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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As temperatures drop, the number of house fires is rising.
Now, first responders are urging people to take precautions to stay safe this holiday season.
Over the weekend, Fresno County Fire firefighters responded to a 4,000-square-foot home on Bullard, east of Academy Ave., for a chimney fire that spread to the attic.
Sunday evening, two people were rushed to the hospital from a home at Nees and Madsen Avenues in Fresno County for burns from a fire pit.
Both victims have now been released from the hospital and are recovering.
Sunday night, flames destroyed a house on Navelencia and Edgar Avenue.
"This time of the year, we increase our structure fires, usually, and decrease a little bit in the wildland fires, but there's still is a threat in the wildland. We just kind of start to see it flip-flop a little bit," Fresno County Battalion Chief Brandon Markle said.
Batt. Chief Markle says it's important if you have a chimney that you get it professionally cleaned before you start using it.
If you're using space heaters, you need to be aware of what's around them.
"Space heaters, you know, be careful with those. Have at least a 4-6 foot radius around there. Nothing can touch it," Batt. Chief Markle said.
The Red Cross is called in to assist people who have been displaced by these fires.
Taylor Poisall, the Regional Communications Director for the Red Cross, says the numbers of incidents they've responded to have been steadily increasing over the last few months. They responded to 12 calls in September, 18 calls in October and 25 calls, so far, in November.
A total of 65 people have already been displaced in November alone.
"Across country see about 30% increase in home fires during the colder months and as we get into the holiday season we tend to see that number go up locally." Poisall said.
Red Cross officials say around the Thanksgiving holiday they tend to see more calls because of kitchen fires.
They're reminding people to keep an eye on food they're cooking, but say they will have volunteers on-call and ready to respond.
"We respond to an average of a home fire a day. It's volunteers that go out and provide comfort and immediate assistance so people have a place to go after a disaster like this." Poisall said.
As always, fire officials say it's important to check your smoke detectors and make sure they're working.
If you don't have smoke detectors, you can request free smoke detectors from the Red Cross and they'll coordinate a time with you to have someone install them.
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than a decade, Freeit has been dedicated to partnering with customers to simplify technology and its implementation to make the most of their customers time and resources. The recently awarded Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) contract (DIR-CPO-4863) for cybersecurity software products and services aligns with Freeit's commitment to assist customers with protecting their data in a time where there is a pervasive challenge and a crowded market of products.
Through this DIR contract, Freeit will offer cybersecurity software products and services. Freeit's partnerships with more than a dozen cybersecurity technology providers ensure that the best solution for each customer's specific needs is determined.
"Our public sector customers rely on us to support their organizational initiatives. We add value through our dedication to addressing data security challenges with a business-oriented, holistic approach," said Wayne Orchid, President & CEO at Freeit Data Solutions. "With the increased threat of cybercriminals targeting state, local, and education entities, our ability to offer best-in-class cybersecurity software products and services is critical to our customers."
"We are thrilled to be included on Freeit's new DIR contract. Arctic Wolf and Freeit are ready to support public sector organizations as they work to improve their security posture and improve their services to the communities they support," said Peyton Hubbard, Director of Regional Channels at Arctic Wolf.
Partners incorporated in this offering include:
- Arctic Wolf
- Bitdefender
- Cloudflare
- Darktrace
- HelpSystems
- KnowBe4
- Mimecast
- Netskope
- Netwrix Corporation
- Ping Identity
- Stealthbits
- Varonis
Freeit Data Solutions is the prime contractor on 4 additional DIR cooperative purchasing contracts for the following products and services:
- DIR-CPO-4696 - Law Enforcement, Surveillance and Security Monitoring, Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Recovery Technology
- DIR-TSO-4229 Data Storage, Data Communication & Networking Equipment
- DIR-CPO-4795 – Software as a Service
- DIR-TSO-4198 - Mobile Digital Video Products and Accessories
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Freeit Data Solutions is an Austin-based IT services and solutions company that designs and deploys data center solutions for mid to large-sized companies, enabling them to better manage and protect their data. For more information visit: www.freeitdata.com
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Cyclists of all ages and abilities can register now at GreatCycleChallenge.com to help raise millions for childhood cancer research during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
MINNEAPOLIS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With a goal of raising $10 million dollars to fight childhood cancer, Children's Cancer Research Fund launches its eighth straight Great Cycle Challenge USA this September. Registration is officially open and cyclists of all ages and abilities, on one wheel or more, outdoors or in, can register online now at GreatCycleChallenge.com.
Every year, more than 15,000 American children are diagnosed with the disease and it's the leading cause of death by illness in children. In seven years, the Great Cycle Challenge USA community of 440,000 riders from all 50 states have pedaled more than 29.7 million miles while raising more than $52 million in support of research to develop better treatments and find a cure for childhood cancer. Among the leading pediatric cancer centers benefitting from these funds are the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Texas Children's Hospital, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and more.
"The community of Great Cycle Challenge USA riders has been growing for eight years – we have riders in every state in the country," said Daniel Gumnit, CEO, Children's Cancer Research Fund. "We're so grateful for these riders for raising awareness and funds for better, safer cancer treatments for kids. Without them, researchers wouldn't be able to move lifesaving work forward."
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. During the month, participants set personal mileage and fundraising goals and ask their friends, family and colleagues to sponsor them. They can ride as part of a team or individually. They accumulate miles where and when it is convenient for them, as well as create or join group rides in their communities. If you are an indoor cyclist, those miles count just as much as those captured outdoors on a bike.
Mileage and fundraising are made simple with the Great Cycle Challenge app, or miles can be recorded with MapMyRide or Strava. And riders who register now for the Challenge through July 28 at GreatCycleChallenge.com will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a Trek® bike valued at $4,429.
This year, 450 cyclists have been selected as great Cycle Challenge Champions, serving as ambassadors for the event. GCC Champions will help raise awareness for fundraiser as well as host group rides in their area, helping to bring riders together in their communities.
Great Cycle Challenge USA encourages cyclists across the United States to challenge themselves and set their own personal riding goals in September to fight kids' cancer. Riders fundraise to save lives and give kids the brighter future they deserve. For more information, visit GreatCycleChallenge.com.
Children's Cancer Research Fund invests in groundbreaking research that is leading to better treatments and cures for children with cancer. Since 1981, CCRF supporters have funded research that has revolutionized the way childhood cancer is treated worldwide. Visit ChildrensCancer.org or call 888-422-7348 to learn more.
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How often should a business owner clear snow and ice from their walks? I don’t want to get sued but I can’t be out there all day long.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Angels star Mike Trout’s streak of consecutive games hitting a home run ended at seven, one shy of the major league record, and the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians beat Los Angeles 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Trout went 0 for 3 with three routine flyballs and a walk. The three-time AL MVP was chasing the mark of eight straight games with a home run, set by Pittsburgh’s Dale Long in 1956 and matched by Don Mattingly of the Yankees in 1987 and Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. in 1993.
Trout admitted the streak had been on his mind.
“I’m not going to lie,” he said. “I’ve been thinking about it, for sure. Everybody’s been texting me. You guys are asking me a bunch of questions. It’s kind of hard not to.”
Trout said a home run was especially in his thoughts when he batted against hard-throwing James Karinchak in the eighth that resulted in a fly to right on a 2-1 pitch.
“It’s the nature of things, I guess,” he said. “When I think home run, not good as you saw. I chased some pitches and was amped up too much. Got to start a new streak, I guess.”
Guardians manager Terry Francona wished Trout well before the game, to a certain extent .
“If I was a fan, I’d be glued to my seat in the hopes he would hit eight,” Francona said. “Since I’m glued to my seat there (in the dugout), I hope he doesn’t. But he’s good for the game. He’s actually great for the game.”
Oscar Gonzalez’s two-run homer in the sixth broke a 1-all tie and gave Cleveland its fifth straight win. José Ramirez started the inning with a double and Gonzalez lined an 0-2 pitch from José Suarez (6-7) off the railing atop the wall in left field.
Gonzalez, one of several rookies who have made a major contribution in Cleveland’s surprising season, has eight home runs. Rookie Kirk McCarty (3-2) held Los Angeles to one hit in 3 2/3 innings for Cleveland, which has won seven of eight.
Emmanuel Clase gave up a two-out single in the ninth, but struck out Matt Duffy and converted his 35th save in 38 chances
Trout faced rookie Cody Morris in his first two at-bats. He flied out to center in the first and drew a four-pitch walk in the third with a runner on second.
Trout batted against McCarty, another rookie, in the fifth and flied out to center on a 3-2 pitch after the first three pitches were balls.
Trout was the first AL player with a seven-game home run streak since Kendrys Morales of Toronto in 2018. Cincinnati’s Joey Votto homered in seven straight last season from July 24-30.
Matt Thaiss hit a leadoff homer in the second off Morris. Luke Maile’s sacrifice fly tied the game in the fifth.
Angels third baseman Matt Duffy fielded Myles Straw’s grounder in the fifth, but couldn’t get the ball out of his glove after two attempts and the play went for a hit.
Steven Kwan followed with a slow roller that came to a stop halfway up the third base line for another infield hit. Plate umpire John Tumpane, bending over to get a closer look, gave the fair signal as Thaiss, whose only hope was for the ball to roll foul, looked on.
Angels infielder David Fletcher didn’t start for the third day in a row because of a bruised right hand. Fletcher batted for Andrew Velazquez and bunted for a hit in the fifth. He also bunted for an out in the seventh.
QUICK CHANGE
Umpire Ron Kulpa, who had to leave Monday night’s game with two outs in the ninth after being struck on the mask by a foul tip, wasn’t part of Tuesday’s crew. He was replaced by Alan Porter.
Kulpa ejected both managers in the seventh Monday. Francona asked for a review on whether Andrés Giménez was hit by a pitch. Francona was ejected after Kulpa said he didn’t see him signal for a review and play had already continued.
Francona spoke with league officials Tuesday, but gave few details about the conversation.
“I don’t know if it was meant to be public or not,” he said. “But they reached out to me, and they were very professional and very good. I’ll leave it at that.”
Angels manager Phil Nevin was ejected when Kulpa denied pitcher Ryan Tepera a chance to throw warmup pitches during the umpire’s argument with Francona.
STOPPING IN TOWN
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred met with Guardians players Wednesday afternoon to discuss the rules changes that will go into effect next season.
“That was a good move on his part,” Francona said. “I don’t know what was said, but I do think anytime they talk, it’s good.”
The changes include implementation of a pitch clock, banning defensive shifts and an increase in the size of bases.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: RHP Shohei Ohtani is on schedule to start Saturday against Seattle. He was removed because of a blister on his right index after five innings in his last start against Houston.
Guardians: RHP Aaron Civale (right forearm inflammation) could rejoin the rotation on Sept. 20. He’s expected to pitch on a rehab assignment late this week.
UP NEXT
LHP Patrick Sandoval (5-9, 2.98 ERA) will start the series finale for the Angels on Wednesday afternoon. RHP Cal Quantrill (12-5, 3.50 ERA) will start for the Guardians. Quantrill is 12-0 in 40 career games at Progressive Field and has gone 32 straight home starts without a loss.
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LONDON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prytek, a multinational technology group with a focus on building and investing in technologies and delivering managed services, announces that it has appointed Noga Knaz as its CEO of Prytek Ventures to provide the Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arm with more management attention and concentrating on early-stage fintech startups.
As part of her role, Noga will be responsible for Prytek's investment activities in early-stage companies that work with or contribute to the technology and services sectors of mature companies in the Group. Prytek's venture capital assets are currently worth over $100 million, which among other things, are developing technologies for the services divisions of the Group. Its CVC portfolio includes several technology companies that the Group has invested in, such as BlackSwan, Apester, CyberHat, FICX, Orchestra, and Ezbob.
In her new role, Noga brings with her over 20 years of Financial Services experience and a wide variety of positions, from trading in stock exchanges, analysis, marketing and investment management. She was previously a partner in Rosario Capital and also served as their CEO and Vice Chairman. She also currently holds director positions at BIG, Hilan, and Altshuler-Shacham.
Andrey Yashunsky, CEO of Prytek says: "We are very happy to see a professional such as Noga joining the Venture Capital arm of Prytek. In her role she will be looking to continue investing in technologies for our corporate and managed services. The Venture Capital arm has served to build dozens of great tech solutions in the last few years, which are our divisions use to provide solutions to our clients."
Noga Knaz, CEO of Prytek Ventures, adds: "I am delighted to be joining the Prytek family and growing the portfolio of tech solution providers. I look forward to leading Prytek Ventures' growth and enhancing its value chain proposition."
About Prytek
Prytek is a multinational technology group that builds deep technology and SaaS solutions through a BOPaaS (Business Operating Platform-as-a-Service) which is a combination of Deep Tech Solutions with Managed Services and Capital, providing the capability to lift out entire operations to create more efficient businesses of the future. Headed by industry experts, Prytek builds businesses and ecosystems in the Financial Services, Cyber & Tech Education and HR sectors.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama’s first, and likely last, Summer League is over.
The San Antonio Spurs said Monday that they have seen all they needed from the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft and won’t play him during their remaining games in Las Vegas.
Wembanyama’s final numbers from two games: 36 points, 20 rebounds, eight blocks and three assists on 41% shooting from the floor. He played about 54 minutes.
The shutdown wasn’t a surprise; the Spurs never planned for Wembanyama to play the entirety of Summer League, and now they’ll have a chance to use the minutes he would have gotten to take a look at other players.
“I’m going to sit down with the Spurs to know what the next months are going to be like,” Wembanyama said Sunday night after what became his summer finale. “When to go on vacation, when to start back working out, where I’m going to practice, in San Antonio or somewhere else. I just know I’ve got two to three months — two to three great months — that are coming and they’re going to change my life.”
Shutting him down from games — San Antonio has either three or four games left in Las Vegas — starts what will be a needed break for the 19-year-old from France whose last professional season in his homeland started nearly a year ago. He was in the French playoffs up until a few days before the draft in June, and his schedule has been crazed since.
Put simply, the Spurs believe he needs a chance to rest and reset to get ready for training camp that starts in early October and then an 82-game regular season.
“In the past month, I think basketball wasn’t even 50% of my schedule,” Wembanyama said. “I can’t stand it. I know it’s a special moment in my life, but I’m glad it’s over. Honestly. I just want to hoop. I just want to work out, lift because this is my life. Obviously, every first pick is going to go through this. And it just makes me better for the future.”
It has been a whirlwind few days in Las Vegas for the Spurs. Wembanyama’s debut on Friday night had a circus-like atmosphere with a sold-out crowd and enormous attention; Sunday’s game wasn’t quite the same, but the crowd was still huge. And more big news came between those games on Saturday when Gregg Popovich’s new five-year contract to remain coach and president of the team was announced.
As would be expected, the Popovich signing delighted Wembanyama.
“There’s something great going on, starting,” Wembanyama said. “We kind of knew it was going to happen, but now it’s, let’s get it rolling. We can get started now.”
Wembanyama took part in the NBA’s required rookie transition program on Monday, where he spoke with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver — who has raved about the 7-foot-3 star many times since first meeting him in Paris in January.
“I’m not sure if anything else I’d say could put more pressure on him, because there’s already so much pressure on him and attention,” Silver said Monday while speaking to the Associated Press Sports Editors convention in Las Vegas. “But it seems, at least initially, that he’s well equipped to handle it.”
And everyone from teammates, opponents and even NBA greats like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jerry West have raved about what they’ve seen from Wembanyama in recent days.
“The difficulty is learning how you can best contribute to a winning effort,” Abdul-Jabbar told him. “That’s what you’ve got to learn how to do with your skill set. You will find out what that is basically in preseason. You’ll find out a lot about that.”
Vegas is a showtown. Wembanyama put on a show, and the Spurs said it was enough. And now his focus shifts to his first real season.
“He’s amazing,” San Antonio guard Blake Wesley said. “He’s an amazing person on and off the court.”
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ANDERSON, Calif. (AP) — Swaths of private California forestlands will be closed to the public starting this week due to extreme drought and risk of wildfires, the owner announced.
Sierra Pacific Industries said the closure will take effect July 1 and will remain in effect until further notice.
The huge lumber manufacturer owns more than 2.3 million acres (930,000 hectares) of forests in California, Oregon and Washington.
The company normally allows the public access to its lands for recreational purposes in areas that are not actively being logged.
“Despite some of the late spring rains, California is experiencing the driest conditions it has had
in 1200 years,” spokesperson Andrea Howell said in a press release Friday.
Sierra Pacific said it will regularly evaluate the situation but anticipates the closure will remain in effect until fall.
The company closed its California forestlands last year from late June until early October.
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A group of Florida "cowboys" appeared to save a man's life on Wednesday as Hurricane Ian hit the southwest part of the state.
Lemi Gavra and three others dubbed themselves the "Collier County Cowboys" ahead of the storm.
They wanted to help if anyone became stuck in the high floodwaters. When they were by the beach in Bonita Springs, they saw a man stuck in his vehicle.
"He maybe had 10 more minutes before the car was submerged," Gavra said.
The men pulled the driver out of the vehicle. A video they posted online shows them carrying the man across waist-deep water. Garva said the man is "safe and sound."
Garva said they have no professional rescue experience as they are just "crazy Florida cowboys" who love people.
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Russia’s expected military withdrawal from the southern city of Kherson opens the door to more Ukrainian battlefield advances, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said, but significant gains beyond that are unlikely to come soon as winter bears down and both sides bolster combat units with additional weapons, ammunition and personnel.
“We see all these signs — blown up bridges, leaving the villages, heading towards the Dnieper River,” Kostenko said. “We see that they are pulling back.”
The moves jumbled a battlefield picture that already was chaotic after nine months of fighting. Some officials in Kyiv have questioned whether Russia’s announcement is a trap meant to draw in Ukrainian forces. It also remained unclear Wednesday whether some Russian forces could be stranded on the west side of the river, depending on how quickly Ukrainian troops advance.
U.S. officials assessed that Moscow made the decision to avoid a repeat of their chaotic, bloody failure in the Kharkiv region, in which Ukrainian forces broke through Russian front lines in September, seizing hundreds of square miles and vast quantities of hastily abandoned Russian military equipment. This time, it appears that the Russian retreat is strategic — proactively pulling back to safer positions and preparing for future combat.
“Russia realized it would be better to have an early withdrawal than to be overrun by Ukrainians and suffer massive losses,” said Jim Stavridis, a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former supreme allied commander of NATO. “Ukrainians will not stop until they fully retake the city — nor should they. It has enormous geographic, military and psychological value.”
The recapture of Kherson, complete with Ukraine raising its blue-and-yellow flag over a city that Russian forces seized in March, would mark the latest major battlefield setback for the Kremlin in Ukraine. Hawkish Russian military bloggers have lamented the retreat, calling it a betrayal.
Stavridis predicted that Ukraine could seize a “windfall” of left-behind Russian military equipment and perhaps uncover additional evidence of Russian war crimes, “including what has become their modus operandi of rape, torture, detention and mass murder.”
In the Mykolaiv region, to Kherson’s northwest, a Ukrainian medic, Ivan Malenkyi, said Wednesday that his unit already was cleaning up mines laid there by Russian forces, in a potential preview of what might await Ukrainian troops in Kherson.
“Now we don’t understand ourselves what’s the front line, the second line or whatever,” Malenkyi said. “We just know that they left. Where they went and what they left behind is not clear.”
U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday night that 20,000 to 30,000 Russian forces remained on the western bank of the river and that it would take time for them to withdraw. But he, too, saw “initial indicators” that the retreat was underway, he said.
“This won’t take them a day or two,” Milley said, speaking at an event at the Economic Club of New York. “This is going to take them days and maybe even weeks to pull those forces south of that river.”
Ukrainian forces have been slowly advancing toward Kherson for weeks, targeting ammunition centers, command posts and supply facilities in the region and putting pressure on Russian forces, said Yuriy Sak, an adviser to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
“Literally it’s no longer possible for them to stay in Kherson because they’re unable to provide munitions to their army, provide provisions,” Sak said in an interview. “It’s no longer possible for them to continue to fight.”
Despite exuberant troops posting social media videos and selfies of retaken villages, Ukrainian military commanders are reluctant to broadcast their next moves.
“The winter will be a factor,” Sak said. “It could be slower, it could be faster depending on weather conditions. But we’re not going to stop. We’re going to continue our counteroffensive meter by meter, village by village.”
Departing Russian forces are laying mines and blowing up bridges as they pull back from Kherson city, and there is concern that some troops may be hiding in the city, waiting to spring a trap, Ukrainian officials said. Advancing Ukrainian soldiers also will be within range of Russian artillery on the opposite bank of the river.
But a full retreat from Kherson city is now seen as inevitable. Ukrainian forces have targeted Russian supply lines and choked off Moscow’s ability to support front-line troops.
“The Russians can definitely organize some traps in Kherson still, but they never had enough troops or logistics to keep those right-bank positions,” said another adviser to the Ukrainian government who was not authorized to speak to the press and commented on the condition of anonymity.
Ahead of Shoigu’s announcement, a NATO official said that Russian troops were in a “dire situation” in Kherson, with just one resupply line to the east.
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to share an analysis of the evolving situation, said that while Russian officials had called for the evacuation of civilians from the city and pulled more-experienced troops eastward across the river, troops mobilized more recently had been sent into the city, leaving the overall number of Russian forces there unchanged. NATO officials don’t understand why Russia’s military made that decision, the official said.
But just as the Dnieper River presented an obstacle for the Russians to resupply troops, Ukraine is not expected to easily be able to press east and south to Crimea from there. Instead, outside observers and Ukrainian officials said, Kyiv is likely to focus on interdicting remaining Russian supply lines from the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, and then shift forces to contest other occupied territory.
“We have no geographical opportunity to liberate Crimea soon,” said the second Ukrainian adviser. “We need to liberate all of the south of the Ukraine first and we are not going to do that from the right bank of the river. We now have a left-bank theater, and all the activity will be on the left bank.”
Mick Ryan, a retired Australian general who has been closely tracking the war, said that the Ukrainian forces crossing the Dnieper would be a major operation and that the Russian military would inflict significant casualties on them if they do.
“I don’t see it in the short term,” said Ryan, who visited Ukrainian officials in Kyiv last month. “The Ukrainians are likely to look at other axes of advance to clear the south.”
Ryan said that Ukraine taking back Kherson city is “not a game changer” in its goal to retake Crimea but is a “step closer.” Seizing other parts of the Kherson region and neighboring Zaporizhzhia, to the east, must come first, he said.
“This will be a methodical and deliberate sequence of battles and campaigns in the south that should culminate in a campaign for Crimea,” Ryan said.
Ben Hodges, a former commander of U.S. Army Europe, also predicted that Ukrainian commanders may soon make a push on Zaporizhzhia, home to a nuclear plant seized by Russian troops. Sabotaging access to electricity ahead of the harsh winter has been a key strategy for Moscow, Hodges said, and taking back control could be a priority.
Hodges said that there have been reports of Russian commanders swapping out battle-hardened troops for freshly mobilized soldiers in the south as Moscow beefs up lines of defense beyond the river. While it makes tactical sense to force Ukraine to cross the river to advance, poorly trained and equipped conscripts could struggle to do so, he said.
Hodges predicted that Ukraine may be able to retake Crimea by the end of next summer. But that mission would be easier with long-range artillery that the United States has so far withheld from Ukraine, he said.
The United States has provided rocket artillery with a range of about 50 miles, which puts Crimea still out of reach from Kherson, Hodges said. For months, Kyiv has asked for U.S. rockets with a range of nearly 200 miles, known as the Army Tactical Missile System, which could reach Russian military targets on the peninsula, but the Biden administration has declined to send them, seeing it as an escalation that could provoke Moscow.
The winter months could come with additional hardships on the battlefield.
As the temperature drops and the war becomes more of a test of endurance and will, units with personnel and morale problems may see those issues become worse.
“I would hate to be a Russian soldier sitting in a trench in southern Ukraine,” Hodges said. “This is another example of them trading bodies for time.”
Soldiers with poor discipline may find it hard to endure freezing sentry duty, leaving gaps in security for Ukrainian forces to exploit, said Rob Lee, an expert on the Russian military and senior fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Another challenge for both sides will be limiting how much the cold reveals their positions. Vehicles and people produce thermal energy detectable with infrared scopes hand-carried by soldiers and mounted on some drones and vehicles.
Winter also will reduce the amount of overhead concealment, with leafless trees providing little cover. Even a generator concealed in a trench will emit heat that will help identify targets for an artillery strike, Lee said.
Meanwhile, Russian mercenary forces have built elaborate trench lines in southern Ukraine, studded with concrete antitank pyramid obstacles nicknamed “dragon’s teeth.” The move could be a public-relations stunt, Lee said, or it could be a hard lesson learned from Kharkiv, where Ukrainian forces steamrolled unfortified Russian lines.
Either way, front lines are likely to harden again at the river’s edge as Russian and Ukrainian forces lob artillery and mortars at each other in an icy winter of human suffering.
Sly reported from Kyiv and Miller from the Mykolaiv region.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson had two goals for the second straight game, Adrian Kempe also scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings extended their point streak to a franchise-record 12 games in a 7-6 win over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night.
Alex Iafallo and Trevor Moore also scored during a five-goal first period and Drew Doughty scored for the third consecutive game to help the Kings run their record to 10-0-2 since their last regulation loss at the New York Rangers on Feb. 26.
“I think first and third period, we played pretty well," Kempe said. "It was just second period where we didn’t play well at all, so good lesson for us and I think we answered pretty well in the third.”
Phillip Danault had three assists, Pheonix Copley made 16 saves and the Kings also completed their best homestand ever with a 5-0-2 mark in seven games.
Jordan Kyrou had two goals, and Brandon Saad, Justin Faulk, Pavel Buchnevich and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for St. Louis. But the Blues had their five-game point streak snapped. Joel Hofer was replaced after giving up five goals on 17 shots in the first period.
“I think for fans, interesting game to watch. I think we show some character to almost get them back,” Buchnevich said.
The Kings wasted no time jumping all over the Blues, getting goals from Arvidsson at even strength, Iafallo on the power play and Kempe shorthanded in the opening 7:35.
Saad broke up the momentum briefly, but Arvidsson and Moore had power-play goals and Hofer’s night ended with 3:38 left in the opening period.
Jordan Binnington made 12 saves in relief, stopping a penalty shot by Arvidsson midway through the second.
Things got dicey for the Kings when the Blues scored three straight goals in the second period, pulling within one on Kyrou’s power-play goal with 2:25 left.
“We were able to get to a young goaltender, and it came real fast,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “Nothing ever comes easy in this league, but the power play was clicking. Everything felt good, and then we played like it felt good instead of playing our game, and that’s when it changed.”
Kempe responded with his 36th goal early in the third to push the margin back to two, and Doughty struck on the power play 39 seconds after Kapanen made it 6-5.
“It’s all wrong today," Buchnevich said of the special teams breakdowns by the Blues. "I think we’ve been last couple months super solid on PK. I don’t know, maybe their game, it doesn’t click.”
Kyrou cut it to 7-6 with 49 seconds remaining and Binnington pulled for an extra attacker.
WELCOME BACK
The Kings saw the returns of F Kevin Fiala (lower body) and D Sean Durzi (upper body) after recent absences, and both players made their presence felt on the power play. Los Angeles was 4 for 5 with the man-advantage, with Durzi producing two assists and Fiala collecting one of his two helpers on special teams.
“The power play was clicking again, so that was big thanks to them two, and nice to have them back in the lineup.”
NOTES: Arvidsson has five goals and two assists in his past three games. ... The Kings have scored at least four goals in one period in four of their last five games. ... Kings C Blake Lizotte served a one-game suspension after receiving a match penalty for cross-checking Winnipeg D Josh Morrissey on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Blues: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
Kings: Visit the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
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(The Hill) — American teens seem to be waiting longer than ever to drive.
The share of teenagers with driver’s licenses in the 16-19 age group declined from 64 percent in 1995 to just under 40 percent in 2021, according to the Federal Highway Administration.
The reasons are as complicated as teens. Car costs have surged. Inflation has pushed up the prices of insurance and gas. Ride-hailing and home delivery apps make cars feel less essential. America’s urban centers are growing more crowded and less car-friendly. Teens are socializing more online and less in person. Many young people would rather bike or walk than pollute their planet.
More than anything, perhaps, the decline in teen drivers reflects the impact of “graduated” licensing. Starting around 1996, states enacted new rules tailored to ease novice drivers onto the road. Teen drivers must now spend months gaining skills in low-risk settings before they gain full driving privileges.
Taken together — the economics of finding a car, insuring it and learning to drive — it can be daunting, especially for teens from lower-income families.
“Getting a license is an expensive process,” said Becca Weast, a research scientist at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. “Usually, when people delay getting a license, it’s because it’s expensive and because they don’t have the resources to make it happen.”
The downward trend in driving extends beyond the teen years, spanning Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, and reaching into the millennial generation.
Before the turn of the millennium, a driver’s license emblemized American adulthood. More than 90 percent of late-twenty-somethings had one.
No longer. The share of licensed drivers ages 20-24 dipped from 87 percent in 1995 to 81 percent in 2021. In the 25-29 age group, the share of licensed drivers slipped from 95 percent to 88 percent.
To a large extent, researchers say, the decline in young drivers is a familiar story of American haves and have-nots.
“At a population level, certainly, the data suggest that it’s about the resources, money and time and access to a car,” said Johnathon Ehsani, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
If you’re a teenager with a license and a car, Ehsani said, “basically, that means you’re from a household with more means.”
Ashley Cruz, 21, planned to get her license in high school. “But the problem was that my parents work all the time, so I didn’t really have anybody to practice with,” she said. Then, the pandemic hit.
Cruz commutes by rail and bus from her home in the suburbs to her classes at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), where she studies urban planning.
Given her major, Cruz has taken note of who among her friends has a license, and who does not.
“A majority of my friends are in Chicago, and the reason they don’t have a driver’s license is they have public transportation at their disposal,” she said.
Out in the car-intensive suburbs, getting a license hinges on “the privilege of having your parents around,” she said. Friends with stay-at-home parents got a license at 16. Latchkey kids did not.
Zachary Grand, another UIC student, got his license at 17 in California. “Coming to Chicago,” he said, “it kind of blows my mind how many people didn’t even learn to drive.”
Grand, now 29, explained the pervasive mindset among his Chicago friends: “A bad car that you used to be able to buy for, like, a thousand dollars is now about $5,000, which is crazy. It just adds to a lot of other costs: insurance, gas.”
And the alternatives are cheaper. “You can do anything from your phone,” he said. “Call an Uber if you really need to, take a train if you want to, or the bus, or just walk.”
American car culture peaked “in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s,” said Tony Dutzik, a senior policy analyst at Frontier Group who studies driving trends.
In the years since, urbanization, gridlock and other factors have seeded a gradual decline in young Americans seeking a license.
“Increasingly, this country is moving more and more into urban areas where it’s perfectly easy to get around without a car,” said Robert Foss, director emeritus of the Center for the Study of Young Drivers at the University of North Carolina.
The downward trend accelerated after 1995, with the introduction of the graduated license.
“In many states, it’s a much longer process,” Dutzik said. New drivers typically wait many months to gain full privileges. “There are limitations on your ability to drive at night, your ability to carry passengers, which can last, in some cases, until you’re 17 or 18.”
Car crashes involving teens dropped dramatically under the new rules. But the graduated license posed new challenges for would-be drivers of limited means.
“A teenager with a part-time job would be really hard-pressed to pay for their own driver’s education,” Weast said. “And then, on top of that, they would have to pay for the testing, which varies by state. And then they would have to have a car. What person making minimum wage can afford to have any car right now?”
Some scholars believe the federal data overstates the decline in teen driving, partly because of the new license programs. In some states, for example, a driver with a provisional license isn’t counted as a licensed driver, Foss said.
Foss and other researchers have found a host of other problems with federal data on driver’s licenses, a source of ongoing scholarly debate. But other data sources show the same downward trend.
The Great Recession of the late 2000s left many young millennials jobless, further eroding the share of licensed drivers. Around the same time, Uber arrived, hailing a new era of urban mobility for the carless.
In the years since, the social lives of teens have migrated online. Young Americans spend a lot less time gathering with friends in person, a shift away from car travel.
Environmental concerns have spiked among millennials and Generation Z. Millennials drove the carless trend. New research suggests the generation continues to drive less than either Generation X or baby boomers, even as they approach midlife.
It’s too soon to tell whether Generation Z will follow suit. As Americans age and contemplate marriage and parenthood, a carless existence becomes progressively harder to sustain.
“Gen Z is very environmentally conscious,” said Kate Lowe, an associate professor of urban planning and policy at UIC. But, she added, “a lot of people change their transportation patterns when they have kids.”
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Aaron Gunches: Execution warrant sought for Arizona death row inmate
PHOENIX - The Arizona Attorney General’s Office on Dec. 7 requested the state Supreme Court issue a warrant of execution for death row inmate Aaron Gunches.
The 51-year-old Gunches was originally sentenced to death in 2008. He’s one of 21 death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals.
Last month, Gunches asked the Arizona Supreme Court to issue a death warrant for him to give closure to the victim’s family.
The state has 110 inmates on death row and has already executed three inmates this year.
MORE: Murray Hooper: Arizona executes man for 1980 killings of 2 people
If the Arizona Supreme Court grants the warrant, the execution date would be set for 35 days after the approval.
Prosecutors said Gunches fatally shot his girlfriend’s ex-husband in 2002 and the victim’s body was later found in a desert area.
Gunches was pulled over by the Arizona Department of Public Safety near the California border in 2003 and shot a trooper twice, according to authorities.
The trooper survived thanks to a bulletproof vest and bullet casings from the shooting scene matched the ones found near Price’s body.
Gunches later pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing Price and to the attempted murder of the DPS trooper.
In 2010, the Arizona Supreme Court found an error in the sentencing proceeding and remanded Gunches’ case for new sentencing.
He was sentenced to death again in 2013.
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3 more ships with grain depart Ukraine ports under UN deal
ISTANBUL (AP) — Three more ships with grain have left Ukrainian ports and are headed to Turkey for inspection, Turkey’s defense ministry said Friday, evidence that a U.N.-backed deal is working to export Ukrainian grain that has been trapped by Russia’s invasion.
The three ships are loaded with over 58,000 tons of corn. Much of the grain that Ukraine exports is used as animal feed, experts say.
Ukraine is one of the world’s main breadbaskets and the stocks of grain trapped were exacerbating a sharp rise of food prices and raising fears of a global hunger crisis.
The departure of the ships comes after the first grain shipment since the start of the war left Ukraine earlier this week. It crossed the Black Sea under the breakthrough wartime deal and passed inspection Wednesday in Istanbul and then headed on to Lebanon.
The ships that departed Friday from Ukraine are from among over a dozen bulk carriers and cargo ships that had been loaded with grain and stuck at the ports there since the start of Russia’s invasion in late February.
While tens of thousands of tons of grains are now making their way out with these latest shipments, it’s still a fraction of the 20 million tons of grains which Ukraine says are trapped in the country’s silos and ports, and which must be shipped out in order to make space for this year’s harvest.
Around 6 million tons of that trapped grain is wheat, and just half of that is for human consumption, said David Laborde, an expert on agriculture and trade at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington D.C.
Prices of grains peaked in the first weeks after Russia’s invasion, but some have since come down to their pre-war levels. Corn prices are running around 70% above the levels seen at the end of February 2020, before the pandemic, according to Jonathan Haines, senior analyst and data and analytics firm, Gro Intelligence. He said wheat prices are currently 63% above the levels seen at the end of February this year, when the invasion was launched.
The three ships that left Ukrainian ports are the Turkish-flagged Polarnet, carrying 12,000 tons of corn, which left the Chornomorsk port bound for Karasu, Turkey. The Panama-flagged Navi Star left Odesa’s port for Ireland with 33,000 tons of corn. The Maltese-flagged Rojen left Chornomorsk for the United Kingdom carrying over 13,000 tons of corn, according to the United Nations.
The U.N. said the joint coordination center overseeing the deal had authorized the three ships as the operation expands, and also inspected a ship headed for Ukraine.
The Barbados-flagged Fulmar S was inspected in Istanbul and is destined for Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port.
Officials from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the U.N. make up the Joint Coordination Center that oversees the deal signed in Istanbul last month.
The deal’s aim is to create safe Black Sea shipping corridors to export Ukraine’s desperately needed agricultural products. Checks on ships by inspectors seek to ensure that outbound cargo ships carry only grain, fertilizer or food and not any other commodities, and that inbound ships are not carrying weapons.
The U.N. said that the humanitarian corridor had to be revised after this week’s first shipment “to allow for more efficient passage of ships while maintaining safety.”
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Aya Batrawy contributed from Dubai.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
10-25-32-33-38
(ten, twenty-five, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $300,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
10-25-32-33-38
(ten, twenty-five, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $300,000
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For the second consecutive year, NPR teamed up with globalFEST in January 2021 for a thrilling online music festival we call Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST: three nights, nine bands, and a world of musical traditions hosted by African pop star Angélique Kidjo. Now, we're posting all the sets from our festival as individual Tiny Desk (home) concerts.
With one foot in the world of tradition and another in glitzy, upbeat pop, ADG7 (Ak Dan Gwang Chil) is a multi-award winning group inspired by Korea's sacred, shamanic ritual music (gut) and beloved folk songs (minyo) of Hwanghae Province in the northern reaches of the peninsula.
Performing from Hyehwa, Korea, their powerful performance presents the spiritual blessings and positive energy of traditional music in a thoroughly modern and often comical style. ADG7 was organized in 2015, the year Korea commemorated its 70th anniversary of national liberation, and first performed in-person at globalFEST in January 2020. --The globalFEST staff
SET LIST
MUSICIANS
CREDITS
Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST
Tiny Desk Team
Producer: Bob Boilen
Video Producer: Maia Stern
Audio Mixing: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bobby Carter, Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
globalFEST Artistic Team
Co-Directors: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, Bill Bragin
2022 Curators: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, Bill Bragin, Gabrielle Davenport
globalFEST Production Team
Event Producer: Ian Thake
Producer: THE OFFICE performing arts + film*
Video Producer: Karim Tabbaa
Special Thanks
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, JanArtsNYC, Valerie French (social media), Yuri Kwon of Pitch Perfect PR (publicity), Tamizdat (legal services) and Duane Morris (legal services)
*THE OFFICE performing arts + film consists of Rachel Chanoff, Laurie Cearley, Olli Chanoff, Erica Zielinski, Nadine Goellner, Lynn Koek, Noah Bashevkin, Catherine DeGennaro, Gabrielle Davenport, Chloe Golding, Kyla Gardner, Tess Peppis, Zion Jackson, Scout Eisenberg and Jose Alvarado
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By ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI
Associated Press
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden called on Democrats Thursday “to vote to literally save democracy once again” — and compared Republican ideology to “semi-fascism” — as he led a kickoff rally and a fundraiser in Maryland 75 days out from the midterm elections.
Addressing an overflow crowd of thousands at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Biden said: “Your right to choose is on the ballot this year. The Social Security you paid for from the time you had a job is on the ballot. The safety of your kids from gun violence is on the ballot, and it’s not hyperbole, the very survival of our planet is on the ballot.”
“You have to choose,” Biden added. “Will we be a country that moves forward or a country that moves backward?”
The events, in the safely Democratic Washington suburbs, were meant to ease Biden into what White House aides say will be an aggressive season of championing his policy victories and aiding his party’s candidates. He is aiming to turn months of accomplishments into political energy as Democrats have seen their hopes rebound amid the legacy-defining burst of action by Biden and Congress.
From bipartisan action on gun control, infrastructure and domestic technology manufacturing to Democrats-only efforts to tackle climate change and health care costs, Biden highlighted the achievements of the party’s unified but razor-thin control of Washington. And he tried to sharpen the contrast with Republicans, who once seemed poised for sizable victories in November.
Just months ago, as inflation soared, Biden’s poll numbers soured and his agenda stalled, Democrats braced for significant losses. But the intense voter reaction to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade and a productive summer on issues of core concern to Democrats have the party feeling like it is finally on the offensive heading into the Nov. 8 vote, even as the president remains unpopular.
Ahead of the rally, Biden raised about $1 million at an event with about 100 donors for the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Grassroots Victory Fund in the backyard of a lavish Bethesda home.
After his speech at the rally, Biden lingered with the largely mask-free crowd for nearly 30 minutes, diving back into the style of campaigning that had been disrupted for Democrats for more than two years by the COVID-19 pandemic. The president, who was identified as a close contact of first lady Jill Biden on Wednesday when she was diagnosed with a “rebound” case of the virus, did not appear to wear a face covering as he posed for selfies and hugged supporters.
Biden’s Thursday events come a day after the president moved to fulfill a long-delayed campaign pledge to forgive federal student loans for lower- and middle-income borrowers — a move that Democrats believe will animate younger and Black and Latino voters.
Republicans, though, saw their own political advantage in the move, casting it as an unfair giveaway to would-be Democratic voters.
“President Biden’s inflation is crushing working families, and his answer is to give away even more government money to elites with higher salaries,” said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell. “Democrats are literally using working Americans’ money to try to buy themselves some enthusiasm from their political base.”
Biden on Thursday expanded on his effort to paint Republicans as the “ultra-MAGA” party — a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — opposing his agenda and embracing conservative ideological proposals as well as Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election.
“What we’re seeing now is either the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy,” Biden told donors at the fundraiser. “It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the — I’m going to say something, it’s like semi-fascism.”
“I respect conservative Republicans,” Biden said later. “I don’t respect these MAGA Republicans.”
The Republican National Committee called Biden’s comments “Despicable.”
“Biden forced Americans out of their jobs, transferred money from working families to Harvard lawyers, and sent our country into a recession while families can’t afford gas and groceries,” said spokesperson Nathan Brand. “Democrats don’t care about suffering Americans — they never did.”
Since the June Supreme Court ruling removing women’s constitutional protections for abortion, Democrats have seen a boost in donations, polling and performance in special elections for open congressional seats. The latest came Tuesday in a Hudson Valley swing district that, in a Republican wave year, should have been an easy GOP win. Instead, Democrat Pat Ryan, who campaigned on a platform of standing up for abortion rights, defeated Republican Marc Molinaro.
“MAGA Republicans don’t have a clue about the power of women,” Biden said, noting the resonance of the abortion issue with women voters as some in the GOP push a national ban on the procedure. “Let me tell you something: They are about to find out.”
The shift is giving Democrats a new sense that a Republican sweep of the House is no longer such a sure bet, particularly as battle-tested incumbents polling better than Biden work their districts.
Meanwhile, Democrats have benefited from Republican candidates who won primaries but are struggling in the general campaign. Trump-backed Senate candidates have complicated the GOP’s chances in battleground states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona, while several Trump-aligned candidates in House races were not always the party’s first choice.
Trump’s grip on the GOP remains strong and has perhaps even become tighter in the aftermath of the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home.
JB Poersch, the president of Senate Majority Project, an outside group that is working to elect Democrats to the Senate, said the Republican candidates are “getting caught up in the Trump tornado once again — that is exactly what voters of both parties don’t want.”
Biden’s political event, sponsored by the Democratic National Committee, comes as the president and members of his Cabinet are set to embark on what the White House has billed as the “Building a Better America Tour” to promote “the benefits of the President’s accomplishments and the Inflation Reduction Act to the American people and highlight the contrast with Congressional Republicans’ vision.”
Meanwhile, the White House has benefited from a steady decline in gasoline prices, which, while still elevated, have dropped daily since mid-June.
“Our critics say inflation,” Biden said, dismissing GOP attacks that his policies resulted in inflation being at a 40-year high. “You mean the global inflation caused by the worldwide pandemic and Putin’s war in Ukraine?”
In Maryland, Biden was joined by gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore and a host of other officials on the ballot. Moore, introducing Biden, said his Trump-backed rival “Dan Cox is not an opponent. He’s a threat.”
Months ago, Democratic lawmakers facing tough reelection fights sought to make themselves scarce when Biden came to town, though White House aides said Biden could still be an asset by elevating issues that resonate with voters and sharpening the distinction with Republicans.
Now, allies see the fortunes beginning to change and the president as more of a direct asset to campaigns.
“Joe Biden is not the ballot technically,” said House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer. “But Joe Biden is on the ballot, and Joe Biden needs your support.”
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro and AP writer Nicholas Riccardi contributed to this report.
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Bulgaria's government loses no-confidence vote; collapse could hit EU expansion, boost Russian influence in region.
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Name: Dominic Fevrier
School: Indian Trail High School & Academy
Nickname: Dom
Parents: Daneyan Fevrier and Tanya Freeberg
Most memorable high school moment: My most memorable moment was when I interviewed over 40 Indian Trail staff members for my article about KUSD's budget shortfall. Having been running very low on time to write this article, I raced about the halls seeking out any staff member in the hall, or with an open door. I first handily got to hear our staff members open up not only about their concerns for their own jobs but on how they truly worried about the student body's learning environment degrading due to possible expanding class sizes. It was very a very touching experience, and I am so very glad to know our staff cares for the student body.
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Most influential teacher: Hoss Jager in AP Macro Economics; Honors Economics; AP Human Geography; Going into my Junior year, I saw honors economics as just another mandated class to drag myself through. However, the class truly became more than I could have ever anticipated. Mr. Jager's inspired teachings, detailed notes, willingness to help, and fun recollections of his own life's stories pushed me to find what I now believe is my own passion, economics.
School activities/clubs: Model United Nations, newspaper, Philosophy Club
School athletics: Soccer
School offices held: Editor in Chief of "The Pulse"
Out-of-school activities/hobbies: I work 30+ hours a week at a local Kwik Trip to fund my own secondary education independently. I volunteer at various local food drives when I can, such as Journey's Disaster Relief and The Shalom Center; I actively practice Kenjutsu with my katana (Hoping to enroll in official classes in college); I have a rather small Youtube Channel with 2k subscribers and One Million Views
College choice: Not committed yet
Intended major/field of study: Economics
Role model: My Mother
Three words that best describe my role model: Generous, Kind, Inspiring
What I hope to accomplish in my lifetime: Growing up in a rather poor area of northern Kenosha, I have always wanted to revitalize low-income neighborhoods, my imagination running rampant to imagine cracked and weeded-over sidewalks restored to their original splendor. Unfortunately, I had very little idea of how I could achieve that feat with my set of skills, I often volunteered at local churches, but that did not enable me to reach everyone in my community. This deep-seated inspiration blossomed once I took from Mr. Jager's Economics class, and that class has thus inspired me to attempt to become an economist, so I can further study and address the problems of disenfranchised communities all across Wisconsin and perhaps beyond one day.
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London’s Victoria & Albert Museum will house more than 80,000 David Bowie items
Visitors to the Victoria & Albert Museum will soon be granted an unprecedented look into the life and legacy of musician and actor David Bowie. The acquisition of a one-of-a-kind archive contributes more than 80,000 items to the museum’s collection. The archive, which includes handwritten lyrics, instruments used in recording, costumes and more, will be displayed starting in 2025. If that’s too long to wait, though, you can start building your own collection of David Bowie memorabilia, thanks to his extensive body of music, film and more.
In this article: Brilliant Adventure 1992-2001 CD Box Set, Conversation Piece CD Box Set and Barbie Signature David Bowie Doll.
The David Bowie archive
Many of the archive’s items, including personal writings and incomplete songs, will be available to the public for the very first time. The archive traces almost all of Bowie’s pioneering career, from its avant-garde beginnings in the 1960s to his death in 2016.
Visitors will be able to peruse handwritten and rearranged lyrics for popular songs, including “Heroes” and “Fame.” Bowie’s iconic Ziggy Stardust costumes, as well as the coat designed with Alexander McQueen for the cover of “Earthling,” are just a few of the costume pieces included in the archive.
The archive will be displayed in a brand-new venue, the David Bowie Center for the Performing Arts. Located in east London, this specially designed venue will both showcase the archive and provide opportunities for up-and-coming musicians. The facility is intended to provide a glimpse into Bowie’s remarkable life, as well as his songwriting process in order to inspire the next generation of genre-defying musicians.
Best David Bowie albums
“The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”
Arguably Bowie’s most famous album and one of the most definitive glam-rock works, “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” is a concept album telling the story of the androgynous alien Ziggy Stardust, who comes to Earth with a message of hope. This 2012 remaster is available digitally or as a CD.
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“David Live”: 2005 Mix Remastered
This album collects live tracks across five days of performances at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia in 1974. It includes popular tracks, such as “Diamond Dogs,” “Aladdin Sane,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide” and more. Originally released in 1974 as Bowie’s first live album, this edition was remastered in 2005 and pressed on three vinyl albums.
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Brilliant Adventure 1992-2001 CD Box Set
Perfect for the diehard Bowie fan, this 11-disc set includes remasters and previously unreleased tracks from a later, more experimental era in his career. Highlights include a 2000 live performance from the BBC Radio Theatre and the posthumously released album “Toy,” which features re-recordings of under-the-radar songs, such as his 1964 debut single “Liza Jane.”
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“Moonage Daydream” Album Companion
This compilation serves as the soundtrack to Brett Morgen’s 2022 documentary film, the first officially authorized by the Bowie estate, which explores the musician’s creative career through live concert footage and interviews. The soundtrack includes live performances, previously unreleased versions of tracks and new remixes and medleys, as well as Bowie’s narration from the film.
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“Conversation Piece” CD Box Set
Follow Bowie’s early career through this collection of home demos, radio sessions and more dating from 1968 and 1969. The tracks have been painstakingly remastered by longtime Bowie producer, Tony Visconti. The collection includes 12 previously unreleased tracks and comes with a 120-page book of photos, correspondence and notes from the era.
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Best David Bowie memorabilia
David Bowie Radio City T-Shirt
This official T-shirt commemorates the sold-out Ziggy Stardust performance at Radio City Music Hall in February 1973. Bowie would announce the retirement of the Ziggy Stardust character just five months later. The shirt is available in men’s, women’s and youth sizes and three colors.
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Barbie Signature David Bowie Doll
This poseable collector’s Barbie doll captures David Bowie’s appearance in his “Life on Mars?” music video. The doll’s hair and makeup are styled after his glam-rock years and it’s dressed in an authentic replica of the music video costume.
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“Labyrinth” 30th Anniversary Blu Ray
Jim Henson’s classic fantasy movie stars Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie, who plays the Goblin King and performs five songs. This Blu Ray edition has been remastered in 4K to commemorate its 40th anniversary.
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David Bowie “Heroes” Lyrics Poster
This poster captures some of Bowie’s most famous lyrics in an 8- by 10-inch poster printed on archival-quality photo paper. It’s unframed so you can customize how you display it with your decor.
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ROME (AP) — A Syrian group is claiming to have captured one of Europe’s most-wanted drug traffickers back in March, just days after Italy’s justice minister thanked the United Arab Emirates for its role in his arrest and extradition to Italy this week.
The circumstances surrounding the arrest of Bruno Carbone, who is tied to the Camorra crime syndicate based in Naples, remained unclear. Carbone, 45, has been a fugitive since his 2003 conviction in absentia for drug trafficking and participation in a criminal organization. He was sentenced to 20 years in jail.
Europol identified him as the contact person to procure large quantities of cocaine for the Camorra, mainly from Spain, and said he was active in two criminal organizations involved in drug-trafficking.
Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio on Tuesday issued a statement thanking his counterpart in the United Arab Emirates for his role in the arrest. Carbone arrived in Italy that day.
The sequence of events was clouded by a video announcement Wednesday by a Syrian group linked to a jihadist organization claiming that Carbone was captured in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib and then “handed over to his country of origin.”
The so-called Syrian Salvation Government of the Al Qaeda-linked group Hayat Tharir al-Sham that runs the day-to-day affairs in Idlib, claimed they arrested Carbone in March while he was attempting to cross into Syrian government-controlled area.
After “gathering of evidence and information, we started to work on the process of handing him over to the government of his origin country,” the official said.
Italian Finance Police Lt. Col. Danilo Toma, head of the special investigation group against criminal organizations in Naples, confirmed Carbone’s arrival from Dubai, and that he was immediately taken into custody in Rome and placed under arrest. He declined to provide further details.
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Police: Hispanic individuals targeted in Charlotte robberies
Officers say the individuals are being targeted during the early morning and late night hours.
Published: Apr. 4, 2023 at 3:22 PM EDT|Updated: 15 minutes ago
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department are warning people after a series of robberies targeting Hispanic individuals was reported.
Since April 1, officers said at least 11 incidents have been reported across the city. Officers say the individuals are being targeted during the early morning and late night hours.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
Watch the latest WBTV broadcast here and download the free WBTV News app today:
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ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) Board of Directors authorized today the repurchase of up to $6 billion of the company's outstanding common stock. The new authorization replaces the company's previous program, approved Dec. 7, 2021. Share repurchases may take place from time to time, subject to market conditions and at the company's discretion, in the open market, through privately negotiated transactions or other means.
About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading businesses ― Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ― the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, and quantum physics. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes "forward-looking statements" under the securities laws. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. The company is not obligated to purchase any shares under this authorization and may discontinue share repurchases at any time or periodically without notice. The timing, amount and form of future share repurchases under this authorization, if any, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These factors include those described under the caption "Risk Factors" in our reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the SEC from time to time.
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Mugshots : Madison County : 2/10/23 – 2/13/23
The people in this gallery were booked into the Madison County Jail between 7 a.m. on 2/10/23 and 7 a.m. on 2/13/23.
Their inclusion only indicates they were booked into the jail and does not indicate guilt.
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TX Corpus Christi TX Zone Forecast for Monday, January 30, 2023
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969 FPUS54 KCRP 310855
ZFPCRP
Zone Forecast Product for South Texas
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
TXZ343-312245-
Coastal Nueces-
Including the cities of Corpus Christi and Flour Bluff
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog
this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Cooler. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows in the upper 30s.
North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog in the morning.
Patchy fog in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds
around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Near steady temperature in the
lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70.
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TXZ443-312245-
Nueces Islands-
Including the city of Port Aransas
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog.
Cooler. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely. Patchy fog. Breezy. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 20 to 25 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in the
lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers. Near steady temperature in the lower
40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after
midnight. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ243-312245-
Inland Nueces-
Including the cities of Robstown, Tuloso, and Bishop
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Areas
of fog this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Cooler. Near
steady temperature around 40. North winds around 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s.
North winds around 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Areas of fog in the morning, then patchy fog in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent. Wind chill values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Near steady temperature
in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ234-312245-
Victoria-
Including the cities of Victoria and Bloomington
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Areas
of fog this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind
chill values in the mid 20s.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening. A chance of rain
showers in the evening, then rain showers likely after midnight.
Cold with lows in the lower 30s. North winds around 15 mph.
Chance of rain 60 percent. Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent. Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
evening, then rain showers after midnight. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning.
Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
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TXZ239-312245-
Webb-
Including the cities of Laredo, Bruni, and Orvil
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Patchy
fog. Cooler. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill values in the mid 20s.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog in the morning.
Patchy fog in the afternoon. Highs around 40. North winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Rain showers likely, mainly in the
evening. Near steady temperature around 40. North winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Not as cool with highs around 60. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 40.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ242-312245-
Inland Kleberg-
Including the cities of Kingsville, Loyola Beach, Ricardo,
and Riviera
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog
this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Much cooler with highs
in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers likely, mainly in the morning.
Areas of fog in the morning, then patchy fog in the afternoon.
Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent. Wind chill values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Near steady temperature
in the upper 30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ342-312245-
Coastal Kleberg-
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog
this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Much cooler. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds around 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s.
North winds around 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog in the morning.
Patchy fog in the afternoon. Highs around 40. North winds around
15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind chill values in the mid
20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Near steady temperature around
40. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70.
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TXZ442-312245-
Kleberg Islands-
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly this morning. Areas
of fog this morning, then patchy fog this afternoon. Much cooler.
Near steady temperature in the mid 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph
with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Showers likely. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature in
the lower 40s. North winds around 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. Patchy fog. Near steady temperature
in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Near steady temperature in the
lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph,
diminishing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
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TXZ344-312245-
Coastal San Patricio-
Including the cities of Portland and Ingleside
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog.
Cooler. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds
15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s.
North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind chill
values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog. Highs around 40.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind chill
values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Showers likely. Near steady temperature in the
upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70.
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TXZ244-312245-
Inland San Patricio-
Including the cities of Sinton, Mathis, Taft, and Odem
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Patchy
fog. Cooler. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...A chance of rain showers in the evening, then rain
showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s.
North winds around 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind chill
values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog. Highs in the
upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Wind chill values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Near steady temperature
in the upper 30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.
Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to
15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ245-312245-
Coastal Aransas-
Including the cities of Rockport and Fulton
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog
this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Near steady temperature
in the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
rain showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the mid 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent. Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog. Highs in the
lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
evening, then rain showers after midnight. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers, mainly in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows around 50.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ345-312245-
Aransas Islands-
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog
this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Cooler. Near steady
temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
rain showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Patchy fog in the morning.
Areas of fog in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. North
winds around 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening,
then showers likely after midnight. Near steady temperature in
the lower 40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Not as
cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ346-312245-
Coastal Refugio-
Including the cities of Bayside and Austwell
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Areas of fog
this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Near steady temperature
around 40. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
rain showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower
30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent. Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog. Highs around 40.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent. Wind chill
values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
evening, then rain showers after midnight. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers, mainly in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ246-312245-
Inland Refugio-
Including the cities of Refugio and Woodsboro
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Areas
of fog this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
rain showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower
30s. North winds around 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent. Wind
chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog. Highs in the
upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Near steady temperature in the
mid 30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Not
as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70.
$$
TXZ247-312245-
Inland Calhoun-
Including the city of Long Mott
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Areas
of fog this morning. Patchy fog this afternoon. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
rain showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the mid 30s. North winds around 15 mph. Chance of
rain 60 percent. Wind chill values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog. Highs around 40.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent. Wind chill
values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the
evening, then rain showers after midnight. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning.
Not as cool with highs around 50. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ347-312245-
Coastal Calhoun-
Including the cities of Seadrift, Port Lavaca, and Port O Connor
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog.
Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
rain showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Near steady
temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts
up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog. Highs in the
lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to 15 mph
in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind chill values in
the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening,
then showers after midnight. Near steady temperature in the lower
40s. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. Chance of
rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning.
Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to
15 mph, increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of
rain 50 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows around 40.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ447-312245-
Calhoun Islands-
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog.
Breezy, cooler. Near steady temperature in the lower 40s. North
winds 15 to 20 mph, becoming 15 to 25 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then
rain showers likely after midnight. Patchy fog. Brisk. Near
steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 20 to 25 mph,
diminishing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Showers likely. Patchy fog in the morning. Areas of
fog in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds 15 to
20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening,
then showers likely after midnight. Near steady temperature in
the lower 40s. North winds 15 to 20 mph, diminishing to 10 to
15 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 50s. North winds 10 to 15 mph, increasing to 15 to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly
cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ233-312245-
Goliad-
Including the city of Goliad
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Patchy
fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.TONIGHT...Cloudy. Patchy fog in the evening. A chance of rain
showers in the evening, then rain showers likely with a chance of
freezing rain after midnight. Ice accumulation around a trace.
Cold with lows in the lower 30s. North winds around 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Wind chill values in the
lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Rain
showers likely. Areas of fog in the afternoon. Ice accumulation
around a trace. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Wind chill values in the
lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Near steady temperature in the
mid 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds
10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid
40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ232-312245-
Bee-
Including the cities of Beeville, Skidmore, Pettus, and Pawnee
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain showers. Patchy
fog. Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.TONIGHT...Patchy fog in the evening. Cloudy with a chance of
freezing rain. A chance of rain showers in the evening, then rain
showers likely after midnight. Ice accumulation around a trace.
Cold with lows in the lower 30s. North winds around 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Wind chill values in the
lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Rain
showers likely. Areas of fog in the afternoon. Ice accumulation
around a trace. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Wind chill values in the
lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Near steady temperature in the
mid 30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the lower 50s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs around 70.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s.
$$
TXZ241-312245-
Jim Wells-
Including the cities of Alice, Orange Grove, and Premont
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy. Patchy fog this morning. A chance of rain
showers, mainly this morning. Much cooler with highs around 40.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Wind chill
values in the mid 20s.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers likely. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s.
North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind chill
values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog in the morning.
Patchy fog in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds
10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind chill values in the
lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Near steady temperature
in the upper 30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North winds 10 to
15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ231-312245-
Live Oak-
Including the cities of George West and Three Rivers
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
.TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of rain showers, mainly this morning.
Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent. Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.TONIGHT...Patchy fog in the evening. Rain showers likely with a
chance of freezing rain. Ice accumulation around a trace. Cold
with lows in the lower 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent. Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...A chance of freezing rain in the morning. Rain
showers likely. Areas of fog in the afternoon. Ice accumulation
around a trace. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Wind chill values in the
lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Near steady temperature in the
mid 30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs around 60.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Not as cool with lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ240-312245-
Duval-
Including the cities of Freer, Benavides, and San Diego
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Patchy
fog. Much cooler with highs around 40. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Wind chill values in the lower 20s.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s. North
winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. Wind chill values
in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers likely. Areas of fog in the morning.
Patchy fog in the afternoon. Near steady temperature in the upper
30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind
chill values in the mid 20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Near steady temperature
in the upper 30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain
70 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ229-312245-
La Salle-
Including the cities of Cotulla and Encinal
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Patchy
fog. Cooler with highs around 40. North winds around 10 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. Patchy fog. Lows in the mid 30s. North
winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers. Areas of fog in the morning. Patchy
fog in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Rain showers, mainly in the evening.
Near steady temperature in the upper 30s. North winds 5 to
10 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Not as cool with
highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
TXZ230-312245-
McMullen-
Including the cities of Calliham, Cross, Loma Alta, and Tilden
255 AM CST Tue Jan 31 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Patchy
fog. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Wind chill
values in the lower 20s.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. Patchy fog. Cold with lows in the lower
30s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent. Wind
chill values in the lower 20s.
.WEDNESDAY...Rain showers. Patchy fog in the morning. Areas of
fog in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. North winds around
10 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Wind chill values in the lower
20s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Near steady temperature in the
mid 30s. North winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Not as cool with highs in the mid 50s. North winds
around 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 70s.
$$
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CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen paid an official visit to Moldova Thursday, where she announced a 250 million-euro (-dollar) support package to help the small nation overcome an acute winter energy crisis amid Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The EU chief said that Moldova, which neighbors Ukraine, will receive 100 million euros in grants and the same amount again in loans from the 27-nation bloc to help it meet its gas needs this winter, starting Jan. 1. An additional 50 million euros will help the country’s most vulnerable citizens, she said.
“European solidarity with the Republic of Moldova is unshakable,” von der Leyen said at a news conference in the capital, Chisinau, after meeting with pro-Western President Maia Sandu. “We assure you that we will do our best to help you through this crisis.”
Moldova, which has a population of about 2.6 million, is entirely dependent on Russia for its natural gas. But Russia has used that dependence to pressure the country over its alignment with the West and in recent weeks halved its gas supplies, triggering an unprecedented energy crisis as winter begins to grip.
Sandu has said that Moscow’s decision to reduce supplies amounts to “political blackmail” in the country where household energy tariffs have increased six-fold in the past year amid skyrocketing inflation.
“We are facing the worst energy crisis in three decades,” Sandu said Thursday. “A crisis in which energy resources are being used as weapons against democracy.”
“Only together, in solidarity, will we be able to survive the coming winter and preserve our freedom and a peaceful and democratic future,” Sandu added.
In June, Moldova was granted EU candidate status, but the country likely won’t obtain full membership for years, since it is conditional on a series of reforms in areas such as tackling corruption, organized crime and strengthening human rights and the rule of law.
“We want to bring Moldova into the safe and prosperous space of the European Union,” Sandu said, “where human life and freedom are supreme values … and states are not attacked for the development path they choose.”
Von der Leyen also said Thursday that a donors’ meeting will be held in Paris later this month, to help Moldova purchase energy resources. “Moldova is part of our European family. And family must stick together when the times are getting tough and difficult,” she said.
On Friday, the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will also pay an official visit to Moldova.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are eyeing major gains in Tuesday’s elections and appealing to supporters over the final weekend of the 2022 campaign to punish Democrats for high inflation and crime rates that have risen in parts of the country. Top Democrats, including President Joe Biden and his party’s two most recent White House predecessors, said the prospect of GOP victories could undermine the very future of American democracy.
More than 39 million people have already voted in an election that will decide control of Congress and key governorships. Biden was campaigning in suburban New York on Sunday evening, a day after former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton made closing cases to voters.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, head of the Democrats’ House campaign arm, is in a tough contest for his seat north of New York City. But he insisted Sunday that Democrats are “going to do better than people think on Tuesday,” adding that his party is “not perfect” but “we are responsible adults who believe in this democracy.”
“I think this race is razor-close and I think everybody who cares about the extremism in this ‘MAGA’ movement — the racism, the anti-Semitism, the violence — needs to get out and vote and that’s not just Democrats, it’s independents and fair-minded Republicans,” Maloney told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.
Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who heads the Republicans’ Senate campaign arm, countered: “We have great candidates. People are showing up to vote.”
“There’s no energy on the Democrat side,” he said on NBC. “This election is about the Biden agenda.”
Former President Donald Trump, who planned a Miami rally later Sunday, hopes a strong GOP showing on Election Day will generate momentum for the 2024 run that he is expected to launch in the days or weeks after polls close.
Scott will be at that rally. Not invited, though, is Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, who is running for reelection against Democrat Charlie Crist and is widely considered Trump’s most formidable challenger if he also were to get into the White House race.
In Pennsylvania on Saturday night, Trump said he hoped the GOP would have “an historic victory” in the midterms. But DeSantis also was on his mind — he referred to the governor as “Ron DeSanctimonious.” It’s a rivalry that’s been simmering for more than a year as DeSantis has taken increasingly bold steps to boost his national profile and build a deep fundraising network.
DeSantis, who became a popular national figure among conservatives during the pandemic as he pushed back on COVID-19 restrictions, shares Trump’s pugilistic instincts. By most measures, Trump remains easily the most popular figure in the Republican Party. But many Trump supporters are eager for the prospect that DeSantis might run, seeing him as a natural successor to Trump, without Trump’s considerable political negatives.
Trump has privately groused about DeSantis for failing to say definitively that he will sit out the race.
When Joe O’Dea, the GOP candidate for Senate in Colorado, said he would prefer someone other than Trump as the 2024 nominee and cited DeSantis and others, Trump slammed O’Dea on social media: “MAGA doesn’t Vote for stupid people with big mouths,” Trump said.
Days later, DeSantis endorsed O’Dea, who had twice voted for Trump.
For national Democrats, the focus is on the fate of their narrow control of the House and Senate.
Voters may rebuke the party controlling the White House and Congress amid surging inflation, concerns about crime and pessimism about the direction of the country. History suggests the party in power will suffer significant losses in the midterms.
First lady Jill Biden attended church services while campaigning for Democrats in Houston.
“So much is at stake in this election,” she said Sunday. “We must speak up on justice and democracy.”
Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigning in Chicago, said, “These attacks on our democracy will not only directly impact the people around our country, but arguably around the world.” She said America’s democracy ”will only be as strong as our willingness to fight for it and that’s’ why we’re all here today,” adding, “because we are prepared to fight for it.”
Trump has long falsely claimed he lost the 2020 election only because Democrats cheated and has even begun raising the possibility of election fraud this year. Federal intelligence agencies are warning of the possibility of political violence from far-right extremists.
President Biden’s midterm pitch centers on championing his administration’s major legislative achievements, while warning that abortion rights, voting rights, Social Security and Medicare are at risk should Republicans take control of Congress.
Obama, who joined Biden in Philadelphia on Saturday, noted that generations of Americans died for democracy and said, “You can’t take it for granted.” Biden himself said: “We have to reaffirm the values that have long defined us.”
At a New York rally for Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is seeking her first full term, Clinton said the loss of House and Senate control by Democrats would have “enormous consequences.”
Ronna McDaniel, the Republican National Committee chairwoman, said Democrats were “inflation deniers,” trying to deflect the other side’s branding of her party as anti-democracy for rejecting the results of 2020’s free and fair presidential election simply because Trump lost it.
“If we win back the House and the Senate, it’s the American people saying to Joe Biden, we want you to work on behalf of us and we want you to work across the aisle to solve the problems that we are dealing with,” McDaniel told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the nation’s largest union of public employees with 1.4 million members, has been traveling the country rallying for Democrats. He said, “It’s going to be hard, it’s going to be tough but we aren’t giving up hope.”
“Clearly people are concerned about the economy,” Saunders said. But voters also are “concerned about the freedoms being taken away from them, whether you’re talking about voting rights or whether your talking about a women’s right to choose.”
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Associated Press writers Jill Colvin and Hope Yen contributed to this report.
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(The Hill) — A new study of human intelligence posits a narrative that may surprise the general public: American IQs rose dramatically over the past century, and now they seem to be falling.
Cognitive abilities declined between 2006 and 2018 across three of four broad domains of intelligence, the study found. Researchers tracked falling scores in logic, vocabulary, visual and mathematical problem-solving and analogies, the latter category familiar to anyone who took the old SAT.
In the 12-year span, IQ scores dipped up to 2 points in the three areas of declining performance. Scores declined across age groups, education levels and genders, with the steepest drops among younger and less-educated test-takers.
IQ scores rose in just one area, spatial reasoning — a set of problems that measure the mind’s ability to analyze three-dimensional objects.
The study, authored by researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Oregon, appears in the May-June issue of the journal Intelligence.
Researchers across the globe have been tracking an apparent decline in human IQs, starting around the turn of the millennium. Theories abound as to why scores are dropping, but the smart money says our cognitive skills may have plateaued, teetering into an era of intellectual lethargy.
If you want to ascribe blame, look no further than this screen.
Cognitive researchers hypothesize that smartphones and smart speakers, autocomplete and artificial intelligence, Wi-Fi and runaway social media have conspired to supplant the higher functions of the human brain. In its quest for labor-saving tech, the world may be dumbing itself down.
“We’re all getting super lazy in our cognition because it’s getting super easy to do everything,” said Ruth Karpinski, a California psychologist who studies IQ. “We’re using Waze and Google Maps to get where we need to go. We’re losing our whole sense of compass.”
The new study joins a growing body of research on something called the Flynn effect. James Flynn, a New Zealand intelligence researcher, tracked a dramatic rise in IQ scores across the 20th century.
How dramatic? If you gave an early-1900s IQ test to a person of average intelligence in 2000, the test-taker would rate in the top 5 percent of the Teddy Roosevelt-era population in cognitive ability.
“IQs rose all over the world, over the course of the century, about 30 points,” said Robert Sternberg, a psychology professor at Cornell who studies intelligence. “To give you a sense of what 30 points means, the average is 100. Usually, gifted would start around 130. So, we’re talking about the difference between an average IQ and a gifted one.”
Until recently, IQ scores had been rising for nearly as long as we had IQ tests. The first tests emerged around 1905, tailored for struggling schoolchildren in France.
Intelligence testing in the United States “took off after World War I” as a selection tool in the military, said Stefan Dombrowski, a psychology professor at Rider University who studies IQ. “We needed some means to distinguish the cannon fodder from officer material.” Army IQ tests evolved into the SAT, which became the dominant college entrance exam, a rite of passage for the upwardly mobile.
Flynn’s research found that IQ scores rose by 3 to 5 points per decade, a finding that implied humans were getting gradually smarter. Cognitive researchers spent decades debating the reasons for the Great Smartening.
“Some people thought it was nutrition, some thought it was schooling, some thought it was better parenting,” Sternberg said. Over the course of the 20th century, Americans generally ate better, stayed in school longer and refined brutalist parenting techniques.
Flynn himself believed rising IQs reflected the growing complexity of human affairs. As farms gave way to factories, horses to cars, typewriters to computers, “it became more complicated to live in the world,” Sternberg said. “And so, IQs went up.”
To some researchers, the Flynn effect undermines the credibility of the IQ. Human intelligence is supposed to be largely innate, inherited, fixed. How, then, to explain the 30-point rise, an arc that seems to have transformed the average American into Wile E. Coyote?
“The level of gain makes it absurd to continue to believe that the tests are measuring some innate, supremely important, fixed quantity that is central to human existence,” Sternberg said.
The Flynn effect suggests that humans can, indeed, learn the skills measured on IQ tests.
“Children, I believe, have gotten better at taking tests,” said Donna Ford, distinguished professor of education and human ecology at the Ohio State University. “They’ve gotten wiser at taking tests because they’re so used to taking tests.”
Test-taking skills suffused American culture well before the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, perhaps the high-water mark of high-stakes testing in American schools.
Another perennial concern with intelligence testing is racial and socioeconomic bias. Some historians argue that the testing movement is rooted in sustaining white privilege.
“When these tests are made,” Ford said, “the items favor white, middle-class populations.”
She cites an old IQ test item that asked children to explain the saying, “One swallow does not make a summer.” Children from low-income urban homes often thought the question alluded to human digestion.
Whatever its flaws, the IQ test remains a fixture in American culture, used in various forms to document cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s patients, to flag children for special-education instruction and to spare mentally disabled inmates from execution.
“IQ is the most researched construct in all of psychology,” Dombrowski said. Innumerable studies have linked higher or lower IQ scores to better or worse life outcomes, from academic attainment to career success. Colleges and employers often select candidates with high scores on ersatz IQ tests, whereupon the benefits of a high IQ become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
And now, with IQ scores appearing to fall, researchers are embracing the notion that the Flynn effect may have run its course.
“The line can’t go up forever,” said Elizabeth Dworak, lead author of the new study. “It’s called the ceiling effect. You eventually hit that threshold.” Dworak is a research assistant professor of medical social sciences at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
Previous research hinted that IQ scores may have plateaued around the turn of the millennium. One Finnish study found IQ scores had dipped by 2 points between 1997 and 2009. A French study found a 4-point drop from 1999 to 2009.
Perhaps human society has reached a cognitive peak. Computers and smartphones are more complex than ever, but human routines are oddly simpler. Generations ago, dishwashers and clothes dryers eased physical labors in daily life. Today, iPhones and the Amazon Echo eliminate mental labors.
“When you can just say, ‘Alexa, do this,’ or, ‘Siri, do that,’ as software becomes more and more sophisticated, there’s less that the human mind has to do,” Sternberg said.
The new study charted a decline in IQ scores using scores from the Synthetic Aperture Personality Assessment Project, a free, survey-based online test taken by nearly 400,000 Americans.
The research design was far from perfect. The test-takers were somewhat better-educated than the overall U.S. population. The test wasn’t delivered in a controlled setting. Test subjects “might have been sitting on the bus,” Dworak said.
A 2018 write-up in the Washington Post sent a flood of readers to the test-taking website. “The sample started skewing older,” Dworak said.
If cognitive ability has indeed plateaued, then the next logical question is: When? Dworak would like to analyze scores by birth year.
One day, perhaps, researchers will identify a specific moment — the launch of Wi-Fi, or the rollout of the first smart speaker — when American intelligence turned south.
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‘A catastrophe’: Veterans testify about chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Active-service members and veterans provided first-hand testimony Wednesday about the implications of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, describing in harrowing and explicit detail the trauma experienced on the ground while imploring Congress to help the allies left behind.
The initial hearing of a long-promised investigation by House Republicans displayed the open wounds from the end of America’s longest war in August 2021, with witnesses recalling how they saw mothers carrying dead babies and the Taliban shooting and brutally beating people.
Former Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews testified to Congress about the stench of human flesh under a large plume of smoke as the screams of children, women and men filled the space around Kabul’s airport after two suicide bombers attacked crowds of Afghans.
“I see the faces of all of those we could not save, those we left behind,” Vargas-Andrews, who wore a prosthetic arm and scars of his own grave wounds from the bombing, said. “The withdrawal was a catastrophe in my opinion. And there was an inexcusable lack of accountability ...”
Wednesday’s testimony opened what’s expected to be a series of Republican-led hearings examining the Biden administration’s handling of the withdrawal. Taliban forces seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, far more rapidly than U.S. intelligence had foreseen as American forces pulled out. Kabul’s fall turned the West’s withdrawal into a rout, with Kabul’s airport the center of a desperate air evacuation guarded by U.S. forces temporarily deployed for the task.
The majority of witnesses argued to Congress that the fall of Kabul was an American failure with blame touching every presidential administration from George W. Bush to Joe Biden. Testimony focused not on the decision to withdraw, but on what witnesses depicted as a desperate attempt to rescue American citizens and Afghan allies with little U.S. planning and inadequate U.S. support.
“America is building a nasty reputation for multi-generational systemic abandonment of our allies where we leave a smoldering human refuge from the mountain yards of Vietnam to the Kurds in Syria,” retired Lt. Col. Scott Mann testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
He added, “Our veterans know something else that this committee might do well to consider: We might be done with Afghanistan, but it’s not done with us.”
Vargas-Andrews sobbed as he told lawmakers of being thwarted in an attempt to stop the single deadliest moment in the U.S. evacuation — a suicide bombing that killed 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. servicemen and women.
Vargas-Andrews said Marines and others aiding in the evacuation operation were given descriptions of men believed to be plotting an attack before it occurred. He said he and others spotted two men matching the descriptions and behaving suspiciously, and eventually had them in their rifle scopes, but never received a response about whether to take action.
“No one was held accountable,” Vargas-Andrews told Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, the chairman of the committee. “No one was, and no one is, to this day.”
U.S. Central Command’s investigation concluded in October 2021 that given the worsening security situation at Abbey Gate as Afghans became increasingly desperate to flee, “the attack was not preventable at the tactical level without degrading the mission to maximize the number of evacuees.” However, that investigation did not look into whether the bomber could have been stopped or whether Marines on the ground had the appropriate authorities to engage.
McCaul has been deeply critical of the Biden administration’s handling of the withdrawal. “What happened in Afghanistan was a systemic breakdown of the federal government at every level, and a stunning failure of leadership by the Biden administration,” he said.
Last month, U.S. Inspector-General for Afghanistan John Sopko concluded again that actions taken by both the Trump and Biden administrations were key to the sudden collapse of the Afghan government and military, even before U.S. forces completed their withdrawal in August 2021.
That includes President Donald Trump’s one-sided withdrawal deal with the Taliban, and the abruptness of Biden’s withdrawal of both U.S. contractors and troops from Afghanistan, stranding an Afghan air force that previous administrations had failed to make self-supporting.
The report blamed each U.S. administration since American forces invaded in 2001 for constantly changing, inconsistent policies that strived for quick fixes and withdrawal from Afghanistan rather than a steady effort to build a capable, sustainable Afghan military.
The witnesses testifying Wednesday urged action to help the hundreds of thousands of Afghan allies who worked alongside U.S. soldiers and who are now in limbo in the U.S. and back in Afghanistan.
“If I leave this committee with only one thought it’s this: It’s not too late,” said Peter Lucier, a Marine veteran who now works at Team America Relief, which has assisted thousands of Afghans in relocating. “We’re going to talk a lot today about all the mistakes that were made, leading up to that day, but urgent action right now will save so many lives.”
One of those solutions discussed Wednesday would be creating a pathway to citizenship for the nearly 76,000 Afghans who worked with American soldiers since 2001 as translators, interpreters and partners. Those people arrived in the U.S. on military planes after the withdrawal and the government admitted the refugees on a temporary parole status as part of Operation Allies Welcome, the largest resettlement effort in the country in decades, with the promise of a path to a life in the U.S. for their service.
Congress began a bipartisan effort to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would have prevented Afghans from becoming stranded without legal residency status when their two years of humanitarian parole expire in August. The proposal would have enabled qualified Afghans to apply for U.S. citizenship, as was done for refugees in the past, including those from Cuba, Vietnam and Iraq.
But that effort stalled in the Senate late last year due to opposition from Republicans.
“If we don’t set politics aside and pursue accountability and lessons learned to address this grievous moral injury on our military community and right the wrongs that have been inflicted on our most at-risk Afghan allies, this colossal foreign policy will follow us home and ultimately draw us right back into the graveyard of empires where it all started,” Mann, the retired green beret, said to lawmakers.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking a valid U.S. passport for that 2023 trip? Buckle up, wishful traveler, for a very different journey before you step anywhere near an airport.
A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall of government bureaucracy as worldwide travel rebounds toward record pre-pandemic levels — with too few humans to handle the load. The result, say aspiring travelers in the U.S. and around the world, is a maddening pre-travel purgatory defined, at best, by costly uncertainty.
With family dreams and big money on the line, passport seekers describe the slow-motion agony of waiting, worrying, holding the line, refreshing the screen, complaining to Congress, paying extra fees and following incorrect directions. Some applicants are buying additional plane tickets to snag in-process passports where they sit — in other cities — in time to make the flights they booked in the first place.
So grim is the outlook that U.S. officials aren’t even denying the problem or predicting when it will ease. They’re blaming the epic wait times on lingering pandemic-related staffing shortages and a pause in online processing this year. That’s left the passport agency flooded with a record-busting 500,000 applications a week. The deluge is on track to top last year’s 22 million passports issued, the State Department says.
Stories from applicants and interviews by The Associated Press depict a system of crisis management, in which the agencies are prioritizing urgent cases such as applicants traveling for reasons of “life or death” and those whose travel is only a few days off. For everyone else, the options are few and expensive.
So, 2023 traveler, if you still need a valid U.S. passport, prepare for an unplanned excursion into the nightmare zone.
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‘PLENTY OF TIME’ TO ‘WE’LL STILL BE OK’ TO BIG PROBLEMS
It was early March when Dallas-area florist Ginger Collier applied for four passports ahead of a family vacation at the end of June. The clerk, she said, estimated wait times at eight to 11 weeks. They’d have their passports a month before they needed them. “Plenty of time,” Collier recalled thinking.
Then the State Department upped the wait time for a regular passport to as much as 13 weeks. “We’ll still be okay,” she thought.
At T-minus two weeks to travel, this was her assessment: “I can’t sleep.” This after months of calling, holding, pressing refresh on a website, trying her member of Congress — and stressing as the departure date loomed. Failure to obtain the family’s passports would mean losing $4,000, she said, as well as the chance to meet one of her sons in Italy after a study-abroad semester.
“My nerves are shot, because I may not be able to get to him,” she said. She calls the toll-free number every day, and holds for as much as 90 minutes to be told — at best — that she might be able to get a required appointment at passport offices in other states.
“I can’t afford four more plane tickets anywhere in the United States to get a passport when I applied in plenty of time,” she said. “How about they just process my passports?”
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAS A CULPRIT: COVID
By March, concerned travelers began asking for answers and then demanding help, including from their representatives in the House and Senate, who widely reported at hearings this year that they were receiving more complaints from constituents on passport delays than any other issue.
The U.S. secretary of state had an answer, of a sort.
“With COVID, the bottom basically dropped out of the system,” Antony Blinken told a House subcommittee on March 23. When demand for travel all but disappeared during the pandemic, he said, the government let contractors go and reassigned staff that had been dedicated to handling passports.
Around the same time, the government also halted an online renewal system “to make sure that we can fine-tune it and improve it,” Blinken said. He said the department is hiring agents as quickly as possible, opening more appointments and trying to address the crisis in other ways.
Passport applicants lit up social media groups, toll-free numbers and lawmakers’ phone lines with questions, appeals for advice and cries for help. Facebook and WhatsApp groups bristled with reports of bewilderment and fury. Reddit published eye-watering diaries, some more than 1,000 words long, of application dates, deposits submitted, contacts made, time on hold, money spent and appeals for advice.
It was 1952 when a law required, for the first time, passports for every U.S. traveler abroad, even in peacetime. Now, passports are processed at centers around the country and printed at secure facilities in Washington, D.C. and Mississippi, according to the Government Printing Office.
But the number of Americans holding valid U.S. passports has grown at roughly 10% faster than the population over the past three decades, according to Jay Zagorsky, an economist at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.
After passport delays derailed his own plans to travel to London earlier this year, Zagorsky found that the number of U.S. passports per American has soared from about three per 100 people in 1989 to nearly 46 per 100 people in 2022. Americans, it turns out, are on the move.
“As a society gets richer,” says Zagorsky, “the people in that society say, ‘I want to visit the rest of the world.’”
FOR AMERICANS AND OTHERS ABROAD, IT’S NO PICNIC EITHER
At U.S. consulates overseas, the quest for U.S. visas and passports isn’t much brighter.
On a day in June, people in New Delhi could expect to wait 451 days for a visa interview, according to the website. Those in Sao Paulo could plan on staying more than 600 days. Aspiring travelers in Mexico City were waiting about 750 days; in Bogota, Colombia, it was 801 days.
In Israel, the need is especially acute. More than 200,000 people with citizenship in both countries live in Israel. It’s one appointment per person, even for newborns, who must have both parents involved in the process, before traveling to the United States.
Batsheva Gutterman started looking for three appointments immediately after she had a baby in December, with an eye toward attending a family celebration in July, in Raleigh, N.C.
Her quest for three passports stretched from January to June, days before travel. And it only resolved after Gutterman paid a small fee to join a WhatsApp group that alerted her to new appointments, which stay available for only a few seconds. She ultimately got three appointments on three consecutive days — bureaucracy embodied.
“We had to drive the entire family with three small children, an hour-and-a-half to Tel Aviv three days in a row, taking off work and school,” she said. “This makes me incredibly uneasy having a baby in Israel as an American citizen, knowing there is no way I can fly with that baby until we get lucky with an appointment.”
Recently, there appeared to be some progress. The wait for an appointment for a renewed U.S. passport stood at 360 days on June 8. On July 2, the wait was down to 90 days, according to the website.
FRUSTRATING TALES EMERGE FROM THE TRENCHES
Back in the U.S., Marni Larsen of Holladay, Utah, stood in line in Los Angeles, California, on June 14, in hopes of snagging her son’s passport. That way, she hoped, the pair could meet the rest of their family, who had already left as scheduled for Europe, for a long-planned vacation.
She’d applied for her son’s passport two months earlier and spent weeks checking for updates online or through a frustrating call system. As the mid-June vacation loomed, Larsen reached out to Sen. Mitt Romney’s office, where one of four people he says is assigned full-time to passport issues was able to track down the document in New Orleans.
It was supposed to be shipped to Los Angeles, where she got an appointment to retrieve it. That meant Larsen had to buy new tickets for herself and her son to Los Angeles and reroute their trip from there to Rome. All on a bet that her son’s passport was indeed shipped as promised.
“We are just waiting in this massive line of tons of people,” Larsen said. “It’s just been a nightmare.”
They succeeded. But not everyone has been so lucky.
Miranda Richter applied in person to renew passports for herself and her husband, as well as apply a new ones on Feb. 9 for a trip with their neighbors to Croatia on June 6. She ended up canceling, losing more than $1,000.
Her timeline went like this: Passports for her husband and daughter arrived in 11 weeks, while Richter’s photo was rejected. On May 4, she sent in a new one via priority mail. Then she paid a rush fee of $79, which was never charged to her credit card. Between May 30 and June 2, four days before travel, Richter and her husband spent more than 12 hours on the national passport line while also calling their congressman, senators and third-party couriers.
Finally, she showed up in person at the federal building in downtown Houston, 30 minutes before the passport office opened. Richter said there were at least 100 people in line.
“The security guard asked when is my appointment, and I burst out in tears,” she recalls. She couldn’t get one. “It didn’t work.”
FINALLY: A HAPPY ENDING
“I just got my passports!” Ginger Collier texts.
She ended up showing up at the passport office in Dallas with her daughter-in-law at 6:30 a.m. and being sorted into groups and lined up against walls. Finally, they were called to a window, where the agent was “super nice” and pulled all four of the family’s applications — paperwork that had been sitting in the office since March 17. More than seven hours later, the two left the office with directions to pick up their passports the next day.
They did — with four days to spare.
“What a ridiculous process,” Collier says. Nevertheless, the reunion with her son in Italy was sweet. She texted last week: “It was the best hug ever!”
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright Pattern, a leading provider of cloud-based omnichannel contact center software for innovative companies, continues its European expansion in France with its partnership with CX Factory. As a partner, CX Factory is recognized as an official reseller which uses Bright Pattern solutions throughout France. Originally a consulting firm, CX Factory transitioned to a company which now focuses on the CX journey.
CX Factory decided to partner with Bright Pattern because of its vast and dynamic solutions within the contact center industry. At the time, CX Factory was seeking a replacement and alternative as its current solutions did not match the ever-growing market requirements within France and other French territories including Morocco. It identified four key mission statements that would align with its belief system: Implementation, Training, Consulting, and Support. With these four key ideas set as the foundation of its business, CX Factory would partner with Bright Pattern to deliver and distribute powerful solutions in CX.
CX Factory, despite being a company of less than 10 people, has countrywide reach throughout France. It uses the Bright Pattern Mobile App and Omni-Enterprise™ solutions to help its customers provide state-of-the-art solutions to everyone interacting with its business, regardless of company size.
"We are delighted to announce our distribution agreement with Bright Pattern in the French market," said Frédéric Questroy, CEO of CX Factory. "This collaboration will allow us to deliver one of the most innovative solutions in the contact center industry, offering best-in-class omnichannel management, native integrations with the largest ecosystem on the market, breakthrough features including a mobile app that offers unprecedented flexibility for agents and mobile workers. Thanks to this extension of our Customer eXperience Client, we offer an omnichannel alternative of choice in a market where the options are often limited between solutions-oriented small configurations or expensive deployments in professional services. "
Bright Pattern is incredibly proud and fortunate to work together with CX Factory as an official partner to provide exceptional products and solutions for the people of France to meet and exceed their goals.
"Customers expect to interact with real people over the channel of their choice without waiting, repeating themselves, or being transferred from one person to another. At Bright Pattern, we believe technology is available to enable such experiences but it has failed to penetrate contact centers because of the complexity of deployment, configuration, and change," declared Luc Cavelier, Head of Business Development EMEA. "The combination of our Enterprise Customer Experience Platform and CX Factory expertise in digital transformations opens new perspectives to the French market.
About Bright Pattern
Bright Pattern provides the simplest yet most powerful all-in-one omnichannel contact center solution with over 500 customers in 26 countries including Bank of America, Bell24, Cable and Wireless, City of Brampton, Community Medical, Detroit Water, Enercare, EY, First Bank, Hairclub, Hurtigruten, Mediterranean Shipping Company, Naver, Officeworks, Pepsi, Randstad,
SEIU, Southern Cross Health Insurance, Sun Country Airlines, Sylvan Learning, United Power, VW Bentley, YMCA, and Zillow. Bright Pattern is the highest rated omnichannel platform by customers and analysts with the fastest ROI and time to deploy in the industry.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads, which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk’s social media platform.
In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a “copycat” app.
The move ramps up the tensions between the social media giants after Threads debuted Wednesday, targeting those who are seeking out alternatives to Twitter amid unpopular changes Musk has made to the platform since buying it last year for $44 billion.
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote Thursday on Threads: “No one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee — that’s just not a thing.”
In the letter, which news website Semafor first reported Thursday, Spiro said Twitter “intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights” and noted the company’s right to seek civil remedies or a court injunction.
He said the letter marked a “formal notice” for Meta to preserve documents relevant for a potential dispute between the companies.
In a reply to a tweet about the possibility of legal action against Meta, Musk wrote: “Competition is fine, cheating is not.”
The Associated Press reached out to Spiro on Thursday for further information. Twitter responded to an email seeking comment with a crude automated reply, its standard response to journalists.
New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has not publicly commented on the letter but appeared to address Threads’ launch.
“We’re often imitated — but the Twitter community can never be duplicated,” Yaccarino tweeted.
Some analysts say Meta’s new offering, billed as a text-based version of the photo-sharing app Instagram, could be a significant headache for Twitter — pointing to the excitement surrounding Threads’ launch and impressive download numbers so far.
But success isn’t guaranteed. Industry watchers point to Meta’s track record of starting standalone apps that were later shut down and note that Threads is still in its early days.
Besides some glitches and gripes about missing features, Meta’s new app also has raised data privacy concerns. While Threads launched in more than 100 countries, it is notably unavailable in the European Union, which has strict data privacy rules.
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) _ AstroNova Inc. (ALOT) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $584,000.
The West Warwick, Rhode Island-based company said it had profit of 8 cents per share.
The printer and electronic instrument maker posted revenue of $32.3 million in the period.
AstroNova shares have dropped 14% since the beginning of the year. The stock has decreased 24% in the last 12 months.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man drove his SUV into a fireworks store, sparking a huge fire in a crash that destroyed the building, authorities said. The driver was killed.
The 53-year-old driver had rear-ended another vehicle on Monday before plowing into the Phantom Fireworks shop in West Melbourne, igniting rockets and touching off a series of explosions, Florida Today reported.
“It was wild. I could not believe how close people were to it as the fireworks were still blowing up,” Palm Bay resident Richard Griffin told the newspaper. "The mortars and stuff like that, those things can go 100 yards or more when you shoot them straight in the air. So you’ve got these mortars and all sorts of different types of fireworks that are shooting all over."
The 5,573-square-foot (518-square-meter) store was destroyed, authorities said. Police didn't release the name of the driver. They said they are continuing to investigate the crash.
West Melbourne is an Atlantic coast community about 70 miles (110 kilometers) southeast of Orlando.
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SAN DIEGO, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure, today announced that its virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") will be held on Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. PT.
The Annual Meeting will be held through a live webcast. Stockholders of record at the close of business on April 20, 2022, are entitled to vote in the Annual Meeting.
As provided in the Company's proxy materials, an online portal is available to stockholders at www.proxydocs.com/PSTX where stockholders can view and download the Company's proxy materials and 2021 Annual Report and vote their shares in advance of the Annual Meeting. Stockholders may also submit questions and vote their shares prior to the Annual Meeting by following the instructions available on the Annual Meeting website.
To be admitted to the Annual Meeting, stockholders must register by 8:00 p.m. PT on June 14, 2022 at www.proxydocs.com/PSTX. To register, stockholders must enter the control number found on the proxy card in the materials sent to stockholders. After registration is complete, further instructions including a unique link to access the virtual Annual Meeting will be emailed. Poseida encourages stockholders to access the Annual Meeting prior to the start time in order to allow ample time for check-in procedures.
Below are additional details on how stockholders can participate in the virtual Annual Meeting:
- Access the Annual Meeting website beginning at 12:45 p.m. PT on June 16, 2022.
- Vote during the Annual Meeting by following the instructions available on the Annual Meeting website.
- Submit a question in advance of the meeting by visiting the Annual Meeting website and entering the stockholder's control number.
Whether or not a stockholder plans to attend the virtual-only Annual Meeting, Poseida Therapeutics urges each stockholder to vote and submit their proxy in advance of the meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials.
About Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.
Poseida Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to utilizing our proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create next generation cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure. We have discovered and are developing a broad portfolio of product candidates in a variety of indications based on our core proprietary platforms, including our non-viral piggyBac® DNA Delivery System, Cas-CLOVER™ Site-specific Gene Editing System and nanoparticle- and AAV-based gene delivery technologies. Our core platform technologies have utility, either alone or in combination, across many cell and gene therapeutic modalities and enable us to engineer our portfolio of product candidates that are designed to overcome the primary limitations of current generation cell and gene therapeutics. To learn more, visit www.poseida.com and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/-- Juan Monteverde, founder and managing partner of the class action firm Monteverde & Associates PC (the "M&A Class Action Firm"), a national securities firm rated Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report and headquartered at the Empire State Building in New York City, is investigating Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. (OYST), relating to its proposed acquisition by Viatris Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, OYST shareholders will receive $11.00 in cash plus up to $2.00 per share in CVRs per share they own. Click here for more information: https://www.monteverdelaw.com/case/oyster-point-pharma-inc. It is free and there is no cost or obligation to you.
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We are a national class action securities litigation law firm that has recovered millions of dollars and is committed to protecting shareholders from corporate wrongdoing. We were listed in the Top 50 in the 2018-2021 ISS Securities Class Action Services Report. Our lawyers have significant experience litigating Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Class Actions. Mr. Monteverde is recognized by Super Lawyers in 2013 and 2017-2019 as a Rising Star and in 2022 as a Super Lawyer in Securities Litigation. He has also been selected by Martindale-Hubbell as a 2017-2021 Top Rated Lawyer. Our firm's recent successes include changing the law in a significant victory that lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit. Thereafter, our firm successfully preserved this victory by obtaining dismissal of a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted at the United States Supreme Court. Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, 139 S. Ct. 1407 (2019). Also, we have recovered or secured over a dozen cash common funds for shareholders in mergers & acquisitions class action cases.
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Gaggle of gasps: Watch as dozens of snow geese show off their breath on a frigid morning
With temperatures around 25 degrees Thursday morning, dozens, if not hundreds of geese were showing off their breath amid the golden hues of the sunrise.
EDISON, Wash. -- A gaggle of snow geese didn't find any snow this frosty morning in Washington's Skagit County, but they found a way to enhance a wintry scene anyway.
With temperatures around 25 degrees Thursday morning, dozens, if not hundreds of geese were showing off their breath amid the golden hues of the sunrise.
"It was pretty incredible to see this, as you have to be lined up just right," Sean Wheeler with Tandem Wheels Photography told FOX Weather. "If you ever get to see this in person, it's just amazing."
There will be plenty of more chances for those around Western Washington to seek out the serene sunrise scenes as lows are expected to remain below freezing well into next week.
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Gregory Allen Howard who wrote ‘Remember the Titans’ dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, who skillfully adapted stories of historical Black figures in “Remember the Titans” starring Denzel Washington, “Ali” with Will Smith and “Harriet” with Cynthia Erivo, has died. He was 70.
Howard died Friday at his home in Miami after a brief illness, according to a statement from publicist Jeff Sanderson.
Howard was the first Black screenwriter to write a drama that made $100 million at the box office when “Titans” crossed that milestone in 2000. It was about a real-life Black coach coming into a newly integrated Virginia school and helping lead their football team to victory. It had the iconic line: “I don’t care if you like each other or not. But you will respect each other.”
Howard said he shopped the story around Hollywood with no success. So he took a chance and wrote the screenplay himself. ″They didn’t expect it to make much money, but it became a monster, making $100 million,” he said. “It made my career,” he told the Times-Herald of Vallejo, California, in 2009. The film made the Associated Press’ list of the best 25 sports movies ever made.
Howard followed up “Remember the Titans” with “Ali,” the 2002 Michael Mann-directed biopic of Muhammad Ali. Smith famously bulked up to play Ali and was nominated for a best actor Oscar.
Howard also produced and co-wrote 2019′s “Harriet,” about abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Erivo lead a cast, that included Leslie Odom Jr., Clarke Peters and Joe Alwyn.
“I got into this business to write about the complexity of the Black man. I wanted to write about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Garvey. I think it takes a Black man to write about Black men,” he told the Times-Herald.
Born in Virginia, his family moved often due to his stepfather’s career in the Navy. After attending Princeton University, graduating with a degree in American history, Howard briefly worked at Merrill Lynch on Wall Street before moving to Los Angeles in his mid-20s to pursue a writing career.
He wrote for TV and penned the play “Tinseltown Trilogy,” which focused on three men in Los Angeles over Christmastime as their stories interconnect and inform each other.
Howard also wrote “The Harlem Renaissance,” a limited series for HBO, “Misty,” the story of prima ballerina Misty Copeland and “This Little Light,” the Fannie Lou Hamer story. Most recently, he wrote the civil rights project “Power to the People” for producer Ben Affleck and Paramount Pictures.
He is survived by a sister, Lynette Henley; a brother, Michael Henley; two nieces and a nephew.
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The government of Mexico plans to issue gender-neutral identity documents to Mexicans living in the United States and Canada. It also plans to hire speakers of five Indigenous languages to assist those who migrated to the U.S. from communities where Nahuatl, Zapotec, Mayan, Otomi and Mixtec are spoken.
The new consular ID and an expanded language services telephone line will be available on June 1, said Jaime Vazquez Bracho Torres, Mexico’s director of consular services.
“This new ID has several new security features – such as polycarbonate material, similar to our new e-passport, which we recently launched – and also new inclusivity features including an ‘X’ in the case of people who identify as gender nonconforming or nonbinary,” Vazquez Bracho said.
Speaking Saturday at the Mexican consulate in El Paso, Vazquez Bracho said Mexico is producing more modern and secure identity documents for its citizens abroad so that foreign governments don’t hesitate to accept them. He said states like California and New Mexico already accept the Mexican consulate ID, also known as matricula consular, as proof of identity when issuing state driver’s licenses.
The new e-passport and the forthcoming new consular ID have hidden computer chips, holograms and biometrical information of the bearer. That makes it possible to accommodate transgender individuals without security concerns. “This is part of an effort to modernize and fight discrimination as well through our consular network,” Vazquez Bracho said.
Last March, the U.S. State Department announced it would give passport applicants the option of selecting “X” instead of “M” (male) or F (female) in their passport applications. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the same option would apply to other forms of documentation in 2023.
As for the expanded language-services line, government officials and immigration advocates point out the need to serve migrants at the border who speak neither English nor Spanish. The 2020 Mexican census concluded that up to 6.2 percent of that country’s 126 million people speak an Indigenous language, with 865,972 not speaking Spanish at all.
The consulate in El Paso sees an average of 950 people per week seeking identity documents, protection or other services, Consul General Mauricio Ibarra said.
The matricula is a popular document used for several years by Mexican immigrants who lack U.S. documents to open bank accounts, contract utilities and identify themselves before local authorities, he said.
The wallet-size card also allows U.S. residents to prove their Mexican nationality and travel unencumbered whenever they visit their homeland, he added.
Information to get these documents can be obtained by calling (424)-309-0009 or visiting citas.sre.gob.mx.
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WESTLAND, MI -- A handful of race cars stolen earlier this week from an auto shop in Westland have been recovered and returned to their owners after they were found in Toledo, Ohio. According to Fox 2 Detroit, one of the owners of the vehicles, Mark Blaha says he never thought he would see the cars again after being stolen Monday night.
However, after posting photos of the cars online, Blaha says he was contacted by a group in Toledo that works with police to find stolen vehicles. It’s unclear where exactly the vehicles were recovered, but some damage was done to the high-end cars No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing.
The search for the cars began when Blaha learned a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2006 Ford Mustang and a 2016 Chevy Camaro were missing from locked trailers at Magnuson Superchargers on Executive Drive in Westland. Blaha owns two of the cars while the third is owned by a customer of Blaha’s.
The cars are valued somewhere between $400,000 and $500,000 according to Blaha.
Suspects in the case were caught on surveillance video at a nearby business stealing catalytic converters and looting a trailer full of tools.
Although there was damage done to the cars, Blaha says he can repair it and he is in the process of upgrading his security equipment.
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — A raid on militants in Pakistan’s southwest in response to an earlier attack on soldiers left seven troops, six militants and a civilian dead, the army said Saturday.
The operation continued for two days after a group of militants attacked a camp of soldiers in the Qila Saifullah district of northern Balochistan province early Friday. The militants also held hostage three families, including women and children, at the residential area of the army camp, the army said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for that attack.
A statement by the military’s media wing said seven soldiers, six militants and a civilian were killed in the ensuing raid. A woman was also wounded during the operation.
“The … operation involved a hostage rescue operation as well to save three families on a residential block. The terrorists did not even spare children of their horrendous approach,” it said.
The army said intelligence follow-up was in progress to trace the militants’ connections and arrest their facilitators.
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WAWONA, CA — A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one of California's largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and businesses.
The Oak Fire started Friday afternoon southwest of the park near the town of Midpines in Mariposa County and by Saturday had grown to nearly 15 square miles (38 square kilometers), according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. It erupted as firefighters made progress against an earlier blaze that burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias in the southernmost part of Yosemite park.
Evacuation orders were put in effect Saturday for over 6,000 people living across a several-mile span in the sparsely populated, rural area, said Daniel Patterson, a spokesman for the Sierra National Forest.
More than 400 firefighters were battling the blaze, along with helicopters, other aircraft and bulldozers, facing tough conditions that included hot weather, low humidity and bone-dry vegetation caused by the worst drought in decades, Patterson said.
“Explosive fire behavior is challenging firefighters,” Cal Fire said in a statement Saturday that described the Oak Fire's activity as “extreme with frequent runs, spot fires and group torching.”
By Saturday morning, the fire had destroyed 10 residential and commercial structures, damaged five others and was threatening 2,000 more structures, Cal Fire said. The blaze prompted numerous road closures, including a shutdown of Highway 140 between Carstens Road and Allred Road — blocking one of the main routes into Yosemite.
California has experienced increasingly larger and deadlier wildfires in recent years as climate change has made the West much warmer and drier over the past 30 years. Scientists have said weather will continue to be more extreme and wildfires more frequent, destructive and unpredictable.
“The fire is moving quickly. This fire was throwing embers out in front of itself for up to 2 miles yesterday,” Patterson said. “These are exceptional fire conditions." The cause of the fire was under investigation.
Pacific Gas & Electric said on its website that more than 2,600 homes and businesses in the area had lost power as of Friday afternoon and there was no indication when it would be restored. “PG&E is unable to access the affected equipment," the utility said.
A shoeless older man attempting to flee the blaze on Friday crashed his sedan into a ditch in a closed area and was helped by firefighters. He was safely driven from the area and did not appear to suffer any injuries. Several other residents stayed in their homes Friday night as the fire burned nearby.
Meanwhile, firefighters have made significant progress against a wildfire that began in Yosemite National Park and burned into the Sierra National Forest.
The Washburn Fire was 79% contained Friday after burning about 7.5 square miles (19.4 square kilometers) of forest. It was one of the largest fires of the year in California, along with the Lost Lake Fire in Riverside County that was fully contained in June at 9 square miles (23 square kilometers)
The fire broke out July 7 and forced the closure of the southern entrance to Yosemite and evacuation of the community of Wawona as it burned on the edge of Mariposa Grove, home to hundreds of giant sequoias, the world's largest trees by volume.
Wawona Road is tentatively set to reopen on Saturday, according to the park website.
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MONTREAL (AP) — Joe Sakic didn’t want to make the call to Darcy Kuemper telling him the Colorado Avalanche were not bringing back their goaltender who was in net when they won the Stanley Cup.
He also couldn’t afford to wait.
The champs started a domino effect of draft day trades that started to reshape the goaltending landscape around the league when they acquired Alexandar Georgiev from the New York Rangers. The trade, which came just before Pittsburgh re-signed veteran defenseman Kris Letang to a long-term deal, set the stage for Minnesota to bring back Marc-Andre Fleury and Toronto to give up a first-round pick to shed Petr Mrazek’s contract.
“We wanted to get ahead of it, for sure,” said Sakic, who has now won the Cup as Colorado’s GM after leading the team to two championships as captain. “Alex, he was a priority for us. We like his age. We’re a younger team, and we felt we can have him for a number of years.”
The Penguins now expect to have Kris Letang around for a number of years after signing him for $36.6 million over the next six seasons. The contract for the 36-year-old stalwart on the blue line carries a $6.1 million annual salary cap hit.
“It was more of a contract to fit both parties: give a chance to the Penguins to sign other players and also based on performance and what I did in the last few years,” Letang said. “I think it was a mix of both. There was not like a set number or a set of years. It was just to fit both parties and make sure we can still compete and win and not take a big chunk and not leaving anything left.”
Working to clear cap space that could be used on goaltending prompted the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers to give up first-round picks to shed contracts. The Maple Leafs sent the 25th pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for No. 38 to free them of Petr Mrazek’s contract, and the Oilers ponied up with the 29th selection, a 2024 third and a 2025 second-rounder in exchange for No. 32 for the Arizona Coyotes to take forward Zach Kassian.
Edmonton and Toronto are among the top potential destinations for Kuemper, who played well enough in the playoffs to help Colorado win the Cup.
“He did a heck of a job for us all year,” Sakic said. “He’s going to do great wherever he goes. He’s going to have that opportunity to sign and there’s going to be a bunch of teams trying to sign him.”
Minnesota won’t be that team after locking up Fleury on a $7 million, two-year deal. Staying with the Wild became the best option for the 37-year-old who was traded to them from Chicago before the deadline in March.
The Blackhawks were one of the busiest teams on the first day of the draft, beginning their much-anticipated dismantling process by trading a pair of young forwards. They sent Alex DeBrincat to Ottawa and Kirby Dach to Montreal, getting back two top-15 picks.
Montreal, which took Slovak winger Juraj Slafkovsky with the No. 1 pick, spurred the move by acquiring No. 13 from trading defenseman Alexander Romanov and the 98th pick to the Islanders. General manager Kyle Davidson said the trade only materialized when the Canadiens got that pick, and that still didn’t make it easier to move on from DeBrincat or Dach.
“It’s difficult to trade any young player, and especially young contributors like we did,” Davidson said. “It’s not easy. Going through a rebuild, it’s not fun. Doing things you have to do to get to where you want to go is not fun. There’s going to be tough days like this where you see familiar faces and faces that we in management and the fans know and love, but it’s necessary and it’s necessary to get to where we want to be.”
Where they want to be eventually is atop the NHL again like the Avalanche are now. They will attempt to defend their title with 26-year-old Georgiev as their starter and 31-year-old Pavel Francouz returning as the backup.
“When he was a starter, he played really well,” Sakic said. “He wanted a bigger opportunity, and he’s got that opportunity. He’s looking forward to the challenge
The Penguins, who won it all back to back in 2016 and ’17, now turn their attention to trying to re-sign star center Evgeni Malkin, who’s set to be an unrestricted free agent next week. General manager Ron Hextall said Wednesday the team was closer to an agreement with Letang than Malkin.
When Malkin texted Letang on Thursday, he responded, “I hope you get this done soon so we keep it all together.”
The Blackhawks are certainly not keeping their group together after trading DeBrincat and Dach. The Senators on the way to contending sooner than later were thrilled to make a trade with rebuilding Chicago.
“It’s way more fun adding than deleting,” GM Pierre Dorion said. “We want to play meaningful games until the end of the year. I think that’s one step closer to doing that. Obviously the rebuild has been going on. We feel we’re in the next phase now, and for us adding a player of this caliber you have to pay a certain price, and we felt it was a fair deal.”
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — A gas station worker in the Bronx was fighting for his life Friday morning after a masked gunman shot him point-blank in the head, according to the NYPD.
The horrific shooting was caught on camera. The video, released by the NYPD, shows the suspect walking up to a locked Sunoco on Boston Road on Tuesday around 7 p.m. An employee opens the locked door and it appears that words are exchanged before the suspect pulls out a gun. Within 10 seconds, the suspect shoots the 59-year-old worker in the head and then runs off, the video shows.
The victim was rushed to the hospital. Police on Friday described his condition as critical.
No arrests had been made, as of Friday morning. Police described the suspect as a male last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black boots.
Tragically, Thanksgiving proved to be bloody in the Bronx, with several shootings reported around the borough.
Around 10:30 a.m., police rushed to Hoe Avenue, where they found 33-year-old Michael Roberts shot to death. Hours later, another deadly shooting unfolded at the corner of Bronxwood Avenue and East 233rd Street. Elijah Dukuray, 23, was shot in the neck and later died, police said.
The holiday mayhem also left a 14-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the leg. Police said the teen was an innocent bystander when gunfire rang out on Schieffelin Avenue.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell spent her Thanksgiving helping to serve those in need. She acknowledged that while shootings and homicides across New York City are down around 30% so far this year compared to the same time period last year, there’s still more to be done.
“We know we have a lot more to do. We want to make sure people feel safe in the city so we have deployed resources, we’ve strategized, and we’ve planned. And I think it feels better,” Sewell told PIX11 News on Thursday.
No arrests had been made in any of the cases, as of Friday morning.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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DEAR ABBY: My parents divorced when I was an infant. My father had weekend visitations with me sporadically, if at all. Growing up, I was super angry at him for leaving and blamed him for not being around while I was abused by my stepfather. I haven’t seen my father in person since I was 18.
As a 40-year-old woman with kids, I’m thinking about reaching out. My kids are curious about their grandfather. I’m curious about his life. Can I really be mature enough to get to know him? How do I keep my anger in check and not demand an answer for every bad deed on his part? Is it worth it? I don’t want to be manipulated. The rest of his family doesn’t speak to him, either. -- REVISITING HISTORY IN TENNESSEE
DEAR REVISITING: Have you ever tried discussing the reason for the failure of your parents’ marriage with the other relatives? If you haven’t, you should. If she stood silently by while you were abused by her second husband, she bears part of the responsibility for the abuse.
Because you feel the need to know about your father’s life, reach out and ask him. There is usually more than one side to stories like this. However, your chances of getting the answers you’re looking for will improve if you refrain from doing it with a chip on your shoulder.
DEAR ABBY: I have two sons, 28 and 23. My 23-year-old has pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). He has always struggled in school, with friends, society, jobs and in dealing with his emotional highs and lows.
My older son and his fiancee tell me I should force him to go out on his own -- “make him snap out of it.” I have tried to explain his condition, but they don’t listen because it’s not considered a severe disability disease. They are convinced he will be fine and that I need to stop caring for him. My mother and brother, who have been very involved in my son’s life, feel I’m doing the right thing by looking for a home where he will have his own separate apartment.
How do I get through to these insistent individuals that I am doing what is best for him? I have supported my oldest son and his fiancee and son extensively over the years, while my youngest son never asks for financial help. I try to give equally of myself to both of my children, and I can’t understand why they want to see my youngest suffer. Please advise. -- CARING MOM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEAR CARING MOM: Your older son and his fiancee may have taken the stance they have because of jealousy, greed or ignorance. Your younger son should be forced out on his own so he will “snap out of it”? You are a responsible and protective parent, doing what you feel is right for a son with challenges. That said, have you considered what his future will be if something should happen to you? For this reason, start a discussion with your son’s doctor about what supportive services for him are available should it become necessary, so you -- and he -- will be prepared. Clearly, your older son and his fiancee can’t be counted on.
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Paolo Banchero became the frontrunner to win Rookie of the Year race from the very moment that he went No. 1 in last year’s draft.
And nobody caught him.
Banchero was announced Tuesday night as the overwhelming winner of the top rookie award for this season, after the Orlando forward led all first-year players in scoring and helped the Magic improve from a 22-win last season to a 34-win club that contended for a play-in berth this season.
The former Duke standout averaged 20 points per game. He had 15 games of at least 25 points and 40 games of at least 20 points, both the most among rookies this season. And he won rookie of the month four times, each of those announcements only further indicating that he was ahead of the field.
He became the third player to win rookie of the year as a member of the Magic, joining Shaquille O’Neal in 1993 and Mike Miller — who represents Banchero — in 2001. Banchero, on the TNT broadcast of the announcement, recalled a conversation he had with Miller on draft night.
“He looked at me and he asked me if I was going to be rookie of the year,” Banchero said. “I confidently said yes. It was just a goal I’ve always had, something I had my eye on from the second I got drafted. I’m glad I was able to do it.”
Banchero got 98 of the 100 first-place votes from a panel of writers and broadcasters who cover the league. Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder was second and Walker Kessler of the Utah Jazz was third. Kessler got the two first-place votes that Banchero didn’t receive.
Banchero is the first No. 1 pick to win the award in the season immediately after getting drafted since Karl-Anthony Towns in 2016; Ben Simmons won the award in 2018, two years after he went No. 1.
Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said one of his biggest takeaways from Banchero’s first season was an on-court maturity and willingness to play the right way.
“He had an ability to adjust in-game to whatever was asked of him to impact winning,” Mosley said.
Banchero freely acknowledges that he’s not a finished product, and Mosley said the team wants him to lock in on certain areas over the offseason.
“I think there’s so many ways in which he can grow,” Mosley said. “I think a lot of times rookies will come in and they’ll try to do everything. The biggest talk with him is just to have a focus on one or two pieces for the summer, where he can improve in certain areas — because he’s going to work. I don’t think that’s going to be any question whatsoever.”
In the final chapter of his season-long rookie diary for The Associated Press, Banchero also detailed some of the ways he wants to improve over the coming months.
“I want to be more consistent, more dangerous from 3-point range next season,” he said. “There were stretches during this year where I shot the ball well. I just need to find the consistency. I think expanding my range in Year 2, then just getting in best shape I possibly can — I think I was in good shape this year, but just want to take it to another level. To get to where I want to be, everything’s just going to have to be kicked up a notch. And I’m looking forward to that.”
Banchero becomes the sixth person to receive one of the NBA’s top individual awards so far in this award season, following the reveals of Memphis’ Jaren Jackson Jr. as defensive player of the year, Sacramento’s De’Aaron Fox as the inaugural winner of the clutch player award, Kings coach Mike Brown as a unanimous pick for coach of the year, Boston’s Malcolm Brogdon as sixth man of the year and Utah’s Lauri Markkanen as the league’s most improved player.
That only leaves the biggest individual prize of all — MVP.
Two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokic of Denver is a finalist again, along with Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid. The NBA has not said when the MVP trophy will be handed out.
The All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams also have yet to be revealed.
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On Thursday night in Los Angeles, it all begins again. The Bills take on the defending champion Rams in the nationally televised NFL opener on NBC, carrying the weight of expectations that accompanies the role of Super Bowl favorite.
It’s a heavy burden for a team that didn’t even reach the AFC title game a year ago. But if not for those fateful 13 seconds in Kansas City, they might have won it a year ago. They’re the chic choice among the oddsmakers, and many media, to hoist the Lombardi Trophy on Feb. 12.
Not since the height of the Super Bowl years have the Bills been in this lofty a spot at the start of a season. They were the odds-on favorite to win it all in 1991, the year after they went to the big game for the first time and lost to the Giants.
Those were heady times, as older fans can attest. It wasn’t that long after the steel plants closed, with people eager to preserve Buffalo’s identity as a vibrant and relevant city. The Bills were a vehicle for Talkin’ Proud, a psychic connection to the big-time as the region lost population.
The fans didn’t identify as a Bills Mafia, or dive through tables in the parking lot. But the fan base was frenzied and fervent back in those days. I remember all the Zubaz pants, and the roar of 80,000 fans at Rich Stadium, the wild scenes in the bars when they played on Monday nights.
From the moment that Jim Kelly came riding into town after finally signing with the Bills, that team was a media sensation, a spectacle on and off the field. It seemed every Bill had a radio or TV show in the early ’90s. Even Adam Lingner, the long snapper, had his own radio show.
The connection between the town and the players was more intimate then, more tangible. The Bills were out in the community more. You were more likely to run into them at a restaurant or bar. Bill Polian, the GM, would sit at the bar at Mudd McGrath’s and not be bothered by the patrons.
Back in 2011, I did a story on the 20th anniversary of the first Super Bowl (“It’s Not Hooking”). Leon Seals, the former defensive end, talked about the bond between the city and the team. He said those players were “the ghosts who still walk the town.”
They were an enormously talented, and fun-loving bunch. Those parties at Jim Kelly’s house after home games were the stuff of legend. The players felt it contributed to their incredible competitive will on the field. The current team has a strong bond, but do they have anything like those parties?
And boy, could they compete. It’s silly to compare that group to this year’s team. It was before unrestricted free agency. There’s no way you could keep that gifted a roster together for very long.
The 1991 team had TEN Pro Bowlers. There were five future Hall of Famers on the roster (Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith, James Lofton) and six others who made multiple Pro Bowls (Steve Tasker, Kent Hull, Shane Conlan, Will Wolford, Darryl Talley, Cornelius Bennett). Not to mention, they had a Hall of Fame owner (Ralph Wilson), general manager (Polian) and head coach (Marv Levy).
That team validated the high expectations, going to the second of four straight Super Bowls before losing to Washington. The Bills opened at home with a 35-31 win over Miami, amassing 582 yards of total offense, which is still a team record in regulation time.
They set a franchise record with 458 points that year, when the vaunted No-Huddle was functioning at its peak. The Bills shattered that record in 2020, scoring 501 points as Josh Allen broke most of Kelly’s team passing records. They scored 483 in 17 games last season.
So, it’s a tribute to the squad that general manager Brandon Beane has assembled to hear national NFL writers to say these Bills have the same pressure to win it all as those teams from the ’90s, and that anything less than a Super Bowl victory would be a disappointment.
Maybe those expectations are a little high for a team that has yet to reach the big game. But I do think the anticipation for this season could be greater than it’s ever been on the eve of a Bills season, even more so than during the four-year Super Bowl run during the Kelly era.
The NFL is so much bigger nowadays, and the mania for the Bills has grown accordingly. The league is a 12-month proposition. Fans wait all year for the draft. Everything is heightened, of course, by social media. Imagine cell phone cameras in Kelly’s day.
The Bills Mafia is more wide-spread, mainly because so many people have moved elsewhere in the country and the team provides their main connection to their hometown. NFL games dominate the national TV ratings. Fantasy football has quadrupled in the last 20 years and is estimated to be an $18.6 billion business. Legal sports gambling is out of control.
Nowadays, a lot of people need to have a personal investment to pay attention to sports. Fantasy and gambling become bigger than the actual games. But most Bills fans have an emotional investment in their team and their town. I know people who root for only one sports team: The Bills.
There’s still an innocence to being a Bills fan, a thread connecting people over generations. I’ve talked to middle-aged fans who are excited to see their children — and even grandchildren — getting to experience what they had with the Kelly teams 30 or more years ago.
They say a generation is anywhere from 20 to 30 years. So there’s a generation of Buffalo fans with no memory of those Super Bowl teams. Their primary memory is of a 17-year drought, a long and depressing chronicle of woe and horrifying losses.
This team is their reward for years of despair. That’s why the anticipation is greater than ever, because it’s a shared expectation, really across three generations. Older fans are getting to re-live the joys of their younger days, to see the Bills once again through the eyes of children.
There’s a boyish quality about Allen, too. As Ryan Fitzpatrick told me for a story after he announced his retirement, Allen is the perfect quarterback for the Bills, and he’s the chief reason for the soaring hope and anticipation about the team this season.
“He definitely gets it,” Fitz said, “but he’s also just authentic. His personality and authenticity hits home with Bills fans, it really does. There’s a natural fit to Josh and Buffalo that he doesn’t have to try hard, either.”
It helps, of course, that Allen is a superstar, the long-awaited heir to Kelly as the franchise savior. Kelly was a great player, a superior passer and one of the toughest guys I ever covered. But Allen is a singular, more dynamic athlete, as good a blend of runner and thrower as the game has seen.
Allen is a national fascination as well. It was the lingering memory of his stunning performance in the Bills’ two playoff games last season — a 77.4 completion percentage, 637 yards, nine touchdowns and no interceptions — that prodded experts to anoint the Bills the team to beat.
Respected football writer Peter King, a big admirer of the Bills teams of the ’90s, wrote in a recent column, “I cannot find any good reason to pick someone other than Josh Allen for MVP.”
That’s a lot of pressure. There’s certainly justifiable support for Allen. The addition of Von Miller to the defense is also a big reason for high hopes. But it’s easy to forget, in light of that historic two-game playoff run, that his passing numbers fell off from his record-setting 2020 season.
“I’ve always said pressure is a privilege,” Miller said Sunday. “But here, I think we’re all following Josh Allen’s lead.”
The fans are taking Allen’s lead, too. I’ve said for years it’s all about the quarterback in the NFL. Once you get that right, all things become possible. Allen allows fans to rise above the old fatalism. I’ve had fans tell me that even if they don’t win it this year, they believe Allen is destined to win a Super Bowl, and maybe more, during his career in Buffalo.
Yes, expectations can be an enormous burden for a team. Nothing is guaranteed from one year to the next in the NFL. In the last 24 years, just one NFC team has gone to consecutive Super Bowls (Seattle in 2014-15). Who predicted the Bengals would get there a year ago?
“A team has to persevere through challenges, good moments, bad moments,” head coach Sean McDermott said. “So we’ll see how our team comes together and how we handle all those situations.”
The NFL season can be long and tortuous. A year ago, remember, the Bills were 7-6 at one point and appeared to be in danger of missing the playoffs altogether. People are a little bit giddy when they pick them to go 15-2 or 14-3.
But it beats the alternative. I imagine some seasoned Bills-watchers will turn to the younger fans on Thursday and remind them to soak it in, to revel in being the big favorite. I remember people looking back on the Super Bowl years and saying they didn’t know how good they had it.
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Jerry Sullivan is an award-winning journalist who joined the News 4 team in 2020 after three decades as a sports columnist at The Buffalo News. See more of his work here.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd, announced today that it will combine with affiliate companies Sumitomo Pharma America Holdings, Inc., Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd., Myovant Sciences, Inc., Urovant Sciences, Inc., Enzyvant Therapeutics, Inc., and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. to form Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. effective July 1, 2023. Spirovant Sciences, Inc., Sumitovant's remaining wholly owned subsidiary, will operate as a standalone company under Sumitomo Pharma America. Sumitovant's current CEO Myrtle Potter will serve as President and CEO of Sumitomo Pharma America upon completion of the combination.
Sumitomo Pharma America will establish a science-based, technology-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing unmet patient needs in the critical areas of central nervous system, oncology, urology, women's health, and cell and gene therapies. Sumitomo Pharma America will house a diverse portfolio of commercialized products and robust pipeline of early- to late-stage assets leveraging proprietary technology platforms and advanced computational analytics capabilities to accelerate research, development, and potential commercialization of new therapies. Each subsidiary will continue to operate independently until the combination is complete but are collaborating on key integration efforts in the interim to allow for a smooth transition for all stakeholders in preparation for Day 1 of Sumitomo Pharma America.
Hiroshi Nomura, President and CEO of Sumitomo Pharma, said, "We remain deeply committed to addressing pressing health challenges and believe Sumitomo Pharma America will serve as a valuable growth engine. Sumitomo Pharma America will have increased scale and a combined network of resources and talent to accelerate a diverse portfolio of commercial and investigational programs for critical indications while creating a sustainable platform for growth."
"Sumitomo Pharma America represents an exciting opportunity to leverage each subsidiary's competitive strengths to create an innovative biopharma company with the scale, agility and efficiency needed for accelerated impact and patient-focused outcomes," said Myrtle Potter, current CEO of Sumitovant and future President and CEO of Sumitomo Pharma America. "We will combine our deep R&D and life sciences expertise with unparalleled advance technology platforms, DrugOME and Digital Innovation, to underpin growth of existing product lines and pipeline efforts. Sumitomo Pharma America will build on the group's mission and bring needed therapies to patients sooner in key areas where treatment options remain limited or non-existent."
"Sumitomo Pharma America will be well positioned to accelerate the development of Sumitomo Pharma Oncology's portfolio, and address unmet needs for cancer patients," said Patricia S. Andrews, Chief Executive Officer and Global Head of Oncology, Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc. "I want to thank our talented Sumitomo Pharma Oncology team for their commitment and hard work, which made this announcement possible. Our people will continue to have a positive impact for patients as part of Sumitomo Pharma America."
About Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc.
Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. As a global oncology organization with teams in the U.S. and Japan, SMP Oncology is committed to the goal of advancing purposeful science by transforming new discoveries into meaningful treatments for patients with cancer. SMP Oncology's robust and diverse pipeline of preclinical and clinical-stage assets spans multiple areas, including oncogenic pathways, survival mechanisms and novel protein interactions, which aim to address unmet clinical needs in oncology. For more information, visit www.oncology.sumitomo-pharma.com.
About Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd.
Sumitovant is a technology-driven biopharmaceutical company accelerating development and commercialization of new potential therapies for patients with rare conditions and other diseases. Through its proprietary computing and data platforms, scientific expertise and diverse company portfolio, Sumitovant has supported development of multiple FDA-approved products and a robust pipeline of early- through late-stage investigational assets addressing unmet patient needs in pediatrics, urology, oncology, women's health, specialty respiratory and infectious diseases. Sumitovant Biopharma is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma. Please visit our website www.sumitovant.com for more information on Sumitovant and our portfolio.
About Myovant Sciences
Myovant Sciences aspires to redefine care for women and men through purpose-driven science, empowering medicines, and transformative advocacy worldwide. Since its formation in 2016, Myovant has secured five regulatory approvals in the United States and Europe for its products ORGOVYX® and MYFEMBREE® in hormone-sensitive oncology and women's health, respectively. Myovant and its partners continue to file for additional indications of its products, as well as advance development of its pipeline. Myovant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd., as of March 10, 2023. For more information, please visit www.myovant.com.
About Urovant Sciences
Urovant Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapies for areas of unmet need, with a dedicated focus in urology. The Company's lead product, GEMTESA® (vibegron), is an oral, once-daily (75 mg) small molecule beta-3 agonist for the treatment of adult patients with overactive bladder (OAB) with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and urinary frequency. GEMTESA was approved by the U.S. FDA in December 2020 and launched in the U.S. in April 2021. Urovant Sciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd., intends to bring innovation to patients in need in urology and other areas of unmet need. Named one of the Fortune® Best Workplaces in BioPharma™ (2022), twice as one of the "Best Places to Work" in Orange County by the Orange County Business Journal (2021, 2022) and winner of the PM360 Trailblazer Award for Best Product Launch of the Year, Urovant's people-focused culture leads the way for innovation and impact. Learn more at www.Urovant.com
About GEMTESA
GEMTESA® (vibegron) is a prescription medicine for adults used to treat the following symptoms due to a condition called overactive bladder:
- urge urinary incontinence: a strong need to urinate with leaking or wetting accidents
- urgency: the need to urinate right away
- frequency: urinating often
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Do not take GEMTESA if you are allergic to vibegron or any of the ingredients in GEMTESA.
Before you take GEMTESA, tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, including if you have liver problems; have kidney problems; have trouble emptying your bladder or you have a weak urine stream; take medicines that contain digoxin; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant (it is not known if GEMTESA will harm your unborn baby; talk to your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant); are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed (it is not known if GEMTESA passes into your breast milk; talk to your doctor about the best way to feed your baby if you take GEMTESA).
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your doctor and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
What are the possible side effects of GEMTESA?
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please click here for full Product Information for GEMTESA.
About Enzyvant Therapeutics
Enzyvant is a biopharmaceutical company making life-altering impact for people affected by rare disease, where the communities are small, and the human need is immense. Driven by purpose, we engage with rare disease communities with compassion and commitment, partnering to accelerate the development of transformative medicines they so urgently need. We prioritize collaborative connections with academia, industry, associations, advocacy groups and government, because strong relationships make bold science possible. A nimble and unique organization, Enzyvant has a full range of capabilities spanning non-clinical and clinical development and commercialization and is developing in-house manufacturing. Enzyvant has delivered a first-of-its-kind FDA approval in regenerative medicine and promising advances against some of the greatest challenges in immunology and cardiopulmonology. Enzyvant is part of Sumitovant, wholly owned by Sumitomo Pharma. For more information about Enzyvant and our programs, visit www.Enzyvant.com.
About Spirovant Sciences
Spirovant is a gene therapy company focused on changing the course of cystic fibrosis and other respiratory diseases. The company's current investigational gene therapy technologies are designed to overcome the historical barriers that have prevented effective genetic treatments for cystic fibrosis. Spirovant's lead programs are in development for cystic fibrosis. Spirovant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitovant Biopharma, is located in Philadelphia, PA. For more information, please visit our website at spirovant.com.
About Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Sunovion is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on the innovative application of science and medicine to help people with serious medical conditions. Sunovion has charted new paths to life-transforming treatments that reflect an ongoing commitment to research and development for people living with serious psychiatric and neurological conditions. Headquartered in Marlborough, Mass., Sunovion is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc., based in Mississauga, Ontario, is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. Additional information can be found on the company's websites: www.sunovion.com and www.sunovion.ca. Connect with Sunovion on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.
About Sumitomo Pharma America Holdings, Inc.
Sumitomo Pharma America Holdings, Inc. supports certain affiliates of the Sumitomo Pharma Group by providing professional shared services expertise to achieve greater efficiencies and enable discovery, development and commercialization of innovative treatments to help patients. Headquartered in Marlborough, MA, U.S., Sumitomo Pharma America Holdings, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd., a global pharmaceutical company based in Japan.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities laws and Sumitomo Pharma may make related oral, forward-looking statements on or following the date hereof. Statements including words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "estimates," "plan," "will," "may," "look forward," "intend," "guidance," "future" or similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to a variety of inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results projected and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Many of these risks and uncertainties cannot be controlled by Sumitomo Pharma and you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to Sumitomo Pharma as of the date of this communication and speak only as of the date of this communication. Sumitomo Pharma does not assume any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law. No information contained on any website referenced in this press release is incorporated by reference herein.
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Putin claims Moscow ready for Ukraine talks as attacks go on
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia is ready for talks to end the war in Ukraine even as the country faced more attacks from Moscow — a clear sign that peace wasn’t imminent.
Putin said in a state television interview, excerpts of which were released on Sunday afternoon that Russia is “prepared to negotiate some acceptable outcomes with all the participants of this process.”
He said that “it’s not us who refuse talks, it’s them” — something the Kremlin has repeatedly stated in recent months as its 10-month old invasion kept losing momentum.
Putin also repeated that Moscow has “no other choice” and said he believed the Kremlin was “acting in the right direction.”
“We’re defending our national interests, the interests of our citizens, our people,” he said.
Putin’s remarks come as attacks on Ukraine continue. A country-wide air raid alert was announced twice on Sunday alone, and three missiles in the afternoon hit the city of Kramatorsk in the partially occupied Donetsk region, local officials reported.
The missiles hit an industrial area of the city, and there weren’t any casualties, according to the Ukrainian governor of Donetsk, Pavlo Kyrylenko. Kyrylenko said that the city of Avdiivka was also attacked on Sunday with six rounds of shelling, and a woman was wounded there.
Elsewhere in the front-line region, around the city of Bakhmut, where fierce battles have been underway in recent weeks, the Russian forces were struggling to keep up the pace of their offensive, a U.S.-based think tank reported this weekend.
“Russian forces’ rate of advance in the Bakhmut area has likely slowed in recent days, although it is too early to assess whether the Russian offensive to capture Bakhmut has culminated,” the Institute for the Study of War wrote in its recent update.
The think tank cited Russian military bloggers, who it said have recently acknowledged “that Ukrainian forces in the Bakhmut area have managed to slightly slow down the pace of the Russian advance around Bakhmut and its surrounding settlements.”
Sources on Ukrainian social media “previously claimed that Ukrainian forces completely pushed Russian forces out of the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut” around Dec. 21, the report added.
“Russian forces will likely struggle to maintain the pace of their offensive operations in the Bakhmut area and may seek to initiate a tactical or operational pause,” the institute concluded.
A day before, a deadly Russian attack on the southern city of Kherson, retaken by Ukrainian forces last month, killed and wounded scores of people.
The Russian forces shelled Ukrainian-held areas of the partially occupied Kherson region 71 times over the past 24 hours, including 41 attacks on the city of Kherson, the region’s Ukrainian governor Yaroslav Yanushevich reported on Sunday.
A total of 16 people have been killed, according to the official, including three emergency workers killed in the process of demining the Berislav district of the region. Yanushevich said that 64 more have been wounded.
In the neighboring Dnipropetrovsk region, the city of Nikopol was shelled overnight from heavy artillery, Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said. No casualties have been reported.
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Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris is back in the big leagues.
The Cleveland Guardians selected his contract from Triple-A Columbus before Saturday night’s game.
Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Daniel Norris is back in the big leagues.
The Cleveland Guardians selected his contract from Triple-A Columbus before Saturday night’s game.
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Boys and Girls Club of Greeneville and Greene County is hosting its 8th annual Ball Drop on Thursday, June 8.
It will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Link Hills Country Club Golf Course in Greeneville.
The club’s director of operations, Jessica Poore, stopped by First at Four Friday to explain how it works.
You can purchase a ball for just $20 from the Boys and Girls Club. There will be 10 opportunities to win prizes, including a $5,000 cash reward.
The club’s 20th annual Bob Kesling Celebrity Golf Classic is the following day, June 9.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers accused of harming Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip over the last five years have been indicted in less than 1% of the hundreds of complaints against them, an Israeli rights group reported. The watchdog argued that Israel’s military systematically fails to conduct a credible prosecution of itself.
Between 2017 and 2021, the Israeli military received 1,260 cases of alleged offenses by Israeli soldiers against Palestinians, including 409 cases involving the killing of Palestinians, according to military data obtained by the group Yesh Din and released Wednesday after a freedom of information request.
The Israeli military opened 248 criminal investigations into instances of possible misconduct in response to those complaints — just 21.4% of the total, Yesh Din said. Only 11 investigations during that five year period have yielded indictments. In those cases, Israel’s military prosecutors acted with leniency toward convicted soldiers, the group added, with those sentenced for killing Palestinians serving only short-term military community service.
“This conduct demonstrates the military law enforcement system’s complete disregard for Palestinians’ lives (and) precludes any possibility of deterrence,” Yesh Din said.
In response to a request for comment, the Israeli military contended there had been more charges filed against soldiers than Yesh Din had reported, with a total of 31 indictments lodged during the five-year period for offenses also involving the use of weapons, property damage and violence against Palestinians.
“It should be noted that the majority of the proceedings ended in a punishment that includes actual imprisonment, in accordance with the general punishment policy,” the military said.
Rights groups and critics long have alleged Israeli military investigations into the killings of Palestinians reflect a pattern of impunity. B’Tselem, a leading Israeli watchdog, grew so frustrated with the system that in 2016 it dismissed the probes as a whitewash and halted its decades-long practice of assisting investigations.
The Israeli army says it has proved that its investigations are independent and professional. It attributed the many challenges to “a lack of cooperation on the part of the complainants.”
“The likelihood of discovering the truth is directly impacted by the lack of cooperation,” it said.
The 1,260 complaints lodged against the military by victims, lawyers, the Justice Ministry and others reflected just a fraction of the incidents that occurred in the occupied West Bank and Gaza over the years. B’Tselem has reported that Israeli security forces killed 819 Palestinians between 2017 and 2021, including in conflicts with Gaza militant groups. Just 117 of those deaths prompted investigations, Yesh Din said.
Violence has surged this year in the West Bank as Israel conducts daily arrest raids in response to a spate of Palestinian attacks this past spring that killed 19 people in Israel. At least 150 Palestinians have been killed, making 2022 the deadliest in 16 years. The Israeli army says most of the Palestinians killed have been militants. But stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and others not involved in confrontations have also been killed.
Yesh Din pointed out that the military prosecutors mainly take action in obvious episodes that have been caught on camera or have already drawn condemnation.
For instance, soldiers who were secretly filmed beating two young Palestinian men and threatening to shoot one of them in the head were suspended from duty after the video was posted on TikTok last August. Prosecutors swiftly opened an investigation and are still determining whether to press charges.
When soldiers were caught on camera slashing the tires of Palestinian cars in May 2021, they were demoted, sentenced to military community service and suspended prison terms and ordered to pay a fine.
In a case that has attracted intense scrutiny, soldiers temporarily zip-tied and gagged a 78-year-old Palestinian-American after detaining him in the West Bank earlier this year. He was later found dead, after troops untied him and left without providing medical care. The military said it is considering filing charges against two soldiers over his death.
Critics have repeatedly accused Israeli forces of using excessive firepower in the 2021 Gaza war and the military’s killing of Palestinian protesters along the Gaza Strip’s separation fence with Israel in 2018 and 2019. Israel blames the Hamas militant group for civilian casualties, saying the militant group uses residential areas for cover and civilians as human shields.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague launched an investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes in the Palestinian territories last year. Although Israel does not recognize the court’s authority, the court can pursue cases if it finds Israel unwilling or unable to carry out justice.
“The few indictments that were filed … allow the military to maintain the illusion that it is a law-abiding system and deflect outside criticism,” Yesh Din said.
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Survey points to gaps in understanding of what's driving higher costs and limiting access to cyber insurance coverage — and what businesses can do about it.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Good news for cybersecurity: More risk managers have purchased cyber insurance to help protect their businesses and customers from the potentially disastrous consequences of breaches and hacks. The bad news: Increasing premiums and restrictions for cyber coverage over the past year have created frustration for some business leaders.
This is the mixed picture emerging from the just-released 12th annual Information Security and Cyber Risk Management study from Zurich North America and Advisen Ltd., a Zywave Company. The 2022 study indicates that 86% of respondents now have cyber insurance, up three percentage points from 2021 and the highest percentage in the history of the survey. About 83% of respondents say they've taken steps to assess their cyber risk, and 69% have invested in cybersecurity solutions to mitigate risk.
Such findings suggest that CEOs, CIOs and risk managers increasingly grasp the threat that cyberattacks pose to their businesses, customers and the economy. But comments in the survey also reveal gaps in understanding of the drivers of insurance rates and restrictions and the role that risk mitigation actions play in the ability to access coverage at an affordable price.
"Our latest survey shows that many respondents recognize cyber threats and claims have increased in frequency and severity, but some business leaders struggle with the extent of the impact on insurance costs, policy terms and risk selection," said Michelle Chia, Head of Professional Liability and Cyber at Zurich North America. "What's clear is that cyber resilience is critical to business resilience. Carriers, distributors, risk managers, IT professionals, governments and employees everywhere need to work together to strengthen cyber resilience in this fast-evolving risk landscape."
Other highlights from the survey:
- 54% of respondents who experienced a claim reported it to their cyber insurance carrier. More than 70% recouped costs from their cyber insurance carrier, while a portion of claims are still in process.
- 52% have increased their organization's oversight of IT vendor management in response to geopolitical conflict concerns.
- 52% of respondents agreed that their cyber insurance meets their expectations and provides value, and 61% said their coverage meets some but not all organizational needs.
- Over 93% of respondents said they expect Data Breach and Cyber Extortion/Ransomware coverage to be included in cyber insurance policies, followed by Data Restoration (87%) and Business Interruption (75%).
- 81% of respondents reported having cyber incident response plans in place, but less than 60% test these plans regularly.
- 62% of respondents cited "Enhance Employee Training" as one of their top cybersecurity priorities over the next year.
"While there's more to be done, it's encouraging to see organizations taking steps to shore up their cyber resilience," Chia said. "Insights from this survey present the opportunity for insurance carriers and brokers to provide continuing education on the shifting cyber risk environment and mitigation techniques. Those responsible for managing cyber risk can refer to this survey's insights to help gain organizational support for additional investments to enhance cyber resilience and access to insurance coverage."
The survey was completed at least in part by 353 risk managers, insurance buyers and other risk professionals. The majority classified themselves as either a chief risk manager or the head of a risk management department (28 percent); a different member of a risk management department (25 percent); a chief information security officer or chief privacy officer (5 percent); or other executive, such as a CIO, CFO or CEO (20 percent).
The full Information Security and Cyber Risk Management survey report is here.
About Zurich North America
Zurich North America is one of the largest providers of insurance solutions and services to businesses and individuals. Our customers represent industries ranging from agriculture to technology. Zurich North America is part of Zurich Insurance Group, a leading multi-line insurer serving people and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. Founded 150 years ago, Zurich is transforming insurance. In addition to providing insurance protection, Zurich is increasingly offering prevention services such as those that promote wellbeing and enhance climate resilience.
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Great catch! No, we’re not at a baseball game. We’re watching Jacob Van Horn, 12, expertly “catch” pancakes being flipped to him at the free pancake breakfast that has been a signature event of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Festival for more than a half-century in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Frontier Days, celebrating its 107th year, attracts a half-million people to see championship bull riding, barrel racing, country music stars, Western art shows, Native American festivities and more. I saw license plates from around the country, including Alaska, California, Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
“We want everyone to see how we live in summer,” said Jacob. “And it’s great to see so many people want to join us.” Others have been assigned as flippers, runners, mixers and droppers (those dropping the pancakes on the grill.)
“There is a large sense of community,” agreed Rosalie Zubrod, 16, who was also among the many volunteers at the pancake breakfast, held three days during the festival. Some 100,000 pancakes, 9,200 cartons of milk, 520 gallons of coffee. Six hundred and 30 pounds of butter and 475 gallons of syrup would be served.
Zubrod was also among those marching in the Grand Parade, held over four days and including some of the country’s top marching bands, horse-drawn vehicles, cars and horses with people in Western period dress. “The parade is the best,” said her brother Andrew Zubrod, 13, who lives in Cheyenne and was also volunteering.
On the Monday morning we were there, out-of-towners and locals began lining up long before the 7 a.m. start. Though the breakfast ends at 9 a.m., all those in line would be served. “It’s a tradition for local families,” said Lorrell Walter, one of the hundreds of volunteers and a member of the Kiwanis Club that sponsors the “absolutely free” breakfast. “We all come together for the greater good of the community,” she said, “scouts, military, local businesses, rodeo clubs.”
Walter wants out-of-towners to know that Frontier Days is a lot more than the rodeo, as large (more than 2,000 animals in the competitions and more than a million dollars in prizes) as it is.
There are nightly concerts (the Zach Bryan concert we attended was sold out, the crowd on their feet for much of the evening).
Less than two hours from Denver, Cheyenne is home to 60,000 and a gateway to all Wyoming has to offer (Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, hot springs, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area and Fossil Butte National Monument, among them). Did you know Wyoming granted women the right to vote and hold office in 1869 — a full 50 years before the rest of the country, earning the moniker the Equality State, and 20 years before it became a state? (Visit The Wyoming Women’s History House in Laramie near where Louisa Swain cast that first ballot in 1870 in a general election.)
Cheyenne Frontier Days – this 10-day event is always the last week in July – showcases its long-held traditions at the Old West Museum adjacent to Frontier Park.
Enjoy plenty of free Western music, including at the pancake breakfasts, during the day at The Garden and in the evening, at the Buckin’ A Saloon for those 21 and older (got your dancing boots on?)
Meet Wyatt Earp, Lillie Langtry, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Wild Bill Hickok in Old Frontier Town while Native Americans showcase their culture with storytelling, a large market of Native American crafts and traditional dances by the Little Sun Drum and Dance Group based on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
Chow down with the Chuckwagon Experience and Cookoff where authentically restored chuckwagons and cast-iron equipment provide a glimpse into life more than a century ago. Crews are given a standard set of ingredients then judged on not only the wide range of foods produced, but also on wagon, tools and campsite.
“The people who come make it fun for us,” said Tammy Fleischacker of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, who was competing with her husband, Michael Engelbrecht, in their Rockin Vx Chuckwagon. “It’s getting children excited about history,” she said.
In case you are wondering, the first record of a chuckwagon was in 1866 and it was pulled by 10 oxen, 27 men, 2,000 cattle and 100 horses who traveled 600 miles from Fort Belknap in Texas to Fort Sumner in New Mexico to supply the military, Native Americans and settlers.
The heat in Cheyenne (over 90 degrees) didn’t deter anyone from having fun or showing off their cowboy boots in every hue. There were pony rides, a petting zoo and the chance for kids to race rubber duckies. The Carnival Midway, open from mid-morning until midnight, features a Ferris wheel, all kinds of rides, games and eats. (Funnel cakes, barbecue, corn dogs, buffalo and bison burgers, perhaps?)
This is the place to shop for Western gear – boots, dresses, bandanas, hats, art … even buffalo coats and period dress, a lasso or a carved bison. Maybe some beef jerky or hand-crafted soda? I’d never seen so many different cowboy hats – on adults and kids – in one place. I was glad I wore mine!
We stayed nearby at the affordable Little America hotel, which featured everything from a golf course and pool, restaurants to nightly music and $75 cent ice cream cones.
We took a “Behind-the-Chutes” tour to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the animals and what goes on at a rodeo and then gasped at the skill of the riders on bulls and broncos and women roping steer.
“We believe the world needs more cowboys,” the announcer said. Everyone cheered loudly.
“Are you ready to rodeo?”
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LESBOS, Greece (AP) — A Somali migrant serving life in prison for people smuggling appeared in court Monday to appeal his sentence, in a case backed by a group of European Parliament members who say he was wrongfully convicted.
Mohammad Hanad Abdi was sentenced to 142 years in prison in 2021 after being convicted following a deadly crossing in a dinghy from Turkey to the nearby Greek island of Lesbos the previous year.
Abdi said he had only steered the dinghy after it had been abandoned by a Turkish smuggler during the crossing. Two people drowned when the vessel took on water while 33 others were rescued. Many of the survivors backed the Somali man’s account of events, according to Abdi’s lawyers.
The case has brought attention to draconian sentencing guidelines in Greece introduced in recent years as part of an effort to fight illegal migration into the European Union.
A Greek left-wing member of the European Parliament, Stelios Kouloglou, is leading the campaign to have many of the convictions reexamined, an effort backed by other European lawmakers as well as Greek performing artists who have helped raise money for legal fees.
Last month, two Afghan men, Akif Razouli and Amir Zahiri, who had received 50-year jail sentences, were released from prison on appeal. Razouli was cleared while Zahiri was released after his sentence was reduced to eight years.
“International solidarity is vital for these refugees, who are victims of this unjust practice by the Greek government to condemn innocent people with excessive sentences,” Kouloglou said in an online post before the trial.
Fifteen European Parliament members have backed his campaign, signing letters of complaint to Greek authorities.
The country’s center-right government has described its migration policy as “strict but fair,” arguing that tough sentencing for smugglers is a key part of the country’s border defense policy.
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US delegation unable to secure release of Americans detained in Venezuela
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN
A US delegation that traveled to Venezuela this week was unable to secure the release of any of the Americans detained there.
US Special President Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens was able to meet with wrongfully detained Americans while in the capital city of Caracas and discussed “with senior Maduro regime officials the importance of ensuring that they receive appropriate care where needed,” a State Department spokesperson told CNN.
However, the visit by Carstens and Ambassador Jimmy Story, who heads the US’ Venezuelan Affairs Unit, ended Thursday without any of the Americans whom the US considers wrongfully detained being able to return home.
“We will continue to press for the immediate and unconditional release of all wrongfully detained US nationals in Venezuela at every opportunity,” the spokesperson said.
There are at least eight Americans currently known to be wrongfully detained in Venezuela — five of the six American oil executives known collectively as the “CITGO 6” — Tomeu Vadell, Jorge Toledo, Alirio Jose Zambrano, Jose Luis Zambrano and Jose Angel Pereira — along with Luke Denman, Airan Berry and Matthew Heath.
Heath, a US veteran who has been detained nearly two years on what the State Department calls “specious” charges, attempted suicide earlier this month. His aunt Trudy Rutherford said in a statement Thursday they “believe that Matthew’s physical and mental health both continue to be at risk and are fearful he may attempt suicide again.”
“While we are incredibly grateful for Ambassador Carstens and his team for having made this trip, it is important that there be continued, high level engagement between the U.S. Government centered around bringing Matthew and the other American detainees home,” she said.
“President Biden and President Maduro both stand to benefit from ending the ordeal for all of these Americans and their families and neither benefits from their prolonged detention,” Rutherford said.
Two Americans who had been detained in Venezuela, including one of the CITGO 6, were released in March following the visit of two top US government officials to Caracas.
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WFO LUBBOCK Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, May 28, 2022
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* At 858 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of
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THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR LOCATIONS BETWEEN GUTHRIE AND
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HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
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WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A former suburban Chicago police officer who was fired after he shot into a car two years ago, killing a Black man and seriously wounding the man’s girlfriend, has been charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced on Thursday.
In a news release, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office said it had unsealed grand jury indictments against former Waukegan police Officer Dante Salinas in the Oct. 20, 2020, shooting that killed a 19-year-old local man, Marcellis Stinnette, and wounded his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, according to the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office. Salinas also was indicted on felony counts of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and official misconduct.
On the night of the shooting, another Waukegan officer stopped the couple’s car and was questioning them when Williams suddenly drove off, according to investigators. The officer pursued them and Salinas responded to his call for help and joined the chase.
Williams drove off a roadway and crashed, then put her car in reverse in an attempt to leave the area, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office said in a news release Thursday.
Salinas had climbed out of his squad car and was not in the path of Williams’ car but he “fired several shots into the driver’s side of the vehicle as it continued to reverse past him,” according to the news release.
Williams was wounded and Stinnette, who prosecutors said had committed no crime, was killed.
An expert analyzing the trajectory of the bullets was able to determine the location of Salinas and the trajectory of his bullets, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said in the statement.
Salinas surrendered to authorities on Thursday and a judge ordered that he be held on $350,000 bond, prosecutors said. Second-degree murder carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and manslaughter carries a maximum term of five years. If Salinas is convicted of both charges, the sentences would run concurrently.
Douglas Zeit, an attorney who represented Salinas in court on Thursday, declined to comment when reached by phone.
Williams has been charged with aggravated fleeing. She turned herself in to authorities as well and a judge ordered that she be released on a $50,000 recognizance bond.
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* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents.
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RICHMOND, Va., June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyper Solutions, Inc. is revolutionizing the manufacturing industry with its groundbreaking platform and a full suite of UL Certified Hyperscale Solutions. Hyper is poised to disrupt the industry and empower businesses worldwide to achieve their mission-critical goals through advanced technology and innovation.
With a strong focus on quality, scalability, and innovation, Hyper is set to change the game in the manufacturing and mission critical industries. Hyper's proprietary platform empowers collaborative partnerships with trusted manufacturers, enabling the rapid production and delivery of custom products with unwavering quality. Our platform seamlessly caters to the ever-changing demands of this dynamic market, ensuring streamlined sourcing of vital products for our customers.
Hyper is breaking the mold and revolutionizing the industry by harnessing the power of technology and collaboration. By visiting Hypersolutions.com, it's easier than ever for customers and partners to join the manufacturing revolution. Interested parties can better understand the platform, partner with us to build quality customized solutions, or engage with the Hyper team as a customer to source their equipment on timelines never before seen in the industry.
"Hyper's unique approach not only helps customers achieve their manufacturing goals, but also contributes to the growth of the US manufacturing sector," said Vladimir Gulkarov, Co-Founder & CEO. "By optimizing and harnessing the capabilities of domestic manufacturers, Hyper plays a vital role in driving economic development and meeting the demands of the ever-evolving high-tech industry."
By embracing Hyper, our customers gain access to a vibrant ecosystem that fosters customizability, reliability, and scalability. The platform eliminates traditional manufacturing limitations and offers a transparent and efficient experience for partners and customers alike. Additionally, Hyper's commitment to excellence ensures customers can confidently navigate their manufacturing needs and source quality hyper-scale solutions with full transparency.
"Harnessing the potential of the US manufacturing industry, Hyper pioneers a groundbreaking approach that taps into untapped capacity across the nation," says Dennis Strieter, Co-Founder & CRO. "By capitalizing on this vast resource, we deliver unparalleled scale and accelerated timelines to our customers, revolutionizing the mission-critical landscape."
To learn more about Hyper and embark on a transformative manufacturing journey, visit Hypersolutions.com today. Discover how Hyper is breaking the mold, empowering manufacturers, and revolutionizing the way essential equipment is built for today's largest hyperscaling customers.
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Hyper is a pioneering manufacturing platform that connects skilled manufacturers, allowing them to build high-quality mission-critical equipment at scale. With a focus on quality, scalability, and innovation, Hyper disrupts traditional manufacturing limitations and empowers hyperscale customers to achieve remarkable results.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ten members of the same family, seven of them women, were killed in a mass shooting at a house in South Africa, police said Friday.
According to initial reports, they were ambushed by unknown gunmen at the home in the city of Pietermaritzburg in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, police said. The shooting happened Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Police Minister Bheki Cele was due to visit the scene on Friday.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and there has been a spate of mass shootings in recent years.
Eight people were fatally shot at a birthday party in the south coast city of Gqeberha in January. Last year, 16 died in a mass shooting at a bar in the Johannesburg township of Soweto when a group of armed men, some of them wielding rifles, opened fire on customers.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Texas troubadour Willie Nelson will celebrate his 90th birthday with his friends and family at an all-star two-day concert at the Hollywood Bowl this April.
The Grammy-winning country icon’s milestone birthday party will take place on April 29-30 and feature Nelson and dozens of performers, including Neil Young, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett, Miranda Lambert, Rosanne Cash, Snoop Dogg, The Chicks, Kacey Musgraves and many more.
Six decades into his career, the singer-songwriter, author and activist is still going strong, with a new album — “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love” — coming in March and a five-part documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. He’s also nominated for four Grammys this year. Some of his biggest hits include “On The Road Again,” “Crazy” and “Funny How Time Slips Away.”
Additional performers include Norah Jones, Tom Jones, Tyler Childers, Warren Haynes, Ziggy Marley, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Russell, Beck, Billy Strings, Bobby Weir, Charley Crockett, Edie Brickell, Leon Bridges, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff, Orville Peck, Sheryl Crow, The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers, and Nelson’s sons, Lukas Nelson and Micah Nelson, the latter of whom performs as Particle Kid.
Tickets for the concerts go on sale to the general public on Jan. 28, with a presale starting on Wednesday.
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DALLAS, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BSN SPORTS, one of the largest direct marketers and distributors of sporting goods, footwear, apparel and branding to the school and league markets and a division of Varsity Brands, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of the Eastbay Team Sales business ("Eastbay Team Sales") from Foot Locker Retail, Inc., a subsidiary of Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL).
Founded in 1980 and originally established to meet the performance needs of local high school and college athletes in Central Wisconsin, Eastbay Team Sales is now a leading supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment to high school and college athletes. Foot Locker, Inc. acquired Eastbay Team Sales through its acquisition of Eastbay in 1997 to integrate an additional channel of distribution for athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment.
BSN SPORTS is a leader in the school and league markets with over 1,100 Field Sales Professionals serving coaches and athletic directors in virtually every zip code in the United States. The Company supports these Field Sales Professionals with Category Managers, Territory Managers, Customer Service Representatives and a robust marketing infrastructure and leading technology that enable the Sales Professionals to provide customers with the most complete and customized one-stop shopping experience in the team sporting goods industry.
Terry Babilla, President of BSN SPORTS, said, "We are excited that the employees of Eastbay Team Sales will be joining the BSN SPORTS family, which is dedicated exclusively to serving athletes, athletic directors and coaches who impact more lives in a year than most people do in a lifetime. This dedicated approach means that our new Sales Professionals will benefit from the best and broadest inventory selection, leading design and customization tools and support resources as they deliver the stellar service experience all customers deserve. We welcome the Eastbay Team employees to the BSN SPORTS family and look forward to a productive and rewarding integration of our teams headed into the 2022-2023 school year."
Varsity Brands, BSN SPORTS' parent company, is a portfolio company of Bain Capital Private Equity.
Dallas-based BSN SPORTS is a leading marketer, manufacturer and distributor of sporting goods apparel and equipment. A division of Varsity Brands, BSN SPORTS markets and distributes its products to over 150,000 institutional and team sports customers in colleges and universities, middle and high schools, and recreational programs throughout the United States via catalog, e-commerce, and direct sales. Focused on providing game changing solutions through local partnerships, multi-brand selection and one-stop shopping for equipment and uniforms, BSN SPORTS' more than 3,000 employees have been helping elevate participation in team sports since 1972.
For more information about BSN SPORTS please visit www.bsnsports.com.
With a mission to inspire achievement and create memorable experiences for young people, Varsity Brands elevates the student experience, promotes participation and celebrates achievement through three unique but interrelated businesses: BSN SPORTS, a Varsity Sport Brand; Varsity Spirit; and Herff Jones, A Varsity Achievement Brand. Together, these entities promote personal, school and community pride through their customizable products and programs to elementary and middle schools, high schools, and colleges and universities, as well as church organizations, professional and collegiate sports teams and corporations. Through its dedicated employees and independent representatives, Varsity Brands reaches its individual and institutional customers each year through competitions, camps and sales.
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College athlete influencers confront security concerns
(AP) - Making TikTok videos for fun evolved into a serious moneymaking venture for Nebraska track athlete Jess Gardner, who is among the many social media stars in college sports.
A comical video of her teaching a football player how to pole vault has been viewed nearly 4 million times, though the majority of her self-described “girly girl” content features her lip-syncing or performing skits while dressed in her track uniform, sweat clothes or stylish outfits. Pretty common stuff for social media influencers.
The number of Gardner’s TikTok followers has climbed to nearly 210,000 over the past four months — in addition to her 115,000 on Instagram — and with that has come something else: Gardner has become mindful of staying safe because of the possibility of an overzealous fan becoming menacing; she said eight of every 10 of her followers are male.
As has been the case with other female athletes who are monetizing their social media followings, it’s typical for her looks to be the subject of comments on her videos, comments that can range from genuinely complimentary to inappropriate — or worse.
“As a woman, thinking in the future, if I had a son and they were commenting those kinds of things on a young girl’s video, I would be ashamed of my son,” Gardner said. “Not all the comments are like that. Don’t get me wrong. There are a lot of very nice people who follow me, a lot of very nice comments.
“But some of the ones that are more alarming, like I just think, what is going on in your life? I can’t take it personal,” she said. “I have to understand their perception of me is a reflection of their experiences and their life and that type of stuff. What happened or what’s going on that you see a video of me in a winter coat and that’s where your mind is going?”
LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne, who has 11 million TikTok and Instagram followers, was in the headlines earlier this year when a swarm of boys and young men showed up at a meet in Utah. They at one point formed a gauntlet outside the arena. Dunne later asked her fans to show respect for her and her teammates, and the incident prompted LSU to assign security personnel to travel with the team.
John Muffler of Florida-based Aequitas Global Security said athletes who have experienced sudden popularity as influencers must understand they are at risk of attracting followers with nefarious intentions. Muffler, a retired U.S. Marshals Service chief inspector, specializes in risk mitigation and threat assessment and has written about problems influencers can encounter.
As with all influencers, Muffler said, college athletes with rising public profiles need to be aware of their surroundings and never post anything that would offer a clue about their location.
Muffler discourages sending direct messages to followers the influencer does not know and urges caution in general replies to comments. Something as innocent as a smiley face emoji could trigger what’s known as a parasocial relationship, meaning the follower imagines he or she knows or is friends with the influencer.
“Most people are going to be fine and normal about following you,” Muffler said, “but it can be perceived as an invitation to others — and those are the ones you need to worry about. They’re the ones that show up in your lab class or outside your dorm.”
Hanna Cavinder, who along with sister and fellow Miami basketball player Haley are among the top college athlete influencers by any measure, said she lives a more private life than most would assume given the twins’ prolific and lucrative use of social media.
“People will always question, ‘Well, why don’t you post your teammates more on TikTok? Or why aren’t you posting your sisters more or your family and stuff?’” she added. “And this is why — I don’t want them to deal with stuff that we’ve had to learn and grow and adapt to, like hate comments and stuff like that. That took a while to get used to, people just talking down on you for no reason.”
Gardner said she started making TikToks last year with her roommate and they were surprised at how many views they generated. With college athletes now able to cash in on their celebrity, Gardner began looking for ways to monetize them and now partners with about 15 brands, most of them catering to women.
Her potential annual earnings from the effort are projected to be $111,000, which ranks No. 3 among Division I female track athletes, according to On3.com.
Gardner said she has received handwritten letters signed by men — one contained jokers from a deck of cards — and thrown them away. She had heard about the Dunne situation in Utah but didn’t give it much thought until a teammate told her a group of males was looking for her during an indoor meet in Lincoln.
“That kind of stuff ... is definitely scary,” she said during an interview in Nebraska’s indoor track facility. “As you can see in this building, we’re a little less separated than the basketball or football or volleyball team would be at a game. The stands are right there. That was definitely unsettling.”
Gardner said she spoke with her coaches and people in the athletic department who said they were aware of her large social media following and assured her security measures were in place to keep her safe.
University spokeswoman Leslie Reed said campus police have not seen an increase in athlete security concerns directly attributable to social media prominence.
“We have always had high-profile athletes on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus and we address issues as they arise,” Reed said in a statement.
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David and Victoria Beckham's eldest son is a new man in more ways than one.
Not only is Brooklyn Beckham a newlywed, after marrying actress Nicola Peltz in April, he also has a new last name: Peltz Beckham. The 23-year-old exclusively told E! News' Daily Pop why he and his wife chose to combine their last names into one.
"I just thought it was different," he told Daily Pop's Francesca Amiker at Variety's Power of Young Hollywood event on August 11. "Not many guys take their wives' names. So, I was just like, 'Why not?' It fit really cool together."
Taking Nicola's last name isn't the only way Brooklyn's honored his new wife. Earlier this month, he debuted his latest Nicola-inspired tattoo, getting the word "married" written on his left hand.
Hitting the red carpet in matching Fendi looks—something Brooklyn told Daily Pop he "always loves" to do with Nicola—the Young Hollywood honoree also spilled what marriage advice his famous parents gave him.
"Just love each other, try and not worry about anything," he shared. "Keep working and just try and have fun."
But he wasn't the only star gushing about their significant other on the red carpet, as artist and honoree Becky G revealed her favorite thing about her boyfriend, soccer player Sebastian Lletget.
"There's a lot of things that I love about him, of course," the "Mamiii" singer told Daily Pop. "But I think my favorite thing about him is his heart. He's just my best friend and I just love him so much."
Check out more of the stars' red carpet conversations in the full interview above.
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The surprising New York Jets, led by quarterback Zach Wilson, meet the Green Bay Packers, led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, in a Week 6 NFL football game on Sunday, October 16, 2022 (10/16/2022) at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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What: NFL regular season, Week 6
Who: New York Jets (3-2) vs. Green Bay Packers (3-2)
When: Sunday, October 16, 2022
Where: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wis.
Time: 1 p.m. ET
TV: FOX
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Line: Packers -7
Over/under: 46
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JETS NOTES: QB ZACH WILSON passed for 210 yards with 0 INTs & 99.3 rating last week. Aims for his 3rd start in row vs. NFC with 0 INTs. • RB BREECE HALL had season-high 197 scrimmage yards (100 rec., 97 rush) & rush TD last week, most scrimmage yards by rookie in single game this season & mostever by NYJ rookie. Became 5th rookie since 1990 with 95+ rush yards & 95+ rec. yards in single game. Aims for 4th in row with 75+ scrimmage yards & 3rd in row with rush TD. Leads all rookies with 488 scrimmage yards this season. • RB MICHAEL CARTER had career-high 2 rush TDs in Week 5. Carter (2) & Hall (2) are 1 of 2 pairs of AFC RB teammates (Nick Chubb & Kareem Hunt) each with 2+ rush TDs in 2022. • WR COREY DAVIS aims for his 4th in row on road with TD catch. • WR GARRETT WILSON ranks 2nd among rookies with 23 receptions & 282 rec. yards. • TE TYLER CONKLIN has 50+ rec. yards in 2 of past 3. Had 5 catches in his last game vs. GB (1/2/22 w/ Min.). • LB C.J. MOSLEY tied for team lead with 10 tackles last week, his 4th game with 10+ tackles this season, tied-most in NFL. Had 7 tackles, FF & FR in his last game vs. GB (11/19/17 w/ Bal.). Aims for his 21st in row with 7+ tackles. • LB KWON ALEXANDER had season-high 10 tackles & TFL in Week 5. • DE CARL LAWSON had sack & 1st FF of season last week. Aims for 3rd in row with sack. Had career-high 2.5 sacks in only career game vs. GB (9/24/17 w/ Cin.). • DT QUINNEN WILLIAMS had half sack & FR in Week 5. Aims for 5th in row with 0.5+ sacks. • CB SUACE GARDNER (rookie) had 1st-career INT last week. Is 1 of 3 in NFL (James Bradberry & Charvarius Ward) with PD in each of 1st 5 weeks of season.
PACKERS NOTES: QB AARON RODGERS had 2 TD passes vs. 0 INTs for 96.3 rating in Week 5 & joined Tom Brady (120) as only players ever with 100 career games with 2+ TD passes & 0 INTs. Aims for his 5th in row with 2+ TD passes. Had 442 pass yards & 4 TDs (2 pass, 2 rush) vs. 0 INTs for 103.8 rating in last meeting. Passed for 346 yards & 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 109.8 rating in last home meeting. • RB AARON JONES had 80 scrimmage yards (63 rush, 17 rec.) last week & has 75+ scrimmage yards in 4 of his 1st 5 games this season. Aims for his 4th in row at home with 100+ scrimmage yards. • RB A.J. DILLON aims for his 8th in row at home with 50+ scrimmage yards. • WR RANDALL COBB led team with 7 receptions & 99 rec. yards last week. Had 2 rec. TDs in last home meeting. • WR ALLEN LAZARD had 17th-career TD catch last week. Has rec. TD in 4 of his past 5 at home & 6 of his past 7 overall. • TE MARCEDES LEWIS had 38th-career TD catch last week, his 1st rec. TD of 2022. • LB PRESTON SMITH had 53rd-career sack in Week 5. Has 6.5 sacks & 6 TFL in his past 5 at home & aims for his 6th in row at home with 0.5+ sacks. • LB RASHAN GARY has 11 sacks in his past 9 at home & aims for his 5th in row at home with sack. Ranks 3rd in NFC with 5 sacks in 2022. • LB DE’VONDRE CAMPBELL aims for his 4th in row with 5+ tackles. Had 9 tackles in his last game vs. NYJ (10/11/20 w/ Az.). • LB QUAY WALKER is 1 of 4 rookies with 5+ tackles in each of 1st 5 weeks. • CB JAIRE ALEXANDER has TFL in 2 of his past 3. Has 7 PD in his past 6 at home. — NFL Communications
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Here’s the complete NFL Week 6 TV schedule (all times Eastern Time)
All live streams are local markets only, out-of-market fans can watch every game with fuboTV. Check which games will play in your local market here.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Washington Commanders vs. Chicago Bears, 8:15 p.m., Amazon Prime
STREAM: Amazon Prime (free trial)
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Baltimore Ravens vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m., CBS
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
New York Jets vs. Green Bay Packers, 1 p.m., FOX
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
San Francisco 49ers vs. Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m., FOX
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
New England Patriots vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m., CBS
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Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. CBS
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Minnesota Vikings vs. Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m., FOX
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Cincinnati Bengals vs. New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., CBS
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m., FOX
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Carolina Panthers vs. Los Angeles Rams, 4:05 p.m., FOX
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Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks, 4:05 p.m., FOX
STREAM: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTV Stream (free trial), NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL+ (free trial)
Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 p.m., CBS
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Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 8:20 p.m., NBC
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Monday, October 10, 2022
Denver Broncos vs. Los Angeles Chargers, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
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From hospital staffing to patient wait times, frontline workers at an emergency department in Glen Burnie, Md., share how they continue to navigate the changes and challenges brought by the pandemic.
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CA Eureka CA Zone Forecast for Thursday, May 5, 2022
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National Weather Service Eureka CA
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
This is an average forecast over a large and geographically diverse
area. For a specific forecast for your location...please refer to
the point and click forecast on our webpage at:
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Saturday.
CAZ101-070200-
Coastal Del Norte-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Rain in the morning, then rain showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Highs 54 to 64. South
wind 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 40 to 50. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Rain showers likely in the morning, then
chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs 50 to 60. West
wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely. Lows 34 to 44. South wind
around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers. Highs 45 to 55. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Rain showers. Lows 34 to 44. Highs
45 to 57.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 32 to 42.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 51 to 61.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Slight chance of rain showers. Lows
34 to 44.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 52 to
62.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 37 to 47.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Highs 52 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Crescent City 56 46 53 / 100 100 70
Klamath 61 44 57 / 100 100 70
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CAZ102-070200-
Del Norte Interior-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Rain through the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Breezy. Near steady temperature in the upper 40s.
South wind 20 to 25 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around
40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. Breezy. Lows 35 to 45. Southwest wind
20 to 25 mph with gusts at higher elevations to around 40 mph.
.SATURDAY...Rain showers and snow showers in the morning, then
rain showers and snow showers likely in the afternoon. Snow level
3500 to 4000 feet. Snow accumulations up to 2 inches. Highs 42 to
57.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and snow showers
likely. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Lows 29 to 39.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers, snow showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Snow level 2500 feet. Highs 36 to 51.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and snow showers. Lows 28 to 38.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 39 to 54.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
26 to 36.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow showers. Highs 45 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers.
Lows 28 to 38.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 46 to 61.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and
snow. Lows 32 to 42. Highs 46 to 61.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Gasquet 61 44 57 / 100 100 80
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CAZ103-070200-
Northern Humboldt Coast-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the afternoon.
Highs 56 to 66. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. Lows 41 to 51. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the morning,
then chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs 50 to 60.
Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely. Lows 35 to
45. Northwest wind around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers. Highs 46 to 56. Southwest wind 5 to
15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Rain showers. Lows 34 to 44. Highs
46 to 58.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain
showers. Lows 32 to 42. Highs 48 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Lows 35 to 45.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 52 to
62.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 38 to 48.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Highs 53 to 63.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
McKinleyville 59 46 53 / 90 90 70
Arcata 63 46 56 / 90 90 60
Eureka 62 47 55 / 90 90 70
Fortuna 61 47 55 / 90 90 50
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CAZ104-070200-
Southwestern Humboldt-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the afternoon.
Highs 49 to 62. South wind 10 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely
overnight. Lows 39 to 49. Southwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the morning,
then slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs 46 to
59. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Snow
level 3000 feet. Lows 34 to 44. Northwest wind around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Highs 41 to 55.
West wind around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Lows 32 to 42.
.MONDAY...Rain showers and snow. Highs 43 to 56.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain
showers. Lows 32 to 42. Highs 45 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers.
Lows 35 to 45.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 48 to
62.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain.
Lows 36 to 46. Highs 48 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Honeydew 57 44 55 / 90 80 40
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CAZ105-070200-
Northern Humboldt Interior-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the afternoon.
Breezy. Highs 51 to 66. South wind 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers. Breezy. Snow level 5000 feet. Lows 36 to
46. Southwest wind 20 to 25 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers and snow showers likely
in the morning, then chance of rain showers and snow showers in
the afternoon. Snow level 3500 to 4000 feet. Snow accumulations
up to 1 inch. Highs 45 to 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Lows 30 to 40.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers and snow showers. Snow level 2500 feet.
Highs 39 to 54.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and snow showers. Lows 29 to 39.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 42 to 57.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
27 to 37.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 47 to 62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Lows 29 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 49 to 64.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
33 to 43.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Highs 49 to
64.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Orleans 64 46 58 / 90 90 70
Hoopa 65 45 57 / 90 100 60
Willow Creek 66 45 58 / 90 100 70
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CAZ106-070200-
Southern Humboldt Interior-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Rain likely in the morning, then rain in the afternoon.
Near steady temperature in the lower 50s. South wind around
20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Rain showers in the evening, then rain showers likely
overnight. Snow level 5000 to 5500 feet. Lows 37 to 47. Southwest
wind around 20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the morning,
then slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Snow level
4000 feet. Highs 46 to 61.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Snow level 3000 to 3500 feet. Lows 30 to 40.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 feet. Highs 38 to 53.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain and snow. Lows 29 to 39.
.MONDAY...Rain and snow. Highs 41 to 56.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
26 to 36.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 46 to 61.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Lows 30 to 40.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of
rain. Highs 49 to 64. Lows 32 to 42.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Highs 48 to 63.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Garberville 60 44 59 / 90 80 40
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CAZ107-070200-
Northern Trinity-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Breezy. Highs 56 to 71. Southwest wind 20 to 25 mph in
the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely and slight chance
of thunderstorms in the evening, then rain showers and snow
showers likely overnight. Breezy. Snow level 6000 feet falling to
5000 feet overnight. Snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches. Lows
32 to 42. Southwest wind 20 to 25 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers through the day. Snow level 4500 feet. Highs 49 to 64.
West wind around 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers.
Snow level 3500 feet falling to 2500 feet overnight. Lows 24 to
34. Northwest wind around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 2000 to 2500 feet. Highs
41 to 56.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow. Lows 22 to 32.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Highs 43 to 58.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
22 to 32.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 48 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 25 to 35.
Highs 54 to 69.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow.
Lows 28 to 38.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Highs 51 to
66.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Trinity Center 60 37 57 / 90 70 50
Weaverville 66 41 60 / 80 70 40
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CAZ108-070200-
Southern Trinity-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs 48 to 63. Southwest wind around 20 mph in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening,
then chance of rain showers and snow showers overnight. Breezy.
Snow level 6000 feet falling to 5000 feet overnight. Snow
accumulations up to 1 inch. Lows 34 to 44. Southwest wind 20 to
25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers in the morning. Snow level 4500 feet. Highs 42 to 57.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers.
Snow level 2500 feet overnight. Lows 26 to 36.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Highs
34 to 49.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Lows 25 to
35.
.MONDAY...Cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Highs 37 to 52.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
23 to 33.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 42 to 57.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows 27 to 37.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 48 to 63.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow.
Lows 30 to 40.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Highs 46 to
61.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Hayfork 63 38 57 / 70 70 40
Ruth 57 37 53 / 70 70 30
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CAZ109-070200-
Mendocino Coast-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the
afternoon. Highs 53 to 63. South wind 5 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening,
then chance of rain showers overnight. Lows 40 to 50. Southwest
wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Highs 51 to 61. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Lows
35 to 45. North wind 10 to 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Highs 47 to 57. Northwest wind around 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain likely. Lows 33 to 43.
.MONDAY...Rain likely. Highs 47 to 57.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 32 to 42.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 50 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers. Lows 34 to 44.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of
rain. Highs 52 to 62. Lows 34 to 44.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 52 to 62.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Fort Bragg 60 47 56 / 80 70 20
Point Arena 56 48 53 / 60 40 0
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CAZ110-070200-
Northwestern Mendocino Interior-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely
in the afternoon. Highs 51 to 66. South wind 20 to 25 mph at
higher elevation.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening,
then chance of rain showers overnight. Lows 37 to 47. Southwest
wind around 20 mph at higher elevation.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Patchy valley fog in the morning.
Slight chance of rain showers in the morning. Highs 50 to 65.
Northwest wind around 20 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers.
Snow level 2500 feet overnight. Lows 30 to 40.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Highs
41 to 54.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
28 to 38.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Highs 43 to 57.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers.
Lows 27 to 37.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 49 to 61.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Patchy valley fog. Lows 29 to 39.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs
52 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of
rain. Lows 32 to 42. Highs 51 to 66.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Leggett 59 43 58 / 80 80 30
Laytonville 57 42 56 / 70 70 20
Willits 59 43 57 / 60 60 10
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Northeastern Mendocino Interior-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning, then rain
likely in the afternoon. Highs 56 to 71.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening,
then chance of rain showers overnight. Snow level 5000 feet
overnight. Lows 35 to 45. Southwest wind around 20 mph in the
evening.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the
morning. Snow level 4500 feet. Highs 53 to 68.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 27 to 37.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Highs
42 to 57.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows
25 to 35.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Highs 45 to 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers.
Lows 25 to 35.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 49 to 64.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs 56 to 71.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Lows
32 to 42.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow. Highs
54 to 69.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Covelo 61 41 59 / 70 70 20
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Southwestern Mendocino Interior-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Cloudy. Chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely
in the afternoon. Highs 56 to 66.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening,
then chance of rain showers overnight. Lows 40 to 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 54 to 64.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers.
Lows 34 to 44. Northwest wind around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain. Highs 48 to 58.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Rain likely. Lows 32 to 42. Highs
48 to 59.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 31 to 41.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 52 to 62.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 33 to 43.
Highs 52 to 65.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Lows
36 to 46.
.THURSDAY...Cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 55 to 65.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Boonville 61 44 58 / 50 40 0
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Southeastern Mendocino Interior-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Highs 55 to 69.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the evening,
then slight chance of rain showers overnight. Lows 40 to 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs 52 to 66.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 34 to 44. Northwest wind
around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY...Rain likely. Snow level 2500 to 3000 feet. Highs 44 to
57.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and
snow. Lows 31 to 41. Highs 45 to 60.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 30 to 40.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 50 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 33 to 43.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs
54 to 67.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 36 to 46.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 54 to 67.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Ukiah 67 46 64 / 50 50 0
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Northern Lake-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the morning,
then chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 52 to 67. Southwest
wind around 20 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the evening.
Patchy valley fog overnight. Breezy. Lows 35 to 45. West wind
20 to 25 mph.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs 50 to 65.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows 28 to 38.
.SUNDAY...Rain and snow likely. Snow level 2500 feet in the
morning. Highs 39 to 54. West wind around 20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Lows 25 to 35.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain and snow likely. Highs 41 to 56.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow showers.
Lows 26 to 36.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and snow
showers. Highs 45 to 60.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 29 to 39.
Highs 51 to 66.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows 32 to 42.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow. Highs
50 to 65.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lake Pillsbury 66 36 64 / 50 50 10
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Southern Lake-
355 AM PDT Fri May 6 2022
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the morning,
then chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs 58 to 71.
.TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the evening. Lows 40 to 50.
West wind around 20 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs 57 to 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Breezy. Lows 34 to 44. Northwest
wind 20 to 25 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Snow level
2500 feet in the morning. Highs 47 to 60. West wind around
20 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow.
Lows 31 to 41.
.MONDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly
cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. Highs 48 to 61.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly
cloudy. Chance of rain. Lows 30 to 40.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers. Highs 52 to 63.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows 34 to 44.
Highs 54 to 69.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows 36 to 46.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain. Highs 57 to 69.
TEMPERATURE / PRECIPITATION
Lakeport 64 43 61 / 40 40 0
Middletown 68 43 68 / 30 30 0
Clearlake 67 44 65 / 30 20 0
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By WILL WEISSERT, MARC LEVY and GARY D. ROBERTSON
Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday faces the strongest test yet of his ability to shape a new generation of Republicans as voters in Pennsylvania and North Carolina decide whether to rally around his hand-picked choices for critical U.S. Senate seats.
As this year’s midterm primary season enters its busiest stretch with races also unfolding in Kentucky, Oregon and Idaho, Trump is poised to notch several easy wins. In North Carolina, U.S. Rep. Ted Budd is expected to best a packed field of GOP rivals, including a former governor. And in Pennsylvania’s GOP race for governor, far-right contender Doug Mastriano was already leading before Trump backed him over the weekend.
But Trump’s preferred Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz, has divided conservatives who are typically in lockstep with Trump. Some are suspicious of the ideological leanings of the celebrity heart surgeon who gained fame as a frequent guest on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show. Oz has spent much of the campaign in a heated fight with former hedge fund CEO David McCormick.
That’s allowed commentator Kathy Barnette to emerge in the final days of the primary as a conservative alternative to both Oz and McCormick. Should she win the primary and general election, Barnette would be the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
Trump, who has held campaign-style rallies with Oz, insists he is the best candidate to keep the Senate seat in Republican hands in the fall. Given his level of involvement in the race, a loss would be a notable setback for the former president, who is wielding endorsements as a way to prove his dominance over the GOP ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run.
“I think he’s tough. He’s very smart. He’ll be helpful,” Trump told a Philadelphia radio station on Tuesday, referring to Oz. “I also think he’s the one that’s gonna win the election. You know that’s not an easy election to win.”
Democrats have their own high-profile primaries. In Pennsylvania, progressive Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has dominated the Senate race but was forced off the campaign trail by a stroke. The 52-year-old tweeted a picture of himself casting an emergency absentee ballot from the hospital and his campaign later released a statement saying he was undergoing surgery to implement a pacemaker with a defibrillator which should address the root cause of his health scare.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania Attorney General John Shapiro, who was unopposed for his party’s governor’s nomination, tweeted that he had mild COVID-19 systems that were forcing him from the campaign trail.
In North Carolina, Cheri Beasley is the clear front-runner in her 11-candidate primary for the Democratic Senate nomination. If she prevails in November, Beasley would be the state’s first Black senator — and if she, or Barnette, get to the Senate either would be just the third African American woman ever elected to the chamber.
Tuesday’s contests could ultimately determine how competitive the general election will be this fall, when control of Congress, governor’s mansions and key elections posts are up for grabs. That’s especially true in the perennial political battleground of Pennsylvania, where some Republicans are already worried that Mastriano is too extreme to woo moderates who are often decisive in general elections.
“There’s definitely some concern in large factions of the party,” said Pennsylvania Republican strategist Vince Galko.
More fundamentally, Tuesday’s primaries could test voters’ commitment to democratic principles. Barnette is running even further to the right than Oz and participated in the January 2021 rally that turned into an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Then there’s Mastriano, who was also outside the Capitol during the mob attack and would appoint Pennsylvania’s chief elections official if he becomes governor. He has pledged to take the extraordinary step of requiring voters to “re-register” to vote — even though that’s barred by the National Voter Registration Act and likely violates significant protections under federal, and possibly state, law.
Mastriano made Trump’s lies about widespread electoral fraud costing him the presidency a centerpiece of his campaign — and has been subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot following his efforts to name a slate of alternate Electoral College electors in Trump’s favor.
Stacy Steinly, a 51-year-old school bus assistant, cast her ballot in the town of Hamburg, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles west of Allentown. She said she chose Mastriano because “he was sticking by President Trump and saying that everything was fraudulent.”
“Everything he was talking about was making sense,” said Steinly, who wore a black T-shirt that said “Biden is not my president (or anyone else’s) based on legal votes.”
Trump’s safest bet might be Budd, who has overcome a slow start to emerge from 14 Republican primary candidates, including former Gov. Pat McCroy, as a favorite in North Carolina’s Republican Senate primary.
While much of the attention during the opening phase of the primary season has focused on Trump’s grip on the GOP, the contests also serve as a referendum on Biden’s leadership of the Democratic Party. In the president’s native state of Pennsylvania, U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, a moderate in the mold of Biden, is at risk of being trounced by Fetterman.
Lamb said Tuesday he had detected “frustration” among Democratic primary voters, a feeling he said he shared as the party has struggled to accomplish much of its policy agenda. But he argued that moderates helped Democrats retake control of the House in 2018 and that the party should “double down” on that approach this year.
“What I’ve been trying to do throughout this campaign is talk about the fact that no matter how difficult it is, we actually know as a party what it takes to be successful,” Lamb told a Pittsburgh radio station.
Still, known for his hulking, 6-foot-8 stature and tattoos, and for championing causes including universal health care, Fetterman has appealed to many Democrats with an outsider image.
Robert Sweeney, 59, also from Hamburg, said he voted for Fetterman because “he seemed like a decent guy and knows what he’s doing.”
Another race testing Biden’s national appeal with Democratic primary voters comes across the country in Oregon. That’s where the president used his first endorsement of the midterm season to back incumbent Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader against progressive challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner.
But Trump’s influence on GOP primaries stretches far wider.
In Idaho, Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is attempting to unseat Republican Gov. Brad Little. McGeachin issued executive orders banning mask mandates during the height of the pandemic when Little was out of state.
The former president’s support may also swing U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’ s race to keep his seat from North Carolina despite recent blunders, and political novice Bo Hines’ efforts to win the House nomination for a seat representing a district covering parts of Raleigh and points south.
Tuesday even features a Kentucky lawmaker seeking reelection who benefitted from a Trump reversal. The former president is now praising as a “first-rate Defender of the Constitution” Republican U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie — just two years after he suggested the Republican should be removed from the GOP for opposing $2 trillion in COVID-19 relief funding.
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Associated Press writer Michael Rubinkam contributed from Hamburg, Pennsylvania.
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JAY, Maine, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JOCKO FUEL, creators of the clean performance energy drink JOCKO GO that is shaking up an entire category, is expanding their product line to include JOCKO CREATINE, which is now available online and through Amazon retailers.
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(CNN) — Just weeks after Ron DeSantis made a very public display of his efforts to keep migrants from coming to Florida, Hurricane Ian’s destruction is drawing a growing number of immigrants to the Republican governor’s state.
“They’re arriving from New York, from Louisiana, from Houston and Dallas,” says Saket Soni, executive director of the nonprofit Resilience Force, which advocates for thousands of disaster response workers. The group is made up largely of immigrants, many of whom are undocumented, Soni says. Much like migrant workers who follow harvest seasons and travel from farm to farm, Soni says these workers crisscross the US to help clean up and rebuild when disaster strikes.
To describe their work, he likes to use a metaphor he says a Mexican roofer once shared with him.
“What you have now is basically immigrants who are sort of traveling white blood cells of America, who congregate after hurricanes to heal a place, and then move on to heal the next place,” Soni says.
Already, Soni says his team has been in the Fort Myers area with hundreds of immigrant workers — about half of whom came from out of state. And he says more will arrive in the coming weeks.
He calls it a “moment of interdependence.” And he says it’s something he hopes DeSantis and others in Florida will recognize.
“Many who were traveling in the opposite direction weeks ago are now traveling to Florida to help rebuild,” he says.
And each morning when they wake up, he says, many migrants have told him they are praying for DeSantis.
“They’re praying for him to lead a good recovery, they’re praying for him to be the best governor he can be. Because they need him and he needs them. And they know that,” Soni says.
Does DeSantis?
“There’s no way that he doesn’t,” Soni says.
But so far, the Florida governor’s words and actions tell a different story.
Reports of migrants heading to Florida after Hurricane Ian haven’t softened DeSantis’ stance
Back in 2018, DeSantis campaigned for governor with a TV ad showing him teaching his kids to build a wall. And since then, he’s positioned himself as one of the most vocal critics of the Biden administration’s immigration policies and announced high-profile immigration steps of his own, including — most recently — using state funds for two flights taking migrants from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Word that immigrants are now coming to help clean up some of his state’s most storm-ravaged communities hasn’t softened the governor’s stance.
Several minutes into a news conference Tuesday billed as an update on the state’s hurricane response — before he detailed ongoing rescue efforts — DeSantis made a point of trumpeting that three “illegal aliens” were among four people recently arrested on looting allegations.
“These are people that are foreigners, they’re illegally in our country, and not only that, they try to loot and ransack in the aftermath of a natural disaster. I mean, they should be prosecuted, but they need to be sent back to their home countries. They should not be here at all,” he told reporters.
Later in the news conference, CNN’s Boris Sanchez asked DeSantis whether he had any response to reports that Venezuelans in New York were being recruited to work on recovery efforts, and whether the governor would also be trying to send those migrants back north.
DeSantis doubled down on his earlier message.
“First of all, our program that we did is a voluntary relocation program. I don’t have the authority to forcibly relocate people. If I could, I’d take those three looters, I’d drag them out by their collars, and I’d send them back to where they came from,” the governor said, drawing applause from officials surrounding him.
He went on to describe a funeral he attended this week of a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy who was killed in a hit and run by a front-end loader that authorities allege was driven by an undocumented Honduran immigrant.
Then he ended the news conference, making no mention of immigrant workers who were putting tarps on roofs or clearing debris.
There’s a history of migrants helping with disaster recovery in Florida and beyond
Hurricane Ian is the first major hurricane to hit Florida since DeSantis took office in January 2019.
Many migrants coming now to help rebuild, Soni says, have responded in the past to numerous major disasters in Florida and across the country.
“Many are from Venezuela. Many are from Honduras and Mexico. They represent all of the different waves of migrants that have been arriving into the US and into this industry. Many of them who I’ve known since Hurricane Katrina and who have a dozen hurricanes under their belt,” he said. “But there are also newer migrants. I just met a group of Venezuelan asylum-seekers who were arriving to do the work.”
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History notes in its description of an artifact in its collection that after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, “Many homeowners undertook their own clean-up, but much was performed by immigrant laborers attracted to the region by the promise of hard work and good wages.”
Sergio Chávez, an associate professor of sociology at Rice University who studies Mexican roofers, describes Katrina as a “key moment” that shaped the identities and careers of many of the hundreds of men he’s interviewed.
A little more than half of the roofers in the group he’s studied are undocumented immigrants, Chávez says. And when he’s spoken with roofers across the United States — based in places like Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Kentucky — Chávez says a common detail quickly emerges when he asks how they ended up in those locations.
“They always name a storm,” he says.
After Hurricane Ian, he says, many of those roofers are poised to head to Florida. Deciding exactly when to go to a disaster zone is a strategic decision, Chávez says, noting that arriving too early can be problematic.
“There’s no telephone service, gasoline, food, housing,” he says. “They also have to be really careful not to just work for anybody, because otherwise they may not get compensated for the work that they do.”
But there’s no doubt they’re going to Florida, he says, and that they’ll play a key role in the state’s recovery.
“DeSantis is not scaring them away,” Chávez says.
The work can be dangerous. Here’s why immigrants keep doing it
That doesn’t mean they won’t face some hostility once they get there, just like they have in other communities.
“My guys for the most part do experience ‘the look.’ They do get pulled over, maybe. But for the most part, any time they go to a lot of these different locations, they are there to do work which the local population sees as essential. So they get their work done,” Chávez says.
On the ground in communities, Chávez says he’s seen contradictions between people’s political beliefs and their actions. Some may support anti-immigrant rhetoric, he says, but then look the other way when they need certain services that immigrant workers provide.
A bigger problem, Chávez says, is that when these workers face abuses — like wage theft or unsafe housing conditions — there aren’t enough laws to protect them, or local authorities may be hesitant to enforce them.
On top of that, the work is physically demanding and risky.
“These guys are helping us to adapt to a new world that we live in and we need their labor,” Chávez says. “But it turns out they actually risk their bodies. (Roofing is) one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States.”
Chávez says he’s spoken with many roofers about on-the-job injuries.
“A lot of these guys have fallen and they don’t have access to health insurance. Their bodies are no longer the same. They have bad knees, bad backs,” he says.
So why do roofers and other disaster recovery workers keep setting out for these destinations, storm after storm?
Even though wage theft is a major problem some face, there’s the potential to earn good wages, send their earnings to families in their home country and possibly advance to higher-paying jobs over time, Chávez says. So it’s a choice that makes economic sense to many, despite the risks.
Desperation is also a factor, Soni says.
“Part of what’s happened is because this is such dirty, dangerous work, and the conditions are so harsh, the most desperate people — those with no other economic avenues, those who are willing to be transient for a year or more — are the ones who join,” he says.
Homes aren’t the only thing some workers are trying to rebuild
When it comes to the physical and economic risks, Soni says Resilience Force does what it can to protect workers by helping them negotiate fair wages and payment with contractors, and making sure they have the right safety equipment as they set out to rebuild homes and schools.
But those aren’t the only construction projects they’ll be working on in Florida, Soni says.
“We also try to rebuild a society that’s better than it was before the storm,” he says. “And it’s better when there are more relationships and there are more bonds between different people. … Politics can change when the people in a place change their minds.”
After previous hurricanes, he says, the organization has led workers on service projects rebuilding uninsured homes, then hosted meals where homeowners and workers can talk with the help of interpreters.
“Those bonds have lasted. People have become friends and people have changed their minds,” he says. “What that often looks like in Florida or Louisiana is for someone who thought immigration was their most important issue, well, after a hurricane, immigration becomes the 35th most important issue. And what’s more important is, how are we going to stay in this place to survive and thrive again? Who will it take? What family will it take to bring this place back? And that family usually includes the immigrants who helped rebuild the place.”
DeSantis may not take note of this. But as Florida rebuilds, Soni is betting that community leaders and homeowners who need help will.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Ayako Uehara found momentum from par saves on her opening two holes and turned that into a 7-under 65 for a one-shot lead Thursday in the AmazingCre Portland Classic.
Hannah Green had a 66 despite a bogey on her final hole at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, with Nelly Korda in the group another shot behind.
In a year in which the LPGA Tour already has had eight first-time winners, Uehara would be a surprise. The 38-year-old from has been on tour for a decade, and her only three victories came on the Japan LPGA.
Add that to Uehara missing so much of the year with a lung condition that made it difficult to breathe. She was treated and declared fully healthy, but not until she missed six months, returning two weeks ago at the Dana Open in Ohio.
"This is my third tournament. I think I'm very excited about it and then glad to be out here," Uehara said.
Uehara saved par twice to start the round, and then made five birdies over the next seven holes. After her lone bogey on the par-3 13th, Uehara birdied three of the last four holes to grab the lead.
Korda, the No. 2 player in the women's world ranking, had a colorful front nine of only two pars. She followed a birdie with a double bogey on the par-4 sixth hole, and then responded with an eagle-birdie-birdie finish.
"Kind of up-and-down day, but ended on the good side," Korda said. "Overall, I played some solid golf. Maybe made a few stupid errors, but that's golf."
Korda is still looking for her first LPGA win of the year. She missed four months early in the year because of a blood clot in her left arm and has won on the Ladies European Tour. A victory would help her return to No. 1 in the world with Jin Young Ko, the defending champion in Portland, out for a month to rest her left wrist.
And it would help Korda to avoid the trees, a tall order on such a tree-lined course.
"It's such a beautiful golf course. So many big, tall trees," Korda said. "But they're very thick and they're very high. They also start very thick, like they're very low. So when you miss a fairway it's hard to get through the trees."
Joining her at 67 were former Women's British Open champion Hinako Shibuno and Caroline Inglis.
Brooke Henderson played in the afternoon and joined the group at 68.
Korda wasn't the only player with a colorful card. Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea signed a card that had a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The last one was a double bogey to finish her round of 70. She made her ace on the par-3 eighth hole.
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Surrounded by miles of dried land and what remains of his famished livestock, Daniel Lepaine is a worried man. Dozens of his goats in Ngong, a town in southern Kenya, have died after three years of harrowing drought in the east and Horn of Africa. The rest are on the verge of starvation as rain continues to fail.
“If this drought persists, I will have no livelihood and nothing for my family," Lepaine mourned. "We are praying hard for the rains.”
But a few thousand miles south, communities are facing the opposite problem.
Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which has already caused 21 deaths and displaced thousands of others in Madagascar and Mozambique, is set to make landfall in Mozambique once more on Friday. The nation is already suffering from Freddy's first battering last month and severe flooding before that.
Meteorologists told The Associated Press the uneven and devastating water distribution across Africa’s east coast states is caused by natural weather systems and exacerbated by human-made climate change with cyclones sucking up water that would otherwise be destined for nations further north.
“The trend has always been two contrasting weather systems,” said Evans Mukolwe, the former head of Kenya's meteorological department. “Intensified cyclones in the southern Africa region translates into drought on the eastern side including Horn of Africa.”
The current drought in the region began in late 2020, when the region's short rains season failed. Meteorologists traced the lack of rain to the start of La Nina in late summer of the same year, the natural and cyclical weather event that cools sea surface temperatures in the Pacific, with knock-on effects for the African continent and the rest of the world.
La Nina, together with El Nino and the neutral condition are called ENSO, which stands for El Nino Southern Oscillation. These events have the largest natural effects on climate and can dampen or juice up the effects of human-caused climate change.
“There is a connection between the El Nino Southern Oscillation, rainfall patterns and drought in east and southern Africa,” said climate scientist Marjahn Finlayson. La Nina means east Africa “would be primed for drier conditions while southern Africa would be more primed to experience wetter and more humid conditions.”
When it comes to tropical cyclones, ENSO is a large factor in where they form and end up, said Anne-Claire Fontaine, a scientific officer with the World Meteorological Organization's tropical cyclone program.
El Nino favors tropical cyclones forming over the central basin of the Indian Ocean that then move toward the south pole, Fontaine said. "Whereas La Nina favors tropical cyclone formation over the eastern to central part of the basin and zonal tracks running westward to south westward” where it slams into southern Africa.
The damaging La Nina was declared over on Thursday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which meteorologists say might spell better news ahead for the continent.
“It means that we will be entering an ENSO-neutral period until about June or so,” said Finlayson, when El Nino is then expected to take over — potentially zapping the drought.
"End of La Nina means El Nino rains. But this may not happen immediately. For Africa, El Nino rains are normally expected in the short rains seasons which run from October to December,” said Mukolwe.
But there's still the effect of climate change, which is worsening cyclones and drought by making them longer, more intense and more severe, according to the United Nations' weather agency. Studies going back to mid-1980s suggest there is a clear link between warmer oceans and the intensity and number of cyclones.
Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather events like floods, cyclones, droughts, wildfires and sandstorms because it has less capacity to prepare for natural disasters, according to a U.N. report. The continent only contributes about 4% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions but suffers disproportionately.
Southern Africa is still in the throes of its cyclone season, with heavy flooding killing dozens, destroying homes and uprooting communities. Since 2019, the region has borne the brunt of 20 cyclones. A scientific analysis of the cyclones in the region last year found that climate change made the tropical storms more damaging and intense.
Meanwhile in the east and Horn of Africa, now in its sixth straight dry season, communities are counting huge losses. Authorities say 11 million livestock and iconic wildlife species have died due to the drought, leaving pastoralist families in abject poverty. Over 6,000 wild animals were lost to drought in Kenya alone by mid-February, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service, including elephants, giraffes and wildebeests.
But Finlayson is cautiously optimistic for the east of the continent in the short to medium term.
“Predictions are that we should expect a strong El Nino that will last from June to August,” she said, which would provide better conditions on Africa's east coast. "It may be likely that we see those effects in the boreal autumn, but we have to wait and see.”
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UVALDE COUNTY, Texas — A bill is expected to be filed for the 2023 Texas legislative session that would award millions to the victims of the Uvalde school shooting.
The proposal would award $7.7 million to each of the families of the 19 children and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022. The bill also seeks to award $2.1 million to the victims who were injured in the mass shooting, and $250,000 to anyone who suffered a mental or emotional disability from the shooting.
The total fund would amount to $300 million.
Democratic Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who plans to file the bill and whose district includes Uvalde, says millions of dollars have been raised to help the victims already. But he added they've had to jump through hoops to get that money.
"I have sought to create amounts that are realistic and within the means of my ability to talk to my colleagues into doing something appropriate," Sen. Gutierrez said in a press conference Wednesday.
He said there have been other massacres, but this one is different due to the delayed law enforcement response.
"In none of those other massacres did the police take 77 minutes to act. The average mass shooting in the United States takes 10 minutes. That didn't happen here," Sen. Gutierrez said.
Read the full text of the bill below:
The proposal would establish a board consisting of the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, state senator representing Uvalde and state representative of Uvalde County.
The board would then meet to review the "veracity" of each application. If approved, the funds would be dispersed to the applicant. While the legislation doesn't specify where the money would be sourced, Sen. Gutierrez mentioned the surplus fund at the press conference. He said it currently has $27 billion.
He compared the proposal to a victim's compensation fund for the victims of 9/11.
"We will never be able to make these families and the other families that are in this community and have been affected...we will never be able to make them whole," Sen. Gutierrez said. "But our legal system does that through financial compensation."
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Marvi Baig, a 17-year-old girl from a small Himalayan village, has broken all gender and cultural barriers to achieve her dreams and become a football player.
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The Boss is hitting the road again. Bruce Springsteen announced Monday that he and the E Street Band will begin a tour in February in the United States, followed by stadium shows beginning in April in Europe.
Details on the US cities the rockers will visit will be announced later. It'll be the first time the group has toured since wrapping their The River Tour in Australia in February 2017. The River Tour ended its US run in September 2016.
Springsteen kept busy with a residency on Broadway which ended last September. His Broadway stint became a Netflix special and earned Springsteen a Tony Award.
The European concerts will begin April 28th in Barcelona. Other stops will include Dublin, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Springsteen and the E Street Band's last album was 2020's “Letter to You.”
“After six years, I’m looking forward to seeing our great and loyal fans next year. And I’m looking forward to once again sharing the stage with the legendary E Street Band. See you out there, next year — and beyond," Springsteen said.
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WFO BROWNSVILLE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, July 9, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1037 AM CDT Sat Jul 9 2022
...HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 106 AND 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED
TODAY...
The combination of above normal temperatures and higher dewpoints
will produce elevated heat indices between 106 and 110 degrees
today. There may be a few locations in the Rio Grande Valley that
approach 112 degrees for an hour or two between 1 and 5 PM.
Residents with outdoor activities planned are urged to drink
plenty of water, wear light weight and light colored clothing and
take frequent breaks from the heat. Young children and pets should
never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances.
This is especially true during warm or hot weather when car
interiors can reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE: UP), the leading brand in private aviation, today announced that executive management will present in person at the Credit Suisse 26th Annual Technology Conference in Scottsdale, AZ on Wednesday November 30, 2022 at 6:25 PM ET and at the Raymond James 2022 Technology Investors Conference in New York, NY on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 8:35 AM ET.
The events will be webcast live and can be accessed via the Events & Presentations page of our Investor Relations website.
An archive of the presentations will be available at the link above.
Wheels Up is the leading provider of on-demand private aviation in the U.S. and one of the largest private aviation companies in the world. Wheels Up offers a complete global aviation solution with a large, modern and diverse fleet, backed by an uncompromising commitment to safety and service. Customers can access membership programs, charter and aircraft management services—as well as unique commercial travel benefits through a strategic partnership with Delta Air Lines Inc. The Wheels Up Services brands also offer freight, safety & security solutions and managed services to individuals, industry, government and civil organizations.
Wheels Up is guided by the mission to connect flyers to private aircraft—and one another—and deliver exceptional, personalized experiences. Powered by a global private aviation marketplace connecting its growing base of 12,000+ members and customers to a network of more than 1,500 safety-vetted and verified private aircraft, Wheels Up is widening the aperture of private travel for millions of consumers globally. With the Wheels Up mobile app, members and customers have the digital convenience to search, book and fly. Wheels Up is committed to aligning with philanthropic organizations that matter most to our company, members, customers, families and friends.
Through the Wheels Up Cares program, a Wheels Up Beechcraft King Air 350i aircraft is custom-designed to represent the established cause and is a flying symbol of each charity's mission. Headquartered in New York City, Wheels Up has office locations in 25 cities and towns across three continents and a workforce of nearly 2,700 employees.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - It's time to start getting excited for this year's Musikfest.
The festival's free app is now available to download ahead of the 2022 event.
The app, available in the Apple and Google app stores, includes an interactive map, a customizable schedule, info on food vendors and retailers, parking messages and shuttle services.
Users can find Spotify playlists with music from this year's performers.
The app will also have real-time updates on performances and emergency weather messages.
Musikfest 2022 is set for Aug. 5-14, with a preview night on Aug. 4.
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Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal and one of the media industry's renowned executives, is departing the company after an investigation into inappropriate conduct, parent company Comcast announced Sunday.
In a brief statement, Shell said Sunday would be his last day after what he called “an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company."
“I’m truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down, they are the most talented people in the business and the opportunity to work with them the last 19 years has been a privilege,” said Shell, who has been CEO of NBCUniversal since January 2020.
He joins a number of media industry executives who have left their posts in recent years over inappropriate relations, including others at NBCUniversal. Three years ago, NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Ron Meyer, a Hollywood power player, left the company after revealing he received threats of extortion following a settlement with a woman with whom he had an affair.
SEE MORE: CNN fires news anchor Don Lemon
And last year, Jeff Zucker abruptly resigned as president of CNN while acknowledging a consensual relationship with another network executive — an entanglement that surfaced during a probe of now-fired anchor Chris Cuomo.
Former CBS Chief Les Moonves resigned in September 2018, just hours after reports of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
As CEO of NBCUniversal, Shell oversaw the company’s portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premiere motion picture company, significant television and sports production operations and a leading television stations group, according to the company website. He also oversaw the company’s theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service.
Previously, Shell was chairman of NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment. In that role, he oversaw the content creation, as well as the programming and distribution engines behind NBCUniversal’s film and network television businesses, including NBC Entertainment, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG), Telemundo and NBCUniversal International.
Comcast did not say who will succeed Shell.
The company is slated to report its first-quarter earnings results on Thursday.
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How to Watch the Lightning vs. Golden Knights Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for March 9
Published: Mar. 9, 2023 at 1:19 PM EST|Updated: 2 hours ago
The Tampa Bay Lightning (38-21-5) will host the Vegas Golden Knights (38-20-6) -- who've lost three straight away from home -- on Thursday at 7:00 PM ET.
Tune in to see the Lightning and Golden Knights square off on ESPN+, BSSUN, and SportsNet RM.
Lightning Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info
- When: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN+, BSSUN, and SportsNet RM
- Live Stream: Watch this game on fuboTV!
- Where: Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida
Watch live sports and more without cable on all your devices with a seven-day free trial to fuboTV!
Lightning vs. Golden Knights Head-to-Head
Lightning Stats & Trends
- The Lightning have given up 196 total goals (3.1 per game), ranking 14th in NHL play in goals against.
- The Lightning's 223 total goals (3.5 per game) rank sixth in the NHL.
- In the past 10 games, the Lightning have secured 55.0% of the possible points with a 3-5-2 record.
- Defensively, the Lightning have allowed 39 goals (3.9 per game) in those 10 matchups.
- They have put up 34 goals during that span.
Lightning Key Players
Golden Knights Stats & Trends
- The Golden Knights have one of the best defenses in the league, allowing 176 total goals (2.8 per game), ninth in the NHL.
- With 200 goals (3.1 per game), the Golden Knights have the NHL's 15th-ranked offense.
- In their last 10 games, the Golden Knights have gone 6-2-2 to earn 70.0% of the possible points.
- Defensively, the Golden Knights have given up 24 goals (2.4 per game) in those 10 outings.
- They are scoring at a 2.6 goals-per-game average (26 total) during that span.
Golden Knights Key Players
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Join us for an all new episode of 8@4 featuring a tour of the tractor museum, a fun yoga hang and learning about trucking. Those stories and more in this episode of 8@4 presented by Massey Cancer Center from the Virginia Wayside Furniture studio.
State authorities are investigating a collision between two boats that killed two people Saturday during a bass fishing Tournament on Lake Chesdin.
Preliminary reports indicate a bass boat and an aluminum jon boat collided on the Dinwiddie County side of the lake near Oxford Drive, said Paige Pearson, a spokesperson for the Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries.
The operator and passenger of each boat were ejected into the water. The occupants of one the boats were rescued by a good Samaritan; the occupants of the second boat did not resurface and died, Pearson said. She added that no life jackets were worn.
The victims' bodies were recovered later Saturday. Their names have not yet been released.
According to social media reports, witnesses said the two boats approached a curve in the lake from different directions and hit head-on.
Lake Chesdin is a 3,100-acre water supply reservoir on the Chesterfield-Dinwiddie County line administered by the Appomattox River Water Authority. The crash occurred during the Lake Chesdin Summer Series Classic, a bass tournament.
Pearson said the incident is under investigation by the Virginia Conservation Police Boat Accident Investigation Team.
The Department of Wildlife Resources is the state boating agency for Virginia and is accredited by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.
Pearson offered these tips for boaters: No matter the time of year, always let someone know where you are going and when you expect to return. Also, have a plan to re-board your boat in case the unexpected happens and you end up in the water.
More information about boating laws in Virginia and information on boating, boating education and water safety can be found at dwr.virginia.gov/boating .
From the archives: 100 photos of Pony Pasture
05-08-1989: Aqua cycling--Mark Oliver (left), 20, and his 16 year-old brother, Justin, drove down to Riverside Drive from the Fan district yesterday to look for "aqua cycling" challenges. Here, they pedal through flood waters in the parking lot of Pony Pasture. Richmond police had closed off sections of about 10 streets yesterday because of flood waters.
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Fishing the James River is a natural pasttime and has been for as long as there have been inhabitants in the area. Here, Dale Huggins tries to lure a fish in on fly rod near the Pony Pasture. July 11, 1998
STUART T. WAGNER
Dam between Huguenot Bridge and the Pony Pasture. July 2, 1998
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Courtney Webb, 16, meets 'Bo-Bo' while enjoying a day off from school, Tuesday, May 26, 1998 at the Pony Pasture section of the James River. Courtney and other students flocked to the river to enjoy a 'snow day.' She is a student at Manchester High School.
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Local high school students flocked to the Pony Pasture section of the James River on Tuesday, May 26, to take advantage of a 'snow day.' (Since local schools did not have to use any 'snow days' since snow did not cause any school closings this winter, Tuesday was a day off.
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Sandra Slocum and her son, Brooks, 6, cool off in a puddle of the James River at the Pony Pasture area of James River Park. They and Brooks' brother, Phil, 8, spent part of the afternoon having fun and checking out the low water conditions created by the current drought. It was the boys' first romp in the river.
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Kristi McCullough and her ten-month-old son Andrew took a break from errands to enjoy the warm weather at Pony Pasture Thursday, February 10, 2000. They live in Chesterfield.
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With just a few days left before the summer ends and school begins, Godwin High School senior Ashley Gill and her boyfriend, Stephen Serge, spend a day on the rocks at the Pony Pasture, a popular summer hangout for students. Serge attends a private school in Hampton, Virginia, so the two will see less of each other when school begins.
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Cheryl Richards, 20, right, tries to coax Gracie, her 17-week-old Beagle mix puppy, into the James River at the Pony Pasture Friday, July 20, 2001. Gracie was less than thrilled with the water and later had to be carried back to dry land.
BOB BROWN
People enjoying the James River at the Pony Pasture . A report issued by the state Department of Envrionmental Quality says that the Pony Pasture and other parts of the James are too polluted with fecal bacteria to be fit fit for swimming . July 18 , 2002
CLEMENT BRITT
A dog plays in the James River at the Pony Pasture . A report issued by the state Department of Envrionmental Quality says that the Pony Pasture and other parts of the James are too polluted with fecal bacteria to be fit fit for swimming . July 18 , 2002
CLEMENT BRITT
These swimmers on rocks in the James River at the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA, were ignoring several signs posted in the immediate area warning against swimming, since the river was over five feet over flood stage Monday, July 7, 2003.
BOB BROWN
Jos Munos enjoys the dryer weather by skip's rocks at Pony Pasture with his friends Monday, June 9, 2003.
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Elizabeth Esfahani relaxes at pony pasture Wednesday, August 20, 2003.
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The Pony Pasture proved to be just the right spot to cool off for Norma Ryan and a friend's children. From left: Emilio Lyton, 6; Raquel Lyton, 4; Norma Ryan; Sabrina Lyton, 2; and Catalina Lyton, 8.
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Low water on the James River near Pony Pasture . October 10 , 2007
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Warm weather brought bathers to Pony Pasture on 8/3/07.
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Riverside Dr. , shot near Pony Pasture , is being proposed to be designated as Virginia's first urban scenic byway. December 24 , 2008
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A goose glides through fall colors reflected in the James River along Riverside Drive near the Pony Pasture.
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The Pony Pasture rapids of the James River. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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As the sun starts to illuminate fog on the James River, a photographer waits for just the right moment on the rocks of the Pony Pasture lower rapids.
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Sunrise at the Pony Pasture section of the James River.
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Sunrise on the James River lights up the stepping stone-like highly accessible area of the James River known as the Pony Pasture.
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With the arrival of cold air, mixed with relatively warm water, fog forms on the James River in the lower rapids of Pony Pasture. The Carillon tower is in the background.
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A canine visitor to the dog-friendly Pony Pasture jumps (successfully) to a rock.
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Jamie Wilbar, 13, of Glen Allen, leaps from a rock at Pony Pasture for what might have been his last James River swim of the year.
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Jamie Wilbar, 13, of Glen Allen, jumps into the rapids at Pony Pasture for what might have been his last James River swim of the year.
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Despite written warnings that swimmers must wear life jackets, river-goers play in the water at Pony Pasture Rapids, in Richmond, on June 02, 2009.
Eva Russo
A couple heads for the Pony Pasture along the James River in Richmond, VA Monday, June 8, 2009.
BOB BROWN
Jumping into the James was the rule of the day for many who flocked to the Pony Pasture on Memorial Day.
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Swimmers at Pony Pasture watched the Regional training of the Tactical Rescue Teams doing a quarterly drill and swift water awareness course on Aug. 4. Morning showers gave way to another hot humid day. Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover agencies were involved in the river rescue training.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
Participants in the "Dive & Draw!" program head into the James River near Pony Pasture on Saturday. The program, a collaboration between Chesterfield County Environmental Engineering and Friends of the James River, is designed to promote stewardship of the river.
JOE MAHONEY
Lorne Field of Chesterfield county's Environmental Engineering department talks of algae blooms during a "Dive & Draw!" event in the James River near Pony Pasture on Saturday. The program, a collaboration between the Chesterfield County agency and Friends of the James River, is designed to promote stewardship of the river.
JOE MAHONEY
Participants in the "Dive & Draw!" program head into the James River near Pony Pasture on Saturday. The program, a collaboration between Chesterfield County Environmental Engineering and Friends of the James River, is designed to promote stewardship of the river.
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The James River, downstream a few hundred yards from the Pony Pasture, on Richmond's southside.
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Med-Flight paramedic David Powell, with Chesterfield County Fire, grabs a 'cinch' vest lowered to him from a Virginia State Police helicopter during a training exercise in the James River in Richmond Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters, paramedics and pilots with Med-Flight ran through medical evacuation drills near the Riverside Meadow Greenspace along Riverside Drive, near the Pony Pasture. Two choppers were involved in the drills.
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Med-Flight paramedic David Powell, with Chesterfield County Fire, hangs from a 'cinch' vest om a cable hanging from a Virginia State Police helicopter during a training exercise in the James River in Richmond Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters, paramedics and pilots with Med-Flight ran through medical evacuation drills near the Riverside Meadow Greenspace along Riverside Drive, near the Pony Pasture. Two choppers were involved in the drills.
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Waterfowl in the James River's Pony Pasture catches the attention of swimmers, June 30, 2012.
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The ever-popular Pony Pasture area of the James River draws hundreds on warm summer days. Sept. 1, 2012.
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After putting his head into the cold water at Pony Pasture, Luke Logan, 9, emerges during the Polar Bear Plunge, Jan. 1, 2013.
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Lorene Davidson and a family friend, Rachel Cryster, 11, bundle up to keep warm after jumping into the frigid water of the James River at Pony Pasture for the annual Polar Bear Plunge, Jan. 1, 2013.
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Fog covers the James River across from Pony Pasture Monday afternoon, January 15, 2013.
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Mike Martin kayaks in the James River near Pony Pasture Thursday, May 9, 2013.
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Amelie Williams, 9, climbs across a log at the James River Parks' Pony Pasture a few minutes after the winter solstice hit at 12:11 pm Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013. She and some of her friends were enjoying the unseasonal weather.
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Nicole Harrison of Durham celebrates to recorded music Funk Brothers played at Pony Pasture on Riverside Drive during the Richmond Marathon Saturday, November 15, 2014.
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James Richardson, center foreground, misses his tube as he and his friends, all of Yorktown,from left, Raychel Blanchette, Bryce Burgner, and Devin Lapp visit Pony Pasture Rapids, part of The James River Park System, for tubing in Richmond on Monday, June 16, 2014.
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A video camera stationed in James River Park caught these river otters between the Huguenot Bridge and Pony Pasture Rapids in South Richmond. A project that started last spring is using video to document wildlife in the park.
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Many sought refuge from the heat by jumping into the James River at the Pony Pasture, June 23, 2015.
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Kayakers start their guided tour by Riverside Outfitters at Pony Pasture in Richmond on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
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Lucas Crain and his five-year-old daughter McKenzie Crain head back to their car after taking a cooling dip in the James River at the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA Monday, August 24, 2015.
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(L-R) Emmett Shreve, age 3, his friend Alice Hunter, age 4, and her cousin Ford Hunter, age 3, watch the churning waters of the James River at Pony Pasture after the river rose to over nine feet Sunday, October 4, 2015.
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Deepannita Hossain, left, 22, and Sahba Abolfazli, right, 22, (cqbb both names) both senior chemical engineering students at UVA, pause to watch the James River flow by the Pony Pasture area in Richmond, VA Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. Hossain is a native of Bangaladesh and Abolfazli is a native of Iran.
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Interpretive signs for the John Smith Trail are located at a few historic sites around Richmond, including this one on at Pony Pasture Rapids Park. Photo taken Nov. 11, 2015.
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His first visit to the Pony Pasture rapids, part of the James River Park System, and Wyatt Lifsey said he picked a good day to relax. He moved to Richmond from Blacksburg, Va. about one month ago. April 21, 2016.
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Oeuyown Kim (left) and friend Morgan Moore relax with drinks in the James River at the Pony Pasture early Saturday evening before a thunderstorm rolled through. Aug. 6, 2016
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Two young women jump off a log into the James River at the Pony Pasture area in Richmond, VA Thursday, August 11, 2016 as high temperatures and humidity caused many people to head to the river to cool off.
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Geoffrey Zindren of Richmond makes his way to a spot for fishing at Pony Pasture in Richmond on Tuesday, September 13, 2016. Zindren said he doesn't expect to catch any fish but this is his excuse to be out more often.
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With temperatures in the mid-80's, fall break for these VCU students has been feeling more like summer vacation. The six friends (and a dog named Leona, lower left) spent part of the afternoon reclining and eating cookies at the Pony Pasture along Riverside Drive. From left: Muneera Hassan, Tiffany Tran, Connie Tran, Igor Tsvetkov, Isaiah Klimek, and Samantha Muehlbauer. Oct. 20, 2016
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Ryan McKinnon and his dog Rudy sit on a rock at Pony Pasture on Sunday May 29, 2016.
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Rudy took her first plunge into the James River at Pony Pasture on Sunday May 29, 2016 and jumped right back onto the dry rock after her owner Ryan McKinnon pulled her into the water with him.
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Driftwood and high river levels kept many of the popular granite boulders hideen at Pony Pasture Rapids, May 16, 2016.
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A prothonotary warbler. The small songbird was spotted by bird watchers along the James River at the Pony Pasture section of James River Park. May 11, 2016.
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Barbara Eck (left) and Alice Boller look for birds along the James River at the Pony Pasture, May 11, 2016. The two joined a few other local birders there Wednesday morning.
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Lightning Bug at Pony Pasture in Richmond on June 20, 2017.
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The James River in Richmond, VA offered some relief from the upper 90's heat Thursday, July 13, 2017 to many folks who visited the Pony Pasture rocks.
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This couple had a little difficulty getting their dog interested in entering the water at the Pony Pasture area of the James River in Richmond, VA Thursday, July 13, 2017. The dog eventually entered the water and appeared to enjoy it.
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A couple share a quiet moment on the Pony Pasture rocks in the James River in Richmond, VA Monday, August 7, 2017.
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A group of swimmers enjoy a cooling dip in the water along the Pony Pasture rocks in the James River in Richmond, VA Monday, August 7, 2017.
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Canada geese appear to be performing a water ballet in the Pony Pasture area of the James River in Richmond, VA Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. The geese were actually feeding on underwater plants.
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Some land along the James River in Richmond's West End was recently cleared, and state officials say the work violated a law requiring that a 100-foot buffer of natural vegetation be maintained along the river to protect it from pollution. The home of Stuart and Dawn Siegel sits above the cleared area. City officials say the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation, which allowed Siegel to have the work done, is responsible because it owns the land. This view is from the Pony Pasture Rapids section of James River Park in South Richmond. Pic taken 11/17.
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Jay Ross, age 8, swings on a grape vine along a Pony Pasture trail Sunday, February 25, 2018. It is a native plant to Virginia.
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Jay Ross, age 8, gets a higher view while standing on a grape vine along a Pony Pasture trail Sunday, February 25, 2018. It is a native plant to Virginia.
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Some sunbathers were ignoring warnings posted by sitting on the rocks amid rapids at the Pony Pasture section of the James River in Richmond, VA Wednesday, May 2, 2018. A half-dozen others sat on rocks along the stretch also.
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A young woman sat on the bank at the Pony Pasture section of the James River in Richmond, VA Wednesday, May 2, 2018. A half-dozen others chose to ignore high water warnings and sat on rocks out in the rapids.
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Annika Licht, 15, left, from Charlotte, NC, rides a line down a 100 ft tall hickory tree with the help of instructor Jocelyn Lohse, right, with Riverside Outfitters, in the woods near the Pony Pasture section along the James River in Richmond, VA Friday, July 6, 2018. This and other activities are part of the Riverside Outfitters Day Summer Camp program.
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Two hikers (no names given) paused to look at the James River as it flowed past the Pony Pasture area in Richmond, VA Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 on a balmy fall day.
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Cade Cooper, left, from Powhatan and Amanda Yowell, right, from Culpeper, took advantage of great weather on the first day of summer to float down the James River near the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA Friday, June 21, 2019.
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Cade Cooper, left, from Powhatan and Amanda Yowell, right, from Culpeper, took advantage of great weather on the first day of summer to float down the James River past a group of sunbathers near the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA Friday, June 21, 2019.
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A couple took advantage of great weather on the first day of summer to share a quiet moment in the James River near the Pony Pasture in Richmond, VA Friday, June 21, 2019.
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A young boy watches a family of ducks swim past as he stands beside the James River at the Pony Pasture section in Richmond, VA, Monday, July 15, 2019 as the temperature climbed above 90 degrees.
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A man talks on his phone while cooling off in the James River at the Pony Pasture section in Richmond, VA, Monday, July 15, 2019 as the temperature climbed above 90 degrees.
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Brothers Shawn (11) and Miguel Johnson (6) from Washington, DC spent part of Monday afternoon at Pony Pasture in the James River with their grandparents, who are from Richmond. Miguel looks toward his runaway Croc, which his older brother retrieved.
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Brothers Shawn (11) and Miguel Johnson (6) from Washington, DC spent part of Monday afternoon at Pony Pasture in the James River with their grandparents, who are from Richmond.
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Ballard Payne, 17, transports his friend Claire Zeno, 17, back to shore after the two spent part of the afternoon swimming the waters of the James River at the area known as the Pony Pasture along Riverside Drive. The two went straight to the river after classes ended for the day at Trinity High School.
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7:08 a.m.-Along Riverside Drive, between Williams Dam and Pony Pasture, a group of runners sets out on a 6.5-mile training run for a half-marathon they will run in August. Scenic Riverside Drive attracts many runners.
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9:37 a.m.-Bob Willis, 62, gives his dog “Valentine” a treat while walking along the Louise Burke Nature Trail at the Pony Pasture. Willis has been coming to the park for many years. He remembers the time when there were no trees.
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12:48 p.m..- At the bottom of the staircase boat ramp at the Pony Pasture, children venture into the chilly water of the James River. The children are: On the left, Brando Contreras, 3; Jasmine Vigil, 3 (right); Arlett Vigil, 9 (left, center) and Armondo Guevara, 7 (right, center). JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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7:42 a.m.- Geese fly above the rapids at Pony Pasture. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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11:15 a.m.- Trevor Frost slides down the staircase boat ramp and into the James River at the Pony Pasture. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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1:15 p.m.- "Duke" romps in the rapids of Pony Pasture. He was there with his owners, Emily and Brandon Hoffman. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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7:33 a.m.-The rocks at the Pony Pasture rapids were accessible enough to lure this man out for some shoes-off time. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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1:56 p.m.- The rapids at Pony Pasture make venturing into them a challenge and potential hazard. JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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1:30 p.m.- After spending a few hours on the rocks at Pony Pasture, Danielle Schaevitz gives Lindsey Crawford a hand crossing back to shore. They were with fellow University of Richmond students Casey Kelly (third from left, on rock), Natalie Simons (to Casey Kelley’s left). JAMES RIVER JOURNAL
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A swimmer snorkels in the Pony Pasture, near shore.
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A visitor to the Pony Pasture section of the James River Parks system navigates the rocks which are normally covered with what is referred to as the "Upper Rapids."
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Greg Mills (front) and Chad Horohoe relax in the Pony Pasture section of the James River.
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The flow of the water in the James River's Pony Pasture was just right Thursday afternoon for Tobias Barth, 14, of Chesterfield, and about a hundred others.
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A retriever returns a stick from its thrower in the James River's Pony Pasture section.
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The heat was no problem for 7-year-old Jose' Gill Thursday afternoon. He and his two brothers and a cousin soaked in the waters of the James River near the Pony Pasture. About two hundred others had the same idea. Later in the afternoon, a thunderstorm rolled in and most of the rivergoers left. But Jose' and his brothers and cousin stayed in the water.
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Student starts positivity movement at school after friend’s suicide
PHOENIX (KPNX) – Students at a school in Arizona have worked for months to inspire positive messages to their classmates.
Keely Lotz, a sixth-grader at Vista del Sur Accelerated Academy in Phoenix, said she wanted to see more color and inspiration at her school.
“I want to make sure that everybody feels safe here,” she said.
As part of a service project as an ambassador for the Uvalde Foundation for Kids, Keely searched for the right words to write in the school’s bathrooms alongside other art club students.
“Because I knew that’s where a lot of people went to cry,” she said.
After the suicide of her friend, “Toddlers & Tiaras” star Kailia Posey, the sixth-grader said she wanted to write words that could make a difference in someone’s life. Posey was 16 years old at the time of her death.
“It was heartbreaking and it was all over the pageant community,” Keely said. “We did the Naomi walk in her name.”
Keely said she doesn’t know what drove her friend to suicide, but that she wanted to make sure it wouldn’t happen again.
“We all sat around and thought of phrases that might help us and other people,” Keely said.
Phrases like “Always remember you matter, you belong here, you’re doing great and you can do anything,” adorn the school’s walls and stalls.
Eighth-grader Megan Garis said the phrases are in both girls’ and boys’ restrooms.
“I feel like being able to see positive images like just when you’re going to the bathroom, like it’ll really help kids feel better about themselves,” she said.
Vista del Sur Accelerated Academy’s principal, Jessica Epacs, said the art project has already made an impact.
“The positive self-talk, the positive phrases to be uplifting. It’s happening,” she said. “We get to see it in our kids and that’s been the biggest reward of all.”
Keely is hoping the inspiring words continue to change the negative ones some students may hear in their heads every day.
“I just want to make sure that kids know that it’s going to be OK,” she said.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirits Brand Incubator company, Sidewalk Side Spirits, on the heels of their highly successful launch of their Gambino's King Cake Rum Cream, announces the creation of Hardhide Ponchatoula Strawberry Whiskey.
Hardhide Ponchatoula Strawberry Whiskey is a blend of 3-year wheat bourbon, American light whiskey, Cocktail & Son's Lemon Strawberry Syrup, and fresh Ponchatoula Strawberries. It's blended at 86 Proof in New Orleans at the Porchjam Distillery. Not an underproof, sugar bomb of artificial flavors like so many others, Hardhide is a flavored whiskey for whiskey lovers. Delicious in Lemonade, on the rocks, or in a Strawberry Old Fashioned, Hardhide makes for a tasty, smooth cocktail. Perfect for home entertaining or any bartender's tool kit.
"Ponchatoula is known as the Strawberry Capital of the World," said John Eason, CEO of Sidewalk Side Spirits. "Through our whiskey, we hope to tell the story of this beautiful town known for strawberry farms, the World-Famous Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, and its beloved Alligator named Hardhide, who lives smack dab in the middle of downtown Ponchatoula".
Hardhide's beautiful packaging was inspired by a commissioned original painting by renowned New Orleans artist, Frenchy. Frenchy is a fixture in and around New Orleans and famous for his artwork and philanthropy.
Hardhide Ponchatoula Strawberry Whiskey will be distributed by RNDC in Louisiana, Texas, Florida, and Georgia. Best Brands will distribute the brand in Tennessee. More states to come online after the next strawberry harvest in Q1 of 2023.
In the spirit of giving back, Sidewalk Side Spirits will form "Friends of Hardhide", a charity that will donate 2% of the profits to the care and improvement of Hardhide's quality of life. Artist Frenchy will be selling replicas of the original Hardhide art and be donating a portion of those proceeds to the "Friends of Hardhide" as well.
Sidewalk Side Spirits is a spirit's brand incubator company founded in 2020 by spirits industry veteran John Eason and the owners of Cocktail & Son's, Lauren Myerscough, and Max Messier. It's 1st brand was a collaboration with Gambino's Bakery, the King of King Cakes to create award winning, Gambino's King Cake Rum Cream. To know more go to www.sidewalksidespirits.com or email John@Sidewalksidesspirits.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for FUBO, AERI, WTRH, TLRY, and AMC.
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Pinellas County man sentenced to 40 years for killing 17-year-old pregnant with their child
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Pinellas County man who killed a 17-year-old girl who was pregnant with their child in 2012 was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison.
As part of a plea agreement, Jacobee Flowers could have spent 25 years behind bars if investigators were able to locate Morgan Martin's remains before the sentencing. That didn't happen and, as a result, Flowers received the longer sentence.
During the sentencing hearing, Morgan's mother, Leah Martin, confronted her daughter's killer for the first time in nearly 10 years.
"She was my child. She was my daughter, and she was so good-hearted," Martin said, her emotions ranging from uncontrollable grief to rage directed at Flowers. "I hope that every day that you sleep, you have to see her. Do you understand me? I hope you see her face, and the child that you killed. You didn't only kill my child, you killed your own! You're worthless!"
Earlier this month, Flowers directed authorities to the location in Alabama where he said he buried Morgan. Investigators searched the area for several days, but found nothing. They returned this week, accompanied by Flowers, but were again unable to locate Morgan's remains.
As Flowers entered the courtroom Thursday, he appeared to be smiling and blew a kiss toward his loved ones.
"There's not a day that goes by in the last 10 years that haven't felt the deepest level of regret and remorse for my actions," Flowers said from the witness stand.
Investigators said text messages between Morgan and Flowers revealed a troubled relationship. According to detectives, he begged her not to have the baby because he was in another relationship. One night, Morgan left her home and never returned.
Leah Martin appeared to feel some relief after finally getting to tell Flowers how she's been feeling for nearly a decade.
"It was good for him to know that I'll never forgive him," Martin said. "He showed no grief. He doesn't care. Forty years wasn't enough. But then again, a million years wouldn't have been enough for me."
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The life-threatening heat waves that have baked U.S. cities and inflamed European wildfires in recent weeks would be "virtually impossible" without the influence of human-caused climate change, a team of international researchers said Tuesday. Global warming, they said, also made China's recent record-setting heat wave 50 times more likely.
Soaring temperatures are punishing the Northern Hemisphere this summer. In the U.S., more than 2,000 high temperature records have been broken in the past 30 days, according to federal data. In Southern Europe, an observatory in Palermo, Sicily, which has kept temperature records on the Mediterranean coast since 1791, hit 117 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday, shattering its previous recorded high. And in China, a small northwest town recently recorded the hottest temperature in the country's history.
July is likely to be the hottest month on Earth since records have been kept.
"Without climate change we wouldn't see this at all or it would be so rare that it would basically be not happening," said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London who helped lead the new research as part of a collaborative group called World Weather Attribution.
El Niño, a natural weather pattern, is likely contributing to some of the heat, the researchers said, "but the burning of fossil fuels is the main reason the heatwaves are so severe."
Global temperatures have increased nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the Industrial Revolution, when humans started burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas in earnest.
To determine what role that warming has played on the current heat waves, the researchers looked at weather data from the three continents and used peer-reviewed computer model simulations to compare the climate as it is today with what it was in the past. The study is a so-called rapid attribution report, which aims to explain the role of climate change in ongoing or recent extreme weather events. It has not yet been peer-reviewed.
The researchers found that greenhouse gas emissions are not only making extreme heat waves — the world's deadliest weather events — more common, but that they've made the current heat waves hotter than they would have otherwise been by multiple degrees Fahrenheit — a finding, Otto said, that wasn't surprising.
Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at Climate Central, who wasn't involved in the research but had reviewed its findings, agreed with that assessment.
"It is not surprising that there's a climate connection with the extreme heat that we're seeing around the world right now," Placky said. "We know we're adding more greenhouse gases to our atmosphere and we continue to add more of them through the burning of fossil fuels. And the more heat that we put into our atmosphere, it will translate into bigger heat events."
Even a small rise in temperatures can lead to increased illness and death, according to the World Health Organization. Hot temperatures can cause heat exhaustion, severe dehydration and raise the risk of having a heart attack or stroke. Those risks are even higher in low-income neighborhoods and in communities of color, where research has found temperatures are often hotter than in white neighborhoods.
Heat waves in Europe last summer killed an estimated 61,000 people — most of them women — according to a recent study published in the journal Nature. A stifling heat dome in the Pacific Northwest in 2021 is believed to have killed hundreds in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
"Dangerous climate change is here now," said Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who studies how climate change influences extreme weather and has published work on the 2021 heat dome. "I've been saying that for 10 years, so now my saying is 'dangerous climate change is here now and if you don't know that, you're not paying attention.'"
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LAS VEGAS, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine an NFT project that can bring you once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Front of stage tickets to EDC Las Vegas, booth seats to your favorite football team's games, private parties with high profile crypto personalities… etc., and access to all these events and more can be yours just by holding a cute tattoo-clad panda.
Introducing Kanpai Pandas, one of the first Omnichain NFT projects in existence. A collection of 10,000 stylistically curated hand-drawn NFTs that roam 7 chains, including Ethereum, BNB, Polygon, AVAX, Fantom, Arbitrum, and Optimism chains (and soon to be 8 ).
Kanpai means "Cheers" in Japanese and reflects the light-hearted jovial nature that the project and community represent. The Kanpai Pandas' prime objective is to bring REAL utility to its holders by building a solid brand that revolves around amazing real-world experiences and community building.
Kanpai Pandas isn't only an NFT collection incorporating innovative blockchain technology. Holding a Kanpai Panda gives you a membership pass into an exclusive club that offers access to high-end events such as private parties, sporting events, concerts, and other sought-after entertainment events. Kanpai Pandas is building a family of like-minded people across the globe, creating a network effect where holders can build, collaborate, and learn together in the journey to making NFT history. Kanpai Pandas believe in building a sustainable long-term foundation through providing real-world utility and on-chain innovation.
So, what's under the hood?
Kanpai Labs, the creator of Kanpai Pandas, built and released the project on LayerZero Labs' technology. LayerZero Labs is an Omnichain Interoperability Protocol designed for message passing across chains, providing authentic delivery. Layer Zero has been funded by FTX, Binance Labs, Spartan, DeFi Capital, and various other strategic investment groups. Information on the Layer Zero Protocol can be found on their website's FAQ section: https://layerzero.gitbook.io/docs/faq/faq-1.
Kanpai Pandas sought to distinguish themselves in the NFT space by providing an art collection that incorporated cutting-edge interoperable blockchain technology. Building on LayerZero Labs technology, Kanpai Panda's smart contracts became the new "gold standard" of omnichain.
The creator of Kanpai Labs, @DaRealMilkBagz, crafted a team of experts to provide utility to Kanpai Panda holders. Before mint, @DaRealMilkBagz announced three exclusive confirmed events where Kanpai Pandas could attend, details of which will be further explained in future Medium posts, but have already been announced on our Twitter (@KanpaiPandas). Kanpai Labs came out swinging to provide its determination in making Kanpai Pandas a lifestyle brand that provides many perks: exclusive social events, collectibles, comic series, and on-chain game theory (details about these perks will be further outlined in future Medium posts). Kanpai Labs' roadmap can be seen on its vision map.
Now, for the fun part
Kanpai Panda VIP passes give holders exclusive rights to events and parties. Each VIP pass will only be available to use for one event/party and will be available to trade on the secondary marketplace. As more events occur, VIP passes will be airdropped to Kanpai Panda holders. The Kanpai Panda family aims to guarantee users get the most out of their investment. Being a VIP Pass holder gets you the finest services KP can provide. The Kanpai Panda family will cover numerous scopes of entertainment, from smaller more exclusive personal venues to larger ones that will be open to all KP holders.
For Example:
- Exclusive Crypto Bahamas Party in Nassau
- EDC Las Vegas
- 10,000 Person Pandafest 2022
- Imagine Dragons Box Tickets
- Raiders Box Seats
- And many more global events in planning progress
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How do you carve a pumpkin?
Carving a jack-o’-lantern has been a Halloween tradition for more than 100 years. An Irish myth says when a man named Stingy Jack died, he wasn’t allowed into heaven or hell, but was forced to roam the Earth for eternity. People in Ireland began carving the faces of fierce demons into turnips and put candles inside them to frighten away Jack’s wandering soul.
When they came to America, they started carving the much larger pumpkins that had ripened by the end of summer, just in time for All Hallow’s Eve. You can do your part to frighten Stingy Jack away this Halloween by carving a pumpkin of your own, but don’t forget spooky decorations and pumpkin-spiced foods and drinks.
Choosing a pumpkin
- Pick a firm one: If your jack-o’-lantern is going to be outdoors, the weather will age it. If it’s inside, the warmth of the home will weaken the fibers and hasten its decay.
- Select one that’s the right size and shape for your design: If you’re going to carve a narrow face, choose a tall one. If you want to make a broad face, choose a wide one. Or deliberately mismatch the pumpkin and the face for artistic effect, such as carving a tiny face in a really huge pumpkin.
- Choose one with a flat bottom: This important feature is too often overlooked. You want your jack-o’-lantern to be steady and not topple over easily.
Choosing a design
Decide what kind of face you want to put on your jack-o’-lantern. There are some excellent books on how to carve pumpkins into great designs.
- Traditionalists: Many people cut away triangular parts of the rind to make eyes and a nose. They follow this with a wide smile, usually with most — but not all — of the teeth missing. Then they use smaller kitchen and paring knives to trim the edges of their cuts and add finer details than are possible with large carving knives.
- Stencils: Some people like more intricate designs than the traditional jack-o’-lantern. Make sure you have plenty of tapes to attach the flat surface of the stencil to the curved outside of your pumpkin.
- Cookie cutters: You can use the different shapes of your cookie cutters to make interesting faces. Make sure to choose stainless steel so they’re machine-washable and won’t rust.
- Drills: Use a small handheld electric drill to cut through the pumpkin. When you have a rotary tool kit, you can use differently shaped drill bits to create different effects.
Carving your pumpkin
Draw and cut
Draw the design you want on the outside of the pumpkin with a pencil or marker, then follow the lines to make your cuts. Classic carving usually starts with getting the biggest knife in the house, usually a chef’s knife or a butcher knife with a long, thick, straight blade.
Take the top off
Cut a hole in the top with the stem at the center. Make it wide enough that you can reach your hand inside. After you’ve had the “cap” fall into your pumpkin, you will learn to cut the top at an angle so it fits snugly when you replace it instead of falling through the hole.
Scoop out the innards
Jack-o’-lanterns have hollow insides where you traditionally place a candle. To turn a pumpkin into a jack-o’-lantern, use your hand to scoop out most of the meat and seeds and set them aside. Then continue to hollow out your pumpkin by scraping away the soft interior with a large kitchen spoon, leaving only the firm rind.
Seal it
If you coat all the cut edges with petroleum jelly, your pumpkin stays fresh longer.
Light it up
- Traditionalists who like to use candles often choose votives, but all choose candles with stable bases.
- Moderns prefer using LED lights so they can use different colors and effects, such as flashing, twinkling and strobing.
What else can you carve?
- Turnips. Now that you know the tradition, you can keep it alive by carving turnips this year. They’re much smaller than pumpkins, so you can carve several.
- Gourds: Any squashes with thick skins can be opened and scooped out to make room for a candle. Use zucchini and crookneck squash to make fierce demons with oddly shaped heads.
- Watermelon: If you carve this year’s jack-o’-lantern from a watermelon, you get a great-looking jack-o’-lantern with lots of fruit you can serve to your Halloween party guests.
What you need to buy for carving pumpkins
Jack O Pattern Pumpkin Carving Stencils
You get 50 templates for turning your pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns. Kids 10 and younger can choose ghosts and zombies, bats, cats, owls, spiders, skeletons, vampires and more.
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7Felicity Professional Halloween Pumpkin Carving Kit
This nine-piece set comes with stainless steel saws, knives, scraper, scoop, loops, drills and etching tools, all with sure-grip rubber handles in a zippered carrying case. These are sharp tools for adults and not toys for small kids.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Pumpkin Punchers Carving Kit for Kids
You can mix and match these 24 stainless steel cookie cutter shapes to make 31 designs. This kid-friendly kit contains no knives. You place the pumpkin puncher where you want it and tap it with a mallet to cut neatly through the rind.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Outus 60-Piece Halloween Pumpkin Face Stickers
The little ones who aren’t allowed to use knives aren’t left out when you give them this kit with eyes, eyebrows, noses and mouths. Even the littlest kids can mix and match these non-toxic, self-adhesive and waterproof stickers to create their own jack-o’-lanterns.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
You hold this keyless quick-change variable-speed electric drill like a pen, using any of the 140 pieces that come in a hard-sided case to drill and cut intricate shapes with ease, at speeds from 8,000 to 30,000 revolutions per minute.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Homemory Orange Flameless Tea Light Candles
The flickering flames on these 24 votive candles are actually LED lights that replicate the look and feel of real candles, without the mess and the smoke. They come with on/off switches and CR2032 batteries that last for more than 150 hours.
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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) announced today that it has successfully completed the previously announced divestiture of Magellan Rx to Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime).
"We are pleased to continue delivering on our value creation plan with the closing of this transaction, positioning us to remain focused on our core business and strategic priorities on behalf of shareholders," said Sarah London, Chief Executive Officer of Centene.
Centene acquired Magellan Rx in January 2022 as part of its acquisition of Magellan Health, Inc.
About Centene Corporation
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading healthcare enterprise that is committed to helping people live healthier lives. The Company takes a local approach – with local brands and local teams – to provide fully integrated, high-quality, and cost-effective services to government-sponsored and commercial healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals. Centene offers affordable and high-quality products to nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation, including Medicaid and Medicare members (including Medicare Prescription Drug Plans) as well as individuals and families served by the Health Insurance Marketplace, the TRICARE program, and individuals in correctional facilities. The Company also contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to provide a variety of specialty services focused on treating the whole person. Centene focuses on long-term growth and value creation as well as the development of its people, systems, and capabilities so that it can better serve its members, providers, local communities, and government partners.
Centene uses its investor relations website to publish important information about the Company, including information that may be deemed material to investors. Financial and other information about Centene is routinely posted and is accessible on Centene's investor relations website, https://investors.centene.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements, other than statements of current or historical fact, contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, forward-looking statements often use words such as "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "estimate," "intend," "seek," "target," "goal," "may," "will," "would," "could," "should," "can," "continue" and other similar words or expressions (and the negative thereof). Centene (the Company, our, or we) intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe-harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and we are including this statement for purposes of complying with these safe-harbor provisions. In particular, these statements include, without limitation, statements about our future operating or financial performance, market opportunity, value creation strategy, competition, expected activities in connection with completed and future acquisitions and dispositions, our investments and the adequacy of our available cash resources. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on numerous assumptions and assessments made by us in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, business strategies, operating environments, future developments and other factors we believe appropriate. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are subject to change because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future, including economic, regulatory, competitive and other factors that may cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to us on the date hereof. Except as may be otherwise required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date hereof. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, as actual results may differ materially from projections, estimates, or other forward-looking statements due to a variety of important factors, variables and events including, but not limited to: our ability to accurately predict and effectively manage health benefits and other operating expenses and reserves, including fluctuations in medical utilization rates due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19; our ability to maintain or achieve improvement in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Star ratings and maintain or achieve improvement in other quality scores in each case that can impact revenue and future growth; the risk that the election of new directors, changes in senior management, and any inability to retain key personnel may create uncertainty or negatively impact our ability to execute quickly and effectively; uncertainty as to the expected financial performance of the combined company following the recent completion of the acquisition of Magellan Health, Inc. (the Magellan Acquisition); the possibility that the expected synergies and value creation from the Magellan Acquisition or the acquisition of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (the WellCare Acquisition) (or other acquired businesses) will not be realized, or will not be realized within the respective expected time periods; disruption from the integration of the Magellan Acquisition or from the integration of the WellCare Acquisition; unexpected costs, or similar risks, from other acquisitions or dispositions we may announce or complete from time to time, including potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships with customers, employees, suppliers or regulators, making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; the risk that the closing conditions, including applicable regulatory approvals, for the pending disposition of Magellan Specialty Health may be delayed or not obtained; impairments to real estate, investments, goodwill and intangible assets; a downgrade of the credit rating of our indebtedness; competition; membership and revenue declines or unexpected trends; changes in healthcare practices, new technologies, and advances in medicine; increased healthcare costs; changes in economic, political or market conditions; changes in federal or state laws or regulations, including changes with respect to income tax reform or government healthcare programs as well as changes with respect to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act (collectively referred to as the ACA) and any regulations enacted thereunder that may result from changing political conditions, the current administration or judicial actions; rate cuts or other payment reductions or delays by governmental payors and other risks and uncertainties affecting our government businesses; our ability to adequately price products; tax matters; disasters or major epidemics; changes in expected contract start dates; provider, state, federal, foreign and other contract changes and timing of regulatory approval of contracts; the expiration, suspension, or termination of our contracts with federal or state governments (including, but not limited to, Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE or other customers); the difficulty of predicting the timing or outcome of legal or regulatory proceedings or matters, including, but not limited to, our ability to resolve claims and/or allegations made by states with regard to past practices, including at Envolve Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. (Envolve), as our pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) subsidiary, within the reserve estimate we previously recorded and on other acceptable terms, or at all, or whether additional claims, reviews or investigations relating to our PBM business will be brought by states, the federal government or shareholder litigants, or government investigations; the timing and extent of benefits from our value creation strategy, including the possibility that the benefits received may be lower than expected, may not occur, or will not be realized within the expected time periods; challenges to our contract awards; cyber-attacks or other privacy or data security incidents; the exertion of management's time and our resources, and other expenses incurred and business changes required in connection with complying with the undertakings in connection with any regulatory, governmental or third party consents or approvals for acquisitions or dispositions; any changes in expected closing dates, estimated purchase price and accretion for acquisitions or dispositions; restrictions and limitations in connection with our indebtedness; the availability of debt and equity financing on terms that are favorable to us; inflation; foreign currency fluctuations; and risks and uncertainties discussed in the reports that Centene has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This list of important factors is not intended to be exhaustive. We discuss certain of these matters more fully, as well as certain other factors that may affect our business operations, financial condition and results of operations, in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. Due to these important factors and risks, we cannot give assurances with respect to our future performance, including without limitation our ability to maintain adequate premium levels or our ability to control our future medical and selling, general and administrative costs.
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Industry report recognizes LHH for its innovative technology solutions, global delivery footprint, and best-in-class career coaches
NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LHH, the world's leading integrated talent solutions provider and global business unit of The Adecco Group, has been named a Leader in the 2023 Everest Group Outplacement and Career Transition PEAK Matrix® report. Recognized as a "Star Performer" for its innovative technology solutions, customer experience, and global delivery footprint, LHH has maintained its position as the global market leader amongst industry peers through its highly trained career coaches and industry-leading solutions, including its Career Mobility Portal and Candidate Resource Network.
As employees and businesses prepare for a possible recession and workplace demands continue to evolve, LHH has continued to launch new services and make investments to deliver superior experiences to employees and employers alike. Through its digital innovations, LHH offers such features as digital career coaching, labor supply and demand analytics, career pathing tools, AI-based resume creation, and skill-gap analysis and micro-learnings to help candidates prepare for emerging in-demand jobs.
"Now more than ever, it's critical that workers and jobseekers have the right tools and resources when it comes to navigating the ever-changing work landscape, which is exactly what we set out to provide every day at LHH through our career transition and mobility services," said John Morgan, President of Career Transition & Mobility and Leadership Development at LHH. "Our continued ability to offer human-first, tailored solutions – including our digital outplacement services – makes us indispensable when it comes to helping people navigate today's complex job market and find jobs faster. We could not be more honored to be named a Star Performer in Everest Group's PEAK Matrix report, as it solidifies our position as a career transition industry leader and recognizes the amazing work our team leads day in and day out."
Everest Group's PEAK Matrix Assessments provide analysis and insights enterprises need to make critical selection decisions about global services providers, locations, and products and solutions within various market segments. This year's report recognizes LHH as a Star Performer for year over year improvements when it comes to market impact, vision, and capabilities at large.
"For more than 50 years, LHH has been recognized as a leader in the talent solutions space, helping people, teams, and organizations across the globe prepare for what comes next in the changing world of work," said Gaelle de la Fosse, President of LHH. "From the Career Transition and Mobility services that are being recognized here by the Everest Group, to our wide range of Recruitment Solutions and Leadership Development services, the true value proposition of LHH is our ability to work across the entire talent journey through best-in-class, fully integrated solutions that meet our clients' and candidates' evolving needs."
Through the review period, Everest Group analyzed organizations within the Outplacement space, assessing delivery capabilities, market expertise, technology innovations and customer centricity as part of the selection process. LHH was able to illustrate years of industry knowledge and the ability to deliver consistent excellence, quality and value to their clients.
"With an extensive portfolio and high touch service offering, LHH has managed to maintain a strong market position in the global outplacement and career transition market. Its strategic investments in extending features across its proprietary tech stack has allowed LHH to keep up with evolving buyer demands," said Krishna Charan, Practice Director at Everest Group. "This has helped to position the firm as a Leader and a Star Performer on Everest Group's Outplacement and Career Transition Services PEAK Matrix® 2023."
To view the full report, visit www.everestgrp.com.
About LHH
LHH is an integrated talent solutions provider helping people, teams, and organizations prepare for what's next in the future of work. Through Career Transition & Mobility, Leadership Development, and Recruitment Solutions, our integrated solutions offerings allow us to work across the entire talent journey to help future-proof organizations and careers all over the world.
With over 8,000 colleagues and coaches spanning 60 countries worldwide, LHH combines global infrastructure with industry-leading technology and local expertise to help more than 15,000 organizations and nearly 500,000 candidates each year.
LHH is a global business unit of the Adecco Group, the world's leading talent advisory and solutions company, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Rockies vs. Athletics Predictions & Picks: Odds, Moneyline, Spread - July 28
Friday's game between the Colorado Rockies (40-62) and the Oakland Athletics (28-76) at Coors Field has a projected final score of 5-4 based on our computer prediction, with the Rockies securing the victory. Game time is at 8:40 PM on July 28.
This contest's pitching matchup is set, as the Rockies will send Kyle Freeland (4-10) to the mound, while JP Sears (1-7) will answer the bell for the Athletics.
Rockies vs. Athletics Game Info & Odds
- When: Friday, July 28, 2023 at 8:40 PM ET
- Where: Coors Field in Denver, Colorado
- How to Watch on TV: SportsNet RM
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
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Rockies vs. Athletics Score Prediction
Our pick for this game is Rockies 5, Athletics 4.
Total Prediction for Rockies vs. Athletics
- Total Prediction: Under 11 runs
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Rockies Performance Insights
- The Rockies are favored for the first time in a while, as they have not been the favorite in their last 10 games.
- Colorado and its opponents have combined to hit the over three times in its last 10 games with a total.
- The Rockies have covered in each of their last two games with a spread.
- This season, the Rockies have been favored 10 times and won three of those games.
- Colorado has a record of 2-4 in games when bookmakers favor them by at least -125 on the moneyline.
- The implied probability of a win from the Rockies, based on the moneyline, is 55.6%.
- Colorado has scored 447 runs (4.4 per game) this season, which ranks 20th in MLB.
- The Rockies have the 29th-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (5.48).
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Meati is recognized for democratizing access to nutrient-rich, animal-free protein.
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meati Foods, the creator of Eat Meati™ delicious alternative whole-food proteins made from nutrient-rich mushroom root, is thrilled to announce that its animal-free Classic Cutlet and Crispy Cutlet have been named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2022. The honor comes just after Meati Foods' Series C funding, and on the same day as the debut of their Carne Asada Steak and Meati Bundle offerings and as the company will imminently begin scaling its retail availability nationally.
"We're honored to be included in TIME's carefully curated annual list, joining past awardees that have innovated to create worldwide impact," said Meati Foods CEO and co-founder, Tyler Huggins. "We set out to change the way people eat by democratizing access to delicious, exceptional nourishment, and this honor validates Meati's mission as we pave the way for healthier people and a healthier planet."
Meati is first-of-its-kind, a true whole food, with every cut at least 95% mushroom root. Meati's offerings avoid the fat and cholesterol of conventional animal meat while delivering on nutrition with 15g protein, 9g dietary fiber and a host of micronutrients, such as Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate, Vitamin B12, and Iron.
Meati's award-winning cuts and shopper interest are setting the stage for retail expansion early next year, with the goal of a national omnichannel footprint in more than 8,000 retail and food service locations by the late 2023. For those interested in trying Meati for themselves, customers can currently purchase the Meati Classic Cutlet, Crispy Cutlet, Classic Steak, and Carne Asada Steak online at Meati.com and in select Colorado-based Sprouts Farmers Markets and in all Birdcall locations.
For this year's list, TIME solicited nominations from their editors and correspondents around the world, paying special attention to growing fields contributing to real world impact. TIME evaluated each contender on a number of key factors, including originality, efficacy, ambition, and impact.
For more information, connect with Meati on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or at Meati.com.
See the full list here: http://time.com/best-inventions-2022
Founded in 2016, Meati Foods is working to change the way we eat by democratizing access to delicious, nutrient-rich, complete protein in a way that protects and preserves our planet's water, land and air. Eat Meati™ is the debut product line from Meati Foods featuring whole-food cutlets and steaks made from mushroom root via through modernized ancient, natural processes in a toxicity-free environment with no heavy metals, pesticides or antibiotics. Eat Meati™ made its retail debut in July 2022 after multiple months of record sellouts on its direct-to-doorstep online shop, with plans for a national omni-channel footprint by late-2023. Meati's textures and flavors have won the enthusiastic support of some of food's most impactful leaders, chefs and icons.
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRO) today announced that Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Woodman and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer Brian McGee will present at the following investor conference:
- The Oppenheimer 25th Annual Technology, Internet & Communications Conference on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 2:05 pm Eastern Time
A webcast of the event will be available live and accessible for replay on the "Events & Presentations" section of the Company's website at http://investor.gopro.com.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2022, GoPro helps the world to capture and share itself in immersive and exciting ways.
For more information, visit GoPro.com. Open roles can be found on our careers page. Members of the press can access official logos and imagery on our press portal. GoPro customers can submit their photos and videos to GoPro Awards for an opportunity to be featured on GoPro's social channels and receive gear and cash awards. Connect with GoPro on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, and GoPro's blog The Current.
GoPro, HERO and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of GoPro, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- M&T Bank today announced the appointment of Ishet Dhar in the role of Chief Digital Officer (CDO). This decision reflects M&T's increasing focus on digital and its role creating simple, differentiated experiences for customers and employees.
Dhar has over two decades of global experience, most recently serving as senior vice president, digital consumer delivery at Bank of America. In this enterprise-wide role, Dhar will lead the strategy, integration and transformation of M&T's digital platforms, providing each customer a seamless and personalized digital experience that spans and supports their full relationship across the bank. He will report to Head of Consumer / Business Banking and Marketing Christopher Kay and serve as a key member of the company's leadership.
"Ishet will supercharge our digital transformation at M&T, driving new technology innovation and experiences for our customers and communities," said Kay. "He will be focused on delivering value for our customers, while giving our bankers the tools they need to be a source of support and guidance in the communities where we live and work. I am looking forward to what's ahead under his leadership."
"My goal is to make it easier for customers across our communities to access the services and solutions they need—wherever, whenever they need them—to help them achieve their financial goals and make a difference in their lives," said Dhar.
Dhar received a MBA from Rice University and currently resides in Newtown Square, Pa. He will be based in M&T's regional headquarters in Wilmington, Del.
About M&T
M&T Bank Corporation is a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. M&T's principal banking subsidiary, M&T Bank, provides banking products and services in 12 states across the eastern U.S. from Maine to Virginia and Washington, D.C. Trust-related services are provided in select markets in the U.S. and abroad by M&T's Wilmington Trust-affiliated companies and by M&T Bank.
For more information on M&T Bank, visit www.mtb.com. People's United customers can visit www.mtb.com/peoples for more information on the conversion to M&T Bank.
Media Contacts:
National Media, Trade Publications and Buffalo, NY Media:
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Downstate New York (NYC and Long Island), New Jersey and Connecticut:
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Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, DC:
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Tornado warning issued for northern York County no longer in effect: Weather Service
Teresa Boeckel
York Daily Record
A tornado warning was issued for part of northern York County this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
The warning was in effect for sections of York County, including Goldsboro and York Haven. It has now expired as
The warning was in effect until 1:45 p.m., the weather service says. It has expired and there is no longer a threat.
A storm capable of producing a tornado was moving over Manchester, according to the National Weather Service. The radar indicated rotation with the storm.
Residents were adviced to seek shelter immediately.
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