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Ferran Torres's strike helped Barcelona emerge from a recent slump to earn a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday in La Liga, taking a big step towards clinching their first title since 2019.
After two consecutive goalless draws, second-place Real Madrid cut into Barcelona's lead by beating Celta Vigo on Saturday, but Torres's low first-half finish restored their advantage to 11 points with eight games remaining.
Atletico, third, arrived as Spain's most in-form side but Torres stroked home from the edge of the box in the 44th minute to secure victory for Xavi Hernandez's side.
Both sides had clear chances to score in the second half but Barcelona held on to their lead to inflict Atletico's first defeat since these sides met in January at the Metropolitano.
The hosts recorded a 23rd clean sheet of the season in La Liga, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen making a fine save to deny Antoine Griezmann an equaliser.
"We had to win however it was, it was important to take a big step forward in the hunt for La Liga," Torres told Movistar.
"The team worked very hard, the fans were with us from the first moment and the result fell our way."
Xavi brought Frenkie de Jong back into the starting line-up after injury, but Pedri had to make do with a seat on the bench after his two-month absence.
Griezmann almost struck immediately against his former side, rattling the crossbar with a fine effort from distance within the first minute after Sergio Busquets lost the ball in front of his box.
The French forward, in sublime form, was denied by an impressive Ter Stegen save after good work by Yannick Carrasco as Atletico shaded the first half.
However Barcelona struck just before the interval, with Raphinha controlling a long ball and crossing to Torres on the edge of the box.
With La Liga top scorer Robert Lewandowski flying past him on the outside calling for the ball, Torres took the brave decision to go it alone, and it proved fruitful as he stroked the ball past Jan Oblak and into the bottom corner.
It was Barcelona's first goal since Torres' strike against Elche on April 1, ending a painful run of three games without finding the net.
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Oblak saved from Lewandowski and Torres early in the second half, before Barcelona brought on Pedri to roars from the 80,000-strong Camp Nou crowd.
Gavi smashed an effort across goal while World Cup winner Rodrigo de Paul might have equalised at the other end, but fired wide as the game started to fragment.
Raphinha scooped a gorgeous ball through for Lewandowski but Oblak pounced before the Polish striker could reach it.
Gavi and Raphinha both mishit efforts from point-blank range in the space of a few seconds that should have put the game out of reach, before Ter Stegen palmed away Griezmann's cunning flick.
Barcelona had another golden opportunity to score the second but Lewandowski selfishly shot wide from distance as he and Raphinha ran through on goal.
A simple pass would have left the Brazilian with an open goal with Oblak stranded, but desperate to improve his poor goalscoring form in recent weeks, Lewandowski went alone and scuffed his effort wide.
The striker was not punished for his profligacy as Barcelona survived a late handball appeal against Busquets to triumph.
"La Liga has been difficult for a while and it still is, we couldn't make it a bit more exciting," said Oblak.
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App is now live as a free-to-play experience nationwide and will be available for real money in select states over the coming months
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MIAMI, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Betr, the first direct-to-consumer micro-betting focused sports betting and media company, announced today the launch of the Betr app. The app is available nationwide and can be found on both the Apple and Google Play stores.
Betr is the world's first micro-betting focused app, featuring a user experience exclusively focused on enabling users to predict the outcomes of every moment of every sporting event. This includes but is not limited to every pitch and at-bat of all MLB games, and every play and drive of all NFL and College Football games. The app also features a reimagined user interface layer, depicting the betting markets as more intuitive multiple-choice questions, while odds are displayed in easy to understand payout multiples to simplify the sports user betting experience.
The app is initially available nationwide as a free-to-play experience and will be available in select states for real money betting over the coming months as Betr obtains licenses and regulatory approval throughout the U.S. In the free-to-play experience, users can wager coins which can be redeemed for real prizes.
"We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Betr app today," said Joey Levy, Founder & CEO of Betr. "We view this free-to-play experience as a registration and onboarding platform to begin acquiring users mixed with an interactive tutorial for the future of sports betting. While this is very much an initial version that will get considerably betr over time, we believe the experience released today provides a glimpse into the future of sports betting in the U.S. – an instant gratification focus to betting delivered in a simple, intuitive user experience that anyone can enjoy, even if they have not bet on sports before."
"The future of the sports betting industry is finally here," said Alex Ursa, Head of Product at Betr. "What we launched today is not a sportsbook – this is something new, different, and interesting – which is what this industry needs, given every other operator in the space is essentially offering the same commoditized legacy sportsbook product. Betr is also the first betting app where someone who has never bet on sports before can dive right in and enjoy the experience with no learning curve and we are excited to finally be able to share it with the world."
Betr also announced that one user who downloads the app and correctly predicts the first play of the NFL season - Run or Pass - will win a free Betr branded Jeep Wrangler.
Betr recently announced a partnership with the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company which allows them to initially rollout the real money version of the app in Ohio. The company will soon be announcing additional market access partnerships covering its real money betting launches in other states. For the latest information on Betr, follow @betr on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and at betr.app.
Founded in 2022 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul, Betr is the first direct-to-consumer micro-betting focused sports betting company. Betr has also launched a new media venture for the next generation of sports fans. Betr is setting out to disrupt legacy gambling and legacy media, with a mission of making sports and betting betr. You can find Betr on @betr on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter, and on LinkedIn and at betr.app.
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Vandalism isn’t fun and games, Northport mayor warns students
By WVUA 23 News Reporter Jeremiah Hatcher
NORTHPORT – Homecoming season is right around the corner, and Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon has a message for students stocking up on TP and eggs: Don’t.
Vandalism costs the city and its residents money, whether it’s families who had their house egged or TP’d, mailbox repairs or waste management employees who have to clean up after trash cans are knocked around.
Herndon said vandalism cases were at an all-time high last year, and he’s calling on students to end the ridiculousness because causing damage isn’t just a prank, bro.
“Property damage is no fun for anybody,” Herndon said. “In particular, those who damage property will be penalized or even arrested and sent to jail.”
Northport Police Assistant Chief Keith Carpenter said he’s backing Herndon’s pleas with the help of his officers.
“We take it very seriously,” he said. “We want people to be aware of it and not let things go too far until they come to a point where criminal charges could be filed.”
Homecoming dates for Tuscaloosa County schools are:
- Brookwood High School: Oct. 21
- Hillcrest High School: Sept. 30
- Holt High School: Sept. 23
- Northside High School: Oct. 7
- Sipsey Valley High School: Sept. 30
- Tuscaloosa County High School: Sept. 16. | https://www.wvua23.com/vandalism-isnt-fun-and-games-northport-mayor-warns-students/ | 2022-09-14 20:46:47 | 0 | https://www.wvua23.com/vandalism-isnt-fun-and-games-northport-mayor-warns-students/ |
Jamestown City Council learned more about the two proposed Splash Pads for Jamestown Parks at their work session Monday night.
Both splash pads proposed for Jackson-Taylor and Allen Parks are estimated to cost $250,000 each which includes contingency funds.
Mayor Eddie Sundquist said the location for the pad at Jackson-Taylor Park would be on the current skate park pad, “We picked that spot, we looked at a couple different spots, in fact, at Jackson-Taylor Park. That one has probably the best surface that we could apply it to. As you know, Jackson-Taylor Park tends to sink when we install things. So we were really looking for surface quality, soil quality as part of it as well as location to bathrooms and other required amenities and obviously water lines.”
Sundquist said the water flow rate is 45-gallons per minute, with the play structures operating on a timed button system where users have to push a button for water to flow out. He said both splash pads would not have a circulating water system, “Circulating water system means we have a set amount of water that would be in there, that would continue to circulate back and forth. We would then require New York State testing. We’d have to have a bunch of additional staff in order to maintain it and manage it. In talking with the engineers for this, they actually recommended that we go with a fresh water system. So, it would be water that you would see from your tap coming through whenever you pressed the button.”
Sundquist said the water then drains out with no standing water. He added they’d work with the Board of Public Utilities to not get charged double for water use.
Council President Tony Dolce questioned if the push button system for the Splash Pad could be turned off, for example, at night or other times.
Parks Manager Dan Stone replied that everything is on a timer, “Everything runs on a timer and that would be based off of.. we haven’t gotten into big talks about that yet.. but it would be based on the season, obviously, but also maybe what’s going on the weekends, week day, activities in the park, those kind of things.”
Stone said the Splash Pad can be shut down on colder summer days to avoid water waste. He said the structures can be covered or even removed during the winter.
Sundquist said the Allen Park splash pad will be located at the corner of West Virginia Boulevard and Elizabeth Avenue due to availability of water lines, soil conditions, and its proximity to restrooms and parking.
He added that both splash pads would be ADA compliant. Sundquist said park staff will be trained by the company that installs to system on how to manage the pad.
Stone said trees will be able to provide shade for the pads. He said while the Jackson-Taylor location already has a fence, they haven’t discussed a fence for the Allen Park site yet.
Council Member at Large Kim Ecklund asked if maintenance was built into the cost and expressed concerns about vandalism.
Stone replied that they don’t have funds budgeted for maintenance once the pads are constructed, “I don’t think that’s stopped us on any project we’ve ever done since I’ve been in the Parks. That just means I keep coming at you for more Parks employees. Concrete is what it’s going to be. So it’s a concrete pad. Other than maybe getting dinged up by something, it shouldn’t really be an issue. It’s at least four inches thick, I think the specs call for. Vandalism, it doesn’t matter what we do, right? It doesn’t matter where it’s at. Stuff is going to get vandalized.”
While the total cost of the project would be $500,000, Sundquist said there is a $100,000 grant they’re waiting to hear on which would help offset the amount needed from American Rescue Plan funds.
Two community engagement meetings will be held to get input from the public on the two Splash Pads. The first will be held at the Allen Park Ice Rink at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, March 30. The second will be held at the Jackson-Taylor Park large pavilion at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 11. Sundquist said that community meeting will also be combined with the HUD Action Plan community input meeting.
If Council signs off on funding the project this month, Sundquist said engineers have told him the splash pads could be constructed and in operation by sometime in July 2023. | https://www.wrfalp.com/city-council-receives-more-information-about-proposed-splash-pads/ | 2023-03-07 13:44:43 | 0 | https://www.wrfalp.com/city-council-receives-more-information-about-proposed-splash-pads/ |
Silver Alert canceled for 67-year-old woman
Published: Nov. 5, 2022 at 4:55 PM CDT|Updated: 21 hours ago
FULTON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has canceled a Silver Alert for 67-year-old Jo Ann Decker of New Albany, Mississippi.
MBI says she has been located and is safe.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slipping Friday as a swirl of competing forces spins Wall Street, from strong profits for financial giants to worries about interest rates and the economy’s strength.
The S&P 500 was 0.5% lower in midday trading after giving up an early morning gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 208 points, or 0.6%, at 33,821, as of 11:45 a.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 0.7% lower.
Stocks are still on track for a weekly gain, built in part on hopes the Federal Reserve may soon end its barrage of rate hikes as inflation cools. High interest rates can stifle inflation but only by hurting the economy, raising the risk of a recession and dragging on prices for investments.
A top Fed official dampened those hopes Friday after saying inflation remains far too high and more hikes to interest rates may be needed. Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed’s governing board, also said that even after hikes end, rates will likely need to stay high for longer than markets expect.
After his comments, traders built bets that the Fed will raise rates at its next meeting in May, instead of taking its first pause in more than a year. Some even began betting the Fed may hike rates again in June, according to data from CME Group.
High-growth stocks tend to be among the most hurt by high rates, and several Big Tech stocks were among the heaviest weights on the S&P 500. Microsoft fell 1.2%.
Swaths of the economy have already begun slowing under the weight of higher interest rates, raising worries that a recession may be likely. A report on Friday showed U.S. shoppers cut their spending at retailers by more last month than expected. Much of that was due to falling gasoline prices, and the drop for what economists call “core retail sales” wasn’t as bad as forecast.
“The Fed’s challenge has been to cool inflation without putting the economy into a deep freeze in the process,” said Mike Loewengart, head of model portfolio construction at Morgan Stanley Global Investment Office. “The dynamic is still playing out in the markets, and we could see more choppy price action as a result.”
Potentially making things more difficult for the Fed was another report Friday that said U.S. households are girding for higher inflation. Consumers are expecting inflation over the next year of 4.6%, up from expectations for 3.6% a month earlier, according to a preliminary survey by the University of Michigan.
That could be troublesome, as the Fed has long feared entrenched expectations of high inflation could lead to a vicious cycle that keeps it high. Longer-term expectations for inflation, though, remain stable and clocked in at 2.9% for a fifth straight month, according to the survey.
All the worries helped push Treasury yields higher. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 3.51% from 3.45% late Thursday. It helps set rates for mortgages and other important loans.
The two-year yield, which moves more on expectations for the Fed, rose to 4.11% from 3.97%.
Helping to offset some of the worries were big gains by several of the nation’s biggest banks. They reported profits for the first three months of the year that blew past expectations.
They helped kick off the reporting season for big U.S. companies, where expectations are mostly dismal. Despite such worries, JPMorgan jumped 7.1% after its profit surged by more than half from a year earlier.
It benefited from the strains unearthed in the banking system last month that shook global markets. Those worries pushed some customers to pull cash from smaller banks and move it to bigger ones.
Citigroup rose 2.9% after it also reported stronger profit than expected. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, rose 3.3% after its earnings likewise topped forecasts.
Boeing was one of the heaviest weights on Wall Street. Its stock slid 5.8% after the aircraft maker said Thursday that production and delivery of a “significant number” of its 737 Max planes could be delayed because of questions about a supplier’s work on the fuselages.
Boeing said the supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, used a “non-standard manufacturing process” during installation of fittings near the rear of some 737s. Boeing said the situation is not an immediate safety issue and planes already flying “can continue operating safely.”
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Focused on Ventilator Management and K9 Emergency Care, the Courses Build Confidence for Professionals Advancing Their Careers
RADNOR, Pa., Feb. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IA MED, part of KnowFully Learning Group's Healthcare Education Direct division, today announced two new online continuing education unit (CEU) courses designed for law enforcement, military, search and rescue, and emergency care professionals who want to advance their careers and optimize patient outcomes. One course teaches foundational ventilator concepts, while the other details how to administer emergency medical care to operational K9s.
Basic Ventilator Management, an all-online and self-paced continuing education course, covers lung dynamics, the pathophysiology of ventilator settings and modes, and troubleshooting alarms. It is designed to help students better understand the mechanics of a life-saving ventilator and the why behind managing critical care patients.
"EMS providers are typically only taught the very basics when it comes to operating a ventilator, so they don't always understand what's happening or how to make adjustments when they're treating a patient in the field," said Amy Burmeister, executive vice president of Healthcare Education Direct for KnowFully Learning Group. "This course fills a gap and makes the information accessible so the learner can provide the best possible care for their patients."
The course is designed for students of all levels, serving as a deeper dive into basic ventilator concepts and building confidence for professionals working in the field. The instructor runs through a variety of real-world scenarios using the most frequently used ventilators.
K9 Emergency Care is the first course specifically designed for individuals who work closely with operational K9s, which includes EMTs, paramedics, search and rescue teams, law enforcement, K9 handlers, and firefighters. Operational K9s are an elite subset of working dogs trained to serve in high-threat or tactical environments that regularly put them in the way of life-threatening harm.
"Emergency professionals who work alongside dogs understand that they are integral members of the team whose value is immeasurable. They are our partners," said Burmeister. "We're thrilled to equip our learners with the knowledge they need in the event of accident, to take care of their animals in the same way they would a person."
The course covers basic and advanced emergency care for operational K9s, including K9 anatomy, performing assessments, possible emergencies, treatment guidelines specific to K9s, and more. Students will be able to comfortably care for or assess an operational K9 in distress at the end of the five-module, 8-hour online course. IA MED also offers an in-person, on-site option for agencies located anywhere in the U.S., where the same content and skills training will be presented.
Basic Ventilator Management is worth 2.5 CEU credits and K9 Emergency Care is worth 8 CEU credits. Visit www.iamed.com to learn more about these new offerings.
About IA MED
Founded in 2011, IA MED is an EMS education company that provides instruction and educational materials for EMS professional development through specialized courses and certifications, helping its students launch careers as flight paramedics, critical care paramedics and certified flight nurses across the United States and internationally. Leveraging its proprietary instructional design process called Reskue, IA MED creates curriculums that are not only accurate, simple and practical, but also intuitive, beautiful and inspiring. For more information, please visit iamed.com
About KnowFully
KnowFully Learning Group provides continuing professional education, exam preparation courses and education resources to the accounting, finance and healthcare sectors. KnowFully's suite of learning solutions helps learners become credentialed, satisfy required credit hours to maintain credentials, and stay informed on the latest trends and critical changes in their industries over the course of their careers. The company provides exam preparation and continuing education for accounting, finance, and tax professionals under the Surgent Accounting & Financial Education brand. KnowFully's healthcare education brands include CME Outfitters, CE Concepts, PharmCon, The Rx Consultant, ChiroCredit, IA MED, EMT & Fire Training Inc., Psychotherapy.net and American Fitness Professionals & Associates. For more information, please visit KnowFully.com.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)- The Richmond Police Department is investigating two shootings that sent people to the hospital Sunday night.
The first happened around 10:14 p.m. in the 3500 block of Lawson Street, just off Hull Street. The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The second happened around 10:57 p.m. in the 1600 block of Glenfield Avenue near Commerce Road, less than three miles from the first shooting. That victim was also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
It’s unclear if the two shootings are connected, and no information was released about a suspect in either incident.
If you have any information, contact the Richmond Police Department at 804-646-5112.
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Eric Salazar, 28, is an accountant living in his parents' basement. He hopes to buy the whole place when they retire, but says he'll rent out the rooms to make ends meet.
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Tens of thousands of people living in and around the Martinez Refinery Company still don’t know for certain if — or to what extent — they were poisoned last November.
But five months after 24 tons of toxic, dusty residue from gasoline, diesel and jet fuel flowing through the refinery first showered down on its next-door neighbors, new soil samples collected this week may finally confirm what dangers still linger there by late May or early June, county health officials announced Thursday.
Last Thanksgiving, the company posted on Facebook that the fine white substance that blanketed cars, porches and plants over the holiday was from a “non-toxic”, “non-hazardous” and “naturally occurring” catalyst dust expelled from its facility on the edge of town.
But within a few days, the Contra Costa County Health Department alerted residents that the ashy grit actually contained aluminum, barium, chromium and other hazardous metals — chemicals that are linked to nausea, vomiting, respiratory issues, immune system dysfunction, cancer and even death.
People living nearby were told in March to discard any food grown in gardens and fruit trees, just to be safe.
On Thursday, TRC, a Concord-based environmental consulting firm, started collecting soil samples from 14 different sites neighboring the refinery, which is located at 3485 Pacheco Blvd. Toxicologists will now evaluate the extent of contamination that residents were exposed to through skin contact, inhalation or consumption of food grown in the ground, according to Laura Trozzolo, a senior human health risk assessor with TRC.
She said the soil sample locations were chosen based on a map of where the plume of particles likely landed, using models from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District created using residents’ observations and wind simulations.
Trozzolo said that neither the five-month delay in data collection — due to the county’s lengthy contracting procedures — nor the recent historic storms that drenched the area should negatively impact lab findings.
“If we’ve had any deposition that might have landed on the surface over time, we’re still going to be capturing that within that top six-inch soil layer,” Trozzolo said during a press conference Thursday afternoon. “We do believe that we’re still characterizing and capturing conditions that occurred during that November event.”
Nicole Heath, director of the county’s hazardous materials program, said a 1990s-era industrial safety ordinance allows them to initiate an independent investigation and community risk assessment any time there’s a “major chemical accident or release,” such as the Martinez Refinery Co. event.
She said that ordinance allows the county to form an oversight committee, which brings together elected officials, county staff and community members with representatives from the refinery and its labor force.
“An independent incident investigation will look at root cause analyses, which would then determine exactly what happened, why it happened and what can we do to prevent things like this from happening again,” Heath said, later adding that similar chemical releases happened twice before at the refinery in the early 2000s, which was owned by Shell at the time. “We’re responsible, as the oversight committee, for holding the facility accountable.”
Meanwhile, the Contra Costa District Attorney’s office opened up a case in January on the refinery’s failure to notify hazmat officials about the hazardous release, according to Matthew Kaufmann, the county’s deputy health director.
Kaufmann said that while the health department can invoice the refinery to reimburse expenses during their investigation, the DA will be in charge of deciding whether or not the Martinez Refining Company should be responsible for financially compensating residents who lost food and soil.
Physical remediation efforts are also stalled until the upcoming lab results are complete, Heath said.
In the meantime, the county is still recommending that residents impacted by the toxic dust avoid eating any produce planted in the soil. However, gardeners are also encouraged to plant new seeds, in the event that soil samples don’t uncover any hazards.
“We are waiting to have the information from the soil sampling and risk assessment from TRC so that we can provide the answers that we know the community is so desperately, desperately seeking,” Heath said. “These corrective actions are in such a nature that they are intended to prevent something similar from happening again.” | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/05/05/martinez-refinery-toxicologists-to-determine-if-residents-were-poisoned-by-tons-of-chemical-dust/ | 2023-05-05 17:17:52 | 1 | https://www.chicoer.com/2023/05/05/martinez-refinery-toxicologists-to-determine-if-residents-were-poisoned-by-tons-of-chemical-dust/ |
Residents of Cliffside Park, the North Jersey town where Mehmet Oz lived for more than 20 years, have different appraisals of what it’s like living next to the celebrity.
A few said Oz, who’s now the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, was a good neighbor who largely kept to himself. Others said that on Halloweens past, he’d take his grandkids trick-or-treating, and once showed up in a Superman costume and another time as a ghost.
Others, like Melissa Gentile, are a bit more blunt.
“I don’t like him,” she said. “Nobody likes him.”
In Cliffside Park, a Bergen County suburb that sits nestled atop the Palisades cliffs with epic views of the Manhattan skyline, most residents who spoke to The Inquirer couldn’t pinpoint the last time they saw Oz. But they each had stories of his time as a neighbor.
Democratic activists canvassed the neighborhood on Monday, going door to door with treats mocking Oz and highlighting accusations that he’s a carpetbagger who has few ties to Pennsylvania. Democrat John Fetterman, Oz’s opponent in the Senate race, has made Oz’s New Jersey background a centerpiece of many campaign ads.
While Oz still owns his home in Cliffside Park, he has said he moved into his wife’s parents’ Montgomery County home in late 2020.
As children in costumes trick-or-treated in Cliffside Park on Monday, John Roefaro, who lives near Oz’s mansion, said he barely saw Oz except for — fittingly enough — a Halloween about 10 years ago. Oz brought his grandson to the Roefaros’ home, dressed as the Kryptonian superhero.
Otherwise, Roefaro, who has lived in his home for 20 years, can’t recall seeing him out and about. He does remember, however, the parties that Oz would throw, including one that brought several New York Yankees players and their luxury cars to the quiet, tree-lined street.
“He pretty much keeps to himself,” said Roefaro.
Although he’s a New Jersey resident, Roefaro said he caught the highlights of the first and only debate last week between Oz and Fetterman. Roefaro said he wasn’t impressed by Fetterman’s performance in the debate and said that if he could, he would probably vote for Oz.
Gentile, who has lived near Oz for 15 years, said Oz was a “garbage” neighbor who wasn’t very considerate and whose tree maintenance left much to be desired.
At one point, Oz planted bamboo on the back of his property, which sits on a cliff, she said. The invasive plant species often leaves the retaining wall along the road below his house unstable, causing rockslides and mudslides, she said.
Gentile also said that several neighbors had complained about the trees on Oz’s property. One neighbor even sued the celebrity doctor in 2010, claiming the trees obstructed his view of the skyline, according to the Associated Press.
At least two neighbors, who declined to give their names because of their proximity to Oz, said they complained to Oz about the trees that line his property, with one saying they had asked him to cut them, only for him to decline.
“I just keep telling my parents, ‘Please don’t vote for him,’ ” said Gentile. “Because they’re Pennsylvanians. Because he’s still my neighbor in New Jersey and he’s a garbage neighbor. You don’t vote for garbage neighbors.”
Karen Luchs, who also lives near Oz, declined to comment on the Senate race or Oz as a candidate. But to her, Oz was a model neighbor.
“I think whatever he chooses to do, he feels is the right thing for him,” she said. “He was a very good neighbor. I miss him. And he’s a good guy.”
One neighbor, who only gave his first name of Gary, also said that Oz was a good neighbor, but said that he leaned toward the Democratic Party.
“There’s too many celebrities running for office in this country,” said Gary. “They think they can change things.”
On Monday morning, members of Make the Road Action Pennsylvania and New Jersey and the Working Families party congregated down the block from Oz’s home, ready to go “trick-or-treating,” knocking on Oz’s neighbors’ doors, a tongue-in-cheek canvassing to let Cliffside Park residents know that the groups felt Oz was unfit for Senate.
The group, some wearing costumes, brought crudités to give out as treats, a reference to one of Oz’s social media videos, and even touted a life-size cutout of Oz wearing an Eagles jersey.
They asked Oz’s New Jersey neighbors to tell any Pennsylvania residents they know to vote for Fetterman.
Later in the day, the group had a plane fly a banner in the sky above the Hudson River, in full view of many of Oz’s neighbors with a message: “Dr. Oz to NJ Neighbors: Happy Halloween.” | https://www.inquirer.com/news/mehmet-oz-new-jersey-cliffside-heights-pennsylvania-senate-20221031.html | 2022-11-01 00:47:25 | 0 | https://www.inquirer.com/news/mehmet-oz-new-jersey-cliffside-heights-pennsylvania-senate-20221031.html |
Fox News settles with former Tucker Carlson producer who testified in Dominion case for $12 million
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News will pay one of its former producers $12 million to settle her claims that she faced a discriminatory workplace and that the network tried to coerce her into giving false testimony in Dominion Inc.’s defamation lawsuit against the network, her lawyer said Friday.
The payout to Abby Grossberg will settle all litigation that she brought against Fox Corp., Fox News Network and her former co-workers, including former Fox host Tucker Carlson.
The settlement was revealed with the filing of a “Notice of Voluntary Dismissal” in a lawsuit she had filed this year in Manhattan federal court.
Although the notice did not reference the terms of the settlement, Grossberg’s attorney, Parisis G. Filippatos, said in an interview that his client will receive $12 million.
In a statement, Fox News said: “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation.”
The lawsuit claimed that Fox’s legal team “coerced, intimidated, and misinformed” Grossberg during preparations for her testimony in a legal battle between the network and Dominion, an elections technology company.
She maintained in the lawsuit that she had received “damaging and woefully inferior and inadequate legal representation” compared to male counterparts at Fox News and that the experience had resulted in “irretrievable reputational and emotional harm.”
In April, Fox agreed to pay more than $787 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s airing of false claims following the 2020 presidential election. The settlement was reached shortly before Carlson was expected to be called to testify.
Less than a week later, on April 24, Carlson, the network’s most popular personality, was fired.
In her lawsuit, Grossberg had asserted that Carlson’s show had a cruel and misogynistic workplace, and that she had been pressured to give misleading testimony in the Dominion case.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A shootout in Florida's capital city in which “dozens and dozens of shots were fired” left one dead and eight wounded, and police shot one of three suspects who were later detained, authorities said.
Tallahassee police officers responding to reports of the shootout in the parking lots of a liquor store and restaurant Saturday night saw a man fire into a crowd and then run toward a fast-food restaurant.
They followed him and eventually shot him at least three times, Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell said at a Sunday morning news conference.
The suspect was not seriously wounded and was taken into custody, Revell said.
“These officers ran toward this amazing amount of gunfire as it was occurring,” Revell said. “They were rendering aid in the parking lot as it was occurring. There were dozens and dozens of shots that rang out.”
Police had extra patrols out Saturday night because of large crowds in town for Florida A&M University's homecoming and a Florida State home football game.
Authorities are still investigating what led to the shootout. | https://www.wptv.com/news/state/parking-lot-shootout-in-tallahassee-leaves-1-dead-8-wounded | 2022-10-30 18:04:32 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/state/parking-lot-shootout-in-tallahassee-leaves-1-dead-8-wounded |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — No. 12 Utah pounded a limping, bloodied Caleb Williams and roared past No. 4 Southern California 47-24 on Friday night to win the Pac-12 Championship and put USC's College Football Playoff hopes in doubt.
The loss by the Trojans (11-2) could open the way for Ohio State (11-1) to take their spot in the playoffs. USC is fourth in the CFP rankings, the Buckeyes are one step behind.
Ohio State had to be Utah's biggest fan. The Buckeyes move up in playoff consideration, with 12-0 Michigan at No. 2 with the Big Ten championship game on Saturday, that would give the Big Ten conference two playoff teams for the first time. It also would extend the Pac-12's playoff drought — Washington in 2017 is the last team from that conference to make the playoffs.
Utah (10-3) is heading to the Rose Bowl, but the Utes already were going there regardless of the outcome of the title game. They are responsible for USC's only losses, having edged the Trojans 43-42 on Oct. 15 in Salt Lake City.
The Utes rolled up 533 yards of offense in the rematch, and Cam Rising passed for 310 yards and three touchdowns.
Williams threw for 363 yards and three TDs. He entered the game as the leading Heisman Trophy candidate, but wasn't the same after getting injured in the first quarter.
The Trojans looked as if they were going to run away with the game, taking a 17-3 lead early in the second quarter behind some stellar play by Williams.
He appeared to hurt his left knee or leg in the first quarter on a 59-yard run in which he took a big hit at the end, and he suffered a bad cut on the pinky finger of his throwing hand. He spent most of the game limping, and wasn’t the same after a sterling first quarter in which the Trojans outgained Utah in total yards 194-70, and Williams had both touchdown passes.
After USC failed to pick up a fourth-and-8 from Utah’s 37-yard line, the Utes scored two touchdowns in the final 3:55 of the first half, and suddenly the game was tied at 17. Instead of a rout, the game was beginning to look like the shootout the Utes won in October.
The game took on that tone at times in the second half, but USC had no answer for how to slow down Utah, which outscored the Trojans 44-7 in overcoming that two-touchdown deficit.
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A announced sellout crowd of 61,195 made this the largest for a neutral-site Pac-12 Championship. It beat the previous record of 58,476 fans. who watched Southern California-Stanford in Santa Clara, California, in 2015
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It seems like only yesterday that Porsche took the wraps off a new 911 Speedster (it was actually in 2019), but a new report claims the next iteration is already being readied for a debut this year.
Car Magazine reported last week that a 911 Speedster based on the current 992 generation of Porsche’s sports car icon is set for debut at the 2023 Los Angeles auto show in November, possibly with cameras to help eliminate the car’s typical rear-three-quarter view blind spots.
The car would then reportedly go on sale in 2024, likely as the final variant of the 992-generation 911 before the arrival of an updated 992.2 range. Prototypes for various 992.2-generation 911 grades are already testing, including new hybrid models.
There haven’t been any 911 Speedster prototypes, which would be unusual for a new Porsche model debuting so soon.
Car Magazine speculates that the car will be based on the 911 GT3, like the last one, though earlier 911 Speedsters have been based on other 911 grades. The current 911 GT3 is powered by a 4.0-liter flat-6 generating 502 hp.
The Speedsters are among the most collectible of 911 variants. They reconnect the sports car to classic Porsches like the original 356 Speedster and later 550. The cars are strict two-seaters and come loaded with the 911’s top-shelf options. They also tend to feature a few retro cues, as well as unique design treatments like a more raked windshield, a lower roofline (when the top is up), and a double-bubble rear deck.
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE (Associated Press)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands flocked to the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday to support three Democratic lawmakers facing possible expulsion for their role in a gun-control demonstration, cheering and chanting outside the House chamber so loudly that the noise drowned out the proceedings.
The GOP-dominated House was set to vote on whether to oust Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, an extraordinary move that the chamber has used only a handful of times since the Civil War.
The trio held hands as they walked onto the House floor Thursday morning, and Pearson raised his fist to the crowd during the Pledge of Allegiance.
The calls for expulsion stem from a protest held last week, just days after six people, including three children, were fatally shot at The Covenant School in Nashville. Johnson, Jones and Pearson chanted back and forth from the chamber floor with gun-control supporters who packed the gallery.
Outrage over the possible expulsion has once again thrust Tennessee into the national spotlight, underscoring not only the ability of the Republican supermajority to silence opponents, but also its increasing willingness to do so.
The move sends a chilling message just as lawmakers grapple with how to respond to the devastating shooting while others have raised concerns about undermining Democracy by overturning the will of the voters.
In Washington, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the vote as “legislative bullying.”
“The fact that this vote is happening is shocking, undemocratic and without precedent,” she said.
Many of the protesters traveled from Memphis and Knoxville, areas that Pearson and Johnson represent, and stood in a line that wrapped around the Capitol building to get inside.
Protesters outside the chamber held up signs that said, “School zones shouldn’t be war zones,” “Muskets didn’t fire 950 rounds per minute” with a photo of George Washington, and “You can silence a gun … but not the voice of the people.“
As the House began its proceedings Thursday, Democratic Rep. Vincent Dixie stood before his colleagues and urged them to “not get distracted.” He mentioned the funeral for Mike Hill, one of the Nashville school shooting victims, which took place earlier in the week.
“I want us to keep in mind the sacrifice that he made to keep those kids safe,” Dixie said. “Each of us has power to make change.”
Before the expulsion vote, House members were set to debate more than 20 bills, including a school safety proposal requiring public and private schools to submit their building safety plans to the state. The bill did not address gun control, sparking criticisms from some Democratic members that lawmakers were only addressing a symptom and not the cause of school shootings.
In 2019, lawmakers faced pressure to expel former Republican Rep. David Byrd after he faced accusations of sexual misconduct dating to when he was a high school basketball coach three decades earlier. Republicans declined to take any action, pointing out that he was reelected as the allegations surfaced. Byrd retired last year.
Last year, the state Senate expelled Democrat Katrina Robinson after she was convicted of using about $3,400 in federal grant money on wedding expenses instead of her nursing school.
Before that case, state lawmakers last ousted a House member in 2016 when the chamber voted 70-2 to remove Republican Rep. Jeremy Durham after an attorney general’s investigation detailed allegations of improper sexual contact with at least 22 women during his four years in office.
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One of the state’s most prominent proxy wars — the agriculture-vs-wildlife debate playing out vis-a-vis bison — is again making the rounds in national and state policy circles.
The Interior Department announced Friday, March 3, that it’s putting $25 million of Inflation Reduction Act funding toward bison restoration.
The agency described bison as a keystone species that is “inextricably intertwined with Indigenous culture, grassland ecology and American history.” It also said efforts to restore the once-abundant national mammal will contribute to healthy grasslands, which play an important role in climate change-mitigating carbon sequestration processes, reports Montana Free Press.
Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland further fleshed out her case in Order 3410, which lays out a framework for the department to work with tribes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service to advance bison restoration.
“The best science shows that returning bison to grasslands can enhance soil development, restore native plants and wildlife, and promote carbon sequestration, thereby providing benefits for agriculture, outdoor recreation, and Tribes. In addition, restoring bison and healthy grasslands can serve as a step toward national healing and reconciliation after centuries of federal policies designed to erase Native people and their cultures,” the order reads.
Those arguments don’t appear to resonate with Republicans in Montana, who argue that it’s up to state policymakers, not the federal government, to manage wildlife within Montana’s borders.
March 2, the day before the Interior Department’s announcement, the Montana Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 14 opposing bison introduction at the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, a central Montana refuge managed by USFWS. It passed on party lines, 34-16 and now awaits the consideration of the House.
The resolution argues that mixed ownership inside the CMR and an open range management style providing “no delineation between where federal land ends and state trust land begins” should dissuade the federal government from reintroducing bison on the CMR, the second-largest wildlife refuge in the Lower 48. Such an action would “threaten the livelihoods of ranching families,” the resolution says, and force costs associated with bison damage onto the state and landowners in and adjacent to the CMR.
A call to CMR Project Manager Paul Santavay for comment on the Interior Department’s March 3 announcement was not returned by press time.
Tension over bison management is playing out in other arenas as well. Gov. Greg Gianforte, Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Montana Stockgrowers Association announced in August that they’re appealing the BLM’s decision to expand bison grazing in central Montana. A year prior, the state agreed not to explore bison management on state-managed lands for at least a decade as part of a settlement with United Property Owners of Montana. | https://www.kxlf.com/news/montana-news/interior-dept-to-invest-25-million-in-bison-restoration | 2023-03-15 14:07:47 | 1 | https://www.kxlf.com/news/montana-news/interior-dept-to-invest-25-million-in-bison-restoration |
Martin Amis, acclaimed British novelist and London scenester of ‘80s and ‘90s, dies at 73
Martin Amis, the acclaimed British author best known for “Money,” “London Fields” and a dozen other novels of flash, style and substance and fixture of the London literary scene, has died at age 73.
He died Friday at his home in Lake Worth, Fla., as confirmed by his longtime publishing house, Alfred A. Knopf. The cause was esophageal cancer. He is survived by his wife, writer Isabel Fonseca.
Amis came to prominence with what are commonly referred to as his “London trilogy” of novels: “Money: A Suicide Note” (1985), “London Fields” (1990) and “The Information” (1995). Over the span of his career, he published 15 novels, as well as works of nonfiction, and collections of essays and short stories. He turned his gaze inward with his well-regarded memoir, 2000’s “Experience.”
Earlier this week, Jonathan Glazer’s adaptation of Amis’ 2014 novel, “The Zone of Interest,” had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
This obituary will be updated.
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Make a joy list
Start by making a list of the various activities that fill your day. Now, identify the things you’re doing for other people versus the things that bring you joy. What’s the balance of activities? How much time are you giving yourself for joy?
“My goal was to do more of what gives me joy and less of things I thought I was obligated to do for other people,” said Richard Wexelblat, 84, of Coatesville, Pa. “I know it sounds selfish, but it was important.”
He made a list of “little joys” like remembering to put on his name badge and “big joys like getting back to baking and making my first loaf of bread in a long time.”
Just set a goal
It sounds simple, but often the most important part of a resolution is just picking a goal you want to achieve. Jess Hutchins, 44, of Southborough, Mass., realized this after being sidelined by ACL (knee) surgery. She set a goal of improving her 5K race time, and she found a training program focused on improving speed.
“Knowing what’s important to you and working to achieve it feels great,” said Hutchins. “It doesn’t have to be big, but you should have a process of getting from where you are to where you want to be.”
Focus on little wins
There are bound to be times when we get off track or fail at achieving our goals the first time. But resolving to remain positive, stay the course and focus on small changes over time can help.
Portia Young, in Milwaukee, said she made a resolution in January 2022 to lose weight before a Florida vacation in November. She joined Weight Watchers and lost 45 pounds over the next several months.
“The biggest thing is that I made peace with the fact that controlling my weight, is something I’m always going to have to manage,” she said. “Losing weight is the result of little wins, small changes, like eating more vegetables but still eating a burger occasionally. Try to stay positive and know that slow and steady wins the day.”
Stack your habits
One way to form a new habit is to “stack” it on top of an already existing one. If there is an activity that is already part of your daily activities or routine, consider pairing it with the new habit or activity you’d like to start.
Storm Cunningham, 71, of Arlington, Va., wanted to take more frequent exercise breaks from sitting at his computer. Although his wife had bought a small trampoline for his office, he wasn’t using it. He finally made a pledge to bounce on the trampoline whenever he took a bathroom break. It worked.
Ask for help
Don’t be afraid to reach out to others for support. For Laura Rocco, 74, friends were crucial to helping her achieve her a goal to restore her Florida home, which had been flooded during Hurricane Ian.
“I needed to deal with it without being consumed and overwhelmed,” she wrote. Her friends in the neighborhood provided her a place to stay, while others helped with demolition.
“Each day after tearing out carpet, removing drywall, and dragging ruined furniture to the curb, I returned to the neighbors’ house, took a hot shower, put on a dress and let my mind shift away from the endless to-do list and breathe (and enjoy Jeopardy!).”
Bring a friend
Danielle Nicholson, 49, set a goal of hiking 100 miles in October, both to boost her fitness and stabilize her mental health ahead of a stressful holiday season. She enlisted a workout partner to complete the goal with her — someone who was just as motivated and would make the experience fun. They chose hiking trails that had been on their bucket lists and also did shorter neighborhood hikes.
Finding the time to schedule hikes turned out to be the most difficult part. “We just did what it took to make it happen,” she wrote. “We celebrated our 100th mile by ending the snowy hike with a glass of wine and tomato soup at a local restaurant. I still dream of that soup.”
Don’t be afraid to try something new
Susan Rendina, 66, of Belmont, Calif., decided to learn to play the piano this year. She wanted to be able to make music, have another way to connect with her son and challenge herself. She took an adult piano class at a local community college, then did her own lessons with the help of her son, playing music over a video call and listening to his feedback.
“Reading the music and trying to coordinate both hands while keeping the timing correct is very challenging for me,” she said.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita East Aces are looking to outrun the competition this season. Both players and coaches tell KSN that they believe they have one of the fastest groups of players in the area.
“I think the biggest thing is consistency,” said Aces head coach Ene Akpan. “Not being complacent and being disciplined are keys to having a successful season.”
This is also a program on the rise. In each of the past two seasons, the aces have won more games than they had in any season since 2008.
Junior wide receiver MJ White explained, “Last year we came out slow. We can’t do that this year. We’ve got to come strong out the gate and execute everything.”
The Aces also played a lot of young players last season, and they hope that on-field experience will pay off this season.
“Those sophomores that started are starting again,” added Coach Akpan. “I think just the experience and just getting on it. Those guys are leaders now instead of followers. They’re taking that leadership role, so that’s going to help.”
“I just feel like we were a young team last year,” said junior defensive back Dayontay Standifer. “We didn’t have anybody to look up to. We were just going off of what we knew, but I believe this year, we have a better chance.” | https://www.ksn.com/sports/wichita-east-football-will-use-team-speed-to-hopefully-run-away-from-the-competition/ | 2022-08-26 04:48:43 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/sports/wichita-east-football-will-use-team-speed-to-hopefully-run-away-from-the-competition/ |
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — Air Force officials say they’re investigating what they describe as an “in-flight emergency” involving a military plane near a Mississippi Air Force base.
The Columbus Air Force Base said in a statement that the emergency happened Monday afternoon, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of the base. A statement described the emergency as an “aircraft mishap” and gave few details.
No information on possible injuries was released, and calls and messages to the installation were not immediately returned.
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Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Ontario Teachers'
Pension Plan, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) Invest
$401M in Netskope
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Netskope, a leader in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), on the heels of its recognition as Cloud Security Services Vendor of the Year, its sixth straight ranking on the Forbes Cloud 100 list of top cloud companies, and its recognition as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Service Edge (SSE), today announced an oversubscribed investment round of $401M.
The partners for this oversubscribed convertible note investment were four of the world's premier investors. The financing was led by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, with participation from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, and CPP Investments. Netskope plans to extend its technology and platform advantages and market reach through continued innovative worldwide platform development and expansion of strategic go-to-market activities, underscoring its leadership and momentum in what leading analysts estimate to be the $36 billion market opportunity for SASE by 2025.
This financing marks the latest among many recent business and financial milestones for Netskope and serves as another strong validation and indicator of the continued momentum and adoption of the company's vision, team, products, culture, and market opportunity.
Securing Modern Cloud Networks
As hybrid and remote work has become the new reality, and the use of the cloud accelerates, enterprises of all sizes need to transform their network and data security strategy and architecture. As a result, they are rapidly adopting SASE as a foundational part of their zero trust strategy, to safeguard data, support digital transformation efforts, and realize better efficiency by addressing security and networking challenges through a unified architecture. In addition, enterprises are increasingly seeking SASE capabilities from fewer sources to reduce vendor and tool sprawl. Gartner notes1 that, "by 2025, 65% of enterprises will have consolidated individual SASE components into one or two explicitly partnered SASE vendors, up from 15% in 2021."
The Netskope converged SASE platform includes Netskope's industry-leading Intelligent Security Service Edge (SSE) and Borderless SD-WAN technologies, all of which are crucial to providing the optimized access and zero trust-based security required in a modern networking and security technology stack. Netskope today is one of only a few providers of single-vendor SASE. It is also the only SASE provider recognized as a representative vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide to Single Vendor SASE that also appears as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge.
"Our vision from day one was that traditional network and security perimeters would transform, with users, data, and devices moving outside the confines of corporate network perimeters and requiring a new approach to security," said Sanjay Beri, Netskope CEO and co-founder. "With a cloud-first, data-first, and customer-centric philosophy, we built a market-leading SASE platform and one of the world's fastest and most-connected security cloud networks. We have enabled enterprises everywhere to allow their users to be mobile, efficient, and flexible while securing them and the data and applications they access, whether they are in the cloud, on the web, or are private applications on-prem and beyond. We are very proud of the team members, customers, industry luminaries, and existing and new partners announced today who are helping to enable Netskope's journey and secure the journey of all enterprises worldwide."
Over the past 12 months, Netskope has broadened its market reach in the following ways:
- Increased Customer Base – to more than 2,400 total customers worldwide, including over 25 of the Fortune 100, and across all verticals including financial services, healthcare, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, government, high tech, and beyond.
- Expanded SASE Platform – through organic development of new endpoint data loss prevention, advanced cloud firewall, and zero trust network access products, as well as strategic acquisitions of WootCloud and Infiot to serve as core technology components of Netskope's innovative IoT Security and Borderless SD-WAN modules, respectively.
- Growing Patent Portfolio – more than 100 global patents awarded to Netskope inventors, in data loss prevention, AI/ML, threat prevention, high speed cloud networking, and other strategic technology categories.
- Continued Expansion of NewEdge security private cloud – now powered by full-compute data centers in more than 60 regions worldwide. Every Netskope NewEdge data center is accessible to every customer, with all Netskope SASE services available, providing low latency and high-performing infrastructure, and backed by industry-leading Service Level Agreements.
- New and Enhanced Go-to-Market Partnerships – with some of the world's best-known cloud platform, service provider and systems integrator brands, including Orange, Deloitte, Telefonica, KPN, AWS, Google Cloud, CrowdStrike, Mimecast, Okta, and others which expand Netskope's global reach and ability to capture market share.
- Increased Corporate Footprint – to more than 2,500 team members, active in over 40 countries, with open roles across teams and regions. In 2022, Netskope also enhanced its seasoned executive team with leaders from Salesforce, AWS, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks and others joining Netskope.
- Industry Recognition: Recent Netskope highlights also include product, customer, and industry recognition, including:
"Cloud migration—and securing this modern network—represents one of the most significant and transformative technology shifts in decades," said Pedro Teixeira, managing director of Morgan Stanley and Co-Head of Morgan Stanley's Tactical Value Investing Team. "We seek to invest in high-quality companies that are driving their markets today and into the future. Netskope epitomizes this, with its innovative SASE vision and solid execution, a robust platform with significant monetization ahead of it, a large global customer base, and defensible market leadership. We look forward to partnering with the team as they strive to realize the significant opportunity that lies ahead."
Legal Notices
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC served as the sole placement agent for the note offering. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP served as Netskope's legal counsel and Latham & Watkins LLP served as Morgan Stanley Tactical Value's counsel. J Wood Capital Advisors LLC acted as financial advisor to Netskope.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities of Netskope. The securities referenced herein have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland woman spent months conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader based in Florida to plan an attack on Baltimore’s power grid, hoping to further their racist mission, law enforcement officials said Monday.
The plan was thwarted when both suspects were arrested last week, adding to a growing list of similar cases as authorities warn the American electrical grid could be a vulnerable target for domestic terrorists.
Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34, was working with Brandon Russell, who founded a small Florida-based neo-Nazi group, to plan a series of “sniper attacks” on Maryland electrical substations, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday. The document also included a photo of a woman authorities identified as Clendaniel wearing tactical gear that bore a swastika and holding a rifle.
It wasn’t immediately clear Monday whether either suspect had a lawyer to speak on their behalf. There was no evidence the plot was carried out or any record of damage to local substations.
U.S. Attorney Erek Barron praised investigators for disrupting hate-fueled violence.
“When we are united, hate cannot win,” he said at a news conference announcing the charges.
Authorities declined to specify how the planned attack was meant to fulfill a racist motive but suggested the defendants wanted to bring attention to their cause. Russell had discussed targeting the grid during cold weather “when most people are using max electricity,” authorities alleged.
According to the complaint, Clendaniel was planning to target five substations situated in a ring around Baltimore, a majority-Black city mostly surrounded by heavily white suburban areas.
“It would probably permanently completely lay this city to waste if we could do that successfully,” Clendaniel told a confidential informant she met through Russell, according to the complaint. She was most recently living outside the city in surrounding Baltimore County, officials said.
Clendaniel told the informant she was experiencing terminal kidney failure. With just a few months to live, she wanted to “accomplish something worthwhile” before her death, according to the complaint. Many of their conversations focused on how she could get a weapon to carry out the attacks.
Investigators also found a document in her Google records that they compared to a manifesto. “I would sacrifice (asterisk)(asterisk)everything(asterisk)(asterisk) for my people to just have a chance for our cause to succeed,” it stated, including references to Hitler and other terrorists, according to the complaint.
“Identifying and disrupting terrorist plots, both foreign and domestic, is one of the FBI’s top priorities,” agent Thomas Sobocinski said at Monday’s news conference. “To those extremists looking to disrupt society and cause chaos in our communities, we will not … tolerate this.”
Russell, who founded an obscure neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division, has a long history of ties to racist extremist ideologies and past plans to disrupt American infrastructure systems, according to the complaint. Atomwaffen Division leaders recently renamed themselves the National Socialist Order. The group’s mission is civilizational collapse, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Federal authorities said Russell, 27, landed on their radar after a 2017 shooting left two of his roommates dead. Local law enforcement officers found Russell at the scene, dressed in a military uniform and crying over the news. A third roommate, who was later arrested, told investigators he committed the killings to thwart a terrorist attack by Atomwaffen, which included plans to target U.S. infrastructure. He said Russell knew nothing about the killings, having just returned home from his Florida National Guard duties.
Russell ultimately pleaded guilty to explosives charges after authorities found bomb-making materials in the garage. He served five years in federal prison and was on supervised release at the time of his recent arrest, officials said.
The attorney who represented him in that case didn’t immediately respond to a message Monday.
Recent attacks and threats to the U.S. power grid have heightened concerns about protecting critical infrastructure.
In Washington state, two men were arrested last month on charges they vandalized substations in attacks that left thousands without power around Christmastime. One suspect told authorities they hoped the power outage would allow them to break into a business and steal money.
A gunfire attack in December on substations in central North Carolina also caused power outages affecting tens of thousands of customers. Law enforcement officials have said the shooting was targeted, though no arrests have been made. Lawmakers there have proposed legislation to toughen penalties for intentionally damaging utility equipment.
An account linked to Russell recently sent the confidential informant a video about the North Carolina attack, discussing the substations targeted and their geographic areas, according to the complaint.
Baltimore Gas and Electric, which controls the local power grid, thanked law enforcement on Monday and said there was no damage to substations, service wasn’t disrupted and there are currently no known threats to facilities.
“We have a long-standing partnership with law enforcement and state and federal regulators of the grid to secure critical infrastructure,” the company said in a news release. “This work is even more important now as threats have increased in recent years.”
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore also praised the investigative efforts that succeeded in “preventing a potentially catastrophic attack on several of Maryland’s electrical substations.”
Russell and Clendaniel corresponded years ago while incarcerated in separate correctional facilities, authorities said. Officials declined to specify the nature of their relationship or how they met, but the complaint says they discussed having children together. Text messages linked to Russell included a statement that “going to prison was worth it because I might not have met you otherwise.”
Their relationship dated to at least 2018. Last May, the complaint says, Clendaniel shipped an online order — a 34-piece “Professional Pocket Picking Hand Tool” — to Russell’s Orlando address.
Clendaniel has a long criminal history in Maryland, including a 2006 robbery conviction in Cecil County, a largely rural area about an hour northeast of Baltimore. She pleaded guilty to the charge after authorities accused her of brandishing a butcher knife and demanding money from a convenience store clerk.
Then 18, Clendaniel was pregnant at the time of her conviction. Her attorney cited mental health issues and said she was receiving methadone treatment, according to The Cecil Whig. She pleaded guilty in 2016 in connection with another robbery case.
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Which ‘Beetlejuice’ Funko Pops are best?
Funko Pops have become some of the most popular collectible figures on the market. With hundreds of models that depict most if not all the characters from your favorite shows and movies, there is undoubtedly a Funko Pop for you.
For movie fans, the Funko Pop options are almost limitless, and who else but Beetlejuice to add to your collection? If you’re a fan of “Beetlejuice” and want the ghost with the most in your home, look no further for the best Funko Pop out there, such as the Beetlejuice With Hat Funko Pop.
What to know before you buy a ‘Beetlejuice’ Funko Pop
Boxed vs. unboxed
Although Funko Pop figures are mostly intended to stay in the box, whether or not you unbox them is entirely up to you. Serious collectors tend to leave them in their boxes to preserve their condition. The boxes are easy to store and stack. The box also details the exact model of the figure, which you might want to be displayed if yours is particularly rare.
If you’d rather take your figure out of the box, that’s fine, too. Many come with stands so that they are still on display but you can see the full figures. If you trash a box and later change your mind, there are several retailers out there that will sell just the empty box. Beware of accidentally getting the wrong one.
Styles
“Beetlejuice” Funko Pop figures come in a couple of different styles besides the standard, 4-inch size. Funko’s Town collection features characters placed into a particular scene or setting, usually with some type of accessory. They tend to be on the pricey side.
A Funko collectible includes Beetlejuice with spikes coming out of him as he dances his way to Dante’s Inferno Room.
Other characters
Besides Beetlejuice, there are Funko Pop figurines of all your other favorite “Beetlejuice” characters. You can find the recently deceased Adam and Barbara Maitland, transformed to look their spookiest and ready to scare away the living. Also available is Edgar Allan Poe’s daughter (according to Beetlejuice), Lydia, who comes in her signature black outfit and her red wedding dress.
What to look for in a quality ‘Beetlejuice’ Funko Pop
Detail
The detail on a particular figure can vary from one to the next, especially as more variations come out. Look closely at the Funko Pop you are considering to ensure it has the detail you’re looking for.
Authenticity
These collectibles are often bought and resold through secondary retailers, and some make replicas meant to look just like the real thing. The barcode on the box, serial number, and licensing information will help ensure a figure’s authenticity.
Variations
If a particular character has several notable looks or outfits, they typically are developed into Funko Pop variations. If there is a particular variation you are after, ensure the one you find is the right one.
How much you can expect to spend on a ‘Beetlejuice’ Funko Pop
Prices for Funko Pops depend largely on when the figure was released and how rare it is. Most “Beetlejuice” Funko Pop figures cost $11-$20. Some come in sets of two variations of Beetlejuice, which cost around $30. The town Funko Pop is rare and costs more than $100.
Funko Pop FAQ
Where is the best place to buy Funko Pops from?
A. Because there is such a diverse array of characters, Funko POPs are found at countless stores and online retailers. Check local bookstores and similar shops around you to find out which characters they carry. There are many available from resellers online as well.
What is the best way to keep your Funko Pop preserved?
A. To ensure the preservation, keeping your figure in the box is essential. This removes any chance of an accident or mishap that might damage your Funko Pop If you’re storing any, avoid places such as the garage or basement, as temperature and humidity can’t be regulated there.
What is the best way to store Funko Pops?
A. On a shelf is the best way to both store and display Funko POPs. If you choose to keep them out of the box, you can save even more room. Fold the box flat and keep the plastic insert in case you ever want the figure back in the box. Plastic storage bins are sturdy and prevent figures from getting damaged.
What are the best ‘Beetlejuice’ Funko Pops to buy?
Top ‘Beetlejuice’ Funko Pop
Beetlejuice With Hat Funko Pop
What you need to know: This creepy yet charming figure is wonderfully detailed and is perfect for any “Beetlejuice” lover.
What you’ll love: Compared to other versions of the “Beetlejuice” Funko Pop, this one is more realistically detailed, with a menacing grin and a face covered in stubble. Standing at nearly 4 inches tall, it can be conveniently placed almost anywhere.
What you should consider: Some customers reported the box came damaged.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top ‘Beetlejuice’ Funko Pop for the money
What you need to know: This creepy yet adorable Funko Pop depicts the world’s best bio-exorcist ready to approach the altar in his black-and-white-striped suit.
What you’ll love: With the ability to turn the head, this “Beetlejuice” Funko comes is immediately recognizable to any fan.
What you should consider: Some customers complained that the paint job was messy.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Beetlejuice in Tuxedo Funko Pop
What you need to know: This spooky Beetlejuice Funko comes in a stickerless box, allowing a full view. Its size is standard, standing at nearly 4 inches tall.
What you’ll love: Beetlejuice’s face has impressive details, capturing the sickly green-yellow color of his hair, the deep-purple bags around his eyes, and stubble surrounding his creepy grin. He is wearing the suit he was buried in and even holding his ex’s finger, who meant nothing to him, nothing!
What you should consider: Several reviews claim the Funko Pop arrived in good condition but the box was damaged.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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DOHA, Qatar (AP)This season has been quite an education for Julian Alvarez.
From being the understudy to Erling Haaland in his first year at Manchester City to being the sidekick to Lionel Messi for Argentina at the World Cup, Alvarez is learning from the biggest stars in soccer.
He’s on the path to becoming one himself.
Two starts, two goals. How about that for your first World Cup?
As someone who once scored six goals in a single match in the Copa Libertadores, the 22-year-old Alvarez seems born to deliver on the big stage.
At the World Cup, he’s living out his dream: playing alongside Messi – one of game’s all-time greats – in front of fans who are making more noise than any other travelling contingent in Qatar.
”A huge joy,” Alvarez said after Argentina’s 2-1 win over Australia in the round of 16 on Saturday.
”I always try to give my best to help from wherever I play. On the field or being on the bench cheering on my teammates. We are going to go down this path to continue making Argentines happy.”
Alvarez has profited from fellow striker Lautaro Martinez’s failure to establish himself as the starting center forward for Argentina. The difference in the two players’ form was all too apparent against Australia.
While Martinez fluffed two big chances late in the game after coming on as a substitute, Alvarez – the man he replaced – scored with his only real opportunity. The goal summed up the type of player he is, and why he is already so treasured by Argentina’s passionate fans.
Allied to his lethal finishing is a relentless work ethic that was demonstrated when Alvarez closed down Mathew Ryan as the Australia goalkeeper dallied on the ball inside his area. Also under pressure from Argentina’s Rodrigo De Paul, Ryan took a second touch that was far too heavy and Alvarez nipped in to take the ball off him and shoot on the turn into an unguarded net.
The goal couldn’t have been more different to his first at the World Cup, a curling shot into the far top corner at the end of a sweeping 25-pass move.
Tap-ins, curlers, link-up play, intense pressing. It’s no wonder City manager Pep Guardiola rates Alvarez highly enough to make him the second striker in his squad to Haaland, to such an extent that Guardiola was happy to offload Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling during the last offseason.
Alvarez and Jesus are similar in the sense that they never give defenders a second’s rest. What’s different about them is their ability to score goals, with Alvarez appearing a much more natural finisher.
As for Martinez, he seems to have completely lost his composure in front of goal. One wasteful finish over the crossbar in stoppage time, after being teed up by Messi, kept Australia alive in an absorbing match at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium that had a dramatic ending when Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez produced a smothering save with virtually the last kick of the game.
If that had gone in, Lautaro Martinez might have been vilified. He was the subject of much chatter among Argentina fans on social media and the metros back to Doha after the match, none of it flattering.
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni was not adding his voice to the critics.
”Lautaro has helped us many times so I wouldn’t like to go into detail about that,” Scaloni said. ”That would be unfair to Lautaro. He will keep on helping us and making us happy.”
Indeed, Martinez has been Scaloni’s go-to striker since the coach took charge after the 2018 World Cup initially on a temporary basis. Martinez has scored 21 goals in that time, more than anybody else apart from Messi.
Now, he is firmly behind Alvarez in the pecking order.
Alvarez arrived at the World Cup on a high after making a string of starts for City, for the first time since joining from River Plate in July, because of an injury to Haaland.
Now he’s leading the line for Argentina in its bid for a third World Cup title, and to seal Messi’s legacy in front of fans who are pushing the team all the way.
”We will always give our best and support him (Messi) to continue on this path,” Alvarez said.
”We feel at home here,” he added. ”In all the stadiums we have played, most of the people were from Argentina. You feel their breath and how they sing the whole 90 minutes.”
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2023 Travelers Championship Betting Odds, Favorites & Insights – Round 2
Denny McCarthy is the current leader (+600) at the 2023 Travelers Championship after one round of play.
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- Start Time: 6:45 AM ET
- Venue: TPC River Highlands
- Location: Cromwell, Connecticut
- Par/Distance: Par 70/6,852 yards
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Scottie Scheffler
- Tee Time: 7:25 AM ET
- Current Rank: 4th (-7)
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- Tee Time: 8:25 AM ET
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- Tee Time: 12:30 PM ET
- Current Rank: 8th (-5)
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- Tee Time: 8:05 AM ET
- Current Rank: 2nd (-8)
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BANGKOK, April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- European Wellness Biomedical Group (EW Group) made a successful showing at an exclusive event, the 12th A4M Symposium 2023, which was held in Centara, Bangkok, 16th-19th February 2023.
The two-day A4M Symposium, commenced with a welcome ceremony featuring Dr. Manus Potaporn (Deputy Director General of Medical Services Department, Thailand) as a Guest of Honour, hosted by Prof. Dr. Mike Chan (A4M Thailand President), Dr. Jakkriss Bumisawasdi (A4M Thailand Honorary President), and Dr. Robert Goldman (A4M Founder).
On February 19, European Wellness Academie (EWA), a non-profitable educational arm of EW Group, brought an exclusive workshop, "All-On Bioregen Optimization," to explore the world of anti-aging and regenerative medicine, featured some of the world's leading anti-aging experts.
Prof. Dr. Mike Chan, presented his two topics, "The Application of Regenerative Precursor Stem Cells, Peptides & Exosomes in Precision Medicine" and "Phyto-Myco-based Nano Organo Peptides: A New Trend in Precision Medicine."
"Precision Medicine in Age Reversal," which brought together the anti-aging and wellness industries on a single platform to achieve Precision Medicine's goals, which are patient-centred, may divide patients into subgroups based on their illness vulnerability, prognosis, or response to a specific treatment. It is devised and administered after comprehensive diagnostics utilizing Panomic Analysis and System Biology to analyse the patient's state at a molecular level and apply targeted therapies to address illness progression.
Anti-aging medicine aims to improve human ageing and maximize physical and mental well-being. Scientific data and medical journals supported the model's focus on Advanced Clinical Preventive and Regenerative Medicine.
The involvement of the healthcare and wellness industries will have a significant influence on the anti-aging sector for many years to come. Yet, by fact these sectors worked together to improve the quality of life for individuals and will contribute to defining the very future of modern medicine.
European Wellness Biomedical Group
An award-winning European group, most renowned for its pioneering development in organ-specific precursor (progenitor) stem cell therapeutics, biological and synthetic peptides, biological regenerative medicine, immunotherapies, and nutraceutical and cosmeceuticals.
EW Group's multinational business divisions include research and developments, bio-manufacturing, biomedical academies, hospital and wellness centres and nutraceutical product distribution across 80 countries worldwide. EW Group also owns and operates a growing network of internationally accredited Hospital and Medical Centres specializing in Regenerative Bio-Medicine and luxury Wellness Centres globally. EW Group is headquartered in Germany and Malaysia (Asia Pacific) with research vested in Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic and United Kingdom.
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Insurtech leader now offers websites to insurance agencies
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ClientCircle™, a leading insurance communications platform in the U.S., has added websites to their lineup of tools for insurance agencies.
"We're building one platform that has everything an insurance agency needs to manage the complete customer journey. And it's time for something new in the insurance websites space," says Torey Maerz, CEO, ClientCircle.
"Agency websites are often disconnected from all the other tools agents need to use. Websites from ClientCircle aren't just beautiful, quick to set up and easy to manage—they help agents connect other tools, automate processes and sell more."
ClientCircle websites will integrate directly with other ClientCircle features like the CRM, campaigns, conversations, testimonials, and others, giving agents the ability to manage the complete prospect and client experience in one platform with support from one team.
Websites also come complete with an enterprise-grade content management system (CMS) that makes content updates effortless. Other features include fully customizable website templates, search engine optimization (SEO), forms, pre-written content, landing pages, and something fun—CircleAI™—to help agents write unique website copy.
Maerz believes agents will be pleasantly surprised by the pricing of ClientCircle websites as well. "We're building the best, most innovative platform to help insurance agents succeed, and we're committed to offering these tools at competitive rates agencies of all sizes can afford to invest in."
For more, visit www.ClientCircle.com/features/websites
About ClientCircle
ClientCircle is a leading insurance communications platform in the U.S. Since 2013, they have been providing insurance agents with innovative tools to grow their business. ClientCircle software helps insurance agencies manage the complete customer journey, collect and analyze customer feedback, improve online reputation, collect reviews and testimonials, build a website, grow referrals, automate cross-selling, and send communications spanning email, text messaging, web chat, and direct mail. ClientCircle—happier clients, more sales™. For more, visit www.clientcircle.com.
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3 seriously hurt when hot-air balloon crashes into train
Published: Jun. 2, 2022 at 12:13 PM EDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
BURLINGTON, Wis. (WTMJ) - Three people were seriously injured when a hot-air balloon crashed into a moving train on Wednesday.
According to police, witnesses said the balloon was in distress before the crash.
A witness said the balloon hit a building, bounded off of it, then was hit by a train.
He said several people on the ground rushed over to help them.
The three people inside were hospitalized with injuries officials said are life-threatening.
City, state and federal officials are investigating what caused the crash.
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A Vietnam veteran is walking dozens of miles in honor of the soldiers who died in the war.
William Elston plans to walk over 58,000 steps on Memorial Day from Lawrence to Ottawa, Kansas.
He believes the walk will take him about ten hours to complete.
Elston says each step will represent a U.S. service member who died in Vietnam.
Fifty-eight thousand two hundred twenty soldiers died in the conflict.
More than 2,600 service members were listed as missing in action by the war's end.
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(KTLA) – Dramatic video captured an RV tumbling off an embankment before being swept into a river in Castaic, California, on Saturday.
The RV was the latest victim of the winter storm pummeling Los Angeles County over the weekend. Video captured by a neighbor shows an RV tumbling backward as the ground underneath gave way.
Three other motorhomes suffered a similar fate, falling into and getting swept away by the Santa Clara River.
Fifteen trailers were evacuated from the Valencia Travel Village as the erosion began late Friday night.
Resident Peyton Stinson rushed over to help his friend who owned a motorhome in the park, but arrived too late to help salvage his RV. “He called me and he was screaming, ‘It’s gone, it’s going, it’s going!’ Almost in frantic tears, like it’s your whole life and there it goes.”
As record rainfall fell over Southern California this weekend, neighbors stood in shock overlooking what used to be a dry meadow that had now grown into a raging river, sweeping away anything in its path.
“It just started flowing so much that in 20 minutes of time, it went from 1,520 feet away to right up at the staircase,” said Stinson. “I mean there was no time. He was able to get his dog out of there, thank God, as well as himself and a couple of valuables, but by that time, the river was flowing so fast there was no time.”
The heavy storm knocked out power in the RV park, washing away an electrical cable and forcing residents to brave the frigid temps in complete darkness.
“It was hitting the sides of the trailer and the top and it was loud and we’ve had nonstop rain for two days now,” said resident Cathy Stephens.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” agreed Shawn Coulter, a part-time resident.
The storm’s damage left a portion of the park completely unrecognizable, locals said.
“This was our main street as well as trailers parked right in front and behind it, so that whole section was an additional 50 or more feet past where we’re at the moment,” Coulter said.
Now residents are anxiously waiting to see how much more damage the storm will inflict on the park that many call home.
“I just feel devastated for them and I hope that they don’t close the park because I don’t know where I’m gonna go,” said Stephens.
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One person is dead after a car crashed into a tree in Des Moines Tuesday night, according to police.
Police claim the crash happened near the 1400 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
MLK Jr. Parkway is temporarily closed between Clark Street and Forest Avenue as investigation continues.
The name of the deceased and the cause of the accident has not yet been released by police.
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Parent Company, Radio Systems Corporation®, acquires Invisible Fence of Anderson/Muncie and Invisible Fence of Fort Wayne, both authorized independent dealerships, in an expansion effort to support more pet owners.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Invisible Fence® Brand, a pioneer in the pet containment industry, announce they are expanding their service area in Indiana, effective September 8th, 2022.
Invisible Fence of Anderson/Muncie and Invisible Fence of Fort Wayne has been authorized, full-service dealerships of genuine Invisible Fence products and services since 1995 and serve over 14,690 pet owners combined. The dealerships will continue to serve customers in the east-central and northeast Indiana areas.
"Our mission is to keep dogs and cats safe at home, and the Anderson/Muncie as well as the Fort Wayne team is passionate about working hard to ensure pet safety. We're excited to join forces with them and change the way people live with their pets," said Ed Hoyt, Vice President and General Manager of Invisible Fence.
Acquiring Invisible Fence of Anderson/Muncie and Invisible Fence of Fort Wayne is Radio System Corporation's 29th acquisition in the past two years. The company recently acquired Invisible Fence of Central Florida and Invisible Fence of Northeast New York now having a footprint that covers over 240 communities across the U.S. and Canada. These acquisitions continue to show that Invisible Fence Brand is the leader in the pet containment industry.
"We're eager to expand our direct services in east-central and northeast Indiana. We'll be able to extend our customer service hours and offer new and innovative solutions while providing the same high-level attention to the customers of Anderson/Muncie and Fort Wayne have come to expect," said Hoyt.
Invisible Fence offers the premier dog fence on the market including professional installation, Perfect Start™ Plus Training, and exclusive Boundary Plus® Technology. Highly recommended by veterinarians, dog trainers, animal behaviorists, and other pet experts, Invisible Fence offers pet fences that can be customized for clients' unique needs.
Invisible Fence of Anderson/Muncie and Invisible Fence of Fort Wayne will continue to champion pet welfare in the local community through local animal shelter donations, adoption events, and the Project Breathe™ Program.
For additional information or questions, customers can call 1-800-578-3647 or visit InvisibleFence.com, and follow Invisible Fence of Muncie/Fort Wayne on Facebook.
Invisible Fence pioneered the pet containment industry in 1973, making it its mission to provide safe boundaries inside and outside of the home. The Radio Systems Corporation® owned company predominantly sells pet containment, avoidance, and access solutions across the U.S. and Canada. In addition to offering award-winning products like Boundary Plus® Technology, Authorized Dealers provide professional installation, Perfect Start™ Plus Training and integrated solutions that have protected more than three million pets to date. Invisible Fence also founded the Project Breathe™ Program in 2006, donating more than 32,000 pet oxygen masks to fire departments and first responders. For more information on Invisible Fence or to find a local dealer, visit InvisibleFence.com or follow the company on Facebook.
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world with more than 5,600 locally owned and operated stores in approximately 65 countries, recently ranked second on Total Retail's sixth annual Top 100 Omnichannel Retailers report, which compares leading retailers and brands based on a variety of omnichannel criteria.
The Top Omnichannel 100 Retailers report assesses businesses' digital and physical channels that offer consumers the best, most seamless shopping experience between both channels before ultimately transacting. The eight key factors include the customer's ability to purchase online, pick up in-store and/or curbside; the ability to search for in-store product availability on a brand's digital properties (desktop site, mobile site, mobile app); shared cart across channels from mobile to desktop for logged-in shoppers; a program allowing loyalty points to be earned and redeemed across channels; online and in-store cross-channel product returns; shipping from store to home; pricing consistency across the platform; and mobile payments accepted in-store, including storage of payment data within the app or mobile site.
Ace Hardware ranked second on the report only to Nordstrom's, which received all 11 points available. Ace earned 10.5 points during the July and August evaluations of retailers.
"By leveraging Ace's award-winning customer service combined with our hyper-local approach to seamlessly bridge acehardware.com and the Ace App to consumers' local Ace store – which are within 15 minutes of more than 75% of the U.S. population – Ace is positioned to be the fastest, most convenient omnichannel retailer in America," Bill Kiss, head of digital at Ace Hardware, said.
Ace Hardware's digital platform was intentionally developed for customers to connect to their local store's location with near real-time updates on product availability, and linked brand information and services, such as assembly and delivery, all of which are surfaced for easy accessibility.
Ordering online and picking up in-store is the No. 1 preferred method of purchase by customers. Ace Hardware's digital platform works to enhance each strategically placed local store to allow customers to have a seamless shopping experience that offers convenience in addition to exceptional service. Local stores make filling online orders a top priority to allow for fast availability, and offer in-person expertise on additional information or solutions, resulting in over 90% of Ace Hardware's digital orders being picked up in-store or delivered by the local store's red-vested associates.
Ace Hardware will continue to invest in and optimize its omnichannel experience providing the best in service and convenience for its customers, as it has for the past nearly 100 years. For more information, or to find your local Ace Hardware location, visit online, or on Facebook and Twitter.
About Ace Hardware
Ace Hardware is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world with more than 5,600 locally owned and operated hardware stores in approximately 65 countries. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries operate an expansive network of distribution centers in the U.S. and have distribution capabilities in Ningbo, China; and Santa Catarina, Mexico. Since 1924, Ace has become a part of local communities around the world and known as the place with the helpful hardware folks. In 2022, Ace ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Home Improvement Retail Stores" according to J.D. Power, 15 out of the last 16 years. For more information, visit acehardware.com or newsroom.acehardware.com.
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WFO AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Sunday, September 4, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
655 PM CDT Sun Sep 4 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Llano
and northern Burnet Counties through 745 PM CDT...
At 654 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sunnylane, or 7 miles southeast of Lampasas, moving southwest at 20
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Burnet, Bertram, Buchanan Dam, Buchanan Lake Village, Lake Victor,
Sunnylane, Joppa, Watson, Bluffton, Oatmeal, Shady Grove and Inks
Lake State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
If on or near Lake Buchanan, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3103 9791 3064 9805 3081 9857 3104 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 038DEG 17KT 3099 9810
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Fisher County
through 800 PM CDT...
At 656 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Hitson, or 8 miles northeast of Rotan, moving south at
15 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
Hamlin, Rotan, Roby, Sylvester, Longworth, Mccaulley, Hitson, Gannon,
Busby and Capitola.
LAT...LON 3296 10014 3252 10015 3253 10053 3296 10047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 001DEG 14KT 3290 10034
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks faced a really good pitcher on Sunday, trailed for a decent chunk of the game and spent the majority of the afternoon struggling at the plate.
They won anyway.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. drove home Christian Walker with a looping double down the left-field line in the ninth inning, leading the Diamondbacks to a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Arizona won three of four in the series and improved to 23-18 this season. For a team that's endured three straight losing seasons, Sunday's win was exactly what manager Torey Lovullo wanted to see as the D-backs try to become a factor in the NL West.
“To get to where we're going, we've got to beat guys like that and we've got to win games like that," Lovullo said. “As you push it forward, you're starting to play meaningful games late, you're going to see good arms and good pitching.
“I just want our guys to train for the opposing team's best effort.”
The pitchers' duel featured just seven hits — four for the Diamondbacks and three for the Giants.
Walker started the game-winning rally with a walk against Giants reliever Tyler Rogers (0-3). Gurriel followed and was out in front of Rogers' two-strike slider, but managed to hook it over the third baseman's head and down the line, allowing Walker to score all the way from first.
Walker is not necessarily a burner on the basepaths, but he got a good jump and scored easily.
Arizona also caught a break in that the Giants' outfielders were shaded toward right, which meant left fielder Blake Sabol had to run a long way for the ball before firing toward the infield.
“We generally play our defenders to the most likely spot the ball is going to be hit, based on spray charts,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “Sabol did everything he could to hit the cutoff man and have a play at the plate, but we weren't able to convert.”
Michael Conforto started the scoring with a homer for San Francisco in the fourth — his seventh of the season. He fouled off three straight two-strike pitches before hitting a liner over the right-field fence on the ninth pitch of the at-bat.
Giants right-hander Logan Webb didn't give up a hit until the fifth, when Gabriel Moreno hit a perfectly placed infield single that shortstop Brandon Crawford couldn't quite gather.
Geraldo Perdomo followed by grounding into a fielder's choice and then scored from first base on Josh Rojas' double down the first-base line that tied the game.
Webb threw seven strong innings, giving up one run on three hits, striking out three and walking three. The 26-year-old has been a workhorse for the Giants over the past couple of weeks, tossing at least seven innings in three straight starts.
“The wins haven't been coming our way, but we've been in pretty much every single game this season,” Sabol said. “The games are there for the taking. It's just a couple more shutdown innings and a couple more timely hits. Still like 120 games left, so still a lot of baseball left to play.”
Arizona rookie Brandon Pfaadt made his third career start and it was easily his best in the big leagues. The right-hander gave up just one hit — Conforto's homer — over five innings. He struck out five and walked three.
“I just wanted to go out there and trust myself,” Pfaadt said. “That's what we did today. Hopefully, we can get rolling after this.”
Miguel Castro (2-1) got the win with a scoreless ninth, striking out two.
SCHMITT HAPPENS
Giants rookie Casey Schmitt has had a great start to his big league career, with 11 hits in his first 20 at-bats, including two homers.
Sunday was one of his first tough days — he struck out three times in four hitless at-bats.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: Crawford was activated from the day 10-day injured list. INF David Villar was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento.
UP NEXT
Giants: Return home for a three-game series against the Phillies beginning Monday. The Giants will start LHP Alex Wood (0-0, 2.45 ERA) in the first game. The Phillies hadn't announced a starter.
Diamondbacks: Go on the road for a three-game series against the Athletics starting Monday. They'll start RHP Merrill Kelly (3-3, 3.18 ERA) in the first game. The A's will counter with RHP Drew Rucinski (0-3, 8.16).
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BERLIN (AP) — The German government unveiled a bill Wednesday to resolve a long-running dispute between federal authorities and the country’s 16 states over where to build land-based wind power plants.
Some German states have bristled at proposals that would require them to set aside at least 1.4% of their surface for wind parks by 2026 and 2% by 2032, arguing that some people in rural areas don’t want turbines close to their homes.
The compromise bill agreed to by the German Cabinet would give states some flexibility to build fewer wind power plants if they can persuade other states to agree to build more, including by paying them.
The bill also stipulates that the city-states of Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg would only have to set aside 0.5% of their surface for wind power. The legislation further states that profits from the parks will be shared with the regions where they are built and environmental protection rules that hamper turbine construction will be eased.
Climate and Energy Minister Robert Habeck said the proposals “will result in the expansion of wind power in Germany getting going again.”
Under Germany’s energy transition plan, the country’s remaining three nuclear plants are due to close this year and coal-fired power plants to be phased out by 2030.
Europe’s biggest economy aims to produce electricity only from renewable sources such as wind, solar, biomass and hydropower by 2035.
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Federal authorities have added 25 border patrol agents at a section of the northeastern U.S. border with Quebec in response to a spike in illegal crossings.
The team, which started on Monday, will help to deter and disrupt human smuggling activities in the sector that includes the border areas of New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and parts of upstate New York, a U.S. Custom and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement.
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“While the apprehension numbers are small compared to other areas with irregular migration flows, Swanton Sector apprehensions constitute a large change in this area,” the spokesperson said.
Last month, the death of a Mexican man who had just entered Vermont from Canada illegally highlighted the spike in illegal crossings along the border between Quebec and parts of New England, officials say. It marked the first death in recent memory of someone who crossed illegally in that area.
Statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that agents in the sector apprehended 1,513 illegal border crossers between Oct. 1, 2022 through Jan. 31, 2023, up from 160 in the same period the year before. But the total number apprehended along the entire northern border this fiscal year, 2,227, is a small fraction of those apprehended along the U.S.-Mexican border during that same period, 762,383. | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/agents-added-to-us-northern-border-amid-crossing-17824887.php | 2023-03-07 19:07:10 | 0 | https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/agents-added-to-us-northern-border-amid-crossing-17824887.php |
Not exactly seeing double.
While making her debut hosting NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on March 11, Jenna Ortega and her "Wednesday" co-star Fred Armisen, an "SNL" alum, paid tribute to the 1998 Lindsay Lohan movie "The Parent Trap."
The two starred in a sketch that depicted a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of a fictional remake of the fan-favorite flick, which was a reboot of a 1961 film. Ortega, sporting a hairstyle similar to the 'do Lohan wore onscreen, plays an actress taking on the roles of long-lost twins Hallie and Annie. Armisen portrays a gruff crew member named Raymond, who reads lines with her while filling in for her body double, who is out sick. And he has plenty of ideas on how to make the scene better.
But following the script? For him, clearly optional.
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At one point during their reading, Jenna's character expresses dismay at her belongings getting soaked in a rainstorm. "Are any of your pictures ruined?" Raymond asks, to which she responds, "Only the beautiful Shawn Mendes." Raymond comments, "Wow! He is hot!"
Armisen's character then names his own crush, former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Lisa Rinna. He adds, "I would let her wreck me."
Later in the scene, Ortega's character tries to piece together their family histories to uncover their true identities. "Think about it," she says, "I only have a father and you only have a mother. You've never seen your dad and I've never seen my mom. You have one old picture of your mom and I have one old picture of your dad."
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Raymond responds, "Yeah, like in that Lindsay Lohan movie about the twins."
Clearly impressed with the reading session, the director, played by "SNL" star Bowen Yang, later makes a casting change that ends the sketch in a shocking twist.
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Russian war, China lockdowns roil oil markets as OPEC+ meets
LONDON (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries, including Russia, are weighing conflicting forces Thursday as they decide how much crude should flow to volatile global markets. Europe’s proposal to phase out Russian oil and other Western sanctions are choking back supply, while COVID-19 shutdowns in China are cutting demand.
The result has been fluctuating and high oil prices, squeezing consumers in the U.S. and Europe with climbing inflation and the rising costs of driving and heating homes. That eats away people’s ability to spend elsewhere, including at shops still rebounding from the pandemic.
Analysts expect the 23-country alliance known as OPEC+ to stick with a set schedule of modest increases in production, amounting to 432,000 additional barrels of oil per day in June. The gradual increases are aimed at making up deep production cuts made during the depths of the pandemic recession in 2020.
Oil prices have risen as the boost in production remains smaller than what countries like the U.S. are pressing for to ease high prices at the pump. Some OPEC+ members also haven’t been able to reach their allotted quotas. Two members — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — have almost all the group’s spare capacity.
Increasing production beyond the quotas would complicate relations among members, and OPEC has made it clear to European officials that the oil cartel is not going to increase production to compensate for lost Russian oil.
The war in Ukraine has been a driving force in oil markets in recent days, and more so after the European Union’s executive commission on Wednesday proposed phasing out Russian crude oil imports within six months.
Fears of a cutoff of Russian oil, natural gas or both have helped keep energy prices high. Russia is the world’s largest oil exporter, with some 12% of global supply, and Europe is its biggest customer.
Beyond the EU oil boycott, Western financial sanctions have deterred banks and insurers from supporting the oil trade with Russia. Some buyers have shunned Russian oil because they don’t want to be associated with the Kremlin.
The International Energy Agency has said some 3 million barrels a day of Russian oil could wind up being forced off the market starting this month “due to international sanctions and as the impact of a widening customer-driven embargo comes into full force.”
The Paris-based organization said that “while some buyers, most notably in Asia, increased purchases of sharply discounted Russian barrels, traditional customers are cutting back.”
Meanwhile, COVID-19 restrictions are weighing on fuel use in China and undermining oil demand. The government discouraged people from traveling over the May Day holiday, while in Beijing major tourist sites such as the Forbidden City and the Beijing Zoo have closed their indoor exhibition halls and are operating at partial capacity.
Also helping hold back bigger surges in oil prices is the release of oil from strategic reserves by the U.S. and other International Energy Agency member countries.
But “higher prices could be around the corner,” said Bjornar Tonhaugen, head of oil markets research at Rystad Energy. “The oil market has not fully priced in the potential of an EU oil embargo, so higher crude prices are to be expected in the summer months if it’s voted into law.”
U.S. oil prices were little changed Thursday, up 0.1% ahead of the meeting to $107.90 per barrel, which is more than 40% higher since the start of the year. International benchmark Brent crude rose 0.4%, to $110.51 per barrel.
For U.S. consumers, average gasoline prices stood at $4.19 per gallon Wednesday, up $1.29 from a year ago. The price of crude oil accounts for about 60% of the price at the pump in the United States.
Diesel for trucks and farm equipment has risen even more, by $2.34, to $5.43 per gallon.
Drivers in Europe, where taxes make up a larger proportion of the price at the pump, are paying more, too. Gasoline prices are averaging 1.95 euros per liter in Germany, or the equivalent of $7.77 per gallon, while diesel has been at 2.02 euros per liter, or $8.05 per gallon.
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Each summer, an Atlantic French island holds a regatta which includes a mix of historic and modern sail boats. After being canceled due to COVID, the race, crowds, yachters and history buffs are back.
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Each summer, an Atlantic French island holds a regatta which includes a mix of historic and modern sail boats. After being canceled due to COVID, the race, crowds, yachters and history buffs are back.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — Police in Indianapolis are asking for help identifying three armed carjackers accused of stabbing a rideshare driver and stealing the victim’s vehicle.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said the carjacking happened around 10 p.m. Monday.
The rideshare driver told police that three men wearing masks stabbed him and stole his vehicle near the intersection of 10th Street and North Whitcomb Avenue.
Officers reportedly found the stolen Mazda unoccupied nearby.
Robbery detectives say they are now hoping the public can help them identify and apprehend the men, whose faces were partially visible in surveillance images.
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PITTSBURGH, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "My father had crippling arthritis in his wrists and hands making it very difficult and painful for him to connect and disconnect the garden hoses he used to water his large yard," said the inventor from Columbus, Mont. "This invention makes connecting hoses so much easier and faster. It will save huge amounts of time, pain, and effort, for homeowners, landscape businesses, and others who often use garden hoses to reach swimming pools, gardens, seeded grass and more."
The patent-pending inventor created a prototype for ECONNECT that offers a quick connect design for fastening hoses together in seconds. The 'Econnect' spares the user twisting of the wrist when making connections with hoses, such as when connecting two garden hoses together, or connecting sprinklers, nozzles, and other garden hose accessories to the hose. This device even makes connecting the hose to the spigot easier. The 'Econnect' is durable and provides an effective seal, eliminating leaks and reducing the cost of water usage.
Additionally, with minor changes, the 'Econnect' can be utilized for making many other hose connections easier too, such as a minor change in diameter and length to be utilized for some RV hose connections that are currently difficult and frustrating. Ultimately, the 'Econnect' can make almost any interlocking hose connection, faster and easier.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TLP-108, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com
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Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on
Kyiv, Ukraine — Ten months into Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, overwhelming evidence shows the Kremlin’s troops have waged total war, with disregard for international laws governing the treatment of civilians and conduct on the battlefield.
Ukraine is investigating more than 58,000 potential Russian war crimes — killings, kidnappings, indiscriminate bombings and sexual assaults. Reporting by The Associated Press and “Frontline,” recorded in a public database, has independently verified more than 600 incidents that appear to violate the laws of war. Some of those attacks were massacres that killed dozens or hundreds of civilians and as a totality it could account for thousands of individual war crimes.
As Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, told the AP, “Ukraine is a crime scene.”
That extensive documentation has run smack into a hard reality, however. While authorities have amassed a staggering amount of evidence — the conflict is among the most documented in human history — they are unlikely to arrest most of those who pulled the trigger or gave the beatings anytime soon, let alone the commanders who gave the orders and political leaders who sanctioned the attacks.
The reasons are manifold, experts say. Ukrainian authorities face serious challenges in gathering air-tight evidence in a war zone. And the vast majority of alleged war criminals have evaded capture and are safely behind Russian lines.
Even in successful prosecutions, the limits of justice so far are glaring. Take the case of Vadim Shishimarin, a baby-faced 21-year-old tank commander who was the first Russian tried on war crimes charges. He surrendered in March and pleaded guilty in a Kyiv courtroom in May to shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian civilian in the head.
The desire for some combination of justice and vengeance was palpable in that courtroom. “Do you consider yourself a murderer?” a woman shouted at the Russian as he stood bent forward with his head resting against the glass of the cage he was locked in.
“What about the man in the coffin?” came another, sharper voice. A third demanded the defense lawyer explain how he could fight for the Russian’s freedom.
The young soldier was first sentenced to life in prison, which was reduced to 15 years on appeal. Critics said the initial penalty was unduly harsh, given that he confessed to the crime, said he was following orders and expressed remorse.
Ukrainian prosecutors, however, have not yet been able to charge Shishimarin's commanders or those who oversaw him. Since March, Ukraine has named more than 600 Russians, many of them high-ranking political and military officials, as suspects, including Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu. But, so far, the most powerful have not fallen into Ukrainian custody.
“It would be terrible to find a scenario in which, in the end, you convict a few people of war crimes and crimes against humanity who are low-grade or mid-grade military types or paramilitary types, but the top table gets off scot-free,” said Philippe Sands, a prominent British human rights lawyer.
Throughout the war Russian leaders have denied accusations of brutality.
Moscow’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said no civilians were tortured and killed in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha despite the meticulous documentation of the atrocities by AP, other journalists, and war crimes investigators there.
“Not a single local person has suffered from any violent action,” he said, calling the photos and video of bodies in the streets “a crude forgery” staged by the Ukrainians.
Such statements have been easily rebutted by Ukrainian and international authorities, human rights groups and journalists who have meticulously documented Russian barbarity since the Kremlin ordered the unprovoked invasion in February.
Part of that effort, the AP and Frontline database called War Crimes Watch Ukraine, offers a contemporaneous catalog of the horrors of war. It is not a comprehensive accounting. AP and Frontline only included incidents that could be verified by photos, videos or firsthand witness accounts. There are hundreds of reported incidents of potential war crimes for which there was not enough publicly available evidence to independently confirm what happened.
Still, the resulting database details 10 months of attacks that appear to violate the laws of war, including 93 attacks on schools, 36 where children were killed, and more than 200 direct attacks on civilians, including torture, the kidnapping and killing of civilians, and the desecration of dead bodies. Among Russia’s targets: churches, cultural centers, hospitals, food facilities and electrical infrastructure. The database catalogs how Russia utilized cluster bombs and other indiscriminate weapons in residential neighborhoods and to attack buildings housing civilians.
An AP investigation revealed that Russia’s bombing of a theater in Mariupol, which was being used as a civilian shelter, likely killed more than 600 people. Another showed that in the first 30 days after the invasion, Russian forces struck and damaged 34 medical facilities, suggesting a pattern and intent.
“That’s a crime against the laws of war," said Stephen Rapp, a former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes. “Once somebody’s injured, they’re entitled to medical care. You can’t attack a hospital. That’s the oldest rule we have in international law.”
Experts say Russia under President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly ignored the rules established by the Geneva Conventions, a series of treaties that dictate how warring countries should treat each other’s citizens, and the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court and defined specific war crimes and crimes against humanity.
“These abuses are not the acts of rogue units; rather, they are part of a deeply disturbing pattern of abuse consistent with what we have seen from Russia’s prior military engagements — in Chechnya, Syria, and Georgia,” said Beth Van Schaack, the U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice, speaking earlier this month at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.
This story is part of an AP/FRONTLINE investigation that includes the War Crimes Watch Ukraine interactive experience and the documentary “ Putin’s Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes ” on PBS.
Short of a regime-toppling revolution in Moscow, however, it is unlikely Putin and other high-ranking Russians end up in court, whether in Ukraine or the Hague, experts say.
And even as a chorus of global leaders have joined Ukrainians in calling for legal action against the architects of this war, there is disagreement about the best way to do it.
The International Criminal Court has been investigating potential war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine. But it cannot prosecute the most basic offense, the crime of aggression – the unjust use of military force against another nation — because the Russian Federation, like the United States, never gave it authority to do so.
Efforts to plug that loophole by creating a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression in Ukraine have been gaining momentum. Last month, the European Union threw its support behind the idea.
Some human rights advocates say a special tribunal would be the smartest way to proceed. Sands, the British human rights lawyer, said prosecuting Russia before such a tribunal would be a “slam dunk.”
“You’d need to prove that that war is manifestly in violation of international law,” he added. “That’s pretty straightforward because Mr. Putin has set out the reasons for that war, and it’s blindingly obvious that they don’t meet the requirements of international law.”
But Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has opposed the creation of a special tribunal, calling it a “vanity project.”
”We are an international court,” Khan told AP and Frontline in July. “We’ve been accepted, of course, by the Security Councilors as legitimate. They’ve used this court in terms of referrals. And I think we should focus on using this court effectively.”
Whatever happens on the international stage, the vast majority of cases will be heard within Ukraine itself.
The daunting task of turning Ukraine’s beleaguered prosecutorial service into a bureaucracy capable of building sophisticated war crimes cases falls on Yurii Bielousov.
When he was offered the job of leading the war crimes department in the prosecutor general’s office, Bielousov knew it would be tough. Just how tough became clear after Russians pulled out of Bucha last spring, leaving behind a crime scene strewn with the decomposing bodies of more than 450 men, women and children.
Bucha was the first complex case picked up by Bielousov’s prosecutors, and it quickly became one of the most important. No one in Ukraine had ever dealt with something of that scale before.
“The system was not in collapse, but the system was shocked,” Bielousov said. “OK, OK, let’s go everyone, and just try to do our best.”
Ukraine has five different investigative agencies, each assigned legal responsibility for different kinds of crimes. The crimes in Bucha cut across all those categories, tangling the bureaucracy. That has only made building tough cases even harder.
Despite the setbacks and hurdles, Bielousov says his prosecutors remain focused on gathering evidence that will stand up in domestic and international courts. He says he is also focused on another goal -- compiling an incontrovertible record of Russia’s savagery that the world cannot ignore.
Yulia Truba wants the same thing. Her husband was one of the first men Russian soldiers tortured and killed in Bucha. She said she wants to establish a single, shared truth about what happened to her husband
“Russia won’t recognize this as a crime,” Truba said. “I just want as many people as possible to recognize it was a real murder and he was tortured. For me, this would be justice.”
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Moving on!: Florida gymnastics secures NCAA Finals berth as Trinity Thomas returns
It didn't come without drama, but the second-ranked Florida Gators gymnastics team advanced to the NCAA finals Thursday afternoon, posting a top-two finish from the first session from Fort Worth's Dickie Arena.
The Gators were edged by the sixth-ranked LSU Tigers in the session, 197.4750-197.4000.
But all that matters is the fact that Florida sat in second place, which secured the Gators a spot in Saturday's Final Four.
Trinity Thomas: Back like she never left
Florida fifth-year senior Trinity Thomas abruptly ended her floor routine on March 31 during the Gators' regional semifinal in Pittsburgh after suffering a lower-leg injury.
And ever since then, gymnastics fans have wondered if they'd seen the last of Thomas, who won the NCAA's all-around national title last year.
Turns out, they hadn't.
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"I've been working so hard to get as much treatment and physical therapy in as I can," Thomas said in an interview with ESPN after Thursday's session. "When I came here for practice day, I swung some bars and did dismounts for the first time."
After initially being omitted from the lineup, Thomas competed in both the uneven bars and vault and appeared sharp in both.
Thomas' turn on bars was her first event since her injury and after her turn, one might question if there was any injury at all. After executing a double layout, Thomas stuck her landing and earned a 9.950 − a mark that led the entire session.
Heading into Thursday's meet, there was a hunch that if Thomas competed, it would likely only be on bars. So when Thomas readied herself for vault, it came as a pleasant surprise.
"Running down the vault runway (in practice), we weren't sure," said Thomas, adding that her teammates or coaches didn't pressure her either way.
But the reigning NCAA all-around champion knows her body best. And she felt she was good to go.
Thomas would notch a 9.90 from vault, tying for third place.
Following the session, Thomas was asked if she would be competing in any other events on Saturday.
"I honestly don't know at this point in time," Thomas laughed. "I'll keep ya updated."
Rocky trip to the balance beam puts Florida in danger
After posting a 49.4875 on the uneven bars during their first rotation, the Gators sat in first place with California on their heels.
However, a turbulent time on the balance beam would result in the Gators free falling to last place.
Florida senior Payton Richards would post an uncharacteristic 9.2750 on the balance beam, which forced the Gators to count Riley McCusker's score of 9.6125.
Gators sophomore Sloane Blakely, who was coming off a fall on the uneven bars, took to the balance beam with redemption on her mind and posted a team-high 9.9375, which tied as the session's second-best.
Florida freshman Kayla DiCello would also come away with a solid score of 9.9250.
However, Blakely and DiCello's performances weren't able to prevent the Gators from falling into dangerous territory.
Florida takes the floor by storm
While Florida struggled on the balance beam, LSU and California prospered on floor and vault, respectively, putting the pressure on the Gators as they approached the the floor for their third rotation.
Fortunately for Florida, it looked as though the Gators were built to have their backs against the wall.
Florida junior Victoria Nguyen opened the Gators' floor pass with 9.900, which served as a sparkplug for the gutsy Gators.
Blakely and graduate transfer Rachel Baumann followed Nguyen's routine with a 9.8500 and 9.8375, which set the stage for Richards to bounce back from her iffy beam pass.
Richards went on to post a 9.9250 from the floor, which was a NCAA championships high for the senior, who is still mulling over returning for her fifth season.
Wong and DiCello anchored Florida's floor rotation, scoring a 9.9625 and 9.8875, respectively.
Wong's mark tied LSU's Aleah Finnegan for the top mark from the floor. But more importantly, Wong and the Gators' trip to the floor boosted Florida back to the top spot.
Gators clinch spot in the finals after vault
With momentum favoring them, the Gators looked for a solid vault performance to keep them out front.
Leading Florida's charge was Thomas with her 9.90 mark, which tied for third. Behind Thomas, was a trio of Gators in Wong, Richards and Nguyen, who all posted scores of 9.8625.
The Gators combined for a team score of 49.30, which wasn't enough to hold onto first place as LSU worked its way back out front with nice showing from the uneven bars.
Gators turn their eyes to Saturday night
Following Thursday afternoon's performance, the Gators punched their ticket to the NCAA Finals, where they're slated to meet No. 6 LSU and the top two finishing teams from Thursday night's session, which featured No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Utah, No. 5 UCLA and No. 7 Kentucky.
"I came back for this team," Thomas said of returning for her fifth year. "We are so special. I hope you can feel that, even from the outside. We honestly just need to go out there on Saturday and be us. Simply be us."
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PITTSBURGH — Kyle Schwarber broke out of a slump by hitting a two-run home run and reaching base in all five plate appearances, Zack Wheeler struck out 11 in 6.2 innings, and the visiting Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Friday night.
Schwarber’s blast, his 27th of the season, came off All-Star Mitch Keller in the third inning and carried into the Phillies’ bullpen in center field. Brandon Marsh walked to lead off the inning before Schwarber unloaded with one out.
Schwarber, 1 for 22 in his previous seven games, also doubled and walked three times. Bryson Stott had two hits for Philadelphia.
That was enough offense for Wheeler (8-5), who gave up one run and three hits while walking one after being winless in his previous three starts. He was removed from the game following a 42-minute rain delay in the seventh inning.
Craig Kimbrel worked around a two-out walk in a scoreless ninth for his 17th save as the Phillies won for the fourth time in five games.
Keller (9-7) has lost all three starts since pitching in the All-Star Game on July 11 in Seattle. He lasted 5.2 innings and allowed two runs and six hits with eight strikeouts and three walks.
Ji Man Choi hit a run-scoring double in the fourth to draw the Pirates to 2-1. Pittsburgh had runners on second and third with one out, but Wheeler escaped further trouble.
The Pirates have alternated wins and losses in their last eight games.
TARP TROUBLE
The PNC Park grounds crew had major trouble getting the infield covered during the delay.
It was unable to get the tarp completely unfurled and the first base line was left uncovered. After the rain stopped, workers were forced to apply a drying agent to the uncovered area, significantly lengthening the delay.
PHILLIES FACE DECISION
The Phillies must decide Saturday whether to keep right-hander Noah Song on their major-league roster or place him on waivers.
The 26-year-old Song was taken by the Phillies from Boston in the winter meeting draft in December with hopes he would play after military service.
Song reported to major league spring training on Feb. 23 after the Navy granted his transfer from active duty to the reserves. Song hadn’t pitched in a professional game since Aug. 29, 2019, for Class A Lowell.
Song went 1-0 with a 7.36 ERA in eight games in stints with three of Philadelphia’s minor league teams. Song’s 30-day rehab assignment ended this week, forcing the Phillies to decide whether to add the Rule 5 pick to the active roster or expose him to waivers and offer him back to the Red Sox if he is not claimed.
SUSPENSION REDUCED
Major League Baseball reduced the suspension of Pirates left-handed reliever Angel Perdomo by a game to two games Friday and he will be eligible to pitch Saturday.
Perdomo was ejected from Tuesday’s game when he hit San Diego’s Manny Machado in the back with a pitch immediately after giving up a home run to Juan Soto. MLB suspended Perdomo the next day.
ROSTER MOVE
The Pirates recalled OF Josh Palacios from Triple-A Indianapolis. He takes the roster spot of 1B Carlos Santana, who was traded to Milwaukee on Thursday.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes (lower back inflammation) had a full workout for a second straight day Friday. He began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday but has been unable to play since then. … INF/OF Ji Hwan Bae (left ankle sprain) is expected to begin a rehab assignment early next week with Indianapolis. … It has yet to be determined if INF Tucupita Marcano (right knee ligament) will need surgery after he was placed on the 60-day IL on Tuesday. … SS Oneil Cruz (fractured left ankle), who has been out since April 10, has progressed to hitting underhand tosses but there is no timetable for his return.
UP NEXT
Phillies RHP Aaron Nola (9-6, 4.25 ERA) faces rookie RHP Quinn Priester (1-1, 9.28) on Saturday night.
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Wichita couple among diehard Chiefs fans making trip to Super Bowl LVII
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - While the cost of attending Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Ariz. is driving many Kansas City Chiefs fans to make plans for watching the game on TV, a Wichita couple is among longtime supporters planning the trip for what they see as an opportunity they can’t miss.
Reflecting on their decades of loyalty to Kansas City and the lean years through which they supported the Chiefs, Tony and Sherl Weatherbee didn’t hesitate to buy Super Bowl tickets Sunday night after the Chiefs punched their ticket to the final game for the third time in the past four seasons. The recent stretch of success is unmatched in the franchise’s history.
“I never thought in my lifetime we’d do this,” Sherl said.
Tony and Sherl sat through seasons in which the Chiefs would “lose and lose and lose,” and an era of the 1990s known as “Marty Ball” in which Kansas City had strong defenses and raised fans’ hopes during regular seasons only to end with disappointment in the playoffs.
While the Weatherbees locked in their decision to go to the Super Bowl moments after the Chiefs AFC Championship win, they were selective with the tickets they bought. Sherl said they found seats described as being “upper-high but the lower level” for a price near what they’d pay for seats higher up.
The couple will fly out of Wichita and land in Glendale, Ariz. in about two weeks. Super Bowl LVII between the Chiefs and NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles kicks off at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. In Arizona, the Weatherbees will be hoping for a repeat to their prior Super Bowl trip in February of 2020, a game in which Kansas City won its first NFL championship in 50 years.
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ISP: Marion man arrested on child pornography charges
GRANT COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - A 25-year-old Marion man was arrested last week after police say they got a tip that he may be in possession of obscene material involving children.
Indiana State Police said in a news release sent on Tuesday that the investigation started when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCEMC) got a tip regarding say 25-year-old Jacob Deck. Following the investigation, police say they got an arrest and search warrant for the man and his home on Olive Street in Marion.
They say he was arrested on June 8 without incident for three counts of possession of child pornography.
Police say anyone with information related to crimes against children is encouraged to contact their local law enforcement agency or visit the NCMEC website at http://www.missingkids.com/home or https://report.cybertip.org/ to make a report.
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Weinstein asks NY high court to reverse 2020 rape conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh off a second rape conviction, Harvey Weinstein asked New York’s highest court Tuesday to overturn his first one, arguing that the judge in his 2020 case betrayed his right to a fair trial by “succumbing to the pressure” of the #MeToo movement.
Weinstein’s lawyers are asking the state’s Court of Appeals to dismiss the disgraced movie mogul’s rape conviction and to order a new trial on a single count of criminal sexual act. The rape charge, they said, involves alleged conduct outside the statute of limitations and couldn’t be retried.
Weinstein, 70, was convicted in a Manhattan court in February 2020 of a criminal sex act for forcibly performing oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006, and rape in the third degree for an attack on an aspiring actress in 2013. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
Last month, a Los Angeles jury convicted Weinstein of raping and sexually assaulting an Italian actor and model, who said he appeared uninvited at her hotel room door during a film festival there in 2013. He is due to be sentenced in that case on Feb. 23.
The Court of Appeals agreed to hear Weinstein’s appeal last summer after a mid-level appellate court upheld his conviction. Weinstein’s legal team, led by veteran defense attorney Arthur Aidala and former judge Barry Kamins, repeated some of the same arguments in their brief Tuesday.
They again took aim at the trial judge, James Burke, arguing that he swayed the landmark trial’s outcome with repeated rulings favorable to prosecutors — including his decision allowing additional accusers to testify about allegations that never led to criminal charges.
They also challenged Burke’s refusal to remove a juror who had written a novel involving predatory older men, as well as his decision to allow prosecutors to have an expert on victim behavior and rape myths testify while rejecting testimony on similar subjects from defense experts.
Weinstein’s lawyers said Burke gave into an “unrelenting deluge of publicity, vocal special interest groups, and a morally outraged public,” creating a carnival atmosphere that deprived Weinstein of the “judicial serenity and calm to which he was entitled.”
Prosecutors have until March 1 to respond. Burke is no longer on the bench.
Allegations against Weinstein, the once powerful and feared studio boss behind such Oscar winners as “Pulp Fiction” and “Shakespeare in Love,” ushered in the #MeToo movement — a cultural reckoning on sexual misconduct in the entertainment, news and other industries.
Weinstein’s New York trial drew intense publicity, with reporters packing the courtroom and cameras lined up outside to capture images of the one-time studio boss shuffling in and out of court. Protesters chanted “rapist” outside the courthouse.
“Put bluntly, the court of public opinion became the court in this case,” Weinstein’s lawyers wrote.
Weinstein maintains his innocence and contends that any sexual activity was consensual.
He was acquitted at the New York trial of first-degree rape and two counts of predatory sexual assault stemming from actor Annabella Sciorra’s allegations of a mid-1990s rape — testimony that his lawyers argue was so dated it should never have been allowed.
The judge’s decision to allow testimony from three women whose allegations did not lead to charges in the New York case “overwhelmed” the trial with “excessive, random, and highly dubious prior bad act evidence.”
Rules vary by state on calling witnesses to testify about “prior bad acts” outside the actual charges. New York’s rules, shaped by a landmark decision in a 1901 poisoning case, are among the more restrictive.
Weinstein’s lawyers argued that extra testimony went beyond detailing motive, opportunity, intent or a common scheme or plan and essentially put him on trial for crimes he wasn’t charged with and hadn’t had an opportunity to defend himself against.
The Associated Press does not generally identify people alleging sexual assault unless they consent to be named; Sciorra has spoken publicly about her allegations.
A five-judge panel in the state’s intermediate appeals court heard Weinstein’s initial appeal. Some of the judges were critical of Burke and prosecutors, suggesting at a December 2021 hearing they were open to reversing Weinstein’s conviction and ordering a new trial.
Judge Sallie Manzanet-Daniels said Burke let prosecutors pile on with “incredibly prejudicial testimony” from additional witnesses.
But, the five judges were ultimately unanimous in finding that Burke had properly exercised his discretion and concurred with his decision to let prosecutors confront Weinstein with evidence about other, unrelated misbehavior if he were to have testified — which he declined to do.
In their appeal to the Court of Appeals, Weinstein’s lawyers said that material — pertaining to 28 alleged acts of boorish behavior over 30 years — would’ve served “only to make the jury hate Weinstein” and that giving prosecutors those arrows in their quiver deprived him of his right to testify in his own defense.
Aidala said he wants the Court of Appeals to remind the state’s trial courts “that a defendant cannot be tried based on his character — but must be tried based on the conduct for which he has been accused.”
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Mayweather Faced off Japanese MMA fighter and YouTuber Mikuru Asakura last week in Saitama, Japan
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Limitless X Inc., (OTCQB: VYBE) ("the Company"), a creative and empowering lifestyle agency, today announced that the legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., wore the Limitless X and VYBE logos on his center waist belt and shorts during his latest exhibition fight against Japanese MMA fighter and YouTuber Mikuru Asakura. This was Mayweather's second exhibition match this year and the event was held in Saitama, Japan.
Jas Mathur, CEO of Limitless X, commented, "This was an amazing exhibition where we saw a packed arena filled with fans and viewers from all over the world. Mayweather has been a long-time friend and supporter for Limitless X and VYBE and we are grateful for the visibility he brings to our brand. He is someone that truly understands and stands by our corporate vision for wellness and living a better and healthier lifestyle."
Jas Mathur is an investor and entrepreneur who has developed multiple brands in the marketing, health, and wellness spaces generating tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue each year. The digital marketing and branding firm he founded, Limitless X, has launched numerous industry-leading products in the dietary and CBD supplement sectors. He is a trendsetter with more than 7 million Instagram followers and frequently collaborates with leaders in the sports and entertainment industries.
Jas' passion is helping accelerate the achievement of people's health, wellness, and business goals, inspired by his personal transformation story of losing over 250lbs in his twenties. Now a sought-after expert in developing fitness and training programs, he's helped many high-profile figures embark on their own health journeys and seeks to do the same for today's youth. Suitably, Jas recently partnered with Dr. Oz's nonprofit, Healthcorps, to jumpstart health and wellness programs targeted at teens and young adults.
As Jas transformed his life and body, he applied his newfound passion for health and wellness towards launching Limitless X. Prospective services he is blueprinting for the company include personality development, life coaching, and educational platforms, in addition to the brand portfolio.
Limitless X is a creative and empowering lifestyle agency specializing in the full spectrum of digital advertising and marketing. The Company has a global eco-system with three verticals and a series of unique product and service-oriented businesses within each, focused on the Health & Wellness, Beauty & Skincare, and CBD Industries.
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Good morning, Chicago.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democratic legislative leaders announced an agreement on an election-year state budget that would include more than $1.8 billion in largely temporary tax relief while paying down $1.2 billion in debt. The relief plan includes one-time direct payments to most taxpayers, along with short-term breaks on gas, groceries and real estate taxes. State lawmakers also unanimously approved a landmark funding increase for nursing homes that one sponsor called the most important improvement ever made to long-term care facilities in the state.
In Washington, the Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in a 53-47 vote on Thursday with three Republicans joining the Democrats, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice.
And on the North Side, it was a sea of blue and red as fans flooded Wrigleyville bundled up in their Cubs gear for opening day. The Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 at Wrigley Field in what the Tribune’s Paul Sullivan called a day the Cubs could savor: They’re not expected to go anywhere, so they might as well enjoy every day they can prove the narrative wrong. And Tribune photographers were on hand to capture images of the opening day scene.
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Though ‘stealth’ omicron cases are climbing in Chicago, top doctor doubts another major surge is on the way: ‘I am not alarmed’
Chicago’s public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said that the city’s outlook for weathering the recent increase in COVID-19 cases remains promising.
Cases of the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant of omicron — commonly known as “stealth omicron” — now make up 67.4% of new cases in the Midwest, Arwady said. That progression is coinciding with a rise in COVID-19 numbers in Chicago: In the past week, the city’s average daily caseload of positive tests has spiked 28%, landing at 304. The positivity rate has also ticked up to 1.7%.
Chicago monument committee won’t recommend Christopher Columbus statues’ return, sources say
Late last month Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she “fully expects” to return a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus to its former pedestal in Grant Park. That was concerning news to members of the mayor’s committee reviewing Chicago monuments, emails obtained by the Tribune show.
Sources with knowledge of the committee’s work told the Tribune it will not recommend Columbus statues’ return.
Starbucks in Edgewater Beach becomes sixth Chicago store to file for union representation
Workers at a Starbucks in Edgewater Beach have filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, bringing the number of Starbucks locations in Chicago seeking union representation to six.
“We just want to come together and have a bit more recognition and have a say in how to best serve our customers,” said Rachel Simandl, a barista at the store at 1070 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. on Chicago’s Far North Side. Simandl started working at the Edgewater Beach location a couple of months ago and previously worked for three years at Starbucks locations in McHenry County.
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With ‘one goal in mind,’ the White Sox open the 2022 season with high expectations
Liam Hendriks knows not to get too caught up in preseason projections, whether your team is picked to finish first or near the bottom of the division standings. “Projections, that’s all they are, projections,” the Chicago White Sox closer told the Tribune this week in Glendale, Ariz. “They’re not going to be as clear and as crisp as we are going to put forward. It can go any number of ways.
Forget the prognosticators. The Sox have high expectations of their own after playoff appearances in 2020 and 2021. The season begins Friday against the Tigers at Comerica Park (12:10 p.m., NBCSCH).
- The White Sox expect a more competitive AL Central in 2022 — and that could benefit them come October
- How to watch — or stream — Sox games for the 2022 season
Elopement and microweddings have never been more popular. Here are 7 destinations perfect for tying the knot.
With the wedding industry still making up for lost time after the event restrictions stemming from COVID-19 — 96% of weddings set for 2020 had to be modified in some way according to The Knot’s 2020 Real Weddings Survey — it’s no wonder that more couples are reprioritizing what they want in a big day and opting for intimate elopements or scaled-down affairs.
Modern elopements and microweddings — typically 50 guests or less — offer couples the option to take matters into their own hands, making the most of venues at a fraction of the cost of a large wedding and putting the focus back on what really matters: each other. Here are our favorite destinations for couples looking to get out of town to wed in 2022.
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Tubelis’ double-double leads No. 4 Arizona past Cal 85-62
By BEN ROSS
Associated Press
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Azuolas Tubelis had 23 points, 14 rebounds and four steals to lead No. 4 Arizona to an 85-62 win over California on Thursday night.
Tubelis, the conference’s player of the week, recorded his Pac-12-leading 11th double-double of the season. He leads the conference in scoring and rebounding.
Pelle Larsson added 16 points to help the Wildcats (22-3, 11-3 Pac-12) to their seventh win in a row and 13th straight over Cal. Oumar Ballo had 14 points and nine rebounds, and Cedric Henderson Jr. chipped in 11 and eight boards.
Sam Alajiki scored 12 points to lead the Bears (3-21, 2-11), who dropped their eighth in a row. Lars Thiemann added 10 points and eight rebounds.
Arizona started the game on an 18-3 run and built a 44-32 lead at the half. The Wildcats outrebounded Cal 46-30, including 15-5 on the offensive glass, resulting in a 27-3 edge in second-chance points.
After missing their first seven field goal attempts, the Bears managed to break the 50-point barrier for the first time in five games.
Both teams struggled at the line, with Arizona going 6 of 17 and Cal making 5 of 10.
BIG PICTURE
Arizona: The Wildcats used their size and athleticism to control play against the last-place Bears. Although it was a road game, the Wildcats had a sizable contingent of fans in the crowd, with several “U of A!” chants audible throughout the game. … Arizona improved to 19-0 when scoring at least 70 points and 20-0 when leading at halftime.
California: The Bears lost their 21st game of the season, just four from setting a school record. Cal’s three wins this year are tied for the fewest in the country. … Former Cal coach Lou Campanelli was honored with a moment of silence before the game. Campanelli died Jan. 31 at the age of 84. He coached the Bears from 1985-93, leading them to the NCAA Tournament in 1990.
UP NEXT
Arizona: At Stanford on Saturday.
Cal: Hosts Arizona State on Saturday.
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A Congressman-elect from Long Island is facing increased scrutiny over his resumé in which he lied about his educational and work backgrounds, according to a report.
Calls for George Santos to resign are growing before he is even seated in the House of Representatives. Critics of the Republican gathered on Tuesday outside of a Whitestone apartment — the place New York's Board of Elections lists as his legal address.
But both the building's landlord and a neighbor confirmed: Santos no longer lives there. The neighbor said he believes Santos moved out in September.
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Every aspect of Santos’ life is now under the microscope following a New York Times report that he fabricated much of his political resumé.
In the run-up to the November election, Santos reportedly claimed to have attended New York University and graduated from Baruch College "with a bachelor's degree in economics and finance." NBC New York received statements from both schools saying a search of academic records could not confirm his attendance or completion of graduation requirements.
Professional work reportedly led Santos to Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, where he became "a seasoned Wall Street financier and investor," according to the Republican's campaign website. But both neither company was able to confirm that he ever worked at either of them.
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"He has spat in the face of every resident in the 3rd Congressional District and said facts do not matter," said Josh Lafazan, a Democrat and Nassau County legislator who was a one-time political rival of Santos. Lafazan is now calling on him to resign.
Robert Zimmerman, the Democrat Santos defeated in November in a historic race for New York's 3rd district (it marked the first time in U.S. history that two openly LGBTQ congressional candidates went head-to-head), is demanding investigations into whether Santos lied on his financial disclosure forms — a potential crime.
"How we go forward is to demand that George Santos be fully accountable with documentation to answer these questions," Zimmerman told NBC New York.
So far, Santos has only released a statement characterizing the report as a political attack. A statement released through the congressman-elect's attorney said that Santos "represents the kind of progress that the Left is so threatened by - a gay, Latino, first generation American and Republican who won a Biden district."
A spokesperson for the New York Times said that the "deeply-researched and thoroughly fact-checked reporting speaks for itself. We stand behind its publication unreservedly."
Retired Long Island Republican Congressman Peter King on Tuesday urged Santos to face the accusations with transparency.
"He can’t just say none of this happened and none of this is true," King said. "He has to show why what he is saying is true. The burden is now on him."
In January, the Republican is expected to be welcomed into the new Congress alongside other first-time representatives. But the recent report has potentially put that moment in jeopardy.
King said he wouldn’t be surprised if Democrats try to block Santos from taking his seat in Congress in two weeks, but added that for the moment, there’s not enough evidence to justify such an action. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/incoming-ny-rep-george-santos-faces-louder-calls-to-resign-after-reported-resume-lies/4007024/ | 2022-12-21 08:30:19 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/incoming-ny-rep-george-santos-faces-louder-calls-to-resign-after-reported-resume-lies/4007024/ |
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District in Savannah, Georgia, is pleased to announce it has been inducted into Historic Hotels of America®, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District is one of more than 300 hotels and resorts throughout the country that is recognized by Historic Hotels of America for preserving and maintaining its historic integrity, architecture, and ambiance.
"Historic Hotels of America is delighted to induct JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District, a luxurious riverfront entertainment destination built in 1912," said Lawrence Horwitz, Executive Vice President of Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide. "We commend the leadership team at JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District, Richard Kessler, and The Kessler Collection for their careful historic preservation work, stewardship, and vision that will allow future generations of travelers to experience this uniquely renovated cultural landmark."
JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District is the second hotel of The Kessler Collection to be inducted into Historic Hotels of America. Casa Monica Resort & Spa, dating to 1888 and located in St. Augustine, Florida has been a member of Historic Hotels of America since 2001.
"We thank The Kessler Collection for its long partnership with Historic Hotels of America and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Their dedication toward the preservation of American history is represented wonderfully at these two fantastic historic hotels," Horwitz said.
To be selected for membership in Historic Hotels of America, a hotel must be at least 50 years old; has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark or listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; and recognized as having historic significance.
"We are extremely honored to be named among some of the most distinguished historic destinations in the industry," said Mark Castriota, General Manager. "We are proud to serve as a symbol of hospitality in Savannah and will continue to provide one-of-a-kind experiences and opportunities for our visitors and locals alike."
JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District is rich in history and architectural integrity. The site's original 1912 power plant has been restored with the preservation of historic characteristics, like the iconic twin smokestacks and brick exterior, and repurposed with the addition of hotel rooms and mixed-use space. Today, the plant and its surrounding district generate a new kind of energy for the citizens and visitors of Savannah, bringing memorable experiences once again to the riverfront.
About Historic Hotels of America®
Historic Hotels of America is the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing and celebrating the finest Historic Hotels. Historic Hotels of America has more than 300 historic hotels. These historic hotels have all faithfully maintained their authenticity, sense of place, and architectural integrity in the United States of America, including 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Historic Hotels of America is comprised of mostly independently owned and operated historic hotels. More than 30 of the world's finest hospitality brands, chains, and collections are represented in Historic Hotels of America. To be nominated and selected for membership into this prestigious program, a hotel must be at least 50 years old; has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior as a National Historic Landmark or listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; and recognized as having historic significance. For more information, please visit HistoricHotels.org.
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L.A. Times early childhood initiative launches with community-supported funding
The Times’ early childhood education initiative is a community-funded journalism project devoted to exploring issues related to the well-being, development and learning of California’s youngest residents. We received funding from six California philanthropies to significantly increase our coverage of vital topics related to children from birth through age 5, their parents and caregivers.
The Times retains complete editorial control of all work produced by the initiative. The journalists working on the project are full members of the newsroom and the News Guild.
The initiative is funded through the support of the Los Angeles Partnership for Early Childhood Investment (the LA Partnership), a consortium of foundations and donors whose mission includes improving the lives, health and education of children and families, particularly those from low income and traditionally underserved communities. LA Partnership members providing funding for this initiative include:
- Ballmer Group
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Sobrato Philanthropies
- Stein Early Childhood Development Fund (at the California Community Foundation)
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Baltimore Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle was out of the starting lineup for Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay one day after being hit on his left hand by pitched ball.
Manager Brandon Hyde said Mountcastle is day to day.
Mountcastle was struck by a pitch from former Oriole Jimmy Yacabonis with two outs in the ninth inning in Tampa Bay’s 8-2 win on Saturday.
“His hand is pretty sore,” Hyde said. “Hopefully he feels better as the day goes on today. He’s getting some treatment.”
Mountcastle is hitting .253 with 15 homers and 55 RBIs for the Orioles, who are in the mix for an AL wild card after going 52-110 last season.
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Happy birthday (Sept. 13): The adventure unfolds according to your brilliant curiosity. Others see the magic trick; you'll look for the secret. Others see the risk; you'll look for the possibility.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Everyone wants to be right, and no one is — not completely. So, be patient with those futilely trying to convince the world. You'll never regret being kind.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): While you can't see the big picture of your own life, someone else's scene will inspire a mix of admiration and envy. You can have a version of what they have. Let your feelings determine a new direction.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): True, there are more hospitable environs for growing your talents, but with a bit of determination you can make your current situation work. The first step is to carve out the time and hold it sacred.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): You're so easygoing and adaptable now that it may come as a surprise to you that certain people can't seem to deal when things don't go as they anticipate. Avoid the dynamic entirely by carefully managing expectations.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At first, you thought you created a dream in your mind, but now you wonder if it was already there and you simply discovered it. Either way, your dream once belonged to you, and now you belong to it. It will lead you magically now.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Traditions of the past can play a purposeful role. But a group that honors tradition without incorporating the ever-changing needs of the moment will go stagnant. With diplomacy and strategy, you can breathe life into a group.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Connecting with others won't be a logical experience, so you don't have to worry about how much you know about how to do this. Maybe the so-called experts don't really know what they're doing either. Relax into receptivity.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): While it's possible to talk to more than one person, you can't listen to more than one person. You deserve to be heard. With careful timing, you'll give your message a fighting chance.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here comes the new thing. If you're going to add this to your life, something's got to give. Maybe let go of the idea of balance. Anything compelling is going to disrupt the equilibrium for a time.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Just as your body needs a period of recovery after a hard workout, so does your soul require a rest after vigorous pressures. When was the last time you asked absolutely nothing of yourself? Make your life easy for a moment.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): To change yourself will be demanding of muscle and mind. Changing your environment to support the you that you would like to become will be less draining of your willpower.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You'll be in a social mood and you'll gravitate to the sort of interesting, accomplished and attractive people with whom you have much in common. Someone with a stellar sense of humor will steal your heart.
FEELING YOUR FEELINGS
Trying to avoid a bad feeling only leads to a more difficult moment of reckoning. Agree to the feeling instead. Let it happen. Negativity is neutralized with acceptance. Let it all wash over you, and within a few minutes you’ll have worked it through. This public service announcement has been brought to you by a square of the Aries moon to Pluto.
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LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Autolomous LTD, the market-leading developer of critical manufacturing management systems for Cell and Gene Therapies (CGT), today announced a license agreement with U.S.-based Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CBM) a cell and gene therapy contract development, manufacturing, and testing organization (CDMO).
The agreement allows Autolomous to design, configure and integrate solutions for CBM utilizing the AutoloMATE® platform, a business-critical robust digital system, providing CBM with seamless digital connectivity in the manufacturing operations across all critical elements (e.g., facility systems, technologies) for the end-to-end cell and gene therapy (CGT) value chain.
"As the manufacturing demand of cell and gene therapies accelerates, leveraging of manufacturing insight becomes more critical," said Alexander Seyf, CEO of Autolomous. "Autolomous will support CBM, the world's largest single CGT manufacturing site, to enable a digital-first manufacturing platform. Autolomous will continue to deliver significant innovations, maximizing manufacturing productivity and removing bottlenecks through automation and digitization, while reducing the costs of goods to increase patient access to these life-saving therapies."
Autolomous will help CBM convert all batch record reviews to electronic and will help consolidate the integration with the other systems leading to centralized data visibility to enhance operational learnings, streamline compliance response times, and promote shorter investigation timelines which all lead to lower costs of goods, higher productivity and greater manufacturing scalability for CBM clients.
"Partnering with Autolomous allows CBM to digitize our entire supply chain ecosystem and ensures transparency throughout the process while also providing end-to-end data integrity, complete quality assurance and control, and the automation of key parts of the manufacturing process, such as running calculations and transcribing data from Batch Manufacturing Records (BMRs)," said Jeet Sarkar, VP, Head of IT at CBM. "As we strive to make advanced therapies available and affordable to every patient, the AutoloMATE® platform positions CBM to offer our clients' the most cutting-edge technology to boost their CGT manufacturing and save more lives."
About Autolomous
Autolomous LTD is the market leading developer of critical manufacturing management systems for cell and gene therapies. Autolomous internationally deploys fully integrated, digitized and automated supply chain software solutions. These solutions utilize innovative technologies such as Ledger Technology (LT) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to ensure compliance with current and future regulatory requirements. As a result, Autolomous enables manufacturers to reduce costs and deliver cell & gene therapies to more patients.
Autolomous' platform, AutoloMATE® is a business-critical robust digital solution increasing efficiency, scalability, and process streamlining of the GMP manufacturing and product release of cell & gene therapies. Autolomous LTD is headquartered in London. The company was founded in 2019 by four professionals with combined experience covering fifty years in advanced therapies and medical practice and thirty-five years in technology, software, and business.
About The Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CBM)
Center for Breakthrough Medicines (CBM) is a cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) uniquely positioned to enable pharma and biotech companies to develop, test, manufacture and market life-saving therapies and treatments on a global scale. Ideally located in the heart of Philadelphia's Cellicon Valley, CBM has assembled the most accomplished cell and gene therapy experts in the world, armed with cutting-edge and innovative technologies, to offer scalable, best-in-class pre-clinical through commercial manufacturing capabilities, including process development, plasmid DNA, vector manufacturing, cell banking, cell processing, and a full suite of complementary and standalone testing and analytical capabilities.
Purpose-built and patient-driven, CBM was designed from the ground up to be a more-effective CDMO, providing single-source, end-to-end solutions to deliver true partnership and unprecedented value to its customers through teamwork, transparency, and speed-to-market dedication.
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ROME (AP) — Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, was erupting on Sunday, spewing ash on Catania, eastern Sicily’s largest city, and forcing a suspension of flights at that city’s airport.
Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, or INGV, which closely monitors Etna with instrumentation on the slopes, noted that cloud cover on a rainy day was impeding views of the eruption, which often serves up a spectacular display of flaming lava during the volcano’s not infrequent eruptions.
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The institute said that ash had fallen on Catania and at least one town on Mount Etna’s inhabited slopes. No injures were reported.
Catania airport said due to ashfall, flight operations were temporarily suspended.
INGV indicated that monitoring had recorded evidence of a stepping up in tremor activity in recent days.
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People in the towns of Adrano and Biancavilla reported hearing loud booms emanating from the volcano on Sunday, the Italian news agency ANSA said.
Italy's national Civil Protection agency had noted on Thursday in an alert that in view of increased volcanic activity, “sudden” variations of Etna's activity could occur.
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PEÑITAS, Texas (AP) — The daughter of one of two sisters from Texas who went missing in Mexico along with their friend three weeks ago while traveling to a flea market says she hasn't lost hope that they'll be located.
"We are waiting for them to come back home," Maria Guadalupe Ramirez, 27, told KRGV-TV in Weslaco.
The FBI said in a statement Thursday that it was unable to comment on the investigation but said the agency “relentlessly pursues all options when it comes to protecting the American people, and this doesn’t change when they are endangered across the border.”
The three women — Ramirez’s mother, Marina Perez Rios, 48; Ramirez’s aunt, Maritza Trinidad Perez Rios, 47; and their friend, Dora Alicia Cervantes Saenz, 53 — were headed to a flea market to sell clothes in the Mexican city of Montemorelos in the state of Nuevo Leon. The state prosecutor’s office in Nuevo Leon has said it is investigating the women’s disappearance.
The sisters live in Peñitas, a small Texas border city near McAllen, and are legal U.S. residents, while their friend, Saenz, lives in Mexico, KRGV reported.
Ramirez, who spoke to KRGV on Tuesday, said she's been in contact with Mexican authorities. She told the TV station that her mother and aunt, who grew up in Nuevo Leon, have made the trip several times to the market.
“They had fun going out there, meeting new people,” Ramirez told KRGV.
Ramirez told The Monitor in McAllen that she last spoke to her mother Feb. 25, the day after her mother and aunt crossed the border into Mexico.
Another case of Americans who went missing in Mexico received an avalanche of attention earlier this month when their March 3 abduction was caught on video after a drug cartel shootout in Matamoros. That case was resolved in a matter of days when the four were found in a wooden shack. Two were alive and two were dead.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV said Wednesday that the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has accused the deputy ambassador of the United Kingdom and other foreigners in the country of “espionage” and taking soil samples from prohibited military zones.
The country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that the foreigners had been arrested, but did not elaborate on when. The U.K. Foreign Office swiftly denied that its diplomat was arrested, calling the report “completely false.”
Iran’s state TV ran footage purporting to show the foreigners collecting samples from the ground while under drone surveillance.
The storm of accusations follow escalating tensions over a pickup in Tehran’s arrests of foreigners and a rapid advancement of its nuclear work, while talks to revive the landmark 2015 atomic accord remain at a standstill. Iran has detained a number of Europeans in recent months, including two French citizens and a Swedish tourist, as it seeks to gain leverage in negotiations.
The report also comes after Iran, in a rare move, replaced the Revolutionary Guard’s longstanding intelligence chief.
News outlets reported the deputy head of mission at the British Embassy, Giles Whitaker, and other foreigners faced “spying” charges after visiting various forbidden zones in the country while the Guard was carrying out missile tests.
The semiofficial Fars news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, claimed Whitaker was expelled from the area after offering authorities an apology.
The accusations splashed across Iranian media as the British public was transfixed by the political fortunes of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who faces growing pressure to step down after defections from his Cabinet.
State TV broadcast a photo montage apparently showing Whitaker tour the southwestern desert collecting soil samples against the backdrop of eerie music.
“Even though there were signs in that area saying this was a forbidden area, he went further and took a sample and took a picture,” the narrator said. “Intelligence agencies say that these people often pose as tourists, but are looking for military and missile sites to identify equipment and ammunition.”
Iranian media also identified Maciej Walczak, a Polish scientist at Copernicus University in Poland, as among the accused foreigners. It similarly said he took samples of soil, water and salt from a forbidden area during a missile test in the country’s south.
The report added that the Guard’s intelligence wing detained the husband of Austria’s cultural attaché in Iran after he took soil samples in the country’s northeast.
Iran has in the past arrested dual nationals and those with Western ties, often on widely criticized espionage charges, and used them as bargaining chips in talks over other issues, such as nuclear negotiations. Tehran denies using detainees to further its political aims.
Talks to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers have stalled for months. A recent effort to break the deadlock between U.S. and Iranian negotiators ended without making progress in Doha last week.
The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, described the latest talks in Qatar as “more than a little bit of a wasted occasion.”
“They have and, including in Doha, added demands that I think anyone looking at this would be viewed as having nothing to do with the nuclear deal, things that they’ve wanted in the past,” Malley said in an interview with National Public Radio on Tuesday, undercutting Tehran’s more upbeat assessments.
He added that the U.S. is working simultaneously to secure the release of four Americans detained in Iran, saying: “They’ve been used as pawns. But we are looking at steps that we could take that would facilitate their return in the shortest time possible.”
Meanwhile, as a shadow war between Israel and Iran has escalated in Tehran and across the Middle East, Iran announced last month that the head of the Guard’s intelligence arm, Hossein Taeb, had been replaced by Gen. Mohammad Kazemi, the former head of the Guard’s security department.
The surprise move followed the deaths of several Guard officers in recent weeks.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. oil industry hit a legal roadblock in January when a judge struck down a $192 million oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico over future global warming emissions from burning the fuels. It came at a pivotal time for Chevron, Exxon and other industry players: the Biden administration had curtailed opportunities for new offshore drilling, while raising climate change concerns.
The industry's setback was short-lived, however. The climate measure President Joe Biden signed Tuesday bypasses the administration's concerns about emissions and guarantees new drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. The legislation was crafted to secure backing from a top recipient of oil and gas donations, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, and was shaped in part by industry lobbyists.
While the Inflation Reduction Act concentrates on clean energy incentives that could drastically reduce overall U.S. emissions, it also buoys oil and gas interests by mandating leasing of vast areas of public lands and off the nation's coasts. And it locks renewables and fossil fuels together: If the Biden administration wants solar and wind on public lands, it must offer new oil and gas leases first.
As a result, U.S. oil and gas production and emissions from burning fuels could keep growing, according to some industry analysts and climate experts. With domestic demand sliding, that means more fossil fuels exported to growing foreign markets, including from the Gulf where pollution from oil and gas activity plagues many poor and minority communities.
To the industry, the new law signals Democrats are willing to work with them and to abandon the notion fossil fuels could soon be rendered obsolete, said Andrew Gillick with Enverus, an energy analytics company whose data is used by industry and government agencies.
"The folks that think oil and gas will be gone in 10 years may not be thinking through what this means," Gillick said. "Both supply and demand will increase over the next decade."
The result would be more planet-warming carbon dioxide — up to 110 million tons (100 million metric tons) annually — from U.S.-produced oil and gas by 2030, with most coming from fuel burned after export, according to some economists and analysts.
A Department of Energy analysis obtained by The Associated Press Thursday said the law's leasing provisions "may lead to some increase" in carbon pollution, but that other provisions would cut 35 tons of greenhouse gas for every new ton of fossil fuel pollution.
The law reinstates within 30 days the 2,700-square miles (6,950-square kilometers) of Gulf leases that had been withheld. It ensures companies like Chevron will have the chance to expand and overrides the concerns of U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras that the government was "barreling full-steam ahead" without adequately considering global emission increases.
The measure's importance was underscored by Chevron executives during a recent earnings call, where they predicted continued growth in the Gulf and tied that directly to being able "to lease and acquire additional acreage."
The fossil fuel industry's ambitions are now directly linked to wind and solar development: The bill prohibits leasing of federal lands and waters for renewable energy unless the government has offered at least 2 million acres (810,000 hectares) of public land and 60 million acres (24 million hectares) in federal waters for oil and gas leasing during the prior year. The law does not require leases to be sold, only offered for sale.
The measure's critics say that's holding renewables hostage unless the fossil fuel industry gets its way. Some accuse Biden and Democrats of abandoning pledges to confront the industry.
"It's 10 more years of mandatory leases," said Brett Hartl with the Center for Biological Diversity. "We will do our damnedest but it's hard to fight them all."
Communities near polluting industrial plants will continue to suffer if the oil and gas industry remains vibrant, said Beverly Wright, executive director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice and a member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. She worries that incentives in the law for technology that captures carbon from industrial processes could also perpetuate harm to these poor, mostly minority residents.
In Louisiana's St. James Parish, where petrochemical plants dominate the landscape, environmental justice activist Sharon Lavigne said the legislation will allow pollution from fossil fuels to keep harming her community.
"That's just like saying they're going to continue to poison us, going to continue to cause us cancer," said Lavigne, a former high school teacher who founded the group Rising St. James.
The leasing provisions mark a failure in efforts by environmentalists and social justice advocates to impose a nationwide leasing ban. The movement's high point came when Biden followed campaign pledges to end new drilling on federal lands with an order his first week in office suspending lease sales.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Lake Charles, Louisiana blocked Biden's order nationwide last year. A federal appeals court Wednesday struck down Doughty's ruling, then Thursday he issued a new injunction saying lease sales can't be stopped in the 13 states that opposed Biden's policy.
A stream of potential drilling sites is crucial for companies to maintain future production because wells can take years to develop and some yield nothing, said Jim Noe, an industry lobbyist who worked with Senate staff on the climate bill's leasing provisions.
"The industry is in constant need — almost like a treadmill — of lease sales," said Noe, an attorney at Holland & Knight who represented offshore oil and gas companies. Noe said demand for oil and gas won't decline immediately and Gulf drilling brings jobs and more energy security.
A United Nations report before Biden took office warned that the U.S. and other nations need to sharply decrease investments in oil, gas and coal to keep temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times.
Other bill provisions that focus on renewable energy and capturing carbon dioxide from industrial plants would result in net emission reductions 10 to 50 times greater than emission increases from burning more oil and gas, analysts say.
The increase in oil and gas emissions still could be substantial — as much as 77 million to 110 million tons (70 to 100 million metric tons) of additional carbon dioxide annually by 2030 from new leasing, according to economist Brian Prest with the research group Resources for the Future.
Other experts had lower projections: The San Francisco-based climate research group Energy Innovation predicted up to 55 million tons (50 million metric tons) of additional carbon dioxide annually from new leasing. Researchers from Princeton and Dartmouth said the impact could be negligible or as much as 22 million tons (20 million metric tons) in the U.S., plus much more abroad.
Any increase hinges on global oil and natural gas prices staying high — and that in turn depends on a range of factors including the ongoing war in Ukraine, said Robbie Orvis with Energy Innovation.
"It may increase oil and gas production somewhat, but that is very much offset by all of the other pieces of the bill," Orvis said.
Yet there's uncertainty about how quickly other pieces of the bill could bring emission cuts. Wind and solar construction could run into the supply chain problems hindering many economic sectors. And technology to capture and store carbon dioxide is still being refined and is in limited use.
Other provisions could make it potentially more expensive to drill on public lands and waters. There are modest increases in royalty and rental rates and a new $5-per-acre fee when companies want particular parcels offered for lease. Another fee would require companies to pay for natural gas, or methane, that enters the atmosphere as a potent greenhouse gas.
The higher costs could dampen interest among companies, said Mark Squillace, a natural resources law professor at University of Colorado Law School.
"Even though the industry is going to be getting more oil and gas leasing if they want it, it's an interesting question: Do they want it?" Squillace asked.
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Phillis reported from St. Louis. Seth Borenstein contributed from Kensington, Maryland.
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Fellow inmates say death row inmate Patrick Schroeder killed himself Monday, after attempting suicide earlier this month.
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services confirmed the 45-year-old's death at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in a news release.
But it declined to provide any details of his death, saying the cause hadn't yet been determined and that a grand jury would later be called to review it.
In emails from death row, John Lotter and Aubrey Trail confirmed that a week or two prior to his death Schroeder had cut his wrist and arm with a razor deeply enough to nick an artery and require several stitches.
Lotter said Schroeder was returned to his cell on death row within two days, with only a razor restriction. He thinks Schroeder shouldn't have been returned so soon, given his frame of mind.
Early Monday, Lotter woke at about 1:30 a.m. to the sound of a correctional officer hitting Schroeder's cell door and calling out his name. When he didn't get a response, the guard called on the radio to have his cell, D11, opened, he said.
Soon after, Lotter said he heard what sounded like CPR being administered to Schroeder. A few minutes later, Schroeder was wheeled past Lotter's cell with a guard still doing CPR on him. But it was clear he was already dead, Lotter said.
Lotter said he heard later that Schroeder hung himself with a sheet.
Trail said prison officials kept Schroeder in the mental health unit for less than 24 hours.
"And then this," he said. "Everybody here is just like 'WTF,' He still had the stitches in his arm from last attempt."
Johnson County Attorney Rick Smith, who was appointed to be a county court judge two weeks ago, said Schroeder's death remains under investigation, so he couldn't predict when a grand jury may be called to review it.
Doug Koebernick, Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System, said the prison notified his office the day of Schroeder's death and his office started its own investigation.
Unlike a grand jury, which looks at whether criminal charges should be filed against anyone in connection with the death, the inspector general's office will be focused on Schroeder's death, the events that surrounded it and whether staff followed prison policies.
"If you're on death row or not, everyone should be treated the same," Koebernick said.
Schroeder is the fifth death row inmate in 15 years to die while awaiting execution by the state.
Arthur Gales, 55, died last year of cancer. In 2015, Michael Ryan, 66, died of natural causes. David Dunster, 56, died of a health-related issue in 2011, and Roger Bjorklund, 39, of a heart attack in 2006.
Eleven men remain on Nebraska's death row.
Suzanne Gage, a spokeswoman for the Nebraska Attorney General's Office, said each of the 11 inmates are at various stages of state and federal court challenges to their death sentences.
And the Supreme Court previously has ruled that an execution warrant cannot be issued when there are pending court challenges by a death row inmate.
When asked last week if the prison has been actively seeking the drug protocol needed to carry out an execution here, spokeswoman Laura Strimple said it is the responsibility of the state Corrections Department to carry out the order of the court, "which includes continuing to pursue procuring the necessary substances."
She did not elaborate where the prison is in the process.
Nebraska's last execution occurred in 2018, when Carey Dean Moore, 60, was put to death for the 1979 deaths of Omaha cab drivers Reuel Van Ness Jr. and Maynard Helgeland.
He had been on death row 38 years.
Schroeder had been 11 years into a life sentence for the killing of 75-year-old Pawnee City farmer Kenny Albers when on April 15, 2017, he strangled his cellmate, Terry Berry, because Berry wouldn't stop talking.
Schroeder pleaded guilty to the crime and didn't fight the death sentence.
Before investigators ever identified a suspect in the Branched Oak Lake homicide in July, deputies allege a 20-year-old Lincoln man helped destroy evidence, according to court records.
"What kicked off this murder or the series of murders, I don't know," Assistant Police Chief Jason Stille said, after police found two bodies in three days.
The information potentially exposed included borrowers' names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers, the Lincoln company said.
The program led by Invest Nebraska includes the UNL College of Engineering, Northeast Community College, Metro Community College, Nebraska Innovation Studio, the Nebraska Manufacturing Extension Partnership and The Combine.
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NEWARK, N.J. — Dougie Hamilton scored two power-play goals and the New Jersey Devils continued to roll despite playing without Jack Hughes for the first time this season, posting a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night.
Defenseman Adam Larsson scored for Seattle and goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves in losing to New Jersey for the first time in six career decisions.
Hughes, who leads the Devils with 35 goals and 32 assists, is being listed as week to week with an upper-body injury. He played Monday in a win over Vancouver.
While New Jersey gave up a lot of chances and didn’t generate as much without him, the Devils’ power play was the difference. Surprisingly, the two extra-man goals came against a Kraken team that came into the game riding a franchise-record eight-game run without giving up a power-play goal.
Hamilton’s winner came with 10 minutes to play. His shot from near the blue line was deflected by Brandon Tanev, and Grubauer never had a chance.
There were two goals in the first two periods, and they came 24 seconds apart.
Larsson, a first-round pick of the Devils in 2011, opened the scoring for Seattle at 14:05 of the second period with a shot from the right point that hit the stick of New Jersey forward Miles Wood.
Hamilton tied the game at 14:29 with a straight-on shot from just above the top of the circles for his 14th goal. It came seven seconds after Kraken defenseman Will Borgen was penalized.
The Kraken also played without their top scorer. Andre Burakovsky is week to week with a lower-body injury sustained earlier this week.
NOTES: Hamilton now has a career-high 51 points, one more than he had with Calgary in 2016-17. With Hughes sidelined, Erik Haula centered the second line for Yegor Sharangovich and Fabian Zetterlund, and Dawson Mercer moved from the wing to center the third line. ... The Devils also scratched D Brendon Smith with an injury. ... Seattle activated D Justin Schultz off the IL earlier in the day. F Daniel Sprong got a spot in the lineup with Burakovsky out.
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Kraken: Finish New York-area swing playing the Rangers on Friday night. It’s part of a five-game trip.
Devils: At Minnesota on Saturday to start four-game trip.
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Democrat Stacey Abrams, the two-time failed candidate for governor in Georgia and a renowned voting rights activist, says she will “likely” run for office again but did not specify for which position.
Abrams, who lost her second bid for Georgia governor in November to incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp (R), made the comment in an interview with actress Drew Barrymore on her daytime television show broadcast Monday.
“I will likely run again,” Abrams said. “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. If it doesn’t work, you try again.”
Although Abrams lost her contest against Kemp by nearly 8 points, she is seen as a fundraising giant in the Democratic Party. She raised $113 million for her 2022 campaign and $27 million in 2018 when she previously challenged Kemp for the governor’s mansion.
Abrams, a former state lawmaker, has been influential in Georgia politics. She has built two of the largest voting rights organizations in the state, Fair Fight and New Georgia Project, and has dedicated much of her career to expanding access to the ballot box in disenfranchised communities.
“My first responsibility is to make sure anyone who wants to vote can,” she said in the interview. “Protecting democracy is not about a person. It’s about the ideals.” | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/stacey-abrams-says-shell-likely-run-again/ | 2023-01-10 01:33:10 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/hill-politics/stacey-abrams-says-shell-likely-run-again/ |
From July 23-24, consumers can shop exclusive deals from eco-conscious fashion companies, clean and green beauty brands, and more
NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service, today announced the opening of its US retail pop-up, "Klarna Oasis," an immersive shopping experience in Los Angeles focused on supporting its various mission-driven merchant partners. From Saturday, July 23 to Sunday, July 24, consumers can shop exclusive discounts from fashion, beauty, and accessory brands, including Lunya, Rebecca Minkoff, RE/DONE, VRAI, AVYA, Christy Dawn, Kjaer Weis, Westman Atelier, Pepper, and The Detox Market. Exclusive discounts will also be available to shop nationwide over the weekend online at www.klarnaoasis.com.
"We're excited to bring the smoooth Klarna shopping experience to life for the first time in Los Angeles, spotlighting mission-driven merchant partners that support a range of important causes from sustainability in fashion to clean beauty," said Raji Behal, Global Head of Partner Success, Klarna. "At Klarna, we realize we have a responsibility to help drive positive change towards a better future, and providing our consumers unique access to shop more mindfully is just one of the many ways we are working to make a difference."
With "Klarna Oasis," Klarna is making mindful shopping as easy as possible for consumers, providing a one-stop shop to purchase conscious fashion and clean beauty must-haves, all while offering its popular interest-free Pay in 4 option at check out. As sustainability is a core focus for the pop-up, shoppers will also be able to donate gently used shoes and clothing in exchange for an on-site discount in partnership with Soles4Souls.
"Christy Dawn is proud to partner with Klarna on such an exciting, impactful initiative. We believe that all shopping should be conscious-shopping and Klarna Oasis allows consumers to make more educated purchasing decisions," said Aras Baskauskas, Co-Founder and CEO at Christy Dawn. "What's more, we love knowing that by partnering with Klarna, we're providing our Christy Dawn community with a new and easy way to shop regeneratively."
Additional programming includes a fireside chat on Saturday, July 23, on the importance of regenerative agriculture within the sustainable fashion movement. Speakers include Raji Behal, Global Head of Partner Success at Klarna; Aras Baskauskas, Co-Founder and CEO of Christy Dawn; and Jasmyne Spencer, professional soccer player at Angel City Football Club, of which Klarna is a Founding Partner. The talk will be open to the public, and guests can register to attend at the link here: https://fb.me/e/2MvNQnsME.
The "Klarna Oasis'' pop-up is located at 8070 Melrose Avenue and will be open to the public on Saturday, July 23, from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday, July 24, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.klarnaoasis.com.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Aaron Nola pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Bryce Harper's homer gave Philadelphia an early lead, and the Phillies held off the St. Louis Cardinals 2-0 on Saturday night to sweep their National League wild-card series.
Nola struck out six and walked one on 101 pitches before leaving with two outs in the seventh. Jose Alvarado then retired Yadier Molina on a popup, stranding a runner on first. Seranthony Dominguez struck out Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado to wiggle out of a two-on, one-out jam in the eighth.
Goldschmidt and Arenado, two of the leading contenders for NL MVP, went a combined 1 for 15 in the series with no RBIs and six strikeouts.
The Cardinals tried to rally one more time off Zach Eflin in the ninth, getting consecutive two-out singles from Corey Dickerson and Molina. But the starter-turned-closer responded by getting Tommy Edman to foul out to end the game, giving the Phillies their first postseason series win since topping Cincinnati in the 2010 divisional round.
They'll face a familiar foe, the NL East champion Braves, when their division series begins Tuesday night in Atlanta.
Miles Mikolas allowed two runs and two hits for St Louis before leaving with two outs in the fifth. Albert Pujols had a pair of singles, including one in the eighth in what was likely the final at-bat of his career.
The sellout crowd of 48,515, the third-largest in Busch Stadium history, was at its flag-waving throatiest trying to keep the dream season of Pujols, Molina and the rest of the Cardinals alive. Instead, their fans watched the NL Central champions go down with a whimper, losing in the first round of the playoffs for the third consecutive year.
“It's a tough one, when you know it's Yadi's last year and Albert's last year," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “There's just extra motivation to deliver for them, and do something special, and allow that story to end with a championship.”
'It's obviously disappointing," Marmol said, "but it's where we're at.”
Harper, who was hitless in the opener, staked the Phillies to the lead when a 76 mph curveball left his bat at 111.6 mph on the first pitch of the second inning. The ball sliced through the cold October breeze and landed 435 feet away.
The way pitchers have dominated the wild-card round, it figured Harper's one mighty swing might be the difference.
“We know in the postseason, the pitching is great. That's why all these teams are in the postseason, us included,” Goldschmidt said. “You know there's going to be some tight games that come down to one pitch or one play.”
Nola turned in the latest brilliant outing, giving up a single to Lars Nootbaar to lead off the game before blowing through the rest of the St. Louis lineup. The next blemish on the right-hander's line didn't come until Edman walked in the third, and Nola promptly struck out Nootbaar and got Pujols on a meekly hit grounder to end that inning.
Nola also got some spectacular defense behind him.
Third baseman Alec Bohm made a stellar snare of Molina's sharply hit ball down the line leading off the third, and then he made an even more impressive grab to rob Arenado of extra bases in the fourth.
Bohm followed that with a ground-rule double leading off the fifth. Brandon Marsh laid down a sacrifice bunt and, after Jean Segura was plunked by the last pitch that Mikolas threw, Jordan Montgomery walked Bryson Stott on four pitches to load the bases. Kyle Schwarber followed with a sacrifice fly to extend the Philadelphia lead.
The Phillies' baserunning? That wasn't nearly as good.
Harper was thrown out trying to take second base on a single in the sixth — the call stood after a video review. Moments later, Bohm was picked off first base with a runner standing on third to end the once-promising inning.
The way Nola and his bullpen was pitching, none of it ended up mattering.
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The sweep gives the Phillies an extra day off before heading to Atlanta, where they were 3-6 in the regular season against the defending World Series champions. The Braves won eight of their 11 meetings overall this season.
The Cardinals head into an offseason of pronounced change: Pujols and Molina have said this will be their last year, and erstwhile ace Adam Wainwright could join them in retirement. Arenado could opt out of his contract, though that appears unlikely, while pitcher José Quintana and outfielder Dickerson are eligible for free agency.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is sticking with a blue-and-white color scheme for the exterior of the replacement Air Force One aircraft, the first of which is expected to be delivered in four years.
The Air Force said late Friday that the light blue on the new model of the modified 747s that transport the president will be a little bit deeper and more modern in tone than the robin’s egg blue on the versions of the aircraft currently in use.
Boeing is modifying two of its 747-800 aircraft that will use the Air Force One call sign when the president is aboard. They will replace the existing fleet of two aging Boeing 747-200 aircraft the president currently uses.
The choice of the plane’s exterior colors follows an earlier decision by the administration to scrap a red-white-and-blue design favored by Donald Trump, Biden’s immediate predecessor. An Air Force review had suggested the darker colors would increase costs and delay delivery of the new jumbo jets.
In 2018, Trump directed that the new jets shed the iconic Kennedy-era blue-and-white design for a white-and-navy color scheme. The top half of the plane would have been white and the bottom, including the belly, would have been dark blue. A streak of dark red would have run from the cockpit to the tail. The coloring was almost identical to the exterior of Trump’s personal plane.
Formally known as the VC-25B, the new aircraft will replace the current fleet, known as VC-25A, which the Air Force said face capability gaps, rising maintenance costs and “parts obsolescence.” Modifications to the successor aircraft will include electrical power upgrades, a medical facility and a self-defense system, the Air Force said.
Delivery of the first of the new airplanes is projected for 2027, followed by the second aircraft in 2028, the Air Force said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — There were no signs that Republican Christina Drazan was improving on her vote totals over recent days that would have enabled her to overtake Democrat Tina Kotek in the Oregon governor's race.
That's what led the AP to call the race Thursday night for Kotek over Drazan and unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson.
Even without factoring votes coming in from areas that favored Kotek, there still wasn't enough room for Drazan to make up the difference.
Kotek joins Maura Healey, elected Tuesday as governor of Massachusetts, in making history as the nation's first openly lesbian elected governors.
Oregon hasn’t had a Republican governor since the 1980s and is typically reliably Democratic in statewide contests. But this year’s race to succeed term-limited incumbent Democrat Kate Brown had Republicans hopeful and Democrats worried.
President Joe Biden campaigned for Kotek in the closing weeks of the campaign, highlighting the race's importance to Democrats.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Two Step" game were:
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The Nation's Weather for Sunday, November 13, 2022
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NATIONAL SUMMARY
With very cold air moving in behind a strong cold front, a
sharp drop in temperatures is likely for many along the East
coast today. Meanwhile, snow showers are likely to persist
across the Great Lakes as well as the interior Northeast.
Minor accumulations of snow are possible in locations
downwind of the lakes, especially on grassy and elevated
surfaces. In the Midwest and across the Plains states,
abnormally cold and dry air will remain in place, with high
temperatures in much of the Dakotas and eastern Montana
likely peaking between 10 and 20 degrees. Dry and cool
conditions will continue in the Rockies and Interior West.
While most areas will be dry, a few snow showers may dot the
higher elevations of Utah, Colorado and Montana.
SPECIAL WEATHER
No new information for this time period.
WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS
No new information for this time period.
DAILY EXTREMES
National High Saturday 87 at Marathon, FL
National Low Saturday -22 at Ingomar, MT
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BEIJING, April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:
An afforestation project in the northern and southern mountains of Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region aims to plant trees on a total land area of 137,800 hectares by 2030, local media reported.
Trees will be planted on hillsides around Lhasa, beside main roads and along the Lhasa Kyichu River, which runs through the center of the city.
The afforestation project of the northern and southern mountains of Lhasa was launched in 2021 and covers nine counties and districts and 35 townships along the Lhasa Kyichu River.
This year, the region plans to plant trees on 14,000 hectares and will accelerate the construction of supporting projects, including water conservancy, electrical power and roads.
One project for afforestation support, in Chushur county of Lhasa, is on a hillside; therefore, all construction materials will need to be transported manually.
"The mountain road is so steep that even mules can hardly get up there. The work will be difficult, but creating a green environment to benefit the future generations is what's important," Gyatso, a worker at the construction site in Chushur, was quoted as saying by local media.
"After transporting all the water pipes to the hillside, welders have to join all the pipes together, and they have to ensure that water from the valley can be transported from a pump station at the foot of the mountain to a reservoir on top of the mountain," Gyatso said.
"This work is important, as it will lay the foundation for the upcoming tree planting and their subsequent irrigation and maintenance."
Transport of materials such as sand, water pipes, steel bars, and saplings is among the hardest challenges of the project, he added.
"The supporting projects to the afforestation projects of Lhasa in 2023 cover a total land area of about 12,100 hectares, including water conservancy, electrical power, and roads," said Tashi, one of the project's leaders.
"Among them, the road project has been fully excavated, the water conservancy project has been completed 97 percent and the power project has been completed 98 percent," Tashi said.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The remains of a man who was reported missing after Hurricane Ian hit Florida's Gulf Coast last year have been recovered from a sunken sailboat, sheriff's officials said.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that the remains were identified as James “Denny" Hurst, 72, who was last known to be aboard the sailboat “Good Girl" as the category 4 storm hit the region in late September.
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The boat was recovered Friday afternoon in the Matanzas Pass area of Fort Myers Beach, Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a social media post.
Hurst had told his family he planned to ride out the storm on the boat, officials said.
Earlier Friday, the sheriff announced that a crew clearing debris in the mangroves found the remains of 82-year-old Ilonka Knes. She had been reported missing in early October.
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Officials identified Knes through dental records, the sheriff said. The body of her husband, 81-year-old Robert Knes, was found shortly after the storm struck.
Hurst and Knes were the two remaining people who had been reported as missing in Lee County after the hurricane, Marceno said. He added that he hopes their families will now have some closure.
Before the discovery, the Florida Medical Examiners Commission on Tuesday reported 145 confirmed deaths in the state from Hurricane Ian. This would add to that total.
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GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $738 million.
On a per-share basis, the Glenview, Illinois-based company said it had profit of $2.37.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.21 per share.
The equipment manufacturer for the transportation, power, food and construction industries posted revenue of $4.01 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $3.97 billion.
Illinois Tool Works expects full-year earnings to be $9 to $9.40 per share.
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Ramon Ojeda appointed as new executive director for National Mango Board as of July 17
ORLANDO, Fla., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the National Mango Board (NMB) announced the appointment of Ramon Ojeda as its new executive director. This transition occurs nine years after Manuel Michel accepted his position to lead the organization.
Ojeda has served the NMB in Orlando, FL for nearly three years as the operations director where he oversees the financial, operational and administrative functions. He has been a crucial component to organizing the annual board meetings and key internal training opportunities to help strengthen the organization.
During his 30-year career, Ojeda has developed a unique background in leadership and overseeing strategic organizations. His previous experience, paired with his passion for the mango industry, will serve him well as the new executive director.
"Serving the mango industry in the lead role as NMB's executive director is an incredible opportunity and a true honor for me," said Ramon Ojeda. "I am eager to dive in and committed to working with our members and the industry as a whole to unleash the next level of success in mango consumption in the U.S."
As Ojeda joins NMB, former Executive Director, Manuel Michel, has transitioned to serve in a consulting role as the Managing Director for the Colombia Avocado Board, effective July 15.
"I wish Ramon and the National Mango Board all the best and continued success as I move into this next chapter in life. Although I am stepping aside from the NMB, my dedication to mango remains steadfast, and will continue to support and champion the bright future that lies ahead," said Manuel Michel. "I'd like to say 'gracias, thank you!' to the current and past NMB staff, board members and industry stakeholders. I extend my sincere appreciation for your support, collaboration, and shared mission and vision over the last nine years. It is through our collective effort that the mango industry has achieved and will continue to achieve success. The NMB is a valuable resource to the mango industry and will continue making significant contributions to the growth of this fruit's awareness and consumption in the U.S. for years to come."
About the National Mango Board
The National Mango Board (NMB) is here to inspire and educate U.S. consumers about the culture, flavor, versatility, and nutrition of the world's most exciting super fruit - the mango! We are supported entirely by assessments from domestic and imported mangos, and we don't rely on any taxpayer dollars or government funding. We participate in strategic planning, marketing and communications, research, and industry relations to achieve our vision of bringing the mango party to every U.S. household.
We invite you to keep up with all things mango by following us on our social media channels, @mangoboard or checking out our blog at mango.org/blog. Learn more at mango.org.
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Mixpanel makes it easy for Google Cloud users to get started with product analytics
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mixpanel, the leading product analytics innovator, today announced that it is now available on the Google Cloud Marketplace. This expanded partnership makes it even easier for Google Cloud customers to get started with Mixpanel.
Mixpanel's powerful, easy-to-use product analytics solution shows product teams what is and isn't working with their products, makes data more accessible across their teams, and helps them prioritize their roadmaps and build winning products.
"Everything we do at Mixpanel is in service of helping product teams do more and move faster," said Mixpanel's Vice President of Global Partnerships Scott Singerman. "Our product analytics solution being available on Google Cloud Marketplace reinforces that focus by making it even easier for product teams that use Google Cloud to get started with Mixpanel."
Mixpanel being available on the Google Cloud Marketplace allows product teams to leverage existing vendor relationships with Google Cloud and not lose time with certifying Mixpanel as a new vendor. Additionally, standardized marketplace transactions and terms provide peace-of-mind and require less involvement from legal and contracting teams, which helps product teams deploy Mixpanel faster.
Mixpanel joins numerous other complimentary best-of-breed solutions available on Google Cloud Marketplace — including Fivetran, OneSignal, and Airship. Companies can now create product stacks customized to suit their needs.
"Technologies that help product teams develop and deliver solutions with data-backed insights are critical to optimizing the overall customer experience," said Dai Vu, Managing Director, Marketplace & ISV GTM Programs, Google Cloud. "By bringing its product analytics solution to Google Cloud Marketplace, Mixpanel is making it even easier for Google Cloud customers to deploy, manage and scale Mixpanel on Google Cloud's trusted, global infrastructure."
For more information and to get started, visit Mixpanel on the Google Cloud Marketplace.
Mixpanel helps companies measure what matters, make decisions fast, and build better digital products through data. With its powerful, self-serve product analytics solution, teams can easily analyze how and why people engage, convert, and retain—in real-time, across devices—to improve their user experience. Headquartered in San Francisco, Mixpanel has an award-winning employee experience and culture, with offices in New York, Seattle, London, Barcelona, and Singapore. For more information, visit: www.mixpanel.com.
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ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Patterson Cos. (PDCO) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $24.6 million.
The St Paul, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of 25 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs, were 32 cents per share.
The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 38 cents per share.
The medical supplies maker posted revenue of $1.52 billion in the period, also falling short of Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.56 billion.
Patterson Cos. expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.25 to $2.35 per share.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis police chief disbanded the city’s so-called Scorpion unit on Saturday, citing a “cloud of dishonor” from newly released video that showed some of its officers beating Tyre Nichols to death after stopping the Black motorist.
Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis acted a day after the harrowing video emerged, saying she listened to Nichols’ relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision. Her announcement came as the nation and the city struggled to come to grips with the violence of the officers, who are also Black. The video renewed doubts about why fatal encounters with law enforcement keep happening despite repeated calls for change.
Protestors marching though downtown Memphis cheered when they heard the unit had been dissolved. One protestor said over a bullhorn that “the unit that killed Tyre has been permanently disbanded.”
Referring to “the heinous actions of a few” that dishonored the unit, Davis contradicted an earlier statement that she would keep the unit. She said it was imperative that the department “take proactive steps in the healing process.”
“It is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the Scorpion unit,” she said in a statement. She said the officers currently assigned to it agreed “unreservedly.”
The unit is composed of three teams of about 30 officers whose stated aim is to target violent offenders in areas beset by high crime. It had been inactive since Nichols’ Jan. 7 arrest.
Scorpion stands for Street Crimes Operations to Restore Peace In Our Neighborhoods.
In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, Davis had said she would not shut down a unit if a few officers commit “some egregious act” and because she needed it to continue to work.
“The whole idea that the Scorpion unit is a bad unit, I just have a problem with that,” Davis said then.
Davis became the first Black female chief in Memphis one year after George Floyd was killed at the hands of Minneapolis police. At the time, she was chief in Durham, North Carolina, and had called for sweeping police reform.
Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, lawyers for the Nichols family, said the move was “a decent and just decision.”
“We must keep in mind that this is just the next step on this journey for justice and accountability, as clearly this misconduct is not restricted to these specialty units. It extends so much further,” they said.
The five disgraced officers — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith — have been fired and charged with murder and other crimes in Nichols’ death, which came three days after the arrest. They face up to 60 years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder.
The video images released Friday show police savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes while screaming profanities at him in an assault that the Nichols family legal team has likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. Nichols calls out for his mother before his limp body is propped against a squad car and the officers exchange fist-bumps.
The video also left many unanswered questions about the traffic stop and about other law enforcement officers who stood by as Nichols lay motionless on the pavement.
“Nobody tried to stop anything. They have a duty to intervene, a duty to render care,” Brenda Goss Andrews, president of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, said in an interview after viewing the video.
She also was struck by the immediate aggression from officers as soon as they got out of the car: “It just went to 100. … This was never a matter of de-escalation,” Goss Andrews said, adding, “The young man never had a chance from the moment that he was stopped.”
Davis has said other officers are under investigation, and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said two deputies were relieved of duty without pay while their conduct is investigated.
Rodney Wells, Nichols’ stepfather, said the family would “continue to seek justice” and those who failed to render aid are “just as culpable as the officers who threw the blows.”
A Memphis police spokeswoman declined to comment on the other officers’ conduct.
Cities nationwide had braced for demonstrations after the video emerged, but protests were scattered and nonviolent. Several dozen demonstrators in Memphis blocked the Interstate 55 bridge that carries traffic over the Mississippi River toward Arkansas. Protesters also blocked traffic in New York City, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
Blake Ballin, the lawyer for Mills, told AP in a statement Saturday that the videos “produced as many questions as they have answers.”
Some of those will focus on what Mills “knew and what he was able to see” and whether his actions “crossed the lines that were crossed by other officers during this incident,” Ballin said.
Davis acknowledged that the police department has a supervisor shortage and said the lack of a supervisor in the arrest was a “major problem.” City officials have pledged to provide more of them.
It’s not clear why the traffic stop happened in the first place. One officer can be heard on video saying that Nichols wouldn’t stop and then swerved as though he intended to hit the officer’s car. The officer says that when Nichols pulled up to a red light, the officers jumped out.
But Davis said the department cannot substantiate the reason for the stop.
“We don’t know what happened,” she said, adding, “All we know is the amount of force that was applied in this situation was over the top.”
After the first officer roughly pulls Nichols out of the car, Nichols can be heard saying, “I didn’t do anything,” as a group of officers begin to wrestle him to the ground.
One is heard yelling, “Tase him! Tase him!”
Nichols calmly says, “OK, I’m on the ground,” and that he was just trying to go home. Moments later, he yells at them to “stop.”
Nichols is then seen running as an officer fires a Taser. The officers start chasing Nichols.
Others are called, and a search ensues before Nichols is caught at another intersection. His mother’s home, where he lived, was only a few houses away, and his family said he was trying to get there.
The officers beat him with a baton, and kick and punch him. The attack continues even after he collapses.
It takes more than 20 minutes afterward before any sort of medical attention is provided.
During the wait for an ambulance, officers joke and air grievances. They complain that a handheld radio was ruined, that someone lost a flashlight, that multiple officers were caught in the pepper spray used against Nichols.
Throughout the videos, they make claims about Nichols’ behavior that are not supported by the footage or that the district attorney and other officials say did not happen. In one, an officer claims that during the initial traffic stop Nichols reached for the officer’s gun and almost had his hand on the handle, something not shown in the video.
After Nichols is in handcuffs and leaning against a police car, several officers say he must have been high. Later one says no drugs were found in Nichols’ car, and another immediately counters that he must have ditched something while running away.
During a speech Saturday in Harlem, the Rev. Al Sharpton said the beating was particularly egregious because the officers were Black, too.
“Your Blackness will not stop us from fighting you. These five cops not only disgraced their names, they disgraced our race,” Sharpton said.
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McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez sent a letter to President Joe Biden imploring him to visit the South Texas border prior to the scheduled ending of Title 42 later this month.
Cortez sent the two-page letter Monday saying Hidalgo County is situated “at unique crossroads of national security and economic considerations.”
He expressed concerns about lifting Title 42, a public health law that was invoked in March 2020 by the Trump administration to prevent cross-border spread of coronavirus between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Cortez said South Texas was especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
At one point trailers lined the parking lots of hospitals where bodies were stored as patients on gurneys lined hallways and breakrooms of all emergency facilities here.
“For many months our healthcare facilities operated at maximum capacity and our frontline medical personnel worked tirelessly to save lives. It is with that in mind that I write to invite you to visit our border communities before your administration makes any substantial change to current border policy,” Cortez wrote.
Hidalgo County has had over 164,000 coronavirus cases and 3,700 deaths since the pandemic began, according to county records.
The Biden administration announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is lifting Title 42 on May 23. However, since the announcement, there have been several court challenges from various states, including Texas.
Texas even has begun sending migrants to Washington, D.C., in buses in response to concerns about a Title 42 rollback. And Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week confirmed that he is crowdsourcing online to raise money from donors to pay for the bus trips.
Last month, a federal judge in Louisiana issued a temporary restraining order to stop the rollback of the law. So it is uncertain whether Title 42 will actually be lifted or not at month’s end.
Nevertheless, most border leaders in South Texas have been calling for Title 42 to remain.
“President Biden, as a public servant in a border community I must implore you to visit our region before the existing Order is suspended,” Cortez wrote.
“While the final impact of migrants entering the United States is shared across the entirety of our great nation the initial impact is limited to border communities such as ours. We bear the responsibility of welcoming, treating and caring for these migrants even as we struggle to care for the less fortunate in our community. If we continue on the current path that ceases enforcement of the current order, the negative consequences are expected to be real and immediate for American Citizens living in border communities across the Southwest,” Cortez wrote.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat who represents part of Hidalgo County, on Tuesday told Border Report that Biden should take Cortez up on the offer to visit. But he doubts the president will.
“Will he come? No. But should he come: Yes,” Cuellar said.
President Biden has never visited South Texas, but candidate Kamala Harris has visited the city of Edinburg. Jill Biden visited in December 2019 and also traveled across the border from Brownsville, Texas, to Matamoros, Mexico, and passed out food at a migrant refugee encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande prior to the election.
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Bridget Narsh's son, Mason, needed urgent help in January 2020, so she was offered the chance to send him to Central Regional Hospital, a state-run mental health facility in Butner, North Carolina.
The teen, who deals with autism and post-traumatic stress and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders, had started destroying furniture and running away from home. His mother worried for the safety of Mason and the rest of the family.
But children in crisis in North Carolina can wait weeks or months for a psychiatric bed because the state lacks the services to meet demand. And when spots do become available, they are expensive.
The standard rate at Central Regional was $1,338 a day, which Narsh could not afford. So, when a patient relations representative offered a discounted rate of less than $60 a day, her husband, Nathan, signed an agreement.
Mason, now 17, was hospitalized for more than 100 days in Central Regional over two separate stays that year, documents show.
But when requests for payment arrived the following year, Narsh said she was shocked. The letters — which were marked "final notice" and requested immediate payment — were signed by a paralegal in the office of Josh Stein, North Carolina's attorney general. The total bill, $101,546.49, was significantly more than the roughly $6,700 the Narshes expected to pay under their agreement with the hospital.
"I had to tell myself to keep my cool," says Bridget Narsh, 44, who lives with her husband and three children in Chapel Hill. "There is no way I could pay for this."
Medical bills have upended the lives of millions of Americans, with hospitals putting liens on homes and pushing many people into bankruptcy. In recent years, lawmakers have railed against privately operated hospitals, and states have passed laws intended to make medical billing more transparent and limit aggressive debt collection tactics.
Some state attorneys general — as their states' top law enforcement officials — have pursued efforts to shield residents from harmful billing and debt collection practices. But in the name of protecting taxpayer resources, their offices are also often responsible for collecting unpaid debts for state-run facilities, which can put them in a contradictive position.
Stein, a Democrat running for governor in 2024, has made hospital consolidation and health care price transparency a key issue during his time in office.
"I have real concerns about this trend," Stein said in 2021 about the state's wave of hospital consolidations. "Hospital system pricing is closely related to this issue, as consolidations drive up already inordinate health care costs."
Stein refused an interview request about Mason's bills, which arrived at the end of 2021 because the North Carolina government suspended debt collection in March 2020 as the nation felt the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Across the nation, states seize money or assets, file lawsuits, or take other steps to collect debts from people who stay at state-run hospitals and other institutions, and their efforts can disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities and the poor, according to health care consumer advocates. In North Carolina, officials looking to collect unpaid debt are permitted to garnish residents' income tax refunds.
Attorneys general must balance their traditional role of protecting consumers from harmful debt collection practices and the state's obligation to serve taxpayers' interests and fund services, said Vikas Saini, a cardiologist and the president of the Lown Institute, a Massachusetts-based nonpartisan think tank that advocates for health care reform.
The Narsh case is "the perfect storm of every problem in our health care system," says Saini, who at the request of KFF Health News reviewed the payment demand letters the family received. Far too often health care is unaffordable, billing is not transparent, and patients end up facing enormous financial burdens because they or a loved one is sick, Saini said.
The Narsh family had Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance at the time of Mason's hospitalizations. Bridget Narsh has records showing insurance paid about $7,200 for one of his stays. (Mason is now covered by Medicaid, the state and federal health insurance that covers some people with disabilities and low income people.)
In a written statement, Nazneen Ahmed, a spokesperson for Stein's office, said state law requires most agencies to send their unpaid debts to the state Department of Justice, which is charged with contacting people who may owe money.
Ahmed directed KFF Health News to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees Central Regional Hospital.
Bailey Pennington Allison, an agency spokesperson, said in a written statement that officials researched the Narsh case and determined the state had properly followed procedures in billing the family.
The state bases its rates for services on the costs of the treatment, nursing, professional consultation, hospital room, meals, and laundry, Pennington Allison said. Hospital staffers then work with patients and families to learn about their income and assets to determine what they can afford and what they will be charged, she said.
The spokesperson did not address why Mason's parents were offered, but did not ultimately receive, a discounted rate both times he was admitted in 2020.
Narsh contacted an attorney, who negotiated the bill with the state. In April, her family reached an agreement with North Carolina officials to pay $100 a month in exchange for the state reducing the charges by roughly 96% to about $4,300. If Narsh defaults, however, the deal stipulates she must come up with the original total.
States can take a variety of approaches to debt collection. North Carolina is one of about a dozen that can garnish residents' income tax refunds, says Richard Gundling, a senior vice president for the Healthcare Financial Management Association, a membership organization for finance professionals.
Gundling says state officials have a responsibility to protect taxpayer money and collect what is owed but that seizing income tax returns can have more severe consequences for people with lower incomes. "There is a balance that needs to be struck to be reasonable," he says.
With health care a leading cause of personal debt, unpaid medical bills have become a major political issue in North Carolina.
State lawmakers are considering a bill called the Medical Debt De-Weaponization Act, which would curb the ability of debt collectors to engage in "extraordinary collection" such as foreclosing on a patient's home or garnishing wages. But the current version of the bill would not apply to state-operated health care facilities like the one Mason Narsh went to, according to Pennington Allison.
In a written statement, Stein said he supports legislative efforts to strengthen consumer protections.
"Every North Carolinian should be able to get the health care they need without being overwhelmed by debt," Stein said. He called the bill under consideration "a step in the right direction."
Narsh said the unexpectedly high amount of the bill was frustrating, at least in part because for years she struggled to get Mason more affordable, preventive care in North Carolina. Narsh says she had difficulty finding services for people with behavioral issues, a shortage acknowledged in a state report released last year.
Multiple times, she says, she has been left with no option but to take him to a hospital to be evaluated and admitted to an inpatient mental health facility not suitable for people with complex needs.
Community-based services that allow people to receive treatment at home can help them avoid the need for psychiatric hospitals in the first place, Narsh said. Mason's condition improved after he received a service dog trained to help people with autism, among other community services, Narsh says.
Corye Dunn is the public policy director at Disability Rights North Carolina, a Raleigh-based nonprofit mandated by the federal government to monitor public facilities and services to protect people with disabilities from abuse. The irony, she says, is that the same system that's ill-equipped to prevent people from falling into crisis can then pursue them with big bills.
"This is bad public policy. This is bad health care," Dunn says.
KFF Health News, formerly known as Kaiser Health News (KHN), is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF — the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism.
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SHENZHEN, China, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong-based Waton Securities International is strengthening its research capabilities in response to increasing demand from overseas institutions for China asset research reports. According to Kai Zhou, Waton's research institute is building a team with deep research expertise and scientific data analysis, covering various fields such as TMT, consumption, new energy, and real estate. The institute has established a talent development system to enhance the quality of its research.
Unlike many research institutes that advertise and sell research reports, Waton Securities International has channel advantages in providing research reports through its cooperation with international brokers and their trading systems. Therefore, the company is focusing on deepening research in the field and recruiting research talents.
To achieve long-term stable development, Kai Zhou believes that small and medium-sized brokerage research institutes in Hong Kong need to return to the essence and continuously strengthen efforts in databases, talent, and research, rather than simply hiring well-known industry experts at high costs to improve the institute's reputation in the short term.
"The research institute is the lever of our global strategy and a long-term plan that changes with customer needs." Kai Zhou said, "we live in a very fortunate era, where China's financial technology is constantly iterating, and high-end manufacturing is constantly developing, which has given us tremendous opportunities for development."
Kai Zhou also believes that Waton Securities International's development is closely linked to the increasing attractiveness of Chinese assets. By helping more overseas investors enter the Chinese market, the company is essentially betting on China. Kai Zhou sees investing in China as a "must-have" for overseas institutions, not a "backup option," which demonstrates overseas institutions' confidence in China's economic growth prospects and the profitability of Chinese companies.
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WorldHotels RewardsSM members will earn double the points on every stay this Fall at any participating WorldHotels property
PHOENIX, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldHotels announced today that the company's industry-leading loyalty program – WorldHotels Rewards℠ (WHR) – is rewarding guests for their fall travel. From September 12, 2022 to November 21, 2022, all WHR members will earn double points on every stay at any participating WorldHotels property. To be eligible, WHR members must register on worldhotelsrewards.com prior to the completion of their first stay.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Two Native Hawaiian men sentenced to prison for a hate crime in the brutal beating of a white man have agreed to pay more than $25,000 in restitution, according to court documents.
A U.S. judge last month sentenced Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi to six and a half years in prison and Levi Aki Jr. to four years and two months in prison.
In a case that laid bare multicultural Hawaii’s complicated and nuanced race relations, a jury in November found them guilty of a hate crime. Jurors found that they were motivated by Christopher Kunzelman’s race when they punched, kicked and used a shovel to beat him in 2014 when he tried to move into their remote fishing village on the island of Maui. His injuries included a concussion, two broken ribs and head trauma.
Attorneys for Aki and Alo-Kaonohi say it wasn’t Kunzelman’s race that provoked them, but his entitled and disrespectful attitude. Kunzelman and his wife had purchased a dilapidated oceanfront home in Kahakuloa village on Maui and planned to move there from Arizona. Kunzelman was trying to fix up the house when the attack happened.
A court document filed this week says both men and prosecutors have agreed on $25,413.91 in restitution, to be paid jointly by Aki and Alo-Kaonohi. The amount includes nearly $11,000 in medical costs, $846 for an iPhone and $78.02 “for the loss of the roofing shovel used.”
The men took Kunzelman’s phone, which recorded the attack, and threw it in the ocean, prosecutors said.
Kunzelman had requested $60,425.53.
His wife, Lori Kunzelman, said Wednesday they are not hopeful about receiving money from Aki and Alo-Kaonohi.
“We’ll never get anything back,” she said.
Salina Kanai, an attorney for Alo-Kaonohi, declined to comment. Aki’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Aki and Alo-Kaonohi won’t be expected to begin paying monthly installments until they are released from prison.
Both men have started the process for an appeal, asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the case. | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national/hawaiian-men-imprisoned-for-hate-crime-beating-to-pay-25k/ | 2023-04-06 17:33:18 | 0 | https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/national/hawaiian-men-imprisoned-for-hate-crime-beating-to-pay-25k/ |
Perhaps a treasured rose bush becomes severely damaged or you admire a rose bush of a friend, and she offers you a cutting from it. In either case, you’re in luck, because rose bushes can be reproduced vegetatively while retaining the same genetic makeup as the parent bush. This is done by taking portions of healthy, young stems and rooting them.
Plan to take several cuttings in case one of them fails to root. Since you will be working with live stems that dry out quickly, assemble the tools and materials you will need beforehand. These include a sharp bypass pruner, rooting hormone, well-draining medium pots that you have filled with soil-free potting medium, a spoon, a small plastic zip baggie, an exacto knife or razor blade, a food storage bag with a tie or a two-liter bottle with the bottom cut off, a pencil, marker and labels, and a mister filled with water.
Before proceeding keep in mind: each rose leaf usually consists of three or five leaflets.
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Begin by watering the medium until it is moist. Spoon a small amount of the rooting hormone into the corner of the small plastic zip baggie. In your garden choose a stem that has a healthy flower atop it in full bloom. Young, vigorous stems are the fastest growing areas of the rose bush, so their cuttings have a better chance of growing roots. Remove the flower by cutting just above the first five-leaflet leaf. Next, cut below the fifth five-leaflet or three-leaflet leaf on the stem. If you are doing multiple cuttings, pot this one as follows, and then cut a second stem.
Retain the two topmost leaves. Remove leaves three, four and five by gently pulling them away from the stem, being careful not to damage the bud nodes nestled next to the stem. Using an exacto knife or razor blade, encourage the formation of new roots by scoring through the middle of the fifth node, and also by slitting the bottom inch to one-and-a-half inches of the skin of the stem.
Dip several inches of the bottom of the stem into the rooting hormone. Poke a deep hole in the middle of the planting medium with a pencil, and set the stem as deep as possible into the hole until only leaves one and two are above the soil, then pat the medium against the stem, misting the medium again to eliminate air pockets. New roots will grow from the sites of the covered nodes and the slitting of the stem.
Set the pot in the large baggie and loosely tie the top to keep the transpiring moisture near the stem. Or invert a 2-liter soda bottle (with the bottom cut off) into the soil to form a dome. The small opening will serve to keep the moisture from evaporating too quickly.
Cut a second stem at this time and repeat the rooting process. Label each cutting with the name of the rose and the date.
Put each cutting where it will receive bright indirect light. Maintain a moderate amount of moisture around the cutting. Open the bag or remove the soda bottle for a while each day. If the soil appears dry, mist it. The cutting should root in about four to six weeks, perhaps longer. Do not pull on the cutting, because you could damage the roots. When new growth has appeared on the stem, remove the bag or soda bottle to harden off the plant. Grow the new rose inside for the rest of the season. Plant it in a pot and overwinter it in a garage. In the second spring, plant it outside after the danger of frost has passed, protecting it from deer and watering it regularly.
Be patient because rose varieties establish at different rates, and roses mature more slowly here at 7,000 feet than they do at lower altitudes. Enjoy your rose and how very much it looks like its parent! | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/gardening-etcetera-rooting-cuttings-from-a-favorite-rose/article_30ffad54-db08-11ed-8d79-77c5421f7394.html | 2023-04-15 13:54:55 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/gardening-etcetera-rooting-cuttings-from-a-favorite-rose/article_30ffad54-db08-11ed-8d79-77c5421f7394.html |
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Years before police beating of Tyre Nichols, prisoners warned that 1 of the officers involved was very violent.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The arrest of actor Jonathan Majors has upended the Army’s newly launched advertising campaign that was aimed at reviving the service’s struggling recruiting numbers.
Majors, who authorities said was arrested Saturday in New York on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment, was the narrator of two ads at the heart of a broader media campaign that kicked off at the start of the NCAA’s March Madness college basketball tournament.
Army leaders were hopeful that the popularity of the star of the recently released “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania,” would help them reach the youth audience.
In a statement Sunday, the Army’s Enterprise Marketing Office said that the Army was aware of Majors’ arrest and was “deeply concerned by the allegations.” It added that while Majors “is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations is complete.”
New York City police said the actor was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman. “The victim informed police she was assaulted,” a police spokesperson said in a statement.
A lawyer for Majors, Priya Chaudhry, said in a statement Sunday there was evidence clearing Majors and that the actor “is provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows.”
The Army ads, titled “Overcoming Obstacles” and “Pushing Tomorrow,” are part of the plan to revive the Army’s “Be All You Can be” motto. They highlighted the history of the Army and some of the many professions that recruits can pursue.
The “Be All You Can Be” slogan dominated its recruiting ads for two decades starting in 1981. A nearly two-minute preview video, made available before the campaign rollout in early March, featured soldiers jumping out of airplanes, working on helicopters, climbing obstacle courses and diving underwater. A voiceover said: “We bring out the best in the people who serve, because America calls for nothing less.”
In the Army’s worst recruiting year in recent history, the service fell 25% short of its goal to enlist 60,000 recruits in 2022. The new ads were a key element in the Army’s drive to find creative new ways to attract recruits and ensure that the service has the troops it needs to help defend the nation.
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said the Army has set a difficult goal for this year: aiming to bring in 65,000 recruits, which would be 20,000 more than in 2022. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/army-pulls-recruiting-ads-after-jonathan-majors-arrest/ | 2023-03-26 19:26:50 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/national/army-pulls-recruiting-ads-after-jonathan-majors-arrest/ |
CHICAGO (AP) — Reeling coming off a loss and with one of their best players sidelined, the Milwaukee Bucks delivered just the sort of performance they needed.
The defending NBA champions raced out to a big lead, making quick work of the Chicago Bulls.
Grayson Allen made five 3-pointers and scored 22 points and Milwaukee dominated Chicago 111-81 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series without the injured Khris Middleton.
Giannis Antetokounmpo added 18 points. Bobby Portis started with Middleton out and finished with 18 points and 16 rebounds despite pain in his right eye from a hit in Game 2. And the Bucks made it look easy, handing the Bulls the most lopsided home playoff loss in franchise history.
Coming off two shaky performances in Milwaukee, the Bucks quieted a raucous crowd watching Chicago’s first playoff game at the United Center in five years. They led by 24 in the second quarter and remained in control the rest of the way.
Middleton is expected to miss the rest of the series after spraining his left knee in Wednesday night in a loss. Game 4 is Sunday in Chicago. Without him, Allen said his own mindset didn’t necessarily change, though the rhythm was different.
“Maybe was a little bit quicker to shoot some of those catch-and-shoot shots I got,” said Allen, who hit three straight three 3-pointers soon after entering the game in the first quarter. “But I think it was just being in different spots. Some of those spots that Khris is usually in on offense — top of the key, playing off of post-ups, isolations. I was there and got the ball swung, and they collapsed hard on Giannis and Jrue (Holiday) all game long. I was able to take advantage of that.”
Antetokounmpo scored all but two of his points after the first quarter. The two-time MVP finished with nine assists and seven rebounds.
Holiday added 16 points to help the Bucks beat the Bulls for the 18th time in 20 games.
BULLS STRUGGLE
Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 19 points. Zach LaVine had 15 and DeMar DeRozan finished with just 11 with the Bucks crowding him after setting a career playoff high with 41 in Game 2.
“We didn’t have that same competitiveness that we had the first two games we had in Milwaukee,” LaVine said. “We took a punch the first game. When we went down 0-9, we responded right away. We didn’t didn’t respond the right way (on Friday). We need to look at the film and figure out how we can do a better job of matching force with force.”
EARLY SURGE
Milwaukee had it going right from the start, racing out to a 60-41 halftime lead even with Middleton sidelined.
Allen helped squash the “Let’s go Bulls!” chants, nailing four 3s and scoring 14 in the half. That had to make it even tougher for fans still upset about his hard foul that resulted in a broken wrist for Alex Caruso during a game in Milwaukee in January. They showered him with boos but couldn’t throw him off his game.
Antetokounmpo started a 13-0 run early in the second quarter with a 19-footer and dunk. And Allen finished it with a driving layup that bumped the lead to 46-22.
TIP-INS
Bucks: Milwaukee’s biggest playoff win was by 50 at home against San Francisco in 1971. And the Bucks’ widest margin on the road was by 36 at Philadelphia in 1970. … Portis wore goggles after missing most of Game 2 with a right eye abrasion. He took a hit to the face from Chicago’s Tristan Thompson late in the first quarter Wednesday as both players were going after a rebound. … G George Hill (abdominal strain) missed his fourth game in a row. And coach Mike Budenholzer said he doesn’t appear close to returning. … Milwaukee has won 12 of 13 at the United Center dating to the 2016-17 season
Bulls: Chicago’s most lopsided playoff loss was 115-78 at Miami in Game 2 of the 2013 conference semis. … The Bulls have not won a home playoff game since beating Cleveland in Game 3 of the 2015 Eastern Conference semifinals. Chicago lost that series in six games. … Assistant coaches Chris Fleming and Damian Cotter were back with the team after missing the first two games because of COVID-19. Assistant Maurice Cheeks, however, was out because of a non-COVID illness, coach Billy Donovan said.
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With holidays approaching, inflation forces shifts in gift budgets
TAMPA, Fla. - Two major indicators of inflation are showing slight improvements, according to recent reports, including one released Tuesday.
The Producer Price Index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, showed an 8% decrease in prices in October. That's the smallest increase since July of last year.
This comes a week after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation at about 7.7% last month, down from a little more than 8% in September.
"The fact that it's gone down to about 8%, that's definitely a good thing," said Michael Snipes, a USF Economist, adding one issue facing consumers is that the rate of inflation varies depending on the item. "When you kind of dig into the weeds a little bit as to kind of maybe in anticipation of what the holiday season is going to look like, a lot of the things that we consume more of are increasing faster than 8 percent, so even though the overall average is coming down, the things that we use the most of, especially this time of year, the prices of those are still going up."
Snipes said, overall, prices are still rising, while gas and airfare, for example, continue to see inflation rates that are above average.
Additionally, when it comes to gift-giving, Snipes said families may need to shop around and spend wisely this holiday season.
"Toys are another one of the things that are increasing by faster than 9%," he said." "Maybe it might make more sense to give clothes as a gift as opposed to toys."
According to some national reports, the price of Christmas trees could be up about 20%. Ed Gallio, who runs Gallio Family Christmas Trees in South Tampa, said he's trying to keep his prices down.
"It's the larger trees that have gone up because there's so much more to get them here, the manhandling to cut them and bale them and load them," Gallio said, adding it cost him considerably more to set up his stand this year too. "It's ridiculous, just the price. It's hit us pretty good... We're trying our best to absorb that because this is up here was a working man's part of town."
A member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors recently told the Wall Street Journal that, even with the recent positive news, consumers shouldn't expect to prices to come down any time soon. | https://www.fox13news.com/news/with-holidays-approaching-inflation-forces-shifts-in-gift-budgets | 2022-11-16 03:08:42 | 0 | https://www.fox13news.com/news/with-holidays-approaching-inflation-forces-shifts-in-gift-budgets |
JERUSALEM (AP) — A key witness in the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has testified that her billionaire boss ordered her to deliver gifts of champagne, cigars, and expensive jewelry to the then-Israeli premier in a scandal at the center of the country’s political crisis.
The expensive gifts lavished upon the former Israeli leader by wealthy friends are the subject of one of the three corruption cases against Netanyahu. He stands accused of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes, charges he has denied and dismissed as part of an attempt to oust him from office.
The Netanyahus “love gifts, and they love pink champagne and cigars for Bibi,” Hadas Klein, the longtime assistant of one of the former premier’s friends, testified Tuesday, using the prime minister’s nickname.
The ongoing trial — already in its second year — is addressing allegations that while in office, Netanyahu accepted gifts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer.
Klein, Milchan’s longtime assistant, told the Jerusalem District Court that she had been instructed to buy gifts for the prime minister and his wife so that Milchan could stay in the couple’s good graces.
“You can’t come empty-handed, because if you come empty-handed you won’t be invited again,” Israeli media quoted her as telling the court.
In an additional testimony Wednesday, Klein presented receipts for cigars amounting to some $12,000 and described demands from the then-prime minister’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, for bottles of champagne and jewelry, Israeli media reported.
During the emotional testimony, Klein also elaborated on mistreatment she faced, telling the court the prime minister’s wife screamed at her when she failed to provide the requested gifts.
The indictment claims Netanyahu used his position of power to further Milchan’s interests, representing a conflict between his public duties and personal friendship. Netanyahu did personal favors for Milchan, including asking US officials to extend Milchan’s US resident’s permit and extending Israeli regulations exempting Israeli returnees from declaring foreign income, according to the indictment.
Netanyahu refutes the claims of wrongdoing, saying he wasn’t acting in Milchan’s personal interests and even occasionally acted against them. He says the exchanges of gifts were just friendly gestures.
In the other cases against Netanyahu, he is accused of trying to orchestrate positive coverage in a major Israeli paper in exchange for promoting legislation that would have hampered the news outlet’s chief rival, a free pro-Netanyahu daily. The third, dubbed Case 4000, alleges that Netanyahu promoted legislation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the owner of Israeli telecom giant Bezeq in exchange for positive coverage on its Walla news site.
Israel is heading to its fifth election in less than four years in November. The country has been mired in a protracted political crisis — with the past four elections ending in deadlock — in large part because of widespread divisions in the public over Netanyahu’s fitness to serve while under indictment.
Netanyahu was ousted from office last year after eight ideologically diverse parties joined forces and formed a coalition government that was bound largely based on little more than shared apathy to Netanyahu. The coalition collapsed last week after months of infighting and defections.
He still leads the dominant Likud party, the largest in the Israeli Knesset, as the country heads to yet another parliamentary election. The scathing testimony also comes as the country’s political discourse centers around high cost of living, inflation and financial struggles of the middle class.
Opinion polls suggest that Likud will once again be the largest party after the election. But it is unclear whether it and its religious and nationalist allies will control the parliamentary majority required to form a new government. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/key-witness-netanyahu-received-gifts-from-billionaires/ | 2022-07-07 05:12:03 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/key-witness-netanyahu-received-gifts-from-billionaires/ |
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Upper Allen Township Police are investigating after a family's dog was struck by a suspected hit-and-run vehicle.
The incident occurred Tuesday morning on the 2300 block of South Market Street, according to police.
The victims reported their pet was struck by a vehicle, which did not stop at the scene. The driver did not provide any identifying information, according to police.
Witnesses said the striking vehicle was a silver sedan, operated by a female driver. The vehicle may have front-end damage, police said.
Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call 717-238-9676.
An anonymous tip line is also available by calling or texting 717-850-UAPD (8273).
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Biden policy making it harder for Venezuelan migrants to seek asylum
Border Patrol has been sending Venezuelan migrants seeking asylum back to Mexico since mid-October due to a new rule from the Biden administration.
Inside the Brownsville bus terminal, Darwin Molina, a Nicaraguan immigrant, is free in the U.S. to continue his asylum case.
“We're being oppressed by our country's government, which makes us make these quick decisions to leave to the U.S.,” Molina said in Spanish.
Molina says he's escaping the regime of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
RELATED: US will take in some Venezuelans, expel others to Mexico
Meanwhile, Venezuelan migrants are also fleeing their government under Nicolas Maduro, but they’re not seen as often getting off these white buses from federal immigration officials.
“We have seen a drastic drop in the number of Venezuelans being released in downtown Brownsville,” said Mercedes Perez, a volunteer with Team Brownsville.
Perez says they've only see up to five Venezuelan migrants per day.
Across the border in Matamoros, the director of one shelter has seen an increase in Venezuelan migrants in his city. Mexico agreed to take in migrants kicked out of the U.S.
“I think that Mexico is trying to get ready,” said Abraham Barberi. “I don't think they're completely ready."
READ ALSO: US migrant policy 'bucket of cold water' to some Venezuelans
On Oct. 12, Mexico agreed to take in Venezuelans expelled from the U.S. under Title 42, a CDC health directive put in place to keep COVID-19 from entering the U.S.
Very few Venezuelans make it through.
"A humanitarian parole is eligible; it’s on a case-by-case basis,” said immigration attorney Ricardo Ramirez. “It’s at the discretion of the officers at the port of entry."
Official U.S. Customs and Border Protection numbers show nearly 300 Venezuelans entered the U.S. in the past couple of weeks. That’s compared to more than a thousand every day before the policy change.
The U.S. has been limiting the number of Venezuelans being allowed to wait in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons to 24,000.
Meanwhile, Darwin has this message for other migrants fleeing home: “There will always be challenges, but one way or another, we’ve been able to make it into the U.S.,” Darwin said.
There are also large numbers of Haitians seeking asylum both in Matamoros and Reynosa. | https://www.krgv.com/news/biden-policy-making-it-harder-for-venezuelan-migrants-to-seek-asylum | 2022-11-09 01:08:30 | 0 | https://www.krgv.com/news/biden-policy-making-it-harder-for-venezuelan-migrants-to-seek-asylum |
PHOENIX — U.S. Army veteran Mike Biggs was visiting his sister in Phoenix 10 years ago when a pair of fellow veterans saw him on the street and told him something he didn't know about himself.
"They said, 'Well, you're homeless.' And I'm like, 'No, I'm not.' So they had to explain to me what the definition of homelessness is," he said.
Biggs had been too busy getting by to realize his name hadn't been on a lease for five or six years after getting out of the military.
"I said, 'Well, yeah, and I've been homeless for a very long time then.' So they said, 'Well, you need to come with us.' Didn't know these guys from a can of paint," he said.
Those two veterans brought him to a transitional housing program run by U.S. Vets in Phoenix, and eventually offered him a job. He said he'd stay for 90 days. That was 2012, and Biggs is still working at U.S. Vets as a veterans service coordinator.
After several years of limited progress, an 11 percent drop since 2020 has encouraged advocates and VA officials. It's the biggest reduction in five years. There were 33,136 homeless vets in 2022 — down from 37,252 in 2020 according to the annual point in time count conducted by the VA, HUD and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. The same count found 582,462 homeless people in America - the Biden Administration says it's aiming to reduce that number 25 percent by 2025.
Key to the effort is an approach called housing first, as Biggs explains.
"Housing first is a model where the ultimate goal and the main priority is to get a veteran housed. With that comes a thing called wraparound services," says Biggs.
The idea is to get veterans a place to live, and then take care of other problems like health care, substance abuse, counseling and job training. It's a key part of a plan that saw a 55 percent reduction in veterans homelessness since 2010.
That progress mostly stalled during the Trump Administration. Trump appointed a controversial critic of "housing-first" to head the federal Inter-Agency Council on Homelessness. Trump-backed candidates like Kari Lake in Arizona, who made it a campaign issue last year. As part of her failed bid to become governor, Lake argued that housing should be a reward for treatment, and called chronic homelessness a lifestyle choice.
"In some communities this has been more controversial, I think, than maybe it needs to be," says Kathryn Monet, CEO of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
She hopes the Biden Administration's push to reduce all homelessness 25 percent by the end of his term will be spared from partisan politics.
"I do think that the renewed energy and focus that this administration has had on veteran homelessness has really allowed for communities and providers to focus on doing what works as opposed to really working to address some of the divisiveness that we've seen in recent years," said Monet.
Monet says once people get in housing it's less expensive to take on their other issues, so resources go further. She hopes that methodology, along with robust funding from HUD and VA, can sustain the downward trend on veterans homeless.
The biggest challenge is just finding the homes — with a nationwide shortage of low-income housing. Mike Biggs says the housing market in Phoenix is so tight that even people with jobs end up living on the streets.
"There's not enough affordable housing. When I first got here 10 years ago, you could find an apartment for $500 a month, $99 move-in special. Those places are gone. A lot of the locations now, it takes two incomes," he said, "It feels like it's an uphill battle."
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After driving into the parking lot of my fitness center the other morning, I paused before getting out of the car to listen to a song on KABF. The lyrics, accompanied by an intriguing guitar riff, concerned quitting a job in Birmingham, Ala., loading up some stuff and a dog in a pickup, and going on an endless vacation. It echoed in my head while I changed into a swimsuit and dunked myself in a lap pool for an hour's swim.
I fully intended to ask my husband, who has an impressive ability to recall music and musicians, if he'd ever heard it when I got home. No need, though. By that time, the song had completely exited my memory--except for Birmingham and the dog. No melody, no chorus, no instrumentation remained.
Where did the song go? Why couldn't I remember it after a mere couple of hours?
It's understandable why people afflicted with dementia, Alzheimer's, cognitive impairment, concussion, multiple sclerosis, and brain injuries might have memory difficulties. But why do so many of us--regardless of age--have trouble recalling a neighbor's name, a previously familiar address, directions to a restaurant, and other information that should be readily accessible?
Even more exasperating are mind pops, those unexpected moments when a word or name or song or performer or whatever that you've been searching for in your brain suddenly shows up (journalists are well known for recalling dates, times, names, etc., about 20 minutes after an initial attempt to remember them).
And we're not even talking about when you leave the dustpan in the bathroom (where it doesn't belong) when sweeping the floors in your house, or the location of your fuzzy gloves that you had in hand a few minutes earlier, or picking up your credit card after using it at the grocery store's self-checkout, or which obscure furniture surface might contain your car keys left there when you entered the house 10 minutes ago.
Go ahead and despair, but don't obsess about it. People forget surprisingly fast, according to Verywell Mind (verywellmind.com), a resource for information on mental health topics. Approximately 56 percent of information is forgotten within an hour, 66 percent after a day, and 75 percent after six days.
That sounds about right, doesn't it?
Forgetting, the website explains, is the loss or change in information that was previously stored in short-term or long-term memory. It can occur suddenly or gradually.
In addressing my concern, the site asks, "Have you ever felt like a piece of information has just vanished from your memory? Or maybe you know that it's there, but you just can't seem to find it. The inability to retrieve a memory is one of the most common causes of forgetting."
Why are we often unable to retrieve information from memory? One possible explanation is decay theory: A memory trace is created every time a new memory is formed. Decay theory suggests that over time, these memory traces begin to fade. If the information is not retrieved and rehearsed, it will eventually be lost.
"One problem with this theory, however, is that research has demonstrated that even memories which have not been rehearsed or remembered are remarkably stable in long-term memory." That explains knowing all those song lyrics from the 1970s.
Research also suggests the brain actively prunes unused memories, a process known as "active forgetting." As memories accumulate, those that are not retrieved eventually become lost.
Really? Within a couple of hours? Maybe it's just me, but those memories are still there, somewhere. I just can't find them, until I experience a mind pop, and there they are.
I have a theory (based on zero scientific evidence) that the older we get, the more memories we accumulate, which eventually crowd out those that don't have much relevance. Despite my lack of empirical evidence, it turns out that there's a phenomenon known as interference: Some memories compete and interfere with other memories.
• Proactive interference is when an old memory makes it more difficult or impossible to remember a new memory.
• Retroactive interference occurs when new information interferes with your ability to remember previously learned information.
Other theories offer that retrieving some information from memory can lead to retrieval-induced forgetting, losing information has less to do with forgetting and more to do with the fact that it never made it into long-term memory in the first place, and that while you might remember the overall gist of something, you are likely to forget many of the details.
Thankfully, outside of finding them irritating, there's no need to worry about these lapses; they're normal.
What's not normal: Frequently pausing to retrieve words or memories. Forgetting recent events. Friends and family noticing memory loss before you do. Difficulty performing routine tasks, like paying bills and dressing. Getting lost in familiar places. Repeating the same conversation, over and over.
As an authorative talker (I can't remember who) said recently on NPR: Don't worry if you can't remember where you parked your car at Walmart. That's normal. Worry if you're standing in front of your car but don't recognize it as being yours.
Using that metric, so far, so good.
Karen Martin is senior editor of Perspective.
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The PedAL (Pediatric Acute Leukemia) Master Trial is at the heart of LLS's Dare to Dream Project to transform treatment and care for kids with blood cancer
RYE BROOK, N.Y., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The global leader in the fight against blood cancers, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), announced the launch of its Pediatric Acute Leukemia (PedAL) Master Clinical Trial, an unprecedented international collaboration led by LLS designed to fundamentally change how children with acute leukemias are treated.
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PedAL is a key component of Dare to Dream, a bolder rebrand of the LLS Children's Initiative, which envisions a world where childhood blood cancer patients not only survive but thrive after treatment. As a multi-year initiative, Dare to Dream also expands education and support services for patients and families, drives advocacy and policy efforts, and increases investments in childhood blood cancer research.
"Because of the project's success over the past three years, we have increased Dare to Dream's ambitious fundraising goal to $175 million and are committed to fundamentally changing treatment and care over the next five years through advocacy, patient support, research and PedAL," Gwen Nichols, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at LLS and co-chair of PedAL, said.
The goal of PedAL is to expedite the development of new targeted treatments for hard-to-treat childhood leukemias and replace one-size-fits-all chemotherapy with therapies tailored to each child's unique tumor biology.
"Children are not little adults. Their bodies work in different ways, and they undergo changes as they grow, which means we need different treatment approaches, especially for children with relapsed acute leukemias," Dr. Nichols said. "Our vision is to identify the unique tumor biology of each child's cancer to help match them with the most promising treatment."
Because blood cancers are more common in adults, there is a larger incentive for new treatments to be developed in that population, and progress for pediatric acute leukemia has fallen behind. For children, including those with aggressive forms of cancer, a delay in research and therapies can threaten their survival. Only 69% of kids with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will survive more than five years. Even when treatments are effective, more than 70% of childhood cancer survivors have a chronic health condition and 42% have a severe, disabling or life-threatening condition 30 years after diagnosis.
"I lost my 9-year-old son, Zach, to AML following four years of brutal chemotherapy, full body radiation and three bone marrow transplants. Sadly, he died in the ICU on a ventilator from treatment-related toxicity. His little body couldn't take any more," said Julie Guillot, LLS ambassador and pediatric outreach chair. "Despite great progress, kids like Zach wait longer than adults to get access to new drugs. This is unacceptable. I'm hopeful that PedAL will enable every child – regardless of situation or location – to get access to cutting-edge personalized and targeted therapies faster. These kids want to live and deserve less toxic, more curative options."
In the PedAL screening trial (COG Study APAL2020SC), the unique tumor biology of each child's cancer is identified to help match them with the most promising treatment. Families can then choose to enroll eligible children in a PedAL therapeutic trial or any other clinical trial that best meets their needs.
"As we're learning that children have a unique disease with unique targets, efforts like PedAL are critical to address the specific needs of our youngest, most vulnerable patients by using new, safer therapies," said screening trial lead Dr. Todd Cooper, section chief of Pediatric Oncology and director of the Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Program and co-director of the High-Risk Leukemia Program at Seattle Children's. "The screening trial is significant because it will identify biological targets in a child's specific leukemia cells and match them to clinical trials using targeted therapies. These tumor biology results will be assessed the same way from children around the globe, helping us advance research into more targeted treatments worldwide."
PedAL is the first global master clinical trial for pediatric acute leukemia to be led by a nonprofit featuring a broad, global collaboration with industry leaders and academic institutions.
Through partnerships with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health; Children's Oncology Group (COG); and the European Pediatric Acute Leukemia (EuPAL) Foundation, PedAL trials will be available to children and families worldwide – bringing the dream of safer, more effective pediatric leukemia treatments closer to home for more people.
- Multiple screening trial sites are open in Canada and the United States. The first therapeutic trial is open in the U.S. at Arkansas Children's Hospital, with more sites to open throughout 2022 and into the next year.
- Led by the University of Chicago's Pediatric Cancer Data Commons (PCDC), the AML Data Commons will consolidate pediatric clinical trial data from multiple international institutions into a single, unified data set to ensure consistency in data collection, analysis and reporting. This will be the largest collection of data from children with leukemia available for researchers.
- With support from LLS, the PCDC is also developing GEARBOx (Genomic Eligibility Algorithm at Relapse for Better Outcomes), a unique search tool that will help healthcare professionals all over the world quickly match patients who have relapsed or refractory disease to appropriate clinical trials and lifesaving treatments. In addition, all families and their clinicians can also access support from LLS Clinical Trial Nurse Navigators, registered nurses with oncology training who can help families understand and navigate the clinical trial enrollment process.
"PedAL brings together worldwide leaders in pediatric acute leukemia to conceive, develop and implement this groundbreaking global master clinical trial. With our partners, we will create the largest single source of data for children with acute leukemias and provide the opportunity for families to enroll their children in screening and therapeutic sites across the globe," said E. Anders Kolb, M.D., Nemours Children's Health, Delaware, Chief of Oncology and Hematology, chair of the COG AML Committee, and co-chair of PedAL. "We want to make PedAL accessible to as many children and their families as possible, which also aligns with the mission at Nemours Children's Health as we seek to expand access to care and create the healthiest generations of children."
For more information about PedAL, including trial details and who is eligible to participate, visit: lls.org/dare-to-dream.
Dare to Dream is a five-year initiative by LLS to transform treatment and care for pediatric blood cancer. Because kids are different and need to be treated differently, Dare to Dream will fund groundbreaking research and the LLS PedAL Master Clinical Trial as well as expand LLS support services and drive advocacy efforts to help all kids with blood cancers get accessible, affordable, quality healthcare.
LLS proudly and gratefully acknowledges all those contributing to the LLS mission, including corporate partners Walgreens, Burlington and Wawa, who have each pledged over $1 million to Dare to Dream. LLS also recognizes Sarah Asma and the Moore family; The Don & Lorraine Freeberg Foundation; The Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Foundation; Norcross Foundation, Inc.; Joan and Paul Rubschlager; and The Bobby Zahurak Pediatric AML Research and Patient Support Fund for their outstanding contributions to Dare to Dream.
For more information about Dare to Dream, including resources for patients and their families, trial details, and eligibility, visit: lls.org/dare-to-dream.
As part of The Dare to Dream Project, the Pediatric Acute Leukemia Master Trial (PedAL) is the first-of-its-kind global master clinical trial for pediatric acute leukemia patients that will fundamentally change how children are treated. Prior to enrolling in therapeutic trials, patients enroll in the PedAL screening trial to identify the unique tumor biology of each child's cancer and help them to match with the most promising treatment. Multiple screening trial sites are currently open in the United States and Canada. At this time, one PedAL therapeutic trial is open in the U.S., with more planned globally. The screening trial will be available in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. To learn more about PedAL, visit lls.org/dare-to-dream.
PedAL would not be possible without the support of major foundation donors such as Gateway for Cancer Research, which pledged $1.5 million over three years to support genomic sequencing and flow cytometry, which will be conducted through the PedAL screening trial, and the Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation, which has committed over $1.2 million over five years to support the PedAL Principal Investigators Fellowship Program, whose members will be leading the PedAL therapeutic trials.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) is a global leader in the fight against blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world, provides free information and support services, and is the voice for all blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable, coordinated care.
Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Rye Brook, NY, LLS has regions throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit www.LLS.org. Patients should contact the Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET.
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COG (childrensoncologygroup.org), a member of NCI's National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN), is the world's largest organization devoted exclusively to childhood and adolescent cancer research. COG unites over 10,000 experts in childhood cancer at more than 200 leading children's hospitals, universities and cancer centers across North America, Australia and New Zealand in the fight against childhood cancer. Today, more than 90% of the 16,000 children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States are cared for at COG member institutions. Research performed by COG institutions over the past 50 years has transformed childhood cancer from a virtually incurable disease to one with a combined five-year survival rate of 80%. COG's mission is to improve the cure rate and outcomes for all children with cancer.
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WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae's (OTCQB: FNMA) May 2022 Monthly Summary is now available. The monthly summary report contains information about Fannie Mae's monthly and year-to-date activities for our gross mortgage portfolio, mortgage-backed securities and other guarantees, interest rate risk measures, and serious delinquency rates.
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The surge is concentrated primarily in subprime, with remaining categories remaining near historic norms. Tightening credit means recent-vintage loans should stabilize the market.
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With American households battling inflation and rising interest rates, auto lenders are seeing increased occurrences of auto-loan delinquencies - but almost entirely in the subprime segment.
Surpassing levels last seen during the Great Recession, account-level delinquency rates of auto loans 60+ days past due (DPD) have risen 26 basis points from Q1 2021's 1.43% to 1.69% in Q1 2023, according to a recent Credit Industry Insight Report (CIIR) by TransUnion.
This has resulted in captive finance companies, banks, credit unions and independent lenders tightening underwriting standards on new- and used-vehicle loans to stem losses due to charge-offs, according to TransUnion/S&P Global Mobility AutoCreditInsight.
That said, there is nuance in the numbers, and TransUnion and S&P Global Mobility analysts urged caution in drawing sensationalistic conclusions across the broader auto-financing market.
The spike in delinquencies is not impacting a large slice of lenders - represented by OEM captive finance companies and major banks - doing near-prime, prime, prime-plus and super-prime originations. The brunt of the delinquencies is being felt by the independent lenders who operate in the subprime space and primarily lend for used-vehicle purchases.
"The interest rate rise is squeezing the monthly budget for the average American consumer," said Jill Louden, product management associate director for S&P Global Mobility. "Consumers set aside money monthly for housing, vehicles, and insurance, but may not pay other obligations with the same frequency, such as medical bills and credit cards. People need their vehicles to get to work to make money and pay their obligations."
Here is where the nuance really comes in. "Vintage performance" - which reflects the performance of an account in different periods of time after the loan was originated - continues to show relatively strong results in the new-vehicle segment, with more recent vintages remaining at pandemic-era lows and performing better than the pre-pandemic portfolio at the same age.
And while the used-vehicle portfolio's vintage performance had a worse start out the gate in H1 2022, lenders reacted quickly to manage delinquencies - resulting in originations in the second half of '22 showing improved performance at the same vintage, according to the TransUnion report.
"We continue to pay close attention to delinquencies, while seeing positive signs among vintage data," said Satyan Merchant, senior vice president and automotive business leader at TransUnion.
The used-vehicle market is expected to remain tight, as the low level of new car sales starting in 2020 means fewer recent model-year used cars available, Merchant added. Going forward, affordability remains critical to consumers, particularly those with credit scores below prime.
The tighter underwriting standards for auto loans, plus higher interest rates, combined with a renewed squeeze in used-car inventories and prices, have resulted in a decrease in loan originations. Originations for Q1 2023 are the lowest in four years: 5.87 million in Q1 2022 vs. Q1 2020 at 6.88 million, just as the pandemic started.
As the pandemic struck in earnest, lenders began pulling back from the deteriorating subprime market as the shuttered economy triggered massive job losses. On average, subprime volume since the Great Recession of 2008-11 has held steady at around 15% of total outstanding loans - but dipped to 12.3% and 12.9% respectively in Q1 2021 and Q1 2022 before rebounding to 14.2% in Q1 2023.
"Driven by lower inventories and higher interest rates, originations remain down from the same quarter a year ago," Merchant said. "However, as production begins to catch up to demand, there is hope that this trend will reverse course soon, at least among new cars."
But if misery loves company, the U.S. automotive lending industry is not alone. Account delinquency rates since Q1 2021 have increased across most of the major lending products, except when mortgages which declined in 12 basis points (bps) in Q1 2022 and regained 11 bps in Q1 2023 to remain relatively flat from Q1 2021 to Q1 2023, according to the report.
The tougher pills to swallow are the 60+ DPD account delinquency rates in bankcards and unsecured personal loans (UPL). In a two-year span since Q1 2021, the delinquency rate for the massive bankcard industry has risen 80 basis points from 0.99 percent to 1.79 percent. Meanwhile, in that same time span, UPLs have risen 110 basis points from 2.58 percent to 3.68 percent.
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Mick Schumacher declined several opportunities on Thursday to discuss his future in Formula One amid speculation he’ll be dropped by Haas at the end of the season.
The son of seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher is in his second season with Haas, where he was promoted to from the Ferrari Driver Academy. He’s been associated with Ferrari since 2019 after winning the European F3 championship.
Schumacher’s contract with the the academy is set to expire at the end of this year and Haas, which has an engine partnership with Ferrari, would not be obligated to keep the 23-year-old German if Schumacher is no longer part of the program.
Schumacher was asked ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix if he planned to stay at Haas for a third season; if he was talking to other teams; and, “what do you see as the pros and cons of what you do going forward?”
He skirted all three questions.
“I see the pros that I will be racing this weekend and the weekend after and hopefully in Singapore and Suzuka and the races to come,” Schumacher said at Circuit Zandvoort. “I’m excited for this weekend and our car should be quite strong and hopefully I will be able to score some points.”
Schumacher remained stone-faced when asked directly if he wanted to speak about his 2023 plans, and passed on two other questions about his future. The first asked about any conversations he’s had about remaining part of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
“I think in that sense what is being discussed behind the scenes between us is something that is between us, and I would rather keep between us and not speak publicly,” he said.
Schumacher later said “that’s contractual matters, which I can’t go into detail with,” when asked about his future on the F1 grid. If Haas does not retain Schumacher for next season and he’s unable to find another seat, the grid would lose both its German drivers because four-time champion Sebastian Vettel is retiring.
Schumacher was publicly put on notice earlier this season by Haas team principal Guenther Steiner to pick up his performance. He missed the second race of the season when he crashed in Saudi Arabia and was taken briefly to the hospital for evaluation. Schumacher also crashed out at Monaco.
He at last scored the first F1 points of his career in July at the British Grand Prix by finishing eighth at Silverstone. Schumacher was sixth the next race in Austria and has a total of 12 points. Kevin Magnussen, who returned to Haas this season after a one-year parting, leads F1’s only American team with 22 points.
Schumacher, meanwhile, has regressed since his back-to-back breakout races. He was 15th in France, 14th in Hungary and 17th last week in Belgium. Schumacher ranks 15th in the 20-driver standings.
Should he lose his current seat, there aren’t a ton of options for Schumacher. Daniel Ricciardo has been bought out of his contract at McLaren and is looking for a job and McLaren is hoping to win a fight with Alpine to use Oscar Piastri, the Alpine reserve driver, to fill Ricciardo’s seat.
Alpine wants Piastri for the seat opening when Fernando Alonso leaves to replace Vettel at Aston Martin.
Schumacher did receive one endorsement on Thursday when Alpine driver Esteban Ocon said he’s made it clear to the team that Schumacher is his choice to replace Alonso.
“My choice if I had anything to say would be Mick if he doesn’t have anything lined up for next year,” Ocon said. “Mick is a good friend of mine, so if I can help on that, that’s no problem. I think he has shown talents in the junior categories.
“He’s been very fast, you know, sometimes in Formula One. It’s not easy to perform with a car that’s a bit on the backfoot, and he’s a great guy and he could perform very well if he joined a competitive car and at the moment Alpine is competitive.”
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will provide free Wi-Fi service on most of its U.S. flights starting in February, CEO Ed Bastian announced Thursday at the CES technology trade show.
Bastian said by the end of the year, the airline will outfit more than 700 planes with high-speed, satellite-based broadband service from T-Mobile. It plans to expand free Wi-Fi to international and Delta Connection flights by the end of 2024. The service will use equipment from Viasat, a U.S.-based satellite broadband provider.
“It’s always struck me that when we fly, we fly to connect,” Bastian told The Associated Press in an interview. “But when we’re in the sky, we disconnect.”
Many airlines are upgrading internet access on their planes so passengers can stay connected or stream entertainment on their electronic devices, but they usually have to pay for it. New York-based JetBlue Airways already provides free Wi-Fi service to passengers, but Delta’s announcement puts it ahead of its largest rivals: American, United and Southwest.
“People want to be connected, and the fact that airlines can’t connect in the sky is something that I felt we had to figure out,” Bastian said, noting that the rollout of the $1 billion project was accelerated by the pandemic-triggered shutdowns in 2020, when most of the airline’s planes were grounded.
Customers will need an account in Delta’s SkyMiles frequent-flyer program, which is free to join, to use the Wi-Fi service. There is no limit on the number of devices passengers can connect to the inflight Wi-Fi. More than 500 planes will have the free service as of Feb. 1.
Delta’s announcement at CES comes on the heels of Southwest Airlines canceling 15,000 flights around Christmas and leaving holiday travelers stranded around the U.S.
The disruptions started with a winter storm and snowballed when Southwest’s ancient crew-scheduling technology failed.
Bastian declined to comment on his rival’s issues but said Delta for “many years” has invested in its scheduling technology.
“And we are continuing to improve the ability for crews to connect efficiently with the airplane,” he said.
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