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David C. Denicola, 62, of Pittston, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, following a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Dave was born in Scranton on Sept. 30, 1959. He graduated from West Scranton High School in 1977 and from Temple Pharmacy School, summa cum laude, in 1982. Dave dedicated much of his life to serving his customers as a pharmacist in the Scranton area for 40 years.
A devoted husband, father, son, brother, nephew, uncle and friend, Dave selflessly put the needs of others before his own, without exception. He enjoyed working in his yard, having a beer on the deck, and talking sports with his sons-in-law and nephews. Dave will be remembered by those who love him as a die-hard fan of the Green Bay Packers, Temple University Athletics, and the Rolling Stones.
Dave was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Carmine and Blanche Denicola; maternal grandparents, Clementine and Chester Dresner, and several aunts and uncles.
Dave is survived by his beloved wife of 38 years, Beth Denicola; daughters, Kerry Lubinski (Chris Lubinski) and Jillian Denicola Dunlop (Sam Dunlop); grandchildren, Kaiden and Zaiah, and another grandbaby on the way. He is also survived by his loving parents, Dorothy and Larry Denicola of Scranton; brother, Larry Denicola Jr. (children, Lauren, Larry, Kelly, Eric and Aaron), Scranton; uncle, Gene Sadoski, Scranton; and several other nieces, nephews, and cousins, all of whom he loved very much.
Dave’s family extends their infinite gratitude to the staff at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, especially Dr. Paula Ronjon and the Henry Cancer Center nursing staff and pharmacy team, all of whom advocated for him until the very end.
Viewing hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, at Graziano Funeral Home, 700 S. Township Blvd, Pittston.Funeral services will begin at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday from the funeral home. Those who plan on attending are asked to be at the funeral home no later than 9 a.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in Queen of the Apostles Parish, Avoca. Officiate is the Rev. Phillip J. Sladicka.
Graveside interment services will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Avoca.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to EIF’s National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA).
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At just 28, rapper Takeoff had cultivated a rich hip-hop legacy with Migos — along with a reputation as the trio’s most lowkey member — before he was killed in a shooting early Tuesday.
Takeoff was pronounced dead at the scene outside a Houston bowling alley, police there said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. No arrests had been made, and police were imploring witnesses to come forward with information.
Born Kirsnick Khari Ball, Takeoff grew up in suburban Atlanta — Gwinnett County was less than flatteringly name-checked in a couple Migos tracks — alongside the two other members of the group. Quavo was his uncle and Offset was his cousin, and the trio was raised in large part by Takeoff’s mom.
Takeoff was the youngest of the three, and viewed as the most laidback member. He didn’t appear in headlines at the rate of Offset, who is married to Cardi B, and he wasn’t in high demand as a featured act on top 10 tracks like Quavo, who has guested on hits with Post Malone, DJ Khaled and Drake.
Quavo and Offset have also both released solo albums, unlike Takeoff. But despite being more reserved, he did a lot of his talking through his rhymes. He had hoped to gain more respect for his lyrical ability through “Only Built for Infinity Links,” an album he released with Quavo just last month.
“It’s time to give me my flowers,” Takeoff said on a recent episode of the podcast “Drink Champs,” acknowledging his reputation as “chill.” “I don’t want them later on when I’m not here.”
Migos broke out nearly a decade ago with the 2013 hit “Versace,” which hit even greater heights in popularity though a Drake remix. The group had other radio-friendly singles such as “Bando” and “Hannah Montana.” The trio later earned Grammy nominations for best rap album with 2018’s “Culture,” while a track off it, “Bad and Boujee” nabbed a nod for best rap performance.
But the hit — which charted No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was shouted out in “Atlanta” creator Donald Glover’s Golden Globes acceptance speech — didn’t actually include Takeoff. Quavo said during an interview that Takeoff — who was sitting next to him — was left off “Bad and Boujee,” which did feature Lil Uzi Vert, because of “timing.” He said the song was rushed out on Soundcloud because the group didn’t have fresh music out at the time.
Nonetheless, Takeoff’s musical presence played a major role in helping the Migos become one of the most popular hip-hop groups of all time. The trio took flight with their rapid-fire triplet flow, a rap style when three notes are performed in one beat that they helped popularize.
Quavo and Takeoff put out a Halloween-themed music video for “Messy” just a day before Takeoff’s death. The video, which begins with Takeoff waking up and recounting a messy dream, had racked up around 1.5 million views by Tuesday afternoon.
The duo were both in Houston on Monday. Quavo, who posted a video of himself driving around the city with friends to his Instagram story, had yet to comment publicly. Offset had not released a statement either.
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said he received many calls about Takeoff after the shooting.
“Everyone spoke of what a great young man he is, how peaceful he is, what a great artist,” Finner said. He wouldn’t speculate on whether Takeoff was the intended target, and asked “everyone to understand the pain, the suffering of” Takeoff’s mother.
Takeoff’s last post on social media was a photo posted just before the shooting on his Instagram story. It was a photo of himself, soundtracked by Playboi Carti’s “Stop Breathing.”
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The Houston police chief’s first name has been corrected to Troy, instead of Tory.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A white former Nashville police officer who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a Black man from behind as the man was fleeing on foot has been released from jail, his attorney confirmed Thursday.
Andrew Delke had been serving time at a jail facility run by the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office. He spent 18 months at the jail, Delke's attorney David Raybin said.
Last July, Delke pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2018 death of 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick as part of an agreement with prosecutors and received a three-year sentence. The deal allowed him to be released earlier with standard jail credits, but he couldn't pursue parole or appeal the case.
“Mr. Delke appreciates the strong support he received from the Fraternal Order of Police and many citizens,” Raybin said in a statement.
Hambrick’s mother, Vickie Hambrick, spoke at the parole meeting in Nashville earlier this year and continued to allege that the process leading to Delke's plea deal had been unfair, secretive and racist. The Hambrick family has said they did not know about the plea deal until after it was done. At the time the deal was announced, Delke was about to face trial for a first-degree murder charge.
At the 2021 plea hearing, Vickie Hambrick sobbed, screamed, cursed and knocked over a courtroom lectern in an scene that briefly delayed the hearing before the judge accepted the plea agreement.
An attorney for Hambrick's family did not immediately return a request for comment Thursday.
Nashville’s Metro Council has approved a $2.25 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit by Hambrick’s family.
Delke’s attorneys have argued the officer followed his training and Tennessee law in response to “an armed suspect who ignored repeated orders to drop his gun.” Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk has countered that Delke had other alternatives, adding that the officer could have stopped, sought cover and called for help.
The shooting caused enough backlash that Nashville voters have since installed a community oversight board for the city's police department.
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Fraudsters targeting those who want to consolidate student loans
The government offers loan consolidation for free; you do not have to pay for it
InvestigateTV - If you are one of the 45 million people holding student loans, experts warned con artists are targeting those looking to potentially consolidate their outstanding debts.
Federal agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), StudentAid.gov, and others have issued recent warning like these about student loan scams.
Robert Farrington with The College Investor said if you need to consolidate any student loans, scammers may reach out and offer their services for a fee. He urged consumers to be wary of any emails, texts or phone calls making that promise.
Farrington said borrowers can consolidate for free at StudentAid.gov. Simply go to the website, scroll to the bottom, and choose “consolidate my loans”.
For more information on student loan scams, StudentAid.gov published an article on red flags to avoid.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been at Turkey's helm for 20 years, is favored to win a new five-year term in the second-round runoff after coming just short of an outright victory in the first round on May 14.
The divisive populist who turned his country into a geopolitical player finished four percentage points ahead of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the candidate of a six-party alliance and leader of Turkey's center-left main opposition party. Erdogan's performance came despite crippling inflation and the effects of a devastating earthquake three months ago.
Kilicdaroglu (pronounced KEH-lich-DAHR-OH-loo), a 74-year-old former bureaucrat, has described the runoff as a referendum on the country's future.
More than 64 million people are eligible to cast ballots. The polls opened at 8 a.m.
Turkey does not have exit polls, but the preliminary results are expected to come within hours of the polls closing at 5 p.m.
The final decision could have implications far beyond Ankara because Turkey stands at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and it plays a key role in NATO.
Turkey vetoed Sweden's bid to join the alliance and purchased Russian missile-defense systems, which prompted the United States to oust Turkey from a U.S.-led fighter-jet project. But Erdogan's government also helped broker a crucial deal that allowed Ukrainian grain shipments and averted a global food crisis.
The May 14 election saw 87% turnout, and strong participation is expected again Sunday, reflecting voters' devotion to elections in a country where freedom of expression and assembly have been suppressed.
If he wins, Erdogan, 69, could remain in power until 2028. After three stints as prime minister and two as president, the devout Muslim who heads the conservative and religious Justice and Development Party, or AKP, is already Turkey's longest-serving leader.
The first half of Erdogan's tenure included reforms that allowed the country to begin talks to join the European Union and economic growth that lifted many out of poverty. But he later moved to suppress freedoms and the media and concentrated more power in his hands, especially after a failed coup attempt that Turkey says was orchestrated by the U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen. The cleric denies involvement.
Erdogan transformed the presidency from a largely ceremonial role to a powerful office through a narrowly won 2017 referendum that scrapped Turkey's parliamentary system of governance. He was the first directly elected president in 2014 and won the 2018 election that ushered in the executive presidency.
The May 14 election was the first that Erdogan did not win outright.
Critics blame Erdogan's unconventional economic policies for skyrocketing inflation that has fueled a cost-of-living crisis. Many also faulted his government for the slow response to the earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey.
Still, Erdogan has retained the backing of conservative voters who remain devoted to him for lifting Islam's profile in the country that was founded on secular principles and for raising the country's influence in world politics.
In a bid to woo voters hit hard by inflation, he has increased wages and pensions and subsidized electricity and gas bills, while showcasing Turkey's homegrown defense industry and infrastructure projects. He also centered his reelection campaign on a promise to rebuild quake-stricken areas, including constructing 319,000 homes within the year. Many see him as a source of stability.
Kilicdaroglu is a soft-mannered former civil servant who has led the pro-secular Republican People's Party, or CHP, since 2010. He campaigned on a promise to reverse Erdogan's democratic backsliding, restore the economy by reverting to more conventional policies and to improve ties with the West.
In a frantic do-or-die effort to reach out to nationalist voters in the runoff, Kilicdaroglu vowed to send back refugees and ruled out any peace negotiations with Kurdish militants if he is elected.
Many in Turkey regard Syrian refugees who have been under Turkey's temporary protection after fleeing the war in neighboring Syria as a burden on the country, and their repatriation became a key issue in the election.
Earlier in the week, Erdogan received the endorsement of third-place candidate, nationalist politician Sinan Ogan, who garnered 5.2% of the votes and is no longer in the race. Meanwhile, a staunchly anti-migrant party that had supported Ogan's candidacy, announced it would back Kilicdaroglu.
A defeat for Kilicdaroglu would add to a long list of electoral losses to Erdogan and put pressure for him to step down as party chairman.
Erdogan's AKP party and its allies retained a majority of seats in parliament following a legislative election that was also held on May 14. Parliamentary elections will not be repeated Sunday.
Erdogan's party also dominated in the earthquake-hit region, winning 10 out of 11 provinces in an area that has traditionally supported the president. Erdogan came in ahead in the presidential race in eight of those provinces.
As in previous elections, Erdogan used state resources and his control of the media to reach voters.
Following the May 14 vote, international observers also pointed to the criminalization of dissemination of false information and online censorship as evidence that Erdogan had an "unjustified advantage." The observers also said the elections showed the resilience of Turkish democracy.
Erdogan and pro-government media portrayed Kilicdaroglu, who had received the backing of the country's pro-Kurdish party, as colluding with "terrorists" and of supporting what they described as "deviant" LGBTQ rights.
Kilicdaroglu "receives his orders from Qandil," Erdogan repeatedly said at recent campaign rallies, a reference to the mountains in Iraq where the leadership of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, is based.
"We receive our orders from God and the people," he said.
The election was being held as the country marked the 100th anniversary of its establishment as a republic, following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the low-code platform provider that builds agility into the world's leading organizations, today announced Pega Government LLC, a new corporate entity uniquely positioned to service the product requirements and compliance demands for United States government clients. With initial sponsorship from the United States Department of Justice, Pega Government LLC will architect, deliver, and support all cleared work for multiple federal and defense agencies as well as their partners.
Pega has a strong legacy of success working with some of the largest US government agencies to help them achieve their modernization goals and transform the digital experience. With this new entity, Pega Government LLC will extend support to clients and partners working in sensitive and challenging government installations. With Pega Cloud for Government, Pega continues to support the mission of the most complex programs in government.
Pega's solutions connect data and systems across operational silos, helping streamline organizational complexity while improving efficiency. For more information, visit www.pega.com/industries/government.
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"As we continue to evolve our work with the United States government, we recognized the need to create a dedicated entity to support the distinct security needs for some of our clients," said Doug Averill, vice president, global industry market leader, government, Pega. "Pega Government LLC was created to address the work that involves sensitive information requiring special clearance on an ongoing basis. We are proud our technology can support the ever-changing needs of the federal government and their focus on transformational efficiency."
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s effort to turn downtown Chicago into a neighborhood faces steep challenges, but it’s worth a try.
The city’s economic hub has suffered badly since COVID-19 lockdowns shuttered offices two years ago. More than a year after offices started reopening, commercial vacancies haven’t fallen from record highs.
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Last Friday night in Los Angeles, the Colorado football team was beaten by a USC team led by a quarterback who a year ago didn’t expect to be in the Pac-12.
The Trojans’ Caleb Williams, who had a hand in five touchdowns in USC’s 55-17 rout of the Buffaloes, was a star freshman at Oklahoma a year ago. Now he’s a Heisman Trophy candidate at USC.
A week earlier, CU was routed by Oregon, led by Bo Nix, a former Auburn quarterback who has revitalized his career in Eugene.
This week, the Buffs (1-9, 1-6 Pac-12) will take on another conference title contender in Washington (8-2, 5-2), which is led by Michael Penix, Jr. From 2018-21, Penix quarterbacked the Indiana Hoosiers.
“The thing I’m seeing that I think is so important is when you do add a portal quarterback to do so (with someone) that’s had success and gone through the ups and downs of being either a freshman or sophomore or even a junior starter,” CU head coach Mike Sanford said. “And I think that’s what you’re seeing with, particularly, Washington, Oregon and USC.”
Those three schools aren’t alone, however.
Arizona’s Jayden de Laura (Washington State); Arizona State’s Emory Jones (Florida); California’s Jack Plummer (Purdue) and Washington State’s Cameron Ward (Incarnate Word) all started at other schools a year ago.
Utah’s Cam Rising is in his fourth season with the Utes, but began his career at Texas, and CU’s JT Shrout played his first three seasons at Tennessee.
The only Pac-12 teams playing quarterbacks they recruited out of high school are UCLA (Dorian Thompson-Robinson), Oregon State (Ben Gulbranson) and Stanford (Tanner McKee).
It’s the big three of Williams, Nix and Penix that have dominated the conference this year, though. Williams and Penix, in particular, have transformed teams that were only 4-8 in 2021. Both are now ranked in the top 15 in the Associated Press poll.
CU could potentially look in the portal for quarterback help this winter, but getting that transformational player requires money.
“The NIL (name, image and likeness) space is going to have to become a part of that,” Sanford said. “I think that’s an incredibly important piece of the puzzle.”
Smith close to return
Running back Deion Smith was in uniform Friday but did not play as he recovers from a leg injury. He was injured early in the Buffs’ Nov. 5 loss to Oregon.
Sanford said Smith, who leads the Buffs with 381 rushing yards, could return this week.
“He truly was a game time decision (at USC),” Sanford said. “We wanted to see how he looked in warmups. He’s wearing a knee brace and he looked a little gingerly. I do anticipate him playing this week.”
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CU had hoped Inglewood, Calif., native Montana Lemonious-Craig would have a big impact in the USC game, but the sophomore receiver caught just one pass for six yards. Sanford said Lemonious-Craig is healthy and, “I do think that he’ll have a big role in these last two (games) for sure.” … True freshman Simeon Harris has grown in the nickel role and Sanford praised his fearless play and tackling ability. “He’s gonna be a great player,” he said. … Receiver Chase Penry returned to the field against USC and caught a pass, but Sanford said the Buffs still plan to sit him the last two games so he can redshirt this season.
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‘Unprovoked’ man stabs dog to death in park, police say
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - The Asheville Police Department said a man accused of stabbing a dog at a park was taken into custody Monday afternoon.
According to the department, officers were called to a city park on Murdock Avenue around 3:21 p.m. to investigate a report of a dog being stabbed.
The dog’s owner told officers that while playing pickleball, a man approached her dog, grabbed it by the throat and started slashing it with a knife unprovoked.
The dog died from its injuries.
Police said witnesses helped them identify the suspect, and 43-year-old James Wesley Henry was taken into custody and charged with felony cruelty to animals.
Henry was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $10,000 secured bond.
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Brittney Griner has made an appeal to President Joe Biden in a letter passed to the White House through her representatives saying she feared she might never return home and asking that he not “ forget about me and the other American Detainees.”
Griner’s agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas said the letter was delivered on Monday. Most of the letter’s contents to President Biden remain private, though Griner’s representatives shared a few lines from the hand-written note.
″…As I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey, or any accomplishments, I’m terrified I might be here forever,” Griner wrote.
“On the 4th of July, our family normally honors the service of those who fought for our freedom, including my father who is a Vietnam War Veteran,” the Phoenix Mercury center added. “It hurts thinking about how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something completely different to me this year.”
The two-time Olympic gold medalist is in the midst of a trial in Russia that began last week after she was arrested on Feb. 17 on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for her Russian team. The trial will resume Thursday.
Fewer than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted, and unlike in U.S. courts, acquittals can be overturned.
The White House National Security Council confirmed the White House has received Griner’s letter.
“We believe the Russian Federation is wrongfully detaining Brittney Griner,” NSC spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said on Monday. “President Biden has been clear about the need to see all U.S. nationals who are held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad released, including Brittney Griner. The U.S. government continues to work aggressively – using every available means – to bring her home.”
Griner pleaded with Biden in the letter to use his powers to ensure her return.
“Please do all you can to bring us home. I voted for the first time in 2020 and I voted for you. I believe in you. I still have so much good to do with my freedom that you can help restore,” Griner said “I miss my wife! I miss my family! I miss my teammates! It kills me to know they are suffering so much right now. I am grateful for whatever you can do at this moment to get me home.”
Griner has been able to have sporadic communications with family, friends and WNBA players through an email account her agent set up. The emails are printed out and delivered in bunches to Griner by her lawyer after they are vetted by Russian officials. Once the lawyers get back to their office, they’ll scan any responses from Griner and pass them back to the U.S. to send along.
She was supposed to have a phone call with her wife on their anniversary but it failed because of an “unfortunate mistake,” Biden administration officials.
Griner’s supporters have encouraged a prisoner swap like the one in April that brought home Marine veteran Trevor Reed in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug trafficking conspiracy. The State Department in May designated her as wrongfully detained, moving her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator.
Griner isn’t the only American being wrongfully detained in Russia. Paul Whelan, a former Marine and security director is serving a 16-year sentence on an espionage conviction.
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MADRID (AP) — Turkey agreed Tuesday to lift its opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding a leaders’ summit in Madrid amid Europe’s worst security crisis in decades triggered by the war in Ukraine.
After urgent top-level talks, alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said “we now have an agreement that paves the way for Finland and Sweden to join NATO.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon their long-held nonaligned status and apply to join NATO. But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had blocked the move, insisting the Nordic pair change their stance on Kurdish rebel groups that Turkey considers terrorists.
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said the three countries’ leaders signed a joint agreement after talks on Tuesday.
Turkey said it had “got what it wanted” including “full cooperation … in the fight against” the rebel groups.
The agreement comes at the opening of a crucial summit dominated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders arrived in Madrid for a summit that will set the course of the alliance for the coming years. The summit was kicking off with a leaders’ dinner hosted by Spain’s King Felipe VI at the 18th-century Royal Palace of Madrid.
Stoltenberg said the meeting would chart a blueprint for the alliance “in a more dangerous and unpredictable world.”
“To be able to defend in a more dangerous world we have to invest more in our defense,” Stoltenberg said. Just nine of NATO’s 30 members meet the organization’s target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defense. Spain, which is hosting the summit, spends just half that.
Top of the agenda for leaders in meetings Wednesday and Thursday is strengthening defenses against Russia and supporting Ukraine.
Biden, who arrived with the aim of stiffening the resolve of any wavering allies, said NATO was “as united and galvanized as I think we have ever been.”
Moscow’s invasion on Feb. 24 shattered European security and brought shelling of cities and bloody ground battles back to the continent. NATO, which had begun to turn its focus to terrorism and other non-state threats, has had to confront an adversarial Russia once again.
“Ukraine now faces a brutality which we haven’t seen in Europe since the Second World War,” Stoltenberg said.
Diplomats and leaders from Tuekey, Sweden and Finland earlier held a flurry of talks in an attempt to break the impasse over Turkey’s opposition to expansion. The three countries’ leaders met for more than two hours alongside Stoltenberg on Tuesday before the agreement was announced.
Erdogan is critical of what he considers the lax approach of Sweden and Finland toward groups that Ankara deems national security threats, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and its Syrian extension. American support for Syrian Kurdish fighters in combatting the Islamic State group has also enraged Turkey for years.
Turkey has demanded that Finland and Sweden extradite wanted individuals and lift arms restrictions imposed after Turkey’s 2019 military incursion into northeast Syria.
Ending the deadlock will allow NATO leaders to focus on their key issue: an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive Russia.
A Russian missile strike Monday on a shopping mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk was a grim reminder of the war’s horrors. Some saw the timing, as Group of Seven leaders met in Germany and just ahead of NATO, as a message from Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is due to address NATO leaders by video on Wednesday, called the strike on the mall a “terrorist” act.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko traveled to Madrid to urge the alliance to provide his country with “whatever it takes” to stop the war.
“Wake up, guys. This is happening now. You are going to be next, this is going to be knocking on your door just in the blink of an eye,” Klitschko told reporters at the summit venue.
Stoltenberg said Monday that NATO allies will agree at the summit to increase the strength of the alliance’s rapid reaction force nearly eightfold, from 40,000 to 300,000 troops. The troops will be based in their home nations, but dedicated to specific countries on NATO’s eastern flank, where the alliance plans to build up stocks of equipment and ammunition.
Beneath the surface, there are tensions within NATO over how the war will end and what, if any, concessions Ukraine should make to end the fighting.
There are also differences on how hard a line to take on China in NATO’s new Strategic Concept — its once-a-decade set of priorities and goals. The last document, published in 2010, didn’t mention China at all.
The new concept is expected to set out NATO’s approach on issues from cybersecurity to climate change — and the growing economic and military reach of China, and the rising importance and power of the Indo-Pacific region. For the first time, the leaders of Japan, Australia, South Korea and New Zealand are attending the summit as guests.
Some European members are wary of the tough U.S. line on Beijing and don’t want China cast as an opponent.
In the Strategic Concept, NATO is set to declare Russia its number one threat.
Russia’s state space agency, Roscosmos marked the summit’s opening by releasing satellite images and coordinates of the Madrid conference hall where it is being held, along with those of the White House, the Pentagon and the government headquarters in London, Paris and Berlin.
The agency said NATO was set to declare Russia an enemy at the summit, adding that it was publishing precise coordinates “just in case.”
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Associated Press Writers Aritz Parra, Ciaran Giles and Sylvie Corbet contributed from Madrid.
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There's something exhilarating about the challenge of it all. And it's important for for me to do this this year. It's important for representation is important for my son to see that Rihanna is opening up about her performance at this year's Super Bowl halftime show and sharing that motherhood encouraged her to accept the gig during *** press appearance with halftime show sponsor Apple music ahead of Sunday's big game. The singer admitted that when she got the call about the opportunity, she did think twice about it. I was like, you sure? Like I'm, I'm three months postpartum like should I be making major decisions like this right now? Like I might regret this. But the 34 year old said becoming *** mom gave her the energy to take on the big event, especially with her nine month old son watching on when you become *** mom, there's something that just happens where you feel like you could take on the world, you can do anything. And the Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the world. The grammy winning star also shared that it was important for her to perform on such *** big stage to represent quote for immigrants, represent for my country, Barbados and represent for black women everywhere. Rihanna has released eight studio albums and logged 14 number one hits on the billboard hot 100 chart. She didn't say which songs from her epic 18 year catalog she'd perform, but she did reveal she's reworking the set list to make sure the performance is memorable and monumental. The set list was the biggest challenge. That was the hardest, hardest part. According to the artist, the performance will be *** celebration of her catalog in the best way, she continued. I think we did *** pretty good job of narrowing it down for more on this story, go to thr dot com for the Hollywood Reporter News. I'm Tiffany taylor.
How Rihanna stayed grounded, while so high in the air at the Super Bowl
Updated: 5:23 PM MST Feb 13, 2023
Related video above: Rihanna says motherhood encouraged her to perform at the halftime showYes, the seven floating stages during Rihanna's Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show were theatrical and cool, but they also had a very practical purpose.And it had everything to do with the grass on the field.That's according to Bruce Rodgers, the halftime show production designer, who spoke to Wired about helping to create the show prior to the performance.Rodgers explained that when it came to the LED lit stages that elevated off the field for Rihanna and her dancers, it had "never been done before.""With Katy Perry, we flew her around in a flying device, like a rocket ship," he said. "But this one is a totally different animal."Rodgers said he came up with the concept and worked with Rihanna's team, which included designer Willo Perron, choreographer Parris Goebel, and production manager Joseph Lloyd, to implement it.By having the singer and the other performers in the air, it took the stress off of the turf on the field that at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, is 100,000 square feet of Tifway 419 hybrid Bermuda grass.Grass is very important to the National Football League as it can affect how the players are able to function on the field.And while it may have looked risky for Rihanna, who debuted her new baby bump during her performance, to be suspended on a stage 15-60 feet off the ground, according to the report, the stages had "massive Brunel trusses" that Rodgers assured Rihanna's team are "strong enough to 'carry a freight train.'""This will be, in my opinion, the most technically advanced Super Bowl halftime show that's ever been done because of the amount of tech used to move the platforms," Aaron Siebert, the project lead from Tait Towers, which made the platforms, told the publication prior to the show.
Related video above: Rihanna says motherhood encouraged her to perform at the halftime show
Yes, the seven floating stages during Rihanna's Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show were theatrical and cool, but they also had a very practical purpose.
And it had everything to do with the grass on the field.
That's according to Bruce Rodgers, the halftime show production designer, who spoke to Wired about helping to create the show prior to the performance.
Rodgers explained that when it came to the LED lit stages that elevated off the field for Rihanna and her dancers, it had "never been done before."
"With Katy Perry, we flew her around in a flying device, like a rocket ship," he said. "But this one is a totally different animal."
Rodgers said he came up with the concept and worked with Rihanna's team, which included designer Willo Perron, choreographer Parris Goebel, and production manager Joseph Lloyd, to implement it.
By having the singer and the other performers in the air, it took the stress off of the turf on the field that at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, is 100,000 square feet of Tifway 419 hybrid Bermuda grass.
Grass is very important to the National Football League as it can affect how the players are able to function on the field.
And while it may have looked risky for Rihanna, who debuted her new baby bump during her performance, to be suspended on a stage 15-60 feet off the ground, according to the report, the stages had "massive Brunel trusses" that Rodgers assured Rihanna's team are "strong enough to 'carry a freight train.'"
"This will be, in my opinion, the most technically advanced Super Bowl halftime show that's ever been done because of the amount of tech used to move the platforms," Aaron Siebert, the project lead from Tait Towers, which made the platforms, told the publication prior to the show.
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Fosun Tourism's business continues to improve
HONG KONG, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- While the domestic tourism industry continues to feel the effects of COVID, Fosun Tourism Group ("Fosun Tourism" or the "Group", HKEX stock code: 1992), is regaining, and accelerating corporate growth by capitalizing on the strong rebound of global business and steady uninterrupted deployment. In April this year, the Group announced the turnaround of its business in the first quarter of 2022. Since then, international brands including Club Med, Thomas Cook and Casa Cook, all under Fosun Tourism, have actively seized on opportunities created by the recovery of the global tourism industry and have achieved significant progress.
Club Med is leading the recovery of the global leisure and vacation industry. Following a five-fold year-on-year growth in business volume in the first quarter of this year, and a sharp turnaround in net profit. Fosun Tourism announced as of 16 April that the cumulative bookings for Club Med for the second half of 2022 have already exceeded that of the same period in 2019 (prior to the pandemic) by 3%. The two major regional markets in EMEA and the Americas have also outperformed the industry. With regard to business expansion, Club Med opened La Rosière Resort in France and the Quebec Charlevoix in 2021. The latter has even filled the gap in the North American snow resort market. Club Med will also open Kiroro, its third resort in Hokkaido, by the coming snow season. The opening of these resorts has not only fortified leadership in the ice and snow sector, but also symbolizes expeditious expansion of its global ice and snow resort business footprint. In Spain, Club Med Magna Marbella Resort commenced operation in May of this year.
In addition to operating performance, the easing of COVID prevention measures is also worth anticipating, leading to more Club Med resorts resuming operations in 2022. In March 2022, after two years of closure, Club Med Bintan and Phuket welcomed their first group of guests since the pandemic. The opening of Cherating Beach Resort, Malaysia on 1 April, also began to receive tourists from around the world. Club Med Bali has also resumed operations, which marked the last resort to re-open in the Asia-Pacific region. Simultaneously, Australia, Japan and South Korea, which represent the dominant origin of customers for resorts, have relaxed their travel regulations, thus instilling greater confidence in the Group's 2022 performance.
Outside Club Med, global businesses Thomas Cook and Casa Cook under the Group, have also achieved positive progress. In the first quarter of this year, UK business volume of Thomas Cook, the century-old travel agency brand, achieved an eight-fold year-on-year growth. The brand broke ground in the Netherlands in March and on top of its original partnerships, it expanded the European business by adopting digital business models through the use of websites and apps. Casa Cook, an award-winning lifestyle global hotel brand, also accelerated its expansion in Europe. The Casa Cook Samos, Greece opened this May, and received the "Hotel Design Award 2022", hosted by PKF Hospitality Group, within the first month. In addition, a brand new hotel operated by the brand in Greece's tourist island Mykonos, will officially open in June this year.
Similar to the overseas operations, resorts such as Club Med Changbaishan and Club Med Joyview Qiandao Lake have opened this year. Among them, Club Med Qiandao Lake commenced trial operation on 15 June. It achieved a GMV (gross merchandise value) of RMB10 million within four hours after the pre-sale began on 11 May, and its GMV exceeded RMB40 million in 15 days after sales started. Meanwhile, owing to the effective implementation of a value upgrade strategy, the average daily bed rate of Club Med resorts has continued to rise, achieving 19.5% growth in the first quarter of this year versus 2019. Greater capacity and higher premium will present Club Med with promising development prospects after the pandemic. As summer vacations approach, the tourism products of Fosun Tourism, such as Atlantis, will usher in the peak season of bookings.
Mr. Qian Jiannong, Chairman and CEO of Fosun Tourism Group, said, "As increasingly more countries around the world have lifted travel restrictions, Fosun Tourism's global presence will continue to serve as an advantage and point of distinction, driving a strong recovery of the Company's business performance going forward. In China, different regions have taken various initiatives to drive a rebound in the tourism industry. Fosun Tourism is also preparing for an upturn in tourism, now that its businesses have resumed operations. It will continue to leverage the advantages of global presence and competitive products to grasp growth momentum in different regions, and take the lead in developing the global tourism industry."
About Fosun Tourism Group (Stock Code: 1992)
Fosun Tourism Group is one of the leading leisure-focused integrated tourism groups worldwide. It was listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in December 2018. In terms of revenue in 2019, it was the largest leisure tourism resorts group worldwide*. Currently, the Group operates three main businesses including resorts and hotels, tourist destinations, and services and solutions, across various tourism and leisure settings. Within its resorts and hotels business, the Group has sales and marketing operations in more than 40 countries and regions across six continents, and operates over 60 resorts. It also manages and operates Casa Cook and Cook's Club hotels under a light-assets model. As for the tourism destinations segment, the Group develops and owns Sanya Atlantis and its own brand "FOLIDAY Town". It is currently building Lijiang Foliday Town and Taicang Foliday Town. The Group owns Thomas Cook, the world's oldest travel agency brand, and operates the online "Thomas Cook Lifestyle Platform" in China and an Online Travel Agency in the UK, forming an open internet platform based on vacation and lifestyle products.
Advocating the lifestyle of "Everyday is a FOLIDAY", Fosun Tourism is committed to integrating tourism and leisure concepts into everyday life, and provides customers with tailor-made one-stop solutions through the FOLIDAY global ecosystem.
* Frost & Sullivan, an independent international research & consulting firm
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VENICE, Fla. (WFLA) — A sizable three-legged alligator caused some traffic trouble in Venice after it decided it just had to cross a busy street Thursday.
Video taken by Daniel Kaufman showed the gator shuffling toward his box truck, blocking traffic as it moved.
“Look at this beast!” Kaufman said. “It’s like a 10-footer.”
The gator, which was missing its front right foot, eventually sped up and went under Kaufman’s truck.
“Holy cow. He’s going under my truck, it’s official,” Kaufman said as the gator shook the vehicle.
The gator then emerged from under the truck as it continued its journey.
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PLANO, Texas, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night at The espnW: Women + Sports Summit in Ojai, California, presented by Toyota, Toyota and espnW announced the seventh class of Toyota Everyday Heroes. Toyota's Everyday Heroes program recognizes female individuals making a difference for women and girls in their local communities through sports. The Heroes were provided with grants in the amount of $15,000 and recognized on-stage by Team Toyota Athlete and Paralympic gold medalist Jessica Long. Toyota has been a presenting sponsor of The espnW: Women + Sports Summit for 10 years.
"We're inspired by these women's stories, as they exemplify the true meaning of a 'Hero' in their communities," said Angie White, senior manager of media, Toyota Motor North America. "Toyota is proud to announce the 2022 Everyday Heroes – Liz Ferro and Nzingha Prescod – and support their mission to make an impact for women and girls through sports."
The two 2022 Toyota Everyday Heroes are:
Liz Ferro (Girls With Sole – Cleveland, Ohio)
Liz Ferro is the founder and CEO of the Girls With Sole. She started Girls With Sole (GWS) in 2009 as a way to help underprivileged girls facing difficult life circumstances. A survivor of foster care and abuse herself, Ferro believes that sports provided an escape and focus for her, saving her life. GWS provides free fitness sessions (such as running, hiking and basketball) and wellness programs (activities promoting friendship, self-esteem and more) to help at-risk girls facing the same issues she did.
Ferro runs all the programs herself with help from volunteers. While she has received grants and both monetary and in-kind donations, Ferro does much of her own fundraising from running marathons and competing in triathlons around the world. Liz has written two books, with all of the proceeds going to GWS. Over 1,000 girls have benefitted from GWS over the years, "lacing up for a lifetime of achievement," as the GWS mantra goes.
Nzingha Prescod (PISTE Academy – Brooklyn, New York)
Growing up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, Nzingha Prescod had extremely limited opportunities for after-school sports. Prescod's mother discovered the Peter Westbrook Foundation, where she began fencing, resulting in an Ivy-League education and two Olympic berths.
In the summer of 2020, Nzingha started her "Fencing in the Park" program, and it rapidly grew into the Prescod Institute for Sport, Teamwork and Education (PISTE). Each year, 20-25 students participate and learn the mechanics of fencing, discipline, resilience and self-control. PISTE additionally offers school and community programs, 1:1 academic tutoring and other educational courses. In addition to PISTE, Nzingha has been working with the city of New York on legislation to create an Office of Sport for the city, a position designed to create more equitable opportunities for sports.
"We're honored to partner with Toyota in showcasing the incredible and inspiring work of these Everyday Heroes," said espnW founder Laura Gentile. "Through their remarkable leadership, resilience and dedication, they have created sports initiatives that mentor and inspire women and girls to dream bigger, live fuller lives and achieve their dreams."
To qualify for a Toyota Everyday Heroes grant, a person and/or organization must:
- Have been operating as an active, sports-related organization for at least two years;
- Are currently creating sports opportunities for girls and women in their local communities, and making a meaningful, inspiring impact with quantifiable results.
Past Honorees:
- 2018 – Cecelie Owens (founder/president, G.I.R.L.S. Sports Foundation), Liz Brieva & Megan Livatino (founder & executive director, Girls Play Sports) and Melissa Clarke-Wharff (founder, Courage League Sports)
- 2017 – Darlene Hunter (founder, Lady Mavericks Wheelchair Basketball), Fartun Osman (founder, Somali Girls Rock) and Mira Manickam (founder, Brown Girl Surf)
- 2016 – Courtney Payne Taylor (founder, Girls Riders Organization), Tracy Pointer (founder, GROW/GROW Girl) and Beth Devine (founder, Philly Girls in Motion)
- 2015 – Chrissy Lewis-Summers (founder of Beyond Sticks) and Heidi Boynton (founder of Mini Mermaid Running Club)
- 2014 – Dr. Kimberley S. Clay (co-founder, Play Like a Girl!), Monica Gonzalez (founder, Gonzo Soccer) and Claire Smallwood (co-founder and Executive Director of SheJumps)
- 2013 – Barb Lazarus (founder, Game On! Foundation), Justine Siegal (founder, Baseball For All) and Mobolaji Akidoe (Hope 4 Girls Foundation)
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.
Toyota directly employs more than 48,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 43 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota's 14th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With the more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, more than a quarter of the company's 2021 North American sales were electrified.
Through the Start Your Impossible campaign, Toyota highlights the way it partners with community, civic, academic and governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing mobility challenges. We believe that when people are free to move, anything is possible. For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.
About espnW
espnW is a global multiplatform brand dedicated to engaging and inspiring women through sports. espnW.com, the brand's content home, offers total access to female athletes and the sports they play, takes fans inside the biggest events, and captures the biggest trends in sports life/style. espnW also provides a unique point of view on the sports stories that matter most to women and highlights the crossroads of sports and culture. Founded in July 2010, espnW's content and voices live across digital, television, radio, films, events, educational platforms and social media.
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(NerdWallet) – Rising prices (i.e., inflation) are everywhere you look — on the news, at the pump and in the grocery store. We notice these changes when we reach for our wallets, but it’s difficult to grasp what an extra dollar here or several dollars there mean over the course of several weeks, months or an entire year.
With prices up 8.5% year over year, household spending — that’s yours and mine — stands to rise by several thousand dollars. Even with the Federal Reserve’s attempts to control inflation through interest rate increases, it’s unlikely these prices will fall dramatically. This climb isn’t just a tank of gas or a few additional dollars at the store. For some people, it could be an entire paycheck every month.
Using inflation and annual spending data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, we looked at how spending in 2022 will differ from 2020, the last full year when inflation was relatively stable. We chose a handful of categories that many, if not most, Americans spend money on, such as food and electricity. The inflationary impact is remarkable.
Household expenditures could rise by $11,500
In all of 2020, American households spent $61,300, on average. This number includes everything we spend our money on: housing, food, entertainment, clothing, transportation and everything else. In 2022, it stands to reach $72,900, a difference of more than $11,500 if consumers want to maintain the same standard of living. Keep in mind, this is an average, a number that represents an approximation across all Americans, but one that’s exact to a very few. Those who earn (and therefore spend) more will see more dramatic dollar increases. Those who earn less may see less dramatic dollar jumps, but the impact of these rising prices could be more significantly felt.
It’s worth calling out — spending was a bit unusual in 2020. People spent less on commuting, child care and entertainment, for example, and more on home improvements. It’s a safe assumption that people will spend less in certain categories this year too, if for no other reason than avoiding high prices. This is primarily why we think spending in 2022 will be more similar to 2020 than 2019, for example, another year for which such spending data was available.
We can all likely agree that $11,500 is a lot more money to spend in a single year, but grasping what big numbers like that mean in practice can be difficult. Per month, you’re looking at close to $1,000 more. For many people, this is an entire extra rent or mortgage payment.
Across all the spending categories we examined, groceries, shelter and gas stand to rise the most. Throughout all of 2022, if inflation doesn’t slow considerably, we can expect to spend $1,200, $1,400 and $2,500 more on these categories, respectively.
Click here for a table of all anticipated spending changes.
How this situation plays into the recession conversation
The Fed is attempting to bring prices down gently. By raising the interest rate at which banks borrow money, it can control demand in the economy, and with cooler demand comes lower prices. However, these changes can also trigger not-so-great effects such as higher unemployment and slowing the economy too much. It’s a balancing act.
Though a recession may sound scary (and a deep one is), a downturn may be necessary to get prices under control. And as tough as it is to stomach, that part is a good thing.
How to handle high prices and recession talk
Look at the big picture
As explained above, there is a silver lining to an economic downturn or recession — prices fall. While the Fed attempts to achieve this outcome with a minimally negative impact, doomscrolling news websites and listening to overly simplified hot takes on social media will do absolutely nothing to protect you. Keep calm. Bolster your emergency savings if you’re able, see if you can tighten up your budget and sit back. Even when it comes to your long-term investments, sometimes the best advice is to relax and do nothing.
Expect to see the effects of rising rates
If you were planning on buying a house or a car in the near future, expect to pay far more for those items if you’re taking out a loan. Banks and creditors pass along their increased rates from the Fed to you, the consumer. Monthly payments will be bigger (perhaps by hundreds of dollars) due to the one-two punch of higher prices and higher interest.
Don’t forget about credit cards — interest rates will climb here too. Now more than ever, do your best to pay off your balances each month. The compounding interest of credit card debt is already high enough to try to avoid, when possible.
Budget more for necessary goods and services, temporarily
Revisiting your budget in the current climate doesn’t only involve cutting things out, but figuring out how to accommodate spending more in certain categories. After all, you can’t go without things like groceries. In order to maintain the same volume of groceries you had last year or the year prior, you’ll need to find the extra money. If you didn’t have much wiggle room in your budget to begin with, consider what items you can go without or cut back on. Maybe you can get another year out of that winter coat or cut out one or two streaming services. Framing these as temporary sacrifices makes losing them easier.
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Some category definitions differ slightly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index to the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Care was taken to select the most comparable categories when exact matches weren’t available. For example, the CES measure of gasoline includes motor oil whereas the CPI does not.
Spending is based on the 2020 CES, the last year for which this spending data is available. The 12-month rate of inflation began its climb in April 2021, so comparing baseline 2020 spending to 2022 will best capture the effects of rising prices.
August through December 2022 spending estimates are based on available CPI data through July 2022, averaging the monthly changes in the first seven months of the year to arrive at a conservative estimate for the remainder of the year.
Monthly spending is based on an average flat rate throughout the year rather than estimated spending (with seasonal fluctuations) from month to month.
Consumer price indices were not available for the “household operations” category during the months of December 2021 through March 2022, and July 2022.
Spending data is from the Consumer Expenditure Survey based on questions asked of households for the 2020 year. When numerous people answer $0 for any single expense/category on the survey, the data is skewed and the average amount seems low. The selected categories in this analysis were chosen with this in mind, and they represent categories that most people spend money in. This survey is asked of “consumer units,” not individuals. This means, in most cases, that the expenses are attributed to a single person in the household, regardless of how many adults are present.
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Pope Francis has had three hospitalizations since he was elected pope in 2013, and underwent major surgery as a young man to have part of one lung removed.
In between, the 86-year-old pontiff has suffered from bouts of sciatica, or nerve pain, that have made walking and standing difficult. More recently, he strained his knee ligaments and had a small fracture in one knee that forced him to use a wheelchair and walker for more than a year.
Francis has a personal physician, Dr. Roberto Bernabei, who is an internist and geriatric specialist at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome. He also has a personal nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, an employee of the Vatican health system whom Francis credited with saving his life when Strappetti diagnosed the 2021 intestinal problem.
In 2022, Francis named Strappetti his “personal health care assistant.” Strappetti and Bernabei usually joins Francis on his foreign trips.
The pope underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall. Here’s a look at the health of the pontiff.
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1957: In his native Argentina, Francis, then in his early 20s, suffers from a severe respiratory infection that forces doctors to remove part of one lung. He later recalls that a nurse saved his life at the time, deciding to double the amount of drugs he had been given.
July 4-14, 2021: Francis spends 10 days in Gemelli hospital in Rome for what the Vatican says is a narrowing of the large intestine. Doctors remove 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon. Francis emerges, saying he can eat whatever he wants, but lamenting he didn’t respond well to general anesthesia.
Jan. 24, 2023: Francis tells The Associated Press that the diverticulosis, or bulges in his intestinal wall, that had prompted the 2021 surgery has returned but is under control.
March 29-April 1, 2023: Francis spends three days at Gemelli with a respiratory infection after feeling a sharp pain in his chest and having trouble breathing. Doctors diagnose an acute bronchitis and treat him with intravenous antibiotics.
June 6, 2023: Francis undergoes unspecified medical checks at Gemelli and returns to the Vatican.
June 7, 2023: The Vatican says Francis undergoes abdominal surgery for three hours under general anesthesia and that there were no complications. He’s expected to remain at Gemelli for several days.
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The latest on the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI:
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s coffin has been put in its resting place in the grottoes beneath St. Peter’s Basilica.
The wooden lid on the outermost coffin is decorated with a simple metal cross, the emblem of his nearly eight-year-long papacy and an inscription in Latin noting that he had lived 95 years, eight months and 15 days when he died on Dec. 31.
It also records the date his papacy ended when he went into retirement, on Feb. 28, 2013. He was the first pontiff to retire in 600 years.
Benedict’s longtime secretary, German Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, imparted a blessing after the remains were placed into a niche on the floor on Thursday. Also present for a final goodbye were the consecrated laywomen who helped care for him during his retirement in a monastery in the Vatican Gardens.
The Vatican says that the public will be able to visit Benedict’s tomb — but not before next week, to allow for work to be completed.
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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says the remains of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI have been interred in a tomb in the grottoes under the main floor of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Benedict’s body was put into a space left after the Vatican moved the remains of his predecessor, John Paul II, to the main floor to reflect John Paul’s sainthood.
The brief announcement of the burial by the Vatican’s press office came about 90 minutes after the conclusion of Benedict’s funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday. Pope Francis presided over the service, which was attended by some 50,000 mourners.
Photos released by the Vatican showed the zinc coffin which was to contain the cypress one displayed to the faithful during the funeral. Then the zinc coffin was placed into another wooden one before being put into the tomb.
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VATICAN CITY — A Vatican cardinal has sprinkled blessed water on the simple wooden coffin of Benedict XVI and released incense around it, near the end of the funeral in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Francis, who presided over the funeral of his predecessor in the papacy, sat in a chair near a canopied altar before a crowd of tens of thousands of faithful, who applauded.
At the funeral’s end, the coffin was carried by 12 white-gloved pallbearers back into St. Peter’s Basilica for interment in a crypt below the main floor.
The German theologian, who stunned the world by stepping down in 2013, took the title Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI for his retirement in a Vatican monastery. Benedict died on Dec. 31 in the monastery where he lived in the Vatican Gardens.
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VATICAN CITY — At the funeral for Pope John Paul II in 2005, cries in Italian of “Santo subito!” (Sainthood immediately) rose from the huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square.
During the funeral on Thursday for his successor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, one of the mourners in the square, Alessandra Aprea, held up a handwritten sign saying just that, “Santo subito” and featuring a hand-drawn heart.
The 56-year-old Aprea, from the town of Meta di Sorrento near Naples, called Benedict a “saint of the faith.” It was Benedict as pontiff who lifted the five-year customary waiting period to start the sainthood process for John Paul.
Then Benedict’s successor, Pope Francis, approved a miracle early in his papacy that cleared the way for John Paul to be declared a saint. Aprea called Francis, Benedict and John Paul three churchmen “sent by God to lead us as we were getting lost. Benedict has been the bridge between John Paul and Francis. We could not have Francis without him. “
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has arrived in a wheelchair in St. Peter’s Square for the funeral for his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Francis, who is 86, has been using a wheelchair or cane in public ceremonies due to a knee problem. Francis wore red vestments as he sat in a white upholstered chair just in front of the altar, where the funeral Mass Thursday morning is being celebrated by a Vatican cardinal.
Then Francis, speaking in Latin, began the ceremony by inviting the faithful to acknowledge their sins. Benedict, who was 95 and in increasingly frail health, died on Dec. 31 in a monastery in the Vatican Gardens, where he had lived since his resignation in 2013.
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BERLIN — A group representing German clergy abuse survivors is calling on German officials attending Pope Benedict XVI’s funeral to demand more action from the Vatican on sexual abuse.
The group, Eckiger Tisch, called on German leaders to demand of Pope Francis that he issue a “universal church law” stipulating zero tolerance in dealing with abuse by clergy.
It said in a statement that they also should demand that the Vatican pass all documents and evidence it has relating to abuse by clergy to the judicial authorities of the countries where it took place. It also called for an independent investigation of the church’s handling of such cases in the Vatican archives also must be made possible.
The group urged officials to call on Francis to instruct bishops to cooperate fully with state investigators.
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VATICAN CITY — Pallbearers have carried Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s cypress coffin out of St. Peter’s Basilica and rested it before the altar in the piazza outside as red-robed cardinals looked on.
Bells tolled and the crowd applauded as Benedict’s coffin was carried out ahead of the rare requiem Mass for a dead pontiff presided over by a living one.
Heads of state and royalty, clergy from around the world and thousands of faithful flocked to the Vatican, despite Benedict’s requests for simplicity and official efforts to keep the first funeral for an pope emeritus in modern times low-key.
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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has released the text of a brief written summary of the life and accomplishments of the late pontiff, Benedict XVI, that was tucked into the pope emeritus’ coffin ahead of his funeral.
The document, written in Latin, describes him as combatting “with firmness” during his eight-year-long papacy the abuse perpetrated on children by pedophile priests.
While Benedict was the first pontiff to meet in person with those who were sexually abused, survivor advocates — citing the church’s pattern of protecting higher-ups — described his legacy on that front as one of failure.
Rolled up and tucked into a metal cylinder, the document also quotes in full Benedict’s announcement to cardinals in Latin on Feb. 11, 2013, that he was stepping down at the end of that month because he felt he no longer had they physical or mental strength to lead the Catholic church. He was the first pope in 600 years to resign.
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VATICAN CITY — Some 1,000 police and other security forces have been deployed for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square.
They include sharpshooters on top of palazzi and other high vantage points on the square. A no-fly zone is in effect for the Vatican and the immediate surrounding area on Thursday and lasts until after the last participant leaves.
Thousands of people started streaming toward the square before dawn and faced metal-detector checks.
Some 100,000 people were expected to crowd into the square and spill over into the wide boulevard leading to it from the Tiber River. The previous three days saw some 200,000 people pass smoothly through security checks to enter the basilica to view Benedict’s body, far more than security officials in Rome had predicted.
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BERLIN — Germany’s president is leading a delegation of the top-ranking officials from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s homeland to the funeral of the late pontiff.
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was expected to be joined by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the speakers of both houses of parliament and the chief justice of the Federal Constitutional Court.
The governor of Benedict’s native Bavaria, Markus Soeder, also is leading a delegation to Rome and at least 10 German bishops are expected. They include the archbishop of Munich, a job Benedict once held himself, and the bishops of Passau and Regensburg — dioceses that include his birthplace and his one-time home.
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VATICAN CITY — Pilgrims, tourists and Romans started flocking to St. Peter’s Square before dawn on Thursday, hours before the scheduled start of the mid-morning funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
Among them were some admirers wearing traditional Bavarian dress of the late pontiff’s home region in Germany. Plans called for the retired pope’s coffin to be carried from inside St. Peter’s Basilica and into the square ahead of the funeral Mass.
A canopied altar was erected for the ceremony to be presided over by Pope Francis, who succeeded Benedict as pontiff after the German churchman shocked the world by retiring in 2013. Benedict, who was 95, died on Dec. 31 in a Vatican monastery.
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DUBAI, UAE, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Webb Fontaine, one of the leading providers of AI-powered trade technology and Customs facilitation solutions to governments and trade administrations around the world, is pleased to announce that its Single Window and Risk Management solution has been selected by the Bangladesh National Board of Revenue to enhance trade facilitation processes.
The contract, spanning three years, encompasses the implementation, maintenance, and support of the project. Webb Fontaine's expertise in trade facilitation, combined with its cutting-edge technology solutions, will play a pivotal role in streamlining trade operations in Bangladesh.
This project stands as one of Asia's largest World Bank-funded Single Window initiatives, encompassing more than 25 government agencies and stakeholders. Notable participants include the Customs authority, various ministries, seaports, inland container depots, airports, land ports, the central bank, and commercial banks. The integrated system will interface with 18 government ICT systems, catering to an estimated 700 thousand users who process approximately 8 million transactions annually.
The implementation of the Bangladesh Single Window (BSW) aims to achieve the primary business objective of facilitating trade by assisting traders in the submission, tracking, processing, receipt, and electronic payment of all regulatory authorizations. Certificates, licenses, permits, and arrival/departure reports will be seamlessly processed through the BSW platform, fostering efficiency, transparency, and improved ease of doing business.
The Automated Risk Management System will be a comprehensive centralized and integrated solution covering all aspects of risk management for the use by Customs and regulatory authorities. The system will be compliant with the guidelines of the World Customs Organization and will result in faster and more transparent trade procedures while providing a consistent implementation of Bangladesh customs laws.
Alioune Ciss, CEO of Webb Fontaine, expressed his excitement regarding the collaboration, stating, "We are honoured to partner with the Bangladesh National Board of Revenue for this transformative initiative. Webb Fontaine's innovative Single Window and Risk Management solutions are tailor-made to address the unique challenges faced by Bangladesh's trade ecosystem. By simplifying and accelerating trade processes, we will contribute to the country's economic growth and create a favourable business environment for local and international traders."
Webb Fontaine looks forward to commencing the implementation of the Single Window and Risk Management solutions, working closely with the Bangladesh National Board of Revenue and other stakeholders to ensure a seamless transition towards a modern and digitized trade ecosystem.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday that it will send another $400 million in military equipment to Ukraine, including four more advanced rocket systems. The weapons, said a senior defense official, will bolster Ukrainian efforts to strike deeper behind Russian frontlines in the eastern Donbas region.
The aid comes as Moscow this week claimed full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk province in the Donbas, but Ukrainian officials say their troops still control a small part of the province and fierce fighting continues in several villages.
The defense official said that the eight High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, that were previously sent are still being used by Ukraine forces in the fight. This will give them four more to help hit Russian command and control nodes, logistics capabilities and other systems that are further back behind the battlefront. A senior military official said at least 100 Ukrainian troops have been trained on the HIMARs. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details not yet made public.
Russia in recent days has launched dozens of missiles across Ukraine and pinned down Ukrainian forces with continuous long-range fire for sometimes hours at a time. The U.S. military official said that 10 to 15 Russian battalion tactical groups are in the Donbas region, but that Russia has sustained significant losses in the recent fighting and may have to pause to reorganize and reset equipment. There are between 800 to 1,000 troops in a battalion tactical group.
Ukraine’s leaders have publicly called on Western allies to quickly send more ammunition and advanced systems that will help them narrow the gap in equipment and manpower. The precision weapons can help Ukraine hit Russian weapons that are farther away and are being used to bombard Ukrainian locations.
The latest aid, approved by President Joe Biden on Friday afternoon, is the 15th package of military weapons and equipment transferred to Ukraine from Defense Department stocks since last August. In addition to the HIMARS, the U.S. will also send 1,000 rounds of 155 millimeter artillery which has an increased precision capability that also will help Ukraine hit specific targets. The package also will include three tactical vehicles, counter battery radar systems, spare parts and other equipment.
Acting Pentagon Press Secretary Todd Breasseale said the assistance will meet critical needs for Ukraine’s fight.
Looking ahead to the coming months, the defense official said that a key goal is to build up Ukraine’s logistics and repair capabilities so troops can maintain its weapons systems and continue the fight into the future.
Overall, the U.S. has sent about $7.3 billion in aid to Ukraine since the war began in late February.
Luhansk is one of two provinces that make up the Donbas, a region of mines and factories where pro-Moscow separatists have fought Ukraine’s army for eight years and declared independent republics that Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized before he sent troops into Ukraine.
Putin on Thursday warned that Kyiv should accept Moscow’s terms or brace for the worst, saying that Russia hasn’t yet “started anything in earnest.”
U.S. and other western officials have said that Russia has been making slow, incremental progress in the Donbas but has not made gains as rapidly as Moscow initially intended. Biden has said that the U.S. is giving Ukrainians the aid needed to continue to resist Russian aggression.
“I don’t know how it’s going to end, but it will not end with a Russian defeat of Ukraine in Ukraine,” Biden said last week.
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Block Island finds numerous bars serving minors; looks to curb 'out of control' drinking
A police sting operation found that numerous bars on Block Island were willing to serve alcohol to teenagers, adding new fuel to the push to address "out of control" drinking on the island.
"People have always come out here and partied," First Warden Andre Boudreau said at a Wednesday night meeting of the New Shoreham Town Council. "But it’s gotten out of hand."
The number of extremely intoxicated out-of-town visitors has become a major source of frustration on the island in recent weeks. Boudreau said he went into Old Harbor on the Fourth of July and "half the shops on Water Street were closed because there were just drunks in there stealing from the shop owners."
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"This is not the community, I don't think, that any of us in this room want to promote or be living in," he said.
Many resident complaints, though not all of them, have involved underage drinking. Over the past weekend, the New Shoreham Police Department carried out a "compliance check" to find out whether bars were serving alcohol to minors, with the help of two teen informants.
Sting operation shows many bars not carding
On Saturday, an 18-year-old informant was sent to order drinks at seven bars. Six out of the seven — Ballard's Beach Club, the National Hotel, the Surf Hotel, the Beachead, Champlin's and The Oar — did not ask for identification or proof of age, according to the incident report. The Harborside Inn was the only establishment that refused to serve the teenager.
On Sunday, police repeated the experiment with a 19-year-old informant. Once again, Ballard's and The Oar did not card. Four businesses — Mahogany Shoals, The Harborside Inn, Champlin's and the National — would not serve the teenager.
The bars were chosen at random, according to the police report.
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"We are, of course, most embarrassed," said Rita Draper, whose family has managed The Oar for 25 years. She said the bar had never been cited for underage drinking in that time, "so we are very horrified."
Draper said The Oar held a staff meeting right away to “revisit policies and strategies to address the problem, and not let it happen again."
She said she didn't know exactly what happened over the weekend, but that she could see how an overwhelmed server or bartender might "let their guard down."
"It’s not excusable by any means," she added.
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Christopher Sereno, the owner of the National Hotel, said in an emailed statement that the issue was "something that we take seriously." A representative for the Surf Hotel said they would not be commenting at this time.
Other establishments that failed the compliance check did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Providence Journal.
However, Ballard's issued a statement to ABC6, saying that they take the matter "very seriously and will be working with the police department to ensure best practices are enhanced and put in place immediately.”
Bars get a warning; no immediate penalties
Failing a compliance check is not a criminal violation and does not automatically result in a penalty. At Wednesday night's council meeting, town officials debated how to respond to the Police Department's findings.
James Callaghan, who provides legal counsel for the town, said he understood the urge to "do something immediately and throw the hammer down." However, immediately holding "show cause" hearings for the seven bars that failed a compliance check would likely not be productive, he said.
Callaghan suggested that the council instead "provide a seat at the table [for bar owners] to show that they are doing something to address these issues."
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"You’ll get more in the long run," he said, later adding, "If I was one of the owners of the establishments, I’d be sure to be on notice."
Councilor Keith Stover suggested a "community conversation" with liquor license holders, ferry operators, the volunteer rescue team, police and members of the Town Council to discuss "what we can do to turn the temperature down."
"My sense is people would be very willing to engage in this conversation," he said, describing liquor license holders as "similarly concerned about the current environment."
Representatives from several of the bars that failed the compliance check were present at the Wednesday council meeting and expressed support for the idea. The date was set for Monday, July 25, at 3 p.m.
Broader concerns about 'out of control' behavior
At Wednesday's meeting, council members also expressed broader concerns about the amount of lawless, drunken behavior that they are seeing on the island.
Boudreau said the Block Island Land Trust has been forced to hire more people to police its properties. Stover said that when riding his bike on Water Street, he sees "people literally falling off the curbs."
"Block island’s always been a party place, but let’s face it, it’s busier," Boudreau said. "It’s a lot busier than it has been. ... It’s out of control."
Some councilors suggested that advertisements for local businesses that focus on alcohol and close-ups of cocktails were contributing to the problem.
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Councilor Martha Ball said that there were a couple of television ads, in particular, that concerned her, and that she didn't see why "anyone has to advertise liquor to get people to come to Block Island."
Boudreau agreed, saying that there was a "social contract" on the island and that the town could ask businesses to "lay off" advertising that promotes Block Island as a drinking spot.
He also argued that Block Island needs more police so that it can better enforce liquor laws. "When budget season comes rolling around, we tend to forget the passions of the summer," he said.
Town Manager Maryanne Crawford said police plan to continue to conduct compliance checks, and that the town was working with South County Prevention to get new signs reminding people about open container laws.
Interstate Navigation, which operates the Block Island Ferry, has agreed to add reminders about the island's public drinking laws to its announcements, she said.
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Integration delivers powerful Self-service and Assist resolution capabilities for Zendesk customers, reducing operating costs while delivering exceptional CSAT
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aisera, the world's leading AI-driven service experience platform for automated customer experiences (CX), announced today that its solutions are available as a new app integration on Zendesk's Sunshine Conversations Marketplaces. Zendesk and Aisera will collaborate on use-cases across Customer Service, Support, Sales and Marketing, and e-Commerce. Zendesk customers will have access to Aisera's industry leading and best-in-class AI and Automation platform by providing deep integrations to Zendesk tickets, knowledge base and messaging capabilities.
Aisera's integration with Zendesk offers AI-powered service experience solutions, delivers self-service and workflow automation to end-users and provides agents with AI-powered assistance. In addition, its integration with Zendesk's Sunshine Conversations messaging platform will deliver powerful self-service experiences across native Zendesk supported channels, including webchat, email, social and SMS. For interactions that require human support, Aisera allows seamless transition to a live agent in Zendesk Agent Workspace. Agents also have access to chat history to ensure they have received all the information related to the request for faster resolution and improved customer experience.
"Aisera's AI and Automation platform will enhance the customer experience for Zendesk customers with Conversational AI, Conversational Automation and AI Assist and Support Intelligence capabilities,'' said Pascal Pettinicchio, Vice President of Tech Alliances at Zendesk. "We're excited to help our customers accelerate their adoption of AI to transform their customer experiences. Together, we will provide users with powerful, personalized and proactive service experiences for enterprises."
The integration of Aisera and Zendesk has received positive responses from joint customers, including Dave, one of the world's fastest growing financial services companies. "Dave wants customers to feel empowered when using our product," said Mia Alexander, Vice President of Customer Success, at Dave. "Conversational AI is a great way for us to immediately provide value and elevate our customer experience. Aisera is a partner we can collaborate with to create and quickly deploy a smart solution that puts customers first, enabling us to see results almost immediately. We look forward to growing with Aisera as a partner and creating dynamic customer solutions."
Aisera's multilingual conversational intelligence is highly effective with its out-of-the-box, industry-aware taxonomy of over five billion intents and one trillion phrases across over 100 languages. It also proactively learns from past tickets, interactions, user and agent activities and knowledge base articles to continuously improve prediction accuracy and overall quality of service. Aisera reduces average resolution times by 90%, improves customer success scores (CSAT) by 85% and successfully auto-resolves 75% of customer support requests.
"In today's world where organizations are facing financial headwinds, AI and Automation are essential to keep costs down," says Muddu Sudhakar, Aisera CEO and co-founder. "Aisera's AI Service Experience (AISX) platform accurately detects users' intent and empowers them with instant and autonomous resolutions to their requests through self-help and automation. Agents can better focus on solving complex issues and get proactive support from the AI virtual assistant. We are thrilled to work with Zendesk and deliver exceptional improvements in customer satisfaction, agent productivity and boost cost savings."
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Two police officers were killed and another was wounded while responding to a domestic violence incident between two siblings, authorities said.
In a press conference Thursday morning, Connecticut State Police Sgt. Christine Jeltema said one of the officers died at the scene and another died at the hospital.
The shooter was killed late and his brother was taken to an area hospital with gunshot wounds, authorities said.
The fallen officers were identified as Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy. Officer Alec Iurato suffered serious injuries and is being treated at a hospital in the area, police said.
"This is a senseless tragedy, and my prayers are with their families, loved ones, and fellow officers," said Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont.
Jeltema noted that this is a "complex" investigation and officers will continue collecting evidence throughout the day.
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The World Health Organization decided on Saturday not to declare the ongoing monkeypox outbreak as a "public health emergency of international concern" following an emergency committee meeting.
The World Health Organization said cases of monkeypox have been reported in 50 countries. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he is deeply concerned about the spread of monkeypox.
“This is clearly an evolving health threat that my colleagues and I in the WHO Secretariat are following extremely closely,” he wrote in a statement. “It requires our collective attention and coordinated action now to stop the further spread of monkeypox virus using public health measures including surveillance, contact tracing, isolation and care of patients, and ensuring health tools like vaccines and treatments are available to at-risk populations and shared fairly.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the risk of monkeypox in the United States to the public is low, but you should avoid contact with others if you develop an unexplained skin rash.
Typical symptoms of monkeypox include a rash, fever, malaise, headache and muscle aches.
The CDC said there have been 200 monkeypox cases reported in the United States in 2022. The United Kingdom leads the world with 910 reported cases.
While monkeypox has been spreading through Africa for some time, Dr. Tedros said his concerns are due to the virus circulating in areas that generally don’t have cases.
“What makes the current outbreak especially concerning is the rapid, continuing spread into new countries and regions and the risk of further, sustained transmission into vulnerable populations including people that are immunocompromised, pregnant women and children,” he said.
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PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) — At least three people were found dead this week after their vehicles were swept away by floodwaters in Arizona, authorities said.
Gila County Sheriff’s officials said the bodies of a couple missing after their vehicle was stuck in floodwaters in the Payson area were located Thursday. They were identified as Phon Sutton, 85, and Dara Sutton, 72, both of Payson, Arizona.
Separately, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office said the body of a 64-year-old woman was recovered after the vehicle she was traveling in with her husband was swept downstream at a river crossing.
Flooding caused by recent rainfall and snowmelt has created issues across parts of central and northern Arizona with residents in several low-lying communities told to evacuate.
Gila County authorities said search and rescue crews were dispatched Wednesday morning after county authorities received a 911 call about a pickup truck found in Tonto Creek. The vehicle was located about 18 miles (29 kilometers) east of Payson.
Sheriff’s officials said search efforts were complicated and dangerous due to weather conditions and flooding. The Hell’s Gate Fire Department, Tonto Rim Search and Rescue, Payson Police Department and Arizona Department of Public Safety took part in the search.
The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 10:48 a.m. Thursday from a man who reported his wife was missing. The man said that during the previous night they were traveling on Hutch Road, about 16 miles (25 kilometers) west of State Route 377, when their Jeep was swept downstream by swift-moving water at a wash known as Seymour’s Crossing.
The vehicle came to rest and after an hour they were able to leave the vehicle and reach the riverbank, but they were separated in the dark while seeking assistance. The man was assisted by local residents.
The body of the woman, who was not immediately identified, was found about 200 feet (61 meters) from the water, the sheriff’s office said.
Navajo County Search and Rescue, Hashknife Sheriff’s Posse, Joseph City Fire, Holbrook EMS and the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Air Rescue Unit participated in the search for the woman.
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During awards season, there's always room for some independent thinkers.
On Dec. 13, Film Independent announced the television nominees for the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards. Presented by Billions star Asia Kate Dillon, the Independent Spirit Awards revealed their nominees in five television categories "recognizing uniqueness of vision, innovation and boldness."
The film nominations for the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards can be found here.
Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Severance and Station Eleven led the way on the television side with three nominations each.
The haul continued the impressive awards season run of Abbott, which earned acting nominations for Quinta Brunson, Janelle James and Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph, though it missed out on a Best New Scripted Series nomination. The ABC comedy also earned five Golden Globes nominations on Dec. 12 and led the Critics' Choice Awards nominations on Dec. 6.
The Bear earned acting nominations for Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach—as well as a nomination for Best New Scripted Series—though the show's star Jeremy Allen White was suspiciously snubbed in the Lead Performance category.
Apple TV+ drama Pachinko, which earned a Best New Scripted Series nomination, was also announced as the winner of Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series, which they will receive at the March 4, 2023 ceremony.
For a full list of the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards television nominees, keep scrolling.
Best New Scripted Series
The Bear
Pachinko
The Porter
Severance
Station Eleven
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Children of the Underground
Mind Over Murder
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
The Rehearsal
We Need To Talk About Cosby
Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series
Aml Ameen, The Porter
Mohammed Amer, Mo
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
KaMillion, Rap Sh!t
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Himesh Patel, Station Eleven
Sue Ann Pien, As We See It
Adam Scott, Severance
Ben Whishaw, This Is Going To Hurt
Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series
Danielle Deadwyler, Station Eleven
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere
Gbemisola Ikumelo, A League Of Their Own
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Frankie Quiñones, This Fool
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Molly Shannon, I Love That For You
Tramell Tillman, Severance
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Pachinko
The 2023 Independent Spirit Awards take place March 4, 2023, in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Cheez-It® defies cheez-pectations once again to create limited edition Cheez-It x Pandora® 'Aged by Audio' crackers
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no secret Cheez-It® will go to absurd lengths to bring the world new ways to enjoy its snacks made with 100% real cheese. So, when the brand came across an obscure Swiss study* that found aging cheese to hip-hop music could strengthen the taste and smell, Cheez-It couldn't help but put its own spin on the findings with the release of new, limited-edition Cheez-It x Pandora® Aged by Audio crackers.
The study suggests that the tempo and sonic frequency of certain hip-hop songs could take the classic, absurdly satisfying flavor of your favorite crunchy snack made with 100% real cheese to the next level. Cheez-It enlisted the help of the music and sonic experts at Pandora to find hip-hop songs with similar attributes to those from the study and create the first-ever sonically-aged snack made with 100% real cheese – aged to music by iconic hip-hop artists. The limited-edition crackers combine the world's love of hip-hop, the brand's dedication to producing the world's best-tasting cheese snacks and Pandora's musical expertise to create a truly exclusive, one-of-a-kind snacking experience.
"After six months in the making, we're thrilled to finally share this absurdly delicious collaboration with our fans," said Erin Storm, senior marketing director of Cheez-It. "Our innovations team is always exploring new ways to bring more unique experiences to our fans, and Cheez-It x Pandora Aged by Audio is the perfect way to provide our dedicated fans with a truly first-of-its-kind snack while celebrating the joy music brings."
Even cheddar? Cheez-It is releasing a limited run of exclusive Cheez-It x Pandora Aged by Audio boxes on CheezItHQ.com on May 26 at 12 p.m. ET. Fans can also access the Aged by Audio mixtape, which was curated by the music and sonic experts at Pandora to have an effect on the flavor intensity of the cheese using the unique vibrations of hip-hop music while it aged for six and a half months in a secure location. The mixtape will be available on May 26 via a link to Pandora on CheezItHQ.com, or directly on the Pandora app and Pandora.com. Flavor fans will have a chance to taste test the research for themselves and see if they would have picked the same hip-hop hits to age the Cheez-It cheese we all know and love.
Who better to help introduce fans to the first-ever hip-hop-infused snack than executive producer, SiriusXM radio host and Cheez-It lover Sway Calloway? To celebrate the launch of Cheez-It x Pandora Aged by Audio, Cheez-It is collaborating with Sway to release his exclusive new YouTube series, "Living Legendz." The new series features interviews with hip-hop icons who've changed the industry, providing their thoughts on how hip-hop music has impacted the world – not just our cheese. Tune in on Calloway's YouTube, Instagram and Twitter channels to hear from hip-hop's very own "Living Legendz" starting May 26.
"This collaboration is the perfect mix of my favorite things: hip-hop music, wild innovation and Cheez-It," said Calloway. "Hip-hop has influenced many lives, so I'm looking forward to seeing if fans can taste the effect of the most beloved genre of music in the world on these crackers."
For the ultimate tasting experience, Cheez-It is offering a free 90-day Pandora Premium trial offer to eligible customers with the purchase of the limited-edition Cheez-It x Pandora Aged by Audio product. Plus, super-snackers can earn free shipping by adding optional Cheez-It branded swag – from headphones to new bucket hats to crewneck sweatshirts and t-shirts.
Can you taste the difference of hip-hop? Grab a limited-edition box of Cheez-It x Pandora Aged by Audio and check out the mixtape by clicking on the Pandora link on CheezItHQ.com starting May 26 at 12 p.m. ET, while supplies last. Act fast, as it might sell out before your favorite song is over! Don't forget to follow @CheezIt on your favorite social media platform to share your thoughts using #AgedByAudio.
At Kellogg Company (NYSE: K), our vision is a good and just world where people are not just fed but fulfilled. We are creating better days and a place at the table for everyone through our trusted food brands. Our beloved brands include Pringles®, Cheez-It®, Special K®, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes®, Pop-Tarts®, Kellogg's Corn Flakes®, Rice Krispies®, Eggo®, Mini-Wheats®, Kashi®, RXBAR®, MorningStar Farms® and more. Net sales in 2021 were nearly $14.2 billion, comprised principally of snacks as well as convenience foods like cereal, frozen foods, and noodles. As part of our Kellogg's® Better Days ESG strategy, we're addressing the interconnected issues of wellbeing, climate and food security, creating Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030. Visit www.KelloggCompany.com.
Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. Pandora provides consumers a uniquely-personalized music and podcast listening experience with its proprietary Music Genome Project® and Podcast Genome Project® technology. Pandora is also the leading digital audio advertising platform in the U.S. Through its own Pandora service, its AdsWizz platform, and third party services, such as SoundCloud, the Company connects brands to the largest ad-supported streaming audio marketplace in the country. Pandora is available through its mobile app, the web, and integrations with more than 2,000 connected products.
*Bern University of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland, Cheese in Surround Sound, a culinary experiment, March, 2019
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NEW YORK, May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPSN) between May 10, 2022 and March 16, 2023, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important June 23, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action commenced by the Firm.
SO WHAT: If you purchased LivePerson securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the LivePerson class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=13260 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 23, 2023. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) LivePerson failed to address any material weaknesses with internal controls; (2) LivePerson's third quarter financial statements, ended in September 30, 2022 failed to disclose WildHealth's suspension of Medicare reimbursement; (3) as a result, LivePerson's fourth quarter 2022 revenue would be affected; and (4) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the LivePerson class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=13260 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Spot Pet Insurance launches new ad campaign starring #Spotfammember puppies.
MIAMI, July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- America's favorite pet insurance provider, Spot Pet Insurance launches its latest ad campaign, "A Golden Year," starring #SpotFamMember puppies. Spot partnered with Cafeteria Films, a local Miami-based agency, for this project. Spot's newest stars, Jax and Brooks, are two golden retriever puppies, currently insured by the company's plan options.
Referencing the experience of seeing his puppy on set, Matthew Jakovich stated, "Watching Jax interact with the Spot staff on set and seeing how much care was given to him really reinforced my decision to let him participate in the commercial."
Speaking on his experience as a Spot customer, Dylan Tejeda stated "Getting Brooks a pet insurance policy was a top priority for me as soon as I brought him home. Signing up with Spot was really easy, and I've really enjoyed my experience with them." Visit Spot Pet Insurance on TikTok to follow a day in the life of Jax and Brooks as they get ready for and film "A Golden Year".
The Golden Year campaign uplifts pet parents by helping provide reassurance that Spot plans have their back, offering highly rated coverage options so you can enjoy life's moments together. This campaign highlights a young woman and her new companion as they enjoy the sweet moments commonly shared between pet parents and fur babies in their first year as a family.
Spot's plans help provide pet families with peace of mind from puppyhood through adulthood allowing pet parents to focus more on cherished time with their pets and worry less about the cost of unexpected vet bills. Spot offers plans with customizable coverage for accidents, illnesses, and routine wellness coverage for cats and dogs, reimbursing pet parents for eligible veterinarian costs.
For exclusive behind the scenes content of the commercial shoot, and to see more of Jax and Brooks, visit Spot Pet Insurance on YouTube and TikTok.
Insurance plans are underwritten by United States Fire Insurance Company (NAIC #21113. Morristown, NJ). Insurance plans are marketed and produced by Spot Insurance Services, LLC. (NPN # 19246385. 990 Biscayne Blvd Suite 603, Miami, FL 33132. CA License #6000188).
For all Spot Pet Insurance policy terms and conditions visit spotpetins.com/sample-policy. Products, schedules, discounts, and rates may vary and are subject to change. More information is available at checkout.
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President Biden and first lady Jill Biden honored Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, calling her “a steadying presence” and “a stateswoman of unmatched dignity” following her death.
“In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her. An enduring admiration for Queen Elizabeth II united people across the Commonwealth,” Biden said in a statement.
The queen died at the age of 96, ending the longest reign for a British head of state in history that included the administrations of 14 U.S. presidents. She died at Balmoral Castle, her Scottish estate, Buckingham Palace announced.
Biden had been briefed on the queen’s health earlier on Thursday and was receiving regular updates about her condition. The Bidens first met the queen in 1982 while on a Senate delegation trip to the U.K. and met with her in June 2021 when she hosted them during an overseas trip.
Biden, in his statement, commented that she deepened the special relationship between the U.S. and U.K.
“Queen Elizabeth II was a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock Alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States. She helped make our relationship special,” he said.
“She helped Americans commemorate both the anniversary of the founding of Jamestown and the bicentennial of our independence. And she stood in solidarity with the United States during our darkest days after 9/11, when she poignantly reminded us that ‘Grief is the price we pay for love’,” he added.
Biden said he and the first lady look forward to a close relationship with the new king and queen consort and sent his condolences to their whole family. He spoke with British Prime Minister Liz Truss during a video call with other leaders earlier on Thursday and told her he was thinking of the queen.
“Her legacy will loom large in the pages of British history, and in the story of our world,” he said in his statement.
Biden noted that the queen led the U.K. through the COVID-19 pandemic and spoke about the personal connection people felt with her during her life of service.
“She was the first British monarch to whom people all around the world could feel a personal and immediate connection — whether they heard her on the radio as a young princess speaking to the children of the United Kingdom, or gathered around their televisions for her coronation, or watched her final Christmas speech or her Platinum Jubilee on their phones,” he said.
“And she, in turn, dedicated her whole life to their service,” he added.
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Stocks are modestly lower in choppy afternoon trading Wednesday as Wall Street closes the books on a rocky August that started off strong, but left the market deeper in the red.
The S&P 500 was down 0.4% as of 2:04 p.m. Eastern, after wavering between small gains and losses. The benchmark index is coming off a three-day skid and is on pace to end the month with a 3.9% loss after surging 9.1% in July.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 170 points, or 0.5%, to 31,622, and the Nasdaq slid 0.3%.
Technology stocks and big retailers were among the heaviest weights on the market. Chipmaker Nvidia fell 2.8% and Best Buy slid 5.2%.
Those losses kept gains in communications stocks and elsewhere in the market in check. Meta Platforms rose 3.6%.
Bed Bath & Beyond sank 21% after announcing a major restructuring and a stock sale, while Snap, the operator of the Snapchat messaging app, jumped 8.9% after announcing it will lay off 20% of its work force.
Investors had their eye on the latest company quarterly report cards and outlooks. ChargePoint Holdings vaulted 15.8% after the electric vehicle charging network operator said its second-quarter revenue nearly doubled. Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands owner PVH slid 9.6% after the company cut its forecasts for full-year results.
Bond yields were mixed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences interest rates on mortgages and other consumer loans, rose to 3.12% from 3.11% late Tuesday.
European markets were lower and Asian markets closed mixed Wednesday.
Stocks got off to a solid start in early August, continuing a July rally. Investors were encouraged to see that signs that inflation, while still high, was leveling off. That fueled optimism on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve might be able to ease back on raising interest rates, its main weapon in its fight to bring inflation down. Those gains followed a weak first half of the year where the S&P 500 dropped 20% from its most recent high and entered a bear market.
That optimism faded by mid-August as the central bank signaled it would keep raising rates as long as necessary to tame the the hottest inflation in four decades. On Friday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell underscored the Fed’s intention in a speech at the central bank’s annual symposium.
Wall Street is worried that the Fed could hit the brakes too hard on an already slowing economy and veer it into a recession. Higher interest rates also hurt investment prices, especially for pricier stocks like technology companies.
Traders are now trying to get a better sense of how far and how quickly the Fed’s rate hikes will go, beginning with the central bank’s upcoming interest rate policy meeting September 20-21. The Fed has already raised interest rates four times this year and is expected to raise short-term rates by another 0.75 percentage points at its September meeting, according to CME Group.
Investors have been closely watching economic data for any additional signs that the economy is slowing down or that inflation may be cooling or at least holding at its current level. Businesses and consumers have been hit hard by rising prices on everything from food to clothing, but recent declines in gasoline prices have provided some relief.
Strong U.S. employment data have helped fuel expectations of more interest rate hikes. The Labor Department reported Tuesday there were two jobs for every unemployed person in July, giving ammunition to Fed officials who argue the economy can tolerate more rate hikes to tame inflation that is at multi-decade highs.
On Wednesday, payroll processor ADP said its latest monthly survey of hiring by private U.S. companies showed payrolls increased by 132,000, well below the 275,000 economists expected, according to FactSet. The company also said wage growth was in line with recent monthly snapshots.
“The downward trend in hiring recently suggests that the economy and job market are slowing, a worrying sign for investors, especially after Powell’s commentary last week that the Fed will maintain course with aggressive hikes to combat inflation,” said Peter Essele, head of portfolio management for Commonwealth Financial Network. “If the current trend of softening economic reports continues, September could be a rocky month for investors, reaffirming its position as the worst calendar month for markets historically.”
The ADP survey comes ahead of employment reports from the Labor Department this week: applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday and the August jobs report Friday. Analysts expect both to show a robust labor market.
In Europe, markets fell after a report showed inflation in countries using the euro hit another record in August as energy prices soared, largely because of Russia's war in Ukraine. Annual inflation in the eurozone's 19 countries rose to 9.1%, up from 8.9% in July, according to the European Union statistics agency Eurostat.
Inflation is at the highest levels since record-keeping for the euro began in 1997. The latest figures add pressure on European Central Bank officials to continue raising interest rates, which can tame inflation, but also stifle economic growth.
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The case against 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira raises questions about why he had access to sensitive material. He's scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
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The case against 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira raises questions about why he had access to sensitive material. He's scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
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SACRAMENTO (AP) _ The winning numbers in Sunday evening's drawing of the California Lottery's "Daily 4" game were:
4-5-6-9
(four, five, six, nine)
¶ Ticket-holders with all four winning numbers in the order given win the top prize. Lesser amounts are also awarded to ticket-holders with other varying combinations of the winning numbers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The second consecutive quarter of economic growth that the government reported Thursday underscored that the nation isn’t in a recession despite high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s fastest pace of interest rate hikes in four decades.
Yet the U.S. economy is hardly in the clear. The solid growth in the October-December quarter will do little to alter the widespread view of economists that a recession is very likely sometime this year.
For now, the economy expanded at a 2.9% annual rate in the fourth quarter, though some of the underlying figures weren’t as healthy. Consumer spending, for example, grew at a slower pace than in the previous quarter, and business investment was weak. Last quarter’s growth was fueled by factors that won’t likely last. These include companies’ restocking of inventories and a drop in imports, which meant that more spending went to U.S.-made goods.
Increased borrowing rates and still-high inflation are expected to steadily weaken consumer and business spending. Businesses will likely pare expenses in response, which could lead to layoffs and higher unemployment. And a likely recession in the United Kingdom and slower growth in China will erode the revenue and profits of American corporations. Such trends are expected to cause a U.S. recession sometime in the coming months.
Still, there are reasons to expect that a recession, if it does come, will prove to be a comparatively mild one. Many employers, having struggled to hire after huge layoffs during the pandemic, may decide to retain most of their workforces even in a shrinking economy.
Six months of economic decline is a long-held informal definition of a recession. Yet nothing is simple in a post-pandemic economy in which growth was negative in the first half of last year but the job market remained robust, with ultra-low unemployment and healthy levels of hiring. The economy’s direction has confounded the Fed’s policymakers and many private economists ever since growth screeched to a halt in March 2020, when COVID-19 struck and 22 million Americans were suddenly thrown out of work.
Inflation, the economy’s biggest threat last year, is now showing signs of steadily declining. Used and new cars are becoming less expensive. Price increases for furniture, clothes and other physical goods are slowing.
Last year, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate seven times, from zero to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. The Fed’s policymakers have projected that they will keep raising their key rate until it tops 5%, which would be the highest level in 15 years. As borrowing costs swell, fewer Americans can afford a mortgage or an auto loan. Higher rates, combined with inflated prices, could deprive the economy of its main engine — healthy consumer spending.
Fed officials have made clear that they’re willing to tip the economy into a recession if necessary to defeat high inflation, and most economists believe them. Many analysts envision a recession beginning as early as the April-June quarter this year.
So what is the likelihood of a recession? Here are some questions and answers:
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WHY DO MANY ECONOMISTS FORESEE A RECESSION?
They expect the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes and high inflation to overwhelm consumers and businesses, forcing them to slow their spending and investment. Businesses will likely also have to cut jobs, causing spending to fall further.
Consumers have so far proved remarkably resilient in the face of higher rates and rising prices. Still, there are signs that their sturdiness is starting to crack.
Retail sales have dropped for two months in a row. The Fed’s so-called beige book, a collection of anecdotal reports from businesses around the country, shows that retailers are increasingly seeing consumers resist higher prices.
Credit card debt is also rising — evidence that Americans are having to borrow more to maintain their spending levels, a trend that probably isn’t sustainable.
More than half the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics say the likelihood of a recession this year is above 50%.
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WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS THAT A RECESSION MAY HAVE BEGUN?
The clearest signal would be a steady rise in job losses and a surge in unemployment. Claudia Sahm, an economist and former Fed staff member, has noted that since World War II, an increase in the unemployment rate of a half-percentage point over several months has always signaled a recession has begun.
Many economists monitor the number of people who seek unemployment benefits each week, a gauge that indicates whether layoffs are worsening. Weekly applications for jobless aid actually dropped last week to a historically low 190,000. Employers continue to add many jobs, causing the unemployment rate to fall in December to 3.5%, a half-century low, from 3.7%.
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ANY OTHER SIGNALS TO WATCH FOR?
Economists monitor changes in the interest payments, or yields, on different bonds for a recession signal known as an “inverted yield curve.” This occurs when the yield on the 10-year Treasury falls below the yield on a short-term Treasury, such as the three-month T-bill. That is unusual. Normally, longer-term bonds pay investors a richer yield in exchange for tying up their money for a longer period.
Inverted yield curves generally mean that investors foresee a recession that will compel the Fed to slash rates. Inverted curves often predate recessions. Still, it can take 18 to 24 months for a downturn to arrive after the yield curve inverts.
Ever since July, the yield on the two-year Treasury note has exceeded the 10-year yield, suggesting that markets expect a recession soon. And the three-month yield has also risen far above the 10-year, an inversion that has an even better track record at predicting recessions.
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WHO DECIDES WHEN A RECESSION HAS STARTED?
Recessions are officially declared by the obscure-sounding National Bureau of Economic Research, a group of economists whose Business Cycle Dating Committee defines a recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.”
The committee considers trends in hiring. It also assesses many other data points, including gauges of income, employment, inflation-adjusted spending, retail sales and factory output. It puts heavy weight on a measure of inflation-adjusted income that excludes government support payments like Social Security.
Yet the NBER typically doesn’t declare a recession until well after one has begun, sometimes for up to a year.
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DOES HIGH INFLATION TYPICALLY LEAD TO A RECESSION?
Not always. Inflation reached 4.7% in 2006, at that point the highest in 15 years, without causing a downturn. (The 2008-2009 recession that followed was caused by the bursting of the housing bubble).
But when it gets as high as it did last year — it reached a 40-year peak of 9.1% in June — a downturn becomes increasingly likely.
That’s for two reasons: First, the Fed will sharply raise borrowing costs when inflation gets that high. Higher rates then drag down the economy as consumers are less able to afford homes, cars and other major purchases.
High inflation also distorts the economy on its own. Consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, weakens. And businesses grow uncertain about the future economic outlook. Many of them pull back on their expansion plans and stop hiring. This can lead to higher unemployment as some people choose to leave jobs and aren’t replaced.
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and GEOFF MULVIHILL (Associated Press)
Lawmakers in South Carolina and a judge in Montana are weighing abortion restrictions in the latest developments in the shifting landscape of law since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion.
Here’s what to know.
BACK TO THE SENATE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
In conservative South Carolina, Republicans have been butting heads — sometimes dramatically — on how far to go with abortion bans.
Their latest effort to impose a ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy — before many women know they’re pregnant — was up before the state Senate on Tuesday.
It is not a sure thing the current proposal will pass. More debate or negotiations are possible. The House passed this version last week, just weeks after an earlier effort narrowly fell short on procedural votes.
Lawmakers in similarly GOP-dominated Nebraska have taken a similar path, with intraparty disputes until a 12-week ban was passed last week as part of a bill that would also ban gender-affirming care for those under 19. Gov. Jim Pillen signed the bill Monday, and the abortion restrictions took effect immediately.
COURTS STEP IN AGAIN IN MONTANA
Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a ban last week on dilation and evacuation abortions, which are normally performed in the second trimester of pregnancy. The issue quickly moved to the courts, where a judge within days temporarily blocked enforcement of the ban. A hearing was scheduled for Tuesday.
It’s not the only ban in the state before the courts.
Montana in 2021 adopted a broader ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but the state Supreme Court ruled that it will not enforce it pending a court challenge. That left some abortions legal until viability, around the 24th week.
PURPLE STATE POLICY
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, tighter abortion restrictions have been enacted in most Republican-controlled states and protections of abortion access have gone into effect in most that are dominated by Democrats.
In the 11 states where government control is divided between Republicans and Democrats, the story has not been so uniform. Virginia has kept its status quo, for instance, while Vermont has adopted a constitutional amendment to preserve abortion access and Louisiana and Kentucky have bans in place.
Change came quickly in North Carolina in April when one state lawmaker flipped from Democrat to Republican, giving the GOP enough votes to override gubernatorial vetoes.
Lawmakers promptly passed a ban that’s less restrictive than most — allowing abortion for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed it. But lawmakers on May 16 overrode that veto, so the ban will take effect July 1. The new law includes several other provisions that medical experts have criticized, including more medical and paperwork requirements for physicians, new licensing requirements for abortion clinics and increasing how many times patients must make an in-person visit to a physician ahead of obtaining the abortion pill.
COURT ARGUMENTS ON AN ABORTION PILL
Most of the legal battles on abortion since the Dobbs decision in 2022 have centered on whether individual state constitutions protect the right to abortion.
But at least one lawsuit has implications nationally.
An anti-abortion group sued seeking to rescind the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in combination in most medication-induced abortions in the U.S.
A federal judge in Texas agreed. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments last week. In the meantime, the U.S. Supreme Court has said that mifepristone can remain on the market. It is already barred from being used in abortions, with some exceptions, in states with bans in place.
It’s not clear when the appeals court will rule. The case is expected to return to the nation’s top court eventually. The Texas-based case could be merged with one in Washington, where another federal judge ruled last month that mifepristone restrictions cannot be rolled back in a group of Democrat-led states that filed lawsuits.
THE TALLY
Fourteen states currently have bans on abortion at all stages of pregnancy, one when cardiac activity can be detected around six weeks, and three at 12 to 15 weeks. Of those 17 states with the tightest restrictions, 12 do not have exceptions in cases of rape or incest. They all have exceptions to save the life of the woman in at least some circumstances.
At least six states have bans that courts have paused.
One more state, North Carolina, has a ban after 12 weeks of pregnancy that doesn’t take effect until July 1.
The abortion bans also apply to prescribing pills to induce abortions. But only in South Carolina and Texas is it illegal to self-manage abortions.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After months wrestling over the fate of milions of unsold Yeezy shoes, Adidas said Thursday it will sell a portion of its remaining inventory and donate the proceeds to charitable organizations.
The German sportsware company cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, in late October, following his antisemitic comments on social media and in interviews. Since then, the fate of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) worth of the unsold Yeezys, a lucrative sneaker line launched with Ye, has been up in the air.
At Adidas’ annual shareholders meeting, CEO Bjorn Gulden said the company had spent months trying to find solutions. He said the company spoke to nongovernmental organization and groups that were harmed by Ye’s comments and actions.
“Burning those shoes cannot be the solution,” Gulden said, adding that Adidas will try to sell part of the remaining Yeezy inventory and “donate money to the organizations that help us and were harmed by what Ye said.”
Exact details of the plan — including how many shoes will be sold and the timeline of selling them — were not disclosed. Gulden said the company will provide updates as it moves forward.
The move comes as Adidas is trying to stage a comeback and move beyond the Yeezy partnership. Cutting ties with Ye has cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars — contributing to a loss of 600 million euros ($655 million) in sales for the last three months of 2022, helping drive the company to a quarterly net loss of 513 million euros.
Adidas reported 400 million euros ($441 million) in lost sales at the start of 2023, the company announced last week.
Net sales declined 1% in the first quarter, to 5.27 billion euros, and would have risen 9% with the Yeezy line, the company said. It reported a net loss of 24 million euros, a plunge from a profit of 310 million euros in the same period a year ago.
Operating profit, which excludes some items like taxes, was down to 60 million euros from 437 million euros a year earlier.
Meanwhile, Adidas is also facing a class-action lawsuit from investors who allege the company knew about offensive remarks and harmful behavior from Ye years before terminating its pact with him. Adidas has pushed back on the allegations made.
Still, Gulden reminded investors that the nine-year partnership between Adidas and Ye was “sensational.”
While he noted that Ye is a difficult person, “he’s the most creative person in our industry,” Gulden said. “He created a model with Adidas that was sought after around the world.” But he added, “We lost that in a month.”
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AP Business Writer David McHugh in Frankfurt, Germany, and AP Retail Writer Anne D’Innocenzio in New York contributed to this report.
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(NEXSTAR) – This gives us an idea for the most expensive bar crawl of all time.
Fifty of North America’s best bars were honored in Mexico last week during a beverage-industry ceremony presented by William Reed Ltd., a U.K.-based multimedia firm specializing in the food and drink sector. Ranked by the firm’s 50 Best brand, this year’s list of the “50 Best Bars” in North America includes speakeasies, pubs and cozy cocktail lounges across the continent — but the U.S. is especially well-represented.
Coming in at No. 1 is NYC’s Double Chicken Please, a relatively new cocktail bar serving its take of classic low-ABV cocktails in a front room, and more experimental cocktails “designed to represent a drinkable meal” in the back room, according to 50 Best.
“The Back Room at Double Chicken Please offers inventive craft cocktails that deconstruct, redefine and rebuild iconic dishes into liquid form such as the Japanese Cold Noodle, Cold Pizza, Key Lime Pie, NY Beet Salad, Mango Sticky Rice and others,” reads an excerpt from the bar’s website.
There’s also chicken sandwiches available on the bar’s food menu, of course.
In addition to Double Chicken Please, dozens of U.S. bars were honored in the 2023 rankings, including 11 others in NYC alone, two in Chicago, two in Los Angeles, two in Miami, two in New Orleans, two in D.C., and one each in Denver, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The complete list of “North America’s 50 Best Bars,” according to 50 Best, is below:
- Double Chicken Please – New York City
- Handshake Speakeasy – Mexico City
- Katana Kitten – New York City
- Licorería Limantour – Mexico City
- Jewel of the South – New Orleans
- Dante – New York City
- Overstory – New York City
- Kumiko – Chicago
- Café La Trova – Miami
- Thunderbolt – Los Angeles
- Zapote Bar – Playa del Carmen
- Civil Liberties – Toronto
- Attaboy – New York City
- Employees Only – New York City
- Bar Pompette – Toronto
- Baltra Bar – Mexico City
- Rayo – Mexico City
- Mace – New York CIty
- Botanist Bar – Vancouver
- Hanky Panky – Mexico City
- El Gallo Altanero – Guadalajara
- Sabina Sabe – Oaxaca
- Arca – Tulum
- La Factoría – San Juan
- Café de Nadie – Mexico City
- Kaito del Valle – Mexico City
- Herbs & Rye – Las Vegas
- Pacific Cocktail Haven – San Francisco
- Martiny’s – New York City
- Death & Co – Los Angeles
- Selva – Oaxaca
- Atwater Cocktail Club – Montreal
- Service Bar – Washington D.C.
- Sweet Liberty – Miami
- Cloakroom – Montreal
- Cure – New Orleans
- Mother – Toronto
- Milk Room – Chicago
- Maison Premiere – New York City
- Aruba Day Drink – Tijuana
- Bar Leather Apron – Honolulu
- Yacht Club – Denver
- Bar Mordercai – Toronto
- The Dead Rabbit – New York City
- Allegory – Washington D.C.
- Clover Club – New York City
- Brujas – Mexico City
- Platform 18 – Phoenix
- Youngblood – San Diego
- Milady’s – New York City
The 2023 honorees were chosen by a voting body of “more than 260 experts,” including bartenders, bar owners and media representatives, according to 50 Best.
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Sherman suggests NFL has singled out Seahawks
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The Seahawks are in danger of losing a second-round pick after failing to disclose Richard Sherman's knee injury. He suggested that the team has been singled out, but the team's previous violations hurt that case.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Lobo football camp took place this weekend. High schoolers from New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona participated in non-contact over the course of three days, and UNM Head Coach Danny Gonzales already has his eyes on a few players.
“There are young men in this camp that could come out with an offer when things are all said and done, and there’s [sic] guys that we’re going to target to evaluate in the fall,” said Gonzales.
Gonzales held true to his word as multiple players received an offer to play for UNM in the future, including La Cueva players Aiden Armenta and Mason Posa and Cleveland’s Nic Trujillo.
“Recruiting is like shaving, if you don’t do it every day, you look like a bum. If you want to have facial hair, you better clean it up,” Gonzales said. “Recruiting is the same way, you need to clean up relationships with those kids.”
Former Cleveland and current UNM receiver Luke Wysong was also in attendance to assist in drills. Wysong went through similar camps when he was in high school, and he said that camps like this help put New Mexican athletes on the map.
“I think that we were being slept on, I think we were being overlooked by a lot of schools that didn’t want to take a chance on us. But we got kids that can ball and I’m looking forward to seeing all these kids show out and show what kind of talent New Mexico has to offer,” Gonzales said.
UNM will open its season on September 3.
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Wrench expands its position as the largest mobile service marketplace to eliminate the hassles of vehicle ownership.
SEATTLE, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile vehicle services and technology marketplace Wrench has completed the acquisition of mobile vehicle repair network YourMechanic. The combined company will reach more than 35,000 zip codes and deliver services to more than 20,000 private and fleet vehicles per month. The terms of the acquisition are confidential.
"This is a significant milestone for Wrench as it adds more automotive experts to our marketplace and enables us to expand on our ability to deliver the flexibility and trustworthy service that today's vehicle owner expects," Wrench CEO Ed Petersen said. "By welcoming the YourMechanic ecosystem to Wrench, we are expanding what was already the largest mobile vehicle service network in existence. This network of highly skilled technicians gives our customers the comfort in knowing they can schedule the service they need, when and where they need it."
YourMechanic launched in 2012 and received venture backing from Andreessen Horowitz, Softbank and others. It has more than 350 technicians in 30 states delivering services to more than 290,000 customers.
YourMechanic strengthens the depth of services and service providers for the Wrench network. It adds 16 new unique markets and more than 10,000 zip codes to the area that Wrench can service as well as expands the ability of Wrench to provide more robust service capabilities to consumers and fleets across the country.
This acquisition comes at an opportune time with rising demand in the auto repair industry. The average age of vehicles in the US rose to 12.2 years and this is the fifth consecutive year that age has climbed. Older vehicles need more frequent maintenance and service, but that service can be difficult to find. The average cost per service has also risen more than 30% over the last four years. Wrench is in a great position to capitalize on this growth by having the ability to schedule services when and where they are needed, vehicle owners and fleet managers can stay in front of their service needs.
More than 75% of consumers don't trust repair shops. And 91.8% of vehicle owners have delayed a needed repair with more than half of them delaying service because they are too busy. Wrench solves both of those challenges. Wrench gives vehicle owners and fleet managers an instant and transparent price quote with the ability to schedule a technician on their schedule. The expanded capabilities that the YourMechanic platform brings means that Wrench's fleet and strategic business partners can ensure service is available as well.
"This acquisition also allows us to expand the support we give to our strategic partners such as Carvana, SilverRock, Geico, Tesla, and Firestone Complete Auto Care in even more areas allowing our partners to offer our hassle free in-home service to even more of their customers," Petersen said. "Wrench is at the forefront of the mobile vehicle service industry. But we are also at the forefront of the trust industry and we look forward to showing more vehicle owners what a quality mechanic experience feels like."
To get service today, please visit wrench.com.
About Wrench:
Wrench is the largest automotive services marketplace in the US with a mission to take the hassle out of all stages of vehicle ownership. From pre-purchase used car inspections to comprehensive maintenance and repair performed at the owner's location, Wrench's technology platform provides customers with upfront pricing, ASE-certified technician matching, and flexible scheduling.
Wrench is privately held and headquartered in Seattle, WA, with investments from Madrona Venture Group, Tenaya Capital, Vulcan Capital, Bridgestone Americas, and Marubeni Corporation. Learn more at www.wrench.com and www.lemonsquad.com.
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(NEXSTAR) — Actor Louise Fletcher, best known for her role as Nurse Ratched in the 1975 Milos Forman film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” died Friday of natural causes, her representatives told several outlets.
Fletcher’s son Andrew Bick confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that the 88 year-old died in her Montdurausse, France, home. Fletcher, who won an Academy Award for her “Cuckoo’s Nest” role, previously battled breast cancer, THR reports.
The decorated actor, an Alabama native, had a career spanning back to the 1950s. In addition to film, Fletcher’s TV work included roles on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Shameless.”
Her portrayal of the sadistic Ratched, opposite Jack Nicholson, continued to be her most acclaimed until her death. The film, based on Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel, won all five major Academy Awards after its release — including an Oscar for Nicholson and the Best Picture trophy.
In 2020, “Ratched,” a prequel series by “American Horror Story” maestro Ryan Murphy premiered on Netflix. Starring Sarah Paulson in the title role, the limited series attempted to show Ratched in a more complex — and even empathetic — light.
In an interview with Huffington Post writer Matt Jacobs in 2020, Fletcher discussed stepping away from acting in her later years, saying she didn’t know if she’d ever work again because of the physical stamina it requires. She said, however, she’d return for “the right thing.”
Fletcher was born July, 22, 1934 and was married to Jerry Bick from 1960 to 1977. She is survived by two children.
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Kokomo is one of hundreds of communities across the country experiencing scorching heat this week.
Locally, the National Weather Service expected highs to be 98 degrees both Tuesday and Wednesday, with a heat index as high as 109 on Tuesday and 102 on Wednesday. For reference, the hottest air temperature ever recorded in Kokomo in June was 107 degrees recorded June 1, 1934, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Because of the dangerous heat, the city of Kokomo, Kokomo Rescue Mission and CAM are opening up their facilities for the public to use as cooling centers.
The Kokomo Senior Citizens Center, located at 721 W. Superior St., will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Thursday this week as a cooling center.
In addition, the Kokomo Rescue Mission at 321 W. Mulberry St. will have a cooling station between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. at their building.
Lastly, Coordinated Assistance Ministries, Inc., also known as CAM, will have their new building, located at 625 N. Union St., open as a cool-down facility 24/7 through Friday.
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Rep. Buck urges Congress to break up 'dangerous' tech monopolies: Twitter 'hurt' GOP during elections
The GOP lawmaker believes Twitter supplanted the government function
Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., stated on "Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy" how Twitter violated the First Amendment based on a report released by the platform’s CEO Elon Musk on Friday.
Musk released the documents to Substack journalist Matt Taibbi, who revealed that Twitter employees had extensive internal collaborations with U.S. lawmakers and political officials over tweets they deemed problematic. This included the suppression of New York Post’s story on Hunter Biden’s laptop just days before the 2020 election based on requests from the Biden campaign.
While the reports referenced some collaboration with conservative lawmakers as well, there were more examples involving liberal views. Buck argued that this proved Twitter had a clear bias in favor of the Democratic Party.
"It is clear from the releases that Twitter had institutional bias against conservatives. They favored liberals, and they used what they called content moderation to make decisions that hurt Republicans during elections and that’s what I think is so dangerous about these monopolies," Buck said.
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Many liberal commentators and media pundits insisted that Twitter as a private company did not violate the First Amendment by deleting or suppressing conservative viewpoints. However, Buck said a private company like Twitter can still violate free speech rights "when the private company supplants the government function."
"In other words, when the government can contact Twitter or any of these social media platforms and tell those social media platforms we want you to take this person’s name off, or we want you to change your algorithm as it pertains to this particular issue. It could be COVID vaccines, it could be mask mandates, it could be Hunter Biden laptop stories, doesn’t really matter. When government is directing a private company in a way the government can’t act itself because it is a violation of our First Amendment rights then that company can’t act that way," the Colorado lawmaker said.
He continued, "There are Supreme Court cases on the subject, and it is really clear that the Democrats, the Biden administration in particular, has had great influence over these social media platforms and Elon Musk has had enough, and he is revealing the internal communications that occurred with Twitter employees and the external communications that occurred with government officials."
TWITTER HAD A ‘CLOSE’ RELATIONSHIP WITH DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS DID NOT: MSNBC ANALYST
Buck said he believes that the courts will be "looking into this" to support the rights of private individuals. In the meantime, he suggested Congress to break up what he described as "monopolies" by social media companies like Twitter.
"But I think what government, what Congress really could do in this case is to make sure that there is competition for Facebook, that there is competition for Twitter, Amazon, Apple, that if we have competitors we have a lot less concern about any type of entanglement because there are other sources of information that will get into the public knowledge and help in this battle of ideas," Buck said.
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"I say that because if we had the same situation with cable news or if we had the same situation with newspapers or talk radio, we’re not as concerned because there are so many competitors in the marketplace. When you only have Twitter dominating this particular area or Facebook dominating that area then that’s really where the problem arises," he concluded.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a leader in the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, is fighting to save her seat in the U.S. House on Tuesday as voters weigh in on the direction of the GOP.
Cheney's team is bracing for a loss against a Trump-backed challenger in the state in which he won by the largest of margins during the 2020 campaign.
Win or lose in deep-red Wyoming, the 56-year-old daughter of a vice president is vowing not to disappear from national politics as she contemplates a 2024 presidential bid. But in the short term, Cheney is facing a dire threat from Republican opponent Harriet Hageman, a Cheyenne ranching industry attorney who has harnessed the full fury of the Trump movement in her bid to expel Cheney from the House.
“I’m still hopeful that the polling numbers are wrong,” said Landon Brown, a Wyoming state representative and vocal Cheney ally. “It’ll be a crying shame really if she does lose. It shows just how much of a stranglehold that Donald Trump has on the Republican Party.”
Tuesday's contests in Wyoming and Alaska offer one of the final tests for Trump and his brand of hard-line politics ahead of the November general election. So far, the former president has largely dominated the fight to shape the GOP in his image, having helped install loyalists in key general election matchups from Arizona to Georgia to Pennsylvania.
This week's contests come just eight days after the FBI executed a search warrant at Trump's Florida estate, recovering 11 sets of classified records. Some were marked “sensitive compartmented information,” a special category meant to protect the nation’s most important secrets. The Republican Party initially rallied behind the former president, although the reaction turned somewhat mixed as more details emerged.
In Alaska, a recent change to state election law gives a periodic Trump critic, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an opportunity to survive the former president's wrath, even after she voted to convict him in his second impeachment trial.
The top four primary Senate candidates in Alaska, regardless of party, will advance to the November general election, where voters will rank them in order of preference.
In all, seven Republican senators and 10 Republican House members joined every Democrat in supporting Trump's impeachment in the days after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress tried to certify President Joe Biden's victory.
Just two of those 10 House members have won their GOP primaries this year. The rest have lost or declined to seek reelection. Cheney would be just the third to return to Congress if she defies expectations on Tuesday.
And Murkowski is the only pro-impeachment senator running for reelection this year.
She is facing 18 opponents — the most prominent of which is Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by Trump — in her push to preserve a seat she has held for nearly 20 years. Trump railed against Murkowski on social media and in her home state of Alaska, where he hosted a rally with Tshibaka last month in Anchorage.
In contrast to vulnerable Republican candidates who cozied up to Trump in other states this summer, Murkowski continues to promote her bipartisan credentials.
“When you get the ideas from both sides coming together, little bit of compromise in the middle, this is what lasts beyond administrations, beyond changes in leadership,” the Republican senator said in a video posted on social media over the weekend. “This is what allows for stability and certainty. And it comes through bipartisanship.”
On the other side of the GOP's tent, Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and vice-presidential nominee, hopes to spark a political comeback on Tuesday.
Endorsed by Trump, she finished first among 48 candidates to qualify for a special election seeking to replace Rep. Don Young, who died in March at age 88, after 49 years as Alaska’s lone House member. Palin is actually on Tuesday's ballot twice: once in a special election to complete Young’s term and another for a full two-year House term starting in January. She's running against Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola in the special election and a larger field in the primary.
Ever an outsider, Palin spent recent days attacking Murkowski, a fellow Republican, and those who instituted the open primary and ranked-choice voting system in 2020.
“I've said all along that ranked-choice voting was designed to benefit Democrats and RINOs, specifically Sen. Lisa Murkowski (who stood no chance of winning a Republican nomination) along with other political dynasty family members in Alaska,” Palin wrote in a recent statement calling for the law's repeal.
Back in Wyoming, Cheney’s political survival may depend upon persuading enough Democrats to cast ballots in her Republican primary election. While some Democrats have rallied behind her, it's unclear whether there are enough in the state to make a difference. Biden earned just 26% of Wyoming's vote in 2020.
Many Republicans in the state — and in the country — have essentially excommunicated Cheney because of her outspoken criticism of Trump. The House GOP ousted her as the No. 3 House leader last year. And more recently, the Wyoming GOP and Republican National Committee censured her.
Anti-Trump groups such as U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger's Country First PAC and the Republican Accountability Project have worked to encourage independents and Democrats to support Cheney in recent weeks. They are clearly disappointed by the expected outcome of Tuesday's election, although some are hopeful about her political future.
“What's remarkable is that in the face of almost certain defeat she’s never once wavered,” said Sarah Longwell, executive director of the Republican Accountability Project. “We’ve been watching a national American figure be forged. It’s funny how small the election feels — the Wyoming election — because she feels bigger than it now.”
Cheney has seemingly welcomed defeat by devoting almost every resource at her disposal to ending Trump’s political career since the insurrection.
She emerged as a leader in the congressional committee investigating Trump's role in the Jan. 6 attack, giving the Democrat-led panel genuine bipartisan credibility. She has also devoted the vast majority of her time to the committee instead of the campaign trail back home, a decision that still fuels murmurs of disapproval among some Wyoming allies. And she has closed out the primary campaign with an unflinching anti-Trump message.
“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who was a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," former Vice President Dick Cheney said in a recent ad produced by his daughter's campaign.
He continued, “There is nothing more important she will ever do than lead the effort to make sure Donald Trump is never again near the Oval Office.”
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With the new bipartisan defense bill headed to the Senate for a vote after it passed through the House Thursday, the military is one step closer to historic changes that will impact how its sexual assault cases are prosecuted.
The defense bill cleared the House on a bipartisan 350-80 vote.
The move comes after an effort led by New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for nearly the last decade to force such cases and other serious crimes such as murder and domestic violence out of the chain of command and under the purview of trained prosecutors.
Sexual assault cases in the military have been plagued with concerns from victims who fear coming forward to see prosecutions led by their own commander. Overall, a very low share of such cases go to trial or see convictions.
"This is a historic milestone in our efforts to reform and professionalize the military justice system," Gillibrand told reporters on Wednesday. "And while it will take time to see the results of these changes, it is still important for us to celebrate this victory and continue our fight."
The provision is part of this year's National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA, the annual bill that has drawn bipartisan congressional approval for more than 60 years. It could pass on the House floor this week, followed by Senate action next week, which could send the bill to President Biden's desk.
Defense bill will introduce other changes
This year's NDAA also includes the repeal of a mandate requiring all servicemembers to be vaccinated for COVID-19. With the vast majority of the military already vaccinated, Democrats said they reluctantly agreed to the move in a compromise with Republicans.
"We believe it is a mistake," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, stopping short of saying Biden would veto the bill as a result.
The measure also directs a 4.6% pay raise for servicemembers.
A senior Democratic aide touted the new changes in the plan, saying it strengthened the fight against sexual harassment in the military by requiring independently-trained investigators to probe such concerns and place it under the jurisdiction of a so-called Office of Special Trial Counsel.
Outgoing California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier led the fight focused on addressing sexual harassment since the murder of Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén, who faced such concerns while she was based in Fort Hood, Texas.
The brutal murder of SPC Vanessa Guillen made it crystal clear: Sexual harassment begets sexual assault & other horrific crimes. Last year’s NDAA made historic progress, yet failed to remove sexual harassment from the chain of command.
— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) December 7, 2022
Gillibrand told reporters she hopes the new Office of Special Trial Counsel will be implemented successfully in the coming years, allowing an expansion of serious crimes that will come under their jurisdiction.
Gillibrand has pushed for the plan since 2013, calling attention to commanders handling cases with little to no legal training.
"My hope is that if we can see if this works over the next five years, we can add the other serious crimes," she said.
"A system of justice that is worthy of their sacrifice"
For years, Gillibrand's legislation was met with opposition from the Defense Department, some Republicans and even Democrats. Last year, she saw a major breakthrough, partnering with Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, a combat veteran to pick enough bipartisan support to approve the plan in the Senate.
However, not everyone was on board. Gillibrand and Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Jack Reed, who chairs the Senate Armed Services panel, openly sparred over several Senate floor sessions last year.
Last year's effort did lead to some changes that allowed some military court-related decisions to move from the chain of command over to a trained prosecutor. However, some were not, including the ordering of depositions or hiring of expert witnesses, which would still involve a commander.
Now, that's under the Office of Special Trial Counsel, Gillibrand says. She said it marks a sea change that could help better protect servicemembers.
"They now have a system of justice that is worthy of their sacrifice," Gillibrand said. "We now have a system of justice that is independent, that is transparent and accountable, that will hopefully reduce or be free of bias."
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Polk County Health Department warns of Triple-E after 2 horses test positive
LAKELAND, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Polk County is warning people of a rise in mosquito-borne disease activity.
Health officials say two horses have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, also known as Triple E, in Polk County.
The health department is encouraging people to take precautions to avoid mosquito exposure headed into the summer.
File: Mosquitoes on a hand.
Officials say the disease is very rare in humans.
"It's typically found in North America, Central and South America and the Caribbean," Lydia George, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health in Polk County, said. "And the United States is mostly along the Eastern seaboard, the Gulf Coast and some inland Midwestern areas."
George says the virus typically spreads through animals. She says cases are more commonly reported in the summer and fall.
READ: New invasive mosquito species spreading in Florida
"So the way it kind of spreads is birds are the source of infection for mosquitoes, which then transmit the infection to horses," she said. "Some other mammals like alpacas, llamas, emus, ostriches."
File: Horses
Health officials say the risk of transmission is higher with reported cases.
In the rare case a person does become infected with the virus, George says there’s a wide range of symptoms. She says severe cases are extremely rare.
READ: Simple ways to evict mosquitoes from your property
"There's a range in most cases, there are no symptoms or it's like mild flu-like symptoms, like a headache and a sore throat," George said. "In more severe cases, Eastern Equine Encephalitis affects the central nervous system."
File: Mosquito
Despite the extremely dry conditions recently, anytime you’re outdoors or around animals, health officials encourage people to be extra mindful of mosquitos.
"Drain any standing water around your home, drain water from garbage cans, buckets, pool covers, you know, empty and clean bird baths and pet water bowls," George said.
The health department also encourages people to wear long clothes when they’re outdoors if possible, use repellant, and use mosquito nets on windows, doors and porches, especially around young children.
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PERRYTON, Texas — Families all across Perryton are in need after a tornado leveled the Texas Panhandle town Thursday night.
The tornado caused widespread damage and killed three people, while injuring more than 100 others.
Damage included multiple businesses in the downtown area, as well as a trailer park, homes and vehicles.
With all of that damage, people have come from across the state to help the town recover.
But many families will also need help recovering financially for some time to come, as they've lost everything, including their homes and vehicles.
To help with the recovery, numerous verified GoFundMes have been set up for anyone to donate money to the Perryton families affected by the tornado.
GoFundMe has also set up a centralized hub for families in Texas and the Midwest affected by tornadoes, which you can visit by clicking here.
Perryton-specific GoFundMes set up after the tornado include the following:
Another way to help those affected is by donating to GoFundMe's 2023 Tornado Relief Fund by clicking here. Funds raised here will go directly to those impacted and seeking help through fundraisers, as well as to nonprofit organizations providing relief on the ground.
Thursday was the second day in a row that powerful storms struck the U.S. On Wednesday, strong winds toppled trees, damaged buildings and blew cars off a highway from the eastern part of Texas to Georgia.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until January 3, 2023 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA), if they purchased the Company's securities between February 21, 2019 and October 11, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
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Enviva and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On October 12, 2022, pre-market, Blue Orca Capital reported a range of allegations against the Company including that "new discovered data suggests . . . the company is flagrantly greenwashing its wood procurement"; "Enviva is a dangerously levered serial capital raiser whose deteriorating cash conversion and unprofitability will drain it of cash next year"; and, that it is "a product of deranged European climate subsidies which incentivize the destruction of American forests so that European power companies can check a bureaucratic box."
On this news, shares of Enviva stock fell approximately 13.13% to a closing price of $51.23 per share.
The case is Fagen v. Enviva, et al., 22-cv-02844.
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HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Thieves are still targeting USPS mailboxes, looking for your money.
Newswatch 16's Elizabeth Worthington spoke with a woman who says it happened to her.
Brenda Bartlett did something she used to do all the time.
She dropped off a few bills in the USPS collection box located right next door to her business in Luzerne County.
Now, she says she'll never do that again.
Bartlett owns Village Pet Supplies in Hanover Township and Luzerne.
Three weeks after she thought she paid three of her bills, she got a panicked phone call from her bank about a huge overdraft in her account.
The $6,000 she dropped in the mail had been turned into $33,000. The thieves changed both the amount and who it was made out to but left Bartlett's signature there.
"They made it into new names for the payee, changed the amounts, and left my signature intact, so it all looked legitimate. They used mobile capture and had it into their bank and through my bank before anybody knew anything was wrong," explained Bartlett.
Her bank was able to refund her, but the thieves still got away with the money and the crime.
"All crazy broke loose. It took days and days of police reports and affidavits and the fraud department at the bank investigating," said Bartlett . "It was just a nightmare, and now it just keeps happening. I just keep seeing more and more news stories. I personally, for the rest of my life, will be mailing everything directly inside the post office lobby because I do not ever want to go through that again. It was awful."
The postal inspector says that's a good option to keep your money in the right hands, but if you do use the collection boxes, never drop off checks after the final collection time listed.
Also, don't wait for your bank to flag you. Instead, monitor your accounts closely whenever you mail money.
The sooner you report suspicious activity, the better chance you have of getting your money back.
Bartlett says police tell her this is an old crime that's making a comeback.
It's happening all over the state and country, including two weeks ago in Scranton and last week in White Haven. The White Haven police department posted on social media that if you mailed money on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, you are likely a target of fraud.
Bartlett is sharing her experience in the hopes that others take these warnings seriously.
If you notice anything unusual, report it immediately to your bank and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
Click here to file that report online with the United States Postal Inspection Service.
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will take part in a CNN town hall next week amid speculation that he is considering seeking the GOP nomination for president in 2024.
Youngkin will meet with host Jake Tapper on March 9 at 9 p.m. Eastern time to discuss education, a topic that the Virginia chief executive leaned into during his 2021 campaign — and during his time as governor.
“During the Town Hall, Governor Youngkin will take questions from a live studio audience, and we will hear directly from parents, teachers, students and stakeholders about education and the issues that matter the most to families in Virginia and across the nation,” a CNN release said.
Youngkin, who formerly served as the co-CEO of the private equity firm the Carlyle Group, ran for governor on a platform emphasizing parents’ role in students’ education and railing against diversity initiatives that he has called an effort at “political indoctrination” from the left.
One of his first actions as governor was an executive order to ban public schools from teaching critical race theory, which examines how race has played a role in U.S. laws and institutions and is mostly taught at institutions of higher education.
Youngkin also asked his education secretary last month to look into the Advanced Placement African American studies course that has become the subject of controversy after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) administration rejected its use in schools.
Youngkin has been included in some hypothetical 2024 GOP primary polls. He told NBC News in an interview in January that he was “humbled” by discussion about his potential candidacy, but he did not commit to whether he would run.
The town hall will air during the network’s 9 p.m. time slot, which has remained without a permanent host since Chris Cuomo was fired over the role he played in helping his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), during his sexual harassment scandal.
Tapper hosted during the slot from September through the November midterm elections, but a range of different hosts have occupied the hour.
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CHICO — The North State has seen some notable names come out of its high schools and colleges who have gone on to play in the NFL.
With one final preseason game remaining in the NFL schedule and two weeks out from the start of the regular season schedule, let’s take a look at where some players from the North State are playing in the 2022-23 season.
Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay Packers
Rodgers is undoubtedly the most well-known NFL player to come out of Butte County. Rodgers graduated from Pleasant Valley High School in 2002, played for Butte College in 2002 and went on to be the quarterback at Cal from 2003-2004. He was the 27th overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers, where he has spent the past 17 seasons.
Rodgers, 38, enters his 18th season with what appears to be plenty left in the tank. Rodgers threw for 4,115 yards in 2021, the fourth consecutive time he has thrown for over 4,000 yards in a season and 10th time in 15 seasons as the starter. He threw for 37 touchdowns and had just four interceptions.
Rodgers has won numerous accolades including the NFL’s most valuable player four times (2011, 2014, 2020, 2021), the Super Bowl, Super Bowl MVP, four time NFL First-team, one time NFL Second-team, 10-time Pro Bowl and was named to the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade Team.
Rodgers is second in all-time passing yards in Packers history behind Brett Favre (55,360), and passed Favre for most passing touchdowns in Packers history last season (449). He is second behind Favre in passing completions (7,118) and is No. 1 in passing completion percentage (65.3%). Rodgers signed a three-year, $150.815 million contract extension in the offseason. With two more 4,000 yard passing seasons he would go ahead of Favre for most passing yards in Packers history.
Rodgers will be playing without his standout wide receiver Davonte Adams in 2022, who signed with his hometown team the Las Vegas Raiders in the offseason. It was reported that Rodgers recently sat down for a meeting with wide receivers and coaches from the offense.
ESPN reported that Rodgers told media that young receivers needed to be more consistent on routes, stating there had “been a lot of drops, a lot of bad route decisions, running the wrong route.”
For his career, Rodgers is 4,298 of 6,549 on passing attempts for 51,358 yards. He has thrown 423 touchdowns and 89 interceptions, has 639 rushing attempts for 3,189 yards and 33 rushing touchdowns.
Off the field, Rodgers has taken the last two off-seasons to help give back to his hometown community to help small business survive during the pandemic. Working with the North Valley Community Foundation, Rodgers established the Aaron Rodgers Small Business COVID-19 Fund in late 2020, where he began by donating $500,000 that was dispersed to small businesses in Chico.
Through today, the Aaron Rodgers Small Business COVID-19 Fund has dispersed $1.6 million in grants to 159 different businesses in Chico.
This wasn’t the first time Rodgers has helped his hometown community. In 2018, following the Camp Fire that devastated much of Paradise, Rodgers helped establish the Aaron Rodgers NorCal Fire Recovery Fund. The fund has raised $1.3 million dollars in grants for youth and recreation programs, and mental health.
Rigoberto Sanchez, P, Indianapolis Colts
Sanchez, 27, enters his sixth NFL season with the Indianapolis Colts. Sanchez is a Hamilton High School alumni who graduated in 2012. He then went on to play for Butte College, before transferring to the University of Hawaii in 2015 and 2016. He went undrafted, but was signed by the Colts on May 4, 2017.
Sanchez made his debut Sept. 17, 2017 and two years after his rookie season he signed a four-year $11.6 million contract which goes through the 2023 season.
The 2021 season was arguably Sanchez’s strongest season thus far. In week seven against the San Francisco 49ers, Sanchez recorded a personal best and the longest punt in Colts history when he booted a kick 79 yards to earn AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Sanchez has appeared in 79 games in six seasons and has recorded 300 punts for 13,579 yards. He has a punt average of 45.4 yards, has had just two punts blocked, has never had one returned for a touchdown and has 115 punts inside the 20 yard line.
Sanchez recently moved his offseason home back to Glenn County, where he and his family reside. Sanchez led the second annual Rigo Sanchez Youth Football Camp free to the youth on April 2, where he signed shirts and gear for kids and they participated in football drills before being treated to a barbecue lunch.
Geoff Swaim, TE, Tennessee Titans
Swaim enters his ninth NFL season and third as one of the tight ends for the Tennessee Titans.
Swaim graduated from Pleasant Valley High School in 2011, later playing football for Butte College in fall 2011 and 2012. He then went on to play for University of Texas in 2013 and 2014, before being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
Swaim began his NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys, where he played from 2015-2018. He then played six games with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2019, before signing with Tennessee in 2020.
In the 2021 season Swaim started and appeared in all 16 games for the first time in his career, recording 31 catches for 210 yards and three touchdowns.
Swaim’s career numbers include 88 receptions for 694 yards and five receiving touchdowns.
Lakiem Williams, LB, Seattle Seahawks
Lakiem Williams, originally from Tacoma, Washington, attended Butte College for two seasons from 2016-2016, recording 124 tackles in 22 games for the Roadrunners. He transferred to Syracuse in spring 2018 and went undrafted.
The 5-foot-11, 220 pound Williams signed with the Seattle Seahawks on Aug. 11, 2021 after the Seahawks had injury concerns and cut former San Francisco 49ers defensive end Aldon Smith and the team needed depth. He did not appear in a game and was released by Seattle on Aug. 31, 2021. He was signed to the New Orleans Saints practice squad on October 19, 2021, before being released Oct. 28.
Williams re-signed with the Seattle Seahawks on their practice squad on Dec. 23, 2021 where he has remained in the 2022 preseason thus far. Williams, 25, appeared in the Seahawks’ most recent preseason game against the Bears on Aug. 19, where he recorded a fumble recovery as his only statistic.
Aldrick Rosas, K, Free Agent
Rosas enters his sixth year in the NFL, seeing time with four different teams thus far.
Rosas, who attended Orland High School before playing at Southern Oregon, went undrafted and later began his career with the New York Giants. He played all 16 games for the Giants in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons, earning a Pro Bowl nod in 2018 and was a second-team All-Pro selection after going 32-of-33 on field goals and 31-of-32 on extra point attempts in 16 games.
Rosas was suspended four games in 2020 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy after he was charged with three misdemeanors following a hit-and-run car accident on June 15, 2020. The Giants released him following the accident. Rosas then spent time with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2020, appearing in six games.
In 2021, Rosas played four games for the New Orleans Saints when their starter Will Lutz was injured, and kicked one game for the Detroit Lions where he was 1-of-1 with a 43-yard field goal and 1-of-1 on extra points. Rosas also worked out for teams in 2021 such as the Indianapolis Colts, when kicker Rodrigo Blankenship was injured.
For his career, Rosas is 72-of-91 on field goal attempts in 59 games for a field goal percentage of 79.1%. He is 109-of-117 on extra point attempts and has a career long of 57 in his Pro Bowl season in 2018.
Rosas is a free agent, but has been staying in shape and has recently worked out for the Green Bay Packers. The Packers chose not to sign Rosas, but should an injury or struggling kicking situation arise Rosas would be a strong candidate to find a job midseason.
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Democrat Donna Deegan’s decisive win over a Republican in the open Jacksonville mayor’s race will make her the first woman to hold the job in the Florida city’s history, sparking a flicker of hope for a besieged Democratic Party that has few levers of power in a state dominated by the GOP.
Deegan, 62, a former television anchor who runs a breast cancer support nonprofit, earned 52% of the vote in Tuesday’s election to defeat Republican Daniel Davis, CEO of the JAX Chamber business group, according to unofficial results. About 217,000 people voted in the race, for a turnout of 33%.
Alvin Brown’s victory in 2011 was the last time a Democrat won the mayor’s race, and he was defeated in 2015 by Republican Lenny Curry. Brown was the only Democratic mayor in the past 30 years. Curry could not run again this year because of term limits, and Deegan will take over July 1.
“We have made history tonight, folks. It’s a brand new day for Jacksonville, Florida,” Deegan told cheering supporters Tuesday night. “I am so excited about creating a city that sees everybody. That brings everybody in. That gives everybody a voice.”
For Florida Democrats, the victory provides something to build on in a state where Republicans hold every statewide elected office, have supermajorities in the Legislature and recently surpassed Democrats in voter registration. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, expected soon to announce his run for president, won re-election last year by nearly 20 percentage points.
In April, DeSantis called the Democratic Party “a hollow shell. It’s like a dead carcass on the side of the road” after a decisive GOP win in 2022 that including flipping traditionally blue Miami-Dade County to the Republican side.
Democrats know they have a steep hill to climb to return to relevance. While Jacksonville was firmly Republican two decades ago, shifting demographics have made it more of a swing city. And the way Jacksonville votes isn’t necessarily a harbinger for next year’s election. Jacksonville makes up almost all of Duval County, which has supported the eventual loser in three of the last four presidential elections.
Still, any victory is enough to excite the party faithful.
“There haven’t been many good days lately, so @FlaDems have every right to cheer tonight’s big victory in the Jacksonville mayor’s race,” Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, a former Democratic state legislator, said Tuesday on Twitter.
Others were even more effusive: “Florida is a bright purple state!” tweeted former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.
Republican Party of Florida Chairman Christian Ziegler said there were several factors that helped Democrats, including a voter registration advantage and a brutal primary between Republicans seeking the job. And he noted Deegan is a well-known face in the region from her television days.
“Deegan spent her entire career in the living rooms of Jacksonville families,” he said.
But Ziegler said it’s silly for Democrats to relate this to future success statewide and that Republicans are in good shape for 2024.
“Using some municipal race with super-low turnout in an off-year in a Democrat area and trying to use that for some sort of momentum for an on-year race statewide is pretty ridiculous. But obviously they’re going to try to celebrate their win any way they can,” he said. “We’re going to use this as motivation that you can’t get complacent in the state of Florida.”
Still, former President Donald Trump tried to spin the election as a failure for DeSantis, who endorsed Davis along with Sen. Rick Scott and other Republicans.
“Wow! In a big upset, the DeSanctimonious backed Republican candidate for Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, LOST. This is a shocker. If they would have asked me to Endorse, he would have won, easily. Too proud to do so. Fools! This is a BIG LOSS for the Republican Party,” Trump said on his Truth Social media platform.
Trump has had his share of endorsement losers as well, such as 2022 failures Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate race and Kari Lake for Arizona governor.
Deegan, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2020, said she plans to focus on upgrading infrastructure, providing affordable housing, building an economy that works for everyone and improving access to healthcare. More than that, she said in her victory speech that she would “not to go with division. We would go with unity.”
“I wanted love to win,” Deegan added.
Jacksonville has swung between Republicans and Democrats over the years; President Joe Biden carried the city in 2020, while DeSantis easily won in 2022.
Also notable about Deegan’s win is that three of Florida’s largest jurisdictions — Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami-Dade County — will now be run by Democratic women.
“Everybody said it could not be done in Jacksonville, Florida,” Deegan said. “We did it because we brought the people inside.”
In Colorado Springs, Colorado, an independent candidate defeated a longtime Republican office holder on Tuesday to become the first elected Black mayor. Colorado Springs is the state’s second-largest city and has a history of being a conservative stronghold.
The victory of Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant and entrepreneur who has never held elected office before, is the latest political setback for Republicans in a state that was once a battleground state. But that doesn’t mean a shift to the left.
Mobolade, who picked up the endorsements of some prominent Republicans, focused on issues like hiring more police officers, creating affordable housing, conserving water and cutting red tape for businesses.
He said people he met while campaigning are interested in solutions to everyday problems that respond to their needs, not partisanship.
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ROLLING FORK, Miss. — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, flattening entire blocks and obliterating houses in at least one Mississippi Delta town as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was killed in Alabama.
The tornado devastated a swath of the town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town's water tower. Residents hunkered down in bath tubs and hallways during Friday night's storm and later broke into a John Deere store that they converted into a triage center for the wounded.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency announced late Saturday afternoon in a tweet that the death toll had risen to 25. Four people previously reported missing were found, but dozens also were injured.
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Other parts of the Deep South were digging out from damage caused by other suspected twisters. One man also died in Morgan County, Alabama, the sheriff's department there said in a tweet.
"There's nothing left," said Wonder Bolden, holding her granddaughter, Journey, while standing outside the remnants of her mother's now-leveled mobile home in Rolling Fork. "There's just the breeze that's running, going through — just nothing."
Throughout Saturday, she and others walked around dazed and in shock as people broke through debris and fallen trees with chain saws, searching for survivors. Power lines were pinned under decades-old oaks, their roots torn from the ground.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued a State of Emergency and vowed to help rebuild as he headed to view the damage in an area speckled with wide expanses of cotton, corn and soybean fields and catfish farming ponds. President Joe Biden also promised federal help, describing the damage as "heartbreaking."
The damage in Rolling Fork was so widespread that several storm chasers pleaded for search and rescue help. Others abandoned the chase to drive injured people to the hospital.
The community hospital on the west side of town was damaged, forcing patients to be transferred.
Sheddrick Bell, his partner and two daughters crouched in a closet of their Rolling Fork home for 15 minutes as the tornado barreled through. His daughters wouldn't stop crying. He could hear his partner praying beside him.
"I was just thinking, 'If I can still open my eyes and move around, I'm good,'" he said.
Rodney Porter, who lives about 20 miles south of Rolling Fork and belongs to a fire department, said he didn't know how anyone survived as he delivered water and fuel to families there. "It's like a bomb went off," he said, describing houses stacked on top of houses. Crews even cut gas lines to the town to keep residents and first responders safe.
Preliminary information based on estimates from storm reports and radar data indicate that it was on the ground for more than an hour and traversed at least 170 miles, said Lance Perrilloux, a meteorologist with the weather service's Jackson, Mississippi, office.
"That's rare — very, very rare," he said, attributing the long path to widespread atmospheric instability.
Perrilloux said preliminary findings are that the tornado began just southwest of Rolling Fork before continuing northeast toward the rural communities of Midnight and Silver City before moving toward Tchula, Black Hawk and Winona.
The supercell that produced the deadly twister also appeared to produce tornadoes in northwest and north-central Alabama, said Brian Squitieri, a severe storms forecaster with Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
In northern Alabama's Morgan County, a 67-year-old man trapped beneath a trailer that flipped over during severe overnight storms was rescued by first responders but later died at a hospital, AL.com reported.
Even as survey teams worked to assess how many tornadoes struck and their severity, the Storm Prediction Center warned of the potential for hail, wind and possibly a few tornadoes Sunday in parts of Mississippi and Louisiana.
Royce Steed, the emergency manager in Humphreys County where Silver City is located, likened the damage to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. "It is almost complete devastation," he said after crews finished searching buildings and switched to damage assessments. "This little old town, I don't know what the population is, it is more or less wiped off the map."
The tornado looked so powerful on radar as it neared the town of Amory, about 25 miles southeast of Tupelo, that one Mississippi meteorologist paused to say a prayer after new radar information came in.
"Oh man," WTVA's Matt Laubhan said on the live broadcast. "Dear Jesus, please help them. Amen."
More than a half-dozen shelters were opened in the state to house the displaced. William Trueblood, emergency disaster services director for the Salvation Army's Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi Division, said they're hearing at least 19,000 homes were impacted by the severe weather.
Power outages, which at one point were affecting more than 75,000 customers in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, had been cut by a third by midafternoon Saturday, according to poweroutage.us.
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As the new chair of the Florida Democratic Party, Nikki Fried told the Florida Roundup on Friday that she wants to rebrand and reunify the party, reconnect with voters across the state and recruit a new generation of Democratic leaders to win elections at every level of government.
She replaced former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, who resigned as party chairman in early January — two months after Florida Democrats suffered historic losses up and down the ballot.
In the interview, Fried, the last elected Democrat to hold statewide office in Florida, said Floridians across the political spectrum needs to know what Democrats are doing to improve their daily lives.
“They don't know the good work that Democrats are doing across the state and [in] their local governments,” said Fried during her appearance on the Florida Roundup, a statewide public affairs show jointly hosted by NPR affiliates in Jacksonville (WJCT) and in South Florida (WLRN).
Fried was picked to chair the Florida Democratic Party last month as the party looks to recover from the disastrous election cycle that included former governor and Democratic congressman Charlie Crist’s landslide loss by 19 percentage points to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Fried lost to Crist in the Democratic party by a wide margin.
“I don't say that Ron DeSantis won by 19 points — the Democrats lost by 19 points,” said Fried, who told the Florida Roundup that Democrats had a “complete breakdown of communication of organizing a voter registration of our candidates, of training.”
“We’ve lost the support and the trust of so many Floridians across the state, not just Democrats, but independents and those Republicans that believe that their party has left them, that we didn't create a home for them,” she said. “So we start looking at some of those bridge building exercises, making sure that we are going back to the basics.”
Fried said among her top priorities is to reunify the party.
“We’ve got to come together and unify our party and to recognize that that our party is large, that we've got a seat at the table for all the diverse voices of our state, from those that are more progressive, leaning to moderate, to our NPAs, to, again, those Republicans who fundamentally believe that their party have left them,” she said.
In rebranding the party, she said people “don't know the good work that Democrats are doing across the state and their local governments.”
Fried said she wants to identify and recruit future Democratic candidates across the board.
“We've got so many of our past elected officers across our state, including those that have run for office, that become mentors for a lot of these new candidates,” she said.
She said the Democratic party must connect with voters to “give [them] a reason for people to vote for us.”
“And that is going to be my mission next two years to make sure that people understand who the Democratic Party is, what we stand for, and that we are the fighters for the people,” she said.
The News Service of Florida reporter Jim Turner contributed to this story.
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LONDON, UK — The Queen of England was laid to rest Monday in a funeral service attended by more than a thousands dignitaries, officials and royal family members. Millions watched the hymns and choral performances given at the ceremony.
But the queen's burial is a private affair, only open to members of the royal family.
After the state funeral, the coffin will be taken to Windsor, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of London.
The queen will be laid to rest in the King George VI Memorial Chapel, within St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, where her mother and father were interred and her sister Princess Margaret's ashes were placed.
Prince Philip’s coffin, which is currently in St. George's Chapel's Royal Vault, is expected to be moved to the memorial chapel to join the queen’s.
St. George's is where many of Britain’s royals were baptized, married and buried throughout history. It has long been the resting place for the royals, and 10 former sovereigns were buried there.
The burial service will be conducted by the Dean of Windsor, the head of St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
The queen’s coffin, which has been on display for members of the public for much of the week before her funeral, is constructed out of English oak, lined with lead and was made decades ago, experts say.
Sarah Hayes, manager for the Coffin Works museum in Birmingham, England, says former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the queen’s husband Prince Philip and Princess Diana had such coffins made for them, she said.
“It’s to preserve the body for as long as possible, it’s really about slowing down the process of decomposition,” she said. This is especially important for the queen because her coffin will be eventually placed in a church, not buried in the ground, she added.
The coffin is made of oak from the royal family’s Sandringham Estate according to royal tradition, Hayes said.
The queen's funeral is a closed-casket service, so it's unknown what has been selected as her final outfit. But in an interview with Metro, Natural Diamond Council head of communications Lisa Levinson said the queen will be buried with only a few jewels adording her.
While the queen owns an extensive, 300-piece jewelry collection, Levinson said she could be buried with two pieces: her Welsh gold wedding band and a pair of pearl earrings.
It's unclear where her engagement ring will go, although it could be passed on to Anne, the Princess Royal.
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ANNECY, France, Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Golden Trail World Series now moves to 2023 with a new schedule and final in Italy after an exciting 2022 season that ended in a spectacular final in Madeira, with the wins of Rémi Bonnet (Team Salomon / Red Bull, Switzerland) and Nienke Brinkman (Team Nike Trail, Netherlands). Here's the program!
A year of great classics
For its 2023 edition, the Golden Trail World Series returns to the trails that made it a success and the runners enjoyed. In addition to the three essential classics—Zegama, Marathon du Mont-Blanc, Sierre-Zinal—there will also be two other GTWS races this year: the Dolomyths Run in Italy and the Pikes Peak Ascent in the United States. There will only be one new event this 2023 season: the Mammoth Trail Fest Mammoth 26K in California. "Through this program, we offer runners the opportunity to participate in iconic races and a true trail running celebration every weekend," said Grégory Vollet, Director of the Golden Trail Series. These highly anticipated events have a spirit of their own. Take the Dolomyths Run, for example; in addition to its trail through the Dolomites and the beautiful scenery it covers, the race will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, which promises an even more exceptional experience!"
A final in Italy
In 2023, the Liguria region of Italy was chosen to host the Golden Trail World Series Grand Final. The event—Il Golfo dell'Isola Trail Race—will consist of a prologue and a run of approximately 25 km with 1,200 m D+. The women's prologue will be on the Thursday and the men's on the Friday, and the women's race is on the Saturday, while the men's is on the Sunday. All races are open to everyone and will feature both OPEN and ELITES ranking, as well as a team ranking of the best Golden Trail National Series. "We chose this option to offer the same media exposure to both the women's and men's categories," says Grégory Vollet. "This way, we will be able to follow the battles at the head of the race from start to finish, for both men and women. We are confident that the athletes will support their opponents if they're not running, which also gives you more of a show from the sidelines!"
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Here's the official schedule for the Golden Trail World Series 2023
- 14 May: Zegama-Aizkorri, Spain — 42 km / 2,736 m D+*
- 25 June: Marathon du Mont-Blanc, France — 42 km / 2,540 m D+
- 15 July: Dolomyths Run, Italy — 22 km / 1,750 m D+
- 12 August: Sierre-Zinal, Switzerland – 31 km / 2,200 m D+
- 16 September: Pikes Peak Ascent, United States — 21 km / 2,382 m D+
- 23 September: Mammoth 26K—Mammoth Trail Fest, United States — 26 km / 1,400 m D+
- From 19 to 22 October: Grand Finale, Il Golfo dell'Isola Trail Race, Italy — 23 km / 1,200 m D+ (+ prologue).
*Distances and denivelations are for information purposes and may be changed by the running directions prior to the trial.
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — They certainly come in handy when you’re hungry but too tired to cook or head out to a restaurant. Food delivery apps have become one of life’s conveniences we’ve grown accustomed to, delivering delicious meals to your door with a few clicks of your phone.
There’s now an app growing in popularity because of the type of food it specializes in – Asian cuisine. Fantuan was a start-up launched in Canada that’s now making waves in New York City.
Although you can order any type of food on Fantuan, its expertise is in delivering food from authentic Asian restaurants. In 2014, Yao Fei Feng was a rising star at Amazon headquarters in Seattle. The software engineer decided to quit his job and move to Vancouver to join his friend Randy Wu, who was still a college student at the time but had an idea to create a food delivery app targeting fans of Asian cuisine. Many Americans love the variety of Asian cuisines. Eight years later, the app’s reach is worldwide.
“It’s available in four countries and more than 50 cities,” Feng said. “When people think of Chinese food, Asian food, Asia fusion, Fantuan becomes their first choice because we provide the most variety choice to ordering the particular cuisine.”
Feng said traditional restaurant owners had to get accustomed to an app that pairs them with the demand from customers. Both the merchant and users pay a fee. The name of the app is from two words “fan,” which means “rice,” and “tuan,” which means “ball.”
“We have this logo exactly like a rice ball and [it] also means united, food, family together,” said Feng.
Popular spot Jiang Nan recently opened its fourth location at 103 Bowery in Chinatown. It’s been using the Fantuan app since it became available in the U.S. in 2019, introducing foodies to their restaurant which specializes in Szechuan and Huaiyang cuisines. Peking duck and seafood dishes are popular items on their menu.
The restaurant gained users, like Summer Lin, during the height of the pandemic when many people felt safer staying home,
“Fantuan is built by the Asian community. As you can see, I’m Asian, so I want to support the community,” said Lin. “I order from them like five times per week!”
In the greater New York City area, Fantuan has now partnered with nearly 2,000 restaurants, and this is only the beginning. They plan on expanding the business into other areas. In addition to delivering food, the goal is to make Fantuan a one-stop service platform that can also run errands for you, deliver parcels or packages, and deliver groceries from Chinese supermarkets to your front door. For homebound Asian seniors, it could be a huge help.
“We are more focusing on Asian cuisine, you can get authentic Asian food because if you’re thinking of Chinese food, it’s not only Panda Express,” Feng said. “Asia food, it’s magic!”
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Howard E. Nepp, 95
Published 5:27 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022
Howard Elroy Nepp, 95, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022 at his home in Edina, Minnesota.
Howard was born August 19, 1926 in Slayton, Minnesota to William and Adelia (Harmsen) Nepp and grew up on the family farm during the great depression. He graduated from high school at Lake Wilson, Minnesota, where he was the quarterback and linebacker on a six-man football team. Howard served in the Merchant Marines as an Ensign for two years during World War II. He again served his country in Korea as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He returned from the Korean War and graduated from South Dakota State University at Brookings, South Dakota with a degree in pharmacy. Howard married Mary Jane Kelly on August 11, 1957 in what was at the time, the new Westminster Presbyterian Church in Austin. Howard built a life for himself in Austin, Minnesota, owning and operating several pharmacies in the area. His flagship store was Austin Drug which he owned and operated for 48 years. He eventually sold his business, but continued to work as a pharmacist until his retirement in 2005.
Howard served the Austin community in so many ways. He was a faithful member of Westminster Presbyterian Church where he served many terms as a Deacon, Elder and Clerk of Session. He was a member of the chamber of commerce for all the years he was in business and President of Austin Chamber of Commerce in 1966. He served as a police commissioner in Austin during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
Howard was a big advocate for community service. He delivered Meals on Wheels for many years until he reached the age of 89. He donated his time to Habitat for Humanity and Spruce Up Austin. Howard was an active member of the Austin Noon Lions for over 50 years. Because of his community work and business, everyone seemed to know him. He was well respected for his ethics in business and service to his church and community.
Howard liked to work hard and play hard. He was an avid gardener and golfer. He sponsored youth sports teams in Austin. He was a big fan of the Minnesota Vikings, Twins, and Gophers. He would travel to the Twin Cities to see games frequently. His pharmacy, Austin Drug, served as an official ticket outlet for the Minnesota Vikings when they started out in 1961.
Howard was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary in 2009, brothers, Mahlon Nepp and Roger Nepp and a sister, Marian Nepp.
Howard was a family man and was married to his wife for over 50 years until her passing. He was beloved by his children and grandchildren. Howard is survived by his sons: James Nepp and husband Larry Fonnest, Golden Valley, MN, Daniel and wife Lisa Nepp, Minneapolis, MN, Douglas and wife Barbara Crist-Nepp, Stillwater, MN; daughter: Calleen and husband Curtis Friedel, San Antonio, TX; six grandchildren: Graham, Katherine, Ashley (husband Matt Bergeron), Andrew and Austen Nepp, Caleb Ackerson, and one great grandchild, Halldor Matthew Bergeron; nieces and nephews; and his sister-in-law and long-time friend, Shirley (Kelly) Erickson.
A viewing is offered on Friday, April 22nd, from 4p-7p at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 802 4th St SW, Austin, MN 55912, with the Reverend Michael Olmsted officiating. No service at the cemetery will be offered at this time since Howard will be cremated and the urn will be buried with his deceased wife, Mary (Kelly) Nepp, at Oakwood Cemetery at a later date; military honors will be presented after the service outside the church with Olaf B. Damm Post #1216, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Austin American Legion Post #91 in charge of military rites. A livestream of the service will be available at https://www.facebook.com/events/11686159205773131
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin Lions Club, or Spruce Up Austin.
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Dutch financial services company increases customers' satisfaction and scale using the digital and AI innovation of the Genesys Cloud CX platform
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesys®, a global cloud leader in experience orchestration, today announced Rabobank, a leading customer focused cooperative bank in the Netherlands, has successfully transformed into a digital banking force using the Genesys Cloud CX™ platform. By evolving away from disconnected on-premises solutions and embracing a cloud-first customer experience strategy, Rabobank created a novel conversational banking service model for the Dutch market.
Consistently delivering excellent customer experiences is integral to success at Rabobank. Yet, siloed operations due to legacy on-premises products meant its contact center teams didn't have a unified view of the customer and couldn't capture meaningful real-time data. Essential requirements like internet protocol telephony, routing and reporting were complex and difficult to manage, compounded by an increased demand for service.
"We were seeing rising call and chat volumes, resulting in longer queues and wait times," said Thom Kokhuis, head of conversational banking at Rabobank. "Some of that traffic could be basic inquiries like checking balances, calls about debit or credit cards or reporting lost cards."
Orchestrating seamless experiences with Genesys Cloud CX
To gain scale and meet consumer expectations for fast, personalized service, Rabobank moved to the all-in-one Genesys Cloud CX solution to support 15,000 users across 80 departments.
Leveraging the solution's extensive artificial intelligence (AI) and automation capabilities, Rabobank now has the technical foundation to orchestrate seamless customer and employee experiences across self and human assisted interactions. The composability of the Genesys Cloud CX platform also increased Rabobank's velocity of innovation, giving it a competitive edge.
"We wanted a partner with a native cloud solution built from the ground up, rather than an on-premises product repackaged for the cloud," said Kokhuis. "We needed a strategy that leaned toward DevOps wizardry and rapid innovation with open application programming interfaces and a microservices architecture."
Digital first banking produces key outcomes
Today, Rabobank offers a new conversational banking service model that runs entirely on the Genesys Cloud CX solution.
"Conversational banking is about intelligently steering customers to the most suitable digital channels like our app, 24/7 virtual assistant, asynchronous messaging tool or instant video calls," said Kokhuis. "Ensuring they move seamlessly and friction-free between those channels is equally important."
Personalization and reducing customer effort was a top priority for Rabobank. Shifting from voice to digital-first conversational banking has resulted in greater convenience and customer satisfaction rates of 90% and above for digital channels.
The bank achieved this by introducing two virtual assistants via the Genesys Open Bot connector that answers approximately 45% of all questions around the clock. Rabobank also implemented new channel strategies, resulting in a 5% increase in web messaging volume, which is more efficient than call handling and allows agents to serve more customers without increasing headcount.
"Our advisors can easily switch from a phone call or web messaging and escalate to a video conversation in a single click," added Kokhuis. "We arrange around 12,000 video calls with customers each month, often for emotional life events, such as buying a new house or dealing with a bereavement."
The bank's new cloud contact center platform has advanced its resilience and agility — significantly reducing cost and risk for the business, clients and employees — and positively impacted top and bottom lines as well as KPIs.
"In today's experience economy, businesses must have the cloud and digital technology infrastructure in place to orchestrate effortless experiences people now expect," said Olivier Jouve, chief product officer at Genesys. "Through Genesys Cloud CX, Rabobank is transforming its operations and executing new ideas, positioning itself as a digital banking leader changing the customer experience landscape."
With a mission to create a positive influence on people and society through financial services, Rabobank's operations comprise of 84 branches, a central organization and specialized international offices. As a cooperative bank, it serves retail and corporate clients in the Netherlands that focus on the global food and agriculture sectors.
To learn more about the Rabobank transformation, read the company's case study and watch this video highlighting how Rabobank used Genesys technology to become a digital banking leader.
About Genesys
Every year, Genesys orchestrates billions of remarkable customer experiences for organizations in more than 100 countries. Through the power of our cloud, digital and AI technologies, organizations can realize Experience as a Service™ our vision for empathetic customer experiences at scale. With Genesys, organizations have the power to deliver proactive, predictive, and hyper personalized experiences to deepen their customer connection across every marketing, sales, and service moment on any channel, while also improving employee productivity and engagement. By transforming back-office technology to a modern revenue velocity engine Genesys enables true intimacy at scale to foster customer trust and loyalty. Visit www.genesys.com.
©2023 Genesys. All rights reserved. Genesys, the Genesys logo, Genesys Cloud CX, and Experience as a Service are trademarks, service marks and/or registered trademarks of Genesys. All other company names and logos may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
About Rabobank
Rabobank is an international financial services provider operating on the basis of cooperative principles. It offers retail banking, wholesale banking, private banking, leasing and real estate services. As a cooperative bank, Rabobank puts customers' interests first in its services. Rabobank is committed to being a leading customer-focused cooperative bank in the Netherlands and a leading food and agri bank worldwide. Rabobank employed 45,415 FTE per 30 June 2022. Rabobank Group is active in 38 countries. For more information about the Rabobank Group go to www.rabobank.com.
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MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week opened Wednesday with a sense of renewal.
Milan’s five-day calendar returned to near pre-COVID-19 levels with 68 runway shows, 104 presentations and 30 events. A crop of new designers appeared, including many of color, for perhaps the most diverse week of Milan fashion shows ever.
Among the week’s highlights: Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean returns after a two-year hiatus; Bally makes its Milan runway debut with Filipino American designer Rhuigi Villasenor; and Maximilian Davis debuts as Salvatore Ferragamo’s new creative director.
Here are snapshots from Wednesday’s shows, including Fendi and Diesel.
STRUCTURED COOL AT FENDI
Fendi womenswear designer Kim Jones stripped the usually luxe Fendi showroom down to polished concrete floors and painted steel beams and bleachers to show his next warm weather collection.
He saved the luxe for the runway looks. The Spring-Summer 2023 collection was a studied balance of construction, texture and color.
Aprons tied askew in satin created a flowing layer over trousers, while perforated leather versions were like jumpers over sheer dresses.
Layering was key to the styling. Jones played with texture, paring an asymmetrical nubby wool coat over a sheer top, both in neutrals, saving the eye-popping color for the platform boots. Silken dresses were draped and tied to the form, and carefully constructed satiny coats had peek-a-boo slits and were tied elegantly in the back, like an elaborate Japanese bow.
The silhouette encompassed body-hugging ribbed knitwear dresses with demure slits to flowing asymmetrical silken dresses. Square-necked ribbed cardigans gave a scholastic accent to skirts with deep, sexy slits on each side, or silken trousers with utility pockets with trailing pocket closures.
Neutrals in sage, copper and white anchored the color palette, which exploded with accent pieces in cream-infused versions of seafoam green, cornflower blue, tangerine and flamingo pink.
The final look underlined the simple elegance of Jones’ propositions: A racing-back tank tucked into white trousers softened by this season’s apron-half skirt — all in the silkiest white.
“What is particularly interesting to me about Fendi is exploring the notion of functional utility alongside femininity __ because Fendi women are strong women with full, busy lives,” Jones said in show notes.
Fendi’s tiniest bag yet was worn on a chain around the neck. Logos were subtle: knit into the inside hem of sweaters and visible only if twisted upward, or with the double-F logo on linings or emblazoned as if initials on the back of Jone’s new bowed Obi belt.
Footwear featured colorful platform boots or sliders. Jones is moving the brand away from its heritage fur and focusing instead on Silvia Venturini Fendi’s handbags, which use shiny leather, canvas and shearling.
DIESEL BLOWS UP DENIM LOOKS
In a rare open-door fashion week event, Diesel made room for the general public on the upper arena tiers of its runway show, set around enormous blow-up dolls entwined in a fulsome threesome.
On the ground level, models walked beneath a squatting female figure, past a prone male, head turned demurely.
Glenn Martin’s coherent women’s and men’s collection expanded the meaning of denim.
He nailed the low-rise, high-waist debate right off the top, his first look offering the suggestion of a low-rise silhouette rising into a high-waist panty — the illusion of having it both ways. The look was finished with a matching bra top.
For him, trousers appeared to slouch and a distressed sleeveless sweatshirt in denim wash was tucked in.
Denim effects were dyed into sheer vest tops, worn open over Daisy Duke-style shorts with matching denim stilettos. The male counterpart was considerably more covered, in a double-hooded trench paired with well-worn trousers and denim boots.
Denim itself was well-worked over in innovative washes that suggested the desert, and might be accompanied by a bright palette of separates in orange, green or pink.
The collection evolved into ever more dystopian looks that seem inspired by the sci-fi classic “Dune,” in sandy colored and tattered styles, as a soundtrack suggested the call of the giant sandworm. They included layered and flowing halters and skirts secured by multi-notched belts, or a gray hoodie over a rag-tattered skirt. New iterations of jeans had large flapping leg panels, as if for taking flight.
Adding to the sci-fi vibe: a model with green-hued makeup wore a reptilian shimmery mini-dress.
HOLLYWOOD GLAM AT CAVALLI BY FAUSTO PUGLISI
As he looks ahead anxiously to Italy’s parliamentary elections Saturday, Cavalli creative director Fausto Puglisi took inspiration from the glamour of Hollywood’s golden era.
“I am really afraid of the new election. We are going to risk a lot,” Puglisi said backstage after the show, expressing concern that a far-right party has been leading in the polls.
To calm his nerves, Puglisi created looks from the finest Lake Como textiles, which he draped, pleated and fanned for diva-like impact. “I wanted this kind of freshness, kind of naïve,’’ he said.
The first look appeared as “Ave Maria” played: an angelic white brocade midi dress with a demure neckline — setting a restrained tone that Puglisi maintained for a few more looks before unleashing the Cavalli DNA to a more up-tempo soundtrack.
Then: A strapless cocktail minidress was constructed from an overlapping pleated skirt and bodice, as if a pinwheel had stopped. It is a construction that re-appeared on maxi skirt looks and with deep slit dresses. The Cavalli silhouette encompassed everything from body-confident slinky dresses and bodysuits with diamond cutouts down the torso, to pretty skirts and long silken dresses with pastoral museum prints.
Looks were accented with pretty pineapple, grape bunch and palm tree brooches and earrings. The motifs also appeared as prints and in one case, a beaded minidress evoked a pineapple down to the spiny leaves at the neckline.
Puglisi said his references were “the new Hollywood Renaissance starting from the ‘30s and ’40s. … I didn’t want excess. I wanted to play with colors, with the very classic fabrics.”
N. 21’s LOVER
The “amante,” or lover, at Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s N. 21 brand is rushing, barely dressed, lingerie peeking out, hair tussled and mascara smudged.
She, or he, wears sheer elements: a sheer shirt tucked in askance beneath a red sequin jacket, itself carelessly buttoned. The back of a ruched skirt is not quite zipped up all the way. Haste is evident.
Sheer dresses with a 1940s silhouette shows off bright red pointy bra and panties, or hang languorously off the shoulder. Masculine touches, like clothe button down shirts, are assumed to be borrowed. One is worn with a full pleated skirt.
Twisted rhinestone necklaces finish the looks. Shoes are cantilevered, an architecture that the show notes say make the actual heel “superfluous.”
“The collection deals all the moods of a lover: from love to anger to sex to eroticism to the deepest passion. The mood can pass from one to another in no time at all,’’ Dell’Acqua said. “The concept is very cinematic.”
Not to give away the ending, but the show closed with tattered wedding dresses made out of lace remnants.
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Even before Liz Cheney made her announcement this week, another autumn of Donald Trump dominating the political scene seemed inevitable.
But now, it's official.
Cheney, the vice chair of the House Select Committee Investigating the January 6 Attack on the Capitol, made a great deal of news in the panel's public hearing Thursday night — not least by revealing the hearings would resume after the August recess.
"See you all in September," the Wyoming Republican said.
Truth is, even if the committee had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.
The House committee has had much to do with that, serving up the cream of its evidence in eight hearings that might have been episodes in a streaming TV series. The season-ender Thursday night was a three-hour special and arguably its most dramatic to date.
Mixing live testimony and riveting videotape, the panel took us back to the 187 minutes of Jan. 6, 2021, when Trump, then still president, refused to do anything to halt the invasion.
Even as the protesters became rioters, breaching the closed Capitol and shouting "Hang Mike Pence," and even as Pence's Secret Service detail feared for their lives, Trump sat in a dining room off the Oval Office. He watched the mayhem while phoning senators he thought might still help him overturn the results of the election he had lost.
We also saw the president struggling to tape a video the next day, complaining: "I don't want to say the election's over."
Returning soon to a screen near you
So the panel's Season Two will drop in a matter of weeks. But even if the hearings were over and done, the consequences would only be beginning.
There would still need to be a final report and a decision on making a criminal referral. That would leave the question of indicting the former president in the hands of the Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland (who might also indict based on Justice's own investigation).
The latest polling indicates more than half the country is paying at least some attention to the January 6 panel's prosecutorial presentations. And while relatively few Americans expected to see Trump indicted before the hearings began (and 6 in 10 still don't), half the country now says he should be. That's the key takeaway from the latest NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist poll this week.
If Trump is indicted, the process of his arraignment, pleading, pretrial motions and trial will be as big a news story as a presidential election. And it may drag on nearly as long, or seem to.
If he is not indicted, Trump will declare himself exonerated and treat the entire episode as a triumph. Wags have suggested he might even propose making Jan. 6th a holiday. But short of that, he could call what happened "legitimate political discourse" – the phrase actually used this spring by the Trump-dominated Republican National Committee.
Trump claimed exoneration when he was twice impeached by the House but not convicted by two-thirds of the Senate. That was also his reaction to the report from independent counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe in 2019.
Mueller had been assigned by the Justice Department in 2017 to look into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He found plenty, but said the evidence of direct involvement by Trump's campaign was not sufficient to indict.
As for other crimes, such as obstruction of justice, Mueller cited a Justice Department opinion that the president could not be indicted while in office.
Trump promptly labeled the troubling Mueller report a "total exoneration" because it found no "collusion" – a term Mueller had never used. It is not hard to imagine Trump doing something similar if none of the current Jan. 6 probes results in his being indicted for a crime.
Certain to dominate
But even without the legal drama, there are other reasons Trump will be as prevalent as pumpkins this fall – in fact, thousands of reasons.
Trump himself will not be on the ballot, but all 435 seats in the House and 35 seats in the Senate will be. There will also be scores of statewide offices and thousands of state legislative seats to be determined around the country. Trump has been active in the primaries in dozens of states, endorsing some Republicans and not others, hailing some as heroes and ripping others as RINOs.
With his signature high volume and profile, Trump will largely define the autumn ambience. Trump and Trumpism will connect all these separate contests, much as they have in the last three election cycles (2016, 2018 and 2020) and as they could do again in 2024. That would be the fifth federal cycle in a row to be certifiably Trumpified.
Trump has said he has made his decision regarding another presidential campaign and is now deciding when to announce it. But it is possible the atmosphere around the panel's first eight hearings could alter the former president's timetable. If he were to announce early, before the midterms, would that change the calculus for Garland?
Earlier this week, the attorney general referred to a legal memo associated with his predecessor, William Barr, regarding the "political sensitivities" of investigating candidates at certain times. But later in the week, Garland made a clear statement that "no one is above the law."
Either way, Trump's real or potential criminal exposure is not the focus GOP strategists would prefer for the 2022 midterms, which by all that's normal should be about the current president. That would be President Joe Biden, currently suffering from a case of COVID, historically low approval ratings and historically high gas prices.
It is a longstanding presumption that midterm elections are referenda on the president and the party holding the White House. That is partly because the "out" party has less to defend and everything to attack. But there have been exceptions.
In 2002, President George W. Bush managed to turn the midterms into a test of Democrats' willingness to green light his "war on terror," including what became a war in Iraq (and a new Department of Homeland Security where staff would not have their usual employee rights).
In 1998, President Bill Clinton made the midterms a test of public sentiment on his own pending impeachment. House Republicans who counted on a big win that November got a modest setback instead.
Right now, Trump is threatening to change the subject from Biden's travails to his own grievances about 2020.
By one accounting, more than 120 Republicans who have actively promoted Trump's fictions about the 2020 election have already won their primaries for offices that would give them a say in conducting the elections in 2024 and thereafter.
They include Dan Cox, a hardcore conservative state legislator who won the gubernatorial primary in Maryland last week. Cox is a 2020 election denier endorsed by Trump. He defeated a woman who ran with the blessing of the state's current Republican governor, Larry Hogan, a longtime Trump antagonist who has talked of running for president himself.
Another prominent example is State Sen. Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania, who won that state's GOP nomination for governor. Mastriano was prominent on an "alternative slate" of Trump electors who tried to be counted in the Electoral College. He has made his role in that episode a part of his campaign.
Keeping the pot boiling
Meanwhile, Trump has continued to harass election officials around the country about the 2020 results.
This past week, he called the Republican speaker of the Assembly in Wisconsin to demand the legislature there "decertify" the 2020 election. Trump had heard the Wisconsin State Supreme Court had outlawed some of the drop-off boxes for absentee ballots in this fall's coming election and assumed, or asserted, that meant all the drop-box votes from 2020 would be thrown out.
Trump will have plenty of help keeping the pot boiling this fall. There will be more hearings, and Cheney promised there will be still more revelations because "doors have opened, new subpoenas have been issued and the dam has begun to break."
Moreover, the stream of literature that continues to highlight the worst aspects of Trump's effect on the American body politic shows little sign of abating. Next up is Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank, whose book due in August will argue the last 25 years of Republican Party politics set the stage for Trump and Jan. 6.
Waiting on deck are some other heavy hitters who have been assessing the Trump phenomenon. They include the formidable team of Peter Baker (New York Times) and Susan Glasser (The New Yorker), whose book is due in September, and the Times' Maggie Haberman, the reporter perhaps best known for her long-running contact with Trump through his career.
What more can these books tell us? We will await their appearance. But beyond adding to the pile of Trump tomes, they will be expected to add to the pyre that will be burning through the fall.
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Sesame Street character Elmo got his COVID-19 vaccine in a public service announcement now that children under age 5 are eligible for the shot.
The decision to allow young children to get vaccinated came after a Food and Drug Administration panel determined that COVID shots for children as young as 6 months old are safe and effective. Vaccinations for young children started last week.
While COVID shots begin for young children, there appears to be apprehension among parents about getting young children vaccinated.
A poll released by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 18% of parents of children under age 5 plan to get their kids vaccinated “right away.” A plurality, 38%, said they will “wait and see.” The poll found that 11% of parents would only vaccinate their children if required, and 27% said they would “definitely not” vaccinate their children.
“We know there is tremendous relief that comes with the authorization of these vaccines for kids under 5, but many questions too. It’s important that parents feel informed and confident about what the COVID-19 vaccines mean for their families, and we are proud to work with our partners, medical experts – and of course Elmo – to spread that message,” said Lisa Sherman, President and CEO of the Ad Council. “Our work with Sesame Workshop has been invaluable in helping us to connect parents and caregivers with the accurate information they need when deciding to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 – an important decision many need to make in advance of the upcoming school season.”
The PSA also includes Elmo’s father Louie. Sesame Workshop said “Louie reminds parents that it’s okay to have questions and encourages viewers to talk to a pediatrician or healthcare provider for the latest facts about the vaccines, which are proven to reduce the chances of serious illness and hospitalization from COVID-19.”
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Footwear Collaboration Continues Keds Partnership with IMG as 'The Official Sole of NYFW'
NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iconic sneaker brand Keds, well-known for its long-standing brand partnerships, debuts an exclusive footwear collection with luxury women's ready-to-wear and accessories brand, Altuzarra, during Altuzarra's New York Fashion Week show. This collection launch is a continuation of Keds' partnership with IMG and New York Fashion Week: The Shows that has solidified Keds as the 'Official Sole of NYFW' for the second season. The footwear collection features new sneaker styles in varying colorways and cements Keds' position as a style leader in the collaborative footwear category.
"Our partnership with Altuzarra marks Keds' emergence into the luxury fashion space with our iconic silhouettes reimagined through the lens of the talented Joseph Altuzarra," says Jen Lynch, VP and General Manager of Keds. "The collection delivers unique styles in luxe fabrications for our customers in styles they cherish."
The exclusive first look of the limited-edition footwear collection with the brand was shown live during the September 10th Altuzarra fashion show in New York City and featured never-seen-before sneaker styles that merge the two distinct brand aesthetics in new design features. "I am so thrilled to be collaborating with Keds this season. Their iconic brand language and heritage were a huge source of inspiration, and the resulting footwear collection adds an exciting and dynamic layer to the show," says Joseph Altuzarra.
"This collection marks an exciting time for two beloved brands to seamlessly bring to life the creative fashion minds of two teams," says Patrick Connors, the Senior Vice President of Global Brand Partnerships for IMG's Fashion Events and Properties.
The footwear capsule, which will be available in the spring of 2023, reimagines classic Keds' silhouettes in luxe fabrications and unique styles. The 'Renaissance' sneakers, inspired by archival Keds runner silhouettes, are crafted with satin underlays, ripped and distressed canvas uppers, and finished with suede and leather overlays. Shown on the runway in khaki and black, the shoe retails for $180 and is available to shop for pre-order here. In addition to the Renaissance, the collaboration will also feature two similarly fabricated Champion styles priced at $140.
For more information, follow @Keds, @NYFW and @Altuzarra.
Keds
For over 100 years, Keds has been making timeless, comfortable, accessible footwear for consumers to step out into the world their way. Ever since the creation of the iconic Keds Champion "sneaker" back in 1916, Keds has held the belief that when we feel comfortable inside and out, we can leap forward and make our marks on the world. This belief continues to inspire and drive us every day. We design every product to support everyone— to give them the versatility, comfort, and style they need to confidently live as their truest selves.
Keds. Wear Yours.
Keds is a division of Wolverine Worldwide, the world's leading maker of casual, work, outdoor, athletic and children's footwear.
Altuzarra
Founded by creative director Joseph Altuzarra in 2008, Altuzarra is a luxury women's ready-to-wear and accessories brand. Joseph's seductive aesthetic combines modernity, femininity, and an unapologetic sexiness. Anchored in artisanal craftsmanship, and a curiosity about the world, the collection is informed by Joseph's own multicultural background and upbringing. The Altuzarra brand speaks to the power, fearlessness and sensuality of the modern woman's wardrobe.
IMG
IMG is a global leader in sports, fashion, events and media. The company manages some of the world's greatest athletes and fashion icons; owns and operates hundreds of live events annually; and is a leading independent producer and distributor of sports and entertainment media. IMG also specializes in licensing, sports training and league development. IMG is a subsidiary of Endeavor, a global sports and entertainment company.
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Prestigious Award Program Recognizes HMH Solution as Best English Language Arts Solution for Grades 9-12
BOSTON, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning technology company HMH today announced that Writable with HMH Into Literature was named 2022 Best Reading / Writing / Literature Instructional Solution for Grades 9-12, as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards. This is the second time Writable with HMH Into Literature won in this CODiE category, showing the solution's continuous and outstanding innovation in seamlessly meeting students' literacy needs and preparing them for success.
"At HMH, we are committed to improving student outcomes and supporting teachers through purposeful use of connected solutions," says Jack Lynch, President and CEO at HMH. "As we focus on the future of education, joint solutions like Writable with HMH Into Literature that intuitively combine core instruction, adaptive assessment and writing practice, are crucial to setting students up for success, in the classroom and beyond. This award recognizes our mission of creating innovative technology that empowers educators and students."
HMH Into Literature, HMH's core ELA solution for 6-12 learners, provides research-based reading and writing instruction aligned with relevant, authentic literature to ensure students are growing and deepening foundational critical thinking skills. Writable is a guided writing practice solution for grades 3-12 that builds more independent, reflective writers – writers with purpose. With over one thousand pre-built writing assignments and AI-tools, Writable helps deliver timely yet structured teacher and peer feedback, accelerate grading, and monitor growth across the curriculum and district.
Together, Writable and HMH Into Literature work to provide core reading and writing instruction with relevant, personalized practice opportunities to grow all learners. AI-functionality guides students earlier in the writing process for more purposeful revisions. Writable with HMH Into Literature delivers leveled questions to support close reading and analysis of text, with the scaffolding that students need.
"The 2022 EdTech CODiE Award winners exemplify the outstanding products, services and overall innovation that enables learners of all types to connect with educators and educational materials," said SIIA President Jeff Joseph. "We are so proud to recognize this year's honorees – the best of the best – that provide solutions to many of the critical challenges facing learners today – from access and equity, to personalized and tailored learning and beyond. Congratulations to all of this year's CODiE Award winners!"
Presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the CODiE Awards honor excellence in leading technology products and services, with awards given to products demonstrating innovation, vision and overall industry impact. Among thousands of submissions for this year's CODiE Awards, finalists also included HMH connected solutions Waggle and Amira. The CODiE Awards have built a strong reputation as the leading peer-recognized program in the business and edtech industries.
The complete list of winners is available here.
Writable guides teachers through the journey of writing instruction while motivating students to become purposeful, proficient writers. Over 10,000 schools and districts use Writable to reach their unique goals using customizable assignments, assessments, and rubrics. Writable provides authentic data that helps to monitor writing growth and differentiate instruction to meet every student's needs. Founded in 2016, Writable is venture funded by Omidyar Technology Ventures and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. For more information, visit www.writable.com.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (NASDAQ: HMHC) is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students' potential and extend teachers' capabilities. HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. For more information, visit www.hmhco.com
The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to showcase business and education technology's finest products and services. Since 1986, thousands of products, services and solutions have been recognized for achieving excellence. For more information, visit siia.net/CODiE.
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TOKYO – Global shares advanced Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street following reports suggesting the economy and corporate profits may be doing better than feared.
France's CAC 40 gained 0.2% to 7,107.44. Germany's DAX was unchanged at 15,134.04, while Britain's FTSE 100 rose nearly 0.2% to 7,773.10. The future for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.1% lower and that for the S&P 500 futures fell 0.3%.
On Thursday, Wall Street stocks climbed to their highest level in nearly eight weeks after the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9% annual pace in the last quarter, ending 2022 with momentum despite higher interest rates and widespread fears of a looming recession.
But more swings may still be ahead, as investors digest a torrent of earnings and economic reports. Markets have veered up and down recently as worries about a severe recession and drop-off in profits battle against hopes the economy can manage a soft landing and the Federal Reserve may ease up on interest rates.
In Tokyo on Friday, data showed the core consumer price index, excluding volatile food and energy costs, was up 4.3%, slightly higher than expected and above the Bank of Japan’s target of 2%. Japan's central bank has refrained from raising interest rates to tamp down price increases, however, saying the risk of growth slowing too quickly outweighs the threat from inflation.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose nearly 0.1% to finish at 27,382.56. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 0.3% to 7,493.80. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.6% to 2,484.18. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.5% to 22,688.90.
Markets remained closed in Shanghai for the Lunar New Year holidays. Markets on the Chinese mainland will reopen on Monday.
India's Sensex fell 1.5% as the Adani Group was hit by heavy selling for a second trading session. Shares in seven Adani companies have plunged this week, wiping out billions of dollars in market value, after short-selling firm Hindenburg Research said it was betting against the conglomerate, which has holdings in energy, data transmission, construction and other major industries.
The Adani Group nonetheless went ahead with a share offering for retail investors Friday, as shares in its flagship Adani Enterprises sank nearly 16%. Shares in some other group companies fell as much as 20%, triggering some halts to trading.
In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude rose 60 cents to $81.61 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It lost 14 cents to $81.01 on Thursday.
Brent crude, the international pricing standard, gained 67 cents to $88.14 a barrel in London.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar edged down to 130.18 Japanese yen from 130.23 yen. The euro cost $1.0873, down from $1.0890.
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CINCINNATI — CINCINNATI — American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $212 million.
The property and casualty insurer posted revenue of $1.74 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $1.79 billion.
American Financial expects full-year earnings in the range of $11 to $12 per share.
American Financial shares have dropped 12% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $121.21, a decrease of 13% in the last 12 months.
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Several fishermen had extremely close encounters with lunging humpback whales off the Jersey Shore recently in pair of breathtaking run-ins caught on video.
In both cases, humpback whales — which weigh an average of 40 tons — surged out of the water a few feet from the fishermen and their poles. In one case, the massive mammal bumped a fishing boat on its way back into the water.
The encounters came as experts say a growing number of humpbacks are feeding closer to the New Jersey and New York shorelines in a change in feeding patterns over the last decade.
Zach Piller and his father, Doug, went out on their small boat to fish for stripers near Bradley Beach in Monmouth County last week, he said.
The pair were able to catch a bunch of fish, said Piller, a resident of Feasterville, Pennsylvania. They also spotted a few thresher sharks, dolphins and several whales, but nothing came closer than 100 yards to the boat, he said.
When the father and son went back to the area Oct. 12, Piller noticed a disturbance in the water near the boat at around 8:30 a.m. as his father was holding a fishing line in about 15 feet of water.
“I thought it was something, so I wanted to get it on video,” said Piller.
“My hand was reached over the side of the boat trying to get closer and it so happens to be the whale’s tail kicking creating that disturbance. And then, he was right in our face,” he said.
The whale that soared up in front of them was a humpback, which are typically about 60 feet long. The whale bumped their small boat as it came back down.
Neither the men nor their boat was harmed, they said. The whale also appeared to be uninjured.
Piller posted his video of the encounter on TikTok, where it generated millions of views.
In a second close encounter, a humpback whale startled fishermen in Ocean County on the former Funtown Pier in Seaside Park.
Andrew Friedman, of Morganville, and Tony Moutinho, of Seaside Park, were fishing in about 25 feet water, 200 yards from shore when the humpback lunged out of the water in front them. They also caught the moment on video.
That day, they had seen one or two whales feeding in the area, Friedman said. There were abundant bunker fish all along the beach, Moutinho said.
“The whales were feeding in several areas near Seaside and Island Beach State Park for days,” said Moutinho. “Boats fished away from the whales and left them alone, but they were fun to watch from a safe distance.”
Experts have recorded an increasing number of whales close to the shore in recent years.
There were sightings of 101 individual whales between Long Island and the New Jersey coast between 2012 and 2018, according to a study co-authored by Rutgers University and 23 and conservation groups in the North Atlantic. The whales often remained in the area for about 30 to 40 days, researchers reported.
The area is filled with an abundance of food that attracts humpback whales to the waters from April through December, their prime feeding season, experts said.
Researchers and conservationists hypothesize that the larger number of Atlantic menhaden, also called bunker fish, brings them to the area.
The bunker have been attracting whales closer to the beach, said Danielle Brown, a doctoral student at Rutgers University and lead researcher for Gotham Whale, a non-profit citizen science organization.
The bunker are also attracting fishermen because they’re looking to catch striped bass who feed on the same Atlantic menhaden.
When looking at both of the whale encounters captured on video off the Jersey Shore, Brown said the humpbacks were not breaching, which involves whales surging out of the water and landing on their sides.
Instead, the whales were lunge feeding, a normal feeding behavior for humpbacks in which they surge out of the water while taking large amounts of prey and water into their mouths.
Whales and fisherman sometimes have close calls at the Jersey Shore when humpbacks are lunge feeding, Brown said.
“This whale did not come close to this boat on purpose, it was only focused on that school of fish that was in front of it,” said Brown, referring to Piller’s video.
“It’s important to understand that this situation could have gone very differently,” she said. “If that whale had just been a little bit closer to the boat, someone could easily have been thrown overboard, or there could have been serious damage done to the vessel.”
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As we hit December the North Fourth Art Center resident company Buen Viaje Dance is back and ready to roll.
The group has been rehearsing since February and is excited for their first performance since pandemic started.
Two performances will be held – at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11 – at the North Fourth Art Center and Theater.
“As we have emerged from the pandemic we reached out to members of the 2020 company several months as they were progressing new work under a new artist and now they are ready,” said Susanna Kearny, North Fourth outreach director.
Under the new guidance of Artistic Director Briana Van Schuyver, the group will perform five original works, interspersed with videos of dance performed by mixed-ability dance professionals from around the globe.
“We will have five original pieces interspersed with videos that are featured in the past,” Kearny said.
The video pieces are a collaboration with Emmaly Wiederholt with highlight work by four of over 30 dance artists featured in “Breadth of Bodies: Discussing Disability in Dance,” written by Wiederholt and co-author Silva Laukkanen.
“The Buen Viaje dancers showcase what’s happening locally,” said Wiederholt in a press release. “The videos showcase what’s happening in the larger world of mixed-ability dance.”
Buen Viaje means “good journey” in Spanish, as this group has been performing and teaching dance in the area since 1984. Over the years Buen Viaje dancers have journeyed nationwide to present their original choreography for an international festival in Washington D.C.
“A company that been successful for 35 years and counting is pretty impressive stability,” Kearny said. “I think Buen Viaje performing original work over all the years makes them a staple in the community.”
Van Schuyver praised the members of the resurrected company for their commitment over the past nine months.
“The dancers have worked diligently to integrate an ability to learn, retain and perform choreography with an ability to create and interpret their own movements,” Van Schuvyer said in a press release. ” ‘Mixed Mastery’ is an exciting culmination of their efforts and talents.”
The company has presented workshops for audiences of all ages and abilities, and has received recognition for excellence in dance education from the National Dance Educators Association and a Bravos Award for excellence in arts education from the Albuquerque Arts Alliance.
“I think there has been a lot of changes over the years and I think we are a part of that,” Kearny said. “What we do I have to say that’s one of my favorite aspects of working here.”
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Well-being solution meets demands of a changing workforce
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the needs of a changing workforce, WebMD Health Services today announced a new partnership with Wellbeats, Inc., a LifeSpeak company (TSX: LSPK) and the leading provider of on-demand, virtual well-being content designed to help employers and health plans meet the challenges of supporting a remote hybrid workforce.
The new offering features more than 1,000 videos and instructor-led streaming classes that enhance employer well-being offerings at a time of dynamic workplace shifts, while helping participants meet their goals, including fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, and mental health, on a pace and schedule that can be personalized to their needs.
Organizations can integrate the new programming into their current WebMD Health Services well-being platform, ensuring a seamless end-to-end experience. Participants can easily access classes and videos and select programming that reflects their fitness level, interests, and lifestyle. Approachable class instructors reflect a diversity of ages, races and body types.
"Our Wellbeats partnership builds on our newest solutions, which give clients new ways to tailor their well-being programs to the evolving needs of the hybrid workforce," said Bruce Foyt, Vice President of Partnerships, WebMD Health Services. "Offering employees of all ages, abilities and interests the ability to exercise, meditate, stretch or make better food choices – on a schedule that makes sense for them -- will help them incorporate well-being into their daily lives, increase employee satisfaction and engagement, and support productivity."
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ATLANTA (AP) — Orlando Arcia's single off the right-field wall drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh, Marcell Ozuna had three RBIs and the Atlanta Braves overcame another strong start by Seattle rookie Bryce Miller to beat the Mariners 6-2 on Friday night.
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Miller, making only his fourth major league start, led 2-1 before fading and leaving the game in the seventh. Ozuna's bloop single off Trevor Gott drove in Eddie Rosario with the tying run. Arcia's 374-foot single off the bricks on the right-field wall drove in Ozzie Albies, who walked.
Matt Olson, who singled in a run off Miller in the first, added a homer off Justin Topa in the eighth for a 4-2 lead. Ozuna's two-run single off left-hander Tayler Saucedo pushed the lead to four runs.
Miller (2-1) allowed three runs and four hits with one walk in 6 1/3 innings. In the first matchup of starting pitchers named Bryce, Atlanta’s Bryce Elder allowed two runs in six innings.
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Olson lined a double off Bryce Miller to the right-field wall to drive in Ronald Acuña Jr., who led off the game with another double to right. Olson began the night hitting only .230 following a 3-for-21 road trip.
Elder held the 1-0 lead until the seventh. Julio Rodríguez doubled and moved to third when Elder walked Jarred Kelenic on a wild pitch. Eugenio Suárez lined a single to left field to drive in Rodríguez for the tying run and knock Elder out of the game.
Teoscar Hernández added a run-scoring single off Collin McHugh (2-0), driving in Kelenic, to give the Mariners a 2-1 lead.
Elder helped himself with a strong defensive play, reaching behind his back to snag a grounder hit by J.P. Crawford before throwing to first base to end the third inning.
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Crawford hit a one-out double off Elder in the sixth and moved to third on a wild pitch. Ty France lined out to Michael Harris II in center field. After running in for the catch, Harris took advantage of his momentum to make a strong throw to the plate. Crawford, trying to score from third, was tagged out by catcher Sean Murphy several feet in front of the plate.
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Braves LHP Dylan Lee (left shoulder inflammation) was placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Wednesday. LHP Lucas Luetge (left bicep inflammation) was reinstated from the injured list after missing 27 games.
Also, IF Charlie Culberson was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett and IF Braden Shewmake was optioned to Gwinnett. IF Ehire Adrianza (left shoulder strain) was moved to the 60-day IL and is expected to miss “a significant amount of time,” according to manager Brian Snitker.
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Snitker says the Braves may use a bullpen committee in Saturday night's second game of the series. Snitker has used his bullpen to fill a rotation spot since placing both LHP Max Fried (strained left forearm) and RHP Kyle Wright (right shoulder inflammation) on the injured list. RHP Logan Gilbert (1-2, 3.91) is scheduled to start for Seattle.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rand Paul was a political outsider more than a decade ago when the renegade Republican rode a conservative tea party wave right past the GOP establishment in Kentucky, bringing his libertarian-leaning brand to the U.S. Senate.
But as Paul seeks a third Senate term against financially overmatched Democrat Charles Booker in the November midterm election, the senator still relishes his willingness to stand alone as he promotes his vision of limited government and restraint in foreign policy.
“The easy way out is to vote yes,” Paul said in an interview during a recent Kentucky campaign stop at a fish fry in Garrard County, a rural GOP stronghold. “It’s a little more of a challenge to explain why we’re spending too much money.”
Paul’s unconventional approach is in many ways a new model of governing, one that has boosted his political profile by rejecting and even shutting down Washington’s normal workings. It’s a style that at times frustrates Senate colleagues on both sides of the aisle.
“I’ve never really seen things in terms of party,” Paul said. “I see things in terms of right and wrong.”
Despite 12 years in office, the senator doesn’t brag about bringing federal funding to Kentucky, which struggles with pockets of deep poverty. In fact, he opposed some policies and domestic spending for philosophical reasons, even when that could impact Kentuckians directly.
His critics point to a career they say is long on grandstanding and light on accomplishments.
“Rand Paul is a contrarian and nothing is going to change that,” said Booker, the progressive Democrat seeking the upset in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1992.
Booker said Paul has a penchant for political and legislative “chaos” motivated by his desire for the limelight, particularly in conservative media outlets. Such appearances raise the senator’s profile, and with it the funding for his campaigns.
One of Paul’s priorities — reducing federal spending and debt — shows the limits of his singular style.
Paul has consistently presented spending blueprints he touts as road maps to a balanced federal budget. However, his attempts failed by wide margins, opposed by Republicans and Democrats alike.
The Kentuckian is unfazed, seeking his next opportunity to speak out against what he sees as excessive federal spending and an obstinate establishment. Paul issues yuletide “Festivus” reports to point out examples of wasteful government spending.
“If you ask people in Washington, their heads explode because they could never conceive of ever reducing spending,” Paul said in a Senate speech this year touting his latest balanced-budget plan.
Paul defied leaders of both parties this spring when he briefly delayed Senate approval of an additional $40 billion to help Ukraine and its allies withstand Russia’s invasion. Paul wanted language inserted that would have an inspector general scrutinize the new spending.
The standoff over military spending reflected his broader message that U.S. foreign aid should be drastically reduced. During a recent trip to eastern Kentucky, Paul said he heard a common theme from constituents: “Quit sending it to Ukraine and send it to Perry County, send it to Letcher County.”
Paul has voted against federal farm bills — vitally important for Kentucky’s agriculture sector — balking at the cost and railing against its food aid sections. He was one of two senators to vote against passage of legislation ensuring a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Paul questioned its 70-year time frame and said any new spending should be offset by corresponding cuts.
“While I support our heroic first responders, I can’t in good conscience vote for legislation which to my dismay remains unfunded,” Paul explained.
He has a history of holding up or threatening to delay bills on the brink of passage, including measures dealing with sanctioning Russia, averting a federal shutdown, the defense budget and government surveillance. In 2018, Paul held up votes on a bipartisan, budget-busting spending deal, forcing a brief federal government shutdown.
“I didn’t come up here to be part of somebody’s club. I didn’t come up here to be liked,” Paul said then.
Paul’s anti-spending zealotry builds on the libertarian brand of politics embraced by his father, former longtime U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Supporters and critics agree Paul has forged a distinct path but view his approach differently.
“He don’t back down from nobody,” said Joe Oakes, an 81-year-old Paul supporter at the fish fry. “That’s about the best thing you can say about him, that he stands for what’s right and he sticks by it.”
When sizing up Paul’s record, Kentucky political commentator Al Cross said recently: “He’s been a senator largely about Rand Paul, not about Kentucky interests, which is completely different from almost any other United States senator this state has ever had.”
Paul’s reputation as a disrupter has at times complicated things for his Kentucky colleague — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who supported another GOP candidate during Paul’s first Senate run.
Paul won reelection in 2016 by a wide margin, and Kentucky’s senators have maintained a working relationship to advance conservative causes. Their uneasy alliance frayed this year when Paul blocked plans for a federal judicial nomination pushed by McConnell for their home state.
The Kentucky senators reflect “different brands of Republicanism,” charting their own paths and worldviews, said Scott Jennings, a Kentucky-based political commentator close to McConnell and a former adviser to George W. Bush.
“I think Kentuckians value his contrarian voice because he’s often ahead of the curve on things,” Jennings said of Paul. “Rand covers a more visceral messaging end that taps into the emotions of a majority of Kentucky’s voters.”
Paul’s occasional successes in getting legislation passed often came when he found common ground with Democrats on key priorities, including privacy and criminal justice issues.
Paul, a former presidential candidate whose message was drowned out by Donald Trump in 2016, found allies on the left as he railed against the federal government’s surveillance programs. More recently, Paul teamed with Democratic Sen. Cory Booker on Senate-passed legislation to end animal testing mandates for federal drug approvals.
And whether it leads to legislative successes or not, Paul’s ideology has gained traction in Kentucky, where supporters credited the senator for taking principled stands.
“I like him because he’s got a backbone,” 71-year-old Vernon Willard said at the fish fry.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two transgender children, their parents and two health care providers filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that a Montana law that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth is unconstitutional.
The ban on puberty blockers, hormone treatment and surgical procedures applies only to transgender youth being treated for gender dysphoria, but that same care can be provided to cisgender adolescents for any other purpose, according to the complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Montana and Lambda Legal.
The ban serves no purpose other than to “intentionally burden a transgender person’s ability to seek necessary care to align their body with their gender identity,” the complaint states. It asks a state judge to block enforcement of the law, which is to take effect on Oct. 1.
The attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the complaint.
Opposition to the bill by Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr — the first openly transgender female lawmaker to serve in the Montana Legislature — triggered a series of events that eventually led to her being banned from the House floor for the final days of the 2023 session.
The Republican-controlled Montana legislature passed the bill and Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed it late last month. Montana is one of at least 16 states with laws to ban such care, despite protests from the families of transgender youth that the care is essential.
“It is mentally and physically painful to feel like you are trapped in the wrong body,” Jessica van Garderen, the mother of a 16-year-old transgender daughter, said in a statement. “Going through puberty for the wrong sex is like having your body betray you on a daily basis. The only treatment we have found to be effective and give our daughter hope again is hormone therapy.
“Taking away this crucial medical care is inhumane and a violation of our rights,” van Garderen said.
The complaint argues that the new law interferes with parental rights and is unconstitutional because it violates the plaintiffs’ right to privacy, their right to seek health care and the right to human dignity.
Supporters of the ban, including bill sponsor Republican Sen. John Fuller, said minors should not be allowed to undergo irreversible, life-changing procedures before they are adults and are old enough to understand the consequences and give legal permission.
“Just living as a trans teenager is difficult enough, the last thing me and my peers need is to have our rights taken away,” plaintiff Phoebe Cross, a 15-year-old transgender boy, said in a statement. “The blatant disrespect for my humanity and existence is deeply unsettling.”
Under the new law, health care providers who provide such care could lose their medical licenses for at least a year and be subject to lawsuits for up to 25 years after any treatment was provided.
The bill also prohibits public money, such as Medicaid, from being used to pay for such care.
Federal judges in Alabama and Arkansas have blocked laws that sought to ban gender-affirming care. The Department of Justice joined a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of transgender parents and their children against a similar ban in Tennessee.
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By STEVE OVERBEY
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The cheers began for Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina as they walked in from the bullpen before the game, the St. Louis fans standing to salute them for all they’d accomplished together.
After the final out in a 4-1 victory over Milwaukee on Wednesday night, it was time for the Cardinals to shower the record-making duo with a clubhouse celebration.
Wainwright and Molina started together for the 325th time, the most by a battery in major league history. The duo eclipsed the regular-season mark of 324 held by the Detroit Tigers pair of Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan from 1963-1975.
“Great feeling to be on top of that list,” Molina said. “And doing it with Waino, a great human being, it’s just amazing.”
Added Wainwright: “I don’t think anyone will break that record.”
Towels with the No. 325 were given out to fans as they entered Busch Stadium, and the ovations and tributes kept coming.
“The crowd was so awesome, making me get constant chills and tearing up,” Wainwright said.
“Usually when I get to the dugout after warming up, I’m very laser-focused on my approach to first batter,” he said. “But they were playing a video on the board and I thought, ‘you know, they’re probably not going to play any more cool videos while I’m pitching that I can really take in.’ So, I might as well enjoy it for a minute.”
Brewers leadoff man Christian Yelich got into the moment, too. The Milwaukee star stood absolutely still and made no attempt to swing at Wainwright’s first pitch, a called strike.
“They deserve that moment of respect,” Yelich said. “It was cool to see history. ”
The ball was taken out play, then Wainwright and Molina went to work at extending the Cardinals’ lead in the NL Central.
Wainwright and Molina made their first start together on April 6, 2007, in Houston. Wainwright recorded a 4-2 win in that game — the first of his 213 victories with Molina behind the plate.
The 40-year-old Molina, a perennial Glove Glover, has indicated he will retire at the end of this season. The 41-year-old Wainwright has yet to make a decision on his future.
Wainwright (11-9) gave up just one run in five innings despite allowing eight hits and walking two. He struck out three in a 98-pitch stint.
Wainwright and Molina were sprayed with Cherry Coke, Sprite and apple juice by teammates in a lengthy postgame celebration in the locker room.
Molina gave his buddy a big defensive boost, throwing out Kolten Wong attempting to steal on the back end of a strikeout to end the third. Wainwright fanned Andrew McCutchen with a 74 mph curve and Molina still got Wong by plenty.
Molina put the Cardinals ahead for good with a tiebreaking single in the second. It was his 31st career go-ahead RBI in a Wainwright start.
Nolan Arenado and Lars Nootbaar both homered for the Cardinals, who have won three of four. They stretched their division lead to eight games over the second-place Brewers.
Milwaukee had a three-game winning streak snapped and remained two games behind San Diego in the race for the final wild-card spot in the NL.
Wainwright has thrown 2,141 of his 2,553 innings to Molina. He and Molina have teamed up to record 1,815 strikeouts.
Arenado hit his 29th homer in the second off Corbin Burnes (10-7).
Burnes gave up three runs on seven hits over seven innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Nootbaar pushed the lead to 3-1 with his 12th homer in the fifth.
Albert Pujols hit an RBI double in the eighth. He remains at 697 career home runs, fourth on the all-time list behind Barry Bonds (755), Hank Aaron (714) and Babe Ruth (715).
Pujols was hit on the right shoulder by Burnes’ pitch in the sixth, but remained in the contest.
Ryan Helsley picked up his 17th save in 21 opportunities.
Yelich had two hits for the Brewers, who spent 92 days in first place in the NL Central earlier in this season.
ANOTHER GREAT ONE
NHL hockey great Wayne Gretzky was seated in the front row at the game. Gretzky played 18 games for the St. Louis Blues in 1995-96 and maintains a home in the area.
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Brewers: RHP Matt Bush is listed as day-to-day after being removed in the first inning of Tuesday’s game with right groin discomfort. He threw only 15 pitches. Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell indicated that Bush will not be going on the injured list.
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Brewers: RHP Adrian Houser (6-9, 4.61) will face New York Yankees RHP Frankie Montas (5-12, 3.89) in the first of a three-game series on Friday in Milwaukee. Houser has just six quality starts in 18 starts this season. The Brewers are 7-11 in games his has started.
Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (11-11, 3.42) takes on Cincinnati RHP Chase Anderson (0-3, 9.00) in the first of a five-game set on Thursday in St. Louis. Mikolas is 3-4 with a 5.55 ERA in 15 appearances against the Reds.
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In a Zoom call this week I chatted with another speaker for an upcoming conference. He and I want our messages to complement each other, and he offered some of his presentation highlights, and one thing he said has rattled around in my head since our call.
He said there are three types of people - and when he said this, he was quoting someone else, but I don’t remember who – he said there are fragile people who, when pushed or dropped or damaged, they break. Once broken, they don’t heal. We all kinda know people like this.
The second type of person is resilient. When dropped, they get back up. They don’t break, and though it sounds laudable, they don’t change. Each time they’re pushed or dropped or damaged, they simply get back up and resume, and there’s the third type which he very inelegantly referred to as anti-fragile. When pushed or dropped or damaged, they get back up, learn from what’s happened, and change so that it won’t happen again. These people prove remarkably successful over time, he said, in both business and in life, and he went further and applied this concept to organizations. In this post-pandemic business climate, he said, we’re seeing organizations who were fragile and broke due to the pandemic, the organizations who were resilient but simply resumed what they’ve always been doing, and the ones that are anti-fragile and are using pandemic-learned lessons to become stronger.
Well, I can’t hear stuff like this and not start thinking about the people around me. My wife is anti-fragile. She learns from her mistakes, and they’re seldom made twice. My business manager is definitely anti-fragile. She negotiates for me and though we may have been taken advantage of in the past, it’s never happened the same way twice. She learns, she changes, which is good, and, of course, I think about my kids. They’re a mix, and it’s situational. I have children who have their athletic weaknesses revealed, and they change to fix the weakness. However, they may make mistakes with friendships and get right back up to only to have those same mistakes happen again and again – a resilient behavior. They’ll learn what’s necessary to perform well in class but repeat the same mistakes regarding rules my wife and I have about our home – again, a resilient behavior. None of them are fragile, they’re either resilient or anti-fragile depending on the situation, and the questions continue. How do we raise our kids or groom our colleagues or employees to become anti-fragile? Are we born one way or another or is this a learned behavior, and is today’s coddling society today raising our kids to be fragile and can we fix it or them, and what am I? I don’t think I’m fragile, but am I resilient or anti-fragile? I don’t know.
I do know this, though - this other speaker needs to bring the goods next month. He’s started my head spinning, and I didn’t allot enough time in our Zoom call to ask these questions, and we had to cut it short – a simple mistake I’ve made too many times, and, well, I guess that answers it.
I’m Cam Marston, and I’m just trying to Keep It Real.
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San Diego State vs. Charleston (SC) Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total - NCAA Tournament First Round
Thursday's contest between the San Diego State Aztecs (27-6) and the Charleston (SC) Cougars (31-3) at Amway Center has a projected final score of 74-68 based on our computer prediction, with a favored San Diego State squad coming out on top. Tipoff is at TBA on March 16.
Oddsmakers have not yet set a line for this tilt.
San Diego State vs. Charleston (SC) Game Info & Odds
- Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023
- Time: TBD
- Where: Orlando, Florida
- Venue: Amway Center
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San Diego State vs. Charleston (SC) Score Prediction
- Prediction: San Diego State 74, Charleston (SC) 68
Spread & Total Prediction for San Diego State vs. Charleston (SC)
- Computer Predicted Spread: San Diego State (-6.1)
- Computer Predicted Total: 141.4
San Diego State's record against the spread so far this season is 15-15-0, and Charleston (SC)'s is 18-12-0. Both the Aztecs and the Cougars are 13-17-0 in terms of going over the point total in their games this season. San Diego State is 6-4 against the spread and 9-1 overall over its past 10 contests, while Charleston (SC) has gone 7-3 against the spread and 10-0 overall.
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San Diego State Performance Insights
- The Aztecs outscore opponents by 8.5 points per game (scoring 72.1 points per game to rank 171st in college basketball while giving up 63.6 per outing to rank 28th in college basketball) and have a +279 scoring differential overall.
- San Diego State wins the rebound battle by 4.8 boards on average. It records 32.8 rebounds per game, which ranks 112th in college basketball, while its opponents grab 28 per contest.
- San Diego State knocks down 7.2 three-pointers per game (201st in college basketball) at a 35.3% rate (115th in college basketball), compared to the 6.4 its opponents make while shooting 29.3% from beyond the arc.
- The Aztecs record 96.6 points per 100 possessions (111th in college basketball), while giving up 85.3 points per 100 possessions (38th in college basketball).
- San Diego State has typically won the turnover battle this season, committing 10.9 per game (81st in college basketball action) while forcing 12.3 (149th in college basketball).
Charleston (SC) Performance Insights
- The Cougars put up 80.8 points per game (14th in college basketball) while allowing 67.4 per outing (98th in college basketball). They have a +457 scoring differential and outscore opponents by 13.4 points per game.
- The 37.4 rebounds per game Charleston (SC) accumulates rank second in the nation, 7.5 more than the 29.9 its opponents grab.
- Charleston (SC) connects on 10.1 three-pointers per game (ninth-most in college basketball) at a 33.4% rate (223rd in college basketball), compared to the 5.9 per game its opponents make, at a 30.7% rate.
- Charleston (SC) has had fewer turnovers than its opponents this season, committing 11.7 per game (159th in college basketball) while forcing 13.4 (75th in college basketball).
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A: No. The IRS treats married couples as a single tax unit, which means you must share one family HSA contribution limit of $7,300 in 2022 ($3,650 each). If you both maintain two HSAs with one spouse having a family coverage plan and the other spouse with a self-only coverage plan, you can’t combine the contribution limits for a total of $10,950 in 2022. – Derrick Chandler
Q: I am the executor of the living trust for my father, who died last year in Lake County. Now that the trust assets have all been distributed, what are my final duties? – D.K., Orlando
A: Your final duties under Florida law include informing and accounting to all beneficiaries with a trust accounting and filing a trust tax return. In terms of terminating the trust, a notice must be filed with the court but the trust dissolution form does not have to be filed. Seek legal counsel to ensure you have completed all steps, as this is just a short overview. – Helen Von Dolteren-Fournier
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LONDON (AP) — Mae Muller wrote a song. Only a few days later, Eurovision came calling.
“I Wrote a Song” is representing the U.K. at the Eurovision Song Contest, whose semifinals start in 50 days.
When she first came up with the song, she said she felt like she had “just written like a Eurovision bop.” So to have it compete in the real thing?
"So it definitely felt just like the stars were kind of aligning and it happened really organically and that it was just meant to be,” she recently told The Associated Press.
The 25 year-old, who had a global hit in 2021 with the Polo G and NEIKED collaboration “Better Days,” was so excited about the news that she struggled to keep it secret before the official announcement.
“I told my parents 'cause I just thought if I keep this a secret until announce day, they will literally kill me. They’ll never forgive me," Muller says. “And I just had to, you know, you’ve got to tell someone. And I feel like I was like, don’t post on Facebook. No Facebook posting, especially my dad, bless him.”
“I Wrote a Song” is about taking the sad and angry energy from a breakup and using it for something more productive instead — like, say, writing a song.
Eurovision was always a constant in her house, growing up in north London. Then, over the last five years, Muller became truly hooked, calling herself a “huge fan.”
“I went to see ABBA Voyage twice, cried both times. Literally like a mess," she said. "And then so I obviously knew how iconic it was, and you know, what it could do. And so it was, it’s always been a very iconic thing in my mind.”
ABBA won for Sweden with “Waterloo” back in 1974. Last year, the title was taken by Ukraine's entry, Kalush Orchestra.
Normally that would mean Ukraine would be this year’s designated host country, but it was deemed too risky to have the contest there because of the ongoing Russian invasion.
Instead the U.K., who came second last year with Sam Ryder’s “SPACE MAN,” is staging the event in Liverpool on the winner's behalf and plans to celebrate Ukraine’s creativity and culture.
“I just want to make sure that they feel celebrated on that night as well," Muller says of Ukraine. “And I think that 3,000 Ukrainians have got tickets to come to Eurovision the final. So I think just that’s just going to make the night even more special.”
In 50 days' time, all the contestants will be in Liverpool for two semifinals. With the Grand Final on May 13, there will be plenty of time for mingling with the other music artists. Muller can’t wait to meet soulful electronic duo Tvorchi, 2023’s Ukrainian entry.
Tvorchi are 19th on the running order, performing “Heart of Steel,” while Muller is 26th and closing the show.
She found out she would be the last performer from Twitter.
“So it took me a minute because I was like, I’m going to have to watch every single other amazing show and I’m going to be like freaking out," she says. "And then I worked through that. I got over those emotions and then I realized just how much of like a blessing that really is.”
Maybe it was all in the stars: Muller admits she’s been obsessed with music since she was a toddler.
She even appeared, when she was nine, as the girl in a green dress in the music video for MIKA’s 2007 hit “Grace Kelly.”
“It could have either like scared me and maybe gone the other way and gone, ‘Oh no, too much for me,’ Muller recalls. “Obviously, I went the other way and I was like, ‘I love it!’”
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Suspect arrested in Florida after killings of 3 teens
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in the killings of three teenagers in central Florida was captured by authorities, days after another teenager and a 12-year-old were charged in the deaths. The teen was arrested Saturday by U.S. marshals about 30 miles west of Orlando in Groveland. He is facing charges on outstanding warrants in a carjacking with a firearm, aggravated assault and other crimes. The two suspects previously in custody were charged with first-degree murder last week. The state attorney’s office is reviewing the case to determine whether the suspects will be charged as adults.
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Alaska voters are facing an election unlike any they've seen, with 48 candidates running to succeed the man who held the state's only U.S. House seat for 49 years. While some of the candidates in the upcoming special primary have name recognition, many are relative unknowns or political novices.
The huge number of candidates and the short timeline for holding the election after the March 18 death of Republican U.S. Rep. Don Young has some voters overwhelmed and scrambling to learn more about their options. This will be the first election under a voter-approved system that ends party primaries, meaning all candidates are on the same one-page ballot.
The four candidates who win the most votes will advance to an August special election, in which ranked-choice voting will be used. The winner of that contest will serve the remainder of Young’s term, which ends in January. A separate set of elections later this year will decide who serves a two-year term beginning in January, the Associated Press reported.
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The Orlando Magic will open their 2022-23 regular season against the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 19 and their first home game will be vs. the Bostons Celtics on Oct. 22 at Amway Center, according to the NBA, which released the league’s schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday afternoon.
The Magic will play six of their first eight games on the road and have their longest homestand from early to mid-November before playing a balanced schedule the rest of the way.
Orlando opens training camp on Sept. 27 at its new AdventHealth Training Center.
Magic ticket plans, suites and single-game tickets will go on sale at 1 p.m. on Aug. 26. The Fast Break Monthly Pass, which was introduced last season, will return for 2022-23. It includes up to five games each month for $49. Learn more at OrlandoMagic.com/FastBreak. More information about pre-sale access can be found at OrlandoMagic.com or by calling 407-89-MAGIC.
Here are seven highlights from the schedule:
Opener vs. Pistons
Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 pick in June’s NBA draft, will make his Magic debut when they open their season against the Pistons.
It’ll be a matchup not only between the NBA’s last pair of top picks (Banchero and Cade Cunningham), but two teams in similar stages of their rebuilds, making for a good early test in the season for both sides.
Magic vs. Hawks
Banchero and Dejounte Murray, who the Atlanta Hawks traded for in June, won’t have to wait long to play each other again after their social media back-and-forth following a Pro-Am game earlier in the summer.
Orlando’s game against the Atlanta Hawks on Oct. 21 at State Farm Arena will mark the second time in franchise history the Magic have opened a season with two road games.
Home opener vs. East champs
The Magic will play their first home game against the defending East Conference champion Celtics, who lost to the Golden State Warriors in NBA Finals.
The Celtics have won the last nine matchups against Orlando dating back to the 2019-20 season.
Return to national TV
The Magic’s lone game that’s scheduled to broadcast on prime national TV will come on Nov. 1 when they play the Thunder in Oklahoma City Thunder, who drafted Chet Holmgren with the No. 2 pick in the draft.
The matchup will be broadcasted on TNT. It’s the Magic’s only non-NBA TV nationally televised game.
Orlando, which didn’t have a national TV game on ESPN, ABC or TNT last season, are one of four teams (Utah Jazz, Pistons and Thunder) that aren’t scheduled to have an ESPN or ABC game.
Matchup vs. Smith, Houston
The Magic will play the Houston Rockets and Jabari Smith, the No. 3 pick in the draft, for the first time on Nov. 7 at Amway Center.
Most media outlets predicted the Magic were going to draft Smith with the top pick before selecting Banchero.
Longest home stretch
The Magic will have a season-long seven-game, 14-day homestand from November 3-16, matching up against the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets and Minnesota Timberwolves.
Longest road trips
The Magic will be on a season-long five-game road trip from Jan. 7-15. They also have three four-game road trips — Dec. 16-21, Jan. 30-Feb. 5 and March 14-19.
Orlando Magic 2022-23 schedule (All times Eastern, home games are in bold)
All locally televised Orlando Magic basketball games will be aired exclusively on Bally Sports Florida. Games can also be heard on the Orlando Magic Radio Network (FM 96.9 The Game).
October – preseason
Oct. 3: at Memphis (8 p.m)
Oct. 6: at San Antonio (8:30 p.m.)
Oct. 7: at Dallas (8:30 p.m.)
Oct. 11 vs. Memphis (7 p.m.)
Oct. 14 vs. Cleveland (7 p.m.)
October – regular season
Oct. 19: at Detroit (7 p.m.)
Oct. 21: at Atlanta (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 22: Boston (7 p.m.)
Oct. 24: at New York (7:30 p.m., NBA TV)
Oct. 26: at Cleveland (7 p.m.)
Oct. 28: Charlotte (7 p.m.)
Oct. 30: at Dallas (7:30 p.m.)
November
Nov. 1: at Oklahoma City (7:30 p.m., TNT)
Nov. 3: Golden State (7 p.m.)
Nov. 5: Sacramento (5 p.m.)
Nov. 7: Houston (7:15 p.m.)
Nov. 9: Dallas (7 p.m.)
Nov. 11: Phoenix (7 p.m.)
Nov. 14: Charlotte (7 p.m.)
Nov. 16: Minnesota (7 p.m.)
Nov. 18: at Chicago (8 p.m.)
Nov. 19: at Indiana (7 p.m.)
Nov. 21: at Indiana (7 p.m.)
Nov. 25: Philadelphia (7 p.m.)
Nov. 27: Philadelphia (6 p.m.)
Nov. 28: at Brooklyn (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 30: Atlanta (7 p.m.)
December
Dec. 2: at Cleveland (7:30 p.m.)
Dec. 3: at Toronto (8 p.m.)
Dec. 5: Milwaukee (7 p.m.)
Dec. 7: L.A. Clippers (7 p.m.)
Dec. 9: Toronto (7 p.m.)
Dec. 11: Toronto (6 p.m.)
Dec. 14: Atlanta (7 p.m.)
Dec. 16: at Boston (7:30 p.m.)
Dec. 18: at Boston (3 p.m.)
Dec. 19: at Atlanta (7:30 p.m.)
Dec. 21: at Houston (8 p.m.)
Dec. 23: San Antonio (7 p.m.)
Dec. 27 L.A. Lakers (7 p.m.)
Dec. 28: at Detroit (7 p.m.)
Dec. 30: Washington (7 p.m.)
January
Jan. 4: Oklahoma City (7 p.m.)
Jan. 5: Memphis (7 p.m.)
Jan. 7: at Golden State (8:30 p.m.)
Jan. 9: at Sacramento (10 p.m.)
Jan. 10: at Portland (10 p.m.)
Jan. 13: at Utah (9 p.m.)
Jan. 15: Denver (8 p.m.)
Jan. 20: New Orleans (7 p.m.)
Jan. 21: Washington (7 p.m.)
Jan. 23: Boston (7 p.m.)
Jan. 25: Indiana (7 p.m.)
Jan. 27: Miami (8 p.m.)
Jan. 28: Chicago (7 p.m.)
Jan. 30: Philadelphia (7 p.m.)
February
Feb. 1: at Philadelphia (7 p.m.)
Feb. 3 at Minnesota (8 p.m.)
Feb. 5: at Charlotte (1 p.m.)
Feb. 7: New York (7 p.m.)
Feb. 9: Denver (7 p.m.)
Feb. 11: Miami (7 p.m.)
Feb. 13: at Chicago (8 p.m.)
Feb. 14: at Toronto (7:30 p.m.)
Feb. 17-22: NBA All-Star Break (Salt Lake City)
Thu. 23 DETROIT 7 p.m.
Sat. 25 INDIANA 7 p.m.
Mon. 27 @ New Orleans 8 p.m.
March
Wed. 1 @ Milwaukee 8 p.m.
Fri. 3 @ Charlotte 7 p.m.
Sun. 5 PORTLAND 6 p.m.
Tue. 7 MILWAUKEE 7 p.m.
Thu. 9 UTAH 7 p.m.
Sat. 11 MIAMI 7 p.m.
Tue. 14 @ San Antonio 8 p.m.
Thu. 16 @ Phoenix 10 p.m. (NBA TV)
Sat. 18 @ L.A. Clippers 3 p.m.
Sun. 19 @ L.A. Lakers 9:30 p.m.
Tue. 21 WASHINGTON 7 p.m.
Thu. 23 NEW YORK 7 p.m. (NBA TV)
Sun. 26 BROOKLYN 6 p.m.
Tue. 28 @ Memphis 8 p.m.
Fri. 31 @ Washington 7 p.m.
April
Sun. 2 DETROIT 6 p.m.
Tue. 4 CLEVELAND 7 p.m.
Thu. 6 CLEVELAND 7 p.m.
Fri. 7 @ Brooklyn 7:30 p.m.
Sun. 9 @ Miami 1 p.m.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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Demarius Washington's circus catch sparks resurgent Salina Liberty offense at Sioux City
Demarius Washington wasn't showing off. Given a choice, he would have cradled the 27-yard touchdown pass from Javin Kilgo in both arms and celebrated quietly.
Thanks to a defender tugging at his left arm, that didn't happen.
Racing down the middle to the end zone, Washington instead extended his right arm and made a one-handed, backhand grab for the ages.
Washington's third-quarter score, followed by a 7-yarder early in the fourth period, gave the Salina Liberty the separation they needed Saturday night to walk out of the Tyson Events Center with a 39-30 Champions Indoor Football road victory over the Sioux City Bandits.
"Simply amazing," Liberty coach Heron O'Neal said.
That pretty much summed it up for the Liberty in general, as their slumping offense came to life in the second half of a game that was never truly in doubt from the end of the third quarter on.
With the victory, the Liberty improved to 5-3 and vaulted into a third-place tie with Omaha and Southwest Kansas, which both had the week off. It was the first loss for Sioux City, which fell to 7-1.
The big difference for the Liberty was their embattled offense, which put up 30 second-half points.
Kilgo, one of two new quarterbacks brought in by the Liberty late in the week, completed 14 of 18 passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns, running back Tristan Gould punished Sioux City for 66 yards and a score on 16 carries and Washington and Anthony Love combined for 11 catches.
"No complaints here," said O'Neal, who had called out the offense after the past two games — a defense-driven 34-19 victory over Billings and a 14-11 loss last week at Omaha. "(Kilgo) played really well, our line protected well and we ran the ball with authority with Tristan.
"Tristan was definitely the bell cow running back all night, and when we were able to balance our offense with the run, it really helped out Javin."
But back to Washington's catch, which came with 2 minutes, 35 seconds left in the third quarter and pushed the Liberty's lead to 23-6.
"That was one to remember for sure," said Washington, who stretched every inch of his 6-foot-5 frame to make the grab. "I was shielding off the defender a little bit, but he was my (left side) tugging. I was practicing one hand throughout the warmup — and I do that a lot — for times like that.
"Like I always tell the young and upcoming receivers, you never know when that time's going to come, and God willing, that was my time for the one-hander. If I could have pulled my other hand up, I probably would have, but it was one of those times that I just tried to trust and believe that when the ball hit my palm, I was going to squeeze it."
O'Neal, who first coached Washington in 2016 with Colorado of the Indoor Football League, brought him and the 6-5 Love in this season specifically to give his quarterbacks a pair of bigger, athletic targets.
"D-Wash is getting comfortable with what we're doing here, and him being a leader for us is huge," O'Neal said of Washington, who joined the team midseason and has progressively gotten more involved in the offense. "He's starting to turn the corner."
Washington had seven catches for 115 yards and Love four for 29, plus a 10-yard fumble return for a touchdown at the end of the first half. The Liberty also got a 3-yard touchdown pass from Ed Smith, who at 5-9 flew over the boards and into the stands early in the second half to answer a Sioux City score.
Then there was Kilgo, a previously a backup in both the IFL and the National Arena League. He came on late in the first quarter for starter Curry Parham, the other new addition to the roster, and lit it up.
"As the game wore on, he got more and more comfortable," O'Neal said of Kilgore, who had his first practice with the team on Thursday. "I just can't wait for him to get a couple of practices under his belt so he can take off.
"Coming in with one practice and to play like that, in a different league, him doing that is what we've been waiting for."
First-half turning point
The Liberty also benefitted from a costly Sioux City mistake to close out the first half.
After Jimmy Allen's field goal broke a scoreless tie with 3 seconds on the clock, Sioux City's Fred Bruno fumbled the ensuing kickoff at his 10-yard line and Love scooped it up for a touchdown and a 9-0 halftime advantage.
"That was huge," O'Neal said. "That was a nine-point swing in four seconds."
Another Sioux City special teams miscue following Smith's touchdown catch, gifted the Liberty one more point, when the Bandits fumbled the ball out of bounds in the end zone for a rouge.
Defense stout again
The Liberty's league-leading defense had some issues closing out the game, allowing 24 points in the fourth quarter and a long touchdown pass to open the second half, but still held the CIF's No. 1 scoring offense 21 points below its average.
And two of the fourth-quarter scores were set up by a long kickoff return and penalties that gave Sioux City's offense a short field. Salina outgained the Bandits 245 yards to 153.
"We had a couple of breakdowns and a couple of mistakes, and our defensive line had a couple of things that they need to clean up as well," O'Neal said. "But other than that, they played pretty well.
"(Linebacker) Tron Folsom had a fantastic game. He was making tackles all over the field and each game he's getting better and better, being the enforcer we need in there."
Folsom led the Liberty with 15 tackles.
Salina Liberty's playoff picture
With the victory, the Liberty clinched a playoff berth in the CIF's expanded six-team postseason format. If they beat Topeka at home this Saturday at Tony's Pizza Events Center and then end the regular season with a victory over Southwest Kansas in Dodge City the following week, they could still be the No. 2 seed and get a first-round bye.
Billings currently sits in second place at 6-2, but has to face Sioux City this Friday. Should there be a tie for second at 7-3, the Liberty would have the tiebreakers against both Billings and Omaha.
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Peoria Artisan Brewing showcases love of hand-crafted beer and scratch-cooking
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Peoria Artisan Brewery was created out of necessity. Owners, Matthew and Kristina Frosch and Executive Chef Michael Mahalick are Peoria residents who live and play in the northwest area of town and saw a need for a local and independent Craft Brewery and Gastropub nearby—so they decided to open one!
The group started the business to share their love and passion for hand-crafted beer and scratch-cooking with their community. They love the comradery of craft beer and sharing a scratch meal together, breaking bread with friends and family, and sharing a favorite beer where it was created.
Peoria Artisan Brewery prides itself on high quality, fresh ingredients, and local sourcing whenever possible. They believe in knowing their food by understanding the entire process from farm to table to provide the best that they can. All beer is brewed on-site, and the food is always created from scratch! From the fries to the ranch and house-smoked BBQ done right on the patio...besides, you must try the burger!
PAB is expanding to an adjacent space that will feature a speakeasy-style open wood-fired kitchen featuring amazing scratch food, PAB craft beers, and amazing cocktails. This space will be a select and reservation-only service. Stay tuned to PAB’s social media for updates and a late summer/early fall opening.
Peoria Artisan Brewery
Address: 10144 W Lake Pleasant Parkway Peoria, AZ 85382
Phone: (623) 572-2816
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PeoriaArtisanBrewery
Instagram: @peoriaartisanbrewing
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The state's first Topgolf venue will welcome communities in and around the capital city
DALLAS, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Topgolf Entertainment Group, a global sports and golf entertainment company, has set plans in motion to introduce its technology-enabled golf entertainment experience to Jackson, Mississippi, in what will be the state's first Topgolf venue.
Located off Interstate 55 in Ridgeland, northeast of the Renaissance at Colony Park, Players at the future Topgolf venue will soon be invited to enjoy the brand's signature experience where they can play in point-scoring golf games in an energetic and fun environment.
"We are thrilled to be joining the Greater Jackson community and look forward to welcoming those in and around the capital city," said Topgolf Chief Development Officer Chris Callaway. "As a company focused on enabling more people to play the game of golf, we feel the Jackson area is a perfect place to kick off our growth within the region."
The two-level Topgolf venue will feature 60 climate-controlled outdoor hitting bays, chef-driven menu items, top-shelf drinks, music and year-round programming. The Topgolf venue will be fully equipped with Topgolf's proprietary Toptracer technology to accurately trace the flight path of golf balls. Toptracer technology, which offers an interactive experience and includes fan-favorite Topgolf games such as Angry Birds and Jewel Jam, is the most trusted ball-tracing technology used in the golf industry and is the same technology seen on TV while watching major golf tournaments.
Beyond entertainment, Topgolf's Jackson venue will employ approximately 200 Playmakers – aka Topgolf Associates – further strengthening the region's economy.
Follow @Topgolf on social media for updates on Topgolf's progress in Jackson.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ: NRSN) ("NeuroSense"), a company developing treatments for severe neurodegenerative diseases, today announced it has received approval from the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) to commence patient enrollment in Italy for PARADIGM, the Company's Phase 2b clinical trial of its lead drug candidate PrimeC in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). PARADIGM is currently enrolling patients in Israel and recently received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to open clinical sites for patient recruitment in the U.S. NeuroSense expects to enroll and dose the first patients in Italy and in the U.S. in the next few weeks.
The Phase 2b (NCT05357950) double-blind, placebo-controlled, multinational clinical trial aims to assess PrimeC's efficacy, as well as safety and tolerability, in people living with ALS. The study is enrolling and randomizing 69 people living with ALS in a 2:1 ratio to receive PrimeC or placebo, respectively. Study participants are allowed to continue standard of care (SOC) treatment of approved products. Primary endpoints of the study include assessment of ALS-biomarkers, evaluation of clinical efficacy, and improvement in quality of life. All subjects who complete the 6 month double-blind, placebo-controlled dosing period will be switched to the PrimeC active arm for a 12-month open label extension.
"Clearance from AIFA, Italy's health regulatory agency, is another important milestone achieved that supports our goal of providing patients in need from the EU, in addition to the US and other regions, the opportunity to join the PARADIGM study and receive PrimeC, which aims to target pertinent mechanisms in ALS with the hope for a meaningful clinical benefit." stated NeuroSense CEO Alon Ben-Noon.
About PrimeC
PrimeC, NeuroSense's lead drug candidate, is a novel extended-release oral formulation composed of a unique fixed-dose combination of two FDA-approved drugs: ciprofloxacin and celecoxib. PrimeC is designed to synergistically target several key mechanisms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that contribute to motor neuron degeneration, inflammation, iron accumulation and impaired RNA regulation to potentially inhibit the progression of ALS. NeuroSense completed a Phase 2a clinical study which successfully met its safety and efficacy endpoints including reducing functional and respiratory deterioration and statistically significant changes in ALS-related biological markers indicating PrimeC's biological activity. Through a collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on novel Neuron-Derived Exosomes (NDEs), NeuroSense is working to further determine the biological changes in ALS-related pathologies and the effect of PrimeC on relevant targets. PrimeC was granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
About ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable neurodegenerative disease that causes complete paralysis and death within 2-5 years from diagnosis. Every year, more than 5,000 patients are diagnosed with ALS in the U.S. alone, with an annual disease burden of $1 billion. The number of patients with ALS is expected to grow 24% by 2040 in the U.S. and EU.
About NeuroSense
NeuroSense Therapeutics, Ltd. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing treatments for patients suffering from debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. NeuroSense believes that these diseases, which include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, among others, represent one of the most significant unmet medical needs of our time, with limited effective therapeutic options available for patients to date. Due to the complexity of neurodegenerative diseases and based on strong scientific research on a large panel of related biomarkers, NeuroSense's strategy is to develop combined therapies targeting multiple pathways associated with these diseases.
For additional information, we invite you to visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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A Fort Wayne teen received Monday the maximum sentence of 65 years for the 2022 murder of Luke Borror.
Aung San Oo, 16, was originally charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, and a sentence enhancement for using a firearm. He pleaded guilty to felony murder on Feb. 21, and the other charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Oo was the second suspect to admit fault to charges related to Borror's murder after Swar Hit pleaded guilty to robbery as part of an agreement to dismiss his felony murder charge. Hit made his plea Oct. 6.
Oo is accused of shooting and killing Borror during a vape deal gone wrong about 7:40 p.m. April 6 in the parking lot of New Covenant Worship Center, 3420 E. Paulding Road.
As the congregation was in service inside, the three met outside to deal puff bars, which are one-use vape devices, according to court documents. Borror was on the phone with a friend at the time who reported hearing voices, a thump and gunshots.
Court documents say police obtained a video from the church that showed Hit carrying a backpack and handing it to Oo before it was place on the rear end of Borror's car. Borror took out a white bag out of his car and then struggled with Oo over the backpack.
Hit moved to pick up the vape devices that spilled out as Oo moved to Borror and shot him, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Hit is scheduled to be sentenced to the robbery conviction April 24. He faces up to 30 years.
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A late defensive stop sealed Hamshire-Fannett's fifth win of the season and made some school history against a traditional state power on Friday night.
The Longhorns (5-2) took down West Orange-Stark for their first-ever win over the Mustangs, 26-21 at home in Hamshire.
Driving for a potential game-winning score, West Orange-Stark was stopped by a sack near the Longhorns 20-yard line with 16 seconds remaining.
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Hamshire-Fannett held a 19-13 lead heading into the final quarter before the teams traded touchdowns. The Longhorns held on, and improved to 2-1 in district play after a loss to Jasper last week.
Meanwhile, the Mustangs have now lost four of their last five games. West Orange-Stark's four defeats is the most in a season since 2018, when the Mustangs finished 9-5 overall.
West Orange (3-4, 1-2) will look to bounce back by hosting Bridge City next Friday. Hamshire-Fannett will be at Hardin-Jefferson.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — A new attack on the grocery chain Whole Foods has united lawmakers who rarely agree and attracted a similarly wide-ranging group of opponents, with some calling the idea an abuse of the tax code.
Whole Foods Market, the Amazon-owned company with a single Maine store in Portland, has become a target of the state’s iconic lobster fishery and its supporters across the political spectrum since it stopped selling Maine lobster in November, citing sustainability concerns.
In a Maine-flavored riff on punishments being tried by state-level politicians across the country, a group of influential lawmakers is trying to repeal a tax break for Whole Foods. On the other side, the Mills administration and tax watchers argue it would be hard to administer or call it an inappropriate use of a tax policy.
“Punitively taxing the business equipment of stores that decline to carry a particular item is an abuse of the tax code,” said Jared Walczak, a top state tax expert at the center-right Tax Foundation.
The measure would remove businesses that stop selling Maine products based on third-party certifications from a business equipment tax exemption. It would apply to Whole Foods since the company cited two sustainability groups that pulled their endorsement of Maine lobster over concerns about threats to the endangered right whale.
It is led by Senate Minority Leader Trey Stewart, R-Presque Isle, while his co-sponsors include his political rival, Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, who represents a neighboring Aroostook district. House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham, R-Winter Harbor, who is a lobsterman, also has touted the bill among others aiming to support the industry.
At a news conference last week, Stewart derided Whole Foods as an “overpriced yuppie chain.” He framed the dispute as one mostly about marketing in an interview, saying his concern was less that the stores were not selling lobster than the marketing aspect of the chain buying into the sustainability concerns.
Whole Foods cited a Seafood Watch list that roiled the industry in September by recommending avoiding lobster over the fishery’s alleged impacts on endangered whales. The Maine Lobstermen’s Association backs Stewart’s measure, with spokesperson Kevin Kelley saying certifications “should be based on sound science.”
“There are forces at play that are actively trying to give our industry and our state a black eye, and we’re not doing anything about it,” Stewart said.
Maine’s dispute with Seafood Watch coincided with proposed federal limits on lobstering to protect right whales. The congressional delegation took heat out of the issue by winning a six-year rule pause in December. Politicians and fishermen often say the list and other concerns about the fishery rest on flawed science, noting there have been no whale entanglements linked to Maine gear since 2004.
Lawmakers are still active on lobstering issues, though. The tax break that Stewart is targeting has been declining in value over the past few years. In 2019, it was valued at roughly $58,000, while the Portland Press Herald reported it was down to $38,000 or so last year.
At a hearing last week, the governor’s administration opposed the measure, citing concerns about constitutionality and how the program would be administered, while the retail and grocery industries cited fears it could punish stores if other products lose certifications.
The measure can be tied to a growing populist effort around taxes. For example, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida got lawmakers to advance a measure this month giving him more control over a government body overseeing Disney’s special tax status after the company opposed his law limiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Stewart noted that the state has special tax breaks for manufacturers like Bath Iron Works and the Penobscot McCrum plant in Washburn, saying the government has an interest in promoting industries. Jackson’s spokesperson likened it to his efforts to protect Maine loggers from Canadian competition and urged top Republicans to join him on that issue.
“Maine tax dollars should always be used to support Maine businesses that support Maine workers,” Jackson said.
But there is opposition on principle across the spectrum as well.
Matthew Gagnon, the CEO of the conservative Maine Policy Institute, used his Bangor Daily News column to say that the bill would inappropriately pick “winners and losers.” Rep. Joe Perry of Bangor, a top Democrat on the tax committee, has long wondered if retailers should get the tax break, but said this proposal isn’t “workable.”
“If the sponsor and the president of the Senate can figure out a way to make this work, they are more skilled than I,” Perry said.
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Hessian mass grave unearthed at National Park, NJ Revolutionary War battle site
NATIONAL PARK — Researchers believe they have uncovered in a mass grave in New Jersey the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War, officials announced Tuesday.
The remains, found at the site of Fort Mercer and the 1777 Battle of Red Bank, rested for 245 years until a human femur was found in June during an archaeological dig of a trench system that surrounded the fort, scientists said. The additional excavation yielded more skeletal remains and items including pewter and brass buttons and a King George III gold guinea, which would have been a soldier’s pay for a month.
A team of scientists from Rowan University and officials from Gloucester County presented their preliminary findings during a news conference at Red Bank Battlefield Park, just south of Philadelphia.
Officials believe the remains are part of a mass grave of Hessian soldiers — German troops hired by the British — who were part of about 377 troops killed by Colonial forces during the Battle of Red Bank. Americans lost 14, historians said.
The victory allowed Americans at the fort to delay the British from moving supplies up the Delaware River.
“Based on everything we’ve found and the context of what we’ve found, these appear to be Hessians," Wade Catts, principal archaeologist for South River Heritage Consulting of Delaware, said in a statement.
The remains have been turned over to forensic anthropologists at the New Jersey State Police forensic unit to extract DNA from the bones and teeth to identify their origin. Additional studies are being conducted to examine life history, health and disease.
The scientists hope they can identify the remains and find their descendants.
“We’re hoping that eventually, perhaps, we can find some of these individuals,” Rowan University public historian Jennifer Janofsky said in a statement. “If we can extract their stories, and if we can tell their stories, it lets us put a name to a face. And that, to me, is a very powerful moment in public history."
Officials said the remains were excavated with “extraordinary attention” to preserving the dignity of war dead.
When the study is complete, they will be interred at another site, and the trench will be refilled. The land will be incorporated into the park on a bluff overlooking the river.
“Archaeology is helping us better understand what happened on the battlefield,” Janofsky said.
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An unidentified person was found dead early Saturday morning after officers responded to a possible vehicle break-in in the 2300 block of Petersburg Lane, the Temple Police Department said.
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Paul Pelosi attack footage to be released, California judge orders
Footage of the attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband will be released to the public after a judge on Wednesday denied prosecutors' request to keep it secret.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Murphy ruled there was no reason to keep the footage secret, especially after prosecutors played it in open court during a preliminary hearing last month, according to Thomas R. Burke, a San Francisco-based lawyer who represented The Associated Press and a host of other news agencies in their attempt to access the evidence.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office handed over the evidence to Murphy on Wednesday following a court hearing. Murphy asked the court clerk's office to distribute it to the media, which could happen as soon as Thursday.
Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi's husband, was asleep at the couple's San Francisco home on Oct. 28 when someone broke in and beat him with a hammer. Prosecutors have charged 42-year-old David DePape in connection with the attack.
During a preliminary hearing last month, prosecutors played portions of Paul Pelosi's 911 call plus footage from Capitol police surveillance cameras, body cameras worn by the two police officers who arrived at the house, and video from DePape's interview with police.
But when news organizations asked for copies of that evidence, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office refused to release it. The attack, which occurred just days before the 2022 midterm elections, prompted intense speculation from the public that fueled the spread of false information.
The district attorney's office argued releasing the footage publicly would only allow people to manipulate it in their quest to spread false information.
But the news agencies argued it was vital for prosecutors to publicly share their evidence that could debunk any false information swirling on the internet about the attack.
"You don't eliminate the public right of access just because of concerns about conspiracy theories," Burke said.
The San Francisco District Attorney's Office did not respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment.
The news agencies who sought the release of the footage includes The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Press Democrat, CNN, Fox News, CBS, ABC, NBC and KQED, an NPR-member radio station in San Francisco.
DePape pleaded not guilty last month to six charges, including attempted murder. Police have said DePape told them there was "evil in Washington" and he wanted to harm Nancy Pelosi because she was second in line to the presidency. His case is pending.
Democrats lost their majority in the House of Representatives after the midterm elections. Republicans elected California Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker. Pelosi will remain in Congress, but she stepped down as Democratic leader. She was replaced by Hakeem Jeffries from New York.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Months after accusing disbarred attorney Alex Murdaugh of killing his wife and son, South Carolina investigators and prosecutors have released few details about the evidence that they believe connect him to the shootings
That’s led Murdaugh’s lawyers to file a flurry of court documents requesting information from the prosecution, seeking to publicly weaken the case before the January trial has begun.
The defense attorneys argue that there was unknown DNA found under Murdaugh’s wife’s fingernails. They also have a different suspect, Murdaugh’s friend Curtis Eddie Smith, arguing that he failed a lie detector test regarding the killings. Murdaugh has already admitted to asking Smith to arrange Murdaugh’s own death to defraud his life insurance company.
Those defense documents even boosted a story from Smith that prosecutors later said had no evidence to back it up — that Paul Murdaugh killed his mother, Maggie, when he caught her with a groundskeeper at the family’s Colleton County hunting lodge and the groundskeeper then shot the son.
Alex Murdaugh, 54, has proclaimed his innocence ever since June 2021, when he found the bodies, each shot several times. He has said through his lawyer he “loved them more than anything in the world.”
It took more than 13 months for authorities to indict Murdaugh on two counts of murder and his trial is set to begin Jan. 23 after defense attorneys asked to hold it as quickly as possible.
Even after the charges, prosecutors and investigators have released little on how they linked Murdaugh to the deaths or why a man who had no criminal history and was part of a wealthy, well-connected family that dominated the legal community in tiny Hampton County might have wanted to kill his own family members.
In the months since the deaths, Murdaugh’s life has crumbled. He was fired from the law firm founded by his family for stealing money and then lost his law license. Prosecutors said he was a drug addict who helped run a money laundering and pain killer ring and stole about $8 million from settlements for wrongful death or injury he secured for mostly poor clients.
As part of the back and forth about evidence in the upcoming murder trial, prosecutors have divulged slightly more of their case. Notably, there is a cellphone video of Murdaugh, his wife and son near dog kennels around 8:44 p.m. the night they are killed. Cellphone data indicates Murdaugh left at 9:06 p.m. and his frantic 911 call to report he found the bodies near the kennels came at 10:06 p.m.
Murdaugh’s attorneys have requested a FBI report analyzing all the cellphone data, saying such records are crucial to their defense.
“There is nothing to indicate … in the next 20 minutes, he butchers his son and wife, executes both of them in a brutal way,” defense attorney Dick Harpootlian said. “He’s then on the phone talking to another lawyer from his car in a very convivial way.”
The defense also said they needed more complete gunshot residue reports after a few particles were found on Murdaugh. His attorney claim the particles likely landed on his clothing when he picked up a gun to protect himself after finding the bodies.
Authorities have not tested Smith’s DNA and the defense said it has no findings from the source of genetic material found on the clothing of the victims.
Murdaugh’s defense also wants complete notes from a blood spatter report after a small amount of his wife’s blood was found on his shirt. The lawyers said the blood came when Murdaugh “frantically attended his wife’s bloody corpse.”
Prosecutors insisted they turned over every bit of evidence they have and what’s missing is mostly incomplete reports. They said the defense was aware of that when they had a friendly conversation just before the motions were filed.
“This manner of conducting litigation says a lot about the defense’s true motives,” South Carolina Deputy Attorney General Creighton Waters wrote in his response.
It’s clear from the pretrial back-and-forth that the prosecution does not have any eyewitnesses or video of how Maggie, 52, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, were killed on June 7, 2021. But prosecutors said people are frequently convicted through scientific evidence and circumstances that put them near the scene or give them a motivation for wrongdoing.
“If every murder case needed a confession and an eyewitness, it would be open season out there,” Waters said in court Thursday.
In the months before his murder trial, Murdaugh’s lawyers are focusing on Smith, who authorities said was supposed to shoot Murdaugh on the side of a lonely highway in September 2021.
Murdaugh allegedly planned his own killing so his surviving son could collect on a $10 million life insurance policy. In the end, Smith said the gun fired as he and Murdaugh fought over the weapon, the bullet only grazing Murdaugh’s head.
Smith’s attorneys say he did not kill Maggie or Paul Murdaugh. They argue Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers are looking for anyone else to blame for the killings, so they have seized on a lie detector test where Smith allegedly showed a reaction when asked if he shot the victims or was present when they were killed.
Murdaugh’s lawyers said Smith knew the area around the dog kennels where the bodies were found because they were a drug drop. They also point out Smith’s DNA had not been tested as of mid-October.
“I’m not saying he did it. I’m just saying it certainly sounds like he could have done it,” Harpootlian said.
Prosecutors have pointed out that spike during the test could have been an emotional reaction as a result of Smith feeling guilty about the circumstances leading up to the crime, even if he had no involvement. They said Smith’s DNA is being tested now and results of lie detector tests aren’t admissible in court by themselves.
Murdaugh’s attorneys also used court papers to make public a story Smith said he heard about Maggie Murdaugh’s affair directly leading to the killings. It didn’t explain how the groundskeeper avoided arrest or detection in the 16 months since.
Prosecutors in court papers called it “salacious scuttlebutt that is offensive to the memory of his victims.”
“It’s very telling they want to make this case about Eddie Smith,” Waters said.
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Taylor Swift will drop 'Midnights' album teaser on Thursday Night Football. How to watch
Fandom can make you do wild things — like sitting through a three-hour sports game to catch your favorite artist's latest marketing stunt.
When Taylor Swift revealed the nine-day schedule for the promotion of her latest album, "Midnights," the contingent of her fanbase that does not overlap with the football world realized they would need to figure out how to watch a Thursday Night Football game, stat.
"Teaser trailer — third quarter of Thursday Night Football on Prime Video," reads the schedule for Thursday, Oct. 20, in a video she posted on social media on Oct. 16. Of course, that's only a few hours before her 10th studio album is set to release (not at midnight for all of us non-East Coast folks).
But don't worry; you won't have to watch the entire Arizona Cardinals-New Orleans Saints game. You don't even have to know anything about how it's Week 7 or both teams are 2-4 this season. I wouldn't do that to you.
Here's everything you should know to catch the "Midnights" teaser trailer — and minimal sports — during Thursday Night Football.
More:Did Taylor Swift turn down the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show in Arizona?
What channel is Thursday Night Football on?
If you live in the Phoenix or New Orleans metro areas and aren't an Amazon Prime member, you're in luck.
Thursday Night Football streams exclusively on Prime Video, unless you live in the home or away team's market. That means you can watch the game on Fox 10 in Phoenix.
New Orleans' NBC affiliate station, WDSU, will also broadcast the game.
Tune in at home or at your favorite local bar or restaurant.
How to stream Thursday Night Football
If you aren't in Phoenix or New Orleans, your options for watching will be Prime Video and NFL+.
Both services offer free trials and can be viewed on most devices (smart TV, mobile, tablet).
Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/amazonprime.
NFL+: https://www.nfl.com/plus
What time will the 'Midnights' teaser trailer come out?
This was not a question I could ever answer on my own.
According to Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic's media critic and former sports columnist, tuning in about an hour after the game starts (kickoff is at 5:15 p.m. MST and PT, 8:15 p.m. ET) would ensure that you don't miss the trailer. Unless you walk away from your device for any amount of time, of course.
So plan to turn on the game at around 6:15 p.m. MST/PT or 9:15 ET.
The video is scheduled to drop during the third quarter. NFL games typically last between three and three and a half hours.
But there's no doubt the teaser will swiftly make its way to social media immediately after it airs, so refreshing your favorite Taylor Swift fan or update account should do just fine.
Reach Entertainment Reporter KiMi Robinson at kimi.robinson@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @kimirobin and Instagram @ReporterKiMi.
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Jon Rahm watched video of the last PGA Championship at Oak Hill, which would not seem to be of much value considering the restoration work on the East Course, the rain-soaked week in 2013 and the fact that it was in August.
Rahm picked up a few details that could serve him or anyone well, particularly the discipline Jason Dufner showed when he got in trouble off the tee and how he relied on his wedge game.
More than a student of the game, the 28-year-old Spaniard is simply a golf nerd who recently described himself as “beyond addicted to the game.”
“I do it pretty much for every major,” Rahm said Tuesday of his film study. “I just like it. Even if it’s not major season, I’m doing it at home. I’ve seen on social media about every Sunday round you can find about Augusta and most majors. It’s not research. I just like it. It’s just fun.”
So is winning, and Rahm is having the time of his life.
The Masters was his fourth victory of the year, and he is among the leading favorites in the PGA Championship at an Oak Hill course that would seem suited to his game — bullish strength, clean contact, great wedge play. Rahm is bold.
He is not interested in a Grand Slam. As the Masters champion, he is the only one with a chance at the feat never accomplished since the Masters began in 1934. He is not interested in the career Grand Slam — he is halfway there with the Masters and his U.S. Open title from Torrey Pines.
Rahm cares about all majors, running the tally as high as he can.
“Winning two majors is not easy, and picking which ones you win is a little ludicrous to think about,” Rahm said. “Without sounding too conceited or arrogant, I’d rather focus on the number of majors you win than having the Grand Slam. Obviously it would be amazing. But the more you put yourself in the position to be able to win majors, the more likely you might get it done.
“But it’s a very small number of players to do it, the last one being Tiger,” he said. “It’s obviously not an easy thing to accomplish.”
No need telling that to Jordan Spieth — particularly this week — much less Rory McIlroy or Phil Mickelson. They are one leg away from being the first since Tiger Woods (2000) and the sixth overall to win all four majors.
McIlroy lost another chance at the Masters when he missed the cut. Mickelson is a six-time silver medalist at the U.S. Open, the only major he hasn’t won.
Spieth needs the Wanamaker Trophy, and he finally got to the course on Tuesday with his left wrist wrapped and a piece of kinesiology tape running down to his elbow. The concern is how to handle the rough, and there is plenty of that.
The concern about Oak Hill in May was the weather and how quickly the grass would come in. That no longer is a problem.
“You’ve got to hit it far and you’ve got to hit it straight,” Tony Finau said. “This golf course is going to start from the tee box. If you’re not hitting enough fairways, you’re not going to be able to play this place. The rough is long enough to where you’re not going to be able to advance the ball to the greens.”
During his practice round, even when he did find the short grass, Finau found himself reaching for mid-irons — that’s usually for par 5s as far as he pounds it.
“It’s all you can handle, but that’s what you want in a major championship,” he said.
So pristine is Oak Hill that members have not played on the course this year — the golf season doesn’t start all that early in western New York, anyway. But the condition is supreme, and the test has some players comparing it to a U.S. Open. That makes sense, since Oak Hill has hosted three Opens, most recently in 1989.
Asked what Oak Hill would test the most this week, McIlroy replied, “Discipline.”
McIlroy was short with a lot of his answers, whether it was related to LIV Golf or how to best prepare for a major. He felt his game was in the best shape possible when he went to Augusta National, only to have a short week.
Rahm hasn’t had too many bad spells. One reason he and Scottie Scheffler have separated themselves in recent months is their consistently good play. Scheffler, who won The Players Championship and the Phoenix Open, hasn’t finished worse than 12th this year.
“I’m confident. I feel good,” Rahm said. “It’s been an amazing year. I’m just hoping to keep adding more to it. It’s been a lot of fun, and hopefully I can keep riding that wave.”
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Pro bull rider Ouncie Mitchell killed in Salt Lake City
Published: Sep. 13, 2022 at 2:51 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pro bull rider was killed in Utah overnight Monday in what Salt Lake City police are calling a domestic violence homicide.
Police say in a news release that Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen was found shot outside an apartment complex in Salt Lake City after he got into an argument with a woman he had been dating.
Allen died at a hospital. PBR commissioner Sean Gleason says Allen went by the name Ouncie Mitchell as a pro bull rider.
Police arrested LaShawn Denise Bagley, a 21-year-old woman, on suspicion of murder. It’s unknown if Bagley had an attorney.
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When dinosaurs ruled the Earth, we tend to think of the mammals at the time — including our distant ancestors — as small and quivering in the shadows.
"We've always had this picture of mammals as the literal underdogs," says Elsa Panciroli, a paleontologist at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. "They're being trampled. They're cowering in the darkness at night, just trying to avoid being eaten."
But a remarkable new fossil, originating in the early Cretaceous some 125 million years ago and now described in the journal Scientific Reports, conjures a rather different possibility. It consists of two intertwined skeletons — an upstart mammal sinking its teeth into a much larger dinosaur.
"Our best guess is that the mammal was in the middle of attacking the dinosaur," says Jordan Mallon, one of the authors of the new study and a paleobiologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
If true, such a revelation shakes our traditional view of dinosaur domination and mammal submission. It suggests a more complex ancient food web in which certain dinosaurs were prey and some mammals were predators.
In the case of this particular fossil that was unearthed in modern-day northeast China, "this mammal appears to have been particularly gutsy or voracious," Mallon says.
A fossil that tells a story
The fossil is preserved in stunning detail due to the nearby eruption of an ancient volcano, which caused ash and sudden mud flows to preserve everything in the area. They would have buried the early horned dinosaur and mammal instantly, Mallon says, in the middle of the attack.
Often, a fossil is a pile of scattered bones. It's rare for a fossil to record a behavior like this because a behavior, unlike a bone, tends to leave no trace.
But here, a story leaps out to Mallon — one of combat preserved in rock.
"The dinosaur is called Psittacosaurus," says Mallon, "what we call the 'parrot-beaked dinosaur' because it has a beak much like a parrot for ingesting plant matter. It was about the size of a small to medium-sized dog."
In the fossil, Psittacosaurus is on its side, its skeleton curled in a semicircle. Tucked up against the dinosaur is a mammal called Repenomamus, which Mallon calls "maybe a badger-sized animal."
Repenomamus was among the largest mammals of its day. But it's only a third the size of Psittacosaurus.
Mallon points to the way that one of the mammal's paws is clutching the dino's lower jaw, while another grips a hind leg. "And the lower jaw of the mammal is biting onto some of the dinosaur's ribcage," he says.
For Mallon and his Chinese and Canadian colleagues, the conclusion is clear — Repenomamus was attacking an herbivorous dinosaur three times its size.
'An ecosystem full of ninjas'
Elsa Panciroli, who wasn't involved in the research, isn't ready to commit to that conclusion.
"The jury might be out a little bit for me as to whether the dinosaur had already died, maybe only just recently," she says, "or was in a very, very weakened state rather than it having been hunted down by this mammal."
The study authors say that the mammal wasn't scavenging the dinosaur because its bones have no bite marks. And they say that the position of the bodies suggests an active attack was in progress.
"We already knew that mammals did occasionally prey on at least baby dinosaurs," says Mallon. "What's new here is even a fully grown Psittacosaurus wasn't necessarily safe from these smaller mammalian predators."
And Mallon points to other modern-day analogs of smaller animals attacking and preying upon larger ones: a wolverine taking down a caribou "if it's desperate," or a ferret attacking a larger hare.
Regardless of the interpretation of the fossil, Panciroli says it bears witness to a more elaborate Cretaceous food web. "It's just a lot more complex and rich than that oversimplified narrative that we used to rely on."
It's unlikely that this kind of interaction — of a smaller mammal attacking a larger dinosaur — was all that common. Usually, it was the dinosaurs gobbling up the mammals.
"It was almost like, an ecosystem full of ninjas," says Mallon, referring to raptor dinosaurs like Daliansaurus, Graciliraptor and Sinovenator.
That's what makes this particular specimen all the more special.
"These fossilized moments in time," says Mallon, "really allow us to make these quantum leaps in our inferences to be able to reconstruct these ancient ecosystems."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will provide $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine, rolling out funding for a Patriot missile battery as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington for his first known trip out of his country since Russia invaded in February.
The White House announcement came just hours before Zelenskyy landed at Joint Base Andrews, just outside the capital. The package includes $1 billion in weapons and equipment from Pentagon stocks, including the Patriot battery for the first time, and $850 million in funding through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Part of the USAI will be used to fund a satellite communications system, which likely will include the crucial SpaceX Starlink satellite network system owned by Elon Musk.
“As Russia continues its brutal attacks against critical infrastructure in Ukraine, the United States welcomes President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Washington, D.C. today to underscore our enduring commitment to the people of Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement, adding that the U.S. will be providing “critical new and additional military capabilities to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s ongoing brutal and unprovoked assault.”
Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials have pressed Western leaders to provide more advanced weapons, including the Patriots, to help their country in its war with Russia. The Patriot would be the most advanced surface-to-air missile system the West has provided to Ukraine to help repel Russian aerial attacks.
Also included in the package are two other key items. The Pentagon will send an undisclosed number of Joint Direct Attack Munitions kits, or JDAMs, to Ukraine. The U.S. also will fund satellite communications terminals and services, to shore up a potential vulnerability for Ukraine after Musk said his company could no longer afford to provide the services for free.
The kits will be used to modify massive bombs by adding tail fins and precision navigation systems so that rather than being simply dropped from a fighter jet onto a target, they can be released and guided to a target.
The satellite money would act as a hedge against the possibility that Musk again threatens to stop funding them. Musk shipped the first Starlink terminals to Ukraine just days after Russia invaded in February, and as of October there were more than 2,200 of the low-orbiting satellites providing broadband internet to Ukraine.
In October he asked the Pentagon to take over the costs for operating Starlink in Ukraine, and tweeted that it was costing SpaceX $20 million a month to support the country’s communications needs.
The system has “been the game changer” in allowing Ukraine’s military and infrastructure to continue to operate, said John Ferrari, a senior fellow and space expert at the American Enterprise Institute. While Wednesday’s funding announcement is for satellite communications terminals and services and doesn’t specify Musk’s company, it would be difficult to introduce other systems onto the battlefield because they often won’t operate well together, Ferrari said.
The decision to send the Patriot battery comes despite threats from Russia’s Foreign Ministry that the delivery of the advanced surface-to-air missile system would be considered a provocative step and that the Patriot and any crews accompanying it would be a legitimate target for Moscow’s military.
But the White House is pushing back against the notion that delivery of the Patriot amounts to an escalation of U.S. involvement on behalf of Ukraine. A senior administration official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity, said that Biden has been clear that his administration would “lean forward” in supporting Ukraine but it is “not seeking to engage in direct war with Russia.”
It’s not clear exactly when the Patriot would arrive on the front lines in Ukraine, since U.S. troops will have to train Ukrainian forces on how to use the high-tech system. The training could take several weeks, and is expected to be done at the Grafenwoehr training area in Germany. To date, all training of Ukraine forces by the U.S. and the West has taken place in European countries.
Also included in the aid package are more rockets for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS; 500 precision-guided artillery rounds for howitzers; 30 mortar systems and 10,000 mortar rounds; 37 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles; 120 Humvees; six armored trucks; more than 2,700 grenade launchers and other weapons, an undisclosed numbeer of HARM air-to-surface anti-radiation missiles; Claymore anti-personnel mines; demolition munitions and other equipment and body armor.
The Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which pays for longer-range purchases, will fund more than 200,000 rounds of various types of ammunitions, the satellite systems, and ongoing training and maintenance.
This is the 28th time that the Pentagon has pulled weapons off the shelf to deliver quickly to Ukraine, often arriving within days to Europe and the war. Overall, the U.S. has provided about $21.3 billion in military aid and equipment since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
The aid comes as Congress is poised to approve another $44.9 billion in assistance for Ukraine as part of a massive spending bill. That would ensure that U.S. support will continue next year and beyond as Republicans take control of the House in January. Some GOP lawmakers have expressed wariness about the assistance.
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Associated Press writer Tara Copp contributed to this report.
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