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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A group of people gathered at the pool of the Virgin Hotel Thursday to watch nervously as a small black dog stood on the ledge of a sixth floor hotel room.
Martha Montgomery recorded the video showing the small dog on the ledge outside the room’s French door windows.
It appears someone inside the room broke the lock and was able to open the French doors, reach over a railing and grab the dog, pulling it to safety. The crowd watching below cheered and clapped when seeing the dog would be OK.
Virgin Hotels told KLAS the French doors are locked shut but can be opened in an emergency. Virgin Hotels did not provide information on how the dog could get on the patio ledge of the room.
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US is revamping organ transplant system
Published: Mar. 22, 2023 at 12:42 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) - The U.S. is modernizing and reforming its organ transplant system.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network will have a new data dashboard.
The focus of the overhaul is accountability and transparency.
The data dashboard will provide details about individual transplant centers, organ retrievals and waitlists.
The nonprofit United Network for Organ Sharing, which manages the national system, has been criticized for its handling of organs, long waitlists and deaths among patients.
More than 100,000 Americans are on the waitlist for a new organ, and about 6,000 Americans die each year waiting for one.
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Arkansas Children’s Northwest Auxiliary (ACNA) announced in a release that their fundraiser to support patients and families has reached a total of $320,033.
ACNA consists of 134 volunteer members, according to its website. The organization raises money through events like Miracles and Magic Radiothon, a la Carte Teddy Bear Tea and My Bright Star.
ACNA hosted a celebration event on Tuesday, June 27, where the check was presented. Erin Johnson, ACNA president thanked the organization's members by saying,
“Thank you for your determination, for going above and beyond, and for your desire to help those who need our help the most."
Johnson continued by telling the members that they make a "significant impact," on children's lives.
Fred Scarborough, executive vice president and chief communications and development officer for Arkansas Children's was also present to thank the members.
“Thank you for every hour you volunteer, every dollar you give and every moment you spend advocating for what’s best for the children of the region. Together, we are making our state the healthiest and safest place to raise a child,” said Scarborough.
To learn more about this organization, click here.
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Fans of Pat Benatar won't be hearing her sing one of her most famous hits live anymore.
In an interview with USA Today, Benatar said she wouldn't be singing "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" out of respect for victims and families of mass shootings.
She said that if fans want to hear it, they can "go home and listen to it," she told the newspaper.
Benatar says the song title is tongue-in-cheek, and although the song is about strength and resiliency, she told the media outlet that "you have to draw the line" and be aware of the lyrics.
Lyrics of the 1980 hit include "Put up your dukes, let's get down to it" and "Hit me with your best shot. Fire away," CNN reported.
Benatar said she couldn't sing those words out loud with a smile on her face.
She added that the decision not to sing it is her "small contribution to protesting," USA Today reported.
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HINSDALE, Ill. — A person was struck by a freight train on Wednesday in Hinsdale.
According to the Hinsdale Police Department, the person was struck near the Lincoln Street crossing.
The condition of the person who was hit hasn’t been released.
A source told WGN Investigates it appears the person struck was a man and the incident is being investigated as a possible suicide.
Metra said inbound and outbound train movement has resumed with restricted speed in the area. Travelers should expect extensive delays.
The police department said only the Oak Street Bridge and Stought crossings are open at this time.
If you’re having suicidal thoughts or know someone who is, the free National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now 988.
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Pipeline Will Benefit American Energy Infrastructure and Independence
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Teamsters are lauding the Biden administration for approving the Willow Project, an energy construction project that will be undertaken in northwest Alaska.
"This development goes a long way toward fulfilling many of the promises that President Biden made on the campaign trail," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien. "The Willow Project will create thousands of good union jobs, improve our infrastructure, and enhance our national security."
"I applaud the White House for the approval of this endeavor," said Rick Bauer, Teamsters National Pipeline Director. "Not only will this create good-paying jobs with benefits to our members, but it will also go a long way toward increasing American energy independence."
"Developing Alaska's natural resources safely and responsibly has always been a priority for our state's industry and workforce," said Gary Dixon, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 959. "The Willow Project will create 2,000 new jobs directly related to construction and freight. Willow will be a driving force for the Alaskan economy. The president did right by Alaskans with this decision."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org to learn more. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
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Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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Exclusive program adds power to homebuyer offers with unimaginable speed
CHICAGO, March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OriginPoint, a joint venture between Guaranteed Rate and Compass Real Estate, today announced the launch of Same Day Mortgage,1 delivering a loan approval in less than 24 hours. The launch expands upon OriginPoint's commitment to deliver a seamless and cutting-edge financing process to borrowers. This program first rolled out to a select group of OriginPoint and Guaranteed Rate customers in 2022, resulting in $1.1 billion in closed loan volume. Today, OriginPoint launches Same Day Mortgage nationwide to get buyers into homes quickly and effortlessly.
"OriginPoint is known for leading the charge toward transformative change in the mortgage industry. From the start, we have had an unwavering commitment to blowing up the traditional slow play, overly complicated home financing process, rife with old school methodologies," said James Elliott, President and Chief Executive Officer of OriginPoint. "Same Day Mortgage is the culmination of those efforts. In today's busy world, people expect a fast and easy experience. Using industry leading technology and a hyper efficient process, OriginPoint's Same Day Mortgage is built to exceed our customers' expectations. It's a true game changer!"
First-time homebuyers are at a real disadvantage in today's housing market, especially when going up against all-cash buyers who make up 28% of home purchases†. Same Day Mortgage levels the playing field, giving everyone the big advantage cash buyers enjoy—speed.
Real estate agents also benefit from the power of Same Day Mortgage. With the spring selling season upon us and inventory near all-time lows, Same Day Mortgage is an essential tool for a buyer and agent to expedite successful closings in what could turn out to be a seller's market. When buyers use Same Day Mortgage, along with PowerBid Approval, OriginPoint's fully underwritten pre-approval letter, their offers compete aggressively with all-cash buyers.
Not only will Same Day Mortgage help more borrowers get the home they want, they can also earn a $250 discount just for submitting required documentation in eight hours. To receive this credit, buyers simply access their account through OriginPoint's Digital Mortgage platform, electronically sign the initial application package, and then upload requested documentation on the same day. After this information is submitted, OriginPoint validates income, collateral, assets, and credit before issuing approval to close. With Same Day Mortgage, buyers can close in as little as 10 days.
To date, Guaranteed Rate Companies have delivered more than 3,300 one-day approvals totaling $1.1B; all while maintaining a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 97 since the launch of the program. This year, conforming loan limits have been raised to as high as $1,089,300, allowing even more prospective consumers to purchase the home of their dreams.
To learn more, please visit OriginPoint.com.
About Origin Point
OriginPoint, a joint venture between Guaranteed Rate, Inc., and Compass Inc. (NYSE: COMP), is an independent retail mortgage company that provides personalized lending services and access to the most competitive low rates through an elite team of the industry's top mortgage professionals. OriginPoint is a digitally driven enterprise designed to accelerate growth by continuing to modernize the real estate transaction process through increased speed and efficiency for loan originators, agents and customers. By connecting the top loan officers and best real estate agents using the most innovative technology platforms, this national mortgage company is focused on the customer's ultimate success and satisfaction. To learn more, visit www.originpoint.com.
About Guaranteed Rate
Guaranteed Rate is a leader in mortgage lending and digital financial services. Headquartered in Chicago, the Guaranteed Rate Companies have over 850 branches across the U.S., serving all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Since its launch in 2000, Guaranteed Rate Companies have helped more than 1 million homeowners with home purchase loans and refinances, with a total loan volume of more than $116 billion in 2021 alone. The company has cemented itself as an industry leader by introducing innovative technology, offering low rates and delivering unparalleled customer service. Honors and awards include: Top Lender for Online Service for 2018 by U.S. News & World Report; Best Mortgage Lender for Online Loans and Best Mortgage Lender for Refinancing by NerdWallet for 2021; HousingWire's Tech100 award for the company's industry-leading FlashClose℠ in 2020, digital mortgage platform MyAccount in 2022, and Language Access Program in 2023; No. 2 ranking in Scotsman Guide's 2022 list of Top Retail Mortgage Lenders; Chicago Agent Magazine's Lender of the Year for seven consecutive years; and Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces list for seven consecutive years. Visit rate.com for more information.
About Compass
Compass is the #1 independent real estate brokerage in the country. With its suite of AI-driven cloud-based software, Compass is a real estate company with a purpose: to help everyone find their place in the world.
1Same Day Mortgage Terms and Conditions
1. OriginPoint ("Lender") is offering qualified customers who complete an application for a Mortgage Loan and successfully provide the Required Documents (as defined below) within 8 hours of locking a rate (the "Required Tasks Completion Period") for their mortgage loan (the "Mortgage Loan"), the eligibility to receive a loan approval on their Mortgage Loan within 1 business day (the "Offer"). For purposes of this offer, documents provided after 1 pm local time or on a weekend or company holiday will be deemed submitted the next business day.
2. In addition, qualified customers who successfully provide the Required Documents within the Required Tasks Completion Period will receive $250 in the form of a lender closing cost credit to be applied to reduce the closing costs of their Mortgage Loan (the "Discount").
3. The Offer
a. To be eligible for the Offer, qualified customers are required to upload all documents requested by Lender to Lender's online portal (known as "MyAccount") within the Required Tasks Completion Period. These documents include, but are not limited, to the following:
i. Pay stubs;
ii. W2s;
iii. bank statements (including any applicable investment and retirement statements);
iv. A copy of a complete purchase agreement for the subject property of their Mortgage Loan; and
v. If applicable, proof of disability awards, social security income, retirement earnings, or pension income statements (collectively, the "Required Documents").
The Required Documents may differ based on a qualified customer's financial condition and all applicable Mortgage Loan requirements (including applicable credit and underwriting guidelines). Customers must provide all Required Documents within the Required Tasks Completion Period to be eligible for the Offer. In cases of multiple applicants for the same Mortgage Loan, all applicants must submit the Required Documents within the Required Tasks Completion Period to be eligible for the Offer. The Offer is non-transferable.
b. In addition, to be eligible for the Offer, qualified customers must:
i. Be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident or non-permanent resident (certain visa categories only) purchasing or refinancing a primary residence located in a state where Lender is licensed to originate mortgage loans;
ii. Be a W-2 employee or an individual on fixed income (e.g., pension, social security, or disability income); iii. Not be a fee simple owner or be in the process of becoming a fee simple owner of any additional real property (i.e., must not have, or be in the process of obtaining, all of the rights of ownership, including the right to possess, sell, lease, and enjoy the land) in any state, other than the contemplated subject property associated with their Mortgage Loan; provided, however, a fee simple owner of solely a primary residence in which the owner is currently in the process of selling such primary residence shall be eligible for the Offer;
iv. Meet the requirements to lock a rate;
vi. Provide proof of any required down payment funds.
c. The Offer is limited to conventional or conforming mortgage loans to be used for the purchase or refinance of a primary residence for single family and planned unit development (PUD) properties.
d. This offer is not available in the states of KY, WV, NY Co-Op/CEMA, and on refinances in TX.
e. The use of self-employment income to meet the debt-to-income ("DTI") requirements of a Mortgage Loan will render a customer ineligible for the Offer.
f. Lender does not guarantee that by qualifying to become eligible for the Offer that a customer will receive a loan approval. Upon qualifying for the Offer, Lender will use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with mortgage industry practices to provide a customer with a loan approval within 1 business day of customer providing the Required Documents within the Required Tasks Completion Period. In addition, Lender does not guarantee that all customers who provide the Required Documents within the Required Tasks Completion period will ultimately be approved for a loan. Eligibility will be based on the customer's satisfaction of all applicable credit and underwriting guidelines. Additional information and documentation may be required depending on the circumstances. In addition, the issuance of a loan approval does not mean that the customer will receive a loan on the date the approval is issued. Loan approval may be conditional. Customer must satisfy all conditions to approval within the time specified and successfully complete the closing process. Changes to a customer's financial condition, employment or credit history may nullify the loan approval.
4. The Discount.
a. Upon qualifying for the Discount, Lender will include the Discount in the final closing costs due at the closing of the Mortgage Loan. The Discount can only be applied once per Mortgage Loan. The Discount may not be combined with any other Lender promotions, discounts, or concessions.
b. Lender reserves the right to provide a customer with the Discount in the event that the customer fails to provide the Required Documents within the Required Tasks Completion Period.
5. The Offer and Discount are subject to all applicable state laws.
6. Lender is an Equal Housing Lender. As prohibited by federal law, we do not engage in business practices that discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age (provided you have the capacity to enter into a binding contract), because all or part of your income may be derived from any public assistance program, or because you have, in good faith, exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. The federal agency that administers our compliance with these federal laws is the Federal Trade Commission, Equal Credit Opportunity, Washington, DC, 20580.
7. The Offer only applies to customers who apply for a Mortgage Loan after the effective date of this Offer, which is the date these Terms and Conditions are published on the Lender's website. The Offer is not intended to apply retroactively to existing loan applications.
8. LENDER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY OR DISCONTINUE PRODUCTS, PROMOTIONS AND BENEFITS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. Rates and Terms are subject to change at any time without notice and are subject to state restrictions.
†: https://www.nar.realtor/newsroom/existing-home-sales-receded-1-5-in-december
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Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X and Kendrick Lamar are top contenders with seven nominations at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.
MTV announced Tuesday that Lil Nas X and Harlow earned multiple nominations for their collaborative hit “Industry Baby,” which is nominated for video of the year. Both performers along with Drake, Bad Bunny, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles and Lizzo will compete for artist of the year.
Lamar, who is nominated for the first time since 2018, has two songs “family ties” and “N95″ that will vie for best cinematography. The rapper was also nominated for best hip-hop, direction, visual effects, editing and video for good.
Styles and Doja Cat received the second-most nominations with six. Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Tayler Swift and The Weeknd each pulled in five.
Madonna, who is the most awarded artist in MTV history with 20 wins, becomes the only artist to receive a nomination in each of the VMAs five decades. She earned her 69th nomination for her 14th studio album “Madame X.”
The awards will have 26 first-time nominees including Baby Keem with four along with Kacey Musgraves, GAYLE and Måneskin – who each have two nominations.
The VMAs will take place Aug. 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Fan-voting begins Tuesday across 22 categories at vote.mtv.com.
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One of the largest and most influential real estate associations in the country backs Plunk's new Dynamic Valuation Model™
BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Plunk — the first real-time analytics platform for residential real estate — today announced that the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) has made a strategic investment into the company founded by data science luminary Brian Lent and mobile technology pioneer David Bluhm.
"We need to leverage new technologies such as AI and machine learning to bring our industry forward and empower our members with the data and tools that give them authoritative advantage," said C.A.R. President Otto Catrina. "Plunk allows REALTORS® to provide their clients with unmatched guidance on their most important financial investment."
To date, REALTORS® have not been able to access real-time market metrics or more advanced tools for analyzing property values – such as local market trends, remodeling advice, or image analysis. Plunk runs an independent model on every home in the U.S. to track its current value, forecast its remodeled value, and track the performance of its local market – all in real time. REALTORS® can offer more comprehensive and precise advice to their clients.
Markets for other asset types such as stocks, bonds, and commodities have long relied on real-time data and a broad suite of analysis tools. Real estate, on the other hand, has always been limited by the lack of timeliness, accuracy, and accessibility of real-time data.
"This disparity in information availability has helped create the perception that real estate markets are somehow less dynamic and responsive," added David Bluhm, Co-founder and President, Plunk. "We are proving this is fundamentally untrue."
Plunk built a next generation approach to home valuation called Dynamic Valuation Model™ to track and update an individual home's value in real time.
"We continually look to invest in companies that can ensure the success of our more than 217,000 members," added Catrina. "Plunk's real-time and dynamic home analytics empower our REALTORS® to become their clients' most trusted home and market expert."
Plunk is an advanced analytics company revolutionizing the way homeowners, home experts, and investors value and invest in residential real estate — through the next-generation application of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and image analysis. Plunk's analytics empower REALTORS and residential real estate professionals to be authorities on home value — turning agents into trusted financial advisors and their clients into lifetime customers.
Leading the way... in real estate news and information for more than 117 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with more than 217,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Evening" game were:
04-11-14-17-18-33-35-40-41-43-46-49-50-58-60-61-62-68-74-80, BE: 40
(four, eleven, fourteen, seventeen, eighteen, thirty-three, thirty-five, forty, forty-one, forty-three, forty-six, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-eight, sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-eight, seventy-four, eighty; BE: forty)
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Texas man accused of leaving date, killing parking lot scammer, then returning to restaurant
Texas man Erick Aguirre faces murder charges in shooting death of parking lot scammer Elliot Nix
A Texas man who learned he had been scammed out of $40 by a fake parking attendant left his date inside a Houston restaurant, retrieved a gun from his car and allegedly fatally shot the man before returning for dinner, according to court records.
Erick Aguirre faces murder charges in the April 11 death of 46-year-old Elliot Nix. Aguirre appeared in court on Thursday, and a judge set his bond at $200,000. His attorney, Brent Mayr, declined to comment.
Aguirre, 29, allegedly told his date that "everything was fine" and that he just scared the man after returning to the Rodeo Goat restaurant from the parking lot in the East Downtown neighborhood, known as EaDo. They then started walking to a table but left to eat someplace else after Aguirre looked uncomfortable, according to court records.
Aguirre’s date contacted police two days later after police had released photos of the couple, who had been identified by tips to Crime Stoppers.
MINNEAPOLIS MAN LIVESTREAMED FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE BEING SHOT BY FBI AGENTS
"She wanted to do the right thing. She wanted to make sure that she came forward and told the police what she knew," the woman's attorney, Rick DeToto, told local news station KPRC.
Investigators said that on April 11, Aguirre and his date met for dinner in downtown Houston. After they parked their cars near the restaurant, Nix approached the couple claiming to be a parking attendant. He said it would cost $20 to park each vehicle, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Aguirre paid the $40. But a waiter at the restaurant later informed the couple that Nix was scamming people for parking, police said.
TEXAS TEEN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING MIGRANTS, HOLDING THEM CAPTIVE FOR SEVERAL DAYS
A witness later told police he saw Aguirre return to his car, grab a pistol and chase after Nix. The witness said both men went out of his view, but he heard a gunshot ring out before 8 p.m. He claims he saw Aguirre "nonchalantly walking back to his car with the gun in his hand" before storing it
in the vehicle and returning to his date at the restaurant, according to the affidavit.
Aguirre then told his date he was uncomfortable with the restaurant and the couple left, according to the woman's attorney.
"She knows that he was upset, and he went after the person that allegedly scammed them, but they went to have dinner, and at some point, the defendant said he was uncomfortable with the restaurant and they left," DeToto told KPRC.
Houston Police officers responded to a call about the shooting and found Nix unresponsive with a gunshot wound. Paramedics transported him to a local hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead, police said.
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The woman didn't realize what had happened until the next day, when police released surveillance images identifying the couple as persons of interest in their investigation. She cooperated with police and was not charged.
Aguirre, a resident of Corpus Christi, which is located about 200 miles southwest of Houston, was arrested earlier this week. He was still in jail as of Thursday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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MANILA — The Philippine government on Monday identified four new military camps, including some across the sea from Taiwan, where rotating batches of American forces will be allowed to be stationed indefinitely despite strong objections from China.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration announced in February his approval of an expansion of the US military presence to four additional Philippine military bases from the five existing sites under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the longtime treaty allies.
Marcos said the move would boost the Philippines' coastal defense. It dovetails with the Biden administration's efforts to strengthen an arc of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific to better counter China, including in any future confrontation over Taiwan.
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The new sites identified by Marcos’s office include a Philippine navy base in Santa Ana and an international airport in Lal-lo, both in northern Cagayan province. Those locations have infuriated Chinese officials because they would provide US forces with a staging ground close to southern China and Taiwan, the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own.
The two other military areas are in northern Isabela province and a navy camp on Balabac island in the western province of Palawan.
Palawan faces the South China Sea, a key passage for global trade that Beijing claims virtually in its entirety and has taken increasingly aggressive actions that have threatened smaller claimant states, including the Philippines.
China and the Philippines, along with Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan, have been locked in increasingly tense territorial disputes over the busy and resource-rich South China Sea. Washington lays no claims to the strategic waters but has deployed warships and fighter and surveillance aircraft for patrols that it says promote freedom of navigation and the rule of law, angering Beijing.
“That's a trade route, that's where more or less $3 trillion worth of trade passes. Our responsibility in collectively securing that is huge,” said Carlito Galvez, who heads the Philippine Defense Department.
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The four new military sites for American forces are “suitable and mutually beneficial” and will “boost the disaster response of the country” as a springboard for humanitarian and relief work during emergencies, Marcos’s office said.
In a statement, the US Department of Defense said the new locations “will strengthen the interoperability of the U.S. and Philippine Armed Forces and allow us to respond more seamlessly together to address a range of shared challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.”
In a meeting last month with Philippine officials in Manila, however, a Chinese Foreign Ministry delegation expressed its strong opposition to an expanded US military presence in the Philippines and warned of repercussions for regional peace and stability, a Philippine official involved in the talks said at the time.
Philippine diplomats replied that the decision to allow an expanded American military presence was in the Philippines' national interest and would boost its ability to respond to natural disasters, the official said, suggesting the move was not aimed at China.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authority to publicly discuss the sensitive issue.
The Chinese Embassy also warned in a recent statement that the Philippine government’s security cooperation with Washington “will drag the Philippines into the abyss of geopolitical strife and damage its economic development at the end of the day.”
The long-seething territorial conflicts continue to be a major irritant in Philippine-China relations. Marcos’s administration has filed at least 77 of more than 200 diplomatic protests against China’s increasingly assertive actions in the disputed waters since he took office last year.
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The Philippines used to host two of the largest US Navy and Air Force bases outside the American mainland. The bases were shut down in the early 1990s after the Philippine Senate rejected an extension, but American forces later returned for large-scale combat exercises with Filipino troops under a Visiting Forces Agreement.
The Philippine Constitution prohibits the permanent basing of foreign troops and their involvement in local combat. The 2014 agreement allows visiting American forces to stay indefinitely in rotating batches in barracks and other buildings they construct within designated Philippine camps with their defense equipment, except nuclear weapons.
The Department of National Defense in Manila said the American military presence was not a reestablishment of U.S. military bases in the Philippines, as opponents have asserted.
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The U.S. financial system is still reeling from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, the second- and third-largest bank failures in history.
Despite the turbulence, regulators and bank executives say they don’t foresee a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis — but they’ve cautioned that the banking sector isn’t out of the woods yet.
Banks face huge unrealized losses on long-term investments, the threat of more bank runs and looming defaults in the commercial real estate market. As banks face stress, they may pull back on lending, hurting the economy.
Here are some of the trouble spots the banking sector and market watchers still have on their radars.
US banks face $620 billion in unrealized losses
SVB’s tech and venture capitalist clients pulled their money amid concerns about the bank’s massive unrealized losses on its long-term Treasury bond investments. Outflows forced SVB to sell securities at a loss to raise money, but the bank still wasn’t able to stay solvent.
Banks of all sizes made similar bets on government and mortgage-backed bonds.
While they’re normally a safe investment, these securities lost value when the Federal Reserve aggressively hiked interest rates, driving up the yields on new bonds and making older bonds less attractive.
U.S. banks had a whopping $620 billion in unrealized losses on these kinds of securities at the end of 2022, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
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Many banks might have to sell them at an enormous loss if they were to face liquidity issues.
Analysts have pointed to large unrealized losses at regional banks that saw deposit outflows following the SVB failure. While bigger banks face losses too, it’s a smaller percentage of their assets, so they don’t face the same threat of a bank run.
“It’s not a problem unless your depositors decide it’s a problem and ask you for their money back, which is sort of what happened with Silicon Valley Bank,” said David Sacco, a finance professor at the University of New Haven.
Following the SVB collapse, the Fed created a lending program aimed at enabling banks to fulfill customer withdrawals without having to sell securities. That’s helped lessen the threat of unrealized losses, experts said.
Midsize and regional banks still face bank run threat
Perhaps the most imminent threat facing the banking system is the outflow of funds from midsize and regional banks, which are a key part of the U.S. financial system.
Wealthy depositors moved their funds from these banks to larger institutions over fears of additional bank runs. San Francisco’s First Republic Bank lost around $70 billion in deposits within weeks of SVB’s collapse, prompting large banks to throw the lender a lifeline.
While the FDIC only insures deposits up to $250,000, federal regulators used an exception to insure all deposits at SVB and Signature Bank to boost confidence in the banking system.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hinted that regulators would take the same step in the event of future bank failures, which slowed the outflow of money from banks with a high percentage of uninsured deposits.
“This banking system is based on confidence,” Sacco said. “Some percentage of all bank assets are illiquid, so that the nature of our banking system is one where if everybody wanted their money back, basically every bank would fail.”
The panic has appeared to ease. Total deposits at U.S. commercial banks reached $17.35 trillion in late March, up from $17.31 trillion a week earlier but still down from $17.62 trillion at the start of the month, according to Federal Reserve data.
Upcoming earnings reports and subsequent stock selloffs could halt that momentum. First Republic Bank will reveal its first-quarter figures on April 24, nearly two weeks later than expected. The bank’s stock is down roughly 90 percent since early March.
“There’s clearly continuing market jitters,” said Karen Petrou, managing partner at research firm Federal Financial Analytics. “If there are surprises in earnings, particularly for some of the regional banks where markets are particularly spooked, that could start another run or market reaction.”
As banks seek to bolster their deposits, they face heightened competition for cash. Rising interest rates are making bonds, money market funds and other investments a more lucrative place for individuals and businesses to store their money.
Regional banks are paying upwards of 5 percent interest on certificates of deposit — where an individual pledges to keep their money in the bank for a fixed period of time — up from less than 1 percent just a few months ago.
US banks hold $3.1 trillion in commercial real estate loans
Smaller banks are particularly exposed to a downturn in the commercial real estate market.
The explosion of remote and hybrid work during the pandemic has left office buildings emptier than they were intended to be, hurting the value of buildings owned by commercial real estate companies that have mortgages with banks.
Roughly two-thirds of areas in the U.S. have seen their office vacancy rates increase compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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Some analysts fear that vacancy rates will only rise as more companies go remote and decline to renew their leases.
Goldman Sachs analysts estimate that U.S. banks held $3.1 trillion in commercial mortgages at the start of the year. Small and regional banks hold around 80 percent of commercial real estate loans, the analysts said.
Default rates are inching up, and $270 billion in commercial mortgages held by banks are set to some due this year according to research firm Trepp.
Because of the Fed’s rate hikes and banks’ heightened worries about the commercial market, loans will need to be refinanced at higher interest rates. If borrowers are unable to refinance and honor their obligations, banks could suffer from a “wave of defaults,” Petrou said.
Mortgage lenders are losing money on loans as credit tightens
Commercial lending by U.S. banks declined by nearly $105 billion in the final two weeks of March, according to Fed data released Friday. The decrease, which was driven primarily by small banks, was the largest on record, Bloomberg reported.
The American Bankers Association’s credit conditions index, released Thursday, plummeted to the lowest level since the early days of the pandemic.
Sayee Srinivasan, the association’s top economist, pointed to “heightened uncertainty and broader economic headwinds.”
Struggles for lending: Mortgage lenders are losing money on loans for the first time in years
“Lenders are responding with cautious and prudent underwriting,” Srinivasan said in a statement.
While a lending slowdown would hurt the profitability of banks, it’s a larger risk to the broader economy that relies on financing to grow and create jobs.
Fed Jerome Powell said last month that officials are closely monitoring the availability of credit when considering whether to continue hiking rates in its effort to cool inflation.
“It could easily have a significant macroeconomic effect, and we would factor that into our policies,” Powell said.
Banks were sometimes self-regulating, so we don’t know what we don’t know
Powell and other federal regulators have said that banking regulations need to be examined after supervisors failed to prevent SVB’s collapse.
SVB and Signature Bank lobbied for a 2018 bill to loosen regulations on midsize banks, which made it so they weren’t subject to stress tests and capital requirements. The Fed opted not to use stricter oversight on midsize banks authorized under the law.
President Biden is also pushing lawmakers to toughen bank regulations to reduce the chance of future bank failures.
Existing rules also make it harder for investors to identify bank risks, some critics say, and banks have often found ways to reclassify losses.
For example, some banks with large unrealized bond losses have used accounting tactics to prevent billions of dollars in losses from appearing on their balance sheet by declaring they’ll hold the securities until they mature. That particular maneuver was dubbed “the switcheroo” and remains under scrutiny from regulators and investors.
Credit Suisse bondholders are exploring legal options after Swiss regulators wiped out around $17 billion in bank bonds, dubbed CoCo or A1 bonds, as part of the bank’s collapse and subsequent sale to UBS last month.
They were invested in high-yielding contingent convertible bonds, which banks created after the 2008 financial crisis to shift risk to investors and prevent government bailouts. These, too, are undergoing scrutiny from local and global regulators alike.
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Body of missing woman found in shopping cart in Chicago
CHICAGO (WLS) - Police say the body of a young woman who has been missing for months has been discovered wrapped and tied up in a shopping cart on Chicago’s southwest side.
“I miss my baby,” said Jose Lucio, who said he doesn’t want to believe his missing daughter has been found dead.
The family says the body of the 21-year-old Rosa Chacon was found Wednesday in a shopping cart, wrapped in a white sheet, in an alley near 24th Place and Western Avenue on the city’s southwest side.
“I don’t know how they have a heart to do somebody like that,” said the victim’s mother, also named Rosa Chacon.
The Cook County Medical Examiner will determine her cause of death.
Relatives say they identified her by the tattoos on her body.
“She was the party type. She was not trouble,” said Juan Lucio, her brother.
The woman was last seen by her family outside her home on Jan. 18.
Home security camera video shows Rosa Chacon getting into a rideshare in the 2800 block of South St. Louis Avenue.
The family says she didn’t take anything with her, including her coat or ID.
“She said, ‘I’ll be back, mom. I got the Uber ride there, and the Uber ride back.’ That’s what she told me,” the woman’s mother said.
The elder Rosa Chacon said she didn’t know where her daughter was going or who ordered the ride for her and that Uber refused to say.
A spokesperson for the company said they don’t release private information for privacy and policy reasons.
Meanwhile, the family reported Rosa Chacon missing to Chicago police, but their concern turned to anger after they say authorities did little to help them.
After months of searching and handing out flyers on their own, they hired their own private investigator.
“The cop said a crime had to be committed for them to do anything,” said Alejandro Guzman, Rosa Chacon’s boyfriend.
The gruesome discovery comes as a Guatemalan migrant was found shot to death in the same community last month.
The grieving parents of Rosa Chacon struggle with their loss.
“Other parents, watch your daughters more closely. Don’t trust anybody,” Jose Lucio said.
Chicago police say they are investigating.
Meanwhile, community activists are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.
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Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is the latest piece of art to be targeted by climate activists.
According to The New York Times, a protester glued his head to the artwork at The Hague on Thursday. Another protester then appeared to pour tomato soup on the man.
The protester then tells onlookers, “How do you feel when you see something beautiful and priceless being apparently destroyed before your eyes? Do you feel outraged? Good. Where is that feeling when you see the planet being destroyed before your very eyes?”
The artwork was behind protective glass and wasn't damaged, The New York Times reports. Police said three people were arrested for the stunt.
This is the third famous piece of art to be targeted in the past few weeks. Climate activists threw mashed potatoes on a $110 million painting at a German museum. A week prior, protestors in London threw tomato soup at a Vincent van Gogh piece.
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KRON) — The “Firefall” in Yosemite National Park is one of Mother Nature’s most beautiful and elusive spectacles.
For just a few days in February, the sun sets at the perfect angle to backlight Horsetail Fall with vivid orange colors. Sunlight shining through the waterfall looks like graceful flowing lava or liquid fire.
Plenty of nature photographers have tried and failed to capture the “Firefall.” Horsetail Fall flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Its unique lighting effect happens only on evenings with a clear sky, and when enough water is flowing.
But that hasn’t stopped flocks of photographers from still trying to capture the stunning sight. In fact, the “Firefall” has become so popular in recent years that park officials are requiring day-use reservations to enter Yosemite between February 10-27, 2023. The window for making reservations will open at 8 a.m. on January 13.
“Horsetail Fall can glow orange when it’s backlit by sunset, which can make it appear to be on fire. This event attracts many visitors to a small area, causing traffic congestion, parking issues, safety concerns, and impacts to natural and cultural resources,” National Park Service officials wrote.
Reservations will be required for entry to Yosemite on:
- February 10–12, 2023
- February 17–19, 2023
- February 24–26, 2023
Park officials said the Firefall is no longer a hidden gem in Yosemite. “Historically, the sunset backlight on Horsetail Fall was little known. However, in recent years, visitation around this event has increased dramatically. For example, on February 19, 2022, 2,433 visitors viewing Horsetail Fall gathered in areas mostly lacking adequate parking and other facilities. Visitors have spilled onto riverbanks, increasing erosion and trampling vegetation. As riverbanks filled, visitors moved into the Merced River, trampling sensitive vegetation and exposing themselves to unsafe conditions. Some undeveloped areas became littered with trash, and the lack of restrooms resulted in unsanitary conditions,” park officials wrote.
Reservations will be required even for those who do not visit Horsetail Fall during this time period.
If you visit Horsetail Fall this winter, Yosemite officials advise the following safety tips:
- Bring warm clothes and a headlamp or flashlight for each person.
- Expect snowy and icy conditions. Wear warm footwear and bring traction devices for your boots.
- Expect to park far from your viewing area: prepare to walk to and from the viewing area (it will be cold and dark when you’re walking back to your car).
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Drivers flood gas station with price glitch of 69 cents
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. (KOVR) - People at one California gas station were calling friends and family to fill up fast when an error on the pumps had gas selling for just 69 cents a gallon.
A glitch at a Shell gas station in Rancho Cordova gave Darryl Surita a sweet deal Thursday. He was able to fill his tank for just 69 cents a gallon.
“I looked at the numbers, and I seen it was 69 cents a gallon... I hit that button, it started pumping and the dollar sign just stayed low,” Darryl Surita said.
He posted the incredible error to his Instagram page, and word got out fast, with family and friends all getting phone calls.
“It was crazy. It turned into a circus within a matter of minutes,” said Eddie Surita, who filled his tank for $14.
“I started looking around, and everybody had a smile. Everybody had a big smile, and they kinda were not looking at you in your eyes,” Darryl Surita said.
Somehow, the decimal point in the advertised price was mistakenly moved. Instead of $6.99 a gallon for premium, it became 69 cents a gallon.
“I’ve never seen gas this price in my lifetime. Could you imagine that? This is history right here,” Darryl Surita said.
The mistake took gas station management three hours to fix.
The last time gas prices were an average of 69 cents a gallon was 44 years ago in 1978.
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The RS Group brand was recognized for its culture of inclusion.
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Electronics & Automation, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, was named one of the 2022 Top 50 Inspiring Workplaces in North America by Inspiring Workplaces.
Inspiring Workplaces annually recognizes 50 organizations that exemplify the elements of culture & purpose, leadership, well-being, inclusion, communication and experience. The 2022 Inspiring Workplaces Awards recognized companies in the EMEA region for the second consecutive year and marked the first annual awards in North America.
Allied ranked 33rd on the list, receiving special recognition for its inclusive practices, which were demonstrated in part by attracting and retaining more LGBTQ+ employees in 2022, and for "harnessing the power of third-party partnerships to improve representation, diversity and overall organizational performance." Allied recently enhanced its employee benefits by adding paid leave for adoptive parents, expanding health insurance coverage to include gender-affirming medical services and extending benefits eligibility to include domestic partnerships.
This June, Allied also unveiled a new hybrid office space and more flexible and supportive work model to optimize the employee, customer and supplier experience. The custom office design highlights Allied's innovative and transparent company culture and commitment to employee well-being. Features include a common working area on every floor surrounded by windows for optimal natural sunlight, a relaxation room and a private mothers' room for employees who are returning to work after maternity leave, and the entire building meets certification standards for wheelchair and mobility assistance device accessibility. In addition, every workstation features a movable sit/stand desk for optimal employee health and comfort, and there are also informal breakout zones where employees can work on sofas or armchairs. Employees can book a desk via a cloud-based reservation system according to their preferences at any time, and all conference and collaboration rooms are outfitted with top-of-the-line conference equipment to accommodate both in-person and virtual hybrid meetings.
"We are proud to be recognized for the inspirational, affirming and collegial environment that we champion here at Allied," said Katie Cartwright, Vice President of People. "Our hiring practices have always reflected our values and aimed to foster a diverse and inclusive environment. Everyone should feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to the workplace. People do their best when they feel their best, and that's how we make amazing happen."
Cartwright continued, "Our leaders are committed to providing all employees – regardless of race, economic background, physical and mental ability, gender, personal identification and sexual orientation – with a conducive working environment that champions success and growth."
To learn more about Allied and view open positions, visit our Careers page.
Allied Electronics & Automation is a trading brand of RS Group plc (formerly Electrocomponents plc), a leading global omni-channel industrial product and service solutions provider to customers who are involved in designing, building and maintaining industrial equipment and operations, safely and sustainably. RS Group plc stocks more than 700,000 industrial and electronic products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provides a wide range of product and service solutions to over 1.2 million industrial customers. With operations in 32 countries, we trade through multiple channels and ship nearly 60,000 parcels daily.
We support customers across the product life cycle, whether via innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing purchasing costs and optimizing inventory in the maintenance phase. We offer our customers tailored product and service propositions that are essential for the successful operation of their businesses and help them save time and money.
RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock ticker RS1 and in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2022, reported revenue of $3.3 billion.
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Creators' Legal Announces Listing Partnership with App Sumo
OAKLAND, Calif., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Creators' Legal announced today a listing partnership with App Sumo, a leading product discovery site.
App Sumo will host a discounted subscription for App Sumo users of the Creators' Legal platform. The placement of Creators' Legal on App Sumo coincides with Creators' Legal recent release of their third version of the product. The listing will go live on June 17, 2022.
The newest version of Creators' Legal includes a contract editor to allow creators the freedom to fully edit their contracts. It also includes the ability to add company logos in the contract. These new features are a step towards Creators' Legal shift to provide a fully integrated legal platform for independent production companies as well as independent creators.
"We are very happy to be on the App Sumo platform, it is a well-known brand in software and product discovery". Said Eric Farber, the Founder, and CEO of Creators' Legal.
Creators' Legal is the first and only DIY legal platform built for the Creator Economy. With close to 50 million people in the United States earning a living off content creation Creators' Legal is quickly becoming the tool of choice for the community.
Creators' Legal has over 170 contracts in more than 10 Creator categories including filmmakers, musicians, NFT creators, Podcasters, Web Series, Digital Creators, and more. The products are available on a per-use basis or through subscription. Creators' Legal boasts close to 1000 creators using the platform for their creative legal contracts. There is also an educational 2 program for students and faculty of creative schools and programs. All can be found at www.CreatorsLegal.com.
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Deion Sanders expects hospital release Sunday, 2 days after surgery for blood clots in his legs
(AP) - Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said on social media that he expects to be released from the hospital on Sunday, two days after surgery for blood clots in his legs.
In a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, Sanders told his family that he had successful surgery on Friday for a blood clot in his left thigh and another in the same leg below his knee. He said he also has a blood clot in the right leg that doctors were “going to get soon.”
The news of Coach Prime’s impending procedure began to spread Thursday after Pat McAfee discussed on his podcast with longtime NFL defensive back Adam Jones what was referred to as an emergency surgery for Sanders.
In a video posted Thursday, the 55-year-old Sanders explained in the video on YouTube that his doctor found a blood clot in both legs, including one in his left thigh. He’s struggled with the left foot since having two toes amputated in 2021 due to blood clot issues while at Jackson State.
He said that two of his three remaining toes on that foot are what he referred to as “hammer toes,” a condition where there’s an atypical bend in the middle joint.
He said the procedure on Friday was to “try to get those clots so I can have proper blood flow to the leg so they can fix the toes. That’s what’s going on.”
Last week, Sanders revealed he might lose his left foot as a result of circulation issues. Sanders allowed camera crews with “Thee Pregame Show” to film a meeting with his medical team at the University of Colorado, where he’s preparing for his first season as head football coach.
On Thursday, Sanders said: “There is no talk of amputation. There’s no talk of any of that whatsoever.”
The interest in Colorado football has soared since Sanders was hired last December to turn around the Buffaloes following a 1-11 season in 2022. Colorado sold out of its season-ticket allotment, marking the first time that’s happened since 1996.
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Attorney: Deutsche Bank benefited in 2 ways by settling Epstein case
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay out$75 million to Jeffrey Epstein's accusers.
Lawyers for the two women who claimed to be victims of Epstein's sex trafficking ring point said the bank ignored several red flags, claiming "Deutsche Bank either knew or should have known that Epstein used his Deutsche Bank accounts to power his sex-trafficking operation."
In the proposed class-action suit, lawyers for two Jane Does added "that Deutsche Bank concealed its delivery of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash to Epstein and his associates by willfully failing to file suspicious activity reports."
According to court papers Deutsche Bank "overlooked warnings that Epstein was involved in sex trafficking because of the 'number of sizable deals' that Deutsche Bank obtained through its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein."
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Deutsche Bank attorneys countered claiming they "had no duty to prevent Jeffrey Epstein from harming either Jane Doe, nor did they acquire any duty of care from their banking relationship with Epstein."
They also added that "they neither knew nor should have known that their services contributed to the abuse of the Jane Does."
West Palm Beach attorney Greg Morse said Deutsche Bank settled even though the lawyers for the alleged victims had a tough case.
"Banks want deposits and Jeffrey Epstein presented them a rich man," Morse said. "So, the bank's going to do whatever it can to get those deposits, but do they really know what he was doing on the side? I don't know about that."
The Wall Street Journal reported Deutsche Bank did not admit wrongdoing in the settlement.
"The bank is benefiting in two ways by settling now," Morse added. "It's avoiding legal fees by protracted litigation, and also the non-admission of liability."
The settlement still needs a judge's approval. A proposed class action suit against JP Morgan Chase on similar grounds remains active.
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SEATTLE, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pure Watercraft, a leading developer of electric propulsion technology for recreational watercraft, today unveiled the production-intent design of its Pure Pontoon Boat. The all-electric vessel is the first boat that Pure Watercraft has designed in-house.
The Pure Pontoon delivers the performance and range that boaters need, with zero emissions and almost no noise. The boat is perfect for cruising with family and friends, and is designed to be easy to operate and maintain.
"We're thrilled to introduce the Pure Pontoon Boat to the market," said Andy Rebele, CEO of Pure Watercraft. "Our team has worked tirelessly to create a high-performance, environmentally friendly boat. The Pure Pontoon is the ideal way to connect with family and friends, and with nature in a way that hasn't been possible before."
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NEW YORK (AP) — Today’s sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new research suggests.
For their study published Wednesday, researchers used fossil evidence to create a 3D model of the megalodon — one of the biggest predatory fish of all time — and find clues about its life.
At around 50 feet (16 meters) from nose to tail, the megalodon was bigger than a school bus, according to the study in the journal Science Advances. That’s about two to three times the size of today’s great white shark. The megalodon’s gaping jaw allowed it to feed on other big creatures. Once it filled its massive stomach, it could roam the oceans for months at a time, the researchers suggest.
The megalodon was a strong swimmer, too: Its average cruising speed was faster than sharks today and it could have migrated across multiple oceans with ease, they calculated.
“It would be a superpredator just dominating its ecosystem,” said co-author John Hutchinson, who studies the evolution of animal movement at England’s Royal Veterinary College. “There is nothing really matching it.”
It’s been tough for scientists to get a clear picture of the megalodon, said study author Catalina Pimiento, a paleobiologist with the University of Zurich and Swansea University in Wales.
The skeleton is made of soft cartilage that doesn’t fossilize well, Pimiento said. So the scientists used what few fossils are available, including a rare collection of vertebrae that’s been at a Belgium museum since the 1860s.
Researchers also brought in a jaw’s worth of megalodon teeth, each as big as a human fist, Hutchinson said. Scans of modern great white sharks helped flesh out the rest.
Based on their digital creation, researchers calculated that the megalodon would have weighed around 70 tons, or as much as 10 elephants.
Even other high-level predators may have been lunch meat for the megalodon, which could open its jaw to almost 6 feet (2 meters) wide, Pimiento said.
Megalodons lived an estimated 23 million to 2.6 million years ago.
Since megalodon fossils are rare, these kinds of models require a “leap of imagination,” said Michael Gottfried, a paleontologist at Michigan State University who was not involved in the study. But he said the study’s findings are reasonable based on what is known about the giant shark.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionix Technology, Inc. ( ticker symbol: IINX, hereinafter referred to as IINX or the Company) announces on its website that the management from IINX and from Legend Ecological Aquaculture (Changhai) Co. Ltd (hereafter referred to as Legend) reached and signed an agreement, on August 29, 2022, on the acquisition of 51% equity of the latter, and that the implement of agreement and acquisition process would come in the next step.
Legend engages in ecological farming, focusing on aquaculture technology and environmental protection, with an annual turnover of about US $18 million. "After several months of investigation and negotiation, we can conclude that Legend's products, technologies and services have gained wide recognition and shares in the market. With high technological content and forward-looking insight, Legend is bound to grow geometrically in the very near future and to become IINX's new profit growth point from its formed scale economic effect, which suits the Company's purpose on rapid development. Legend's carbon neutralization concept is up to IINX's idea of developing towards energy conservation, environmental protection and clean energy. The cooperation will certainly become a highlight in the future development, leading to a brilliant prospect for both parties ." said Li Cheng, CEO of IINX, at the signing ceremony.
Ocean carbon neutrality, put forward and applied by Legend, aims to purify the marine farming environment and to improve the aquaculture efficiency through algae farming, shellfish farming and artificial reefs, to conserve and restore blue carbon ecosystems in coastal zone, furthermore, to mitigate the impact on ecosystem from climate change. Carbon sink fishery, developed based on the concept of ocean carbon neutrality, helps attain the three-dimension development of marine space resources, as well as realizes the coordinated growth of economic benefits, social benefits and environmental benefits.
In recent years, the oil and natural gas-oriented energy products have fluctuated sharply in price, which brings pressure on the development of enterprises on many aspects, but pushes the new energy develop and gives the infinite growth space to the new energy at the same time. IINX launches the project on the new energy products under this circumstance. Among the Company's two major business sectors, the new energy sector includes the business in the lithium battery materials, the lithium compounds and the derivatives. Lithium-ion products, the key material for power batteries, have seen a more than tenfold increase both in volume and price over the past year since from the early 2021, as such, IINX has gained a greater portion in new energy market and the Company's performance has been greatly improved. Now, the cooperation between IINX and Legend has blazed another new path in the high-tech business sector, which securely leads the Company on track for a historic breakthrough in 2023.
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Bruins vs. Panthers: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs First Round Game 5
Wednesday will see the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers face off in Game 5 of the NHL Playoffs First Round at TD Garden, beginning at 7:00 PM ET on ESPN, CBC, SportsNet, TVAS, NESN, and BSFL. The Bruins are up 3-1. The Panthers are underdogs (+205) in this decisive matchup against the Bruins (-245).
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Bruins vs. Panthers Game Info
- When: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN, CBC, SportsNet, TVAS, NESN, and BSFL
- Where: TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
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Bruins Betting Insights
- The Bruins have compiled a 61-14 record when listed as a moneyline favorite this season.
- In games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -245 or shorter, Boston has gone 21-4 (winning 84.0%).
- Based on this matchup's moneyline, the Bruins' implied win probability is 71.0%.
Panthers Betting Insights
- This season the Panthers have won eight of the 20 games, or 40.0%, in which they've been an underdog.
- Florida has not had a game so far this season as a bigger moneyline underdog than the +205 odds on them winning this game.
- Oddsmakers have implied, given the moneyline set for this matchup, that the Panthers have a 32.8% chance to win.
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Bruins Advanced Stats
- In its past 10 games, Boston hit the over twice.
- In the past 10 games, the Bruins have scored 0.3 more goals per game than their season average.
- The Bruins' 301 goals this season make them the second-best scoring team in the NHL.
- The Bruins have allowed the fewest goals in league play this season with 174 (just 2.1 per game).
- The team's goal differential (+127) paces the NHL this season .
Panthers Advanced Stats
- Florida has gone over the total one time over its past 10 contests.
- In their past 10 games, the Panthers and their opponents are scoring 0.2 more goals per game than their season-long game scoring average, 9.4 goals.
- The Panthers' 288 total goals (3.5 per game) are the sixth-most in the NHL.
- The Panthers have given up 3.3 goals per game, 272 total, which ranks 21st among NHL teams.
- Their 16th-ranked goal differential is +16.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The kids are all right.
Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh won the women’s 200 butterfly for her first title at the world swimming championships on Wednesday before 17-year-old Romanian David Popovici claimed his second.
They still have some way to go to match Katie Ledecky, who claimed her 18th gold at a worlds by helping the United States win the women’s 4×200 freestyle. The 25-year-old Ledecky now has 21 medals, extending her record for the most among female swimmers in the competition.
Popovici won the men‘s 100 freestyle to add to the 200 freestyle he won on Monday. He is just the second man to achieve the double at a worlds, after American swimmer Jim Montgomery in 1973, and he’s the first Romanian swimmer to win two golds at a worlds.
“The airport is going to be chaotic but I am ready for it,” Popovici said of his return to Bucharest. “For Romania it means a lot and I love the feelings, even though I cannot explain it really well, I am very happy.”
The 15-year-old McIntosh clocked 2:05.20 – a world junior record – in the 200 butterfly to pip the three Olympic medalists to the title.
“It’s one of my biggest dreams in the swimming world to become world champion, and especially to do it in 200 fly is something I have always wanted to do because this is one of my favorite events,” said McIntosh, who finished 0.88 seconds ahead of American Hali Flickinger and 1.12 ahead of China’s Zhang Yufei. American Regan Smith was 1.59 behind in fourth.
Popovici, who set a world junior record of 47.13 in qualifying for the 100, had to fight hard to edge France’s Maxime Grousset by 0.06 seconds in the final with a time of 47.58.
Canada’s Joshua Liendo Edwards, who was leading at the halfway stage, took the bronze.
Two-time defending champion Caeleb Dressel didn’t race after withdrawing from the rest of the competition with an unspecified medical condition earlier Wednesday.
The Americans had to wait until the women’s 4×200 freestyle for their 11th gold of the championships as Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith, Ledecky and Bella Sims finished 2.41 seconds ahead of the Australian team and 3.31 ahead of the Canadians.
McIntosh showed no ill effects from the 200 butterfly earlier as she set a junior record of 1:54.79 over her 200 meters. Only Ledecky and Sims were faster on the night.
“I am so proud,” Ledecky said. “I think I realized when we were on the medal podium it had been a while since we had all been up there singing the national anthem together; trying to hit those high-pitched notes together. So that was a lot of fun.”
Alex Walsh and Flickinger will also get gold medals for their swims on the relay during prelims.
Only the U.S. (11 gold, six silver, nine bronze) and Australia (two gold, five silver, one bronze) have won at least one medal on each of the five nights of the swimming competition.
Kylie Masse claimed Canada’s second gold of the night by winning the women’s 50 backstroke in 27.31 – 0.08 ahead of American Katharine Berkoff and 0.09 ahead of French swimmer Analia Pigree.
Masse became the first swimmer from Canada, male or female, to win three golds at a worlds.
The 20-year-old Léon Marchand then continued his remarkable competition by winning the men’s 200 individual medley in 1:55.22, lowering the French record he set in the semifinals.
Marchand finished 0.49 ahead of American Carson Foster, 1.00 ahead of Japan’s Daiya Seto and 1.21 ahead of Chase Kalisz.
It was Marchand’s second gold at this worlds after the men’s 400 medley on Saturday, when he almost took Michael Phelps’ world record, and his third medal after silver in the 200 butterfly on Tuesday.
“I was a little tired this morning,” Marchand told journalists.
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Dancer in Weinstein film testifies he sexually assaulted her
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dancer in a film produced by Harvey Weinstein testified Thursday that she was “freaked out” after meeting the movie mogul on the Puerto Rican set but the presence and reassurance of his assistant convinced her it was OK to go with him to his hotel, where she was later sexually assaulted.
The woman, who went by her first name and last initial Ashley M. at the Los Angeles trial where Weinstein is charged with rape and sexual assault, said she was a 22-year-old in 2003 when she was acting as a dancing double for one of the stars of “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights,” a film produced by Weinstein’s company Miramax.
She said Weinstein’s assistant at the time, Bonnie Hung, told her that she would remain with the two of them the entire time, and that he just wanted to talk about future projects.
As they walked down the hall of Weinstein’s hotel toward a door, she said, “I started to get more worried, but Bonnie was there with her clipboard.”
“Harvey opened it and then he went in and I went in,” she said, pausing as she began to cry. “And then Bonnie shut the door behind us. I was like, ‘oh no, what do I do?’”
She said Weinstein quickly became aggressive, pushing her on to the bed and taking her top off before straddling her and masturbating while on top of her, despite her telling him to stop.
The woman was the second Weinstein accuser to take the stand at the trial, and the first of four who are not involved in the charges against him but are being allowed to testify to show a propensity for such acts by Weinstein.
Judge Lisa B. Lench told jurors before the woman’s testimony that they would receive instructions later on how to consider it.
Weinstein, already serving a 23-year sentence for a New York conviction that is under appeal, has pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles to four counts of rape and seven other counts of sexual assault. He has repeatedly denied engaging in any non-consensual sex.
Ashley M. appeared rattled as she walked to the stand late in the day Thursday, and began crying before any questions were asked.
“I’m sorry,” she said repeatedly to Judge Lisa Lench, who replied that she had nothing to be sorry for and called for a short break.
She gathered herself and began her testimony, saying she had been a professional ballet dancer who had just shifted to dancing in Hollywood.
She said that Weinstein appeared on the set while they were filming in a ballroom, and asked her to step outside.
Ashley M. said Weinstein talked about her giving him a naked massage, and she tried to assuage him by saying she was engaged, and that she was needed on the set.
She said Weinstein told her he was the boss and got to decide who needed to be on set.
The woman called her mother and her then-fiance, who told her to seek help from others on the set.
Then someone said it was time for a meal break.
“I thought, ‘whew, saved by the bell,’” she testified.
During the break, she asked the films choreographer and a producer what to do, but got the sense that they didn’t want to upset Weinstein.
“Did either of them give you any sort of help?” Deputy District Attorney Marlene Martinez asked.
“No,” Ashley M. said.
“How did you feel then?” Martinez asked.
“Freaked out,” the witness answered.
Ashley M. said when the returned to the set Weinstein was waiting there with a limo, and Hung.
“I felt better just knowing I wasn’t alone,” she said.
The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they have come forward publicly.
Ashley M. told her story to the New York Times in October of 2017, when the newspaper’s accounts of women who say Weinstein sexually assaulted them put the movie executive at the center of the #MeToo movement.
Thursday was the first time she has told her story in a courtroom.
Ashley M. is expected to return to the witness stand for more questioning from prosecutors Friday, followed by cross-examination from Weinstein’s defense.
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Escaped Alabama murder convict recaptured after over week on the run
David Kyle was serving a 99-year prison sentence for murder
A convicted murderer who escaped custody in Alabama over a week ago has been recaptured, authorities said Monday.
David Kyle, 49, was found Monday at a residence in the Slackland community by the U.S. Marshals Service, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said.
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Kyle had escaped from his assigned job location at the Red Eagle Work Center near Montgomery at around 5:15 p.m. on April 23. Kyle was an inmate at the minimum-security facility.
He had been sentenced to 99 years in prison in April 2000 for a murder committed in Etowah County. He was denied bail in March 2020 after serving 21 years and 3 months of his sentence, the Gadsden Times reported at the time.
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ADOC listed Kyle’s custody type as "minimum-out," which it defines as an inmate that does not pose a significant risk to himself or to others and is suitable to be assigned off-property work details without the direct supervision of correctional officers.
Kyle was booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center on charges of escape and was expected to be held there until ADOC transports him back to prison, the sheriff’s office said.
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WICHITA, Kan., June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Fast-casual restaurant concept, Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers®, announced today the launch of its new Pretzel Bacon BBQ Steakburger, Key Lime Pie Concrete and Very Berry Strawberry Shake. The limited-time offers are available to order starting June 21 through August 29 at participating Freddy's locations nationwide via drive-thru, in-restaurant dining, and pickup or delivery through the Freddy's mobile app and at https://freddys.com.
The cooked-to-order Pretzel Bacon BBQ Steakburger is made with two steakburger patties with melted American cheese, crispy bacon, sliced onions, bourbon-infused BBQ sauce and Fat Tire Beer Cheese all on a soft pretzel bun.
"The Pretzel Bacon BBQ Steakburger is our newest mouthwatering creation that combines premium ingredients in a craveable way," said Laura Rueckel, CMO. "The flavors of the steakburger are elevated by the sweet and smoky notes from the bourbon-infused BBQ sauce, as well as from the richness of Fat Tire Beer Cheese, all nestled within a soft pretzel bun."
Freddy's Key Lime Pie Concrete is made with rich and creamy vanilla frozen custard, blended with a whole slice of key lime pie, topped with whipped cream and sprinkled with graham cracker crumbs.
The Very Berry Strawberry Shake is created with a double portion of real strawberries blended with freshly churned vanilla frozen custard to make a delicious summertime treat.
"The Key Lime Pie Concrete has the perfect balance of cool and tangy - FredHeads everywhere enjoyed it so much that it's returning as our classic summer fan favorite. For some extra summer flavor delight, we're also offering the Very Berry Strawberry Shake, which has the ideal mix of fresh and sweet," said Rueckel. "Both dessert options are a delightful treat for guests of all ages to enjoy and beat the heat of the season this year."
About Freddy's
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers® is a leading fast-casual franchise concept with more than 470 locations across 36 states nationwide. Founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 2002, the brand offers a unique combination of cooked-to-order steakburgers, all-beef hot dogs, shoestring fries and other savory items along with freshly churned frozen custard treats. Known for operating the Freddy's Way, Guests experience genuine hospitality and food prepared fresh with premium ingredients. This signature approach has fueled Freddy's ongoing growth throughout the U.S. and garnered national recognition from industry-leading rankings, including being named No. 1 on Forbes Best Franchises to Buy and No. 59 on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500. For more on Freddy's, visit the Newsroom and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For more information about development opportunities, visit https://freddysfranchising.com/.
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MELVILLE, N.Y. and DAVIDSON, N.C., June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE: MSM), a premier distributor of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) products and services to industrial customers throughout North America, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.79 per share. The $0.79 dividend is payable on July 25, 2023 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 11, 2023. The ex-dividend date is July 10, 2023.
About MSC Industrial Supply Co.
MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE:MSM) is a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services. We help our customers drive greater productivity, profitability and growth with approximately 2.3 million products, inventory management and other supply chain solutions, and deep expertise from more than 80 years of working with customers across industries. Our experienced team of approximately 7,000 associates works with our customers to help drive results for their businesses - from keeping operations running efficiently today to continuously rethinking, retooling, and optimizing for a more productive tomorrow. For more information on MSC Industrial, please visit mscdirect.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future, including statements about the future impact of COVID-19 on our business operations, results of operations and financial condition, expected future results, expected benefits from our investment and strategic plans and other initiatives, and expected future growth, profitability and return on invested capital, are forward-looking statements. The words "will," "may," "believes," "anticipates," "thinks," "expects," "estimates," "plans," "intends," and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The inclusion of any statement in this press release does not constitute an admission by MSC Industrial or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include the following: general economic conditions in the markets in which we operate; changing customer and product mixes; competition, including the adoption by competitors of aggressive pricing strategies and sales methods; industry consolidation and other changes in the industrial distribution sector; our ability to realize the expected benefits from our investment and strategic plans, including our transition from a spot-buy supplier to a mission-critical partner; our ability to realize the expected cost savings and benefits from our restructuring activities and structural cost reductions; retention of key personnel and qualified sales and customer service personnel and metalworking specialists; volatility in commodity and energy prices; the outcome of government or regulatory proceedings or future litigation; credit risk of our customers; risk of customer cancellation or rescheduling of orders; difficulties in calibrating customer demand for our products, which could cause an inability to sell excess products ordered from manufacturers resulting in inventory write-downs or could conversely cause inventory shortages of such products; work stoppages or other business interruptions (including those due to extreme weather conditions) at transportation centers, shipping ports, our headquarters or our customer fulfillment centers; disruptions or breaches of our information systems, or violations of data privacy laws; risk of loss of key suppliers, key brands or supply chain disruptions; changes to trade policies, including the impact from significant restrictions or tariffs; risks associated with opening or expanding our customer fulfillment centers; litigation risk due to the nature of our business; risks associated with the integration of acquired businesses or other strategic transactions; financial restrictions on outstanding borrowings; our ability to maintain our credit facilities; failure to comply with applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations; ability to estimate the cost of healthcare claims incurred under our self-insurance plan; and goodwill and intangible assets recorded as a result of our acquisitions could be impaired. Additional information concerning these and other risks is described under "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our annual and quarterly reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, respectively, and in the other reports and documents that we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable law.
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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Lamont Butler's 23 points helped San Diego State defeat Wyoming 80-75 on Saturday night.
Butler shot 8 for 15, including 5 for 11 from beyond the arc, for the Aztecs (12-3, 3-0 Mountain West). Matt Bradley was 7 of 13 shooting, including 2 for 4 from distance, and went 2 for 3 from the line to add 18 points. Jaedon LeDee shot 2 of 2 from the field and 4 for 4 from the line to finish with eight points, while adding nine rebounds.
Hunter Maldonado finished with 20 points and two steals for the Cowboys (5-10, 0-3). Jeremiah Oden added 15 points and seven rebounds for Wyoming. Xavier Dusell also had 15 points.
San Diego State went into the half leading Wyoming 43-42. Butler scored nine points in the half. LeDee's layup with 4:33 remaining in the second half gave San Diego State the lead for good at 70-69.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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Drivers and Helpers at Metro Atlanta Tire Recycler Ratify Agreement
ATLANTA, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, drivers and helpers at Liberty Tire Recycling voted unanimously in favor of a first contract with Teamsters Local 728. The agreement contains significant wage increases, seniority language, a grievance procedure and stronger security for the 40-worker unit.
"We learned a lot throughout this process," said Laba Mbengue, a 15-year driver at Liberty and one of the lead members of Local 728's bargaining committee. "When we decided to organize, things were really bad. We had no rights, no raise, and conditions were awful. We had one raise in 15 years – for a penny! All these years, we were suffering. Then the Teamsters came in and everything changed. It's totally different. Management treats us with respect now. A new life has started all because of the Teamsters, and everyone is happy to have won this incredible contract. It's better than we could have ever imagined. We got together and fought for our rights, and now we see the results. It's truly life-changing."
Mbengue and his co-workers reached out to the Teamsters in early Sept. 2021, seeking improved working conditions, higher wages and better benefits. On Oct. 15, workers voted overwhelmingly in favor of representation with Local 728. Since then, they have played an active role in negotiations and become active members of the union.
"Becoming a Teamster has changed everything for us," said Luis Herrera, a 25-year driver for Liberty Tire and member of the worker-led organizing committee. "This contract means a lot to us. We fought hard for this day, and we are proud of what we have accomplished. Now that we have our Teamster contract, we will be able to work and live better."
Additional highlights in the new agreement include an increase in boot and phone allowance, a Christmas bonus, an increase in vacation and holiday pay, and Martin Luther King Day as a paid holiday.
"Throughout the organizing and contract campaigns, these workers showed incredible strength and solidarity. From the very start, these dedicated workers were united for a better way of life. This ratification vote reflects their determination to win the protection of a strong union contract," said Chuck Stiles, Director of the Teamsters Solid Waste and Recycling Division and Vice President of Local 728. "I want to thank everyone who made this victory possible, including Local 728 President Matt Higdon and Business Agent Eric Mossaro. I also want to thank International Organizer Rick Hernandez for breaking the language barrier and all his hard work during negotiations. Most of all, I want to thank and congratulate the workers for their commitment to win a union voice."
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Liberty Tire is one of the largest tire recycling services in the U.S., employing more than 2,700 workers nationwide.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.
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Daniel Moskowitz, (770) 262-4971
dmoskowitz@teamster.org
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LONDON , Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FintechCashier's new banking business model and future services are promising. Yes, you heard right, FintechCashier is to release its first "Lite Label" Banking-As-A-Service subscription that allows it to manage the Merchants/ Affiliates/ Customers/ Acquirers and Prepaid issuing all from Backend solution.
The whole covid-19 pandemic is over and FintechCashier came out of it stronger than ever. This cutting-edge technology research and development phase is at their fingertips now from launching their newest service. The London-based FintechCashier proudly announces opening up the complete range of digital banking possibilities to its customers via a significant subscription model in response to a huge increase in demand for BaaS services throughout the world.
"The "Lite Label" Banking-As-A-Service delivers creative and innovative Fintech Solutions to our new clients of all sizes and industries to improve their business tremendously." states Shalom Dodoun, CEO and Founder of FintechCashier.
It has never been more competitive among the firms competing to offer the infrastructure for banking that will be needed in the future digital banking landscape as smartphone penetration and mobile internet grow tremendously. People are hungry for technology updates, simplified and fast solutions. Brand loyalty is gone, the market is tough and companies are battling.
FintechCashier is keeping up with these developments that led to the emergence of a new player in the digital banking industry. Our brand-new BaaS platform is modular, cloud-based, and completely integrated with top financial services providers. Users of BaaS will have access to everything they require to supply services like Onboarding Rules Engine and core money management technology.
What exactly is Lite Label Banking As A Service?
Take advantages of:
- Fully branded solution
- Automated onboarding for their clients
- Usage of our Onboarding Rules Engine to analyse any corporate application submitted to the platform
- API access
- Frontend design for corporate and Individual accounts
- Draft management for corporate account to manage their finances
- Processing enabled solutions for account top-up and merchant services
FintechCashier state of the art system allows us to manage onboarding process automatically and assign the best service provider to each potential client, after years of activity and serving only direct clients we have decided to open our platform to selected partners and allow them to enjoy the wide range of management tools and services and give them the ability to market the solutions to their clients.
Read more about our platform here.
What next?
FintechCashier's next push is to expand BaaS globally, further improving their turnkey solution by offering a multicurrency IBAN supporting 27 currencies and several payment networks such as SEPA, SWIFT, CHAPS, BACS and Faster Payments. In addition they are expanding their banking partners to provide a wide range of IBANs issued in the UK, Luxembourg, US and Switzerland. With their new plans to expand into the BaaS market many additional features and integrations to partners in the regtech, automated KYC, AML and onboarding space have been added to the roadmap. FintechCashier continues to build upon a network of financial partners and banks that help SMEs, Family Offices and next-generation companies to reach the world. They look to service 150 countries, offer 35 processing currencies and 20 settlement currencies, and partner with over 100 banks all accessible via 1 gateway.
About FintechCashier
FintechCashier Group is a payment gateway and solution provider that empowers businesses to discover new markets, disrupt traditional industries, and innovate freely. The company's driving mission and purpose is to facilitate growth by offering clients a centralised, streamlined financial services platform that can adapt to virtually any industry. Vision FintechCashier continues to build upon a network of financial partners and banks that help SMEs, Family Offices and next-generation companies to reach the world. They look to service 150 countries, offer 35 processing currencies and 20 settlement currencies, and partner with over 100 banks all accessible via 1 gateway. https://www.fintechcashier.com/
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A midterm primary season that opened with elections testing former President Donald Trump's sway among Republicans enters a new phase this week with U.S. House contests that will shape the future of Congress.
From the New Jersey suburbs to Iowa’s capital city to California's Central Valley, primary elections on Tuesday will determine which Republicans will take on some of the most prominent Democrats who helped flip control of the U.S. House four years ago.
For these members of the class of 2018, the matchups are unfolding in a dramatically different environment. Trump is out of the White House, replaced by a president of their own party whose approval ratings are plummeting. Moderate voters in the suburbs who swung to Democrats during the Trump era may be open to Republicans again, frustrated by a series of challenges ranging from inflation to rising gas prices and a shortage of baby formula.
Against that backdrop, some of the vulnerable Democrats who will learn who their Republican opponents will be this week said they are braced for an intense campaign season. They plan to spend the coming months in a relentless effort to stay focused on solutions to local problems.
“I’m going to work only on issues that have a deep impact in our community,” U.S. Rep. Josh Harder, D-Calif., said in an interview.
Representing a district with workers who commute up to 90 miles to jobs near San Francisco, Harder said he plans to emphasize his push — so far unsuccessful — to repeal the federal gas tax. He's also co-sponsored legislation, which passed the House last month, to crack down on alleged price gouging by oil companies and other energy producers, a bill facing steep odds in the U.S. Senate, split evenly among Democrats and Republicans.
“These are local issues with national connections,” he said, noting his votes in the House “only have an impact if they’re actually seen, understood and felt by people in a district just like this.”
Meredith Kelly, a senior adviser to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018, said this week's races are “previews of some real battles for the fall in swing districts.”
“These are incumbents who are battle-tested, who not only won in 2018 but held on in 2020, for many in a tougher year than some expected,” she said.
Republicans need to gain only five seats to win control of the House in the fall. Few Democratic seats are more at risk than that of Rep. Cindy Axne, whose Iowa district stretches from Democratic-leaning Des Moines to GOP-friendly suburbs and staunchly conservative farmland in Iowa's southwest corner.
Axne squeaked to reelection by 1.4 percentage points in 2020, as Trump edged Biden in the district by only one-tenth of a percentage point. Redistricting last year swapped some conservative western Iowa counties in her current district to even more conservative, though very lightly populated, poor, rural counties along the Missouri border.
Facing such a daunting environment, she exemplifies the go-local approach of many vulnerable Democrats.
At a recent stop in Davis County, new to the district where Axne is running and where Trump won nearly 74 percent of the vote, she ticked through expanded broadband internet and availability of corn-based ethanol as parts of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill Biden signed in November. More local still, she noted the new telehealth unit at the hospital in nearby Albia, a town of about 3,700 in a low-income, rural county in south-central Iowa.
“That’s my bill,” she told the lunchtime audience at a diner in Bloomfield. “I am absolutely addressing issues related to rural America.”
But other Democrats say they will go beyond so-called local pocketbook economic issues.
In New Jersey, Rep. Tom Malinowski is focused on gas prices eating into the wallets of commuters in his district. But he's also highlighting the potential that the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which provided a nationwide right to an abortion.
“This gets very real very, very soon for a lot of people,” Malinowski said, especially in his district, heavy with younger, educated adults whom surveys show tend to support keeping abortion legal in all or most cases. “I think this does become much more of a voting issue.”
New Jersey state Sen. Tom Kean Jr., the favorite in Tuesday's six-way GOP primary to face Malinowski, exemplifies the Republican message in these districts, fusing Democrats to Biden's unpopularity especially over decades-high cost of living.
“Voters know Tom Malinowski and Joe Biden are directly responsible for the record high prices they’re paying on everything from gas to groceries," Kean, who lost to Malinowski by 1.2 percentage points in 2020, said in a written statement Friday.
Though some Democrats say a threat to legal abortion could help Democrats not just hold but gain competitive seats, veteran Republican pollster David Winston says the strength of the economic headwinds outweigh even hot-button issues for voters on the left.
“There’s a distinction between issues that are important to people and that they consider very important, and then there are the issues they ultimately are going to consider when they walk into the voting booth,” said Winston, who has been a senior adviser to the National Republican Congressional Committee.
“When you have economic issues leading the way at a scale where people are dealing with such significant problems, it’s going to be about the economic issues.” Winston said.
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Planning for a Supermoon
The moon swells toward tomorrow’s full status, close enough to Earth to be considered a supermoon. There are at least 12 full moons in every year, but this year we get 13, with tomorrow’s being the first of two supermoons in August. It’s not too early to start planning what you’ll do Aug. 30, the day of doing the sort of thing that only happens once in a Blue Moon.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Life is about living, not about judging. You’re living just the way you like it, with so many interesting things going on in your life that the only business you have the time to mind is your own.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You are persuasive without meaning to be. Knowing that people will notice and copy what you do, you’re careful to choose actions that, if exponentially multiplied, would have a positive impact on the world.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When one person plays many roles in your life, it puts both of you in a precarious position. Be like a director casting a whole company of players on the stage of your life. The more the merrier.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Either your creativity takes a turn toward the romantic or your romance gets creative, but the result is the same: love is art. Each interaction is unique and you’re fully there for the experience.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Because you’re an open-minded, curious, lifelong learner, most days you add to your knowledge and skills without even trying to. Now a more concentrated effort will be fortunate. A special training will have a lucrative end.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’re holding on to something unnecessarily. Drop it and move on. This might be about forgiveness. Everyone has learned their lesson and it won’t come up again. Lighter, brighter and more playful times are ahead.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There’s much going on in the world that you can’t do anything about, and listening to it will only drain your energy. Pay attention to your inner broadcast. This is the program that will inspire your brilliant ideas.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The small task and the large task are equally difficult, so take on the one that will make the biggest positive difference to your mood. Your intuition will nudge you toward a challenge that’s just the right size.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). At first it seems like the day is a heap of actionable items with your name on them. But once you sort problems into the categories “mine” and “theirs,” you’ll find that you don’t have as much to worry about as you thought.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll feel compelled to take on a mystery. You may not know quite where you’re going with the project, and that’s what makes it so fun. You’ll stick with the work until it tells you what it wants to be.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Awkward realness is better than smooth fakeness. Be wary of nonspecific or robotic interactions. You’re unique and will appreciate attention that speaks to your distinctive qualities, or at least seems based on the moment instead of on a script.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be reminded that it’s within your power to decide what things mean. Society’s definition may fit, but all things being equal, you’d rather put your own spin on it. Perspective is a custom job.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 31). Your cosmic birthday gift is fierce commitment, both from you to what you care about and from other people toward you. More highlights: You’ll win all the votes. A large group carries on a project you started while you head to the next exciting adventure. Small changes in your routine consistently executed over months bring your dream to you. Taurus and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 13, 37, 16, 3 and 8.
CELEBRITY PROFILES: A new “Harry Potter” series is in the works, and this one will be a streaming TV show with an entirely new cast. J.K. Rowling will be an executive producer on the adaptation and is reportedly looking forward to the depth of detail that the long form allows. This speaks to the Virgo energy in her natal chart with her moon, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Pluto all in the sign of details. Rowling gave Harry Potter the same birthday as hers and has been known to release books on that day, too, taking advantage of the luck that comes with a solar return.
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Oklahoma shortstop Dakota Harris was taken on the final day of the 2023 MLB Draft as the 335th overall pick by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Harris transfered to Oklahoma from Polk State College and started 46 games for the Sooners last season as a junior. The Florida native batted .328 at the plate, which led the team and had 48 RBI with seven home runs.
It was the first year since 2011 that Oklahoma hasn’t had at least one player taken in the first 10 rounds of the draft and the first year since 2009 that it didn’t have multiple players taken.
Harris was selected in the 11th round, becoming the program’s 296th all-time draft pick. He was named defensive player of the year and won the Rawlings Gold Glove in 2022 at Polk State College.
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved attachment for an excavator that can be used to drive pilings for blow counts," said an inventor, from Yazoo City, Miss., "so I invented THE LEADER. My design would provide peace of mind for safety-conscious workers while avoiding major expenses related to an accident on a railroad bridge project."
The invention provides an effective attachment for an excavator. In doing so, it can be used to drive pilings for railroad bridgework. As a result, it increases safety, efficiency, and accuracy. It also reduces safety hazards associated with using a crane. The invention features a durable design that is easy to operate in conjunction with an excavator so it is ideal for the construction industry. Additionally, a prototype model is available upon request.
The original design was submitted to the Jackson sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-JTK-161, 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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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
3-1-4
(three, one, four)
¶ Maximum prize: $500
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Daily Pick 3" game were:
3-1-4
(three, one, four)
¶ Maximum prize: $500
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The ninth atmospheric river in a three-week series of major winter storms was churning through California on Monday, leaving mountain driving dangerous and the flooding risk high near swollen rivers even as the sun came out in some areas.
Heavy snow fell across the Sierra Nevada and the National Weather Service discouraged travel. Interstate 80, a key highway from the San Francisco Bay Area to Lake Tahoe ski resorts, reopened with chain requirements after periodic weekend closures because of whiteout conditions.
“If you must travel, be prepared for dangerous travel conditions, significant travel delays and road closures,” the weather service office in Sacramento said on Twitter.
The University of California Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab tweeted Monday morning that it had recorded 49.6 inches (126 cm) of new snow since Friday.
A backcountry avalanche warning was issued for the central Sierra, including the greater Tahoe area.
A barrage of atmospheric river storms has dumped rain and snow on California since late December, cutting power to thousands, swamping roads, toppling trees, unleashing debris flows and triggering landslides. Monday’s system was relatively weak compared with earlier storms, but flooding and mudslide risks remained because the state was so saturated, forecasters said.
President Joe Biden will travel to California’s central coast Thursday to visit areas that have been impacted by the extreme weather. The White House said in a statement Monday that the president would visit with first responders and state and local officials, survey recovery efforts and assess what additional federal support is needed.
Mostly dry days were in the week’s forecast, though some parts of Northern California could see more rain at midweek.
The sun came out Monday in San Francisco, where 20.3 inches (51.5 cm) of rain has fallen at the city’s airport since Oct. 1, when California typically begins recording rainfall for the year. The average for the “water year” is 19.6 inches (49.8 cm), “so we’ve surpassed the yearly total with 8 more months to go,” the San Francisco weather service office tweeted.
Across the bay in Berkeley, 10 homes were evacuated Monday when a sodden hillside collapsed, sending mud onto properties. No injuries were reported.
Up to 2 more inches (5 cm) of rain fell Sunday in the soaked Sacramento Valley, where residents of Wilton and surrounding communities were warned to prepare to leave if the Cosumnes River rose further.
In Monterey County, the swollen Salinas River swamped farmland over the weekend and officials said Monday that it was still rising. To the east, flood warnings were still in effect for Merced County in the agricultural Central Valley, where Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Saturday.
Newsom on Monday signed an executive order to further bolster the state’s emergency storm response and help communities that suffered damage. President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in the state and ordered federal aid to supplement local recovery efforts.
In Southern California, the sun shone in Los Angeles, but winter storm warnings and advisories were still in place for mountain areas, where many roads remained impassable because of mud and rock slides. Two northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Castaic in northern LA County were closed indefinitely after a hillside collapsed.
Downtown Los Angeles set a rainfall record Saturday with 1.82 inches (4.6 cm), the weather service said.
At least 20 storm-related deaths have occurred, and a 5-year-old boy remained missing after being swept out of his mother’s car by floodwaters in San Luis Obispo County.
Forecasters were keeping their eyes on a storm forming in the Pacific to see if it gains enough strength to become the state’s 10th atmospheric river of the season. Either way it is likely to only bring light rain and will be confined mostly to Northern California when it makes landfall Wednesday, state climatologist Dr. Mike Anderson said Monday during a state weather briefing.
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Quinta Brunson hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time over the weekend and of course, she did it in style!
For her appearance, the starlet rocked an array of designer looks including an Et Ochs look that we’re still swooning over. The Abbot Elementary star wore the designer ensemble to perfection including their $1,495 “Davina” Top and $1,495 “Easton” Jeans.
Styled by her longtime stylist, Bryon Javar, Quinta wore the brand’s jacket off her shoulders to expose her white tank underneath. She also wore minimal jewelry with a casual look, only rocking hoop earrings to match the rhinestones on the ensemble. As for her hair, she rocked her black locs in a slicked-back half-up, half-down style and served face and style goals as she took the SNL stage and shut it down in her stunning look.
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Associated Press/Report for America
Two power substations in a North Carolina county were damaged by gunfire in what is being investigated as a criminal act, causing damage that could take days to repair and leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity, authorities said.
In response to ongoing outages, which began just after 7 p.m. Saturday across Moore County, officials announced a state of emergency that included a curfew from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Also, county schools were closed Monday.
“An attack like this on critical infrastructure is a serious, intentional crime and I expect state and federal authorities to thoroughly investigate and bring those responsible to justice,” Gov. Roy Cooper wrote on Twitter.
Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said at a Sunday news conference that authorities have not determined a motivation. He said someone pulled up and “opened fire on the substation, the same thing with the other one.” The sheriff said that it appeared gates were breached at both sites. The Pilot newspaper in Southern Pines reported that a wooden post holding up a gate had been snapped at one of the substations and that it was lying in an access road Sunday morning.
“No group has stepped up to acknowledge or accept that they’re the ones that done it,” Fields said, adding “we’re looking at all avenues.”
The sheriff noted that the FBI was working with state investigators to determine who was responsible. He also said “it was targeted.”
“It wasn’t random,” Fields said.
Fields said law enforcement is providing security at the substations and for businesses overnight.
“We will have folks out there tonight around the clock,” Fields said.
Roughly 35,400 electric customers in the county were without power on Monday morning, down by several thousand from the peak of the outages, according to poweroutage.us.
With cold temperatures Sunday night, the county also opened a shelter at a sports complex in Carthage.
Duke Energy spokesman Jeff Brooks said multiple pieces of equipment were damaged and will have to be replaced. He said while the company is trying to restore power as quickly as possible, he braced customers for the potential of outages lasting days.
“We are looking at a pretty sophisticated repair with some fairly large equipment and so we do want citizens of the town to be prepared that this will be a multiday restoration for most customers, extending potentially as long as Thursday,” Brooks said at the news conference.
Dr. Tim Locklear, the county’s school superintendent, announced classes were canceled Monday.
“As we move forward, we’ll be taking it day by day in making those decisions,” Locklear said.
The county of approximately 100,000 people lies about an hour’s drive southwest of Raleigh and is known for golf resorts in Pinehurst and other communities.
Andrew Wilkins, a conservation advocate who grew up in Moore County, was driving Saturday night from Washington to his parents’ small farm in Whispering Pines when he noticed all the street lights were out in the county seat of Carthage. He arrived to a “pitch black street” and little information about the cause or scope of the blackout.
“When the power was cut, the flow of information was cut too,” Wilkins told The Associated Press.
He spent the weekend helping his parents link a generator to their well for fresh drinking water and preparing them for cold nights without heat. Local grocery stores, such as Food Lion and Harris Teeter, have been distributing drinks, ice and pantry items to those who lost power, he said.
“Their home, like many rural homes, relies on a well for water for fresh, clean water, and it’s powered by electricity,” Wilkins said. “So when the power went out, the well stopped working, and when the well stops working, we slowly lose pressure until we lose water altogether. People are going to really feel the pinch from this as it goes on.”
Wilkins described Southern Pines as a “tight-knit” and “vibrant” community of military families, farmers and small businesses owners who have been doing all they can to support one another during the power outages. His family’s neighbors, he said, are storing refrigerated medicines for a local pharmacy that lost power.
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Hannah Schoenbaum is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Improving the guest experience through seamless mobile ordering and payments
RICHMOND, Va., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bowlero Corp. ("Bowlero" or the "Company"), the world's largest owner and operator of bowling centers, as well as the owner of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA), announced a partnership today with App8, a leader in contactless dining for foodservice brands, to offer mobile ordering and payments at Bowlero centers across the country.
The App8 service is intended to help improve the speed and convenience of guest ordering while providing a safe and fully contactless experience. Guests will now be able to quickly place their own food and drink orders whether they are at their lane, in the lounge or enjoying an arcade game or two.
"Today's consumers are demanding the convenience and safety of using their own device when making food and beverage purchases. With the right tools, establishments can not only provide a convenient and safe guest experience, but will also reduce operating costs, and increase order flow. It's a win-win for everyone," said Elias Hage, CEO of App8. "We are thrilled to be a part of Bowlero's digital dining experience."
In addition to providing mobile ordering, the App8 service is integrated directly into Bowlero's existing services, including the MVB Rewards loyalty program and League Bowler discounts. Using App8, guests can continue to access exclusive menus, deals and earn points on their mobile purchases.
"App8 integrates seamlessly with our Point of Sale system. What's even better, is the staff training and IT Support required for a rollout is minimal. The App8 support team is world-class as they are always available to answer questions quickly and are proactive with solutions." said Brian Dacier, Director of Project Management at Bowlero Corp.
Both teams are already working on additional projects to evolve the ordering service to create the best guest experience possible. App8's mobile ordering service is running in 20% of Bowlero bowling centers. With plans to roll out the service to the remaining centers this year. "Here at Bowlero, we prioritize the guest experience, and are always seeking opportunities through technology to support our guests' demands," said Jeff Gliner, Vice President of Operations at Bowlero Corp. "We have just begun our work with App8, and can already see the future is bright in this space."
About Bowlero Corp
Bowlero Corp is the worldwide leader in bowling entertainment, media, and events. With more than 300 bowling centers across North America, Bowlero Corp serves over 28 million guests each year through a family of brands that includes Bowlero, Bowlmor Lanes, and AMF. In 2019, Bowlero Corp acquired the Professional Bowlers Association, the major league of bowling, which boasts thousands of members and millions of fans across the globe. For more information on Bowlero Corp, please visit BowleroCorp.com.
About App8
App8 is a leading omnichannel ordering solution for foodservice brands that enable guests to view digital menus, order dine-in, pickup, or delivery, and pay for their meals, all from their own smartphones. App8 works with some of the top restaurant and entertainment brands in North America to deliver value beyond contactless transactions with guest feedback, advanced reporting, and actionable insights. For more information on App8, please visit app8solutions.com.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The arrest of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this week has shown how quickly his fervent loyalists can mobilize in large numbers.
Within hours of his detention, his supporters torched vehicles and buildings, and attacked police and military facilities to express their fury over the treatment of the 70-year-old opposition leader. Khan’s supporters have emerged as a major force, challenging the authority of the government and military, aware that they can shift the political balance through unrelenting pressure.
Although Khan has since been released from detention, it’s clear his supporters are ready to stay on the streets. Here’s a look at who they are and what’s driving them:
WHAT IS IMRAN KHAN’S APPEAL?
Khan has been a star in Pakistan for decades. As an athlete, in 1992 he led the country to its only World Cup victory in cricket, a massive sport in South Asia. That made him a hero to tens of millions of people before he even entered politics.
He founded Pakistan’s first cancer hospital, named after his mother, and ventured into philanthropy. His anti-corruption mantra is a hit in a country riddled with graft. And he has claimed he is the only leader who can stand up to the West and, in particular, the United States. It’s a popular narrative in Pakistan, where resentment of foreign involvement in domestic matters is deep-seated.
WHO ARE HIS SUPPORTERS?
Khan’s appeal spans social classes. Loyalists include young educated Pakistanis without links to the two main political dynasties, the Sharifs and the Bhuttos. He also appeals to the diaspora and illiterate people in rural areas who have no access to social media or the internet.
Unifying these groups is Khan’s message about challenging the elites and the status quo. He feeds his supporters’ sense of disenfranchisement. Men, women, young and old travel by the thousands to hear him speak at open-air rallies.
His support among people in their 20s and 30s explains his party’s dominance of social media, especially Twitter. Most of his powerbase lies in the eastern Punjab province and the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
HOW IS THIS OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE DIFFERENT?
Neither this week’s violent clashes with law enforcement nor the mass arrest of activists and leaders from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party have deterred his followers. They say they will not allow harm to be done to Khan, and swear to take revenge against anyone daring to cross what they call their red line, in this case his arrest.
This level of violence hasn’t been seen since 2007, when then-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated and her followers rampaged for days. The suspension of social media and mobile internet hasn’t stopped Khan’s supporters from turning out in the thousands.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
The turmoil this week has placed the government, security forces and judiciary in a tough position.
While Khan’s supporters haven’t brought Pakistan to a standstill, they have disrupted daily life. Educational institutions have shuttered temporarily, consumer spending has fallen as people stay home, industry has slowed, daily governance has ground to a halt, while the suspension of mobile internet has impacted services like food delivery and ride-hailing apps.
Khan’s arrest and what critics view as the government’s fixation on him have only stoked the passions of his loyalists, who say they are prepared to do anything to save him.
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The third Saturday in May marks a momentous occasion for whiskey enthusiasts and aficionados around the world. It's World Whiskey Day, a time to raise our glasses and toast to the exquisite amber libation that has been tantalizing taste buds for centuries. So sit back, relax, and maybe pour yourself a glass as we explore the fascinating history of whiskey.
Spirited roots
Whiskey, derived from the Irish word "uisce beatha" meaning "water of life," has a history as rich and sophisticated as its flavor. While the Babylonians, Greeks and Egyptians all dabbled in the alchemical process of turning grains into spirits, the origins of whiskey can be traced back to the Medieval monks of Ireland and Scotland.
Seeking comfort and spiritual fulfillment during the Middle Ages, these resourceful men began experimenting with the art of distillation to create medicinal concoctions. Little did they know their dedicated pursuits would lead to a global infatuation with this succulent elixir.
From monks to masses
As centuries unfolded, whiskey-making techniques were refined, and the spirit's popularity spread far and wide. Irish whiskey has garnered international acclaim with its light and fruity aroma and evident notes of the cereal grain from which it is made. Meanwhile, Scotland's iconic Scotch whiskey has captured the characters of its rugged landscapes, with smoky and malty flavors that shock the palate.
While one can assume that beer was among the first alcoholic beverages produced by early American settlements, they too began forging a new whiskey legacy. Eager to replicate the spirits of their homelands, colonists turned to corn and rye to create the first American whiskeys.
Through the years, it developed into complex, distinctively American bourbons, ryes, and Tennessee whiskeys. Bourbon emerged as the pride of the South, crafted with a minimum of 51% corn and aged in charred oak barrels. In fact, bourbon is so American that in 1964 Congress designated it as "a distinctive product of the U.S.A."
SEE MORE: The hidden Black history behind how whiskey was created
A toast to innovation
As whiskey production became more refined, new techniques emerged. The maturation process evolved to incorporate the use of various barrels, from sherry and port casks to rum and wine barrels. These subtle, unique changes lent all new flavors and complexities to the diversity of the final product.
At the turn of the 20th century, America witnessed an entirely new period of economic challenges in the industry and, eventually, prohibition. But even with alcohol being banned in the U.S. from 1920 to 1933, Americans found cunning ways to obtain these sought after delicacies. From hip flasks and hollowed canes to back room speakeasies, the stream of whiskey never stopped flowing.
True to its resilient spirit, whiskey persevered the era, and then came the boom of craft distilleries. With passionate artisans continuing to develop the craft, the boundaries of tradition expanded to create all new innovative blends and flavors.
Cheers to me, cheers to you, live long and prosper, as whiskey will too
Today, on World Whiskey Day, let us celebrate the versatile libation that has stood the test of time. Whether you prefer an iconic old fashioned, a classical Manhattan, or a peaty Scotch on the rocks, there is a whiskey for everyone — as long as they're of age.
Gather your friends, raise your glasses, and toast to the countless distillers, blenders, bartenders and all who cherish this beloved spirit. Cheers!
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Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 brings a revised clean vehicle credit program that will provide a tailwind to PEV sales this year
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights examines the market for sales of plug-in EVs (PEVs) in North America.
Global automotive sales rebounded in 2021, but total volume remains below pre-pandemic levels. Sales of PEVs, meanwhile, saw significant increases, resulting in another year of record sales. This trend holds when looking specifically at North America, with PEV sales in the US more than doubling (up 105%) from 2020 to 2021 against an overall market increase of 3.6%, while sales in first three quarters of 2022 have already surpassed the 2021 total. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, annual PEV sales in North America are projected to grow from roughly 1.2 million units in 2022 to 7.6 million in 2031, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.9%.
"The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will bring a revised clean vehicle credit program starting this year that will provide a tailwind to PEV sales, especially as local battery production and new raw material supply chains, which are required to qualify for these credits, come online," says Mike Austin, senior research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "Automakers and suppliers are accelerating their plans to increase battery production in North America and establish new supply chains outside of current logistics that are largely reliant on components from China."
New cars and trucks in North America are still limited by supply, and the automotive chip shortage is expected to continue into 2023. Guidehouse Insights expects new models, and specifically PEVs, to be prioritized by automakers and impacted to a lesser degree. Inflation and volatility of battery raw material costs are an increasing concern, leading many automakers to raise prices on PEV models midyear in 2022 in response.
The report, Market Data: EV Geographic Forecast - North America, analyzes EV technology innovations, incentives, policies, and vehicle availability to estimate PEV adoption in the US and Canada on national, state/province, and sub-state/province levels. The analyses are driven by battery pack and technology innovations, fuel prices, model availability, and zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandates. The analyses include passenger car and light truck breakouts in addition to powertrain breakouts by plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) and battery EVs (BEVs). An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has over 16,500 professionals in over 55 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
* The information contained in this press release concerning the report, Market Data: EV Geographic Forecast - North America, is a summary and reflects the current expectations of Guidehouse Insights based on market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the report's conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report. Neither Guidehouse Insights nor Guidehouse undertakes any obligation to update any of the information contained in this press release or the report.
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Cecile Fradkin for Guidehouse
+1.646.941.9139
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The Leading Professional Crypto Trading Technology Provider Announces Rebrand That Will Bridge the Gap Between Professional and Crypto Trading.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mercury Digital Assets, the crypto trading technology built by professionals for professionals, has changed its name to Liquid Mercury.
Liquid Mercury is the #1 choice for sophisticated buy-side and institutional sell-side legacy trading professionals moving into crypto. "Sophisticated market participants will lead the next phase of growth in crypto," said Liquid Mercury CEO Tony Saliba. "Liquid Mercury was built for professional market participants moving into crypto."
World-renowned professional trader and "Market Wizard" Tony Saliba has been powering professional trading for the last 30 years. LiquidPoint (sold to Bank of New York ConvergEX in 2007) is currently #3 in highest overall execution volumes behind Citadel Securities and Susquehanna. Matrix Executions, launched in 2018, is now #5 in the overall execution volumes. The combined execution volumes of LiquidPoint and Matrix would be second only to Citadel Securities
"Liquid Mercury represents the best of the best of my last 30 years serving this industry," said Tony. "We've collected the best and brightest minds, including key management from LiquidPoint and Matrix Executions, to create the leading professional crypto trading solution in Liquid Mercury. Everything our customers trust us for - efficiency, scalability, and reliability - encapsulates this exciting rebranding effort."
"This rebranding will help us move faster and be even more responsive to customer needs," said Tony. "At Liquid Mercury, we develop and provide customizable proprietary technology to fit the client's needs ensuring anything they want can be designed, built, and delivered quickly to keep up with the competitive and fast-moving crypto assets world."
Liquid Mercury's expansive knowledge and foundation of trust with sophisticated market participants will continue to be the leading factor in their ongoing mission to power professional crypto trading.
About Liquid Mercury
Liquid Mercury powers professional crypto trading. Liquid Mercury is the #1 choice for sophisticated buy-side and institutional sell-side legacy trading professionals moving into crypto. Institutional grade infrastructure, access to deep liquidity, and best-in-class trading tools and workflow automation; Liquid Mercury was built by professionals for professionals. For more information about Liquid Mercury, visit www.liquidmercury.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) _ RPT Realty (RPT) on Wednesday reported a key measure of profitability in its third quarter. The results topped Wall Street expectations.
The New York-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $25.2 million, or 27 cents per share, in the period.
The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for funds from operations of 25 cents per share.
Funds from operations is a closely watched measure in the REIT industry. It takes net income and adds back items such as depreciation and amortization.
The company said it had net income of $11.3 million, or 13 cents per share.
The shopping center real estate investment trust, based in New York, posted revenue of $54.7 million in the period, which did not meet Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $56 million.
RPT Realty expects full-year funds from operations in the range of $1.02 to $1.05 per share.
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The reborn 2024 Fiat 500e is coming to the U.S., Stellantis confirmed this week, although not until the first quarter of 2024.
This won’t be the first time Fiat has sold the 500e in the U.S. The previous generation of this model was sold exclusively in California and Oregon—although it became a favorite among EV enthusiasts (and enthusiasts of quirky small cars) for its perky driving personality, consistent range, and bargain lease prices.
It was the car that former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne called out at various times for being a loss leader for the brand—to the tune of about $14,000 per vehicle. “I hope you don’t buy it,” he even said at one point to underscore the predicament with its compliance car.
With Fiat now under a new corporate entity, Stellantis, and Jeep electric SUVs and a Dodge electric muscle car arriving over the next couple of years, this 500e has a different role for the company: It will provide a chance to experiment with how it sells EVs ahead of those higher-stakes models.
“We need to learn about the future of the electric car future business model in America. So, it’s obviously less risky to learn with the Fiat where I do not really have big pressure on the volumes,” said Fiat CEO Olivier François to Green Car Reports at the Los Angeles auto show. “We’ll try things. And if we’re able to crack the code of what’s next for the customer experience, the marketing, the distribution, the ownership model, then it will give use a healthy competitive advantage that we can then share with the other brands of the group.”
According to François, Fiat will pursue more than just traditional sales, suggesting a subscription approach like for an iPhone or ride-sharing services like Free2Move. François said the subscription solution could give customers access to the car anywhere from an hour to a year. “I would prefer to have the price by the mile, by the day, or the month,” François said.
“Maybe from time to time you have a limited availability of the most beautiful car you have ever seen, and that one you need to buy, no subscription, first come first serve,” François added. “And it will have a ridiculously high price and it will be sold out.”
François said that several versions of the car could be offered. It was shown at the L.A. auto show as a two-door hatchback with special versions curated by lifestyle brands Armani, Bulgari, and Kartell. It could also appear as a convertible, a four-door hatchback with a suicide rear door on the passenger side, or a performance-oriented Abarth model. François suggested the versions might be offered in six-month runs. An Abarth version of the 500e is expected to be shown next week.
While the last generation of the 500e wasn’t sold in Europe, its resounding success there provide different dynamics this time around. François said the brand will not discount the 500e as every U.S. sale will be one less European sale.
Right now, the Fiat 500X is the brand’s only vehicle in the U.S. It will stick around through its life cycle then fade away. After that, the 500e will be the brand’s only car. “I have a very clear plan to not do anything else other than the 500,” said François.
The 500e again won’t be sold in all 50 states, but this time it won’t be just limited to California emissions states. Fiat has said it will concentrate sales in select urban centers across the country. The company has not yet said what those cities will be.
with additional reporting from Bengt Halvorson
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BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia is in talks with Syria to reopen its embassy in the war-torn nation for the first time in a decade, state television in the kingdom reported late Thursday, the latest diplomatic reshuffling in the region.
The announcement on state TV comes after Chinese-mediated talks in Beijing saw Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to reopen embassies in each others’ nations after years of tensions. Syrian President Bashar Assad has maintained his grip on power in the Mediterranean nation rocked by the 2011 Arab Spring only with the help of Iran and Russia, which made a historic call earlier in the day to Oman.
Saudi Arabian state television aired a report late Thursday, quoting an anonymous official in the country’s Foreign Ministry, acknowledging the talks between the kingdom and Damascus.
“A source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed to Al-Ekhbariyah that ongoing discussions have begun with the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commenting on what was circulated by some international media,” an anchor said on air. “Discussions are underway between officials in the kingdom and their counterparts in Syria about resuming the provision of consular services.”
Reuters first reported on the talks Thursday, spurring the Saudi state TV announcement. The Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous Saudi and Syrian officials, later attributed the talks to reopen the countries’ embassies to Russian mediation.
Syrian state media did not immediately acknowledge the talks. Officials in both Saudi Arabia and Syria did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press early Friday.
Earlier Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, which the Kremlin called the “the first high-level bilateral contact since the establishment of diplomatic relations” between the nations. Muscat established ties with the Soviet Union in 1985.
Oman long has been an interlocutor between the West and Iran. Recent months have seen talks in Oman over Yemen’s long-running war, in which Saudi Arabia backs the country’s exiled government against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels that hold its capital, Sanaa.
The kingdom backed the Syrian opposition against Assad during Syria’s uprising-turned-civil war that began in 2011. However, in recent years, a regional rapprochement has been brewing. Last month’s devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey sparked international sympathy and speeded up the process, with Saudi and other Arab countries shipping aid to Damascus.
Assad visited Oman in late February. He traveled Sunday to the United Arab Emirates, another nation that earlier had backed fighters trying to topple his government.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has acknowledged publicly that there is a growing consensus among Arab countries that dialogue with Damascus is necessary. Saudi Arabia is hosting the next Arab League summit in May, where most states hope to restore Syria’s membership after it was suspended in 2011, the league’s secretary-general, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, has said.
China’s and Russia’s interest in the Middle East long has been a concern for U.S. officials, which view the the region as crucial to global energy prices even as America pumps more crude oil than ever before and doesn’t rely on Saudi oil as much as it once did. Saudi Arabia has grown closer to Russia as Moscow has rallied allies to back production cuts by OPEC to boost global oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia also have been at a low since President Joe Biden took office calling the kingdom a “pariah” over the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The State Department and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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As winter warms, farmers in southern US find ways to adapt
When Pam Knox walked into the peach orchard at the University of Georgia horticulture farm this spring, there was nothing on the trees except leaves and a couple of brown fruits — the result of one of the state’s warmest winters ever followed by two nights of freezing weather in March.
“It’s just really odd, because over the course of one night, they lost their entire crop and their entire production here,” said Knox, an agricultural climatologist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, which shares research and expertise with farmers and others. Commercial peach farmers in the state lost as much as 95% of their yield, she estimated.
Georgia, with its iconic peaches, isn’t the only place in the south where farmers have had to deal with changing conditions. Houston, Tupelo and Atlanta all had one of their top five warmest winters on record this year, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. Farmers are contending with those warming winters by using new or improved agricultural techniques, trying out new crop varieties and even growing crops that were previously less common in their regions.
“Winter is the season in Georgia that is warming the most quickly,” Knox said, affirming a trend that includes most of the United States. “We don’t have any reason to think that that trend is going to change, so we will continue to expect more warmer winters.”
Cody Mills, an extension agent and Chickasaw County coordinator at Mississippi State University, said a warmer and wetter winter delayed some farmers from planting corn and some soybeans because they had to wait for drier weather. A couple weeks might not seem like a long time, he said, but that can set back cutting and harvesting later.
Cattle ranchers have been affected, too. Mills said that the pathogens associated with a wet winter – as well as the mud – took a toll on some cows. Wetter, warmer weather creates better conditions for the pathogens and parasites that cause cows to develop conditions like foot rot, pinkeye and diarrhea, said Russ Daly, an extension veterinarian with South Dakota State University.
In Texas, the warm weather presented more of a mixed bag for cattle farmers, said David Anderson, a professor and extension economist at Texas A&M University. He said drought conditions have meant higher hay costs, but farmers have needed less of it since cows eat less in hotter weather.
Farmers have always adapted to changing weather. Now they’re adapting to climate change.
For example, some fruit growers in Georgia are planting earlier-blooming peach varieties that don’t require as much cold weather, Knox said. But it’s not an easy calculation, because some of those earlier varieties may also be more susceptible to frost.
Farmers may also diversify their crops. Knox said some farmers in recent years have begun trying citrus and olives that are more often grown in climates with milder winters than Georgia’s.
In Mississippi, some farmers have turned to corn varieties with a shorter growing season, Mills said. And researchers are working to improve vaccines against livestock conditions that can be made worse by a warming environment.
Taking good care of animals regardless of the changing conditions is paramount, said Brandi Karisch, an extension beef cattle specialist for Mississippi State University.
” ‘We’ve always done it that way’ is usually the death of a business, and you can see the same thing in the cattle world,” Karisch said. “We have to adapt to what the animals are telling us that they need and what we’re seeing from a climate and a system standpoint.”
As they work to ensure the health of their crops and animals, farmers also “have to make sure that they make money, and you’re not going to invest in a crop that’s not going to succeed,” Knox said. But she doesn’t see the end of Georgia peaches anytime soon. Instead, she sees farmers considering which peach varieties they’ll be able to grow going forward and what other crops they can add to the mix.
“I think the farmers see the temperatures get(ting) warmer as an opportunity to increase the diversity of what they can grow,” Knox said. “They’re trying to figure out ways to respond to that and to take advantage of it.”
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DALLAS, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- COMSovereign Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: COMS) ("COMSovereign" or the "Company"), a U.S.-based developer of 4G LTE Advanced and 5G Communication Systems and Solutions today outlined its going efforts to expand the value of its intellectual property ("IP") portfolio as part of its ongoing business transition.
As an innovator in advanced wireless transmission technologies underlying both 4G and 5G wireless networks, the Company continues to pursue opportunities to monetize the value of its IP. To date, the Company holds approximately 130 patents granted in the United States and foreign jurisdictions and approximately 25 patent applications pending. These pending patents, several which have been formally accepted by the US Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"), cover an array of critical wireless networking technologies supporting the latest 5G Mobile Broadband Standard as defined by 3GPP in Release 18, the most current specification. This includes meeting future wireless network system requirements for increased bandwidth through the support for simultaneous radio transmission and reception utilizing approaches such as the Company's Lextrum in-band full duplex (Zero division duplex) technology.
"As an early player in the 4G and 5G space, COMSovereign's business was built on a solid IP foundation, one that powers the market-leading performance of our DragonWave and Fastback products. As part of our ongoing review of the business, we believe our IP portfolio represents an untapped opportunity to create value for our stakeholders. That is why our Board of Directors and our leadership team is actively exploring ways to monetize our IP through multiple paths," said David Knight, interim CEO of COMSovereign Holding Corp.
COMSovereign Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: COMS) offers a portfolio of advanced communications technology for connectivity across private and public networks. Through its core strategic acquisitions and internal research and development efforts, COMSovereign has built a U.S.-based communications solution provider to deliver 4G LTE Advanced and 5G-NR telecom solutions to network operators, enterprises, and governments. For more information about COMSovereign, please visit www.COMSovereign.com.
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All good things must come to an end.
During the 2022 Premios Juventud in Puerto Rico, CNCO confirmed they are breaking up as a group in order to focus on other projects—including solo music.
"We always thought that if we split, it had to be natural, and that's how it happened," Zabdiel de Jesus told Billboard after the July 21 show. "We've lived many things together, and grew together in this industry, and we're ready to try new things to expand our careers."
Erick Brian Colon added, "We are feeling nervous but at the same time, we feel excited."
According to the group, the decision to split was amicable. And Christopher Velez assured fans that just because they are breaking up doesn't mean they won't still stay connected.
"It hurts us because it's a big step in our lives that's going to lead us to our solo careers but exciting at the same time because we're willing to experiment and try to find our own sound and individuality," Christopher said. "Just because we're splitting doesn't mean we're going to stop seeing each other, we're simply trying out new, challenging things."
The Latin boy band, which first formed in December 2015 after winning the Univision competition show La Banda, has developed a large fan base over the years. In addition, the group secured many awards including seven Billboard Latin Music Awards.
While the announcement may come as a surprise to some followers, the group will continue for another year and a half with new music, an album, a tour and their upcoming series on Disney+ before parting ways.
"CNCO opened the doors for us in the industry and now we have more opportunities to keep writing and meet other people, get into the studio and create new vibes," Richard Camacho told Billboard. "In the end, we have a lot of love and want to make sure everyone feels part of this family because everyone contributed and without you, we're no one."
And besides, there is always a chance the group will come back together. Just ask Richard, who is more than optimistic about what's ahead.
"This is not negative at all, it's very positive," he added. "At the end of the day, we want to grow and enjoy life. Maybe in the future, we'll come back. Who knows?"
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The Respiratory Syncytial Virus - or RSV - surge has peaked, and the flu appears to be receding. But COVID rates are up again, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible variant.
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Four days of freezing rain in North Texas has trees coated with ice, causing limbs to break.
In Arlington, there were reports of burning trees that fell on power lines.
Along the 4800 block of Misty Wood Court, there was a small fire in the tree tops Thursday where it made contact with the power line.
The Arlington Fire Department said it "responds to power lines on tree branches and intervenes when a life safety hazard/issue emergency exists. The final resolution and clearing of branches is addressed by the power company."
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Thursday night the City of Arlington tweeted that Oncor crews were working to restore power outages and were in the process of removing trees that fell onto power lines.
Homeowners would then be responsible for removing the tree limbs and placing them on the curb for pickup.
Brent Arrant, a homeowner who lives in the area, said he started to become concerned when he saw the amount of ice on the trees.
"I had seen the build-up on the tree limbs, so it hasn't been too long since the utility company came through and cleared those lines, so that's always a plus," said Arrant. "It’s a good thing, a lot of the people don’t like the trees trimmed, but when this happens, you’re happy it happened (trimming the trees).”
According to the Oncor Outage Map around 8 p.m. on Thursday more than 100 customers in Arlington were without power.
Oncor crews were working 16-hour shifts trying to put back up what mother nature has brought down.
"I see everybody else in the neighborhood doesn't have it.” Irving resident Sayeed Zaidi said talking about his power being out. “So, we are all in the same pool."
Zaidi was without electricity since about 8:30 Thursday morning.
"I have not been able to connect to the power company because their phones are busy, busy, busy," Zaidi said.
In Duncanville, Oncor blocked an area where a line fell.
Knowing crews were out doing their best gave Zaidi some reassurance that his power will be back on soon.
"I'm hoping,” Zaidi said. “I have seen some trucks coming and going."
Oncor told NBC 5 that the neighborhood had an ice storm-related outage around 8:30 a.m. and was repaired around 5:20 p.m. But something caused it to go out again and they are working on it.
Until that happens Zaidi is layering up and has a backup plan.
"I have my car,” Zaidi said. “So, if worse comes to worst we'll go as a backup. We'll start it and sit there with the heating on for a little while and come back in."
Oncor said if a tree has fallen on a power line and there is an immediate emergency, such as a fire, or downed power line, to leave the area and call 911 immediately. People can also report issues like power outages or downed power lines to Oncor at 1.888.313.4747.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov appeared to be the winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, the country’s central electoral commission said Monday, with 99% of the ballots counted.
Results showed the GERB party receiving 26.6% of the vote, nearly 2% more than the pro-Western reformist bloc led by the We Continue the Change party.
Four other parties also appear to have gained seats in the 240-seat chamber, according to the latest results.
Riding a wave of pro-Russian sentiment that many in this former communist nation share, the ultra-nationalist Vazrazhdane party, which opposes any actions against Putin’s Russia, boosted support to come in third with 14.2% of the vote.
The ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms came in fourth with 13.4%, followed by the Socialist party and the There is Such People party, led by a popular TV entertainer, with 9% and 4.1% respectively.
It could take days before the final official results are announced. If confirmed, Borissov will be handed a mandate to form his fourth government.
But it seems Borissov will face an uphill struggle to cobble together a governing coalition in a fragmented parliament.
Political analysts predicted that the results, which do not differ significantly from the previous four elections held within the last two years, will be followed by difficult coalition talks. They don’t rule out another election.
Ruzha Smilova, program director at the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, said that although the two leading political groups share the same strategic foreign policy goals, their visions of the country’s future as part of the Western alliance diverge.
“GERB’s vision is that the country can do as much as it has shown so far, namely, to remain the most poor and corrupt EU country … clinging to the past, to Bulgaria’s well-trodden paths as the weakest EU member state and the most hesitant partner in NATO,” Smilova told the Associated Press.
“On the other side, is a Bulgaria that integrates more quickly into the EU and offers a perspective to its citizens to faster catch up with European average income and standard of living.”
Smilova said the situation gets more complicated as these two positions are challenged by a “euroskepticism” – equally represented within the Bulgarian population – that nudges the country away from it’s Euro-Atlantic orientation and more toward the east.
“One of the effects of the long rule of President Rumen Radev’s caretaker cabinets has been the hesitant position on such important issues as the EU and NATO, and the support for Ukraine in the war that the aggressor Russia has launched against them,” Smilova said.
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When John Fogerty Went Solo With ‘The Blue Ridge Rangers’
Freed from the confines of Creedence Clearwater Revival, which had become a stifling presence in the final years, John Fogerty took the opportunity of his debut solo album to revisit, pay tribute to and replicate the country music he occasionally played with his old band.
But instead of going about it the traditional country-music way with a bunch of musicians sitting together in a room and performing the music live as the tapes roll, Fogerty played every single instrument on The Blue Ridge Rangers himself.
Released in April 1973 and credited to the Blue Ridge Rangers – not Fogerty, who wanted to put his Creedence legacy far behind him – the album is a grab-bag of songs. Some were written by country legends like Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams; some are traditional numbers, adapted by Fogerty in the style of those masters.
It doesn’t always fall together. The cover of Williams’ "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)," a Top 20 hit, is fun. So is the swampy take on the traditional number "Workin’ on a Building." And the gassed-up cover of the R&B oldie "Hearts of Stone," another Top 40 single, shuffles along to a Creedence-style boogie rhythm. But several of the country classics come off uninspired and more like impressive technical exercises than genuine heartfelt songs.
Much of this has to do with Fogerty’s new solo status. Creedence’s final album, the previous year’s Mardi Gras, was a frustrating mess for everyone involved. Fogerty’s guitar-playing brother Tom had left the band the year before, and the rest of the group was barely hanging on under John’s waning leadership. Plus, Fogerty’s long-stewing battle with CCR’s record company was coming to a head.
Freed from all of this, he set out to make a record by himself and, in a way, for himself. Its sales reflected this: The Blue Ridge Rangers made it to only No. 47, partly because few fans knew it was Fogerty. (The album was later reissued with Fogerty’s name on the cover.) In 2009, Fogerty made The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, a blah sequel to a record that nobody but Fogerty really seemed to care too much about.
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How to Watch the WNBA on Sunday: TV Channel, Game Times and Odds
Published: Jun. 4, 2023 at 4:18 AM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
The Dallas Wings versus the Connecticut Sun is a game to see on a Sunday WNBA schedule that includes three exciting contests.
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Today's WNBA Games
The Connecticut Sun play the Dallas Wings
The Wings look to pull off an away win at the Sun on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 1:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- CON Record: 5-1
- DAL Record: 3-2
- CON Stats: 78.8 PPG (seventh in WNBA), 76.5 Opp. PPG (fifth)
- DAL Stats: 87.2 PPG (second in WNBA), 85.4 Opp. PPG (eighth)
Players to Watch
- CON Key Player: Alyssa Thomas (14.7 PPG, 11.8 RPG, 7.0 APG)
- DAL Key Player: Satou Sabally (21.4 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 4.0 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -8.5
- CON Odds to Win: -459
- DAL Odds to Win: +338
- Total: 165.5 points
The New York Liberty host the Chicago Sky
The Sky hit the road the Liberty on Sunday at 2:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 2:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- NYL Record: 4-1
- CHI Record: 3-3
- NYL Stats: 79.6 PPG (sixth in WNBA), 74.4 Opp. PPG (first)
- CHI Stats: 76.0 PPG (11th in WNBA), 75.7 Opp. PPG (third)
Players to Watch
- NYL Key Player: Breanna Stewart (24.4 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 3.4 APG)
- CHI Key Player: Courtney Williams (8.8 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 5.3 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -13.5
- NYL Odds to Win: -1237
- CHI Odds to Win: +750
- Total: 159.5 points
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The Indiana Fever face the Las Vegas Aces
The Aces go on the road to face the Fever on Sunday at 4:00 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:00 PM ET
Records and Stats
- IND Record: 1-3
- LVA Record: 5-0
- IND Stats: 75.5 PPG (12th in WNBA), 82.0 Opp. PPG (seventh)
- LVA Stats: 95.6 PPG (first in WNBA), 74.8 Opp. PPG (second)
Players to Watch
- IND Key Player: NaLyssa Smith (14.8 PPG, 12.3 RPG, 1.3 APG)
- LVA Key Player: A'ja Wilson (19.4 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 2.0 APG)
Vegas Odds and Betting Lines
- Spread: -14.5
- LVA Odds to Win: -1828
- IND Odds to Win: +1000
- Total: 171.5 points
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Major changes in latest college football rankings
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Tennessee’s win over Alabama caused big changes in the latest Associated Press Top 25 football rankings. The Volunteers jumped from 6th to 3rd while the Crimson Tide dropped to 6th. The top two teams are still Georgia and Ohio State while Kentucky moved up to 19th. The Cats are off this coming weekend and travel to Knoxville on the last Saturday in October. Here’s the full list of top 25 teams.
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Georgia (31) 7-0 1530 1
2. Ohio St. (17) 6-0 1509 2
3. Tennessee (15) 6-0 1474 6
4. Michigan 7-0 1384 5
5. Clemson 7-0 1336 4
6. Alabama 6-1 1232 3
7. Mississippi 7-0 1173 9
8. TCU 6-0 1166 13
9. UCLA 6-0 1048 11
10. Oregon 5-1 953 12
11. Oklahoma St. 5-1 913 8
12. Southern Cal 6-1 861 7
13. Wake Forest 5-1 790 14
14. Syracuse 6-0 751 18
15. Utah 5-2 715 20
16. Penn St. 5-1 629 10
17. Kansas St. 5-1 599 17
18. Illinois 6-1 433 24
19. Kentucky 5-2 414 22
20. Texas 5-2 368 22
21. Cincinnati 5-1 321 21
22. North Carolina 6-1 210 -
23. NC State 5-2 155 15
24. Mississippi St. 5-2 150 16
25. Tulane 6-1 115 -
Others receiving votes: Purdue 95, LSU 87, UCF 13, South Carolina 13, Kansas 12, Oregon St. 6, James Madison 6, Maryland 5, South Alabama 4, Liberty 2, Arkansas 1, Florida St. 1, Minnesota 1.
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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "My dad, my best friend, died suddenly. When my kids graduated from high school, I wanted to share in the event with him by leaving an announcement at the cemetery, but there was no place to leave it without the risk of it being destroyed or thrown away," said an inventor, from Vancouver, Wash. "I invented the ARIONUS MEMENTO BOX as a way to include our loved ones in our lives by allowing us to leave letters, cards and other gifts. My design offers a lasting memorial and it could aid in the grieving process."
The invention provides a unique way to remember and express one's feelings for a departed loved one. In doing so, it allows family and friends to safely share personal or sentimental items. As a result, it prevents the shared items from being damaged or lost and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a safe, secure and waterproof design that is easy to position and use. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The ARIONUS MEMENTO BOX was designed and developed in loving memory of Donald G. Arionus Sr. 06/01/1928 – 07/01/2006 and Donald G. Arionus Jr. 02/03/1949 – 06/24/2017.
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. 21-OSK-172, 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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West Virginia’s first electric bus rolls out in Kanawha County
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - West Virginia’s first electric bus rolled out for a route Thursday morning.
Kanawha County will be one of the first districts to try them out.
They’re battery-powered, zero-emission buses made by a company called GreenPower.
“I like it,” said bus driver Patricia Mosley. “It handles well; it’s quiet.”
Charleston is one of three areas in West Virginia part of GreenPower’s pilot program to get the buses into schools.
“We’re going to collect a lot of data for all of the school districts,” said GreenPower CEO Frasier Atkinson. “We’ll be able to get an appreciation of if this is going to work for us, what changes we need to make.”
Since the buses are zero-emission, they don’t put out any particulate matter that pollutes the air.
“It really matters with younger kids,” Atkinson said. “Their lungs are still developing, so if we can eliminate diesel emissions and particulate matter, then that’s going to have less instances of respiratory instances, or even cancer.”
The new buses also eliminate a lot of noise, running significantly quieter. Bus drivers can better hear and react to their students.
“It takes away a lot of the anxiety for some students that have a disorder towards loud noises,” Mosley said.
It doesn’t hurt that the students think the new bus is pretty cool.
“I got rave reviews from the students this morning,” Mosley said. “A lot of the students were impressed, which shocked me because most of the time you don’t impress middle school and high school students on anything.”
Gov. Jim Justice recently unveiled a manufacturing site in Charleston to build the buses for the whole state. Kanawha County school officials have applied to get 25 of them.
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Jason Jones, a broadcaster and former Arena football player, died on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. He was 41.
He was affectionately known as "Coffee" and attended Illinois State University, where he played football and studied radio and television broadcasting. Jones also attended the University of Idaho.
Jones' AFL broadcast colleague, Nick Kosko, shared his thoughts on social media when he heard of his passing.
"There wasn’t a person who wasn’t infatuated by his presence, smile and energy," Kosko said in a tribute.
Jones had a variety of jobs after his playing days in the Arena Football League. In addition to covering Camden high school basketball and college football, he became a radio broadcaster for the Philadelphia Soul, his former team.
He started working for Ron Jaworski Golf, the golfing enterprise owned by the former Eagles quarterback. He eventually became his company partner and manager.
"Your dedication and tireless work ethic were unmatched, and I am forever grateful for the support and kindness you showed my family and me," Jaworski said in a tribute.
Jones is survived by his parents, Eugene and Cheryl Jones; three children; and other family members and friends.
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Sybil Wilkes ‘What You Need To Know’ School Shooting for 3rd Consecutive Day — The Bromance: — 10 Indicted For Death of Irvo Otieno was originally published on blackamericaweb.com
1. High School Shooting for 3rd Consecutive Day
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For the third consecutive day, a shooting was reported at an American high school. A manhunt began Wednesday morning after two administrators were shot at a Denver, Colorado high school. The adults were injured after a handgun was discovered on a student who was the subject of daily searches.
News reports indicate the “shooting happened just before 10 a.m. in an area away from classrooms as the student was undergoing a daily search as part of a “safety plan,” due to previous behavior, officials said. One of the administrators was critically injured and was undergoing surgery at an area hospital. The second victim was treated and released. Both victims are male.
As of Wednesday evening, authorities identified the student, by name, originally identified as a 5’5” Black male, with an Afro hairstyle, wearing a hoodie.
The Associated Press reported a student opened fire at a Dallas-area school Monday morning, killing one student and injuring another before being arrested on a capital murder charge, police said.
The shooting began on a high school campus in the suburb of Arlington, Texas, around 6:55 a.m., before many students arrived for the first day back to classes after the spring break, according to police and school district officials.
Arlington Police reported that a male student who was shot died at a hospital and a female victim was treated after being “grazed” by shrapnel. Social media posts identified the deceased student as 16-year-old Jashawn Poirier. A 15-year student was arrested after being located by police. The video showed the suspect firing a long gun into a crowd of students just before 7 a.m.
Wednesday classes were canceled after a shooting Tuesday afternoon in a parking lot on the campus of Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. One student was hospitalized with injuries described as non-threatening, after being shot in the arm.
A spokesperson for the Dallas Independent School District confirmed the shooter was a student at the northwest Dallas high school.
Why You Need to Know:
In addition to reporting on mass shootings and murders, which have become all too common, we’re talking about school shootings. Not calling this a trend, but a school shooting a day is more than a coincidence.
The irony about Wednesday’s shooting at the Denver high school, the AP points out, “this month students from the school skipped class and marched to Colorado’s state Capitol to demand stricter gun laws, following the death of a fellow student who was shot while sitting in a car near the school.”
Whether it’s a student shot sitting outside of the school, or administrators shot inside the school, a school shooting is a school shooting. Students are showing their concern, but the adult politicians don’t appear to give a damn. It’s past time for action.
Take charge, young people. That starts with voting out the politicians who are not working on your behalf when it comes to issues like gun control. Vote them out and take their jobs.
2. The Bromance: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
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On Tuesday, China’s President Xi Jinping reaffirmed his bromance with Russian President Vladimir Putin calling for “peace talks” and “responsible dialogue” over Ukraine but also criticized sanctions, blamed NATO expansion for the conflict, and made no effort to withdraw from invading forces.
Unsurprisingly, Beijing made no mention in the statement of providing military support to Moscow, despite recent evidence showing Chinese companies’ moves to send arms to Russia.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said, “China-Russia cooperation is covering more areas, building greater consensus, and delivering early harvests. More cooperation is being comprehensively advanced.”
The Jinping-Putin bromance is ten years in the making. They have a lot in common: They’re six months apart in age, had fathers who fought in WWII, have daughters, and have experienced similar levels of hardship in their youth. In 2013, Xi met Putin toward the end of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bali – on Putin’s birthday. They shared some vodka and cake, and the rest is history.
Xi presented President Putin with China’s first friendship medal, declaring him “my best and most intimate friend.” In the same breath, China unveiled a “no limits” partnership with Russia and has never criticized anything Putin has done.
China issued a 12-step plan to end the “conflict” in Ukraine, failing to acknowledge it as a war! President Xi hopes to be the mediator, cozy up with Europe, and undercut the United States.
In response, Ukraine has issued a diplomatic challenge to President Xi. If he’s for peace talks, he should hear Ukraine’s side of the story. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refrains from decrying China’s relationship with Putin. Before the war, China used to be Ukraine’s number one trade partner. Kyiv even abstained during a U.N. vote last year to condemn China’s persecution of its Uyghur Muslim minority.
Why You Need to Know:
What better way to aggravate the world powers and assert your dominance as the number two superpower than to publicly embrace the guy everyone despises? President Xi Jinping is a diplomatic mastermind with nothing to lose and everything to gain.
3. More Deaths, Injuries Linked to Recalled Eyedrops
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U.S. officials are reporting two more deaths and additional cases of vision loss linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria.
The eyedrops from EzriCare and Delsam Pharma were recalled in February and health authorities are continuing to track infections as they investigate the outbreak.
In the latest government tally, 68 people were diagnosed with infections from the bacteria, which has now caused a total of three deaths and eight cases of people losing their vision, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday. That’s up from one death and five cases of permanent vision loss reported last month.
The CDC said four people have undergone surgery to remove an eyeball due to the infections.
The outbreak is considered particularly worrisome because the bacteria driving it is resistant to standard antibiotics.
The CDC has now identified cases in 16 states, including California, New York, Illinois, Texas, and Pennsylvania. Most of the cases have been linked to four regional clusters and Ezricare’s drops are the only product used by patients in each of those groups.
The recalled drops were manufactured by Global Pharma Healthcare in India, where the bacteria — Pseudomonas aeruginosa — is commonly linked to outbreaks in hospitals. It can spread through contaminated hands or medical equipment.
4. 10 Indicted For Death of Irvo Otieno During Mental Health Crisis; Surveillance Video Released
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As reported in the What You Need To Know newsletter on March 20, 28-year-old Irvo Otieno died from asphyxiation during the admissions process while being held down by officers and hospital workers at a state mental hospital in Petersburg, Virginia after being arrested on suspicion of burglary. According to his family, Otieno was experiencing a mental health emergency.
Surveillance video showing the final moments of Otieno’s life was released to the public on March 21 and shows Otieno handcuffed with leg irons on, appearing helpless, while officers held him down for more than 10 minutes.
According to preliminary reports, Otieno’s death was caused by asphyxiation and has been ruled as a homicide. Ten people were indicted with second-degree murder in Otieno’s death, including seven Henrico County deputies and three hospital employees.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, described Otieno’s death as “heart-wrenching” and said the public mental health system is overdue for changes. “What we have is a system that is built today and overwhelmed today with the in-crisis moment, and where we are so lacking is pre-crisis services,” said Youngkin.
A 2020 study by the Center for American Progress found that 21% to 38% of 911 calls made from eight cities involved behavioral health crises, substance use, homelessness, quality-of-life concerns, and community conflicts, and estimated that between 33% and 68% of police, calls don’t need an armed officer.
Experts say the intersection between mental health and policing can be deadly, especially for Black Americans, who are 2.9 times more likely than White people to be killed by police.
Is police training enough?
Experts say the last thing a person with a mental illness wants to see during a crisis is a badge and a gun. In over 2,700 communities across the country, officers receive Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training, which aims to improve the encounters between officers and people suffering mental health crises. In New Jersey, state officials have created ARRIVE Together – which stands for Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation — to respond to emergency calls that need more than just a police presence.
5. Jason Sudeikis and ‘Ted Lasso’ Cast Meet With Biden For Mental Health Discussion
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The cast of the streaming TV show, “Ted Lasso,” visited the White House on Monday to meet with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden to discuss how mental health contributes to overall well-being.
Comedian Jason Sudeikis, who plays the title character an affable coach who seeks therapy after grappling with panic attacks, took to the podium of the press briefing room and urged people to ask friends, family, and colleagues “how they’re doing.”
Mental health and looking after one another is a theme of “Ted Lasso,” Sudeikis told reporters.
“While it’s easier said than done, we also have to know that we shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help ourselves,” Sudeikis said. “That does take a lot, especially when it’s something that has such a negative stigma to it, such as mental health.”
Mental health is part of Biden’s bipartisan “unity agenda.” He has called on lawmakers to direct more resources toward fighting what some say is a crisis, and the administration has surged funding to bolster a new 988 suicide and crisis line and put more mental health professionals in schools.
Sudeikis said there should be no stigma attached to reaching out for help because everyone knows someone who has needed a shoulder to lean on, or has been that person themselves.
“No matter who you are, no matter where you live, no matter who you voted for, we all probably, I assume, we all know someone who has, or have been that someone ourselves actually, that’s struggled, that’s felt isolated, that’s felt anxious, that has felt alone,” he said.
“It’s actually one of the many things, believe it or not, that we all have in common as human beings,” Sudeikis continued.
According to the White House, the Bidens have seen some of “Ted Lasso” and are familiar with its messages of hope and kindness.
The Emmy Award-winning, feel-good show is now streaming its third season on AppleTV+.
Why You Need to Know:
The more TV shows portray mental health issues on screen, the more viewers will hopefully be aware and empathetic of disorders offscreen. Also, seeing accurate depictions of mental illness helps people with lived experience feel seen and less alone.
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A Lake County Sheriff’s Office sergeant was arrested and charged Wednesday with the solicitation of prostitution, said LCSO spokesperson John Herrell in a press release.
LCSO had begun an investigation involving Sgt. Scott Stone in March after receiving a tip that Stone may have been paying for sex, Herrell said.
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(Motor Authority) — A second-generation Tesla Roadster was originally planned for production in 2020, but that deadline came and went, and since then Tesla CEO Elon Musk has managed to announce a new date almost every year.
His latest announcement came on Tuesday during Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting in Austin, Texas, where Musk said the new Roadster would start production in 2024 but stressed that the new deadline wasn’t a promise.
“We expect to complete the engineering and design of the next-gen Tesla Roadster this year and hopefully—this is not a commitment—start production next year,” he said in response to a question about the long-delayed electric sports car.
When it unveiled the car in 2017, Tesla quoted a 0-60 mph time of 1.9 seconds, a 0-100 mph time of 4.2 seconds, and a top speed of 250 mph. A 200-kwh battery pack would provide 620 miles of range, Tesla said at the time. As if that wasn’t ambitious enough, Musk later mused about adding rockets to improve performance.
Tesla at the 2017 reveal said pricing would start at $200,000 for the standard Roadster, and at $250,000 for a limited-edition Founder Series model. The automaker began accepting reservations after the reveal, requiring a $50,000 deposit for the standard Roadster and the full $250,000 price upfront for the Founders Series Roadster.
Tesla is notorious for missing deadlines, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that the Roadster is late. Still, the company has managed to eventually deliver on most of its promises.
At the same shareholder meeting, Musk said Tesla’s next model to go into production would be the Cybertruck pickup truck, which he said would start deliveries this year.
Musk also said Tesla had two new vehicles in development and said one was already being built, though it isn’t clear if he meant prototypes or customer examples.
One of the vehicles was teased during the presentation. A shadowy image showing the silhouette was briefly shown, though the vehicle in the image looks like the Tesla Model Y, which may mean the popular compact crossover is about to be updated.
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Another, less likely possibility is the vehicle in the teaser being the $25,000 EV that Tesla first announced in 2020. It’s rumored the affordable EV will be built at a plant in Mexico that Tesla confirmed during an investor presentation in March.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Newton N. Minow, who as Federal Communications Commission chief in the early 1960s famously proclaimed that network television was a "vast wasteland," died Saturday. He was 97.
Minow, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, died Saturday at home, surrounded by loved ones, said his daughter, Nell Minow.
“He wanted to be at home,” she told The Associated Press. “He had a good life.”
Though Minow remained in the FCC post just two years, he left a permanent stamp on the broadcasting industry through government steps to foster satellite communications, the passage of a law mandating UHF reception on TV sets and his outspoken advocacy for quality in television.
"My faith is in the belief that this country needs and can support many voices of television — and that the more voices we hear, the better, the richer, the freer we shall be," Minow once said. "After all, the airways belong to the people."
Minow was appointed as FCC chief by President John F. Kennedy in early 1961. He had initially come to know the Kennedys in the 1950s as an aide to Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the Democrats' presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956.
Minow laid down his famous challenge to TV executives on May 9, 1961, in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, urging them to sit down and watch their station for a full day, "without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you."
"I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland," he told them. "You will see a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, Western bad men, Western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence and cartoons. And, endlessly, commercials — many screaming, cajoling and offending."
As he spoke, the three networks were just about all most viewers had to choose from. Pay television was barely in the planning stage, PBS and "Sesame Street" were several years away, and HBO and niche channels such as Animal Planet were far in the future.
The speech caused a sensation. "Vast wasteland" became a catch phrase. Jimmy Durante opened an NBC special by saying, "Da next hour will be dedicated to upliftin' da quality of television. ... At least, Newt, we're tryin'."
Minow became the first government official to get a George Foster Peabody award for excellence in broadcasting. The New York Times critic Jack Gould (himself a Peabody winner) wrote, "At long last there is a man in Washington who proposes to champion the interests of the public in TV matters and is not timid about ruffling the industry's most august feathers. Tonight some broadcasters were trying to find dark explanations for Mr. Minow's attitude. In this matter the viewer possibly can be a little helpful; Mr. Minow has been watching television."
CBS President Frank Stanton strongly disagreed, calling Minow's comments a "sensationalized and oversimplified approach" that could lead to ill-advised reforms "on the ground that any change is a change for the better."
For the criticism over his speech, Minow said he didn’t support censorship, preferring exhortation and measures to broaden public choices. But he also said a broadcasting license was "an enormous gift" from the government that brought with it a responsibility to the public.
His daughter, Nell Minow, told The Associated Press in 2011 that her father loved television and wished he would have been remembered for championing the public interest in television programming, rather than just a few words in his much broader speech.
“His No. 1 goal was to give people choice,” she said.
Among the new laws during his tenure were the All-Channel Receiver Act of 1962, that required that TV sets pick up UHF as well as VHF broadcasts, which opened up TV channels numbered above 13 for widespread viewing. Congress also passed a bill that provided funds for educational television, and measures to foster communications satellites.
In a September 2006 interview on National Public Radio, Minow recalled telling Kennedy that such satellites were "more important than sending a man into space. ... Communications satellites will send ideas into space, and ideas live longer than people." On July 10, 1962, Minow was one of the officials making statements on the first live trans-Atlantic television program, a demonstration of AT&T's Telstar satellite.
Children's programming was a particular interest of Minow, a father of three, who told broadcasters the few good children's shows were "drowned out in the massive doses of cartoons, violence and more violence. ... Search your consciences and see if you cannot offer more to your young beneficiaries whose future you guide so many hours each and every day."
Minow resigned in May 1963 to become executive vice president and general counsel for Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. in Chicago.
Nell Minow said her father also was instrumental in getting presidential debates televised, starting with Kennedy and Richard N. Nixon, after watching Stevenson struggle to use the new medium during his 1956 presidential run.
“Minow was appalled by ... the whole charade of having to image-make on television,” said Craig Allen, a mass communications professor at Arizona State University who wrote a 2001 book about Minow.
In 1965, Minow returned to his law practice in Chicago, and later served as board member at PBS, CBS Inc. and the advertising company Foote Cone & Belding Communications Inc. He was director of the Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies of Northwestern University.
He also gave Barack Obama a summer job at the law firm, where the future president met his wife, Michelle Robinson. Minow also was one of Obama’s earliest supporters when the then-Illinois senator considered running for president, Nell Minow said.
Television is one of our century's most important advances "and yet, as a nation, we pay no attention to it," Minow said in a 1991 Associated Press interview.
He continued to push for reforms such as free airtime for political ads and more quality programming while also praising advances in diversity in U.S. television.
"In 1961, I worried that my children would not benefit much from television. But in 1991 I worry that my grandchildren will actually be harmed by it," he said.
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Former Associated Press writer Polly Anderson in New York contributed to this story.
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NEW YORK, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) resulting from allegations that WWE may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public.
SO WHAT: If you purchased WWE securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses.
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WHAT IS THIS ABOUT: On June 15, 2022, The Wall Street Journal published an article entitled "WWE Board Probes Secret $3 Million Hush Pact by CEO Vince McMahon, Sources Say" which revealed that "[t]he board of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. [] is investigating a secret $3 million settlement that longtime chief executive Vince McMahon agreed to pay to a departing employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, according to documents and people familiar with the board inquiry." The article further revealed, among other things, that "[t]he board's investigation, which began in April, has unearthed other, older nondisclosure agreements involving claims by former female WWE employees of misconduct by Mr. McMahon and one of his top executives, John Laurinaitis, the head of talent relations at WWE, the people said."
On this news, WWE's stock price fell $2.31 per share, or 3.4%, to close at $64.87 per share on June 16, 2022, the next full trading day.
On June 17, 2022, before trading hours, WWE issued a press release entitled "WWE® & Board of Directors Joint Release" which announced that "a Special Committee of the Board is conducting an investigation into alleged misconduct by its Chairman and CEO Vincent McMahon and John Laurinaitis, head of talent relations, and that, effective immediately, McMahon has voluntarily stepped back from his responsibilities as CEO and Chairman of the Board until the conclusion of the investigation."
On this news, WWE's stock fell $2.36 per share, or 3.6%, to close at $62.51 per share on June 17, 2022.
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Andy Cohen says the Vanderpump Rules reunion has so much action that Peacock is planning to release "extended" versions.
On SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live, Cohen shared some insight into the highly anticipated season 10 reunion and described the day as a "real reckoning."
The Bravo boss said he filmed one-on-one interviews with Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss. The television special will be one of the first times fans of the reality series will see Madix come face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend and her ex-friend after it was revealed that Sandoval and Leviss were allegedly having an affair for several months while he was with Madix.
"I did separate one-on-ones with Tom, Ariana and Raquel, so that I could get all of their stories just in conversation with me, because I had a sense that I wasn't-- now, by the way, I re-asked a lot of the stuff in front of the group, but wanted to get everyone-- and I also, I had things that I had ... my own concerns, I had my own things I wanted to confront them about, things that I had noticed," he said. "I got to do that, so that's how we started and then we brought them in as a group, OK?"
He continued, "So, it was a real reckoning. If you are looking to hear their story, you will. If you are looking for them to be confronted to their face about what they've done in, what I would say, an impressive manner, confrontational manner, you will get it."
After wrapping filming last month, Cohen took to his Instagram Stories to tease what's to come following the Scandoval of it all.
"Well, that was really confrontational. It was really emotional. Nothing was left unsaid," Cohen, who was sporting a sweatshirt from Katie Maloney and Madix's new sandwich shop, Something About Her, shared. "And, I got some new merch to go along with my TomTom sweatshirt from Raquel. Check it out."
Cohen also posted several snippets of the day's events on his Stories, including videos alongside some of the VPR cast: Maloney, Lala Kent and Tom Schwartz.
The reunion was a big day for the cast and crew of the hit reality TV series, as it also marked the first time Leviss and Sandoval had been seen together since news broke of their affair. The duo was photographed having a casual chat together after filming wrapped.
"Raquel and Tom took time to sit and talk after filming," a source told ET. "They chatted over what happened on set and how they felt. It was a rough day, but they are happy they were able to show the cast their side of things."
In the pics, which were obtained by Page Six, Sandoval and Leviss, both wearing all black, appeared to have a pleasant chat. Sandoval was smoking a cigarette throughout the catch-up, while Leviss held a water bottle. The pair even decided to extend their talk, as they both sat on the ground outside the studio where the reunion was being filmed to continue their exchange.
Cohen said they filmed so much the day of the reunion that Peacock might offer a solution so fans don’t miss out on anything.
"I think -- I think -- that Peacock is going to release extended versions, so you better subscribe to Peacock. I think you're going to get extras on Peacock and let me tell you: there is a lot of reckoning to get," he shared.
The Vanderpump Rules reunion is set to air in June on Bravo and Peacock.
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Comprehensive action plans outline concrete steps for collaboration with government, providers, and advocates to address major nursing home quality issues
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A large group of diverse stakeholders advocating for better nursing home care announced a series of actions to improve nursing homes over the next 12 months.
The national Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition released nine detailed action plans today to improve quality of life for residents and quality of work for staff in nursing homes. Each plan outlines specific goals, steps to achieve them, and the partners and infrastructure required along the way.
Comprised of more than 120 individuals and organizations focused on nursing home reform, the Coalition launched in September 2022 to act on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality. During the past year, the Coalition engaged long-term care advocates, nursing home leaders and residents, federal and state policymakers, and other advisors to develop action plans based on the areas of greatest need and biggest potential impact on resident quality of life, including:
- Addressing residents' goals, preferences, and priorities
- Strengthening resident councils
- Improving Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) wages and support
- Expanding CNA career pathways
- Enhancing surveyor training on person-centered care
- Designing a targeted nursing home recertification survey
- Increasing transparency and accountability of ownership data
- Developing a nursing home health information technology readiness guide
- Financing new nursing home models that are smaller with private rooms
"The time for talking is over and our network is ready for action. These plans represent reforms that stakeholders can advance to create nursing homes in which lives are nurtured, residents are empowered, and where people want to work," said Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, chair of the Moving Forward Coalition. "It's time for providers, policymakers and advocates to pull the needed levers to achieve broad, sustainable change in nursing homes."
Coalition leaders say several of the plans are already in progress, including the analysis of more than 10,000 older adults' preferences, which will be used to inform the care planning tool to better assess progress toward residents' care goals.
Over the next few months, the Coalition will host Coalition Conversations detailing specifics about each action plan and ways for interested people and organizations to get involved and advance progress. A full list of conversations is available at https://movingforwardcoalition.org/taking-action/.
"These plans are long overdue—they are actionable and absolutely imperative declarations of what must happen to ensure quality and safety in the care of people in nursing homes," said Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation. "We need the nation to coalesce around these action plans and help make them a reality. Everyone should see themselves as a vital part of the solution to improve our country's nursing homes."
The Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition is funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, and draws on leadership from LeadingAge, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, other national organizations and advisors.
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About the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition The Moving Forward Coalition is a diverse group of individuals and organizations that came together in July 2022 to prioritize recommendations from the 2022 National Academies report on nursing home quality. The Coalition's purpose is to develop and promote action plans to address those priorities in partnership with national, state, and local organizations, including professional associations, nursing home providers, clinicians, researchers, advocates, long-term care Ombudsmen, Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations, and others. The Coalition is funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, a national philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults. Nearly 1,000 people have signed up as Coalition participants at movingforwardcoalition.org.
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(KRON) — Trader Joe’s is recalling two cookie products, the grocery chain announced Friday. The recall comes after the two products with a certain sell-by date may contain rocks. The products being recalled are listed below.
- Almond Windmill Cookies (SKU #99744)
- Sell-By Date: 10/19/23-10/21/23
- Dark Chocolate Chunk Almond Cookies (#82752)
- Sell-By Date: 10/17/23-10/21/23
All potentially affected products have been removed from sale and destroyed, Trader Joe’s said. The company is asking anyone who has purchased or received any donations of either of these products to not eat them.
Trader Joe’s is urging customers to throw the product away or return it to any Trader Joe’s location for a full refund. There have been two other Trader Joe’s recalls this year: a coffee product and a fruit product.
Customers with questions about the recall can ask Trader Joe’s Customer Relations at 626-599-3817 (Monday-Friday, 6 p.m. to 6 p.m. PT) or send the company an email.
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Fashion swaps are a low-cost way to refresh your wardrobe
Leftover clothes are often donated to charity
InvestigateTV - If you’re looking to spring clean and refresh your wardrobe without going broke, a fashion swap may work for you.
Sara Bigham is a lifestyle contributor with the popular website and app, Eventbrite. She said there has been a resurgence of the swap and shop events.
“If you’re not familiar these are events held in your hometown, right in your own backyard where you bring in ten to twenty of your own items, gently used, in exchange for a ticket or a token which you can then use to get something new and take home to your house, without any cost,” Bigham explained.
She said there could be a small cost to get into the event, but the proceeds often go to charity. She added that many times items that are not swapped also go to charity or women in need.
“What’s really great about these swap and shop events, is not only are you getting new items for free essentially, but it’s a great opportunity to take inventory of what’s in your closet right now,” Bigham explained. “What do you need? What are you not wearing? What do you want to give away?”
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Wilson brings wealth of operational experience and corporate governance as independent director
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cockroach Labs, the company behind the leading cloud-native distributed SQL database CockroachDB, today announced Michelle Wilson, former SVP and General Counsel for Amazon, will be joining its Board of Directors as the first independent director. Her arrival to Cockroach Labs aligns with the company's explosive growth in the cloud database market.
Wilson has served on the boards of Pinterest, Okta, Zendesk and Stripe, where she served on and chaired various committees including Nominating and Corporate Governance. This follows a 13-year tenure as SVP and general counsel for Amazon, during which she was an essential member of the senior executive team, contributing to operational and strategic decisions across the company's retail, cloud computing, content and hardware businesses.
"Michelle brings a wealth of experience from both operational and board director roles. Her expertise will inform Cockroach Labs' mission to help our customers build world-changing applications. She will be an essential member of our board and we are grateful to have her wisdom," said Spencer Kimball, CEO and Co-Founder of Cockroach Labs. "We are exploiting what the cloud offers to build a scalable, global and serverless database. Michelle's operational experience, as well as her board roles at relevant companies in our ecosystem, will be invaluable assets."
As a director on the Cockroach Labs Board of Directors, Wilson will work closely with the senior leadership team to support the company's customer service and engagement program, product development and international growth strategy, following the recent announcement of the company's expansion into the EMEA market.
"The database industry is undergoing a tremendous transformation, one that has welcomed a surge of new, innovative solutions to market," said Wilson. "It's clear that Cockroach Labs has a bold vision and a unique opportunity to seize the cloud database-as-a-service opportunity. I look forward to working alongside the Board of Directors and leadership team as we continue on that journey."
For more information about Cockroach Labs and to check out open positions visit: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/careers/.
Cockroach Labs is the creator of CockroachDB, the most highly evolved, cloud-native, distributed SQL database on the planet. Helping companies of all sizes — and the apps they develop — to scale fast, survive failures, and thrive everywhere. CockroachDB is in use at some of the world's largest enterprises across all industries, including some of the most recognized companies in banking, media & entertainment, retail, and technology. Headquartered in New York City, Cockroach Labs is backed by Altimeter, Benchmark, Greenoaks, GV, Firstmark, Index Ventures, Lone Pine, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, and Workbench. For more information, please visit cockroachlabs.com.
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Bank also adds ability to get paychecks up to two days faster
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- USAA Federal Savings Bank announced that it has eliminated its out-of-network ATM fee giving its 9 million members the freedom to use any ATM in the United States without incurring a fee from USAA. Members will now also have access to one of the largest surcharge-free ATM networks in the country, enabling cash withdrawals without any surcharge fees at more than 100,000 nationwide locations. To find a surcharge-free ATM location, USAA members can visit the USAA ATM Locator.
Additionally, the bank announced that it will provide access to paychecks up to two days faster to members who have them directly deposited into a USAA account.
"Saving money matters to our members," said Lindsay Sacknoff, senior vice president and general manager of omnichannel at USAA Federal Savings Bank. "Eliminating fees, increasing convenience and providing faster access to paychecks through direct deposit, we're saving our membership millions of dollars."
In a 2022 checking account and ATM fee study, Bankrate.com found the average combined cost of an out-of-network ATM transaction to be $4.66—the highest since 2019. They also found that surcharge fees for non-customer ATM use rose to a new high of $3.14. In addition to the fee elimination, USAA refunds checking account holders up to $10 each statement cycle for ATM surcharges assessed by some ATM owners.
Access to paychecks up to two days earlier requires no action on the part of the member nor does it cost anything—it's included with direct deposit and occurs automatically once we receive information from the member's employer.
"Military family finances were significantly affected by the economic impact of the pandemic," added Sacknoff. "These changes are part of a larger effort at USAA to help our members manage their finances and make their lives simpler. We're on a mission to make USAA the most member-centric, convenient bank in the country."
About USAA
Founded in 1922 by a group of military officers, USAA is among the leading providers of insurance, banking and investment and retirement solutions to more than 13 million members of the U.S. military, veterans who have honorably served and their families. Headquartered in San Antonio, USAA has offices in seven U.S. cities and three overseas locations and employs approximately 36,000 people worldwide. Each year, the company contributes to national and local nonprofits in support of military families and communities where employees live and work. or more information about USAA, follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@USAA), or visit usaa.com.
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Larry D. Steene, 78
Published 5:13 pm Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Larry Dennis Steene, 78, of Austin, Minnesota, joined his loved ones in heaven on October 20, 2022, after a hard fought battle with cancer.
Larry was born in Albert Lea, Minnesota on November 17, 1943, son of Dennis and Carole (Randall) Steene. He graduated from Glenville High School in 1961 and married his high school sweetheart, Bonnie Nowell, on September 28, 1963.
He proudly served in the U.S. Navy from 1965-1968. He was a lifelong patriot to our country. His civilian career brought him assignments across the U.S. where his leadership talents contributed to the commercial retail success for many of his stores & all those fortunate enough to be led by him. His dedication to his career was only eclipsed by the dedication to his family, his cherished dogs & those that knew him best.
Larry loved a challenge, whether it be at a stop light in his corvette ready to race or at a pro bass tournament angling for a winning lunker. A lifelong Minnesota sports fan, he ensured his children were all skilled in the fundamentals of hitting and throwing all manner of sports balls. Many hours were spent in the manicured backyard; these times of teaching, encouragement, & bonding remain cherished memories to this day & provide great comfort always.
He is survived by Bonnie, his devoted wife of 59 years, daughter Michele (Shannon), son Marc (Kimberly), 5 grandchildren Mikaela (Mike), Anna (Jake), Tanner (Caylee), Sophie & Jaren, 4 great grandchildren Logan, Vivian, Isla & Wesley, sister Sandy (Wayne), sister-in-law Joanne (Gene), nieces Tami, Hilary, nephews Troy, Matt & Aaron, a host of cousins & friends; all of whom will miss him very much. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents & many aunts, uncles & cousins.
A private interment with full military honors will take place at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Preston, Minnesota. Clasen-Jordan Mortuary is assisting the family with arrangements.
We will miss our Larry in untold numbers of ways.
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Family sheltered at work while tornado passed by their home
By Trevor Sochocki and James Paxson
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GAYLORD, Michigan (WNEM) — The Gaylord community is still cleaning up after a tornado swept through Friday, killing two people, and injuring more than 40 others.
Most of the power lost in the region has been restored, but the damage done could take months to repair.
That tornado led to some frightening moments for people in the region.
“In all the years I’ve lived up here, we’ve had wind shear storms that did damage. We’ve had bad storms that did damage. It has never been this bad,” said Steve Dreyer, Gaylord resident.
Dreyer and his son Mike were sheltering at their work when the tornado passed right by their house on Friday.
“I mean, it went from blue sky to light gray to dark gray to rain to the tornado and in five minutes it was done. It went past us that fast,” Dreyer said.
The Dreyers still do not have any power. The winds broke windows, stripped siding, and uprooted plants.
One stump is what remains of a 40-foot tree. It survived devastating winds five years ago, but couldn’t survive a 150 mile per hour EF-3 tornado.
The Dreyers are still waiting on insurance to come check their home.
“It takes a day to process. And when I seen all the damage, I was like, I’m thanking my lucky stars that one, I have my health, my family’s okay,” Mike Dreyer said.
The Dreyers’ damage is not as bad as Ardis Heacock Huff’s backyard.
“I was on the deck telling my mother that this was my kingdom. I think that was my first mistake,” Huff said.
Her kingdom is now a mess of branches, glass, and debris.
Huff’s husband Stephen was in the Upper Peninsula fishing at the time, but his dash cam picked up video of the storm.
“And then all of the sudden the door slammed to the stairwell. Mom and I are in the stairwell. The doors all slammed. And it was only about — I heard the trees fell, I heard the basswood — we’ve got a clump of five huge basswood — I heard them fall through the house. I really thought we were done,” Huff said.
Besides broken windows and rafters, the Huff’s house is fine.
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DOHA, Qatar — Cristiano Ronaldo was dropped from Portugal's starting lineup for the second straight match at the World Cup.
The 37-year-old Ronaldo won't play from the outset in the quarterfinal match against Morocco on Saturday, after starting on the bench and then coming on as a substitute for the round-of-16 match against Switzerland.
Gonçalo Ramos, who scored a hat trick on Tuesday in Portugal's 6-1 win over Switzerland on his first start for Portugal, was again selected ahead of Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is playing in his fifth and likely final World Cup.
He was left out of the lineup against the Swiss after coach Fernando Santos expressed frustration about his team captain’s attitude in the previous game.
Santos later said Ronaldo was “not happy” to be told he was being benched, but never threatened to leave the World Cup because of the decision.
Ronaldo, the all-time leading scorer in men's international soccer with 118 goals, eventually came in as a replacement in the 74th minute. He had looked somewhat disconnected from the rest of the squad after the match, and had already shown a poor attitude after being substituted in the last group game against South Korea.
Ronaldo was coming off lackluster performances in the group stage, though he scored in the 3-2 win against Ghana to become the first player to score in five World Cups. He has played in every edition of the tournament since 2006.
Portugal's other starters against Morocco at Al Thumama Stadium included João Félix, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes and Otávio.
Portugal is trying to make it to the last four for the third time, having finished third in 1966 and fourth in 2006. It hadn't gotten past the round of 16 since that tournament in Germany 16 years ago.
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The Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission announced today the 2023 CenterPoint Energy Red River Balloon Rally is set for July 14 – 15, 2023 at Louisiana Downs Racetrack and Casino located at 8000 E Texas St, Bossier City, LA 71111.
The event will feature the Louisiana Ballooning State Championship with up to twenty-five of the best balloon pilots in the country competing against each other, as well as a festival that will include balloon glows, live local bands, tethered balloon rides, kids’ fun zone, food, and craft vendors, and much more. On Friday we will have live performances by Flight Delay and Barksdale Bubble. Saturday consists of performances from Jimmy Wooten and Pat Mason & Bayou Boogie. This year, on Friday, July 14th, special shaped balloons will help light up the sky featuring Puddy Cat and Tweety Bird.
Tickets can be purchased online at https://redriverballoonrally.com/ or tickets can be purchased at select local Brookshires/Super 1 Foods. Tickets will be sold at the gate. Ticket prices are $5 for ages 6+, children ages 5 and under get in free. Parking is free this year, thanks to A Brighter Smile Dental Carefor sponsoring the parking lots. For a complete schedule of Red River Balloon Rally events and to purchase tickets, visit www.RedRiverBalloonRally.com or Red River Balloon Rally Facebook page.
The competitive balloons can be seen throughout Caddo and Bossier parishes July 12 – 16 from approximately 6:45am-8:30 am weather permitting. Special Shapes will be inflated Friday, July 14 at RRCU, 8530 Fern Ave., and POE Federal Credit Union, 2500 Old Minden Rd., between 6:45 am and 8:00 am, weather permitting. Please check the Red River Balloon Rally Facebook page every morning to find out exactly where the balloons will fly and how the weather will affect these flights.
In addition to the CenterPoint Energy Red River Balloon Rally, the public can also see the balloons at the Balloons over Desoto festival on Sunday, July 16, 2023, at DeSoto Parish Airport located at US Hwy 171 at LA 3015, Grand Cane, LA 71032.
Sponsors of the CenterPoint Energy Red River Balloon Rally include the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission, City of Bossier City, Bossier Parish Police Jury, DeSoto Parish Police Jury, CenterPoint Energy, Louisiana Office of Tourism, Louisiana Downs, Coors Light, TeamLogic IT, Stuart’s Integrated Services, Red River Bank, Raising Cane’s, RRCU, Xfinity, AEP SWEPCO, and many more. For a full list of sponsors visit redriverballoonrally.com.
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C.S Lewis once said, "You're never too old to dream a new dream," and that certainly applies to 83-year-old Mildred Wilson of Missouri, better known as "Muddy Mildred."
Mildred competed in her third Tough Mudder course earlier this month. Tough Mudder races include obstacles like giant ice baths, a dash through 10,000 volts of electricity or even climbing up a 12-foot ladder with giant rungs called the "ladder to hell."
Mildred holds the title for oldest person to complete in a 5K Tough Mudder.
"She's incredible. So, when she said she was interested in doing one [race] I knew she would be able to do it," her son Danny Wilson said. "She has fun doing it and then that's the main thing to me. She's out there because she wants to be there and she's having a good time."
"Muddy Mildred" herself joined Newsy to talk about her competition, and to let people know that "you can do just about anything you plan, or want, to do if you give it a hard enough try."
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WFO SHREVEPORT Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, February 6, 2023
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FLOOD WARNING
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
839 PM CST Fri Feb 3 2023
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
East Fork Angelina River Near Cushing affecting Rusk and
Nacogdoches Counties.
For the East Fork Angelina River...including Cushing...Minor
flooding is forecast.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv
The next statement will be issued Saturday evening at 845 PM CST.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
This approaches the flood of record.
* WHERE...East Fork Angelina River Near Cushing.
* WHEN...Until Monday evening.
* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:15 PM CST Friday the stage was 15.6 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:15 PM CST Friday was 16.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
Sunday morning and continue falling to 13.4 feet Wednesday
evening.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Public safety accounts urge caution on Twitter after changes
By STEPHEN GROVES
As Twitter became knotted with parody accounts and turmoil, Rachel Terlep, who runs an account for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources that intersperses cheeky banter with wildfire and weather warnings, watched with equal parts trepidation and fascination.
“It kind of feels like a supernova moment right now — a big, bright flash before it all goes away,” she said.
So the department stepped into the fray, taking advantage of the moment with some of its signature humor. “Update: The Twitter wildfire is 44 billion acres and 0% contained,” they posted.
But under the joke, it linked to a thread that gave helpful tips about how to review a handle to see if it’s real. Some of the suggestions included looking at how old the account is and checking to see if the public safety agency’s website links to the profile.
It underscored the challenge for the people tasked with getting public safety information out to communities. Now, they don’t only have to get information out quickly. On the new Twitter, they also have to convince people they are actually the authorities.
Government agencies, especially those tasked with sending messages during emergencies, have embraced Twitter for its efficiency and scope. Getting accurate information from authorities during disasters is often a matter of life or death. For example, the first reports this week of a deadly shooting at the University of Virginia came from the college’s Twitter accounts that urged students to shelter in place.
Disasters also provide fertile ground for false information to spread online. Researchers like Jun Zhuang, a professor at the University of Buffalo who studies how false information spreads during natural disasters, say emergencies create a “perfect storm” for rumors, but that government accounts have also played a crucial role in batting them down.
During Hurricane Harvey in 2017, for example, an online rumor spread that officials were checking people’s immigration status at storm shelters, potentially dissuading people from seeking safety there. However, crisis communication researchers have also found that the city’s mayor reassured residents and helped the community pull together with a constant stream of Twitter messages.
Amid the slew of changes at one of the world’s most influential social media platforms, the public information officers who operate government Twitter accounts are cautiously waiting out the turmoil and urging the public to verify that it really is their accounts appearing on timelines. While it’s an issue they’ve always had to contend with, it’s especially worrisome now as a proliferation of brand impersonations spreads across the platform and changes to verification take hold.
Darren Noak, who helps run an account for Austin-Travis County emergency medical services in Texas, said Twitter’s blue checkmark has often been discussed among those who operate government Twitter accounts. The badge — up until a week ago — indicated an account was verified as a government entity, corporation, celebrity or journalist.
The AP reviewed dozens of government agencies responsible for responding to emergencies from the county to the national level, and none had received an official label — denoted by a gray checkmark — by Friday. Spoof accounts are a concern, Noak said, because they create “a real pain and a headache, especially in times of crisis and emergency.”
Government accounts have long been a target of copycats. Fairfax County in Virginia had to quash fake school closures tweeted from a fraudulent account during a 2014 winter storm. And both the state of North Carolina and its city of Greensboro have had to compete with accounts appearing to speak for their governments.
It has become even harder in recent days to verify that an account is authentic.
In the span of a week, Twitter granted gray checkmark badges to official government accounts — then rescinded them. It next allowed users to receive a blue checkmark through its $8 subscription services — then halted that offering after it spawned an infestation of imposter accounts. Over the weekend, Twitter laid off outsourced moderators who enforced rules against harmful content, further gutting its guardrails against misinformation.
Twitter hasn’t responded to media requests for information since Musk took over, but its support account has posted: “To combat impersonation, we’ve added an ‘Official’ label to some accounts.”
Twitter’s changes could be deadly, warned Juliette Kayyem, a former homeland security adviser at the state and national levels who now teaches at Harvard’s Kennedy School.
Twitter has become a go-to source of localized information in emergencies, she said. But imposter accounts could introduce a new level of misinformation — or disinformation when people intentionally try to cause harm — in urgent situations. When instructing the public how to respond, the right instructions — such as sheltering in place or evacuating a certain area — can be a matter of life or death.
“In a disaster where time is limited, the greatest way to limit harm is to provide accurate and timely information to communities about what they should do,” Kayyem said. “Allowing others to claim expertise — it will cost lives.”
In the past, Kayyem had worked with Twitter to research how government agencies can communicate in emergencies. She said the leadership at Twitter’s trust and safety department “thought long and hard” about its public service role. But Twitter has lost those high-level leaders responsible for cybersecurity, data privacy and complying with regulations.
Some agencies are pushing audiences to other venues for information.
Local government websites are often the best place to turn for accurate, up-to-date information in emergencies, said April Davis, who works as a public affairs officer and digital media strategist at the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. She, like many others at emergency management agencies, said her agency doesn’t yet plan to change how it engages on Twitter, but also emphasized that it’s not the best place to turn to in emergencies.
“If it goes away, then we’ll migrate to another platform,” said Derrec Becker, chief of public information at the South Carolina Emergency Management Division. “It is not the emergency alert system.”
Twitter accounts for emergency management in Washington, South Carolina and Oregon provide public service information on preparing for disasters and weather alerts. They also tweet about evacuation and shelter orders.
Becker, who has cultivated the agency’s sizeable Twitter following with a playful presence, said emergency alerts broadcast on TV, radio or cell phones are still the go-to methods for urgent warnings.
Shortly after Becker fielded questions from The Associated Press on his agency’s plans Monday, the department tweeted: “Leave Twitter? Disasters are kind of our thing.”
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The veterinary sedative xylazine is being mixed into illegal drugs and could be contributing to a rise in overdoses. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 30, 2022.)
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The veterinary sedative xylazine is being mixed into illegal drugs and could be contributing to a rise in overdoses. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 30, 2022.)
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WASHINGTON, D.C., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paralyzed Veterans of America Executive Director Carl Blake issued a statement today in reaction to the Senate confirmation of Dr. Shereef Elnahal as the Under Secretary for Health of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
"We are pleased that the Senate has confirmed an Under Secretary for Health to lead the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). This position has been vacant for far too long and Dr. Shereef Elnahal's arrival is very overdue. This is a critical time for the Department of Veterans Affairs as it continues to move forward with Electronic Health Record Modernization, deals with the impacts of the COVID pandemic and staffing shortages, plans to care for more veterans exposed to toxic substances, and considers the need to address VA's aging infrastructure. We look forward to working collaboratively with Dr. Elnahal to advance the mission of VHA and ensure it continues to meet the unique needs of veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders."
About Paralyzed Veterans of America
Paralyzed Veterans of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or diseases. The organization ensures veterans receive the benefits earned through service to our nation; monitors their care in VA spinal cord injury units; and funds research and education in the search for a cure and improved care for individuals with paralysis.
As a life-long partner and advocate for veterans and all people with disabilities, PVA also develops training and career services, works to ensure accessibility in public buildings and spaces, and provides health and rehabilitation opportunities through sports and recreation. With more than 70 offices and 33 chapters, Paralyzed Veterans of America serves veterans, their families, and their caregivers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Learn more at PVA.org.
Contact: S. Oname Thompson
Cell: (703) 864-5980
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ORRVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) will release its second quarter fiscal 2023 financial results on Monday, November 21, 2022. A press release, including financial statements and segment information, supplemental materials, pre-recorded management remarks, and a transcript of the pre-recorded remarks will be available beginning at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The Company will webcast a live question and answer session with Mark Smucker, Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Tucker Marshall, Chief Financial Officer, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on that date.
The Company will host its 2022 Investor Day on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time in New York City. Attendance at the event is by invitation only; however, the Company invites interested shareholders, investors, and consumers to listen to its live webcast or event replay of the executive management presentations.
The live webcasts and replays for both events can be accessed at the Company's website: investors.jmsmucker.com.
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a diverse portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets and is found in more than 80 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker's® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer preferences and acting responsibly, we will continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on society. For more information, please visit jmsmucker.com.
The J.M. Smucker Co. is the owner of all trademarks referenced herein except for Rachael Ray®, a registered trademark of Ray Marks II LLC, which is used under license.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The toll of drug-resistant “superbug” infections worsened during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
After years of decline, 2020 ushered in a 15% increase in hospital infections and deaths caused by some of the most worrisome bacterial infections, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, a CDC expert, called it “a startling reversal” that he hopes was a one-year blip.
CDC officials think several factors may have caused the rise, including how COVID-19 was treated when it first hit the U.S. in early 2020.
Antimicrobial resistance happens when germs like bacteria and fungi gain the power to fight off the drugs that were designed to kill them. The misuse of antibiotics was a big reason — unfinished or unnecessary prescriptions that didn’t kill the germs made them stronger.
Before the pandemic, health officials said U.S. superbug infections appeared to be going down. Deaths fell 18% between 2012 and 2017, when about 36,000 Americans died from drug-resistant infections. The government credited hospitals for using antibiotics more judiciously, and for isolating patients who might spread the germs.
The CDC doesn’t have 2020 data on all superbugs, partly because health officials had to focus on COVID-19. But it does have data from seven kinds of bacterial and fungal infections that were detected in hospital patients, including MRSA and a bug called CRE that’s known as “the nightmare bacteria.”
The CDC saw increases of 15% or more in infections and deaths from that group of germs.
One possible reason: From March to October 2020, almost 80% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 received an antibiotic, CDC officials said. Use of certain kinds of antibiotics jumped as doctors aggressively used a variety of drugs to fight not only the coronavirus but also bacterial co-infections that might sweep over their weakened patients.
By 2021, overall use of antibiotics dropped. And Srinivasan noted that the use of catheters, ventilators and other medical devices may also be down. Those devices, which are used on severely ill patients, can become inroads into patient’s bodies for drug-resistant germs.
Still, any uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations — like the one being seen in the U.S. currently — increases that risk, he said.
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The Justice Department will conduct a review of the police response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, at the request of the city's mayor, Don McLaughlin.
"The goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events," DOJ spokesman Anthony Coley announced in a statement on Sunday.
The Office of Community Oriented Policing will conduct the review and publish a report with its findings after the review concludes, the department said.
In the wake of Tuesday's shooting, law enforcement officials have come under blistering criticism for their response to a massacre that left 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers dead. The gunman spent more than an hour inside the school before he was ultimately killed by a tactical unit, despite officers' earlier arrival to the scene.
Col. Steven McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety said at a Friday news conference that there were as many as 19 local and federal officers in the hallway during much of the shooting, but the commander on scene decided not to immediately go into the classroom.
"It was the wrong decision. Period. There was no excuse for that," said McCraw.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said during the press conference that he had been "misled" about the police response and expects a full investigation.
President Biden is visiting Uvalde
The Justice Department's announcement came as President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrived in Uvalde to pay their respects to the victims of the attack.
In Uvalde, the Bidens were scheduled to meet with victims' families and community leaders. Shortly after landing in Texas, the president rode to Robb Elementary, where he and the first lady visited a makeshift memorial to the victims.
The president arrived in Uvalde less than two weeks after he traveled to Buffalo to meet with the families of victims of another mass shooting there, which left 10 people dead after a racist attack at a supermarket.
Speaking from the White House on Tuesday in the hours after the Uvalde attack, the president made an urgent call for action on gun safety.
"As a nation we have to ask, 'When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?'" Biden said. "When in God's name are we going to do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?"
Prospects for federal legislation appear dim
As the president traveled to Uvalde, Democrats in Congress continued to push on Sunday for federal gun control legislation, despite an uncertain path forward. The party controls the White House and Congress, but falls short of the 60 votes it would need in the Senate to overcome a filibuster by Republicans.
"It's inconceivable to me that we have not passed significant federal legislation trying to address the tragedy of gun violence in this nation, especially because since Sandy Hook, we've seen even worse slaughter," said Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on ABC's This Week.
Murphy, who was elected to Congress just before the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in his home state in 2012, is leading a group of lawmakers hoping to reach a deal with Republicans on gun legislation. While Democrats have called for universal background checks and banning assault rifles, Republicans have largely narrowed their focus to addressing mental health and security in schools.
"I think what needs to change is the things that would have the most immediate and succinct effect — and tangible effect on these things — and that's actual security at a school," Rep Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union.
"A lot of these policies that I think the Democrats often propose that are gun control policies, they do two things," Crenshaw added. "One, they infringe on the rights of millions and millions of gun owners. And two, they probably wouldn't have the outcome that you're hoping for."
Bob Spitzer, author of The Politics of Gun Control, told NPR that despite the renewed negotiations, the chances of a bipartisan deal on gun legislation remain small.
"I think the likelihood the Senate will act is still vanishingly small, but it's not zero."
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
6-7-1-3-3
(six, seven, one, three, three)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
6-7-1-3-3
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) today announced it will report results for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2022, after the market closes on Oct. 26, 2022. The Company will host an investor conference call at 10 a.m. ET on Oct. 27, 2022, to discuss its results.
The conference call may be accessed by dialing 800-274-8461 and giving the conference ID EHCQ322. International callers should dial 203-518-9843 and give the same conference ID. Please call approximately 10 minutes before the start of the call to ensure you are connected.
A live webcast of the conference call and an online replay of the conference call can be found on the Company's investor website at https://investor.encompasshealth.com.
Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC) is the largest owner and operator of rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. With a national footprint that includes 153 hospitals in 36 states and Puerto Rico, the Company provides high-quality, compassionate rehabilitative care for patients recovering from a major injury or illness, using advanced technology and innovative treatments to maximize recovery. Encompass Health is ranked as one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For and Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare. For more information, visit encompasshealth.com, or follow us on our newsroom, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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SAO PAULO — Pelé will be famous for 15 centuries.
For most Brazilians Pelé was a cultural and social phenomenon. He was the country’s statesman without an office, a role he played since age 17. He usually took quiet political positions, if any.
Born poor in a small city in Brazil’s southeast, the South American nation’s first millionaire soccer player appeared in ads for gasoline, toothpaste, sugar-cane liquor, bicycles, soda, soccer shoes and Viagra, among other products.
“Pelé always knew his place,” his former assistant Pepito Fornos said. “If it was a meeting with Queen Elizabeth, Pope John Paul II, Bono Vox or just a kid he met on the street, everyone treated him with reverence. He was the same boy from the countryside, but when he shared a table with people he was quickly the center.”
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, globally known as Pelé, died Thursday at a Sao Paulo hospital. Throughout his career and afterward, he walked a fine line between his fame and taking on social problems.
He founded a charity carrying his name and dedicated to helping children. He became a United Nations goodwill ambassador. He did not publicly dedicate much time to activism for any particular cause, however. Brazil’s first modern Black national hero, Pelé rarely spoke about racism in a country where the rich and powerful tend to hail from the white minority.
Opposing fans taunted Pelé with monkey chants at home and all over the world.
“He said that he would never play if he had to stop every time he heard those chants,” said Angelica Basthi, one of Pelé’s biographers. “He is key for Black people’s pride in Brazil, but never wanted to be a flag-bearer.”
The country’s military dictatorship (1964-1985) tortured and killed its Brazilian opponents. Pelé posed for pictures with government leaders and said they knew what was best.
When Pelé scored the goal he counts as the 1,000th of his career in 1969, he pleaded with authorities “to care for the little children.” He did not assign blame for their misfortune.
Pelé said in a 2021 documentary that he felt pressure from President Emilio Medici to play in the World Cup in Mexico in 1970 and did so even though he had wanted to quit the national team after a poor Brazilian performance in 1966.
Still, the star marveled the world one last time on the sport’s biggest stage. Brazil’s and Pelé’s third World Cup title came when Medici was torturing adversaries, had closed congress and had put a gag on the nation’s top court.
Pelé and every other Brazil player received a Volkswagen from an ally of the dictator upon arrival from Mexico. None of the footballers refused the gift, but the star player was most vehemently critiqued due to his hero status.
“At that moment I did not want to be Pelé,” he said. “We knew a lot of things that were going on in the country.”
Pelé retired from the national team in 1971, left his boyhood club Santos three years later and moved to the United States to play for the New York Cosmos after being lured by then-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. During those years, he spoke about love, caring for children and stopping wars.
The Brazilian finished his professional soccer career in 1977 and returned to his country soon after, as democracy was returning.
Pelé’s six-year relationship with popular TV host Xuxa Meneghel also boosted his post-soccer fame nationwide in the early 1980s. She was 17 when they started dating, one year short of legal age in Brazil. The former footballer, 20 years older than Meneghel, had to ask her father’s permission to date.
Pelé became more politically vocal in retirement. He criticized Ricardo Teixeira, then head of the Brazilian soccer confederation and son-in-law of then-FIFA President João Havelange (1916-2016). He was banned from the draw for the 1994 World Cup, attending it as a pundit for TV Globo.
In 1995, Pelé became sports minister in the center-right administration of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso but spent seven years in the job maintaining a relatively low public profile.
For decades, Pelé’s meeting and greeting leaders around the world landed great results for him and his allies. He was one of the key figures of Rio de Janeiro’s winning bid team to host the 2016 Olympics, when he was center stage again at an International Olympic Committee meeting in 2009. Pelé’s old foe Havelange was in his team again.
“Everyone came to see Pelé and then the others had a chance to speak to them too,” former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in an interview after Rio’s victory over Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid. “And who could blame the delegates? I would have wanted the same.”
Pelé later struggled with mobility problems he blamed on failed hip surgery, and made his final major appearance on a wheelchair at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Argentina’s Diego Maradona kissed his head in front of the cameras. Russian President Vladimir Putin — who this year received a letter from Pelé asking him to stop the invasion of Ukraine — helped carry him around.
“Years ago, I promised to myself that, as long as I can, I will always raise my voice in favor of peace,” Pelé said in the letter dated June 1st.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemomab Therapeutics Ltd. (Nasdaq: CMMB), (Chemomab), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for fibrotic and inflammatory diseases with high unmet need, today announced the company will release its second quarter 2022 financial results and provide a business update on Friday, August 12, 2022 at 8:00 am Eastern Time.
During the event, Chemomab's management team will review second quarter 2022 performance, discuss recent and upcoming developments and conduct a live question-and-answer session.
A replay of the call will be available on Chemomab's website for 90 days at www.chemomab.com.
Live Webcast and Conference Call at 8:00 am Eastern Time, Friday, August 12, 2022
Click this Webcast link to access the live webcast or replay.
The live webcast and replay can also be accessed at the News & Events section of the Investors page on the Chemomab website at investors.chemomab.com/events.
Conference Call Access via Telephone
US Investors: +1 (877) 407-9208
International Investors: +1 (201) 493-6784
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For the last month, Michael Diaz has been living out of a recreational vehicle parked outside Ruby Chow Park, a triangle-shaped field, where planes roar overhead as they fly into the nearby King County International Airport.
Ahead of Memorial Day weekend, the city is asking him and nearly two dozen other RVs parked around the Georgetown park to leave.
Red “no parking” signs have gone up and Joe Ingram, an outreach worker, asked Diaz what he needs to avoid his vehicle getting impounded.
Diaz thought all he needed were some new batteries and gas. But getting the RV to move is one thing, he said, finding a place nearby to park is another.
“Where can we go from here? To the next block? Nope,” he said. “Can’t park there. They got blocks.”
These days, a significant portion of public parking in Georgetown has been blocked by large chunks of concrete, between 3 and 6 feet long. The blocks, which are sometimes referred to as “ecology” or “eco” blocks, have been placed anonymously and illegally by people hoping to prevent RVs from parking in front of their homes or business.
Large vehicles cannot park overnight in Seattle unless they are in areas zoned for industrial use, concentrating RV dwellers in a few neighborhoods. Ecology blocks have followed, quietly increasing the last two years in neighborhoods like Georgetown, Ballard and Sodo as the city of Seattle suspended parking enforcement during the pandemic.
But now parking enforcement has resumed, with people living in their vehicles facing fines and the possibility of losing their shelter.
However, enforcement of the growing number of eco-blocks is almost nonexistent.
Disproportionate enforcement
It is illegal to place ecology blocks in public streets, sidewalks or parking spaces. Ecology blocks cause “parking spillover into adjacent streets, block utility access and cause other accessibility or transportation problems,” according to the Seattle Department of Transportation.
Of the hundreds of concrete blocks across Seattle, only 25 unique property and business owners since June 2021 have been warned they could face fines. According to the city, violators could be charged $250 for the first violation, $500 for the second and $1,000 for the third violation, with no limits on the number of fines within a year.
While the department has issued second warnings to some properties, no citations have been issued.
Earlier this year, the transportation department said that it intends to step up enforcement on the rule that vehicles can only be parked on the same block for 72 hours at a time. Since October, the Seattle Department of Transportation has written 4,000 citations and impounded 2,100 vehicles, though the department says it did not impound lived-in vehicles until mid-May.
Homeless advocates say it is not fair that the city expects vehicle dwellers to obey parking laws when it allows businesses to prevent those living in cars from following them by taking up public parking.
“The new mayor ran on a law-and-order platform and this is the law,” said Bill Kirlin-Hackett, the director of the Interfaith Task Force on Homelessness, which runs the Scofflaw Mitigation/Vehicle Residency Outreach Program. “We just find it to be quite hypocritical.”
The city says the main challenge of responding to complaints about illegal ecology blocks has been identifying who is responsible for them. Because the blocks are placed on public streets, sometimes in the vicinity of multiple properties, it is not always clear who paid for them.
While ecology blocks are typically made with excess concrete and cost around $20 each, each block weighs 1 to 2 tons and cannot be moved without specialized equipment, making it potentially costly or burdensome for the city to remove. The department says it also only responds to ecology blocks through public complaints and does not pay for staff to “continuously patrol the city looking for violations” as it does for parking violations.
“Tow companies have a contract with the city which determines the fees they may charge for an impounded vehicle, but there is not a similar contract when it comes to moving ecology blocks,” SDOT said in a statement.
Why businesses put blocks down
Dee Powers said that blocks were occasionally placed before the pandemic but have proliferated in the last year while the city was not enforcing the 72-hour parking rule. During that time, RVs stayed put, sometimes accumulating trash and rats, and drew criticism from locals.
Powers, who previously was an outreach worker for the city-funded Scofflaw Mitigation/Vehicle Residency Outreach Program, remembers the stress of trying to find a new parking spot every few days. For around three years, Powers lived out of a 32-foot motor home in Georgetown and regularly moved their vehicle between two or three spaces to avoid impoundment.
Often Powers moved their vehicle at night when the streets were empty, sometimes swapping spots with a nearby friend. Underlying this “shuffle” of vehicles, Powers said, is an overwhelming fear of impoundment, losing your home and all your belongings, as well as harassment from local residents.
Powers said most RV dwellers have found free parking harder to come by because of blocks and no parking signs, so are more reluctant to move unless they are forced to.
Businesses often drop the blocks right after Seattle Public Utilities asks RV dwellers to temporarily leave so city workers can clean the area.
The practice is so common that when the city of Seattle removed an RV and homeless encampment along Southwest Andover Street in June, the neighboring West Seattle Health Club made no secret of its plans in a letter to its members.
“To avoid the return of the encampment, the West Seattle Health Club is partnering with our neighboring businesses to place eco-blocks along the surrounding area,” the letter said.
Eco-blocks did appear, but in an email, West Seattle Health Club general manager Chauna Agosto said the gym did not place them after the city recommended against it.
JW Harvey, one of the owners of the Orcas Business Park in Georgetown, said people who judge those who put ecology blocks on the street do not know the reality of living and working near a homeless encampment.
Over the last 10 years, but especially during the pandemic, Harvey said he has spent more time providing water and tools and speaking with the people living on the streets next to his property than he has running his business.
Harvey said he does not want to place ecology blocks around his property because they look bad and take up public parking. However, he’s growing tired of trying to manage the “ripple effects” of the homeless population in his neighborhood.
Every time the city removes an RV encampment and cleans up the garbage, it only takes a few weeks for the sidewalk to return to its former state, he said. Harvey said in his experience, residents and business owners only place ecology blocks because they feel like they have no other choice.
“Individual businesses and residents are putting ecology blocks out as taking matters in their own hands because if they call the city and say there are RVs out in front of their business or out in front of their home, they can’t do anything about it,” he said.
Erin Goodman, executive director of the Sodo Business Improvement Area, said businesses owners are concerned about the safety of their employees or worried about losing their livelihood when they place ecology blocks.
In many parts of Sodo, the rats that RV encampments can sometimes attract can put food manufacturers at risk for losing their license, she said, and fires that start in RVs can damage nearby buildings.
Although the Sodo Business Improvement Area does not recommend people break city rules, Goodman said business owners have been asking for help and are frustrated when they are threatened with citations.
“I don’t think [warnings] are going to deter anybody,” she said. “They’re still going to do it and even for the period of time before the city notices, they get a bit of relief.”
Where city stands on enforcement
Fremont Brewing’s production facility in Ballard has become a particularly criticized example of ecology blocks. The beer company is owned by Seattle City Councilmember Sara Nelson and her husband Matt Lincecum.
After receiving reports of ecology blocks around the facility, the city issued a warning to the brewery on Sept. 29, 2021, stating that citations or notice of violation could be issued if they were not removed by Nov. 10, according to records obtained by The Seattle Times.
In November, Lincecum emailed a city employee, saying he appreciated “your assurance that the [Department of Transportation] has decided to pause and reconsider how to proceed.” Lincecum said he is looking for “written confirmation that the city of Seattle has paused enforcement of the alleged street use violation for our brewery and the hundreds of other businesses also using ecoblocks,” including a substation in Ballard.
There are also ecology blocks along Northwest 46th Street next to a U.S. post office building.
“As I also reiterated, I do not want Fremont to be in violation of any city codes and have only kept the ecoblocks in place upon the reassurance from you that we are not currently in violation of Seattle City codes,” the email stated.
Lincecum and Nelson declined to comment.
After being asked about the email, the transportation department denied in a statement that it has suspended enforcement and said it has started to send out second warnings when there is not a resolution.
“Our objective is to make sure that we have correctly identified the responsible party and then to work collaboratively with them if they are willing,” the agency said in a statement. “We hope to encourage them to take responsibility for removing the unauthorized obstructions so that we can find a solution that works well for everyone.”
In the meantime, with fewer parking spaces available, RVs are pushed into other neighborhoods or residential streets and are forced to park closer together, forming clusters.
There, they draw more ire.
Garth Caroll, who has lived out of an RV for six years, said the concrete is a physical symbol of the animosity toward homeless people.
“So much of the community has so much built-up hatred against us,” Caroll said. “We’re just trying to fend for ourselves until we can get some permanent housing.”
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GYOR, Hungary — Reka Zalai clocked out for lunch on Thursday in the quality assurance department of an Audi automobile factory in Hungary.
But instead of heading to her ordinary spot in the factory's lunch room, she walked to a nearby conference hall near the production line to watch a performance of a professional contemporary ballet troupe.
The Ballet Company of Gyor, a city in northwest Hungary that is home to the sprawling car and motor plant, began rehearsing at the factory in January after being forced to shutter their rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices.
With nowhere to rehearse and scheduled performances approaching, the troupe approached the Audi factory, a longtime sponsor, which offered to host the dancers in a heated room at the plant for a few weeks during the coldest winter months.
In a converted conference room on Thursday, the dancers honed their pliés and pirouettes, while row upon row of new cars could be seen in a distant lot through the ceiling-high windows, and workers passed by outside dressed in bright red coveralls.
Laszlo Velekei, the ballet company's director, said that being able to maintain the continuity of rehearsals after the dancers left their theater was essential to keeping them in top form.
"The most important thing in a dancer's life is that they can't stop," Velekei said. "There is a saying that we often repeat to one another: if you miss one day (of rehearsal), it's no problem. If you miss two days, then the dancer begins to feel it. If you miss three days, then the audience notices, too."
The Gyor Ballet's rehearsal hall is one of dozens of Hungarian cultural institutions that have temporarily shut down for the winter season in response to exponentially rising energy prices. Heating bills for some have risen tenfold since last winter, while high inflation and a weakening currency have compounded a dire economic outlook.
Hungary's government in July declared an "energy emergency" in response to rising prices and supply disruptions linked to Russia's war in Ukraine. It also made cuts to a popular utility subsidy program that since 2014 had kept the bills of Hungarians among the lowest in the 27-member European Union.
Reka Jakab, a press spokesperson for Audi, said the ballet company wanted to give something back for the plant's 12,000 workers in return for the rehearsal space.
"They offered to give one open performance for them each week, and they were also open to giving access to the rehearsals whenever the workers have free time," she said.
She said many workers had never seen a ballet before, but the responses have been very positive.
"Several people said that they would definitely attend the next performance in the theater."
Zoltan Jekli, a dancer with the Gyor ballet, said that the troupe had overcome some of the limitations of the new space by outfitting the floor with a layer of soft PVC foam and bringing their own equipment to make it feel like home.
"Whenever I come here, it fills me with good feelings and memories and I think everyone (in the troupe) feels the same," he said. "We don't have the sense that we're coming into a car factory. We like to be here."
Zalai, 28, said she's "always been amazed by ballet," but that seeing it up close and getting a chance to break from her daily routine had been a particularly special experience.
"I was really recharged by this half-hour. Time stopped for me," she said.
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Smartphones are pretty reliable. Sure, we all complain that the battery doesn’t last as long as it should every day, but considering what all the phones do, iPhones and Android devices are dependable. Unless they’re not.
From time to time, even the best smartphone may hit a glitch and stop working. Sometimes you may find the screen frozen, or it goes black. You may not be able to turn it on or turn it off. Many people will then take the time to drive to their wireless carrier, stand in line, and finally hand it to a technician who presses a couple of buttons and brings the phone back to life.
What did they do? It’s called a forced or hard reset. If you know how to do it, you’ll save time and a big headache.
Here’s what to try before taking the phone to a technician:
On an iPhone, press and release the volume up button, then press and quickly release the volume down button, then press and hold the side button. Don’t let go until the Apple logo
appears on the screen.
On iPhone 7 and earlier, press and hold the volume down and on/off buttons simultaneously.
The Apple logo should appear on the screen for a few seconds before it starts back up. You’ll
need to log back on with your passcode, but the phone should work fine.
If the Apple logo stays frozen on the screen, try the forced restart again. If the screen is still
frozen, connect it to a computer and, using iTunes, update the phone to the latest iOS. If that
doesn’t work, you may need to restore the phone to factory settings and then to your most recent backup.
On Android devices, it depends on the phone. Try force restarting the phone by pressing and
holding the power and volume down keys for more than 7 seconds. For some Android devices,
you’ll need to hold down the power button for about 30 seconds.
If that doesn’t work on Android phones, you can also connect it to a computer and your
phone’s settings screen. Or you can remove the battery to reset it, but it’s not for the faint of
heart. Removing the back panel of the phone, you should be able to remove the battery for a few
seconds and then replace the battery, which will reboot the phone.
If things still don’t work, contact support or take the phone to your wireless carrier.
It’s also a good idea to restart your phone every now and then, whether you’re having problems
with it or not. You might find the phone works a lot better and faster after a good restart.
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