy — who calls brunch “the ultimate connector” — along with chef Sohla El-Waylly and restaurateur Will Guidara.
— In Netflix’s “The English,” aristocratic foreigner Lady Cornelia Locke and Eli Whipp, a Native American ex-cavalry scout, join forces in a perilous trek across 1890 America to reach a fledgling Wyoming town that’s no safe haven — it’s beset by murders. Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer star in what’s described both as an epic chase Western and a “parable on race, power and love.” The series, with an ensemble cast including Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, Toby Jones and Ciarán Hinds, debuts Friday.
— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
VIDEO GAMES
— Kratos, the surly, tattooed protagonist of Sony’s “God of War: Ragnarok,” is more complicated than your average slab of beefcake. Sure, he’d like nothing more than to plant his axe in the skull of any Norse deity who crosses his path. On the other hand, he wants to protect his teenage boy, Atreus, who’s trying to get a grip on his own supernatural talents. Along with their pal Mimir — the disembodied head of “the smartest man alive” — they set out on an odyssey spanning multiple dimensions. The 2018 “God of War” reboot did a remarkable job blending bone-crushing battles with eye-popping exploration, and “Ragnarok” promises even more of both. It comes out Wednesday for PlayStation 5 and 4.
— It’s been five years since the last video game starring Sonic the Hedgehog, but the spiky blue speed demon has become a movie star in the meantime, headlining two hit features. Sega is hoping that momentum carries over to “Sonic Frontiers.” Producers are pitching it as the first “open-world” adventure in the series, promising Sonic will be able to explore its vast islands in every direction while still maintaining the high-octane thrills fans have enjoyed since 1991. We’ll see if that formula works when Sonic returns Tuesday on PlayStation 5 and 4, Xbox X/S and One, Switch and PC.
— Lou Kesten
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) quality professionals understand how leveraging the right data in the right way makes all the difference in providing quality health care services.
Illustrating the significance of data management with industry peers and professionals, IEHP is sharing their experience mitigating bias in data algorithms and insight on how data can be used to enhance care quality at the Local Health Plans of California (LHPC) Moving the Needle: Advancing Health Equity Seminar in Sacramento Oct. 27 and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C. Oct. 31.
Both events target strategic collaboration and sharing of ideas to accelerate the delivery of quality care and reduce gaps in health care among disadvantaged and vulnerable populations.
In their LHPC presentation, IEHP Chief Quality Officer Dr. Edward Juhn and Vice President of Quality Genia Fick will explain how data can be used to identify health disparities, define health equity issues and lay the groundwork for effective interventions to improve health outcomes.
"We are committed to leveraging new data to help inform health equity," said Fick. "This will ensure we are funding and prioritizing the appropriate resources for those who need it most."
Dr. Juhn will also be joining ideas42 Managing Director Ted Robertson at NCQA's Health Innovation Summit to present their collaborative work in addressing algorithmic bias to advance quality and equity outcomes.
Their presentation will focus on the importance of addressing disparities unintentionally produced by algorithms and how health care organizations can mitigate it in practice.
"It is critical to be better stewards of our data to impactfully serve our community," said Juhn. "Our goal and focus of leveraging data should be to improve health outcomes."
To learn more about IEHP, visit iehp.org.
With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country. In its 26th year, IEHP is supporting more than 1.5 million residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medicaid or Cal MediConnect Plans and has a growing network of over 7,800 providers and nearly 3,000 team members. Through dynamic partnerships with providers and community organizations, paired with award-winning service and a tradition of quality care, IEHP is fully committed to their vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. For more information, visit iehp.org.
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MONTRÉAL, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - SANEXEN Environmental Services Inc. ("SANEXEN"), a subsidiary of LOGISTEC Corporation ("LOGISTEC"), announces the appointment of Mathieu Germain as Vice-President, Corporate Development and Strategy Implementation as of January 2023.
Mathieu will be responsible for implementing, with the support of the management team, the corporate development initiatives, as well as advancing the achievement of the company's long-term strategic plan goals. With SANEXEN since 2018, Mathieu previously held the role of Director, Strategic Development. From 2006 to 2018, Mathieu was Environmental Director for American Iron & Metal.
"Mathieu has taken on a number of business and operational challenges, drawing on his knowledge, deep expertise and extensive know-how," said Jean-François Bolduc, President of SANEXEN. "I am very confident of his commercial experience, his understanding of our geographic markets, our business lines and our customers. His relentless engagement since his arrival at SANEXEN will greatly contribute to the development of our company and allow us to make a strong impact in our markets."
SANEXEN Environmental Services Inc., a member of the LOGISTEC family, is a leading provider of environmental solutions for the past 37 years. With its key business lines – Site Remediation, Major Projects, Infrastructure, Soil and Materials Management and Water Technologies – SANEXEN continues to deliver creative and customized solutions to industrial, municipal and governmental customers and partners. SANEXEN's environmental engineers and scientists combined with their in-house research and development teams continue to explore and implement new technologies to address the ever-evolving environmental issues the world faces today.
LOGISTEC Corporation is based in Montréal (QC) and provides specialized services to the marine community and industrial companies in the areas of bulk, break-bulk and container cargo handling in 53 ports and 79 terminals located in North America. LOGISTEC Corporation also offers marine transportation services geared primarily to the Arctic coastal trade as well as marine agency services to shipowners and operators serving the Canadian market. Furthermore, the Company operates in the environmental industry where it provides services to industrial, municipal and other governmental customers for the renewal of underground water mains, dredging, dewatering, contaminated soils and materials management, site remediation, risk assessment, and manufacturing of fluid transportation products. More information can be obtained on the Company's website at www.logistec.com.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tuya Inc. ( "Tuya" or the "Company") (NYSE: TUYA), a global leading IoT cloud development platform, today announced the launch of its global offering (the "Global Offering") of 7,300,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, which comprises a Hong Kong public offering of initially 730,000 Class A ordinary shares (the "Hong Kong Public Offering") and an international offering of initially 6,570,000 Class A ordinary shares (the "International Offering"), both commencing on June 22, 2022 Hong Kong time, and dual-primary listing of its Class A ordinary shares on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Hong Kong Stock Exchange") under the stock code "2391."
The Company's American depositary shares (the "ADSs"), each representing one Class A ordinary share of the Company, will continue to be listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). Investors in the Global Offering will only be able to purchase Class A ordinary shares and will not be able to take delivery of ADSs. Upon listing of the Class A ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Class A ordinary shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will be fully fungible with the ADSs listed on the NYSE.
The initial number of Class A ordinary shares under the Hong Kong Public Offering and the International Offering represent 10% and 90% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares initially available under the Global Offering, respectively, subject to reallocation and over-allotment. Subject to the level of oversubscription in the Hong Kong Public Offering and pursuant to the clawback mechanism as described in the Hong Kong prospectus issued by the Company in Hong Kong dated June 22, 2022, the total number of Class A ordinary shares available under the Hong Kong Public Offering could be adjusted to up to a maximum of 3,650,000 Class A ordinary shares, representing 50% of the Class A ordinary shares initially available under the Global Offering. In addition, the Company expects to grant the international underwriters an over-allotment option to require the Company to issue up to an additional 1,095,000 Class A ordinary shares in the International Offering, representing not more than 15% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares initially available under the Global Offering.
The offering price for the Hong Kong Public Offering (the "Hong Kong Offering Price") will be no more than HK$22.80 per Class A ordinary share (the "Maximum Hong Kong Offering Price"), or US$2.90 per Class A ordinary share (equivalent to US$2.90 per ADS). The offering price for the International Offering tranche of the Global Offering (the "International Offering Price") may be set higher than the Maximum Hong Kong Offering Price. The Company will set the International Offering Price on or about June 27, 2022, Hong Kong time, by taking into consideration, among other factors, the closing price of the ADSs on the NYSE on the last trading day on or before June 27, 2022 and investor demand during the marketing process. If the International Offering Price is set at or lower than the Maximum Hong Kong Offering Price, the final Hong Kong Offering Price must be set at such price which is equal to the International Offering Price. In no circumstances will the final Hong Kong Offering Price be set above the Maximum Hong Kong Offering Price or the International Offering Price. The shares will be traded in board lots of 200 Class A ordinary shares.
The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the Global Offering for enhancing IoT technologies and infrastructure; enhancing its product offerings; improving sales and marketing; pursuing strategic partnerships, investments and acquisitions; and for working capital and other purposes.
China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited and Morgan Stanley Asia Limited are the joint sponsors for the proposed Global Offering, and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Morgan Stanley Asia Limited and Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited are the joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners, and joint lead managers for the proposed Global Offering. CMB International Capital Limited and Tiger Brokers (HK) Global Limited are the joint bookrunners and joint lead managers for the proposed Global Offering.
The International Offering is being made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 22, 2022 and the accompanying prospectus included in an automatic shelf registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 31, 2022, which automatically became effective upon filing. The registration statement on Form F-3 and the preliminary prospectus supplement are available at the SEC website at: www.sec.gov.
The proposed Global Offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Global Offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the Global Offering. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy any securities of the Company, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute a prospectus (including as defined under the laws of Hong Kong) and potential investors should read the prospectus of the Company for detailed information about the Company and the proposed Global Offering, before deciding whether or not to invest in the Company. This press release has not been reviewed or approved by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong.
The price of the Class A ordinary shares of the Company may be stabilized in accordance with the Securities and Futures (Price Stabilizing) Rules (Chapter 571W of the Laws of Hong Kong). The details of the intended stabilization and how it will be regulated under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) will be contained in the Hong Kong prospectus of the Company dated June 22, 2022.
About Tuya Inc.
Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA) is a global leading IoT cloud development platform with a mission to build an IoT developer ecosystem and enable everything to be smart. Tuya has pioneered a purpose-built IoT cloud development platform that delivers a full suite of offerings, including Platform-as-a-Service, or PaaS, and Software-as-a-Service, or SaaS, to businesses and developers. Through its IoT cloud development platform, Tuya has enabled developers to activate a vibrant IoT ecosystem of brands, OEMs, partners and end users to engage and communicate through a broad range of smart devices.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved Africans whose arrival in the Western Hemisphere begins on the docks of the lowcountry coast.
Overlooking the old wharf in Charleston at which nearly half of the enslaved population first entered North America, the 150,000-square-foot (14,000-square-meter) museum houses exhibits and artifacts exploring how African Americans’ labor, perseverance, resistance and cultures shaped the Carolinas, the nation and the world.
It also includes a genealogy research center to help families trace their ancestors’ journey from point of arrival on the land.
The opening happens at a time when the very idea of Black people’s survival through slavery, racial apartheid and economic oppression being quintessential to the American story is being challenged throughout the U.S. Leaders of the museum said its existence is not a rebuttal to current attempts to suppress history, but rather an invitation to dialogue and discovery.
“Show me a courageous space, show me an open space, show me a space that meets me where I am, and then gets me where I asked to go,” said Dr. Tonya Matthews, the museum’s president and CEO.
“I think that’s the superpower of museums,” she said. “The only thing you need to bring to this museum is your curiosity, and we’ll do the rest.”
The $120 million facility features nine galleries that contain nearly a dozen interactive exhibits of more than 150 historical objects and 30 works of art. One of the museum’s exhibits will rotate two to three times each year.
Upon entering the space, eight large video screens play a looped trailer of a diasporic journey that spans centuries, from cultural roots on the African continent and the horrors of the Middle Passage to the regional and international legacies that spawned out of Africans’ dispersal and migration across lands.
The screens are angled as if to beckon visitors towards large windows and a balcony at the rear of the museum, revealing sprawling views of the Charleston harbor.
One unique feature of the museum is its gallery dedicated to the history and culture of the Gullah Geechee people. Their isolation on rice, indigo and cotton plantations on coastal South Carolina, Georgia and North Florida helped them maintain ties to West African cultural traditions and creole language. A multimedia, chapel-sized “praise house” in the gallery highlights the faith expressions of the Gullah Geechee and shows how those expressions are imprinted on Black American gospel music.
On Saturday, the museum grounds buzzed with excitement as its founders, staff, elected officials and other invited guests dedicated the grounds in spectacular fashion.
The program was emceed by award-winning actress and director Phylicia Rashad and included stirring appearances by poet Nikky Finney and the McIntosh County Shouters, who perform songs passed down by enslaved African Americans.
“Truth sets us free — free to understand, free to respect and free to appreciate the full spectrum of our shared history,” said former Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley, Jr. who is widely credited for the idea to bring the museum to the city.
Planning for the International African American Museum dates back to 2000, when Riley called for its creation in a State of the City address. It took many more years, through setbacks in fundraising and changes in museum leadership, before construction started in 2019.
Originally set to open in 2020, the museum was further delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, as well as by issues in the supply chain of materials needed to complete construction.
Gadsden’s Wharf, a 2.3-acre waterfront plot where it’s estimated that up 45% of enslaved Africans brought to the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries walked, sets the tone for how the museum is experienced. The wharf was built by Revolutionary War figure Christopher Gadsden.
The land is now part of an intentionally designed ancestral garden. Black granite walls are erected on the spot of a former storage house, a space where hunched enslaved humans perished awaiting their transport to the slave market. The walls are emblazoned with lines of Maya Angelou’s poem, “And Still I Rise.”
The museum’s main structure does not touch the hallowed grounds on which it is located. Instead, it is hoisted above the wharf by 18 cylindrical columns. Beneath the structure is a shallow fountain tribute to the men, women and children whose bodies were inhumanely shackled together in the bellies of ships in the transatlantic slave trade.
To discourage visitors from walking on the raised outlines of the shackled bodies, a walkway was created through the center of the wharf tribute.
“There’s something incredibly significant about reclaiming a space that was once the landing point, the beginning of a horrific American journey for captured Africans,” said Malika Pryor, the museum’s chief learning and education officer.
Walter Hood, founder and creative director of Hood Design Studios based in Oakland, California, designed the landscape of the museum’s grounds. The designs are inspired by tours of lowcountry and its former plantations, he said. The lush grounds, winding paths and seating areas are meant to be an ethnobotanical garden, forcing visitors to see how the botany of enslaved Africans and their descendants helped shape what still exists today across the Carolinas.
The opening of the Charleston museum adds to a growing array of institutions dedicated to teaching an accurate history of the Black experience in America. Many will have heard of, and perhaps visited, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in the nation’s capital, which opened in 2016.
Lesser known Afrocentric museums and exhibits exist in nearly every region of the country. In Montgomery, Alabama, The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the corresponding National Memorial for Peace and Justice highlight slavery, Jim Crow and the history of lynching in America.
Pryor, formerly the educational director of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, said these types of museums focus on the underdiscussed, underengaged parts of the American story.
“This is such an incredibly expansive history, there’s room for 25 more museums that would have opportunities to bring a new curatorial lens to this conversation,” she said.
The museum has launched an initiative to develop relationships with school districts, especially in places where laws limit how public school teachers discuss race and racism in the classroom. In recent years, conservative politicians around the country have banned books in more than 5,000 schools in 32 states. Bans or limits on instruction about slavery and systemic racism have been enacted in at least 16 states since 2021.
Pryor said South Carolina’s ban on the teaching of critical race theory in public schools has not put the museum out of reach for local elementary, middle and high schools that hope to make field trips there.
“Even just the calls and the requests for school group visits, for school group tours, they number easily in the hundreds,” she said. “And we haven’t formally opened our doors yet.”
When the doors are open, all are welcome to reckon with a fuller truth of the Black American story, said Matthews, the museum president.
“If you ask me what we want people to feel when they are in the museum, our answer is something akin to everything,” she said.
“It is the epitome of our journey, the execution of our mission, to honor the untold stories of the African American journey at one of our nation’s most sacred sites.”
___ Aaron Morrison is a New York-based member of AP’s Race and Ethnicity team. Follow him on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/aaronlmorrison. | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/at-international-african-american-museum-opening-a-reclaiming-of-sacred-ground-for-enslaved-kin/ | 2023-06-26 04:11:47 | 1 | https://www.yourbasin.com/news/national/at-international-african-american-museum-opening-a-reclaiming-of-sacred-ground-for-enslaved-kin/ |
Webb telescope captures image of spiral galaxy
Published: Sep. 28, 2022 at 12:18 PM CDT|Updated: 57 minutes ago
(CNN) – NASA described the latest shot from the James Webb space telescope as a spiral galaxy 29 million light-years from Earth.
It’s called IC 5332, which is a pretty boring name for such a cool-looking galaxy.
NASA calls the white spiral arms seen in the photo the “bones” of the galaxy. They’re typically hard to see because of dust.
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken images of the galaxy before but not at this level of detail.
Webb has already taken images of unseen aspects of the cosmos, along with images of Mars, Jupiter and Neptune.
The $10 billion space observatory has enough fuel to keep getting fantastic shots like this one for about 20 years.
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The 2022 Indiana State Fair kicks off this Friday! It promises 18 days of fun for the whole family, including more than 100 free things to do once you’re there.
Anna Whelchel with the Indiana State Fair Commission shares what this year’s fair has to offer. | https://fox59.com/morning-news/what-to-expect-at-the-2022-indiana-state-fair/ | 2022-07-25 15:37:25 | 1 | https://fox59.com/morning-news/what-to-expect-at-the-2022-indiana-state-fair/ |
Scattered heavy rain leads to flooding concerns into the mid-week
With several more rounds of heavy rain and storms expected into Wednesday, a Flood Watch is out for all of Central and Eastern Kentucky until late Wednesday
We’ve dealt with a pretty dry summer across most of Central and Eastern Kentucky but Mother Nature is flipping the script on that thanks to a wet and unsettled weather pattern we’ve shifted into across the areas. Many locations in the Bluegrass saw 1″ plus rainfall totals on Tuesday with a few spots seeing 2″-3″ of rain. With additional rounds of heavy rain and storms expected into the mid-week, a Flood Watch is out for the entire area through Wednesday evening.
While it won’t be an all day rain Wednesday, expect occasionally heavy downpours with a few storms mixed in, especially down south in the more unstable air. Afternoon highs should reach the low to mid-80s. It’s been muggy and will stay that way the rest of the week before we catch a brief break from it into the weekend.
This active pattern will hold serve through Friday before a strong area of high pressure builds into the Ohio Valley just in time for the weekend. The burning question is how far south the frontal boundary will push by Saturday. At this point it looks dry for much of the area with less humidity and pleasant temperatures. Folks along the Kentucky/Tennessee border may see a passing shower on Saturday.
The break from the rain won’t last long as the boundary once again works back to the north as a warm front to close out July on Sunday. Kicking off August on Monday it will be the same ole song and dance with scattered rain and storm chances as afternoon highs climb into the mid to upper 80s. Over the next week, we could widespread 3″-5″ rain totals so that would pretty much eliminate any drought conditions across the area but keep the flood threat in play.
ABC 36 HOUR FORECAST
TUESDAY NIGHT: Muggy with isolated storms. Lows in the low 70s.
WEDNESDAY: Scattered rain and storms. Highs in the low to mid-80s.
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MOSCOW (AP) — A former mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city was ordered to spend 14 days in custody on Thursday pending his trial on charges that could entail a longer prison term, part of authorities’ efforts to muzzle dissent.
Yevgeny Roizman, a sharp critic of the Kremlin, is one of the most visible and charismatic opposition figures in Russia. He enjoyed broad popularity while serving as mayor of Yekaterinburg, a city of 1.5 million people in the Ural Mountains.
Last year, Roizman, 60, who was the mayor from 2013 to 2018, faced accusations of discrediting the Russian military and was barred from attending public events, using the internet, telephone or mail and communicating with anyone other than his lawyers and close family pending his trial.
Police arrested Roizman on Thursday on charges of reposting material containing a reference to the organization led by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that was banned by authorities. Roizman rejected the accusations, telling a court in Yekaterinburg during a hearing after his detention that he wasn’t even registered on that social network. His lawyer argued that the repost was done by members of one of his numerous support groups.
Despite Roizman’s arguments, the court in Yekaterinburg sentenced him to 14 days in jail. It was unclear what the sentence would mean for his separate trial on charges of discrediting the military that is expected to open later this month.
Courts repeatedly fined Roizman last year on charges of discrediting the military, paving the way for a criminal case that could be opened for repeat offenders.
Days after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine last year, Russian lawmakers approved legislation that outlawed the alleged disparagment of the Russian military or the spread of “false information” about the country’s military operation in Ukraine. Courts across the country have increasingly handed out prison terms to critics of Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.
Roizman remains one of the few visible opposition figures in Russia who hadn’t yet been been jailed or fled the country under pressure from authorities. A prominent opposition politician, Ilya Yashin, was sentenced to 8½ years in prison on charges of discrediting the military, and another top opposition figure, Vladimir Kara-Murza, has been jailed on the same charges and is now facing trial. | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/russian-authorities-detain-dissident-ex-mayor/ | 2023-03-17 01:01:06 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-international/russian-authorities-detain-dissident-ex-mayor/ |
As Title 42 is set to expire May 11, the Biden administration announced a new rule, misleadingly named “Circumvention of Legal Pathways,” that will actually prevent most asylum seekers at the southern border from seeking refuge in the United States. The new policy, known as the Asylum Transit Ban, is remarkably similar to a terrible 2019 policy by the Trump administration, “Third Country Asylum Rule,” which was struck down by multiple federal courts as unlawful. In both its iterations, the Asylum Transit Ban is fundamentally illegal, undermining the international human rights principle that no one should be forcibly returned to a country where they face torture, degrading treatment, or harm.
President Biden’s rule seeks to stem the flow of asylum seekers by barring those who arrive at the southern border unless they have first sought and been denied asylum in at least one country that they traveled through. The only exceptions are Mexican nationals who do not pass through additional countries and those who enter through the faulty CBP One app. Those who do not meet the exceptions — or prove an “exceptionally compelling circumstance” in a rapid screening inside a border holding cell — will be stripped of their right to apply for asylum. The proposed transit ban is detached from the realities of the border for asylum seekers and is a stark contradiction from Biden’s campaign promise to end the assault on immigrant families. Further, the administration’s plan to send 1,500 troops to the US-Mexico border, even for non-enforcement activities, sends a different message.
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First, many asylum seekers will not be safe in surrounding countries. Asylum seekers from the Northern Triangle — Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador — necessarily transit through at least one other country and will be subject to the new asylum ban. They are fleeing gang violence, or gender-based or politically motivated persecution, and the persecutors they flee have access to large multinational criminal organizations that operate in the countries they travel through. Many of our clients have been kidnapped and tortured in Mexico; the adjacent countries are not safe. The expectation that asylum seekers begin a long and unwieldy legal process there is not only absurd but deadly.
Additionally, the countries they pass through do not have fully functioning asylum systems, which the Biden administration has acknowledged. On Feb. 6, 2021, in a move that seemed to recognize the insecurity of the region and the inadequate infrastructure for asylum seekers, the Biden administration terminated the Trump-era Asylum Cooperative Agreements with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The agreements had allowed the US government to send asylum seekers to these countries and bar them from asylum in the United States. A 2021 congressional report found that from the time the agreements began in 2019, not one of the 945 asylum seekers sent to Guatemala from the United States was granted asylum. It quoted leaders from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala noting that their countries lacked the resources necessary to protect asylum seekers. As Alejandro Giammattei, president of Guatemala, said, “If we do not have the capacity for our own people, just imagine other people.”
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Lastly, Biden is embracing enforcement- and deterrence-based policies, like those of his predecessor, policies that he deeply criticized. This administration’s shift in policy making is dangerous for immigrants seeking a safe haven in the United States and signals that we, as a nation, will not fulfill our international obligation to protect asylum seekers.
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When Biden ended several Trump policies, the Asylum Cooperative Agreements, Title 42, and “Remain in Mexico,” he acknowledged the illegality of the programs, the insecurity and violence they fostered, and the immense human cost of stripping asylum seekers of their legal rights. His administration called out the Trump administration for “violat[ing] U.S. law and international obligations by sending asylum seekers and refugees to countries where their lives or freedom would be threatened” and condemned the Trump administration for “radically distort[ing] the intent and meaning of ‘safe third country.’” It is painfully ironic to see the Biden administration employ Trump-style tactics and use of punitive, deterrence-based policies. Biden has “distorted” the meaning of “safe third country” to broadly bar asylum eligibility, reviving one of his predecessor’s most harmful and illegal policies.
The current crisis at the border is a humanitarian one. Turning away individuals seeking asylum is a matter of life and death. The United States must not abandon its promise to protect those who come to our borders in search of safety in the name of political expediency.
Audrey Robert-Ramirez, Jill Seeber, and Anita P. Sharma are the current Boston Asylum Office liaisons for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, New England Chapter, and all practice asylum law. | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/08/opinion/immigration-mexico-biden-trump-troops/ | 2023-05-08 16:34:49 | 1 | https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/08/opinion/immigration-mexico-biden-trump-troops/ |
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - An 81-year-old woman is dead after her clothing caught on fire while lighting candles.
A release from the Lehigh County Coroner's Office says Dolores Fahrman of Allentown was pronounced dead Monday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest.
A report from the Coroner's Office says the manner of death is is accidental. It happened Sunday at her home.
The death is being investigated by the Fire Marshal with the Allentown Fire Department. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/woman-81-dies-from-burns-sustained-while-lighting-candles/article_4e3cde8e-7a53-11ed-98ef-97e17b6a59da.html | 2022-12-12 21:13:48 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/woman-81-dies-from-burns-sustained-while-lighting-candles/article_4e3cde8e-7a53-11ed-98ef-97e17b6a59da.html |
SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GenKOre, Inc., a Korea-based biotech company with hypercompact CRISPR-Cas tools, announced that it has entered into a strategic research collaboration with a US-based biopharma company for the development of in vivo gene editing therapies. This collaboration will utilize GenKOre's proprietary CRISPR-Cas platform, TaRGET (Tiny nuclease, augment RNA-based Genome Editing Technology). The TaRGET platform is distinct from the most popular genome editing technology, CRISPR-Cas9, in that the whole editing module can be delivered with a single AAV vector. Based on their TaRGET platform, GenKOre has developed different modalities of editing tools including TaRGET-CUT, TaRGET-Adenine Base Editing (ABE), TaRGET-AI (Gene Activation and Inhibition system). and TaRGET-FREE (Gene knock-in) .
"This collaboration reflects the strength and potential utility of TaRGET platform in the application of in vivo gene-editing therapy", said Yong-Sam Kim, CEO of GenKOre. "Not only will this collaboration provide an opportunity to validate the applicability of TaRGET platform to in vivo therapy, but we will also expand the utility of our technologies to a wider spectrum of rare diseases." The collaboration was built on the mutual interest in forging transformative therapeutics for patients with rare diseases.
Under the terms of the agreement, GenKOre will receive up to 300 million USD including an upfront, option exercise fees and milestone payments upon successful achievement of R&D and commercial milestones across two in vivo disease targets. In addition, GenKOre will receive research funding and tiered royalties up to a double-digit percentage of net sales.
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LEAD Organization creates support system for FFA members, teachers, and stakeholders alike
INDIANAPOLIS, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- State FFA Foundations nationwide have come together to form a professional organization to support the development efforts for agricultural science education and FFA programming through the Leadership Executives of Agricultural Education and FFA Development (LEAD). This unique organization will support FFA members, agricultural science teachers and stakeholders in their respective states to ensure financial and programmatic sustainable models for scholarships, leadership development, professional networks, and opportunities for career success.
"We have seen firsthand through our individual careers and experiences how hard all teachers work to provide the best possible learning experience for students. The young minds in their classrooms will become the next generation of leaders who will change the world. It's on all of us to ensure they're prepared," said Scott Stump, CEO of the National FFA Organization. "This venture allows those dedicated to development efforts to support the FFA at the state and local level. This ensures our development professionals are engaged in 'best practices' to ensure student and teacher success."
LEAD members are driven by the shared vision of a dynamic future for agricultural education and the FFA programming. By teaching students how advanced classroom concepts come to life in the real world with modern science, technology, and soft skills, the FFA is training the future leaders of our global marketplace. LEAD is developing the resources to help make dreams come true. "LEAD is fortunate to have the insights, experiences, and expertise of development professionals from across the country. Collaboration, innovation, and a community of passionate development professionals will lead to a better philanthropic experience for all of our donors and will grow our students in states across the country," said Sheldon McKinney, President of LEAD and Executive Director of the Kentucky FFA Foundation.
"What started as a conversation on statewide advocacy for agricultural education and the FFA program became a reality this past year," said founding member and Executive Director of the Texas FFA Foundation, Aaron Alejandro. "I'm honored to be part of a team dedicated to bringing their talents and experiences together to not only enhance the range and depth of our development efforts but also support the growth of our most valuable asset in the workforce, our children."
Amongst its strategic goals set out for the 2023 calendar year, LEAD will publish and distribute LEADing a Legacy, a book that shares FFA leaders' thoughts on guiding principles and successful advocacy. Readers will hear from over 15 voices including the CEO of Ziglar Inc.
Each of the objectives set out by LEAD are born of four tenants to guide its activities and practices: Support, Leadership, Advocacy and Stewardship. As the organization continues to move forward, LEAD will be a reliable and long-term source of financial support for agricultural education and work with state Team Ag Eds to provide a leadership role in accomplishing strategic targets and goals. Its members are to serve as advocates, promoting the FFA value proposition among key business, industry, and government leaders.
About Leadership Executives of Agricultural Education and FFA Development (LEAD)
LEAD supports the development efforts of our state foundation leadership and their efforts to generate sustainable philanthropy (time, talent, treasure, and testimony) through our professional collaboration and execution of best practices. Our efforts support the FFA members, agricultural science teachers and stakeholders in our states to ensure financial and programmatic sustainable models for scholarships, leadership development, professional networks, and opportunities for career success.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Country superstar Thomas Rhett is hitting Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the Indiana Pacers’ home territory, as part of his HOME TEAM TOUR 23.
Rhett will perform on Saturday, May 6, 2023 with Cole Swindell and Nate Smith as the opening acts.
The 40-city tour will kick off February 9 in Canada.
Pre-sales begin November 8 to members of Rhett’s fan club and Citi card users. General sales begin Friday, November 11.
“Being on the road is one of my favorite places to be,” said Thomas Rhett. “I can’t wait to see the joy on y’alls faces next year and with my buddies Cole Swindell and Nate Smith. We’re definitely gonna have a good time.”
For the announcement, Rhett shared a video depicting a mock news conference where he revealed jerseys representing the cities along the tour. To watch, click here. | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/country-superstar-thomas-rhett-to-perform-at-gainbridge-fieldhouse/ | 2022-11-03 15:44:58 | 0 | https://fox59.com/indiana-news/country-superstar-thomas-rhett-to-perform-at-gainbridge-fieldhouse/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) –Former Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek won the democratic nomination for governor by a landslide — 56-percent of the vote compared to 32% for her closest challenger, Treasurer Tobias Read.
Now, Kotek’s attention turns to the November election, a historic race where she will face two other women: Republican Christine Drazan and former Democrat, now unaffiliated candidate, Betsy Johnson.
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The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into the Maryland State Police to determine if the agency engaged in racially discriminatory hiring and promotion practices, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Word of the investigation follows a series of complaints from Black troopers about harassment and mistreatment by fellow white officers, concerns that drew the attention of a Maryland state legislator last year.
“Discrimination has no place in any workplace, and especially in law enforcement agencies,” Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a news release. “Our investigation will determine whether the Maryland Department of State Police has created racially discriminatory barriers for Black people seeking job opportunities and promotions and, if so, identify the reforms necessary to ensure equal employment opportunities.”
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Woodrow W. Jones III have been informed and pledged cooperation with the investigation, the news release said.
“Significant actions have been taken and are continuing to address even the perception of racism or unfair treatment of any kind,” Jones said in a statement issued Friday afternoon.
Hogan’s office issued a statement calling Maryland State Police “the finest police organization in the country.” He said the state has committed funds to increase diversity and strengthen recruitment.
“It is important to ensure any wrongdoing is addressed, so we welcome this investigation and have pledged full cooperation,” said Michael Ricci, spokesperson for the governor’s office.
In 2021, Maryland State Sen. Joanne Benson of Prince George’s County said Black troopers accused the agency of racism and discrimination, pointing to disparities in discipline and promotions, as well as underrepresentation and allegations of instances of retaliation.
Benson met with more than 20 Black troopers who presented her with documents detailing their claims, WRC in Washington reported in February 2021. The television station did not identify the troopers because those who spoke out are violating department policy.
“They had the paperwork. They had the proof,” Benson said. “They had done their homework relative to the incidents that have occurred and the problems they were experiencing.”
The voice mailbox for Benson’s phone was full and she couldn’t be reached for comment on Friday.
Statistics provided by Maryland State Police and reported by WRC showed Black officers make up 8.9% of high-ranking commissioned officers and 11% of the agency’s non-commissioned officers, with very few rising to lieutenants.
Clarke F. Ahlers, a Maryland attorney who is representing Black troopers in several lawsuits against the state police, said he welcomes the Justice Department investigation.
“My belief is that the Maryland State Police have engaged in an unfortunate process of discriminating against troopers of color,” Ahlers said.
“I would not need a Justice Department investigation to convince me of racial discrimination within the ranks of the Maryland State Police,” he said.
Ahlers said he’s had four cases in the last five years that “screamed of discrimination” by the agency, although none was directly related to hiring or promotions. One of them involved a case which went in the favor of the trooper, who, Ahlers said, is still dealing with harassment from the department.
In another case, Ahlers said he represented a Black trooper who used minimal force in arresting a motorist. He and other officers involved were cleared in the incident. Afterward, a white trooper left a banana on the Black trooper’s car, Ahlers said.
The Black trooper complained about that act, and after he refused to withdraw the complaint, he was indicted for first-degree assault for the use of force, Ahlers said. The charge was eventually dropped by the State’s Attorney’s Office. As for the initial complaint about the banana being placed on his car, Maryland State Police said it had nothing to do with race, according to Ahlers.
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School history was made for Fieldcrest at the HOIC conference at Fisher on May 10. In spite of the heat, Mason Stoeger became the first two time conference champion on the boys side with his wins in the 3200 and1600 races. His 10:37 in the long event was a tactical race with the goal of winning. He ran in a pack until 600 m to go and then broke free to take the win. The 1600 was a bit more competitive. He ran with the lead pack until moving to the front and used a 62 second last lap to take the victory in 4:37.
Also running with specific tactics was the 4 x 8. They were seeded seventh but top six score. The plan was to race the first two legs and then, because the last two had chances to score in later events, they would simply hold the position. Senior Jacob Torres took the team out in a PR 2:19. Nate Buchanan followed up with a PR of his own at 2:30. Mikey Scott put the team strongly into fifth with his 2:15, only a few seconds off of his PR. In the final leg Caleb Krischel used an aggressive 2:15, close to his best, and with a strong final sprint to bring the Knights in at fourth place 29 seconds faster than their best time of the season. Scott later returned in the open 800 and in spite of being seated ninth finished in the fourth position with a huge PR of 2.07. Krischel also did the double and his 2:12 put him in the seventh position. Torres returned in the open 1600 and ran a 5.32 mile.
In the final event of the day, the 4 x 4, the Knights were seeded seventh. Jozia Johnson opened with a 58 and Krischel added a 60 to put the team in good position at the halfway mark. Scott started the excitement with a 55 third leg which put the Knights into a scoring spot and with the baton in Stoeger’s hand a 54 took the team into 4th position with a total time of 3:47. The boys will finish the regular season at a last chance meat in El Paso on Saturday before traveling to Tremont on the 18th for their sectional meet. | https://pantagraph.com/fieldcrest-makes-history-in-track/article_efa45c6c-d511-11ec-b8ef-07490650fc9f.html | 2022-05-16 13:30:46 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/fieldcrest-makes-history-in-track/article_efa45c6c-d511-11ec-b8ef-07490650fc9f.html |
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Mexican citizen was sentenced Monday to life in a U.S. prison for killing a man who reported him and his brother to authorities for cheating migrant workers out of millions of dollars.
A U.S. District Court judge in Brunswick, Georgia, sentenced 46-year-old Juan Rangel-Rubio nearly six months after a jury convicted him of conspiring to kill a witness and other criminal counts.
According to federal prosecutors, Rangel-Rubio and his brother recruited migrant workers living illegally in the U.S. to work for a tree-trimming business in southeast Georgia, then routed more than $3.5 million of the workers’ earnings to their own accounts.
Employee Eliud Montoya filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and was fatally shot in August 2017 outside his home near Savannah. Prosecutors said Rangel-Rubio pulled the trigger after plotting the killing with his brother, Pablo Rangel-Rubio, and a getaway driver, Higinio Perez-Bravo.
Both co-defendants had previously received prison sentences for conspiring to kill Montoya, a U.S. citizen. Prosecutors said the Rangel-Rubio brothers and Perez-Bravo were all Mexican citizens living in the U.S. illegally when the killing occurred.
“Eliud Montoya was murdered for doing the right thing and revealing Juan Rangel-Rubio’s scheme to profit off his use of undocumented workers,” Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, said in a news release. “As a result of the diligent efforts of our law enforcement partners, Juan Rangel-Rubio will be held accountable for his despicable crimes.” | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/man-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-of-georgia-whistleblower/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all | 2023-04-10 22:09:16 | 0 | https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/man-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-of-georgia-whistleblower/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all |
Knoxville artist Kelly Sullivan makes ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’ | Maker City
Kelly Sullivan is so good at so many things artistic that she can’t define herself as one particular type of artist.
Textiles, screen printing, encaustic, ceramics, collage, gouache, hand-stitching -- it’s a big list, making the application process to submit work for an exhibition according to category somewhat challenging. “It’s hard to narrow it down,” she says. “I have my hand in a lot of pots. I love everything!”
She’s also a director of the Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center (KAFCC), an educator and a member of the Mayor’s Maker Council.
Kelly Sullivan is the living embodiment of “everything, everywhere, all at once.”
“Isn’t that a movie or something?” she asks. Sullivan doesn’t watch a lot of movies. She doesn’t have time.
“I do stay pretty busy,” she says. “My title at KFACC is Arts Specialist, Senior. I teach a wide variety of classes and create programming. My administration is awesome; I love my job!” Sullivan was appointed to that full-time leadership role in 2018 by the City of Knoxville.
“Outside of my role at KFACC, I teach at the Cancer Support Community of East Tennessee (CSCET) once a month, at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts and Mighty Mud.”
And, of course, she makes stuff too.
Born in upstate New York and raised in South Florida, Sullivan was always artistic.
“I got in trouble in third grade. My teacher was overweight and I drew her that way. I’m drawing what I see! From that moment she had it out for me. I knew by the sixth grade that I wanted to be an art teacher.” Sullivan earned a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in printmaking from Florida Atlantic University. She started as an education major, but after a brief stint in the school system realized that she wasn’t suited for academic bureaucracy. Nomadic by nature, she then moved to Atlanta, and was living in Syracuse, N.Y. when she decided to follow her dream of working at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg. She spent two and a half years there as a full-time staff member. “I’ve kept my connection with them. I teach there as often as I can.” An upcoming show at the School, going up the middle of this month and running through the summer, features some of her pieces.
Sullivan says that at the core of her work, no matter the medium, is a sense of intention.
“The current world we live in is a fast paced, scrolling world,” she says in her Artist’s Statement. “We move through it and most of the time do not take in the details. There are benefits to moving through the world deliberately.”
Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. And she says she’s definitely found that here.
“I love the way that the city is laid out. I also think the people are awesome -- very kind -- and also the creative community is awesome. From the Mayor down to the brand new maker -- there’s support for everyone.
“I hang out with other artists and we do artsy things, shopping at vintage stores for things to use in our art. I also love eating in all of our restaurants.” Fin-Two and Chivo Tacqueria are favorites. She also loved -- and sorely misses -- Central Filling Station, the defunct food truck park in Happy Holler.
As for her traditionally nomadic existence, that may have come to an end. “I love all the things that I’m involved in, and I love living in Knoxville. I hope to never leave.”
The Maker City is the greater Knoxville-area community of makers, artists, creatives, and small-scale manufacturers and supporting entities. Led by the Mayor’s Maker Council, we facilitate collaborative partnerships, programming, and opportunities in an effort to create a sustainable creative community. For more info, visit us at http://themakercity.org/. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2023/04/28/knoxville-artist-kelly-sullivan-represents-the-maker-city-brand/70153647007/ | 2023-04-28 11:42:06 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2023/04/28/knoxville-artist-kelly-sullivan-represents-the-maker-city-brand/70153647007/ |
Dominica “Dee” Marie (Minella) Brutico, beloved mother and grandmother, died Monday morning at the age of 95. Her husband, Angelo A. Brutico Sr., preceded her in death on March 15, 2013.
Born in Old Forge, daughter of the late Dominic and Mary Vender Minella Brutico, Dee was a graduate of Old Forge High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics from Marywood University. After an internship at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, Dee returned to Old Forge and married Angelo in 1950. She launched her career and became a successful restaurateur, transforming Brutico’s Restaurant from a family-style restaurant to a culinary landmark of more than 50 years. Her business associates, loyal customers and friends traveled far and wide to enjoy her classic dishes from homemade pasta to her world-famous cheesecake.
Dee’s strong relationship with her Catholic faith was bolstered as a parishioner of the Church of St. Gregory, Clarks Green, and exemplified through her and her husband’s membership in the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.
Surviving are a son, Angelo A. Brutico Jr. (wife, Susan), of Malvern, Pa.; three daughters, Rosemary Gallagher (husband, Joseph), of Bedford, Mass.; Patricia Picoli (husband, William), of Wilton, Conn.; and Catherine Barns (husband, Timothy), of Snowmass Village, Colo.; five grandchildren, Caroline, William, Timothy, Angelo III and Lydia; and many nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by a sister, Carmella Ann Nicolais.
Relatives and friends are invited to a public viewing Monday, May 22, at the Church of St. Gregory, 330 N. Abington Road, Clarks Green, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. The funeral will follow with Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. to be celebrated by the Rev. John M. Lapera, pastor. Interment services will follow at the Old Forge Cemetery.
The Brutico family has entrusted arrangements to the care of Ferri & Gillette Funeral Services LLC, 522 Fallon St., Old Forge. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Marywood University, 2300 Adams Ave., Scranton, PA 18509, or the donor’s favorite charity. | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/zz-dnp/dominica-marie-minella-brutico/article_662376e4-255f-51e5-8692-a80f1203e14e.html | 2023-05-19 02:20:43 | 1 | https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/zz-dnp/dominica-marie-minella-brutico/article_662376e4-255f-51e5-8692-a80f1203e14e.html |
NEW ORLEANS, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors with losses in excess of $100,000 that they have until July 5, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. (NasdaqCM: ARQQ, ARQQW, CENH, CENHU, CENHW), if they purchased the Company's securities between September 7, 2021 and April 18, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") and/or held Centricus securities as of August 31, 2021 and were eligible to vote at the special meeting on the merger between Arqit and Centricus. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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The alleged false and misleading statements and omissions include, but are not limited to, that: (i) the Company's proposed encryption technology would require widespread adoption of new protocols and standards of for telecommunications (ii) British cybersecurity officials questioned the viability of the Company's proposed encryption technology in a meeting in 2020; (iii) the British government was not a customer of the Company but, rather, provided grants to it; (iv) the Company had little more than an early-stage prototype of its encryption system at the time of the Merger; and (v) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's statements about its business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Unable to fight now, two Ukrainian amputees walk to raise funds for a military hospital
By SAMYA KULLAB, Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The task for the Ukrainian war veterans was clear: From different cities, Oleksandr Shevtsov and Serhii Khrapko would walk 120 kilometers (75 miles) and meet somewhere in the middle in honor of their comrades wounded in Russia’s war against their homeland.
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Their walk was shared on social media and they started collecting donations to raise funds to supply medical equipment to Ukraine’s main military hospital. Their walk was also an inspiration for many across the country — both the men were severely wounded in Russia's last major war with Ukraine in 2014 and had to have limbs amputated.
Unable to participate in the current war, the men found another way to contribute to the fight.
“I got a call from my brother in arms, Serhii Khrapko. We’ve known each other for a long time. He said: ‘Sania, our hospital needs aid,’” said Shevtsov. Sania is his nickname. “This is truly our dear hospital, the one that saved our lives. It saved my right leg,” he said.
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“This is how we can help our brothers and sisters in arms, and in some way our country. Because our country is really fighting right now. We are all fighting in the ways we can.”
Khrapko, missing an arm and running with one prosthetic leg, left Kyiv on May 15 at 3:05 p.m. Shevtsov, who has a prosthetic leg, had begun the race from Zhytomyr three hours earlier. Five days later they met on the road, having walked a total of 165,156 steps toward each other over five days.
They raised 3.1 million hryvnias ($84,000), just short of the 500,000 hryvnias ($14,000) needed to purchase a new gastroscope for Ukraine’s National Military Medical Clinical Center.
Shevtsov, 38, was called up for military service nine years ago when pro-Russian separatists seized government buildings in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region and proclaimed the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic, as independent states, starting the war for the region.
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On July 4 that same year, he was struck by shrapnel from an incoming attack in the outskirts of Luhansk, which caused severe damage to a major artery.
Doctors in the hospital worked frantically to revive blood flow to his limbs. Despite their best efforts, surgery did not work and his left leg was amputated.
He was released, with one leg salvaged after six months of surgical interventions.
But that is when Shevtsov’s private battle started.
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He could not stand to wear the prosthetic leg provided to him. It stood in his bathroom, by his bed, for a long time, he said. What would other people think? He thought. He believed his friends would pity him, and he couldn’t bear the feeling. He was ashamed to even go outside and sit in his wheelchair in the yard, he said, in case anyone would see what became of him.
Then, he was sent to Austria to attend rehabilitation training. The experience changed him. He saw how people from all walks of life, from children to the elderly, walked with their prosthetic limbs with confidence.
He told himself, “I will never sit in a wheelchair again."
Before the war kicked off in 2014, Khrapko, 45, was a carpenter, making furniture for kindergartens. At the start of the war he was mobilized and served in the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the army.
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In July 2015, a year after Shevtsov was injured, Khrapko was hit during a mortar attack, also in the outskirts of Luhansk.
His injuries were much more severe. The entire left side of Khrapko’s body was wounded. He had lost both an arm and a leg when he was admitted to the military hospital. He underwent over 20 operations.
The walk was Khrapko’s idea; it occurred to him when an employee at the hospital told them they desperately needed a gastroscope. So he called Shevtsov and told him they needed to raise, “a few million” hryvnias.
“How many exactly is a few?” asked his friend on the other end, according to Shevtsov’s account.
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“More than 3,” his friend answered. “You will walk from Zhytomyr by foot, and I will walk to Kyiv to meet you. That’s how we will raise this money.”
Khrapko conceded he may have acquired some calluses after the long jaunt. “But that’s not a high price,” he said. “It’s a drop in the ocean compared with what is happening in the east.” | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/unable-to-fight-now-two-ukrainian-amputees-walk-18112012.php | 2023-05-22 13:56:06 | 1 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/unable-to-fight-now-two-ukrainian-amputees-walk-18112012.php |
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar Airways, one of the Mideast's largest carriers known for on-board comfort and luxury, said Thursday its profits over the past fiscal year topped $1.5 billion, marking the highest ever earnings for the state-owned carrier as it prepares to see a record surge in travelers for the upcoming FIFA World Cup soccer games.
Qatar Airways operates out of a gleaming new airport in the capital, Doha, on the eastern coastline of the Arabian Peninsula, where the World Cup will be held for the first time in the Middle East later this year.
The airline says revenue reached $14.4 billion, up 78% compared to last year. It carried 18.5 million passengers during the 2021-22 fiscal year, a more than 200% jump from the previous year.
It's a sharp reversal for the airline, which suffered a staggering net loss of $4.1 billion in the previous fiscal cycle due to the coronavirus pandemic and the grounding of its Airbus A380 and A330 wide-body jets.
The airline's fortunes also reflect a world in which many nations have rolled out successful vaccine campaigns, allowing travel to pick back up.
Qatar Airways was buoyed during the pandemic's hardest months with a $3 billion lifeline from the Qatari government that helped keep its operations afloat as it struggled with long-haul travel restrictions wrought on by the virus. Its main competitor, Dubai's flagship Emirates Airline, also received a multibillion-dollar payment by the Dubai government during the pandemic. The two airlines serve as key economic mainstays for their respective countries, which rely heavily on tourists and transit passengers.
The airline, however, says this year's “record earnings are the result of decisions made during the pandemic to expand the Qatar Airways’ passenger and cargo networks", including a more accurate forecast of the global market recovery and strong cost control.
The 25-year-old airline flies to more than 140 destinations, including Atlanta's Hartsfield, where it competes with Delta for international travelers at the world's busiest airport for passenger traffic.
The airline's brand is already to familiar to European soccer fans, where it has partnerships with FC Bayern München and Paris Saint-Germain. In the United States, it has a brand partnership with the Brooklyn Nets. | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Qatar-Airways-posts-record-1-5B-profits-ahead-of-17245666.php | 2022-06-16 13:20:07 | 1 | https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Qatar-Airways-posts-record-1-5B-profits-ahead-of-17245666.php |
SAGINAW, MI — For the first time in city history, Saginaw’s mayor and mayor pro tem are women leading a majority-female City Council.
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Viridis membership demonstrates its commitment to Responsible Care®, a mandatory program for all ACC members to protect the health and safety of their employees, the communities in which they operate, and the environment as a whole.
HOUSTON, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viridis Chemical, a manufacturer of renewable biobased, low-carbon chemicals with proprietary technologies, was approved as a new member by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) Board of Directors at the ACC's annual meeting on June 7 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
As an ACC member, Viridis Chemical will participate in Responsible Care®, a program for all ACC members to demonstrate their commitment to the health and safety of their employees, the communities in which they operate, and the environment as a whole.
"We are honored to join ACC and are proud to be counted among its member companies who follow the Responsible Care guiding principles toward a more sustainable, circular economy," said Carl V Rush Jr., CEO and co-founder of Viridis Chemical. "We are dedicated to advancing products and processes that address climate change, helping our customers meet their sustainability goals, and to applying the science of chemistry toward innovations that make people's lives better, healthier, and safer."
Viridis' proprietary manufacturing technologies use renewable biobased feedstocks to produce low-carbon, sustainable products. The company's first product is biobased ethyl acetate. It utilizes bio-ethanol feedstock and Viridis' proprietary technology to produce 100 percent biobased ethyl acetate. It is currently being manufactured and delivered on an industrial scale and marketed worldwide by HELM AG, one of the world's foremost independent chemicals marketing enterprises.
Viridis Chemical's ethyl acetate is a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-certified, biobased product meeting all requirements under the USDA BioPreferred® Program. Traditionally, ethyl acetate has been manufactured from fossil-based resources.
Earlier this year, Viridis received International Sustainability & Carbon PLUS (ISCC PLUS) certification for its manufacturing facility in Columbus, Nebraska. Products certified to the ISCC PLUS standard assure companies, brand owners, and consumers that high sustainability requirements are met.
Viridis serves a number of industries from paints, coatings, adhesives, and personal care products to food, beverages, and pharmaceuticals. Viridis is designing and engineering new projects to bring additional renewable, low-carbon chemicals to market.
To learn more visit www.viridischemical.com.
About Viridis Chemical
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Viridis Chemical, LLC, is a world-class manufacturer of renewable, biobased, low-carbon chemicals and the only industrial-scale manufacturer of 100 percent biobased ethyl acetate in North America. Viridis is committed to the safe, environmentally sound, and economically viable conversion of bio-ethanol into circular, sustainable products previously derived from fossil-based resources. Viridis is a member of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), holds International Sustainability & Carbon PLUS (ISCC PLUS) certification for its manufacturing facility in Columbus, Nebraska, and has a USDA-certified, biobased product meeting all requirements under the USDA BioPreferred® program. For more information, please visit www.viridischemical.com.
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BALTIMORE — Usually, it’s opponents that are careful with Aaron Judge.
But with the slugger back from a torn toe ligament that’s not 100% healed, he and the Yankees know they need to proceed with caution. That’s why, as of Saturday night, Aaron Boone favored resting Judge for Sunday’s rubber match against the division-leading Orioles.
The manager stayed with his original decision as Judge was left out of the lineup Sunday. Jake Bauers got the start in place of Judge in right field.
“I don’t know yet,” Boone initially said when asked if Judge would play Sunday. “Right now, I’m leaning towards no, but we’ll see.”
The manager stayed with his inclination, as Judge was left out of the lineup Sunday. Jake Bauers got the start in place of Judge in right field.
“Not that difficult a decision,” Boone said Sunday after also giving DJ LeMahieu the night off. “Difficult to not have [Judge] in there. You don’t like that part of it. But the decision, I feel like you kind of had to do it.”
The Yankees activated Judge on Friday and had him DH. He walked three times in a losing effort before playing right field, recording three hits and crushing a 442-foot home run in Saturday’s 8-3 win. With the Yankees in last place and 3.5 games out of the final Wild Card spot, their lineup looked reenergized with Judge in it, thus prompting follow-ups to Boone’s already-stated, probable plan to give the captain a day off this weekend.
That plan has been met with criticism on social media each time it’s come up given where the Yankees are in the standings prior to Tuesday’s trade deadline. But the team wants to make sure that Judge builds up properly after the Yanks chose not to send him on a rehab assignment. Instead, Judge participated in three simulated games at Yankee Stadium and at the club’s complex in Tampa.
With the Yankees in the midst of an uninterrupted 13-game stretch, there are no natural off days to work with.
“I want him in every game,” Boone said. “We have 13 in a row. I kind of look at it as, hopefully, he’s in a position to start nine or 10 of them. And as much as I want to run him every day, forget the toe. He hasn’t come close to even playing games for almost two months. So as much as I want him in there, we got to be smart here a little bit, especially in this run.”
Judge, meanwhile, has said that he’d like to play in each of the Orioles games, as he feels he needs to make up for “a lot of missed time.” Told of Boone’s plan for the 13-game stretch, he struck a balance between wanting to compete and getting why the team wants to avoid overdoing it.
“I understand it,” he said with a smile. “I’m not happy about it, but that’s a discussion we’ll have on our own. We’ll see the schedule we come up with and kind of go from there.”
Boone said that Judge could be available in some way off the bench on Sunday.
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July estimates put year-to-date sales 4% below 2021; price gains slow for fifth consecutive month
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In contrast to higher-than-average summer temperatures across the state, Indiana's housing market continued to cool in July: Sales of existing homes are expected to finish nearly 10 percent below July 2021, according to data estimates from the Indiana Association of REALTORS®. Median sales price also dipped to $246,000 last month after reaching $250,000 in June, though prices through July are trending 14 percent above 2021.
Year-to-date home sales are almost 4 percent below the first seven months of 2021. 8,581 closed sales were reported from Indiana's eight Multiple Listing Services through the first week of August, with July's final tally expected to exceed 8,600. More than 10,300 homes were also listed for sale in July, putting year-to-date listings two percent over 2021.
"The Federal Reserve has raised benchmark interest rates in four of the past five months and we're seeing the impact on home sales in Indiana," said Indiana Association of REALTORS® CEO Mark Fisher. "But more homes are available for sale and mortgage rates have dropped from mid-June as the market anticipates the Fed's anti-inflation plans – for determined buyers, the climate has improved."
Year-over-year price increases also continued to diminish, with the median $246,000 sale price just ten percent over July '21. This is the fifth consecutive month of narrowing price gaps between 2021 and 2022.
While slowing price appreciation is positive for buyers, Fisher noted that rising prices through two quarters of falling economic output also offers reassurance in the stability of property values.
"Home prices are settling towards a more sustainable pace, but still gained over 14 percent this year while the national economy shifted into reverse," he said. "For Hoosier homeowners and sellers, that's a sign that housing remains a great wealth-building investment and a valuable commodity even as we enter a more balanced market."
Other key highlights from July's preliminary data:
- Though year-to-date home sales are down 4 percent versus 2021, totals through July (estimated to exceed 52,250) are still ahead of strong sales years in 2018 (52,119 sales) and 2019 (51,307), as well as the disrupted-but-recovering 2020 (50,690).
- Central Indiana saw a modestly larger 12 percent decline in closed sales for July 2022 versus 2021 and year-to-date totals (five percent below 2021), though median prices continued to rise at a faster pace in the nine-county region last month (13 percent over July '21).
- Year-to-date sales declines are greatest in East Central Indiana (11 percent) and North Central Indiana (9 percent).
- East Central and North Central Indiana also contradict the statewide trend of increased listings, with YTD declines of 4 percent each.
- Increased supply hasn't yet improved affordable access: Homes priced $400,000-$500,000 had the largest increase in listings, while homes listed below $200,000 remain below 2021.
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New Brand Reflects the Cumulative Impact of Its Acquisitions, Industry-Leading Thought Leadership, and New Product Enhancements
SAN DIEGO, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FMG Suite, a SaaS company specializing in marketing software and services for financial advisors, today announced the introduction of innovative enhancements to its platform and a refresh of its brand to reflect its increasingly prominent position as a marketing thought-leader. The company also announced its decision to empower customers to purchase its popular marketing and website products separately.
"The role of digital marketing for financial advisors has changed drastically in the last two years. It has gone from being optional to mission-critical, and many advisors are feeling overwhelmed," said Scott White, CEO. "We are addressing this with our new mobile-enabled and AI-powered content tools that make it easy for advisors to access and share timely content from their phones. And for those who would rather delegate, we're introducing a "Do It For Me" offering led by marketing thought leaders Samantha Russell and Susan Theder."
New platform enhancements:
- Mobile App. This award-winning app gives advisors access to FMG's entire customizable content library, including AI-driven curated content from the most well- known media outlets. The app sends the advisor an alert when timely content is posted, and it can be shared to their email lists and social media sites with a simple swipe on their phone.
- "Do It For Me Marketing." FMG thought leaders Samantha Russell and Susan Theder will develop monthly marketing plans for advisors including their recommended social media and email activities. They will personally write the exclusive content as part of the new "Sam and Susan Content Collection" and complement it with their favorite picks from FMG's award-winning library. A team of marketing consultants will then execute the calendar on behalf of the advisor.
- Inline Website Editing. The combination of the FMG and Twenty Over Ten website platforms has created one of the most sophisticated and easy-to-use website editing experiences available in the wealth management industry. Advisors now can edit webpage content in real-time, with no need to preview or edit offline, while still maintaining the ability to create new designs and sections without any coding. Advisors see their edits as they make them, saving significant time and effort.
- Video Blog. Advisors can upload a video blog to the platform, and FMG will automatically create an animated GIF that they can share through email, social media, and websites with the push of a button.
- Reputational Management. FMG's Reputational Management tool – currently in beta with a group of RIAs – can automate the delivery of Net Promoter Score (NPS) surveys to clients. It will also aggregate and categorize the results from negative to positive within a custom dashboard integrated within the FMG platform. To help advisors capitalize on the new SEC Marketing Rule allowing testimonials, the tool can also enable advisors to trigger an email requesting a Google review based on achieving a certain NPS threshold.
Rebrand
The rebrand reflects the cumulative impact of FMG's acquisitions, marketing thought leadership, and new product offerings. The addition of industry executives Samantha Russell and Susan Theder, as well as senior hires in enterprise technology, sales, and relationship management, has enhanced the company's ability to infuse products and technology with marketing best practices and enterprise know-how.
Susan Theder, Chief Marketing and Experience Officer at FMG, said, "Our rebrand coupled with the launch of these cutting-edge capabilities reinforce our mission to make it easy for financial advisors to market authentically and, most importantly, effectively. Our new motto, "Our expertise is showing off yours," captures the essence of what we do for advisors. We are leading with our marketing expertise and have a technology platform that's designed to enable the execution of those best practices across every channel and medium."
In addition to the new brand identity, FMG has also released new product packages that allow customers to purchase its popular marketing automation and website products separately.
"The separation of websites and marketing tools enables us to create an ascendant journey for advisors whether they are just starting out or are at the highest level of marketing sophistication. It simplifies our offering and makes it easy for an advisor to pick the package that best meets their business goals, whether that's marketing their business, modernizing their website, or both," said Dave Christensen, Chief Product Officer of FMG.
About FMG
FMG powers an all-in-one marketing platform that helps more than 40,000 financial advisors and insurance agents attract new leads, stay connected with clients and grow 3 their businesses. FMG creates 200+ new pieces of authentic content for its library each month and delivers more than 25 million emails for their clients monthly. Rated first in market share and customer satisfaction three years in a row by T3 Software Survey Report, FMG helps its customers develop comprehensive marketing strategies and automate their most effective marketing tactics. FMG is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with satellite offices across the United States. For more information, please visit www.FMGsuite.com
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Missing Canton teen believed to be in mid-Michigan
CANTON, Mich. (WNEM) - Caitlin Cecil, 17, was reported missing from Canton and is believed to be in mid-Michigan.
The Canton Police Department is requesting assistance in finding the missing teen.
Caitlin was last seen on Friday, Oct. 28 at about 2 p.m. She was leaving her home in the 7000 Block of Charrington Drive in Canton.
Caitlin drives a silver 2010 Dodge Avenger with the license plate number EKH7232. The car has a Strawberry Shortcake sticker on the passenger side rear window.
She has not been in contact with her family, friends, or co-workers since her disappearance, police said. Caitlin has ties to the Westland, Livonia, and Pinckney communities. On Nov. 2, police said they received information she may be staying in mid-Michigan.
If you have seen Caitlin or her vehicle, contact the Canton Police Department at 734-394-5400.
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3 tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of congressional Democrats reported Wednesday that three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over the course of at least two years.
Their report urges federal agencies to investigate and potentially go to court over the wealth of information that H&R Block, TaxAct and Tax Slayer shared with the social media giant.
In a letter to the heads of the IRS, the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the IRS watchdog, seven lawmakers say their findings “reveal a shocking breach of taxpayer privacy by tax prep companies and by Big Tech firms.”
Their report said highly personal and financial information about sources of taxpayers’ income, tax deductions and exemptions was made accessible to Meta as taxpayers used the tax software to prepare their taxes.
That data came to Meta through its Pixel code, which the tax firms installed on their websites to gather information on how to improve their own marketing campaigns. In exchange, Meta was able to access the data to write targeted algorithms for its own users.
The program collected information on taxpayers’ filing status, income, refund amounts, names of dependents, approximate federal tax owed, which buttons were clicked on the tax preparers’ websites and the names of text entry forms that the taxpayer navigated, the report states.
The letter to federal agencies was signed by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, Richard Blumenthal, Tammy Duckworth, Bernie Sanders and Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Katie Porter. The lawmakers called for the agencies to “immediately open an investigation into this incident.”
They ask the agencies to investigate “and prosecute any company or individuals who violated the law,” saying it could result in billions of dollars in criminal liability to the firms.
The Markup, a nonprofit journalism outlet focusing on technology, initially reported on the data-sharing between tax firms and Meta.
TaxAct told The Markup that it takes the privacy of its customers’ data “very seriously” and “endeavors to comply with all IRS regulations.” H&R Block said it has an “ongoing commitment to privacy” and regularly evaluates its practices. TaxSlayer said that its customers’ privacy is “of utmost importance” and that it had removed the Pixel to evaluate its use.
Meta did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Representatives from the IRS, the DOJ, the FTC and the IRS watchdog also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Democrats say their report serves as an argument for the creation of an electronic free-file system for submitting tax returns that would be run by the government, which the IRS is currently piloting.
The IRS plans to launch a pilot program for the 2024 filing season to test a “direct file” system and help the federal government decide whether to move forward with potentially implementing it in the future.
The IRS in May published a feasibility report laying out taxpayer interest in direct file, how the system could work, its potential cost, operational challenges and more.
The report shows that the majority of surveyed taxpayers would be interested in using an IRS-provided tool to prepare and file their taxes electronically — almost 50% of respondents who preferred the IRS free-file option over commercial tax preparation firms said they preferred to give their financial information directly to the IRS instead of the third party.
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RICHMOND, Va., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2017, Energix began acquiring and developing solar projects in Virginia.
In 2020, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights placed Energix on a list of problematic companies because it operates on Israeli occupied lands for commercial benefit. Energix has built solar utilities in the West Bank and wind turbines in the Golan Heights and uses Israeli police protection in clashes with indigenous groups.
According to data gathered by the Virginia Coalition for Human Rights, ten counties and two state agencies in Virginia have pushed back against Energix's worst practices.
- In Wythe County, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued an Enforcement Action and fined Energix $68,250 for environmental violations at its Wytheville Solar site.
- In Buckingham County, the State Water Control Board issued an Enforcement Action and fined Energix $23,772.50 over environmental violations at its Buckingham Solar II site.
- In Rockingham County, neighboring landowners sued the BoS and Energix over the planned 30MW Endless Caverns site because the BoS permitted a project that violated newly passed restrictive solar zoning guidelines.
- In Dinwiddie County, the Board of Supervisors voted down Energix's bid to build the 80 MW "Lily Pond" utility over concerns about the environment.
- In Franklin County, Smith Mountain Lake property owners prompted Energix to withdraw the application for a proposed 20MW Westlake Solar project because of concerns over toxic runoff from its Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) solar panels.
- In Buckingham, Caroline, Chesterfield, Madison, Prince George, and Spotsylvania counties, county officials banned or prohibited the installation of CdTe solar panels that contain toxic heavy metals.
Although Energix predicts a sunny future to its minority shareholders and to county officials, at least six solar projects have been withdrawn, have not been permitted, or have not been submitted to county planning departments.
Perhaps in recognition that its potential to grow in Virginia is limited, Energix has quietly taken over development, production and ownership of the 70 MW Adams Solar project, which is to provide 22 percent of electricity for city-owned buildings in Philadelphia.
Jeanne Trabulsi of the Virginia Coalition for Human Rights (VCHR) presented a March 22 information overview about how Energix is importing its worst overseas practices into the U.S. at the National Press Club in Washington. Her contact is: vacoalition4hr@gmail.com.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official COVID-19 death toll, a Chinese health official said, in a narrow definition that limits the number of deaths reported, as an outbreak of the virus surges following the easing of pandemic-related restrictions.
Deaths that occur in patients with pre-existing illnesses are not counted as COVID-19 deaths, said Wang Guiqiang, the head of infectious disease at Peking University's No. 1 Hospital.
China has always been conservative in how it counts illnesses, whether from the flu or COVID-19. In most countries, including the United States, guidelines stipulate that any death where COVID-19 is a factor or contributor is counted as a COVID-19-related death.
In effect, Wang’s comments on Tuesday simply clarified publicly what the country has been doing throughout the pandemic.
On Wednesday, China reported no new COVID-19 deaths and in fact subtracted one death from the overall toll, lowering it to 5,241, according to a daily tally issued by the National Health Commission, which did not offer an explanation for the decrease.
The clarification of how China officially records COVID-19 deaths comes as cases have soared across the country amid the loosening of restrictions. Yet the overall count remains blurry, as China has stopped requiring daily PCR tests and many people are testing at home. Anecdotally, many people have fallen ill in cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
Earlier this year, Shanghai was hit by an omicron-driven outbreak. Multiple people told the AP then that their elderly family members who tested positive for COVID-19 and died were not counted in the city's official death toll. When patients had underlying diseases, the deaths were attributed to those.
An AP investigation then showed that numbers have been clouded by the way health authorities tally COVID-19 statistics, applying a much narrower, less transparent and at times shifting standard, as Shanghai changed how it defined positive cases.
That narrower criteria has meant China’s COVID-19 death toll will always be significantly lower than those of many other nations.
An Associated Press reporter saw multiple people being wheeled out of funeral homes in Beijing last week, and two relatives told the AP their loved ones had died after testing positive for COVID-19. Last week, however, the country did not report any deaths due to COVID-19.
Different countries count cases and deaths differently, and patchy testing means that direct comparisons are often misleading.
But experts have repeatedly advised that authorities should err on the side of caution while counting deaths. Problems in death counts have raised questions in countries ranging from South Africa to Russia.
The World Health Organization estimated in May that nearly 15 million people died from COVID-19 or due to overwhelmed health systems in the first two years of the pandemic. That is more than the official death toll of over 6 million for that period.
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AP Science writer Aniruddha Ghosal contributed to this report from New Delhi. | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/China-limits-how-it-defines-COVID-deaths-in-17668401.php | 2022-12-21 06:59:57 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/article/China-limits-how-it-defines-COVID-deaths-in-17668401.php |
Investments Improve Education, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Workforce and Housing
Midland, Texas, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP), a first-of-its-kind philanthropic collaboration of 17 energy companies, today announced that the organization had transformed $93 million in philanthropic member investment into $950 million in community support. The announcement, which underscores the vast local community benefits of energy companies, comes as the country considers an increase in domestic oil production to fulfill the global need.
"As global events create intense pressure on energy companies, PSP members have remained committed to a new model for serving their communities in important areas like access to healthcare, education and workforce development, and infrastructure. Thanks to their investments, PSP serves as the bridge between community resources and critical needs," said PSP Chairman and Former U.S. Commerce Secretary during the George W. Bush administration Don Evans. "Our hope is that the work we do in this region can serve as a model for other public partnerships across the country and clearly demonstrate how domestic energy supports our nation's communities."
Founded in 2019, PSP serves as a model for private businesses to invest in the public good. Through Public-Private Partnerships, PSP has improved the quality of life for Texas and New Mexico residents. Over the past year' PSP has made substantial investments to support critical community needs, including:
- $34,075,000 in education investments benefiting more than 100,000 students.
- $41,000,000 in healthcare investments to improve access to the region's 2 million residents.
- $14,700,000 to train and upskill the region's 800,000 strong workforce.
"Over the past year, we forged new partnerships, and we increased investment in our schools, our regional health quality and the infrastructure that facilitates virtually every aspect of our daily lives," said PSP President and CEO Tracee Bentley. "We have demonstrated to stakeholders how public and private sectors can successfully collaborate to address a community's most pressing issues."
Its recently released second annual report showcased PSP's extensive work and community impact. To read the full report, visit: permianpartnership.org/2021-annual-report
About the Permian Strategic Partnership, The Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP) is a coalition of 17 leading Permian Basin energy companies who joined together to work in partnership with leaders across the region's communities to address current and future challenges to the responsible development of the vast oil and natural gas resources of the Permian Basin in the states of New Mexico and Texas. The PSP member companies are Apache, BPX Energy, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Colgate Energy, Coterra Energy, Devon Energy, Diamondback Energy, Endeavor Energy Resources, EOG Resources, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, Occidental Petroleum, Ovintiv, Pioneer Natural Resources, Plains All American, and Schlumberger. For more information, visitwww.permianpartnership.org.
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PLANO, Texas — Pickleball continues to grow in North Texas.
The city of Plano announced a new partnership with Plano Sports Authority (PSA) to provide additional pickleball courts for the community.
This comes after the USA Pickleball and the Carvana Professional Pickleball Association (PPA Tour) announced that the 2023 USA Pickleball National Championships would officially move from the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, Calif. to Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas.
Arizona-based Pickleball Kingdom also sets its sights on Dallas after securing a five-unit franchise deal. The indoor pickleball brand will partner with franchisee and Dallas businessman Dan Jenkins to establish the new locations.
WFAA also highlighted an 85-year-old who has helped pickleball grow its roots in Fort Worth.
The city of Plano said in a press release that due to the popularity growth of Pickleball, residents have been asking for more courts. Plano City Council members approved a change to the city’s lease agreement that will allow the public to play pickleball at PSA 1, located at 6500 Preston Meadow Drive in Carpenter Park.
City officials said Plano's pickleball partnership starts June 19.
More information about the new pickleball courts in Plano will be made available on both the Plano Parks and Recreation and PSA websites in the coming days.
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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office is still searching for any clues after 69-year-old James Buford was found in Winton Park after being shot and killed earlier this month.
Detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office say they do not have any leads on a suspect and are now offering a $2,000 reward for information. They said Buford was a “truly innocent victim.”
His son, James Burford Jr, says his dad was a hard-working family man and he was at work in Winton Park at the time of the shooting. He says at the time of the shooting he was just two months away from turning 70. Buford was working at Winton Park as a custodial caretaker when the shooting happened.
“He was just kind of doing his job and taking care of his responsibilities the way he always does and you know somebody doesn’t value life as much as they should,” Buford Jr said about his father.
He says for as long as he could remember, his dad was a hard worker. His dad grew up in the Sanger and Reedley area and held multiple jobs in fields like ranching and cattle work, even a stint as a truck driver.
He’s now begging for answers about his dad’s death.
“It’s a senseless act of violence against an old man,” he said.
A week has gone by since the July 19 shooting and deputies say they still don’t have any leads on who could have done this.
“Right now they just can’t come up with anything they don’t have any suspects identified, so we are hoping that the community sees this story, that if they noticed anything, if they heard anything, it could be the smallest piece of information, to give us a call,” public information officer Tony Botti said.
The park is located just outside of Sanger and Buford said it’s a remote area with barely in cell service. The sheriff’s office says as of now they don’t have any witnesses or security footage pointing them towards a suspect. They say whoever did it, got away before a utility worker could call 911 around 10:30 the night of the 19th.
Buford says he has memories of going to Winton Park as a child with his dad and learning how to fish. Now he just wants justice for his father.
“He was one of those guys that showed that love was an action, and he showed that his whole life,” he said.
If you have any information, you can call the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and ask for Rudy Tafoya at (559) 600-8207.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — LaDazhia Williams was determined to extend her career. Thanks to her best game of the season, her LSU teammates will get to keep playing, too.
“I’m not ready to home,” she said. “We already know where we want to go.”
Williams and the third-seeded Tigers reached the Elite Eight for the first time in 15 years, holding off No. 2 seed Utah 66-63 on Friday night.
Williams had a season-high 24 points to boost LSU (31-2).
Alexis Morris, another fifth-year transfer like Williams, had 15 points. Her two foul shots with 10 seconds left put LSU ahead for good, 64-63. She later made two more free throws.
“We’re just hungry right now,” Morris said. “I know we’re fueled up and we’re fired up. We’re one game away from going to the Final Four.”
Angel Reese added 17 points and 12 rebounds for her 31st double double of the season.
Coach Kim Mulkey’s Tigers can reach their first Final Four since 2008 on Sunday night when they face No. 9 seed Miami to close the Greenville 2 Regional. The Hurricanes overcame fourth-seeded Villanova and the nation’s leading scorer Maddy Siegrist 70-65 earlier at the Greenville 2 Regional.
“I think we fought hard all four quarters,” Reese said. “We’ve been through so much from the beginning to the end, so I’m just super happy for this team.”
Not that there weren’t some anxious moments at the end.
Down 64-63, the Utes had a chance to back in front, but Jenna Johnson — a near 75% foul shooter — missed both attempts with 4.7 seconds to go. Utah’s Dasia Young had her hands on the rebound, but LSU’s Sa’Maya Smith took it away.
Morris made two more foul shots for a three-point lead. The Utes had a final chance, but Young’s 3-point try from the left corner hit the side of the backboard as time expired.
Utah coach Lynne Roberts had her arm around Johnson on the bench after the misses.
“I don’t think that’ll happen again if she gets that opportunity again, knowing her, the competitor she is,” Roberts said.
LSU hadn’t advance this far since reaching the Final Four 15 years ago. This is Mulkey’s second season coaching the Tigers.
Williams, who played at South Carolina and Missouri before joining LSU, was dominant down low as she made 11 of 14 shots and finished a point shy of her career best.
Gianna Kneepkens led Utah (27-5) with 20 points. Alissa Pili, a second-team AP All-American, had 14 points, but took just eight shots as LSU denied her the ball. She fouled out in the final minute.
Reese, Poole and fellow LSU starter Flau’jae Johnson fouled out in the final minutes.
BIG PICTURE
LSU: The Tigers are out for more and it starts against underdog Miami on Sunday. If Williams can continue her inside play to combine with All-American Reese, LSU will be tough to handle.
Utah: The Utes are coming off a season where they achieved big things, including back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 2008 and 2009. Utah can be every bit as successful next season with Pili, just a junior, back to lead the way.
MULKEY’S OUTFIT
Mulkey, known as a flamboyant dresser, had on a multi-colored jacket that appeared to include feathers on both sleeves. Mulkey said the designer was sending her another outfit to wear Sunday in the Elite Eight game. “We told her this is probably her best (out) fit,” Williams said.
SPECIAL GUEST
LSU football coach Brian Kelly took a break from the Tigers spring football workouts to cheer on his school’s women’s basketball team. Kelly sat in the front row across from the LSU bench, following the action intently in the tight contest. The football Tigers are coming off a 10-4 season where they won the SEC Western Division in Kelly’s first season.
TOUGH SPOT Johnson had made 74.8% of her free throws on the season, though she had made just 5 of 11 in the two tournament wins against Gardner-Webb and Princeton. Her first free throw fell short of the rim, causing LSU fans to get even louder to up the intensity before her second shot, which rattled out.
“I don’t think the noise so much affected me,” Johnson said, her eyes welling with tears. “I don’t know, maybe in my head a little bit from the first one. But I don’t know.” ___
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Icy conditions with periods of freezing rain. Significant icing likely. Temps nearly steady around 30. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 100%..
Tonight
Icy conditions with periods of freezing rain. Significant icing likely. Low 28F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 100%.
As the temperature stayed below freezing and icy conditions persisted through the morning Wednesday, with conditions not expected to improve before the morning.
Most schools, which released students early Monday and have been closed Tuesday and Wednesday, started announcing plans to keep campuses closed on Thursday.
The following campuses have announced they will remain closed on Thursday. This story will be updated as more schools announce.
Denton ISD
Aubrey ISD
Krum ISD
Lake Dallas ISD
University of North Texas — Denton and Frisco campuses. Online classes are also canceled.
The following schools have not announced Thursday plans as of 1:15 p.m. Wednesday:
Argyle ISD
Liberty Christian School
Little Elm ISD
Northwest ISD
Pilot Point ISD
Ponder ISD
Sanger ISD
North Central Texas College
Texas Woman’s University — Denton and Dallas campuses
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WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, June 2, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Throckmorton County in west central Texas...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1114 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woodson,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Woodson around 1120 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Lusk,
The Intersection Of Us-183 And Us-283 and The Intersection Of Us-
283 And Ranch Road 209.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE
Associated Press
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor wanted to grab Gretchen Whitmer and hang her, prosecutors said during a stark closing argument Monday as the government tried for a second time to get convictions in an alleged plot to trigger a revolution in 2020.
The jury got the case around noon after a morning of final remarks, including a fiery challenge by defense lawyers who accused the FBI of manufacturing the scheme. Prosecutors, however, called that a phony narrative.
“These defendants were outside a woman’s house in the middle of the night with night-vision goggles and guns and a plan to kidnap her,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler said. “And they made a real bomb. That’s far enough, isn’t it?”
After a nine-day trial, Kessler repeatedly urged jurors to also focus on what Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were saying months before the FBI placed undercover agents and informants inside the group that summer.
It was Kessler’s effort to get the jury to reject a defense argument that Fox and Croft were entrapped by the government every step of the way.
“’Which governor is going to be dragged off and hung for treason first?’” Kessler said, quoting Croft’s own words.
“Any governor would do,” Kessler said. “By the end of June, he was telling people Michigan’s government is a target of opportunity, and God knows the governor needs to be hung. He didn’t just want to kidnap her. He wanted to have his own trial and execute her.”
The ultimate goal: a second American Revolution, “something called the boogaloo,” the prosecutor said.
Fox, 39, and Croft, 46, are on trial for a second time in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a jury in April couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict but acquitted two other men.
The jury heard secretly recorded conversations and read violent social media posts. Two undercover agents and an informant testified for hours, explaining how the men trained in a “shoot house” in Wisconsin and Michigan and visited Elk Rapids to see Whitmer’s home and a nearby bridge that could be blown up.
Other critical witnesses: Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks, who pleaded guilty, and informant Dan Chappel, an Army veteran who said he went to the FBI after joining a Michigan paramilitary group and hearing plans to kill police.
Fox, Croft and their allies were furious about COVID-19 restrictions and generally disgusted by government, according to trial evidence.
Defense lawyers, however, have portrayed the men as “big talkers,” a bumbling, foul-mouthed, marijuana-smoking pair exercising free speech and incapable of leading anything as extraordinary as an abduction of a public official. They say FBI agents and informants fed their outrage and pulled them into their web.
“In America, the FBI is not supposed to create domestic terrorists so that the FBI can arrest them,” Fox attorney Christopher Gibbons told the jury. “The FBI isn’t supposed to create a conspiracy so the FBI can stand up and claim a disruption.”
Gibbons said there was “fantastical talk” by Fox and others — about storming Mackinac Island, getting helicopters and boats and maybe escaping through the St. Lawrence Seaway.
He said Fox was “isolated, broke, homeless,” living in the basement of a vacuum store in the Grand Rapids area.
“Somebody really cool is showing him attention, who wants to be his friend,” Gibbons said of Chappel.
Croft’s attorney, Joshua Blanchard, offered a similar assessment in a scathing attack on the FBI’s techniques. He reminded the jury that two more informants with recording devices were in the group but were never called as government witnesses, including a woman who shared a hotel room with Croft and traveled with him from the East Coast.
“You don’t have to agree with Barry’s politics. I surely don’t,” Blanchard said. “But we should all agree that the principles of truth and justice are the foundation that our country is built upon. The FBI has told us the truth doesn’t matter to them. … You have the power to put a stop to that today.”
Croft is a trucker from Bear, Delaware.
Whitmer, a Democrat, has blamed then-President Donald Trump for stoking mistrust and fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn hate groups and right-wing extremists like those charged in the plot.
Over the weekend, she said she hasn’t been following the second trial but remains concerned about “violent rhetoric in this country.”
“This is a dangerous trend that is happening,” Whitmer said at the Michigan Democratic Party’s convention in Lansing. “We cannot let it become normalized and I do hope that anyone that’s out there plotting to hurt their fellow Americans is held accountable.”
Trump recently called the kidnapping plan a “fake deal.”
The Justice Department charged Croft, Fox and four other men while Trump was in office. The second trial occurred while the FBI has been under scrutiny by his right-wing supporters, especially after an extraordinary search for documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Law enforcement officials across the country are warning about an increase in threats and the potential for violence against agents or buildings.
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Find the AP’s full coverage of the kidnapping plot trial: https://apnews.com/hub/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial
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White reported from Detroit.
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NEW YORK — Becky Hammon was named WNBA Coach of the Year on Friday after she led the Las Vegas Aces to the top of the league in her first year.
Hammon received 27 votes from a national panel of 56 sports media members, the WNBA said. Tanisha Wright of the Atlanta Dream was second (18 votes) and James Wade of the Chicago Sky was third (8).
The Aces averaged a WNBA-high 90.4 points, the third-highest scoring average in league history, and dramatically improved their 3-point shooting. Las Vegas made a league-record 23 3s last week in a playoff win over Phoenix.
Hammon played 16 seasons in the WNBA, eight with the New York Liberty and eight with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She then spent eight seasons as an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs, who hired her in 2014 as the first full-time female assistant in league history.
Las Vegas owner Mark Davis, who also owns the NFL’s Raiders, hired Hammon as coach this season, making her the first WNBA coach to earn $1 million. The Aces, who lost in the 2020 WNBA Finals to Seattle, are aiming for their first title.
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For well over a year, Russia has carried out air strikes across Ukraine. Now Russia finds itself on the receiving end, including drones that hit apartment buildings in Moscow.
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TX Austin/San Antonio TX Zone Forecast for Friday, September 2, 2022
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114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
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.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. South
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms likely. Showers
likely. Highs in the mid 80s. Temperature falling into the lower
80s in the afternoon. North winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph in
the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
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Including the city of San Antonio
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning,
then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Temperature falling into the lower 80s in the
afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the
afternoon. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming east
in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after
midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then
showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ183-031915-
Val Verde-
Including the city of Del Rio
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds around
5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.LABOR DAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ220-031915-
Atascosa-
Including the city of Pleasanton
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening, then showers and thunderstorms likely after
midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ187-031915-
Bandera-
Including the city of Bandera
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. East winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming
north after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph,
becoming west after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ193-031915-
Bastrop-
Including the city of Bastrop
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Temperature falling to around
80 in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast winds around
5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph in the
evening, becoming light and variable.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
40 percent.
$$
TXZ190-031915-
Blanco-
Including the city of Blanco
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Temperature falling into the upper 70s in
the afternoon. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows around 70. Southeast
winds around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows around 70.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ172-031915-
Burnet-
Including the city of Burnet
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms likely. A chance of
showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. South winds around 5 mph,
becoming west after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
around 70.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ208-031915-
Caldwell-
Including the city of Lockhart
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s.
Temperature falling to around 80 in the afternoon. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds around 5 mph in
the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Chance of rain
40 percent.
$$
TXZ206-031915-
Comal-
Including the city of New Braunfels
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Temperature falling into the
lower 80s in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up
to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming east in
the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 70. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after
midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 70.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ224-031915-
De Witt-
Including the city of Cuero
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Temperature
falling into the lower 80s in the afternoon. East winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Humid with highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming west after
midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ228-031915-
Dimmit-
Including the city of Carrizo Springs
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. East
winds around 5 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning,
then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY...Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers and thunderstorms
likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers and thunderstorms
likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the mid
80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ184-031915-
Edwards-
Including the city of Rocksprings
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in
the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid
60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
.LABOR DAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ209-031915-
Fayette-
Including the city of La Grange
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Temperature falling into
the upper 70s in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening,
becoming light and variable.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ219-031915-
Frio-
Including the city of Pearsall
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning,
then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ188-031915-
Gillespie-
Including the city of Fredericksburg
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Near steady temperature in the lower 70s. South winds around
5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs
in the lower 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around
5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds
around 5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ223-031915-
Gonzales-
Including the city of Gonzales
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Temperature
falling into the lower 80s in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming
southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming
light and variable. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ207-031915-
Guadalupe-
Including the city of Seguin
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then thunderstorms with showers
likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Temperature
falling into the lower 80s in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph, becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest after
midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms.
A chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ191-031915-
Hays-
Including the city of San Marcos
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. South
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Temperature falling to around
80 in the afternoon. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Southeast winds around 5 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows around 70. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows around 70.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows around 70.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ222-031915-
Karnes-
Including the city of Karnes City
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Temperature
falling into the lower 80s in the afternoon. East winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening, then showers and thunderstorms likely after
midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance
of rain 60 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Southeast
winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ189-031915-
Kendall-
Including the city of Boerne
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds around 5 mph,
becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph,
becoming west after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
around 70.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ186-031915-
Kerr-
Including the city of Kerrville
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid
60s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ202-031915-
Kinney-
Including the city of Brackettville
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning,
then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
80s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms
likely. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 5 mph,
becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning,
then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in
the lower 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ225-031915-
Lavaca-
Including the city of Hallettsville
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Temperature
falling to around 80 in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East winds
5 to 10 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance
of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Humid with highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming
light and variable. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
$$
TXZ194-031915-
Lee-
Including the city of Giddings
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly cloudy with showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Temperature falling into the upper 70s in the afternoon.
Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph in
the evening, becoming light and variable. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph in the
evening, becoming light and variable.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ171-031915-
Llano-
Including the city of Llano
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Near steady temperature
in the mid 70s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
90 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with thunderstorms likely. Showers likely.
Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming
northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Southeast winds around 5 mph,
becoming west after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest
winds around 5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds
around 5 mph, becoming southwest after midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows around 70.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ217-031915-
Maverick-
Including the city of Eagle Pass
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning,
then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid
80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower
70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY...Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows around 70. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ204-031915-
Medina-
Including the city of Hondo
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Temperature falling into the
lower 80s in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest after
midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows around 70.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ185-031915-
Real-
Including the city of Leakey
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the lower 70s.
Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds around 5 mph,
becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain
60 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then partly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest after
midnight.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
60s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ203-031915-
Uvalde-
Including the city of Uvalde
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. East winds
around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Temperature falling into the
lower 80s in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers and thunderstorms
likely after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds
5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
upper 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in
the evening, then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Highs in the mid 80s.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ173-031915-
Williamson-
Including the city of Georgetown
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the mid 70s. South
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms likely. Showers
likely. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. South winds around
5 mph, becoming west after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 80s. Northwest winds around
5 mph, becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest
winds around 5 mph.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
$$
TXZ221-031915-
Wilson-
Including the city of Floresville
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Temperature falling into
the lower 80s in the afternoon. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A chance
of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely.
Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. South winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming
light and variable. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ218-031915-
Zavala-
Including the city of Crystal City
114 AM CDT Sat Sep 3 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the upper 70s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.SATURDAY...A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning,
then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the
upper 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain
80 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms
likely. Lows in the lower 70s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SUNDAY...Showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. East
winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows around 70. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
Chance of rain 50 percent.
.LABOR DAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows around 70. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. A
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Highs in the
mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy with a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Amid Republican gains in the U.S. House races in Florida, Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost became the first member of Generation Z to win a seat in Congress.
As of Tuesday night, most of the Florida races for the U.S. House of Representatives had gone according to expectation, including Republican Anna Paulina Luna’s win against Democrat Eric Lynn in the 13th District, a St. Petersburg-based district formerly represented by Democrat Charlie Crist.
Republicans were on pace to add to their domination of the U.S. House delegation from Florida, where the GOP-led government drew new district lines favoring their party.
But Frost, a 25-year-old gun reform and social justice activist, was able to win handily in a heavily blue Orlando-area district being relinquished by Democratic Rep. Val Demings, who lost her challenge against Sen. Marco Rubio.
Frost is a former March For Our Lives organizer seeking stricter gun control laws and has stressed opposition to restrictions on abortion rights. Gen Z generally refers to those born between the late 1990s to early 2010s. To become a member of Congress, candidates must be at least 25 years old.
Frost is among at least six newcomers to the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday’s vote from Florida as Republicans took advantage of an aggressively redrawn congressional map spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In the wake of the 2020 census, DeSantis had ordered the GOP-controlled legislature to adopt a map devised to maximize Republican gains — vetoing the initial GOP-backed map which largely kept intact two seats held by Black Democratic members of Congress.
Heading into this election year, Republicans held 16 seats and Democrats represented 11 from Florida in the House. Florida is gaining a 28th seat due to population growth.
In one of the marquee races, Republican Neal Dunn defeated Democrat Al Lawson in a north Florida battle of incumbents. Lawson’s majority-Black district was scrapped by the Republican-led Legislature, which adopted a congressional map pushed by DeSantis, prompting a lawsuit alleging unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.
The new House members from Florida will come from six open seats, including the 13th District won by Luna after losing in 2020 to Crist.
In addition, Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy chose not to run for reelection after her redrawn district in central Florida, leading to a victory by Republican Cory Mills, which marks a switch to the GOP. And in South Florida, Democrat Ted Deutch’s retirement opened the way for fellow Democrat Jared Moskowitz to win the seat that includes the high school where Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people in 2018.
One truly open seat, where no incumbent was involved, was the 15th District in the Tampa area, where Republican Laurel Lee — a former Florida secretary of state — defeated Democrat Alan Cohn, a former investigative journalist.
Among races with an incumbent, Miami-area 27th District was the most closely contested and had a history of flipping back and forth between Democrats and Republicans.
In that race, Democratic state Sen. Annette Taddeo lost to first-term Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, keeping the seat in the GOP fold.
Otherwise, Florida’s incumbent U.S. House members are headed back to Washington.
These include Republican Matt Gaetz, a top supporter of former President Donald Trump who is under federal investigation in a sex trafficking case; Democrat Kathy Castor in a Tampa-area seat; Republican Vern Buchanan, who could chair the powerful Ways and Means Committee in a GOP-led House; Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a former Democratic National Committee chair; and state delegation dean and Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, first elected in 2002.
One incumbent had no opposition Tuesday: GOP Rep. John Rutherford, a former Duval County sheriff, had already won another term in north Florida’s 5th District.
The economy is weighing heavily on the minds of Florida voters. Three-quarters of them believe things in the country are heading in the wrong direction, according to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 3,200 voters in Florida. About half rank the economy and jobs as the most important issues facing the country.
Almost 8 in 10 voters say the nation’s economy is not so good or poor. When looking at their own family’s financial situation, about half describe it as holding steady while almost 4 in 10 say they are falling behind. However, 6 in 10 voters say they are confident they can keep up with their expenses and find a good job if needed.
For a majority, inflation is the single most important factor in the election.
Meanwhile, nearly 7 in 10 voters say the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion is an important factor in the election.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Last-minute technical trouble forced SpaceX to call off Monday’s attempt to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.
The countdown was halted with just two minutes remaining until liftoff from Kennedy Space Center. With just a split second to blast off, there was no time to deal with the problem, which involved the engine ignition system.
SpaceX delayed the launch until at least Thursday.
Strapped into the capsule atop the Falcon rocket were two NASA astronauts, one Russian cosmonaut and one astronaut from the United Arab Emirates. They had to wait until all the fuel was drained from the rocket — an hourlong process — before getting out.
“We’ll be sitting here waiting,” commander Stephen Bowen assured everyone. “We’re all feeling good.”
Bowen and his crew — including the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates assigned to a monthslong mission, Sultan al-Neyadi — will replace four space station residents who have been up there since October.
Officials said the problem involved ground equipment used for loading the engine ignition fluid. The launch team could not be sure there was a full load. A SpaceX engineer likened this critical system to spark plugs for a car.
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NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson scored 24 points in his return from a left foot injury, leading the New York Knicks to a 116-110 victory over the Western Conference-leading Denver Nuggets on Saturday.
RJ Barrett added 21 points and Julius Randle had 20 for the Knicks, who won their third straight and improved to 42-30, guaranteeing just their second winning record in the last 10 seasons. Robinson grabbed nine rebounds.
Nikola Jokic had 24 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Nuggets, who lost for the fifth time in six games. Jamal Murray scored 25 points.
MAGIC 113, CLIPPERS 108
LOS ANGELES — Markelle Fultz scored 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, Wendell Carter Jr. had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and Orlando snapped its two-game skid with a victory over Los Angeles.
Franz Wagner scored 20 points and hit a gutsy 3-pointer with 40 seconds to play for the Magic, who had lost five of six before taking the lead in the fourth quarter and holding on.
Paul George scored 30 points for the Clippers, whose four-game winning streak ended on the last contest of a five-game homestand. Ivica Zubac had 16 points and 16 rebounds for LA on his 26th birthday, grabbing his 3,000th career rebound in the first half. Kawhi Leonard skipped the game to rest his right knee, sitting out for the 29th time in the Clippers’ 71 contests this season.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former Fox executive was convicted Thursday of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to nab broadcasting rights to the World Cup and other top soccer matches. A second ex-executive was acquitted.
A Brooklyn federal jury deliberated four days before returning the verdicts. Hernan Lopez, the former CEO of Fox International Channels, was convicted. Carlos Martinez, who headed the Latin America affiliate, was acquitted.
Prosecutors said the case revealed the corruption of international soccer. Defense lawyers said the former Fox execs were framed by an admitted criminal who was trying to minimize his own punishment.
An emotional Lopez hugged supporters in the courtroom after hearing the verdict, while his attorneys appeared stunned. The judge allowed him to be released on bail pending sentencing.
John Gleeson, an attorney for Lopez, asserted there were “legal and factual errors.”
“We look forward to vindicating our client on appeal,” he said.
Martinez’s lawyer, Steve McCool, said “justice was served today for Carlos.”
“The jurors heard that he was an innocent man, and that he should never have been here in the first place,” McCool said outside court.
A South American sports media and marketing company also was convicted of graft allegations — involving different TV rights. Full Play Group SA, incorporated in Uruguay, was accused of paying bribes for the rights to the Copa America, a quadrennial national team competition, as well as to World Cup qualifying matches.
New York-based Fox Corp., which split from a subsidiary of international channels during a restructuring in 2019, was not charged and has denied any involvement in the bribery scandal.
Lopez and Martinez are among dozens of people who have pleaded guilty or been convicted after a U.S.-led investigation into international soccer and its governing federation, FIFA. The probe burst into view in 2015, when U.S. prosecutors accused the leaders of soccer federations of tarnishing the sport for nearly a quarter century by taking $150 million in bribes and payoffs.
FIFA went on to expand and rename its executive leadership group. Then-President Sepp Blatter was forced out and replaced by current President Gianni Infantino, who has insisted the organization has reformed. However, it has in recent years been criticized for tolerating alleged abuse of migrant workers during the construction of World Cup stadiums used in Qatar last year and of maintaining inferior payments and tournament arrangements for women players.
In the Lopez and Martinez case, prosecutors’ star witness was the executives’ former business associate Alejandro Burzaco. He has cooperated in soccer corruption investigations since his 2015 arrest in a related bribery case.
During 11 days on the witness stand, Burzaco said he and the two executives paid millions of dollars in bribes to undermine competing bids for the TV rights to the Southern Hemisphere’s biggest annual tournament, the Copa Libertadores, and help land broadcasting rights to the sport’s most lucrative competition, the World Cup.
Two jurors who agreed to speak after the trial said Burzaco was not a factor in their decisions.
“We didn’t find him credible,” said one of the jurors, Robert Rose, who works as an attorney.
Instead jurors relied on reams of documents presented during the case.
Rose said “it wasn’t tough” to convict Lopez, and jurors wrestled over reaching a verdict for Martinez. In the end, Rose said, “there was enough doubt.”
Defense lawyers said Burzaco lied about the former Fox executives to minimize his own conduct and curry favor with the government ahead of his own sentencing. He pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and other charges.
Prosecutors allege the payoffs yielded confidential information from high-ranking soccer officials, including those at FIFA, that enabled Fox to beat out rival ESPN and secure U.S. broadcasting rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
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[Breaking news update, published at 5:55 p.m. ET]
Three Memphis Fire Department personnel who responded to the Tyre Nichols beating have been fired, according to the department.
[Previous story, published at 5:04 p.m. ET]
Fallout from the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols now includes a sixth Memphis officer removed from duties, demands for more criminal charges against officers and calls for nationwide police reform.
Officer Preston Hemphill "was relieved of duty with the other officers" involved in the January 7 encounter with Nichols, Memphis police Maj. Karen Rudolph said Monday.
Hemphill has actually been on administrative leave since the beginning of the investigation, Memphis police spokesperson Kimberly Elder told CNN. Elder declined to say whether Hemphill is being paid or whether any other officers were put on leave.
Body cam footage reveals Hemphill fired a Taser at Nichols and saying, "One of them prongs hit the bastard."
Later, Hemphill says to another officer: "I hope they stomp his ass."
Five other Memphis officers have been fired and face charges of second-degree murder in connection with the beating death of Nichols.
Hemphill has not been charged. "He was never present at the second scene" that escalated to the beating, and Hemphill has been cooperating with the investigation, his attorney Lee Gerald said.
Attorneys for Nichols' family wonder why authorities were quick to fire five Black police officers and charge them with murder -- while staying relatively quiet about Hemphill role in the encounter.
"The news today from Memphis officials that Officer Preston Hemphill was reportedly relieved of duty weeks ago, but not yet terminated or charged, is extremely disappointing. Why is his identity and the role he played in Tyre's death just now coming to light?" attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci said in a statement Monday.
"It certainly begs the question why the White officer involved in this brutal attack was shielded and protected from the public eye."
But officials knew releasing video footage of Nichols' beating without filing charges against officers could be "incendiary," Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said Sunday. "The best solution was to expedite the investigation and to expedite the consideration of charges so that the charges could come first and then the release of the video," he said.
Video of the gruesome beating "outraged" the Memphis police chief. The footage showed "acts that defy humanity," Chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis said.
The attack has fueled broader public scrutiny of how US police use force, especially against people of color. And weeks after Nichols' death, many questions remain. Among them:
• Whether more officers will face charges or other: Memphis City Council member Frank Colvett said he wanted to know why more officers at the scene of Nichols' beating scene had not been disciplined or suspended.
It's also not clear whether Hemphill or others will face criminal charges. "We are looking at all of the officers and first responders at the scene," Shelby County District Attorney's Office spokesperson Erica Williams said Monday. "They could face charges, or they could not, but we are looking at everyone."
It was "unprecedented" for indictment charges against the officers to come within weeks, said Mulroy, the Shelby County district attorney.
• How Memphis' police chief will fare: While some have praised Chief Davis' swift action in the case, she also created the controversial SCORPION unit that the charged officers were linked to. "There is a reckoning coming for the police department and for the leadership," Colvett said. "She's going to have to answer not just to the council but to the citizens -- and really the world."
• What happens to fire and sheriff's personnel: Two Memphis Fire Department employees who were part of Nichols' initial care were relieved of duty, pending the outcome of an internal investigation.
And two deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office have been put on leave pending an investigation.
• If Nichols' death spurs national-level police reform: The Congressional Black Caucus has asked for a meeting with President Joe Biden this week to push for negotiations on police reform.
What the footage shows
Video of the fatal encounter is difficult to watch. It starts with a traffic stop and later shows officers repeatedly beating Nichols with batons, punching him and kicking him -- even as his hands are restrained behind his back at one point.
Nichols is heard calling for his mother as he was kicked and pepper-sprayed.
He was left slumped to the ground in handcuffs. Another 23 minutes passed before a stretcher arrived at the scene. Nichols was hospitalized and died three days later.
"All of these officers failed their oath," said Crump, one of the attorneys representing the Nichols family, "They failed their oath to protect and serve."
At the residential street corner where Nichols was beaten, mourners created a makeshift memorial. Across the country, protesters marched in cities including New York, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles.
Nichols' family remembered him as a good son and father who enjoyed skateboarding, photography and sunsets. They recalled his smile and hugs and mourned the moments they'll never have again.
Family members promised to "keep saying his name until justice is served."
Expert questions second-degree murder charges
The five fired officers charged in connection with Nichols' beating -- Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith, Emmitt Martin and Desmond Mills Jr. -- are expected to be arraigned February 17.
Mills Jr. didn't cross lines "that others crossed" during the confrontation with Nichols and instead was a "victim" of the system he worked within, his attorney, Blake Ballin, told CNN.
Martin's attorney, William Massey, said "no one out there that night intended for Tyre Nichols to die."
Attorneys for the other former officers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Memphis Police Association declined to comment on the terminations beyond saying the city of Memphis and Nichols' family "deserve to know the complete account of the events leading up to his death and what may have contributed to it," the union said in a statement.
The Shelby County district attorney's office said each of the five fired officers face seven counts, including: second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated kidnapping in possession of a deadly weapon, official misconduct and official oppression.
But a second-degree murder charge -- which requires intent to kill -- might be harder to prove than a first-degree felony murder charge, said Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Center for Criminal Justice at Brooklyn Law School.
"For first-degree felony murder, it means that a murder happened in conjunction with an underlying felony," said Hoag-Fordjour, noting she practiced law in Tennessee.
"Here, every single charge that the Memphis district attorney charged these five individuals with were felonies. And the underlying felony that would support a first-degree murder charge -- felony murder -- is kidnapping."
The kidnapping counts against officers may seem unusual because "we obviously deputize law enforcement officials to make seizures, to make arrests," Hoag-Fordjour told "CNN This Morning" on Monday.
"But at this point ... what would have been legitimate behavior crossed the line into illegitimacy."
While first-degree felony murder might be easier to prove, Hoag-Fordjour said, second-degree murder convictions are still possible.
Under Tennessee law, a person can be convicted of second-degree murder if they could be reasonably certain their actions would result in somebody's death, Hoag-Fordjour said.
And some of the blows dealt to Nichols -- including kicks to the head and strikes with a baton while he was subdued on the ground -- could be deemed deadly, she said.
SCORPION unit tied to deadly beating gets axed
The five fired officers charged in Nichols' beating were members of the now-scrapped SCORPION (Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods) unit, Memphis police spokesperson Maj. Karen Rudolph said Saturday.
Hemphill, the officer placed on administrative leave, was also a member of the SCORPION unit, a source familiar with his assignment confirmed to CNN.
The unit, launched in 2021, put officers into areas where police were tracking upticks in violent crime.
"That reprehensible conduct we saw in that video, we think this was part of the culture of the SCORPION unit," Crump said.
"We demanded that they disbanded immediately before we see anything like this happen again," he said. "It was the culture that was just as guilty for killing Tyre Nichols as those officers."
Memphis police will permanently deactivate the unit. "While the heinous actions of a few casts a cloud of dishonor on the title SCORPION, it is imperative that we, the Memphis Police Department take proactive steps in the healing process for all impacted," the department said.
Colvett supported the dismantling of the SCORPION unit.
"I think the smart move and the mayor is correct in shutting it down," the council member said. "These kinds of actions are not representative of the Memphis Police Department."
The case should give the city a chance to "dig deeper" into community and police relations, City Council member Michalyn Easter-Thomas said.
"We saw a very peaceful and direct sense of protest in the city of Memphis, and I think it's because maybe we do have faith and hope that the system is going to get it right this time," Easter-Thomas said.
Calls for police reform grow
Crump called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the Democratic-controlled House in 2021 but t.
"The brutal beating of Tyre Nichols was murder and is a grim reminder that we still have a long way to go in solving systemic police violence in America," Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Steven Horsford said Sunday in a statement.
The Tennessee State Conference NAACP president applauded Davis for "doing the right thing" by not waiting six months to a year to fire the officers who beat Tyre Nichols.
But she had had harsher words for Congress: "By failing to craft and pass bills to stop police brutality, you're writing another Black man's obituary," said Gloria Sweet-Love. "The blood of Black America is on your hands. So, stand up and do something."
On the state level, two Democratic lawmakers said they intend to file police reform legislation ahead of the general assembly's Tuesday filing deadline.
The bills would seek to address mental health care for law enforcement officers, hiring, training, discipline practices and other topics, said Tennessee state Rep. G.A. Hardaway, who represents a part of Memphis and Shelby County.
While Democrats hold the minority, with 24 representatives compared to 99 GOP representatives, this legislation is not partisan and should pass on both sides of the legislature, Rep. Joe Towns Jr. said.
"You would be hard-pressed to look at this footage (of Tyre Nichols) and see what happened to that young man, OK, and not want to do something," he said. "If a dog in this county was beaten like that, what the hell would happen?"
Correction: An earlier version of this story had the wrong first name for Tyre Nichols.
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KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) — Top diplomats from Europe and North America were arriving Sunday in this hot spring resort town to discuss the world's most intractable crises, including ways to end Russia's war in Ukraine, confront China's aggression toward Taiwan and lure North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks.
They will dive right in, with a private working dinner Sunday spotlighting China and North Korea. But even before the Group of Seven foreign ministers' talks began, outside events threatened to overshadow the diplomacy, including questions about U.S. intelligence leaks that cast doubt over crucial alliances, and security worries after someone threw an explosive device at the Japanese leader during a campaign event.
Japan is eager to use a smoothly run G-7, which includes a host of gatherings on climate, finance and other issues ahead of a leaders’ summit next month in Hiroshima, to pursue a stronger unified front against what Tokyo and other democracies see as Russian, Chinese and North Korean aggression.
Amid widespread skepticism that the United Nations, which is often paralyzed by the oversized power on the Security Council of Russia and China, can do anything about these issues, many will be watching to see what, if anything, G-7 ministers from Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Italy and the European Union might do.
Security is tight in Karuizawa, but Japan has been forced to address safety concerns after a young man threw an explosive device toward Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the eve of the diplomats' arrivals. Kishida was uninjured Saturday and continued campaigning, but the attack is an unwanted development for Tokyo amid a lingering security debate over the assassination nine months ago of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
“Starting with the summit, we have to make every effort to ensure security and safety ... (as) dignitaries from all over the world gather,” Kishida told reporters Sunday.
The three-day talks will also see the first real test of the Biden administration's assertion that there has been minimal damage from the disclosure of highly classified documents related to the war in Ukraine and U.S. views of its allies and partners.
Before traveling to Japan, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday from Hanoi that he had heard no concerns from allies, but the revelations will loom over the G-7 meeting, the first major international diplomatic conference since the documents were discovered online and made public.
On the diplomatic front, the talks, which end Tuesday, will be dominated by worries over the Russian leader's threats to use tactical nuclear weapons as his forces struggle in Ukraine, China's increasing belligerence toward Taiwan, the self-governing island Beijing claims as its own, and North Korea's record-setting run of illicit weapons tests.
Some observers expect that Japan and other nations might use the G-7 to announce an increase in aid to Ukraine.
“As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been shaking the foundation of the international order, the international community is now at a historic turning point,” Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said ahead of the meeting. “I will lead discussions as chair of the meeting and show the G-7’s strong determination to absolutely reject attempts to change the status quo by force, and Russia’s threat of nuclear weapons or their use, while defending the rules-based international order.”
Though diplomats from Beijing won't be present in Japan, China's rapid military rise will also play a large part in discussions.
China recently sent planes and ships to conduct a simulated encirclement of Taiwan, and has seen in recent years a rapid jump in its nuclear warheads, a tougher line on its claim to the South China Sea and increased comments from its leader, Xi Jinping, painting a scenario of impending confrontation.
Japan, in response partly to China's rise, has made a major break from its self-defense-only post-World War II principles, as it works to acquire preemptive strike capabilities and cruise missiles to counter growing threats.
Diplomats will also be looking to find ways to restart diplomacy aimed at pressuring a hostile North Korea to return to disarmament negotiations. Since last year, North Korea has test-fired around 100 missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles that showed the potential of reaching the U.S. mainland and a variety of other shorter-range weapons that threaten South Korea and Japan.
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AP writer Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and diplomatic writer Matthew Lee in Hanoi contributed to this story. | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/article/diplomats-gather-in-japan-at-historic-turning-17899894.php | 2023-04-16 05:32:46 | 1 | https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/politics/article/diplomats-gather-in-japan-at-historic-turning-17899894.php |
WFO SAN ANGELO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, May 7, 2023
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Nolan County in west central Texas...
Southern Fisher County in west central Texas...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 346 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gannon, or 8
miles north of Roscoe, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Longworth around 425 PM CDT.
Roby around 430 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Busby,
Capitola and Gannon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose $4.14 to $83.63 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for December delivery rose $3.72 to $88.86 a barrel.
Wholesale gasoline for November delivery rose 14 cents to $2.51 a gallon. November heating oil rose 15 cents to $3.37 a gallon. November natural gas fell 30 cents to $6.47 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Gold for December delivery rose $30 to $1,702 an ounce. Silver for December delivery rose $1.55 to $20.59 an ounce and December copper was unchanged at $3.41 a pound.
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NEW YORK — Stamps prices are on the rise, again — one of several changes the U.S. Postal Service is rolling out this month.
When announcing its intention to raise forever stamp prices to 66 cents earlier this year, the USPS cited rising “operating expenses fueled by inflation” and the impacts of “a previously defective pricing model” — noting that changes to mail service costs “are needed to provide the Postal Service with much needed revenue.”
Beyond forever stamps, a handful of other mail services will also see price increases starting Sunday. The cost of sending a first-class one-ounce metered letter, for example, will rise to 63 cents and domestic postcards will jump to 51 cents. International postcards and one-ounce letters are both set to move to $1.50.
The Postal Service will also launch a new package shipping service, USPS Ground Advantage, on Sunday to replace and combine previous plans. Ground Advantage pricing will reflect a 3.2% decline in retail prices and a 0.7% drop for commercial, the Postal Service says.
The Postal Regulatory Commission approved both the price changes and the implementation of Ground Advantage ahead of this month’s changes. The price changes had also been approved by the Governors of the U.S. Postal Service as of the Postal Service’s April notice.
Sunday marks the fifth jump in forever stamp prices seen since the start of 2019, when the postage cost 50 cents apiece. When adjusted for inflation, 50 cents in January 2019 equates to about 60 cents in the spring of 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ CPI inflation calculator.
For the first quarter of 2023, the Postal Service’s operating revenue was $21.5 billion — an increase of $206 million, even though volume declined by 1.7 billion pieces, or 4.8%, compared with the same period last year. All told, the Postal Service reported a net loss of $1 billion for the first quarter, but that was a $519 million improvement over the $1.5 billion net loss during the same period last year. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/03/stamp-price-usps-july-2023-postal/c96c4e90-19c3-11ee-be41-a036f4b098ec_story.html | 2023-07-03 18:32:17 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/07/03/stamp-price-usps-july-2023-postal/c96c4e90-19c3-11ee-be41-a036f4b098ec_story.html |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A catastrophic storm, Hurricane Ian is expected to hit land near Venice, Florida around 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at a level that is expected to have devastating ramifications.
As of 8 a.m., Ian was clocked having wind speeds of 155 miles per hour and was nearing Category 5 strength. The storm was crawling along the northeast at ten miles per hour. According to the National Hurricane Center, “widespread, life-threatening catastrophic flooding is expected” across central Florida as the storm makes its way across the landscape.
Effects seen across the impacted area will vary based on region, but the coastal area from Punta Gorda down to Bonita Bay, including Sanibel Island, has the possibility to see a tremendous storm surge of 12 to 18 feet.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides.” As pictured below, storm surge is not the same as storm tide, which is the amount of water level rise due to the combination of storm surge and normal tide cadence.
One of the hurricanes with the most notable storm surge was Hurricane Ike, in 2008. According to NOAA, the devastating Cape Verde hurricane saw storm surges of 15 to 20 feet above normal tide levels in the Galveston Texas region and reached max wind speeds of 145 miles per hour — 10 miles per hour less than Ian, which is still expected to gain momentum. Ike was responsible for the death of more than 100 people and was estimated to have caused $19.3 billion in damages.
A large portion of Florida is expected to see as much as two feet of rain, with some areas seeing even more, which will cause widespread flooding.
Once Ian moves over land, it will begin to weaken considerably, leveling back down to being considered a tropical storm.
Once Ian moves across Florida, the storm will crawl up the East Coast, weakening as it makes its way to Virginia. The effects of the storm are expected to be seen in the form of varying levels of rainfall throughout Central Virginia.
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Louis Vuitton unveils Deepika Padukone as first Indian brand ambassador
Oscar Holland, CNN
Actor Deepika Padukone has been appointed Louis Vuitton’s first ever Indian brand ambassador, the French luxury house announced Tuesday.
The 36-year-old Bollywood star’s role was unveiled as part of a new handbag campaign, which sees her joining Emma Stone and Chinese actor Zhou Dongyu in a series of promotional shots.
As well as being regularly photographed sporting Louis Vuitton outfits and bags, Padukone has previously modeled for the brand. In 2020, she became the first Indian actor to feature in a campaign for the label, posing for a mock vintage book cover alongside stars like Léa Seydoux and Sophie Turner.
“Following a strong collaborative relationship with the Maison… the award-winning actress begins an exciting new chapter of her journey with Louis Vuitton,” the fashion house announced in a press release.
Padukone has appeared in over 30 feature films, including “Padmaavat,” one of the highest-grossing Indian movies of all time. She was recently named as part of the 9-person jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and earned an estimated $6 million in 2019, according to the latest edition of Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list.
Padukone has recently starred in campaigns for the likes of Levi’s and Adidas, though her partnership with Louis Vuitton marks her first ambassador role for a luxury label.
The announcement comes shortly after Padukone was unveiled as Vogue India’s latest cover star. The accompanying photo shoot, which appears in the magazine’s May 2022 issue, sees her wearing a variety of items by Louis Vuitton. In the cover story, Padukone discussed her previous campaign for the brand and her working relationship with its creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière.
“When you’re 18 and have just started earning, you don’t even bother looking into a Louis Vuitton store when you walk past it because you know you’re never going to be able to afford it,” she is quoted as saying. “There are some things that are aspirational and then there are some things that are just completely out of your orbit. My association with Louis Vuitton is the latter.
“I’m a very practical, pragmatic person in reality, but I keep having to pinch myself because I can’t believe this is real,” she added. “And it speaks to the kind of diversity I hope to see in the future.”
Though India has not been a traditional target for the luxury sector, the 2019 edition of McKinsey & Company and Business of Fashion’s influential annual report, The State of Fashion, said that a rapidly expanding middle class made the country “too important for international brands to ignore.” Louis Vuitton’s website currently lists stores in three of India’s biggest cities: New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.
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The following upcoming events are planned at the Waterloo Public Library:
- Monday 6 to 7 p.m. – The Well Read Club will meet to discuss “Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism” by Amanda Montell. To participate email Anderson at landerson@waterloopubliclibrary.org at least one day before the event. The event is virtual.
- Tuesday 10 to 11 a.m. – Experts will discuss new and innovative ways to help seniors age at home. It is presented by Fortified Life in collaboration with the library. This month’s topic is about aging safely at home. It will meet in meeting room AB.
- Tuesday 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. – The library is screening “Minions: The Rise of Gru” for family movie night in meeting room AB.
- Thursday 6 to 7 p.m. – The Hive will hold a zine workshop, which are handmade, self-published booklets. Participants are welcome to bring in existing work to use, but writing and crafting prompts will be provided. Other supplies with also be included. It will meet in the Hive main room. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-events/article_baee6582-b96f-5c16-ad4e-b1e5ea9c7200.html | 2023-04-07 22:39:39 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waterloo-public-library-announces-events/article_baee6582-b96f-5c16-ad4e-b1e5ea9c7200.html |
Buttigieg visits East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment site
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment.
The Feb. 3 derailment led to evacuations and fears of air and water contamination after a controlled burn of toxic chemicals aimed at preventing an explosion.
The Biden White House has defended its response to the derailment, saying officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, National Transportation Safety Board and other agencies were at the rural site within hours of the derailment. The White House says it has also offered federal assistance and FEMA has been coordinating with the state emergency operations center and other partners.
Buttigieg has faced criticism for not visiting the site earlier, including from former President Donald Trump, who came to Ohio on Wednesday. The Department of Transportation said Buttigieg is visiting now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declared the emergency phase of the crash to be over and the start of long-term cleanup efforts is underway.
The NTSB was expected to release a preliminary report later Thursday on the derailment.
More than three dozen freight cars — including 11 carrying hazardous materials — derailed on the East Palestine outskirts, near the Pennsylvania state line, prompting an evacuation as fears grew about a potential explosion of smoldering wreckage.
Officials seeking to avoid an uncontrolled blast intentionally released and burned toxic vinyl chloride from five rail cars, sending flames and black smoke high into the sky. That left people questioning the potential health effects even as authorities maintained they were doing their best to protect people.
As remediation of the site continued, Norfolk Southern announced late Wednesday it had agreed to excavate the soil under two tracks. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine had called out the railroad company’s failure to address the contaminated soil underneath its tracks before repairing them and running freight again.
“Our original plan would have effectively and safely remediated the soil under our tracks. As I listened to community members over the past two weeks, they shared with me their concerns about that approach. I appreciate the direct feedback, and I am addressing it,” Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan H. Shaw said in a written statement.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. — Open House Ministries has always tried to be "full-service" when it comes to getting people out of homelessness. Now they're going to add long-term affordable housing, and they found a place to do it right across the street from their existing Vancouver campus.
The location is a parking lot now, but it had an old house on it when a generous donor gave the property to Open House Ministries.
In about 18 months, a new four-story building will stand at the corner of 12th and Jefferson — built for people, including many families, who are ready to move on from the non-profit's long-term shelter.
“We've always joked about having a 'God block' and we just keep expanding. We're trying to meet the needs of our community, and this seems to be a huge need,” said Open House Ministries Executive Director Renee Stevens.
Stevens is one of the family shelter’s success stories, having worked her way up from a pretty low place.
“Twenty-three years ago in 1999 I moved into Open House Ministries with my three daughters — I’d been addicted to drugs for 25 years, completely hopeless — and I just never left,” Stevens said.
Now Stevens is full of hope and excitement for the next chapter in the nonprofit's 35-year history, with the construction of apartments that offer true affordable housing, with rent based on income.
“You know homelessness, houselessness, it just sounds so negative — but what's going on down here is so positive and we're just trying to be a part of the solution, think outside of the box and keep up,” said Stevens.
Open House already has 36 units of long-term shelter where people can stay for up to a year if they make progress changing their lives. The nonprofit serves a lot of families, including all of the support services to go with it. Some residents can also learn job skills at the shelter’s thrift store.
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Amanda Goforth was successful in getting her life together at Open House, and for five years has managed the shop. She now feels called to help others and knows the affordable housing will help.
“It’s exciting, we get to help more people and it’s a huge issue when you go to leave shelter and there’s a lot of barriers. First if you have any eviction history, and affordability ... I mean you have to make three times the rent [for] places,” said Goforth.
There is also a bike shop which specializes in fixing up donated bikes for sale and doing repairs.
Mark Roskam was the inspirational chaplain that started the bike shop and served Open House Ministries as spiritual leader until his untimely death from a brain aneurysm two years ago. Roskam is greatly missed here.
The new building will house the bike shop and thrift store on the ground level, plus they'll add a coffee shop.
Stevens knows Roskam would be pleased, especially with what the new housing will offer.
“One thing we try and represent here is finding hope in a time when a lot of people feel hopelessness,” said Stevens. “So when people are working through our program and they're not quite sure of the next step they can look out the window and it's right there. That's their hope.”
Open House Ministries relies on help from the community, both financially and through volunteerism. Project Cornerstone is the capital campaign to help fund the Open House Ministries West building.
Construction begins in October, and the nonprofit plans to have families living there in early 2024. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/vancouver-affordable-housing-open-house-ministries/283-c5ad3c78-3ae2-4fb6-a78f-5097b6dda6ac | 2022-08-04 01:49:57 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/vancouver-affordable-housing-open-house-ministries/283-c5ad3c78-3ae2-4fb6-a78f-5097b6dda6ac |
Six artists use a mural to tell a story through the words of Yorkers
Yorkers are speaking through the collaborative work of six local artists in a two-story pearlescent mural painted on a wall of the DreamWrights Center for Community Arts in York. The mural, titled "Rise of the Arts Phoenix," is part of a larger, ongoing project "If You Knew York" that helps celebrate the center’s 25 years.
A mural dedication, with other events for the community, will be held at 100 Carlisle Ave. on Nov. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m.
As part of the "If You Knew York" project, DreamWrights interviewed 100 people, beginning in November 2021, to create a theater piece that will premier in August, according to Gregory DeCandia, artistic director. A preview of the theater piece will be presented during the dedication.
The art center coordinated six artists in various stages of their careers. The goal was to create a winged figure after listening to the interviews.
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Artist Brett Greiman coordinated the artwork of five painters and worked on the background and the top of the mural. Luz Marrero, Suzanne Rende, Phil Vera, Annelise Marie Vuono and Anita Murphy Williams, along with Greiman, created six figures along the base of the mural.
According to Greiman, the 37-by-30-foot mural used 8 gallons of pearlescent paint to create the hue of colors.
According to a press release from the center, the six artists created a figure in the form of a bird. Those six birds then metaphorically merge together as one powerful creative force in the arts phoenix.
Marrero said that “it was a very educational experience, also spiritual. … I did something so good and fulfilling it like set the mood for the rest of the day every time.”
“I never really collaborated with other artists. It did kind of morph from our original idea, so that was neat to see,” Vuono said.
"I really enjoyed working with the other artists. … So often we are alone painting. I was a really good, positive experience," Murphy Williams said
The eventual plan, according to DeCandia, is to cover the entire 30,000 square feet (blue painted part) of the wall with murals, with one painted each year. The upper part of the mural will become permanent and the lower parts of the mural will be replaced.
I have captured life through the lens since 1983, and am currently a visual journalist with the USA Today Network. You can reach me at pkuehnel@ydr.com. | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2022/11/10/artists-use-mural-at-dreamwrights-to-tell-story-through-yorkers-words-phoenix/69634134007/ | 2022-11-10 05:18:05 | 0 | https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2022/11/10/artists-use-mural-at-dreamwrights-to-tell-story-through-yorkers-words-phoenix/69634134007/ |
LONDON (AP) — Izzy Short, 13, struggles to pick her favorite England player as she anticipates the team’s appearance in Sunday’s final of the European soccer championships.
There’s forward Ellen White. Defender Lucy Bronze. Midfielder Georgia Stanway. Captain Leah Williamson. The whole team basically.
“I just look up to them really,’’ the high school player from Manchester said, excitement filling her voice. “They are all very positive … they all, like, appreciated one another and how they are such a good team and all of them just working together really. And they’re just so kind and so good as well.”
The march to Sunday’s final against Germany has energized people throughout England, with the team’s pinpoint passing and flashy goals attracting record crowds, burgeoning TV ratings and adoring coverage. The Lionesses, as the team is known, have been a welcome distraction from the political turmoil and cost-of-living crisis that dominate the headlines.
The final, set to be played before a sellout crowd of more than 87,000 at historic Wembley Stadium, is seen as a watershed moment for women’s sports in England. Although the game, known here as football, is a national passion, female players have often been scoffed at and were once banned from top-level facilities. Now the women’s team has a chance to do something the men haven’t done since 1966: Win a major international tournament.
Hope Powell played 66 times for England and coached the team from 1998 to 2013.
“I think we have to give thanks to the people that worked really hard before us, that went through all of that, being banned, fighting for the right to play,” Powell told the BBC. “I think we have to remember what came before is what got us to the point we are today.”
There were 68,871 people in the stands at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, when England beat Austria 1-0 in its opening game of this year’s European championship. That helped push total tournament attendance so far to 487,683 — more than double the record of 240,055, according to tournament organizer UEFA.
But it’s not just the victories that are attracting fans. It is how the team is winning.
With money from sponsorship deals and a new TV contract supporting full-time professional players, there is more flash and polish than many expected. While they don’t play like the men’s team, that’s not a bad thing.
There are fewer players flopping to the ground to draw fouls, less rolling around on the turf dramatically clutching purportedly injured knees or ankles and little shouting at the referees. Instead there is teamwork, artful passes and stunning goals like Stanway’s 20-meter (22-yard) screamer in the quarterfinal victory over Spain and the backheel from Alessia Russo in England’s 4-0 semifinal win against Sweden.
And here’s the thing: People like it.
Naomi Short, Izzy’s mom and the goalie for Longford Park Ladies Football Club, said fans are being treated to a “totally different vibe’’ at the stadium and on the field — one that’s more welcoming than the lager-fueled tribalism that has put some people off the men’s game.
“It’s not just girls watching it — it’s families, it’s men, women, children. Everybody’s watching it. It’s brought everybody together,’’ said Short, 44. “Whereas, you know, sometimes when you go to a men’s game, there is sometimes (a) slightly different atmosphere.”
There is also less distance between fans and the players, who know they have a responsibility to build a game their mothers and grandmothers were excluded from. The players stay after games and sign autographs. They take selfies. There is time for a chat. They know that little kids look up to them.
Coach Sarina Wiegman has made a point of noting that there’s more at stake than victory alone.
“We want to inspire the nation,’’ Wiegman said after the team’s semifinal victory. “I think that’s what we’re doing and we want to make a difference — and we hope that we will get everyone so enthusiastic and proud of us and that even more girls and boys start playing football.”
The groundswell of support for the team is also being fueled by the country’s dismal record in international competition and hopes that they can bring a European championship home to England, which prides itself as the place where modern football was invented.
England’s last major international championship, men’s or women’s, came at the 1966 World Cup — a lifetime ago for most fans. The men’s team disappointed fans again last year when they lost to Italy in the final of their European championship.
That leaves it to the women to end the drought.
Women’s football has a long and sometimes controversial history in England.
The women’s game flourished during and for a few years after World War I, when teams like Dick, Kerr Ladies Football Club filled the sporting gap created as top men’s players went off to the trenches to fight. Women’s teams, many organized at munitions plants, attracted large crowds and raised money for charity. One match in 1920 attracted 53,000 spectators.
But that popularity triggered a backlash from the men who ran the Football Association, the sport’s governing body in England. In 1921, the FA banned women’s teams from using its facilities, saying “the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged.”
The ban remained in place for the next 50 years.
Women organized their own football association in 1969, and soon after the FA ended its ban on women. The FA took over responsibility for the women’s game in 1993, beginning the slow process of improving funding and facilities.
Things accelerated after the 2012 London Olympics, when authorities began to recognize there was a global audience for the women’s game, said Gail Newsham, author of “In a League of Their Own!’’ that tells the story of Dick, Kerr Ladies.
Last year, the FA signed a three-year deal for broadcast rights to the Women’s Super League, increasing funding and exposure for the game. Sky Sports will broadcast a minimum of 35 games a year on its pay TV channels, and the BBC will carry another 22 on its free-to-view network.
“It’s not that long ago that girls, you know, top players, were paying for their own travel to get to matches and then having to get up to go to work the next day. So all of this is helping,’’ Newsham said of the funding. “You can see the difference now in the professionalism of the girls playing football.”
The excitement about Sunday’s final has triggered a scramble for tickets.
Tickets that originally sold for 15-50 pounds ($18-$61) are now selling for 100-1,000 pounds ($122-$1,216) on resale sites.
The Short family has decided to watch the game at the local pub, making an afternoon of it, like fans around the country.
“I don’t think it will matter if it’s men or women,’’ Naomi Short said. “It’s England now. It’s coming home. You know, I’d like to think that’s what people are getting excited about.” | https://www.kron4.com/sports/ap-sports/womens-soccer-energizes-england-in-a-league-of-their-own/ | 2022-07-29 08:17:51 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/sports/ap-sports/womens-soccer-energizes-england-in-a-league-of-their-own/ |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Pick 10" game were:
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NEW YORK (AP) — “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” writer-director Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his whodunit hit “Knives Out,” will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
The Canadian festival announced Wednesday that “Glass Onion” will make its world premiere at the 47th edition of TIFF, running Sept. 8-18. “Knives Out” also launched in Toronto, in 2019.
While “Knives Out" was released by Lionsgate, Netflix last year bought two sequels for $450 million. The streamer will release the film in late 2022.
In “Glass Onion," Daniel Craig's Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece for a new mystery. It co-stars Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick and Madelyn Cline.
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China vs. Haiti: Women’s World Cup Group D Odds, Stats and Live Stream - July 28
China will face Haiti in the 2023 Women's World Cup group stage, on July 28 at 7:00 AM ET. In their Group D openers, China fell to Denmark and Haiti also lost to England.
For this group-stage game, China is -156 to win and Haiti is +443, with the draw at +272. This game has an over/under of 2.5 goals.
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China vs. Haiti Game Info
- Date: Friday, July 28, 2023
- Time: 7:00 AM ET
- Location: Adelaide, Australia
- Venue: Coopers Stadium
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Total: 2.5
- China Moneyline: -156
- Haiti Moneyline: +443
China vs. Haiti World Cup Betting Insights
- The teams average zero goals per game combined, 2.5 fewer than this match's total.
- These teams together allow two goals per game, 0.5 fewer than this game's over/under.
- China has not played as a moneyline favorite yet this tournament.
- China has not played a game this tournament with moneyline odds of -156 or shorter.
- Haiti lost the only game it has played as an underdog this tournament.
- Haiti has played as an underdog of +443 or more once this tournament and lost that game.
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China vs. Haiti Recent Performance
- China went 3-2-0 in 2022 against teams participating in the 2023 Women's World Cup, scoring nine goals and giving up six. This year, its record is 0-2-3 versus fellow World Cup squads (one goal scored, eight allowed).
- China lost on July 22 against Denmark by a final score of 1-0. China took three fewer shots in the game, eight compared to Denmark's 11.
- China failed to score, but Wang Shuang led the club with three shots.
- Haiti was 0-0-3 in 2022 against teams participating in the 2023 Women's World Cup, scoring zero goals and giving up 12. This year, its record is 0-0-4 versus fellow World Cup squads (two goals scored, seven allowed).
- Last time out on July 22 versus England, Haiti endured a 1-0 loss, and was outshot 19 to six.
- Roselord Borgella had a team-leading two shots in the squad's scoreless effort.
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Wall Street nears bear market; stocks down 20% from record high
NEW YORK - Stocks fell in late morning trading on Wall Street Friday and are headed for another week of declines following a massive pullback two days ago.
The S&P 500 fell 0.7% as of 11:27 a.m. Eastern, and is on track for its seventh straight weekly decline after getting close to entering a bear market this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 211 points, or 0.7%, to 31,041 and the Nasdaq fell 0.9%.
All three are headed for drops of 3% or more for the week.
Technology stocks fell broadly and weighed down the market. Applied Materials, which produces chipmaking equipment, fell 5.1%. The tech sector has been particularly choppy and prompted many of the big swings in the market throughout the week. The lofty stock values for many companies in the sector give it more leverage in pulling the broader market higher or lower.
Bond yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.81% from 2.85% late Thursday.
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The stock market remains stuck in a slump amid worries about how inflation is squeezing businesses and consumers. Investors are also concerned about the Federal Reserve's plan to aggressively raise interest rates and whether that will help temper inflation's impact or crimp growth too much and send the economy into a recession.
Concerns about inflation have been growing heavier with Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushing energy and some key food commodity prices higher. China, the world's second-largest economy, took a renewed hit from lockdowns in key cities because of COVID-19 cases, but a surprise interest rate cut from the Chinese government has at least temporarily eased some anxiety.
The famous bull sculpture stands near Wall Street in New York, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Markets in Asia and Europe made solid gains.
Wall Street has been digesting earnings from retailers this week. The sector is a key focus as investors try to measure how much damage inflation is inflicting on company operations and whether higher prices on everything from food to clothing is prompting consumers to tighten their spending.
Retail giants Target and Walmart both had warnings this week about inflation cutting into finances. Discount retailer Ross Stores plunged 22.2% on Friday after cutting its profit forecast and citing rising inflation as a factor.
Several retailers were rewarded for encouraging results. Ugg footwear maker Deckers Outdoor rose 13.1% and Foot Locker rose 1.7% after beating analysts' earnings forecasts.
Investors continue watching the Fed for hints of more interest rate hikes to cool inflation that is running at a four-decade high. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said this week the U.S. central bank might take more aggressive action if price pressures fail to ease.
Why is it called a bear market?
A bear market is a term used by Wall Street when an index like the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, or even an individual stock, has fallen 20% or more from a recent high for a sustained period of time.
Why use a bear to represent a market slump? Bears hibernate, so bears represent a market that's retreating, said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA. In contrast, Wall Street's nickname for a surging stock market is a bull market, because bulls charge, Stovall said.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 18, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The S&P 500 index was down 1.9% in Friday afternoon trading, putting it 20.3% below its high set on Jan. 3. For many investors, the bear market would become official if the S&P 500, Wall Street's main barometer of health, finishes the day at least 20% down from its peak.
The Nasdaq is already in a bear market, down 31% from its peak of 16,057.44 on Nov. 19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is more than 16% below its most recent peak.
The most recent bear market for the S&P 500 ran from February 19, 2020 through March 23, 2020. The index fell 34% in that one-month period. It's the shortest bear market ever.
Why are investors worried?
Market enemy No. 1 is interest rates, which are rising quickly as a result of the high inflation battering the economy. Low rates act like steroids for stocks and other investments, and Wall Street is now going through withdrawal.
The Federal Reserve has made an aggressive pivot away from propping up financial markets and the economy with record-low rates and is focused on fighting inflation. The central bank has already raised its key short-term interest rate from its record low near zero, which had encouraged investors to move their money into riskier assets like stocks or cryptocurrencies to get better returns.
Earlier this month, the Fed signaled additional rate increases of double the usual amount are likely in upcoming months. Consumer prices are at the highest level in four decades, and rose 8.3% in April compared with a year ago.
The moves by design will slow the economy by making it more expensive to borrow. The risk is the Fed could cause a recession if it raises rates too high or too quickly.
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NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils locked up one of their talented young players on Thursday, signing Swedish forward Jesper Bratt to an eight-year, $63 million contract extension.
Bratt, who earned $5.45 million last season, was a restricted free agent. He had 32 goals and 41 assists as the Devils made the playoffs for the first time since 2018. His 32 goals and plus-14 rating were career highs.
“It was always a priority to keep Jesper Bratt here long term and both parties are thrilled that a deal was completed,” Fitzgerald said. “I value and commend the commitment Jesper made to this organization. We believe that he is a special player and a key member of our core group of talent who will contribute toward the team’s long-term success, and organizational goal of bringing the Stanley Cup back to New Jersey.”
Bratt has played six seasons with the Devils, starting in 2017-18. He is one of 10 players in franchise history to have 70-plus points in multiple seasons. He is also the first Devils player since Zach Parise (2008-09 to 2009-10) with at least 70 points in consecutive seasons.
Bratt slumped in the playoffs, scoring a goal and five assists as New Jersey beat the Rangers in seven games in the first round and lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in five in the second.
Bratt has 102 goals and 174 assists in his career, the most points earned by a player drafted after the second round from the 2016 draft.
Prior to the NHL, the winger spent two seasons playing in Sweden.
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The acting head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced he will resign from the agency this summer.
Acting administrator Billy Nolen made the announcement on Friday after a year of service in his current position. He previously worked for the FAA as an associate administrator in January 2022.
Nolen's farewell letter is a blow to the FAA, which has not had a Senate-appointed administrator since April 2022.
In March, President Biden's hopeful FAA administrator pick Phillip Washington withdrew himself from consideration after it was reported that Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema hesitated to support him amid Republican criticism.
FAA HAS OPERATED WITHOUT A SENATE-CONFIRMED DIRECTOR FOR NEARLY A YEAR
The announcement comes as air travelers brace for significant delays this summer, as travel levels are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels.
Despite the uncertainty of the future, Nolen said in a farewell letter that he is "immensely proud" of his accomplishments at the FAA.
"The majority of certification reform is done," the letter reads. "Rules that languished for years, like more robust flight attendant rest rules and SMS for airports, are final."
TRAVELERS FUME AS FAA ISSUES NATIONWIDE GROUND STOP: ‘THIS IS INSANE’
"We have not been afraid to act to preserve the safest era in aviation history but to also say that our current record is not good enough," Nolen added. "We should build a system so safe it doesn’t require heroic intervention."
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called Nolen a "dedicated public servant" in a press release.
"I can speak for everyone at DOT in saying that his skill and expertise are a great asset to this department, and will continue to be as FAA prepares for its upcoming leadership transition," the statement read.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Supernal today announced a collaboration with Microsoft to advance autonomy, digital operations and cloud integration technologies for the aviation industry by running Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) on the Microsoft cloud platform. With Microsoft Azure, Supernal can leverage the flexibility and cloud computing power needed to run secure simulations at scale and accelerate its timeline to commercialization. Microsoft benefits from Supernal's deep industry insights and experiences to enhance its customer-driven product innovation, including further enabling AAM companies to test and train simulations.
"In ushering in a new frontier of transportation with Advanced Air Mobility, Supernal has an obligation to ensure safe and secure deployment of eVTOL vehicles," said Dr. Jaiwon Shin, president of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Supernal. "We are pleased to collaborate with Microsoft, a software leader, in responsibly advancing AAM autonomous systems and information-sharing."
During the initial phase of the collaboration, Microsoft will provide Supernal early access to Project AirSim, an artificial intelligence (AI)-first simulation platform, to safely build, test, train and validate autonomous aircraft transportation through simulation. Project AirSim uses Azure to generate significant amounts of environment and sensory data to train machine learning models that simulate all phases of flight and variable weather patterns. Project AirSim provides libraries of pretrained AI models and planet-scale 3D environments representing urban and rural landscapes, as well as a partner ecosystem offering synthetic data generation to help accelerate aerial autonomy.
In addition, Supernal is looking to use the Microsoft mixed-reality headset—HoloLens 2—to create augmented reality (AR) applications for future vehicle and manufacturing operations. AR resources could enable efficiencies in future AAM manufacturing and maintenance by providing technicians visual feedback during routine actions and bring engineering support virtually on-site.
Microsoft is a critical ecosystem partner for Supernal to usher complete smart city infrastructure to markets, creating a seamless approach to the customer journey.
"Air transport is a key pillar in the democratization of mobility, connecting more people, goods and places through safe flight experiences," said Ulrich Homann, corporate vice president Cloud + AI at Microsoft. "With the Microsoft Cloud, Supernal can unlock the computing power it takes to build, validate, and deploy electric air vehicles at scale, spurring the commercialization of advanced air mobility solutions."
Supernal (Su·per·nal) is a U.S.-based mobility service provider on a mission to redefine how people move, connect, and live. We are developing an Advanced Air Mobility eVTOL vehicle and working to responsibly co-create the supporting ecosystem and integrate it into existing transit options. As part of Hyundai Motor Group, we are both a new business and an established company, with plans to harness our automotive manufacturing heritage to make Advanced Air Mobility accessible to the masses. Visit www.supernal.aero for more information and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Molly Flahive tossed a two-hit shutout as Holy Angels secured a 4-0 victory over Demarest in Demarest.
Theresa Wilson drove in two runs for Holy Angels as it scored three in the bottom of the third to take control. This was more than enough for Flahive, who allowed no runs on two hits while striking out eight and walking none.
Mia Custodio and Kate Qureshi added an RBI each for Holy Angels. Diana Ayers and Kiera Bianchi picked up hits for Demarest.
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There's only 10 tables and they only serve one thing, but that one thing is a rib-eye steak that is so good people tailgate in the parking lot for hours for it.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for NKE, OTIC, WYNN, WB, and SQ.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
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Sunday Summaries from English football (home teams listed first):
Man United: Marcus Rashford (25, 56), Jadon Sancho (61).
Halftime: 1-0.
Sunday Summaries from English football (home teams listed first):
Man United: Marcus Rashford (25, 56), Jadon Sancho (61).
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SkyLink, Blue Sky Network's 2x award-winning connectivity platform, is now DO-160G qualified for aviation
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Sky Network today announced that its SkyLink 7100 aviation solution has completed DO-160G qualification testing and can now be installed on crewed aircraft. Additionally, the SkyLink single-channel Iridium antenna has received FAA TSO C159d approval. This dual-mode communications solution leverages next-generation Iridium satellite service and local 4G/LTE networks, providing aviation customers with continuous pole-to-pole coverage.
To attain DO-160G qualification, the system passed rigorous environmental conditions and test procedures for airborne avionics equipment, including electrical, mechanical, and weather-related tests.
"We are incredibly proud to have met these high industry standards," says Jason Hicks, Blue Sky Network VP of Business Development. "SkyLink is now the first certified Iridium Certus® 100 airborne solution offering mid-band satellite data and high-definition voice."
SkyLink 7100 offers best-in-class performance for fixed wing, rotorcraft, and the burgeoning uncrewed aircraft (UAS) industry. This system also unlocks new capabilities for infrastructure monitoring, cargo delivery, aerial firefighting, EMS, airline information, government, and crew/passenger communications.
SkyLink 7100 is one of four unique products in Blue Sky Network's SkyLink suite of solutions offered across land, sea, air, and IoT markets.
The SkyLink ecosystem consists of lightweight, small form factor systems, and unique web-based applications that deliver connectivity and a suite of networking capabilities to and from any place on Earth. The SkyLink Cloud Services platform provides a powerful set of management tools for remote terminal management, diagnostics, and health monitoring. In addition, mission-critical information can be captured, disseminated, and displayed in a secure online portal. Customizable reports, activity alerts, and dashboards work around the clock, ensuring important data is recorded in real time for complete situational awareness.
Blue Sky Network is an industry-leading provider of mission-critical fleet management, business continuity, and operational analytics solutions, serving commercial and government customers worldwide. Founded in 2001, Blue Sky Network is the partner of choice to track, manage, and optimize high-value assets in real time anywhere in the world for improved safety, reliability, and operational efficiency. Headquartered in San Diego, California, with dealers in over 50 countries, the company holds Anatel certification and maintains offices in São Paulo, Brazil, and Scottsdale, AZ. Learn more: www.blueskynetwork.com.
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IDABEL, Okla. (AP) — Residents in southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas began assessing weather damage Saturday, working to recover and thankful to have survived after a storm stretching from Dallas to northwest Arkansas spawned tornadoes and produced flash flooding, killing at least two people, injuring others and leaving homes and buildings in ruins.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt went to the town of Idabel to see the damage. He said on social media that all the homes had been searched and a 90-year-old man was killed. Keli Cain, spokesperson for the state’s Department of Emergency Management, said the man’s body was found at his home in the Pickens area of McCurtain County, about 36 miles (58 kilometers) north of Idabel.
Morris County, Texas, Judge Doug Reeder said in a social media post that one person died as a result of a tornado in the far northeastern Texas County, offering no other details.
Reeder and other county officials did not immediately return phone calls for additional comment.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol also reported a 6-year-old girl drowned and a 43-year-old man was missing after their vehicle was swept by water off a bridge near Stilwell, about 135 miles (217 kilometers) north of Idabel. The drowning has not been officially attributed to the storm and will be investigated by the medical examiner, Cain said.
Saturday afternoon Stitt declared a state of emergency for McCurtain County, where Idabel is located, and neighboring Bryan, Choctaw and LeFlore counties.
The declaration is a step in qualifying for federal assistance and funding and clears the way for state agencies to make disaster-recovery related purchases without limits on bidding requirements.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said damage assessments and recovery efforts are under way in northeast Texas and encouraged residents to report damage to the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
“I have deployed all available resources to help respond and recover,” Abbott said in a statement. ”I thank all of our hardworking state and local emergency management personnel for their swift response.”
National Weather Service meteorologist Robert Darby in Tulsa said the far-reaching storm produced heavy rain in the Stilwell area at the time, around 4 inches (10.16 centimeters).
Idabel, a rural town of about 7,000 at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains, saw extensive damage, Cain said. “There are well over 100 homes and businesses damaged from minor damage to totally destroyed,” Cain said.
Trinity Baptist Church in Idabel was preparing to complete a new building when the storm ripped apart their sanctuary and flattened the shell of the new structure next door, according to Pastor Don Myer.
The 250-member congregation was to vote after the Sunday service on whether to move ahead with he final work to complete the building, Myer told The Associated Press.
“But we didn’t get to that. Every vote counts and we had one vote trump us all,” Myer, 67, said. “We were right on the verge of that. That’s how close we were.”
Myer said the congregation is going to pray on what happened, see how much their insurance covers and work to rebuild. On Saturday morning, a few members of the church took an American flag that had been blown over in the storm and stood it upright amid the wreckage of the original church building.
Shelbie Villalpando, 27, of Powderly, Texas, said she was eating dinner with her family Friday when tornado sirens prompted them to congregate first in their rented home’s hallways, then with her children, aged 5, 10 and 14, in the bathtub.
“Within two minutes of getting them in the bathtub, we had to lay over the kids because everything started going crazy,” Villalpando said.
“I’ve never been so terrified,” she said. “I could hear glass breaking and things shattering around, but whenever I got out of the bathroom, my heart and my stomach sank because I have kids and it could have been much worse. … What if our bathroom had caved in just like everything else? We wouldn’t be here.”
Terimaine Davis and his son were huddled in the bathtub until just before the tornado barreled through Friday, reducing their home in Powderly to a roofless, sagging heap.
“We left like five minutes before the tornado actually hit,” Davis, 33, told The Associated Press. “Me and my son were in the house in the tub and that was about the only thing left standing.”
In their driveway Saturday morning, a child’s car seat leaned against a dented, grey Chevrolet sedan with several windows blown out. Around back, his wife, Lori Davis, handed Terimaine a basket of toiletries from inside the wreckage of their house.
The couple and the three kids who live with them did not have renter’s insurance, Lori Davis said, and none of their furniture survived. “We’re going to have to start from scratch,” she said.
They hope to stay with family until they can find a place to live.
“The next few days look like rough times,” Terimaine Davis said.
Judge Brandon Bell, the highest elected official in Lamar County where Powderly is located, declared a disaster in that area. Bell’s declaration said at least two dozen people were injured across the county.
Powderly is about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of Idabel and about 120 miles (193 kilometers) northeast of Dallas and both are near the Texas-Oklahoma border.
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth confirmed three tornadoes – in Lamar, Henderson and Hopkins counties – Friday night as a line of storms dropped rain and sporadic hail on the Dallas-Fort Worth area and continued to push eastward.
The weather service’s office in Shreveport, Louisiana, said it was assessing the damage in Oklahoma.
Weather service meteorologist Bianca Garcia in Fort Worth said while peak severe weather season typically is in the spring, tornados occasionally develop in October, November, December and even January.
“It’s not very common,” Garcia said, “but it does happen across our region.”
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