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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
9-9-2, FIREBALL:
(nine, nine, two; FIREBALL: zero)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
9-9-2, FIREBALL:
(nine, nine, two; FIREBALL: zero)
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Packers Odds to Make Playoffs and Win Super Bowl
Published: Jul. 6, 2023 at 4:24 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Currently the Green Bay Packers have been given +6600 odds of winning the Super Bowl.
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Packers Super Bowl Odds
- Odds to Win the NFC North: +350
- Odds to Win the Super Bowl: +6600
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Green Bay Betting Insights
- Green Bay compiled an 8-9-0 ATS record last year.
- Packers games went over the point total eight out of 17 times last season.
- Green Bay ranked 17th in total offense (337.9 yards per game) and 17th in total defense (336.5 yards allowed per game) last year.
- The Packers put up a 5-4 record at home and were 3-5 away last year.
- Green Bay went 3-3 as underdogs and 5-6 as favorites.
- The Packers were 6-6 in the NFC, including 3-3 in the NFC North.
Packers Impact Players
- On the ground, Aaron Jones had two touchdowns and 1,121 yards (65.9 per game) last year.
- In the passing game, Jones scored five touchdowns, with 59 catches for 395 yards.
- On the ground, A.J. Dillon scored seven touchdowns and accumulated 770 yards (45.3 per game).
- In addition, Dillon had 28 catches for 206 yards and zero touchdowns.
- Christian Watson had 41 catches for 611 yards (43.6 per game) and seven touchdowns in 14 games a season ago.
- Romeo Doubs had 42 receptions for 425 yards (32.7 per game) and three touchdowns in 13 games.
- Quay Walker posted 119 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, and seven passes defended in 17 games last year.
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2023-24 Packers NFL Schedule
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Mother, boyfriend charged after severely bruised baby dies, sheriff says
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) – A mother and her boyfriend are facing charges after the death of her severely bruised baby was ruled a homicide.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said deputies were called to an area hospital on Sept. 6 after staff reported an unresponsive 4-month-old baby. Investigators noticed bruises on the baby’s back, arms, legs and ears.
The child was placed on life support and was pronounced brain dead on Sept. 8.
An autopsy on Sept. 9 found the baby had a rib fracture, severe brain and eye hemorrhaging, and bruises across the body.
The mother, Cassandra Clautu, told deputies her boyfriend, Philip Coker, was watching the child and woke up to find the baby unresponsive.
Clautu was charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, and Coker was charged with homicide. Both were booked at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
Further investigation found the baby had been injured during a prior incident. Investigators said Clautu did not seek medical treatment for the baby at the time.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia will reopen within two weeks, Pennsylvania’s governor said Saturday, after joining President Joe Biden on a helicopter tour over the critical stretch of highway closed to East Coast traffic since last weekend.
“We are getting it done here in Philly,” Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a briefing at Philadelphia International Airport after the flyover that included members of Congress and the city’s mayor.
Biden outlined the substantial initial federal commitment and longer term support for a permanent fix for the vital roadway.
“I know how important this stretch of highway is” to Philadelphia and the Northeast Corridor, Biden said. “Over 150,000 vehicles travel on it every day, including 14,000 trucks. … It’s critical to our economy and it’s critical to our quality of life.’’
Shapiro, offering a timeline that would be welcome news to commuters and long-haul truckers alike, said with Biden at his side: “I can state with confidence that we will have I-95 reopened within the next two weeks. We are going to get traffic moving again thanks to the extraordinary work that is going on here.”
He said “folks here in Philly have a real renewed sense of civic pride through this project” and that “there’s something special happening in our community” with people coming together.
The stretch of the East Coast’s main north-south highway collapsed early last Sunday after a tractor-trailer hauling gasoline flipped over on an off-ramp and caught fire. State transportation officials said the driver was trying to navigate a curve and lost control.
“I’ve directed my team … to move heaven and earth to get this done as soon as humanly possible,” Biden said. He said he told the governor, “There’s no more important project right now in the country as far as I’m concerned.” The president described it as an “all hands on deck” project to address a “crisis.”
“We’re with you. We’re going to stay with you until this is rebuilt, until it’s totally finished,” he said at the briefing.
Pennsylvania’s plan for the work involves trucking in 2,000 tons of lightweight glass nuggets for the quick rebuilding, with crews working around the clock until the interstate is open to traffic. Instead of rebuilding the overpass right away, crews will use the recycled glass to fill in the collapsed area to avoid supply-chain delays for other materials, Shapiro has said.
After that, a replacement bridge will be built next to it to reroute traffic while crews excavate the fill to restore the exit ramp, officials have said.
Biden said the design was “incredibly innovative in order to get this work done in record time.’’
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who visited the area Tuesday, promised that the federal government would provide the needed assistance to repair the destruction, although he warned that the wreckage will likely raise the cost of consumer goods in the short term because truckers must now travel longer routes.
Joining Biden on the presidential Marine One helicopter were Shapiro, Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman and Rep. Brendan Boyle and Mayor Jim Kenney, all Democrats. Later Saturday, Biden is scheduled to attend a 2024 campaign event with union workers at the convention center.
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PHOENIX (AP)The Arizona Diamondbacks were refreshed and ready after the four-day All-Star break, playing arguably their best game of the season in a lopsided 10-1 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Carson Kelly started the team’s offensive onslaught with a laser-beam double to lead off the bottom of the first, Ketel Marte added a three-run homer in the third and Daulton Varsho clobbered a 451-foot solo shot in the sixth. On the mound, Zac Gallen delivered seven innings of shutout ball, giving up just two hits.
”All around, it was a very solid game,” Kelly said. ”Offense, defense, pitching. I think the break helped and we’ll try to continue to ride this wave.”
The All-Star break didn’t provide much relief for the Nationals, who lost for the 16th time in 18 games.
Gallen (5-2) took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning before Cesar Hernandez sent a soft liner with two outs that deflected off Gallen’s glove and fell behind the mound. Gallen, shortstop Geraldo Perdomo and Marte all converged on the ball, but no one had time to throw out the speedy Hernandez.
”I felt like I had all four or five pitches today, good command of them,” Gallen said. ”You like to think every time you have four or five pitches, you can throw a no-hitter.”
Gallen struck out seven and walked none.
”He was looking like he could potentially throw a no-hitter,” manager Torey Lovullo said. ”I was probably the most satisfied person when he gave up that hit. It’s a stressful time when you’re talking about potential pitch counts. He had good stuff and it obviously showed up through seven innings.”
Marte launched his ninth homer of the season in the third, giving the D-backs a 4-0 lead. He hit a changeup from lefty Patrick Corbin (4-13) to center field where it just cleared the wall above the 413-foot sign.
It was another rough outing for Corbin, the veteran left-hander who came into the game with a 5.87 ERA. He gave up five runs and eight hits over five innings, walking one and striking out seven.
Daulton Varsho added a mammoth solo shot to right field – turning on Jordan Weems’ pitch for his 13th homer of the season – to give the D-backs a 6-0 lead in the sixth. Kelly and Varsho both had three hits.
Washington star Juan Soto singled in the seventh inning, extending his on-base streak to 28 games, which is the longest of his career.
”We hit some balls hard, but they’re on the ground,” Washington manager Dave Martinez said. ”We can’t get the ball in the air. We’ve got to start driving the ball and getting them in the air.”
The Nationals fell to 31-64, the worst mark in the big leagues.
NATS SIGN DRAFT PICKS
The Nationals announced the signing of several of their draft picks from earlier this month, including outfielder Elijah Green, who was taken with the No. 5 overall choice.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: Placed RHP Tyler Clippard on the 15-day IL retroactive to July 19. Promoted RHP Hunter Harvey from Triple-A and reinstated RHP Victor Arano from the injured list. … LHP Josh Rogers is done with a rehabilitation assignment and been sent to Triple-A.
Diamondbacks: Marte was playing second base for the first time in about a month. He’s been used as a designated hitter while nursing a sore left hamstring. … RHP Zach Davies threw a bullpen on Friday. He’s been on the 15-day IL since June 28 because of right shoulder inflammation.
UP NEXT
The teams play again on Saturday night. The D-backs will send LHP Madison Bumgarner (5-9, 3.83 ERA) to the mound. The Nationals will counter with veteran RHP Anibal Sanchez (0-1, 7.20).
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LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five senior citizens before a pastor hit the gunman on the head with a chair and parishioners hog-tied him with electrical cords.
Jerry Chen had just stepped into the kitchen of his church’s fellowship hall around 1:30 p.m. Sunday when he heard the gunshots.
Chen, 72, a longtime congregant at Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, peeked around the corner and saw church members screaming, running and ducking under tables.
“I knew someone was shooting,” he said. “I was very, very scared. I ran out the kitchen door to call 9-1-1. ”
Officials said the shooting ended after the gunman killed one man and wounded five senior citizens before worshippers hog-tied his legs with an electrical cord until deputies arrived. Four of the five people wounded suffered critical gunshot injuries.
While a motive for the shooting at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in the city of Laguna Woods was not immediately disclosed, investigators don’t believe the gunman — an Asian man in his 60s whose name was not immediately released — lives in the community.
Chen, who called 911 from the church’s parking lot, said he was in such a state of shock that he was unable to tell the operator his location.
“I had to ask someone else for the address,” he said.
Chen said a group of about 40 congregants had gathered in the fellowship hall for a luncheon after a morning service to welcome their former Pastor Billy Chang, who had served the church for 20 years and was a beloved and respected community member. Chang moved back to Taiwan two years ago. This was his first time back stateside, Chen said.
“Everyone had just finished lunch,” he said. “They were taking photos with Pastor Chang. I had just finished my lunch and went into the kitchen.”
That was when he heard the gunshots and ran out.
Soon afterward, Chen said he heard the details of what happened inside from others who came out. Fellow congregants told Chen that when the gunman stopped to reload, Pastor Chang hit him on the head with a chair while others moved quickly to grab his gun. They then subdued him and tied him up, Chen said.
“It was amazing how brave (Chang) and the others were,” he said. “This is just so sad. I never, ever thought something like this would happen in my church, in my community.”
Most of the church’s members are elderly, highly educated Taiwanese immigrants, Chen said.
“We’re mostly retirees and the average age of our church is 80,” he said.
Orange County Undersheriff Jeff Hallock praised the parishioners’ quick work to detain the gunman.
“That group of churchgoers displayed what we believe is exceptional heroism and bravery in intervening to stop the suspect. They undoubtedly prevented additional injuries and fatalities,” Hallock said. “I think it’s safe to say that had people not intervened, it could have been much worse.”
The shooting came a day after an 18-year-old man shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
Laguna Woods was built as a senior living community and later became a city. More than 80% of residents in the city of 18,000 people about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles are at least 65. The incident occurred in an area with a cluster of houses of worship, including Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist churches and a Jewish synagogue.
The investigation was in its early stages, Hallock said. He said the many unanswered questions include whether the assailant attended the church service, if he was known to church members and how many shots were fired.
The majority of those inside the church at the time were believed to be of Taiwanese descent, said Carrie Braun, a sheriff’s spokesperson.
Those wounded by gunshots included four Asian men, ages 66, 75, 82 and 92, and an 86-year-old Asian woman, the sheriff’s department said. Authorities originally said only four of the five surviving victims had been shot.
Officials did not immediately disclose any information about the alleged shooter.
The afternoon lunch reception was to honor a former pastor of the Taiwanese congregation, according to a statement from the Presbytery of Los Ranchos, a church administrative body.
“Please keep the leadership of the Taiwanese congregation and Geneva in your prayers as they care for the those traumatized by this shooting,” the presbytery’s Tom Cramer said in a statement on Facebook.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said on Twitter that he was closely monitoring the situation.
“No one should have to fear going to their place of worship. Our thoughts are with the victims, community, and all those impacted by this tragic event,” the tweet said.
On its website, Geneva Presbyterian Church describes its mission as “to remember, tell, and live the way of Jesus by being just, kind, and humble.”
“All are welcome here. Really, we mean that! … Geneva aspires to be an inclusive congregation worshipping, learning, connecting, giving and serving together.”
Violence in houses of worship includes the deadliest shooting inside a church, which occurred in 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas, when a gunman opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church and killed more than two dozen people.
In 2015, Dylann Roof fired dozens of bullets during the closing prayer of a 2015 Bible study session at Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina. Nine members of the Black congregation were killed in the racist violence and Roof became the first person in the U.S. sentenced to death for a federal hate crime. His appeal remains before the Supreme Court.
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This story has been corrected to show that Pastor Billy Chang has not retired.
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Weber and Bharath reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press journalist Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles also contributed to this story.
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Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP’s collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
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California offers cannabis farmers $20M to get permits, save water and help wildlife
Rather than lock horns over environmental and permitting issues, California and its cannabis farmers are working together to give wildlife space, conserve water and reduce the number of unlicensed grows.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife earmarked more than $20 million to help growers restore and conserve their properties, and become fully licensed.
Money from the agency’s Cannabis Restoration Grant Program covers "upgrading road crossings and culverts, cleanup and remediation of illegal grow sites and many other important projects that benefit the environment,” Cannabis Program Director Amelia Wright said.
The CDFW finds most environmental problems at illicit cannabis grows, Wright said: Water diversion tactics, habitat destruction, banned pesticide use, wildlife poaching and trash near waterways.
"In the regulated market, cannabis cultivators work closely with state regulators to minimize environmental impacts," she said. That's why the CDFW wants to get more growers permitted.
Permitting requirements, like road improvements and culvert upgrades, can be expensive, Wright said. Grants can help curb those costs, but the money doesn't go straight to farmers. Instead it's handed to nonprofits, tribes, government agencies and other organizations that manage environmental projects for landowners.
Farmers are "having a difficult time” navigating the red tape needed to understand and meet California Environmental Quality Act requirements, said Casey O’Neill, owner of HappyDay Farms in Mendocino.
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A farmer for 15 years, O’Neill said he grows almost two acres of vegetables year-round, and a quarter-acre of cannabis from April to November.
A $1.3 million grant through the Mendocino Resource Conservation District paid for consultants to help O’Neill and other area farmers with permitting, he said. It bankrolled installation of 432 efficient water storage facilities and helped farmers build irrigation systems and retrofit equipment to save water. The money also covered legacy fence removal, so wildlife can move more freely through the area.
While cannabis has a reputation for being a thirsty plant, O’Neill said he waters his summer squash as much, if not more. "We strive for regenerative agriculture,” he said of his desire to have a farm that restores the land as it uses it.
Funded by California’s Environmental Restoration and Protection account, the CDFW birthed the grant program in 2020 to help fund cleanup and restore environmentally damaged areas, including watersheds affected by cannabis cultivation.
The agency awarded almost $5 million in grants in 2022, Wright said, and she expects that number to quadruple in 2023 as more growers learn about the program.
Last year, the state hosted technical assistance workshops in Northern California “where staff met with the cultivator community face-to-face,” Wright said.
The fruits of those and other outreach efforts is the CDFW is currently managing five grant-funded projects, and is considering another 11 applications.
More:Low Sacramento River salmon forecast to close California ocean salmon fishing statewide
“We want to hear from all cultivators interested in implementing ecological growing practices, reducing impacts to California’s natural resources, contributing to conservation and becoming fully licensed,” Wright said.
For more information, go to the CRGP website or email canngrantprogram@wildlife.ca.gov.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat John Larson wins reelection to U.S. House in Connecticut's 1st Congressional District.
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Muskegon County has finalized its purchase of Baker College’s Muskegon campus and plans to move most non-court operations of county government into the sprawling facility by next summer.
The building at 1903 Marquette Ave. will be shared by Muskegon County and Baker College for at least a few years until the college finds a new building to relocate to downtown, county officials said in a news release. The county expects to be fully moved into the building by summer 2023.
Muskegon County paid $9.9 million for the property, including all closing costs, county administrator Mark Eisenbarth told MLive/Muskegon Chronicle.
County officials have been eyeing the Baker College facility since last year, when the college announced its intention to eventually move downtown.
The county plans to move most of its non-court related departments from its current South Campus, including the health department, the treasurer, register of deeds and equalization.
Eisenbarth called the move a “win-win” for everyone involved.
“We believe this transition will strengthen the way we serve our citizens in terms of efficiency, accessibility, and delivery of County services,” he said in a prepared statement.
The college campus is more than twice the size the county needs, at least in the short term, Eisenbarth previously told MLive.
Baker College is still investigating potential sites to relocate to in downtown Muskegon, Baker College Muskegon President Aaron Maike told MLive on July 6. The college plans to continue offering classes at the campus for up to three years.
The Marquette Avenue facility will allow Muskegon County to consolidate many of its services under one roof. It will also allow the Michael E. Kobza Hall of Justice to serve exclusively as a courthouse for its judiciary and courts, as well as other court related departments such as Circuit Court Records, Clerk’s office, Prosecutor’s office, and Sheriff’s department.
Muskegon County Board Chair Bob Scolnik said the 300,000-square-foot facility is in “excellent condition.”
“Today, the County of Muskegon made a major step in improving access to government offices and efficiency in county operations through its purchase of the entire Baker College campus,” Scolnik said in a statement.
“As the current Chairman of the Muskegon County Board of Commissioners and a 20-year commissioner, this purchase and consolidation of county operations, along with the recent purchase of the pristine 377-acre Dune Harbor Park, are huge milestones during my time as a commissioner, and will benefit all our citizens far into the future.”
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Houston vs. Miami Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total - NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
Friday's game features the Houston Cougars (33-3) and the Miami Hurricanes (27-7) matching up at T-Mobile Center (on March 24) at 7:15 PM ET. This matchup, according to our computer prediction, will result in a 75-66 win for Houston.
Based on our computer prediction, Houston is a good bet to cover the point spread, which currently sits at 7.5. The two teams are projected to eclipse the 138.5 over/under.
Houston vs. Miami Game Info & Odds
- Date: Friday, March 24, 2023
- Time: 7:15 PM ET
- TV: CBS
- Where: Kansas City, Missouri
- Venue: T-Mobile Center
- Line: Houston -7.5
- Point Total: 138.5
- Moneyline (To Win): Houston -350, Miami +280
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Houston vs. Miami Score Prediction
- Prediction: Houston 75, Miami 66
Spread & Total Prediction for Houston vs. Miami
- Pick ATS:
Houston (-7.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (138.5)
Houston has a 17-16-0 record against the spread so far this season compared to Miami, who is 16-11-0 ATS. The Cougars have hit the over in 15 games, while Hurricanes games have gone over 13 times. The teams score an average of 154 points per game, 15.5 more points than this matchup's total. Houston is 3-7 against the spread and 9-1 overall over its past 10 contests, while Miami has gone 5-4 against the spread and 8-2 overall.
Put your picks to the test and bet on this matchup with BetMGM Sportsbook.
Houston Performance Insights
- The Cougars' +658 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 18.3 points per game) is a result of scoring 74.9 points per game (98th in college basketball) while allowing 56.6 per outing (second in college basketball).
- Houston is 14th in college basketball at 35.9 rebounds per game. That's 8.5 more than the 27.4 its opponents average.
- Houston hits 7.6 three-pointers per game (149th in college basketball) while shooting 34.2% from deep (172nd in college basketball). It is making 1.4 more threes per contest than its opponents, who drain 6.2 per game while shooting 27.4%.
- The Cougars' 100.9 points per 100 possessions on offense rank 20th in college basketball, and the 76.2 points they allow per 100 possessions rank first in college basketball.
- Houston has committed 9.5 turnovers per game (14th in college basketball play), 3.8 fewer than the 13.3 it forces on average (79th in college basketball).
Miami Performance Insights
- The Hurricanes put up 79.1 points per game (24th in college basketball) while giving up 71.6 per contest (227th in college basketball). They have a +256 scoring differential and outscore opponents by 7.5 points per game.
- Miami wins the rebound battle by 3.2 boards on average. It collects 32.4 rebounds per game, 135th in college basketball, while its opponents pull down 29.2.
- Miami knocks down 7.6 three-pointers per game (149th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 7.6. It shoots 36.8% from deep, and its opponents shoot 33.4%.
- Miami has had fewer turnovers than its opponents this season, committing 10.9 per game (82nd in college basketball) while forcing 12.1 (161st in college basketball).
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Mustaches made the Oakland Athletics major-league misfits in 1972, when facial hair around baseball was sparse.
It isn’t the only way a team that sparked a Bay Area dynasty was ahead of its time.
A look back through a modern lens reveals a number of players from the ’72 A’s whose traits could fit neatly into today’s game. A dominant closer. A strikeout-prone slugger. A WAR darling. A versatile postseason ace. And fittingly, for the A’s, an OBP machine.
And various stylings of ’stache. Outfielder Reggie Jackson, as the story goes, arrived for spring training with a mustache. A few pitchers followed suit, thinking they all would need to shave. Instead, then-A’s owner Charlie Finley offered a $300 bonus to any player who grew a mustache.
The result: A World Series between the hirsute A’s and clean-cut Reds was dubbed “The Hairs vs. The Squares.”
Who: Boston (24-27) at A's (20-33)
When: 1:07 p.m. Saturday
TV/Radio: NBCSCA/960, 1010
The A’s clipped the Reds in seven games to become the Bay Area’s first World Series winners and seize the first of back-to-back-to-back World Series titles, a feat only the Yankees and 1972-74 A’s have accomplished.
On Saturday, the A’s will honor the 1972 team at the Coliseum before their game against the Red Sox, celebrating a squad that, 50 years later, can still seem cutting-edge.
Gene Tenace: In an oft-quoted “Moneyball” movie moment, Brad Pitt-as-Billy Beane says of a hitter he’s eyeing for the A’s: “He gets on base a lot. Do I care if it’s a walk or a hit?”
Decades earlier, that line might have applied to Gene Tenace. A catcher and first baseman, Tenace hit .241 over a career spanning 15 seasons. But he posted a .388 on-base percentage, drawing 100-plus walks six times and leading the AL in walks twice.
Tenace caught 892 games. Only three other players in MLB history have at least 800 games at catcher with a .388 OBP or better: Mickey Cochrane, Wally Schang and Joe Mauer. Cochrane, a Hall of Famer, posted a .419 OBP, Schang .393; their playing careers ended in the ’30s. Mauer, who retired in 2018, had a .388 OBP, the same as Tenace. Of the four, Tenace hit the most homers with 201.
For most of the season, Tenace wasn’t the A’s primary catcher. Dave Duncan caught in 121 games and swatted 19 homers. Tenace played 82 games and his .307 OBP was his lowest in a season in which he played at least 80 games. But Tenace served as Oakland’s primary catcher down the stretch and in the postseason. In the World Series, he caught fire, batting .348 with four homers and nine RBIs to earn MVP honors.
Rollie Fingers: Fingers helped to revolutionize relief pitching and establish the modern-day closer role in his Hall of Fame career. While Fingers saved some games in his early A’s years, he also started 35 from 1969-71 before moving into a full-time relief role in 1972. Fingers finished 41 games and earned 21 saves, then a career-high for a pitcher who would become the first to 300 career saves.
Modern bullpen use has led to discussion of “leverage” relievers and when to use them. Teams note the most important outs in a game might come before the ninth and deploy their top relievers accordingly. Fingers’ use in the 1972 World Series foreshadowed such thinking. He pitched in six of seven games in outings that resembled each other only in importance.
In Game 1, Fingers replaced starter Ken Holtzman in the sixth after Johnny Bench hit a double with no outs and the A’s up 3-2. He retired three in a row, stranding Bench as the A’s held on to win.
Game 2 saw Fingers face one batter, getting pinch-hitter Julian Javier to pop up with the tying run on base for the final out to save a 2-1 victory. Fingers entered Game 4 with the A’s down 2-1 in the top of the ninth, marooned an inherited runner and got a win when Oakland rallied for a walk-off win.
Trying to close out the Series in Game 5, the A’s turned to Fingers with a 4-3 lead in the fifth inning and rode him until the ninth, when Pete Rose’s RBI single put the Reds ahead, 5-4. Fingers got his revenge in Game 7. Called in to protect a 3-1 lead in the eighth, two Reds on base and no outs, Fingers notched the final six outs, retiring Rose on a fly ball for the last to secure the A’s championship.
Reggie Jackson: Jackson was a slugger for the modern era. He clubbed 563 home runs in his 21-year career, which ranked sixth all-time when he retired. His 2,597 career strikeouts still stand as most all-time.
Jackson struck out a ton in an era when it was much less prevalent, yet his value as a hitter transcended that. His age-23 season in 1969 with the A’s offered a prime example. Jackson’s 142 strikeouts led AL hitters, as did his 179 weighted runs created-plus (wRC+), which measures overall offensive value.
Jackson hit 25 home runs and slugged .473 in 135 games in what was a tough year for hitters. MLB as a whole slugged just .354 in 1972. The only seasons in the last 100 where hitters did worse were 1968 (.340), 1943 (.346) and 1942 (.348) — two of those in the midst of World War II.
Jackson’s numbers in 1972 superficially mirror Kris Bryant’s from 2021. Jackson hit .265/.350/.473 with a 21.9% strikeout rate, 10.3% walk rate and 4.4% home-run rate in 135 games, while Bryant hit .265/.353/.481 with a 23% strikeout rate, 10.6% walk rate and 4.3% home-run rate in 144 games. In his environment, Jackson’s contributions were worth more, good for a 5.6 WAR (wins above replacmement) in 1972, similar to Matt Olson (5.8) last year. Bryant’s 2021 was worth 3.3 WAR per baseball-reference.
The A’s did not have Jackson for the 1972 World Series; he pulled a hamstring on a steal of home in the ALCS. But their championship campaign might not have happened without him.
Catfish Hunter: Hunter won a Cy Young award in 1974, when his 25 wins led the majors. By some measures, the Hall of Fame right-hander’s 1972 season was even better.
Hunter’s 2.04 ERA in 1972 was a career best. He held opponents to a .189 batting average, .241 on-base percentage and .296 slugging percentage, all career lows. Hunter’s 0.91 WHIP (walks-plus-hits per inning pitched) was third-lowest among all qualified pitchers. He also ranked fifth with 295 ⅓ innings.
He remained a workhorse in the postseason. Hunter started Games 1 and 4 in the ALCS, posting a 1.17 ERA in 15 ⅓ IP. He then worked 16 innings in the World Series, including a Game 7 relief outing. Blue Moon Odom started Game 7 for the A’s but Hunter replaced him in the fifth with a 1-0 lead and two Reds on base. Cincinnati tied the game but the A’s scored twice in the sixth and Hunter ended up the winning pitcher, working two more innings.
Use of ace starters for postseason relief cameos remains in practice, from the 2001 Diamondbacks’ Curt Schilling-Randy Johnson tandem, to the Giants’ Madison Bumgarner finishing Game 7 of the 2014 World Series to cap one of the greatest postseasons by any pitcher, to Max Scherzer finishing off the Giants in last year’s NLDS.
Joe Rudi: The merits of WAR can be debated, but by that metric the A’s had a clear most valuable position player in 1972. Rudi, the left fielder, led the A’s in WAR per FanGraphs (5.3) and baseball-reference (6.1). The modern stat wasn’t needed to recognize his impact — Rudi finished second in AL MVP voting to Dick Allen.
Rudi batted .305 with an .830 on-base-plus-slugging percentage and an AL-leading 181 hits. In 2021, three players posted a 6.1 WAR, per baseball-reference: Brandon Crawford, Paul Goldschmidt and Austin Riley, the third baseman for the World Series champion Braves.
A three-time Gold Glove winner, Rudi made two-way impact in Game 2 of the World Series, a 2-1 Oakland win, by hitting a solo home run in the third, and in the ninth making a game-saving play, leaping at the wall to catch Dennis Menke’s drive with a runner on base.
Rudi finished second in MVP voting again in 1974, helping the A’s win the last of three straight World Series titles. In 1976, Finley tried to sell the contracts of Rudi and Fingers to Boston and Vida Blue to the Yankees. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn blocked the sale, but it signaled the disassembly of a successful Oakland team — a notion that A’s fans today still find far too familiar.
Matt Kawahara covers the A’s for The San Francisco Chronicle. Email: mkawahara@sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @matthewkawahara
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Researchers from Yale University released findings this month as it investigates why young men who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 face an increased risk of myocarditis.
The study released by Yale this month followed a 2022 report that found young men, generally in their teens or early 20s, who got both doses of COVID-19 vaccines had an increased risk of myocarditis.
Myocarditis is considered by the American Heart Association as a rare but serious condition. The organization says symptoms can often resolve themselves, but can sometimes lead to stroke, heart attack or heart failure.
The Yale study notes that the risk of myocarditis is higher among those who are unvaccinated who get COVID-19 than from getting the vaccine. Although there is also a link between COVID-19 infection and myocarditis, it was not the vaccine’s antibodies that caused the increased risk, researchers said.
SEE MORE: US COVID vaccine policy ending for federal workers, foreign travelers
They said the condition was caused by a generalized response involving immune cells and inflammation.
“The immune systems of these individuals get a little too revved up and over-produce cytokine and cellular responses,” said Carrie Lucas, Yale associate professor of immunobiology and lead researcher.
The researchers noted the small sample size of its study, and noted “variations in age, vaccine dose, or time after vaccination across individuals are considerations for interpretation and broad conclusions.”
They also said the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine far exceeds the risks.
“I hope this new knowledge will enable further optimizing mRNA vaccines, which, in addition to offering clear health benefits during the pandemic, have a tremendous potential to save lives across numerous future applications,” said Anis Barmada, co-author of the study and student at Yale School of Medicine.
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FBI increases reward for information on Capitol pipe bomb suspect
(CNN) - The FBI has increased the reward money for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who placed pipe bombs in Washington D.C.
The reward is now $500,000.
Surveillance video shows an individual wearing a mask and a gray hoodie placing pipe bombs outside both the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarter buildings.
It happened two years ago on January 5, 2021, the night before the Jan. 6 riot.
Those bombs were placed in the evening and discovered the following afternoon.
Neither of them detonated, but Vice President-elect Kamala Harris drove within several yards of the bomb outside the DNC.
So far, the FBI has conducted 1,000 interviews watched 39,000 videos and assessed nearly 500 tips.
The new half-million-dollar reward marks a massive jump from the $100,000 reward that has stood for more than a year.
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With the newest iteration of "Call of Duty" recently hitting the shelves, it’s time to turn on the Xbox, invite your friends over, and play games into the wee hours of the morning. But if you’re planning on having friends or family join in on the fun, you need to make sure you have enough controllers.
Luckily, one of Walmart’s early Black Friday deals this year is on a Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controller. Compatible with Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and even Windows 10 PCs, this controller is the perfect addition to your setup for cross-platform gaming on any system you prefer. Plus, the red Daystrike Camo pattern looks a heck of a lot cooler than the standard white or black ones that came with your Xbox!
Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controller, Daystrike Camo – $45 ($24.99 off; originally $69.99)
Not only does it look better, but it also functions better too! The triggers have textured grips designed to help you stay on target. The bumpers are also textured for more tactile feedback, and the D-pad is new and improved for more responsive feedback. You can also use the Xbox Accessories app to re-map the buttons and customize the controller however you want.
Walmart+ members get the first shot at this sale starting Nov. 21 at 12 p.m. EST, while other shoppers need to wait until 7 p.m. EST. Note: This perk only applies to paying Walmart+ subscribers. You can add this item to your cart using this link ahead of time and once the sale goes live, you'll be able to hit "Buy." So make sure you head over to Walmart’s site to order a new Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controller finished with Daystrike Camo while this deal is active.
Check out our Black Friday coverage to score early discounted gifts for everyone on your shopping list.
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OF WHERE I MIGHT LAND. >> I AM CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN LIMITED GOVERNMENT. >> HOW THE LIVES WE LEAD IMPACT THE CHOICES WE MAKE AT THE POLLS. SOLEDAD: I’M SOLEDAD O’BRIEN. WELCOME TO “MATTER OF FACT." WE’RE HEADING INTO THE FINAL STRETCH OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. AT STAKE, CONTROL OF CONGRESS. WITH TIGHT RACES IN MANY STATES, THE HOT BUTTON ISSUES ARE NO SURPRISE: THE ECONOMY, ABORTION, AND CRIME. AFTER THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, OUR CORRESPONDENT JESSICA GOMEZ EMBARKED ON A ROAD TRIP ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. TRAVELING ALONG I-70, FROM COLORADO TO MISSOURI, TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY SEE THEIR PLACE IN AMERICA. NOW, SHE’S PICKING UP WHERE SHE LEFT OFF. HEADING EAST, FROM ILLINOIS TO MARYLAND. AT EVERY STOP SHE’S TALKING TO VOTERS ABOUT WHAT MATTERS MOST TO THEM. ♪ JESSICA: ABOUT AN HOUR NORTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS. VANDALIA, ILLINOIS ONCE THE STATE CAPITOL, AND THE BIRTHPLACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S POLITICAL CAREER. >> WHAT I AM DOING IS QUALIFYING THIS MACHINE FOR THIS ELECTION. JESSICA: WITH EARLY VOTING ALREADY UNDERWAY, FAYETTE COUNTY CLERK JESSICA BARKER, DOUBLE CHECKING THE MACHINES, ONE MORE TIME. >> I THINK IF PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD ALL THE CHECKS AND BALANCES. I THINK THEY WOULD BE MORE CONFIDENT IN THE VOTING SYSTEM. ♪ JESSICA: FROM THERE, WE HIT THE ROAD, HEADING EAST TOWARD INDIANA. >> HARD-PRESSED TO FIND A BLACK WOMAN, CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN, CHRISTIAN FROM THE HEARTLAND IN INDIANA. JESSICA: IN INDIANAPOLIS, WE CAUGHT UP WITH 33-YEAR-OLD WHITLEY YATES. >> PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER SAYING YOU LOOK LIKE ME SO I WILL VOTE FOR YOU. IT’S ABOUT WHAT POLICIES YOU HAVE THAT WILL IMPACT PEOPLE LIKE ME. JESSICA: SHE TELLS US IT █WAS HE TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD THAT SHAPED HER VIEWS ON THINGS. >> I WAS BORN WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IN MY SYSTEM. MY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER WAS TOLD TO IMPORT ME. INSTEAD SHE WENT INTO REHAB. FROM THAT LENS OF BEING GIVEN A CHANCE, I SUPPORT PRO-LIFE. JESSICA: AND HER TIME SPENT IN A STATE-FUNDED CHILDREN’S HOME MADE HER VALUE INDEPENDENCE. >> I NEVER WANTED TO RELY ON THE GOVERNMENT TO LEAD MY LIFE. ♪ >> WHEN I FINALLY BECAME A U.S. CITIZEN, IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. JESSICA: NEARBY, AT AN AMTRAK MAINTENANCE FACILITY, 60-YEAR-OLD ECKY RAHIM, AN IMMIGRANT FROM BANGLADESH. AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HIS UNION, HE BELIEVES IN HARD WORK AND EXPANDING THE AMERICAN DREAM. >> I BELIEVE EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD HAVE DECENT HEALTHCARE. AND EDUCATION. POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. >> THE FAR-REACHING EXTREMISTS, EITHER THEY ARE FAR LEFT OR RIGHT, THEY ARE MOST VOCAL AND GET THE MOST ATTENTION. THAT HAS DRIVEN SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE MORE TOWARDS THE CENTER IN MY OPINION. JESSICA: AS WE LEFT TOWN, WE STOPPED IN ON DAN AND MARY ANN CRISMAN, TO HEAR WHAT’S ON THE MINDS OF FOLKS IN RURAL GREENFIELD. >> ECONOMY CERTAINLY, INFLATION RATE, BEING WHAT IT IS, THE WORKER SHORTAGE AROUND HERE. JESSICA: DAN, AN ENGINEER, AND MARY ANN, A FORMER TEACHER, WHO NOW WORKS FOR HER CHURCH. >> IT SURPRISES PEOPLE WHEN I SAY, I REALLY THINK YOU CAN BE PRO-CHOICE AND PRO-LIFE. IF MORE OF THESE CANDIDATES TOOK THE APPROACH, THAT HEY, I NEED TO APPEAL TO THESE FOLKS WHO ARE RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE, I THINK THEY WOULD CATCH MORE VOTERS THAT WAY. ♪ JESSICA: BACK ON THE ROAD, WE SET OFF FOR THE SWING STATE OF OHIO. >> I AM A MEXICAN AMERICAN, I AM LGBTQ, I AM A LESBIAN, I AM A WOMAN. JESSICA: IN DAYTON, MELISSA RODRIGUEZ. >> THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR ME IS LGBTQ RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY SAME SEX MARRIAGE. JESSICA: RODRIGUEZ SPENT 24 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE, INCLUDING TWO DEPLOYMENTS. KEEPING HER PERSONAL LIFE A SECRET UNDER THE MILITARY’S DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL POLICY, UNTIL IT WAS LIFTED. >> NOT ONLY CAN THEY JOIN THE MILITARY AND FEEL SAFE TO DO IT, THE WAY THEY INTERACTED, PARTNERS BEING AT AWARDS CEREMONIES, BEING ABLE TO GREET EACH OTHER COMING HOME FROM DEPLOYMENT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ME AND MY PARTNER COULD NOT DO. SO, I DON’T WANT TO SEE US GO BACK. >> HONESTLY, WE’RE STRUGGLING. JESSICA: ACROSS TOWN, AT THE DAYTON FOOD BANK, LONG LINES. THE NEED, NEARLY DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS THIS TIME LAST YEAR. SO, TOO, ARE HELENA ADAMS’ GROCERY BILLS. >> IT USED TO COST $150 A WEEK TO FEED ALL FIVE OF US, AND NOW IT IS $300, $350. IT KEEPS GOING UP. IT'S RIDICULOUS. JESSICA: AND THERE’S CARL SCHAEFER, WHO HAS CANCER AND IS ON A FIXED INCOME. >> IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, IT’S SCREWED UP SO BAD, EVERYBODY, ITS AFFECTED EVERYBODY. JESSICA: AMERICA, IT FEELS AT A CROSSROADS. BUT AS WE HEAD OUT, WE WONDERED, ARE THE LINES THAT DIVIDE US LARGER OR SMALLER THAN WE THINK? SOLEDAD: JESSICA AND HER CREW CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY ON I-70 NEXT WEEK WITH STOPS IN OHIO,
When is the last day to vote? It depends on where you live
Updated: 2:49 PM EDT Nov 1, 2022
When is early voting over in the midterm elections?Well, where do you live?All states have their own rules and deadlines for ballots cast before Election Day, by mail or in person.Early voting got a big boost in 2020, when many states made the practice more available, as the nation voted amid the coronavirus pandemic. Voters made use of it, too, with an unprecedented 103.2 million people casting early ballots in the presidential election, eager to avoid long lines and crowded polling stations, or simply drop off their ballots in official collection boxes.Now, as the early voting period winds down for the 2022 midterm elections, a look at when things are slated to wrap up:In-person voting Every state offers the opportunity to cast early ballots — some by mail, some in person, some both. For places with in-person early voting, the windows in which someone can cast an early ballot vary from more than a month to just over a week.Early voting and in-person absentee voting starts as early as nearly six weeks ahead of Election Day itself in places such as Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, South Dakota, Vermont and Virginia.In a lot of places, in-person, early voting is open right up to Election Day itself. Others, including Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and Ohio accept voters until the day before the election.Some, like New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina — where the practice is new this year — and Oklahoma wrap up the process the Saturday before Election Day. And Louisiana closes its early polls a week before Election Day itself.Mailing in the votes In a number of states, voters can cast their ballots early by mail.Most places require that mail-in ballots be postmarked by Election Day, but many states will accept them in the weeks following the election. Illinois accepts mail-in ballots two weeks after the election, while Maryland and Ohio will accept ballots up to 10 days post-election.In Colorado, where all registered voters receive mail-in ballots automatically, most votes are cast this way, although there are some in-person voting centers. Ballots can be dropped off up until the polls close.Michigan requires its mail-in ballots to be received by the time polls close, as do other states including Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Wyoming.When do early votes get counted? Before early mail-in votes can be counted, they have to be processed. This means that elections officials open up any paper ballots, verify signatures and sort them into correct piles.When all of that can start varies state-to-state. Some places can get a head start, while others have to wait until Election Day itself, which can make some vote counts long and chaotic.Some states can start processing ballots as early as three weeks before Election Day. Counting can even start ahead of poll closings, too.In New Jersey, early mail votes can be processed before Election Day and counted before the polls close. In Washington, D.C., these votes can’t be processed until Election Day and can’t be counted until after the polls close.
WASHINGTON — When is early voting over in the midterm elections?
Well, where do you live?
All states have their own rules and deadlines for ballots cast before Election Day, by mail or in person.
Early voting got a big boost in 2020, when many states made the practice more available, as the nation voted amid the coronavirus pandemic. Voters made use of it, too, with an unprecedented 103.2 million people casting early ballots in the presidential election, eager to avoid long lines and crowded polling stations, or simply drop off their ballots in official collection boxes.
Now, as the early voting period winds down for the 2022 midterm elections, a look at when things are slated to wrap up:
In-person voting
Every state offers the opportunity to cast early ballots — some by mail, some in person, some both. For places with in-person early voting, the windows in which someone can cast an early ballot vary from more than a month to just over a week.
Early voting and in-person absentee voting starts as early as nearly six weeks ahead of Election Day itself in places such as Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, South Dakota, Vermont and Virginia.
In a lot of places, in-person, early voting is open right up to Election Day itself. Others, including Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska and Ohio accept voters until the day before the election.
Some, like New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina — where the practice is new this year — and Oklahoma wrap up the process the Saturday before Election Day. And Louisiana closes its early polls a week before Election Day itself.
Mailing in the votes
In a number of states, voters can cast their ballots early by mail.
Most places require that mail-in ballots be postmarked by Election Day, but many states will accept them in the weeks following the election. Illinois accepts mail-in ballots two weeks after the election, while Maryland and Ohio will accept ballots up to 10 days post-election.
In Colorado, where all registered voters receive mail-in ballots automatically, most votes are cast this way, although there are some in-person voting centers. Ballots can be dropped off up until the polls close.
Michigan requires its mail-in ballots to be received by the time polls close, as do other states including Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
When do early votes get counted?
Before early mail-in votes can be counted, they have to be processed. This means that elections officials open up any paper ballots, verify signatures and sort them into correct piles.
When all of that can start varies state-to-state. Some places can get a head start, while others have to wait until Election Day itself, which can make some vote counts long and chaotic.
Some states can start processing ballots as early as three weeks before Election Day. Counting can even start ahead of poll closings, too.
In New Jersey, early mail votes can be processed before Election Day and counted before the polls close. In Washington, D.C., these votes can’t be processed until Election Day and can’t be counted until after the polls close.
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BANGKOK – More than 60 members of a Chinese Christian church have been detained in Thailand, supporters said Friday, raising fears they may be returned to their home country, where they face possible persecution.
Deana Brown, one of two American supporters detained along with the church members, told The Associated Press that Thai authorities in the coastal city of Pattaya detained the 63 church members, many of whom are children, Thursday.
Thirty-two adult Chinese nationals were charged with overstaying their visas, said Col. Tawee Kutthalaeng, chief of the Pattaya-area Nong Prue police station. Children were not charged, he said. The two American citizens were not placed under arrest, he said.
Members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church, also called the Mayflower Church, came to Thailand in 2022 seeking asylum. The current status of their request was not immediately clear.
They fled China in 2019 alleging that their members were being persecuted by government security forces, initially settling on South Korea’s Jeju Island. They left South Korea for Thailand after meetings with local and U.S. officials made it clear that prospects for refuge there were dim.
Brown, CEO of the Texas-based Freedom Seekers International, an organization whose mission statement says it seeks to rescue “the most severely persecuted Christians in hostile and restrictive countries," said the group had been told that they would be given a court date later Friday.
Brown said she is working to resettle the church members in Tyler, Texas, where her organization is based, but that they had run into problems with their visas in Thailand. She said she assumed that she and the other American, a nurse, had been detained because they were there at the time the church members were taken into custody.
She said that as the group looked into renewing their visas, they had been told that there was a new requirement that any Chinese citizen renewing a visa in Thailand must report to the Chinese Embassy first.
“When they told us that we knew that nobody could get their visas,” said Brown, who was allowed to keep her phone while in detention.
“There was no way, because as soon as they walk into the Chinese Embassy they're gone, we would not see them again. They've been hiding out since then.”
The press section at the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok did not answer its telephone and the embassy did not immediately respond to an e-mailed request for comment.
The U.S. Embassy said it had no immediate comment on the case.
Upon their arrival in Thailand, church members told reporters that they had been stalked, harassed and received threatening calls and messages even while they were in South Korea. They said relatives in China had been summoned, interrogated and intimidated.
At that time, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the matter was “not a diplomatic question” and declined to comment further.
In China, Christians are legally allowed to worship only in churches affiliated with Communist Party-controlled religious groups, but for decades, the authorities largely tolerated independent, unregistered “house churches.” They have tens of millions of worshippers, possibly outnumbering those in the official groups.
However, in recent years, house churches have come under heavy pressure, with many prominent ones shut down. Unlike previous crackdowns, such as Beijing’s ban on Falun Gong, a spiritual movement it labels a cult, the authorities have also targeted some believers not explicitly opposed to the Chinese state.
Most members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church are young, married middle-class couples, with their children making up about half the group.
Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, another Texas Christian group helping the church, told the AP that American lawmakers were pressing the U.S. State Department to get involved.
In a statement on his website, Fu said that time was of the essence.
“Before the Chinese government demands repatriation, the international community can help prevent this tragedy from happening,” he said.
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Dake Kang contributed to this story from Bo'ao, China. Rising reported from Bangkok
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) _ Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (ARCO) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $14.5 million.
On a per-share basis, the company said it had profit of 7 cents.
The restaurant owner posted revenue of $887.9 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $883.9 million.
Arcos Dorados shares have increased 36% since the beginning of the year. The stock has risen 36% in the last 12 months.
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WFO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, October 22, 2022
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WIND ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
310 AM PDT Sat Oct 22 2022
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Coastal North Bay, Including Point Reyes National
Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Southern Monterey
Bay and Big Sur Coast.
* WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 9 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
result. Conditions will be very windy at the beach.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Increasing northwest winds on Saturday will
bring gusty conditions to coastal areas. Winds will be breezy
Saturday morning, then are forecast to strengthen first along
the North Bay coastline by late Saturday morning. Winds along
the San Francisco Peninsula and southward through the Big Sur
coastline will strengthen around early afternoon. Only exception
is for Northern Monterey Bay (including Santa Cruz and
Watsonville) which will be shielded from the strengthening
northwest flow.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.
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Sen. Scott bill would fund armed officers in all US schools
Money earmarked for thousands of new IRS employees would be transferred to a grant program allowing schools nationwide to hire armed law enforcement personnel under legislation outlined Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida.
The School Guardian Act would take about $80 billion that Congress previously approved to expand the tax agency and spend it instead on efforts to deter and respond to school shootings such as the 2018 massacre in Parkland, Florida in which 17 people were killed. Parents of those victims said they support Scott's bill.
"If we can't prevent them, then we know having an armed response on campus is the fastest way to stop these attacks," said Ryan Petty, a state Board of Education member whose 14-year-old daughter, Alaina, died in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. "This bill is incredibly important."
The measure is modeled after legislation then-governor Scott signed into law in Florida after the Parkland shooting that created the Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program, named after one of the adult victims. Currently, 46 of Florida's 67 counties participate in that program while others work with local law enforcement agencies to provide security, according to the state Department of Education.
Scott, a Republican, first discussed the new measure after the March 27 shooting at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee that claimed six lives, including three 9-year-old children.
"It's too bad we have to think about this, but we do," Scott said at a news conference in Naples, Florida. "The truth is, every school is going to need law enforcement. Every kid ought to be protected."
Republicans in Congress have harshly criticized the sharp increase in IRS funding that was part of President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. The GOP-led House, in fact, made elimination of the IRS money one of its first votes after winning a slim majority in the 2020 midterm elections.
Republicans have argued the IRS money would install thousands more agents to unfairly target Americans over taxes, which Democrats say is highly misleading and not the main purpose of the funding. In any event, the Democratic-led Senate is not planning to take up that measure — and it's not clear whether Scott's bill would gain any traction either.
The legislation would set up a block grant program through the Justice Department that would potentially fund an armed law enforcement officer at every K-12 school in the U.S., public and private. There are more than 98,000 public schools in those grades and over 30,000 private schools, according to the U.S. Education Department.
The grants would flow through state-level law enforcement agencies and unused money would be returned each year to the federal government, according to a summary of Scott's bill.
"No family should have to go through the indescribable heartbreak of having their child or spouse murdered at school," said Tony Montalto, whose 14-year-old daughter Gina died in the Parkland shooting. "It is essential that parents feel comfortable sending kids to school every day."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is expected on Wednesday to announce an additional roughly $3 billion in aid to train and equip Ukrainian forces to fight for years to come, U.S. officials said.
The officials told The Associated Press that the package will fund contracts for as many as three types of drones and other weapons, ammunition and equipment that may not see the battlefront for a year or two.
The total of the aid package — it is being provided under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative — could change, but not likely by much. Officials said it will include money for the small, hand-launched Puma drones, the longer-endurance Scan Eagle surveillance drones, which are launched by catapult, and, for the first time, the British Vampire drone system, which can be launched off ships. Several officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the aid before its public release.
As Russia's war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that also will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, U.S. officials said. Wednesday is Ukraine's independence day holiday and the six-month point in the war.
Unlike most previous packages, the new funding is largely aimed at helping Ukraine secure its medium- to long-term defense posture, according to officials familiar with the matter. Earlier shipments, most of them done under Presidential Drawdown Authority, have focused on Ukraine’s more immediate needs for weapons and ammunition and involved materiel that the Pentagon already has in stock that can be shipped in short order.
In addition to providing longer-term assistance that Ukraine can use for potential future defense needs, the new package is intended to reassure Ukrainian officials that the United States intends to keep up its support, regardless of the day-to-day back and forth of the conflict, the officials said.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg noted the more extended focus Tuesday as he reaffirmed the alliance’s support for the conflict-torn country.
“Winter is coming, and it will be hard, and what we see now is a grinding war of attrition. This is a battle of wills, and a battle of logistics. Therefore we must sustain our support for Ukraine for the long term, so that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent nation,” Stoltenberg said, speaking at a virtual conference about Crimea, organized by Ukraine.
Six months after Russia invaded, the war has slowed to a grind, as both sides trade combat strikes and small advances in the east and south. Both sides have seen thousands of troops killed and injured, as Russia’s bombardment of cities has killed countless innocent civilians.
There are fears that Russia will intensify attacks on civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days because of the holiday celebrating Ukraine's 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union and the six-month anniversary of the invasion.
On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine and the State Department issued a new security alert for Ukraine that repeated a call for Americans in the country to leave due to the danger.
“Given Russia’s track record in Ukraine, we are concerned about the continued threat that Russian strikes pose to civilians and civilian infrastructure,” it said.
Other NATO allies are also marking the independence day with new aid announcements.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his country is providing more than 500 million euros (nearly $500 million) in aid, including powerful anti-aircraft systems. The aid will include rocket launchers, ammunition, anti-drone equipment, a dozen armored recovery vehicles and and three additional IRIS-T long-range air defense systems, the German news agency dpa reported.
The funding must still be approved by parliament, and some of it won’t be delivered until next year.
And Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $3.85 million for two Ukraine projects through the Peace and Stabilization Operations Program. It includes about $2.9 million in funding for ongoing development of Ukraine's national police force and other emergency services, and about $950,000 to help advise Ukraine's defense ministry.
To date, the U.S. has provided about $10.6 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, including 19 packages of weapons taken directly from Defense Department stocks since August 2021.
U.S. defense leaders are also eyeing plans that will expand training for Ukrainian troops outside their country, and for militaries on Europe’s eastern and southern flanks that feel most threatened by Russia’s aggression.
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PERMIAN BASIN (KMID/KPEJ)- Here’s a brief list of what you can do this weekend, while staying in the Midland-Odessa area:
Centennial Park has plenty to offer if you’re looking for a reason to get outside for a day. With promenades on the north and south sides of the park, this provides a good spot for picnics or assorted activities. If you need more space, there is also the 34,500 square foot lawn available for activities or events. Events are quite frequent here, often more than one per week.
Other features of the park include:
- Stage Pavilion
- Video Board
- Splash pad
- Concession Kiosk
- Children’s nature play area
- Dog park
- Clock tower
- the Mesa, with the iconic tree atop the hill
- Game tables
- History wall
- Restrooms
- Bicycle racks
For more information, please visit the park’s website.
Midland Library at the Plaza, not far from Centennial Park, also has quite a bit to look at, if you’re looking for more of an indoor experience. The library began as a small construction project by local women’s groups in 1903, with major renovations as recently as 2018.
The library provides the following services on top of a wide variety of books to check out:
- Various educational exhibits throughout the year
- Special collections, such as the Petroleum collection
- Proctoring, appointments are required
- Room reservations
- Notary, please call ahead to ensure staff availability
- Passports, by appointment
For more information, please visit the library’s website.
Want to enjoy a movie, but want to go outside? Go to the Big Sky Drive-In Theatre. Open Wednesday-Sunday, and only $9 for children 12 and up and $7 for ages 6-11, this is an easy way to get some entertainment while also getting out of the house.
Big Sky is located just west of Loop 250, at 6200 W Highway 80. Box office and concessions open at 7pm. Pets are allowed, but leashes are requested when you are out of the car.
For more information, please visit the theatre’s website.
If you’re more of a museum person, visit the Petroleum at 1500 W I-20 West. The museum is open Monday-Saturday from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday from 2pm-5pm.
The Petroleum Museum is also a science and technology, art, and history museum. With exhibits and galleries such as petroleum exhibits, mineral gallery, Abell family gallery, Chaparral Gallery, and Outdoor Oil Patch Exhibits.
Adult tickets are $12, Student (K-College) and senior tickets are $8, Children under 5 are free.
For more information, please visit the museum’s website.
With more than 120 events per year, there is bound to be a time where you can catch one of these amazing performances. The Performing Arts Center is the home to the Midland Symphony & Chorale, Midland Festival Ballet, University of Texas’ music department, Broadway in the Basin, as well as Live on Stage Permian Basin.
The $81 million facility received a Merit Award from the USITT Architecture program in 2013. This facility includes a 1,827 seat main and 192 seat recital halls.
For more information about the center or shows and performances, please visit the Performing Arts Center’s website.
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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A JetBlue flight from Las Vegas was evacuated after landing in Los Angeles on Thursday after reports of a suspicious package on board.
At around 2 p.m., authorities said a disgruntled passenger who missed his flight made a statement saying his luggage “contained a possible bomb” aboard the aircraft.
The JetBlue plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport and was moved to an isolated area. Passengers and crew aboard the plane were evacuated and taken back to the terminal on shuttle busses as police inspected the aircraft.
Las Vegas Police “took enforcement action” against the disgruntled passenger and notified LAPD.
“LAXPD is currently conducting their investigation to ensure that the luggage is clear of any threat to the passengers and aircraft,” officials said.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lotto" game were:
08-16-19-21-38-44, Extra Shot: 4
(eight, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-one, thirty-eight, forty-four; Extra Shot: four)
Estimated jackpot: $4,700,000
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HONOLULU (AP) — The eruption of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continues to ease, scientists said Sunday, reinforcing an earlier pronouncement that the mountain’s first flare-up in nearly 40 years might soon end.
“We have good news to report,” Ken Hon, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory, said during a briefing. “The eruption is still at an extremely low level at this point.”
Hon said the eruption is contained entirely within the volcano’s cinder cone. The USGS said a small amount of light remained visible at night through a vent in the cone, but the channels below that vent “appear drained of lava.”
The inactive front of the lava flow may inch northward very slowly as it continues to settle, the agency said.
Hon said Mauna Loa’s eruption appears to be ramping down and that nearby Kilauea has now reached a “full pause,” with its lava lake stagnant and crusted over.
Mauna Loa began spewing molten rock Nov. 27 after being quiet for 38 years. The incandescent spectacle drew onlookers and set some nerves on edge among people who’ve lived through past eruptions.
Sunday’s update came a day after scientists lowered the alert level for the volcano from a warning to a watch and said the eruption could be in its final days.
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PHOTOS: Hurricane Ian causes significant damage, pier collapse in Myrtle Beach
Published: Oct. 1, 2022 at 4:51 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
CHERRY GROVE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) - South Carolina felt the wrath of Hurricane Ian on Friday.
The storm caused significant damage across the Grand Strand, including in northern parts of the area, such as Cherry Grove Beach.
WMBF Chief Meteorologist Jamie Arnold visited the beach area on Saturday morning, surveying what was left after the hurricane.
Among the most notable damage seen was part of the Cherry Grove Pier collapsing, as well as wind damage to buildings and signs in the area.
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- Use of Proceeds Designed to Advance Racial and Gender Equality, Economic Opportunity and Environmental Sustainability
- This is Bank of America's Tenth ESG-themed Bond, Raising Nearly $14 Billion in Aggregate, Demonstrating Continued Commitment to Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America announced today the issuance of its third Equality Progress Sustainability Bond (EPSB) for $2 billion. The use of proceeds from the bond offering is designed to advance racial and gender equality, economic opportunity and environmental sustainability.
This transaction marks the second offering following the publication of Bank of America's ESG-themed Issuance Framework last year, aligning to company's leadership in sustainable finance and goal of mobilizing and scaling capital deployment to help advance the UN SDGs.
The "Equality Progress" label is outlined in the Framework and is designed to advance equality and economic opportunity for historically marginalized populations by focusing on financing and investments that provide people of color or women with expanded access to essential services, such as affordable housing, and business capital.
Bank of America will allocate at least 50% of an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the bond to one or more eligible Equality Progress Social Assets, with the remainder allocated to eligible Green Assets (together "Eligible Assets").
"Fueled by the success of the first and second Equality Progress Sustainability Bonds, this bond demonstrates how the financial community can find ways to create meaningful impact in the lives of individuals and further socioeconomic empowerment for underserved populations," said Paul Donofrio, Vice Chair at Bank of America.
This issuance expands upon Bank of America's first Equality Progress Sustainability Bond, which was issued in 2020 and the first sustainability bond issued by a U.S. bank holding company where the social portion of the use of proceeds was dedicated to the financial empowerment of Black and Hispanic-Latino communities. The second Equality Progress Sustainability Bond was issued in 2021, which broadened the scope of the target populations for eligible Equality Progress Social Assets to include women and Asian American, Pacific Islander and Indigenous people, along with Black and Hispanic-Latino populations.
"The issuance of our third Equality Progress Sustainability Bond demonstrates our commitment and consistent approach to financing and investing for environmental and social sustainability. We are very encouraged by the enthusiastic response from the global investor community toward our issuance framework and anticipate this will pave the way for sustainability investments that help advance racial and gender equity and the environmental transition to become more mainstream," said Karen Fang, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at Bank of America.
The six-year bond, which is callable in five years, will pay interest semi-annually at a fixed rate of 6.204% for the first five years, and quarterly at a floating rate thereafter. BofA Securities was the sole bookrunner on the deal and six minority- or women-owned broker dealers served as joint-lead managers – Academy Securities, Blaylock Van, Loop Capital, R. Seelaus & Co, Ramirez & Co and Siebert Williams Shank.
Within one year of the issuance of this Equality Progress Sustainability Bond, Bank of America will publish a report related to the use of proceeds of the bond on the company's ESG-Themed Issuance webpage, located on the Bank of America Investor Relations website. The information in the report regarding allocation to Eligible Assets will be updated at least annually as long as the bond remains outstanding.
Bank of America is the #1 US corporate issuer of ESG bonds having issued $13.85 billion across five green, two social and three sustainability bond issuances, which focused on areas such as clean energy, energy efficiency, affordable housing and community development, and addressing the global coronavirus pandemic. More than a decade ago, Bank of America co-authored the original Green Bond Principles, a voluntary set of guidelines and standards meant to bring integrity to this market where proceeds help to directly finance environmental projects. Bank of America has also been a member of the executive committee of the industry group that provides guidance on ESG-themed bond issuances since its inception.
Bank of America has set tangible sustainable finance goals and made measurable progress in mobilizing and scaling capital deployment to help drive social and environmental change aligned with the UN SDGs. As part of the company's commitment to mobilize and deploy $1.5 trillion in sustainable finance by 2030, approximately $250 billion of capital was mobilized and deployed in 2021.
In addition, BofA Securities has helped clients across all sectors support their sustainable business needs by raising in excess of $500 billion in principal amount through more than 700 ESG-themed bond offerings.
To learn more about Bank of America's ESG-themed issuances or to view past financed projects, please visit Bank of America's Investor Relations website. Learn more about Bank of America's ESG efforts at about.bankofamerica.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this news release may constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements represent the current expectations, plans or forecasts of Bank of America based on available information. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements often use words like "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "targets," "intends," "plans," "predict," "goal" and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "may," "might," "should," "would" and "could." Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and Bank of America undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the forward-looking statement was made.
Forward-looking statements represent Bank of America's current expectations, plans or forecasts of its future results, revenues, expenses, efficiency ratio, capital measures, and future business and economic conditions more generally, and other future matters, including possible issuances of green, social or sustainability securities and other statements about future events and expectations, including with respect to Bank of America's ESG strategy and its sustainable finance goal of $1.5 trillion by 2030. These statements are not guarantees of its future results or performance and involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and are often beyond Bank of America's control. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements. Future events or circumstances may change Bank of America's approach to possible green, social or sustainability securities issuances or result in changes to the ESG-themed Issuance Framework or Bank of America's sustainability strategy and commitments generally. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement and should consider all of the uncertainties and risks discussed under Item 1A. "Risk Factors" of Bank of America's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and in any of Bank of America's other subsequent Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
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At Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), we're guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. We're delivering on this through responsible growth with a focus on our environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership. ESG is embedded across our eight lines of business and reflects how we help fuel the global economy, build trust and credibility, and represent a company that people want to work for, invest in and do business with. It's demonstrated in the inclusive and supportive workplace we create for our employees, the responsible products and services we offer our clients, and the impact we make around the world in helping local economies thrive. An important part of this work is forming strong partnerships with nonprofits and advocacy groups, such as community, consumer and environmental organizations, to bring together our collective networks and expertise to achieve greater impact.
For more Bank of America news, including dividend announcements and other important information, visit the Bank of America newsroom and register for news email alerts.
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Re: the Aug. 7 paid ad on page A9.
Regarding the Americans for Prosperity ad in the Star on Aug. 7: The billionaire Koch brothers of Koch Industries Inc. founded AFP.
The ad quotes “Vanessa” of North Carolina saying, “You shouldn’t have to choose between filling your gas tank and feeding your family.”
Agreed. Perhaps Koch Industries Inc., with revenues exceeding $110 billion in 2020 from producing gasoline and food, could lower profits from just three of its companies:
· Flint Hills Resources refines oil and makes dozens of other goods that “Vanessa” in North Carolina and millions more consumers purchase. Oil is garnering record profits.
· Koch Ag & Energy Solutions makes fertilizer, and its higher cost increases food prices.
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· Georgia Pacific makes toilet paper, paper towels and napkins. Koch profits from you paying more.
So, “Vanessa,” when you discuss prices for gasoline and food, know your purchases are enriching Koch Industries, including paying for the ad in the Star.
Shraddha Hilda Oropeza
West side
Disclaimer: As submitted to the Arizona Daily Star.
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Summertime is a great time to engage in OLLI activities, a program designed for adults age 50 and older. The summer term begins June 5 and runs through July 17.
The term offers over 50 courses and events, including in-person courses and courses on Zoom, plus a couple of courses available online and on demand. Registration starts on May 9 at 8 a.m.
Examples of summer offerings are outdoor adventures with UNL Campus Recreation staff facilitating kayaking, paddleboarding and bike maintenance. Participants can join a cooking class with a cardiologist, explore Willa Cather’s life and experiences at her childhood hometown of Red Cloud, visit the Congregation B’nai Jeshurun and the South Street Temple, learn about the gifted illustrator from Falls City, John Philip Falter, and more.
The courses “Gentle Yoga” and “This is CNN” with CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, chief national affairs correspondent, are online and on demand to watch at your own convenience.
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OLLI and Star Destinations, OLLI’s travel vendor, have organized a trip June 27-29 to experience the rich and deep-rooted history of African Americans in Kansas. The history trail in Kansas tells the story of African American contributions at various historic sites and chronicles the people, places and events. The tour includes stops at Richard Allen Cultural Center & Museum and the Buffalo Soldier Monument in Leavenworth, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, and the historic site of the first Black community established west of the Mississippi River in Nicodemus.
OLLI travel opportunities are open to members and non-members alike.
“OLLI caters to fun explorers and inquisitive seekers of knowledge,” said Bob Michl, OLLI director. “At OLLI, we think it is important to keep physically fit and mentally sharp.”
A mid-year membership is $50, valid through July 31, 2023. A one-time class is typically $10, and a six-week course is typically $35. The cost of events varies.
Since there are no exams or grades, participants can enjoy learning simply for the love of learning. Retired teachers, university and college faculty and people who have expertise and are passionate about a subject enjoy sharing their experience with others. OLLI instructors are volunteers.
“Our instructors have found teaching a rich and rewarding experience,” said Michl. “Their topics may reflect their vocational expertise or an avocation.”
OLLI instructor, retired Major General Roger Lempke, has taught courses on U.S. military history such as “The Battle of Britain: How Upstream Thinking Saved a Nation” and “Vietnam and Afghanistan: Bookends of Failure.” He explains why he loves teaching for OLLI.
"Teaching OLLI classes is intensely rewarding because enrolled senior citizens are curious and want to learn. They ask great questions and so often have either direct experience or can relate experiences from their parents about the periods of military history that I teach about," said Lempke.
In addition, the OLLI program has spawned interest groups from courses that members have taken. Among the interest groups are book clubs, baseball, biking, politics, science and technology, ukulele, story analysis and woodworking. Most groups meet monthly and are organized and coordinated by OLLI members. The interest groups are free to members.
“It takes a village to successfully manage the OLLI program,” said Michl. “We are grateful to our volunteer instructors, facilitators and committee members who contribute their time and talents to the program.”
View the summer catalog online at https://olli.unl.edu. A printed version is available at the OLLI office on UNL’s East Campus in the Gwendolyn A. Newkirk Human Sciences Building, Suite 105.
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MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
One of the best movies of the year stars a one-inch shell who wears shoes! That might shock you, but not me, given who's behind it. The hilarious and talented Jenny Slate dreamed him up. She's also the voice of Marcel, a voice she came up with when she was spending a weekend with friends in cramped quarters and was feeling especially 'small.'
The character started as a video short on YouTube. Three installments over 12 years have drawn nearly 50 million viewers!
Now, Slate and her ex-husband, director Dean Fleischer-Camp, have expanded Marcel's world into feature length. Turns out he's been living among a community of shells, all of whom have disappeared except for his Nana Connie. So, he sets out to search for them.
His favorite show "60 Minutes" (with a cameo by Lesley Stahl) even gets involved. Voicing his grandma, is none other than Isabella Rossellini! She doesn't teach Marcel but allows him to learn.
Marcel, a positive energy philosopher for our times, says self-assured things like: "Guess why I smile a lot? 'Cuz it's worth it!" ... or when he's feeling down: "The space in my heart gets bigger and louder every day."
If all of this sounds goofy, just give "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" a chance. This little shell has more heart than and ten human characters combined. He might break your heart but change your life a little, too. That's what a great movie should do.
(A24. Rated PG. Running Time 1 hr. 30 mins. In Theaters Only)
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
For as much heart as "Marcel" brings, "Where the Crawdads Sing" lacks. Paging Rachel Adams and Ryan Gosling: save this "The Notebook" wannabe! I don't care if you've aged out of the roles! Based on one of the most popular novels in recent years, it's the story of Kya, who's grown up in a shack in the North Carolina marshlands. The rest of her family escaped her abusive father, but she stuck it out. Shunned by the nearby town, she thrives on her own, becoming an accomplished naturalist illustrator. But the real drama comes with a lover's triangle and a murder she's blamed for.
Director Olivia Newman has done mostly TV to this point. She does not pull enough of the mystery or passion out of the story, and the casting of Kya and her two guys is just off, (unlike the always reliable David Straithairn who plays the defense lawyer). Now, it's possible if you've read the book, which I had not, you might fill in the emotional blanks. But a movie should stand on its own, and this one comes off more like a Nicholas Sparks film than a Southern classic ... and thus sinks into the marsh. What stuck with me as I walked away was Taylor Swift's haunting end credits song, not the film.
(Columbia Pictures. Rated PG-13. Running Time 2 hrs. 5 mins. In Theaters Only)
MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
What is it with British-made films that just bring the charm! There have been a couple of others so far this year ("The Duke" and "The Phantom of the Open"). Now it's "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris." This is also based on a popular novel but delivers in spades, thanks to the sweet but salty Lesley Manville in the lead. (Ironically, she also had a role in another fashion movie, "Phantom Thread.") She plays a widow in the 1950s, still pining over the loss of her husband in World War II and thinking he might actually come home. She cleans houses, and when she comes upon a Christian Dior dress while working for a rich client, she makes up her mind, she's going to save up (and bet on the races) so she can buy an exquisite dress of her own.
If you meet Mrs. Harris, you know, once she's determined to do something, it gets done! So, she sets off to Paris and manages to get into the design house. Now it's not all nearly that simple, but the kindness of a rich male client and the connections of an in-house accountant, boost her cause. And she even ends up changing the face of Dior.
I love this movie. Manville is perfect, so is the supporting cast which includes Jason Isaacs. Director Anthony Fabian was actually born in the states and moved around the world before settling in London. His movie has universal appeal.
(Focus Features. Rated PG. Running Time 1 hr. 55 mins. In Theaters Only)
PAWS OF FURY: THE LEGEND OF HANK
What would you'd you think if I told you there's a kids' animated movie based on "Blazing Saddles?!" Well, it's true, and Mel Brooks even co-wrote it and voices a character. "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank" is the story of a dog recruited to be a samurai and lead a town full of cats that's facing a takeover. But first he needs to train and smooth over the whole cat vs. dog thing! Michael Cera voices Hank ... Samuel L. Jackson, his reluctant mentor. Ricky Gervais voices a villainous Siamese cat. This movie isn't just derivative of "Saddles," it feels like some "Karate Kid" and "Kung Fu Panda" are thrown in there, too.
A few 'break the fourth wall' moments aimed at studio insiders are unnecessary and go over the audience's head, but this is an entertaining-enough outing for the family. And we all root for the underdog, don't we
(Paramount Pictures. Rated PG. Running Time 1 hr. 37 mins. In Theaters Only)
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NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Humanigen, Inc. (NASDAQ: HGEN).
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According to a filed complaint, Humanigen, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Humanigen's lead product candidate, lenzilumab, was less effective in treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients than defendants had represented; (ii) as a result, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was unlikely to approve the lenzilumab Emergency Use Authorization and the ACTIV-5/BET-B study was unlikely to meet its primary endpoint; (iii) accordingly, lenzilumab's clinical and commercial prospects were overstated; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia hardly looked like the nation’s best team, struggling to put away Kent State.
The No. 1 Bulldogs ultimately prevailed, holding on for a 39-22 victory Saturday, but their two-week run atop the rankings could be in jeopardy.
Brock Bowers scored two more touchdowns and Georgia survived a sloppy performance and surprisingly gritty effort from the Golden Flashes.
The Bulldogs (4-0) turned it over three times, struggled in the red zone, were burned on a fake punt and gave up several big plays to Kent State (1-3) in what was easily their worst performance of the season.
Was it bad enough to knock Georgia out of the top spot in the rankings? Check back Sunday.
“We don’t care too much about the rankings,” defensive lineman Nazir Stackhouse said. “We focus on us. It’s always a ‘we’ thing. We’re always focused on our development as a team, no matter where we are in the rankings.”
Kent State had a chance to make it a one-score game with less than 13 minutes remaining after Marquez Cooper powered in from the 1 to cap a 12-play, 75-yard drive. But a two-point conversion failed, leaving the Bulldogs with a 32-22 lead.
Georgia then finished off the Golden Flashes, driving 75 yards for Kendall Milton’s 1-yard plunge on fourth-and-goal with 5 1/2 minutes to go.
Georgia coach Kirby Smart insisted that he wasn’t all that displeased with his team’s performance. He pointed out that the Bulldogs never had to punt, blocked a punt for a safety and finished with a 529-281 edge in total yards.
But Georgia has plenty to clean up.
“The fake punt is like a turnover,” Smart said. “When you have four turnovers, you’re gonna have a game like that.”
Fortunately for the Bulldogs, they have Bowers.
Coming off a three-touchdown performance against South Carolina, he took it to the end zone on the second play of the game with a dazzling 75-yard run.
Going in motion to take a handoff, the sophomore tight end found a big hole around right end and never stopped running, turning on his impressive speed down the sideline in front of the Georgia bench.
Bowers also scored on a 2-yard scamper, making it three touchdowns on three carries this season for the sophomore tight end.
Or maybe he should be listed as a running back.
“I guess I’m a tight end,” Bowers said. “But I just line up wherever the tell me.”
Bowers strengthened his credentials as one of the nation’s most dynamic offensive players.
“What a weapon he is,” Smart said. “He can line up and play just about anywhere.”
But Bowers was the exception for the Bulldogs on this day.
Ladd McConkey lost a pair of fumbles, one on a punt return when he probably should have called for a fair catch, another after being stripped on a catch catching a pass in Kent State territory.
Stetson Bennett threw his first interception of the season, though he did score on a 1-yard dive, sticking the ball across the line while falling on his back with 8 seconds left in the first half to put the Bulldogs up 26-13.
Georgia settled for three field goals by Jack Podlesny after driving inside Kent State’s 20-yard line, which allowed the Golden Flashes to hang around.
“That’s a really good football team,” Smart said. “They proved that today.”
Kent State was facing a team currently ranked in the AP Top 25 for the third time in its first four games, having already lost to No. 18 Washington and No. 6 Oklahoma.
This figured to the their toughest test yet. But the Golden Flashes actually made things tough on the Bulldogs, who came in as 44 1/2-point favorites.
“I’m really pleased with the way that our kids fought,” Kent State coach Sean Lewis said. “We have a really talented ball club that has gone through tremendous adversity and conflict in the month of September. They embraced it and got better because of it.”
Kent State became the first team all season to score a touchdown against Georgia’s first-team defense when Devontez Walker hauled in a short pass from Collin Schlee along the sideline and took it 56 yards to the end zone.
THE TAKEAWAY
Kent State: The Golden Flashes have a lot to build on as they prepare to face teams more their size. Most notably, they put together scoring drives of 70 and 75 yards against a defense that had allowed just 10 points through the first three games.
Georgia: The Bulldogs played like a team that paid far too much attention to all the accolades after their first three games. That’s just what Smart was worried about, but it gives him plenty of things to work on when his team returns to the practice field.
POLL IMPLICATIONS
If the Associated Press voters follow the same pattern they did with Alabama, Georgia is likely to get bumped from the top spot. The Crimson Tide started the season No. 1 but swapped places with Georgia after a surprisingly tough 20-19 victory at Texas two weeks ago. Alabama was hosting Vanderbilt later Saturday.
UP NEXT
Kent State: Having completed the brutal part of the schedule, the Golden Flashes open Mid-American Conference play by hosting Ohio next Saturday.
Georgia: Travels to Missouri for its second Southeastern conference game in a Saturday night clash.
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SEATTLE (AP) — With Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer as part of the ownership group, the Seattle Kraken were always going to have a cinematic element to their video productions.
When the Kraken decided to revamp their pregame introductions during the offseason, Bruckheimer was involved to go over ideas. On one such Zoom meeting, Bruckheimer said he had a friend who might be willing to do a favor and provide some grandiose music that would build to a crescendo as players hit the ice.
His pal: Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer Hans Zimmer.
“When I watched their game presentation, which I thought was very good, the one thing that they missed was the kind of explosion when the players come on the ice. Musically that could be very interesting because they’re basically gladiators going to battle,” Bruckheimer told The Associated Press. “I felt that I’ve been working with Hans Zimmer on ‘Top Gun,’ and he’s a composer that certainly can write that kind of theme for the players and for the team.”
If you want music for gladiators, well, get the guy who wrote the score for “Gladiator.”
Bruckheimer called in that favor from Zimmer, who created an eight-minute original composition for the Kraken. Part of it is used during the three-minute introduction video that plays just before Seattle takes the ice.
The Kraken are also playing Zimmer’s music during breaks in the game, in promotional TV spots and even on the Seattle Monorail for fans en route to Climate Pledge Arena.
“He’s got an amazing ability to write phenomenal themes. Very simple, phenomenal themes,” Bruckheimer said. “And you listen to the things … whether it’s four notes, six notes, whatever it is, it’s so memorable. That when you leave a movie theater that is embedded in your brain you can play it over and over again. That’s what’s so exciting about him.”
Zimmer won his second Academy Award for Best Original Score earlier this year, for “Dune.” He won previously in 1995 for “The Lion King” and has been nominated nine other times. Zimmer also has three Golden Globes and four Grammys. While he has worked primarily in movies — several of them produced by Bruckheimer — Zimmer also has a few video game scores on his resume.
But this was his first venture into hockey.
Bruckheimer first heard the composition when he connected with Zimmer while finishing a movie in London earlier this year. They later set up a listening session for the staff in Seattle to hear the finished product, and the full production — music and video — made its debut last weekend at the home opener for the second-year franchise.
“It should be about the players entering the ice, introducing them and getting the crowd excited about that first blade hitting the ice and the crescendo of all those players jumping out there and skating around. That’s the moment,” Bruckheimer said.
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A huge opioid settlement dragged Walgreens to a $3.7 billion loss for the first quarter, but the drugstore chain still beat Wall Street forecasts.
The company also reaffirmed its earnings forecast for the new year.
Walgreens said Thursday that it recorded a $5.2 billion, after-tax charge in the quarter that ended Nov. 30 for opioid-related litigation.
Walgreens and rival CVS Health Corp. finalized last month a settlement with state and local governments to resolve lawsuits related to opioid abuse. Opioids have been linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. in the past two decades.
Drugstores were subject to claims that they should have realized they were filling too many opioid prescriptions.
Not counting that charge, Walgreens adjusted earnings totaled $1.16 per share in the quarter. Sales slipped less than 2% to $33.4 billion.
Analysts expect earnings of $1.14 per share on $32.89 billion in sales, according to FactSet.
Walgreens remains “firmly in the black” when not counting the legal charge, noted Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData.
But overall, the company started the new fiscal year “with a relatively soft set of numbers,” Saunders added. He noted that much of it was expected.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. runs a network of around 13,000 drugstores globally. Most of its locations are in the United States. It’s stores also have become a growing source for care.
The company is working with VillageMD to open primary care practices next to some locations with the idea that drugstores and doctor offices work together to help keep patients healthy. But drugstores are still its main business.
Sales from Walgreens’ U.S. pharmacies slid 3% to $27.2 billion compared to the previous year’s quarter. A rush of COVID-19 vaccinations and testing helped results in late 2021. Currency exchange rates hurt in the recent quarter.
Strong sales of cough, cold and flu products also helped in the most recent quarter, the company said.
Walgreens’ developing U.S. health care business brought in first-quarter sales of $989 million after totaling $51 million a year ago.
Walgreens also said Thursday it still expects adjusted earnings to range between $4.45 and $4.65 per share in its new fiscal year. That’s the same forecast the company laid out in October.
FactSet says analysts expect $4.51 per share.
Shares of Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens tumbled nearly 6% to $35.31 in late-morning trading Thursday. Broader indexes were down nearly 1%.
The price of Walgreens’ stock tumbled about 28% last year. That tripled the nearly 9% decline of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, of which Walgreens is a component.
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Proceeds to be used to strengthen balance sheet, support new growth opportunities
CHANHASSEN, Minn., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. ("Life Time" or the "Company") (NYSE: LTH) today announced that it has now closed on the previously announced agreement to sale-leaseback an additional five properties, bringing its year-to-date sale-leaseback transactions to nine properties totaling $375 million in gross proceeds.
The sale and leaseback of the additional five properties was completed on September 9, 2022, for $200 million in gross proceeds to Life Time. The Company expects to use the net proceeds both to pay down debt and maintain cash on the balance sheet to fund future growth. Additional details were not disclosed.
The Company previously announced details regarding the sale and leaseback of the first four properties on May 16, 2022:
- The sale and leaseback of two properties closed on March 25, 2022, for approximately $80 million in gross proceeds to Life Time.
- The sale and leaseback of two properties closed on May 13, 2022, for approximately $95 million in gross proceeds.
Finally, as announced with its second quarter fiscal 2022 results on August 10, 2022, the Company also is evaluating opportunities to monetize up to an additional $300 million in real estate prior to end of the year. These transactions would bring the total gross proceeds for sale-leasebacks in 2022 to approximately $675 million.
Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people to live healthy, happy lives through its portfolio of nearly 160 athletic country clubs across the United States and Canada. The Company's healthy way of life communities address all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment for those 90 days to 90+ years with integrity and respect for everyone. With a team of more than 30,000, Life Time is committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its athletic country clubs, iconic athletic events and via a complementary and comprehensive digital platform.
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities regulations, including with respect to the execution and closure of future sale-leaseback transactions (including the amount, pricing, timing and use of proceeds thereof) as well as Life Time's expectations, guidance or future operating results. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the Company's management. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning the Company's possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. Any statements or information that refer to expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, performance or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking. Several factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements included in this press release, including the factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 10, 2022 (File No. 001-40887), as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's other filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These and other important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any forward-looking statement that the Company makes in this press release speaks only as of the date of such statement. Except as required by law, the Company does not have any obligation to update or revise, or to publicly announce any update or revision to, any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Woman and her young son reported missing, deputies say
POINTE COUPEE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Deputies with the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing woman and her young son.
According to deputies, Renee’ Achee and her son were believed to have been seen somewhere in Pointe Coupee Parish within the past month. However, deputies added that a preliminary investigation revealed that her last known location was potentially in the Baton Rouge area.
A missing report was filed with the Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff’s Office, authorities said.
Anyone with information that can help deputies locate the missing pair is asked to call the number (225) 638-5445 or (225) 694-3737.
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PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Governor Shapiro ordered all flags across the Commonwealth to half-staff immediately in memory of the victims of the explosion in Berks County.
Newswatch 16 found the flag lowered at the state office along Lackawanna Avenue in Scranton Monday morning.
The governor's order is in effect through Friday, March 31.
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North Korea reduces soldier food rations for first time in decades, South says
North Korea experienced a devastating famine in the 1990s
North Korea has reduced food rations to its soldiers for the first time in more than two decades as the Hermit Kingdom descends into a possible food crisis, officials said this week.
South Korea’s unification ministry, which oversees relations with their northern neighbors, said North Korea’s food situation "seems to have deteriorated."
The ministry noted a Feb. 6 report from North Korea’s state news agency KCNA about plans for an "urgent" ruling party meeting on agriculture. Such special meetings are rare, according to the South’s ministry.
Meanwhile, DongA Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, reported Wednesday that the North has reduced daily food rations to its soldiers for the first time since 2000.
While the report could not be 100% confirmed, South Korea’s unification ministry said it and other agencies were monitoring the situation.
The report comes after the U.S.-based monitoring group 38 North said last north that North Korea’s food availability has "likely fallen below the bare minimum with regard to human needs."
North Korea is no stranger to serious food shortages, often caused by natural disasters such as floods damaging harvests. The country suffered one of its worst famines between 1994 and 1998 when hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives.
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The North is under crushing international sanctions for its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program. In recent years what little trade it had was virtually cut off by self-imposed lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Mattress Mack is $75 million richer thanks to Houston Astros, largest sports bet payout
HOUSTON - Houston's own Mattress Mack just received the biggest payout in sports betting history.
Space City resident James McIngvale, also known as Mattress Mack, put $10 million of his own money on the line and won a total of $75 million because of the Houston Astros winning the World Series.
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The bet is occurred through Caesars Sportsbook. Ken Fuchs, the company's Head of Sports says, "What can we say? We just wrote the biggest check in sports betting history to Mattress Mack for $30,000,000. Would we do it all again? You bet."
HOUSTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 05: Jim McIngvale reacts after throwing out the first pitch prior to Game Six of the 2022 World Series at Minute Maid Park on November 05, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Mack shared previously that he was offering incentives to customers to shop at his popular furniture store, Gallery Furniture, with promotional deals. When customers spent $3,000 on select mattresses, they would receive a refund if the Astros win the World Series. Gallery Furniture customers can now be even more excited about the Astros' win.
Mack says he is a man willing to take risks and if it helps people in the end, even better. "Whatever we can do to make people's lives better even if it's through this magical game of baseball, we will."
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Mattress Mack is a well-known Houston sports fan, but on top of that, he gives back to the community.
He gave out 200 mattresses to Houston first responders and veterans at his Gallery Furniture store on Oct. 28. Mack even did the same thing while the Astros were playing the Phillies on the road in Philadelphia.
"While Mack may have won this round on the field, we’re proud of how we teamed up to support first responders and military veterans in Houston, Philly, and Atlantic City. And to Mack – we tip our Astros cap – and remind him that he can now support his Texans and Rockets…both attractively priced at +100000 to win a championship. The Astros are also currently +550 to win next year’s Fall Classic," Fuch said.
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TriNet Webinar: The Most Common Wage and Hour Violations in California - and How to Avoid them
Published: Oct. 6, 2022 at 6:15 AM MST|Updated: 1 hour ago
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights will celebrate Saturday night with their fans during a parade on the Las Vegas Strip and then outside T-Mobile Arena, the euphoria of the Stanley Cup championship still high in a city known for partying.
But there are hard questions Vegas management will have to begin answering when free agency opens July 1, and anyone who has paid attention to the Golden Knights knows those who run the organization aren’t afraid to make tough calls — even when it doesn’t sit well with the fan base.
General manager Kelly McCrimmon said before the Stanley Cup Final that such decisions are “damn tough.” He challenged the notion, however, that management has been cutthroat in its approach by saying few teams still have more than six players from the 2017-18 season, as the Knights do.
“If you have these jobs and you want to avoid the hard decisions, you probably shouldn’t have these jobs,” McCrimmon said.
These four players are worth watching closely with free agency nearing:
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He picked a fantastic time to become the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff MVP. Marchessault, whose salary cap hit is $5 million, has one year left on his contract and can begin negotiating an extension July 1.
The Knights might be leery of agreeing to an extension for a 32-year-old player, even if Marchessault proved his dynamic ability by finishing the postseason with a 10-game point streak. One of the Misfits from the first season, he has a non-stop motor that energizes his teammates and is a fan favorite.
But if the Vegas brass believes Marchessault’s best days will soon be behind him and can create salary cap space to acquire someone younger and perhaps cheaper, that’s a move they very well could make.
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Speaking of fan favorites, no Knights player received consistently louder cheers during the playoffs than Hill. All he did was come off the bench in the second round against the Edmonton Oilers, make a ton of highlight-reel saves and lift the Stanley Cup.
But the Knights also play a goalie-friendly system. Hill was one of five goalies to win multiple games this season and until now was largely seen as a journeyman. Besides, Vegas has let a popular goalie go before. Does Marc-Andre Fleury sound familiar?
At the very least, Hill likely has earned quite a raise on his $2.2 million cap hit, and some team is likely to offer it. If Vegas comes in with a lower offer, Hill will have to decide if it’s close enough to stay with the defending champion or take his Cup ring elsewhere.
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He was a key trade acquisition from the St. Louis Blues who showed his value on the top line with Marchessault and center Jack Eichel. That line produced 69 points in the playoffs, and Barbashev had 18 of them.
At 27 and with a cap hit of $2.3 million, Barbashev figures to be attractive on the open market, and the Knights will have to determine how aggressive they want to be to retain him.
“This team really means a lot to me,” Barbashev said. “Hopefully, I’ll stay here, but we’ll see what happens. It’s been incredible. I’m just really happy.”
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He missed the season after undergoing hip surgery in August. Lehner has two years remaining on a contract with a $5 million cap hit each season, unless he remains on long-term injured reserve.
Vegas fans never warmed to Lehner, who was the goalie chosen to replace Fleury. The Knights hoped Lehner would be their franchise goalie moving forward, but his performances were uneven, and off the ice he has filed for bankruptcy and reportedly been accused of fraud in connection with that case.
Given the Knights have shown they can win without Lehner, they don’t seem to be in a hurry to get him back in the net. If he recovers from surgery — and there isn’t a guarantee that will happen — Vegas could try to move him.
It was telling during the playoffs when McCrimmon said he wasn’t “up to speed” on Lehner’s progress. If Lehner truly was the Knights’ goalie of the future, McCrimmon likely would be much more informed.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Thanks to growing excitement and strong sales, Mega Millions says its jackpot is up to $830 million for Tuesday night's drawing, or $487.9 million if the winner picks cash instead of the 30-year annuity.
It's the third largest jackpot prize in the game's history and the fourth largest for any game. Only two billion-dollar jackpots have been higher for Mega Millions.
The prize money has quickly climbed in the last couple of weeks, but the odds of winning remain the same — a staggering one in 302.5 million. You have better odds of a smaller payoff, like winning $1 million for matching five regular numbers but missing the Mega Ball. Even that is one in 12.6 million.
That's not stopping the building excitement for this jackpot, which recently swept up Raising Cane's CEO Todd Graves. He said he bought 50,000 Mega Millions tickets in hopes of sharing the jackpot with employees of the chicken finger chain.
"Buying 50,000 lottery tickets is harder than you think!" Graves said on Twitter. At $2 a ticket, it cost at least $100,000.
If no one wins Tuesday night, there's a chance it could eventually set a new record. In the game's 20-year history there have only ever been two billion-dollar jackpots.
The world record for a jackpot remains $1.586 billion, which was a Powerball prize awarded in 2016.
Last year, a Mega Millions jackpot cracked the $1 billion mark for just the second time. A four-member suburban Detroit lottery club won that $1.05 billion jackpot and chose the lump sump, receiving $557 million after taxes.
The Mega Millions drawing is on Tuesday, July 26 at 11 p.m. ET. The game is played on Tuesday and Friday nights in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Despite Biden’s stumbles, the G7 leaders are the team with the power to keep China in check.
And Beijing knows it. "The world cannot decouple and does not need de-risking with China as the target," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin fretted on Thursday.
Yep, China’s worried. The G7 nations outweigh China’s economy by more than 2-1. And if China goes too far, the G7 can slam the door on President Xi Jinping’s global ambitions.
JAPAN G-7 SUMMIT: 'CRITICAL' MEETING FOR TOP POWERS WITH RUSSIA, CHINA FOCUS
Xi is so cross, he held his own summit with Central Asian border states this week. And China’s Communist Party mouthpiece Xinhua News Agency released a report titled "America’s Coercive Diplomacy and Its Harm" detailing the "evil deeds" of the USA over the last 30 years. For real?
Here are four reasons China hates the G7.
Combined, the G7 economies are worth $42.4 Trillion per year versus China at $19 Trillion according to these World Bank numbers from 2021. The G7 and European Union markets are China’s best customers.
G7 leaders are also on the verge of a new strategy to hit back if China continues economic coercion. China’s tactics like boycotts and intimidation of U.S. businesses in China have raised real concerns.
As it turns out, in select areas, China is almost 100% dependent on imports. Targeted sanctions on commodities like silver powder for solar cells – sold mainly from G7 member Japan – could be effective, as Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Georgetown University testified to Congress on May 10. Let’s hope the G7 steps up.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s pop-up visit and President Joe Biden’s endorsement of Ukrainians receiving F-16 pilot training reminds Xi that these leaders, for all their flaws, will fight hard for a just and noble cause. Xi fell for Putin’s overconfidence and picked the wrong side. China’s disgusting "no-limits" partnership with Russia generated oil sales, but it won’t resolve China’s long-term economic growth challenges.
No communists allowed! Despite China’s economic status, Xi won’t be among the G7 leaders sitting down to fancy dinners at scenic spots. Xi can cut all the diplomatic deals he wants with Saudi Arabia, Iran, Central Asian nations and yes, even Honduras. It’s all still the minor leagues compared to the G7.
Even with Biden soft on China, G7 leaders like Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have declared China "the biggest long-term threat to Britain." China tries to pick off the world leaders one by one, but although there are still wobbles (I’m looking at you, French President Emmanuel Macron) the G7 is waking up to China’s hostility.
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Beyond this, G7 finance ministers are talking about "de-risking" which means tighter boundaries for investment in China. Yes, it’s all terribly slow and polite and filled with global-speak like Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s term "friendshoring."
However, this is a huge contrast with the G7 agenda of just a few years ago. "Whether de-risking becomes de-coupling lies in China’s hands," European Union official and German politician Nicola Beer explained on May 18.
If the world is dividing into two camps, the camp with the U.S. and the G7 is still the place to be.
Want to know what the G7 can do to really stick it to China and Xi? Invite India as their guest next year.
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President Biden has accused Republicans of seeking to cut Medicare and Social Security, but his own policies will take away hundreds of billions of dollars promised to seniors through the two federal entitlement programs, according to a new report.
Casey Mulligan, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, estimates in a study published by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity that "anti-growth" policies spearheaded by the Biden agenda will ultimately reduce Medicare and Social Security tax revenue by at least $400 billion and perhaps up to $900 billion, depending on how long those policies last.
"Joe Biden has pledged many times that he will not cut Social Security and Medicare benefits — and has even accused Republicans of a secret plan to cut these programs for seniors," the report states. "But the real risk to the financial security of Americans in retirement comes from Biden's anti-growth welfare, regulatory, tax, and employment policies that will reduce GDP, growth, work, and wages."
Mulligan explains that, under Biden, real wages adjusted for inflation have fallen, and real returns on many investments have turned negative.
AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY HAS NOW LOST $6,000 IN ANNUAL WAGES UNDER BIDEN DUE TO INFLATION
Indeed, U.S. Department of Labor data has consistently shown throughout the Biden presidency workers' wages going up on paper but decreasing significantly when accounting for inflation, which last year reached its highest level in four decades. Meanwhile, retirement savings plans have lost $4 trillion in value since Biden's inauguration, according to a separate report previously released by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
"Promised Social Security and Medicare benefits are also put in harm's way by low- or negative-growth economic policies," writes Mulligan. "Today's benefits are paid for out of today's worker wages and tomorrow's benefits (and thereafter) are paid out of future wage growth. Quite literally, the programs give the elderly a share of the earnings of the nation's workers."
In other words, the more people work, and the more each worker earns, the more payroll tax revenue that's available to fund Social Security and Medicare. However, the inverse is also true, and according to Mulligan, that's what's happening under Biden: Fewer people are working, and each worker is earning less, so there's less tax revenue going to the entitlement programs.
"The combination of health insurance expansions, economic regulation (including policies related to welfare programs and labor markets), energy or climate regulation, education policy, and business taxation reduced growth and thus revenues into the trust funds," according to the report. "Because Social Security and Medicare operate on a 'pay as you go' basis, benefits will be severely squeezed in the years to come as Congress struggles to figure out how to make up for this worsening structural deficit. Even before that happens, less national labor income translates to lower Social Security benefits, lasting the rest of their lives, for every worker reaching retirement age."
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Citing a variety of factors, Mulligan estimates that the combined effect of Biden's insurance, regulatory and tax policies is to reduce labor income by 5% to 6.5%.
Mulligan also outlines how real employee compensation per adult, which reflects "the fraction of adults working, the number of hours they work, and the inflation-adjusted cash and fringe benefits they receive per hour of work," is 3.3% below the pre-pandemic trend. Meanwhile, the employment-population ratio is still 1.3% below its pre-pandemic level.
The report notes that, while the pandemic hurt the economy, Biden's policies have slowed growth: "Even if the Biden economy had attained 2.0% annualized growth per adult from the first quarter of 2021 — a tepid growth rate for a normal recovery — real compensation per adult would be 2.5% above where it is now."
Another factor slashing tax revenue to Social Security and Medicare, according to the report, is the fallout of school closures during the pandemic.
"Democrats' support for pandemic school closures have already set back student learning, which will translate into substantially less future earnings of today's young people," writes Mulligan. "This is another hit to Medicare and Social Security payroll tax bases."
IN LATEST BLOW TO SCHOOL CLOSURES, STUDY FINDS KIDS OVER 100 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO DIE FROM COVID THAN ADULTS
The new study comes as students in the U.S. are struggling to deal with the effects of learning loss suffered from school closures during the pandemic.
The Education Department's National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the "nation's report card," which tests a broad sampling of fourth- and eighth-graders, was released in October and showed the "largest score declines" since the federal government began tracking these metrics in 1990.
Math and reading scores took major hits nationwide, especially among the country's most vulnerable students. Black and Hispanic students, for example, experienced steeper declines than White and Asian peers in fourth-grade math after already starting out behind.
More recently, a Stanford University study found that students enrolled in schools during pandemic restrictions will face an average of a 2% to 9% drop in lifetime earnings, resulting in states facing a 0.6% to 2.9% drop in total GDP.
"At the extreme, California is estimated to have lost $1.3 trillion because of learning losses during the pandemic," wrote the study's author, Eric Hanushek. "These losses are permanent unless a state's schools can get better than their pre-pandemic levels."
BIDEN WILL KEEP CLAIMING GOP WANTS TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE INTO THE 2024 CAMPAIGN, CONSULTANTS SAY
Hanushek argued that there's "overwhelming evidence that students in school during the closure period and during the subsequent adjustments to the pandemic are achieving at significantly lower levels than would have been expected without the pandemic."
In 2020, Biden campaigned against opening schools. At the height of the debate over school closures in July 2020, for example, the Democratic National Committee released an ad lambasting then-President Trump for being "desperate to reopen schools," accusing him of "ignoring how the virus spreads" and "risking teachers' and parents' lives" by "going against the advice of experts."
The ad then showed a school hallway with an ominous voice asking, "Do you trust him [Trump] to do what's best for our children?"
In 2021, when Biden was in office, the White House was aware of efforts by the American Federation of Teachers (ATF) to lobby the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to adopt advisory language delaying school openings. The lobbying effort worked, and Biden administration officials appeared to facilitate, rather than resist, the ATF's campaign, according to emails previously obtained by a watchdog group.
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Critics accused the Biden administration of dragging its feet on fully reopening schools, which happened months after Biden promised it would in his first 100 days.
School closure policies will reduce Medicare and Social Security tax revenue by $118 billion, according to Mulligan, who outlines in the report the methodology behind his calculations. He also estimates that Biden's insurance, regulatory and tax policies will lead to a Medicare and Social Security tax loss of $296 billion to $385 billion over four years, and $592 billion to $770 billion over eight years if the president is re-elected.
In total, Mulligan estimates that the Biden agenda "will ultimately reduce Medicare and Social Security tax revenue by at least $400 billion and perhaps up to $900 billion depending on how long these anti-growth policies last."
The new study came out weeks after the Biden White House claimed repeatedly that congressional Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security by putting both programs "on the chopping block" — a claim that GOP lawmakers have adamantly denied.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a White House spokesperson echoed these attacks on Republicans and touted Biden's efforts to bolster Medicare and Social Security.
"Congressional Republicans are pursuing the biggest Medicare benefits cut in decades and have a record of proposing other massive cuts to Medicare and Social Security," said White House Assistant Press Secretary Robyn Patterson. "By contrast, President Biden released a detailed plan to extend Medicare's solvency for another 25 years by having the wealthy pay their fair share and lower drug costs for seniors. He's also leading an historic economic recovery that has created more than 12 million jobs, helped 10.5 million small entrepreneurs start small businesses, and extended the Social Security Trust Fund."
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A celebration in Heflin Monday morning brought together community leaders, state and local officials, master gardeners and others to open the new Heflin Community Garden located at 505 Haley Road.
The Coosa Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D), a nonprofit organization located in Heflin, awarded a $5,200 grant to help fund the garden that allows residents to grow their own herbs, flowers and vegetables. No rent or fee is charged to those who sign up to use the garden.
The parcel of city-owned land incorporates forty-two 4-by-16-foot planters covered in pine straw mulch in which residents grow their produce. For those with access issues, such as wheelchair mobility, several planters are raised up off the ground.
Steve Jones with the Cheaha Master Gardeners — a county association of the Alabama Master Gardeners — was the architect for the sprawling garden that’s already producing vegetables.
He uses the drawing of a footstool to explain the benefits of gardening.
“We have three legs of our stool — education, harvest and relaxation. Teach people how to grow, what to grow, what it means, get some foodstuffs out of it, harvest some food and have a little fun,” Jones said.
He said anyone can sign up for a garden plot, however, Heflin City Councilwoman Rhonda Green notes that only a handful of plots are still available.
“Go to City Hall, pick up a number, only two to three remain unclaimed,” Green said.
Cleburne County Commissioner Emmett Owen was all smiles during the celebration. His district includes the city of Heflin.
“I love it when they get [produce] in that frying pan, because that’s when I enjoy it the best, I think it’s a great thing for the community, it’s really turned out great, it's a good location, beautiful site, easy access, this is outstanding,” Owen said.
Debby Mathews, president of the Cheaha Master Gardeners, said many different plants are being grown at the garden.
“We have several variety of tomatoes … we’ve got cucumbers, we’ve got herbs, we’ve got lavender, we’ve got basil, dill, oregano, thyme, and then we’ve got flowers, we’ve got marigolds, the master gardeners are going to be adding some salvia,” Mathews said.
Mathews said the garden also promotes education — posted signs illustrate what to grow, how to grow it and how to care for it — as well as community fellowship, in that gardeners can certainly visit with one another as they tend their little patches of earth.
“This is about community development as much as it is an educational project,” she said.
Heflin Mayor Robby Brown thanked all partners involved to make the community garden a reality, including RC&D for supplying the grant and State Sen. Randy Price, R-Opelika.
“He actually puts in the funding in so it can trickle down to us little guys,” the Mayor said.
Brown said the garden would not have been a reality had it not been for the master gardeners who put in many hours of planning and labor.
Alabama Power has expressed interest in the garden by possibly offering grants for fruit trees, Brown said.
Brown also commended the Heflin Street Department for its role in constructing the garden.
“It’s everybody coming together, from the master gardeners to the senator to RC&D, we want to thank all of you for what you're doing in our community, because it means a lot,” Brown said.
The RC&D program secures funding from the state legislature, private foundations and federal partnerships. The RC&D Council serves Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega and Tallapoosa counties.
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LONDON — (AP) — Two protesters from the Just Stop Oil group ran onto the field at Lords and briefly disrupted play about five minutes after the start of the second Ashes cricket test between England and Australia on Wednesday.
The environmental activists tried to spread orange powder on the field but the England and Australia players intervened.
England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow tackled one protester and carried the person about 50 meters (yards) before leaving him in the hands of security over the boundary hoardings. England captain Ben Stokes and Australia batter David Warner corralled the other protester.
Some orange powder was released but only on the grass, away from the pitch.
“Police have arrested three people and taken them into custody,” London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
Bairstow went to the England changing room to clean himself of some powder, Lord's staff quickly cleaned up what little orange fell on the grass, and play resumed about five minutes later.
Just Stop Oil protesters have disrupted other major sporting events in Britain this year. They held up the England team bus briefly during the test against Ireland in London this month, and have targeted Premier League soccer matches, the Premiership rugby final at Twickenham, and the world snooker championship in Sheffield.
"Their actions not only endanger themselves and those who work at the ground, but they have consistently shown complete disregard for the people who pay to attend events, not just here at Lord's but around the country at other sporting venues," Marylebone Cricket Club CEO Guy Lavender said in a statement.
The activists want the British government to stop new fuel licensing and production.
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Grab your fancy duds for Met Gala mania with Karl Lagerfeld
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the first Monday in May: Welcome to Met Gala mania.
With a livestream available when the evening gets underway, the world’s most fashionable fundraiser takes on one of the world’s most prolific — and controversial — designers, the late Karl Lagerfeld, as the starry party’s theme.
So how would the man of the hour, who died in 2019, feel about all the hullabaloo? Lagerfeld was a student of history, to be sure, but his eyes were forever on the future.
“Karl never wanted to have a retrospective when he was alive. He felt that it was funereal. He made the point that (Cristóbal) Balenciaga and (Coco) Chanel never had them when they were alive,” said William Middleton, who wrote the biography “Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld.”
So what about now?
“He believed very much in fashion history, so he’s a part of fashion history now. I don’t think he would have had a problem with it,” Middleton surmised.
Others aren’t so sure.
Caroline Lebar worked with Lagerfeld for 35 years, rising to senior vice president of image and communications for his eponymous brand. Lagerfeld loved the Met, but he always said: “’I’m not an artist, I’m a fashion maker,'” Lebar said on the company’s site.
“He didn’t think his work belonged in a museum. Anna Wintour also mentioned this when she made the announcement about the theme,” Lebar explained.
The invitation-only gala earned $17.4 million last year for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, a self-funding department with a budget dependent on the A-list affair. The price of attending went up this year to $300,000 for a table and $50,000 for a single ticket.
Companies and brands buy tables and host many of the roughly 400 guests expected this year from fashion, film, music, theater, sports, tech and social media. They were asked to dress “in honor of Karl” by gala mastermind Wintour, a close Lagerfeld friend who first signed on to the event in 1995 and took over the helm in 1999.
Fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert thought up the Met Gala back in 1948 as a fundraiser for the newly founded Costume Institute. It was a dinner held elsewhere. The idea is to celebrate the opening of the institute’s big exhibition each year, this time called “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.”
American fashion was last year’s vibe. It followed gilded glamour and white tie. Camp was the theme in 2019, producing what is considered one of the wackiest displays of dress by the celebrity crowd.
Katy Perry wore a chandelier, then slipped into a hamburger outfit. Lady Gaga did a four-layer strip tease on the Met’s Grand Staircase and Jared Leto carried a stage version of his own head.
Dressing to the Lagerfeld theme could be a breeze for guests with stylists able to source the best vintage pieces from the fashion houses where he worked: Chanel, Fendi, Chloé, Jean Patou, Balmain, his own brand and more.
This year’s five hosts include Wintour, as usual, along with Michaela Coel, longtime Chanel ambassador Penélope Cruz, recently retired tennis superstar Roger Federer and Dua Lipa.
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- HBM1020 is a first-in-class therapeutic monoclonal antibody against B7H7/HHLA2 entering clinical development globally.
- HBM1020 was generated from Harbour Mice® H2L2 transgenic mice platform.
- HBM1020 has great potential to address huge unmet medical needs in patients with advanced malignancies.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SUZHOU, China, June 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142) announced that the first patient has been dosed in its ongoing phase I trial of the first-in-class anti-B7H7 (HHLA2) antibody HBM1020 (NCT05824663/Study 1020.1) in the United States. This study is evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and anti-tumor activity of HBM1020 in patients with advanced solid tumors.
HBM1020, generated from Harbour Mice® H2L2 transgenic mice platform, is the first therapeutic monoclonal antibody against B7H7/HHLA2 entering clinical development globally.
"We are delighted to announce the dosing of the first patient with our first-in-class B7H7/HHLA2 antibody HBM1020," said Dr. Jingsong Wang, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Harbour BioMed. "This milestone is a significant accomplishment for our team and represents a major step forward in our mission to transform patient care. We are excited about the potential of the B7H7/HHLA2 antibody to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients suffering from advanced malignancies and we remain dedicated to advancing its clinical development globally."
About HBM1020
HBM1020 is a first-in-class fully human monoclonal antibody generated from Harbour Mice® H2L2 transgenic mice platform, targeting B7H7/HHLA2.
B7H7, also known as HHLA2, is a novel immune modulatory molecule belonging to the B7 family. The B7 family is of central importance in regulating the T-cell response, making these pathways very attractive in cancer immunotherapy. Most of the validated targets in immune-oncology so far are related to B7 family, including PD-(L)1, and CTLA-4. The therapies against B7 family targets have already shifted the paradigm for cancer therapy with outstanding clinical benefits. As a newly discovered member of the B7 family, B7H7 expression is found non-overlapping with PD-L1 expression in multiple tumor types, which indicates an alternative immune evasion pathway besides PD-(L)1. In PD-L1 negative/ refractory patients, B7H7 potentially plays a critical role for tumor cells to escape immune surveillance. HBM1020 can enhance anti-tumor immunity by blocking the novel immune checkpoint target. Preclinical data demonstrated its immune activation and anti-tumor functional activities.
With its innovative biology mechanisms, HBM1020 presents a novel anti-tumor therapeutics complementary to PD-(L)1 therapeutics to patients, especially for PD-L1 negative/refractory patients.
About Harbour BioMed
Harbour BioMed (HKEX: 02142) is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel antibody therapeutics focusing on immunology and oncology. The Company is building its robust portfolio and differentiated pipeline through internal R&D capability, collaborations with co-discovery and co-development partners, and select acquisitions.
The Company's proprietary antibody technology platforms Harbour Mice® generate fully human monoclonal antibodies in two heavy and two light chain (H2L2) format, as well as heavy chain only (HCAb) format. Building upon the HCAb antibodies, the HCAb-based immune cell engagers (HBICE®) are capable of delivering tumor-killing effects unachievable by traditional combination therapies. Integrating Harbour Mice®, HBICE® with single B cell cloning platform, our antibody discovery engine is highly unique and efficient for the development of next-generation therapeutic antibodies. For more information, please visit: www.harbourbiomed.com
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DENVER, May 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SOL Mental Health announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Kevin Trexler as the company's new Chief Executive Officer. Trexler will succeed Evan Lengerich, who co-founded the Company in 2019. Lengerich will continue to serve as the Company's President and focus on the company's national expansion with strategic partners.
"Kevin brings strong leadership and decades of experience in health care services to the company. I am excited to see how the organization will expand with his guidance. Most importantly, Kevin is aligned with our mission and values and focused on creating an environment where clinicians can deliver outstanding patient care," said Lengerich.
Kevin Trexler joins SOL Mental Health from American Dental Partners, where he served as CEO from 2015-2021. Prior to American Dental Partners, he worked at DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc. in various roles since 2006, most recently as Senior Vice President of Operations where he led ~700 clinics in the eastern US. Before that, Trexler served on a fast attack submarine in the US Navy. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.
Trexler said of the appointment, "I am honored and excited for the opportunity to serve clinicians and patients at SOL Mental Health. There is a mental healthcare crisis in our country, and we are committed to improving access to and the quality of care delivered."
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SOL is a fully in-network, comprehensive, outpatient behavioral health practice serving children, adolescents, and adults through both in-person clinics as well as virtual care options. The company was founded in Denver and provides care to thousands of patients in multiple states.
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Grammy-winning hip hop musician Pras Michel pocketed $100 million in an effort to bring "secret, illegal foreign influence to bear" on two different presidential administrations, breaking conspiracy laws and tampering with witnesses along the way, prosecutor Nicole Lockhart told jurors Thursday morning.
Michel is standing trial on multiple criminal charges in federal court in Washington, D.C., where 12 jurors will eventually determine his legal fate. Authorities said the case is filled with political intrigue, burner telephones and lies.
"This is a case about foreign money, foreign influence and concealment," Lockhart told the jury. "The defendant wanted money and was willing to break any laws necessary to get paid."
The Justice Department put Michel, 50, at the center of two separate streams of illegal conduct tied to the billionaire Jho Low, who's been accused of stealing $4 billion from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. Low is a fugitive from justice believed to be in China, so Michel is standing trial alone.
Prosecutors cast Low as desperate to cozy up to American presidents and celebrities. And they said Michel was happy to assist, so long as he "got paid."
Michel, a member of Fugees, whose 1996 album The Score remains one of the top streaming albums of all time, later tried to reinvent himself as a businessman and a humanitarian.
In 2012, Michel allegedly arranged for so-called straw donors to make contributions to then-President Obama's reelection campaign, only to reimburse them later with illegal foreign money. Years later, when the federal government began to investigate, Michel allegedly leaned on some of those donors to lie or not talk to authorities about the matter.
By 2017, billionaire Low's financial dealings had come under scrutiny and he needed help – "secret influence at the highest levels of the U.S. government," prosecutor Lockhart said.
Low enlisted fixer Elliott Broidy, who was pardoned on the last day of former President Trump's term in office, and a cast of others to reach out to the Justice Department, the State Department and the White House, prosecutors said. The goal was to make the U.S. probe of Low go away — and to curry favor with Chinese government officials who sought the return of a dissident living on American soil.
Defense attorney David Kenner, who has represented prominent musical artists including Snoop Dog, told the jury he would reserve his opening statement until after the government rests its case. Kenner objected five times during the prosecution's opening remarks to mixed results from U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.
Kenner has argued in court papers that his client thought he was acting in the best interests of the United States, not as an agent of China, so he had no need to register with the Justice Department.
The trial is expected to last four to six weeks. Possible witnesses include former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, casino mogul Steve Wynn and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred in The Wolf of Wall Street, a 2013 movie financed by a company with ties to Low.
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NEW YORK (AP) — When former President Donald Trump appears in federal court Tuesday, he will be joined at the defense table by a man well-practiced in standing by his side: his valet turned alleged co-conspirator, Walt Nauta.
Nauta, a Navy veteran who fetched Trump’s Diet Cokes as his valet at the White House before joining him as a personal aide at Mar-a-Lago, now finds himself in legal jeopardy alongside the former president. He is accused of moving boxes from the White House at Trump’s direction and then lying about it to investigators.
Nauta is the latest in a series of Trump loyalists to face potential jail time after his work for the former president. Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime fixer and attorney, spent more than 13 months in prison over payouts he helped arrange during the 2016 presidential race to keep women from going public about alleged sexual encounters with Trump. Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer at the Trump Organization, just finished serving three months at Rikers Island after pleading guilty to receiving $1.7 million in unreported job perks.
“Loyalty to Donald Trump is like First Avenue in Manhattan: one way. History has shown time and again that Donald cares for no one other than himself,” said Cohen, who has since turned on Trump and eventually tried to win leniency by cooperating with prosecutors.
Nauta, according to the indictment unsealed Friday, played a crucial role in the alleged scheme with Trump, who is charged with 37 counts of illegally hoarding classified documents and obstructing the government’s efforts to get them back.
The government alleges Nauta helped pack Trump’s boxes before he left the White House and repeatedly moved them to various rooms at Mar-a-Lago in response to Trump’s requests.
At one point, the indictment alleges, Nauta discovered several boxes had fallen over in the storage room, dumping their contents on the floor. Nauta snapped and shared photographs of the scene, which included a document with a visible marking warning it was restricted to only the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.
Nauta was key to Trump’s investigation early on, with FBI agents grilling him about the movement of boxes inside Mar-a-Lago weeks before serving their search warrant at the property. Like other witnesses close to Trump, though, his answers to law enforcement put him in legal jeopardy.
Although prosecutors say Nauta moved boxes of documents to Trump’s residence for his review at his direction, he lied to agents by saying he wasn’t aware of that happening, according to the indictment. And when agents asked if he knew where on the property the boxes had been stored, he said, “I wish, I wish I could tell you. I don’t know. I don’t — I honestly just don’t know.”
Nauta’s attorney, Stanley Woodward, declined to answer questions about the charges or any efforts to get his client to turn on the former president, but confirmed the two would appear together.
Nauta faces six federal charges, including conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing a document or record and making false statements. His inclusion in the indictment was met by protest from Trump, who praised Nauta as “a wonderful man” who had ”done a fantastic job!”
“They are trying to destroy his life, like the lives of so many others, hoping that he will say bad things about ‘Trump.’ He is strong, brave, and a Great Patriot. The FBI and DOJ are CORRUPT!” he wrote.
Ty Cobb, the former White House attorney who served as Trump’s lawyer during the Russia investigation, said he felt sorry for Nauta, whom he described as a dutiful worker who “nods and then does what he’s been told to do.”
“I think Walt is easy prey for the president because this is a dedicated patriot,” he said. “The proudest moment he ever had was being named valet to the president and sadly the president he got named valet for was Trump.”
Cobb recalled Nauta stopping by his home, checking in on him and fetching him club soda when he was working late. He said he remembered how Nauta noticed — after dozens of uneaten hamburgers — that Cobb didn’t eat meat and quietly began substituting salmon for his lunches.
“I think it’s really sad that people were not able to convince him of his misplaced loyalty,” Cobb said of Nauta’s decision not to cooperate with prosecutors. “He should be a witness. He shouldn’t be a defendant. But you can only dangle that opportunity for so long before you have to shoot. So I think it’s tragic.”
John Dean, the White House counsel who testified against former President Richard Nixon over Watergate and later served four months for obstructing justice, said that he would advise Nauta to turn against Trump.
“He could strike a good deal and help put it away for the government,” he said on CNN.
As for Cohen, he gave grand jury testimony over the hush money payments that led to the first-ever criminal charges against a former president. Trump was indicted in March in New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to the payouts to the women who alleged sexual encounters with him. Trump has denied the allegations and any criminal wrongdoing.
Weisselberg, who testified against the Trump Organization at his trial, said on the witness stand that neither Trump nor his family knew about the tax scheme. Prosecutors maintained Trump “knew exactly what was going on.”
Cohen said Nauta should learn from his own experience that devotion to Trump isn’t worth the consequences.
“I predict Walt will suffer the exact same outcome as the rest of us who have all been thrown under the bus for the benefit of Donald J. Trump,” Cohen said, describing “just another Trump acolyte whose life has been turned completely upside down for his misguided loyalty to a man who didn’t deserve it.”
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INDIANAPOLIS — Beginning Sunday, travelers at the Indianapolis International Airport (IND) will once again have a daily flight option to Canada through Air Canada.
The airline is restarting its daily nonstop flight to Toronto (YYZ) that was stopped in 2020 due to the pandemic.
“Indiana is an extremely popular destination, appealing to Canadians and global customers alike,” said Lisa Pierce, vice president of Canada and U.S. sales at Air Canada. “In addition to enabling Canadians and global visitors to visit Indiana, our flights also make it especially convenient for Indiana-area residents to visit and enjoy everything Canada has to offer."
Indianapolis Airport Authority executive director Mario Rodriguez says more than 20,000 passengers have flown internationally through IND as of the end of March, a 205% increase over the same time period last year.
Air Canada is launching a second daily flight to Toronto on June 1.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Step back in time Monday night for a prohibition-themed cocktail party in the underground Catacombs at City Market.
Repeal Party Indy is back for 2022, and tickets are still available.
The event is the largest annual fundraiser for the Indianapolis chapter of the United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG).
Repeal Party features eight cocktail bars with specialty drinks created by bartenders around the city, a brass band, food and wine. Guests are invited to dress in prohibition-era outfits.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for VIP ticket holders and 7 p.m. for general admission.
The Catacombs are what remains of an 1886 building called Tomlinson Hall, which burned down in 1958. The space has a unique design, featuring Roman-style brick arches.
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The Patriots fortified their wide receiver depth chart Thursday, making the signings of newcomer Lil’Jordan Humphrey and Jakobi Meyers official.
Meyers, a restricted free agent, signed his second-round tender. Meyers has become one of New England’s most dependable pass catchers the last few years. The 25-year-old, who was signed as a rookie free agent out of North Carolina State on May 2, 2019, has 168 receptions for 1,954 yards and two touchdowns in his career with the Patriots. In addition, he has three 2-point plays, four pass completions, including two for touchdowns, and one punt return for seven yards.
The 6-foot-2-inch, 200-pound Meyers played in all 17 games las year with 16 starts and led the team with 83 receptions for 866 yards with two touchdowns. He also completed two passes for 45 yards.
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The 6-4, 225-pound Jordan had 16 catches for 295 yards and three touchdowns last season with New Orleans. The Texas product rotated between the practice squad and active roster over his first two seasons and then played in 10 games with four starts in 2021, finishing with 13 receptions for 249 yards and two touchdowns.
New England also announced it had signed fourth-round draft pick, running back Pierre Strong Jr. The 127th overall choice, the 5-11, 205-pounder out of South Dakota State had 4,527 rushing yards over the course of his collegiate career. The 23-year-old topped the 100-yard mark in 18 career games and had two 200-yard rushing games. Strong reached 1,000 yards rushing in three of his four seasons.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death are heading to trial on state aiding and abetting counts, the third and likely final criminal proceeding in a killing that mobilized protesters worldwide against racial injustice in policing.
J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao have already been convicted of federal counts for violating Floyd’s civil rights and begun serving those sentences. Many witnesses expected to testify at their state trial have already done so at both their federal trial and at the state trial against their former colleague, Derek Chauvin.
While much of the evidence in this proceeding will look similar, there will be some key differences.
Here are a few things to know as jury selection gets underway Monday:
WHAT IS THIS TRIAL ABOUT?
Kueng, Thao and Thomas Lane were working with Chauvin on May 25, 2020, when Chauvin, who is white, used his knee to pin Floyd’s neck to the pavement for more than nine minutes as the 46-year-old Black man said he couldn’t breathe and eventually grew still. Kueng knelt on Floyd’s back, Lane held his legs and Thao kept bystanders back.
Kueng, who is Black, and Thao, who is Hmong American, are each charged with aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors will have to prove they intentionally helped Chauvin. They don’t have to prove that they intended to kill Floyd or cause him great bodily harm.
THE THIRD TRIAL
Chauvin was the first officer to face trial in a livestreamed, weekslong proceeding filled with emotional testimony from bystanders, graphic video of Floyd’s dying moments and expert testimony about use of force as well as the mechanics of breathing. He was ultimately convicted of murder and manslaughter.
The second trial in Floyd’s death came in federal court, where Lane, Kueng and Thao were all convicted of federal civil rights violations.
“It’s going to be, I think, exhaustingly repetitive for the witnesses who have already testified multiple times and don’t want to relive this,” said Rachel Moran, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
But there will be some nuances. Moran said this case could be more difficult for prosecutors: While Chauvin’s offense was more direct because he had his knee on Floyd’s neck, prosecutors in this case have to show what Kueng and Thao intentionally did to help him commit a crime.
Judge Peter Cahill has limited expert witnesses to try to avoid repetition. He’s also ordered attorneys not to ask questions designed to elicit emotion.
SOME NOTABLE DIFFERENCES
Witnesses won’t be allowed to ask the jury to take actions and follow along with demonstrations – as lung and critical care specialist Dr. Martin Tobin did during Chauvin’s trial. In that case, Tobin placed his hands on his own neck and encouraged jurors to do the same as he explained how he believed Floyd died. Jurors said later that Tobin provided some of the trial’s most compelling evidence.
It’s also unknown if a girl who was just 9 at the time of Floyd’s killing will testify. Prosecutors want to call her to argue that even a young girl knew something was wrong – so the officers should have known as well. The defense has countered that her testimony isn’t that different from that of other bystanders and will only play upon jurors’ emotions. She previously testified at Chauvin’s trial.
Cahill encouraged prosecutors not to call the girl because testifying in a murder trial can be traumatic, especially for children, but he didn’t bar them from doing so.
WERE PLEA DEALS OFFERED?
Yes. Both Kueng and Thao rejected offers for three-year sentences that would have been served at the same time as their federal sentences. Thao told Cahill: “It would be lying for me to accept any plea offer.”
That set them apart from Lane, who pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter and got three years. Kueng and Thao are risking significantly longer sentences; the murder charge has a recommended sentence of 12 1/2 years, and prosecutors say they intend to seek more.
“The reality is, it’s their right (to go to trial) and Tou Thao in particular seems to just believe that he has done nothing wrong and therefore he can’t admit to doing anything wrong,” Moran said.
JURY SELECTION
Hundreds of prospective jurors were sent a 17-page questionnaire that explored how much they know about the case, their views on police and whether they’ve participated in civil rights marches, among other things.
Sixteen people will be chosen; 12 will deliberate.
Jurors will be questioned individually about their views and whether they can be fair. An unlimited number of potential jurors can be dismissed “for cause,” such as when a juror has shown that he or she can’t be impartial.
Each side may also dismiss jurors with a limited number of peremptory strikes, which don’t require a reason but can be challenged if the other side believes it’s due solely to a potential juror’s race or gender.
The defense gets 10 such strikes — five for each defendant — and the state gets six.
The key will be finding jurors who can be impartial. Moran said that while diversity on a jury is important, the idea that a jury’s racial composition will affect the outcome has been called into question. She noted that the jury that convicted Kueng and Thao of federal charges was mostly white, as was the state jury that convicted Kim Potter, then an officer in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, in the 2021 fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright.
TRIAL LOGISTICS
Opening statements begin Nov. 7. The trial won’t be livestreamed. Cameras in courts are rare in Minnesota, and Chauvin’s was livestreamed due to the high public interest and courtroom space limitations because of COVID-19 restrictions.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Kueng and Thao reported to federal prison earlier this month to begin serving their sentences for violating Floyd’s rights. Kueng is serving three years at federal prison in Ohio and Thao is serving 3½ years at a facility in Kentucky.
They will be in custody in Minnesota during the trial.
Lane, who is white, is serving his 2 ½-year federal sentence at a facility in Colorado. He’s serving a 3-year state sentence at the same time.
Chauvin was sentenced to 22 ½ years on the state murder charge and 21 years on a federal count of violating Floyd’s rights. He’s serving those sentences simultaneously at a federal prison in Arizona.
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Rebecca Hall’s Margaret carries herself very much like an ultra-high-functioning executive in the early scenes of “Resurrection.” She works at a company whose exact line of work is kept kind of vague, and has an office with a door, and inside that office, she listens to her intern Gwen confess misgivings about the fellow she’s currently dating. When Gwen speaks of the guy’s sarcasm, Margaret clarifies: “He makes jokes at your expense.” After giving Gwen some solid and unforgiving advice, she assures the younger colleague, who asks her not to mention the situation to anyone, of her discretion: “Of course not. Fort Knox.”
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Margaret is tightly wound in every respect — when she goes out for a run, her form is rather like Robert Patrick’s T-1000 in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” And she is also full of secrets. Some are relatively recent: She’s sleeping with a married co-worker. Another, a very big one, goes back over two decades.
One morning Allie (Grace Kaufman) Margaret’s 18-year-old daughter — of whom Margaret is overly protective, and it’s going to get worse — shows her mother something she found in her change purse. A human tooth, stained with tartar, grotty in the way that adult human teeth disconnected from their owners tend to be. Well, that’s weird. And a little after that, Margaret sees, at a conference, a man who terrifies her so much she gets up, leaves the building, and T-1000s it all the way back to her apartment.
After that, ultra-high-functioning Margaret begins to unravel at head-spinning speed. While shopping with Allie, who’s worn the same dull orange hoodie throughout the picture (Margaret’s own wardrobe tends toward punishingly Prada-esque gray pantsuits), she sees the man again. And again, at a park, where she confronts him. His name is David, he’s a part of the decades-old secret, and he’s played by Tim Roth.
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No actor alive does tetchy like Roth. Just raising his head and looking into the middle distance, he seems to have Resting Vexed Face. It’s the face of a person you don’t want to rouse to anger. Roth makes concentrated, purposeful use of this performance feature here. First, David insists he’s not David. Then he tacitly admits he is. Enigmatically, he says “Ben is with me,” tapping his belly. Rising from a park bench he looks at Margaret, and he grins. The grin is noteworthy not just for its transparent phoniness but because it reveals David’s got a tooth missing.
Just who is David? Margaret is not too forthcoming when she goes to the police and tries to take out an order of protection against him. Instead, impulsively, she tells a long, grotesque, and in some particulars very improbable story to Gwen in a stunning, single-shot monologue. This story explains, to an extent, Margaret’s nightmare in which she takes a still-living baby out of an oven where it’s been baking.
Hall’s intensity should surprise no one familiar with her past work, but here she seems to stretch out on the edge of an existential razor to an extent that you may worry for her as much as you do for the character.
As fierce as Margaret is in her determination to “protect” herself and her daughter from David, she is still under this man’s thrall. He requests that she do him “a kindness.” (And this is an echo of Gwen’s account of the bad boyfriend asking her to “do things” for him.) The first such thing David asks is for her to walk to work barefoot.
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And Margaret does. This, and several other story points here, makes trenchant (at least the filmmakers hope they’re trenchant) observations about our society’s subjugation of women, not dissimilar to those drawn in Alex Garland’s recent “Men.”
Writer-director Andrew Semans and cinematographer Wyatt Garfield shoot the story in a clean, cool direct style that’s well-suited to its aptly-placed and judicious shock scares. The Albany setting is both generic and unusual — frequent shots of the performance-art building known as “The Egg” add to an otherworldly feel.
But like many other contemporary psychological thrillers, “Resurrection” is far better at building up tension than it is in pulling together its narrative threads. It’s a little over-infatuated with its own perceived complexity, as if giving the audience any kind of conventionally plausible wrap-up is beneath its mission.
Hence, it’s one of those pictures that is likely to elicit confounded groans when the end credits begin to roll. “What did you want to make,” one might ask the filmmaker, “a horror picture or an allegory on civilizational ills?” “Why can’t one do both?” the filmmaker might reply.
One can. Ari Aster’s “Midsommar” was an imperfect example, albeit arguably successful where it counted. But when your allegory all but subsumes your horror picture, a good segment of the audience isn’t going to care how high you’ve tried to “elevate” the genre, or the statement you embed in that ostensible elevation.
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RESURRECTION
Written and directed by Andrew Semans. Starring Rebecca Hall, Grace Kaufman, Tim Roth, Angela Wong Carbone, Michael Esper. Available on demand starting Aug. 5. 103 minutes. Not rated (the movie contains a lot of harsh language, some gore, and several shock scares).
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Man tracks down stolen truck with AirTag, kills suspect, police say
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KSAT) - A man allegedly used an Apple AirTag to track down and kill the person he suspected took his truck.
It happened at a shopping center in San Antonio.
Crime scene tape is shown wrapped around the scene of a deadly confrontation. That’s what police say happened in the parking lot.
“Our suspect today stole the white truck you see back there. They stole it. Little did he know it was tagged with an Apple AirTag,” said Nick Soliz, public information officer with San Antonio police.
Soliz said that device is what led the owner to the truck several hours after it was stolen off Braesview on the city’s north side, almost 20 miles from the shopping center and eventual shooting.
“They tried to confront the suspect who they saw in their vehicle,” Soliz said. “I don’t know if an argument happened, but we know that during this time he believes that a firearm may have been pulled by the suspect.”
Police said the truck owner shot and killed the 30-year-old suspect, but officers are still working to verify whether the suspect had a gun or not.
The crime scene showed multiple evidence markers covering bullet casings and two vehicles with windows shot out.
“If you are to get your vehicle stolen, I know that it’s frustrating, but please do not take matters into your own hands like this,” Soliz said.
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What's happening
GM's Cruise on Thursday received California's first permit to operate a paid robotaxi service on San Francisco streets.
Why it matters
This is a major step toward bringing commercially viable driverless cars into the public sphere.
While many companies are testing driverless cars in various places around the US, making the leap from testing to commercial deployment is still extremely rare. For GM's Cruise, it's no longer an aspiration, but a reality.
Cruise announced on Thursday that it has secured the first driverless deployment permit from the California Public Utilities Commission. This gives Cruise the ability to charge riders to use its robotaxi service, and according to the company, this makes it "the first and only company to operate a commercial, driverless ridehail service in a major US city."
Cruise did not divulge too many details about its next steps, only saying in a blog post that it will roll out its fared services "gradually, expanding in alignment with the smoothest customer experience possible." Prior to this, the company was already offering free driverless rides in San Francisco using modified Chevrolet Bolt EVs with all the hardware and software required for driverless operation.
According to the CPUC's press release, there will still be some limitations in effect. The fleet of 30 Bolt EVs will be limited to the San Francisco area and a maximum speed of 30 mph. It can only operate its commercial robotaxi service between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., in weather conditions that "do not include heavy rain, heavy fog, heavy smoke, hail, sleet or snow." The company is also disallowed from placing unrelated parties in the same car at the same time. If Cruise desires to expand its parameters, it will have to resubmit a passenger safety plan and receive additional approval.
Cruise may be among the first to achieve commercial approval for its robotaxi services, but it is not the sole company to make it this far. Alphabet offshoot Waymo has been offering paid rides in modified Chrysler Pacifica minivans in the Phoenix area since 2018, and while Waymo has been operating driverless vehicles in San Francisco this year, it has not yet received the permit that Cruise just scored.
It's unclear how Phoenicians feel about Cruise's backhanded comment about it not being a major US city.
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, October 19, 2022
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FROST ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New York NY
321 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost
formation.
* WHERE...Portions of southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey
and southeast New York.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if
left uncovered.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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BOSTON (AP) — Paul Blackburn continued his road success by pitching sharply into the sixth inning, Christian Bethancourt hit a two-run single and the Oakland Athletics held off the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Thursday for just their second win in 15 games.
Chad Pinder added an RBI single for Oakland, which closed its nine-game road trip at 2-7 and avoided being swept in a three-game series by Boston for the second time this month.
“Earlier in the day I got a question about this team’s fight,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “If they didn’t show up and fight today, I don’t know what they did. Long road trip, obviously, not a successful one.”
J.D. Martinez had three singles and drove in a run for Boston. The Red Sox, who had won 11 of 13, left eight runners on in the first four innings and 13 overall.
Boston star Rafael Devers went 0 for 2 with a pair of walks and was hit by a pitch, ending his streak of four straight games with a home run.
Leading 4-1 in the eighth, Oakland third baseman Jonah Bride made a two-out throwing error that let a run score. Martinez followed with an RBI single that second baseman Tony Kemp stopped with a dive in shallow center, keeping the tying run from scoring.
Blackburn (6-2) gave up a run and eight hits, with four strikeouts and two walks in 5 1/3 innings, slightly increasing his road ERA from 0.91 to 1.00. He entered with the majors’ lowest ERA away from home.
“I am,” he said, smiling, when asked if he was aware of his road ERA. “There’s just something about coming into a place and quieting a crowd. It’s just what I’ve always enjoyed.”
“Playing here, I know the fans are going to be great. I know it’s a huge baseball town, they’re going to have this place packed and people are going to be chirping me in the bullpen,” he said. “Just being able to hear those comments and kind of prove people wrong, pitching on the road is a different beast in this game.”
Dany Jiménez got four outs for his 11th save.
After scoring just two total runs in the opening two games of the series, the Athletics grabbed a 3-0 edge in the third against Rich Hill (2-4), taking advantage of a gift double when second baseman Trevor Story appeared to call for Cristian Pache’s one-out pop in shallow center, but had it fall behind him.
Boston manager Alex Cora said center fielder Jarren Duran should have called for it.
“We didn’t make a play, that flyball,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “Jarren needs to take charge on that one. … From there, they score the runs.”
Pache scored on Pinder’s single. Bethancourt lined his two-run hit down the left-field line after Ramón Laureano doubled.
Story went 0 for 5 with three strikeouts, dropping his average to .218.
“A little more ups and downs than usual,” he said. “I’m looking forward to being more consistent, for sure.”
Hill allowed four runs, three earned, in 5 2/3 innings.
SALE DAY
Lefty Chris Sale threw 32 pitches in a two-inning simulated game off the Fenway Park mound in the morning. Cora was impressed by a sharp changeup, a pitch the 33-year-old worked on during the offseason.
Sale has been sidelined since spring training after suffering a fracture in his rib cage.
NIGHT PLANS
Cora said a “lot” of guys were going over to TD Garden Thursday night to watch the Boston Celtics play Golden State in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. He also said Cardinals star Albert Pujols arranged for a luxury box for St. Louis’ players. The Cardinals play at Fenway this weekend.
TWO GOOD, ONE BAD
Red Sox 3B Devers made a diving grab of Sean Murphy’s liner to open the sixth and followed that by going behind the bag to snag Matt Davidson’s grounder before firing across to first base. But he also had Elvis Andrus’ two-out grounder go through his legs for a run-scoring error.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: RF Stephen Piscotty (left calf strain) has resumed baseball activities.
Red Sox: Devers was hit on the right elbow by a fastball from A.J. Puk but stayed in the game. … OF/INF Kiké Hernández, on the injured list with a right hip flexor, was in the box for Sale’s sim game but didn’t swing the bat. Cora said he’s getting close to a rehabilitation assignment.
UP NEXT
Athletics: RHP Frankie Montas (3-6, 3.40 ERA) is slated to start on Friday night when they face Kansas City in the opener of a six-game homestand.
Red Sox: RHP Michael Wacha (4-1, 2.33) is set to face his old team when Boston opens a three-game series against St. Louis Friday at Fenway. The 30-year-old Wacha spent his first seven seasons with the Cardinals, including 2013 when they lost the World Series to Boston. RHP Adam Wainwright (5-4, 2.84) is in line for St. Louis.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenspoon Marder is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm's Real Estate practice group with the addition of partner Allison Jones in Orlando. Ms. Jones' practice includes the procurement and retention of land use entitlements, including zoning, comprehensive plans, concurrency, infrastructure finance and development, developments of regional impact (DRIs), procurement issues, due diligence and property rights matters. She also has substantial lobbying and government relations experience at both the state and federal levels.
"Allison, a native to the Central Florida region, has a profound understanding of the nuances involved in land use and zoning laws. Having previously served on numerous local projects, including the critical I-4 Ultimate highway reconstruction project as project counsel and lead land use counsel, Allison strengthens our firm's footprint in the real estate space in both Orlando and across the state," says Michael Marder, co-managing director at Greenspoon Marder. "With the intentional growth that our firm has seen over the last several years, we've maintained a focus on attracting quality talent and deep experience in our core areas. Allison will be an asset to our nationwide real estate practice," says Gerald Greenspoon, co-managing director at Greenspoon Marder.
"Greenspoon Marder is highly regarded for its land use and real estate development practices, and I'm excited to be joining their team. I am confident that my experience will contribute to the firm's success and be helpful to current clients. The firm's expansive resources, national footprint and commitment to growth in my practice areas will give me the additional tools I need to meet my clients' growing demands while continuing to provide them with exceptional legal counsel," says Ms. Jones.
In Ms. Jones' extensive practice, development work with her clients has played a defining role in the evolution and character of the area through large scale projects including urban high-rise complexes, hotel and resort properties, industrial power logistics centers, office buildings, single-family home and multifamily apartment developments, master planned communities, retail power centers and major transportation projects.
Greenspoon Marder LLP is a full-service law firm with over 240 attorneys and more than 20 office locations across the United States. With operations from Miami to New York and from Denver to Los Angeles, our firm attracts some of the nation's top talent in key markets and innovation hubs. Our core practice areas include Real Estate, Litigation, and Transactional Services, complemented by the capabilities of a full-service firm. Greenspoon Marder has upheld a spot on The American Lawyer's Am Law 200 as one of the top law firms in the U.S. since 2015, and our goal is to provide exceptional client service by developing a thorough understanding of each client's business needs and objectives in order to provide strategic, cost-effective solutions. For more information, visit www.gmlaw.com.
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Daily’s Dose #93: ‘Guardians Vol. 3’ with a side of ‘Rocky’
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Welcome back to the Daily’s Dose podcast. Join Sam, Maddie and John as they debate the merits of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” discuss the future of Marvel and educate listeners on Sylvester Stallone’s Hollywood legacy.
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Smoky Skies on the way for Tomorrow, with More Shower and Thunderstorm Chances
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Good evening everyone and happy Monday. After a gloomy start to the day with showers tapering off for most spots, cloudy skies eventually broke apart, leading to more sunshine during the day today. This helped temperatures warm up during the afternoon hours, with highs climbing into the upper 70s and lower to mid 80s for most spots. More shower chances are in the forecast for tomorrow, as the area of low pressure and front continue to sit over the region. This will spark off showers and thunderstorms over western areas during the early afternoon hours, which eventually push eastward mid to late afternoon into the evening hours. More shower chances are in store for Wednesday, before drier weather returns later in the week.
Going hour by hour through the rest of this evening shows more cloud cover returning to the region during the overnight hours, resulting in warmer temperatures for most spots going into tomorrow. I can’t rule out the chance for some patchy fog to develop over southern and central parts of the county by tomorrow morning, however most of the fog should burn off just after sunrise tomorrow morning. Low temperatures tonight are expected to fall back into the mid to upper 60s for most places. Southerly winds remain light during the overnight hours, but won’t have much of an impact on temperatures.
With the shower and thunderstorm threat in the forecast tomorrow the Storm Prediction Center has put us under a level 1 marginal risk for severe weather overnight during the day tomorrow. The main concern with these storms will be heavy rainfall and gusty winds, especially with the already water-logged ground in most places.
The other concern with heavy rainfall tomorrow will be flooding. The National Weather Service has placed northwestern parts of the county under a level 2 slight risk for excessive rainfall during the day tomorrow. This risk means we’ll have an elevated chance to see some flooding, especially over western areas tomorrow. We’ll keep an eye on showers and storms as they push through and will provide updates as needed.
Another concern for tomorrow will be smoke in the upper levels of the atmosphere working closer to the surface. The National Weather Service has placed the entire county under an Air Quality Warning through tomorrow afternoon. Air quality is only expected to decrease between now and tomorrow morning as smoke from the wildfires moves overhead. This continues to linger over us during the day tomorrow, with some slight improvement possible tomorrow afternoon with showers and thunderstorms working through. We’ll also monitor air quality during the day tomorrow, so make sure to check out the latest update on Rise and Shine and WAGM This Morning.
For more details on the forecast, make sure to check out this evening’s Weather on the Web Video Forecast attached to this article. Have a great evening!
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Patriots coach Bill Belichick said he would “not respond to anonymous quotes” regarding reports the team was shopping quarterback Mac Jones.
“Mac’s been our quarterback for two years. As I tell the team every year ... we all have to reestablish and prove ourselves each year,” he said.
The coach added that he “absolutely” still feels the same way about Jones that he did at the start of training camp when he was highly complimentary of the quarterback.
Full Q&A of a Mac Jones-related back-and-forth between @GregABedard and Bill Belichick late Friday night: pic.twitter.com/m27OkS4Zll
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) April 29, 2023
Belichick’s comments came during a media session after the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday. The Patriots made one selection in each of the second and third rounds that were held Friday, and have nine picks in Rounds 4-7 on Saturday.
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Jones, who is entering his third season with the Patriots since bring drafted in 2021, was inconsistent in 2022 when an ankle injury sidelined him for several games. During Jones’s recovery, backup Bailey Zappe had some success, leading to a quarterback controversy and uncertainty heading into the 2023 season.
On Friday, offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien said every player on the roster is in a competition for playing time.
The Patriots also recently added Trace McSorley to the quarterback room.
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Jim McBride can be reached at james.mcbride@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @globejimmcbride.
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June is Pride Month, and whether you’re a member of the community or an ally, you might be looking for more books by LGBTQ+ authors to devour. From fun young adult reads to serious examinations of queer identity, there’s no shortage of excellent books to put on your list. You can enjoy these books by LGBTQ+ authors during Pride Month and beyond.
Shop this article: “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong, “Juliet Takes a Breath” by Gabby Rivera, “Detransition, Baby” by Torrey Peters.
Best books by LGBTQ+ authors
“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong
This beautifully lyrical novel explores class, race, sexuality and notions of masculinity in the form of a letter from the main character to his mother who can’t read. Painful, haunting and unforgettable, this coming-of-age story touches on themes of identity and whether we can ever truly be seen and heard by those closest to us.
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“Juliet Takes a Breath” by Gabby Rivera
When Juliet, a young Latina lesbian from the Bronx, gets an internship with her favorite feminist author, she sets out on a path to an unforgettable summer. While it’s written for a young adult audience, there’s more than enough for adults to enjoy in this funny, moving and powerful tale.
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“Detransition, Baby” by Torrey Peters
Real life can be messy, and this sharp novel doesn’t shy away from that fact. Ames detransitions, thinking he’ll make his life easier, but he loses his girlfriend, Reese, and the family they’d been planning. Reese has always wanted a baby, but as a transgender woman, this comes with its own complications. So, when Ames gets his boss, Katrina, pregnant, it could be a chance for the three of them to form an unconventional family unit.
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“Bad Gays” by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller
Queer people have always existed, which means that history is littered with bad ones as well as good. This book explores LGBTQ+ history through the stories of its villains. Not only is it a funny and informative read, but it’s also a reminder that the gay community doesn’t only have to focus on its more saintly members through the ages to be accepted.
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“Stone Butch Blues” by Leslie Feinberg
A personal exploration of butch and trans experience, this semi-autobiographical novel is as moving and relevant today as it was when it was published in 1993. Once an underground classic, it’s now widely available and a heavy but vital read.
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“You Know Me Well” by Nina LaCour and David Levithan
Co-written by two big names in young adult fiction, this book explores queer friendship and community from the alternating perspectives of two teens who meet at a Pride event. It’s smart, funny and full of heart, introducing you to characters you won’t forget about any time soon.
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“The Collected Poems of Frank O’Hara”
Frank O’Hara’s poetry might be filled with cultural references that are firmly rooted in the midcentury era in which it was written, but it feels remarkably fresh. His poems touch on love, sexuality, social anxiety and loneliness in a way that feels eternally relevant, with a charming enthusiasm for the world that can’t be ignored.
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“Rainbow Rainbow” by Lydia Conklin
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“One Last Stop” by Casey McQuiston
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“Last Night at the Telegraph Club” by Malinda Lo
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Worth checking out
- “Here Comes the Sun” by Nicole Dennis-Benn follows the stories of two sisters in Jamaica as they navigate the light and dark sides of life.
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- The 1980s New York City Ballroom scene is the setting of “The House of Impossible Beauties” by Joseph Cassara.
- “Sounds Fake but Okay” by Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca gives readers an asexual and aromantic take on love, relationships and so much more
- “You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty” by Emezi Akwaeke is a moving romance exploring the aftermath of the death of a partner.
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Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future. From his base in the heart of Europe, Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic.
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PHOENIX, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy infrastructure solutions, today announced that its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders has been adjourned again to July 18, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to allow stockholders additional time to vote to approve Proposal 2.
Nikola stockholders have voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposal 2, with the exception of the vote of a stockholder who appears to represent more than 85% of the votes against Proposal 2.
Approving Proposal 2, which requires a majority of all outstanding common stock to pass, is very important. As of this morning, more than 48% of all outstanding shares have been voted in favor of Proposal 2, leaving less than 2% of outstanding shares to be voted in favor for this proposal to pass. More than 112 million shares have not yet been voted.
"Since Nikola's founding, we have been committed to pioneering solutions for a zero-emissions world. We strongly urge stockholders to approve the increase in the authorized number of common shares to provide flexibility to support the future growth and development of our business," said Mark Russell, Nikola's Chief Executive Officer.
Nikola has 600 million common shares authorized. As of June 8, 2022, approximately 567 million shares are either issued or reserved for future issuance, leaving Nikola with approximately 33 million shares available for other purposes. That is why Nikola is urging ALL stockholders to vote IMMEDIATELY FOR Proposal 2, which would allow Nikola to increase the authorized number of shares of the Company's common stock to 800 million, providing flexibility to support the growth of the business.
Every vote matters. Stockholders must ACTIVELY VOTE by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 17, 2022, for their vote to count. The record date for the adjourned annual meeting continues to be April 4, 2022. No additional action is required for stockholders who have already voted.
As previously communicated, the requisite number of votes have been received to approve Proposal 1, Election of Directors, Proposal 3, Non-binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation, and Proposal 4, Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Voting is quick and simple:
- BY PHONE: Please call Alliance Advisors, Nikola's proxy solicitor, toll-free, at (855) 935-2562. International voters can call 1-(207) 607-7123. You can also contact Alliance Advisors if you have any questions about voting.
- BY INTERNET: Vote at www.proxyvote.com using your control number by following the instructions shared by your broker, bank or other nominee.
The adjourned annual meeting will continue to be held at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NKLA2022 via live audio webcast.
Nikola Corporation is globally transforming the transportation industry. As a designer and manufacturer of zero-emission battery-electric and hydrogen-electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen station infrastructure, Nikola is driven to revolutionize the economic and environmental impact of commerce as we know it today. Founded in 2015, Nikola Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, visit www.nikolamotor.com or Twitter @nikolamotor.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Hunched over a bowl of borscht in a crowded restaurant, the man was bragging about how many people he used to employ, all his political connections and how, if he ever had to, he could even kill someone and make the trouble “go away.”
With his clean-shaven head, black sweatshirt and hands the size of bear paws, he certainly looked as if he could make good on that threat. And if this overtly macho owner of a construction company couldn’t do it himself, he kept dropping hints of his links to the Ukrainian underworld.
But then his face suddenly softened, saddened.
“All my life, all my life, when I had problem, I could fix it,” he said. “But now … with this war …” — he couldn’t even finish his sentence. He covered his face with his hands and burst into sobs, tears plunking into his soup.
Ukrainians are generally good at putting up a brave front. So much of the messaging from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on down has been that they are tough, they are ready to sacrifice, they are “unbreakable” — that’s one of Zelenskyy’s favorite words.
But as the war drags on, an almost unbearable amount of pain builds up. And just like the sudden outburst at the restaurant, which surprised everyone at the table, especially the man himself, so many people here try to conceal their suffering that it creates a precarious emotional landscape, full of unmarked cliffs.
“People don’t want to open up, because they’re afraid that if they do, they’ll lose it,” said Anna Trofymenko, a psychotherapist in Kremenchuk, a city in central Ukraine.
She had a metaphor for this tendency to bottle up emotions.
“There are two types of people in this world — the avocado and the coconut,” she said.
The avocado, she explained, is soft on the outside, hard on the inside. The coconut is the opposite.
“We’re like coconuts,” she said.
Even before the war, she said, Ukrainians tended to be stoic and reluctant to emote. She chalked this up to the lingering haze of Soviet times when the survival strategy was: Don’t stand out. Don’t draw attention to yourself. Don’t open up to strangers.
Yevhen Mahda, a leading political scientist in Kyiv, agreed.
“During the Soviet Union,” he said, “every person was a small piece of a big machine. No one expressed their emotions. It wasn’t needed. No one cared.”
Although younger Ukrainians don’t have the same baggage, “society doesn’t change so fast,” Mahda said. “It’s a process, it’s not a fairy tale, it’s not a Harry Potter book, it’s our life.”
In Pokrovsk, an eastern town near the front line, I met a young woman sitting on an evacuation train. Her village had been relentlessly bombed, and she fled in a hurry. She carried 150 hryvnias in her pocket — about $4. But she was composed and neatly dressed, her carefully made-up face a blank mask.
I didn’t ask many questions but, at one point, looked at her and said, “Sorry you’re going through this.” She looked right back at me and burst into tears.
Trofymenko explained this was part of the landscape, too. “As soon as you feel safe,” she said, “you let yourself go.”
“You know, we seem very reserved, unemotional, with a lack of feelings,” she added. “But once you are inside, it’s a different story.”
On the Poland-Ukraine border in the earliest days of the war, I watched one of the greatest refugee crises of modern times. An endless assembly of women and children streamed across the border, millions of them. Burdened by hastily packed, bulging suitcases and cast out of their own homes by circumstances that were upending history, they were tiny, vulnerable figures dwarfed by the long roads and huge skies.
One woman in a green hoodie stopped for a rest along a Polish highway. Because of the rule that military-age Ukrainian men are not allowed to leave the country, she was alone. She had just parted with her husband, whom she had known since they were young. She, too, was dry eyed — at first.
But after she shared her parting words to her husband, her composure cracked. Once she allowed herself to think about the man she loved and how she had no idea when, or maybe even if, she would see him again, and how it felt to clutch him that last time at the border, it was impossible to cauterize her feelings.
As a journalist, covering huge traumatic events doesn’t necessarily get easier the more one does it. I sometimes feel my protective lining wearing down.
Recently, I saw a photo of a building on fire in eastern Ukraine, not far from Pokrovsk. I looked closer and felt a pang of fear. Wait a sec, I said to myself. I’ve been to that building.
It was in the same town, Chasiv Yar, where I had an unusual interaction with a Russian sympathizer. He told me and my translator, Alex, that he believed the Russians were “doing the right thing” by invading Ukraine. Alex and her family have suffered immensely from this war (as have just about all Ukrainians), but she did not argue with the sympathizer. As a journalist, that wasn’t her role.
At the end of the interview, the Russian sympathizer, who was in his 70s, cheerful and full of life, plodded into his garden and started sawing down a bunch of grapes. He really appreciated the company, he said, and wanted to give us a gift.
As he stretched toward the glistening fruit, I saw Alex’s eyes fill with tears.
“What is it?” I asked.
We had interviewed so many people who had lost everything, but I’d never seen her cry. She is tough. She is hard. She is, by her own admission, a coconut.
Why was she crying now?
“Because these people are good,” she said.
If someone from the “other side” — as most Ukrainians and much of the West brand Russia and its supporters — could so happily offer fruit from his garden, what did that say about the complexities of war?
We walked off with the grapes, filled with emotions that were not so easily buttoned down.
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Israel's prime minister delays judicial overhaul after mass protests
Bending to a wave of mass protests, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his contentious judicial overhaul plan Monday and said he wanted "to avoid civil war" by making time to seek a compromise with political opponents.
The announcement appeared to calm some of the tensions that have fueled three tumultuous months of unrest. But it failed to address the underlying issues that have polarized the nation, and the anti-government protest movement vowed to intensify its efforts.
Video above: Prime Minister Netanyahu says legislation paused until after Knesset's Passover recess in April
In his prime-time address, Netanyahu, who had previously rejected calls to delay the legislation, took a more conciliatory tone than in recent speeches. He acknowledged the deep divisions in the country and said he was hitting the pause button "to prevent a rift in the nation."
"When there's an opportunity to avoid civil war through dialogue, I, as prime minister, am taking a timeout for dialogue," he said. He vowed to reach a "broad consensus" during the summer session of parliament, which begins on April 30.
He spoke after tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside parliament, and the country's largest labor union launched a nationwide strike in a dramatic escalation of the mass protest movement against his plan.
Netanyahu and his religious and ultranationalist allies presented the overhaul in January just days after forming their government, the most right-wing in Israel's history.
The proposal has plunged Israel into its worst domestic crisis in decades. Business leaders, top economists and former security chiefs have all come out against the plan, saying it is pushing the country toward an autocracy. Fighter pilots and military reservists have threatened not to report for duty, and the country's currency, the shekel, has tumbled in value.
The plan would give Netanyahu, who is on trial on corruption charges, and his allies the final say in appointing the nation's judges. It would also give parliament, which is controlled by his allies, authority to overturn Supreme Court decisions and limit the court's ability to review laws.
Netanyahu has argued that the overhaul is needed to rein in a liberal and overly interventionist court of unelected judges. But his opponents say the package would damage the country's system of checks and balances by concentrating power in the hands of Netanyahu's allies. They also say that he has a conflict of interest as a criminal defendant.
Tens of thousands of people, largely secular, middle-class Israelis, have regularly joined mass protests against the plan.
Those demonstrations ramped up Sunday night after Netanyahu abruptly fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who had urged the prime minister to put his plan on hold, citing concerns about damage to the Israeli military.
The firing sparked a spontaneous outburst of anger, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets in just one hour.
Chanting "the country is on fire," they lit bonfires on Tel Aviv's main highway, closing the thoroughfare and many others throughout the country for hours.
Video below: Hear from individuals who are against the judicial overhaul plan
Demonstrators continued Monday outside the Knesset, or parliament, turning the streets surrounding the building and the Supreme Court into a roiling sea of blue-and-white Israeli flags dotted with rainbow Pride banners.
"This is the last chance to stop this move into a dictatorship," said Matityahu Sperber, 68, who joined a stream of people headed to the protest outside the Knesset. "I'm here for the fight to the end."
Israel's main trade union, the histadrut, declared a general strike in what it said was the first time it has carried out such an action over a political issue.
The chaos shut down much of the country and threatened to paralyze the economy. Departing flights from the main international airport were grounded, stranding tens of thousands of travelers.
Large mall chains and universities closed their doors, and the union called for its 800,000 members to stop work in health care, transit, banking and other fields.
Diplomats walked off the job at foreign missions, and local governments were expected to close preschools and cut other services. The main doctors union announced that its members would also strike.
In a sign of easing tensions, the union said late Monday that it was halting the strike in response to Netanyahu's delay.
The announcement appeared to buy the embattled Netanyahu several weeks of quiet. But it was far from clear whether the disputes could be resolved.
The country's figurehead president, Isaac Herzog, said pausing the legislative blitz was "the right thing."
"This is the time for frank, serious and responsible discussion that will lead urgently to calming spirits and lowering the flames," he said.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid said he was willing to hold a "genuine dialogue" under Herzog's sponsorship.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist who has pushed for quick passage of the package, said he would respect the delay but showed few signs of compromise.
"The reform will pass," he tweeted. "No one will scare us."
The first of a series of laws — giving the coalition control over judicial appointments — had been scheduled to pass this week.
Before Netanyahu's speech, some 20,000 right-wing Israelis attended a counter demonstration in support of the prime minister. That demonstration also took place near parliament and passed without violence.
"They won't steal the election from us," read a flyer for event, organized by Religious Zionist party. Netanyahu said he was "moved" by the show of support.
Shikma Bressler, one of the leaders of the anti-government protest movement, said the campaign would continue until the legislation is canceled.
"This is just an attempt to weaken the protests in order to enact Netanyahu's dictatorship," she said. "Now is not the time to reduce the pressure, but to increase it."
Dozens of protesters from rival sides faced off late Monday in central Tel Aviv. The sides, kept apart by police, exchanged insults, but there was no violence. Police used a water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters.
Video below: White House press secretary comments on Israel's judicial reform controversy
Israel's Palestinian citizens have largely sat out the protests. Many say Israel's democracy is tarnished by its military rule over their brethren in the West Bank and the discrimination they themselves face.
The Biden administration, which has been uneasy with Netanyahu and the far-right elements of his government, welcomed the announcement as "an opportunity to create additional time and space for compromise," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
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Associated Press reporters Tia Goldenberg and Paz Bar in Tel Aviv and Josh Boak in Washington contributed to this report.
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A Republican-led county in Arizona is threatening to hold up the state’s certification of the 2022 midterm results after Cochise County failed to meet a Monday deadline to certify its election results.
While all of the counties in the Grand Canyon State were required to certify their results by Monday, Cochise County’s refusal to do so has sparked legal action from Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D), who won her election to be the state’s next governor, and from another group, the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans.
As the battle between Arizona’s top officials and some Republican holdouts continues, here’s what to watch in the process to certify the state’s full election results.
Hobbs’s lawsuit against Cochise County
All other counties in Arizona were able to certify the election results within the required deadline.
Hobbs filed a lawsuit against the Cochise County Board of Supervisors on Monday after they voted 2-1 to delay certifying the election results until Friday, defying a major deadline.
While every other county in Arizona certified their election results by the Monday deadline, top officials in Cochise County, including Supervisors Tom Crosby (R) and Peggy Judd (R), voted to delay the county elections certification, while Supervisor Ann English (D) voted in favor of the certification proceeding.
The lawsuit noted that the board of supervisors had already delayed certifying the election results once before during a meeting earlier this month after its members heard “statements from various conspiracy theorists — known for filing spurious lawsuits before the Arizona courts — who claimed that the vote tabulation equipment used in Cochise County was improperly certified under state and federal law.”
Hobbs’s lawsuit requested that the board of supervisors be compelled to meet by Thursday to certify the election results so the Arizona Democrat could conduct the statewide canvass in time. A spokeswoman for Hobbs said they asked the court for the case to be taken up in an expedited manner.
“The Secretary of State’s Office provided supporting documentation that confirmed Cochise County’s election equipment was properly certified. The Board of Supervisors had all of the information they needed to certify this election and failed to uphold their responsibility for Cochise voters,” Sophia Solis, the spokesperson, said in an email.
“The Secretary of State will fulfill her statutory responsibility to canvass the 2022 General Election. Arizona voters should know that when they cast their ballot, the Secretary of State will do everything in her power to make sure their vote is counted and their voice is heard.”
The Dec. 5 statewide canvass deadline
The delay in certification from Cochise County threatens other state deadlines for after-election procedures.
Cochise County’s refusal to certify their election results risks delaying the statewide canvass deadline, originally set for Dec. 5 and which can only be pushed back as far as Dec. 8. All counties need to certify their elections before the statewide certification can move forward.
Attorneys for Hobbs noted in the lawsuit that certifying the election results in the county were critical given that the state could not perform required recounts in several key races, including the attorney general race, until after Hobbs performed the statewide canvass.
They also said that should Cochise County fail to certify their election results on time, they could be left out of the statewide canvass.
“Absent this Court’s intervention, the Secretary will have no choice but to complete the statewide canvass by December 8 without Cochise County’s votes included. Thus, the Board’s inaction not only violates the plain language of the statute, but also undermines a basic tenet of free and fair elections in this state: ensuring that every Arizonan’s voice is heard,” the lawsuit said.
That could pose a risk in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, where Republican Juan Ciscomani has already been projected the winner against Democrat Kirsten Engel by just over 5,000 votes, noted former Maricopa County officials in an op-ed in The Arizona Republic. Cochise went overwhelmingly for Ciscomani, but a refusal by the county to certify its results could possibly jeopardize those results.
“We are not sure how to say this so everyone understands. Not certifying these results is a test case for 2024. If BOS [board of supervisors] does not certify this what makes them certify their replacements in 2024? We’d love a Congresswoman Engel but not at the cost of democracy,” the Cochise County Democratic Party tweeted on Tuesday.
Possible future legal challenges
Experts believe this should be an easy case for Hobbs to win.
English, the Democratic supervisor, told The Hill in an email on Tuesday that Judd and Crosby had not discussed next steps at a board meeting following Hobbs’s lawsuit. Crosby and Judd did not respond to requests for comment.
Experts say it’s possible that there could be a countersuit against Hobbs, but they say such legal action is likely to be considered frivolous.
“This should be a slam-dunk case,” said Jared Davidson, an attorney with Protect Democracy.
“The board’s duties to certify are paradigmatic examples of a nondiscretionary duty, and the special action procedure is designed specifically to seek relief from government officials to act in a way where statutes give them no discretion whatsoever,” he continued. “So I fully expect that lawsuit to be successful because there can really be no serious question that what the board is doing here is an abject failure to abide by their explicit statutory duties.”
Should the supervisors continue to refuse to certify the election, criminal charges could ensue. And while experts say they’re relieved that most counties and candidates across the country have decided to accept the election results and certify them, some suggest what’s happening in Cochise County is a serious risk for democracy.
“I think what’s worrisome probably going forward is this all seems a little bit like a dress rehearsal, where there are election denial people on the right who, even in the — as far as I can tell — total absence of any evidence of voter fraud or systematic voter fraud at least, they’re trying to figure out ways to stall or thwart what are otherwise perfectly legitimate elections,” said Michael Kang, a professor at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law.
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#museumstoresunday
, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Museum Store Association is pleased to announce the return of Museum Store Sunday on Sunday, November 27, 2022 during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Museum Store Sunday is an annual shopping event supporting cultural institutions and their stores. This year, more than 1,800 museum stores representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 24 countries and five continents will celebrate Museum Store Sunday and offer unique affordable gifts—with all purchases supporting their parent institution and the craftspeople and entrepreneurial businesses who provide many of the gifts found in museum stores. With increased pressure on consumers this holiday season, museum stores offer items with great value in the current environment of rising prices. With their purchases, museum store patrons support not only the mission of local cultural institutions but also the small businesses within their communities.
Patricia Sampson, President of the Museum Store Association's Board of Directors, commented, "Museum Store Sunday is an opportunity for the community to support their local cultural institutions simply by doing their holiday shopping at their museum stores. Patrons will find a collection of unique, educational, and affordable items in these museum stores – gifts you can't find anywhere else, and gifts for everyone on their list. By shopping on Museum Store Sunday, you'll not only find the perfect holiday gifts for your friends and family, but you'll also know that your purchases are directly supporting the cultural institution's mission and programs. It's a way to shop consciously, shop smartly, and shop local."
Shoppers can look forward to Museum Store Sunday as the global annual day to Be a Patron – and support museum stores and their missions worldwide. While there is only one Museum Store Sunday each year, everyone is encouraged to Be a Patron of museums and museum stores all year round.
For up-to-date information on Museum Store Sunday, including a list of global museum store participants and online museum stores, visit www.museumstoresunday.org and:
- Follow Museum Store Sunday on Instagram at @museumstoresunday
- Like Museum Store Sunday on Facebook at facebook.com/museumstoresunday
The Museum Store Association is a 501(c)3 international organization with the mission of advancing the nonprofit retail industry, its museum stores, and the success of the professionals engaged in it. MSA offers educational information and programs throughout the year culminating in an annual conference and trade show highlighting the best in the industry. By advocating for and encouraging high standards of curated products, knowledge, and professionalism, MSA helps museum stores and their nonprofit retail professionals better serve their institutions and the public. For more information visit www.museumstoreassociation.org
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Ian Sax of Northampton walks down Center Street under the gaze of Northampton's own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, July 19, 2021. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
The city of Northampton will fund a $20,000 project for custom manhole covers paying tribute to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one of the dozens of projects awarded grant funding by the city from federal pandemic relief money.
The Ninja Turtles — a comic about four crime-fighting anthropomorphic turtle brothers that spawned a global media franchise — has its roots in Northampton, where co-creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman met in 1982.
Northampton will fund the art homage using money the city received under the American Rescue Plan Act, the $1.9 trillion pandemic recovery legislation President Joe Biden signed in 2021.
Federal lawmakers intended for the money to help local communities recover from the detrimental economic and health effects of the pandemic. The Biden Administration allowed local officials to decide precisely how to spend their allotment but required that the money support pandemic recovery, help reconnect community ties that had frayed over the pandemic years, build resilience for a future public health disaster or go to other similar COVID-related causes.
On a list of grants awarded earlier this month, Northampton officials said the Ninja Turtles project would support the local arts scene and small businesses.
The art will come in the form of four custom-made manhole covers, which will be placed on Main Street as part of a major roadway redesign planned for the city center in the coming years.
The project will “invigorate downtown arts” with a “public art tribute to the Northampton born Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” Northampton officials wrote in announcing the funding.
All are not sold on the Ninja Turtles tribute.
The art project drew criticism as a “frivolous expense” in a statement on Friday from the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a conservative nonprofit and advocate of fiscal responsibility.
Laird and Eastman were living in Northampton when they first illustrated the Ninja Turtles in late 1983, according to a history of the comic franchise published by Mental Floss.
A few months later they created Mirage Studios — based out of Laird’s living room — and borrowed money to print 3,000 copies of their first Ninja Turtles comic book. They quickly sold their full stock, and the comic franchise took off from there.
In total, Northampton officials awarded $4 million in grants to more than 60 local nonprofits, businesses and projects, the Ninja Turtles art installation among them.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars will support small businesses and nearly a half-million dollars will support the creation of the city’s new Community Resilience Hub, a developing initiative to provide daytime shelter and support services to people who are homeless.
“I am truly proud of these grant awards for community recovery and confident that the mix of projects selected will serve Northampton well using these one-time resources,” Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra said in a statement after announcing the grants.
About $1 million will go to programs providing meals to people struggling to feed themselves, while $200,000 will support the Early Childhood Center of the Northampton Public Schools, which will find a city-wide childcare subsidy program.
Also funded are literacy programs, public health organizations and outdoor recreation projects — including an indoor court for pickleball — a tennis-type sport gaining in popularity — and a court for Petanque, a bocce-type game.
“I look forward to seeing these funds put to work helping our community continue to recover over the next three years,” Sciarra said. “It was truly a pleasure to read all of the creative and inspiring ideas that applicants had for these funds.”
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NASA finds Earth-sized planet found in habitable zone
Published: Jan. 12, 2023 at 7:32 AM CST|Updated: 51 minutes ago
(CNN) - Move over Mars!
NASA is touting a new discovery that is potentially habitable for life.
The space agency is calling the exoplanet TOI 700 e.
A NASA mission spotted the Earth-sized planet about 100 light years away.
A habitable zone is an area that is just the right distance from a star where water can exist on a planet’s surface and the conditions are neither too hot nor too cold for life.
According to scientists, the potential for water also suggests the potential for life on that planet.
Researchers say this system is one of the few with multiple, small, habitable-zone planets that they have confirmed exist.
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NEW YORK — The United States has seen five cases of malaria spread by mosquitos in the last two months, including four in Sarasota — the first time there's been local spread in 20 years, which was in Palm Beach County.
Also one case was detected in Texas, according to a health alert issued Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Since 1992, there've been 11 outbreaks involving malaria from mosquitoes in the U.S. The last one occurred in 2003 in Palm Beach County where eight cases were reported.
The Florida Department of Health issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory after the four confirmed and recovered local cases of malaria.
"The Department continues to work closely with local partners and county mosquito control," the agency said in a news release. "Aerial and ground mosquito spraying continues to be conducted in these areas to mitigate the risk of further transmission."
Malaria is caused by a parasite that spreads through mosquito bites. Infected people can suffer fever, chills and flu-like illness. If it goes untreated, infected people can develop severe complications and die. The largest death toll in recent years has been seen in children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Health officials are warning doctors, especially those in southern states where the weather is more friendly to the tropical mosquito that spreads malaria, to be aware of the possibility of infection. They also should think about how to access the IV drug that is the first-line treatment for severe malaria in the United States, the CDC said.
The agency said that the people who were diagnosed received treatment and “are improving.”
About 2,000 U.S. cases of malaria are diagnosed each year — the vast majority in travelers coming from countries where malaria commonly spreads.
Allen Cone contributed to this report
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Employers who hire immigrants in the country illegally will face tough punishments and gun owners will have more freedoms when more than 200 new Florida laws take effect Saturday, many of which Gov. Ron DeSantis will highlight as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination.
DeSantis has taken a hard line on illegal immigration as he campaigns, saying he’ll finish the Mexican border wall his one-time supporter, Donald Trump, promised to build. He’s also carried out political gimmicks like flying immigrants from Texas to blue states, supposedly before they can get to Florida.
The new employer penalties are a chance for DeSantis to show he doesn’t just talk tough on illegal immigration, but he’s put in place what some critics say the harshest state law in the country. DeSantis has largely echoed the border policy of Trump, whose endorsement propelled DeSantis to the governor’s office in 2018. DeSantis is now the former president’s leading competitor for the White House.
The new law expands worker verification requirements, among other provisions. The governor’s office blames the Biden administration for what it says is a crisis at the southern border.
“Any business that exploits this crisis by employing illegal aliens instead of Floridians will be held accountable,” said DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern.
But in a state where the largest industries — tourism, agriculture and construction — rely heavily on immigrant labor, there are concerns that the economy could be disrupted when employers are already having a hard time filling open jobs. Florida’s unemployment rate is 2.6%.
Samuel Vilchez Santiago, the American Business Immigration Coalition’s Florida director, said there are 400,000 “undocumented immigrants” working in the state and far fewer applicants than jobs.
“We are in dire need of workers,” especially in construction, the service industry and agriculture, he said. “So there is a lot of fear from across the state … that this new law will actually be devastating.”
The law forces any company with 25 or more employees to use E-Verify to document new hires’ eligibility to work or face a loss of business license or fines of $1,000 per day per employee.
The law also forces hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask patients if they are citizens or legally in the United States and voids drivers licenses issued by other states to people in the country illegally.
Protesters have rallied around the state. Dozens of people on Friday waved signs and Mexican, Cuban and American flags in front of the historic Capitol. Rubith Sandoval, 15, helped organize the protest. Her family moved from Mexico and now owns a farm in Quincy.
“We work hard in the fields. We pick tomatoes, we pick strawberries, we pick watermelons, oranges, and who’s going to do that now?” Sandoval said. “My parents now have documents, but they still haven’t forgotten how it was not to have documents.”
Republicans have a supermajority in the House and Senate, and only one Republican opposed the legislation. Given DeSantis’ power and reputation for being vengeful, there has been little vocal opposition among GOP elected officials about the new immigration policy. But that doesn’t mean all Republicans are supporting it, either
Independently-elected Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, a Republican, said illegal immigration is a federal problem.
“Our state solutions are limited, not particularly effective, and have unintended consequences,” Simpson said in an email. “I think the Legislature’s work to tackle illegal immigration is necessary, whether or not it is effective is yet to be seen.”
DeSantis will also be able to tout expanded gun rights under a new law that allows anyone legally able to own a gun to carry it concealed in public without a permit. While concealed weapons permits will still be issued, those choosing to carry without one won’t be subject to a background check or training.
The law doesn’t ease background checks on gun sales that already require one. Another new law prohibits credit card companies from tracking gun and ammunition sales to prevent them potentially using the data to flag people who make large purchases.
Florida has also banned colleges from using state or federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a consistent DeSantis target, and schools will be prohibited from requiring teachers and students to use pronouns that match someone’s gender identity.
Beginning Saturday, Chinese nationals will be banned from purchasing property in large swaths of the state. A new law applies to properties within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of military installations and other “critical infrastructure” and also affects citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea. But Chinese citizens and those selling property to them face the harshest penalties.
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing in federal court to stop the law, but a judge won’t consider an injunction until nearly three weeks after it takes effect. The U.S. Department of Justice provided a brief to the court saying it believes the law is unconstitutional.
“DOJ has weighed in because Florida’s law is blatantly unconstitutional and violates the Fair Housing Act. Their brief underscores just how egregious” the law is, ACLU lawyer Ashley Gorski said in an emailed statement.
DeSantis defended the law using his campaign Twitter account, saying President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland are siding with the Chinese Communist Party.
“I side with the American people,” the tweet said. “As governor, I prohibited CCP-tied entities from buying land in Florida. As president, I’ll do the same.”
One new law Democrats and Republicans agreed unanimously on is a sales tax exemption on baby and toddler products, including diapers, strollers, cribs and clothing. The tax package also includes exemptions for dental hygiene products and gun safety devices, such as trigger locks.
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Reported sexual assaults across US military increase by 13%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.
Mirroring the increase in those reports is the disclosure that close to 36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact — a dramatic increase over the roughly 20,000 who said that in a similar 2018 survey, U.S. defense and military officials said.
The latest numbers are certain to anger lawmakers on Capitol Hill who have been critical of the Pentagon’s efforts to get a handle on sexual crimes and misconduct.
According to officials, the overall increase is largely fueled by a nearly 26% jump in reports involving Army soldiers. It’s the largest increase for that service since 2013, when such reports went up by 51%.
The increase in Navy reports was about 9%, the Air Force was a bit more than 2% and the Marine Corps was less than 2%, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the reporting has not yet been made public.
The big increase is especially troublesome for the Army, which is struggling to meet its recruiting goals and is expected to miss the target by at least 10,000 — or by anywhere from 18% to 25% — at the end of September. Army leaders have acknowledged that it is important for parents and others who influence recruits to feel comfortable that their son or daughter is safe and will be taken care of in the service.
COVID-19 and the pandemic restrictions make year-to-year comparisons complicated. Officials said they do not have enough data to determine if — or how much — the pandemic played a role in the higher reporting and survey numbers.
The Pentagon and the military services have long struggled to come up with programs to prevent sexual assaults and to encourage reporting. While the military has made inroads in making it easier and safer for service members to come forward, it has had far less success reducing the assaults, which have increased nearly every year since 2006.
The double-digit overall increase comes after two years of relatively small increases in reports filed by or involving service members. In the budget year ending September 2020, reports of sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact edged up by 1%, as much of the world largely shut down due to the pandemic. The previous year, reports went up by about 3% — a substantial improvement over 2018, which also saw a 13% increase.
The widespread restrictions on travel and movement for the military continued during fall 2020 and the early part of 2021, and many businesses, restaurants and bars were shut down or had limited service. Things began to open up as more people were vaccinated in the summer and fall, but it’s also not clear whether that greater freedom contributed to the increase in assault reports.
The Pentagon releases a report every year on the number of sexual assaults reported by or about troops. But because sexual assault is a highly underreported crime, the department began to do an confidential survey every two years to get a clearer picture of the problem. The 2018 survey found that more than 20,000 service members said they experienced some type of sexual assault, but only one-third of them filed a formal report.
The latest report, expected to be publicly released Thursday, estimates that about 35,800 service members experienced some type of sexual assault in the previous year, based on the confidential survey. That means that only about one in every five service members reported an incident that happened in the previous year.
Every year as many as 10% of the assaults that service members reported happened before they joined the military.
Officials familiar with the findings said survey respondents also reported increases in unhappiness in the workplace, as well as more sexual harassment, which can sometimes lead to other sexual assaults or misconduct.
Defense officials have argued that an increase in reported assaults is a positive trend because so many people are reluctant to report it, both in the military and in society as a whole. Greater reporting, they say, shows there is more confidence in the reporting system and greater comfort with the support for victims.
It’s unclear, however, whether the increased reports last year actually represent a growing problem or whether those who say they were assaulted were just more willing to come forward.
The Pentagon has been under persistent pressure from Congress to improve prevention and prosecutions. Lawmakers acted late last year to take some prosecution authority out of the hands of commanders and instead use independent prosecutors.
Victims rights advocates and others have argued that service members don’t trust the system and are often unwilling to go to their commanders with a complaint for fear of retribution. They also worry that commanders may not press ahead with some cases if they know the accused. Members of Congress argued that using independent prosecutors would make the process more fair, and make victims more comfortable coming forward.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — The New York Yankees tweaked their starting lineup for Game 4 of the AL Division Series on Sunday night, benching shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa and starting Aaron Hicks in left field as they try to keep their season alive.
Rookie Oswaldo Cabrera, who started the first three games of the series in left, replaced Kiner-Falefa at shortstop.
Cleveland leads the best-of-five series 2-1. Game 5, if necessary, would be Monday night at Yankee Stadium.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the decision to sit Kiner-Falefa was mostly driven by him not playing with his usual confidence. The 27-year-old Kiner-Falefa committed an error in Game 1 and has looked shaky on routine plays.
“I feel that in some big pressure spots throughout the season he has made big-time plays,” Boone said. “So he’s always answered the bell really well after a mistake. This time I feel like it snowballed a little bit on him in this series, so that’s kind of going into this.”
Cabrera, who was brought up as a middle infielder, let Myles Straw’s bloop in the ninth inning hop past him and turn into a double in Game 3 as the Guardians overcame a two-run deficit to win 6-5.
New York lost for the first time in 168 postseason games when leading by multiple runs in the ninth inning.
Hicks has not played in the postseason. He went hitless in his final 14 at-bats of the regular season.
Hicks will bat ninth and he gives Boone some needed experience. He has played in 28 postseason games, batting .223 with two homers and 12 RBIs.
Guardians manager Terry Francona didn’t make any changes, using the same lineup in Game 4 as Game 3.
If the Yankees force a Game 5, New York will start Jameson Taillon against Cleveland’s Aaron Civale.
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(iSeeCars) — If you’re browsing vehicles, you may notice some models come standard with front-wheel drive (FWD), but all-wheel drive (AWD) is available for a small upcharge.
In order to decide which option is best for you, it’s important to understand what these vehicle drivetrain types are and what the difference is between FWD and AWD.
Automakers and dealerships love to tout the all-weather capability of all-wheel drive and the additional confidence it inspires during inclement weather. But is AWD really necessary? Finding the right drivetrain option depends on your location and driving needs.
If you want a better sense of the major differences between the two systems, as well as their benefits and drawbacks, read on:
Front-Wheel Drive (FWD)
The first front-wheel drive cars were built before World War II, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that the design became mainstream. Now it underpins most sedans and crossover SUVs on the road today.
FWD is exactly what it sounds like: the front wheels act as the driven wheels, or the wheels that get the power from the engine. Before reaching the wheels, the power is first sent to a transaxle, which is a part that acts as a sort of combination transmission and differential. The transaxle ultimately routes the power to the two front wheels.
One reason why this design has become the preferred layout for modern cars is because it is inherently fuel efficient while offering more cost-effective packaging and superior space utilization. A front-drive car doesn’t need a longitudinal transmission, driveshaft, or rear differential, all of which are necessary for rear-wheel drive as well as some all-wheel drive cars. By eliminating these components, you can have a flat interior floor and a lower cargo hold. The result is a roomier cabin, lighter weight, and lower energy/drivetrain losses between the engine and driven wheels.
FWD is also a safer option than rear-wheel drive (RWD), the reason being its behavior at the limits of grip. If you lose control in a rear-drive car, it usually means the rear tires lost traction – in other words, more power was sent to the tires than they could handle. At that point, the tires lose their grip and start sliding. During such a slide the rear end gets light and can come around quickly, resulting in oversteer and a full 360-degree spin, if you’re not careful, though the standard traction control on modern cars can sometimes prevent this.
This scenario is far less likely with front-wheel drive. In most instances, a front-drive car that enters a corner too fast succumbs to understeer – a condition in which the car turns less than you’d like. When it happens, it feels like you’re plowing into a corner. For anyone who isn’t a race car driver, this is the easier situation to deal with, as there’s no risk that the rear end will snap around and send you spinning.
Compared to all-wheel drive, a front-wheel drive vehicle will return better fuel economy in just about every instance. With less heavy componentry to tote around and fewer mechanical parts to send power through, the front-drive car will usually eke out an extra one or two miles per gallon compared to its equivalent all-wheel drive model.
If there are any faults with front-wheel drive, it’s with issues concerning grip and performance. Take the dreaded phenomenon of torque steer, for instance. Ever mash the throttle of a front-wheel-drive car, only to feel the steering wheel seemingly get yanked out of your hands as the car makes a beeline for the edge of the road? That’s torque steer. It can plague high-performance front-drive cars and is the primary reason for why there’s relatively few 300-plus horsepower front-drive cars on the road.
Another reason high-performance and front-wheel drive don’t play well together is handling characteristics. That safer handling we mentioned earlier? Great for your mainstream crossover, but not so ideal for a sports car. More neutral handling is found on all-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive cars.
And a word about grip. Yes, it’s been said time and again that front-wheel drive is superior to rear-wheel drive in the snow and in slippery conditions, and this is true. But that doesn’t mean front-drive is totally unflappable. You can certainly get a front-drive car to spin its tires in an unplowed parking lot, even with the weight of the motor pushing down on the front tires. A FWD car will not offer as much grip or feel as sure-footed in the snow as an all-wheel drive car.
All-Wheel Drive (AWD)
Not too long ago, AWD was not much more than a curiosity, but today many buyers deem it an indispensable option when ordering up their new car. Underscoring this is that more and more new vehicles now offer it as an option, ranging from muscle cars like the Dodge Challenger to compact cars such as the Mazda 3.
Most sedans and crossovers that are running AWD use what’s called a part-time system; this means that the all-wheel drive only kicks in when necessary. The rest of the time the system sends all the power to the front wheels in most cases (or sometimes the rear wheels, as in the case of the Dodge Challenger). If the car senses that the front tires are spinning or slipping, it prompts the dormant rear wheels to get to work.
Some AWD options, like that found in Subaru models, use a full-time AWD system. As the name implies, power is always sent to all four wheels regardless of conditions. In times when weather conditions get nasty, the system may alter the power distribution between the four wheels. Full-time AWD is also found on performance cars; the Nissan GT-R, for instance, uses such a system to achieve its sub-3-second 0-60 mph time.
Be it a full-time or part-time system, better traction is the calling card of any AWD vehicle. It’s easier than it looks to get a two-wheel drive car in a situation where both driven wheels are spinning to no avail. That won’t be so quick to happen with an AWD vehicle; the engine powers both the front and rear axles, and odds are one of them has some grip to work with. This significantly lessens – though doesn’t eliminate – the chance of getting stuck somewhere or sliding out of control.
Out on the road, an all-wheel drive car will also have better grip during cornering, be it wet or dry conditions. And it’s always useful on an off-road trail, where rutted forest service roads or knotty two-tracks can make for some dicey approaches to the trailhead.
If there’s a major downside to all-wheel drive, it’s cost. When you initially purchase a new AWD car, you should expect to spend at least $2,000 more than if you had bought an equivalent front-drive model. And as you drive it, you’ll spend more on fuel, too, as the additional hardware necessary to drive all four wheels makes for a heavier car and creates additional driveline losses.
Some of the total ownership expense may be recouped at trade-in time, though; resale value is better for AWD vs. FWD vehicles.
One of the unfortunate side effects of AWD is the sense of false confidence it can provide. Yes, it can help get you rolling from a stop during bad weather. But it will not let you stop any faster. It’s easy to get goaded into a false security as you trundle down an unplowed road in your AWD-equipped Honda CR-V or Toyota RAV4, but if you have to start braking you’ll be no better off than anyone else on the road, whether they have AWD or not.
Also, don’t confuse AWD with four-wheel drive vehicles. Sometimes people use the terminology interchangeably, but there are major differences between the two systems: don’t expect to follow a Jeep Wrangler into the mountains with your Subaru Forester. AWD cars can only handle light-duty off-road pursuits, as they are lighter and lower than vehicles with four-wheel drive systems found in more rugged SUVs and pickup trucks. If you plan on doing regular off-roading, a 4wd system will better suit your needs.
Other Drive Types: Four-Wheel Drive and Rear-Wheel Drive
Four-Wheel Drive (4WD)
Although both 4WD and AWD systems send power to all four wheels, there’s a distinct difference between the two. That difference is what’s called a transfer case – a gearbox containing another set of gears that’s located alongside the normal transmission. This secondary gearbox essentially allows for a different set of gear ratios. These alternative ratios are designed to provide gearing for extreme conditions, such as driving in heavy mud, sand, or snow.
This is why four-wheel drive vehicles have a 4-hi and 4-lo selector, which refers to the high and low gear ranges. Four-wheel drive can also decouple the front axle completely in the 2-hi setting, which is the recommended setting for ordinary driving. Vehicles so equipped have what’s known as part-time four-wheel drive – four-wheel drive when you need it, and rear-wheel drive for all other instances. This is better for fuel economy and lower drivetrain wear and tear. A full-time four-wheel drive system only offers 4-hi and 4-lo; there is no option to disconnect the front axle completely.
All this flexibility is what makes four-wheel drive so potent off-road. With its transfer case and low-range gearset, 4WD vehicles can get through nearly any terrain, especially if they’re running dedicated mud or all-terrain tires. There’s serious capability in four-wheel drive rigs; it’s why Toyota 4Runners and Jeep Wranglers are such favorites with the off-roading crowd.
Where four-wheel drive suffers is in day-to-day livability. Bad gas mileage, long braking distances, ponderous handling, and a generally unrefined driving experience have long been common complaints among four-wheel drive vehicles, though constant refinement has substantially reduced these traits in modern 4WD vehicles (To learn more about the differences between Four-Wheel Drive (4WD) vs. All-Wheel Drive (AWD), refer to our handy guide.)
Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD)
Rear-wheel drive is the simplest of all the drivetrains. Carmakers just drop an engine under the hood, affix a transmission behind it, and from there add a simple rotating driveshaft to the rear axle to power the rear wheels.
In most situations, rear-drive doesn’t feel that much different than front-drive, especially during calm and dry conditions. Where rear-drive struggles – literally – is during inclement weather. This is due to weight and physics. With RWD cars, the driven wheels are, of course, the rear pair, located under the trunk or truck bed. Unless you’re loaded up the cargo area, this is nothing more than an empty cavernous space. That empty space doesn’t provide much mass to push down on the rear wheels.
This is quite the opposite from the front of the car, which is weighed down with the engine. Because there’s comparatively little weight over the rear wheels, traction is at a premium. Without any substantial weight pushing down on the rear end, It’s easier to spin the rear tires when you jab at the throttle during slippery conditions.
To mitigate these winter traction issues, many owners of rear-drive cars throw sandbags in their trunk. You can also purchase chains or studded snow tires to get better grip.
A particularly notable attribute of rear-drive is its handling tendencies. Generally a rear-driver offers the best handling from a performance-minded standpoint, but it also requires the most finesse to drive well without error. If you apply too much gas, you can overwhelm the rear tires, lose control, and find yourself in the spinning situation we noted earlier.
Because of its limitations during snowy or icy conditions and its tendency to be difficult to correct if control is lost, rear-drive is largely confined to performance cars. But for those who care deeply about handling, dynamics, and other more technical aspects of driving, rear-drive remains the standard.
Rear-drive is also the best drivetrain for anyone planning on towing. If you look at the tow rating charts for any full-size truck, for instance, you’ll see that the highest-rated towing combo always occurs in a RWD model, no matter the bed length, cab style, or powertrain. (To learn more about RWD vehicles, check out our handy guide for more details on the differences between RWD and FWD.)
The Bottom Line
Front-wheel drive is cheaper to buy and cheaper to run, but it doesn’t offer the peace of mind that an all-wheel drive system provides. AWD, on the other hand, is better in winter weather but costs more money, both upfront and throughout ownership. So which is better?
As always, the answer depends, particularly with where you live. A buyer in Duluth, MN with regular and heavy snowfall would benefit more from an all-wheel drive vehicle than a buyer in Atlanta, GA. Generally, the demarcation point where all-wheel drive is not really needed lies along the southern edge of the snow belt.
Yet that doesn’t mean you must buy AWD if you live in a place where snow and ice make a yearly appearance. If you live up north but really don’t find yourself ever leaving the pavement, a set of winter tires is an excellent alternative. In fact, a front-drive car with four winter tires will be better in most winter road conditions than an all-wheel drive car running a set of all-season tires. And if you live in an area that regularly has light snow, front-wheel drive will likely be sufficient.
That said, those who live on dirt roads, mountainous areas, or other remote, terrain-challenged places will want the extra grip of all-wheel drive. There you’ll want all the grip you can get, and a set of snow tires on a four-wheel drive car might not cut it.
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Which window awning is best?
On the surface, it may seem that awnings only add aesthetic value to your home or business and perhaps add some protection from the rain. However, adding shade to your windows can prevent your home from becoming too hot and can lower your energy bill. If you like having sunlight streaming in but still want the benefits of an awning, some models can retract.
The best window awning is the IDM Worldwide Awning In A Box. It’s simple but highly effective, plus it retracts easily when needed.
What to know before you buy a window awning
Benefits of window awnings
Window awnings have many benefits.
- Protection: It’s astounding how many things a simple window awning can protect you from. It can block ultraviolet light, which can damage your furniture and floors. It can protect against the rain, so you can keep water from pooling in your foundation. It can even save plants and windows from falling debris.
- Aesthetics: Awnings don’t always fit in with every aesthetic, but they come in various designs that make it easy to accomplish your desired look.
- Savings: By simply adding shade over your windows, the interior of your house won’t become as hot. This means your air conditioning doesn’t have to work as hard to cool your home, keeping your energy bills low.
Sensors
The best — and most expensive — awnings use sensors to determine weather and conditions. These sensors then trigger the awnings to retract or extend to maintain optimal conditions.
What to look for in a quality window awning
Awning material
Awnings come in fabrics, polycarbonate or metal.
- Fabric awnings have the widest range of styles and are usually affordable, but it’s the least durable and requires ongoing care.
- Polycarbonate awnings are common due to their relative affordability and high durability, but it has limited designs.
- Metal awnings are similar to polycarbonate and simply offer a different design option.
Size and shape
Window awnings are available in just about any size and shape you can imagine. However, that doesn’t mean you can use any size and shape you want. A properly fitting awning should closely match the width and height of the window you intend to protect. You can also use multiples of the same awning to protect extra-wide windows if needed.
Fixed vs. retractable
Window awnings come in either fixed or retractable designs.
- Fixed awnings are more affordable, but you can’t adjust them to match your needs. Strong weather can also rip them from their brackets.
- Retractable awnings are costlier, but you can easily adjust them at any time. Some retract manually, while others use a motor.
How much you can expect to spend on a window awning
Window awnings typically cost between $50-$2,000-plus. Basic awnings cost less than $100, but some options aren’t durable enough to last. Most cost around $200-$500, with the best options starting at roughly $500 and increasing to the thousands
Window awning FAQ
Do awning windows have the same benefits as window awnings?
A. No. Awning windows (windows that open outward and upward) can still protect your home from moderate rain, but they don’t have the same UV and heat protection that window awnings offer.
Are canopies and awnings the same thing?
A. No. Canopies are structures unto themselves and use freestanding poles to hold up a roof of material. They are used to protect anything that needs protection, and most can be moved around with relative ease. Window awnings are objects that permanently attach to one location, typically over a door or window.
Are window awnings hard to install?
A. It depends on your tools and your experience with installing home goods. The good news is most awnings include detailed instructions and use light materials that make them easy to manipulate. Plus, you can purchase some awnings with expert assembly for an additional fee.
What’s the best window awning to buy?
Top window awning
What you need to know: This retractable awning can protect your home or let in the light as you desire.
What you’ll love: It’s 4 feet by 3 feet, made of acrylic and comes in eight colors, including black, blue and black-and-white striped. The side bars are made of powder-coated aluminum for durability, rust resistance and easy handling. You can install it against most wall materials.
What you should consider: A few consumers had issues with the instructions, finding them difficult to follow. Others felt the awning didn’t feel very sturdy.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
Top window awning for the money
What you need to know: This is perfect for a small window, or you can place multiple awnings side-by-side to cover a large area.
What you’ll love: It’s available in two sizes: 3.3 feet by 3.3 feet or 3.3 feet by 2.5 feet. The design is minimalist and modern, with a choice of bracket and awning board color. The brackets and awning board can resist the elements for up to a minimum of five years.
What you should consider: Customers in windy locations reported they had difficulty keeping this awning attached to their homes. Others had issues with confusing instructions or received damaged parts.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This awning comes in a variety of old-school designs for a lovely throwback aesthetic.
What you’ll love: It’s available in seven widths from 3.4-10.4 feet and 15 designs, including various colored stripes. The woven acrylic material is weather-resistant, and its colors won’t fade. The arms are aluminum for stability and ease of installation.
What you should consider: Purchasers reported the instructions were difficult to understand, and you can’t retract the arms.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Home Depot and Wayfair
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There was a moment halfway through seeing Magdalena Bay live for the first time that I thought to myself, “Wow, I feel like I’m watching a live action episode of ‘The Powderpuff Girls’ right now.”
The way lead singer Mica Tenenbaum moved on stage, the psycodelic synths and Y2K-themed visuals that played on the screen behind them made me feel like I was living inside the head of a person who still watches old episodes of shows from Cartoon Network.
That’s to say I had the best time experiencing a Magdalena Bay show live.
Just watch the duo’s music videos and you’ll understand what I mean. Magdalena Bay are having fun, and it shows in their social media accounts and live on stage. Tenebaum hops around the stage joyfully and effortlessly. With her long sleeves and a Britney Spears-inspired microphone headset, you couldn’t take your eyes from her.
The airy quality to Tenebaum’s incredible voice was matched perfectly with multi instrumentalist Matthew Lewin. They not only capture the Y2K aesthetic in their visuals, but they sound like it, too. It’s like they bottled that late ‘90s pop, but it sounds like it was actually made in 2022.
I remember texting a friend about their song “Secrets (Your Fire)” and telling him that it reminded me of “Say You’ll Be There” by the Spice Girls.
The bass is super funky, the synths are light and the beats are locked in. Add in some guitar solos, cheeky lyrics and acid trip visuals, and you’ve got yourself a pretty fun show to attend.
The entire show felt like I was inside of a simulation. At moments I even felt like I was watching “The Matrix.” During the encore, an AI voice instructed the crowd to clap for an encore, something that made me laugh. Everything Magdalena does is done with a wink. They’re absolutely in on the joke and it’s fantastic.
If they are coming to your city anytime soon, go! You can listen to their album below.
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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police are investigating after two men were shot outside of a 24-hour grocery store. One of them has died.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was called to the 2900 block of Kessler Boulevard N. Dr. near 30th Street on the near northwest side just before 2:15 a.m.
Police arrived to find two men shot.
One of them was pronounced deceased and the other was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Names of the victims have not yet been released.
IMPD has not released info regarding the circumstances of the shooting.
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Seven states hold primaries Tuesday: California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.
In Montana, the top contest is for the brand-new 1st Congressional District.
Polls in Montana close at 8 p.m. local time, 10 p.m. ET.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge barred the general public and media from a courtroom Tuesday where defense lawyers claim emotional testimony from victims has spoiled the death penalty phase of the trial of a man who admits that he killed eight people on a bike path on behalf of a terrorist group.
Judge Vernon S. Broderick issued the edict Friday at the trial of Sayfullo Saipov through a court spokesperson, who wrote that courtroom seats would only be available to witnesses or parties considered essential to the trial. The judge announced late Tuesday that a few reporters might be allowed at the trial Wednesday on a “bench all the way in the back” of the courtroom.
The public and the media were excluded from the courtroom in part to make room for Saipov’s family members and numerous victims and family members of those who were killed. Victims have attended the trial for weeks, providing tearful testimony about how their lives have changed.
Saipov last month was convicted of killing eight people on Oct. 31, 2017, by driving a rented truck over the bike path along the Hudson River at a high rate of speed. Afterward, prosecutors said, he asked to hang a flag for the Islamic State group in his hospital room while he recovered from a police officer shooting him.
After hearing witnesses over what is expected to be a two-week period, the jury that convicted him will decide whether he gets death or life in prison. If any of them vote against death, he will automatically serve life in prison.
The judge directed the public and the media to watch the trial on television monitors elsewhere in the courthouse. Those monitors, however, show only a sliver of the courtroom and rely on lawyers, witnesses and the judge speaking into microphones and on court personnel remembering to switch on video and audio.
The monitors also do not enable members of the media to observe the courtroom reactions of Saipov’s family members or the victims and family members of those who died.
Their reactions, along with those of witnesses, grew in relevance after defense lawyers argued Friday in court papers that a mistrial should be declared because the volume of emotional testimony seems designed to make jurors choose a death sentence out of anger or spite or to prevent Saipov from communicating with his children, since those he killed can no longer speak with theirs.
The likelihood of emotional reactions by spectators was anticipated to be so high that Broderick warned them Tuesday that they should leave the courtroom if they become too emotional. Members of the media would be unable to know if anyone walked out.
The interest in impartial observers to the court proceeding was noted when defense lawyers asked the judge in their letter Friday to request that court stenographers preserve any audio recordings they routinely make to aid their work. Prosecutors called the request unprecedented and opposed it. A recording, though, would aid judges on appeal as they review how emotional testimony became.
Letters were filed in the case Tuesday to protest the exclusion of media from the courtroom.
In a letter joined by The Associated Press, New York Times attorney Dana Green urged the judge to recognize that a live video feed providing a narrow view of the courtroom was not an adequate substitute for being in the courtroom. She urged the judge to allow at least a small number of seats for a press pool. The New York Post and the Daily News also supported the request.
In a separate letter, Matthew Russell Lee of the Inner City Press noted that the presence of the media was “particularly important in capital cases.”
Broderick’s order banning the public and the media was believed to be a first for a public terrorism trial involving Islamic extremists in Manhattan federal court since the trials began months after the Feb. 26, 1993, World Trade Center bombing that killed six people and injured more than 1,000 others.
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The summer box office showed signs of slowing down this weekend as the animated “DC League of Super-Pets” opened in theaters across North America.
The superhero spinoff about Superman’s dog earned $23 million from 4,314 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday. Though slightly less than expected, it was still enough to capture the first-place spot and knock Jordan Peele’s “Nope” into second place in its second weekend.
Analysts had pegged “DC League of Super-Pets” for a $25 million launch, which was on the lower end for animated openings this summer. In June, the $50.6 million for “Lightyear” was considered underwhelming for the $200 million Disney/Pixar movie. Then in early July, Universal’s “Minions: The Rise of Gru” captured $107 million in its first three days.
But “Super-Pets” is more comparable to Universal’s “The Bad Guys,” which netted out with around $97 million domestic after a $23 million opening, and it’s much, much stronger than Paramount’s “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’s” $6.3 million debut several weeks ago.
“This opening is a huge win for DC fans, the box office, WB and our filmmakers,” said Jeff Goldstein, the studio’s president of domestic distribution.
“DC League of Super-Pets” was not intended to be a midsummer release. Originally, “Super-Pets” had been slated for May, while this weekend was reserved for “Black Adam,” Warner Bros.’ other Dwayne Johnson superhero pic. But postproduction delays due to a backup at VFX houses forced “Black Adam” to move back to October. Instead of giving up the prime date, the studio filled the open spot with a family-friendly title with an all-star voice cast, including Kevin Hart, John Krasinski, Keanu Reeves and Kate McKinnon as an evil guinea pig.
“Super-Pets” has several summer vacation weeks left with little significant competition, and the hope is that it will continue to grow steadily thanks to positive feedback from audiences this weekend.
“The interest is red hot,” Goldstein said. “Word of mouth is exceptional.”
Second place went to Universal’s “Nope,” which fell 57% from its debut last weekend and earned an additional $18.6 million. The North American grosses for “Nope” are now sitting at $80.6 million before it begins its international expansion in August.
“Thor: Love and Thunder” took third place with $13.1 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to $301.5 million. Its global total is now sitting at $662 million, without a release in China.
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” stuck its heels in fourth place in its fifth weekend with $10.9 million. Worldwide, it has now earned $710.4 million.
And rounding out the top five was “Top Gun: Maverick,” which made an additional $8.2 million in its 10th weekend, bringing its domestic total to $650.1 million.
New theatrical releases were limited this weekend. Focus Features debuted the film “Vengeance” in 998 locations this weekend, where it earned an estimated $1.8 million. B.J. Novak’s directorial debut follows a podcaster (Novak) who travels from New York to west Texas to investigate the death of his girlfriend. The well-reviewed thriller features Issa Rae and Ashton Kutcher. And Bleecker Street opened the Sundance charmer “A Love Song,” starring Wes Studi and Dale Dickey, in four theaters, where it earned an estimated $18,702.
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Mourners at Graceland bid farewell to Lisa Marie Presley
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered on the front lawn of Graceland on a gray, chilly Sunday morning in Memphis to mourn the death and remember the life of Lisa Marie Presley, who died earlier this month.
Some mourners held flowers as the service to began under the tall trees on the lawn of Graceland, the home where Lisa Marie lived as a child with her father, Elvis Presley. The mansion, which Lisa Marie Presley owned, has been turned into a museum and tourist attraction that hundreds of thousands of fans visit each year to celebrate the life and music of Elvis, who died in 1977.
The property in south Memphis was a place of sadness and somber memories on Sunday. Presley, a 54-year-old singer-songwriter dedicated to her father’s legacy, died Jan. 12, hours after being hospitalized for a medical emergency.
The service began with the singing of “Amazing Grace” by Jason Clark & The Tennessee Mass Choir.
“We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for the love, compassion and support you have shown our family during this difficult time,” said a message from the Presley family written on the program for the service. “We will always be grateful.”
Among those expected to speak or sing during the service were Lisa Marie Presley’s mother, actress Priscilla Presley; her daughter, actress Riley Keough; Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York; and singers Billy Corgan, Alanis Morissette and Axl Rose.
After the service, mourners will make a procession through Graceland’s Meditation Garden, where she is being laid to rest.
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TAMPA, Fla., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenway Health, a leading health information technology services provider, launched Greenway Medical Coding services, its newest healthcare solution for ambulatory practices. Greenway Medical Coding enables practices to capture cost efficiencies, improve practice earning potential, and collect insurance payments efficiently with the knowledge and precision of a personalized coding team.
Medical coding is the transformation of medical diagnoses, procedures, and services into a universal alphanumeric code. These comprehensive codes are used to submit and process charges in the healthcare billing system. Greenway Medical Coding will provide coding services by a dedicated team of professional coders certified by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and/or American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
"With 69 percent of healthcare leaders reporting an increase in denials in 2021, Greenway Medical Coding relieves staffing issues and decreases the number of denials so practices can focus on what they do best – taking care of patients," said David Cohen, Chief Product and Technology Officer. "Our new medical coding solution is a way for us to help clients reduce denials, minimize risks, and improve overall patient satisfaction."
Greenway clients will benefit from the multi-specialty expertise of certified medical coders experiencing cleaner claims with faster insurance payments, access to auditing services, and efficient medical coding submissions.
"Greenway is dedicated to providing the right tools for our clients to be successful and improve patient care," said Pratap Sarker, CEO of Greenway Health. "After listening to the struggles providers have had with maintaining coding staff, we knew we needed to provide a solution to relieve their administrative burden and allow for our providers to focus on patients."
Greenway is an end-to-end EHR, practice management, and medical billing solutions provider with a full suite of adaptable technology options including revenue cycle management, telehealth, care coordination services, patient engagement, and much more.
To learn more about Greenway Medical Coding and how the solution can benefit ambulatory care practices, visit (Greenway Medical Coding landing page)
Greenway Health provides electronic health records (EHR), practice management, and revenue cycle management solutions that help practices in multiple specialties grow profitably, remain compliant, work more efficiently, and improve patient outcomes. Its team of clinical, financial, and technology experts serve as trusted advisors, committed to enabling successful providers, empowering patients, and building healthier communities. Greenway works with more than 55,000 providers across multiple specialties, translating into millions of lives touched daily by its solutions. For more information on Greenway and its holistic solutions, visit www.greenwayhealth.com, call 877-537-0063, or follow Greenway on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Reports: At least 5 injured after plane crashes into South Florida bridge
MIAMI, Fla. - A small plane crashed into a South Florida bridge Saturday afternoon, according to the Bay Harbor Islands Police Department.
The crash happened on a bridge over the Haulover Inlet Bridge that connects Haulover Beach to Bal Harbor. The Bay Harbor Islands Police Department said the area would be closed to traffic as emergency services responded.
Footage taken from a nearby building shows smoke and flames leaping from the wreckage of the plane, as well as a vehicle on the bridge that sustained damage.
People speaking in the background can be heard talking about how they saw people get out of the plane.
According to WSVN, officials said there were three people on board the Cessna and three people riding in the SUV. Two people on board the plans suffered traumatic injuries. One was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital and the other was transported to a local trauma center, according to the station's report.
Three other victims were transported to an area hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening.
Officials have not provided information on the sixth patient.
According to a tweet by WSVN reporter Frank Guzman, the FAA says a single-engine Cessna 172 lost engine power and landed on Route A1A on the Haulover Inlet Bridge approximately five miles east of the Opa-Locka Airport around 1 p.m.
The FAA stated that three people were on board, according to Guzman’s tweet. The FAA statement went on to say that the aircraft left from Fort Lauderdale International Airport and was headed to Key West.
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Luat Rung marks the debut of 16 Typh & Gonzo after signing a 5-year contract with SpaceSpeakers Label.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Luat Rung" is officially released on August 4th, available on all music platforms. This music video is bringing back Binz, Rhymastic, 16 Typh, GONZO, & TINLE. This is a "greeting" music product of 16 Typh & GONZO after joining SpaceSpeakers Label. Meanwhile, Binz & Rhymastic contribute their voices to support their two brothers, producer TINLE is in charge of producing music.
Binz begins with some "bangin" bars: "One shot haters got shoot with em' short rhymes / Don't act innocent or you gon' be on target / Move careful em' venom is around / They aint hunt cause em' hyenas only bite." It's been a long time since Binz has returned to this color with "bangin'" lyricals.
Rookie of SpaceSpeakers Label - 16 Typh with his transition rap verse pushes the rap to a new spirit with his signature fast flow and triplet flow. Sending em' words to haters: "levellin up, they doubted & hate / when all I did was sway & love / Fair play 3 sides prove it all/ Give up thought never in my soul."
The boom bap beat in GONZO's verse changes "Luat Rung" to a completely different "mood". It's the rare old school vibe that still exist & respected in Viet Hiphop. GONZO is bringing his uniqueness in flow & lyrical seen in his past hit - "Thay Nam", but this time with a more "bangin" lyrics that had never seen before.
Music Video "Luat Rung" is made by director Kien Ung. While Binz & Rhymastic show up "cool" in the scene filled with money & supercars, 16 Typh & GONZO play roles as mechanics.
Most of the time in the MV focuses on 16 Typh and GONZO. At the end of the MV, Touliver, SOOBIN, TINLE and Kien Ung suddenly appeared, joining with Binz, Rhymastic, 16 Typh and GONZO to create the most expensive scene of the MV "Luat Rung". It was the moment when the OGs meet up, welcome their rookies - 16 Typh & Gonzo to SpaceSpeakers Label.
Also during the promotion of the MV "Luat Rung", 2 rappers 16 Typh and GONZO joined SpaceSpeakers Label was officially confirmed by the company's representative in front of the media. Accordingly, 16 Typh and GONZO are the first 2 exclusive artists of SpaceSpeakers Label - the sub-label of one of the world's largest record labels from the United States. SpaceSpeakers Label is positioned as a professional rap/hip hop record label operated according to international standards, under the SpaceSpeakers Group.
With the joining of SpaceSpeakers Label, 16 Typh and GONZO officially entered the professional music path, with the direction and support of the leading music empire of the current Viet hiphop.
At Rap Viet season 1, 16 Typh and GONZO are two prominent faces, going deep in the final rounds and making their mark with many hits such as: Nguoi Ay La Ai, Thay Nam... Before Rap Viet, 16 Typh is a rapper of the 16 Northside team and is active in both Northside and Southside Hiphop scene. The male rapper owns many hits, such as Don't Waste My Time, Walk On Da Street, Quan Diem, Pray. Meanwhile, GONZO plays the role of the leader, the "soul" of Rapital team, maintaining a famous position in the Vietnamese rap/hip hop world to the present. In the Rapital team, "Thay Nam" is considered as the senior of MCK, Orijinn and many young rappers in the capital.
As president of SpaceSpeakers Group, Touliver shared: "When I met and worked with 16 Typh and GONZO, I found these two potential rappers that had many uniqueness in the community at that time. In particular, I also see images of SpaceSpeakers members 10 years ago in 16 Typh and GONZO themselves. Therefore, my company and I decided to have 16 Typh and GONZO as a part of the team and embark on training and orienting them to develop their own musics, thereby following in the footsteps of SpaceSpeakers in the rap/hip hop community".
SpaceSpeakers Label (SSL) is a record label specializing in music production, distribution, and professional artist management, under the SpaceSpeakers Group (SSG). Currently, SSL has been managing and releasing music for all artists under the company; as well as being a co-producer and publisher of music for other talented artists in the industry, even though they are not SSL exclusive artists.
Sharing about this milestone, Mr. Jason Dang, CEO of SpaceSpeakers Label said: "We spent many years researching the Vietnamese music industry as well as setting our ambition to bring Vietnamese music closer to international listeners. SpaceSpeakers Label was born with a mission to find and launch young talents to be closer to the audiences, thereby shining in the Vietnamese market and reaching out to the world."
"SpaceSpeakers Label spent 2 years training 2 artists in many aspects: expertise, performance, and soft skills needed to become professional artists. With more than 10 years of experience from senior artists and the company's existing resources, we aim to make 16 Typh and GONZO become two iconic rappers, representing the next generation of SpaceSpeakers.".
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PHOENIX — New voter intimidation complaints have been filed in Maricopa County this week.
It comes one day before a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on a group of so-called ballot box watchers.
“We’ve had folks show up in military gear, and some lawsuits have been filed,” said Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Bill Gates.
Maricopa County is a focus of election integrity for this midterm election. That’s why Gates spoke at a news event about voter intimidation.
“We are laser-focused to ensure a safe experience for folks for election day and beyond,” said Gates.
This monitoring is something David Becker, formally an attorney for the Department of Justice said isn't something he's heard about nationwide.
“This is sporadic it is not widespread,” said Becker. “I'm talking to election officials all over the country.”
When it comes to claims of voter intimidation, he said the DOJ does investigate those.
“As you know they issued a statement of interest in one of the Maricopa County cases expect they'll be on top of this as much as possible,” said Becker.
That temporary restraining order issued Tuesday had some restrictions that both sides agreed on. Those include where ballot box watchers with Clean Elections USA are allowed to stand, which is an even further distance if someone is armed or wearing body armor.
That restraining order was issued just days after a judge denied another, broader request for a restraining order. The plaintiffs, in that case, were in the process of appealing the decision when the other order was issued.
“There were a couple of things that were not agreed on that the court also imposed as additional terms,” said the local attorney representing Clean Elections USA Alex Kolodin. “The deal that we entered into was 'look you guys withdraw your appeal seeking to shut down drop box monitoring, we will not appeal from the TRO and that will be that.'"
ABC15 asked Kolodin about the other terms of the restraining order, including that ballot box watchers with Clean Elections USA couldn’t take video or pictures of people within 75 feet of a ballot box.
“I think it’s very dangerous,” said Kolodin. “It limits the first amendment in a way that’s not good either for anyone in the long run.”
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(The Hill) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked if Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), who was killed in a car accident last month, was in attendance at a White House hunger conference.
Biden was delivering a speech at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health when he recognized the lawmakers who helped make the event a reality.
“I want to thank all of you here, including bipartisan elected officials like Rep. [Jim] McGovern (D-Mass.), Sen. [Mike] Braun (R-Ind.), Sen. Cory [Booker] (D-N.J.), Rep. … Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?” Biden said, referring to Walorski.
Shortly after Biden spoke, White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice moderated a panel at the conference and acknowledged Walorski’s death.
Walorski was killed in an Aug. 3 car crash. She had served in Congress since 2013.
A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
During her time in Congress, Walorski made combating hunger and malnutrition a key part of her work. She co-chaired the House Hunger Caucus with McGovern, and she co-sponsored legislation with McGovern, Booker and Braun to convene the White House conference that took place on Wednesday. Such an event had not been held at that level in decades.
Biden issued a statement at the time of Walorski’s death mourning her loss and expressing condolences to her family. The White House also lowered flags to half staff to commemorate her death.
Biden’s verbal slip provided instant fodder for many conservatives who have argued the 79-year-old has lost a step and is not mentally fit for the job.
“I guess Biden forgot he issued this statement unless he didn’t actually issue this statement!?!” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, referencing the statement from Biden in the wake of Walorski’s death.
“This man is not mentally fit to serve as President of the United States,” the conservative group Tea Party Patriots tweeted.
Biden has repeatedly pushed back on claims that he is unfit for office, pointing to his busy schedule and his ability to handle the rigors and demands of the job on a daily basis.
“If you think I don’t have the energy level or the mental acuity, then, you know, that’s one thing. It’s another thing, you just watch and, you know, keep my schedule. Do what I’m doing,” Biden said in a recent interview with “60 Minutes.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals scores his 802nd goal, passing Gordie Howe for second alone in NHL history.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of Yuga securities, which were sold as various non-fungible tokens (or "NFTs") and the native token ApeCoin (APE) between April 23, 2021 and December 8, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important February 7, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.
The case is against Yuga Labs, Inc., Wylie Aronow, Greg Solano, Kerem Atalay, Zeshan Ali, Nicole Muniz, Jasmin Shoemaker, Patrick Ehrlund, Christopher Lyons, Alexis Ohanian, Amy Wu, Maaria Bajwa, Dean Steinbeck, Guy Oseary, Mike Winkelmann, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Paris Hilton, James Fallon, Electric Hot Dog, Inc., Universal Television, LLC, Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow, Serena Williams, Thomas Pentz, Austin Richard Post, Calvin Broadus Jr., Kevin Hart, Alexander Pall, Andrew Taggart, Wardell Stephen Curry II, Nayvadius Wilburn Cash, Abel Tesfaye, Khaled Mohammed Khaled, Adidas America Inc., Adidas Venture B.V., Ivan Soto-Wright, and Moonpay USA LLC (together, "Defendants").
SO WHAT: If you purchased Yuga securities, which were sold as a suite of digital assets (including the flagship NFT collection referred to as the Bored Ape Yacht Club ("BAYC") and the native token ApeCoin (APE) on various cryptocurrency exchanges), during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Yuga class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10344 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than February 7, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants violated provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by making false and misleading statements concerning Yuga's growth prospects, financial ownership, and financial benefits for Yuga securities investors, as well as using celebrity promoters to lure in unsuspecting investors so that Yuga insiders could sell the unregistered Yuga securities in violation of the Securities Act of 1933.
To join the Yuga class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10344 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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NC State football mailbag: MJ Morris' age, a 10-win regular season and postgame drama
Can NC State football win out, MJ Morris age and postgame drama were among the hottest topics from fans after the Wolfpack’s 30-21 win over No. 21 Wake Forest on Saturday.
Questions were asked via social media, email and in person. Let’s jump in this week’s NC State mailbag.
I never thought I’d ask this question after Syracuse, but do you think we can win out?
Let’s take a look at the remaining schedule: vs. Boston College, at Louisville and a regular-season finale in Chapel Hill against UNC.
Yeah, I’d say winning out is in the realm of possibility with one game (I think you can guess which) looming larger than the other two.
The No. 22 Wolfpack (7-2, 3-2 ACC) has seven wins with three more games before bowl season. One of the larger goals this season was to get 10 wins for the first time since 2003, and after losing quarterback Devin Leary for the season and watching the anemic performance against Syracuse, it’s pretty impressive to have that, and a possible New Year’s Eve bowl game, back on the table.
A lot of the credit, of course, belongs to true freshman quarterback MJ Morris, who has reenergized the offense and the locker room. The defense continues to be one of the best – if not the best – in the ACC and it doesn’t hurt to have the best kicker in the FBS. My safe bet is that NC State goes 2-1 in the last three games with a road loss to UNC, but the Tar Heels are racking up wins in the much-weaker Coastal division and barely squeaked by lowly Virginia on Saturday.
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What the heck happened at the end of the game? It looked like there was almost a fight.
Things definitely got a little testy moments after the game, and honestly, both teams are to blame.
Late in the fourth quarter, Wake Forest defensive back Caelen Carson took off his helmet and jawed with Wolfpack players, drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. That led to NC State players, including defensive tackle Cory Durden and defensive back Derrek Pitts Jr. continuously waving goodbye to Wake Forest players that drew the ire of the Demon Deacons and forced them to be separated.
After the loss, Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson addressed the taunting and said he was “not proud” of his team’s actions.
“We did some things that I’m not proud of and I’m sure Dave feels the same way about his football team,” Clawson said. “I’m not pointing fingers. I’m responsible for what our guys did and I’m embarrassed by some of the things we did. And we’ll address that tomorrow.”
Doeren did not address the extracurricular activities after the game.
Wait … so how old is MJ Morris?
That’s a good question because admittedly, there was some confusion with that.
Morris had said earlier in the week that he was 18, but I asked him Saturday and he confirmed he was actually 19. Morris was born on June 30, 2002, more than two years after Phillip Rivers got his first start as a true freshman at NC State on Sept. 2, 2000.
On Saturday, Morris became the first true freshman since Rivers to start at quarterback for the Wolfpack.
Crazy.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling to unify after another disappointing election, the Republican National Committee is consumed by an increasingly nasty leadership fight as the GOP navigates its delicate relationship with former President Donald Trump.
With a vote for RNC chair not scheduled until late January, the public feud may get worse before it gets better.
“It’ll be ugly as hell for a while,” says longtime RNC member Ron Kaufman.
The family fight to lead the party has been largely overshadowed for national attention by the equally contentious struggle to become the new Republican House Speaker, with that election set for the first week in January. But both represent critical selections as the GOP works to overcome six years of electoral underperformance heading into another presidential election.
As the Republicans' national political arm, the RNC will raise and spend hundreds of millions of dollars in building or rebuilding the party's framework, in campaign messaging and in the year-long presidential nomination process that will begin in earnest before long.
Ronna McDaniel, Trump's hand-picked choice to lead the committee and the niece of Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, is running for a fourth consecutive term. But the 49-year-old is facing a rising wave of discontent from Trump's “MAGA” movement, even as the former president stays silent — at least, for now.
In an interview, McDaniel said she notified Trump of her intention to seek another term but did not explicitly ask for his support. She said she “didn’t think it would be appropriate to be asking for any endorsements" given that party rules require the RNC to remain neutral in the next presidential primary.
McDaniel demurred when asked whether she wanted Trump's support.
“I think the most important support right now is the members,” she said. “These are leaders in the party, the grassroots leaders.”
California attorney Harmeet Dhillon has emerged as the MAGA favorite to challenge McDaniel, who secured commitments from more than 100 of the RNC's 168 voting members earlier this month. Dhillon is working aggressively to peel away some of that support ahead of the formal vote at next month's annual winter meeting in southern California.
Dhillon said she also notified Trump of her candidacy in a brief phone call shortly before she made her intentions public this month. She did not explicitly ask for his endorsement either, although she said the president did not discourage her from challenging McDaniel.
Dhillon, whose law firm earned more than $400,000 representing Trump and his political organizations in the 2022 midterms, said she would leave her law practice if elected chair. The 53-year-old California attorney, who was born in India, also vowed to remain independent in what is expected to be a crowded 2024 presidential primary contest.
Still, Dhillon defends Trump against those Republicans who blame him for the party’s disappointing performance in the November midterm elections. The GOP won a narrow House majority, but a host of Trump’s hand-picked candidates lost key elections for the Senate and governor.
“It’s not any one person’s fault. And I frankly think it’s a little too convenient to say it’s Donald Trump’s fault. Donald Trump hasn’t been the president for the last two years,” Dhillon said.
Instead of criticizing Trump, Dhillon railed against Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, a frequent Trump target, for not investing enough money in important Senate contests. Actually, McConnell and his allies spent tens of millions of dollars more than Trump’s political action committee in the midterms.
“You have Mitch McConnell, because he hates Trump, refusing to support candidates that President Trump endorsed, which I think is really appalling. And I blame him for the Senate losses,” Dhillon said.
Meanwhile, McDaniel is facing criticism from a growing chorus of Republicans largely outside the RNC's 168 voting members who are eager to change course after three consecutive disappointing election seasons. Her critics include several high-profile Trump loyalists, including Fox News hosts and prominent MAGA figures on social media.
She has some unlikely supporters within the committee as well.
One frequent Trump critic, RNC member Bill Palatucci, said he would support Dhillon because McDaniel has essentially become Trump's “tool” in recent years. He cited her decisions to stay silent on some of Trump's more egregious behavior and to spend millions of dollars on his legal fees.
“There's just gotta be a change,” Palatucci said, describing the committee commitments to McDaniel as “soft.” "RNC members are experienced pols who know how to look you right in the eye and say, ‘I love you,’ and then walk into the voting booth and slit your throat."
At the same time, those RNC members are being flooded with emails from rank-and-file Republican voters and activists who support Dhillon’s candidacy. The deluge comes after Dhillon and her allies shared the entire committee's personal emails on social media.
Steve Scheffler, an Iowa-based RNC member who supports McDaniel, said he’s receiving 50 to 70 emails each day from Republicans, many of them angry, weighing in on the leadership fight.
“Most of them are like, ‘Ronna’s gotta go,'" Scheffler said.
Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward said she's received “a few thousand emails” in recent days.
“NOT ONE regular person not affiliated with the current RNC apparatus has urged me to retain Ronna Romney McDaniel as Chair,” Ward tweeted.
Trump remains a wildcard.
The former president has stayed out of the public fight, but key members of his team — including senior adviser Susie Wiles — have notified members in private conversations that Trump remains supportive of McDaniel's reelection.
Trump's allies note that his strategy could change at any time — especially as conservative media line up against McDaniel.
On Thursday, McDaniel's team scrambled to explain reports in conservative media, promoted by Dhillon supporters, that the RNC had spent millions of dollars on private jets, limousines, donor mementos and floral arrangements under McDaniel's watch.
RNC budget committee chair Glenn McCall described such reports as “a gross misrepresentation" in a letter to members, noting that many of the expenses, including the donor mementos, were purchased at the discretion of the Trump White House. Similarly, McCall wrote, costs associated with luxury car rentals and private jets were largely connected to Trump or other candidates.
McDaniel's supporters are eager to highlight her success in fundraising, arguably the GOP chair's most important responsibility. She has raised more than $1.5 billion during her tenure, according to McCall.
Meanwhile, Dhillon is ratcheting up her attacks against McDaniel.
She raised questions about McDaniel’s management of RNC funds, accused her of offering members key positions in exchange for their support and suggested the chair was behind an anonymous email smear campaign.
But more than anything, Dhillon says she's running because she wants the party to win again: “I'm tired of losing."
For her part, McDaniel warns that such intense divisions within her party could do serious damage.
“The race I'm running is about unity,” she said. “If we continue to fight and be so hateful to each other to the point where Republicans won’t vote for other Republicans, we’re giving the Democrats what they want.”
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Bradley Cooper is looking back at his past struggles with mental health and addiction, and reflecting on how he managed to change his life around.
The Nightmare Alley star joined Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes for an episode of their podcast, Smartless, released on Monday, and opened up about the events early in his career when he realized just how "lost" he truly felt.
Cooper recalled a time when he was 29, and Arnett -- who has been a friend to Cooper for years -- had a difficult conversation with him about his behavior and his acerbic sense of humor, which Cooper didn't realize he'd started taking too far.
The actor explained that, at the time he had "zero self-esteem," and that he felt his mean jokes and biting sarcasm were innocuous, explaining, "I didn't think I was hurting anybody, because how could I if I was worthless?"
"I was so lost... and I was addicted to cocaine, you know, that was the other thing," Cooper explained, adding that he'd also "severed my Achilles tendon" right after he left Alias in 2003 -- which added to his emotional turmoil.
For Cooper, moving to Los Angeles to shoot Alias felt like he "was back in high school."
"I could not get into any clubs, no girls wanted to look at me. I was totally depressed," Cooper shared. "It wasn’t really until The Hangover, and I was 36 when I did The Hangover."
"So I got to go through all those things before fame even played into my existence on a daily level," he said of how his biggest personal troubles weren't caused by fame but by emotional issues. "So all that happened before any of that."
Ultimately, Cooper credits Arnett for that one fateful conversation that the actor feels allowed him his first moments of self-realization and led to him reexamining himself and his behavior.
"I definitely made major breakthroughs at 29 to 33, 34, where at least I was able to stand in front of somebody and breathe and listen and talk," Cooper shared.
"It's been awesome seeing you in this place and seeing you comfortable. Nothing has made me happier," an emotional Arnett shared with Cooper. "It’s made me happy seeing you so happy with who you are."
One thing that has also played a part in Cooper's self-improvement efforts has been raising his 5-year-old daughter Lea, whom he shares with ex Irina Shayk.
"Every single thing is absolutely shaded by or brought out in glorious color by the fact that I get to be a father to a wonderful human being," Cooper marveled. "It is just the absolute greatest thing."
The actor later explained how he's currently in New York shooting a film, and is with his little girl while production is underway. Being sober and mentally healthy has given him the clarity of mind to know when to ask for help from others.
"Here's another thing about being sober and having humility is, like, I realize I can't do this movie and take care of Lea without any help," he shared. "So, literally tonight, like minutes away, someone is coming that's gonna stay in New York and help out until the end of the shoot. Which I never would have done, but thank goodness I'm doing it."
For more on Cooper's adorable daughter and his love of fatherhood, check out the video below.
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(The Hill) – The winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses impacted nearly 40 percent of U.S. households, with someone there getting sick with the flu, COVID-19 or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), according to a new survey from KFF released Tuesday.
The flu and RSV hit much harder and earlier this year than in years past, as viruses kept at bay during the height of the pandemic began infecting people again following the resumption of every-day activities.
The overlap between influenza, RSV and a cold-weather surge in coronavirus infections led to concerns of a so-called “tripledemic.”
According to the survey, nearly half of respondents said the news of those three viruses spreading made them more likely to wear masks or take other precautions to avoid getting sick, such as wearing a mask in public or avoiding large gatherings.
The flu affected 27 percent of households over the past month or so, with 15 percent saying someone in their homes got sick with COVID-19. RSV infected someone in about 10 percent of homes, the survey found.
But as the COVID-19 pandemic turns 3 years old, 69 percent of the public said they are “not too” or “not at all” worried about getting seriously ill from the virus.
Those numbers are partially reflected in the people who reported receiving the bivalent COVID-19 booster shot.
As the federal government prepares to end its public health emergency declaration in May, just 28 percent of respondents said they received an updated COVID-19 bivalent vaccine booster shot, though that number is up slightly from 22 percent in December.
The increase largely reflects a shift in booster rates among Republicans, who went from 12 percent in December to 20 percent in January, though Democrats still are twice as likely to have gotten the updated booster, the survey found.
Studies have shown the bivalent booster has the most benefit for people at high risk, such as the immunocompromised and people aged 65 and older. Yet among those groups, only about half of adults at least 65 years old, and about a third of those who are immunocompromised said they have already received a bivalent booster dose.
Half of people who have not received the bivalent shot said they feel they have enough protection from their initial vaccination or a prior infection, and 44 percent said they don’t think they need the new booster.
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ISTANBUL, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beko, one of the leading home appliances brands in Europe*, is delighted to announce its integration with Youreko, an energy efficiency tool that helps consumers choose sustainably and understand the financial running costs when choosing new appliances.
The integration of the Youreko tool on Beko's website, displays information to consumers on how energy efficient Beko's appliances are when compared with traditional models and how much money the consumers could save in the long run with manufacturer's appliances. The tool supplements the listings of Beko's washing machines, washer dryers, tumble dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators and freezers.
Currently operational on the Beko UK website, the Youreko partnership will be further implemented on Beko's websites in Romania and Poland, helping consumers across Europe to calculate their cost saving potential.
Resource efficiency is a key priority for Beko, particularly in the current economical and climate-conscious environment. This integration with Youreko is an extension of the brand's ongoing commitment to providing products for their consumers to encourage sustainable living.
The tool helps consumers on Beko's websites by providing more information on the energy consumption and financial cost of running a particular appliance. Utilising an easy-to-read gold, silver or bronze tiered rating system, the tool signals where money and energy can be conserved most, helping consumers make more informed buying decisions.
By integrating Youreko into its products, Beko is also able to make a smart-recommendation to the consumers based on a product's energy efficiency rating. This calculation is based upon a comparison against a more traditional, like-for-like model of the appliance.
Akin Garzanli, Chief Marketing Officer at Arçelik, of which Beko is one of their key brands commented, "At Beko, we appreciate that consumers want to be well-informed when deciding about a big purchase, especially household appliances which will last for a long time. Of course, given the current financial landscape, every penny saved, counts. We hope that with the integration of Youreko on our sites, we will help empower our consumers to make decisions with information that is relevant to them."
The Youreko Energy Savings Tool is available to use on the Beko UK website, with multiple products that help consumers enhance sustainable living at home.
Notes to Editors
About Beko:
Beko is the international home appliance brand of Arçelik, which is a multinational household appliances manufacturer that operates with 12 brands and employs over 45,000 people worldwide. It is one of the top three large home appliances brands in Europe* in the white goods sector.
Beko has been focusing on healthy living for years, raising awareness and developing products that make healthy living possible and convenient. Beko's brand mission is 'healthy living is only possible on a healthy planet'. Beko is committed to protecting the planet by designing and manufacturing energy-efficient products and investing in resource efficiency in production.
*Source Euromonitor International Limited; Large Appliances as per "Major Appliances" in Consumer Appliances 2022ed, retail volume, 2021 data. For more information, please visit www.beko.com
About Youreko:
Youreko's Energy Savings Tool presents the energy efficiency of products in financial terms on manufacturer and retailer websites. This allows people to understand the impact of energy efficiency on their wallet, helping them in their purchase journey.
Youreko's innovative approach to energy efficiency also provides manufacturers and retailers with an effective way to market their efficient products. Top products stand out clearly when people can see the real financial benefit of buying a more efficient appliance.
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LONDON (AP) — In a book full of startling revelations, Prince Harry’s assertion that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan is one of the most striking — and has drawn criticism from both enemies and allies.
In his memoir, “Spare,” Harry says he killed more than two dozen Taliban militants while serving as an Apache helicopter copilot gunner in Afghanistan in 2012-2013. He writes that he feels neither satisfaction nor shame about his actions, and in the heat of battle regarded enemy combatants as pieces being removed from a chessboard, “Baddies eliminated before they could kill Goodies.”
Harry has talked before about his combat experience, saying near the end of his tour in 2013 that “if there’s people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we’ll take them out of the game.”
But his decision to put a number on those he killed, and the comparison to chess pieces, drew outrage from the Taliban, and concern from British veterans.
“Mr. Harry! The ones you killed were not chess pieces, they were humans; they had families who were waiting for their return,” prominent Taliban member Anas Haqqani wrote Friday on Twitter.
The Taliban, who adhere to a strict interpretation of Islam, returned to power when Western troops withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021. Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said Harry’s comments “are a microcosm of the trauma experienced by Afghans at the hands of occupation forces who murdered innocents without any accountability.”
In Britain, some veterans and military leaders said publishing a head count violated an unspoken military code.
Col. Tim Collins, who led a British battalion during the Iraq war, told Forces News that the statement was “not how you behave in the Army; it’s not how we think.” Retired Royal Navy officer Rear Adm. Chris Parry called the claim “distasteful.”
Some questioned whether Harry could be sure of the toll, but Harry said he reviewed video of his missions, and “in the era of Apaches and laptops,” technology let him know exactly how many enemy combatants he had killed.
Others said Harry’s words could increase the security risk for him and for British forces around the world.
“I don’t think it is wise that he said that out loud,” Royal Marines veteran Ben McBean, who knows Harry from their military days, told Sky News. “He’s already got a target on his back, more so than anyone else.”
Retired Army Col. Richard Kemp told the BBC the claim was “an error of judgment” that would be “potentially valuable to those people who wish the British forces and British government harm.”
Harry lost his publicly funded U.K. police protection when he and his wife Meghan quit royal duties in 2020. Harry is suing the British government over its refusal to let him pay personally for police security when he comes to Britain.
Tens of thousands of British troops served in Afghanistan, and more than 450 died, between the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 and the end of U.K. combat operations in 2014.
Harry spent a decade in the British Army, serving twice in Afghanistan. He spent 10 weeks as a forward air controller in 2007-2008 until a media leak cut short his tour.
He retrained as a helicopter pilot with the British Army Air Corps so he could have the chance to return to the front line. He was part of a two-man crew whose duties ranged from supporting ground troops in firefights to accompanying helicopters as they evacuated wounded soldiers.
Harry has described his time in the army as the happiest of his life because it let him be “one of the guys” rather than a prince. After leaving the military in 2015 he founded the Invictus Games, an international sports competition for sick and injured veterans.
Harry’s memoir is due to be published around the world on Tuesday. The Associated Press obtained an early Spanish-language copy.
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Riazat Butt contributed to this story from Kabul, Afghanistan.
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