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3 dead, 3 injured in shooting at condo complex near Atlanta
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (WGCL) - An investigation is underway into a deadly shooting with multiple victims in DeKalb County, Georgia.
According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers responded to a report of a person shot on the 6500 block of Old Hampton Drive in Clarkston at 7:39 p.m. Sunday and found five people shot at the Brannon Hills condominium complex.
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency officials transported two people to area hospitals in serious condition, WGCL reports.
A sixth person arrived at an area hospital in serious condition shortly after.
Police say the location has been secured, and they do not believe there is an active threat to the public.
Detectives are now focusing on processing the scene and interviewing witnesses. No one is in custody at this time.
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Call Pence or Trump? It’s decision time for Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people. But the nine-member panel has yet to talk to the two most prominent players in that day’s events — former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
As the investigation winds down and the panel plans a series of hearings in June, members of the committee are debating whether to call the two men, whose conflict over whether to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election win was at the center of the attack. Trump pressured Pence for days, if not weeks, to use his ceremonial role presiding over the Jan. 6 count to try to block or delay Biden’s certification. Pence refused to do so, and rioters who broke into the building that day called for his hanging.
There are reasons to call either or both of them. The committee wants to be as thorough as possible, and critics are sure to pounce if they don’t even try. But some lawmakers on the panel have argued that they’ve obtained all the information they need without Trump and Pence.
Nearly a year into their wide-ranging investigation into the worst attack on the Capitol in more than two centuries, the House committee has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and received more than 100,000 pages of documents. Interviews have been conducted out of the public eye in obscure federal office buildings and private Zoom sessions.
The Democratic chairman, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, said in early April that the committee has been able to validate a lot of the statements attributed to Trump and Pence without their testimony. He said at that time there was “no effort on the part of the committee” to call Pence, though there have been discussions since then about potentially doing so.
Speaking about Pence, Thompson said the panel had “initially thought it would be important” to call him, but “there are a lot of things on that day we know — we know the people who tried to get him to change his mind about the count and all of that, so what is it we need?”
A lot of the people they are interviewing, Thompson added, “are people we didn’t have on the original list.”
The panel, comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has said that the evidence it has compiled is enough to link Trump to a federal crime.
Much of the evidence the committee has released so far has come from White House aides and staff — including little-known witnesses like Cassidy Hutchinson, a former special assistant in the Trump White House, and Greg Jacob, who served as Pence’s chief counsel in the vice president’s office. The panel also has thousands of texts from Trump’s final chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and has talked to two of the former president’s children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., who were with their father the day of the attack.
Among hundreds of others, the committee has also interviewed former White House aide Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband, former communications director Alyssa Farah and multiple Pence aides, including his chief of staff, Marc Short, and his national security adviser, Keith Kellogg. Former White House press secretaries Kayleigh McEnany and Stephanie Grisham have also appeared, as has former senior policy adviser Stephen Miller.
There are still questions that Trump and Pence could answer, including what they talked about the morning of Jan. 6, when Trump made his final plea for Pence to overturn the election when he presided over the Electoral College count in Congress. Lawmakers have been able to document most of Trump’s end of the call but not what Pence said in response.
In the hours after Trump and Pence spoke, the vice president issued a statement saying he did not have the power to object to the counting of electoral votes. But the president did not relent, and went on to publicly pressure Pence at his massive rally in front of the White House and then on Twitter even after his supporters had broken into the Capitol.
Still, it is unlikely that the two former leaders would speak about the conversation to the committee — and it’s unclear if they would cooperate at all.
While Pence has yet to comment on the committee’s work, Trump would certainly be a hostile witness. He has fought the investigation in court, demonized the committee on TV and tried to assert executive privilege over White House papers and any conversations he had with his aides — demands that would certainly apply to his morning call with Pence.
In addition, calling a former president or vice president to testify in a congressional investigation is a rare, if not unprecedented, move that could face major legal hurdles and backfire politically.
The Jan. 6 committee has given only a glimpse of what it has found, mostly in court filings where excerpts of transcripts have been used.
A recent filing from the committee revealed portions of interviews with Hutchinson that took place in February and March of this year. That testimony provided new evidence about the involvement of GOP lawmakers in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, including a meeting at the White House in which attorneys for the president advised that putting up an alternate slate of electors declaring Trump the winner was not “legally sound.”
Another court document revealed testimony from Jacob, who served as Pence’s chief counsel. In a series of emails, Jacob repeatedly told lawyer John Eastman, who was working with Trump, that Pence could not intervene in his ceremonial role and halt the certification of the electoral votes. Jacob told Eastman the legal framework he was putting forward to do just that was “essentially entirely made up.”
Meadows’ texts have also been revelatory, detailing how people inside Trump’s orbit pleaded for him to forcefully condemn the attack on the Capitol as it unfolded. The pleas came from Trump’s children, members of Congress and even Fox News hosts.
“He has to lead now. It has gone too far and gotten out of hand,” Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows as protestors breached the security perimeter at the Capitol.
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
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Local non-profit works to honor teachers, educators
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) -
Helping those who help our youth. That’s what Karen Caspersen of Woodstock strives to do.
Back in 2018, she founded the non-profit “Just Because.” It strives to show teachers and educators in Shenandoah County how valued and appreciated they are.
Every quarter, Caspersen and many volunteers create goodie bags to give to over 900 teachers in the many schools across Shenandoah County.
The goodie bags are filled with lots of things from small snacks and drinks to mini nail kits.
”Kindness is in short supply these days. This is a way to show appreciation to our educators. It’s not just the teachers receiving. It’s not from the parents, it’s not from the PTO, it’s from the public that says we notice, we appreciate and thank you,” said Caspersen.
On May 13-15, the non-profit plans to bake thousands of homemade cookies to distribute to teachers. If you are interested in baking, you can contact the organization for more details. You can email justbecauseteach@gmail.com or you can visit the Facebook page.
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No end in sight for Ukraine war as Putin hails Victory Day
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday Monday to again justify his war in Ukraine but did not declare even a limited victory or signal where the conflict was headed, as his forces continued to pummel targets across the country with few signs of significant progress.
The Russian leader oversaw a Victory Day parade on Red Square, with troops marching in formation, military hardware on display, and a brass band blaring to mark the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. But his much-anticipated speech offered no new insights to how he intended to salvage the grinding war — and instead stuck to allegations that Ukraine posed a threat to Russia, even though Moscow’s nuclear-armed forces are far superior in numbers and firepower.
“The danger was rising by the day,” he said as he surveyed the troops. “Russia has given a pre-emptive response to aggression. It was a forced, timely and the only correct decision.”
Ukrainian leaders and their Western backers have often rejected claims that Kyiv posed any threat to its giant neighbor.
Many analysts had suggested Putin might use his speech to declare some sort of limited victory — potentially in the besieged strategic port city of Mariupol — as he looks for an exit from the conflict that has unleashed punishing sanctions from the West and strained Russia’s resources. Others suggested he might order a nationwide mobilization to beef up the depleted ranks for an extended conflict.
There was “nothing significant in Putin’s speech today, but he will need to make a decision regarding mobilization in the coming weeks,” wrote Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, on Twitter.
As Putin laid a wreath in Moscow, air raid sirens echoed again in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared in his own Victory Day address that his country would eventually defeat the Russians.
“Very soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine,” he said in a video released to mark the holiday. “We have never fought against anyone. We always fight for ourselves. ... We are fighting for freedom for our children, and therefore we will win.”
An adviser to Zelenskyy also pushed back against the idea that Ukraine and its Western allies posed any threat to Russia.
Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter that “NATO countries were not going to attack Russia. Ukraine did not plan to attack Crimea,” which Russia seized in 2014.
The Ukrainian military’s General Staff warned Monday of a high probability of missile strikes on the holiday, and Britain’s Defense Ministry said in its daily assessment Russian forces could increasingly subject Ukrainian towns and cities to “intense and indiscriminate bombardments with little or no regard for civilian casualties” as they run short of precision-guided munitions.
In fact, more than 60 people were feared dead after a Russian bomb flattened a Ukrainian school being used as a shelter in Bilohorivka, an eastern village, Ukrainian officials said.
With the war now in its 11th week, battles were being waged on multiple fronts, but Russia was perhaps closest to victory in Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters are making a last stand at a sprawling steel mill in a battle that has highlighted some of the worst suffering of the war.
The complete capture of Mariupol would deprive Ukraine of a vital port, allow Russia to complete a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, and free troops up for fighting elsewhere in the Donbas, which is now Putin’s stated focus following his failure to seize the capital in the early days of the conflict. The fall of the city would provide a much-needed symbolic victory for Russia.
Russian forces pounded away over the weekend at the plant, where as many as 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are are estimated to be holding out.
“We are under constant shelling,” said Capt. Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Ukrainian Azov Regiment, which held the mill.
Lt. Illya Samoilenko, another regiment member, said a couple hundred wounded soldiers were inside. He declined to say how many able-bodied fighters remained. He said fighters had to dig by hand to free people from bunkers that collapsed under shelling.
For weeks, hundreds of civilians also took shelter with the fighters at the plant, but the last were evacuated Saturday. In a convoy led by the United Nations and international Red Cross, they arrived Sunday night in Zaporizhzhia, the first major Ukrainian city beyond the frontlines. They spoke of constant shelling, dwindling food, ubiquitous mold — and using hand sanitizer for cooking fuel.
The Ukrainian military warned Russian troops were seizing “personal documents from the local population without good reason” in parts of the Zaporizhzhia region that they controlled — allegedly as a way to force residents to join in Victory Day commemorations.
As a stiffer than expected Ukrainian resistance, bolstered by Western arms, has bogged down Russian forces, Moscow scaled back its war aims. It is now pressing offensives in some areas of southern Ukraine and the Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian troops for years. But they still have struggled to make significant strides, and Ukrainian and Russian forces have fought village by village in recent weeks.
A Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northeast near Kharkiv, outside of the Donbas but key to offensive there, was making “significant progress,” according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank.
However, Rodion Miroshnik, a pro-Kremlin official in the Luhansk region of the Donbas, said Moscow-backed separatist forces and Russian troops had captured most of Popasna, an embattled city that saw two months of fierce fighting.
The southern Black Sea port of Odesa has also seen increased fighting recently, and Ukrainian officials said Russia fired four cruise missiles targeting the city Monday from Crimea. It said no civilians were wounded in the attack, but did not elaborate on what was struck.
“The enemy continues to destroy the infrastructure of the region and exert psychological pressure on the civilian population,” the command said. “There is a very high probability of continued missile attacks in the region.”
As they struggle to make gain, Russian forces have repeatedly shelled cities and towns indiscriminately. About 90 people were sheltering in the school basement in Bilohorivka when it was attacked Saturday. Emergency crews found two bodies and rescued 30 people, but “most likely all 60 people who remain under the rubble are now dead,” Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk province, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukraine’s military also warned some 19 Russian battalion tactical groups were stationed just across the border in Russia’s Belgorod region. Those groups likely consist of some 15,200 troops with tanks, missile batteries and other weaponry.
As Victory Day turned attention toward Putin, Western leaders showed new signs of support for Ukraine.
The Group of Seven leading industrial democracies pledged Sunday to ban or phase out imports of Russian oil.
The United States, meanwhile, announced new sanctions, cutting off Western advertising from Russia’s three biggest TV stations, banning U.S. accounting and consulting firms from providing services, and cutting off Russia’s industrial sector from wood products, industrial engines, boilers and bulldozers.
U.S. first lady Jill Biden met Sunday with her Ukrainian counterpart. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised his country’s flag at its embassy in Kyiv. And U2′s Bono, alongside bandmate The Edge, performed in a Kyiv subway station that had been used as a bomb shelter, singing the 1960s song “Stand by Me.”
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Gambrell reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Yesica Fisch in Bakhmut, David Keyton in Kyiv, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Mstyslav Chernov in Kharkiv and AP staff around the world contributed to this report.
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White House says internet providers to discount service for poor
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
The $1 trillion infrastructure package passed by Congress last year included $14.2 billion funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides $30 monthly subsidies ($75 in tribal areas) on internet service for millions of lower-income households.
With the new commitment from the internet providers, some 48 million households will be eligible for $30 monthly plans for 100 megabits per second, or higher speed, service — making internet service fully paid for with the government subsidy if they sign up with one of the providers participating in the program.
Biden, during his White House run and the push for the infrastructure bill, made expanding high-speed internet access in rural and low-income areas a priority. He has repeatedly spoken out about low-income families that struggled finding reliable wi-fi, so their children could take part in remote schooling and complete homework assignments early in the coronavirus pandemic.
“If we didn’t know it before, we know now: High-speed internet is essential,” the Democratic president said during a White House event last month honoring the National Teacher of the Year.
The 20 internet companies that have agreed to lower their rates for eligible consumers provide service in areas where 80% of the urban population and 50% of the rural population live, according to the White House. Participating companies that offer service on tribal lands are providing $75 rates in those areas, the equivalent of the federal government subsidy in those areas.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday were set to meet with telecom executives, members of Congress and others to spotlight the effort to improve access to high-speed internet for low-income households.
The providers are Allo Communications , AltaFiber (and Hawaiian Telecom), Altice USA (Optimum and Suddenlink), Astound, AT&T, Breezeline, Comcast, Comporium, Frontier, IdeaTek, Cox Communications, Jackson Energy Authority, MediaCom, MLGC, Spectrum (Charter Communications), Starry, Verizon (Fios only), Vermont Telephone Co., Vexus Fiber and Wow! Internet, Cable, and TV.
American households are eligible for subsidies through the Affordable Connectivity Program if their income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, or if a member of their family participates in one of several programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Federal Public Housing Assistance and Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit.
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Chef Mario Batali on trial in Boston sexual misconduct case
BOSTON (AP) — Celebrity chef Mario Batali’s pandemic-delayed trial on sexual misconduct allegations opens Monday in Boston.
Batali pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery in 2019, stemming from accusations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman after taking a selfie with her at a Boston restaurant in 2017. The woman says Batali noticed her photographing him and invited her to take one together, then touched and kissed her repeatedly without her consent.
If convicted, Batali could face up to 2 1/2 years in jail and be required to register as a sex offender. He’s expected to be in court throughout the proceedings, which should last about two days once jury selection is complete, said Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office.
Lawyers for Batali didn’t comment ahead of the start of jury selection Monday in Boston Municipal Court. The chef’s lawyers have previously said the charge is without merit.
His accuser has also filed a civil lawsuit against Batali seeking unspecified damages for “severe emotional distress” that’s still pending in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston. Her lawyer didn’t respond to emails Friday.
Batali is among a number of high-profile men who have faced a public reckoning during the #MeToo social movement against sexual abuse and harassment in recent years.
The 61-year-old was once a Food Network fixture on shows like “Molto Mario” and “Iron Chef America.” But the ponytail- and orange Croc-wearing personality’s high-flying career crumbled amid sexual misconduct allegations.
Four women accused him of inappropriate touching in 2017, after which he stepped down from day-to-day operations at his restaurant empire and left the since-discontinued ABC cooking show “The Chew.”
Batali has offered an apology, acknowledging the allegations “match up” with ways he has acted.
“I have made many mistakes and I am so very sorry that I have disappointed my friends, my family, my fans and my team,” he said in an email newsletter at the time. “My behavior was wrong and there are no excuses. I take full responsibility.”
Last year, Batali, his business partner and their New York City restaurant company agreed to pay $600,000 to resolve a four-year investigation by the New York attorney general’s office into allegations that Batali, restaurant managers and other workers sexually harassed employees.
In Boston, he opened a branch of the popular Italian food marketplace Eataly in the downtown Prudential Center in 2016 as well as a Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca in the city’s Seaport District in 2015.
Batali has since been bought out of his stake in Eataly, which still has dozens of locations worldwide including in Boston, and the Babbo restaurant in the city has since closed.
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Nationwide baby formula shortage getting worse
(CNN) - The nationwide shortage of baby formula continues to get worse.
In early April, the out-of-stock rate jumped to 31%, according to Datasembly.
In six states - Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Texas and Tennessee - more than half of baby formula supplies were completely sold out.
CVS confirmed Saturday that it is limiting customers to three toddler and infant formulas per transactions.
Target said it has limited baby formula purchases to four units per customer for online sales.
Social media posts from customers indicated Walmart was pursuing a similar policy, but there is no confirmation from the retail giant.
Supply chain issues, along with the Food and Drug Administration’s shutdown of an Abbott Nutrition manufacturing plant in Michigan, are compounding the problem.
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Clinch Valley’s Advanced Wound Center receives national recognition
RICHLANDS, Va. (WVVA) - Clinch Valley Health’s Advanced Wound Care Center has been recognized on a national level. The center is the recipient of the Center of Distinction Award by Healogics. The award is the result of outstanding clinical outcomes for a year straight and a patient satisfaction rate above 92 percent. The center works to provide care to patients suffering from diabetics foot ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds that have not healed.
“For us it’s an achievement but for our patients here we are committed to a high standard of wound care in the United States. Also we do provide a compassionate and dedicated healing process,” said Dr. Jamal Sahyouni.
Dr. Sahyouni says the center accepts self referrals for anyone seeking treatment for a wound.
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Strong, swirling winds complicate New Mexico wildfire fight
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Strong, fast winds complicated work for firefighters in northeast New Mexico on Sunday as they battled two major blazes, though the rural area’s major population center appeared to finally be safe from the worst danger.
“It’s been a challenging day. The winds have picked up; they haven’t let up,” fire spokesperson Todd Abel said Sunday evening.
The rural area’s largest town — Las Vegas, New Mexico, population 13,000 — sits on the eastern edge of the fire area and appeared safe for now thanks to fire lines dug with bulldozers and other preparations over the past week. But the northern and southern edges of the blaze were still proving tricky for firefighters to contain, particularly given winds as fast as 50 miles per hour (80 kilometers per hour), Abel said.
The fire’s perimeter stretched more than 60 miles (96 kilometers) from Las Vegas, New Mexico, on the southeast flank to near Holbrook about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of the Colorado line. The National Interagency Fire Center said early Sunday that more than 20,000 structures remained threatened by the fire, which has destroyed about 300 residences over the last two weeks. The fire center said full containment wasn’t anticipated until the end of July.
The ferocious winds were expected to continue with little break Sunday night and at least into Monday. Strong, gusty winds are in many ways firefighters’ worst nightmare, especially in conditions so hot and dry as the crews in the Southwest have been battling since early April.
In addition to fanning and spreading the flames, such winds ground airtankers and light planes that can drop water directly on the fire or lay down retardant ahead of its path to allow bulldozers and ground crews to dig firebreaks in places where there’s no highways or roads that can help stop the progression of the flames.
In extreme conditions, like the ones in New Mexico, even the helicopters that typically can get up in the air — at least during the early morning hours before winds start to pick up in the afternoon — are grounded. That means they’re unable to gather intelligence about the overnight developments critical to making new attack plans or placing new orders for firefighters, engines and more aircraft from across the region where demand grows exponentially as summer nears and the more traditional fire season begins.
Aircraft were able to fly early Sunday but were grounded by early afternoon, Abel said.
“It’s not good, obviously; it takes away a tool in our toolbox, but we’re not stopping,” said fire spokesperson Ryan Berlin.
Firefighters prepared to protect homes if needed in several other rural communities along the state highway that connects Las Vegas to Taos, a small community popular for outdoor recreation activities like skiing. Officials repeatedly urged people to evacuate if they have been told to do so.
“It’s a dogfight out there folks,” fire spokesperson Bill Morse said Sunday evening.
As of early Sunday, the biggest blaze northeast of Santa Fe had grown to an area more than twice the size of Philadelphia. Thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes.
For now, the city of Las Vegas appears to be safe, said Berlin. Some residents of the area were able to return to their homes on Saturday, and some shops and restaurants had reopened.
“We even started to repopulate a section of town already,” he said. “Our concern right now is on the southwest portion of the fire which the wind is helping us out, sort of, because it’s blowing the flames back into the fire.”
But Wendy Mason with the New Mexico Forestry Division warned that “by no means” is anyone “out of potential danger.”
“Just because the winds are coming from one direction doesn’t mean they can’t change direction so it’s better to be prepared and have residents ready to go,” she said.
Nationwide, close to 2,000 square miles (5,180 square kilometers) have burned so far this year, with 2018 being the last time this much fire had been reported at this point, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. And predictions for the rest of the spring do not bode well for the West, where long-term drought and warmer temperatures brought on by climate change have combined to worsen the threat of wildfire.
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Sonner reported from Reno, Nevada. Associated Press reporter Kathleen Ronayne contributed from Sacramento, California.
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‘Doctor Strange 2’ conjures up biggest opening of 2022
(AP) - The summer movie season is off to a blockbuster start thanks to " Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.” The superhero extravaganza grossed an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, the Walt Disney Co. said Sunday.
Not only did it more than double the opening of the first “Doctor Strange,” which opened to $85 million in 2016, it’s also the biggest opener of the year, ahead of “The Batman’s” $134 million; the second biggest of the pandemic, behind “Spider-Man: Far From Home’s” $260.1 million; and the sixth biggest of all time globally.
Internationally, it’s doing even better with an estimated $265 million since opening Wednesday. In total, “Doctor Strange 2″ has already made $450 million.
Spider-Man is at least partially to thank for the massive debut. Benedict Cumberbatch’s powerful sorcerer appeared prominently in " Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which has become the third biggest movie of all time since opening in December. “Doctor Strange 2″ picks up several months after the events of “No Way Home,” and brings in Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff, who became even more popular thanks to the recent Disney+ series “WandaVision.”
The film also has a gigantic footprint. It’s playing in 4,534 theaters in the U.S. and Canada alone, which according to Disney is the seventh widest opening ever. Premium format screens, including IMAX and 3D, accounted for 36% of the overall box office.
“Summer blockbuster season is off to a roaring start with ‘Doctor Strange’ — an excellent sign for the phenomenal slate ahead,” Rich Gelfond, the CEO of IMAX, said in a statement.
Hollywood’s summer movie season typically kicks off in early May and runs through the end of August and — aside from the last two years — regularly accounts for over $4 billion in ticket sales (or about 40% of the year’s grosses).
Sam Raimi stepped up to direct “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” which reportedly cost around $200 million to make — though that number doesn’t account for the many more millions spent on marketing and promotion.
Over the weekend, the film has trended on social media for everything from its many cameos to a spirited debate over its PG-13 rating and whether or not the horror elements warranted something more restrictive.
“This is a total win for the industry for whom the last two summers almost didn’t exist in terms of box office,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. “Marvel has been kicking off summers for over a decade. This is a return to normalcy.”
There was little left for other movies playing in theaters. Part of that is due to the fact that many multiplexes chose to pack their theaters with wall-to-wall “Doctor Strange” screenings. Film Critic Matt Singer tweeted a photo a Manhattan AMC offering 70 screenings on Thursday alone.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s “The Bad Guys” fell to second place in its third weekend with an estimated $9.8 million, while “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” from Paramount, landed in third with $6.2 million.
“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” took fourth with $3.9 million, bringing its domestic total to $86 million. And in fifth place was another multiverse-themed film, “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” It had a slight dip in its seventh weekend, but is still speeding along with an additional $3.3 million from 1,542 screens in its seventh weekend in theaters. The A24 film has grossed $41.6 million total.
The success of “Doctor Strange 2″ only helps build momentum for the big summer movies on the way, like “Top Gun: Maverick” on May 27.
“We’ve got a real summer movie season on our hands, something we couldn’t have imagined two years ago,” Dergarabedian said. “It’s been a long time coming.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” $185 million.
2. “The Bad Guys,” $9.8 million.
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” $6.2 million.
4. “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” $3.9 million.
5. “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” $3.3 million.
6. “The Northman,”$2.8 million.
7. “The Lost City,” $2.5 million.
8. “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” $1.5 million.
9. “Memory,” $1.2 million.
10. “Father Stu,” $800,000.
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First annual Lil’ Tony Webster memorial basketball tournament held in Bluefield
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - The first annual Lil’ Tony Webster Memorial basketball tournament was held at Bluefield, W.Va’s Bluefield Recreation Department Saturday, as family and friends of the late high school football player joined in on the tournament.
17 year-old Tony Webster III passed away in 2019 following an unexpected aneurysm. Participants in Saturday’s tournament said it was the exact type of event Webster would have loved to take part in.
Funds raised through a fee to join the tournament are set to help fund a local student’s journey into higher education.
“We have each team pay a certain amount of money and all of it gets donated toward Lil’ Tony’s scholarship foundation,” said Braeden Crews. “So at the end of the day I mean, it’s for a good cause and it’s also helping him out with the foundation.”
Webster’s father said the scholarship will be awarded to a Mercer County student, and that they plan to continue the basketball tournament in the coming years.
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Five arrested after sheriff’s office serves narcotics search warrant
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – Police in Florida arrested five people after serving a narcotics search warrant Tuesday.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said the warrant was executed at a home near Niceville, Florida. The sheriff’s office said the home has been the subject of complaints and is associated with drug overdoses, including an overdose death.
The sheriff’s office said members of its Special Response Team deployed two non-lethal flash bangs outside the home after no one was responding to authorities.
The sheriff’s office said it took four people into custody for resisting an officer.
Patrick Mulcahy, a resident of the home, was taken into custody after the sheriff’s office said he was found to have methamphetamine and a rolled up dollar bill containing meth residue.
He has been charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The sheriff’s office is continuing to investigate. They said there will be additional charges announced.
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G-7 leaders mark VE Day stressing unity, support for Ukraine
LONDON (AP) — Leaders from the Group of Seven developed democracies pledged Sunday to phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil, as they met with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for online talks to stress their support and to display unity among Western allies on Victory in Europe Day, which marks Nazi Germany’s surrender in 1945.
Cutting out Russian oil supplies “will hit hard at the main artery of (President Vladimir) Putin’s economy and deny him the revenue he needs to fund his war,” the G-7 countries, which include the U.S., Britain, Canada, Germany, France and Italy and Japan, said in a statement.
“We will ensure that we do so in a timely and orderly fashion, and in ways that provide time for the world to secure alternative supplies,” they added.
Casting a look back at World War II, the leaders stressed unity in their resolve that Putin must not win.
“We owe it to the memory of all those who fought for freedom in the Second World War, to continue fighting for it today, for the people of Ukraine, Europe and the global community,” they said.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s call with the G-7 leaders and Zelenskyy lasted about an hour.
Italy Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s office said in a statement that the G-7 leaders “reiterated the commitment to diversify energy sources, reducing. dependence on Russian supplies.” Italy, heavily dependent on Russian natural gas when the war began, has since secured several agreements for alternative gas supplies from other countries. Draghi is scheduled to meet with Biden in Washington on Tuesday.
The U.S. also announced new sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. They include cutting off Western advertising from Russia’s three biggest television stations, banning U.S. accounting and consulting firms from providing services to any Russian, and piling additional restrictions on Russia’s industrial sector, including cutting off Moscow from wood products, industrial engines, boilers, bulldozers and more.
The White House announced the new sanctions ahead of the May 9 Victory Day, when Russia traditionally celebrates Nazi Germany’s defeat in 1945 with huge military parades.
Putin is expected to talk about what Russia calls its special military operation in Ukraine and address troops on Red Square on Monday.
The U.S. and European allies were seeking to offer counter-messaging that Putin is further isolating Russia from the rest of the world and doing enormous harm to the Russian economy.
The new round of U.S. sanctions will hit three of Russia’s most popular television stations in Russia – Channel One Russia, Russia-1, and NTV — that the U.S. has said have been at the forefront of spreading misinformation about Russia’s prosecution of the invasion.
The Biden administration said the new sanctions prohibiting U.S. accounting and consulting firms from doing business in Russia will help thwart Russian companies and elites from getting help to obscure their wealth and evade an avalanche of sanctions that have already been enacted.
The U.S. also said it imposed some 2,600 visa restrictions on Russian and Belarusian officials and issued a new visa restriction policy that applies to Russian military officials and authorities.
The U.S. sanctioned 27 executives from Gazprombank, a bank that facilitates sales by Russia’s Gazprom, one of the largest natural gas exporters in the world, with Europe. The sanctions are the first time that the U.S. has hit the bank that plays a critical role Russia’s considerable gas exports, but the move stops well short of the full blocking sanctions that the U.S. has hit other big Russian banks.
Ahead of the call, U.K. officials said Britain will provide an extra 1.3 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) in military support to Ukraine to help the nation defend itself against Russian forces.
The funding, which comes from British government reserves, includes 300 million pounds of military kit promised by Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier this week, such as radar systems to target Russian artillery, GPS jamming equipment and night vision devices.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to Ukraine Sunday, touring the northern town of Irpin, which had been heavily damaged by Russia’s attempt to take the capital of Kyiv at the start of the war. The mayor on Sunday posted images of Trudeau on social media, saying that the Canadian leader was shocked by the damage he saw at civilian homes.
Trudeau’s office later said “the prime minister is in Ukraine to meet with President Zelenskyy and reaffirm Canada’s unwavering support for the Ukrainian people.”
Jill Biden also made an unannounced visit on Sunday, holding a surprise Mother’s Day meeting in western Ukraine with first lady Olena Zelenska. Biden traveled under the cloak of secrecy, becoming the latest high-profile American to enter Ukraine during its 10-week-old war with Russia.
“I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” the U.S. first lady told Zelenska. “I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop and this war has been brutal and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine.”
In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a televised address that Sunday was “a May 8th like no other.”
He said Germany has worked hard to own up to its actions during World War II, reconciling with both Russia and Ukraine and committing itself to the concept of “never again.” But Russia’s “barbaric” invasion of Ukraine in February has brought war back to Europe, Scholz said, a prospect that once seemed unthinkable.
“Freedom and security will prevail -- just as freedom and security triumphed over lack of freedom, violence and dictatorship 77 years ago,” Scholz said in his address.
German Bundestag President Bärbel Bas, the second highest-ranking German official after the president, met Sunday with Zelenskyy in Kyiv and attended a memorial event honoring the anniversary of the end of World War II.
“We really appreciate that on the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation itself, and in what for us is such a trying time of war, the President of the German Bundestag Bärbel Bas came to support Ukraine,” said a post published Sunday on Zelenskyy’s Telegram channel.
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Madhani reported from Wilmington, Delaware. Emily Schultheis in Berlin contributed to this report.
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Havana hotel death toll at 31 as dogs search for survivors
HAVANA (AP) — The death toll of a powerful explosion at a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital increased to 31 Sunday evening as search crews with dogs hunted through the rubble of the iconic, 19th century building looking for people still missing.
The Hotel Saratoga, a five-star 96-room hotel in Old Havana, was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak ignited, blowing the outer walls into the busy, midmorning streets just a block from the country’s Capitol building on Friday.
Several nearby structures also were damaged, including the historic Marti Theater and the Calvary Baptist Church, headquarters for the denomination in western Cuba. The church said on its Facebook page that the building suffered “significant structural damage, with several collapsed or cracked walls and columns (and) the ceiling partially collapsed,” though no church workers were hurt.
In releasing the names of those who were killed, the Health Ministry said the dead included four minors, a pregnant woman and a Spanish tourist, whose companion was seriously injured.
The ministry also said 54 people were injured, with 24 hospitalized. It previously reported 85 injured, but that tally turned out to include those killed by the explosion.
Nineteen families had reported people missing as of Saturday evening, but authorities did not say Sunday whether the number had changed.
Authorities said the cause of the explosion at the hotel owned by Grupo de Turismo Gaviota SA was still under investigation, but believed it to have been caused by a gas leak. A large crane hoisted a charred gas tanker out of the rubble Saturday.
Burials for victims had begun, municipal authorities said, while some people still waited for news of missing friends and relatives.
“We are hoping that something will be known about my cousin’s mother,” Angela Acosta told The Associated Press near the site of the explosion. Her relative, María de la Concepción Alard, lived in an apartment adjacent to the hotel with a black Labrador, which was rescued along with another dog Sunday.
Crews have worked to clean up streets around the hotel and by late Saturday, substantial pedestrian traffic had resumed.
“There are mothers who are without their children today,” Matha Verde, a manicurist who was walking near the Saratoga, said Sunday, when Mother’s Day was celebrated in Cuba. She said she tells women who lost their sons or daughters in the explosion that they “have to keep going.”
The explosion added to the woes of a crucial tourism industry that had been stifled by the coronavirus pandemic as well as tightened sanctions imposed by former U.S. President Donald Trump and kept in place the Biden administration. Those limited visits by U.S. tourists to the islands and restricted remittances from Cubans in the U.S. to their families in Cuba.
Tourism had started to revive somewhat early this year, but the war in Ukraine deflated a boom of Russian visitors, who accounted for almost a third of the tourists arriving in Cuba last year.
The Saratoga, which had been closed through the pandemic, was one of the elite lodgings in Havana, often hosting visiting VIPs and celebrities. Its owner is one of the Cuban military’s businesses.
Some attention in Cuba began to shift to an official visit by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who arrived Saturday night at the end of a five-country tour that began in Central America.
López Obrador met Sunday with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who awarded him the Order of Jose Marti “for his great achievements for humanity.” It is the most important award the country gives to a foreigner.
Díaz-Canel’s office stated in a tweet that López Obrador said he would insist to U.S. President Joe Biden that Cuba not be excluded from the Summit of the Americas it will host in Los Angeles in June.
López Obrador said the objectives of the trip included signing agreements on trade, health, education and cooperation with the island, while he ratified his foreign policy stance.
“We are not in favor of hegemonies,” he said. “Let no one exclude anyone because we are independent countries, we are sovereign countries, and no one can place themselves above the rights of peoples and nations.”
Díaz-Canel visited Mexico during its independence day celebrations last year. López Obrador has recently spoken out against the apparent U.S. government intention of to exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua from the upcoming summit.
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Human skeletal remains found at a Las Vegas lake one week after a body was found in a barrel
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5/Gray News) - The National Park Service reported human skeletal remains were discovered in a lake in Las Vegas, just a week after human remains were found in a barrel at the same lake.
The skeletal remains were found in Lake Mead National Recreational Area Saturday afternoon, FOX5 reported.
The park service said rangers received a witness report of the remains at Callville Bay around 2 p.m.
Park rangers responded to the call and set a perimeter to recover the remains.
The Clark County medical examiner has been contacted to determine the cause of death.
The discovery of these remains comes almost exactly one week from when a body was found in a barrel at Lake Mead on Sunday afternoon. That discovery was near Hemenway Harbor boat launch. The body may date back to the 1980′s.
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Man charged for selling fentanyl to man who died of an overdose, sheriff’s office says
OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – A Florida man who sold fentanyl to a man who later died from an overdose has been charged with homicide resulting from the unlawful distribution of fentanyl.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 58-year-old William “Dean” Lively Wednesday on a warrant related to the victim’s death in November.
Investigators with the department said the victim purchased what he thought was heroin from Lively. He injected the substance when he returned home.
The man’s wife, who drove him to purchase the heroin, later left to go to a convenience store. When she returned, investigators said she found her husband unresponsive.
Investigators said the wife contacted Lively via text messages and phone calls, requesting Narcan and help.
Lively reportedly asked if the man was ok. She told him later that her husband had died.
After an autopsy was conducted, police said the victim’s death was from accidental acute drug toxicity, with the substances identified as fentanyl and alprazolam.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for execution-style double murders
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WUSA) – A 22-year-old Maryland man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the execution-style killing of two young men in 2019.
On Friday, a Montgomery County Circuit judge sentenced Andy Panton to two life sentences without the possibility of parole plus 60 years.
Two families are feeling a semblance of justice knowing Panton will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Panton was convicted of coming up behind 24-year-old Christian Roberts and 23-year-old Jordan Radway and killing them in what prosecutors call “execution style.”
“These two young men were literally executed, shot from behind, in a car, in Silver Spring,” Montgomery County District Attorney John McCarthy said. “Sadly, and I’ve spoken to the family about this, this is another instance where a young person’s life was lost in the county over marijuana.”
Police found Roberts and Radway shot to death inside a crashed car in White Oak, Maryland, in January 2019.
The incident stemmed from what investigators believe was a marijuana deal.
Panton and two others, Noah Barnett and Dontaye Hunt, were charged.
Barnett was sentenced to 42 years. Hunt’s sentencing is next Friday. Both men are 21 years old.
The families of Radway and Roberts say justice is served, but not all they’re owed.
“This part is not over. We still have one more sentencing hearing to go through and this part of our lives will be over after Friday and we still have to navigate a whole life of not having our sons around,” Christian Roberts’ father, Donald Roberts, said.
The two families say their sons had entrepreneurial minds that weren’t able to see those dreams come to fruition.
“Justice was served but it doesn’t make it any easier for us,” Jordan Radway’s father, Peter Radway, said.
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Mercer County Commissioner Bill Archer and Chamber of Commerce CEO Jeff Disibbio set to face-off following Tuesday primary
MERCER COUNTY, W.Va. (WVVA) - Bill Archer (R) and Jeff Disibbio (D) are running uncontested for Tuesday’s primary election for a seat as a Mercer County Commissioner. Archer, the incumbent, and Disibbio, currently president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of the Two Virginias, will be set to face-off in the general election scheduled for Nov. 8, 2022.
WVVA spoke with the two candidates in the lead-up to Tuesday’s primary. They each spoke on their different backgrounds, and why they’re fit for the job.
“I had a background in journalism here locally for 30-plus years and I covered it and I thought that perhaps I can make a difference,” said Archer. “But I tell you, I learned a lot more after I got in the commission seat.”
“My work in the banking industry has afforded me a lot of different opportunities to be on multiple boards and see businesses and government from all different aspects,” said Disibbio.
The candidates also touched on their visions for the future of Mercer County.
“We’ve heard Mercer County say the state stops in Beckley, you know, we’re ignored down here,” said Disibbio. “And for the most part a big reason for that is the division that we’ve had between the cities and the county area. So what we would like to do, what I would like to do is really try to unify that, bring them together, have one voice and if we have that one voice then we could be a force on the state level.”
“We’ve already made some pretty good strides in tourism trying to develop our water and hiking trail system, and also with saluting our veterans, and families of veterans with Gold Star Family monument that we’ve got,” said Archer. “And just in general working with, making our airport the best airport, the best general aviation airport that we could possibly do, and trying to stay within our budget and do things in a reasonable way.”
Despite different parties and some clear differences though -- it remained clear that both candidates are confident in the voters’ decision either way.
“During my first term I have made some positive inroads in several areas and I would like to be able to continue those things,” said Archer. “But should the voters choose to elect Mr. Disibbio I’m sure he would be a fine representative as well.”
“I’m a friend of Bill’s. I consider him a friend, I’m a fan of what he has done,” said Disibbio. “I feel that my positions that I’ve had in the past have really uniquely positioned me to be able to, to understand a more well-rounded view of the county.”
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Single vehicle accident reported on Athens Road
Published: May. 8, 2022 at 5:43 PM EDT|Updated: 14 hours ago
MERCER COUNTY, W.Va. (WVVA) - According to Mercer County dispatch a vehicle has crashed into a tree along Athens Road near Grace Christian Church. The call came in at approximately 3:50pm on Sunday, May 8. State Police, Princeton Rescue Squad, East River and Athens Fire Departments are on scene.
Details are very limited at this time but stay with WVVA as we learn more.
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Sunny skies are in the works for tomorrow as High Pressure moves in.
Temperatures the next few days will linger in the 70s!
Happy Mother’s Day! Today may be a cloudy day, but all of the mothers out there provide those missing rays of sunshine! Getting down to the weather, tonight is going to be a chilly one, so we might need to run the heat tonight. The clouds today will prevent the ground from getting very warm leaving us with temperatures in the low to mid-30s overnight. We will see these clouds stick around until later in the night, as we see decreasing clouds leading to a wonderful day tomorrow.
Tomorrow we will start out the day with sunny skies, though temperatures will still remain cool in the early morning. By around lunchtime, we will warm up into the 60s, and may even reach 70 degrees by the late afternoon. Overall a beautiful day to do outdoor activities, so make sure to take advantage of that if you want!
This pattern of sunny skies and warm temperatures will continue into the latter half of the week. We could see some rain moving in on Friday afternoon.
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‘They don’t see it until it’s too late’: Video montage of cars crashing on same offramp goes viral
SEATTLE (KING) – A Washington man fed up with the constant car accidents happening around his home started recording them. Now, those videos have gone viral.
Michael Basconcillo lives near the corner of 7th and Union in Seattle.
He became so tired of drivers going too fast and too furious, he started recording the action of the I-5 southbound offramp.
“They bounce off that wall over there and end up crashing over here,” he said, referring to a wall and street corner near the offramp.
Car crashes on this offramp have happened over and over and over again. Basconcillo’s video compilation of them has gone viral overnight.
“I had two friends text me yesterday morning and said ‘You’re famous; your video is on Reddit.’ I go ‘What’s Reddit,’” he said.
Basconcillo said it’s no laughing matter, given the proximity to a crosswalk and the nearby Sheraton Hotel. Hard data is inconclusive about the intersection, including the number of cars that have piled up over time.
“It’s more like a turn, they don’t see it until it’s too late,” Basconcillo said. “They’ll see a 20-mile an hour exit sign. That doesn’t mean anything.”
The Washington Department of Transportation and Seattle Department of Transportation said they know this area has been a problem for years and they’ve installed all sorts of new signage to get people to slow down. Basconcillo said it’s not enough.
“It’s a sign, it’s not going to do anything,” he said. “Divots … that make your tire make noise. It would wake somebody up, it would get their attention, and get them to slow down.”
If more isn’t done, Basconillo said he believes the hits will keep on coming.
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Union home originally built in 1825 restored to former glory
UNION, W.Va. (WVVA) - A nearly 200 year-old home in Union, W.Va. finished being restored on Saturday -- as neighbors and workers gathered for the reveal of the home originally owned by Confederate soldier Christopher Beirne.
The home’s current owner, Chris Wszolek said “everything that was here remains,” speaking on the many aspects of the home which were able to be restored instead of replaced, such as flooring, banisters, doors and more.
Wszolek purchased the home one and a half years ago, and said his first priority was to preserve the history behind it.
“Our first purpose is to restore it and save it,” said Wszolek. “The key here is it’s not really about generating profit. It’s about what positive effect can be brought to a community.”
Wszolek has restored historic buildings in town before, experience he was able to put to work in the year-plus effort of restoration here.
“It’s important to look at the details that exist in an old building, to see which ones go back to the earliest times and choose a reference point for where you want to preserve to,” said Wszolek. “So in the case of this house...We decided to just stay with the 1825 look and feel.”
A more in-depth look at Beirne and other historic figures in Union can be found here.
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3 dead, 3 injured in shooting at condo complex near Atlanta
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (WGCL/Gray) - An investigation is underway into a deadly shooting with multiple victims in DeKalb County, Georgia.
According to the DeKalb County Police Department, officers responded to a report of a person shot on the 6500 block of Old Hampton Drive in Clarkston at 7:39 p.m. Sunday and found five people shot at the Brannon Hills condominium complex.
Three people were pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency responders took two people to area hospitals in serious condition, WGCL reports.
A sixth person arrived at an area hospital in serious condition shortly after.
Police said the location has been secured, and they do not believe there is an active threat to the public.
Detectives are now focusing on processing the scene and interviewing witnesses. No one is in custody at this time.
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Call Pence or Trump? It’s decision time for Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people. But the nine-member panel has yet to talk to the two most prominent players in that day’s events — former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
As the investigation winds down and the panel plans a series of hearings in June, members of the committee are debating whether to call the two men, whose conflict over whether to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election win was at the center of the attack. Trump pressured Pence for days, if not weeks, to use his ceremonial role presiding over the Jan. 6 count to try to block or delay Biden’s certification. Pence refused to do so, and rioters who broke into the building that day called for his hanging.
There are reasons to call either or both of them. The committee wants to be as thorough as possible, and critics are sure to pounce if they don’t even try. But some lawmakers on the panel have argued that they’ve obtained all the information they need without Trump and Pence.
Nearly a year into their wide-ranging investigation into the worst attack on the Capitol in more than two centuries, the House committee has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and received more than 100,000 pages of documents. Interviews have been conducted out of the public eye in obscure federal office buildings and private Zoom sessions.
The Democratic chairman, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, said in early April that the committee has been able to validate a lot of the statements attributed to Trump and Pence without their testimony. He said at that time there was “no effort on the part of the committee” to call Pence, though there have been discussions since then about potentially doing so.
Speaking about Pence, Thompson said the panel had “initially thought it would be important” to call him, but “there are a lot of things on that day we know — we know the people who tried to get him to change his mind about the count and all of that, so what is it we need?”
A lot of the people they are interviewing, Thompson added, “are people we didn’t have on the original list.”
The panel, comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has said that the evidence it has compiled is enough to link Trump to a federal crime.
Much of the evidence the committee has released so far has come from White House aides and staff — including little-known witnesses like Cassidy Hutchinson, a former special assistant in the Trump White House, and Greg Jacob, who served as Pence’s chief counsel in the vice president’s office. The panel also has thousands of texts from Trump’s final chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and has talked to two of the former president’s children, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr., who were with their father the day of the attack.
Among hundreds of others, the committee has also interviewed former White House aide Jared Kushner, Ivanka’s husband, former communications director Alyssa Farah and multiple Pence aides, including his chief of staff, Marc Short, and his national security adviser, Keith Kellogg. Former White House press secretaries Kayleigh McEnany and Stephanie Grisham have also appeared, as has former senior policy adviser Stephen Miller.
There are still questions that Trump and Pence could answer, including what they talked about the morning of Jan. 6, when Trump made his final plea for Pence to overturn the election when he presided over the Electoral College count in Congress. Lawmakers have been able to document most of Trump’s end of the call but not what Pence said in response.
In the hours after Trump and Pence spoke, the vice president issued a statement saying he did not have the power to object to the counting of electoral votes. But the president did not relent, and went on to publicly pressure Pence at his massive rally in front of the White House and then on Twitter even after his supporters had broken into the Capitol.
Still, it is unlikely that the two former leaders would speak about the conversation to the committee — and it’s unclear if they would cooperate at all.
While Pence has yet to comment on the committee’s work, Trump would certainly be a hostile witness. He has fought the investigation in court, demonized the committee on TV and tried to assert executive privilege over White House papers and any conversations he had with his aides — demands that would certainly apply to his morning call with Pence.
In addition, calling a former president or vice president to testify in a congressional investigation is a rare, if not unprecedented, move that could face major legal hurdles and backfire politically.
The Jan. 6 committee has given only a glimpse of what it has found, mostly in court filings where excerpts of transcripts have been used.
A recent filing from the committee revealed portions of interviews with Hutchinson that took place in February and March of this year. That testimony provided new evidence about the involvement of GOP lawmakers in Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election, including a meeting at the White House in which attorneys for the president advised that putting up an alternate slate of electors declaring Trump the winner was not “legally sound.”
Another court document revealed testimony from Jacob, who served as Pence’s chief counsel. In a series of emails, Jacob repeatedly told lawyer John Eastman, who was working with Trump, that Pence could not intervene in his ceremonial role and halt the certification of the electoral votes. Jacob told Eastman the legal framework he was putting forward to do just that was “essentially entirely made up.”
Meadows’ texts have also been revelatory, detailing how people inside Trump’s orbit pleaded for him to forcefully condemn the attack on the Capitol as it unfolded. The pleas came from Trump’s children, members of Congress and even Fox News hosts.
“He has to lead now. It has gone too far and gotten out of hand,” Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows as protesters breached the security perimeter at the Capitol.
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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.
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Chef Mario Batali on trial in Boston sexual misconduct case
BOSTON (AP) — Celebrity chef Mario Batali’s pandemic-delayed trial on sexual misconduct allegations opens Monday in Boston.
Batali pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery in 2019, stemming from accusations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman after taking a selfie with her at a Boston restaurant in 2017. The woman says Batali noticed her photographing him and invited her to take one together, then touched and kissed her repeatedly without her consent.
If convicted, Batali could face up to 2 1/2 years in jail and be required to register as a sex offender. He’s expected to be in court throughout the proceedings, which should last about two days once jury selection is complete, said Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office.
Lawyers for Batali didn’t comment ahead of the start of jury selection Monday in Boston Municipal Court. The chef’s lawyers have previously said the charge is without merit.
His accuser has also filed a civil lawsuit against Batali seeking unspecified damages for “severe emotional distress” that’s still pending in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston. Her lawyer didn’t respond to emails Friday.
Batali is among a number of high-profile men who have faced a public reckoning during the #MeToo social movement against sexual abuse and harassment in recent years.
The 61-year-old was once a Food Network fixture on shows like “Molto Mario” and “Iron Chef America.” But the ponytail- and orange Croc-wearing personality’s high-flying career crumbled amid sexual misconduct allegations.
Four women accused him of inappropriate touching in 2017, after which he stepped down from day-to-day operations at his restaurant empire and left the since-discontinued ABC cooking show “The Chew.”
Batali has offered an apology, acknowledging the allegations “match up” with ways he has acted.
“I have made many mistakes and I am so very sorry that I have disappointed my friends, my family, my fans and my team,” he said in an email newsletter at the time. “My behavior was wrong and there are no excuses. I take full responsibility.”
Last year, Batali, his business partner and their New York City restaurant company agreed to pay $600,000 to resolve a four-year investigation by the New York attorney general’s office into allegations that Batali, restaurant managers and other workers sexually harassed employees.
In Boston, he opened a branch of the popular Italian food marketplace Eataly in the downtown Prudential Center in 2016 as well as a Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca in the city’s Seaport District in 2015.
Batali has since been bought out of his stake in Eataly, which still has dozens of locations worldwide including in Boston, and the Babbo restaurant in the city has since closed.
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Man rescues wife of 37 years after tornado destroys home
SEDGEWICK COUNTY, Kan. (KAKE) - A Kansas man pulled his wife to safety after a tornado flattened their home, trapping her under a pile of rubble.
James Moore is still in shock after living his worst nightmare April 28 when a tornado struck in Sedgewick County, Kansas. He and his wife of 37 years, Kathy Moore, lived in one of the first houses hit by the tornado.
“The lights went out, and two seconds later, my house had flipped and spun and was totally demolished,” James Moore said. “When you’re in a house full of heavy objects and you’re tumbling with them, it’s kind of hard to tell what hit you.”
After digging himself out of a pile of debris, James Moore had only one thing on his mind: finding his wife.
“I started looking around, calling my wife’s name, and I kept calling it,” he said.
For a moment, time stood still. She wasn’t responding.
“Finally, I was screaming it, and then, I heard her crying,” he said.
James Moore found his wife trapped under a pile of rubble and a giant piece of the roof that fell on her. She was crying in pain but alive.
That’s when he says a miracle happened.
“I started just lifting it off of her. … Normally, I don’t have the muscles for that stuff,” he said.
James Moore is disabled and says there’s no way he should have had the strength to get his wife out. But once she was in arms, nothing else mattered.
“When I found her, we sat there and hugged, and I told her I loved her. She said she loved me. I held her until EMS showed up,” he said.
Kathy Moore suffered a broken back and an injury to her head, but she’s going to be OK. She was recently released from the intensive care unit and will spend two to four weeks in assisted living while completing physical therapy.
James Moore ended up with deep cuts on his arm and a torn ligament from lifting the roof off her.
Their home was destroyed by the tornado, and he says he doesn’t even know where to start as he tries to salvage anything he can. But he is grateful he still has what will always matter most: his wife and best friend.
The family set up a GoFundMe for help covering their medical and rebuilding expenses.
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Nationwide baby formula shortage getting worse
(CNN) - The nationwide shortage of baby formula continues to get worse.
In early April, the out-of-stock rate jumped to 31%, according to Datasembly.
In six states - Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Texas and Tennessee - more than half of baby formula supplies were completely sold out.
CVS confirmed Saturday that it is limiting customers to three toddler and infant formulas per transactions.
Target said it has limited baby formula purchases to four units per customer for online sales.
Social media posts from customers indicated Walmart was pursuing a similar policy, but there is no confirmation from the retail giant.
Supply chain issues, along with the Food and Drug Administration’s shutdown of an Abbott Nutrition manufacturing plant in Michigan, are compounding the problem.
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Pair of organizations work to create a safe place for people to recover
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) -Taking a leap for recovering can be hard and the people behind Brian’s Safehouse and Sparrow’s Nest know it’s not an easy task to ask for help. What is it about this program that is so special or different than the other programs?
Brian’s Safe house and Sparrow’s Nest is a faith based recovery residential program set out to help those who need a safe place to recover.
“We provide just the skill sets that they need to learn how to face their addictions, face the issues that caused their addictions, and then how to resist the triggers. We give them the answers and we believe the answer is Jesus Christ,” said Leslie Pease, Communications Director, Brian’s Safehouse.
The owners Leon and Danita created this program in memory of their son who passed away of an overdose in 2006. After doing their research and gathered the support from the community Brian’s Safehouse opened its doors April 2008 and Sparrows Nest opened in May 2016. The program is all about helping individuals overcome their addiction.
“Any addiction messes with your brain and until it’s healed and beginning to clear out then you really can’t even hope to make the right decisions. So, I would say give that year. Take that step, do whatever you need to do,” said Pease.
Leon teaches a class on Wednesday’s called Living Free and they encourage families to come because it teaches about enabling, setting boundaries, and manipulation. The program also offers scholarships for residents so you never have to pay to get help.
The Safehouse is there for anyone who needs it, they know the road to recovery doesn’t happen overnight, for them they say it takes a year.
To learn more about Brian’s Safehouse and their practices you can click here. Home (brianssafehouse.org)
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Police investigating ‘targeted’ arson at Wis. anti-abortion office
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - Police are continuing to investigate after they say someone threw a Molotov cocktail, ignited a fire and vandalized an anti-abortion group’s office in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Madison Fire Department received reports of flames at the Wisconsin Family Action office at approximately 6 a.m. Sunday, police say. Firefighters were able to quickly put the fire out. No injuries were reported.
Upon further investigation, police were able to determine that a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the building but did not ignite. They believe a separate fire was started in response, WMTV reports.
Graffiti was also found at the scene. The words “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either” were painted on the outside of the building, as well as an “A” symbol with the numbers “1312.″
Federal investigators have been briefed on this incident.
Wisconsin Family Action is an anti-abortion and pro-life organization, but President Julaine Appling said she never thought those who oppose their views would take things this far.
“We’ve done nothing to warrant this, nothing to warrant a direct threat because of our position on life,” Appling said.
Appling said she does not feel safe at the office anymore, and said she’s worried about her pro-life friends as abortion uncertainty continues in Wisconsin and the entire United States.
“That’s not the America I know. That’s not how we respond,” she said. “If we’re truly tolerant, then we should be able to share our opinions without threats to people’s safety and security.”
She’s not sure if the organization will move locations or stay at the office campus on the northeast side of Madison.
“I’ll tell you one thing: I don’t want to be bullied into a move,” Appling said. “But I have the security of my team. That’s my responsibility. I have to be concerned about that, so we’re going to have to take a very, very close look at next steps.”
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said in a statement, “Our department has and continues to support people being able to speak freely and openly about their beliefs. But we feel that any acts of violence, including the destruction of property, do not aid in any cause.”
Gov. Tony Evers echoed their words, saying on Twitter, “We reject violence against any person for disagreeing with another’s view.”
Sen. Ron Johnson said on Twitter this incident “is abhorrent and should be condemned by all.”
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Police: Mother charged after dropping baby out window
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A Virginia mother is behind bars after police say she dropped her baby out of a third-floor window.
Officers were called shortly after 6:30 p.m. Thursday to the Belt Atlantic Apartment complex along Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond, Virginia. Police said a woman, later identified as 27-year-old Mychae Goode, had thrown her daughter from the third-story window.
A neighbor, who did not want to be identified, said he could tell Goode was upset, and when she let go of her baby, he was able to catch the child’s head before it hit the ground.
Angel Diamond, who lives nearby, told WWBT he saw six or seven police vehicles rush into the apartment complex.
“I went back there. That’s when they was like the lady threw the baby out the window,” Diamond said. “They had already arrested her and put her in the car, and they rushed the baby to the hospital.”
Police confirmed the child was taken to the hospital. She is expected to survive.
Goode is charged with felony child endangerment.
“I wish that baby good luck, and I hope the mama gets the help that she is seeking,” Diamond said.
Neighbors at the apartment complex say they cannot believe this happened.
“It’s a baby, dropping from - I don’t care if it was the second window - look at it. For a baby to hit the ground would have killed that baby instantly, like if that man probably hadn’t caught the baby,” a neighbor said.
Goode was previously charged with child endangerment in Chesterfield back in 2019 in relation to an incident that killed her 5-year-old son.
She is due back in court June 1.
Anyone with information is asked to call Major Crimes Detective J. Smith at (804) 646-6870 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.
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Preliminary 3.3 magnitude quake jolts South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A relatively rare East Coast earthquake centered just northeast of South Carolina’s capital city jolted large numbers of state residents awake early Monday, rocking the Southern state at a preliminary 3.3 magnitude, authorities said.
There were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries.
The pre-dawn temblor lasted only seconds but a number of people took to social media to describe being shaken from sleep when the quake hit shortly after 1:30 a.m. A seismic analyst monitoring the quake for the USGS Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado, called it the latest in a series of shakes in recent months but stronger than usual.
“There’s definitely been a ‘swarm’ here over the past several months. It’s not like a swarm like after a large seismic event but we have had a number of them in recent months,” geophysicist Amy Vaughan with the 24-hour monitoring service told The Associated Press by phone.
Vaughan said the 3.3 magnitude is an early assessment and could change, adding the quake occurred about 1.9 miles (3.1 kilometers) below the earth’s surface near the community of Elgin. The epicenter was about 21 miles (3 kilometers) northeast of downtown Columbia, the capital city.
Those awakened reported feeling the earth shaking for several seconds and some even described what sounded like a heavy truck moving nearby. Vaughan said only an hour afterward she had reports pouring in to the quake monitoring center.
“I have not heard of any damage reports so far but have had over a thousand ... reports,” she said. “If people were sleeping they obviously would have been woken up and things might have been rattling off shelves or countertops but not the kind of shaking or intensity to cause damage of any significance.”
Still, she called it “alarming for sure” and said some lesser aftershocks were possible in coming days or weeks. She noted there were quakes of a preliminary 2.0 or higher in April and March and others going back little more than four months in the region — and a 3.3 quake last December.
She said the quake was a rather shallow one, fairly close to the surface, which made it felt, adding the area has been experiencing other shocks recently.
Two dozen minor quakes have rattled near Columbia since the end of last year, more than the 20 typically averaged by the state in an entire year, according to the South Carolina Emergency Management Division. Elgin is along a large fault system that extends from Georgia through the Carolinas and into Virginia.
Last year, the area near Jenkinsville — about 40 miles (60 kilometers) west of this group of tremors — registered six small earthquakes in over a week, with three quakes registered on a single day alone.
According to emergency management officials, about 70% of South Carolina earthquakes are located in the Middleton Place-Summerville Seismic Zone, about 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) northwest of Charleston.
In 1886, that historic coastal city was home to the largest recorded earthquake in the history of the southeastern United States, according to seismic officials. The quake, thought to have had a magnitude of at least 7, left dozens of people dead and destroyed hundreds of buildings.
That event was preceded by a series of smaller tremors over several days, although it was not known that the foreshocks were necessarily leading up to something more catastrophic until after the major quake.
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No end in sight for Ukraine war as Putin hails Victory Day
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday Monday to again justify his war in Ukraine but did not declare even a limited victory or signal where the conflict was headed, as his forces continued to pummel targets across the country with few signs of significant progress.
The Russian leader oversaw a Victory Day parade on Red Square, with troops marching in formation, military hardware on display, and a brass band blaring to mark the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany. But his much-anticipated speech offered no new insights to how he intended to salvage the grinding war — and instead stuck to allegations that Ukraine posed a threat to Russia, even though Moscow’s nuclear-armed forces are far superior in numbers and firepower.
“The danger was rising by the day,” he said as he surveyed the troops. “Russia has given a pre-emptive response to aggression. It was a forced, timely and the only correct decision.”
Ukrainian leaders and their Western backers have often rejected claims that Kyiv posed any threat to its giant neighbor.
Many analysts had suggested Putin might use his speech to declare some sort of limited victory — potentially in the besieged strategic port city of Mariupol — as he looks for an exit from the conflict that has unleashed punishing sanctions from the West and strained Russia’s resources. Others suggested he might order a nationwide mobilization to beef up the depleted ranks for an extended conflict.
There was “nothing significant in Putin’s speech today, but he will need to make a decision regarding mobilization in the coming weeks,” wrote Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, on Twitter.
As Putin laid a wreath in Moscow, air raid sirens echoed again in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared in his own Victory Day address that his country would eventually defeat the Russians.
“Very soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine,” he said in a video released to mark the holiday. “We have never fought against anyone. We always fight for ourselves. ... We are fighting for freedom for our children, and therefore we will win.”
An adviser to Zelenskyy also pushed back against the idea that Ukraine and its Western allies posed any threat to Russia.
Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter that “NATO countries were not going to attack Russia. Ukraine did not plan to attack Crimea,” which Russia seized in 2014.
The Ukrainian military’s General Staff warned Monday of a high probability of missile strikes on the holiday, and Britain’s Defense Ministry said in its daily assessment Russian forces could increasingly subject Ukrainian towns and cities to “intense and indiscriminate bombardments with little or no regard for civilian casualties” as they run short of precision-guided munitions.
In fact, more than 60 people were feared dead after a Russian bomb flattened a Ukrainian school being used as a shelter in Bilohorivka, an eastern village, Ukrainian officials said.
With the war now in its 11th week, battles were being waged on multiple fronts, but Russia was perhaps closest to victory in Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters are making a last stand at a sprawling steel mill in a battle that has highlighted some of the worst suffering of the war.
The complete capture of Mariupol would deprive Ukraine of a vital port, allow Russia to complete a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, and free troops up for fighting elsewhere in the Donbas, which is now Putin’s stated focus following his failure to seize the capital in the early days of the conflict. The fall of the city would provide a much-needed symbolic victory for Russia.
Russian forces pounded away over the weekend at the plant, where as many as 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are are estimated to be holding out.
“We are under constant shelling,” said Capt. Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Ukrainian Azov Regiment, which held the mill.
Lt. Illya Samoilenko, another regiment member, said a couple hundred wounded soldiers were inside. He declined to say how many able-bodied fighters remained. He said fighters had to dig by hand to free people from bunkers that collapsed under shelling.
For weeks, hundreds of civilians also took shelter with the fighters at the plant, but the last were evacuated Saturday. In a convoy led by the United Nations and international Red Cross, they arrived Sunday night in Zaporizhzhia, the first major Ukrainian city beyond the frontlines. They spoke of constant shelling, dwindling food, ubiquitous mold — and using hand sanitizer for cooking fuel.
The Ukrainian military warned Russian troops were seizing “personal documents from the local population without good reason” in parts of the Zaporizhzhia region that they controlled — allegedly as a way to force residents to join in Victory Day commemorations.
As a stiffer than expected Ukrainian resistance, bolstered by Western arms, has bogged down Russian forces, Moscow scaled back its war aims. It is now pressing offensives in some areas of southern Ukraine and the Donbas, where Moscow-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian troops for years. But they still have struggled to make significant strides, and Ukrainian and Russian forces have fought village by village in recent weeks.
A Ukrainian counteroffensive in the northeast near Kharkiv, outside of the Donbas but key to offensive there, was making “significant progress,” according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank.
However, Rodion Miroshnik, a pro-Kremlin official in the Luhansk region of the Donbas, said Moscow-backed separatist forces and Russian troops had captured most of Popasna, an embattled city that saw two months of fierce fighting.
The southern Black Sea port of Odesa has also seen increased fighting recently, and Ukrainian officials said Russia fired four cruise missiles targeting the city Monday from Crimea. It said no civilians were wounded in the attack, but did not elaborate on what was struck.
“The enemy continues to destroy the infrastructure of the region and exert psychological pressure on the civilian population,” the command said. “There is a very high probability of continued missile attacks in the region.”
As they struggle to make gain, Russian forces have repeatedly shelled cities and towns indiscriminately. About 90 people were sheltering in the school basement in Bilohorivka when it was attacked Saturday. Emergency crews found two bodies and rescued 30 people, but “most likely all 60 people who remain under the rubble are now dead,” Serhiy Haidai, governor of Luhansk province, wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
Ukraine’s military also warned some 19 Russian battalion tactical groups were stationed just across the border in Russia’s Belgorod region. Those groups likely consist of some 15,200 troops with tanks, missile batteries and other weaponry.
As Victory Day turned attention toward Putin, Western leaders showed new signs of support for Ukraine.
The Group of Seven leading industrial democracies pledged Sunday to ban or phase out imports of Russian oil.
The United States, meanwhile, announced new sanctions, cutting off Western advertising from Russia’s three biggest TV stations, banning U.S. accounting and consulting firms from providing services, and cutting off Russia’s industrial sector from wood products, industrial engines, boilers and bulldozers.
U.S. first lady Jill Biden met Sunday with her Ukrainian counterpart. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised his country’s flag at its embassy in Kyiv. And U2′s Bono, alongside bandmate The Edge, performed in a Kyiv subway station that had been used as a bomb shelter, singing the 1960s song “Stand by Me.”
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Gambrell reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Yesica Fisch in Bakhmut, David Keyton in Kyiv, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Mstyslav Chernov in Kharkiv and AP staff around the world contributed to this report.
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Sunny skies will be the trend this week
High pressure will keep us warm and dry for the next several days
It’s chilly out there this morning but we will warm up quickly later today. High temperatures are expected to top off in the upper 60s and low 70s this afternoon with mostly sunny skies.
Mainly clear skies are expected tonight which will allow us to cool down quickly. Lows will get down into the 40s and possibly the upper 30s for some.
Mainly sunny skies will stick around through the majority of the week as high pressure takes control. Temperatures will warm up even more with most getting into the 70s and some of the lower elevations could get up into the 80s at times.
Rain chances return towards the end of the week as a cut-off low makes its way into the region. We aren’t expecting a washout, but some scattered showers are possible at times Friday-Sunday. Make sure to stay tuned and catch the latest on WVVA.
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WATCH: Kenny Osborne reflects on time with Concord women’s basketball
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 1:06 AM EDT|Updated: 7 hours ago
ATHENS, W.Va. (WVVA) - Kenny Osborne reflects on his time as head coach of the Concord women’s basketball program, after recently announcing his retirement.
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White House says internet providers to discount service for poor
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
The $1 trillion infrastructure package passed by Congress last year included $14.2 billion funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides $30 monthly subsidies ($75 in tribal areas) on internet service for millions of lower-income households.
With the new commitment from the internet providers, some 48 million households will be eligible for $30 monthly plans for 100 megabits per second, or higher speed, service — making internet service fully paid for with the government subsidy if they sign up with one of the providers participating in the program.
Biden, during his White House run and the push for the infrastructure bill, made expanding high-speed internet access in rural and low-income areas a priority. He has repeatedly spoken out about low-income families that struggled finding reliable wi-fi, so their children could take part in remote schooling and complete homework assignments early in the coronavirus pandemic.
“If we didn’t know it before, we know now: High-speed internet is essential,” the Democratic president said during a White House event last month honoring the National Teacher of the Year.
The 20 internet companies that have agreed to lower their rates for eligible consumers provide service in areas where 80% of the urban population and 50% of the rural population live, according to the White House. Participating companies that offer service on tribal lands are providing $75 rates in those areas, the equivalent of the federal government subsidy in those areas.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday were set to meet with telecom executives, members of Congress and others to spotlight the effort to improve access to high-speed internet for low-income households.
The providers are Allo Communications, AltaFiber (and Hawaiian Telecom), Altice USA (Optimum and Suddenlink), Astound, AT&T, Breezeline, Comcast, Comporium, Frontier, IdeaTek, Cox Communications, Jackson Energy Authority, MediaCom, MLGC, Spectrum (Charter Communications), Starry, Verizon (Fios only), Vermont Telephone Co., Vexus Fiber and Wow! Internet, Cable, and TV.
American households are eligible for subsidies through the Affordable Connectivity Program if their income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, or if a member of their family participates in one of several programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Federal Public Housing Assistance and Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit.
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Hot Wheels launches new toy to inspire kids to push past perceived limitations
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 9:27 AM EDT|Updated: 16 minutes ago
(CNN) - Hot Wheels is launching its first-ever remote-controlled wheelchair toy.
It was created in collaboration with five-time wheelchair motocross world champion and paralympic athlete Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham.
He’s known for performing elaborate tricks and backflips in his wheelchair.
In fact, the toy was crafted to mimic Fotheringham’s custom-built wheelchair and features a built-in action figure made to look like him, a remote control, and a ramp so users can perform his tricks.
Hot Wheels hopes the toy will inspire kids to push past perceived limitations.
The toy is available on Amazon.
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‘A Strange Loop’ earns a leading 11 Tony Award nominations
NEW YORK (AP) — “A Strange Loop,” Michael R. Jackson’s critically cheered theater meta-journey earned a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Monday as Broadway joined the national discussion of race by embracing an envelope-pushing Black-written and Black-led musical.
Jackson’s 2020 Pulitzer Prize drama winner about a Black gay man writing a show about a Black gay man earned nods for best musical, best leading man in newcomer Jaquel Spivey and best featured actress for L Morgan Lee, who becomes the first openly transgender performer to be nominated for a Tony Award.
Jesse Williams, the “Grey’s Anatomy” star making his Broadway debut, got a nomination for “Take Me Out,” as did his co-star Jesse Tyler Ferguson of “Modern Family” fame. Playwright Lynn Nottage has two reasons to smile Monday morning: Her book for the musical “MJ” was nominated for best book, and her play “Clyde’s” got a nod for best play.
Right behind “A Strange Loop” is a tie with 10 nominations each for “MJ,” a bio musical of the King of Pop stuffed with his biggest hits, and “Paradise Square,” a musical about Irish immigrants and Black Americans jostling to survive in New York City around the time of the Civil War.
The rest of the best new musical category includes “Six,” the corrective feminist take on the six wives of England’s Henry VIII, “Girl From the North Country,” which uses the songs of Bob Dylan to weave a Depression-era story in the Midwest and “Mr. Saturday Night,” a reworking of Billy Crystal’s film about a bitter, old insult comic chasing a last laugh.
Two of the best play nominees are about economics — “Skeleton Crew,” Dominique Morisseau’s play about blue-collar job insecurity in a Detroit auto stamping plant in 2008, and “The Lehman Trilogy,” Stefano Massini’s play spanning 150 years about what led to the collapse of financial giant Lehman Brothers.
There’s also “Clyde’s,” Nottage’s play about a group of ex-cons trying to restart their lives at a truck stop diner, and “Hangmen,” Martin McDonagh’s look at an executioner-turned-pub owner forced to grapple with his past when capital punishment is made illegal in the United Kingdom. “The Minutes,” Tracey Letts’ depiction of a small-town city council meeting that exposes backstabbing, greed and the larger delusions in American history, also earned a best play nod.
There were four musical revivals during the season, but only three got nominations: “The Music Man” which celebrates America’s soul with a traveling con man in a small Iowa town starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, who each have two Tonys and were each nominated this time as well.
The two other entries in the musical revival category are “Caroline, Or Change,” Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s show that explores America’s racial, social and economic divisions in 1963 Louisiana, and “Company,” Stephen Sondheim’s exploration of a single person’s conflicted feelings about commitment, this time with a gender-switching of the lead character. That left “Funny Girl,” the classic American show starring Beanie Feldstein about the rise of a comic star of the Ziegfeld Follies, out of the running — it got only one nod, for Jared Grimes as best featured actor.
Nominations for best play revival are “Trouble in Mind,” Alice Childress’ play about a Broadway play that explores the racial divide in the 1950s, and “How I Learned to Drive,” Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning memory play told by the survivor of childhood sexual abuse, starring two nominees: Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse. The others are “Take Me Out,” Richard Greenberg’s exploration of what happens when a baseball superstar comes out as gay, and “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enough,” playwright Ntozake Shange’s exploration of Black womanhood.
The season — with a whopping 34 new productions — represents a full return to theaters after nearly two years of a pandemic-mandated shutdown. It is also notable for a wave of plays by Black playwrights, reflecting the impact on Broadway of the global conversation about race following the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
Neither Matthew Broderick nor his wife Sarah Jessica Parker earned nominations for a revival of “Plaza Suite,” but Patti LuPone got one for “Company” and so did LaChanze for “Trouble in Mind.” Ruth Negga earned a nomination for “Macbeth” but her co-star Daniel Craig came up empty.
The musical “Mrs. Doubtfire” earned only one nod, for Rob McClure, stepping into the Robin Williams role of an actor who poses as his children’s portly, Scottish nanny in order to spend time with them after a divorce.
The nominees for best actress in a musical nominees are Sharon D. Clarke of “Caroline, Or Change,” Foster in “The Music Man,” Katrina Lenk in “Company,” Joaquina Kalukango for “Paradise Square,” Carmen Cusack in “Flying Over Sunset” and Mare Winningham in “Girl From the North Country.”
Joining Spivey, Jackman and McClure in the best actor in a musical category are Crystal for “Mr. Saturday Night” and Myles Frost, whose King of Pop in “MJ” was a moonwalking triumph.
The eligibility cutoff date for the 2021-2022 season was delayed to May 4 after several Broadway shows had to cancel performances due to COVID-19 cases reported among cast and crew.
The Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall on June 12. The ceremony will air live on CBS and Paramount+ starting at 8 p.m. ET. Film and stage star Ariana DeBose will host.
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Vandals deface Penn State landmarks over graduation weekend
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (WJAC) - Graduation weekend at Penn State University was marred by vandals.
The lion shrine is one of the big landmarks of the campus, and it was vandalized over the weekend.
“This is tradition. All the graduates come through and take their pictures,” said graduate Christy Parker.
Overnight on Saturday, Penn State police say vandals broke off an ear and splashed red paint on it. Vandals also sprayed graffiti on Old Main and the Hintz Family Alumni Center, a blow for students looking to celebrate their big achievement.
“I graduated yesterday, but we saw that the rain was gonna stop today. So, we were excited to come back into town and try and get all the pictures,” Parker said. “We walked down and saw that the lion had been painted and the ear had been broken off. It’s a little disheartening, especially for those of us that flew across the country to graduate this weekend.”
Penn State administrators say the shrine will be unavailable while restoration efforts continue.
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Warming up this week
Temperatures in the 60s and 70s over the next few days
MONDAY: Patchy fog early but plenty of sunshine and pleasantly cool for the morning with temperatures quickly rising into the 50s. Abundant sunshine the entire day as it turns mild. Highs in the low to mid 60s. Turning breezy again for the daytime.
Clear skies for the evening and mild with temperatures in the 60s. Breeze fading by sunset. Skies stay clear into the overnight as it turns chilly. Overnight lows in the low to mid 40s.
TUESDAY: A mix of sun and clouds to start and pleasantly cool. Temperatures rising into the 50s. A few clouds early with plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. A mild and nice day with highs in the mid to upper 60s.
Clear skies for the evening and mild with temperatures in the 60s. Staying clear for the entire evening and overnight as it turns chilly again. Overnight lows in the low to mid 40s.
WEDNESDAY: Sunshine to start the day as skies will be clear. Pleasantly cool to start with temperatures rising into the 50s. Clouds will be hard to come by for the day as plenty of sunshine sticks around. Warm in the afternoon with highs in the low to mid 70s. A beautiful spring day. Evening temperatures falling into the 60s with mostly clear skies overnight. Lows in the upper 40s to low 50s.
THURSDAY: Some clouds to start the day and temperatures rising into the 60s. Another warm day with a mix of sun and clouds and highs in the mid to upper 70s! Another beautiful spring day. Warm during the evening with temperatures in the 70s. Mostly cloudy overnight with lows in the low to mid 50s.
FRIDAY: Plenty of clouds around to start the day with temperatures rising into the 60s. More clouds than sun in the afternoon and warm. Highs in the mid to upper 70s. Warm for the evening with temperatures in the 70s. A coastal low that will move onshore on the southeast coast will bring scattered showers back into the area for the night. Cloudy overnight with lows in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees.
SATURDAY: Mild in the morning and cloudy with temperatures rising into the 60s. Scattered showers and thunderstorms associated with the low pressure to the south of us impacts our area the entire day. Highs in the mid to upper 70s. Warm in the evening with temperatures in the 70s. Mostly cloudy overnight with lows in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees.
SUNDAY: Another mild start with temperatures rising into the 60s and rather cloudy. Keeping more clouds than sun for the day and feeling warm with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Stray shower or storm for the day. A warm evening with temperatures in the 70s and comfortable overnight with lows around 60.
As always, you can get the latest updates by downloading and checking the WHSV Weather App.
**A reminder that spring wildfire season is still going on in West Virginia. No outdoor burning in West Virginia before 5pm through May 31.**
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Woman wakes up to stranger’s dog sleeping in her bed
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) - Imagine waking up in the morning and snuggling your dog, only to open your eyes and realize that the dog you are laying next to isn’t yours. That’s exactly what happened to one Polk County, Tennessee, woman whose story has since gone viral.
Julie Thornton Johnson says it’s normal for one of her three dogs to sleep in her bed. But one morning, as daylight creeped in, she awoke to find someone else’s dog snuggling up with her, WGCL reported.
Johnson said she had no idea how the dog got into her house, so she posted a picture of the pup to social media asking around.
The story caught the attention of the dog’s owner, Cris Hawkins, who lives a few houses down. Hawkins reached out to Johnson explaining that the dog, whose name is Nala, must have slipped her collar in the middle of the night and ran down the street, somehow making it into Johnson’s house and, eventually, her bed.
Both Hawkins and Johnson seemed amused by the situation, noting how comfortable Nala looked.
“Good luck getting her out of my bed,” she wrote.
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SHERIDAN – People filed into the Sheridan County YMCA on a recent Friday night with bags slung over their shoulders. They weren’t the standard workout bags that enter and exit the YMCA all day long.
Many of the bags were oblong and rectangular, designed to hold clinking plastic pieces and chess clocks. A rolled-up checkerboard mat poked out of the top of one backpack.
Chess players of all ages flocked to the YMCA to compete against Grandmaster Alex Fishbein and prepare for the first-ever Sheridan Wyoming Open Chess Tournament last weekend.
Both events were arranged by Sheridan Chess Association, an organization dedicated to enhancing community through chess and helping local youth learn how to play the game, member Larry Mooney explained.
At Friday’s event, the association set up tables in a horseshoe shape, with 11 players on both of the horseshoe’s long sides and three more on the short end. Twenty-five players, which Mooney explained were selected from the Sheridan Chess Association’s members, the association’s children’s chess club at Sheridan KidsLife and tournament participants, sat in chairs around the horseshoe.
Fishbein planned to play all 25 players at once.
In chess, it’s called a simul – or a set of simultaneous games – played by a single player.
Before the games began, Fishbein explained the process. He would move around the inside of the horseshoe, watching the amateur players make their moves and moving his own piece in response. Meanwhile, the amateurs would write down both parties’ moves on score sheets.
“You want to make sure all your moves are thought through,” Fishbein advised the crowd.
Fishbein would have one advantage, Sheridan Chess Association member and simul participant Brian Kuehl said. Although the players were allowed to choose whether they would play as black or white, Fishbein would be exempt from chess’ no-touch rule, which prohibits a player from touching – but not moving – a piece.
Fishbein also explained he and his history in chess are quite connected to Wyoming, even though he drove from Tennessee to be present at the simul and Sheridan’s inaugural chess tournament. He became a chess master upon winning the Wyoming Open in 1982 and received the title of grandmaster – the top title in the game – in Wyoming in 1992.
“I’m more honored to be here,” Fishbein said of returning to Wyoming.
Then, the games began.
Fishbein began making his way around the boards, shaking each player’s hand before their opening moves. The grandmaster moved his pieces with a flick of the wrist, quick and precise.
The simul was really a precursor for the Sheridan Wyoming Open Chess Tournament April 30 and May 1, Mooney explained. Sheridan’s first chess tournament involved about 80 players from 13 states and two countries, including chess clubs from neighboring states and a contingent of four players and two coaches who had come all the way from Kyrgyzstan to participate.
Richard Shtivelband, president of the Denver Chess Club, and fellow player Tim Brennan had driven up from Colorado for the tournament. It was their first time in Sheridan, the two players said, and they hoped to represent outsiders – non-Sheridan residents – well.
At least 10 of the tournament’s players were also rated 2,000 or higher – a distinguished rank – by the International Chess Federation, Kuehl said. He attributed the arrival of so many well-ranked chess players in Sheridan to the tournament’s substantial purse, which for Division 1 players with federation scores of greater than 1,600 included a grand prize of $1,600.
As Fishbein made his rounds during the simul, the amateur players eventually began to topple their kings in surrender. Fishbein signed the defeated players’ score sheets at the end of each game, providing all the players with souvenirs of their match against a Grandmaster. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/chess-grandmaster-plays-25-amateurs-simultaneously/article_6f0124d5-7f61-5bd6-bdf5-e91c0c711cdb.html | 2022-05-09T14:22:34Z |
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts exceeding 60 mph
expected.
* WHERE...South Laramie Range, South Laramie Range Foothills and
Central Laramie County.
* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 PM MDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Mainly to transportation. Strong cross winds will be
hazardous to light weight and high profile vehicles, including
campers and tractor trailers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
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GREEN RIVER (WNE) – Solvay is now the sole owner of the soda ash operation bearing the company’s name west of Green River.
The company issued a press release Wednesday morning announcing it had purchased the 20% minority stake in the operation owned by AGC for $120 million in a deal that was completed later that day.
Solvay and AGC formed the Solvay Soda Ash Joint Venture in 1992, buying the operation that was owned by Tennaco Inc.
The facility is one of two plants operated by Solvay in the U.S. The company operates six other soda ash facilities in Europe and one in Asia.
Solvay carved out its soda ash and derivatives business last year, creating a separate legal entity for the department.
“The acquisition of AGC’s stake in the JV simplifies our portfolio and is an attractive opportunity to enhance and further reinforce our business and a future independent EssentialCo,” Philippe Kehren, president of Solvay’s Soda Ash and Derivatives business, said in the press release. “Increasing our supply of trona-based soda ash is directly aligned with our sustainability ambitions to bring lower carbon-intensive soda ash to the market.”
Kehren said expanding the U.S.-based trona capacities will support Solvay’s ability to meet growing demands throughout the Americas and Asia in a cost-effective manner. He notes the demand is driven by trends in electrification, which uses soda ash in the production of batteries for electric vehicles and the flat glass used in solar panels. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/solvay-buys-out-longtime-partner/article_313975c9-2c83-59f6-a846-fbe45d4883b2.html | 2022-05-09T14:22:40Z |
6-year-old allowed to run full marathon
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - Controversy followed the Flying Pig Marathon last weekend after a 6-year-old was allowed to run the full 26.2-mile race.
The 6-year-old’s family, numbering eight total, ran the race together and finished with the same time. The other five children are ages 11, 15, 17, 19 and 20.
The race has a posted age minimum of 18 years old.
Race organizers said they justified allowing the 6-year-old to race because the family has had a pattern of racing as so-called “bandits,” or racing without paying or following the rules.
Flying Pig executive director Iris Simpson Bush said in an open letter published Wednesday, “The intent was to try to offer protection and support if they were on our course (Medical, Fluids and Replenishment). Our decision was intended for some amount of safety and protection for the child. The family finished the race after the formal closure of the race course.”
Bush also said the marathon “takes the safety and security of all participants very seriously,” accepted responsibility for the decision and also accepted that “it was not the best course of action. Our requirement of 18+ for participation in the marathon will be strictly observed moving forward.”
The executive director’s full statement was posted by WXIX.
David Nelson has been a member of the Cincinnati Running Club since the ‘70s. He’s an avid local runner who believes a full marathon is too much for young children.
“I’m OK with young kids running 5Ks,” he said Wednesday. “I see that occasionally. And a lot of these races have these kids runs. That’s OK, too. But I just think a 6-year-old, even if you’re a kid prodigy, that’s too much.”
Nelson can only remember once he’s ever seen a young child run marathon distances. He says he’s glad race officials didn’t interfere and and feels the decision should be left up to the parents whether the child should run.
The story appears to have gotten national attention as well.
Kara Goucher, a two-time Olympian and World Championship runner, saying in part via Twitter on Wednesday: “I’m not questioning motivation or saying it is bad parenting. But as an Olympic athlete, I promise you this is not good for the child. Children are children. Let them run around, but as the parent you need to protect their growing bodies and their young minds.”
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Authorities investigating string of vehicle break-ins in Stuarts Draft
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 10:51 AM EDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
STUARTS DRAFT, Va. (WHSV) - The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance with identifying an individual involved in a string of vehicle break-ins in the Stuarts Draft area April 25, 2022.
If anyone has any information about the identity of the individual shown in the images above, please contact the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office at 540-245-5333 or Crime Stoppers at 800-322-2017.
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Harrisonburg chess program teaching kids the game through storytelling
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - The game of chess has been played for over 1,500 years, and an organization called Chess at 3, also known as Story Time Chess has been carrying the tradition and teaching kids ages 3 and up about the game.
The program started in New York City, and has multiple locations throughout the world, including right here in the Shenandoah Valley.
Harrisonburg native Sarah Stevens brought the program to the Friendly City when she moved back home in the fall of 2020. She says it’s fun to watch the kids learn the game through the unique instruction of storytelling.
“Every piece is a character not just a piece on the chessboard. It’s a character we tell you a silly story to explain how they move. And then once the kids know all the piece movements, we have hundreds more stories that teach piece value that teaches chess notation that goes on to teach tactics,” Regional Director for Chess at Shenandoah Valley Sarah Stevens said.
Chess at 3 has partnered with the JMU Youth Center as well as Redeemer Classical School, and also offers individual lessons. The program will be hosting camps through JMU this summer. Click here for more information on the programs and how to sign up.
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HFD Peer Support Counselor talks importance of mental health for first repsonders
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but for the members of the Harrisonburg Fire Department, these conversations happen every day of the year.
Staffed with a peer support counselor, 17 peer support mentors, and local clinicians, crew members of both career and volunteer status have someone they can talk to.
“Being able to open up and have an avenue or a coping skill that can relieve that stress is monumental in the mental well-being, the physical well-being, and also the longevity in this job. You need that mental health support, you need that family atmosphere to get people to release that stress,” Harrisonburg Fire Department Peer Support Counselor Gene Thompson said.
Thompson adds that although there are professional resources in the community, having more specific options for not only firefighters but all first responders would only help.
“One of the biggest issues with mental health with first responders is having a clinician that understands what we go through and how we go through it. Finding those clinicians and those resources and this is not just in the city of Harrisonburg, this is across the state of Virginia is we have a shortage of counselors that really can help us,” Thompson explained.
Gene and his wife Sarah also provide training and resources to first responders throughout the state through their nonprofit Virginia First Responder Support Services.
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McDonald’s adds freebies, tarot card readings for Mercury retrograde
(CNN) - Do you want fries and a tarot card reading with your order?
McDonald’s has you covered.
This week, if you order medium fries through the McDonald’s app, you’ll get a free McChicken or McDouble. If the stars align, you’ll get a tarot card reading by astrology expert Madam Adam.
The fast-food chain is leaning into Mercury retrograde, a time astrology buffs will tell you is traditionally associated with confusion, delay and frustration.
The two-day deal is available Tuesday and Wednesday.
For a chance at a reading, you’ll need to post your Zodiac sign in the comment section of Madam Adam’s TikTok or Instagram posts announcing the Mercury retrograde deal.
During a live reading on TikTok, Madam Adam will randomly select a few folks for custom readings.
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PHOTOS: School bus seen teetering on its side in Ohio
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 10:34 AM EDT|Updated: 35 minutes ago
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) – A school bus in Ohio took a nosedive early Monday morning, causing it to teeter onto its side.
According to WOIO, construction work is being done in the area where the bus is tipped over.
Pictures show the front of the bus stuck in what appears to be a hole in the street.
WOIO reports that no students were on the bus at the time of the crash.
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Section of Grattan Street temporarily closed this week
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 9:59 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Work in the area of the small section of Grattan Street between South Main and Liberty streets will cause the small crossover lane to be closed this week.
Work crews are expected to arrive at the scene Monday morning, May 9, and remain on location until Monday, May 16.
Vehicles will not be able to utilize the lane during that time. The city is asking drivers in the area on South Main and Liberty streets to use caution while work takes place.
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WWE Hall of Famer accused in Florida DUI crash that killed 1
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 10:19 AM EDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer is accused of killing a man in a traffic accident while driving under the influence in central Florida.
Tamara “Sunny” Sytch was arrested Friday night. She’s also charged with causing injury in a DUI crash and driving with a suspended license.
Ormond Beach police said in a social media post that the 49-year-old wrestler’s blood alcohol content after the crash was 0.28. That’s more than three times the legal limit in Florida.
The March 25 crash killed 75-year-old Julian Lasseter. Police say Sytch’s car plowed into a car stopped at a red light and pushed it into another car.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is tumbling toward its lowest point in more than a year on Monday as renewed worries about China’s economy pile on top of markets already battered by rising interest rates.
The S&P 500 was 2.2% lower in morning trading after coming off its fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in more than a decade. It joined a worldwide swoon for markets Monday. Not only did stocks fall across Europe and much of Asia, but so did everything from old-economy crude oil to new-economy bitcoin.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 487 points, or 1.5%, at 32,412, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 3.1% lower. Monday’s sharp drop leaves the S&P 500, Wall Street’s main measure of health, down nearly 16% from its record set earlier this year.
Most of this year’s damage has been the result of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive flip away from doing everything it can to prop up financial markets and the economy. The central bank has already pulled its key short-term interest rate off its record low of zero, where it sat for nearly all the pandemic. Last week, it signaled additional increases of double the usual amount may hit in upcoming months, in hopes of stamping out the high inflation sweeping the economy.
The moves by design will slow the economy by making it more expensive to borrow. The risk is the Fed could cause a recession if it moves too far or too quickly. In the meantime, higher rates discourage investors from paying very high prices for investments, because investors can get more than before from owning super-safe Treasury bonds instead.
That’s helped cause a nearly 28% tumble for bitcoin since April’s start, for example. It dropped 3.4% Monday.
Worries about the world’s second-largest economy added to the gloom Monday. Analysts cited comments over the weekend by a Chinese official warning of a grave situation for jobs, as the country hopes to halt the spread of COVID-19.
Authorities in Shanghai have again tightened restrictions, with at least one citizen saying it felt endless, just as the city was emerging from a month of strict lockdown after an outbreak.
The fear is that China’s strict anti-COVID policies will add more disruptions to worldwide trade and global supply chains, while dragging on its economy, which for years was a main driver of global growth.
In the past, Wall Street has been able to remain steady despite similar pressures because of the strong profit growth that companies were producing.
But this most recent earnings reporting season for big U.S. companies has yielded less enthusiasm. Companies overall are reporting bigger profits for the latest quarter than expected, as is usually the case. But discouraging signs for future growth have been plentiful.
The number of companies citing “weak demand” in their conference calls following earnings reports jumped to the highest level since the second quarter of 2020, strategist Savita Subramanian wrote in a BofA Global Research report. Tech earnings are also lagging, she said.
The tech sector is the largest in the S&P 500 by market value, giving it additional weight for the market’s movements. Many tech-oriented companies saw profits boom through the pandemic as people looked for new ways to work and entertain themselves while locked down at home. But slowdowns in their profit growth leave their stocks vulnerable after their prices shot so high on expectations of continued gains.
The higher interest rates engineered by the Fed are also hitting their stock prices particularly hard because they’re seen as some of the market’s most expensive. The Nasdaq composite’s loss of roughly 24% for 2022 so far is much sharper than that for other indexes.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury has shot to its highest level since 2018 as inflation and expectations for Fed action rose. It moderated a bit Monday, dipping to 3.11% from 3.12% late Friday.
In Asian stock markets, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 2.5%, and South Korea’s Kospi lost 1.3%. Stocks in Shanghai inched up 0.1%.
In Europe, France’s CAC 40 fell 1.7%, and Germany’s DAX lost 1.2%. London’s FTSE 100 was down 1.5%.
Apart from concerns about inflation and coronavirus restrictions, the war in Ukraine is still a major cause for uncertainty. More than 60 people were feared dead after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow’s forces pressed their attack on defenders inside Mariupol’s steel plant in an apparent race to capture the city ahead of Russia’s Victory Day holiday Monday.
Even the energy sector, a star performer in recent weeks, was under pressure Monday. Benchmark U.S. crude fell 4.1% to $105.28 per barrel, though it’s still up more than 40% this year. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 3.6% $108.40 a barrel.
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AP Business Writer Yuri Kageyama contributed. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/wall-street-joins-worldwide-swoon-on-rate-china-worries/article_072c5aea-cfa6-11ec-803c-b75a176a4ba6.html | 2022-05-09T15:42:47Z |
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(CNN) Kelly Meafua, a Samoan rugby star, has died after falling from a bridge in France following his team's final game of the season.
French rugby club US Montauban confirmed the 32-year-old back-row forward had not survived the fall into the river Tarn in the early hours of Saturday morning, despite the efforts of a teammate to save him.
In a statement shared on its website, the club expressed its pain and shock at Meafua's sudden death hours after his team's 48-40 victory over Narbonne in the country's second-tier league.
The club said Meafua's Montauban teammate tried to resuscitate and save him but had to be rescued by firefighters himself. He was hospitalized with hypothermia and discharged the following day.
"All the USM Sapiac club are shocked by this tragedy, and all thoughts are with his wife, his children, his teammates, and more generally, all the loving supporters of the club," the statement continued.
The message, translated from French, also paid tribute to Meafua as a player "appreciated by all, his cheerfulness was communicative and radiant."
"Today we have lost a player, a friend, a brother," it added of the former Samoan Sevens star.
Jean-Baptiste Fourcade, a spokesman for US Montauban, told CNN on Monday that the Montauban prosecutor has opened an investigation into Meafua's death, adding that officials are looking at it as a "tragedy" and not "a bad ending to a party."
According to the Guardian, Meafu moved to New Zealand as a teenager. He enjoyed stints with the Otahuhu under-21s and Auckland Sevens, before moving to Sydney to play for West Harbour and the Greater Sydney Rams.
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585K pounds of ready-to-eat chicken recalled; may be undercooked
(Gray News) - Approximately 585,030 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken breast fillet products have been recalled by Wayne Farms, LLC, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
It is an expansion of a recall in April that originally included about 30,000 pounds of product. Customer complaints that the chicken appeared to be undercooked led to the recall, the FSIS stated in a news release.
Brand names on the items include Chef’s Line and Chef’s Craft. Photos of labels can be seen on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website.
The following products are in the recall and were produced between Feb. 9 and April 30:
- 9-pound cases containing eight packages of 6-ounce “ALL NATURAL FIRE GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST” with “use by” dates ranging from 5/10/22 to 4/29/23.
- 9-pound cases containing 12 packages of 4-ounce “ALL NATURAL FIRE GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST” with “use by” dates ranging from 5/10/22 to 4/29/23.
- 6-pound cases containing 24 individual packages of 4-ounce “ALL NATURAL FIRE GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST FILLET” with “use by” date 3/5/23.
- 16-ounce zippered plastic packages containing “CHEF’S CRAFT CHICKEN BREAST FILLET” and establishment number P-20214 printed next to the 3/23/2023 best by date.
These items were shipped to distributors nationwide and further distributed to restaurants and retail locations, FSIS stated. The retail locations are in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
Consumers were urged not to eat the products and restaurants not to serve them. They should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
People with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
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Hip to be smart: ‘Jeopardy’ savors run of super champions
NEW YORK (AP) — As Mattea Roach, Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio can attest, it’s cool to be smart again.
“Jeopardy!” is on an unusual run of super champs. In the past seven months, each of those contestants has landed in the television game show’s historical list of top five winning streaks. Roach’s run of victories ended on her 24th game Friday.
The timing couldn’t be better for “Jeopardy!” — and the show’s fans know all about timing.
The show had been reeling last summer after it bungled the process of replacing late host Alex Trebek. Mike Richards was fired as both host and executive producer of the show after insensitive statements he had made on a podcast surfaced.
“It has really let people fall in love with ‘Jeopardy!’ again and forget about what happened to focus on all of these amazing contestants,” said Andy Saunders, who runs thejeopardyfan.com website.
Amodio, a doctoral candidate at Yale University, ran off 38 straight wins before he was beaten last October. He soon gave way to Schneider, the engineering manager from Oakland who was a fixture on TV over the holidays before her streak ended at 40. Roach, a 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, was the show’s youngest major champion.
They joined Ken Jennings, whose 74-game streak in 2004 has never seriously been challenged and high-stakes gambler James Holzhauer, who won 32 in 2019, in the “Jeopardy!” top five.
The show, which has aired regularly since 1984, changed its rules in 2003 to allow people to stay on until they lose. Prior to that, winners were capped at five games.
Ask Michael Davies, the show’s executive producer, why the sudden run of big winners, and you get a verbal shrug.
“I don’t have a simple answer,” he said.
The “price” for such long runs can be a string of dull games because the players are so dominant. Yet the winning streaks create strong characters in ways that are unusual for game shows. People tune in to root for or against them like they do for sports teams, said Saunders, who has worked in game show production.
That’s reflected in the ratings. The “Jeopardy!” audience is up 400,000 this year in an era most shows are shrinking, Davies said. The game averaged 9.4 million viewers a night during the third week in April, more than any program that week on prime-time television, the Nielsen company said.
“The people that win are the people who make the most attempts, the ones who are able to unscramble what it is that they’re asking faster than anybody else,” Davies said.
Schneider and Roach were notable for their impressive breadth of knowledge, and they were rarely wrong. Amodio was particularly adept at harder questions with a big monetary value and he sought them out first, pinning hopes on a “shock and awe” strategy that demoralized opponents.
Since he’s been producer, Davies said “Jeopardy!” has been trying broaden out the subject matter that contestants face.
“We’re trying to test excellence,” said Davies, who was producer of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” during Regis Philbin’s heyday. “We’re trying to test people on how much they really know. We don’t want it to be for people who know trivia. We want it to be for people who spend a lifetime reading books, acquiring knowledge.
“We celebrate facts,” he said. “We celebrate people who know things.”
Not all television viewers know this, but “Jeopardy!” usually tapes a week’s worth of episodes in a single day. That can help a champion who gets on a roll.
But after they lost, both Schneider and Roach pointed to fatigue as a factor.
“I do think that my last two games, I was maybe just out of it,” said Roach, who had to come from behind for her last win. “I was really, really tired. I remember yawning uncontrollably before playing my second-to-last game. From what I recall, I believe I was slower on the buzzer, I was not able to come up with responses.”
She’ll be back for the yearly Tournament of Champions, competing with Amodio and Schneider. Davies, a sports fan, wants to put more emphasis on the event that brings together each year’s best contestants, and to make sure it is held each year at the same time, in the fall.
“I think it’s pretty clear that this has been good for the franchise,” he said.
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Television Writer Lynn Elber contributed to this report.
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Man shoots his mom on Mother’s Day during fight over Xbox controller, sheriff says
WAYNE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) – A man shot his own mother on Mother’s Day following an argument about an Xbox controller, officials said.
According to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call around 8:30 Sunday night that someone had been shot and was on their way to the hospital in Monticello.
Around the same time, Sheriff Tim Catron received a call that the suspect was at a neighbor’s house waiting for police to come get him.
When deputies arrived at the home, the suspect, later identified as 22-year-old Jacob Small, told them he had gotten into a fight with his mom, Amber Powell, over an Xbox controller. Small told police he had given the controller to her as a Mother’s Day gift.
Deputies said that when Powell was leaving the home after the fight, Small fired a rifle at the car, hitting his mother.
The sheriff’s office said Small handed over the rifle used in the shooting to the responding deputy.
Powell was taken to the hospital for her injuries. Her condition is unknown.
Small is charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal mischief. He was taken to the Wayne County Detention Center.
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Virginia COVID-19 cases rise by 1,607 Monday
13,569,746 total PCR tests have been run for the virus in Virginia, with 1,721,501 positive cases.
Due to the number of vaccinations across our region, we will no longer be updating the COVID-19 hotline.
As of Monday, May 9, Virginia has had 1,721,501 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
The Virginia Department of Health reports a 12.3% 7-day positivity rate for total PCR testing encounters.
Additional deaths were reported this Monday, leaving the death toll at 20,288.
For a comprehensive summary of COVID-19 cases and testing in Virginia, you can visit the Virginia Department of Health’s website and view their COVID-19 dashboard.
On Sunday, April 18, 2021, vaccine eligibility expanded to all individuals in the Commonwealth age 16 and above.
On Thursday, April 22, 2021, former Governor Northam announced an ease in some of the COVID-19 restrictions for social gatherings that began on Saturday, May 15:
- Social gatherings: The maximum number of individuals permitted in a social gathering will increase to 100 people for indoor settings and 250 people for outdoor settings. Social gatherings are currently limited to 50 people indoors and 100 people outdoors.
- Entertainment venues: Indoor entertainment and public amusement venues will be able to operate at 50 percent capacity or 1,000 people, up from 30 percent capacity or 500 people. Outdoor venues will be able to operate at 50 percent capacity — up from 30 percent — with no specific cap on the number of attendees.
- Recreational sporting events: The number of spectators allowed at indoor recreational sporting events will increase from 100 to 250 spectators or 50 percent capacity, whichever is less. Outdoor recreational sporting events will increase from 500 to 1,000 people or 50 percent capacity, whichever is less.
- Alcohol sales: Restaurants may return to selling alcohol after midnight, and dining room closures will no longer be required between midnight and 5:00 a.m.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Thursday, May 13, 2021, vaccinated individuals are no longer required to wear a mask in most circumstances. On Friday, May 14, 2021, Former governor Ralph Northam announced the mask mandate in Virginia would be lifted, and capacity and social distancing restrictions will end on May 28.
Statewide case totals and testing numbers as of May 9
By May 9, the Virginia Department of Health had received reports of 1,234,435 confirmed cases and 487,066 probable cases of COVID-19 across the commonwealth.
Those positive test results are out of 13,569,746 total PCR tests administered in Virginia.
At this point, 50,316 Virginians have been hospitalized due to the disease caused by the virus, and at least 20,288 have died of causes related to the disease.
Where are our local cases?
Here’s a breakdown of cases for our region as of 10:00 a.m. May 9.
Central Shenandoah Health District: 68,003 total cases
Beginning March 10, 2022, the Locality dashboard is no longer being published. Cases by report date and cases by date of illness can be viewed by locality on the Cases dashboard.
Total PCR tests: 434,026
Lord Fairfax Health District: 55,094 total cases
Total PCR tests: 369,643
Northwest Total Outbreaks: 1,029 reported, including 333 in long term care facilities, 100 in K-12 settings, 73 in healthcare settings, 42 in correctional facilities, 330 in congregate settings, 66 in colleges/universities, and 85 in child care settings.
Note: VDH has changed the way it tracks outbreaks. They are now grouped by regions instead of health districts.
COVID-19 Vaccine in Virginia
The Virginia Department of Health has launched a data dashboard showcasing the number of COVID-19 vaccines that have been distributed and administered throughout the commonwealth.
According to the data dashboard, as of May 6, 7,038,887 people have been vaccinated with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 6,301,344 people are fully vaccinated.
19,040,625 total vaccine doses have been distributed throughout the state, as of May 6.
Recovery
The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association’s online dashboard indicates that, as of May 9, at least 108,554 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital.
Unlike the VDH data that reports cumulative hospitalizations, their data on hospitalizations reflects hospitalized patients confirmed positive for COVID-19, and that number is 261.
West Virginia updates
Here at WHSV, we cover Grant County, Hardy County and Pendleton County. The below information is the most recent data from each counties’ health department. You can find West Virginia’s COVID-19 dashboard here.
There are 503,807 total cases in West Virginia as of May 9.
Grant County: 3,786 total COVID-19 cases
Hardy County: 4,194 total COVID-19 cases
Pendleton County: 1,987 total COVID-19 cases
For the latest factual information on COVID-19, you’re encouraged to check both the Virginia Department of Health and the CDC.
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Powell Tribune
POWELL – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department bird farm in Sheridan has euthanized its brood stock of pheasants out of an “abundance of caution.” This came after officials had discovered dead turkeys near its captive flock tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a form of avian influenza killing wild birds across the country.
None of the birds raised by the farm was found to be infected, but the department decided it was necessary.
“With the amount of wild birds that are around the farm, we were concerned about [the virus] getting in the bird farm,” said Dan Smith, the department’s Wildlife Division and Cody Regional wildlife supervisor.
“There was no indication that any of our birds were sick and none tested positive,” he said in a Tuesday interview. “But had we got to that [point], it would have been too late. So this was a preemptive action.”
The farm raises approximately 14,000 pheasants to be released in hunting areas. Officials were able to collect eggs and will start fresh after wild birds have migrated through the area, Smith said.
“We’ve collected more than half of what we would normally collect,” he said, adding hunters should expect to see an impact during the 2022 upland game bird season. Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area receives thousands of the birds each year to give upland game bird hunters more opportunities in the Basin. They typically receive heavy pre-opening day pheasant releases and bi-weekly releases totaling approximately 4,000 pheasants for the season. Stocking concludes the third week in December, according to the department.
The bird farm hopes to receive supplemental eggs from the department’s Downer farm, which raises approximately 17,000 pheasants per year.
Reports of dead wild birds have hit several areas in the state, including in the department’s Cody Region. Game and Fish officials have reported finding infected Canada and snow geese with the virus in Park County.
Two turkey vultures were also reported to be found infected with the virus in Laramie on the University of Wyoming main campus.
After the first discoveries, reports of the virus were reported in high densities in the Big Horn Basin, on the east side of the Bighorn Mountains, in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, in the South Pass, east of Casper and near Cheyenne.
“Anyone who finds clusters of three or more dead wild birds – especially waterfowl and other water-birds – please contact the Game and Fish Wildlife Health Laboratory,” said Jessica Jennings-Gaines, Game and Fish wildlife disease specialist. “We’re also asking for reports of any number of raptors or bird scavenger species – like crows and vultures – exhibiting signs of neurological impairment or being found dead with no apparent cause.”
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HPAI can be zoonotic, meaning there are risks to human health.
“Do not handle sick or dead wildlife,” the department warns. “We’ve been messaging directly to springtime turkey hunters to keep their eyes out and remind folks to not handle sick or dead birds to help prevent the spread of the disease,” said Sara DiRienzo, public information officer for the department.
Wild birds can be infected with HPAI and show no signs of illness.
They can carry the disease to new areas when migrating, potentially exposing domestic stock to the virus, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The agency anticipates avian influenza detections will occur in additional states as wild bird surveillance continues into the spring.
The USDA’s wild bird surveillance program provides an early warning system for the introduction and distribution of avian influenza viruses of concern in the U.S., allowing the agency and the poultry industry to take “timely and rapid action to reduce the risk of spread to our poultry industry and other populations of concern.”
“The number of migratory birds coming through [the area] is going to reduce over the next few weeks,” Smith said.
The Sheridan farm will wait to hatch new stock until after the migration.
The Diamond Wings Upland Game Bird farm is on strict lockdown to protect its flock of 51 captively raised greater sage grouse and tens of thousands of pheasant and chukars.
To report clusters of dead birds, call the Game and Fish wildlife health laboratory at 307-745-5865. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/sheridan-bird-farm-depopulated/article_7950667a-d70c-5d38-8767-44078fb63684.html | 2022-05-09T16:54:43Z |
ROCK SPRINGS – Faith, family and friends have kept Rock Springs Chief of Police Dwane Pacheco grounded throughout his extensive 31-year career.
A retirement open house was held in honor of Pacheco at Santa Fe Southwest Grill on Saturday, May 7.
Pacheco said that the event allowed him some time to reflect back on his career and what helped him through it.
“You have to have strong faith in this business because there’s just so much,” Pacheco said. “It can be a lonely career field at times so you really need that.”
He added, “Family keeps you grounded. We deal with 10% of the population 90% of the time and usually it isn’t the most pleasant experience. So, having that makes all the difference.
“Having friends and family in your life is so valuable; especially friends that aren’t just in law enforcement. Having friends in the community that can see the true you and not just the badge is so important.”
Pacheco’s friends, family and coworkers were present at the event to celebrate alongside him.
Rock Springs Mayor Tim Kaumo has worked alongside Pacheco for a number of years and even reappointed him as chief of police when he stepped back into office four years ago.
“He’s a fantastic guy and he is going to do a lot moving forward in his future endeavors. He is a stellar leader and I look forward to seeing what he does next,” Kaumo said.
Rock Springs City Councilwoman Jeannie Demas expressed her thoughts on Pacheco as well.
“He’s a great man. I wish him all the best in his future endeavors.”
Green River Councilwoman Sherry Bushman attended Pacheco’s retirement party and shared some of her thoughts about him.
“I wish him well with his future endeavors,” Bushman said. “His commitment to the community has been exemplary.”
Former Rock Springs Mayor Carl Demshar and his wife Lynne were also present at the celebration honoring Pacheco.
“I’m very proud that he’s retiring,” Demshar expressed. “He did an outstanding job in the department. He’s always had goals and accomplished them.”
He added, “I never worried about the police department because it was in good hands.”
Sweetwater County Combined Communications executive director Rick Hawkins has gotten to see and work with Pacheco through many stages of his career.
“I’ve worked alongside Dwane ever since he started in law enforcement. I was one of his first trainers,” Hawkins said. “Seeing him retire just reminds you that everything changes. I’m happy that he’s made it this far in his career because a lot of people don’t.”
Rock Springs Chamber of Commerce CEO Rick Lee also attended the retirement celebration and expressed his gratitude for what Pacheco has done for Rock Springs.
“I think he’s done a lot of good for the community,” Lee said. “It was good to have a ‘hometown boy’ looking after us. We appreciate him.”
Lee added, “Our first responders are under-appreciated. You need good leadership to be amazing. He has definitely made a huge impact on our community.”
Heather Marsh, executive assistant to the Chief of Police, and her husband Damian were also at the event celebrating Pacheco’s retirement.
“I think the change is good but he will definitely be missed,” said Marsh. “It’s been nice working with him for so many years.”
Commander Clark Robinson was the first speaker during the reception and presented a badge to Pacheco.
“It’s been a pleasure to work with him and I’ve learned a lot from him,” said Robinson. “He’s my partner and my friend.”
Second Commander Bill Erspamer presented a plaque to Pacheco.
“The badge is a symbol of trust and honor,” said Erspamer. “There’s a sense of pride when you put it on.”
Following the presentations of the badge and plaque, Pacheco added some of his thoughts concerning his career and the community he has worked in for the past 31 years.
“We have a bond in our community that’s hard to describe,” Pacheco shared. “There’s something special about the place you grew up in.”
He added, “It’s been a heck of a long road but it’s been a lot of fun.”
Additionally, members of the community showed up to show their support and congratulate Pacheco for this achievement.
Rock Springs residents Brad Bettolo and his wife Kiera came to the celebration to congratulate Pacheco.
“He’s a great friend and I’d like to wish him good luck on his next adventure,” said Bettolo.
Rock Springs resident Eddie Pacheco (no relation to Chief Pacheco) expressed that he’d like Pacheco “to stay on.”
“He’s done such a good job and the community is proud of him but I wish him all the best,” Eddie said.
Rock Springs resident Byron Zuehlsdorff said that since Pacheco will be retiring, he might be watching his daughter Ellie “very closely.”
“Now that he’s home, I’m going to have to ask him how much trouble Ellie is in!” Zuehlsdorff joked.
Rock Springs resident Rick Milonas hopes Pacheco will enjoy his retirement.
“He’s worked really hard,” Milonas said. “He’s been so active in the community and that just makes him really amazing.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/family-community-and-the-badge-dwane-pacheco-celebrates-retirement-as-rspd-chief/article_7f94ec1a-632f-559c-9eca-8b8008a068dd.html | 2022-05-09T16:54:49Z |
SWEETWATER COUNTY – Sweetwater County Travel and Tourism (SWCTT) recently celebrated National Travel and Tourism Week May 1-7, 2022, by expressing appreciation for the local hospitality industry employees and the customer service they provide. SWCTT staff delivered heart shaped donuts to local hotels, stating that the hospitality employees are truly the heartbeat of the industry.
Tourism is big business in Sweetwater County. In 2021 alone, 526,320 overnight visitors stayed at Sweetwater County hotels, motels, and campgrounds, with an average stay of 2.2 days. During their time here, the average visitor spent $122 per day. The economic impact to the Sweetwater County economy from visitor spending was $160.6 million in 2021, and the industry supported over 1,300 local jobs. Dean Runyan Report, 2021.
“The local lodging tax board works hard to market Sweetwater County as a visitor destination, as part of the overall road trip around the great state of Wyoming,” said Jenissa Meredith, chief executive officer for Sweetwater County Travel and Tourism. “Those efforts would be for not, if when visitors arrived, they had a bad experience on the front line. Our local hospitality employees are truly the heartbeat of the industry.'
For more information on local tourism please visit www.ExploreWY.com | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/organization-celebrates-national-travel-and-tourism-week/article_e2a34197-a846-5936-ab10-7aea421b322a.html | 2022-05-09T16:54:55Z |
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
The $1 trillion infrastructure package passed by Congress last year included $14.2 billion funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides $30 monthly subsidies ($75 in tribal areas) on internet service for millions of lower-income households.
With the new commitment from the internet providers, some 48 million households will be eligible for $30 monthly plans for 100 megabits per second, or higher speed, service — making internet service fully paid for with the government subsidy if they sign up with one of the providers participating in the program.
Biden, during his White House run and the push for the infrastructure bill, made expanding high-speed internet access in rural and low-income areas a priority. He has repeatedly spoken out about low-income families that struggled finding reliable Wi-Fi, so their children could take part in remote schooling and complete homework assignments early in the coronavirus pandemic.
“If we didn’t know it before, we know now: High-speed internet is essential,” the Democratic president said during a White House event last month honoring the National Teacher of the Year.
The 20 internet companies that have agreed to lower their rates for eligible consumers provide service in areas where 80% of the U.S. population, including 50% of the rural population, live, according to the White House. Participating companies that offer service on tribal lands are providing $75 rates in those areas, the equivalent of the federal government subsidy in those areas.
Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday were set to meet with telecom executives, members of Congress and others to spotlight the effort to improve access to high-speed internet for low-income households.
The providers are Allo Communications, AltaFiber (and Hawaiian Telecom), Altice USA (Optimum and Suddenlink), Astound, AT&T, Breezeline, Comcast, Comporium, Frontier, IdeaTek, Cox Communications, Jackson Energy Authority, MediaCom, MLGC, Spectrum (Charter Communications), Starry, Verizon (Fios only), Vermont Telephone Co., Vexus Fiber and Wow! Internet, Cable, and TV.
American households are eligible for subsidies through the Affordable Connectivity Program if their income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, or if a member of their family participates in one of several programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Federal Public Housing Assistance (FPHA) and Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit. | https://www.kitv.com/news/national/biden-starts-program-to-provide-discounted-internet-service/article_00b4e3f2-cfb6-11ec-a1b2-f7e3862de02a.html | 2022-05-09T17:53:14Z |
3 children found dead, mother arrested
LOS ANGELES (Gray News) - The Los Angeles Police Department said they arrested a mother Sunday after her three children were found dead.
Police responding to the scene of an assault call Sunday morning said they found the three children unresponsive, and they were pronounced dead at the scene, the Associated Press reported.
Authorities have not said how the children were killed.
The mother, identified by police as 38-year-old Angela Flores, was booked on murder charges and her bond was set at $6 million, KNBC reported.
A second person, a juvenile, has also been arrested in connection with the deaths, KABC said. It is unclear what connection they have to the family.
Neighbors reported that they heard arguments coming from the home.
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Death toll of Havana hotel explosion rises to 35
HAVANA (AP) — More bodies were pulled from the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital on Monday, bringing the official death toll of a powerful explosion at the iconic building to 35.
Cuba’s Fire Department Chief Luis Guzmán told state TV that three more bodies were recovered overnight as search crews with dogs hunted for hours through debris in the 19th century structure of the Hotel Saratoga.
The Ministry of Health later said the toll of dead had risen to 35, with 20 injured patients still hospitalized.
The 96-room, five-star hotel in Old Havana was preparing to reopen after being closed for two years when an apparent gas leak ignited, blowing the outer walls into the busy, midmorning streets just a block from the country’s Capitol building on Friday.
Several nearby structures also were damaged, including the historic Marti Theater and the Calvary Baptist Church, headquarters for the denomination in western Cuba.
Authorities said the cause of the explosion at the hotel owned by Grupo de Turismo Gaviota SA was still under investigation.
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Gas prices race back to near record highs
(CNN) - Gas prices are flirting with record highs again – adding to inflation headaches.
According to AAA, the national average for regular gasoline rose to about $4.32 Monday, a fraction of a penny shy of the all-time high set March 11.
Gas prices have climbed 13 cents over the last week and stand well above the recent low of $4.07 a gallon.
Diesel prices are also spiking, adding another blow to the inflation outlook.
The national average for diesel hit another record of $5.54 a gallon Monday, which is up 22 cents in a week and 49 cents in a month, according to AAA.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February sent prices surging as investors braced for oil supply disruptions caused by the war and embargoes on Russian energy.
The Biden administration responded by unleashing a record amount of oil from U.S. emergency oil stockpiles, announcing March 31 that 1 million barrels a day would be released for six months.
The ongoing effort helped cool oil and gasoline prices off for a bit, but the relief was fleeting and relatively minor.
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Handyman on the run after violent sexual assault of 70-year-old woman, police say
TULSA, Okla. (Gray News) – Police in Tulsa are looking for a handyman who they say violently raped a 70-year-old woman at her home, resulting in “extremely serious injuries.”
According to the Tulsa Police Department, officers responded to a call at the home Wednesday evening when the victim reported that her handyman beat her and sexually assaulted her inside her home.
The woman was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries to her head, face and body, police said.
Police are now looking for 40-year-old Elga Harper. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Police said once Harper is captured, he will be charged with two counts of first-degree rape, first degree robbery, kidnapping, aggravated assault and battery, and assault and battery by means likely to produce death.
Detectives said while Harper has a beard in most photographs, they believe he likely shaved his face to change his appearance.
Police are asking anyone who sees Harper to call 911.
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Lucy the two-nosed cow is celebrating her 15th birthday
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAW/Gray News) - This month, a famous cow named Lucy celebrates her 15th birthday.
Over the years, she’s attracted attention throughout central Wisconsin and nationally for her unusual nose.
When Lucy’s owner, Mark Krombholz, found her in the pasture just after she was born 15 years ago, he thought that she got kicked in the face. It was later on when he found out that she had two noses.
“We had the vet come out … she says that is bone structure there, she does breathe out of both noses,” Krombholz said.
Despite being different, Lucy has no problems with her health. The vet told Krombholz that Lucy was going to be a twin but the egg didn’t fully split, WSAW reported.
Lucy went on to have 10 calves of her own, none with a second nose.
“I received phone calls from all different places,” Krombholz said. “We were on some farm magazine, radio station, things like that in the morning. And TV stations in New York, and we were even mentioned on Jay Leno when he was still on ‘The Tonight Show.’”
He said she even caught the attention of other countries.
“She was in Pravda, a Russian newspaper, in China,” Krombholz said.
Krombholz said she’s still a normal cow, with some personality.
“She can be a bit of a diva, because she’s not afraid of people like that,” Krombholz said.
She goes to fairs in her own personalized ride and over the years her owner has gotten lots of offers for her. Krombholz said he got very high offers, but couldn’t take them.
“I wouldn’t trade her for the world,” Krombholz said. “I’ve been offered tens of thousands of dollars but, like I said, sideshows, they may drag her all over the country and after that what happens to her.”
Krombholz said she is part of the family. You can check out more pictures of on her Facebook page Lucy the Two Nosed Cow.
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No charges after maintenance worker shoots, kills 8-month-old puppy during service call, police say
ROSWELL, Ga. (WGCL/Gray News) – A family in Georgia said their 8-month-old German shepherd was wrongfully shot and killed during a maintenance service call, but police said the alleged shooter won’t face any charges.
Yordania Mejia and her family, along with their dog Luna, just moved into the Enclave at Roswell apartments a month ago. The family says the puppy was “big, but gentle.”
“[Luna] was raised with kids, and everybody knows dogs raised with kids are friendly,” Mejia said.
But a report from the Roswell Police Department tells a different story. According to the report, on May 2, a maintenance worker for the apartment complex told officers he asked the dog to be secured before he entered the unit. But he claims Luna then chased him down the stairs.
According to police, the maintenance worker used his handgun to shoot Luna “in fear for his safety.”
Police said there are no pending charges and that nothing criminal took place.
“He was doing self-defense?” Mejia questioned. “[But] he had not been [bitten], he wasn’t scratched, his clothes were not torn apart.”
Mejia argues she should have gotten a heads up about what time maintenance would service her home, that way she could have been there.
“They have somebody walking around with a gun, that shot my dog twice,” she said. “He left her there to die.”
Mejia’s children are scarred, and the family is devastated, maintaining that Luna was just playful, not dangerous.
“You can go around and ask anybody in that neighborhood that has seen us for the month I’ve been here, how [Luna] is,” Mejia said.
Tenants claim the maintenance worker has since been fired, but property management neither confirmed to WGCL his employment status nor its policies on staff entering units armed.
“They told me they were sorry, and they had fired him. But if he was right on killing my dog, why did they fire him? That’s what I don’t understand,” Mejia said.
Property management directed WGCL to their corporate owner, First Communities. WGCL is still awaiting a statement from the company. WGCL has also attempted to contact the maintenance worker and have not heard back.
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South Dakota senator moves to roll back child mask mandates
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) says, “Parents want to be in control.”
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) thinks children shouldn’t be forced to mask up. After talking to a concerned Head Start teacher from South Dakota, he’s working to roll back those mandates in every state.
Last week, the Senate passed a joint resolution condemning mask mandates for toddlers.
The measure passed with 7 Democrats in support: including both Democratic senators from Nevada and Arizona.
Sen. Thune believes it could be the sign of a greater shift in easing mandates around the coronavirus, and hopes it will pressure the Biden administration for more rollbacks.
“The toddler mask mandate is a good example of a government overreach at a time when we just don’t need this anymore, and parents want to be in control,” said Thune. “They’re tired of being told by the government how to take care of their kids.”
Joint resolutions express the sentiment of Congress. In this case, the resolution says lawmakers disapprove of rules requiring children in Head Start programs to wear masks and those rules cannot be enforced.
Notably, the resolution passed as the United States crossed a key mile marker: one million deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Queen Elizabeth won’t attend Parliament opening due to mobility issues
Published: May. 9, 2022 at 1:50 PM EDT|Updated: moments ago
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the opening of Parliament on Tuesday amid ongoing mobility issues.
The palace said in a statement Monday that the decision was made in consultation with her doctors and that the 96-year-old monarch had “reluctantly” decided not to attend.
Prince Charles will read her speech, which sets out the government’s agenda for the coming parliamentary session. Prince William will also attend.
Elizabeth has attended only a handful of public events in recent months, though she continues to hold virtual audiences regularly.
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US Marshals search in Indiana for escaped Alabama inmate, corrections officer
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WAFF/Gray News) - U.S. Marshals along with law enforcement officials in Evansville, Indiana, are working together on a new tip in the investigation of escaped inmate Casey White and Vicky White, the former assistant director of corrections at Lauderdale County Jail.
According to WAFF, an official with the U.S. Marshals says they are investigating a credible tip that they believe links them to the Evansville area.
The last credible out-of-state tip led investigators to an abandoned orange 2007 Ford Edge that the pair were believed to be driving. It was found in Williamson County, Tennessee, and was transported back to Alabama on Monday.
The car was a gold/copper color and had damage to the left rear bumper. It also appeared to have been spray painted in a few areas in an attempt to change the color.
The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, where the car was found, reported it appeared to have been abandoned a week ago and there was no sign the two were still in the area.
During a news conference, Singleton said that Vicky White stayed at a hotel near where the getaway car was parked. Video shows Vicky White at the hotel the night before helping Casey White escape.
On May 5, U.S. Marshals released new photos of Casey White and Vicky White.
Vicky White has long blonde hair, but newly released photos show what the former corrections officer would look like with dyed or longer/shorter hair. She is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs approximately 145 pounds and reportedly has a waddling gait.
Casey White stands at 6 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs approximately 330 pounds. According to an official with the U.S. Marshals, he also has a tattoo of eyeballs on the back of his head. Additionally, Casey has tattoos on his chest, arms and upper back including some affiliated with the Alabama-based white supremacist prison gang Southern Brotherhood.
On April 29, the inmate and the former corrections officer were reported missing.
Vicky White and Casey White left the Lauderdale County Detention Center at 9:30 a.m. allegedly heading to the courthouse. Vicky White said she was taking Casey White to a mental health evaluation and then to seek medical care because she was not feeling well. Singleton later confirmed there was not a scheduled mental health evaluation.
A warrant has been issued for Vicky White’s arrest on first-degree permitting or facilitating escape charges. The maximum time in prison is 10 years with a $15,000 fine.
According to WAFF’s independent investigation, the two had a “special relationship.”
The U.S. Marshal Service announced that it will be offering up to $10,000 for information regarding Casey White. The Marshal Service is also offering up to $5,000 for information regarding Vicky White.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has also issued two rewards for information leading to the apprehension and arrest of Vicky White and Casey White.
“Both Casey White and Vicky White pose a major threat to the public, and they must be apprehended. I am pleased to offer this support as law enforcement works diligently to get these dangerous criminals behind bars,” Ivey said.
Both rewards are in the amount of $5,000.
Vicky White and Casey White are considered armed and dangerous. If you see them, you should not approach them and call 911.
To submit information regarding the Casey White or Vicky White, call 1-800-336-0102 or download the U.S. Marshals Tip App.
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ATLANTA, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global talent solutions provider Randstad Sourceright today announced that it has been recognized as a "Leader" and a "Star Performer" in Everest Group's "Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022 – Global."
Randstad Sourceright was evaluated high on both Market Impact and the Vision & Capability scale, which measures a provider's ability to deliver services successfully among market share Leaders.
"It is an honor to once again be named a Leader and a Star Performer in global RPO by Everest Group," said Michael Smith, global CEO of Randstad Sourceright. "This recognition is a testament to our team's commitment to providing employers with world-class resources and accelerating the transformation of human capital models. Our RPO solutions are helping companies make smart decisions about how work gets done, build a sustainable talent pipeline, and deliver exceptional experiences for their people to meet current and future business ambitions."
Everest Group's PEAK Matrix is the most trusted and fact-based analysis of service provider capabilities, covering over 50 different market segments each year. To arrive at the 2022 results, the global PEAK Matrix assessed 36 RPO providers and classified them into three categories — Leaders, Major Contenders, and Aspirants — by evaluating them on seven dimensions — market adoption, portfolio mix, value delivered, scope of services offered, innovation and investments, delivery footprint, and vision and strategy. The evaluation also identifies Star Performers based on the greatest positive relative year-over-year movement on the PEAK Matrix.
"Randstad Sourceright's global delivery footprint, strong domain knowledge, and mature technology capabilities have enabled it to curate an extensive RPO portfolio across all industries and buyer segments," said Aniruddha Kulkarni, Practice Director, Everest Group. "Its continued and focused investments in technology, Total Talent Acquisition (TTA), and consulting and advisory capabilities have helped position it as a Leader and Star Performer on Everest Group's Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022 – Global."
About Randstad Sourceright
Randstad Sourceright is a global talent solutions leader, driving the talent acquisition and human capital management strategies for the world's most successful employers. We empower companies by leveraging a Human Forward strategy that balances the use of innovative technologies with expert insights, supporting both organizations and people in realizing their true potential. As an operating company of Randstad N.V. — the world's leading global provider of HR services with revenue of € 24.6 billion — Randstad Sourceright's subject matter experts and thought leaders around the world continuously build and evolve our solutions across recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), managed services programs (MSP) and total talent solutions. For more information, visit www.randstadsourceright.com.
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Leading Provider of Ophthalmic Instruments Formed in 2019, Completed Eight Add-on Acquisitions
NEW YORK, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantic Street Capital (ASC), a private equity firm that invests in lower middle market companies to unlock equity value through an operationally intensive investment approach, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell Advancing Eyecare, North America's leading provider of ophthalmic instruments, to Cornell Capital.
Advancing Eyecare was formed in 2019 when ASC combined its 2016 portfolio company investment in Lombart Instrument, the leading U.S. distributor of ophthalmic instruments to ophthalmologists and optometrists, with Marco Ophthalmic Inc, a market leading, high-tech instrumentation supplier. Advancing Eyecare operates seven leading brands which, in addition to Lombart and Marco, consist of INNOVA Medical, S4Optik, Enhanced Medical Services, Ophthalmic Instruments Inc., and Santinelli International. During its ownership, ASC recruited CEO Brad Staley to drive the company's development. In addition to its organic growth, Advancing Eyecare completed eight add-on acquisitions, including the acquisition of Santinelli International in December 2021, a respected leader and award‐winning provider of optical finishing equipment. The company also established several distribution partnerships.
Brad Staley, Chief Executive Officer of Advancing Eyecare, said, "Advancing Eyecare has developed an outstanding group of companies providing a large offering of quality instrumentation products to the ophthalmic equipment industry. We thank the Atlantic Street Capital team for their support and guidance over the past three years to combine our efforts and create a leading eyecare instrumentation provider."
Andy Wilkins, Managing Partner of ASC, commented, "Since forming the company we executed on our plan to develop a broad range of technology, products, and services whose combined scope and leading brands provide the highest level of eyecare for patients. We are proud to have played a role in further building the company's leadership position. Advancing Eyecare has dramatically enhanced the services delivered to patients and we are very happy with our partnership with Brad and his team."
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2022. Kramer Levin served as legal counsel to Advancing Eyecare and Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor.
About Advancing Eyecare
Advancing Eyecare™ is the leading provider in the eyecare instrumentation marketplace established to offer the best products and service solutions in the ophthalmic equipment industry. Currently comprised of Lombart Instrument, Marco Ophthalmic, INNOVA Medical, S4Optik, Santinelli International, and other leading brands, the combined scope of the organization has the broadest product portfolio, the most knowledgeable people, and the most reliable service in the industry. Visit www.advancingeyecare.com.
About Atlantic Street Capital
ASC is a private equity firm that invests in lower middle market companies poised for the next level of growth. The firm targets entrepreneurial management partners and fundamentally sound companies between $4 million and $25 million of EBITDA that will benefit from capital investment and ASC's value-added strategic and operational support. As a result, ASC works closely with management to unlock their business' underlying value and help them succeed. For more information, visit www.atlanticstreetcapital.com.
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NETANYA, Israel, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Israeli biotechnology company, BioGenCell, founded by Dr. Yael Porat and Prof. Michael Belkin, and developer of unique technology for using stem cells from the patient's own blood to treat microvascular diseases, has completed a $16 million seed round, led by Marius Nacht, Israel's largest private biotech investor.
BioGenCell's innovative, accessible and painless medical platform focuses on the needs of patients and physicians. The current product treats severe limb-threatening ischemia (CLI) typically found in patients with diabetes and heavy smokers. CLI is a serious and painful disease caused by the acute blockage of blood flow in small blood vessels, leading to constant pain, chronic inflammation, sores, and loss of limbs. Its implications are tragic. Typically, within a year of diagnosis, 30% of patients are candidates for amputation, and there is a 20% morbidity rate. In the U.S. alone, an estimated 80,000 non-traumatic leg amputations are performed each year.
As part of the treatment, stem and other cells taken from the patient in a standard blood draw are manipulated under BioGenCell's patented process and then reinjected into the leg muscle. The injected cell mixture promotes the production of new blood vessels that bypass the damaged ones and thus renew blood flow to the leg; reduces the local inflammatory process; and cleans the damage caused by the inflammation. Cell reinjection is performed once and can occur in any standard treatment room.
In its Phase I clinical trials, BioGenCell successfully treated five patients who had previously tried all the other available treatments and were about to undergo leg amputation. The company later successfully treated another four, more-serious compassion cases. The treatment was found safe and, although every patient starts with different conditions, all the patients improved in at least three objective parameters, including prevention of amputation, improved blood flow, healing of chronic sores, and ability to walk, as well as subjective parameters, such as reduced pain (enabling weaning off narcotics) and improved quality of patient lives. Based on these patients, the treatment appears to have a long-lasting therapeutic effect.
BioGenCell recently received FDA permission to continue to Phase II controlled, double-blind trials. If successful, BioGenCell's future product line, based on its technology, includes those to restore blood vessels related to kidney failure, pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, stroke, blindness, and more.
Dr. Uri Yaron, head of Mr. Nacht's biotech and health investment arm, said, "BioGenCell developed a potential breakthrough, cell-based solution for treatment of incurable patients with life-threatening microvascular disease. We believe in its process and potential to transform treatment with a simple and effective solution for patients, and we are delighted to invest in the company at this stage, to help finance BioGenCell's Phase II trial." Dr. Yaron will join the BioGenCell Board of Directors.
BioGenCell is located at and has a strategic partnership with Laniado Hospital in Netanya, Israel.
For more information contact: info@biogencell.net
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Fremont, Calif., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BizLink, a global leader in interconnect solutions, is proud to announce that its ID3 EV Portable Charger received the UL 2594 certificate on May 6, 2022. BizLink's ID3 EV Portable Charger features a compact, modularized, and portable design to fit various grid and EV interfaces. Adopting the V-model process in manufacturing and product development, the ID3 EV Portable Charger offers an optimal charging management system for EVs or electric motorcycles.
The UL certification is the primary standard for EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) in North America. In fact, a lot of EVSEs in the market do not have UL safety certification. The main risks of using non-UL approved EV chargers are overheating and electrical shock, which may result in fire hazard, endangering human lives and significant property. BizLink's ID3 EV Portable Charger is designed with an overheating protection mechanism and IP67/NEMA Type 3 enclosure rating for outdoor use, which is a safe and efficient charging solution for electric motorcycles and EVs. With BizLink's UL certificated EV portable charger, users will have sufficient protection to avoid the risks of potential fire and electrical shock, and even hand burns due to overheating of the charger. In addition, the portable charger supports 120V (12A) and custom cable lengths with common plug specifications.
BizLink has the capability to offer full-scale manufacturing ranging from individual and specific component parts to fully integrated electronic devices. To develop this comprehensive range of design solutions, BizLink employs several different manufacturing processes, including cable and connector manufacturing lines, PCB assembly lines, and final product assembly lines – all of which are IATF-16969 certified. BizLink continuously strives to advance its ODM/OEM capabilities to develop innovative, high-performance interconnect solutions and technologies that meet the industry's growing demands.
About BizLink
BizLink, founded in 1996, is headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA. Our mission is to make interconnection easier and to become the leading global interconnect solution supplier. We support industries that are environmentally conscious and improve quality of life through providing essential components, wire harnesses, and cables to a wide variety of industries such as IT Infrastructure, Client Peripherals, Optical Fiber Communications, Telecom and Networking, Electrical Appliances, Healthcare, Factory Automation, Machinery and Sensors, Motor Vehicle, Rolling Stock, Marine, Industrial, and Solar. In addition, with flexible production resources and global R&D teams in America, Europe, and Asia, BizLink always provides reliable interconnect solutions in close proximity to markets. BizLink also specializes in providing one-stop EMS and NPI services based on customer's requests. At BizLink, we strive to keep collaborating closely with customers to turn their innovative ideas into reality. Visit www.bizlinktech.com.
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ARLINGTON, Va., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg Law today announced that it will showcase its platform at the CLOC Global Institute, taking place May 9-12. Bloomberg Law (booth #224) is a silver sponsor of the conference, which is being held in Las Vegas, NV.
Attendees will have the opportunity to experience Bloomberg Law's comprehensive platform, which helps corporate legal departments increase efficiencies and reduce reliance on outside counsel with focused resources, including:
- Expansive and fully integrated Practical Guidance providing expertly drafted, how-to explanations on key legal considerations across 15 practice areas
- Industry-leading news and analysis, with real-time news and alerts customized for specific areas of interest
- Time-saving practice tools such as chart builders, precedent search, and docket search, as well as the Business Intelligence Center, which includes profiles for 3.52 million public and private companies
- Precedent Search, which provides in-house counsel with access to a library of two million negotiated agreements, corporate filings, and prospectuses, sourced from EDGAR and categorized into more than 600 document types
- Draft Analyzer, an efficient and comprehensive workflow tool that uses AI and machine learning to benchmark draft language against the market standard, minimizing the effort required for in-house counsel to find the precise language an agreement requires
Bloomberg Law's In-House Counsel Resources & Corporate Legal Department Pages bring together essential resources in-house counsel can rely on to accomplish more work in-house, including workflow tools, Practical Guidance toolkits aligned to common in-house tasks, and curated practitioner tools and news.
"Bloomberg Law is committed to delivering a fully integrated platform that is comprehensive and efficient," said Joe Breda, president, Bloomberg Law. "I invite CLOC Global Institute attendees to engage with us in person in Las Vegas to learn more about unmetered access to all of Bloomberg Law's content, tools, and expert resources."
For more information or to request a demo, please visit http://onb-law.com/1UOW50J31xk.
About Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law combines the latest in legal technology with workflow tools, comprehensive primary and secondary sources, trusted news, expert analysis, and business intelligence. Our deep expertise and commitment to innovation provide a competitive edge to help improve attorney productivity and efficiency. Bloomberg Law is the only legal research provider to include continuous enhancements to its platform at no cost to existing subscribers. For more information, visit Bloomberg Law.
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Electric Vehicle Platforms and Chassis Cabs will be Assembled Near The Motor City
DETROIT, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bollinger Motors announced Roush Industries as the contract manufacturer to assemble its line of all-electric platforms and chassis cabs for commercial vehicles in Classes 3 through 6.
Bollinger will source and provide all materials for Roush to assemble its all-electric vehicle platforms and chassis cabs in a fully staffed, operational, and scalable facility in Livonia, Michigan – within 20 miles of Bollinger's Oak Park headquarters.
"We will be building state-of-the-art vehicles from day one right here in Michigan," said Robert Bollinger, founder and CEO of Bollinger Motors. "Roush has significant engineering and assembly history, and we're excited to work with them to provide our commercial fleet customers with exceptional electric vehicles."
"Roush will help us to hit our quality and production targets confidently," said Bryan Chambers, chief operating officer of Bollinger Motors. "Roush's knowledge base and track record in working with both startups and established OEMs was a big part of our decision."
Bollinger Motors will also work closely with Roush on assembling pre-production units and performing validation testing, ahead of the ramp up to production.
"Our proven processes are engineered to bring products to market quickly and efficiently, while meeting OEM-level quality standards," said Brad Rzetelny, vice president of Roush Flexible Assembly. "With fully scalable manufacturing, we can grow with Bollinger Motors to meet the growing need from its fleet customers as they convert to electric vehicles."
ABOUT BOLLINGER MOTORS
Founded in 2015 by Robert Bollinger, Bollinger Motors is a U.S.-based company, headquartered in Oak Park, Michigan. Bollinger Motors will manufacture all-electric platforms and chassis cabs for commercial vehicles in Classes 3-6. www.BollingerMotors.com.
ABOUT ROUSH INDUSTRIES
For close to 50 years, Roush has been widely recognized for providing innovative engineering, testing, prototyping and manufacturing services to the advanced mobility, aerospace, defense and theme park industries. Roush is unique in its ability to leverage services across the complete product development cycle, solving customers' most complex challenges and accelerating critical product launch targets. Learn more at www.Roush.com.
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One Lucky Customer Still Has the Chance to Win These One-of-a-Kind 7-Eleven-Inspired Wheels
IRVING, Texas, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The time has come for 7-Eleven, Inc. to reveal the completed Model 711, and it is sure to exceed expectations! This one-of-a-kind vehicle has been transformed into a 7-Eleven-inspired masterpiece thanks to hundreds of thousands of social interactions from car enthusiasts and 7-Eleven fans alike. Brought from a dream to reality by the famous automotive restoration shop, Galpin Auto Sports in Los Angeles, California this 2021 Ford Mustang is any car lover's fantasy – and one lucky customer still has the chance to win it by purchasing select items at 7-Eleven®, Speedway® and Stripes® stores.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8991552-7-eleven-unveils-completed-model-711-car/
Exquisite Exterior
With a stellar classic racer wrap featuring the beloved 7-Eleven colors, this custom car is guaranteed to turn heads wherever it goes. Super green rims and a cherry red under glow mirror the iconic, neon 7-Eleven sign that glimmers after dark. Speaking of icons after dark, the convenience retailer is known for staying open late to meet its customers' late-night snacking needs. So, the night owl emblem embellished on the front grill is a not-so-subtle reminder of the best after-dark snack spot.
Take A Glimpse Inside
A custom car without custom leather seats is like a Big Bite® hot dog without a Big Gulp® drink. The driver of the Model 711 will sit like royalty on slick leather seats adorned with red, orange, and green sunset stripes. What's more, this car will be driven with the assistance of a Slurpee® drink gear shift as an ode to the convenience retailer's iconic frozen beverage. And because 7-Eleven knows its customers are the ultimate snackers, Model 711 comes with a custom pizza snack holder – which sits directly next to cup holders fit for a Big Gulp or Slurpee. But the best part isn't just what you can see – it's what you can smell. The aroma of fresh 7-Eleven coffee will fill Model 711's interior thanks to a custom-made OG To-Go Coffee Since 1964™ air freshener.
"We know our customers have an affinity towards car culture, so building a one-of-a-kind car inspired by our most iconic products was a no brainer," said Marissa Jarratt, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at 7-Eleven. "We had hundreds of thousands of 7-Eleven car fanatics and customers interact with the voting of customization elements for the Model 711 – and now one lucky customer still has a chance to win these unbelievable wheels. We can't wait to see the places they'll go and the many #CarsOf7Eleven pics they'll take."
The Road to Win Model 711
There is still time for customers to earn the chance to win the fan-designed Model 711 by purchasing select products including Red Bull, Butterfinger, Doritos, pizza, taquitos, Slurpee drinks, and more via 7Rewards®, Speedy Rewards®, or through the 7NOW® delivery app*. Those interested in the opportunity to race off with Model 711 have until May 24 to try their luck. Car fanatics can also enter through social media – follow @7ELEVEn and keep an eye out for posts with #Model711Sweeps for details on how you could drive away as Model 711's new owner.
For more details on how to win the awe-inspiring Model 711, visit Model711.com. Car enthusiasts looking to win big can download the 7-Eleven and Speedway apps from the App Store or Google Play, or by visiting 7Rewards.com or SpeedyRewards.com.
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Begins 2/23/22 at 12:00:01am CT & ends 5/24/22 at 11:59:59 pm CT. Open to legal US residents physically residing in the 50 United States or DC who are 13+ years old (minors must have parental consent to participate). Odds of winning depend on # of eligible entries. Sponsor: 7-Eleven, Inc. For full rules, free and other methods of entry, full prize details, and restrictions, see Official Rules at https://bit.ly/mod711sweeps
About 7-Eleven, Inc.
7-Eleven, Inc. is the premier name in the convenience-retailing industry. Based in Irving, Texas, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to 7-Eleven stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. operates and franchises Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits locations. Known for its iconic brands such as Slurpee®, Big Bite® and Big Gulp®, 7-Eleven has expanded into high-quality sandwiches, salads, side dishes, cut fruit and protein boxes, as well as pizza, chicken wings and mini beef tacos. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products under the 7-Select™ brand including healthy options, decadent treats and everyday favorites at an outstanding value. Customers can earn and redeem points on various items in stores nationwide through its 7Rewards® loyalty program with more than 50 million members, place an order in the 7NOW® delivery app in over 2,000 cities, or rely on 7-Eleven for bill payment service, self-service lockers and other convenient services. Find out more online at www.7-Eleven.com.
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Women in leadership roles help to close diversity gap in the profession
BURLINGAME, Calif., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Society of CPAs (CalCPA) honored three top women in the accounting profession as its 2022 Women to Watch Award winners during Elevate, its long-running Women's Leadership Forum, on April 22, 2022.
The annual Women to Watch Awards recognize female CPAs and financial professionals across all stages of their careers for their leadership, community and public service, advocacy, mentoring of other CPAs and overall contributions to the profession. Awards are given in three categories: Emerging Leader, Experienced Leader, and Trailblazer.
"The women who received the Women to Watch Award continue a legacy of leadership," said Denise LeDuc Froemming, CPA, CAE, president and CEO at CalCPA. "Considering the growing number of women with diverse backgrounds entering and staying in the accounting profession in California -- their impact on organizations, companies, and government agencies is well recognized. It gives me great pleasure to honor these important women in leadership. This year's winners serve as strong examples to their peers in the profession and are an inspiration to women thinking about future careers in accounting and finance."
The 2022 Women to Watch Award honorees are:
Emerging Leader Award
- Cynthia Spensieri, CPA, audit manager, HCVT, Los Angeles
Experienced Leader Award
- Anu Joshi, CPA, MST of Abbott, senior manager, Tax & Advisory at Abbott, Stringham & Lynch in Campbell, California
Trailblazer Award
- Brenda Kahler, Director, Client Engagement at Armanino LLP, San Francisco
"Recognizing women in leadership who have accomplished great things be it in tax, personal finance, business evaluation, estate and trust planning, financial literacy, in business and industry and in government serving the public interest – will support better cultural and performance benefits in the organizations they service," said Froemming. More cultural connection and recognition leads to less cultural conflict and supports overall DE&I efforts."
Recently, the IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants), CalCPA (California Society of Certified Public Accountants), and IFAC (International Federation of Accountants) released "Diversifying Global Accounting Talent: Actionable Solutions for Progress" report. As a joint effort, the report assessed deeply rooted issues prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) progress within the accounting profession, and offers more than 70 actionable solutions to attract, retain, and promote the next generation of accountants.
About CalCPA
CalCPA traces its heritage to 1903 when the California State Society of Certified Public Accountants was organized. In 1909, it merged with two other state CPA associations to form CalCPA. CalCPA serves more than 43,000 members in public practice, private industry, students, academia, and government, and has 14 chapters across California. CalCPA also offers more than 1,400 live courses, conferences, webcasts and on-demand self-study courses annually. More information is available online
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New 350VA – 10kVA UPS offerings include long-lasting lithium-ion battery-based solutions that yield industry-leading performance while expanding CPI's Power Management Solutions portfolio
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chatsworth Products (CPI), a pioneer of power and infrastructure solutions for the information and communications technology (ICT) and industrial automation segments, announced today a new line of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and related accessories that provide improved, data-driven rack-level power monitoring and management in data centers and remote sites. Configurations include 350VA – 10kVA lithium-ion and lead-acid battery-based solutions available in standby, line-interactive and double-conversion online topologies to cater to a wide variety of application needs and requirements.
As today's interconnected, "always on" world continues to place new demands on power management in data centers and nontraditional edge locations, CPI's lithium-ion UPS solutions provide more than twice the life, higher temperature tolerance, longer runtime (5X), and faster recharge (90 minutes to 90% charge) when compared to typical lead-acid battery solutions.
Available models featuring double-conversion online topologies additionally provide robust power protection against blackouts, brownouts and voltage surges, which can otherwise cripple network connectivity and uptime and result in multi-million-dollar financial impacts for mission critical applications and industries that rely on network, server, edge, light industrial and distributed IT applications.
"As more enterprise data centers gravitate toward multitenant and edge compute locations, we know more and more customers need power solutions that can not only allow their sites to be up and running quickly, but just as importantly, stay operational and ensure uptime reliably," explains Ashish Moondra, Sr. Product Manager, Power, Electronics & Software. "CPI's continued focus on capabilities that provide high availability while reducing the complexity of installing, networking, servicing and managing UPS solutions is a key addition to CPI's power management portfolio," he adds.
Additional benefits of CPI's new UPS product line include an industry-best 6-year full warranty for lithium-ion batteries and UPS electronics, a battery management system that ensures cell voltage balancing, current sharing and protection for over-charge and over-discharge, and a maintenance bypass feature that provides an optional bypass distribution module that enables the UPS to replaced or serviced without interruption of power, another key component to better ensuring reliability and 24/7 uptime in mission critical applications.
CPI's introduction of new UPS capabilities and offerings adds to an already comprehensive power management solutions portfolio that includes CPI's award-winning eConnect® line of intelligent power distribution units (PDUs), RFID Electronic Access Kits and Power IQ® for eConnect software, which offers users the information and control needed to fully utilize existing infrastructure resources while providing timely alerts to avoid downtime.
To learn more about the benefits of using UPS power solutions in your data center or edge applications, visit the webpage for complete details.
About Chatsworth Products
Chatsworth Products (CPI) is a global manufacturer of products and solutions that protect your ever-growing investment in information and communications technology for IT and industrial automation applications. We act as your business partner and are uniquely prepared to respond to your requirements with global availability and rapid product customization, giving you a competitive advantage. With decades of experience engineering thermal, power and cable management solutions for the data center, enterprise networking and industrial enclosure markets, CPI is well positioned to provide you with unequaled application expertise, customer service and technical support, and a global network of industry-leading distributors.
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Acquisition brings advanced composite expertise and new products for aerospace and defense applications
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Radant Technologies Division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has completed the acquisition of AdamWorks, LLC, a design engineering and manufacturing company based in Centennial, Colorado that specializes in composite structures for business and commercial aviation, manned and unmanned systems, space and defense applications.
The acquisition is expected to complement CPI's existing radome business by expanding its airborne product line to include new types of products, materials and technologies. AdamWorks designs and manufactures pods, radomes and fairings for manned and unmanned systems for defense customers, fairings to support in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) applications for commercial aviation customers, and pressure vessels, fairings and other structures for aerospace customers. Since 2007, AdamWorks has provided thousands of structures for more than 20 types of aircraft, working with a wide range of advanced materials, including carbon fiber, fiberglass, quartz, honeycomb foam and aluminum cores.
The newly acquired company has been renamed CPI AdamWorks LLC, and the acquisition will become part of CPI Radant Technologies Division within the Satcom & Antenna Technologies business unit. It will continue to operate out of its current facilities and to be managed by its co-founder, Kim Madigan.
"CPI sees a continuing need to support the evolving technologies of our defense aviation customers and a tremendous growth potential for in-flight entertainment and connectivity systems in commercial and business aviation markets. The addition of AdamWorks will enable CPI to offer a more comprehensive, vertically integrated product line to both our commercial and defense aviation customers," said Tim Smith, president of CPI Radant Technologies Division.
"AdamWorks is extremely excited to join the CPI team. We believe CPI's depth of engineering and manufacturing capabilities, as well as their global presence, will allow us to significantly grow our business," said Kim Madigan, co-founder and chief executive officer of AdamWorks.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP served as legal counsel to CPI. EC Mergers & Acquisitions served as financial advisor to AdamWorks.
About Communications & Power Industries
Communications & Power Industries (CPI) is a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems focused primarily on communications and defense markets. With a heritage of technological excellence that spans decades, CPI develops, manufactures and globally distributes innovative and reliable technology solutions used in the generation, amplification, transmission and reception of microwave signals for commercial and military applications. Learn more about CPI at www.cpii.com.
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Transaction to Support AEC's Growth Initiatives, Accelerate Development of Best-in-Class Product and Service Offerings and Unlock Enhanced Value for Customers
Strengthens AEC's Position as Nation's Leading Ophthalmic Instruments Provider
NEW YORK and JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cornell Capital LLC ("Cornell Capital"), a private equity firm based in New York and Hong Kong, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Advancing Eyecare ("AEC" or "the Company"), North America's leading provider of ophthalmic instruments, from Atlantic Street Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and comprising seven market-leading brands in eyecare instrumentation, Advancing Eyecare offers a one-stop solution for ophthalmic equipment and servicing needs to a diversified base of customers, ranging from independent eye care practitioners to national chains, hospitals, teaching institutions, and others. Led by a best-in-class leadership team with deep industry expertise, AEC's market-leading sales and service teams – the largest, most experienced and technical sales force and equipment service team in the industry – provides a differentiated offering to fully meet customer needs to operate a vision care practice.
Cornell Capital has extensive experience partnering with strong management teams to drive growth, scale infrastructure and capitalize on opportunities across new markets. The firm will work closely with the current management team, led by Chief Executive Officer Brad Staley, Chief Financial Officer David Clay and Chief Strategy Officer David Spear, to execute on a shared vision and build on the significant momentum and investments the Company has made in fostering a culture of authenticity, accountability, transparency and winning.
"AEC's broad portfolio of innovative products and world class service and tech support have positioned the Company as a leader in the attractive multi-billion-dollar ophthalmic products and services market," said Stephen Trevor, Partner at Cornell Capital. "As the demand for eye care continues to drive market growth and the industry continues to transition toward more advanced technologies and digital capabilities, AEC is uniquely well suited to meet comprehensive customer needs as an end-to-end service provider. With its diversified business model, favorable industry dynamics, robust acquisition pipeline and talented management team, AEC embodies the type of business we strive to partner with at Cornell Capital and we look forward to supporting Brad and the entire AEC team in scaling and growing the business and improving patient outcomes."
"AEC's trusted brands and broad portfolio of high-quality products and services have supported the daily operations and growth needs of our customers since our founding, and we are excited to take our company to new heights in partnership with Cornell," said Brad Staley, CEO of Advancing Eyecare. "We look forward to leveraging Cornell's expertise and our multi-channel platform and strong relationships to capitalize on organic and inorganic growth initiatives, accelerate the development of top-quality product and service offerings and unlock enhanced value for customers."
CapM Advisors served as financial advisor to Cornell Capital and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP served as legal advisor. Houlihan Lokey served as financial advisor to Advancing Eyecare and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP served as legal advisor. UBS Investment Bank, Jefferies and Golub Capital are acting as joint lead arrangers for the transaction, with UBS Investment Bank as left lead arranger.
About Advancing Eyecare
Advancing Eyecare™ is the leading provider in the eyecare instrumentation marketplace established to offer the best products and service solutions in the ophthalmic equipment industry. Currently comprised of Lombart Instrument, Marco Ophthalmic, INNOVA Medical, S4Optik, Santinelli International, and other leading brands, the combined scope of the organization has the broadest product portfolio, the most knowledgeable people, and the most reliable service in the industry. For more information, visit www.advancingeyecare.com.
About Cornell Capital
Cornell Capital LLC is a U.S.-based private investment firm with ~$6 billion of AUM and offices in New York and Hong Kong. Leveraging decades of global investment experience, the firm takes a disciplined approach to investing across the consumer, financial services, and industrials/business services sectors, often in companies that can benefit from the firm's Asia presence and cross-border expertise. Founded in 2013 by Senior Partner Henry Cornell, the former Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs' Merchant Banking Division, the firm is led by a highly seasoned team with significant shared investment experience. For more information, visit www.cornellcapllc.com.
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ARLINGTON, Va., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cynalytica Inc., a leading provider of innovative cybersecurity solutions for Industrial Control Systems (ICS), today announced that Richard Robinson, CEO & Founder, will be presenting at SIEMENS Realize LIVE Americas 2022, taking place on May 9-12 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Richard will be presenting "Why Level 0/1 serial communications monitoring is a first step to digital transformation" in room Breakers G, Tuesday May 10th 2022 at 10:00am – 10:45am PDT. The session will also be broadcasted for free for those attending virtually. He will be talking about industrial control systems (ICS) and how level 0/1 serial communications monitoring isn't just about network security, but also about utilizing the data as a "first step" to digital transformation. Whilst operational technology (OT) environments are increasingly adapting data-centric strategies, there is a lack of emphasis placed on capturing real-time data from legacy cyber-physical systems. It comes as no surprise that many organizations cannot derive accurate insights, solve problems, and make improvements to their operations as they are failing to collect reliable data from the outset.
"There has been an escalation in intelligence alerts indicating that APT actors have developed custom-made tools for targeting ICS/SCADA devices enabling them to scan for and compromise devices once they have established initial access to the operational technology (OT) network. We have repeatedly seen adversaries breach corporate networks and maintain capabilities undetected for extended periods of time", says Richard Robinson CEO at Cynalytica. "In response, US Government Agencies have released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) recommending that ICS/SCADA operators leverage a continuous OT monitoring solution to alert on malicious indicators and behaviors, watching internal systems and communications for known hostile actions and lateral movement. We are broadening our talk to reflect the cyber-physical elements of digital transformation efforts."
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Cynalytica, Inc. develops sensor & software machine learning analytics platforms that provide fully passive, fail-safe monitoring and analysis of physical layer communications in Industrial Control Systems (ICS/SCADA). Giving control system operators the ability to securely provide visibility and unique situational awareness to high-risk, high-impact cyber-physical assets such as Energy Systems, Water/Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Manufacturing, Nuclear Power, Defense Systems and Building Facilities.
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Gannett Fleming, Inc. Signs New Lease at Metro Centre
OWINGS MILLS, Md., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global engineering firm Gannett Fleming, Inc., has selected 10200 Grand Central Avenue within Metro Centre at Owings Mills for its newest location.
Founded in 1915, Gannett Fleming is a privately-held architecture and engineering firm that employs over 2,500 individuals and partners closely with clients across North America and select global locations to offer comprehensive infrastructure solutions to a wide range of markets, including transportation, life sciences, water resources, education, industrial, federal, power, and energy.
"Gannett Fleming's employees and clients are at the core of what we do. So it's important to provide our team with a collaborative workspace featuring the latest technology that serves our hybrid working model," said Derek Mostoller, PE, Vice President and Baltimore Office Principal for Gannett Fleming. "This new office location provides easy access to public transportation and allows us to be centrally located so that we can reach our clients quickly. We surveyed our employees about what they'd like to see in an office space, and this location within Metro Centre checked all of their boxes."
"We're glad to have a partner who is committed, like we are, to growth in the greater Baltimore area and to using technology to help facilitate our hybrid, collaboration-centric working model. Gannett Fleming is excited to continue to serve the region's infrastructure needs from this Owings Mills location," Mostoller added.
"Gannett Fleming is a world class engineering firm and we are very pleased that they have selected Metro Centre for their new office location," said Kevin Keane, Senior Vice President of Office Leasing at David S. Brown Enterprises. "The dynamic mix of amenities at Metro Centre will support their efforts to attract and retain the highest quality professionals who value a rewarding work environment."
Gannett Fleming plans to take occupancy within Suite 310 at 10200 Grand Central Avenue in the summer of 2022. They'll join current office tenants including SB & Company LLC and Myers & Stauffer LC among others.
Metro Centre at Owings Mills is a mixed-use Transit-Oriented Development that incorporates all aspects of an active, modern lifestyle into a single location. With commercial office and retail space, residential apartments, branches of the Baltimore County Public Library and Community College of Baltimore County, and a full-service Marriott hotel, Metro Centre blends the role of shopper, employee, and resident to create a highly productive and centralized project. For additional information, please visit metrocentreom.com
David S. Brown, a full-service real estate company founded in 1933, is headquartered in Owings Mills, MD. For additional information, please visit www.davidsbrown.com
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Culinary and restaurant management competition was first in-person event in three years and featured $200,000 in scholarship funds for winning teams
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Besting 80 other culinary and restaurant management teams from across the country, Caesar Rodney High School of Camden, Delaware, and Ben Barber Innovation Academy of Mansfield, Texas, earned first place finishes at the 2022 National ProStart Invitational (NPSI), hosted by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF). The competition, held in Washington, D.C., marked the first in-person event since 2019 and awarded more than $200,000 in scholarship funds to winning teams to support their future careers. Caesar Rodney High School won the culinary competition while Ben Barber Innovation Academy won the restaurant management competition.
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"We were thrilled to bring the top culinary and restaurant management high school students together, in-person, for the first time in three years," said Rob Gifford, President of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. "These high school students are the best-of-the-best, representing the industry's talent of tomorrow, and it was a pleasure to give them this platform to showcase their incredible skills on a national stage and win scholarships to support their career goals. We congratulate each participant and look forward to all that they will go on to achieve."
With sponsors including Ecolab, Nestlé Professional, The Coca-Cola Company and Golden Corral, the three-day national event kicked off on Friday, May 6 and saw over 1,000 attendees, including almost 400 ProStart participants and 68 judges.
Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, Delaware, earned their top spot in the culinary competition with a menu featuring flavors from France, Italy and Greece that included frisée salad with egg yolk ravioli, Mediterranean lamb loin, and chocolate dome with balsamic raspberries. Ben Barber Innovation Academy in Mansfield, Texas, won first place in the restaurant management competition with "The Herb'N Table" concept that featured a farm-to-table, contemporary-casual dining experience.
Below are the top five teams for each competition.
Culinary
- Caesar Rodney High School – Camden, Delaware
- Anderson Career and Technology Center – Williamston, South Carolina
- Herndon Career Center – Raytown, Missouri
- Ben Barber Innovation Academy – Mansfield, Texas
- Capital Area Technical Center – Augusta, Maine
Restaurant Management
- Ben Barber Innovation Academy – Mansfield, Texas
- Sauk Rapids-Rice High School – Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
- Wilson Central High School – Lebanon, Tennessee
- Wilbur Cross High School – New Haven, Connecticut
- Anderson Career and Technology Center – Williamston, South Carolina
Winning teams won a combined $200,000 in scholarships, which can be used at the college or university of their choice. Past NPSI winners have gone on to establish careers at some of the best restaurants in the world, including Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York and Alinea in Chicago.
During the award ceremony held Sunday evening, May 8, NPSI also celebrated teachers recognized through the ProStart National Educator of Excellence Awards (EEA). With support from Golden Corral, these annual awards recognize educators that demonstrate excellence in the classroom and have a passion for helping their students make the most of the opportunities offered through the ProStart program. Ben Rengstorf, a Roosevelt High School ProStart educator from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was named the James H. Maynard Teacher of the Year, while the following three select educators were also honored for their excellence in the following categories:
- Classroom Expertise: Stephanie Kunkel, Jackson High School, Massillon, Ohio
- Best Practice/Knowledge Sharing: Dominic Hawkes, Lancaster County School District Career Center, Lancaster, South Carolina
- Industry Connection: Daniel Wagner, Greene County Career & Technology Center, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
As the philanthropic foundation of the National Restaurant Association, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's (NRAEF) mission of service to the public is dedicated to enhancing the industry's training and education, career development and community engagement efforts.
The NRAEF and its programs work to Attract, Empower and Advance today's and tomorrow's restaurant and foodservice workforce. NRAEF programs include: ProStart® – a high-school career and technical education program; Restaurant Ready – partnering with community based organizations to provide "opportunity youth" with skills training and job opportunities; Military – helping military servicemen and women transition their skills to restaurant and foodservice careers; Scholarships – financial assistance for students pursuing restaurant, foodservice and hospitality degrees; and the Restaurant & Hospitality Leadership Center (RHLC) – accredited apprenticeship programs designed to build the careers of service professionals. For more information on the NRAEF, visit ChooseRestaurants.org.
Click here for the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation's 2021 Annual Impact Report.
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NEW YORK, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To help U.S. executives concerned about visibility into the security of their cloud workloads and applications, Deloitte has expanded existing capabilities to launch Cloud Security Management (CSM) by Deloitte. The platform of services and solutions includes cloud security policy orchestration (CSPO), cyber predictive analytics, attack surface management and cyber cloud managed services (CCMS) – all of which can be applied in Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and other public clouds alone, or in multi-cloud environments.
"We integrated newly acquired capabilities with our existing technologies and leading global security services to help our clients secure and enhance their cloud environments more efficiently and effectively," said Vikram Kunchala, Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory Cyber Cloud leader and principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP. "We worked to ensure our platform integrates and operates with the major cloud providers' security capabilities so that our clients can more easily scale their cloud security programs and apply security throughout the systems development lifecycle – even when non-standard security requirements are involved. Building upon the strength of the CSM by Deloitte platform, we plan to expand it over time as client demands change and the technology landscape evolves."
Deborah Golden, Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory Cyber and Strategic Risk leader and principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP said, "While many are eager to accelerate cloud adoption in a secure, resilient and agile manner, that process is not always easy or simple – particularly when digital transformations occur at various stages, multiple cloud environments are involved, and regulatory compliance requires a variety of shared infrastructure situations, inclusive of third-party requirements. Whether organizations want to leverage our advanced technologies or large practice of highly skilled cyber specialists – or both – CSM by Deloitte acts as a potential change agent for organizations that want to operate confidently and securely in the cloud environment even as that threat landscape evolves."
The CSM by Deloitte platform initially includes:
- A CSPO solution offering continuous, cloud-native, multi-cloud security posture monitoring and policy application. Leveraging a comprehensive set of industry-specific policies provided in the form of policy-as-code, the solution can be customized and managed via GitOps to serve as the "single source of truth" for policy enforcement while also making it easier for DevSecOps teams to include security earlier in product development.
- CCMS include end-to-end cloud security design, 24x7x365 operations support, as well as multiple specialization modules. Clients can apply one, some or all modules to their environments, including identity and access management, infrastructure and network security, detection logging and monitoring, data protection, infrastructure and network security, threat and incident response, endpoint protection as well as DevSecOps, automation and orchestration.
- Cyber predictive analytics that leverage models trained on attack simulations and real-world data to quickly comb through petabytes of data, surfacing threats that might otherwise be missed. Through automated threat hunting and detection, actionable risk metrics are combined and accessible through an interactive, persona-driven suite of dashboards.
- Attack surface management functionality incorporates the results of continuous testing through managed services and intelligent automation into threat detection and response activities. Asset identification, service fingerprinting and vulnerability scanning help users define specific risk areas, identify high priority security and compliance issues and orchestrate remediation efforts.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's Pizza has partnered with Crave InfoTech to automate some of their supply chain processes. Crave InfoTech, an SAP partner, has structured and helped deploy Domino's solution using the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
Domino's Pizza and Crave InfoTech would attend the SAPs Sapphire 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Domino's Enterprise Systems IT and Crave Infotech, at Sapphire 2022, will highlight how they were able to jointly deliver favorable outcomes and savings for Domino's Supply Chain.
Shrikant Nistane, CEO, Crave InfoTech, said, "We are always keen to deliver real-world solutions to actual industry problems. Domino's Pizza has been stellar in supporting our vision and allowing us to make a difference in their consistently innovative scheme of operations".
Harish Subramanian, IT Director, Enterprise Systems at Domino's Pizza said, "We are extremely thrilled to have Crave as a strategic partner in this initiative. Crave InfoTech stood tall not just with their understanding of our specific challenges, but also with the subsequent fast solution deployment"
About Crave InfoTech
Crave InfoTech, based in Piscataway, New Jersey, is a fast-growing tech company with deep expertise in SAP BTP, Intelligent Enterprise, and Enterprise Mobility Enablement with quick-to-deploy Intelligent Supply Chain Management, Intelligent Asset Management, and Intelligent Warehouse Management solutions.
About Domino's Pizza
Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the largest pizza company in the world, with a significant business in both delivery and carryout pizza. It ranks among the world's top public restaurant brands with a global enterprise of more than 18,800 stores in over 90 markets. Domino's had global retail sales of nearly $17.8 billion in 2021, with over $8.6 billion in the U.S. and over $9.1 billion internationally. In the fourth quarter of 2021, Domino's had global retail sales of over $5.5 billion, with over $2.6 billion in the U.S. and nearly $2.9 billion internationally. Its system is comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted for 98% of Domino's stores as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2021. Emphasis on technology innovation helped Domino's achieve more than half of all global retail sales in 2021 from digital channels.
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SAO PAULO, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The growing trend of consumers who are concerned with health, well-being and food transparency has brought the clean label concept to the forefront throughout the world. In order to attend this crescent demand, Duas Rodas is introducing its portfolio of carrier free botanicals from Latin America, which presents powdered ingredients for various food and beverage categories.
Simple and easy to understand, carrier free products attract consumers who are interested in more transparent and natural food and beverage options.
Featuring the characteristic flavor and color of fresh fruits, seeds and plants, carrier free ingredients from Duas Rodas are excellent alternatives to boosting health claims in food and beverage formulas, in addition to providing clean label exposure for products.
The portfolio, which includes 100% fruit powder options such as Papaya, Orange, Mango, Banana, Cocoa pulp and Tomato, is enhanced by ingredients no carrier standardized in active compounds, such as Acerola, Açaí, Guarana Extract, Yerba Mate Extract and Guayusa Extract.
Established 96 years ago in the largest biome in the world, Duas Rodas was a pioneer in the manufacture of essential oils in Brazil and has extensive expertise in both the production of flavors and botanical ingredients as well as in extraction and drying processes. Rosemeri Francener, the Director of International Business at Duas Rodas, explains: "Our products are 100% free from any carriers or trace solvents; they are obtained through extraction, whenever necessary, and subsequently dried using spray or drum dryer processes."
With 10,000 customers in over 30 countries, Duas Rodas offers 3,000 items, including flavors, natural extracts, dehydrated ingredients, condiments, additives, ice cream, chocolate and confectionery products. Founded by German immigrants, the company has three units in Brazil, with another three in Chile, Colombia and Mexico. The company offers products with international certifications, including Kosher, Halal, Organic Products and Fair for Life, in addition to FSSC 22000 and SMETA.
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WINTERHAVEN, Fla., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dugout Mugs is proud to announce Homers For Heroes/The Alonso Foundation as our latest Cheers to Charity recipient. Started by New York Mets superstar Pete Alonso and his wife Haley, Homers for Heroes was started to raise money and support those who helped throughout the pandemic.
"We felt that we needed to step up and help in any way possible," Alonso said. "As our lives have changed, we've been continually struck by the acts of kindness and humanity that we've seen emerge – from doctors working long hours to people taking care of their neighbors and many more stories."
That selflessness is what has made Pete a leader on the field and off and the reason it was a home run for Dugout Mugs and the 2x Home Run Derby champion to team up and raise money. In addition to our initial donation, a portion of all sales from our collection at DugoutMugs.com/PeteAlonso will go directly back to the foundation.
"At Dugout Mugs, we were given such an amazing platform,' said Dugout Mugs CEO and Partner Kris Dehnert. "Randall Thompson, our President, and Founder, and I had this great conversation that we're very blessed. So why not turn around and give back to those heroes in our baseball community like Pete and Haley, and countless others?"
This past year, the Alonso's focused on giving back to the youth in areas and communities that are near and dear to their heart.
"We focused a lot on kids in the New York community because we want to help inspire and do some good that way because that's the future right there," he said. "So, we want to continue to help people here, but in my hometown of Tampa, Florida as well."
In the coming months, the organization will transition from Homers To Heroes to the Alonso Foundation.
"So Homers for Heroes is good because it's catchy because I am playing baseball," Alonso explained. "However, after baseball, we are not done. We want this to be a lasting legacy."
As their philanthropic footprint expands, Pete and Haley also want to help our furry friends.
"We want to provide some resources, whether it be food, toys, or treats, to some local shelters to help out animals because there are a ton of animals that need homes out there," he said. "We'd love to help as many animals as we can."
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FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EmergeOrtho is now serving patients at a new office in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. This new location expands our specialty orthopedic services to even more people who live, work, and play in the Triangle Region.
With orthopedic urgent care, total joint replacement, diagnostic imaging, and occupational and physical therapy, Fuquay-Varina, NC is now a leading destination for excellent orthopedic care in the Triangle Region. It joins 16 other locations in the area, including medical centers and urgent care facilities in Apex, Chapel Hill, Durham, Oxford, Raleigh, Wake Forest, and more.
"Opening the new facility in Fuquay-Varina allows us to reach more people who live on the outskirts of the Triangle Region," explained EmergeOrtho-Triangle Region President and Spine Specialist Dr. David Musante. "It's important that we provide specialty Orthopedic Urgent Care for accidents and injuries and to be able to reach more people who want to avoid going to the emergency room. As the newest part of the EmergeOrtho family, Fuquay-Varina expands the range of specialists our patients can access."
EmergeOrtho Fuquay-Varina provides walk-in orthopedic urgent care, an invaluable service for active local residents. Urgent care is ideal for sprains, strains, fractures, and unexplained muscle, joint, and back pain. Instead of wasting time waiting in an emergency room, patients can get the specialty care they need right away in this convenient new location.
The new Fuquay-Varina location offers additional specialties for patients needing ongoing orthopedic care:
- Advanced diagnostic imaging for diagnosing both urgent care and regular patients
- Joint replacement surgeries performed by experienced, board-certified orthopedic surgeons and joint specialists
- Physical and occupational therapy for rehabilitation after injuries and surgeries
To learn more about the specialty offerings in Fuquay-Varina, visit the EmergeOrtho website. Request an appointment today to work with the Triangle Region's best orthopedic specialists.
About EmergeOrtho—Triangle Region
Since 1952, EmergeOrtho–Triangle Region has been providing comprehensive subspecialty orthopedic care to address a diverse variety of injuries and conditions. Our Triangle practices consist of 16 locations, including 13 Orthopedic Urgent Cares located in Apex, Brier Creek, Burlington, Chapel Hill, Durham, Dunn, Fuquay-Varina, Oxford, Southpoint, Smithfield, Raleigh, Wake Forest, and Wilson.
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THE COLLABORATION MARKS FAZE CLAN'S FIRST GAMING KEYBOARD RELEASE
THE FAZE CLAN X DUCKY PRODUCTS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE OPENING DAY OF "THE ARMORY" IN LOS ANGELES ON MAY 14TH AND ONLINE MAY 15TH
LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, FaZe Clan, Inc. ("FaZe Clan"), the lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture, announced a collaboration with Ducky, a leading manufacturer in professional mechanical keyboards and high quality PBT material keycaps. This collaboration signifies FaZe Clan's expansion into gaming products and electronics with its first FaZe-branded keyboard, giving FaZe and Ducky fans a tech experience that can only be achieved through a convergence of these industry leaders.
The limited-edition collaboration will first be available in-store on the opening day of The Armory, FaZe Clan's immersive gaming lounge and retail pop-up experience located on Fairfax & Melrose in LA on May 14th. The Armory will be open on Saturday, May 14th from 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM and Sunday, May 15th from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Additionally, the FaZe Clan x Ducky collaboration will be available for sale online on May 15th at 12pm PT at The FaZe Shop.
The two well-known gaming brands link up to present the FaZe Clan x Ducky One 3 Mini, a mechanical keyboard designed to perform during your most intense moments. The compact 60% form factor allows for ample desk space for wide sweeping mouse arcs. Unique block style keycaps are equipped, which take inspiration from the design language of architectural concrete to give the keyboard modern and stylish energy. The keyboard is hot-swappable and features Ducky's exclusive "Quack Mechanics" that aim to provide users with a satisfying typing experience. Its translucent casing and double-shot keycaps allow RGB lighting to shine vividly while maintaining lasting durability.
The FaZe Clan x Ducky One 3 Mini comes with a detachable USB Type-C cable, switch/ keycap puller and exclusive FaZe Clan logo "F" key and spacebar. The keyboard feature functions such as N-Key rollover and Per-key RGB lighting.
"We are extremely excited to partner with Ducky to release our first official FaZe Clan keyboard," says Derek Chestnut, FaZe Clan's VP of Consumer Products. "Many of our founders and talent are longtime fans of Ducky, making this such an authentic way to continue to build out our consumer products business with Ducky's high-tech gaming products and electronics."
"It's a tremendous honor to work closely with FaZe Clan in developing this exciting new keyboard and be a part of the positive footprint that FaZe continues to create in the gaming community," said Strong Huang, General Manager of Ducky. "Our collaboration with FaZe Clan is about delivering fans solid and reliable mechanical gaming products."
This announcement is the first of multiple collaborations and limited-edition drops that FaZe Clan will be announcing in the coming weeks as programming for The Armory is revealed. Open hours each weekend will be Thursday - Friday from 1:00 pm - 7:00pm, Saturday from 11:00 am - 7:00 pm and Sunday from 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
ABOUT DUCKY
DuckyChannel is a leading manufacturer and developer of high-end professional keyboards and mice of spectacular quality and performance. With partners in over 50 countries, DuckyChannel strives to create products that are not just your average PC peripherals, but also pieces of art by fusing cultural traditions with state-of-the-art technology. It is our mission to meet users and collectors' needs.
ABOUT FAZE CLAN
FaZe Clan is a digital-native lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture, reimagining traditional entertainment for the next generation. Founded in 2010 by a group of kids on the internet, FaZe Clan was created for and by Gen Z and Millennials, and today operates across multiple verticals with transformative content, tier-one brand partnerships, a collective of notable talent, and fashion and consumer products. Reaching over 500 million followers across social platforms globally, FaZe Clan delivers a wide variety of entertainment spanning video blogs, lifestyle and branded content, gaming highlights and live streams of highly competitive gaming tournaments. FaZe Clan's roster of more than 85 influential personalities consists of engaging content creators, esports professionals, world-class gamers and a mix of talent who go beyond the world of gaming, including NFL star Kyler "FaZe K1" Murray, Lebron "FaZe Bronny" James Jr., Lil Yachty aka "FaZe Boat" and Snoop Dogg aka "FaZe Snoop." Its gaming division includes ten competitive esports teams who have won over 30 world championships. For more information, visit www.fazeclan.com, investor.fazeclan.com and follow FaZe Clan on Twitter, https://www.instagram.com/fazeclan/?hl=en, YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch.
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Qualified VESA DisplayPort Authorized Test Centers Ready for End-Product UHBR Certification
BEAVERTON, Ore., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced that the first video source and display devices supporting DisplayPort UHBR (Ultra-high Bit Rate) – the higher data link rates supported by the DisplayPort standard version 2.0 – have completed certification through the DisplayPort UHBR Certification Program. To achieve this important milestone, UHBR chipset reference source and display designs provided by AMD, MediaTek and Realtek successfully met the PHY, link and interoperability testing requirements outlined in the DisplayPort 2.0 Compliance Test Specification (CTS). The higher bandwidths enabled by UHBR support a variety of use cases such as uncompressed 8K 60Hz HDR, 4K 240Hz HDR, two 4K 120Hz HDR or four 4K 60Hz HDR displays through a single cable.
VESA also announced today that qualified VESA DisplayPort Authorized Test Centers (ATCs) are ready to begin testing and certification of UHBR end-products using approved test equipment and reference sink and source devices for interoperability testing.
An engineering demonstration of a reference source and sink device setup from AMD and MediaTek operating at UHBR link rates will be showcased at the Display Week Symposium and Exhibition in San Jose, Calif., on May 10-12, 2022 at VESA booth #214 at the San Jose Convention Center.
"These latest developments in the DisplayPort UHBR Certification Program represent major steps forward in the roll-out of the DisplayPort UHBR ecosystem for new video, display and cable products supporting higher resolutions and refresh rates," stated James Choate, compliance program manager for VESA. "Certification of UHBR reference devices must undergo rigorous testing to ensure they meet the requirements outlined in the DisplayPort 2.0 CTS. We're excited to announce that a set of reference silicon has been verified to meet the requirements of the DisplayPort 2.0 spec through our certification program. VESA now has the testing infrastructure in place to evaluate and certify OEM end products, and we are ready to work with the ecosystem to bring next-generation DisplayPort chipsets and IP to market."
"We are very proud to be the first DisplayPort adopter to achieve DisplayPort UHBR certification for a sink device," said Vince Hu, corporate vice president and general manager, Compute Business Unit, MediaTek Inc. "With the features that DisplayPort 2.0 brings to the table, we are able to develop advanced, robust technologies that system manufacturers can leverage to revolutionize the consumer's highest quality visual experience. VESA requires very stringent testing before certification can be granted, making MediaTek's achievement even more impressive. We are honored to play a critical role in VESA's efforts to ensure interoperability and deliver industry leading products to market."
"We are delighted to continue our deep collaboration with VESA on developing the DisplayPort 2.0 UHBR ecosystem through use of AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series processor as a certified reference source device," said Syed Athar Hussain, VESA board vice-chairman and AMD CVP and display domain senior fellow. "The DisplayPort UHBR Certification Program will ensure sources, cables, and displays interoperate seamlessly and build a robust ecosystem that delivers the full potential of DisplayPort 2.0 UHBR technology. UHBR rates defined by the DisplayPort standard represent a new paradigm for display connectivity, with unprecedented bandwidth to facilitate smooth gaming, efficient video playback, and greater than 8K-resolution professional displays."
Yee-Wei Huang, spokesperson and vice president of the Multimedia Business Group at Realtek, stated, "We are proud to announce that our first DisplayPort 2.0 Rx solution and DisplayPort 2.0 Tx solution have passed VESA's UHBR Certification Program. This will help customers to quickly achieve end-product certification as part of the VESA interoperability compliance testing program. With the new Realtek DisplayPort 2.0 Rx/Tx solutions, an end user can enjoy a more responsive and better resolution display on multiple display applications. This offers a significant leap forward that can satisfy both commercial and consumer markets as high quality monitors and docking stations continue to evolve."
Product developers who take advantage of the DisplayPort UHBR Certification Program gain the ability to use the VESA Certified DisplayPort logo on their products and become reference devices for end-use product interoperability testing. Video source and display devices from AMD, MediaTek and Realtek have already been certified, while more source and display devices from VESA member companies are undergoing certification. In addition, multiple UHBR-capable cable products have also completed certification and are commercially available.
Visit https://www.displayport.org/products-database/ for the latest list of VESA certified DisplayPort products. For guaranteed DisplayPort performance, be sure to check for the DisplayPort logo since only VESA certified DisplayPort products are authorized to carry the logo.
For more information on the VESA DisplayPort Compliance Program, including DisplayPort Authorized Test Centers, visit https://vesa.org/displayport-developer/compliance/.
About VESA
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) is an international, non-profit standards association representing a global network of more than 300 hardware, software, computer, display and component manufacturers committed to developing and promoting the electronics industry. For 30 years, VESA has created and supported simple, universal and cross-product solutions for today's video and electronics industry. The association's standards include DisplayPort™, the industry replacement for DVI, LVDS and VGA. DisplayPort utilizes a state-of-the-art digital protocol and provides an expandable foundation to enable astonishing digital display experiences. For more information on VESA, please visit http://www.vesa.org/.
VESA® is a registered trademark and DisplayPort™ is a trademark of VESA. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, and registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.
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More foster families needed in every community across Colorado
DENVER, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To mark National Foster Care Month and encourage more Coloradans to become foster parents, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) celebrated five foster families during a luncheon at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on Saturday. Over the last two years of the pandemic, Colorado foster families have leaned into caring for Colorado's children and youth, and county departments of human/social services and child placement agencies have continued to recruit and train new foster families.
"The five families being honored are examples of ordinary Coloradans doing something extraordinary to strengthen families and their community. Their support for reunification and commitment to caring for youth is remarkable," said Michelle Barnes, Executive Director of CDHS. "They are an inspiration for others to consider what they can do right now to make a difference for kids and families."
When parents need additional support to provide safety and care for their children, county human/social service agencies work to meet those needs while keeping families together. If that is not possible, caseworkers first look for kin — adults who have an established, trusted relationship with the child — to step in. If no kin is available, a foster family is there to provide safety, stability and care. Today in Colorado, there are 3,735 children and youth living with Colorado's 1,937 certified kinship and foster families. Additionally, there are 402 children and youth in the foster care system who are waiting to be adopted.
Every community in Colorado needs more foster families as the state continues to implement the Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First). Family First is a federal law that, among several other provisions, seeks to ensure children and youth who cannot live safely at home are living in a kinship or foster family home rather than in a congregate care setting. Many of the families recognized by CDHS this year excel at caring for older youth who might otherwise live in a congregate care setting, such as a group home or residential child care facility.
Being a foster parent, while challenging, can be extremely rewarding. In Colorado foster parents can be:
- Single, married or in a committed relationship
- All races and ethnicities
- All sexual orientations, gender identities or gender expressions
- Homeowners or renters
- An experienced parent or a first-time parent
- Older or young (minimum 21 years old)
To learn more about becoming a foster parent, visit CO4Kids.org.
The five families being honored by the State of Colorado for National Foster Care Month are:
Jess and Kevin Andrews from Idalia - certified by Yuma County Department of Human Services
Jess and Kevin became foster parents 10 years ago and have provided foster care for more than 15 children and youth, in addition to hosting foreign exchange students who have also come to be like family on their large ranch. They creatively problem solve to create safe environments for young people in their home and keep in contact with children and youth after they leave. Jess and Kevin recently finalized their second adoption and continue to serve as foster parents in their rural community where foster homes are needed to keep children and youth close to their communities.
Bob and Molly Cortinez from Commerce City - certified by Bethany Christian Services
Bob and Molly became foster parents in 1987 when a young person on the bus Molly drove needed a safe place to go. Since then, they have also ran a group home and have cared for approximately 900 children and youth. Having been a young mother herself, Molly has focused on helping teen girls as well as young mothers. Bob and Molly currently have five teenage girls in foster care in their home. In addition to providing structure and focusing on education, Molly and Bob also strive to create happy experiences - such as going to Disney World and Elitch Gardens - with the young people in their home, many of whom keep in touch and return to visit.
Charles Howes and Sean Neil-Barron from Fort Collins - certified by Larimer County Department of Human Services
Charles and Sean were married in 2018 and became foster parents and first-time parents two and half years ago. For the last two years, they have been caring for the same young person and have found creative ways to use play to parent him in a trauma-informed way. During this time, they have seen the young person in their care grow both physically and emotionally and have developed a strong bond. Charles and Sean are grateful for the team of professionals and friends who support them and the young person in their care. Charles and Sean also like to travel with the young person in their care and create opportunities for him to have new experiences.
Jamie Kopinski from Colorado Springs - certified by Kids Crossing
Jamie is a single parent who has been caring for teens in foster care for five years. She currently has six teenagers in her home who range in age from 15 to 19 including a sibling group of three who are in foster care. Jamie connects with the young people in her home by trying to understand their behaviors in a trauma-informed way and being a strong advocate for their physical and mental health. She also ensures the young people in her home create positive memories such as planning a taco-themed prom and a quinceanera at home during the pandemic.
Ashley and Mark Spontarelli from Pueblo - certified by Pueblo County Department of Human Services
Ashley and Mark bece foster parents five years ago. Since then, they have supported biological families and sibling groups in foster care. Ashley and Mark have one biological son and have adopted three children, including two brothers. They currently provide foster care to a sibling group of three. With seven children in their home ranging in age from one to 19, the family stays busy and enjoys spending time outside, being active, and encouraging the children to use their imaginations. They take advantage of all the services available to them in their community and also travel to appointments outside of their community in order to support the children and youth in their care.
Media Contact
Madlynn Ruble, Deputy Director of Communications
Colorado Department of Human Services
303-866-3411
madlynn.ruble@state.co.us
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PITTSBURGH, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadway returned to its springtime tradition of announcing Tony Awards nominations in May ahead of the June 12 ceremony at Radio City Music Hall.
Four Carnegie Mellon University alumni were nominated for nine Tony Awards during a streaming nominations event on May 9. This marks 13 consecutive years in which Carnegie Mellon alumni earned Tony nominations. To date, Carnegie Mellon alumni have won 52 Tony Awards. This year's nominees:
- Producer Jamie deRoy, a 1967 School of Drama alumna, received a total of four nominations in three categories: "Hangmen" and "The Lehman Trilogy" (Best Play); "Mr. Saturday Night" (Best Musical); and "Company" (Best Revival of a Musical).
- Producer Kevin Emrick, a 2007 School of Drama alumnus, received a total of three nominations in three categories: "A Strange Loop" (Best Musical); "Company" (Best Revival of a Musical); and "The Lehman Trilogy" (Best Play).
- Actress Sutton Foster, 1997 School of Drama alumna, was nominated for her role as Marian the Librarian in "The Music Man" (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical).
- Billy Porter, a 1991 School of Drama alumnus, was nominated as producer for "A Strange Loop" (Best Musical).
For the first time in its 75-year history, the entire Tony Awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall can be viewed live coast to coast. The celebration commences at 7 p.m. ET with an hour of exclusive content streaming on Paramount+, followed by the presentation of the American Theatre Wing's 75th Annual Tony Awards starting at 8 p.m. ET on the CBS and Paramount+.
"We congratulate all of the 2022 Tony Award nominees, especially our fellow Tartans, whose collective talent and perseverance helped Broadway to rebound resoundingly this season," said CMU President Farnam Jahanian. "We are proud of our alumni and their body of work, and we look forward to helping the world celebrate the return of Broadway's biggest night."
Carnegie Mellon is the exclusive higher education partner of the Tony Awards. CMU's School of Drama is the first degree-granting drama program in the United States and is recognized as one of the world's best drama schools. For more information about CMU and The Tony Awards, visit https://cmu.is/tony-nominations
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NEWARK, N.J., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genie Energy Ltd. (NYSE: GNE, GNEPRA), a leading retail and renewable energy solutions provider, today revised its previously announced presentation time at the Sidoti May Virtual MicroCap Conference. Avi Goldin, chief financial officer, will now present on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Goldin and Michael Stein, chief executive officer, will host one-on-one meetings with investors throughout the conference on May 11th and 12th.
Please sign up for one-on-ones through the Sidoti conference portal or by contacting Brian Siegel from Hayden IR at brian@haydenir.com
ABOUT GENIE ENERGY LTD.
Genie Energy Ltd. (NYSE: GNE, GNEPRA), is a global provider of energy services. The Genie Retail Energy division supplies electricity, including electricity from renewable resources, and natural gas to residential and small business customers in deregulated markets in the United States. The Genie Retail Energy International division supplies customers in Scandinavia. The Genie Renewables division comprises Genie Solar Energy, a provider of end-to-end customized solar solutions primarily for commercial customers, Diversegy, a commercials energy consulting business, CityCom Solar, a provider of community solar energy solutions and Genie's interest in Prism Solar, a supplier of solar panels and solutions. For more information, visit Genie.com.
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LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GR0, the fastest-growing SEO agency in the United States, today announced that Paul Teddy has joined the company as new SEO Director. In his new role, Teddy will be responsible for leading GR0's SEO department, managing and streamlining operations, and enhancing company growth at a strategic level. Teddy will report to GR0 Co-founders, Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Miller, and Chief Growth Officer, Jonathan Zacharias.
Teddy comes to GR0 from Wpromote where, as Senior Director of SEO, he was responsible for team leading, mentoring, and training, as well as developing tools and automation processes to improve SEO delivery across the department and industry. Prior to Wpromote, Teddy was the SEO Lead for Emarketed, and before that, Teddy spent nearly five years as SEO Department Manager for SLS.
"With a 301% YoY growth rate from 2020 to 2021, it's imperative that we find the best and brightest talent in the business – both to help us maintain our level of service and to help us scale the business to even greater heights," said GR0 Co-founder and CEO, Kevin Miller. "Teddy is exactly that. He possesses a unique and highly technical skill set and comes to the table with years of industry experience. We're so lucky to have him."
Founded in 2020 against all odds at the start of a global pandemic, GR0 has managed to quickly win over brands with its three-pronged approach to SEO that marries content writing with backlink acquisition and on-page optimization. GR0's growing client base includes a mix of hot startups and established national brands such as Olivers, Jack Mason, Genexa, Opendoor, AdQuick, Comrad, Pumpkin, Public Rec, M13, Venus Fleur, and many more.
About GR0:
Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, GR0 is an award-winning digital marketing agency focused exclusively on igniting organic growth for direct-to-consumer and business-to-business startups and established brands. GR0 empowers these brands to build powerful online brands using a highly technical, best-in-class approach that delivers value and experience to consumers, and engagement and sales for brands. For more information, please visit: https://gr0.com/
Contact:
Mark Ballard
GR0 / Harmonica
mark@harmonica.co
+1 646-391-0453
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Company Certified™ by Great Place To Work® and Honored as Top Workplace by the Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA, May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heart + Paw pet care, one of the fastest growing veterinary care, grooming, and dog daycare center groups in the country, has received both national and local recognition as an "employer-of-choice" and a Top Workplace, based on employee feedback.
Heart + Paw has earned Great Place to Work® Certification™, recognized worldwide as the global benchmark for identifying and acknowledging outstanding employee experience. In Pennsylvania, where the company is headquartered, Heart + Paw has also been named a Top Workplaces 2022 by the Philadelphia Inquirer. This recognition is based solely on employee feedback across 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization.
Founded in 2018, Heart + Paw puts the wellbeing of team members at the forefront, allowing teams to deliver the absolute best quality and compassionate care, while also attracting the highest quality talent available. Teams are empowered to do what is right and to serve their communities – Heart + Paw calls it pet care without limits. And that's not all. Heart + Paw invests in ongoing education, supports mentorship and its teams live the ethos of volunteerism. Deep connections with community organizations include local shelters, communities at-risk, and local schools. Heart + Paw offers competitive salaries, a generous sign-on bonus, and a signature Doctor Rewards Program, which provides a long-term incentive plan as well as an employee bonus program.
Every decision made at Heart + Paw, is made through the lens of its core values which are: transparency, empathy, attentiveness, collaboration, and trust. As Heart + Paw's mission and ability to deliver on its core values spread throughout the industry, it has grown from 10 to 23 locations in the past year and is expected to double in 2022.
"I'm heartened by what our employees had to say about their work experience at Heart + Paw," said co-founder and Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. George Melillo. "We will build upon this recognition and continue our path of doing better each day, supporting our veterinary professionals, and treating our pets and their parents as family. We believe this is the key to our success and longevity."
"Our growth comes by putting people first. Our team members have a voice in driving change, advancing the practice of veterinary medicine and helping us grow in a meaningful way," said David Lasus, CEO of Heart + Paw. "That's why this recognition is so rewarding."
WE'RE HIRING!
Heart + Paw's industry-leading reputation and core values to make it a destination employer.
Looking to grow your career at a company that puts its people first? Visit our careers page at: https://heartandpawjobs.com/.
About Heart + Paw
Founded in 2018, Heart + Paw is now one of the fastest growing veterinary care, grooming, and dog daycare center groups in the country, Heart + Paw's state-of-the art clinics and its network of partner practices treat pets with a low-stress approach while providing the very best care, incorporating myriad advanced technologies, top-of-the-line amenities, equipment selected based on years of practice and research, and a fresh philosophy for pets, pet parents and the veterinarian teams. In the last year, Heart + Paw saw explosive growth, and rapidly expanded from 10 to 23 locations, under the leadership of co-founder and Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. George Melillo, and Chief Executive Officer Dave Lasus. In 2022, Heart + Paw expects to nearly double locations. To learn more, visit Heart + Paw online at heartandpaw.com, or follow Heart + Paw on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Contact
Kirsten Zier
Robin Communications
845-661-6186
Kirsten@robincomm.com
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