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Specialty Media Business Unit from the Stagwell Marketing Cloud is Incubating New Connected Marketing Mediums and Inventory for Brands
NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing, today announced a Specialty Media business unit to create net new brand and performance inventory. The unit—part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud—will build media formats that offer brands novel ways to reach, engage, and monetize key consumer segments across sports, travel, retail, news and dining.
New AR and QR-powered offerings announced across sports, travel, and dining.
"Stagwell is bringing new experiences to consumers whether they are at the stadium, in a restaurant or getting on an airplane. Along with these experiences come a wealth of creative marketing opportunities," said Mark Penn, chairman and CEO, Stagwell. "Stagwell is at the forefront of these transformative technical innovations and new forms of richly targeted marketing."
Shared Augmented Reality (AR) Platform for Stadiums: ARound, a first-of-its-kind fan engagement platform, is a new stadium-level augmented reality platform, already in use by the Minnesota Twins MLB team at Target Field and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium. ARound uses 3D spatial computing to map large-scale venues and localize content to individual users, enabling attendees to see the same real-time 3D effects and participate in the same shared experiences. This is a new, connected marketing medium, enabling brands to reach fans at scale with stadium-wide AR games, contests, effects, and a remote experience amplifying the energy and excitement of gamedays.
QR Code-Powered Advertising Platform for Restaurants and Bars: Stagwell Marketing Cloud is developing an advanced digital out-of-home platform that directly integrates into digital menu and point-of-sale systems to serve contextual ads native to the customer's experience. The platform provides brands with rich customer profiles and a new channel to place relevant, dynamic messages that complement the user's current experience; for example, a promotional offer for a specialty cocktail designed to warm consumers during winter, a recommended wine to pair with the dinner meal, or an aperitif to complement dessert, generating rich first-party data in the process.
Media Marketplace for Travel: Stagwell's Ink, the world's leading travel media company, has launched "The Travel Marketplace," a one-stop shop for brands to get unparalleled access to 5 million passengers a day. The new platform offers access to an unmatched portfolio of channels including airport TV screens, WiFi sponsorship, multi-channel digital and physical platforms, inflight entertainment, branded travel documents, targeted social media, and more. With exposure to international and domestic brands including United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, JetBlue and others, 2,500+ screens across 90 North American airports via Stagwell's ReachTV, and exclusive first-party passenger data to drive smart targeting, brands can now easily engage across diversified performance mediums that reach travelers at every stage of their journey.
Today's commitment is part of a larger focus at Stagwell on transforming media solutions through impactful technology to be announced throughout CES. Further announcements will come from business agency GALE and global omnichannel media shop Assembly.
Stagwell is the challenger holding company built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.
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Club Med Reveals All-New Brand Identity and Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives
MIAMI, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks a new chapter for Club Med, the pioneer of the all-inclusive concept with beach and mountain resorts worldwide, with the announcement of its all-new refreshed and modernized brand identity. Taking inspiration from the original Club Med philosophy – creating simple moments of happiness – the iconic lifestyle brand shares details about its evolution into providing a more premium, family-friendly, and eco-conscious experience. Continuing its strong ambition to be the most desirable lifestyle vacation brand, Club Med also shares details about its ongoing corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Introducing an Elevated Brand Identity
In 1950, Gérard Blitz founded the first Club Med resort in the Balearic Islands of Spain in an effort to give people a village to enjoy more moments of happiness and disconnect with an unlimited selection of outdoor activities, entertainment, and food & beverages. From there, Club Med's concept and signature pioneering spirit was born. Today, Club Med is taking elements from that original foundation, its French heritage, and its core essence – simplicity, epicureanism, nature and freedom – and using them to revive its personality into a premium all-inclusive brand that marries a luxury experience with simple moments.
Now, Club Med's brand identity offers a truly unique differentiation in the market and speaks to its history of offering ultimate disconnection with a new campaign coined: "That's L'Esprit Libre". The slogan renews and reaffirms the optimistic embrace of life that Club Med is famed for: the art of living a happy life.
"When the complexities of everyday life are removed so one can focus on special moments, like having ice cream for breakfast and putting on ski boots, or if your family vacation actually feels like a vacation – That's L'Esprit Libre," said Kevin Armstrong, Senior Director of Brand & Communications for Club Med North America and the Caribbean. "Our new brand positioning takes inspiration from our long-standing 73-year history and iconic advertising campaigns, reinforcing our pioneering essence as well as our forthcoming journey with simplicity, modernized luxury, and playfulness."
Club Med operates nearly 70 all-inclusive beach and mountain resorts worldwide and sees between three to five new resort openings or renovations per year that appeal to both luxury travel and family-friendly experiences. The brand's expansion has also continued to evolve into becoming more upscale with the recent launch of its Exclusive Collection portfolio, a collection of 5-star resorts, villas, chalets, spaces and a yacht around the world that include elements taking luxury to the next level, from artfully-crafted single plated dishes to larger high-design multi-bedroom suites. Looking ahead, Club Med is prioritizing expansion of its Exclusive Collection portfolio by opening more Exclusive Collection properties and including Exclusive Collection spaces within its four-star resorts.
"Throughout our 73-year history, we've watched our brand redefine the all-inclusive concept and evolve into a product that prioritizes simple luxuries that are ultimately the most meaningful for travelers," says Carolyne Doyon, President and CEO of Club Med North America and the Caribbean. "Therefore, we find it important to look back on our roots and pay homage to what has made Club Med what it is today: delivering unique experiences in desirable locations with moments of togetherness, personalization, and opportunities to create life long memories to ensure our guests enjoy the feeling of being completely carefree. That's L'Esprit Libre."
As part of this brand evolution, Club Med is enhancing all consumer communication touchpoints with refreshed logos, iconography, and color palette from its website and emails to the 'My Club Med' app and in-resort signage in order to reflect its new identity both in the resorts and outside.
For more information, please visit www.clubmed.us/anewchapter.
Pioneering Sustainable Tourism
In addition to its brand evolution, Club Med has also put significant focus on accelerating its ongoing sustainability efforts dedicated to responsible tourism like the elimination of single-use plastics, energy management, and cultural preservation. As part of their "Happy to Care" program, some of the commitments for 2023-2024 include:
- Prioritization of local sourcing like Club Med Québec, which sources 80% of its food products from Canada, and Club Med Cancun, which sources 65% from Mexico.
- Combatting food waste through the development of food waste programs, like a partnership with Solucycle at Club Med Québec, which converts organic waste into renewable energy sources.
- Creating the Club Med RecycleWear collection, a staff uniform as well as boutique products made from recycled plastic, which has recycled over 2 million plastic water bottles since its deployment in 2019.
- All North American, Caribbean, and Mexican resorts have eliminated all single-use plastic products, saving more than 60,000 plastic bottles each year in Club Med Michès Playa Esmeralda alone.
- Green Globe re-certification for Club Med Michès Playa Esmeralda, Club Med Punta Cana (reaching gold status with 5 consecutive years of certification), Club Med Turkoise, Club Med Ixtapa Pacific, Club Med Cancún, Club Med Québec with a new certification planned for Club Med Columbus this year.
- Turtle monitoring and protection program in Club Med Ixtapa, which has saved more than 13,000 baby turtles in the past year.
ABOUT CLUB MED
Club Med, founded in 1950 by Gérard Blitz, is the pioneer of the all-inclusive concept, offering nearly 70 premium resorts in stunning locations around the world including North and South America, Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Mediterranean. Each Club Med resort features authentic local style and comfortably upscale accommodations, superior sports programming and activities, enriching children's programs, gourmet dining, and warm and friendly service by its world-renown staff with legendary hospitality skills, an all-encompassing energy and diverse backgrounds.
Club Med operates in more than 32 countries and continues to maintain its authentic Club Med spirit with an international staff of more than 23,000 employees from more than 110 different nationalities. Led by its pioneering spirit, Club Med continues to grow and adapt to each market with three to five new resort openings or renovations per year, including a new mountain resort annually.
For more information, visit www.clubmed.us, call 1-800-Club-Med (1-800-258-2633), or contact a preferred travel professional. For an inside look at Club Med, follow Club Med on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Rams finally get good injury news, with key players slated to return for 49ers game
Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford spoke Wednesday with genuine optimism, not the manufactured variety so prevalent during the first six weeks of the Rams’ season.
The coach and quarterback had reason to be positive: After navigating through seemingly endless injuries, the Rams will be closer to full strength Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.
Receiver Van Jefferson, center Brian Allen and cornerback Troy Hill practiced Wednesday, and all are expected to play in the pivotal NFC West game at SoFi Stadium.
Jefferson had not practiced since training camp, when he had surgery on his left knee for the second time in six months.
Allen suffered a knee injury in the season-opening defeat by the Buffalo Bills that required surgery. He has been limited in practice the last few weeks.
Hill suffered a groin injury in the second game against the Atlanta Falcons and has been on injured reserve with Jefferson.
The Rams said they would not make Jefferson, Hill, rookie running back Kyren Williams and inside linebacker Travin Howard available to reporters until they are officially activated from injured reserve to the roster. For Jefferson and Hill, that might not happen until the day before the game.
In a best-case scenario for the Rams, Allen will stabilize an injury-ravaged line and Jefferson will bolster the receiving corps.
Rams beat writer Gary Klein and Chargers beat writer Jeff Miller answer key questions about the Rams’ offensive line, Justin Herbert’s injury and more.
“Those are two big boosts to our offense,” McVay said.
The Rams could use more.
They are averaging 17.3 points a game, which ranks 29th among 32 teams. They are 11th in passing (239.3 yards per game) and 31st in rushing (70.5 ypg).
Jefferson, a third-year pro, caught 50 passes last season, six for touchdowns. He averaged 16 yards per catch.
“He’s a guy, in my mind, that can do it all,” Stafford said, adding, “The more you can have of those guys the better.”
Jefferson’s presence is expected to help receivers Cooper Kupp and Allen Robinson.
Kupp has 56 catches, four for touchdowns. Robinson broke out in the Rams’ victory over the Carolina Panthers, catching five passes for 63 yards, including a touchdown.
Jefferson will force opposing defensive coordinators to plan for more from the Rams, Robinson said.
“Whenever you add somebody like that to the mix, they have to respect that,” Robinson said. “You definitely get a benefit. ... We’ll see on Sunday, but definitely can expect some kind of acknowledgement to somebody like that being back in the lineup.”
Allen returns to an offensive line that features different starters at every position except right tackle, where right tackle Rob Havenstein has remained injury-free.
Left tackle Alaric Jackson, left guard Bobby Evans and right guard Oday Aboushi replaced injured starters.
“One of the things you can’t take for granted is just his ability to communicate,” Stafford said of Allen. “That experience is really valuable in this league and in this offense, and he’s got the most of it for our guys up front.”
Allen has had several knee injuries since the Rams selected him in the fourth round of the 2018 draft. He said the latest surfaced last spring when he felt “loose bodies.” The day before the game against the Bills, he said he had fluid drained from his knee.
“Kind of an uncomfortable feeling going out there with one-and-a-half legs,” said Allen, who during the offseason signed an extension that includes $8 million in guarantees.
Allen said it was difficult to watch teammates struggle as injuries suffered by linemen mounted.
“It’s like watching your brother get beat up and you can’t get in there for the sucker punch,” he said.
Allen is expected to help alleviate some of the pressure from the 49ers’ dynamic pass rush, which has generated 24 sacks, second most in the league.
He also could help a rushing attack that ranks second to last, averaging 70.5 yards per game.
But the running back situation remains a problem.
The Rams continue to seek a trade for estranged Cam Akers. The third-year pro will not practice with the team this week and will not play Sunday “as we’re continuing to try and get some clarity to that situation,” McVay said.
Rams star Aaron Donald and Celtics guard Jaylen Brown have cut ties with Kanye West’s Donda Sports, denouncing his antisemitic comments.
Running back Darrell Henderson also was absent from practice because of illness, according to the Rams injury report.
Williams practiced for the first time since suffering an ankle injury while covering a kickoff in the season opener. But McVay said he did not expect Williams to be ready to play Sunday.
“He represents a lot of the things that you want from Rams types of players, and kinds of guys that we want in this building,” McVay said.
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Rookie safety Quentin Lake, a sixth-round draft pick from UCLA, practiced for the first time since being put on the physically unable to perform list because of a lower leg issue at the start of training camp.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Tuya Inc. ("Tuya") (NYSE: TUYA) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Tuya American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Tuya, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Tuya includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) a material portion of Tuya's China-based customers were engaged in the widespread and systematic manipulation of reviews and product offerings in violation of Amazon.com's terms of use; (b) prior to the initial public offering, a consumer investigation and data breach had exposed an illicit fake review scheme being perpetrated by many of Tuya's clients, among others, which included, inter alia, the exposure of 13 million records of organized fake review scams linked to over 200,000 Amazon account profiles; (c) as a result of (a) and (b) above, there was a substantial risk that a material portion of Tuya's significant customers would be barred from using Amazon.com's platform, negatively impacting Tuya's business, revenue, earnings, and prospects; and (d) as a result of (a)-(c) above, the registration statement's representations regarding Tuya's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities and expected growth did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and such statements were materially false and misleading and lacked a reasonable factual basis.
DEADLINE: October 11, 2022
Aggrieved Tuya investors only have until October 11, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
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SAO PAULO — SAO PAULO — Ambev SA (ABEV) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $943.9 million.
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THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digi-Key Electronics, which offers the world's largest selection of electronic components in stock for immediate shipment, will partner with STMicroelectronics to host a webinar on Arm Education offerings on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m. CDT titled "Getting Started with Arm Education Online Courses on edX."
During this one-hour webinar, the education team at Arm will walk through the online courses they've produced to introduce aspiring engineers to the world of embedded systems, IoT and machine learning.
Tim Wilmshurst, academic consultant; Dr. Tom Spink, lecturer in Computer Science at University of St. Andrews in Scotland; and Dr. Michele Magno, head of the D-ITET Center for Project-Based Learning at ETH Zurich will discuss how their materials will teach you to:
- Implement real-world embedded system projects first on a simulated microcontroller and then on Arm-based development boards from ST to build working embedded prototypes.
- Develop code for various embedded systems and IoT applications, such as an audio wave generator, a music player and an activity monitor.
- Learn to optimize machine learning models under the constraints of a microcontroller environment with reference to power consumption, latency, energy and memory.
- Gain a firm foundation to move towards more complex programming, distributed sensing, the IoT, machine learning and Artificial Intelligence.
"Embedded systems are everywhere – and Arm-based technologies are the industry standard," said Y.C. Wang, global academic program director at Digi-Key. "From the mobile, wearable, and smart devices of today, to the transformative IoT and machine learning applications of the near future, embedded systems are the fundamental building blocks of our connected world. If you're looking to level-up your skills in these exciting new technologies, then this webinar is the ideal place to begin."
To attend the webinar, submit a registration form. If you can't attend the live webinar, Digi-Key will send the recording after the event to those who register.
These Arm Education courses have been produced in collaboration with STMicroelectronics and are available on the edX platform.
For more information about STMicroelectronics and to order from their product portfolio, visit the Digi-Key website.
Digi-Key Electronics, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minn., USA, is recognized as both the leader and continuous innovator in the high service distribution of electronic components and automation products worldwide. As the original pioneer in this space, Digi-Key provides more than 13.4 million components from over 2,300 quality name-brand manufacturers with an industry-leading breadth and depth of product in stock and available for immediate shipment. Beyond the products that drive technology innovation, Digi-Key also supports design engineers and procurement professionals with a wealth of digital solutions and tools to make their jobs more efficient. Additional information can be found at digikey.com and on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Carlos Correa agrees to $315M deal with New York Mets after contract with San Francisco Giants falls through
Correa previously played for the Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins
Free agent Carlos Correa has agreed to sign with the New York Mets, a week after the 28-year-old and the San Francisco Giants reportedly agreed to a massive 13-year, $350 million contract, according to a report.
Jon Heyman, a baseball columnist for the New York Post, reported the confusing switch early Wednesday morning, the day after a medical issue was detected in Correa’s physical.
"Breaking: Carlos Correa and the Mets have a deal. $315M, 12 years," Heyman reported.
The Bay Area team was set to introduce Correa's arrival during a press conference Tuesday, but postponed the announcement three hours before it was to take place without explanation, the Associated Press reported.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, CARLOS CORREA AGREE TO MASSIVE 13-YEAR, $350 MILLION CONTRACT: REPORTS
Correa, a premier shortstop who won a Platinum Glove in 2021, was one of the last remaining major league stars on the free agent market before the San Francisco deal was announced on Dec. 13.
It was later learned that a medical issue was detected in Correa’s physical and his Giants deal fell through.
He has now agreed to play third base in a separate deal with the Mets, sparking some confusion online.
Heyman reported Correa will have to undergo another physical with the Mets before a deal is finalized.
Correa was a free agent one year ago after he announced he was leaving the Houston Astros.
He then signed a $105.3 million, three-year deal with the Minnesota Twins. The agreement allowed him an option to leave after one year and $35.1 million and again try his hand at free agency.
The two-time All-star exercised this option and terminated his deal.
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Correa’s contract with the Giants would have been the fourth-largest in baseball history, trailing only Mike Trout, who got a $426.5 million, 12-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, Mookie Betts, who signed a $365 million, 12-year agreement with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Aaron Judge, who received $360 million over nine years with the New York Yankees.
Correa was the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year and has a .279 career average with 155 homers and 553 RBIs in eight big league seasons.
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He has also thrived in the postseason, scoring 18 homers and 59 RBIs in 79 games.
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DALLAS, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Another exceptional home represented by Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty has garnered media attention. Represented by expert agent Joan Eleazer, 27 Robledo Drive in Dallas was chosen by the editors of Traditional Home magazine for a 12-page feature in its summer 2022 print issue and for an online feature on bhg.com. Recently and completely updated, the Montecito-inspired stunner in gated Los Arboles — an idyllic enclave of architect-designed homes just 12 miles north of downtown Dallas — features spacious living areas, cozy nooks, charming courtyards and the most inviting pool and outdoor living areas.
The magazine feature focuses on the homeowners and their designer, Dallas-based Kristin Mullen of Kristin Mullen Designs, who called for a clean aesthetic as a backdrop to the owners' collection of antiques. The magazine's style and design editor, Krissa Rossbund, writes in the story: "Step one was to strip down Italianate features, including elaborate moldings, lavish decoration, and cast stone on the exterior." Rossbund calls out the home's "white walls in a textural finish [that] recall a sense of age matched by decorative appointments" and its elegant kitchen, writing "casement windows from France work as doors in upper cabinets. … Beams add charm on the ceiling and frame the nearby breakfast nook, where a custom banquette offers a cozy spot to look out to the pool. Outlined by old beams and corbels, the breakfast nook glows with natural sunlight that streams through a wall of windows."
A home of remarkable beauty, 27 Robledo Drive features many unique touches, including antique mantels, reclaimed doors and French and Italian stones. Redesigned in 2019-20 by noted Fusch Architects in Dallas, with interior design by Mullen, the 7,973-square-foot home offers four bedrooms, four full baths, a temperature-controlled wine room and a primary suite complete with spacious closets, limestone-floored bath, exercise room and adjacent study.
The aforementioned kitchen features a barrel-vault ceiling, wide island, farm sink, dual dishwashers and a vintage-inspired Ilve range, handmade in Italy.
A rare balance of extreme elegance and absolute ease, "this home is noteworthy both from a design perspective and for its livability," says Eleazer, a fourth-generation Dallasite and unparalleled expert in the area's premier neighborhoods and towns, including Highland Park, University Park, Preston Hollow, Turtle Creek, Uptown and Downtown. She is representing 27 Robledo Drive in Dallas for $7,995,000. More information and more than 40 high-resolution photos of this exceptional home are at briggsfreeman.com.
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5 dead and suspect killed in Toronto area condo shooting
TORONTO (AP) — Five people were shot and killed in a condominium unit a Toronto suburb and the gunman was killed by police, authorities said late Sunday.
Chief James MacSween of York regional police said one of his officers shot and killed the suspect at a condo in Vaughan, Ontario.
“Horrendous scene,” MacSween said. “Six deceased. One of them is the subject. The other five are victims,”
He said a seventh person shot by the suspect was in the hospital and expected to survive.
MacSheen said he didn’t have details on whether the shooter was a resident of the building.
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, which gets involved when there is a death or serious injury involving police, is investigating.
Police did not identify the suspect or name the deceased.
Police evacuated the building but MacSween said there is no further threat to the community. He said they hoped to have residents back in their units within hours.
Mass shootings are rare in Canada, and Toronto has long prided itself as being one of the safest big cities in the world.
Canadians are nervous about anything that might indicate they are moving closer to U.S. experiences with gun violence.
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Recent Survey Shows Office Managers Are Prioritizing Efficiency and Waste Reduction Despite Macro Factors
ATLANTA, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- DYMO®, a leading manufacturer of label makers and label printers and part of the Newell Brands portfolio of brands, surveyed* small business office managers across three markets including the United States, United Kingdom and Germany to gauge the top priorities and concerns for operations this year, as well as macro factors like economic conditions and shifting workplace demands.
The survey reveals that small business office managers are most looking forward to opportunities for growth (58%), followed closely by enhancement in efficiency and processes (57%). However, despite existing challenges, such as over half (52%) of respondents reporting mislabeling orders, products or documents at least occasionally to frequently, only a quarter (25%) name maintaining an organized office as a top priority this year. While mostly out of their control, office managers cite inflation (62%), other economic issues (44%) and staffing (32%) as top concerns.
Despite ever-increasing amounts of data coupled with heightened workplace demands and environmental concerns, the three top ways small business office managers are looking to organize and streamline their processes include reducing waste (46%), reducing supply costs (45%) and optimizing productivity (38%). When it came to productivity specifically, nearly half (47%) of respondents note that a label printer getting jammed or printing inaccurate information can set them back at least several hours.
"With many macro-economic factors beyond an organization's control, small business office managers, now more than ever, are looking for ways to streamline their processes to stay on track, on time and in budget," said Liesbet De Soomer, Global Marketing Director at DYMO. "As a trusted name in making mountains of data easier to navigate for the last 65 years, DYMO understands the importance – and the office products needed – for small businesses to make adjustments within their walls that can positively impact their day-to-day operations while also helping them achieve their annual goals."
How the LabelWriter 5 series can help:
The LabelWriter 5 series includes LabelWriter® 550, an easy-to-use, ink-free label printer, the LabelWriter® 550 Turbo, a high-speed printer with LAN network connectivity, and the LabelWriter® 5XL, a high-speed professional XL shipping label printer with LAN network connectivity.
- Waste Reduction: Despite 75% of respondents feeling that waste reduction is a priority in their office, one-third (34%) feel that their company isn't doing enough to reduce waste. The DYMO LabelWriter 5 series is compatible with DYMO® Authentic LabelWriter® paper labels, which are made from FSC®-certified materials, label box packaging is made from 80% recycled paper, and it is virtually jam-free. Businesses can cut down on waste in a simple and effective way that brings them closer to achieving their office's sustainability goals.
- Efficiency: One-third (32%) of respondents noted that their office can be better organized through labeling. When using authentic DYMO labels, the new Automatic Label Recognition™ feature touts the unique ability to detect the label size, type and color, delivering advanced reliability and making misprinting labels something of the past, further streamlining office organization and efficiency.
- Automated Processes: All small business office managers agreed that efficient organization tools are important to an office, with 73% using labeling in their office at least weekly. All three devices within the LabelWriter 5 series feature a label counter that keeps track of remaining labels for users so they can focus on other aspects of their business and stock up on labels before running out.
To learn more about DYMO and the LabelWriter 5 series, please visit https://www.dymo.com/ and follow along on Instagram (@dymolabels).
About DYMO
DYMO offers a complete range of products for all labeling needs in the office, warehouse, worksite, home and even the classroom. From vintage embossers, traditional label makers and innovative printers, DYMO is here to simplify your tasks while helping you look more professional.
About Newell Brands
Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer's, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. Newell Brands' beloved, planet friendly brands enhance and brighten consumers lives at home and outside by creating moments of joy, building confidence and providing peace of mind.
This press release and additional information about Newell Brands are available on the company's website, www.newellbrands.com.
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In the days since Tennessee officials released video footage of Memphis police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols, law enforcement has faced a new wave of criticism.
Some of it has focused on how authorities initially described the incident – and what the videos actually show.
According to a statement from the Memphis Police Department the day after Nichols was beaten, officers pulled over a suspect on suspicion of reckless driving and "a confrontation occurred." The suspect fled, police followed and "another confrontation occurred."
(The statement notes that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was looking into the stop "due to the suspect's condition.")
Video footage released Friday, taken from officers' body cameras and a street surveillance camera, shows a different story. In the videos, police quickly yank Nichols from his car, shout obscenities and threats, and then pepper spray him. Nichols flees, and when police finally catch him a second time, officers kick him, hit him with a baton and repeatedly punch him in the head while he's being restrained.
For some, the discrepancy between the initial police statement and what was captured on video brought to mind previous instances in which law enforcement's initial statement about a violent encounter was vague, misleading or false.
Critics say the unclear and obfuscatory language police sometimes use to describe violent incidents to the public can further damage trust with communities that may already be skeptical of law enforcement.
"To the extent that you're putting out statements that are indicating one thing and then the video footage released later on shows completely the opposite, that definitely is problematic for trying to build police-community relations," Andrea Headley, a professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, told NPR.
Footage of high-profile incidents has bred skepticism of police accounts
On May 25, 2020, the Minneapolis Police Department said officers responded to a forgery in progress and arrested a suspect. "Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress," a press release read. "Officers called for an ambulance."
The man was George Floyd, and video footage of the incident captured by a bystander showed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes while Floyd repeatedly pleaded, "I can't breathe!" Floyd died that day.
When the New York Police Department disclosed Eric Garner's death in 2014, a police spokesperson said a man was "being placed in custody, went into cardiac arrest and died," according to a New York Daily News article at the time.
But video shot by a bystander showed former NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo putting Garner in a chokehold until he went unconscious. New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later ruled Garner's death a homicide.
In 2018, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office first said that 23-year-old Dujuan Armstrong died of a drug overdose inside the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif. But as the Guardian reported, body-camera footage released later showed that officers put Armstrong in a restraining jacket and a spit mask before he became unresponsive. An autopsy found that Armstrong died of asphyxiation due to the restraints.
Headley, the Georgetown professor, said police have a number of reasons for issuing vague statements early on in use-of-force investigations, including the possibility that the authors of the statements may not have all the facts.
For example, John Elder was the Minneapolis Police Department's public information director in 2020 and wrote the initial statement about Floyd's death. He told the Los Angeles Times that he got his information from sergeants and computer-aided dispatch, and that he hadn't seen any video footage of the encounter before writing the press release.
"This had literally zero intent to deceive or be dishonest or disingenuous. Had we known that this [situation] was what we saw on the video, that statement would have been completely different," Elder told the newspaper.
Headley also said statements could be vague because investigators are still gathering evidence, or police leadership may not want to admit to a mistake or damage morale by condemning an officer's actions too quickly.
"But I think really where the conflict comes in is when there are discrepancies in the report or in the statements that are put out that don't match the evidence when it comes out. And when the language that is used is particularly one that tries to abdicate responsibility," she said.
Even after violent incidents, there are ways police departments can try to build trust, Headley suggested.
She said she worked with one agency that would bring in community leaders for an explanation of an incident before discussing it with the media. Departments can also acknowledge if they are still looking into what happened, she said, including if they haven't reviewed any video evidence yet.
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- SaaS Strength: Annual Recurring Revenue of $368 million, up 41%
- Profit of $0.71 per diluted share, non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.44, Adjusted EBITDA of $50 million
- Future contracted revenue surpasses $3 billion
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Dear Shareholders,
Our second quarter financial results reflect continued momentum throughout the business, including notable across-the-board strength in new product adoption.
Revenue growth of 31% year over year was driven by strong demand for Axon Cloud SaaS solutions, Axon Body 3 and Axon Fleet 3 systems, and our TASER 7 platform. Revenue from new SaaS products — such as productivity solutions, real-time operations, Axon Air, ALPR and VR(1) — nearly tripled year over year, highlighting our ability to drive customer adoption of our new software solutions.
We also executed against several key priorities in the quarter that position us well for future growth — including deepening our relationships with key partners and strategically investing to build out the Axon Ecosystem.
In June, we renewed our strategic technology partnership with Microsoft Azure — signing a six-year agreement that provides long-term pricing certainty and cost visibility for our Axon Cloud business. The renewal will support our software gross margin target of 80%+, and enables us to offer pricing predictability to our own customers. We discuss other ecosystem developments in more detail, below.
Customers are increasingly demonstrating their confidence that we are the right technology partner for them, for the next decade. We make it easy for our customers to bet on us, because we deliver. In the second quarter, 108 customers signed contracts for longer than five years. The quality of the deal flow is also strong. About a third of our top 100 deals were for a decade or more. This drives our confidence in our ability to continue scaling a rapidly growing, highly recurring SaaS business, with virtually zero churn.
(1) ALPR is the industry acronym for automatic license plate recognition. Enabled by artificial intelligence, Axon's ALPR solution comes standard with the Axon Fleet 3 in-car camera system. Plate read data that is collected during patrol is then retained and can be queried through Axon Evidence for later investigations.
VR is Axon's virtual reality training solution, which is included stand-alone or included in our highest value bundled offerings.
Select Highlights:
Management updates
Josh Isner, COO
In June, we appointed Josh Isner to the role of Chief Operating Officer, a newly created position to expand the office of the CEO. Josh is an executive familiar to investors who have tuned into Axon's earnings calls, which we've hosted over Zoom since early 2020. He's had an outsized impact on Axon, including during his most recent tenure as chief revenue officer. As CRO, Josh was responsible for Axon's global growth, customer service, professional services, and sales operations. He has been instrumental in building Axon's revenue stream to support our 2022 guidance above $1 billion, and was a key member of the executive team responsible for driving historical annual revenue growth rates exceeding 25%. He now oversees Axon's operational functions including business operations and execution, policies and employees.
Isaiah Fields, CLO
In July, we appointed Isaiah Fields to the role of Chief Legal Officer, where he will spearhead Axon initiatives across legal operations, government affairs, risk management and compliance. In Isaiah's previous role as general counsel, he drove success across all elements of our global organization. We are confident that Isaiah's leadership, devotion to his team and passion for our mission will help Axon successfully navigate this phase of rapid growth as we scale in complexity and expand globally.
CFO search
Our search process for a permanent CFO is progressing well and includes a strong pipeline of quality candidates. We hope to welcome shortly an outstanding executive who brings an appetite for strong financial rigor, along with the operational expertise to continue to drive scale and long-term growth at Axon.
Customers & Product
New VR simulator promotes de-escalation for public safety: The Phoenix Police Department and New Castle County Police in Delaware are the first agencies to deploy Axon's latest improvement in its VR offerings. The new simulator allows officers to train from anywhere. Trainees learn to operate TASER 7 devices and training firearms in VR. Scenarios include indoor range and an outdoor, nighttime setting. The fast-paced exercises help trainees learn safety features, recognize proper spread and probe placement on moving subjects, manage clothing disconnects, and practice for higher effectiveness when deploying TASER cartridges. More than 1,000 U.S. agencies now use Axon VR training.
TASER 7 Device adoption accelerates in Canada: Police services in Ontario, including Toronto, found that simply presenting a TASER device de-escalates a situation between 70% to 90% of the time, without having to deploy a cartridge. Recent TASER 7 device adoption in Canada has included the Calgary Police Service, York Regional Police, Peel Regional Police, Toronto Police Service and the Edmonton Police Service.
U.S. federal funding momentum: Axon's Federal business outlook continues to strengthen with recent developments signaling broad support for body camera adoption. In May, the White House issued an executive order that mandated body cameras for federal law enforcement. In addition, the White House's proposed FY2023 budget includes body camera funding for the Justice Department. We are also seeing support in Congress for body camera programs among the following federal law enforcement customers: Justice Department agencies, including the FBI, the U.S. Marshals, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Department of Homeland Security agencies, including U.S. Customs & Border Patrol, and U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement; and Department of Interior agencies. The House is also proposing funding for state and local agency matching grants to drive body camera adoption.
Strategic initiatives:
In May, we hosted our seventh annual Axon Accelerate — our user conference that has become the largest technology conference in public safety. On display was the strength of the Axon Ecosystem, featuring a growing network of partnerships and integrated products. Our go-to-market strategy for the Axon Ecosystem has graduated from an idea to now delivering tangible customer value.
In addition to extending our technology partnership with Microsoft, highlighted at the beginning of this letter, we also executed several new key strategic initiatives during the second quarter:
- Foundry 45: In April, we announced the acquisition of Foundry 45, a VR studio focused on delivering immersive training modules to large organizations. The acquisition bolsters Axon's VR team in transforming public safety by making training more accessible, relevant and affordable — with the goal of better preparing officers for real-life situations.
- Fūsus: In May, we announced a strategic partnership with Fūsus along with a $21 million non-controlling minority investment. Fusus is the U.S. market leader in real-time crime center solutions for public safety. The partnership makes it easier and more cost-effective for communities to aggregate live feeds from public and private cameras in addition to live video feeds from Axon Body 3, Axon Fleet 3 and Axon Air connected drones, creating a unified operational picture for first responders.
- Skydio: In May, we also announced live-streaming from Skydio drones into our Axon Respond platform. The integration with Respond will enable command staff and 911 dispatchers to combine the live-streaming capabilities of Axon body-worn and in-car cameras with the Skydio drone's aerial perspective to provide a more comprehensive operational picture.
- Dedrone: In June, we closed a $25 million non-controlling minority follow-on investment in Dedrone, a market leader in counter unmanned aircraft systems. Axon led the company's oversubscribed $30 million Series C-1 financing round, which follows our initial $25 million investment in Dedrone in December 2021. Dedrone is accelerating on a path towards making the world safer from unauthorized and malicious drones. After conducting extensive due diligence to evaluate opportunities to participate in the rapidly growing air security market, we were impressed by Dedrone's technology, team and commercial traction.
- DroneSense: In June, we also closed a $15 million non-controlling minority investment in DroneSense in support of our previously announced partnership to implement its piloting, program management and operations solution via Axon's unmanned aircraft program, Axon Air. DroneSense has also integrated its software platform with Axon's digital evidence management platform, Axon Evidence, and real-time operations hub, Axon Respond, to provide agencies with a comprehensive solution to start and operate a drone program. This integration streamlines first responder and drone pilot communications — allowing live streaming from the UAS into Axon's real-time operations platform and digital footage to be stored in Axon's evidence management platform.
In addition to these recent new initiatives, we are also seeing positive momentum across our broader ecosystem. In late 2021, we acquired Occam Video Solutions, a leader in digital video investigations software. The business has been integrated with Axon, and, in addition to powering our Third-Party Video Playback solution, Occam's flagship investigative software, iNPUT-ACE, has been relaunched as Axon Investigate, and is seeing growing interest from our customers.
Our partnerships with Flock Safety and RapidSOS are also expanding in value for the Axon Ecosystem. We are seeing strong adoption of Flock Safety's ALPR cameras nationwide. Plate reads captured by Flock Safety's cameras can be shared to cases with a single-click and managed within Axon Evidence workflows. RapidSOS's technology powers Axon's recently launched consumer focused smart phone app for personal safety, Axon Protect (available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play), which enables users to connect with a live Axon agent. We also recently launched an Axon Respond integration with RapidSOS, which enables 911 operators that use the company's Jurisdiction View software platform to see live locations of first responders equipped with Axon Body 3 cameras and also live-stream videos from those cameras.
Summary of Q2 2022 results
- Quarterly revenue of $286 million grew 31% year over year, exceeding our expectations, and led by software and sensors segment growth of 41%.
- Total company gross margin of 60.9% improved 20 basis points sequentially.
- Operating profit was $21 million. Operating expenses for the quarter of $153 million included $20 million in stock based compensation expenses.
- $5 million tied to hiring that supports our long-term growth profile
- $3 million tied to higher bonuses paid to employees at the senior director level and below,
- $2 million tied to annual company bonus accruals resulting from our improved outlook, and
- $1 million tied to our annual user conference.
- We expect expense growth, excluding stock-based compensation, to moderate in the back half of the year.
- Our quarterly net income of $51 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, included $21 million in stock based compensation expenses, a $12 million non-cash, unrealized, mark-to-market loss related to our strategic investment in Cellebrite, and $60 million in net unrealized gains related to strategic investments.
- Non-GAAP net income was $32 million, or $0.44 per share.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $50 million.
- Operating cash flow of $19 million supported free cash flow generation of $7 million and adjusted free cash flow generation of $10 million. We define free cash flow as operating cash flow less capital expenditures and purchases of intangible assets. Adjusted free cash flow excludes campus investments.
- As of June 30, 2022 Axon had $356 million in cash, equivalents and investments.
- Axon has zero debt.
(2) These innovative stock-based compensation plans were approved by shareholders in 2018 and 2019 and align the interests of management and employees with shareholders.
Financial commentary by segment:
- TASER segment revenue growth was driven by demand for our TASER 7 platform, with units up 85% year over year.
- Q2 2022 TASER segment gross margin slightly declined sequentially. We expect further TASER 7 automation to come online in the back half of this year and contribute to segment gross margin improvement in 2023. We also expect to generate leverage on our fixed cost base as we grow into our expanding manufacturing footprint.
- Axon Cloud revenue grew 35%year over year to $82 million, reflecting strong user growth for our Axon Evidence (Evidence.com) platform, and software features including transcription and body-camera enabled real-time operations capabilities across location-based services, live streaming and incident event alerts.
- Axon Cloud gross margin of 70.4% included expected costs to scale our cloud business. This includes the low-to-no margin professional services costs of teams who help our customers deploy Axon's solutions. The software-only revenue in this segment, which is annually recurring and includes cloud storage and compute costs, has consistently carried a gross margin above 80%.
- Sensors & Other revenue grew 49% year over year to $68 million, reflecting growth in Axon Fleet 3 shipments followed by body camera unit growth.
- Sensors & Other gross margin was 42.9%, reflecting a favorable product mix. As a reminder, we manage toward a 25% gross margin for camera and sensors hardware, and the gross margin will fluctuate quarter to quarter depending on the customer mix.
- Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) grew 41% year over year to $368 million.
- Net revenue retention was 119% in the quarter, reflecting our ability to deliver additional value to our customers over time and de minimis attrition. We drive adoption of our cloud software solutions through integrated bundling. Our law enforcement agency customers often sign up for five to ten-year subscriptions. This SaaS metric purposely excludes the hardware portion of customer subscriptions. We further define this metric under "Statistical Definitions."
- Total company future contracted revenue grew to $3.33 billion, reflecting strong bookings in the quarter. This metric is also known as "remaining performance obligations." Most of our bookings are for multi-year contracts. See definition of this metric under "Statistical Definitions."
- The percentage of TASER devices sold on a subscription was 76% in the quarter, reflecting a stronger mix of our TASER 7 devices, which are mostly sold on a subscription. As a reminder, Axon has been successfully transitioning its TASER hardware business into a subscription service in more mature markets and expanding into new markets where some initial sales are not on a subscription, with the intention of building subscription businesses in those markets over time.
Outlook
The following forward-looking statements reflect Axon's full year 2022 expectations as of August 9, 2022, and are subject to risks and uncertainties.
- Axon's upwardly revised full year 2022 revenue expectation has improved to a range of $1.07 billion to $1.12 billion, reflecting approximately 27% annual growth at the midpoint. Previously, Axon had guided to a range of $1.05 billion to $1.1 billion, reflecting 25% growth at the midpoint.
- We now expect to deliver 2022 Adjusted EBITDA at the higher end of the previously communicated range of $190 million to $200 million.
- We expect stock-based compensation expense to be more than $104 million for the full year. Because our stock-based compensation expense may vary based on changes in the probability of attaining certain operational or market capitalization metrics or attainment of such metrics and with changes in the expected or actual timing of such attainment, it is inherently difficult to forecast future stock-based compensation expense.
- We are maintaining our expected adjusted free cash flow range of $125 million to $145 million in 2022, compared with $85 million in 2021. This range reflects our expectations for operating cash flow, minus our expected purchases of property and equipment (CapEx) of $80 million to $90 million, excluding any investments made in our campus facility, which we expect to be less than $25 million.
- We are revising our expected 2022 capital expenditures to a range of $80 million to $90 million, compared with our previous expectation of $135 million to $160 million.
We are energized by the momentum in our business, superior execution by our teams and the underlying strength of our model, all of which sets us up to continue accelerating growth and profitability.
Thank you for investing in our mission to protect life.
-The Axon team
Quarterly conference call and webcast
We will host our Q2 2022 earnings conference call webinar on Tuesday, August 9, at 2 p.m. PT / 5 p.m. ET.
The webcast will be available via a link on Axon's investor relations website at https://investor.axon.com (https://investor.axon.com/), or can be accessed directly via https://axon.zoom.us/j/98326867283.
Statistical Definitions
Bookings: We consider bookings to be a statistical measure defined as the sales price of orders (not invoiced sales), including contractual optional periods we expect to be exercised, net of cancellations, inclusive of renewals, placed in the relevant fiscal period, regardless of when the products or services ultimately will be provided, so long as they are expected to occur within five years. Most bookings will be invoiced in subsequent periods. Due to municipal government funding rules, in some cases certain of the future period amounts included in bookings are subject to budget appropriation or other contract cancellation clauses. Although we have entered into contracts for the delivery of products and services in the future and anticipate the contracts will be fulfilled, if agencies do not exercise contractual options, do not appropriate funds in future year budgets, or enact a cancellation clause, revenue associated with these bookings may not ultimately be recognized, resulting in a future reduction to bookings. Bookings, as presented here, represent total company bookings inclusive of all product. Certain customers sign contracts for time periods longer than five-years, which generates a larger-sized booking — but the expected exercise amounts after the five-year period is not included in bookings, as described here, in order to facilitate comparisons between periods.
Net revenue retention: Dollar-based net revenue retention is an important metric to measure our ability to retain and expand our relationships with existing customers. We calculate it as the software and camera warranty subscription and support revenue from a base set of agency customers from which we generated Axon Cloud subscription revenue in the last month of a quarter divided by the software and camera warranty subscription and support revenue from the year-ago month of that same customer base. This calculation includes high-margin warranty but purposely excludes the lower-margin hardware subscription contingent of the customer contracts, as it is meant to be a SaaS metric that we use to monitor the health of the recurring revenue business we are building. This calculation also excludes the implied monthly revenue contribution of customers that were added since the year-ago quarter, and therefore excludes the benefit of new customer acquisition. The metric includes customers, if any, that terminated during the annual period, and therefore, this metric is inclusive of customer churn. This metric is downwardly adjusted to account for the effect of phased deployments -- meaning that for the year-ago period, we consider the total contractually obligated implied monthly revenue amount, rather than monthly revenue amounts that might have been in actuality smaller on a GAAP basis due to the customer not having yet fully deployed their Axon solution. For more information relative to our revenue recognition policies, please reference our SEC filings.
Total company future contracted revenue: Total company future contracted revenue includes both recognized contract liabilities as well as amounts that will be invoiced and recognized in future periods. The remaining performance obligations are limited only to arrangements that meet the definition of a contract under Topic 606 as of June 30, 2022. We expect to recognize between 15% - 20% of this balance over the next twelve months, and generally expect the remainder to be recognized over the following ten years, subject to risks related to delayed deployments, budget appropriation or other contract cancellation clauses.
Non-GAAP Measures
To supplement the Company's financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, we present the non-GAAP financial measures of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Non-GAAP Net Income, Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share, Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow. The Company's management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in evaluating the Company's performance in comparison to prior periods. We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance, and when planning and forecasting our future periods. A reconciliation of GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures is presented herein.
- EBITDA (Most comparable GAAP Measure: Net income) - Earnings before interest expense, investment interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization.
- Adjusted EBITDA (Most comparable GAAP Measure: Net income) - Earnings before interest expense, investment interest income, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, non-cash stock-based compensation expense, realized and unrealized gains/losses on strategic investments and marketable securities and pre-tax certain other items (identified and listed below in the reconciliation).
- Non-GAAP Net Income (Most comparable GAAP Measure: Net income) - Net income excluding the costs of non-cash stock-based compensation and excluding any net gain/loss/write-down/disposal/abandonment of property, equipment and intangible assets; realized and unrealized gains/losses on strategic investments and marketable securities; loss on impairment; costs related to strategic investments and business acquisitions; costs related to the FTC litigation and pre-tax certain other items (listed below). The Company tax-effects non-GAAP adjustments using the blended statutory federal and state tax rates for each period presented.
- Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share (Most comparable GAAP Measure: Earnings Per share) - Measure of Company's Non-GAAP Net Income divided by the weighted average number of diluted common shares outstanding during the period presented.
- Free Cash Flow (Most comparable GAAP Measure: Cash flow from operating activities) - cash flows provided by operating activities minus purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets.
- Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Most comparable GAAP Measure: Cash flow from operating activities) - cash flows provided by operating activities minus purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets, excluding the net impact of investments in our new Scottsdale, Ariz. campus.
Caution on Use of Non-GAAP Measures
Although these non-GAAP financial measures are not consistent with GAAP, management believes investors will benefit by referring to these non-GAAP financial measures when assessing the Company's operating results, as well as when forecasting and analyzing future periods. However, management recognizes that:
- these non-GAAP financial measures are limited in their usefulness and should be considered only as a supplement to the Company's GAAP financial measures;
- these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the Company's GAAP financial measures;
- these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered to be superior to the Company's GAAP financial measures; and
- these non-GAAP financial measures were not prepared in accordance with GAAP or under a comprehensive set of rules or principles.
Further, these non-GAAP financial measures may be unique to the Company, as they may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. As such, this presentation of non-GAAP financial measures may not enhance the comparability of the Company's results to the results of other companies.
About Axon
Axon is the global leader in connected public safety technologies. We are a mission-driven company whose overarching goal is to protect life. Our vision is a world where bullets are obsolete, where social conflict is dramatically reduced, where everyone has access to a fair and effective justice system and where racial equity, diversity and inclusion is centered in all of our work. Axon is also a leading provider of body cameras for US public safety, providing more transparency and accountability to communities than ever before.
You may learn about our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts by reading our ESG report at investor.axon.com.
We work hard for those who put themselves in harm's way for all of us. More than 270,000 lives and countless dollars have been saved with the Axon Network of devices, apps and people. Learn more at www.axon.com or by calling (800) 978-2737. Axon is a global company with headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, and a global software engineering hub in Seattle, Washington, as well as additional offices in the US, Australia, Canada, Finland, Vietnam, the UK and the Netherlands.
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On January 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted review of an important jurisdictional issue raised by Axon's constitutional challenges to the FTC's internal administrative structure and procedures. The high Court's action is a critical first step for all businesses seeking to vindicate their constitutional rights and hold government regulators accountable. Oral argument is now set at the Supreme Court for November 7. A decision is unlikely before March 2023. Links to all court filings and opinions can be found on Axon's FTC Investor Briefing page at https://www.axon.com/ftc.
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Missing horse returns home after running with wild mustangs for 8 years, owner says
FIELDING, Utah (KUTV) - A Utah man says he has been reunited with his horse after missing his animal for the last eight years.
Shane Adams said his horse Mongo wandered away years ago while camping in the desert. He thought he would never see his four-legged companion again.
That was until Bureau of Land Management agents recently found Mongo running with a herd of wild mustangs.
“I mean, it’s crazy. Even after being wild for eight years, he still acts like the same horse. He acts like nothing ever happened,” Adams said.
Mongo was ready to saddle up once returning home and has reportedly shown no signs of the wild and free years he spent running with the herd.
Mongo is now about 18 years old and perhaps a few hundred pounds underweight. But Adams said he would feed him extra hay and oats to get him back to a healthy weight.
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BURR RIDGE, Ill. (WGNTV) — Several dozen of the migrants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent to Chicago have now been relocated to a hotel in the suburbs without advance warning to the local mayor.
“I am concerned neither the village administrator nor I were told about this,” Gary Grasso, mayor of Burr Ridge, Illinois, told WGN. “We want to know: Why Burr Ridge?”
Just days ago, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted Abbott for treating the migrants like “cargo” and not providing her with advance notice they were arriving.
“My frustration comes from the actions of the governor of Texas,” Lightfoot said Sunday, when the first bus load of 50 migrants arrived. “There could be a level of coordination and cooperation, but he chooses to do none of those things and instead tries to send human beings — not cargo, not freight — human beings across the country to an uncertain destination.”
On Wednesday, a group of 75 more migrants arrived in Chicago from Texas.
Democratic politicians including Lightfoot, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have vowed to welcome the migrants and provide a full range of services to meet their immediate needs.
Chicago is a so-called sanctuary city and so is Cook County. Local officials have passed laws meant to protect immigrants from deportation. However, the portion of Burr Ridge where many of the migrants are staying is actually in DuPage County.
While campaigning for Congress, Grasso said he would work to secure the border and “defund sanctuary cities.” However, Grasso noted his village board had not taken a position on sanctuary cities.
Grasso said he only became aware of the migrants’ arrival in his village after residents began alerting village officials. He has since been invited to an online meeting with state officials.
At a Thursday morning event, Pritzker did not specifically address the location of the migrants but criticized Texas officials for treating them like cattle.
“What the governor of Texas is doing is disgusting and it needs to stop,” Pritzker said. “It shouldn’t be that the governor of Texas is taking these people and treating them like cattle, treating them like property, putting them on buses and sending them wherever he wants to send them.”
The governor’s spokesperson issued the following statement:
The state is working with our partners at the City of Chicago and Cook County along with advocacy organizations to welcome those seeking asylum in the United States and provide them stability as they work to build a new life in Illinois. The state has a prior relationship with the hotel being used in the suburbs and their staff has done amazing work welcoming refugees and asylum seekers before, so it is interesting that local officials are choosing this specific instance to gripe to the press about this specific group of asylum seekers that consists of about 30 families. Gov. Pritzker has made it clear that Illinois is welcoming state and xenophobia has no home here.
Jordan Abudayyeh
Press Secretary, Office of Gov. JB Pritzker
A spokesperson for Lightfoot did not immediately respond to request for comments.
Lightfoot has previously said most of the migrants who have arrived here are from Venezuela. Authorities have not said when they arrived in the U.S.
Abbott has now bused immigrants to Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. — all of which have Democratic mayors.
He suggested the policy would continue, saying in a previous statement that Chicago has become a drop-off location as a solution to what he called President Joe Biden’s “open border policies overwhelming border communities in Texas.”
Lightfoot said Chicago-area governments and community groups have been preparing for weeks in case Abbott sent migrants here.
She called the policy “racist and xenophobic.”
“He is manufacturing a crisis,” Lightfoot said last week. “If it continues, we will be ready.”
On Thursday night, Illinois GOP candidate for governor Darren Bailey released the following statement.
“No city can handle this on their own, but Illinoisans are doing what we always do and helping those who need help. The failures lie with J.B. Pritzker and his pal Joe Biden who has created a crisis at the border. Pritzker should demand that Biden secure the border and in the meantime, provide the resources to care for these people. If J.B. won’t do that, he should put them in one of his Hyatt’s on his own dime.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. jobs report for October will be closely watched Friday for any indication that employers are slowing their hiring — a prospect the Federal Reserve would likely welcome as a sign that the high inflation that is gripping the economy might soon begin to ease.
Economists expect the report to show that employers added 200,000 jobs last month, down from an average of 372,000 in the previous three months, according to a survey by the data provider FactSet.
That total would still represent a healthy gain and would suggest that employers still feel the need to fill many jobs. A substantial hiring gain, though, would also mean that wages will likely keep rising and continue to fuel inflation.
Chronic inflation is hammering the budgets of many households and has shot to the top of voter concerns in the midterm congressional elections that will end Tuesday. Republican candidates across the country have attacked Democrats over inflation in their drive to regain control of Congress.
Friday’s jobs report is also expected to show that the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.6% in October from a five-decade low of 3.5%. Hourly pay, too, is expected to have risen at a brisk pace, though it might have weakened a bit from September.
All those trends underscore the challenges the Fed faces as it raises interest rates at the fastest pace since the early 1980s to try to bring inflation down from near a 40-hear high. A low unemployment rate and solid wage gains are good for workers. But sizable pay raises, especially without gains in workers’ efficiency, can contribute to higher inflation.
At a news conference Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell noted that the strong job market is feeding inflationary pressures as businesses seek to attract and keep workers by raising pay. In September, average wages rose more than 6% from 12 months earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. That was the fastest such pace in 40 years, though it still trailed inflation.
Powell spoke after the Fed announced a fourth straight three-quarter-point increase in its benchmark rate — a series of unusually large hikes that have made mortgages and other consumer and business loans increasingly costly and heightened the risk of a recession.
The Fed’s policymakers did open the door Wednesday to the possibility of a smaller rate hike when they next meet in December. But Powell also said that in order to tame inflation, the central bank would likely have to raise rates high enough to weaken the job market. That could mean that hiring will slow in coming months or even that many employers will cut jobs and increase the unemployment rate.
“The broader picture is of an overheated labor market where demand (for workers) substantially exceeds supply,” Powell said.
The policymakers want to see signs that job growth and wages are easing, he said, “but I don’t see the case for real softening just yet.”
Many economists say that wages tend to follow inflation higher as workers seek to keep up with price increases. Those pay raises, in turn, can keep inflation higher if companies pass on at least part of their higher labor costs to their customers in the form of higher prices.
So far this year, the Fed has raised its key short-term rate six times — from near zero in early March to a range of 3.75% to 4%, the highest level in 14 years.
For now, the economy is still growing. It expanded at a 2.6% annual rate in the July-September quarter after having contracted in the first six months of the year. But much of last quarter’s growth was due to a spike in U.S. exports. By contrast, consumers — the primary driver of the economy — only modestly increased their spending beyond the rate of inflation.
With inflation still painfully high and the Fed making borrowing increasingly expensive for consumers and businesses, most economists expect a recession by early next year.
Housing has, so far, absorbed the worst damage from higher borrowing costs. The Fed’s rate hikes have sent average long-term mortgage rates surging to around 7%, the highest level in two decades. Home sales have cratered as a result, and once-soaring home prices have started to slow.
Many technology companies are also experiencing slowdowns in their businesses. Ride-hailing provider Lyft and fintech firm Stripe have said they are cutting jobs. And on Thursday, Amazon said it would pause hiring in its corporate offices.
Yet much of the rest of the economy has so far remained resilient, with companies in travel, restaurants, manufacturing and health care still hiring. Southwest Airlines told investors last week that it was on track to hire 10,000 employees this year, including 1,200 pilots.
And Adam Schechter, CEO of testing firm Laboratory Corporation of America, told investors, “We have huge efforts underway to try to hire as many people as we can.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 copy editors, marketing assistants and other employees at HarperCollins Publishers went on strike Thursday, with the two sides differing over wages and benefits, diversity policy and union protection. It was a rare work stoppage in book publishing, where HarperCollins is the only company among the industry’s so-called “Big Five” to have a labor union.
“We feel really good about we’re doing and the spirit we’re doing it with,” said Carly Katz, an audio coordinator at HarperCollins and one of more than 100 striking staff members who picketed outside of the publisher’s offices in downtown Manhattan.
“We feel like this is the kind of action we need to take to make things happen,” said Parrish Turner, an editorial assistant in the children’s division of HarperCollins.
The HarperCollins union, Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers, struck for one day last summer and this time plans to stay out indefinitely until an agreement is reached. Employees had been working without a contract since April.
“HarperCollins has agreed to a number of proposals that the United Auto Workers Union is seeking to include in a new contract,” a HarperCollins spokesperson said in a statement. “We are disappointed an agreement has not been reached and will continue to negotiate in good faith.”
No new negotiations are currently scheduled.
The strikers represent a small percentage of HarperCollins’ worldwide personnel, which totals around 4,000. The publisher is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and earlier this fall laid off a “small number” of employees, citing cost management and uncertainly about the publishing market. This week, News Corp. reported an 11 percent drop in sales for HarperCollins during the fiscal first quarter, citing the strong U.S. dollar and warehousing issues at Amazon.com as factors.
In recent years, entry- and mid-level employees throughout publishing have been increasingly vocal on social media about their unhappiness with wages, workloads and diversity. Book publishing has long been a predominantly white, low-paying industry, and starting salaries remain below $50,000 at many companies, making it increasingly difficult for staffers to afford to live in New York City.
Numerous authors and agents have expressed support for the union. Tara Gonzalez of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency tweeted that she would send no submissions to HarperCollins until an agreement was reached. During the walkout in July, Neil Gaiman noted that he was published by HarperCollins in the U.S. and tweeted “I hope that the terrific people working there, who get my books made and onto the shelves, succeed in their demands.”
In a company memo sent last week and since widely circulated, Zandra Magariño, the publisher’s senior vice president for personnel, wrote that “While our goal remains to reach agreement on a fair contract with the United Auto Workers Union that is beneficial to both parties, HarperCollins has implemented plans to ensure that operations continue uninterrupted during a potential strike.”
Union representation at HarperCollins long precedes the ownership of Murdoch, who purchased what was then Collins and Harper & Row in the 1980s. In 1974, employees at Harper & Row went on strike for 2 1-2 weeks before agreeing to a new contract.
While few publishers have unions, organizing efforts have grown sharply at independent bookstores around the country, with employees citing the pandemic as making them more sensitive to working conditions. Moe’s Books in Berkeley, California and McNally Jackson stores in New York City are among the sellers whose staffers have formed or joined unions.
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Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found.
Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs since 2010, according to a statistical analysis by Dartmouth College scientists published in Friday’s Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. They analyzed 100,000 major league games and more than 200,000 balls put into play in the last few years along with weather conditions, stadiums and other factors.
“Global warming is juicing home runs in Major League Baseball,” said study co-author Justin Mankin, a Dartmouth climate scientist.
It’s basic physics.
When air heats up, molecules move faster and away from each other, making the air less dense. Baseballs launched off a bat go farther through thinner air because there’s less resistance to slow the ball. Just a little bit farther can mean the difference between a homer and a flyout, said Alan Nathan, a University of Illinois physicist who wasn’t part of the Dartmouth study.
Nathan, one of a group of scientists who has consulted with Major League Baseball on the increase in homers, did his own simple calculation, based purely on known physics of ballistics and air density as it changes with temperature, and said he got the same result as the Dartmouth researchers.
Both Nathan and the Dartmouth team found a 1% increase in home run likelihood with every degree the air warms (1.8% with each degree Celsius). Total yearly average of warming-aided homers is only 1% of all home runs hit, the Dartmouth researchers calculated.
Non-climate factors contribute even more to the barrage of balls flying out of the park, scientists and baseball veterans said. The biggest is the ball and the size of the stitches, Nathan said, and MLB made slight adjustments to deaden the ball prior to the 2021 season. Others include batters’ recent attention to launch angle; stronger hitters; and faster pitches. The study started after the end of baseball’s infamous steroids era saw a spike in home runs.
Veteran baseball players and executives said the research fits with what they’ve seen on the field.
“We always felt that way for years,” Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said. “When it’s warmer, the ball travels more and they have scientific evidence to back that up.”
Homers have always varied by ballpark due to simple factors like dimensions that are friendlier to pitchers than hitters, or vice versa, as well as wind conditions.
The Dartmouth team found the climate homer effect varied by field, too. Chicago’s Wrigley Field, which still hosts a lot of day games, has the most warming-homer friendly confines. The statistical analysis found no significant heat-aided homers at Tampa’s Tropicana Field, the only full-time domed stadium in Major League Baseball.
“It’s interesting to think about,” said five-time All-Star pitcher David Cone, who once threw a perfect game and is now a television baseball analyst. “I’d probably more likely look at the makeup of the baseball itself, the variances and the specs. Of course, weather matters, definitely I wouldn’t shoo it away.”
After a 1-0 victory in Coors Field, Colorado Rockies reliever Brent Suter said the study, which mentions more than 500 home runs since 2010, rings true to him.
“Obviously I’m not a fan in any way as a pitcher,” Suter said with a laugh. “500 seems a lot, but I could believe it.”
The heat is also hard on players and fans, Suter said: “I remember pitching some games I was just, like ‘This does not feel like normal heat. It’s crazy hot.’”
The average U.S. temperature in June, July and August has increased by more than 2 degrees (1.1 degrees Celsius) in the last 40 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Mankin called what’s happening “a fingerprint of climate change on our recreation.” Callahan said what’s been seen so far is nothing compared to projections of hundreds of extra homers in the future.
How many extra homers depends on how hot it gets, which depends on how much greenhouse gas the world spews from the burning of coal, oil and gas. Callahan ran different scenarios of carbon pollution through computer simulations.
In the worst-case warming trajectory – which some scientists say the world is no longer on based on recent emissions – there would be about 192 warming-aided homers a year by 2050 and around 467 hot home runs by the year 2100. In more moderate carbon pollution scenarios, closer to where Earth is now tracking, there would be about 155 warming-aided homers a year by 2050 and around 255 extra dingers at the end of the century, Callahan said.
Because baseball has so many statistics and analytics, such as the tracking system Statcast, trends can be seen more easily than other effects of climate change, Mankin said. Still, the scientists can’t point to a single homer and say that’s a warming-aided home run. It’s a detail that can be only seen in the more than 63,000 homers hit since 2010.
Several climate scientists told The Associated Press that the study makes perfect sense and the statistics are analyzed properly, though they also point out factors other than climate change are in play and likely have bigger effects.
Both Texas A&M’s Andrew Dessler and University of Illinois’ Don Wuebbles said while the rise in home runs is interesting, it pales next to the issues of extreme weather and rising seas.
But Callahan said it actually brings home the threat of climate change in a unique way. Besides resulting in more home runs, a warming climate will likely require more domed stadiums because it will simply be too hot outside for humans in some places.
“Global warming is going to reshape so many of the things that we care about in so many pernicious and subtle ways,” Callahan said. “And the fact that we’ll get to go to fewer baseball games played in open air is not a civilization-ending crisis, but it is another sign of the way that we have reshaped our lives due to our greenhouse gas emissions.”
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Associated Press reporters Pat Graham contributed from Denver and Ron Blum contributed from New York.
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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
For the first time in 25 years, August passed without a single named storm in the Atlantic. But since the beginning of September, we've had half a dozen. Hurricane Fiona battered Puerto Rico and now, 1,800 miles away, Nova Scotia. Now Cuba and the Florida Panhandle are preparing for Ian, which has been upgraded to a hurricane and is set to hit this week. Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci of member station WAMU has more.
MATTHEW CAPPUCCI, BYLINE: Ian is expected to rapidly intensify as it hits western Cuba overnight tonight or early tomorrow. Winds near the eye could gust to 130 mph and push ashore a storm surge of 9 to 13 feet. This storm is taking advantage of water temperatures near 90 degrees in the northwest Caribbean. That's high-octane fuel for a storm like Ian. Hurricane warnings are in effect across western Cuba.
In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for all of the state's 67 counties, and he has already activated 2,500 members of the National Guard.
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RON DESANTIS: Given the uncertainty of the path of the storm, we've done things like waive weight restrictions for commercial trucks. We want to ensure that adequate resources are able to be brought into the state of Florida.
CAPPUCCI: Meteorologists are still sorting out when and where Ian will hit.
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JAMIE RHOME: It moved this way. It moved that way. Ian is going to be a large and powerful hurricane in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and spread its impacts over a large portion of the Florida Peninsula.
CAPPUCCI: That's Jamie Rhome, acting director of the National Hurricane Center. Damaging winds, storm surge, flooding rains and even a few tornadoes are possible. The month to date already featured a different Category 4 storm, Fiona. After making a historic landfall in Canada, the storm's remnants are now drifting towards Greenland. Earlier, Fiona knocked out power to almost all of Puerto Rico, and communities in the southwest part of the island saw winds to 109 miles per hour and 31.3 inches of rainfall. Disastrous flooding destroyed bridges and caused hundreds of landslides.
As Fiona churned north, it became a powerful Category 4 over the open Atlantic. It sideswiped Bermuda, cutting power to 80% of the island and hitting the airport with winds gusting to 93 miles per hour. Then Fiona began its second life. It outran the warm waters of the tropics and tapped into energy from the jet stream instead. It mimicked a potent winter storm when it blasted Nova Scotia with winds up to 110 mph.
Across the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, a dozen homes washed into the sea in southern Newfoundland. The damage drew a pledge from Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
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PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU: We've approved Nova Scotia's request for federal assistance and will deploy the Canadian Armed Forces to assist in assessment and cleanup and stand ready to do more.
CAPPUCCI: Fiona will go into the record books for the lowest air pressure ever measured anywhere in Canada.
For NPR News, I'm Matthew Cappucci.
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LAS VEGAS — When UNLV began this season 4-1, coach Marcus Arroyo’s job security wasn’t in question.
Arroyo had two years left on his $7.7 million contract. Harper said Arroyo would be paid a $2.3 million buyout over the remainder of that term.
“Anyone coaching Division I football, Division II, Division III, it does not matter, the ultimate goal is to win and win consistently,” Harper said.
Arroyo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Associate head coach and linebackers coach Kenwick Thompson will serve as the interim coach if UNLV, which is 5-7, is invited to a bowl. The Rebels could play in the postseason because there might not be enough six-win teams to fill all the bowl slots.
Harper said he would not use a firm to conduct the search, and that he prefers a candidate with head coaching experience.
“That is a big key to the learning curve,” Harper said.
Such a criteria could make Bryan Harsin an attractive candidate. Harsin was fired in just his second season at Auburn, but he went 69-19 over seven seasons at Mountain West rival Boise State and was ranked in the final AP poll four times.
No matter who follows Arroyo, that coach will be the latest to try to turn around a program that has made just four bowl appearances in its history, the last in the 2013 season at the Heart of Dallas Bowl.
UNLV has undergone consistent turnover because of the lack of success, though Arroyo’s three-year tenure ties for the program’s shortest since Ron Meyer in 1973-75. Meyer left to become the coach at SMU after going 27-8.
Arroyo was the 12th coach in the history of the program, which dates to 1968.
“There’s been turnover at the athletic director’s position,” Harper said. “There’s been turnover in the (university) presidential position. There has been turnover in other areas of this department. That revolving door has to stop, and to do that, we have to be in lockstep together at all times.”
Harper said UNLV now has something substantial to offer candidates with the $35 million Fertitta Football Complex where the team trains to the $2 billion Allegiant Stadium where it plays.
“There is a lot of interest across the board, and we’re going to pick the best person possible for our program,” Harper said.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
1-9-2-7
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Numbers Midday" game were:
1-9-2-7
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VISTA, Calif., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The votes are in and the people have spoken (and tasted). Javo Beverage Company's newly launched functional energy lemonades won the prestigious NAMA People's Choice Award in the popular cold beverage category at their annual conference held in Atlanta, GA.
Launched early in May, Javo's new lemonade-based energy drinks are available for foodservice operators to answer the call for the most sought-out attribute in functional beverages, energy, while also providing the added benefit of mental focus. Each 12-ounce serving contains 100 mg of natural caffeine and 100 mg of natural L-theanine derived from green tea, with the trending flavor profiles of pomegranate pineapple, peach honey, and blackberry.
"We're deeply honored by the NAMA People's Choice Award and grateful for the acknowledgment of all of the research and development that went into these new functional energy lemonades," said Chris Johnson, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Javo Beverage. "We know there is consumer demand for healthier and innovative energy beverage options with clean label ingredients, and it's rewarding to get this positive industry feedback, especially so soon after the launch."
Johnson added that Javo works closely with customers to understand their specific needs and is in a unique position to service multiple channels with their new functional energy beverages. Javo Beverage will be sampling at the following upcoming industry shows:
- Dot Innovations | St. Louis, MO | June 13-15 | Booth 169
- Premier Breakthroughs | Nashville, TN | June 20-22 l Booth 1307
- NACUFS National Conference | Baltimore, MD | July 19-22 | Booth 853
Long known for its premium cold brew coffee extracts, Javo recently joined the Florida Food Products family, which has given them access to a portfolio of all-natural flavors, nutritional inclusions and unique formulation capabilities. Javo's new beverages will be stocked at Dot Foods in 6/32-ounce bottle cases with a 5:1 concentration. They are ambient, which allows for easy storage and use with bubblers, tea urns, or handcrafting individual drinks. Javo also offers a complete line of in-store eye-catching point-of-sale materials to help operators drive trial and sales.
To learn more, visit Javo Beverage's website.
About Javo Beverage
Founded in 2001, Javo is an extraction company that uses a patented process to produce fresh, clean-labeled coffee, tea, and botanical extracts for the food and beverage industry. Capitalizing on the expertise of parent company FFP, Javo is a premium one-stop beverage supplier with a full portfolio of natural flavors and human nutrition inclusions. Javo's master extractors use clean ingredients to craft products for global and emerging brands. Javo Beverage operates a 65,000-square-foot production facility at its headquarters in Vista, Calif., and a 240,000-square-foot facility in Indianapolis. Facilities are Safe Quality Foods (SQF), QAI organic, and kosher certified. The company offers ingredients for beverages such as ready-to-drink beverages, coffee (including cold-brew coffee), tea, alcoholic drinks and non-alcoholic and functional beverages, and other items like dairy and dairy alternatives, baked foods, desserts, savory items, ice cream, and novelties. In addition to Javo-branded products, the company offers private-label and custom product development solutions.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers Tuesday during a door-to-door inoculation campaign in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, killing two policemen and a polio worker, police said.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in North Waziristan, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The attack came a day after the government launched another nationwide anti-polio campaign amid a spike in attacks.
A passerby was also wounded, said Aziz Ullah, a local police official. The attackers fled the scene.
Since April, Pakistan has registered 11 new polio cases — all in North Waziristan, where parents often refuse to inoculate children. The outbreak has been a blow to the Islamic nation’s efforts to eradicate the disease, which can cause severe paralysis in children.
Pakistan’s anti-polio campaigns are regularly marked by violence. Islamic militants often target polio teams and police assigned to protect them, falsely claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world where polio remains endemic. In 2021, Pakistan reported only one case, raising hopes it was close to eradicating polio.
North Waziristan was a base for myriad militant groups, including the Pakistani Taliban, until a massive military offensive in recent years claimed to have cleared the region, forcing many militants to flee to Afghanistan. But attacks have been increasing lately, adding to concerns the assaults could further jeopardize anti-polio campaigns.
The U.N. children’s agency posted an appeal Tuesday on Twitter, urging parents to inoculate their children. The goal of the latest campaign was to vaccinate 12.6 million children under the age of 5 across Pakistan.
“Together, we can #EndPolio! Please make sure that every child is immunized against this deadly virus,” UNICEF said.
Shahzad Baig, a coordinator for Pakistan’s polio program, also urged “all parents and caregivers to get their children vaccinated instead of hiding them or refusing to (let them) take the necessary drops.”
“It is important to realize that the polio virus still exists in our surroundings and no child is safe until all children are truly vaccinated,” Baig added.
Shuja Khan, a Pakistani father whose son was stricken by polio in North Waziristan, posted a video message on Twitter. Holding his boy in his lap, he appealed on parents to inoculate their children and avoid his family’s ordeal.
Until this week, Pakistan’s health authorities had carried out three nationwide anti-polio drives this year — in January, March and in May. During the March campaign, gunmen in northwestern Pakistan shot and killed a female polio worker as she was returning home after a day of vaccinations.
And in January, gunmen shot and killed a police officer providing security for polio vaccination workers, also in the country’s northwest.
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- The newly launched Kinguin NFT Marketplace will feature 40+ collections and over 200,000 unique NFTs, offered to over 13 million registered Kinguin's users
- Customers will be able to access NFT assets for NFT games such as Gods Unchained, Guild of Guardians, Planetquest, and many more
- Using Immutable X's pioneering layer 2 technology, minting and transferring NFTs on the Kinguin Marketplace will be lightning fast and carbon neutral
WARSAW, Poland, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Kinguin is launching its NFT marketplace, in partnership with Immutable X. Featuring 40+ collections and over 200,000 unique NFTs, it will give gaming and esports customers access to a vast array of exclusive NFT offerings.
The marketplace, built on top of the Immutable X protocol, is mixing the familiarity and practicality of web2 with the freedom and potential of web3. Kinguin offers its users the stability and security of an established digital goods marketplace. Some top NFT games like Gods Unchained, Guild of Guardians, PlanetQuest and Habbo Hotel will all offer NFTs on the marketplace, with more to be announced in the coming months.
But there's more than just the high-quality content that will appeal to Kinguin's vast community. Immutable X, created by Immutable and Starkware, is the technologically leading layer 2 scaling solution for NFTs on Ethereum. The combination of Immutable's deep knowledge of blockchain technology with Starkware's cutting-edge ZK-rollup technology, means the Kinguin NFT Marketplace will be lightning fast (at 9,000 TPS) and carbon-neutral, without compromising on security.
The partnership presents mass adoption opportunities for both developers and end-users. By combining Kinguin's 13 million registered users with Immutable X's scaling solution, you don't have to compromise your assets' security, transaction speed, gas fees and negative impact when diving deeper into NFT, making it easier to scale the game and NFT industries together.
Other features include a dedicated search option, making it easy for everyone to buy and sell NFTs. Users can also connect their MetaMask crypto wallet with the Kinguin NFT marketplace, a free hot wallet service available as a smartphone app or web browser extension. With that, every user can buy NFTs or deposit Ethereum for purchase purposes and also check their NFT balance.
Robert Kalbarczyk, Chief Operating Officer & Acting CEO at Kinguin said "We remain focused on our community's interests and passions. With Play and Earn on the rise, this felt like the natural next step for us. We're thankful to have partners that share our vision and we're looking forward to working with Immutable X to offer our customers a range of exclusive NFT gaming assets."
"We're thrilled to welcome Kinguin's 13 million users to Immutable's open order book, and help power the next generation of mainstream gamers to truly own their in-game items," said Robbie Ferguson, Co-Founder at Immutable. "This is an incredibly significant move -- one of the powerhouses of digital goods trading from web2 is expanding their offering to NFTs, and they've chosen layer-2 Ethereum as the way to do it. We look forward to helping Kinguin scale this marketplace across hundreds of games and millions of players."
The NFT marketplace may still be in early stages but long term plans are being considered to ensure its continuous evolution. As well as collaborations with big marketplaces, Kinguin also hopes, in time, to develop its own NFT games.
About Kinguin
Kinguin is a leading global video games marketplace with a mission to enhance gamers' experiences anywhere and anytime. Established in 2013, it is best known for the digital trading platform Kinguin.net. The global video games marketplace, with more than 13 million registered users, has in total more than 90,000 listed digital products, from video games to computer software and services, ending on NFTs.
Kinguin is also a major supporter of the esports industry, recognised as one the first large-scale sponsors of esports tournaments, events, and organisations. The company has established two physical esports facilities in Europe. Kinguin Esports Performance Center is one of the most professional and advanced esports training facilities in Europe. Kinguin Esports Lounge is among the most innovative locations for everyone with a passion for gaming.
To learn more about Kinguin visit: www.kinguin.io or www.kinguin.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Kinguin.net
Linkedin: pl.linkedin.com/company/kinguinofficial
Twitter: twitter.com/kinguinnet
About Immutable X
Immutable X is the leading Layer 2 scaling solution for NFTs to enable gas-free minting and trading, while not compromising the security of the most used blockchain globally for NFTs, Ethereum. The solution, powered by StarkWare's innovative technology, offers instant trade confirmation, massive scalability (up to 9,000 transactions per second), and fantastic developer and user experience. Immutable X has announced integrations with established marketplaces such as OpenSea, Mintable and NFTrade, and is powering some of the largest NFT plays across consumer apps (TikTok), DeFi (SuperFarm), and gaming (GameStop, Highrise, ESL Gaming, Ember Sword, Planet Quest, Gods Unchained, Guild of Guardians, GreenPark Sports, Illuvium, MyCryptoHeroes+).
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As Sen. Tim Scott enters the 2024 GOP presidential field, he will be eager to introduce himself to voters who might not know much about him.
Here is what you should know about the South Carolina Republican:
FOREMOST: FAITH
Raised by a single mother, Scott, 57, talks often of how Frances Scott worked long hours as a nurse’s assistant to provide for her two sons. It was a meager existence, the senator said, but it was centered around their strong Christian faith.
At age 18, Scott became what he terms a “born-again believer.”
His faith is an integral part of his political and personal narrative, as well as his belief in being a positive catalyst for change. He often quotes Scripture at campaign events, weaving his reliance on spiritual guidance into his stump speech and using “Faith in America” to describe his series of appearances before joining the race.
Last year in a speech at the Reagan Presidential Library, Scott said he saw America “at a crossroads — with the potential for a great resetting, a renewal, even a rebirth.” His autobiography, released last year, is titled “America: A Redemption Story.”
When his now-rival Nikki Haley appointed him to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Scott became the first Black senator from the South since just after the Civil War. In a 2014 special election to serve out the remainder of his term, Scott became the first Black candidate to win a statewide race in South Carolina since the Reconstruction era.
Before that, Scott had just been elected to his second term representing South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. He served a single term in the state House, as well as, beginning in 1995, nearly 14 years on the Charleston County Council, while also operating an insurance business. He also briefly ran for lieutenant governor, ultimately abandoning that pursuit to seek the congressional seat vacated by retiring Rep. Henry Brown.
At that time, South Carolina’s governor and lieutenant governor were elected separately; had Scott stayed in that race and won it, he and Haley would have served together as South Carolina’s top officeholders.
‘I DISRUPT THEIR NARRATIVE’
The Senate’s sole Black Republican, Scott doesn’t shy away from pointing out that his is often the only face of color in many rooms of conservatives.
“When I fought back against their liberal agenda, they called me a prop. A token. Because I disrupt their narrative,” he said in an April video announcing his presidential exploratory committee, shot on the site of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, where the Civil War’s first shots were fired.
In his Reagan Library speech last year, Scott said that belief in conservative values had changed his life, arguing that his ability to succeed in politics had disproven critiques from liberals he said “you can call me a prop, you can call me a token. … Just understand what you call me is no match for the proof of my life.”
Rejecting the notion that the country is inherently racist, Scott has repudiated the teaching of critical race theory, an academic framework that presents the idea that the nation’s institutions maintain the dominance of white people.
He has also spoken on the Senate floor about his personal experiences as a Black man in America.
“I have felt the anger, the frustration, the sadness and the humiliation that comes with feeling like you’re being targeted for nothing more than just being yourself,” Scott said in 2016, recounting how he was pulled over seven times in a year.
But Scott argues that liberals have tried to weaponize race by portraying nonwhite citizens as politically oppressed.
“Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country,” he said in a nationally televised response to President Joe Biden’s 2021 address to Congress. “It’s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination. And it’s wrong to try to use our painful past to dishonestly shut down debates in the present.”
MONEY TALKS
Scott is coming into the campaign with more cash on hand than any other presidential candidate in U.S. history. At the end of his 2022 campaign, he had $22 million left over, which he plans to immediately transfer to his presidential coffers.
There are millions more in other organizations created to support Scott and his efforts. Opportunity Matters Fund, a pro-Scott super political action committee, spent more than $20 million to help Republicans in 2022, reporting $13 million-plus on hand to start 2023. Tech billionaire Larry Ellison has donated at least $30 million to the organization since 2021, according to federal filings.
Another super PAC, Opportunity Matters Fund Action, had around $3 million at the end of last year.
HISTORY WITH TRUMP
Scott has maintained a generally cordial relationship with Trump, despite initially endorsing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.
But he also spoke out against Trump after the then-president said there were “very fine people on both sides” of a deadly clash between white supremacists and anti-racist demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. Scott said that Trump’s principles had been compromised and that without some introspection, “it will be hard for him to regain … moral authority.”
Scott also called it “indefensible” after Trump retweeted a post in June 2020 containing a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. Trump later deleted it.
In his 2022 book, Scott said that Trump “listened intently” to his viewpoints on race-related issues. And on the campaign trail, Scott has railed against political correctness in much the same fashion as Trump.
“If you wanted a blueprint to ruin America, you’d keep doing exactly what Joe Biden has let the far left do to our country for the past two years,” Scott said this year in Iowa. “Tell every white kid they’re oppressors. Tell Black and brown kids their destiny is grievance, not greatness.”
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Get ready to sink your teeth into Vampire Academy's official trailer.
On Aug. 17, Peacock released the wickedly sexy full trailer for their highly anticipated new sci-fi series based on the best-selling book series by Richelle Mead.
From executive producers Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries) and Marguerite MacIntyre (The Originals), the show follows the unlikely friendship between Rose Hathaway (Sisi Stringer) and her guardian Lissa Dragomir (Daniela Nieves) as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. The new preview teases friendship, action-packed fights, terrifying monsters and plenty of steamy sex scenes.
Nieves' Lissa also promises to bring about change for her kind. "I'm the royal princess that needs protecting," she says in the sneak peek. "I can be a leader who ruled not just for the royals, but for all citizens."
Meanwhile, Hathaway's Rose vows to do whatever it takes to keep Lissa out of harm's way. "She's my family," she says. "I would die for her."
Plec and MacIntyre promise Vampire Academy has "never been more timely," adding in a joint statement, "A brilliant exploration of an inherently unbalanced class-based society, with pampered Royals on one end, and a Guardian class whose sole purpose is to protect them on the other, as well as an ugly dynastic change on the horizon, it's a world teetering on the edge."
Check out the full trailer below, plus more newly released first-look photos from the show.
Vampire Academy premieres Thursday, Sept. 15 on Peacock.
(E! and Peacock are both part of the NBCUniversal family)
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Missfresh Limited (NASDAQ: MF) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Missfresh securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with Missfresh's June 2021 initial public offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 12, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in MF:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Missfresh Limited made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with the Company's June 2021 initial public offering; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times and negligently prepared.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Missfresh you have until September 12, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Missfresh securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the MF lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/missfresh-loss-submission-form?id=30439&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Brewers vs. Reds: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
William Contreras and the Milwaukee Brewers will try to get to Graham Ashcraft when he starts for the Cincinnati Reds on Monday at 8:10 PM ET, in the first game of a three-game series at American Family Field.
The favored Brewers have -115 moneyline odds to win against the underdog Reds, who are listed at -105. The over/under for the matchup has been set at 9 runs.
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Brewers vs. Reds Odds & Info
- Date: Monday, July 24, 2023
- Time: 8:10 PM ET
- TV: BSWI
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Venue: American Family Field
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Brewers Recent Betting Performance
- The Brewers have been the favorite twice in the last 10 games and won both contests.
- In their last 10 games with a total, the Brewers and their opponents have failed to hit the over nine times.
- There has not been a spread set for any of the Brewers' last 10 games.
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Brewers Betting Records & Stats
- The Brewers have won 58.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (27-19).
- Milwaukee has a record of 27-19 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -115 or shorter (58.7% winning percentage).
- Based on this matchup's moneyline, the Brewers' implied win probability is 53.5%.
- In the 100 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Milwaukee, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 41 times (41-54-5).
- The Brewers have put together a 4-6-0 record against the spread this season.
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Zaire Ali-Lewis posted a double-double with 10 points and 17 rebounds as Riverside defeated Maple Shade 63-48 in Maple Shade.
Riverside (9-6) held a 29-19 lead at the half and extended its lead to 49-32 after a 20-13 run in the third quarter.
Jashir Bridges also had 19 points, three rebounds and three assists with Kahree Morris-Jones adding 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists and Carmine Smith tallying 11 points, six rebounds and three steals.
Alexander Morales led Maple Shade (2-13) with 11 points with adding Amir Hall nine.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals running back Joe Mixon no longer faces a misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing over allegations that he threatened and pointed a gun at a woman in Cincinnati.
A Friday order dismissing the case in Hamilton County Municipal Court said only that the city prosecutor’s office requested the dismissal “in the interest of justice.”
A warrant for Mixon was issued Thursday. A police officer’s accompanying affidavit alleged that the 26-year-old pointed a firearm and told the victim: “You should be popped in the face. I should shoot you, the police (can’t) get me.”
It said the altercation happened a few blocks from the Bengals’ stadium on Jan. 21 — the day before Cincinnati beat the Buffalo Bills in a divisional-round playoff game — but included no other details about the circumstances.
The court record listed no attorney for Mixon. The Bengals did not immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Mixon rushed for 814 yards and seven touchdowns this season, his sixth. He also had 60 receptions for 441 yards, both career highs, and two touchdowns.
In 2021, he had rushed for career highs of 1,205 yards and 13 touchdowns for Cincinnati, where he has spent his entire career.
Mixon was a second-round draft pick out of Oklahoma in 2017. Several teams said they passed on him because of concerns about his character after Mixon punched a female Oklahoma student in the face in 2014.
He was suspended from the football team for a year and entered an Alford plea, in which a defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a conviction. He received a deferred sentence and was ordered to perform community service and undergo counseling.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Wednesday approved a resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s protections for the nation’s waterways that Republicans have criticized as a burden on business, advancing a measure that President Joe Biden has promised to veto.
Republicans have targeted the Biden administration’s protections for thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways, labeling it an environmental overreach that harms businesses, developers and farmers.
They used the Congressional Review Act that allows Congress to block recently enacted executive branch regulations. The Senate voted in favor 53 to 43 Wednesday to give final legislative approval to the measure. Four Democrats and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona joined Republicans to vote in favor of the resolution.
“The overreach, basically, it’s unreal,” said Sen. Joe Manchin, D.-W. Va., a critic of some of the White House’s environmental policies.
The Senate vote is the latest development in a long-running fight over the definition of “waters of the United States,” which establishes the breadth of the Clean Water Act’s protections. Environmentalists and the Biden administration have pushed to broaden the definition and protect more waterways from pollution while right-leaning groups and the Trump administration have argued that protecting fewer waterways would benefit builders, farmers and business.
In early March, the Republican-controlled House approved the resolution 227-198. A Congressional Review Act resolution requires a simple majority in both chambers and can’t be filibustered.
Water protections are “very symbolic and polarized,” according to Julian Gonzalez, legislative counsel with Earthjustice. He said moderate Democrats may vote for the resolution to show their independence from the Biden administration’s environmental agenda.
“The perceived impact won’t be as significant because the president will veto it, so they can sort of achieve their goal without causing that much damage,” Gonzalez said, adding that supporting efforts to weaken the Clean Water Act are shortsighted.
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said the Biden administration’s rule is protective and fair.
“The Biden rule requires us to be good neighbors, and stewards of our planet, while also providing flexibility for those who need it,” said Carper said.
In December, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers repealed the Trump administration’s business-friendly rule that scaled back protections. Since the Biden administration enacted its broader rule, Republicans have targeted it in the courts and Congress.
This month, a federal judge paused the rule in Texas and Idaho in a win for Republican legal challenges. Right-leaning states have argued in court the rule is too vague and would create unacceptable economic hardships.
The Supreme Court is also considering a related case brought by an Idaho couple who are fighting a requirement that they receive a permit to build their home near a lake after the EPA determined that part of their property was a regulated wetland. The justices heard arguments in Sackett v. EPA in October and a decision is expected in the next few months.
“Expansion of federal authority and an encroachment on states’ rights and private lands is the precise reason we have seen overwhelming support for my (Congressional Review Act) resolution,” said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.
Democrats hold a 51-49 Senate majority, but Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is in the hospital being treated for depression and is unavailable for votes. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are also absent.
The Biden administration’s rule is built on a pre-2015 definition of “waters of the United States,” but is more streamlined and includes updates to reflect court opinions, scientific understanding and decades of experience, EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox previously told The Associated Press. She added that the rule modestly increases protections for some streams, wetlands, lakes and ponds.
The new rule repeated the Trump-era rule that was finalized in 2020 and was broadly supported by farm bureaus and business that wanted less regulation on private property. Environmental groups said the Trump-era rules left too many waterways unprotected from pollutants.
Democrats Manchin, Jon Tester of Montana and both senators from Nevada, Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, supported the resolution. Sinema also voted in favor.
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Phillis reported from St. Louis.
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As someone working with unhoused individuals, I need to say that your focus on Title 42 is not complete news coverage.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides these job openings levels and rates:
March unfilled openings (number and % increase):
Construction 404,000 4.9%
Retail trade 717,000 4.4%
Lodging & food services 1,285,000 8.3%
According to Homeland Security, the increase in encounters from February to March has been less compared to prior years.
The Border Patrol’s 162,317 encounters along the SW border in March, were down 23% from March 2022 (211,181) and down 4% from March 2021 (169,216)
The number of encounters at that border, 162,317, means if they each applied for and obtained one open position, it wouldn't make a dent in the 1,121,000 March job openings that went unfilled.
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Why is the Star attempting to frighten, rather than focusing on the desperately needed assistance we can receive by those attempting to honorably, and legally, enter our border?
John Roldan
Southwest side
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On this day in history, May 21, 1881, Clara Barton, 'brave' battlefield nurse, creates American Red Cross
Civil War nurse took inspiration from the health care movement in Europe
The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton on this day in history, May 21, 1881.
Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, the American Red Cross website notes.
She spent her early career as a teacher before moving to Washington, D.C. to work in the U.S. Patent Office.
At the time of the American Civil War, Barton shifted her career once again, becoming a battlefield nurse, said the American Red Cross.
Barton worked in this intense form of nursing despite having no formal medical training, says the National Women's History Museum.
"She bravely provided nursing care and supplies to the soldiers," said the American Red Cross, "activities that ultimately defined her life and earned her the nickname, Angel of the Battlefield."
At the conclusion of the Civil War, Barton continued her work with the military, founding the Office of Missing Soldiers, said the site.
Her efforts in this endeavor resulted in more than 20,000 soldiers being reconnected with their families.
But it was not until four years after the American Civil War ended that Barton would discover what would become her life's work.
In 1869, she traveled to Switzerland.
There, she learned about "a European humanitarian effort to provide neutral aid to those injured in combat" that was called the "Red Cross movement."
"Inspired by that cause, Clara volunteered with the International Committee of the Red Cross, providing civilian relief during the Franco-Prussian War," the American Red Cross website notes.
When she returned to the U.S., Barton started a campaign to create an American organization of the Red Cross, said the National Women's History Museum.
This involved writing pamphlets, giving lectures and meeting with then-President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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Barton's work reached a zenith when the American Red Cross was founded on May 21, 1881.
Barton was elected the first president of the American Red Cross.
The following year, the United States ratified the Geneva Convention of 1864, one of the goals of the American Red Cross, according to the National Archives website.
ON THIS DAY HISTORY, FEB. 12, 1809, ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS BORN IN KENTUCKY
"Among the points agreed upon by the representatives in attendance [at the Geneva Convention] were aid to the wounded regardless of their nationality, neutrality of medical workers and hospitals and the presence of a uniform flag at medical facilities with a matching arm-badge to be worn by medical personnel," said the National Archives.
Barton was elected as the first president of the American Red Cross, a position she would hold until her retirement in 1904, said the American Red Cross website.
The still-nascent Red Cross that Barton encountered in Switzerland was founded in Geneva in February 1863, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
In October 1863, "an international conference was convened, to formalize the concept of national societies," said the site.
At that conference, the symbol of a red cross on a white background was agreed to be the "standard emblem to identify medical personnel on the battlefield," said the site.
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In 1906, the Ottoman Empire adopted the use of a red crescent in lieu of a cross, said Encyclopedia Britannica.
The "Red Crescent" symbol is still in use today in predominantly Muslim countries.
Today, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement consists of "190 National Societies, the ICRC and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies," said the website for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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Clara Barton never married and had no children.
She had several nieces and nephews upon whom she "lavished her attention," according to ClaraBartonBirthplace.org.
Barton loved animals and was taught to ride horses by her older brother, something she enjoyed doing throughout her life, that site says.
Barton died at home in Glen Echo, Maryland, on April 12, 1912, it also notes.
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RCMP Seize Explosive Device, Drugs in South Tetagouche, N.B.
Drug Trafficking Investigation
A drug trafficking investigation that started in April in South Tetagouche, N.B. has resulted in the New Brunswick RCMP seizing an explosive device and drugs.
Search Warrant
Police executed a search warrant around 3 p.m. on May 4 at a residence on Route 180. Officials said they found an explosive device and called in the New Brunswick RCMP's Explosives Disposal Unit. No injuries were reported.
Explosive Device Removed
The search resumed after the device was safely removed. Police seized what they believe to be crack cocaine, an unsecured firearm with ammo, a digital scale and other drug trafficking paraphernalia, and “unknown cutting agent.”
Arrests and Court
Four people were arrested at the scene including a 43-year-old man from South Tetagouche. He was released later with a court date for August 8, 2022. The other three people were also released later, said officials.
Multiple Agency Investigation
The Bathurst Police Force and BNPP Regional Police collaborated in the investigation. Multiple agencies assisted - the Provincial Crime Reduction Unit, which includes police officers from the New Brunswick RCMP and Fredericton Police Force. Members of the RCMP Northeast District Crime Reduction Unit. Authorities said the investigation is ongoing.
Crime Stoppers
Contact your local law enforcement if you have any information about illegal drug sales or drug trafficking in your community. You can remain anonymous by using Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Download the secure P3 Mobile App, or by Secure Web Tips at www.crimenb.ca.
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There's nothing Dylan Schenker loves more than a well-made espresso.
"Nothing beats a good espresso shot," he says. "It has kind of like a creamy, full-mouth feel. It's a little salty, just slightly sour, slightly bitter."
A barista since 2010, Schenker, 39, takes his craft seriously. He even brings some of his own tools to work, like a special portafilter (which lets him see the coffee as it's brewing), so he can make sure it has the right color and consistency.
Between brewing the perfect espresso, talking with regulars and meeting new customers, Schenker loves a lot of things about his job at a cafe in Philadelphia.
One thing he does not love? The tipping situation.
"I know — tipping with baristas is weird," Schenker says. "It's become really contentious for a lot of customers."
But, Schenker says, having to stand behind the payment tablet while customers decide whether to tip — and by how much — is not a fun moment for him either.
"There's this awkwardness," he says. "It's kind of verboten to say anything about tipping in front of the tip screen. You're not supposed to talk about tipping."
And every once in a while, things get really weird.
"I remember this one guy looks up at me — he'd been going through the screens — and he's like, 'Oh! I accidentally tipped!'" Schenker laughs. "And I'm like, 'How do you expect me to respond to this? ... Better luck next time?'"
Tipping wasn't always this way
When Schenker started out in 2010, tipping was in cash, and it wasn't much: He took home roughly $10 a day.
But tipping gradually became a bigger and bigger part of Schenker's pay, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and today he depends on those tips to make a livable wage.
That's something Schenker says a lot of people don't understand when they complain about tipping.
"I've never made more than $25,000 a year," says Schenker. "I cannot even wrap my head around the idea of making $30,000 or $40,000 a year. I could do so much with just that much money."
Schenker points out that people tend to think of service jobs like his as temporary jobs or jobs for really young people starting out.
"That's just not true," he says. Schenker has worked in the service sector for more than a decade and says his experience and expertise should be worth something.
Right now, tips make up 10% to 20% of Schenker's pay — a 10%-to-20% that varies wildly from week to week and relies entirely on the whims and moods of customers.
"Some weeks everybody tips," he says. "Other weeks, nobody does."
Tips are not a bonus for good service
Sylvia Allegretto, a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, feels Schenker's frustration.
"I became an economist because I was a low-wage worker for a long, long time," she says.
Much of that time, Allegretto worked for tips. Now she is the author of a recent study on tipping, poverty and wages.
Allegretto points out that a lot of tipped workers across the U.S. (many in the food service industry) earn a subminimum wage ($2.13 per hour is the federal subminimum) with the idea that tips will get them up to the minimum wage, but that doesn't always happen.
In fact, poverty rates for tipped workers are more than double those for other workers.
Allegretto says part of the problem is that tipping is presented as a "thank you!" for great service when in reality it's something else entirely.
"Tips are a wage subsidy to the employer," she says. "It's not a tip. It goes to your wage. It is just the amount that the employer doesn't have to pay you. And people don't understand that."
With inflation happening across the economy, businesses have been dealing with rising costs for years. At the same time, there's a lot of pressure to keep prices low for increasingly price-conscious customers.
Tipping is a way to get more money from customers without charging them more — money that is meant to go to paying workers. And these days, providing customers with a tipping option, when they didn't have one before, can be a way to attract hard-to-find workers without offering higher wages.
What it's like to be a low-wage worker
With more and more companies now asking for tips (or bigger tips), customers are increasingly resentful about the awkward tip screen moments and the unexpectedly high final bill.
"My own niece called me about this," laughs Allegretto. "I told her, 'If you're so worked up about it, just tip in cash.'"
Back in Philadelphia, barista Dylan Schenker says he is very familiar with the strong feelings about tipping. "I've gotten into arguments about it," he says. "I posted something about it on Twitter, and people kind of lashed out at me."
But Schenker says that after his years in the service industry, he has watched tipping evolve into a major part of his pay.
"If there is some means of tipping that's available to you, that should signal to you that workers there aren't being paid enough," says Schenker. "Tipping is sort of an acknowledgment of that fact."
To Schenker, customers who don't tip are not understanding that businesses treat tips as a baked-in part of workers' wages.
"They subsidize lower prices by paying employees less," he says. "If you aren't tipping, you are taking advantage of that labor."
It's "demoralizing"
Roughly half of Schenker's customers tip, which is in line with national data.
But a spate of recent studies shows that customers have an increasingly negative view of tipping. And today, tipping is down from last year, with a nearly 10-point drop in the percentage of adults who say they always tip waitstaff.
And in case you were wondering whether the workers can tell if you've tipped or not from the tip screen? They can.
Schenker says it stings.
"There's just something really, really demoralizing about someone seeing that screen, knowing that I'm not rich and kind of just not caring enough to kind of like want to help me make a living."
Especially when he's standing there with their perfectly balanced, sour but not too sour, espresso drink.
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Man from ‘90 Day Fiance’ on most wanted list arrested, US Marshals say
DAVIE, Fla. (CNN) - A barber who appeared in several episodes of the TLC reality show “90 Day Fiance” has been arrested in Florida.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, 44-year-old Michael Anthony Baltimore was added to its most wanted list after being accused of killing a man in May 2021 at a barbershop in Pennsylvania.
On Friday, federal law enforcement said Baltimore was arrested in Davie after he took off from a bar after a disturbance involving a weapon.
Authorities said they used a fingerprint scanner to confirm Baltimore’s identity after he gave them a fake name and three fake identification cards were found inside his vehicle.
According to law enforcement, Baltimore is currently being held at a Florida jail.
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Planning special events for loved ones this spring season is easier than ever with P.F. Chang's limited-time food and specialty drink offerings, a brand new at-home celebration kit and added rewards for Gold and Platinum members
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring welcomes a season of many celebrations for moms, dads and new graduates. As temperatures begin to rise, P.F. Chang's® is also turning up the heat with offerings for guests celebrating special occasions with family and friends, including a prix fixe menu for guests dining in and family meal options to enjoy at home. Guests visiting P.F. Chang's will have the opportunity to experience a new, limited-time Red Velvet Cheesecake dessert launching just in time for Mother's Day, as well as a refreshing beverage assortment including the launch of P.F. Chang's first new house beer. For guests ordering takeout or delivery, the new Celebration Kit for Four brings the P.F. Chang's table home to surprise and delight at any event.
"The new seasonal offerings make P.F. Chang's a premier destination for celebrations, providing customers with endless ways to make loved ones feel special wherever they are this spring," said Genaro Perez, senior vice president of marketing. "We recognize that customers put a lot of thought into how they celebrate milestone moments, from graduation to Mother's Day and Father's Day. We invite our guests to join us for an unforgettable dining experience and scratch-made Asian menu favorites, whether in-restaurant or at home."
Guests dining at P.F. Chang's this spring can enjoy the new P.F. Chang's house beer, refreshing craft cocktails and a Mother's Day weekend exclusive dessert offering:
Ha-Chi 5251 Pilsner
P.F. Chang's first-ever specialty house draft beer is inspired by the original P.F. Chang's location, P.F. Chang's Waterfront in Scottsdale, zip code 85251. This crisp, lightly hopped pilsner honors P.F. Chang's Asian roots and features the iconic P.F. Chang's warrior horse as the tap handle
Red Crane Sangria
Tito's Handmade Vodka, Josh Cellars Merlot, Cointreau, pomegranate, lemon
Luxe Punch
Zacapa No. 23 Rum, Angostura bitters, lemon, pineapple, Chinese five-spice, honey
Red Velvet Cheesecake
Red velvet cake, creamy cheesecake center, vanilla buttercream and fresh berries;
available for a limited time starting Mother's Day weekend on Friday, May 12, while supplies last
For customers dining in, the prix fixe Celebration Menu is the perfect way to commemorate any occasion. The four-course menu option starts at $55 per person and includes a choice of one appetizer, soup, main entrée and dessert. Included with the meal for those over 21 years of age is the option to toast celebratory moments with a glass of Moet & Chandon Imperial Brut, Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc or Decoy by Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon.
For guests who wish to dine at home, P.F. Chang's is offering a Celebration Kit for Four with all the details needed to bring an authentic P.F. Chang's celebration to their own table, including:
- Gold chopsticks used for special celebrations at P.F. Chang's (set of four)
- P.F. Chang's dragon confetti mix to adorn the table
- Hand-folded origami crane card holders with notecards to personalize guests' names (set of four)
- Two-in-one bottle opener/bottle stopper to assist in toasting the occasion
- A special celebration greeting card for the guest of honor
The Celebration Kit for Four is available beginning on May 10 for $18 and can be purchased as an add-on when ordering online for takeout, catering or delivery and can also be purchased in-restaurant when picking up an order.
To share well wishes with loved ones all season long, P.F. Chang's Gold and Platinum Rewards members will be rewarded with points for purchases on limited-edition e-gift cards special for moms, dads and graduates. For the first time, any guest purchasing an e-gift card will be able to send them directly to their loved ones through text messaging.
In addition to e-gift cards, rewards members can earn points with every purchase when they visit P.F. Chang's or order online and through the app. While the Gold Rewards program is free to join, the Platinum Rewards program, which launched September 2022, is a subscription-based loyalty program with added benefits including double points earned with every $1 spent, unlimited free delivery through the P.F. Chang's website or app, waitlist priority reservations and exclusive concierge service access.
For more details on the featured spring menu offerings at P.F. Chang's, please visit https://www.pfchangs.com/.
About P.F. Chang's
Founded in 1993 by Philip Chiang and Paul Fleming, P.F. Chang's is the first internationally recognized multi-unit Asian culinary brand to honor and celebrate the 2,000-year-old tradition of wok cooking as the center of the guest experience. With roots in Chinese cuisine, today's menu at P.F. Chang's spans across all of Asia, honoring cultures and recipes from Japan, Korea, Thailand, and beyond. Each item offers a unique exploration of flavor, whether it's a handcrafted cocktail, wok-fired lunch bowl, or celebratory multi-course dinner. Worldwide, P.F. Chang's has more than 300 restaurants in 22 countries and U.S. airport locations, including a growing number of convenient P.F. Chang's To Go locations offering takeout and delivery. For more P.F. Chang's news, visit pfchangs.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @pfchangs.
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FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today was named to Forbes' 2022 list of the World's Best Employers.
"Empowering our teams to excel in their careers has been a longstanding priority at BD, and this award is a testament to the commitment we make to our 75,000 employees to be an employer of choice where they can thrive professionally while doing incredibly meaningful work for patients and customers," said Shana Neal, executive vice president and chief people officer at BD. "We have the most talented team in health care, and we believe the type of work we do, combined with our continued focus on servant leadership, development opportunities, employee well-being, and inclusion, diversity and equity differentiates us as a great place to work."
The ranking is based on an independent survey of more than 150,000 workers from 57 countries. Participants rated their willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family, in addition to evaluating other employers in their respective industries in areas including image, economic footprint, talent development, gender equality and social responsibility.
This year, BD also ranked first in the health care equipment and services industry in Forbes' America's Best Large Employers List and was included in the publication's list of Best Employers for Diversity, among numerous other accolades.
This recognition demonstrates BD's ongoing progress in advancing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, and efforts to achieve its 2030+ goals for promoting a healthy workforce and communities. BD's focus areas include a healthy and thriving workforce that cultivates the company's culture of inclusion, safety and well-being, which also contributes to community health and company health.
About BD
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world and is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. The company supports the heroes on the frontlines of health care by developing innovative technology, services and solutions that help advance both clinical therapy for patients and clinical process for health care providers. BD and its 75,000 employees have a passion and commitment to help enhance the safety and efficiency of clinicians' care delivery process, enable laboratory scientists to accurately detect disease and advance researchers' capabilities to develop the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics. BD has a presence in virtually every country and partners with organizations around the world to address some of the most challenging global health issues. By working in close collaboration with customers, BD can help enhance outcomes, lower costs, increase efficiencies, improve safety and expand access to health care. For more information on BD, please visit bd.com or connect with us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/bd1/ and Twitter @BDandCo.
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ALLEN, Texas (AP) — The shooter with neo-Nazi leanings who killed eight people at a suburban Dallas shopping mall brought eight legally purchased guns to the scene, apparently chose his victims randomly and was shot dead by police within four minutes, authorities said Tuesday.
The Allen police officer who shot and killed 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, ending Saturday’s attack, acted heroically and saved “countless lives” through his quick action, Hank Sibley, the regional director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said at a news conference. Authorities said the officer is still processing what happened and isn’t ready to have his name made public.
“If he hadn’t have been there, I think we’d have had a much more severe situation,” Sibley said.
The investigation into Garcia’s motive is ongoing, but he expressed neo-Nazi beliefs, Sibley said, adding that Garcia had no criminal history before he opened fire at Allen Premium Outlets.
Garcia brought eight guns to the scene, including three that he had on him and five that were still in his vehicle, Sibley said. Garcia obtained all of the weapons legally. President Joe Biden has said the assailant wore tactical gear and fired an AR-15-style weapon.
Sibley said it seems Garcia “targeted the location, rather than a specific group of people,” adding that, “he was very random in the people he killed.”
“The big question that we’re dealing with right now is, ‘What’s his motive? Why did he do this?’” Sibley said. “Well, the big question is, we don’t know. That’s what the investigation is trying to find out.”
Posts by Garcia on a Russian social networking site suggest that he planned for weeks before he launched the attack in Allen, a diverse community of about 100,000 people roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of downtown Dallas.
Garcia researched when the mall was busiest — Saturday afternoons — and posted photos on social media in mid-April of a store near where he ultimately began shooting people. Among those killed were two elementary school-age sisters, a couple and their 3-year-old son, and a 20-year-old security guard who was hailed for his bravery in the shooting.
The security guard, Christian LaCour, “evacuated one individual to safety and was shot while courageously remaining to help others,” Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey said at the news conference.
An Associated Press review of Garcia’s online activity shows he displayed a fascination with white supremacy and mass shootings, which he described as sport. Photos Garcia posted showed large Nazi tattoos on his arm and torso, including a swastika and the SS lightning bolt logo of Hitler’s paramilitary forces.
The online statements have contributed to an emerging picture of Garcia. He was discharged from the Army in 2008 because of mental health issues and apparently had been working as a security guard, according to neighbors and an Army official.
Aric Toler, director of training and research at the international research collective bellingcat.com, said he identified Garcia’s profile on the site OK.RU by searching for active accounts with his birthdate located in the U.S. The AP independently verified the account, which also featured an image of a traffic ticket with Garcia’s name and birthdate as well as paperwork from a motel where he stayed before the shooting at Allen Premium Outlets in one of the Dallas’ most diverse suburbs.
Federal agents investigating what motivated the shooting have also reviewed the online posts, according to a federal law enforcement official who could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.
The official also said Garcia had a patch on his chest when police killed him that read “RWDS,” an acronym for the phrase “Right Wing Death Squad,” which is popular among right-wing extremists and white supremacy groups.
Investigators have also interviewed family members and associates of Garcia to ask about his ideological beliefs and are examining his financial records and other electronic media, the official said.
Garcia joined the Army in 2008 but was terminated three months later without completing his initial training, U.S. Army spokeswoman Heather J. Hagan said.
According to an Army official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues, he was kicked out due to mental health issues.
Garcia received an “uncharacterized” discharge, which is common for recruits who don’t make it through training or the first 180 days, according to a defense official who also spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel issues. That type of discharge — which is not dishonorable — would not set off red flags or require any reports to law enforcement.
At a Pentagon briefing Tuesday, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, was asked about the shooter’s veteran status.
“He’s not a veteran,” Ryder told reporters. “Again, as you highlight from the Department of Veteran Affairs, according to federal regulations, this individual in terms of the time of service would not qualify as a veteran.”
On the Dallas block where Garcia lived with his parents until recently, neighbors said they thought he worked as a security guard but they weren’t sure where. The company that manages the mall where the attack happened didn’t immediately reply to messages seeking further information.
Sibley said Tuesday that as far as he knew, Garcia hadn’t worked at the Allen mall, but that he wasn’t completely sure. He said Garcia hadn’t worked in the security business for some time, and that his private security license in Texas had expired.
A woman who lives next door to Garcia’s parents’ house said she didn’t know her neighbors well but described them as nice and polite. Garcia was always friendly, waving and honking, she said.
A law enforcement official said investigators also have searched a Dallas motel where Garcia had been staying in the runup to the attack.
The shooting was the latest attack to contribute to the unprecedented pace of mass killings this year in the U.S. Just over a week before, five people were fatally shot in Cleveland, Texas, after a neighbor asked a man to stop firing his weapon while a baby slept, authorities said.
The community mourned the dead and awaited word on the seven people who were wounded. Medical City Healthcare said Monday it was treating six patients: Three were in critical condition, two were in fair condition and one was in good condition at a children’s hospital. Police said a seventh wounded person was taken to a different hospital.
Allen is one of the area’s most diverse cities. The area saw the largest Asian American growth rate of any major U.S. metro area, according to U.S. Census figures. Those statistics show that Allen’s population is about 19% Asian, 10% Black and 11% Hispanic.
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Mattise reported from Nashville, Tennessee. Lolita C. Baldor and Michael Balsamo in Washington, Gene Johnson in Seattle and Rhonda Shafner in New York contributed to this report.
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Most significant Saharan dust plume of season impacting Texas, Gulf Coast
A plume of dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa is impacting much of the Gulf Coast and will continue through the early part of the week, leading to lower rain chances, vibrant sunsets and sunrises, reduced air quality readings and hot temperatures.
Encounters with the Saharan Air Layer are common during the summer months, as the dust pushes off Africa and makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean.
Southern Florida has experienced several plumes of dust this season, with the latest event being driven west and northwestward by the prevailing winds. The dust moves west late week and hovers over Texas.
FOX Weather’s dust tracker shows coastal communities such as Corpus Christi, Houston and Galveston seeing their first significant plume of the year this week.
US Dust Tracker (FOX Weather)
According to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, poorer air quality readings are expected in the Lone Star State, especially mid-week when the dust could be its thickest. The FOX Forecast Center said that due to the particles being suspended higher up in the atmosphere, the events do not typically trigger unhealthy or hazardous readings.
While the effects on air quality are minimal, the dust could produce some colorful sunrises and sunsets and reduce precipitation chances. According to NOAA, the air surrounding the dust plume has 50% less moisture than the typical atmosphere, which means the presence of the SAL can be detrimental to cloud formation and thunderstorm activity.
Temperatures can stay high without cooling afternoon rains.
More than 180 million tons of dust leave the African continent annually and is highly dependent on weather patterns across the desert.
As weather patterns change during the late summer and fall, encounters with Saharan dust become less common across North America.
According to medical experts at WebMD, eye, nose and throat irritations are possible when there are outbreaks of fine dust particles in the air.
During episodes of dust, the tropics in the Atlantic’s main development region are usually quiet as the dry air hinders tropical cyclone development. The particles are typically one of the hindrances tropical systems face during the first three months of the hurricane season.
Next weekend shows the dust clearing out of Florida and settling out of Texas air. But another massive slug of dust is coming off of Africa, heading to the U.S. for the start of August.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — One flood against another, the words of then-Congressman Dan Flood who pulled out all the stops to bring the region back
In 1992, in one of his last interviews, then reporter Dianna Penna sat down with flood to reflect on Agnes in this Eyewitness to History of Agnes at Fifty.
People of the Wyoming Valley never dealt with the likes of Agnes. For many rebuilding meant starting over from scratch.
One man is credited with helping the people of the Valley rise above the devastation Congressman Dan Flood’s famous quote “This will be one Flood against another” rang loud and clear in Washington.
“Anything we wanted we got-somehow, somewhere, small and big dollars and pennies”
The Congressman got flood victims more than just pennies the driving force behind the Flood Recovery Act. He fought for and received millions in federal aid and thousands of tons of supplies.
Sitting in his Wilkes-Barre home, what he remembers most are the admirable actions of the people.
“In there wasn’t one person man, woman or child in that whole show- that at any time hesitate to do anything that they were asked to do or given a chance to volunteer.
While he commanded high-ranking government officials to help our region he still gives the most credit to the citizens, the victims who endured Agnes.
“There were people they didn’t know or heard of – they got together they held hands and they saved this valley”
Disasters like Agnes are something we don’t want to experience or live through again Congressman Flood is not alone when he talks about Agnes as the tragedy that forced people to rebuild their lives and at the same time
The landmark event built a whole new character for a place that many call “The Valley with a Heart”
The week will culminate with a one-hour special presented by eyewitness news at 7:00 p.M. On Monday, June 20 on WYOU.
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Peter Oliver was born into enslavement in the 1700s. He asked the Moravians, a Protestant denomination, to buy him and he went on to live as a spiritual equal and eventually purchase his freedom. His descendants are part of a group honoring his life and legacy with a new urban park called Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery.
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Kurt Cobain's smashed, autographed guitar sold to Nirvana fan for almost $600K
A decades-old guitar autographed and smashed by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain sold for over half a million dollars, an auction house reported on Saturday.
Julien's Auctions sold the instrument for $595,000 at New York City's Hard Rock Cafe. The black Fender Stratocaster is no longer playable and covered with scratches and dents.
"The man was angry, and you could feel that on stage. And you would feel that by the way he would treat his instruments," Julien's Auctions director Kody Frederick told the news agency AFP.
"You can see here the break that took place as he slammed down the guitar, where the neck here kind of connects, as well as down here on the bottom where he slammed the guitar down," Frederick added.
FILE - Kurt Cobain's smashed Fender Stratocaster is pictured on display at Julien's Auctions in Gardena, California, on May 2, 2023. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Julien's Auctions predicted that the instrument would sell between $60,000 and $80,000, but bidders went far beyond that. The identity of the owner is not known, but Julien's Auctions told Fox Business that the buyer is a Nirvana fan who works in finance.
The instrument was signed by all three Nirvana band members, including Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. Cobain's signature was directed to his friend, Mark Lanegan, who was a member of Screaming Trees.
"Hell-O Mark," the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" singer wrote on the guitar. "Love, your pal Kurdt Kobain".
FILE - US musician Kurt Cobain's smashed Fender Stratocaster is displayed at Julien's Auctions in Gardena, California on May 2, 2023. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Cobain often misspelled his name on autographs or wrote humorous things. The autograph added: "Washed up rock star".
"Sold for $595,900," Julien's Auctions announced in a Facebook post. "A lefty black Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, smashed by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana's Nevermind era and signed to the body by all three band members."
FILE - Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana. (Kevin Mazur Archive/WireImage)
Cobain, who struggled with substance abuse and depression, committed suicide in 1994. Nirvana disbanded soon after, with drummer Dave Grohl going on to form the Foo Fighters.
Fox News' Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
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ATLANTA, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Coastal States Bank ("CSB") is pleased to announce that Mr. Cory Burdette has joined CSB as the Senior Vice President for the bank's newly created Financial Institutions Group.
Cory brings over 15 years of extensive banking experience working in the correspondent banking space with community and middle market financial institutions throughout the Southeast. Prior to joining CSB, Cory held a similar position with Atlantic Capital Bank in Atlanta, GA and before that he was with BBVA Compass as Vice President, Correspondent Relationship Manager.
"We are excited to welcome Cory to the team" said Steve Stone, CSB's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Cory's background and experience as a veteran correspondent banker will help CSB build a best-in-class Financial Institution Group focused on building relationships with other financial institutions across the southeast."
Cory is a native of Georgia and received his B.S. in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing and Management from Georgia College and State University before beginning his career in banking.
Coastal States Bank builds relationships by providing a full range of banking services designed for businesses, their owners, and individuals looking for a local banking partner. CSB has a community banking presence in the Lowcountry of South Carolina (Hilton Head Island and Bluffton), Savannah, and the Atlanta Metropolitan market, and serves communities across the country through its Government Guaranteed Lending, Senior Housing, Correspondent Marine, and Mortgage Banker Finance lines of business. As of September 30, 2022, CSB had approximately $1.72 billion in total assets.
CSB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc. (OTCQX: COSO).
Coastal States Bank – Local. And Proud of It.®
For additional information regarding Coastal States Bank please visit www.coastalstatesbank.com.
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MANHATTAN, N.Y. (WPIX) – Police caught a serial burglary suspect stealing Christmas presents from inside actor Robert De Niro’s townhome in Manhattan early Monday morning, multiple police sources told WPIX.
The woman, who has been arrested on allegations of burglary more than a dozen times since October, was spotted checking doors at the building around 3:30 a.m., sources said. She used a crowbar to get into the townhome and police followed her after waiting several minutes, according to sources.
Police found her inside the home pilfering presents from under the actor’s Christmas tree and placing them in garbage bags, sources said. She was taken into custody and charges were expected to be filed.
De Niro, his wife and their 10-year-old daughter were home sleeping in their bedrooms at the time, according to sources. No injuries were reported.
Sources told WPIX the suspect has 32 arrests on her record, including 13 for alleged burglary since October, eight of which were in the same police precinct. She was most recently arrested last week, according to sources.
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Iowa State vs. Toledo Women's Basketball Predictions & Picks - NCAA Tournament First Round
Published: Mar. 16, 2023 at 2:38 AM CDT|Updated: 3 hours ago
Saturday's game between the Iowa State Cyclones (22-9) and Toledo Rockets (28-4) going head to head at Thompson-Boling Arena has a projected final score of 74-63 (based on our computer prediction) in favor of heavily favored Iowa State, so it should be a lopsided matchup. The game will start at 3:30 PM ET on March 18.
The Cyclones head into this contest following a 61-51 win against Texas on Sunday.
Iowa State vs. Toledo Game Info
- When: Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 3:30 PM ET
- Where: Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee
- How to Watch on TV: ESPN2
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Iowa State vs. Toledo Score Prediction
- Prediction: Iowa State 74, Toledo 63
Iowa State Schedule Analysis
- In their signature win of the season, the Cyclones beat the No. 10 Villanova Wildcats, 74-62, on December 18.
- Against Quadrant 1 opponents, the Cyclones are 8-8 (.500%) -- tied for the 14th-most victories, but also tied for the 43rd-most defeats.
- When facing Quadrant 2 opponents, Iowa State is 8-1 (.889%) -- tied for the 10th-most victories.
Iowa State 2022-23 Best Wins
- 74-62 over Villanova (No. 10/AP Poll) on December 18
- 61-51 over Texas (No. 15/AP Poll) on March 12
- 66-61 at home over Texas (No. 15/AP Poll) on February 13
- 82-72 over Oklahoma (No. 16/AP Poll) on March 11
- 86-78 at home over Oklahoma (No. 16/AP Poll) on January 28
Toledo Schedule Analysis
- The Rockets' best win of the season came in a 71-68 victory versus the No. 18 Michigan Wolverines on December 8.
- Against Quadrant 2 opponents, Toledo is 4-0 (1.000%) -- tied for the 43rd-most wins.
- When facing Quadrant 3 teams (based on the RPI), the Cyclones are 2-0 (1.000%) -- tied for the 198th-most wins.
- Against Quadrant 4 opponents, Toledo is 15-0 (1.000%) -- tied for the 21st-most wins.
Toledo 2022-23 Best Wins
- 71-68 on the road over Michigan (No. 18/AP Poll) on December 8
- 73-58 over Bowling Green (No. 68) on March 11
- 62-56 at home over Bowling Green (No. 68) on March 4
- 72-70 on the road over Ball State (No. 76) on February 25
- 83-76 at home over Ball State (No. 76) on January 11
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Iowa State Performance Insights
- The Cyclones average 75.5 points per game (30th in college basketball) while allowing 64.1 per outing (178th in college basketball). They have a +353 scoring differential overall and outscore opponents by 11.4 points per game.
- Iowa State is putting up 73.3 points per game this season in conference action, which is 2.2 fewer points per game than its overall average (75.5).
- Offensively, the Cyclones have performed better in home games this year, putting up 78.1 points per game, compared to 73.8 per game away from home.
- Iowa State surrenders 58.6 points per game when playing at home this year, compared to 72.5 on the road.
- On the offensive side of the ball, the Cyclones have had a hard time putting the ball in the basket over their last 10 games, scoring 74.5 points per contest over that stretch compared to the 75.5 they've racked up over the course of this season.
Toledo Performance Insights
- The Rockets put up 73.6 points per game (44th in college basketball) while giving up 62.4 per outing (120th in college basketball). They have a +357 scoring differential and outscore opponents by 11.2 points per game.
- In 2022-23, Toledo has put up 74.9 points per game in MAC play, and 73.6 overall.
- In 2022-23 the Rockets are averaging 1.8 more points per game at home (74.9) than on the road (73.1).
- Toledo allows 59.7 points per game at home, and 65.3 on the road.
- The Rockets have performed worse offensively over their previous 10 games, posting 72.4 points per contest, 1.2 fewer points their than season average of 73.6.
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Check out the lists below to see the daily stat leaders for Thursday, Oct. 27 in three statistical categories: goals, assists and saves.
*These numbers are based off stats reported by coaches to njschoolsports.com by 10 p.m. on Thursday night.
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Stars vs. Kraken: Betting Trends, Odds, Advanced Stats - NHL Playoffs Second Round Game 5
Published: May. 11, 2023 at 8:46 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Game 5 of the NHL Playoffs Second Round at American Airlines Center showcases the Dallas Stars and the Seattle Kraken facing off at 9:30 PM on Thursday, May 11 ET, airing on TNT, SportsNet, and TVAS. The series is tied 2-2. The Stars are favored (-190) against the Kraken (+160).
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Stars vs. Kraken Game Info
- When: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 9:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: TNT, SportsNet, and TVAS
- Where: American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
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Stars Betting Insights
- The Stars have been a moneyline favorite 66 times this season, and have gone 42-24 in those games.
- Dallas has a record of 19-7 when it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -190 or shorter (73.1% win percentage).
- Based on this game's moneyline, the Stars' implied win probability is 65.5%.
Kraken Betting Insights
- This season the Kraken have been an underdog 53 times, and won 24, or 45.3%, of those games.
- Seattle has a record of 9-4, a 69.2% win rate, when it's been set as an underdog of +160 or more by sportsbooks this season.
- The moneyline set in this outing implies a 38.5% chance of victory for the Kraken.
Stars vs. Kraken Rankings
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Stars Advanced Stats
- Dallas has not gone over in its past 10 contests.
- In their past 10 games, the Stars are scoring 1.1 more goals per game than their season-long average.
- The Stars score the seventh-most goals in the league, averaging 3.4 per game for a total of 281 this season.
- The Stars are ranked third in league action for the fewest goals against this season, having allowed 215 total goals (2.6 per game).
- With a +66 goal differential, they're ranked fourth-best in the NHL.
Kraken Advanced Stats
- Seattle has gone over the total once over its last 10 contests.
- During their last 10 games, the Kraken and their opponents are scoring 1.3 fewer goals per game than their season-long game scoring average, 9.4.
- The Kraken have scored the fourth-most goals (289 goals, 3.5 per game) in the NHL.
- The Kraken's 252 total goals conceded (3.1 per game) rank 14th in the league.
- They have a +37 goal differential, which is 10th-best in the league.
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- Mardi C. Dier joins as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer
- Mina Kim joins as Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
- CFO Gil Labrucherie departs the company for personal family reasons
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ACELYRIN, INC., a late-stage clinical biopharma company focused on accelerating the development and delivery of transformative medicines in immunology, today announced two executive appointments that will strengthen leadership of key corporate functions as the company enters its next stage of growth: Mardi C. Dier joins as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer while Mina Kim joins as Chief Legal and Administrative Officer. Both Ms. Dier and Ms. Kim will report directly to ACELYRIN CEO Shao-Lee Lin, MD, PhD. Ms. Dier replaces current CFO Gil Labrucherie, who is stepping down for personal family reasons after a short but successful tenure with the company.
"It is exciting to reflect on our tremendous growth since founding ACELYRIN two years ago, and such a pleasure to be able to welcome two industry veterans of Mardi's and Mina's caliber as we continue to build a world-class biopharma company," noted Dr. Lin. "I also want to thank Gil for his important contributions as our CFO, particularly with the success of our recent $300 million Series C financing. Even in the face of difficult family circumstances, he has been a continuous source of positivity. We wish all the best for his family and will always consider him a member of the ACELYRIN team."
Ms. Dier joins ACELYRIN from Ultragenyx, Inc., where she most recently served as Executive Vice President and CFO. At Ultragenyx, Ms. Dier was one of seven team members responsible for all major and strategic decisions and led the Corporate Strategy, Investor Relations and Global Corporate Communications, Accounting, FP&A and IT organizations. Prior to that, Ms. Dier was CFO and Chief Business Officer at Portola Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Alexion), where she successfully led completion of the company's initial public offering and raised nearly $2 billion in capital across multiple transactions before orchestrating the sale to Alexion. Prior to her successful tenure at Portola, she served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Chiron Corporation until its acquisition by Novartis, and earlier in her career worked as an investment banker at Prudential Securities covering the biopharma sector. Ms. Dier serves on the Board of Directors of ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Prelude Therapeutics and Synthekine, Inc.
She holds a BS in Biology from Stanford University and an MBA from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles.
"ACELYRIN is moving quickly with tremendous momentum as evidenced by the in-licensing and late-stage clinical success of izokibep, ability to raise more than $550 million in capital from a blue-chip syndicate of investors and recruitment of a word-class team," said Ms. Dier. "I am thrilled to be joining at this important time to build the strongest possible finance function and lead efforts to further expand the portfolio in order to bring innovation to immunology and deliver new medicines to patients in need."
Ms. Kim joins ACELYRIN from Zymergen, Inc., where she most recently served as Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Development. At Zymergen, Ms. Kim built the legal team including corporate & SEC reporting, intellectual property, litigation and employment, compliance, regulatory, public policy and sustainability. She also led the company's corporate strategy and business development teams as well as the 2021 IPO process and later sale to Ginkgo Bioworks. Ms. Kim previously served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and General Counsel at Atara Biotherapeutics, and General Counsel at Sunrun. Earlier in her career she was Vice President, Legal at BBAM, LLC, Assistant General Counsel at William-Sonoma and an Associate at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell.
She holds a BA in history from Dartmouth College and a JD from Harvard Law School.
"I have tremendous respect for Shao-Lee, and I am excited to be joining ACELYRIN alongside a team of unmatched professionals who have in the past brought to patients some of the greatest innovations in immunology," said Ms. Kim. "With izokibep now enrolling multiple phase 3 trials, continuous efforts in business development activities and a growing footprint in both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas, I look forward to contributing to the company's future growth in accelerating the development and delivery of transformative medicines."
Mr. Labrucherie said, "while I am sad to be leaving the company so shortly after joining, I remain very confident in the future success of ACELYRIN under Shao-Lee's leadership, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work with such talented and caring colleagues. The past few months – notably leading the successful $300 million Series C – will be a highlight of my career, and I will be cheering for ACELYRIN's continued success not only for the team but also for the patients they strive to serve."
ACELYRIN, INC. is a Los Angeles area-based biopharma company – with additional operations in the San Francisco Bay area – focused on providing patients life-changing new treatment options by identifying, acquiring, and accelerating development and commercialization of promising drug candidates and leveraging its expertise to rapidly advance these medicines to patients. Under an exclusive licensing arrangement with Affibody AB, ACELYRIN holds global development and commercialization rights to izokibep, including in the United States, European Union, and Japan (excluding select Asian countries). For more information, please visit www.acelyrin.com
This press release may contain forward-looking statements. While ACELYRIN, INC. considers any projections to be based on reasonable assumptions, these forward-looking statements may be called into question by numerous hazards and uncertainties, so that actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The administrators who’ve been given the task of expanding the College Football Playoff from four to 12 teams left their latest in-person meetings Wednesday with the biggest question unanswered: How soon?
“Making progress,” CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock said after the meetings near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. “We all have to remember the College Football Playoff will expand. And that will be a good thing for the game. And we’re just trying to see if we can do it earlier.
“I think a lot of us feel like earlier is icing on the cake. We’re going to have our cake in 2026. Can we ice it now and start earlier?”
The CFP management committee is scheduled to convene again on Oct. 20 in Dallas. The members expect to get some work done before then by video conference, but whether the logistical hurdles can be cleared to implement a new format as soon as the 2024 season is unclear.
“There are a million details, but really encouraged by our ability to work through them,” said Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick, who is a member of the management committee along with the 10 FBS conference commissioners. “Lot of work to do, we’ll see. But thus far nothing that causes you to say, ‘This is impossible.’”
Swarbrick said there is still no hard deadline for deciding whether the new format can be implemented in 2024.
“To dig in as much as we’ve dug in and not find something that causes you to say, ‘This can’t happen,’ it’s encouraging,” he said.
Hancock emphasized if expansion can’t be done for 2024, that wouldn’t rule out 2025.
Expanding the playoff early could be worth an additional $450 million in gross revenue from media rights for the schools that compete in major college football.
The additional revenue will require a tweaked plan for distribution between conferences and for participating teams.
“The good news is you have a model you’ve worked under for a long time,” Swarbrick said. “So you’ve got a starting point.”
Most of the CFP revenue goes to the Power Five conferences and the bonuses for participation are relatively small: $6 million for placing a team in a semifinal game and $4 million for placing a team in a New Year’s Six bowl.
Since a plan to expand to 12 teams was unveiled in the spring of 2021, and then snarled throughout the rest of the year by mistrust and provincialism, the commissioners have blown through several soft deadlines, hoping more time would bring consensus.
That didn’t happen.
Expansion of the playoff for the 2024 and ’25 seasons appeared off the table in February, but the university presidents and chancellors who oversee the CFP took matters into their own hands and revived the process.
By adopting the 12-team plan last month, the presidents directed the commissioners to try to implement a new format before the end of the CFP’s current contract with ESPN. That deal ends after the 2025 season.
The playoff will expand to 12 for 2026, with a new television contract that is likely to include multiple network partners. If expansion happens in 2024 and/or 2025, ESPN would have first crack at buying the rights to the additional games.
But expanding within the existing contract is trickier because agreements, dates and venues have already been set.
Atlanta was announced as the site for the championship game following the 2024 season. The game is set for Jan. 6, but would need to be pushed back about two weeks to accommodate a 12-team playoff. Same for the semifinals.
“We we hope for more progress,” Hancock said of the next meeting in October. “But I don’t want to mischaracterize it as a deadline.”
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Twitter suspends journalists who wrote about Elon Musk
Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new owner Elon Musk, including reporters working for The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and other publications.
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Neither the company nor Musk gave any explanation for why it took down the accounts and made their profiles and past tweets disappear.
The sudden suspension of news reporters followed Musk's decision Wednesday to permanently ban an account that automatically tracked the flights of his private jet using publicly available data.
Twitter also on Wednesday changed its rules to prohibit the sharing of another person's current location without their consent.
Several of the reporters suspended Thursday night had been writing about that new policy and Musk's rationale for imposing it, which involved his allegations about a stalking incident that affected his family on Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
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Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $1.2 billion to the effort to end polio worldwide.
The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's strategy through 2026. The initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two endemic countries, the foundation said in a statement Sunday.
The money also will be used to stop outbreaks of new variants of the virus. The announcement was made Sunday at the World Health Summit in Berlin.
The foundation says in a statement on its website that it has contributed nearly $5 billion to the polio eradication initiative. The initiative is trying to integrate polio campaigns into broader health services, while it scales up use of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2.
The group also is working to make national health systems stronger so countries are better prepared for future health threats, the statement said.
"The last steps to eradication are by far the toughest. But our foundation remains dedicated to a polio-free future, and we're optimistic that we will see it soon," said foundation CEO Mark Suzman.
The eradication initiative is a public-private partnership led by a group of national governments that includes the Gates Foundation, Rotary International, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Biden administration to host state leaders Wednesday for summit on making child care more affordable
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s administration is hosting state legislators from 41 states to the White House on Wednesday for discussions on how legislatures can make child care more affordable for families, the White House said.
The meeting includes New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and 90 lawmakers from across the country to share legislative ideas and strategies for bringing down costs for parents and supporting child care providers. First lady Jill Biden will deliver closing remarks at the meeting, which will be convened by Jennifer Klein, the director of the White House Gender Policy Council, Neera Tanden, the director of the Domestic Policy Council, and Tom Perez, the director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.
The summit follows similar meetings on subjects like abortion and healthcare, where Biden has faced roadblocks in passing his agenda in Congress but is seeking to support changes at the state and local level ahead of his 2024 reelection campaign.
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New Mexico wildfire advances in Rocky Mountains foothills
(AP) - The largest wildfire burning in the United States was heading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Wednesday, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to prepare to evacuate as the fast-moving fire picks up momentum.
Fire officials said the blaze was racing up slopes and along exposed ridge lines while tossing embers into the air that were carried ahead of the fire by gusting winds. After growing more than 50 square miles in a single day, the fire has now charred more than 370 square miles of tinder-dry forest since it started last month.
Two more days of windy and dangerously bone-dry conditions are predicted before the winds are expected to ease on Friday. The winds have often made it too dangerous for aircraft to dump water on the fire and lay retardant to slow its advance through extremely dry Ponderosa pine forests in the Rocky Mountains foothills.
“This is tough firefighting business right here,” fire Incident Commander Dave Bales said in a briefing. “This is not easy, especially in the fuel types were in, in the Ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, even down into the grass. When we can’t fly aircraft, when we can’t get people on the direct edge of the fire, when it’s spotting over us, that’s a huge concern for us.”
Crews were mostly concerned about the potential for the massive fire to spread farther north toward small villages in the Rincon Mountains and rural towns that include the skiing and outdoor resort communities of Angel Fire and Taos.
Firefighters were working to protect buildings overnight around the towns of Mora and Holman, where Highway 518 north to Taos was closed because of smoke and fire danger. Authorities stressed there was no immediate threat to communities near Taos but new alerts for evacuations were issued for some locations.
“Coming up toward Taos, Black Lake, Angel Fire, there is the possibility with the models we are running that those areas are going to see fire,” Todd Abel, a fire operations chief, said Tuesday evening.
Crews have been trying to direct flames around homes on the northern and southern ends of the fire — bulldozing firebreaks, putting up sprinklers, clearing trees and raking pine needles. More than 1,800 firefighters and support personnel are assigned to the blaze.
A federal disaster already has been declared because of the blaze, which is partly the result of a preventative fire that escaped containment after it was set in early April to clear brush and small trees so they could not serve as wildfire fuel. That fire merged with another wildfire several weeks later.
Crews also were battling smaller fires elsewhere in New Mexico and Arizona.
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LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMZN).
Class Period: February 1, 2019 – April 5, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 5, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Amazon engaged in anticompetitive conduct in its private-label business practices, including giving Amazon products preference over those of its competitors and using third-party sellers' non-public data to compete with them; (2) the foregoing exposed Amazon to a heightened risk of regulatory scrutiny and/or enforcement actions; (3) Amazon's revenues derived from its private-label business were in part the product of impermissible conduct and thus unsustainable; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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Former president Donald Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury for his role in covering hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said it has contacted Trump's attorney "to coordinate his surrender" for arraignment.
The grand jury's indictment — and Trump's charges — remain under seal, and NPR hasn't been able to confirm other media reports that the DA may arraign Trump on Tuesday.
Here are five things to know about the latest news.
1. The grand jury has been investigating Trump for months
Trump is likely to be charged with a violation of New York penal code 175.10, falsifying business records in the first degree, says Kim Wehle, a former U.S. attorney and now a law professor at the University of Baltimore.
"It's quite serious, even if the charge itself doesn't reach the heights that some people would expect from a former president," Wehle told NPR's Adrian Florido on All Things Considered.
Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen negotiated a deal with porn star Stormy Daniels, paying her $130,000 in exchange for keeping quiet about an alleged affair with Trump.
Cohen transferred that money to Daniels less than two weeks before the election. And then after Trump won, Trump reimbursed Cohen, including with his own personal checks. Trump has denied having had an affair with Daniels, although he has admitted reimbursing Cohen for money paid to her.
The Trump Organization said that those reimbursement payments were for legal fees, which is not true. In New York, that's a felony if it was done to cover up another crime — in this case, probably the violation of campaign finance laws, Wehle says.
As a Class E felony, a conviction on falsifying business records could come with a prison sentence of up to four years, Wehle said.
2. Trump was asked to surrender — it's unclear if he will
A spokesperson for Bragg issued a statement Thursday evening saying the office had contacted Trump's attorney to "coordinate his surrender."
"Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected," the spokesperson added.
NPR hasn't been able to independently confirm whether Trump is still in Florida. Two reliable flight trackers have not registered movement on his private plane since the 757 flew to West Palm Beach five days ago.
But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, took to Twitter after the news of the DA's request for Trump to surrender to say that his state would not help arrest and extradite the former president, should it come to that.
The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 30, 2023
It is un-American.
The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law to downgrade felonies and to excuse criminal misconduct. Yet, now he is…
Though DeSantis has yet to announce his candidacy, he's widely considered to be a top 2024 Republican presidential contender — and a threat to Trump's bid for reelection.
Earlier this month, DeSantis told reporters he wouldn't get involved in the spectacle "in any way."
"I have no interest in getting involved in some type of manufactured circus by some Soros DA," he said, according to an account from POLITICO, making a reference to billionaire donor George Soros' campaign donations. "He's trying to do a political spectacle ... I've got real issues I've got to deal with here in the state of Florida."
3. Trump and the GOP say the indictment is political persecution
The former president dismissed the Manhattan grand jury's vote to indict him as "political persecution" and "election interference," in a statement on Thursday.
"The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to 'Get Trump,' but now they've done the unthinkable — indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference," the statement from his website reads.
Across the board, Republicans echoed this sentiment, adding fuel to Trump's campaign narrative of political martyrdom.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted that Bragg has "irreparably damaged our country in an attempt to interfere in our Presidential election." Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel called the probe a "blatant abuse of power from a DA focused on political vengeance."
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, issued a one-word statement: "Outrageous."
Earlier this month, Jordan, along with House Oversight Committee Chair Jim Comer, R-Ky., and House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., sent Bragg a letter demanding documents, communications and testimony related to his investigation of the former president.
Bragg's office responded by calling Republican requests for its documents and testimony "an unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution."
4. Democrats and those tied to the probe say it's about accountability
Democrats also rallied around a party message, but theirs was one of the need for blind justice, best summed up by the phrase "no one is above the law."
"No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence," said former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The Grand Jury has acted upon the facts and the law.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 31, 2023
No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence.
Hopefully, the former President will peacefully respect the system, which grants him that right.
"A nation of laws must hold the rich and powerful accountable, even when they hold high office. Especially when they do," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a former impeachment manager.
Cohen, Trump's former lawyer and a key witness in the case, also said the indictment shows that "no one is above the law," but took the moment to call for opinion on the matter to be decided in court.
"Now that the charges have been filed, it is better for the case to let the indictment speak for itself," Cohen said. "The two things I wish to say at this time is that accountability matters and I stand by my testimony and the evidence I have provided to [the New York district attorney]."
Clark Brewster, the lawyer for the adult film star whose story started it all, remarked on the indictment on Twitter, saying it "is no cause for joy."
"The hard work and conscientiousness of the grand jurors must be respected," he tweeted. "Now let truth and justice prevail."
Daniels herself responded with two words: "Thank you."
5. This could be just the beginning of Trump's legal woes
In light of the speed and significance of this news cycle, it's worth remembering that Trump also faces scrutiny in other investigations that could lead to charges of their own.
A case in Fulton County, Ga., centers on the pressure campaign employed by Trump and his allies in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election.
The Justice Department has interviewed numerous Trump allies and aides for an investigation into Trump's role in igniting the Jan. 6 attack.
And a trove of classified documents has sparked the Justice Department to open a second investigation into Trump.
Not much is known about when charges, if any, would come from these probes.
NPR's Jonathan Franklin, Becky Sullivan and Dana Farrington contributed reporting.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The memory of Dan Wheldon hung over Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, the 11th anniversary of his fatal crash, as NASCAR opened the third round of its playoffs at the track.
It marked the first time a major race has been held at Las Vegas on the anniversary of Wheldon’s 2011 death. A plaque dedicated to him hangs outside the track.
The 33-year-old British driver died when his head hit a post after his car went airborne and sailed about 325 feet into the catchfence as part of a 15-car accident in the IndyCar season finale.
IndyCar has not returned to Las Vegas since.
As tributes to Wheldon splashed across social media on Sunday, Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric said before the NASCAR race that Wheldon’s death had an impact on him at an early stage of his racing career.
“The significance of Dan’s passing was that he was probably the first driver that I had gotten to know going to IndyCar races (to) have a fatal injury,” Cindric told The Associated Press. “That was a really big moment for me in my life. I think Dan’s passing, I realized how much tighter the sport is as a community.”
Cindric was 13 at the time and returning from a legends race when he learned of Wheldon’s death. His father, Tim Cindric, is the president of Team Penske and was at the Las Vegas race. Tim Cindric said his son wore a commemorative Wheldon bracelet for years until it fell apart; Austin Cindric said he ran a “Lionheart” sticker in his legends car in tribute. Lionheart was Wheldon’s nickname.
Chris Powell, president of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, said he still thinks often of Wheldon and the horrific crash.
“I think we learned a lot, I think IndyCar learned a lot and, looking back at it now, I think the approach that they took could probably still be questioned,” Powell told the AP. “But if anybody thought there was an opportunity for it to be any more dangerous than any other race on oval, then they would have had second thoughts about it. But at the time, nobody thought it was going to be dangerous.
“And what happened here I believe could have happened on any oval.”
Wheldon did not have a ride in 2011 but put one together for the Indianapolis 500 and won the race for the second time in his career. Then IndyCar created a special promotion trying to lure stars to its season finale by offering a $5 million bonus to any non-IndyCar regular who could drive from the back of the field to win the race.
Wheldon would have split the money with a fan selected in a random drawing.
Allowing Wheldon to take the challenge was a stretch — he won 14 races on ovals, including the two Indy 500s — but because he had no full-time ride that season, he qualified for the bonus.
Wheldon was the in-race reporter for ABC during the event, and he spoke with the announcers during the warmup laps. In a brief interview, Wheldon defended his participation and the entire IndyCar Series.
“I wouldn’t be doing this if I didn’t think that I could win,” he said from his car. “Certainly I am not underestimating the talent of the other drivers in the field. I think IndyCar has got a phenomenal field right now.”
Wheldon was killed minutes later when the crash began ahead of him at the start of the 12th lap. The race featured a season-high 34 cars and Wheldon had picked his way through the field and gained at least 10 spots when he came upon the accident and had nowhere to go to avoid the spinning cars and flying debris.
An investigation into the crash found that Wheldon appeared to be attempting to avoid the cluster of cars spinning toward the top — he had slowed from 224 mph to 165 — but his path was blocked by other cars. His first contact with another car sent him airborne.
The race was the first for IndyCar in a three-year lease agreement, but the series never returned. Powell said he has communicated many times with IndyCar that it is welcome to return but believes the series finds it “too emotional” to come back.
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Ripple Foods and Method Products Co-Founder Adam Lowry Joins the Bon Dévil Executive Team
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bon Dévil, a California, plant-based decadent dessert brand, announced this week that Adam Lowry has joined the brand as Executive Chairman, succeeding Tom O'Rourke. Lowry brings extensive experience in the plant-based food industry, most recently as the co-founder of Ripple Foods, a company that makes nutritious dairy-free foods that are high in protein and low in sugar. He also brings with him a robust track record of successfully launching and building CPG brands overall, with his past experience with Ripple Foods and Method Products.
Bon Dévil, the brand formerly known as The Coconut Collaborative in the United States, features four indulgent ganache desserts made from coconuts. Bon Dévil ganaches are dairy-free, gluten-free, and contain no lactose or GMOs. The brand offers tempting ganaches between 100-120 calories (1.6 oz, 4-Packs) with tantalizing flavors like Chocolate, Vanilla and Salted Caramel Chocolate. Since its launch, Bon-Dévil has garnered industry attention and accolades. The decadent dessert brand was named by VegNews as "Best New Vegan Product" for their Best of Show Awards 2022.
"Bon Dévil is an impressive brand in the plant-based food category with a great trajectory for growth," says Lowry. "My interest in building businesses with sustainability principles while generating strong shareholder returns meshes perfectly with Bon Dévil's mission."
Lowry's track record includes building companies, such as Ripple Foods and Method Products, that have been named on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the US, Fast Company's Fast 50 World's Most Innovative Companies, and twice named to the Global CleanTech 100.
"I am looking forward to leveraging my experience in building businesses that offer all natural, comprehensive solutions for consumers," says Lowry. "Bon Dévil follows this trend by offering a product that allows consumers to achieve dietary balance and not feel deprived of the joys in life."
Few mortals can resist the devastating temptation of Bon Dévil's wickedly delicious coconut-based desserts. Born from the deepest darkest desires of grocery consumers, Bon Dévil comes in 4 different flavors and is 100% plant-based, gluten free, no evil GMO's, under 120 calories and sin free. Pure pleasure without the guilt, find Bon Dévil in major US Natural, Conventional and Mass Grocers.
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LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi played in front of 88,966 spectators on Saturday when Argentina beat Mexico 2-0, the largest attendance at a World Cup match in 28 years.
The Lusail Stadium north of Doha, which will stage the final on Dec. 18, hosted the most people at the World Cup since the 1994 final in the United States, according to FIFA. There were 91,194 people at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, to see Brazil beat Italy in that penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw.
Saturday’s attendance was several hundred more than the figure for the two previous games at Lusail Stadium, when Brazil beat Serbia and Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia.
Qatar’s attendance figures do not rank in the top 30 of all-time World Cup matches. The largest crowd was 173,850 inside the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in 1950 for Uruguay’s 2-1 victory over host Brazil in the final game of that tournament.
Other stadiums figuring in the top-30 list are the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, Wembley Stadium in London and the Camp Nou in Barcelona.
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Major League Baseball is investigating pitcher Mike Clevinger for alleged domestic violence and child abuse, according to a report.
Olivia Finestead, who shares a child with Clevinger, said the pitcher physically abused both her and their child, The Athletic reported Tuesday.
Finestead, 24, shared multiple Instagram posts Tuesday morning accusing Clevinger of being physically violent and emotionally manipulative.
“He’s committed SEVERAL acts of domestic violence and child abuse,” Finestead wrote.
In another post, she said Clevinger threw a wad of used chewing tobacco at their infant child. She also shared four photos of bruises and said one came from when Clevinger threw an iPad at her while she was pregnant.
“Finally left when he strangled me,” she wrote.
Finestead also said she filed a police report about the pitcher.
MLB has been investigating Clevinger since the summer of 2022, according to The Athletic.
Clevinger, 32, pitched last year for the San Diego Padres but signed with the Chicago White Sox in free agency this off-season. The White Sox claimed they didn’t know anything about the allegations before they signed him.
“We need to fairly and thoroughly protect our client and at the same time be respectful of the White Sox and MLB,” Clevinger’s agent Seth Levinson told The Athletic. “We need time before responding.”
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All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — On Monday, July 17, 2023, at 11:17 PM, officers of the West Monroe Police Department observed a vehicle making a traffic violation and initiated a traffic stop at South 5th Street and Stewart Avenue. During the traffic stop, officers made contact with 32-year-old Jimmy Lee Lyons Jr. and detected a strong marijuana odor coming from the vehicle.
According to West Monroe Police, the owner of the vehicle gave authorities consent to search the car and officers observed loose marijuana on Lyons’s lap. After asking Lyons to exit the vehicle multiple times, he was placed under arrest.
Police went on to search Lyons and located several different amounts of marijuana and crack cocaine. According to authorities, Lyons allegedly mentioned that someone set him up after authorities discovered the narcotics.
Lyons was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance and Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance. His bond was set at $11,000.
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AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The Federal Aviation Administration said it was looking into an incident where a plane coming in to land almost collided with another aircraft cleared to take off at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Saturday.
It happened when a FedEx cargo plane nearly landed on a runway where a Southwest flight was preparing to take off. An animation created by Flightradar24 shows how close the planes were to crashing.
But the FedEx pilot stopped the landing and “initiated a climb out,” FAA officials said in a statement. The plane rose up again just before it was set to land.
“At the closest point horizontally, the aircraft were less than 1000 feet apart, but we do not have same-time data points in order to calculate an exact figure,” writes Flightradar24.
The Southwest plane continued its departure safely and took off.
The National Transportation Safety Board initially tweeted about a “possible runway incursion and overflight” that involved a Southwest Airlines plane and a FedEx cargo plane.
In an initial statement, the FAA said preliminary information found FedEx Flight 1432 had been cleared to land on Runway 18-Left at AUS around 6:40 a.m. Saturday morning. That FedEx flight was cleared for its landing while the plane was still several miles from the airport.
Shortly before its expected landing, the controller cleared Southwest Flight 708 to depart from the same runway, per the FAA.
“The FAA is investigating the incident,” agency officials said.
The FedEx plane was a Boeing 767 cargo airplane model, while the Southwest Airlines flight was a Boeing 737 model.
In a statement, a FedEx spokesperson said the company’s cargo flight from Memphis, Tennessee, landed safely in Austin after “encountering an event just before landing.” The plane was able to circle around and land 12 minutes later, according to Flightradar 24.
The FAA announced another investigation last month after a plane nearly crossed a runway where another flight was preparing to take off at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. “(Expletive)! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance!” an air controller could be heard saying in an audio recording.
The takeoff was rejected and there was no collision.
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Jill Biden is supposed to be the responsible one.
When she’s not waving on the way to Air Force One with Joe Biden, the first lady is known for volunteering at a food bank, visiting the families of victims mowed down by a madman in Waukesha, Wisconsin, and heading to Ukraine on Mother’s Day to meet with first lady Olena Zelenska.
She referred to herself as having taken on a “healing role” for the nation during her husband’s first year in office.
“I would want to know that my president and first lady cared about me,” she said earlier this year. “I think that’s an important part of what I do. I mean, just helping people through the tough times.”
Her husband is the gaffe machine. On Monday, Joe Biden pushed back the date of a school shooting by 100 years. “Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — 1918, 17 dead, 17 injured,” he said.
Monday was also the day Jill pulled a Joe, praising civil rights activist Raul Yzaguirre at the annual conference of UnidosUS in a speech that turned bizarre.
“Raul helped build this organization with the understanding that the diversity of this community — as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio — is your strength,” Biden said.
Outrage from the left was nonexistent.
But others justly clapped back at the first lady.
“No wonder Hispanics are fleeing the Democratic Party!” tweeted Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.
Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, slammed the first lady and Democrats on Twitter: “They just don’t get it. Latinos aren’t buying their liberal pandering; we care about the rising costs of housing, food, gas, issues that impact everyday Americans. No matter how loud they yell their made up words, it won’t change the reality of their failed policies.”
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists was also not amused.
“Using breakfast tacos to try to demonstrate the uniqueness of Latinos in San Antonio demonstrates a lack of cultural knowledge and sensitivity to the diversity of Latinos in the region,” NAHJ said in a statement. “NAHJ encourages Dr. Biden and her speech writing team to take the time in the future to better understand the complexities of our people and communities.”
“We are not tacos,” NAHJ added.
Had former first lady Melania Trump uttered this phrase, the mainstream media would have been all over it. Ditto progressive gadflies like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Melania Trump took a drubbing for her hypocritical slogan “Be Best,” which offered no comparisons between any ethnicities and light meals.
Jill Biden’s press secretary Michael LaRosa tweeted her mea culpa Tuesday: “The First Lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community.”
Between Vice President Kamala Harris’ word salads, the president’s verbal unsteadiness and now the cringeworthy metaphor of Jill Biden, the White House does not inspire much linguistic confidence these days.
The question going forward is not so much should Biden run again, but whether approval ratings can hit single digits.
— Boston Herald Editorial Staff
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Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is handing over control of his $25 billion business empire to his 37-year-old son, according to an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Alexander Soros, who goes by Alex, told the outlet that he will seek to broaden his 92-year-old father's "liberal aims" and continue using his family's deep pockets to support progressive politicians and political causes.
"We think alike," the younger Soros said of his father. "I'm more political."
The Soros nonprofit Open Society Foundations (OSF) is active in more than 120 countries and donates about $1.5 billion each year to organizations that back policy changes concerning voting rights, social justice, gender equity, and criminal justice reform. The foundation also gives money to schools and universities and groups that promote the growth of democracy. In December of last year, the board of OSF elected Alex to succeed his father as chairman.
"As much as I would love to get money out of politics, as long as the other side is doing it, we will have to do it too," Alex told the Wall Street Journal.
SEE MORE: How billionaires and corporations avoid taxes
George Soros has long been the target of conservative critics for backing left-wing politicians and causes. More recently, Soros came under fire for his large donations to a political action committee (PAC) affiliated with Color of Change, a nonprofit group that promotes criminal justice reform and racial causes. Soros was reportedly the PAC's largest donor from 2021-2022
The organization has supported progressive district attorney candidates across the country, including Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who became the first prosecutor to bring criminal charges against a former U.S. President earlier this year. In that case, Bragg is alleging that former Pres. Donald Trump falsified business records to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Trump has repeatedly lashed out at Bragg for leading what he calls a political "witch hunt" at the direction of Soros.
"Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who was hand-picked and funded by George Soros, is a disgrace," Trump said in a statement following the indictment. "Rather than stopping the unprecedented crime wave taking over New York City, he's doing Joe Biden's dirty work."
Trump is also at the center of a separate case in Florida regarding a Department of Justice investigation into his handling of classified documents. Trump revealed last week that he will be indicted in federal courton Tuesday, nearly two months after Bragg filed felony charges against the former president.
SEE MORE: Who is Trump prosecutor Alvin Bragg?
During the interview with the Wall Street Journal, Alex Soros expressed concern that Trump could return to the White House and implied that the Soros organization will play a significant role in the upcoming presidential election.
Trump is the clear frontrunner in GOP primary polling. According to data compiled by Real Clear Politics, Trump currently has 53% of Republican support, nearly 30 percentage points more than his nearest rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis and Trump are the only Republican candidates polling above 5%.
George Soros' eldest son Jonathan, a 52-year-old lawyer with a background in finance, was initially believed to be the successor to the empire. That's until he and his father had "a falling out and a change of heart," according to the paper.
"We didn't get on on certain points," George said. "That became evident to both of us, particularly to him, and he wanted to be out on his own."
Trending stories at Scrippsnews.com
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San Antonio brewery claims gold at Great American Beer Festival
The San Antonio beer community represented at the Great American Beer Festival and one brewery brought home gold. The annual competition was held Oct. 6-8 in Denver, Colorado. Texas brought home 22 medals overall, three of which came from the Alamo City.
Roadmap Brewing took gold international-style pilsner with Alright, Alright, Alright. Mad Pecker Brewing claimed silver with Bitter Soul in the extra special bitter category, and Freetail Brewing brought home bronze for the Bowie Bock in the international dark lager category.
Johnson City claimed the most medals in the Hill Country. Pecan Street claimed two medals, gold for the Rye Lager and bronze German altbier with Road Devil Amber. Old 290 Brewery in Johnson City snagged bronze in the wood- and barrel-aged beer category with the Hell Raiser Bourbon Barrel Brown.
More golds for the Hill Country craft beer community were won by Alstadt in Fredericksberg with the Alstadt Lager in the Munich-style lager category and the top golden or blonde ale with Fireman's #4 by Blanco's Real Ale Brewing.
Austin's beer community snagged six medals overall, two golds from Lazarus Brewing with the Black Pearl in the herb and spice beer category, and in the German-style pilsner category with Industry by the Austin Beer Garden Brewing. Two silvers for Meanwhile Brewing in the American-style strong pale alec category with Secret Beach and Austin Beer Garden Brewing in honey beer with The Beeginning (not a typo!). Jester King and Pinthouse Pizza brought home bronze with Atrial Rubicite in Belgian fruit beer and Fresh Hop Training Bines in fresh hop beer respectively.
North Texas showed up with a spread of medals. The gold American amber lager was won with Sonidero by Windmills, which is located in the Colony. Carrollton's 3 Nations Brewing won silver in chocolate beer with Devour Imperial Milk Stout: Mexican Chocolate. First of His Name was crowned bronze robust porter, brewed in Weatherford by Edgewise Eight Brewing.
Dallas won two medals, silver in juicy or hazy India Pale Ale with IPO IPA from White Rock Alehouse & Brewery and bronze non-alcholic beer with Nada IPA by Community Beer. Fort Worth claimed bronze American fruit beer with Raspberry Fields from Maple Branch Craft Brewery.
Houston grabbed silver in light lager with Heights Light Lager by New Magnolia Brewing.
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Private lending business built on a scalable platform – initially focused on California, Texas and Florida – to go nationwide
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The co-founder of LendInvest today announced the launch of F2 Finance, a real estate private lending business, the first venture introduced by new fintech investment firm Faes & Co. F2 Finance partnered with best-in-breed technology partners to build a scalable platform to lend into the "fix & flip" short-term property market in the U.S., estimated to be worth as much as $68 billion a year.
F2 Finance has been lending since April, working with a select group of introducers, and while currently focused on markets in California, Texas and Florida, F2 Finance is now launching to the wider market with the goal of becoming a nationwide bridging lender.
Entrepreneur Christian Faes, who moved to the U.S. to set up Faes & Co, co-founded LendInvest out of the financial crisis in 2008 and built it into one of the largest non-bank mortgage lenders in the UK. The company listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2021, and Faes remains a major shareholder and chairman. LendInvest has approximately £3.7 billion in funds under management and funding from numerous institutions, including J.P. Morgan, Citibank and Wells Fargo.
"We're looking forward to the challenge of building and scaling a short-term mortgage lender in the U.S.," said Faes. "It's a very large market going through a period of significant disruption, and we believe there's the opportunity for us to make a sizable impact here. With this, we will be launching a portfolio of unique and innovative products that sit outside the usual credit box and constraints that most of the market conforms to."
Learn more about F2 Finance here.
About Faes & Co
Faes & Co is an investment firm that actively builds and invests in technology enabled direct lending businesses. The firm is also a private credit fund manager, with its flagship fund investing in asset backed loans originated by its group companies. The firm's team have been involved with building direct lending businesses in the UK, Ireland, Australia and the U.S.; and these companies have over $4.7 billion in Funds under Management and employ approximately 300 people.* For information on our group, please visit www.faes.co and follow us on Twitter @faesandco and LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/faesandco
*As of May 31, 2023
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PHOENIX (AP) — Democrat Ruben Gallego held the first public events of his U.S. Senate campaign Saturday, taking aim at independent incumbent Kyrsten Sinema and casting his candidacy in a patriotic appeal to the American dream.
The fifth-term congressman recounted his journey from a poor family in Chicago to cleaning toilets as a Harvard student and a tough combat deployment as a U.S. Marine in Iraq.
“I knew if I worked hard and I kept my nose clean, this Latino kid was going to succeed in America. And I did,” Gallego told a crowd of several hundred supporters in Grant Park, a Central Phoenix hub of Latino political organizing.
Gallego began his campaign on Monday with a video posted to social media and embarked on a national media tour before returning to Arizona. In addition to his Phoenix rally on Saturday, he made similar appearances in Tucson and Casa Grande, and he planned stops Sunday in Flagstaff, the Navajo Nation and the reservation for the White Mountain Apache Tribe.
Gallego is facing the toughest campaign of his political career. Since winning a tough primary for his overwhelmingly Democratic congressional district in 2014, he’s never faced serious opposition. He now must introduce himself to voters outside his Phoenix district.
He touted his military service and his against-the-odds biography, saying that in many ways he’s “the product of that American dream.” But he pointed to the death of Tyré Nichols at the hands of five Memphis police officers as evidence there’s more work to do.
“The American dream has to include people like Tyré Nichols,” Gallego said. “It has to include Black men living without fear, and being able to live, period. They deserve the American dream, too.”
Sinema was elected as a Democrat in 2018 but left the party late last year, registering as an independent after years of growing estrangement from the party. She has not said whether she will run for reelection.
“The problem with Kyrsten isn’t that she left the Democratic Party,” Gallego said. “The problem is that she left and abandoned Arizona.”
Sinema has not directly commented on Gallego’s entrance in the race, but on Twitter last week she touted the bipartisan deals she’s helped negotiate and suggested campaigns can wait.
“Arizona just got through a brutal election season — I think we all could use a break,” Sinema wrote. “As I did with infrastructure, tribal water security, drought relief, LGBTQ+ rights, Chips, and so much more, I’m going to keep making good on my promise to deliver real results for our state.”
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A sex offender who already served prison time in Delaware for molesting kids at an ice arena has been sentenced to additional prison terms after he was charged with new crimes in two New Jersey counties.
Scott J. Bicking, 55, of Paulsboro, was indicted last year on charges that he touched a child’s genitals over and under his clothing on several occasions in late 2020 and early 2021, according to a complaint filed by Vineland police.
The victim told investigators the assaults began in Woodbury and continued in Vineland, the complaint said.
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US metros are growing, many reversing 2021 drops, new estimates show
May 17, 2023, 9:24 PM
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los Angeles were halved, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
During the first full year of the pandemic in 2021, more than half of the 20 largest U.S. metro areas lost residents, and all U.S. metro areas grew by just 0.1%, as fear of the virus sent residents fleeing the most densely-populated urban areas and the popularity of remote work allowed people to live far from their workplaces.
By comparison, only eight of the 20 largest metro areas decreased in 2022, and the growth rate for all U.S. metros was 0.4%. Among the largest U.S. metros that had gains in 2022 after experiencing losses in 2021 were Washington, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, Minneapolis and San Diego, according to 2022 population estimates released Thursday by the Census Bureau.
The Dallas-Fort Worth area grew the most among U.S. metros, jumping by six-digit figures for a second consecutive year, as it gained another 170,000 residents last year. Metro Dallas-Fort Worth’s 7.9 million residents made it the nation’s fourth-largest metropolitan area, behind only New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, all of which lost population last year but with much smaller losses compared to the first year of the pandemic.
Other metropolitan areas which saw the largest growth in number were Houston, adding more than 124,000 residents; Atlanta, with almost 79,000 new residents; Phoenix, with an additional nearly 73,000 people; and Orlando, Florida, adding almost 65,000 new residents.
Metro Phoenix also surpassed the 5 million-person threshold for the first time last year.
There were other signs that 2021’s pandemic-related migration changed a year later.
Boise Idaho and Provo, Utah — two metros that were popular destinations in 2021 for residents fleeing the West Coast’s most populous cities — dropped out of the top 20 in population growth in 2022.
By that same token, smaller communities known as micropolitan statistical areas grew by 0.1% last year compared to 0.2% in 2021.
Metropolitan statistical areas consist of one or more counties containing a central city with a population of at least 50,000 residents that together have a high degree of economic and social connections. The central city in a micropolitan statistical area must have at least 10,000 residents but no more than 50,000 residents.
Population change is driven by migration, including within U.S. borders as people move around and internationally as people arrive from abroad. It is also dependent on a community’s number of births and deaths. Thursday’s data release doesn’t show the reasons behind population changes, but similar data at the county level released in March showed it was mostly driven by international migration.
Individually, cities that make up the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area were among those that grew the most in the U.S. last year. With 19,100 new residents, the city of Forth Worth led the nation, followed by the city Phoenix with more than 19,000 additional residents and the city of San Antonio, Texas, with more than 18,800 residents gained.
Two other cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area — Dallas and Frisco — also were among those whose numbers most dramatically spiked, jumping respectively by 8,800 residents and 8,500 residents. These new residents were lured by a strong economy, mild winters and good schools.
The Villages, Florida, a relatively new retirement community northwest of Orlando, was the fastest-growing U.S. metro area between 2021 and 2022, increasing by 7.5%.
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Stellantis says it has a remedy for recalled 2017 and 2018 Chrysler Pacific Hybrid plug-in hybrid minivans that addresses potential fire risks.
While a root cause hasn’t been identified, the automaker said it has identified conditions that potentially proceed a fire, which the fix addresses. This will allow owners to resume charging their Pacificas and parking them in garages, which Stellantis had been advising against since issuing the recall in February after hearing of 12 fires.
Stellantis is now directing dealers to update battery pack software, as well as inspect the battery pack and replace it if necessary. All work will be done free of charge, and Stellantis expects to begin informing customers of when to take their vehicles to dealerships for the fix soon.
“Stellantis has validated its remedy and will begin advising affected customers of service availability late next week,” spokesperson Eric Mayne said in a statement provided to Green Car Reports Friday. “The remedy will enable customers to resume vehicle operation as outlined in their owners’ manuals. Stellantis urges customers to follow the instructions on any recall notification they receive.”
The recall covers 19,808 Pacifica Hybrid minivans from model years 2017 and 2018. It does not include newer models, or the top-selling Jeep Wrangler 4xe or Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrids.
The Pacifica Hybrid has been the subject of a series of recalls, some of which were also related to fire risk, but for other root causes. A 2018 recall addressed gasoline engines that might not restart properly after a vehicle had been operating in electric mode—potentially resulting in both fires and stalling.
The minivan was once again recalled over fire risk in 2020, but this time due to a fault with the 12-volt accessory battery connection. And shortly after it was launched in 2017, the Pacifica Hybrid was recalled for faulty diodes.
The current recall seems to focus on batteries, which have been the subject of two high-profile recalls recently.
LG cells were found to be the issue in the Chevrolet Bolt EV recall, resulting in the battery supplier’s payment of $1.9 billion toward the cost of the recall. Hyundai also replaced Kona Electric battery packs, which use LG cells; it was the automaker’s most expensive recall ever.
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Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Dean Scheinert, executive director of the senior day shelter Justa Center, about what concerns him most about homeless seniors in the record-setting heat this month in Phoenix, Arizona.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – According to officials, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown has a warrant out for his arrest after being accused of domestic violence.
The warrant comes after a Hillsborough County judge denied a risk protection order against Brown stating that “the allegations in the petition do not include sufficient evidence to meet the statutory requirement for the entry of the risk protection order.”
According to court documents, the Tampa Police Department filed a protection order on behalf of the victim, who shares multiple children with Brown after an altercation broke out between the two.
TPD said that during the altercation on Nov. 28, Brown exited the residence and allegedly threw a shoe at the victim striking her in the ponytail. As a result, the victim had no injuries but believed the shoe was meant for her head.
Police stated that Brown would not open the door or come outside to speak with officers. During the incident, he also attempted to “issue an informal eviction to the victim.”
Brown, who has been in headlines recently for his controversial takes and comments on Bucs’ quarterback Tom Brady, was terminated by the team back in January 2021.
“The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have terminated the contract of Antonio Brown, effective immediately. While Antonio did receive treatment on his ankle and was listed on the injury report the week leading up to last Sunday’s game, he was cleared to play by our medical team prior to the start of the game and at no point during the game did he indicate to our medical personnel that he could not play,” Tampa Bay wrote in a press release.
“We have attempted, multiple times throughout this week, to schedule an evaluation by an outside orthopedic specialist, yet Antonio has not complied. Maintaining the health and wellness of our players is of the utmost importance to our organization.”
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For much of training camp, the Washington Commanders garnered eyes for their change at quarterback, with the arrival of Carson Wentz, and what appeared to be a potential duel at running back. The team drafted Brian Robinson in the third round out of Alabama and had Antonio Gibson, a former college receiver who converted to tailback and topped 1,000 rushing yards last season.
The battle became even more magnified when Antonio Gibson fumbled in the preseason opener and subsequently took reps as the team’s kickoff returner.
To the outside — and perhaps to Gibson, too — the change appeared to be a teaching moment.
But now eight games into the season, Gibson’s altered role as a do-it-all back and special-teamer has proven fruitful. The dynamic of the team’s rushing corps aligns with what Coach Ron Rivera envisioned from the outset, in having players of complementary skill sets open up the playbook with their production in both the passing and running games.
Offensive coordinator Scott Turner could see it too, even if the roles of both are still fluid.
“I said this before and we’ll see if it proves true: I think there’s going to be some games … where Antonio gets rolling early and we stick with him more and [Robinson] doesn’t get quite as much. Or it’s more even,” Turner said last week. “ ‘B-Rob’ obviously had the lower yards per carry, but that’s because he was in there for some of those grinded out type of moments and runs and Antonio hit a couple splash plays that are going to boost your stats.”
Washington’s win over the Indianapolis Colts last weekend showed just how effective Gibson can be in space, and how much more the Commanders can get out of him on fewer snaps.
The third-year back played 22 offensive snaps (well below his 2021 average of 38 per game) and had 77 scrimmage yards, including 58 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown. He also had 41 total yards on a pair of kickoff returns.
Through eight games, Gibson is averaging about 30 offensive snaps per game and totaled 228 receiving yards (the fifth-most among running backs), two touchdown catches and 12 receiving first downs (fourth-most). He also had 292 rushing yards and a pair of rushing touchdowns, plus an average of 24.33 yards per kickoff return (fifth in the league with a minimum of six returns).
“I think it is giving him an opportunity to be even more dynamic because, again, not only is there a threat that he’s gonna run the ball, but there’s a threat that if he gets out in space and catches the ball, he can immediately impact the offense because he is already down field or he’s out in space where he can make people miss,” Rivera said. “That could be even more effective for our offense.”
As Washington has attempted to rebuild the offense for the last three seasons, it’s cycled through seven different starters whose skill and experience have varied significantly. With Taylor Heinicke at the helm now, the Commanders have bounced back from a four-game losing streak to win their last three games — just in time to face the top two teams in the NFC. Washington hosts the Minnesota Vikings (6-1) on Sunday before traveling to Philadelphia for its second meeting with the 7-0 Eagles in Week 10.
The quarterback change has jump-started Washington’s offense, but so too has the use of the Commanders’ versatile playmakers. Playmakers like Gibson, whose speed and elusiveness in the run game, and catch-ability and size (6-foot-2, 220 pounds) in the pass game have made him a rare threat.
“That's kind of a matchup problem for the defense,” Heinicke said. “If you want to put a linebacker on him, okay, you think your linebacker can cover this guy or do you want to take a safety out the field and go cover him and do that?”
Added Gibson: “I don’t think they’re actually prepared for my speed. When I get an open field, I can run and sometimes they misjudge that.”
Gibson’s production in the passing game has opened opportunities for Robinson in the run game, an area Turner hopes to get more yardage as the season progresses. Against the Colts, the 6-1, 228-pound rookie converted three first downs on short-yardage plays and had a pair of runs in the second quarter to help set up Gibson’s touchdown.
“Big running backs bring a different impact to the game,” Gibson said.
But Gibson’s impact this season extends to special teams too, where he’s returned six kickoffs and resumed a role he hadn’t had since college.
In training camp, Rivera told reporters that the adding Gibson in the mix as a returner was done to maximize his skill set, namely his speed and ability to break tackles. His college experience didn’t hurt either.
Gibson admitted he at first took the change “the wrong way” before coming around.
“I’m actually enjoying [kickoff returns],” he said. “At first I took it the wrong way, but I did it in college and am having fun. … Who’s to say I can’t be the best kickoff returner? Trying to go in between the tackles, you can’t run full speed every time, and being able to catch the ball and just go, I have fun with that.
“And being able to affect the game in the pass and as a running back, I’m all over the place right now and that’s how I wanted to be.”
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Former President Donald Trump's trial into his handling of classified documents is set for May 20, 2024. It's one of several criminal and civil cases Trump faces as he runs for president.
Trump, who has pleaded not guilty in the documents case, called it an "empty hoax."
The Justice Department wanted the trial to start in December; Trump's legal team wanted to push it past the 2024 election.
Daniel Richman, a law professor at Columbia Law School, said U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's order Friday setting a May 20, 2024, trial date was "an appropriate and reasonable effort to balance the legitimate needs of the defendants against the need to move the case forward as expeditiously as possible."
But the legal complexities involved, the quantity of classified evidence, and Cannon's lack of experience in such a case could contribute to lingering delays and headaches for prosecutors, Richman and other legal experts told NPR.
"[Cannon] doesn't have any experience in criminal cases involving classified information. She hasn't actually presided over a lengthy jury trial. They've all been short," Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law school professor and former Justice Department official, said of Cannon's trial background. "On another hand, she might bring, as a younger judge, energy to this. But I think this is the kind of case where experience really does matter."
What are the specific charges against Trump?
Trump faces 37 charges, including more than 30 violations of the Espionage Act, over allegations he stored dozens of classified documents at his Florida resort and refused to return them to the FBI and the National Archives.
He and his aide, Walt Nauta, are also charged with making false statements and conspiring to obstruct justice. Nauta's trial also starts on May 20.
The indictment alleges that Trump was personally involved in packing the classified documents as he left the White House in 2021, that he then bragged about having these secret materials and pushed his own lawyer to mislead the FBI about what he had stored at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago.
A trial date is set. That doesn't mean it will stick
Cannon cited the the extensive evidence presented in the case as one of the reasons she pushed the start date to next year.
This evidence includes "more than 1.1 million pages of non-classified discovery produced thus far (some unknown quantity of which is described by the Government as "non-content"), at least nine months of camera footage (with disputes about pertinent footage), at least 1,545 pages of classified discovery ready to be produced (with more to follow), plus additional content from electronic devices and other sources yet to be turned over," Cannon wrote in her order.
Trump and Nauta's teams have applied for a security clearance to go through the stacks of classified material ahead of the trial. This, alone could take weeks or even months to get approved — potentially pushing back Cannon's deadline even more, said Barbara McQuade, a professor of practice at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
The attorneys will also be limited to where they can view these records. They won't be able to view the records at their offices or whenever they want to like in an ordinary trial, McQuade noted.
"They will probably be allowed to review the classified documents only in what's called a SCIF — a sensitive compartmented information facility — at the courthouse or at the FBI. They'll have to make appointments to come in and review all of these documents," she said.
Pulling relevant records to show to the jury is just the discovery phase, "which in most cases is a pretty straightforward process. But because of the classified nature of the evidence in this case, I think it could be a little more cumbersome and could cause more delay," she said.
Richman was more direct: There will undoubtedly be delays in this case.
"One general rule is that trial dates, in the early stages of a case, are often placeholders and don't mean anything. It's well understood that the date set will slip. That's true in all sorts of cases and I certainly expect it to be true in this case," said Richman, a former federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.
This case will be tried under CIPA rules. What is that?
Trump's case will be tried within the rules of the Classified Information Procedures Act, or CIPA, a complicated statute that adds difficulties for the government's plans for a speedy trial, legal experts who spoke to NPR for this story said.
CIPA was passed by Congress in 1980 to control the disclosure of classified information in criminal prosecutions and to prevent something called "graymail." This is when a defendant threatens to release classified information, with the aim of forcing the government's hand to drop the case, Saltzburg said.
"The defense position is: Drop the case if you're not willing to make [classified documents] public," he said.
CIPA requires the defense to notify the court of any classified evidence they want to bring up in front of a jury and to submit it as part of the public record. A judge must then decide if this classified information is admissible. Under this federal law, the government can introduce an unclassified alternative that doesn't reflect any classified information.
"The first thing you're supposed to do is see whether you can come up with a substitute. And that is: A non-classified version of the same thing that will give the defendant a fair trial. And that's not always easy" and it can take a lot of time to come up with, Saltzburg said.
Submitting a summary of a classified document rather than showing the actual document is one option, he said. "But the defense may object to say it's not a fair picture. I'm sure there's going to be fights about it" in Trump's case, Saltzburg said.
Prosecuting cases with classified documents is hard. Just look at the Oliver North case
If an alternative can't be found, it's possible charges against Trump could be dropped, Saltzburg said.
This has happened before.
Saltzburg was part of the prosecutorial team in the criminal trial of Oliver North, who was involved in Iran-Contra affair during the 1980s.
"Everything got complicated because the North team wanted to show classified documents to the jury to suggest that he was doing what he was essentially ordered to do. And the intelligence agencies did not want those documents released," Saltzburg said.
That case faced lengthy delays. North went on trial for 12 criminal charges only after prosecutors dropped several charges against him.
A 1989 New York Times article on the opening day of the North trial said, "The case has been reduced somewhat in scope after the special prosecutor, Lawrence E. Walsh, dropped several important conspiracy charges against Mr. North because national secrets would have been disclosed in pressing them."
North was eventually convicted on three felony charges, but those convictions were later reversed and all charges dismissed in the '90s.
Given these difficulties with CIPA and classified records, Saltzburg and Alan B. Morrison, an associate dean at George Washington University Law School, wrote an op-ed saying they think prosecutors "should withdraw all but half a dozen" of Trump's 31 counts of wrongful possession of classified records.
"The fact that there were as many as 200 classified documents in unsecured locations at his home made the case more serious, but his refusals alone were sufficient reason to indict him," they wrote. "Focusing on his willful refusal to return the documents can shorten the trial and serve to undercut Trump's claim of selective prosecution— because no one else kept classified documents once the government asked for them back."
Saltzburg and Morrison argued that the 31 counts were useful to signal how serious the charges were, but would likely slow down the pretrial process "as Trump's lawyers will insist on examining each one of them and they will ask the judge for much more trial time so that they can be sure that each record was properly classified. The prosecution should attempt to see if a smaller document sample could be declassified."
Cannon's experience was questioned early on
Criminal cases involving classified documents are rare, Saltzburg said. "It's a very small percentage of the criminal cases that are brought throughout the entire United States. But there may be 10 or 15 of them," he said.
They usually come up in national security cases in Washington, D.C., and in the courts in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of New York, he said. "Lawyers in those jurisdictions have a lot of experience, so do a lot of the judges, and they know how to move these cases along," he said.
But Trump's case is being heard in a small courtroom in Fort Pierce, Fla., by a judge with no such background.
Cannon was appointed by Trump in 2020 and listed herself as a member of the conservative Federalist Society.
Her professional experience includes work as an assistant U.S. attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida in Fort Pierce — the same city she works out of now as a federal judge, according to the questionnaire she filled out for her judicial nomination in 2020.
In 2013, Cannon prosecuted 41 cases out of the Major Crimes Division, according to the Associated Press. She later handled appeal cases for criminal convictions and sentences.
She also worked as an associated attorney at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher in Washington, D.C., a summer associate at Squire Sanders (now known as Squire Patton Boggs) in Miami and served in a short stint with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division as a paralegal specialist.
But it's those ties to Trump as one of his appointees that has raised concern, and questions, over whether Cannon can serve as an unbiased judge in this case.
There were calls for Cannon to recuse herself almost immediately after she was assigned the case. But her background is pretty standard, according to Richman.
"She was in the system for quite some time, she came out of a well-respected firm, she got her name pushed forward by her local senator. And yes, she's got a Federalist background, but so do quite a few other judges," Richman said.
McQuade said, "I think the fact that she's been appointed by Trump is not relevant. We accept the notion in this country that judges get appointed by presidents of both parties and that when they take the bench they are supposed to be independent. That's why they're appointed for life."
McQuade said as for Cannon's perceived lack of experience: "Every judge is new at some point. Judges are randomly assigned [cases] and some are new and that's just the way it goes. Over time she will become experienced."
Cannon's early actions in this case rightfully raised some red flags, lawyers say
Cannon is the same judge who ruled in favor of Trump's request to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago last summer. This temporarily prevented federal prosecutors from continuing their investigation into the former president's possession of classified documents. Cannon also ruled to unseal a list of items the FBI seized from their search of Trump's home.
This ruling sparked serious pushback from the Justice Department and some in the legal community who questioned Cannon's legal rationale in that decision.
And it's criticism and serious concerns that Saltzburg, McQuade and Richman shared.
"I think people are concerned about her mostly because of the way she ruled in that search warrant matter, which was, to me really obviously wrong," McQuade said.
Cannon's decision to request that special master was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Saltzburg said his feelings on Cannon changed when on Friday she pushed the start date of the classified documents trial until May 2024 and issued a detailed schedule of hearings for both sides to adhere to.
"This is just what I would expect from a judge who had experience in classified information cases," he said. "It is impressive and shows considerable thought. If Judge Cannon sticks by the schedule, she will have demonstrated an ability to control a complicated case."
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New Marketing and IR Firm Hired to Assist Investors
DENVER, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtual Interactive Technologies Corp., (OTC: VRVR) ("VRVR" or the "Company"), an American multi-platform video gaming developer and publisher, is pleased to announce the launch of a new, state of the art company website which can be accessed at: http://www.vrvrcorp.com.
We invite investors and gamers to visit and explore our new website to learn about Virtual Interactive Technologies, its gaming products and the exciting vision we have for the future. This vision will include advancements in our unique, next-generation metaverse gaming with experiential immersion experiences for leading mobile and web platforms.
VRVR continues to build on its successful proprietary game catalog that features Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman, of the "Dog The Bounty Hunter" fame, Carmageddon Max Damage, Carmageddon Crashers, Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition, Catch & Release, and Worbital.
Additionally, VRVR has hired a new marketing firm, Dynamic Growth Media, LLC. that will handle Social Media, Marketing and Investor Relations. The mission for Dynamic Growth Media, LLC. will be to bring higher market awareness, a better understanding of the company and its developing product line.
Virtual Interactive Technologies Corp (OTC: VRVR) or ("the Company") is a next-generation game and metaverse developer publisher that creates experiential immersion experiences by harnessing the latest technologies, including Blockchain and digital assets. The Company's newly launched brand, Extrosive, is building a metaverse that replaces traditional boring financial experiences with a new paradigm, "global Prosperity space" (gPs). This new asset class dynamically augments global and local realities and builds communities of aligned financial values, virtuous economies, and a trusted network. The result would be a metaverse game for the glamorous world of Wall Street, High-Speed trading involving community building, quantified self, and NFTs – a pure adrenaline rush! In addition, the Company continues to build on its successful catalog that includes Carmageddon Max Damage, Carmageddon Crashers, Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition, Catch & Release, and Worbital. The Company also entered into a joint development partnership with Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman, of the "Dog The Bounty Hunter" fame, to develop and promote multiple games across several platforms.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinder Beauty, co-founded by celebrities Daniella Monet and Evanna Lynch, is proud to announce the launch of their first vegan skincare line with the release of three facial serums; Hello Sunshine (Vitamin C) $38, Be Kind, Rewind (Bakuchiol) $36, and Dew-Gooder (Hyaluronic Acid) $26. Known for their cruelty-free subscription boxes, Kinder Beauty Box and KND by Kinder Beauty, the brand teamed up with one of the leading USA-based beauty formulators and manufacturers in the world to develop the cleanest, most effective serums that are accessible to all.
"We are so excited to introduce this new product line to the Kinder Beauty brand. Cruelty-free beauty should be available to everyone and we're really glad to be playing a part in making quality products with clean ingredients accessible to everyone." – Daniella Monet, Co-Founder of Kinder Beauty
Kinder Beauty is disrupting the clean skincare industry with luxury, science-backed formulations that include Vitamin C, Bakuchiol, and Hyaluronic Acid + Niacinamide at a fraction of the price point of competitors. Designed to address common skincare concerns, Hello Sunshine, 15% Vitamin C serum, brightens uneven skin tones, invigorates the skin's natural collagen production, and protects skin against environmental aggressors like harsh UV rays and air pollution. Be Kind, Rewind 1% Bakuchiol serum, provides a natural, gentler alternative to retinol and smooths the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while giving collagen and elastin production a much-needed boost by promoting cellular turnover. The final step, Dew-Gooder, 2% Hyaluronic Acid serum with 10% Niacinamide, deeply hydrates skin, leaving a dewy hue and improves the skin's barrier function. Together, the trio is the perfect skincare starter kit for everyday use.
"Since launching Kinder Beauty in 2019, probably the question I've been asked the most by customers is: 'When are you going to launch your own products?' I've always said we would when the time is right—when we were able to launch the best possible products at prices that are kinder to your wallet. That time is now and I can't wait for our customers to experience these serums, which we've put our heart and soul into developing." Andrew Bernstein, Co-Founder & CEO of Kinder Beauty
The serum launch is the first of many for the brand in 2023, as they continue to expand their Made by Kinder line with a variety of specialty beauty and wellness products.
All serums are 100% vegan and cruelty-free and are now available exclusively at KinderBeauty.com (affiliated with Skimlinks 5370367) for under $40. In addition, 5% of proceeds from each serum purchased will be donated directly to animal charities in an effort to end animal cruelty and provide immediate support to animals in need of rescue.
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Founded by longtime vegans and actresses, Daniella Monet and Evanna Lynch, Kinder Beauty is the first-ever 100% vegan, cruelty free beauty subscription box. Each box contains five vegan, cruelty-free products delivered right to your door each month for just $26. The brand also recently launched their newest KND by Kinder Beauty Box, a quarterly lifestyle box that contains seven full-sized products each month. All products are available exclusively at KinderBeauty.com.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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- Reejig has been honored with two awards at this year's global HR Tech Awards powered by Lighthouse Research & Advisory (one of the HR technology industry's most innovative firms)
- The workforce intelligence platform was praised for offering talent and business leaders real value and insights into where to find their best-fit talent
SYDNEY and SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading workforce intelligence platform Reejig has been named the winner of the HR Tech Award for Best Advance in Practical AI in the Talent Management and Talent Acquisition categories.
These accolades recognize Reejig's innovation in developing the world's first independently audited ethical talent AI to deliver real value and practical impacts in helping global enterprises find, move and upskill talent at scale.
The HR Tech Awards - powered by Lighthouse Research & Advisory, one of the HR technology industry's most innovative firms - is designed to help HR technology buyers and employers understand some of the best companies in the industry for technology selection needs. The initiative provides peer-reviewed feedback and inputs on solutions purpose-built to serve employers and the workforce. It involves a rigorous judging component with a panel of independent practitioners, consultants, and educators providing inputs on each submission.
Ben Eubanks, Chief Research Officer at Lighthouse Research & Advisory, commended Reejig on the wins and commented that, "Employers everywhere are talking about skills, but the conversation can be difficult because of the sheer scale of the challenge around identifying and tracking those skills across the workforce. Reejig is tackling this problem with an enterprise-grade workforce intelligence system, offering talent and business leaders real value and insights into where to find their best-fit talent."
CEO and Co-Founder of Reejig, Siobhan Savage said the business was once again honoured to be recognised for its innovation in AI, which is helping global enterprises and governments find, move and upskill their workforces using the world's first independently audited ethical talent AI.
"We're not just building technology; we're also creating impact and change – for the better through our mission towards zero wasted potential. We are committed to ensuring our AI is truly ethical and are proud to have created the global blueprint for ethical talent AI," she added.
These announcement of these awards come on the heels of Reejig's recent recognition as a 2022 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
About Reejig:
Reejig is a leading workforce intelligence platform that enables global organizations to find, retain, and upskill talent at scale. Powered by the world's first independently audited ethical AI, Reejig acts as your central nervous system for all talent decisions, enabling zero wasted potential. Learn more by visiting reejig.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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LONDON (AP) — A woman in her 80s was in critical condition after being hit by a police motorcycle that was escorting Sophie, the wife of Prince Edward, British police said Thursday.
The Metropolitan Police said the motorcycle collided with a pedestrian on Wednesday afternoon at an intersection in west London.
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Sophie, known as the Duchess of Edinburgh, said her “heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the injured lady and her family,” according to a statement from Buckingham Palace.
The statement added that Sophie was “grateful for the swift response by the emergency services." It said further comment would be inappropriate because the crash was being investigated.
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The woman remained in critical condition at a hospital on Thursday. No other injuries were reported and police inquiries into the crash were ongoing.
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Aaron Judge is making them pay. He is costing the pitchers that miss their spots against him. He’s robbing opposing hitters of home runs and eventually he will make the Yankees or another team pay a steep price in the free agent market this winter, after betting on himself. Judge hit two home runs Friday night, including his second grand slam of the season, driving in six runs and powering the Bombers to an 11-5 come-from-behind win over the Royals at the Stadium.
It was the 29th come-from-behind win of the season for the Yankees (68-33), who maintained the best record in the American League.
“He’s amazing,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said before anyone even asked a question after Friday night’s performance. “He’s just done some really special things obviously. Forty-one (home runs), a grand slam for the cherry on top and just more great at bats. He makes a great play to start the game and take a home run back, too. Maybe we should give him three tonight...for that robbery right out of the gate.
“So just a special player you know doing really amazing things.”
Judge’s second homer of the night, a 370-foot shot, capped an eight-run, eighth-inning rally, and was his 41st of the season, his second grand slam of the year and fourth of his career.
The 30-year old Judge hit his major-league leading 40th home run in the third inning off Royals lefty Kris Bubic. Number 41, the grand slam, capped the Yankees’ impressive eighth inning. No other hitter has reached 33 so far. He is only the second Yankee ever to hit 41 homers in the clubs’ first 101 games, joining Babe Ruth. He’s the seventh major leaguer to do it.
He has hit five homers in his last five games, eight in his last eight and 11 in his last 13 games. He is now on pace to hit 64 home runs this season. The franchise record is 61 set in 1961 by Roger Maris and it still stands as the American League record.
Of the 38 runs the Yankees have scored over their last eight games, Judge has driven in 19 of them.
Boone has seen some historic seasons, playing against Barry Bonds and with Ken Griffey, Jr., and Miguel Cabrera. Friday night, Boone said Judge’s season compares to those greats.
Judge also robbed a home run on Friday night. MJ Melendez led off the game with a deep fly ball, 357 feet to the right-field wall. Judge leapt up and caught it on the very edge of his glove, “snow coning,” it to save a run for Gerrit Cole.
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“So I was pretty, pretty thankful that he made that play and he was able to come out of it clean,” Cole said, pointing out that Judge had to maneuver around the new electronic scoreboard in the right field wall and was cut by the chain link fence protecting it. ”So that was just a jolt of energy right from the beginning. Great play.”
Judge said it was a tough angle with the lip over the electronic scoreboard in the right-field wall, but making the play was a shot of adrenaline for him—similar to hitting homers.
They’re close,” Judge said of making the defensive play. “You get the crowd excited, you’re helping a pitcher who’s working his butt off. It’s pretty cool and then kind of the same thing when you hit one you’re helping your team add some runs to the board, but hitting the home run is still above robbing it for me right now.
“But it’s still fun getting a chance to do that.”
It’s been a dominant season for Judge, who came into it playing for a contract when he hits the free agent market at the end of the year. He turned down an extension offer on Opening Day that would have included this season and been worth $230 million.
Judge isn’t talking records or contracts during this season and when asked about his historic run, he just shrugged.
“The team’s doing great,” Judge said with a coy smile, “We’re in first place. I think that’s the most important thing.”
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MADRID (AP) — Officials said Monday 22 people were hospitalized after a regional passenger train and a locomotive collided head-on in northeastern Spain.
The regional government of northeast Catalonia said five of the 22 were in serious condition.
The collision occurred late Sunday near the town of Vila-seca, south of Barcelona. There were 75 passengers on the train.
Spain’s Adif railway infrastructure company said the freight train engine had a brake problem. The collision continues to be under investigation.
Traffic on the line remained interrupted Monday.
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Two teenagers in love. A retiree who would “give you the shirt off his back.” A woman with a fondness for her dog, and pigs. A young man who was the “life of the party.”
Those were the lives lost in the early-morning darkness Wednesday when a killer tornado tore through a remote village in a hilly area of southeastern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Thursday that all five victims were either in the same mobile home, or divided between the trailer and a small camper parked next to it.
“My baby,” Stormiee Mayberry, in a direct Facebook message, said of her 18-year-old son, Michael McCoy, one of the victims. “He was such a strong wonderful young man he was my everything.”
“I truly cannot talk right now,” she added. “It’s too much. Too much hurt.”
The tornado strafed a 22-mile (35-kilometer) stretch of land and destroyed much of the tiny rural village of Glenallen shortly after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. It came during a week of violent storms and tornadoes. In fact, another twister Wednesday night claimed a life in Kentucky, where three EF-1 tornadoes touched down, with maximum winds of 110 mph (177 kph).
The Missouri victims were: Glenn Burcks, 62, who lived in the mobile home in Glenallen. Susan Sullivan, 57, also lived there, along with her 37-year-old nephew, James Skaggs. Also killed were Sullivan’s 16-year-old granddaughter, Destinee Nicole Koenig of Sikeston, Missouri, and McCoy, her boyfriend.
Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott said investigators aren’t sure if any of the victims were in the camper when the tornado hit.
The mobile home essentially exploded, leaving only scattered debris and a rusted metal chassis. Some shards of metal stuck to tree limbs. Tattered remains of furniture sat in a field. A few old photos, videotapes and even baseball cards dotted the mud near the home’s concrete pad.
McCoy’s uncle, Rustin Kinder, said the teenager’s dad and another uncle hurried to the trailer once they heard about the tornado. The uncle found McCoy badly injured in a field. Kinder said his nephew was rushed to a hospital but “just couldn’t hang on.”
Kinder described McCoy as charismatic and funny and said he was “young and in love” with Koenig, calling her McCoy’s “whole world.”
“He basically had a bright future, you know, but he didn’t even get a chance to have a family,” Kinder said. “And, you know, it’s just sad, really.”
Koenig was a sophomore at New Madrid High School and loved animals, especially cats and dogs. Principal Justin Poley said the school is offering help for students dealing with the loss of their classmate.
“She did have quite a few friends that are having a difficult time right now,” Poley said.
Burcks was “a sweet and giving man, and he’d give the shirt off his back for you,” his sister-in-law, Dorothy Burcks, said. Glenn Burcks considered Sullivan and her relatives family.
Burcks had worked at a saw mill but was in ill health and was retired, Dorothy Burcks said.
“He lived out in the country all his life,” she said. “He loved country. He didn’t like the town life or the city life.”
Sullivan worked as a teacher for Head Start for about 15 years, according to her obituary. She had a fondness for her dog, “Baby,” and for pigs.
Skaggs “loved to take pictures, have fun and be the life of the party,” his obituary stated.
A funeral service for Koenig, and memorial services for Sullivan and Skaggs, will be Monday in nearby Marble Hill. Arrangements were incomplete for Burcks and McCoy.
In Kentucky, Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Steve Moran identified the victim as Billy Corum, 30, of Louisville. Moran said Corum was walking his dog near his home Wednesday when high winds knocked over a tree that struck Corum in the head.
Preliminary findings on Thursday indicated that the tornadoes struck two areas of Louisville, meteorologist Brian Neudorff said. The storm toppled trees and power lines and tore the roof off an apartment building.
A separate tornado with maximum winds of 110 mph (177 kph) touched down in the Brandonburg area of Mead County, less than an hour southwest of Louisville, Neudorff said.
Bob Oravec, a lead weather service forecaster, said more severe weather was possible Thursday in an area stretching from eastern Texas to the mid-Atlantic states.
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Salter reported from O’Fallon, Missouri, and Hollingsworth reported from Mission, Kansas. Jennifer Garske and Nancy Benac in Washington, D.C., and John Raby in Charleston, West Virginia, contributed to this report.
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ENCINO, Calif., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intake Services Inc. of Encino CA is proud to announce its new Legal Intake Conversion Service offered to law firms and legal marketing agencies across the country. The new service allows Intake Services Inc. to perform an "intake" of a law firm's leads generated from social media, radio and television and to quickly convert those leads into signed retainers. All prospective clients are met with empathy and support and Agreements and contracts are sent via email, text message, priority shipping and depending on the area in person to ensure a speedy conversion.
Intake Services, Inc. is staffed by the brightest and most experienced intake specialists in the industry. Each intake team is managed by a Certified Victim Advocate who is experienced in providing support to victims of traumatic events and can provide insight into complex issues.
"An Intake specialist is the gateway to a personal injury or mass tort law firm and for law firms the first impression they make is key" Says Rob Gorman Communications Manager at the Company "How you provide intake, how quickly you respond to an online request, how adept you are at connecting with your prospective clients is what will make a client choose your firm instead of someone else's"
Intake Services, Inc. provides legal intake support for almost every type of personal injury case and is staffed with the brightest minds in the legal support industry. All campaigns are matched with a specific in-house intake specialist team which is hand selected to handle the type of demographic the law firm is marketing to. Not every law firm knows how to connect to every type of client. Intake Services Inc. helps bridge the gap. They are staffed to handle a large volume of leads and can also help smaller firms grow by increasing their conversions.
"The Intake Conversion Service allows law firms and legal marketers to have their leads called quickly, to vibe with their respective clients and to set the tone for the relationship moving forward," Rob Gorman chimes in. "In this digital age you need to make contact, connect with your prospective clients and convert them in a manner that is easy for both the firm and the consumer. Plain and simple."
For more information Please visit Intake Services Inc. on the web at www.intakeservicesinc.com
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WebXtra: Nacogdoches venom response team talks about snake wrangling
Published: Aug. 26, 2022 at 12:56 PM CDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Captain Ray Cole of Nacogdoches Fire and Rescue speaks with KTRE’S Avery Gorman about their venom response team.
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Lavrov says Russian goal to oust Ukraine’s president
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia appears to have reversed itself after the country’s top diplomat said Moscow’s overarching goal is to topple the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Russian artillery barrages and air strikes continue to pummel cities across Ukraine.
The remark from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov comes amid Ukraine’s efforts to resume grain exports from its Black Sea ports, something that would help ease global food shortages, under a new deal tested by a Russian strike on Odesa over the weekend.
Speaking to envoys at an Arab League summit in Cairo late Sunday, Lavrov said Moscow is determined to help Ukrainians “liberate themselves from the burden of this absolutely unacceptable regime.”
Lavrov accused Kiev and “its Western allies” of spouting propaganda intended to ensure that Ukraine “becomes the eternal enemy of Russia.”
“Russian and Ukrainian people would continue to live together, we will certainly help Ukrainian people to get rid of the regime, which is absolutely anti-people and anti-historical,” he said.
Lavrov’s remarks contrasted sharply with the Kremlin’s line early in the war, when Russian officials repeatedly emphasized that they weren’t seeking to overthrow Zelenskyy’s government.
Lavrov argued that Russia was ready to negotiate a deal to end hostilities in March when Kyiv changed tack and declared its intention to rout Russia on the battlefield, adding that the West has encouraged Ukraine to keep fighting.
“The West insists that Ukraine must not start negotiations until Russia is defeated on the battlefield,” Lavrov said.
It was not yet clear when grain shipments would resume following Russia and Ukraine signing identical agreements with the United Nations and Turkey on Friday in Istanbul. The deals are aimed at clearing the way for the shipment of millions of tons of desperately needed Ukrainian grain, as well as the export of Russian grain and fertilizer.
The Kremlin insisted Monday that the attack on the port of Odesa over the weekend targeted military assets and would not affect grain shipping.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the strike had to do “exclusively with the military infrastructure.”
“This is in no way related to the infrastructure involved in fulfilling the agreements and exporting grain. So this can’t and shouldn’t affect the start of the shipment process in any way,” Peskov said.
The Kremlin spokesman also said that Moscow has no interest in halting all gas supplies to Europe and that recent restrictions on the flow of Russian gas to European countries “are simply the consequences of restrictions the Europeans have imposed, and the Europeans themselves are suffering from these restrictions.”
“Russia is a responsible gas supplier, and no matter what anyone says, the European Commission, in European capitals, in the U.S., Russia has been and continues to be a country that to a large extent guarantees Europe’s energy security,” Peskov said.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s presidential office said Monday that at least two civilians were killed and another 10 were wounded in the latest Russian shelling during the last 24 hours.
In the eastern Donetsk region, the focus of the Russian offensive, Russian artillery struck Avdiivka, Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka. An airstrike on Bakhmut damaged at least five houses.
“The Russians are using the scorched earth tactics across the entire Donbas, they fire from the ground and from the air to wipe off entire cities,” Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks.
The Russians also struck the Kharkiv region. In the city of Chuhuiv, a Russian strike ruined the building of a local club and rescue workers removed several people from under the debris.
Kharkiv Gov. Oleh Sinyehubov denounced the attack as “senseless barbarity,” saying that “it looks like a deadly lottery when no one knows where the next strike will come and the entire region is dangerous for living.”
In the Dnipro region, a 10-year-old girl was wounded by shelling, and a 7-year-old child was wounded in the Russian shelling of the Mykolaiv region.
In other developments:
— Russia’s top domestic security agency said Monday it has thwarted an attempt by the Ukrainian military intelligence to entice Russian military pilots to surrender their combat jets to Ukraine.
The Federal Security Service (FSB), the KGB’s successor agency, said Monday that Ukrainians offered Russian pilots cash and European Union citizenship to persuade them to hijack their warplanes. In a video released by the FSB, a man purported to be a Ukrainian intelligence officer, is offering to pay a prospective defector pilot $2 million if he would surrender his plane during a combat mission over Ukraine.
Russian state television claimed that Western spy agencies assisted the Ukrainians in the effort. The Russian claims couldn’t be independently verified.
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Which Calvin Klein jeans are best?
While Calvin Klein jeans are an all-American classic, the brand has evolved quite a lot since its inception. Alongside traditional styles, the designer now boasts improved silhouettes, such as the fitted straight-leg with a high waist and gender-inclusive designs with relaxed shapes that sit at the waist.
The Calvin Klein Super-High-Rise Straight-Leg Jeans are a top choice for a new take on the traditional straight-leg style.
What to know before you buy Calvin Klein jeans
What put Calvin Klein’s jeans on the map?
Calvin Klein was already well on its way to becoming a classic American brand by the time it released its first denim collection in 1978. However, many who had never heard of the designer before that year soon donned its logo on their backside. Calvin Klein sold 200,000 pairs of jeans within a week of its first denim release. The designer denim frenzy began after that year.
Calvin Klein’s commitment to sustainability
The fashion industry often damages the environment through carbon emissions, waste and overuse of fresh water. That’s why it makes such a big difference when mega-brands, such as Calvin Klein, significantly reduce or eliminate their environmental impact. The brand aims to use only sustainably sourced cotton, viscose and wool by 2025, and it has committed to eliminating single-use plastic packaging and using sustainably sourced polyester by 2030.
Calvin Klein jeans styles
Calvin Klein’s commitment to inclusivity means it has updated its staple silhouettes. Standard styles include:
- Gender-inclusive: Sits at the waist with a loose, wide leg and a button fly.
- Mom: Fitted waist, relaxed through the hips and legs, with a taper at the ankle.
- Skinny: Contoured from the waist to the ankle with a high stretch.
- Straight leg: Fitted at the waist and hips, relaxed and straight through the legs.
What to look for in quality Calvin Klein jeans
Rise
Rise is measured from the seam at the center of the crotch up to the top of the waistband. Standard denim rises include:
- Low-rise: 5-8 inches, usually a few inches below your navel.
- Mid-rise: 8-9 inches and commonly sits about 1-inch below your navel.
- High-rise: 9.5-10.5 inches and rests right at your navel.
- Ultra high-rise: 11-12 inches and typically lands above your navel.
Inseam
You can determine your jeans’ inseam by measuring from the lowest part of the crotch to the bottom of the inner hemline. The four standard Calvin Klein denim lengths are:
- Cropped: Sits at 26 inches or slightly shorter, and rests at the shin.
- Ankle: Measures 27-29 inches long and should sit at or just above your ankle.
- Regular: Runs 30-31 inches and sits at the top of your foot.
- Tall: Measures 32 inches or longer, is made for tall people or those with long legs and should rest at the top of your foot.
Authenticity
Due to the popularity of Calvin Klein jeans, some stores sell unwitting customers counterfeit jeans. While you might be tempted to save a little money, buy yours from a reputable source.
How much you can expect to spend on Calvin Klein jeans
Expect to pay more for newly released silhouettes, but you can find a fantastic pair of Calvin Klein jeans for $30-$120.
Calvin Klein jeans FAQ
What is the best way to wash your Calvin Klein jeans?
A. Consult with the wash instructions listed on the label to ensure they are machine-washable. Next, turn them inside out before washing them in cold water on a gentle cycle, and hang them to dry.
What denim style looks good on everyone?
A. A high waist with a snug fit down to the hip and a straight leg is universally flattering.
What are the best Calvin Klein jeans to buy?
Top Calvin Klein jeans
Calvin Klein Super-High-Rise Straight-Leg Jeans
What you need to know: These jeans look good on everyone: snug in all the right places and relaxed everywhere else.
What you’ll love: They are made from a blend of cotton and spandex, giving them just the right balance of structure and stretch. The snug 11-inch rise shows off your waist and hips, as the slim but straight legs give them an incredibly comfortable fit.
What you should consider: If you are looking for jeans you can dress up, you might want to go with a darker wash.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
Top Calvin Klein jeans for the money
Calvin Klein Mid-Rise Skinny Ankle Jeans
What you need to know: These jeans create an effortlessly chic look that hugs your body but gives you enough stretch to move around.
What you’ll love: These cotton jeans are blended with polyester, rayon and spandex for added comfort and stretch. They are mid-rise with a slim fit through the hip, thigh and leg, providing just the right balance of structure and comfort.
What you should consider: If you prefer loose jeans, you might want to look for a straight-leg or boyfriend silhouette.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Calvin Klein Ultra Hi-Rise Destructed Jeans
What you need to know: This is a fantastic pair of casual jeans with a relaxed wash and a flattering silhouette.
What you’ll love: The high-rise waist and snug hip show off your curves as the straight leg and deconstructed hemline give the jeans an ultra-relaxed feel. While the denim is mostly made from cotton, the added blend of polyester, rayon and spandex adds just the right amount of stretch.
What you should consider: If a deconstructed hemline is not for you, you might want to look for a similar fit with a cleaner hem.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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– Treatment with axatilimab resulted in an overall response rate (ORR) of 67% across all patients; and an ORR of 82% in patients dosed at 1 mg/kg every 2 weeks in the Phase 2 portion of the trial –
– Broad multi-organ clinical benefit including in lung, skin, and joints and fascia observed in heavily pretreated patient population –
WALTHAM, Mass. and WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNDX) and Incyte (Nasdaq: INCY) today announced that results from the Phase 1/2 trial of axatilimab, Syndax's anti-CSF-1R antibody, in patients with recurrent or refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) following two or more prior lines of therapy, were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
A total of 40 patients with refractory disease who received a median of four prior systemic therapies, some of which included ibrutinib, ruxolitinib and belumosudil, were treated in the Phase 1/2 dose escalation trial. Thirty-nine patients were evaluable for response as of the data cutoff. All study participants were treated for a median duration of 29 weeks, with all responding patients treated for a median duration of 38 weeks at the time of data cut-off. Results showed:
- Overall response rate by cycle 7 day 1 was 82% (18/22) in the Phase 2 cohort (1mg/kg every two weeks) and 67% (26/39) among all evaluable patients treated in the dose escalation study. Best ORR (complete response + partial response) observed at any point during the study in all patients treated was 69% (27/39).
- Median duration of response for Phase 2 responding patients was not reached; 33% of patients experiencing sustained response lasting 20 weeks or longer.
- A decrease in glucocorticoids doses was observed in 52% of responding patients.
- Responses were observed across a range of organ systems with difficult to treat manifestations such as lung (5/16), skin (5/35), and joints and fascia (19/31).
- A clinically meaningful disease improvement using the Lee Symptom Score of at least 7 points was seen in 58% (21/36) of all evaluable patients.
Axatilimab was well tolerated with a favorable safety profile in this refractory population. The most common adverse events were consistent with on-target effects of CSF-1R inhibition. In the Phase 1 cohort, two dose limiting toxicities were reported, both at the 3 mg/kg every two weeks dose. There were no ≥Grade 3 on-target toxicities of CSF-1R blockade seen in the Phase 2 cohort. There was no incidence of cytomegalovirus or other viral reactivation, and no apparent increases in risk for infection. Serious adverse events occurred in 40% (16/40) of patients, with seven (18%) patients discontinuing the study intervention due to adverse events, four (10%) of which were deemed treatment-related.
"We believe axatilimab is well positioned to potentially be a first- and best-in-class anti-CSF-1R antibody for cGVHD," said Kate Madigan, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Syndax. "The robust, durable responses and multi-organ clinical benefit observed in this Phase 1/2 trial in refractory patients support the potential for axatilimab to serve as an effective intervention in this underserved population."
"The results of this Phase 1/2 dose finding study are very encouraging regarding the ability of axatilimab to provide meaningful clinical responses in chronic GVHD patients that have been refractory to multiple prior therapies" said Carrie Kitko, M.D., Medical Director of the Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, and the corresponding author of the Phase 1/2 publication. "Combining both anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects through the targeting of disease associated macrophages would be particularly exciting for this patient population that would benefit from a reduction in sclerotic and fibrotic manifestations of chronic GVHD. In the past simply stopping further progression of those manifestations was considered a "win", but some of these patients are actually having improvements in joint range of motion and skin tightening."
The article, titled "Axatilimab for chronic graft-versus-host disease after failure of at least two prior systemic therapies: results of a Phase 1/2 study," is available online.
Chronic graft-versus-host disease, an immune response of the donor-derived hematopoietic cells against recipient tissues, is a serious, potentially life-threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation which can last for years. Chronic GVHD is estimated to develop in approximately 40% of transplant recipients, and affects approximately 14,000 patients in the U.S.1,2 Chronic GVHD typically manifests across multiple organ systems, with skin and mucosa being commonly involved, and is characterized by the development of fibrotic tissue.3
Axatilimab is an investigational monoclonal antibody that targets colony stimulating factor-1 receptor, or CSF-1R, a cell surface protein thought to control the survival and function of monocytes and macrophages. In pre-clinical models, inhibition of signaling through the CSF-1 receptor has been shown to reduce the number of disease-mediating macrophages along with their monocyte precursors, which has been shown to play a key role in the fibrotic disease process underlying diseases such as cGVHD and IPF. Phase 1/2 data of Axatilimab in cGVHD demonstrating its broad activity and tolerability was last presented at the 63rd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Axatilimab was granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with cGVHD and IPF. In September 2021, Syndax and Incyte entered into an exclusive worldwide co-development and co-commercialization license agreement for axatilimab. Axatilimab is being developed under an exclusive worldwide license from UCB entered into between Syndax and UCB in 2016.
Enrollment in the Company's global pivotal Phase 2 AGAVE-201 Phase 2 study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of axatilimab in patients with recurrent or refractory active cGVHD who have received at least two prior lines of systemic therapy is complete, and topline data is expected mid-2023. Additionally, a Phase 1 combination trial of ruxolitinib and axatilimab, led by Incyte, is in preparation and expected to initiate by end of the first quarter of 2023, and a Phase 2b trial of axatilimab in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis led by Syndax is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2022.
For more information about AGAVE-201, visit https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04710576
Syndax Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies. Highlights of the Company's pipeline include revumenib (SNDX-5613), a highly selective inhibitor of the Menin–MLL binding interaction, and axatilimab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) receptor, both currently in pivotal trials. For more information, please visit www.syndax.com or follow the Company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Incyte is a Wilmington, Delaware-based, global biopharmaceutical company focused on finding solutions for serious unmet medical needs through the discovery, development and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics. For additional information on Incyte, please visit Incyte.com and follow @Incyte.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "may," "will," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "believe" and similar expressions (as well as other words or expressions referencing future events, conditions or circumstances) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Syndax's expectations and assumptions as of the date of this press release. Each of these forward-looking statements involves risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements about the progress, timing, clinical development and scope of clinical trials, the reporting of clinical data for Syndax's product candidates, and the potential use of our product candidates to treat various cancer indications and fibrotic diseases. Many factors may cause differences between current expectations and actual results, including: unexpected safety or efficacy data observed during preclinical or clinical trials; clinical trial site activation or enrollment rates that are lower than expected; changes in expected or existing competition; changes in the regulatory environment; the COVID-19 pandemic may disrupt our business and that of the third parties on which we depend, including delaying or otherwise disrupting our clinical trials and preclinical studies, manufacturing and supply chain, or impairing employee productivity; failure of Syndax's collaborators to support or advance collaborations or product candidates; and unexpected litigation or other disputes. Other factors that may cause Syndax's actual results to differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements in this press release are discussed in Syndax's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the "Risk Factors" sections contained therein. Except as required by law, Syndax assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in expectations, even as new information becomes available.
Except for the historical information set forth herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements regarding the potential of axatilimab to treat patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease or for any other indication, the AGAVE-201 study and other clinical trials involving axatilimab, contain predictions, estimates and other forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are based on Incyte's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including unanticipated developments in and risks related to: unanticipated delays; further research and development and the results of clinical trials possibly being unsuccessful or insufficient to meet applicable regulatory standards or warrant continued development; the ability to enroll sufficient numbers of subjects in clinical trials; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and measures to address the pandemic on Incyte's clinical trials, supply chain, other third-party providers and development and discovery operations; determinations made by regulatory authorities; Incyte's dependence on its relationships with its collaboration partners; the efficacy or safety of Incyte's products and the products of Incyte's collaboration partners; the acceptance of Incyte's products and the products of Incyte's collaboration partners in the marketplace; market competition; sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution requirements; and other risks detailed from time to time in Incyte's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report and its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022. Incyte disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
References
- SmartAnalyst 2020 SmartImmunology Insights chronic GVHD report.
- Bachier, CR. et al. ASH annual meeting 2019; abstract #2109 Epidemiology and Real-World Treatment of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Post Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A U.S. Claims Analysis.
- Kantar 2020 GVHD Expert Interviews N=32 interviews.
Syndax Contact
Sharon Klahre
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
sklahre@syndax.com
Tel 781.684.9827
Incyte Contacts:
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Free COVID-19 tests aren’t guaranteed after May 11
(CNN) - The U.S. COVID-19 public health emergency officially ends this month.
One of the things that means is free COVID-19 tests aren’t guaranteed after May 11.
Some costs may shift to become out-of-pocket.
However, there are still ways to take advantage of the benefits of the public health emergency before it expires.
Pharmacies and other retailers have home tests, and costs may be covered upfront or reimbursed by insurance plans.
There’s also the federal website covidtests.gov that allows U.S. households to order free test kits for delivery.
The site is still up and running, with four free tests available to any household that hasn’t ordered since December.
Also, the Food and Drug Administration has extended the expiration date for many home tests beyond what’s on the box, so check the FDA website before throwing them out.
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WEED, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people remained under evacuation orders Saturday after a wind-whipped wildfire raged through rural Northern California, injuring people and torching an unknown number of homes.
The fire that began Friday afternoon on or near a wood-products plant quickly blew into a neighborhood on the northern edge of Weed but then carried the flames away from the city of about 2,600.
Evacuees described heavy smoke and chunks of ash raining down.
Annie Peterson said she was sitting on the porch of her home near Roseburg Forest Products, which manufactures wood veneers, when “all of a sudden we heard a big boom and all that smoke was just rolling over toward us.”
Very quickly her home and about a dozen others were on fire. She said members of her church helped evacuate her and her son, who is immobile. She said the scene of smoke and flames looked like “the world was coming to an end.”
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Suzi Brady, a Cal Fire spokeswoman, said several people were injured.
Allison Hendrickson, spokeswoman for Dignity Health North State hospitals, said two people were brought to Mercy Medical Center Mount Shasta. One was in stable condition and the other was transferred to UC Davis Medical Center, which has a burn unit.
Rebecca Taylor, communications director for Roseburg Forest Products based in Springfield, Oregon, said it is unclear if the fire started near or on company property. A large empty building at the edge of company property burned she said. All employees were evacuated, and none have reported injuries, she said.
The blaze, dubbed the Mill Fire, was pushed by 35-mph (56-kph) winds, and quickly engulfed 4 square miles (10.3 square kilometers) of ground.
The flames raced through tinder-dry grass, brush and timber. About 7,500 people in Weed and several nearby communities were under evacuation orders.
Dr. Deborah Higer, medical director at the Shasta View Nursing Center, said all 23 patients at the facility were evacuated, with 20 going to local hospitals and three staying at her own home, where hospital beds were set up.
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Siskyou County and said a federal grant had been received “to help ensure the availability of vital resources to suppress the fire.”
At about the time the blaze started, power outages were reported that affected some 9,000 customers, and several thousand remained without electricity late into the night, according to an outage website for power company PacifiCorp, which said they were due to the wildfire.
It was the third large wildfire in as many days in California, which has been in the grip of a prolonged drought and is now sweltering under a heat wave that was expected to push temperatures past the 100-degree mark in many areas through Labor Day.
Thousands also were ordered to flee on Wednesday from a fire in Castaic north of Los Angeles and a blaze in eastern San Diego County near the Mexican border, where two people were severely burned and several homes were destroyed. Those blazes were 56% and 65% contained, respectively, and all evacuations had been lifted.
The heat taxed the state’s power grid as people tried to stay cool. For a fourth day, residents were asked to conserve power Saturday during late afternoon and evening hours.
The Mill Fire was burning about an hour’s drive from the Oregon state line. A few miles north of the blaze, a second fire erupted Friday near the community of Gazelle. The Mountain Fire has burned more than 2 square miles (6 square kilometers) but no injuries or building damage was reported.
The whole region has faced repeated devastating wildfires in recent years. The Mill Fire was only about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of where the McKinney Fire — the state’s deadliest of the year — erupted in late July. It killed four people and destroyed dozens of homes.
Olga Hood fled her Weed home on Friday as smoke was blowing over the next hill.
With the notorious gusts that tear through the town at the base of Mount Shasta, she didn’t wait for an evacuation order. She packed up her documents, medication and little else, said her granddaughter, Cynthia Jones.
“With the wind in Weed everything like that moves quickly. It’s bad,” her granddaughter, Cynthia Jones, said by phone from her home in Medford, Oregon. “It’s not uncommon to have 50 to 60 mph gusts on a normal day. I got blown into a creek as a kid.”
Hood’s home of nearly three decades was spared from a blaze last year and from the devastating Boles Fire that tore through town eight years ago, destroying more than 160 buildings, mostly homes.
Hood wept as she discussed the fire from a relative’s house in the hamlet of Granada, Jones said. She wasn’t able to gather photos that had been important to her late husband.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. In the last five years, California has experienced the largest and most destructive fires in state history.
Associated Press reporters Olga R. Rodriguez and Janie Har in San Francisco and Stefanie Dazio and Brian Melley in Los Angeles contributed to this article.
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Longmont police detectives investigating a bank robbery Monday morning have ended a crime spree, arresting a man also accused in a recent stabbing and of robbing a separate Longmont bank on Friday.
Using bank surveillance photos to identify the man, 49-year-old George “Alex” Martinez was apprehended Monday afternoon and has been taken into custody to be held at the Boulder County Jail.
“I can confirm it was a bank robbery,” said Robin Ericson, Longmont police public information officer.
About 3:30 p.m., detectives from the Longmont Police Special Investigations Unit located Martinez and, alongside police K9 units and deputies from the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, surrounded a home on the east side of Berthoud. Thirty-eight minutes later, he surrendered and was arrested without incident.
The arrest stems from a warrant that was issued in Boulder County for Martinez following his alleged involvement in stabbing a woman last Thursday in the 300 block of 14th Place. He is charged with criminal attempt to commit second-degree murder, first-degree assault and domestic violence. The victim survived and is expected to recover from her injuries.
On Friday morning, police say Martinez robbed a bank at the corner of 16th Avenue and Hover Street and that he was witnessed fleeing the scene in a solid white cargo van with one driver’s side window and three passenger-side windows. The van, with no markings or lettering, was recovered in a nearby neighborhood.
Police are still asking residents and business owners who may have captured the robber on video surveillance between 9:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Friday, from locations between Hover and Francis streets and 17th to Mountain View avenues.
Martinez’ crime spree continued through until Monday, when at approximately 10:45 a.m., he allegedly robbed a bank in the 400 block of Coffman Street. Police said he did not use a vehicle to leave the bank and no one was injured.
Officers said he never showed a weapon at either bank and fled both banks with an undisclosed amount of money.
“We’re still going to need the video surveillance,” Ericson said, noting that video evidence is often used to support whatever case is made.
Any business or individual with video footage should call Longmont police Detective Sandie Jones at 303-774-4393.
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The idea took plenty of getting used to.
Zach Orr was 25 years old — strong, quick, less than a year removed from dragging 133 NFL ball carriers to the ground over a 15-game season. All that, and he could no longer call himself a player because of a congenital neck/spine condition that increased his risk of paralysis. The Ravens, and 31 other NFL teams, were unwilling to chance putting him in uniform for the 2017 season.
He was no longer a linebacker. Instead, he was a coach.
Five years later, this no longer sounds strange to Orr as it rolls off his tongue. Yes, he’s still young enough to play. He’s reminded of this every day when he sees Josh Bynes, his former Ravens teammate who at age 32 is two years Orr’s senior.
But there’s no lingering identity crisis for Orr, the Ravens’ inside linebackers coach, who returned to Baltimore this year after spending a season away as the Jacksonville Jaguars’ outside linebackers coach.
“Not anymore!” he said Wednesday, when asked if he feels the urge to jump in on certain plays. “I’ll tell you, the first probably year or two, I did. But now, I’m like, ‘This is crazy.’ I couldn’t compete with these guys right now, so I have no itch. It’s funny … I’ve really fully transitioned into straight coaching. I know I played, but I kind of forget that I played now in that sense.”
Bynes is a contemporary, but some younger Ravens were in middle school when Orr played, a reality that boggles his mind. “I’m not even that old,” he said, grinning as he contemplated the warp speed of the NFL career treadmill.
Orr has grown up with the Ravens, the only team he played for in three NFL seasons and the one for which he worked over his first four years as an apprentice coach. “This is home,” he said, joking that he was glad he did not mess up the interview process when he had his chance to return from Jacksonville.
Ravens coach John Harbaugh has watched Orr’s entire evolution, from his first day as an undrafted free agent to now.
“He’s always got that fire,” Harbaugh said. “You could always count on Zach. If you asked him his opinion, he’s telling it to you, and he would tell it to you for a while. He’s happy to do that, and you appreciate that, because he’s got conviction.”
How did that fire transition from the field to the meeting rooms where Orr must now hold the attention of young athletes?
“I see confidence all the time, and now I see even growing competence,” Harbaugh said. “He really has learned the game. He [was] a very smart player, who’s taken the time to study and learn the game, and he’s become a good teacher. He’s a really good teacher. And so, he breaks things down well and presents it to the guys very well.”
Orr said teaching was not second nature for him, though he grew up in an NFL family, watching his dad, Terry, play tight end in Washington.
“It’s something that I had to work on,” he said. “As a player, I understood the game pretty well, but coaching is a whole different deal. It’s not what you know, it’s what can you teach the players and what they can retain and what they know.”
He learned by observing mentors such as Harbaugh, former Ravens defensive coordinators Don “Wink” Martindale and Dean Pees and current defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald.
“I just sat and watched and observed and learned,” Orr said. “I took little things from everybody and put my own little spin on it.”
He has earned strong reviews from the players he’s working with closely, Bynes and 2020 first-round draft pick Patrick Queen.
“He brings energy every day in the meeting room; he’s the main one hollering and stuff, trying to get our attention,” Queen said. “So, just hats off to him for the way he’s coaching. … Learning from a guy that did it at the highest level that it can be done, I’m extremely thankful.”
Queen’s performance could be a bellwether for a defense that is trying to recover from a disappointing 2021 season. Can he build on the flashes of big-play talent he showed after the Ravens paired him with the steady Bynes?
When Orr reviewed every snap from Queen’s 2021 tape, he saw improvement, especially on run defense. But he believes there is plenty more to unlock.
“I mean, the sky is the limit for him,” he said. “That’s the thing — God touched ‘PQ’ [with] natural ability, and he works hard at it. Obviously, you see he’s out here every single day, and we just continue to try to work and get him better and better, because I honestly believe that [if] he continues to get better, continues to grow, continues to work on the little details, he can be one of the best linebackers in the National Football League.”
Then there’s Bynes, the veteran who has found his way back to Baltimore twice to offer stability in the middle of the defense. He might teasingly refer to Orr as “Coach Zach” and remind him of the days when he was a rookie, fetching candy for the older linebackers on the team. But he’ll also be a valuable co-pilot as Orr grows into his new role.
“I mean, having Josh in the room is obviously wonderful, because he’s a football savant,” Orr said. “There’s a reason why he’s still playing and he’s going into Year 12. He can dissect offenses, defenses, and he can dissect the game at a high level, really fast, and that’s very valuable. So, obviously, I use Josh as the guy … I might not see something, or I might see something a certain way, and he might see something a certain way, [and] we can definitely talk and collaborate about it, see how he sees it and figure out what’s the best way to go about things.”
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Available at more than 30 of the European-born brand's global properties beginning this month, guests are invited to savour the good life with the Whispering Angel-inspired treat
BETHESDA, Md., June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Born in the golden era of travel, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts is inviting travellers to embrace an endless summer mindset through its signature Au Soleil programme and the launch of its first-ever rosé sorbet. Inspired by Whispering Angel rosè, the exclusive treat is available beginning this month at more than 30 Le Méridien properties across the globe from downtown darlings such as Le Méridien Salt Lake City Downtown and Le Méridien Melbourne to beachside getaways including Le Méridien Barcelona and Le Méridien Lav, Split, and more.
Le Méridien has teamed up with social media's favorite chef and tastemaker – Meredith Hayden – to bring to life a Rosé infused sorbet as a nod to the brand's quintessential invitation for travellers to chase the endless summer and create lasting memories complete with lazy, rosé-filled afternoons. Jetsetting to the heart of Provence where the Whispering Angel vineyards reside, Meredith and Le Méridien team took inspiration from the over 175 acres of planted vines as well as from the flavours of the Mediterranean Coast where Le Meridien Monaco is situated to ultimately create the perfect alchemy of summer's most refreshing treats: rosé and sorbet. Best enjoyed in the sun, especially at golden hour, the iconic pairing's light & refreshing flavours make for the perfect libation on a sun-soaked day.
Inspired by the preciousness of caviar ice baths and the cocktail sidecar, this perfect scoop-and-sip combo is served in a custom-designed Sorbet Sidecar. The glass cone, reflective of a classic ice cream cone, holds the sorbet scoop and sits atop a stemless wine glass filled with rosé. The glassware duo is presented on a sunshine-colored tray, with an Au Soleil wooden cradle designed to hold the cone while sipping the rosé.
"To embody Le Méridien's summer celebration, we looked to France, the birthplace of the brand, which naturally drew us to rosé wine. Nothing says summer like a chilled glass of rosé," said recipe collaborator Meredith Hayden. "Le Méridien team and I visited Provence, the birthplace of rosé, as well as Chateau d'Esclans, home of the globally renowned rosé label, Whispering Angel. Afterwards, we traveled across the Mediterranean coast to Le Méridien Monaco where the hotel's Executive Chef introduced us to the beauty of the local strawberries grown just a few miles from the property. Together, we brought to life a reimagined version of a classic pairing, strawberries, and rosé, in a rosé infused strawberry sorbet."
Driven by the success of the Au Soleil programme, this sorbet debut is part of the brand's year-round signature Le Scoop offering. With plans to roll out a global Rosé programme in January 2024, the debut of Le Méridien's rosé sorbet this summer will set the tone for guests to continue indulging their rosé palate any time of the year.
"Leaning into its storied heritage and the distinctly European spirit of savouring the good life, Le Méridien celebrates summer "au soleil", or "under the sun", encouraging travellers to slow down and enjoy the moment wherever their pin drops," said Jennifer Connell, Global Brand Leader, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts and Vice President, Distinctive Premium Brands, Marriott International. "We've seen rosé rise in popularity, not only as a summer treat, but as a year-round favourite, which inspired us to bring this summer state-of-mind to travellers globally."
Le Méridien invites guests to chase the endless summer through its bookable Au Soleil package. Travellers can enjoy complimentary scoops and leisurely breakfasts at select properties and of course, guests can outfit themselves with summer essentials thanks to Shop Le Méridien. To learn more about Le Méridien® Hotels & Resorts, please visit le-meridien.marriott.com.
About Le Méridien® Hotels & Resorts
Born in 1960's Paris during an era of glamorous travel, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts continues to celebrate cultures around the world through the distinctly European spirit of savouring the good life. With over 115 hotels and resorts in more than 30 countries and territories, spanning from Maldives to Monaco and from Santa Monica to Sichuan, Le Méridien's engaging mid-century designed spaces coupled with chic signature programmes put a playful twist on art, coffee, sparkling cocktails, summer, family, and inspire creative-minded travellers to explore the world in style. For more information, please visit www.lemeridien.com, and stay connected on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Le Méridien is proud to participate in Marriott Bonvoy®, the global travel program from Marriott International. The program offers members an extraordinary portfolio of global brands, exclusive experiences on Marriott Bonvoy Moments and unparalleled benefits including free nights and Elite status recognition. To enroll for free or for more information about the program, visit marriottbonvoy.com.
About Marriott Bonvoy®
Marriott Bonvoy's extraordinary portfolio offers renowned hospitality in the most memorable destinations in the world, with 31 brands that are tailored to every type of journey. Members can earn points for stays at hotels and resorts, including all-inclusive resorts and premium home rentals, and through everyday purchases with co-branded credit cards. Members can redeem their points for experiences including future stays, Marriott Bonvoy Moments™, or through partners for luxurious products from Marriott Bonvoy Boutiques®. To enroll for free or for more information about Marriott Bonvoy, visit marriottbonvoy.com.
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Georgia man sentenced in rape, assault at Ocean City condo
A Georgia man will serve 10 years in prison on assault and rape charges in connection with a December 2021 incident at an Ocean City condominium.
Wayne Eugene White, 46, of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, was sentenced earlier this month to serve 20 years in the Division of Corrections for his conviction on the charge of rape in the second degree, to which he pleaded guilty on June 9, 2022.
Worcester County Circuit Court judge Brian D. Shockley suspended all but 10 years of incarceration and placed White on three years of supervised probation upon release, according to release from the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office.
White must also submit a DNA sample and register as a Tier III lifetime sex offender upon his release, the release said.
Police responded to an Ocean City condominium unit on Dec. 3, 2021, to a domestic assault complaint.
Upon arrival, the Ocean City police officers met a woman with blood covering her mouth and chin area and staining her sweatshirt. Investigation revealed the victim had been assaulted and then raped, and she identified Wayne White as her attacker, according to the release.
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MEXICO CITY, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 28, 2023, Grupo IDESA, S.A. de C.V. (the "Company") announced the commencement of an exchange offer and consent solicitation (the "Offer and Solicitation") for any and all of its outstanding 9.375% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Existing Secured Notes") held by Eligible Holders (defined below) for 6.500% Senior Notes due 2028 (the "New Secured Notes") to be issued by the Company and cash consideration, as applicable, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Existing Secured Notes through, but excluding, the settlement date of the Offer and Solicitation to be paid in cash. Terms used but not defined below have the meaning assigned to them in the Offering Memorandum dated March 28, 2023 (the "Offering Memorandum") related to the Offer and Solicitation, as supplemented by the First Supplement dated April 12, 2023 (the "First Supplement").
Global Bondholder Services Corporation, exchange and information agent for the Offer and Solicitation, advised the Company that as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 11, 2023 (the "Early Tender Date") approximately US$286 million in aggregate principal amount of Existing Secured Notes, representing approximately 92% of the outstanding Existing Secured Notes, were validly tendered with (i) approximately US$116 million in aggregate principal amount of Existing Secured Notes electing Early A Consideration and (ii) approximately US$170 million in aggregate principal amount of Existing Secured Notes electing Early B Consideration. Based on the aggregate principal amount of Existing Secured Notes tendered as of the Early Tender Date, Eligible Holders electing Early A Consideration will receive approximately 86% and 14% of the Early A Consideration in cash and New Secured Notes, respectively. Additionally, the Minimum Tender Condition was satisfied as of the Early Tender Date.
The Offer and Solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 25, 2023 (the "Expiration Date"), unless extended by the Company in its sole discretion. Existing Secured Notes validly tendered and accepted for exchange on or after the date hereof but at or prior to the Expiration Date will only receive the Base Exchange Consideration consisting of New Secured Notes, as described in the Offering Memorandum and the First Supplement. Existing Secured Notes tendered and Consents delivered in the Offer and Solicitation will be irrevocable, except to the extent of any withdrawal rights required by applicable law.
The other terms of the Offer and Solicitation remain unchanged from those described in the Offering Memorandum, except that the First Supplement (i) adds a covenant preventing the company and certain of its subsidiaries from making payments on the Financing Agreement if an Event of Default has occurred with respect to the New Secured Notes, (ii) clarifies the definition of "Subsidiary Guarantor Collateral" and "Permitted Investments" and (iii) provides supplemental information regarding Braskem Idesa. The Offer and Solicitation are being conducted upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum, as supplemented by the First Supplement, and beneficial owners of Existing Secured Notes should carefully read the Offering Memorandum and the First Supplement regarding the relevant procedures and timing to tender their Existing Secured Notes.
The New Secured Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws. Therefore, unless so registered, the New Secured Notes may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
The Company intends to apply to list the New Secured Notes on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and for trading on the Euro MTF Market.
The Offer and Solicitation are only made, and copies of the offering documents will only be made available, to a holder of the Existing Secured Notes who has certified its status as (1) both a "Qualified Purchaser" for purposes of Section 3(c)(7) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (2) a person who is not a "U.S. person" as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act who is not a "Disqualified Non-U.S. Holder" (each, an "Eligible Holder").
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITY. THE OFFER AND SOLICITATION ARE BEING MADE SOLELY BY THE OFFERING MEMORANDUM THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE EXCHANGE AND INFORMATION AGENT AND ONLY TO SUCH PERSONS AND IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS AS IS PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. ANY PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES TO BE MADE IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE MADE BY MEANS OF A PROSPECTUS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY OR THE SELLING SECURITY HOLDER THAT WILL CONTAIN DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
The New Secured Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act. The Offer and Solicitation are made in the United States only to U.S. Persons that are qualified purchasers for purposes of Section 3(c)(7) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") who are also "qualified institutional buyers" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to a person who is not a "U.S. person" as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act who is not a "Disqualified Non-U.S. Holder." The New Secured Notes are also being offered outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Company, as issuer of the New Secured Notes, has not been registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
THE OFFER AND SOLICITATION IS NOT BEING MADE IN MEXICO. THE NEW SECURED NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED WITH THE MEXICAN NATIONAL SECURITIES REGISTRY (REGISTRO NACIONAL DE VALORES) MAINTAINED BY THE COMISIÓN NACIONAL BANCARIA Y DE VALORES (NATIONAL BANKING AND SECURITIES COMMISSION OF MEXICO, OR THE "CNBV") AND, THEREFORE, THE NEW SECURED NOTES MAY NOT BE PUBLICLY OFFERED OR SOLD NOR BE THE SUBJECT OF BROKERAGE ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO, ABSENT AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION UNDER THE MEXICAN SECURITIES MARKET LAW (LEY DEL MERCADO DE VALORES). AS REQUIRED UNDER THE MEXICAN SECURITIES MARKET LAW, THE COMPANY WILL NOTIFY CNBV OF THE OFFERING OF THE NEW SECURED NOTES OUTSIDE OF MEXICO. SUCH NOTICE WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE CNBV TO COMPLY WITH A LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, AND THE DELIVERY OF SUCH NOTICE TO, AND THE RECEIPT OF SUCH NOTICE BY, THE CNBV, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE OR IMPLY ANY CERTIFICATION AS TO THE INVESTMENT QUALITY OF THE NEW SECURED NOTES, THE COMPANY'S SOLVENCY, LIQUIDITY OR CREDIT QUALITY OR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION SET FORTH HEREIN. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE OFFERING MEMORANDUM HAVE NOT BEEN FILED WITH THE CNBV, AND THE CNBV HAS NOT REVIEWED OR AUTHORIZED THE CONTENT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR THE OFFERING MEMORANDUM.
Eligible Holders that wish to obtain additional information with respect to the Offer and Solicitation, including accessing the Offering Memorandum, please visit:
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Exchange and Information Agent
Global Bondholder Services Corporation
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Presented encouraging clinical data for the combination of emavusertib plus ibrutinib showing tumor reduction in 8 of 9 evaluable patients and the potential for overcoming ibrutinib resistance at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (ASCO)
Appointed Industry Veteran Diantha Duvall as Chief Financial Officer
Strong balance sheet with $107.2 million in cash and investments as of June 30, 2022; cash runway into 2024
Management to host conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET
LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 and provided business updates.
"This quarter, we issued the noteworthy first release of data from the TakeAim Lymphoma trial's combination arm that examined emavusertib combined with ibrutinib in B cell malignancies. This data showed tumor reduction in 8 of 9 evaluable patients, and the potential to help patients experiencing ibrutinib resistance. We look forward to continuing the advancement of our first-in-class, small molecule IRAK4 inhibitor in nine distinct patient populations across acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and B cell cancers. On the administrative front, I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Diantha Duvall as our new Chief Financial Officer. Diantha brings a wealth of experience from senior roles at Merck, Biogen, Bioverativ, Genocea and PricewaterhouseCoopers. We look forward to her contributions to the Curis mission," said James Dentzer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Curis.
"I am excited to join Curis at this critical time for the company," said Ms. Duvall. "I found Curis to be particularly compelling due to its novel, targeted approach and pipeline of first-in-class cancer therapeutics with significant potential in areas of unmet need. I look forward to supporting the Curis team's mission to develop innovative and differentiated therapeutics that improve the lives of cancer patients."
Second Quarter 2022 and Recent Operational Highlights
Precision oncology, emavusertib (IRAK4 Inhibitor; Aurigene collaboration):
- The company presented the first preliminary dataset from the combination arm in the TakeAim Lymphoma study at ASCO and at the European Hematology Association (EHA) Hybrid Congress which examined the use of emavusertib plus ibrutinib in patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) hematologic malignancies, such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other B cell malignancies. The presentation included clinical data on 13 patients who received the combination, 9 of whom had post-baseline response assessments and were evaluable for response.
- Key findings in patients treated with the combination included:
- 2 complete responses (CR) (primary CNS lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma)
- 2 partial responses (PR) (chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma)
- One of the CRs was in a patient who had received prior treatment with ibrutinib, suggesting the combination may be able to overcome ibrutinib resistance
- The company presented data from the TakeAim Leukemia study at ASCO and EHA during the second quarter. The data showed encouraging rates of response in three separate targeted patient populations, namely those with: spliceosome-mutated R/R AML, spliceosome-mutated R/R MDS, and FLT3-mutated R/R AML. In addition, emavusertib was well-tolerated across multiple dose levels.
- The company also presented novel findings from its work involving potential biomarker development for use with emavusertib studies which described the previously unrecognized localization of IRAK4 in the nucleus of cancer cells. The localization of IRAK4 in the nucleus is being explored as a potential biomarker.
- Curis's collaborators also presented data on their work with emavusertib. Two of these were in solid tumor indications: one in gastric cancer by Dr. Kian-Huat Lim's team at Washington University School of Medicine, and the second by Dr. Duane Mitchell's team at the University of Florida, which investigated emavusertib in melanoma brain metastasis. The third presentation by the Company's collaborators was also from Dr. Duane Mitchell's team, and this work was in the treatment of patients with primary CNS lymphoma.
- The company is working closely with the FDA to resolve the partial clinical holds on enrollment for the emavusertib studies.
Appointed new CFO:
- Curis appointed Diantha Duvall Chief Financial Officer effective August 5, 2022. Ms. Duvall joins the company from Genocea, where she served as the CFO since 2019. Prior to that, she held senior finance roles at Bioverativ, Biogen and Merck, where her roles spanned commercial finance, venture investment, business development, joint ventures, alliances, technical accounting and controls. She received a bachelor's degree in Economics and Public Policy from Colby College and masters' degrees in both Accounting and Business Administration from Northeastern University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Massachusetts. Ms. Duvall succeeds Bill Steinkrauss, who as previously announced is resigning from the company on August 5, 2022, to pursue an entrepreneurial opportunity in consulting. Mr. Steinkrauss will continue to work with the company as a consultant as needed through the end of 2022 to ensure a smooth transition.
Upcoming Planned Milestones for the remainder of 2022
- Report data from the TakeAim Leukemia study
- Report data from the CI-8993 (VISTA checkpoint inhibitor) study
- Annual VISTA symposium planned for September 23, 2022
- Annual IRAK4 symposium planned for October 7, 2022
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
For the second quarter of 2022, Curis reported a net loss of $15.9 million or $0.17 per share on both a basic and diluted basis, as compared to a net loss of $10.8 million, or $0.12 per share on both a basic and diluted basis for the same period in 2021. Curis reported a net loss of $32.0 million or $0.35 per share on both a basic and diluted basis, for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to a net loss of $20.8 million, or $0.23 per share on both a basic and diluted basis for the same period in 2021.
Revenues for the second quarter of 2022 and 2021 were $2.4 million and $2.3 million, respectively. Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 were $4.5 million. Revenues for both periods comprise primarily royalty revenues recorded on Genentech and Roche's net sales of Erivedge®.
Operating expenses for the second quarter of 2022 were $17.5 million, as compared to $12.9 million for the same period in 2021. Operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $34.6 million, as compared to $23.9 million for the same period in 2021, and comprised the following:
Cost of Royalty Revenues. Cost of royalty revenues, which represents amounts due to third-party university patent licensors in connection with Genentech and Roche's Erivedge net sales, were less than $0.1 million for the second quarter of 2022 and $0.1 million for the same period in 2021. Cost of royalty revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were $0.1 million, as compared to $0.2 million for the same period in 2021.
Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses were $12.3 million for the second quarter of 2022 as compared to $8.8 million for the same period in 2021. The increase in direct research and development expenses for the quarter is primarily attributable to increased consulting services. Additionally, personnel related costs increased by $2.5 million and stock compensation increased $0.4 million, primarily as a result of additional headcount. Research and development expenses were $23.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to $15.5 million for the same period in 2021.
General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses were $5.1 million for the second quarter of 2022, as compared to $4.1 million for the same period in 2021. The increase in general and administrative expenses was driven primarily by higher costs for personnel, stock-based compensation, and insurance costs. General and administrative expenses were $10.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to $8.2 million for the same period in 2021.
Other Expense, Net. For the second quarter of 2022 and 2021, total other expense was $0.9 million and $0.2 million, respectively. Net other expense primarily consisted of imputed interest expense related to future royalty payments, partially offset in the second quarter of 2021 by a gain of $0.9 million related to extinguishment of debt. Net other expense was $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as compared to $1.3 million for the same period in 2021.
As of June 30, 2022, Curis's cash, cash equivalents and investments totaled $107.2 million, and there were approximately 91.8 million shares of common stock outstanding. Curis expects that its existing cash, cash equivalents and investments should enable it to maintain its planned operations into 2024.
Conference Call Information
Curis management will host a conference call today, August 4, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. ET, to discuss these financial results, as well as provide a corporate update.
To access the live conference call, please dial 1-888-346-6389 from the United States or 1-412-317-5252 from other locations, shortly before 4:30 p.m. ET. The conference call can also be accessed on the Curis website at www.curis.com in the Investors section.
About Curis, Inc.
Curis is a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. In 2015, Curis entered into a collaboration with Aurigene in the areas of immuno-oncology and precision oncology. As part of this collaboration, Curis has exclusive licenses to oral small molecule antagonists of immune checkpoints including the VISTA/PDL1 antagonist CA-170, and the TIM3/PDL1 antagonist CA-327, as well as the IRAK4 kinase inhibitor, emavusertib (CA-4948). Emavusertib is currently undergoing testing in the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Lymphoma trial, in patients with hematologic malignancies, such as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and other B cell malignancies, both as a monotherapy and in combination with BTK inhibitor ibrutinib, and the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Leukemia trial in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, for which it has received Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the TakeAim Leukemia and TakeAim Lymphoma trials during which no new patients will be enrolled, and current study participants benefiting from treatment may continue to be treated with emavusertib at doses of 300mg BID or lower. In addition, Curis is engaged in a collaboration with ImmuNext for development of CI-8993, a monoclonal anti-VISTA antibody, which is currently undergoing testing in a Phase 1 trial in patients with solid tumors. Curis is also party to a collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, under which Genentech and Roche are commercializing Erivedge® for the treatment of advanced basal cell carcinoma. For more information, visit Curis's website at www.curis.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, any statements with respect to Curis's plans, strategies, objectives or financial results; statements concerning product research, development, clinical trials and studies and commercialization plans, timelines, anticipated results or the therapeutic potential of drug candidates including any statements regarding the initiation, progression, expansion, use, efficacy, dosage and potential benefits of CA-4948 in clinical trials as a monotherapy and/or as a combination therapy, the progression, use and potential benefits of CI-8993, Curis's plans and timelines to provide preliminary, interim and/or additional data from its ongoing or planned clinical trials, any statements concerning Curis's expectations regarding its interactions with the FDA or its ability to resolve the partial clinical hold of the TakeAim Leukemia study or the partial clinical hold of the TakeAim Lymphoma study, and statements with respect to mutations or potential biomarkers; and statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements may contain the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "seeks," "estimates," "assumes," "predicts," "projects," "targets," "will," "may," "would," "could," "should," "continue," "potential," "focus," "strategy," "mission," or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. For example, the FDA may not remove the partial clinical hold on the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Leukemia trial or the partial clinical hold on the Phase 1/2 TakeAim Lymphoma trial, or may take further regulatory action with regard to such trials; Curis may experience adverse results, delays and/or failures in its drug development programs and may not be able to successfully advance the development of its drug candidates in the time frames it projects, if at all. Curis's drug candidates may cause unexpected toxicities, fail to demonstrate sufficient safety and efficacy in clinical studies and/or may never achieve the requisite regulatory approvals needed for commercialization. Favorable results seen in preclinical studies and early clinical trials of Curis's drug candidates may not be replicated in later trials. There can be no guarantee that the collaboration agreements with Aurigene and ImmuNext will continue for their full terms, or the CRADA with NCI, that Curis or its collaborators will each maintain the financial and other resources necessary to continue financing its portion of the research, development and commercialization costs, or that the parties will successfully discover, develop or commercialize drug candidates under the collaboration. Regulatory authorities may determine to delay or restrict Genentech's and/or Roche's ability to continue to develop or commercialize Erivedge in basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Erivedge may not demonstrate sufficient or any activity to merit its further development in disease indications other than BCC. Competing drugs may be developed that are superior to Erivedge. In connection with its agreement with Oberland Capital, Curis faces risks relating to the transfer and encumbrance of certain royalty and royalty-related payments on commercial sales of Erivedge, including the risk that, in the event of a default by Curis or its wholly-owned subsidiary, Curis could lose all retained rights to future royalty and royalty-related payments, Curis could be required to repurchase such future royalty and royalty-related payments at a price that is a multiple of the payments it has received, and its ability to enter into future arrangements may be inhibited, all of which could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and stock price. Curis will require substantial additional capital to fund its business. If it is not able to obtain sufficient funding, it will be forced to delay, reduce in scope or eliminate some of its research and development programs, including related clinical trials and operating expenses, potentially delaying the time to market for, or preventing the marketing of, any of its product candidates, which could adversely affect its business prospects and its ability to continue operations, and would have a negative impact on its financial condition and its ability to pursue its business strategies. Curis faces substantial competition. Curis and its collaborators face the risk of potential adverse decisions made by the FDA and other regulatory authorities, investigational review boards, and publication review bodies. Curis may not obtain or maintain necessary patent protection and could become involved in expensive and time-consuming patent litigation and interference proceedings. Unstable market and economic conditions, natural disasters, public health crises, political crises and other events outside of Curis's control could significantly disrupt its operations or the operations of third parties on which Curis depends and could adversely impact Curis's operating results and its ability to raise capital. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic may result in closures of third-party facilities, impact enrollment in clinical trials or impact sales of Erivedge by Genentech and/or Roche. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact Curis's business or operating results is uncertain. Other important factors that may cause or contribute to actual results being materially different from those indicated by forward-looking statements include the factors set forth under the captions "Risk Factor Summary" and "Risk Factors" in our most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, and the factors that are discussed in other filings that we periodically make with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). In addition, any forward-looking statements represent the views of Curis only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing Curis's views as of any subsequent date. Curis disclaims any intention or obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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It’s not enough to entertain clients or colleagues with some chicken and a glass of wine these days. About half of the new event spaces in the Chicago area this year have an interactive element to them, ranging from areas where guests can show off their golf skills to entire rooms filled with “sprinkle” pools (picture a ball pit replaced with plastic sprinkles).
The slew of spaces with interactive elements reflects our growing need to be constantly entertained. Here are business-appropriate event spaces that have opened or been renovated in the past year or so. We focused mainly on spots in or close to downtown Chicago (with a few outliers sprinkled in) that are conducive to business events. We’ve included a link to venue websites as well contact phone numbers and emails where available.
If you’re looking for a smaller place for a private dinner, check out our Best New Private Dining Rooms. And for more ideas, check out our master list of event spaces.
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Pro-choice activist group pushing protests at justices' homes returns from 'permanent' TikTok ban
Ruth Sent Us has advocated nightly protests in front of justices homes
Days after experiencing a "permanent ban" on TikTok, pro-choice activist group Ruth Sent Us was back on the platform advocating for demonstrations in front of Supreme Court justices' homes.
"They simply restored the account with no notice or explanation, and we found out from followers who noticed and messaged the backup account," a spokesperson for Ruth Sent Us told Fox News Digital in a Twitter message.
The group has been the tip of the spear in organizing demonstrations following the leak of the draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which indicates the Supreme Court is poised to overturn 50 years of federal abortion protections established by Roe v. Wade. Ruth Sent Us has urged protests at Catholic and Evangelical churches and advocated for regular marches to the homes of some Supreme Court justices.
On Saturday, the group posted from a "back up" TikTok account that it had been permanently banned for violating "community guidelines" but did not provide any explanation of what posts allegedly went against the platform's guidelines. The post included a screenshot from TikTok stating that the account had been removed permanently, and the group's page showed a message stating that the account did not exist. Several days later, the account was back online with no explanation.
SMALL GROUPS OF PROTESTERS SHOW UP AT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES' HOMES TO PUSH FOR ROE V. WADE
"GREAT NEWS: our TikTok @ruthsent which was 'permanently banned' due to mass reporting is back up due to mass appeals!" Ruth Sent Us tweeted Monday. "There’s more of us than them. Take that, haters!"
TikTok's community guidelines state that the platform will remove any posts that violate community guidelines and says, "Individuals are notified of our decisions and can appeal them if they believe no violation has occurred."
"We will temporarily or permanently ban accounts and/or users that are involved in severe or repeated on-platform violations; we may also consider actions on other platforms and offline behavior in these decisions," the guidelines state.
Among the broad spectrum of prohibited activities, TikTok says incitement to violence, bullying or sharing personal information like home addresses is not allowed on the platform.
TikTok did not respond to Fox News' requests for comment.
Ruth Sent Us told Fox News that many comments and individual posts had been taken down from TikTok.
"We have had a long series of comments and TikToks taken down due to 'community guideline violation' and EVERY single one reinstated upon appeal EXCEPT one featuring bloody pants," the spokesperson told Fox News.
One video of demonstrators pouring apparent red paint on the crotches of their white pants still appears on Ruth Sent Us' TikTok page, but now comes with a content warning.
TikTok has suspended several conservative accounts. PragerU, a conservative educational organization founded by political commentator Dennis Prager, said last year that TikTok "has permanently banned PragerU TWICE from its platform for 'multiple violations' of its community guidelines." Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton also garnered a permanent ban.
Ruth Sent Us, named for former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was criticized for "doxxing" after the group posted a map on May 5 that marked the location of the six justices appointed by Republican presidents.
But Ruth Sent Us insists that it never doxxed anyone because the map used geolocation data for the pins, which identified the Virginia and Maryland homes of the six justices, but was not based on the street addresses for each justice. The "Extremist Justices" map was created by Vigil for Democracy, which is among a constellation of activist groups urging various protests and boycotts in response to the Supreme Court's possible overturn of Roe.
ROE V. WADE RULING HAS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BRACING FOR NATIONWIDE WAVE OF VIOLENCE
The group has also urged disruptions of Catholic masses, and after multiple Washington, D.C.-area churches released statements of concern, Ruth Sent Us responded on Twitter: "Stuff your rosaries and your weaponized prayer. We will remain outraged after this weekend, so keep praying. We’ll be burning the Eucharist to show our disgust for the abuse Catholic Churches have condoned for centuries."
Ruth Sent Us demonstrations frequently feature women in red cloaks and white bonnets — a reference to Margaret Atwood's novel and Hulu show "The Handmaid's Tale," which depicts a dystopian future in which abortion is illegal and women are treated as sex slaves and forced to marry and bear children against their will.
In the weeks since the draft Dobbs decision leaked, numerous protests around the country have sprung up in an effort to push for abortion rights. This week, Ruth Sent Us released a weekly schedule for demonstrating outside the justices homes. On Wednesdays, the group meets to march in front of the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh. On Thursdays, they go to Justice Amy Coney Barrett's house, and Fridays are for Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Following the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, Saturday, Ruth Sent Us released a call to march to the home of Thomas, who is Black, to protest "white supremacy."
"Speaking of outrage, we must call out the upholders of white supremacy, even if it’s INTERNALIZED white supremacy, like [Candace Owens], [Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.], or Clarence Thomas," Ruth Sent us said in a tweet. "The GOP is the party of white supremacy."
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Twitter whistleblower details allegations to lawmakers
Posted/updated on: September 13, 2022 at 12:31 pm(WASHINGTON) -- A whistleblower on Tuesday detailed a slate of explosive allegations against Twitter to congressional lawmakers, describing what he said were widespread security failures and vulnerabilities at the popular social media giant and an effort inside the company to overlook those risks in order to keep the platform viable and profitable.
As Twitter's head of security, Peiter Zatko was a member of its executive team from late 2020 until he was fired earlier this year for alleged "ineffective leadership and poor performance" and Twitter has said he's out to harm the company.
He told lawmakers he arrived at Twitter and discovered the company "was over a decade behind industry security standards" and prioritized monetizing advertising at the expense of widespread security vulnerabilities.
"I'm here today because Twitter leadership is misleading the public, lawmakers, regulators and even its own board of directors," Zatko testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. "The company's cybersecurity failures make it vulnerable to exploitation, causing real harm to real people and when an influential media platform can be compromised by teenagers, thieves and spies, and the company repeatedly creates security problems on their own -- this is a big deal for all of us."
Zatko said that Twitter executives overlooked data vulnerabilities because data is the genesis of its profits.
"The executive in charge of sales very shortly after I joined [said], 'This is a big internal conundrum, because we're making too much money from these sales are not going to stop. We need something that will make the employees more comfortable with the fact that we're doing this,'" Zatko said. "In a nutshell, it was, 'We're already in bed, it would be problematic if we lost that revenue stream, so figure out a way to make people comfortable with it.'"
Zatko also gave an illustrative example for senators, warning there are not safeguards in place to prevent a single Twitter employee from simultaneously taking control of every senator's verified Twitter account -- creating a national security emergency. He was hired shortly after several high-profile accounts were compromised.
"I discovered two basic issues. First, they don't know what data they have, where it lives, or where it came from, and so unsurprisingly, they can't protect it," Zatko testified. "And this leads to the second problem, which is the employees then have to have too much access to too much data and too many systems. You can think of it this way, which is it doesn't matter who has keys if you don't have any locks on the doors, and this kind of vulnerability is not in the abstract. It's not far-fetched to say that employee inside the company could take over the accounts of all of the senators in this room."
Last month, Zatko brought his allegations to Congress and federal regulators, contending that Twitter misled regulators about its cybersecurity capabilities and efforts to control millions of fake accounts. Becoming visibly emotional Tuesday, Zatko lamented the impact his decision to become a whistleblower has had on his reputation and his family.
"Given to the real harm given the real harm to users and national security, I determined it was necessary to take on the personal and professional risks to myself and to my family of becoming a whistleblower," he said, pausing to regain his composure. "I did not make my whistleblower disclosures out of spite or to harm Twitter."
After the allegations became public last month, the Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Zatko to tesitfy, warning that his allegations "raise serious concerns" and potentially "show dangerous data privacy and security risks for Twitter users around the world."
Zatko was hired in 2020, reporting directly to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. His review of the platform contended that Twitter may currently have foreign intelligence agents on its payroll, among other alleged security vulnerabilities.
After learning of the scope of the spam accounts and other alleged security failures, billionaire Elon Musk has attempted to back out of a his $44 billion offer to acquire Twitter.
Senators bemoaned the absence of a Twitter representative, after Dorsey declined an invitation to testify amid his case against Musk.
"Unfortunately, this committee will not be able to get answers," Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican said of Dorsey's absence. "He rejected this committee's invitation to appear by claiming that it would jeopardize Twitter ongoing litigations with Mr. Musk."
This is a developing story, Please check back for updates.
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF"), announces that KSF has commenced an investigation into The Honest Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: HNST).
On May 6, 2021, The Honest Company completed its IPO, selling approximately 26 million shares of common stock for $16.00 per share. Approximately two months after the IPO, on August 13, 2021, the Company announced its 2Q2021 financial results, disclosing a net loss of $20 million, compared to a net loss of only $0.4 million for 2Q2020 and that its revenue grew only 3% as compared to the second quarter of 2020, due to "an estimated $3.7 million COVID-19 stock-up impact primarily in Diapers and Wipes in the prior year period." The Company also disclosed that its Diapers and Wipes category revenue declined 2% compared to 2Q2020 and that "Household and Wellness revenue declined 6% from the second quarter of 2020 as consumer and customer demand for sanitization products decreased as consumers became vaccinated and customers managed heavy levels of inventory."
Thereafter, the Company and certain of its executives were sued in a securities class action lawsuit, charging them with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws, which remains ongoing.
KSF's investigation is focusing on whether The Honest Company's officers and/or directors breached their fiduciary duties to its shareholders or otherwise violated state or federal laws.
If you have information that would assist KSF in its investigation, or have been a long-term holder of The Honest Company shares and would like to discuss your legal rights, you may, without obligation or cost to you, call toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or email KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-hnst/ to learn more.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
Contact:
Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
Lewis Kahn, Managing Partner
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A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says flames had engulfed the building, and her arm, when the floor gave way beneath her. That might have been the end, if she hadn’t fallen into a vat of liquid chocolate.
The dark liquid extinguished her blazing arm, but Patricia Borges wound up breaking her collarbone and both of her heels. She would spend the next nine hours screaming for help and waiting for rescue as firefighters battled the inferno and choppers thumped overhead at the R.M. Palmer Co. factory.
“When I began to burn, I thought it was the end for me,” Borges, 50, told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview from her hospital bed in West Reading, Pennsylvania, just minutes from the chocolate factory where she worked as a machine operator. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board interviewed Borges on Friday, according to her family.
The March 24 blast at R.M. Palmer killed seven of Borges’s co-workers and injured 10. Federal, state and local investigations are underway. A cause has not been determined, but the federal transportation safety agency has characterized it as a natural gas explosion.
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Borges said she and others had complained about a gas odor about 30 minutes before the factory blew up. She is angry Palmer didn’t immediately evacuate. She said the deaths of her co-workers — including her close friend, Judith Lopez-Moran — could've been prevented.
Others workers have also said they smelled natural gas, according to their relatives. Palmer, a 75-year-old, family-run company with deep roots in the small town 60 miles (96 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia, has not responded to questions about the workers' claims.
Speaking in Spanish over videoconference, her eyes bruised and her burned right arm heavily bandaged, Borges recounted her terrifying brush with death.
The factory was getting ready for a product switch that day, so instead of running a candy-wrapping machine as usual, she was helping to clean.
At 4:30 p.m., Borges told the AP, she smelled natural gas. It was strong and nauseated her. Borges and her co-workers approached their supervisor, asking "what was going to be done, if we were going to be evacuated," she recalled.
Borges said the supervisor noted someone higher up would have to make that decision. So she got back to work.
Just before 5 p.m., the two-story brick building exploded.
Borges, who'd been on a ladder, was thrown to the ground. She heard screaming. There was fire everywhere, and the flames quickly overtook her. “I asked God why he was giving me such a horrible death," she said. “I asked him to save me, that I didn’t want to die in the fire.”
She began to run. That's when the floor gave way, and she could feel herself falling — into a long, horizontal tank of chocolate in the factory's basement. At 4 feet, 10 inches tall, Borges landed on her feet in chest-high liquid.
The chocolate extinguished the flames, but she believes her fall is what broke her feet.
The vat began filling with water from firefighters' hoses, eventually forcing Borges to climb out as it reached neck level. She sat on the lip of the tank, then jumped into a pool of water that had formed on the basement floor. Briefly submerged, Borges said she swallowed a mouthful of water before surfacing. She grabbed onto some plastic tubing.
And then she waited.
“Help, help, please help!” she yelled, over and over, for hours. No one came.
The pain grew more intense. The water was frigid. The main supply pipe for the building’s fire suppression system had ruptured — and water was pouring into the basement. She lost track of time but thought she might be there for days.
"The only thing I wanted was to get out of there," she said.
Finally, in the middle of the night, she saw a light and screamed anew for help.
Search-and-rescue dogs had alerted their handlers that a survivor might be in the rubble. Now, as rescuers carefully worked their way down to the basement, they heard Borges’s cries.
Calling for quiet, the rescuers followed the sound of her voice. They found her in a tight space, in chest-deep water. She made her way to them and was placed in a litter.
“She was severely hypothermic and banged up,” conscious but “absolutely confused,” said Ken Pagurek, who helped lead rescue efforts as program manager of Pennsylvania Task Force 1, an emergency response team that deploys to disaster sites around the country.
“I think had they not gotten to her when they did, there was a very good chance the number of victims was going to be plus one,” said Pagurek, also a captain in the Philadelphia Fire Department.
Her rescue gave hope to first responders who already had pulled two bodies from the rubble in the hours after the blast. Rescuers spent two more days at the pile. They found five more bodies but no additional survivors.
Borges now faces surgery on both feet and a long recovery. Her family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help her pay the bills.
Borges, who came to the United States 31 years ago from Puebla state in south-central Mexico, has worked at Palmer for four years. She said she’s seeking accountability.
“I wanted to speak so that this will be prevented in the future,” she said. “For my colleague Judy, I want there to be justice.”
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