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DoorDash delivery driver shot and killed, police looking for vehicle of interest
MODESTO, Calif. (Gray News) – California police are investigating after a shooting left a 56-year-old delivery driver dead.
The Modesto Police Department said its Violent Crimes Unit is investigating the shooting of Andrew Satavu on April 18.
Satavu, a delivery driver for DoorDash, had just completed a food delivery in the 1600 block of Gardenia Road in Modesto when he was shot, police said
Detectives with the department are now asking for the public’s help in identifying a vehicle in a surveillance video. The car is considered a vehicle of interest in the investigation and appears to be a late 90s four-door Toyota Camry.
Police are asking for tips to be left with Detective Doug Ridenour at 209-495-9844 or by email at RidenourDM@Modestopd.
Calls can also be made to Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous at 209-521-4636.
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Driver busted for hauling SUV inside of a U-Haul truck in Washington
OKANOGAN, Wash. (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - A driver’s unique use of a U-Haul moving truck had many drivers doing a double-take in central Washington state.
A state trooper with the Washington State Patrol pulled over the truck after several other drivers reported a car hanging out the back of the moving truck, according to television station KXLY.
Troopers said the driver was stopped in Okanogan County, about four hours east of Seattle.
The driver had a suspended license and the U-Haul truck was long overdue. They were fined $139 for the unsafe load.
The U-Haul box truck and its unique cargo were both impounded by officers.
“Safety is paramount on our roadways.” Jeff Lockridge, Manager of Media & Public Relations for U-Haul, said. “It’s easy to point a finger and chuckle at the absurdity of these photos, but there are extreme dangers associated with this kind of action, which is a clear violation of the customer contract and traffic laws.”
If you plan on moving soon and need to tow a vehicle, Lockridge says U-Haul does provide an entire line of affordable equipment rentals dedicated specifically to safely towing vehicles at uhaul.com/towing.
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Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said Twitter would reverse its ban of former President Donald Trump if his purchase of the social media company goes through, signaling just how permissive the platform could become toward free speech under his ownership.
Speaking virtually at an auto conference, the Tesla CEO said Tuesday that Twitter’s ban of Trump following the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was a “morally bad decision” and “foolish in the extreme.”
“I think that was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice,” said Musk, adding that he preferred temporary suspensions and other narrowly tailored punishments for content that is illegal or otherwise “destructive to the world.”
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey voiced his agreement in a Tuesday tweet in which he said “generally permanent bans are a failure of ours and don’t work.”
Shares of Twitter dropped 1.5% Tuesday to $47.24 per share. That’s 13 percent below the offer of $54.20 per share — or $44 billion — that Musk made on April 14, a reflection of Wall Street’s concerns that the deal could still fall through. Musk emphasized Tuesday that it is “certainly not a done deal.”
Musk has repeatedly criticized Twitter’s content moderation decisions, including banning Trump for “incitement of violence,” but had mostly avoided saying what he would do about Trump’s account. He was pressed for more details Tuesday by Peter Campbell, an automotive correspondent for the Financial Times, which hosted the auto conference.
“If Musk is concerned that many people were upset that Trump was banned, he should see how many more people would be upset if Trump was not banned,” said Kirsten Martin, a professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame. “Musk only appears to be worried about the opinion of a small group of individuals who incite violence or perpetuate hate speech.”
Trump has previously said that he had no intention of rejoining Twitter even if his account was reinstated, telling Fox News last month that he would instead focus on his own platform, Truth Social, which has been mired in problems since its launch earlier this year.
Musk appeared to take those claims at face value, saying Tuesday that Trump will be going to Truth Social along with a “large part” of the U.S. political right, creating a situation that’s “frankly worse than having a single forum where everyone can debate.”
A Trump spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment in response to Musk’s remarks.
While Trump was president, his Twitter persona functioned as a mix of policy announcements, often out of the blue; complaints about the media; disparagement of women, minorities and his perceived enemies; and praise for his supporters, replete with exclamation marks, all-caps, and one-word declarations such as “Sad!”
He fired numerous officials on Twitter and his posts, like his speeches at rallies, were a torrent of misinformation.
In announcing its ban of Trump in 2021, Twitter said his tweets amounted to glorification of violence when read in the context of the Capitol riot and plans circulating online for future armed protests around the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Musk’s remarks Tuesday raise questions about whether those banned besides Trump could also return. The long list of people banned from Twitter includes QAnon loyalists, COVID deniers, neo-Nazis and former reality star Tila Tequila, who was suspended for hate speech.
Other Trump allies kicked off Twitter include Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was permanently banned in January for repeatedly spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccine safety.
White supremacist David Duke and the often violent Proud Boys organization have been banned, along with far-right trolls like one who goes by the name Baked Alaska, who promoted anti-Semitic tropes and faces charges stemming from his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack.
Alex Jones, the creator of Infowars, was permanently banned in 2018 for abusive behavior. Last year, Jones lost a defamation case filed by the parents of children killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting over Jones’ repeated claims that the shooting was fake.
Twitter, Musk said Tuesday, currently has a strong bias to the left, largely because it is located in San Francisco. This alleged bias prevents it from building trust in the rest of the U.S. and the world, he said: “It’s far too random and I think Twitter needs to be much more even handed.”
Twitter declined to comment on Musk’s remarks.
Earlier on Tuesday, Musk said he supported a new European Union law aimed at protecting social media users from harmful content after he met with the bloc’s single market chief.
EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he outlined to Musk how the bloc’s online regulations aim to uphold free speech while also making sure whatever is illegal “will be forbidden in the digital space,” which Musk “fully agreed with.”
In a video Breton tweeted late Monday, Musk said the two had a “great discussion” and that he agrees with the Digital Services Act, which is expected to get final approval later this year. It will make big tech companies like Twitter, Google and Facebook parent Meta police their platforms more strictly for illegal or harmful content like hate speech and disinformation or face billions in fines.
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O’Brien reported from Providence, Rhode Island.; Krisher reported from Detroit. Associated Press writer David Klepper contributed from Providence, Rhode Island.
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GRAPHIC: Mother seriously injured when hit by driver while taking trash out, family says
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Gray News) - A Texas mother was sent to the hospital for several days after being seriously injured in a collision when she was just taking out the trash.
On April 14, a driver fell asleep at the wheel and hit Shelby Mackenzie in front of her home in San Antonio, according to her family.
Shelby Mackenzie was taking her trash can out when a vehicle jumped the curb and hit her. Her family said she was thrown about 15-20 feet and landed on her head on the sidewalk.
She was immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and spent time in the intensive care unit. Her family said she was diagnosed with two skull fractures, three subdural hemorrhages, a dissection of her internal carotid artery and a complete rupture of her ligaments in her right knee.
The driver involved in the crash had the minimum required insurance without any assets, according to Shelby Mackenzie’s family. So, Megan Mackenzie said she started a GoFundMe page on behalf of an amazing sister and daughter to help with medical bills.
Megan Mackenzie said Shelby Mackenzie is a single mother of a 3-year-old daughter named Olivia and is healing but has thousands of hospital bills after being able to leave the hospital after a two-week stay.
Megan Mackenzie has thanked the public already for the help the family has already received and said given the uncertainty of pending medical expenses, they have raised their fundraising goal.
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GRAPHIC: Parents say officer used excessive force against middle schooler
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - The parents of a middle school student in Tennessee filed a lawsuit against the Knoxville Police Department and a specific officer after they say body cam video shows the officer used excessive force against their son.
The parents of the former Northwest Middle School student filed the lawsuit against the department and Officer David Lee, according to court documents obtained by WVLT.
On April 19, 2021, the eighth-grade student, who remains unnamed to protect his identity as a juvenile, was on his way to the bathroom when Lee detained him by grabbing his backpack and not letting go, according to the documents.
The documents allege that Lee threatened to arrest the teen if he did not give him his backpack, with Lee claiming he could smell an odor of marijuana coming from the backpack.
A later search of the backpack and student did not yield any drugs or drug paraphernalia.
The student was confused by Lee’s command to search his backpack, but rather than get a teacher involved in the situation, Lee aggressively grabbed the student’s arms and forcefully restrained him, according to the documents.
The documents say that Lee then swept the student’s legs and slammed him face-first into the ground without his arms to brace for the impact.
Lee then placed his knee on the student’s neck, making it difficult for him to breathe, the documents say.
The officer then took the student into a room without cameras, where he forced him into a chair.
The documents say that Lee lifted the handcuffed, underweight student off of his feet by his arms and slammed his face into the hardwood table with the totality of his strength and weight, causing him to “scream in agonizing pain.”
The actions of the officer caused the student to sustain multiple injuries, the documents allege, including a large laceration on the boy’s chin, as well as emotional and mental trauma, according to the documents.
Another officer showed up to take the student to jail and asked him if he needed an ambulance. Lee said that he would call one for the boy’s injured chin.
The student was charged with resisting arrest, which was later dismissed in juvenile court, the documents say.
The boy’s family sued the Knoxville Police Department for two civil rights violations: using excessive force and unreasonable seizure and failure to train and supervise.
The family sued Lee for using excessive force and unreasonable seizure, assault and battery and outrageous conduct/intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The family requested that the student be awarded compensation for all injuries caused by the incident as well as compensatory and punitive damages not to exceed $1 million for either.
“The family hopes and expects that during the course of this lawsuit that an actual and meaningful investigation into the actions taken by the officer is opened,” a lawyer representing the family said. “The family also feels that Northwest Middle School and its administrators should be made to answer for their role in this traumatic experience.”
When asked, a spokesman with the police department declined to comment on the case due to pending litigation, but did confirm that Lee is a student resource officer working at West High School.
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Haitian gang leader charged in kidnapping of US missionaries
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged the leader of a notoriously violent Haitian gang in connection with the kidnapping of 16 Americans last year, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Germine Joly, 29, who is also known as “Yonyon,” is accused of leading the 400 Mawozo gang and is the first person charged by Justice Department prosecutors with having any involvement in the kidnapping of the Christian missionaries. He was extradited to the U.S. last week and faces separate firearm trafficking charges, prosecutors said.
The indictment says Joly was in a Haitian prison during the kidnapping but was nonetheless able to direct his group’s operations, including ransom negotiations for the captives’ release. One of the stated goals of the hostage-taking was to get the Haitian government to release Joly from prison, prosecutors said.
A total of 17 people from the missionary group — 12 adults and five minors — were abducted Oct. 16 shortly after visiting an orphanage in Ganthier, in the Croix-des-Bouquets area, the group has said. The group included 16 Americans and one Canadian.
Twelve of the captive missionaries escaped during a daring overnight caper, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow. The group navigated by stars to reach safety after a two-month kidnapping ordeal, according to officials with the Christian Aid Ministries, the Ohio-based agency that the missionaries work for.
Their captors from the 400 Mawozo gang initially demanded millions of dollars in ransom. Five other captives had earlier reached freedom. It is still unclear if any ransom was paid. The 12 hostages who escaped were flown to Florida on a U.S. Coast Guard flight, and later reunited with the five hostages who had been released earlier.
Joly is due to make his first court appearance Wednesday. A lawyer who has represented Joly in the firearms trafficking case declined to comment Tuesday night.
“This case shows that the Justice Department will be relentless in our efforts to track down anyone who kidnaps a U.S. citizen abroad,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “We will utilize the full reach of our law enforcement authorities to hold accountable anyone responsible for undermining the safety of Americans anywhere in the world.”
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Happening Tonight: Rotary Club of Princeton hosts Mardi Bras for a Cause at the CMC
The event is happening from 5 PM to 7 PM on May 10th.
Published: May. 10, 2022 at 1:10 PM EDT|Updated: 10 hours ago
PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) - Tuesday, May 10th sees the return of Mardi Bras for a Cause at the Chuck Mathena Center.
It is hosted by the Rotary Club of Princeton. The collection drive is accepting undergarments and toiletries for survivors of domestic violence.
The donations collected stay within our communities.
The collection starts at 5 PM until 7 PM at the CMC which is located at 2 Stafford Commons in Princeton, West Virginia.
Past President Lisa Clark stopped by WVVA Today to discuss with our Joshua Bolden about the effort--which you can watch above.
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House panel alleges cover-up by contract vaccine maker
WASHINGTON (AP) — Executives at contract vaccine manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions covered up quality control problems that led to more than 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines needing to be trashed, congressional investigators said in a report Tuesday.
The number of destroyed doses was far higher than previously thought, and senior executives had been warned for years that its quality systems were deficient, according to the House committee report.
“Despite major red flags at its vaccine manufacturing facility, Emergent’s executives swept these problems under the rug and continued to rake in taxpayer dollars,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.
The report said inexperienced staff and high turnover rates contributed to vaccine contamination.
The problem-plagued Baltimore factory was shut down by the Food and Drug Administration in April 2021 due to the contamination. The company was forced to trash what was thought to be the equivalent of tens of millions of doses of vaccine it was making for Johnson & Johnson. The bulk vaccine had been contaminated with an ingredient for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which was being made in the same factory.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed Emergent to resume COVID-19 vaccine production in August 2021. Emergent received $330 million in taxpayer funds before the federal government terminated the contract in November, the report said.
A company spokesman said Tuesday the report contained “nothing new,” and that the company had already provided the information to the media and FDA.
“Emergent has been open and forthcoming with the FDA, Congress and our partners about the work at our Bayview site,” the spokesman said in an emailed statement.
Emergent’s chief executive, Robert G. Kramer, has apologized for “the failure of our controls” and blamed the factory’s problems on the complexity of scaling up production quickly on two different vaccines.
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House approves $40B Ukraine aid, beefing up Biden request
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House emphatically approved a fresh $40 billion Ukraine aid package Tuesday as lawmakers beefed up President Joe Biden’s initial request, signaling a magnified, bipartisan commitment to thwart Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bloody three-month-old invasion.
The measure sailed to passage by a lopsided 368-57 margin, providing $7 billion more than Biden’s request from April and dividing the increase evenly between defense and humanitarian programs. The bill would give Ukraine military and economic assistance, help regional allies, replenish weapons the Pentagon has shipped overseas and provide $5 billion to address global food shortages caused by the war’s crippling of Ukraine’s normally robust production of many crops.
The measure was backed by every voting Democrat and by nearly 3 out of 4 Republicans. House debate reflected a perspective, shared broadly by both parties, that the U.S. has even more at stake than standing by Ukraine.
“The Ukrainian people, they need us, they are in desperate need of our support,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., chair of the House Appropriations Committee. “Vladimir Putin and his cronies must be held responsible. This bill does that by protecting democracy, limiting Russian aggression and strengthening our own national security.”
“As China, Iran and North Korea watch our response, we must show the world that America stands firm with its allies and will do what is necessary to protect our interests abroad,” said Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, top Republican on that committee.
The new legislation would bring American support for the effort to nearly $54 billion, including the $13.6 billion in support Congress enacted in March. That’s about $6 billion more than the U.S. spent on all its foreign and military aid in 2019, according to a January report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, which studies issues for lawmakers. It’s also around 1% of the entire federal budget.
The measure was released as Washington has become increasingly assertive about its goals and its willingness to help Ukraine with more sophisticated weapons. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said recently the U.S. wants a “weakened” Russia that can’t quickly restore its capability to attack other countries.
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa have intensified in what seems an attempt to hamper deliveries of Western arms. Those weapons have helped Ukraine hold its own surprisingly well against its more lethal foe, but the grinding war is taking its toll.
Senate approval of Ukrainian aid seems certain, and members of both parties have echoed the need for quick action. “As Putin desperately accelerates his campaign of horror and brutality in Ukraine, time is of the essence,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
But it was unclear when the Senate would act, and changes there were possible, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., insisting that the measure be narrowly focused on the war.
“I think we’re on a path to getting that done,” McConnell told reporters. “It needs to be clean of extraneous matters, directly related to helping the Ukrainians win the war.”
Some Republicans used the election-season debate to accuse Biden of being unclear about his goals.
“Honestly, do we not deserve a plan?” said Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas. He said he agrees that Western countries must help Ukraine stand up to Russia but added, “Does the administration not need to come to us with where we are going with this?”
Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., attended Tuesday’s separate Democratic and Republican Senate lunches and expressed gratitude for the support they’ve received. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said Markarova told them her country has depleted its stockpiles of Soviet-era weapons and said continued NATO support is vital.
Coons said the Ukrainian’s message was: “Thank you, do more. We have a hard fight ahead. With your support, we can win.”
The new measure includes $6 billion to arm and train Ukrainian forces, $8.7 billion to restore American stores of weapons shipped to Ukraine and $3.9 billion for U.S. forces deployed to the area.
There’s also $8.8 billion in economic support for Ukraine, $4 billion to help Ukraine and allies finance arms and equipment purchases and $900 million for housing, education and other help for Ukrainian refugees in the U.S.
To enhance the measure’s chances in Congress, the House bill dropped Biden’s proposal to ease the pathway to legal permanent residency for qualifying Afghans who fled to the U.S. after last summer’s American withdrawal from that country. Some Republicans have expressed concerns about the adequacy of security screenings for applicants.
In their biggest concession, Biden and Democrats abandoned plans Monday to include additional billions of dollars to build up U.S. supplies of medicines, vaccines and tests for COVID-19. Republican support for more pandemic spending is waning and including that money would have slowed the Ukraine measure in the 50-50 Senate, where at least 10 GOP votes will be needed for passage.
Democrats hope to produce a separate COVID-19 package soon, though its fate is unclear.
Biden met in the White House Situation Room Tuesday with Pelosi and six other House Democrats who traveled recently to Ukraine and Poland. Afterward, Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., a member of that delegation and a former Army Ranger, said the Ukrainians need advanced drones and longer-range weapons like artillery, rockets and anti-ship missiles that will help them push back the Russians.
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Associated Press writer Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report.
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Celebrity chef Mario Batali acquitted of sexual misconduct
BOSTON (AP) — Mario Batali was found not guilty of indecent assault and battery on Tuesday, following a swift trial in which the celebrity chef waived his right to have a jury decide his fate in a criminal case that arose from the global #MeToo movement against sexual abuse and harassment.
The 61-year-old former Food Network personality quickly strode out of the courtroom with his lawyers without commenting on the case, which centered on allegations that he aggressively kissed and groped a Boston woman while taking a selfie at a bar in 2017.
In delivering the verdict, Boston Municipal Court Judge James Stanton agreed with Batali’s lawyers that the accuser had credibility issues and that photos suggested the encounter was amicable.
“Pictures are worth a thousand words,” he said.
But the judge also rebuked Batali while suggesting the former star of shows like “Molto Mario” and “Iron Chef America” has already paid “a high cost” in terms of his diminished reputation and financial losses.
“It’s an understatement to say that Mr. Batali did not cover himself in glory on the night in question,” Stanton said after prosecutors argued he was visibly drunk in the photos. “His conduct, his appearance and his demeanor were not befitting of a public person of his stature at that time.”
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said he was disappointed in the verdict but grateful Batali’s accuser had come forward.
“It can be incredibly difficult for a victim to disclose a sexual assault,” he said in a statement. “When the individual who committed such an abhorrent act is in a position of power or celebrity, the decision to report an assault can become all the more challenging and intimidating.”
Batali, who pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery in 2019, took a calculated gamble that Stanton, a former Republican candidate for state representative appointed to the bench by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, would rule more favorably than a Boston jury.
Seeking a non-jury, or bench trial, is often a strategy employed when a defendant can come across as unlikeable to jurors.
Such was the case for Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts teen infamously charged with manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in text messages and who was the subject of “The Girl from Plainville,” a 2022 Hulu show starring Elle Fanning.
In Carter’s case, though, the strategy didn’t pan out and she was convicted and sentenced to more than a year in jail.
Batali faced up to 2 1/2 years in jail and would’ve been required to register as a sex offender if convicted.
His accuser, who also exited the courtroom without speaking with reporters, had testified how she felt confused and powerless to do anything to stop Batali at the time.
But in his closing statements, Batali’s lawyer Antony Fuller portrayed the 32-year-old Boston-area resident as an “admitted liar” who is financially motivated because she’s filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50,000 in damages from Batali.
“In her world, truth is a flexible concept,” he said, referencing the woman’s recent admission of attempting to avoid jury service by claiming to be clairvoyant, which was a focus of the two-day trial.
Prosecutor Nina Bonelli countered in her closing statement that Batali’s lawyers were trying to “demonize” the woman, when it was their client on trial over his conduct.
She said the woman tried to “de-escalate” the unwanted touching by simply “smiling it off” in the photos.
“The kissing, the groping. She never asked for it. She never consented to it,” she said. “She just wanted a selfie.”
Batali was arguably the most prominent chef and restauranteur charged with sexual misconduct at the height of the #MeToo movement, which particularly roiled the food and beverage industry.
After four women accused him of inappropriate touching in 2017, he stepped down from day-to-day operations at his restaurant empire and left the since-discontinued ABC cooking show “The Chew.”
Batali also apologized, acknowledging the allegations “match up” with ways he has acted.
“I have made many mistakes,” 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 and other staff sexually harassed employees.
In Boston, he had opened a branch of the popular Italian food marketplace Eataly and a Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca in the city’s Seaport District. But he has since been bought out of his stake in Eataly, and the Babbo restaurant in Boston has closed.
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Man charged with DUI after crashing into fire department’s museum, police say
Published: May. 10, 2022 at 1:13 PM EDT|Updated: 10 hours ago
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) – A man crashed his vehicle into the Knoxville Fire Department museum on Sunday, according to officials.
The Knoxville Fire Department said a white Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed through the museum located in the front yard of the fire department’s headquarters at 1:54 a.m. Sunday.
No one was injured in the crash, but the building suffered major damage, officials said.
“Thankfully, our Steamer Engine Sam B. Boyd was not damaged,” the fire department wrote in a Facebook post.
According to the Knoxville Police Department, the driver was identified as 29-year-old Devon Oneal. He was arrested and charged with a DUI.
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Man charged with killing mother at sea to inherit estate
Published: May. 10, 2022 at 3:45 PM EDT|Updated: 7 hours ago
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A man found floating on a raft in the ocean off the coast of New England in 2016 after his boat sank has been indicted on charges alleging he killed his mother at sea to inherit the family’s estate.
The eight-count indictment released Tuesday in federal court in Burlington also says Nathan Carman shot and killed his grandfather, John Chakalos, in 2013 as part of an effort to defraud insurance companies, but he was not charged with that killing.
Carman was found in an inflatable raft eight days after leaving a Rhode Island marina to go fishing with his mother, who was never found.
Carman’s attorney did not return a call seeking comment.
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Minor league players, MLB reach deal in minimum wage suit
NEW YORK (AP) — Minor league players and Major League Baseball have reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging teams violated minimum wage laws.
Terms of the settlement were not filed with the court Tuesday and details were not released. Two people familiar with the negotiations, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the release of details was not authorized, said the sides in recent weeks had been discussing a possible settlement in the $200 million range.
“We are pleased to report that the parties have reached a settlement in principle in this over eight-year-old case, subject to court approval,” lawyers for the players said in a statement. “We look forward to filing preliminary approval papers with the court and cannot comment further until then.”
The two sides asked the court for permission to file by July 11 for approval of the settlement.
The suit was filed in 2014 by first baseman/outfielder Aaron Senne, a 10th-round pick of the Marlins in 2009 who retired in 2013, and two other retired players who had been lower-round selections: Kansas City infielder Michael Liberto and San Francisco pitcher Oliver Odle. They claimed violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and state minimum wage and overtime requirements for a work week they estimated at 50 to 60 hours.
A trial had been scheduled to start June 1 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Several classes of players are part a of case involving laws in different states.
A letter filed with the court by lawyers for both sides asked Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero to postpone a conference scheduled for Tuesday and the trial.
“The parties are pleased to inform the court that they have reached a settlement of the matter in principle,” the letter said. “The parties have agreed upon a confidential memorandum of understanding. The settlement is subject to ratification by the respective parties, and we are in the process of preparing the settlement documents.”
The letter was signed by Elise M. Bloom of Proskauer Rose on behalf of MLB and by Clifford H. Pearson of Pearson, Simon & Warshaw and Stephen M. Tillery of Korein Tillery on behalf of the players.
Spero wrote in a pretrial ruling in March that minor leaguers are year-round employees who work during training time and found MLB violated Arizona’s state minimum wage law and was liable for triple damages. Spero also ruled MLB did not comply with California wage statement requirements, awarding $1,882,650 in penalties.
He said minor leaguers should be paid for travel time to road game s in the California League and to practice in Arizona and Florida.
“These are not students who have enrolled in a vocational school with the understanding that they would perform services, without compensation, as part of the practical training necessary to complete the training and obtain a license,” Spero wrote.
The case was sent back to the District Court by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2019 after lawyers for the players and MLB spent years arguing whether it should receive class-action status.
Spero ruled MLB is a joint employer with teams of minor league players; that those players perform “work” during spring training; that travel time on team buses to away games is compensable under FLSA, Florida and Arizona law and that travel time by California League players to away games is compensable under California law.
In 2017, the players suing were defined as those with minor league contracts who played in the California League for at least seven straight days starting on Feb. 7, 2010 or Feb. 7, 2011, depending on state or federal claims; those who participated in spring training, extended spring training instructional leagues in Arizona starting Feb. 7, 2011; and those who participated in spring training, extended spring training instructional leagues in Florida starting Feb. 7, 2009.
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Mother accused of burning child’s feet as punishment for misbehaving
BOONEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT/Gray News) - A Kentucky mother is accused of punishing her child by burning her child’s feet.
WYMT reports Owsley County deputies responded to the home of 28-year-old Alexis Powell in April to investigate the possible abuse of a 4-year-old child.
Investigators determined the child suffered second- and third-degree burns to both feet as a part of the punishment.
The child was taken to a burn center in Ohio for treatment.
Authorities arrested Powell on Monday and charged her with assault, criminal abuse, endangering the welfare of a minor and wanton endangerment.
Powell was taken to the Three Forks Regional Jail, where she remains in custody, according to jail records.
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Nebraska voters head to polls as a congressional seat remains vacant
Voters in Nebraska’s first congressional district will vote twice in the next two months.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - For the first time in nearly two decades, Nebraska’s first congressional district will send a new face to Washington, D.C.
This after former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) resigned in March. He was convicted of lying to the FBI over a $30,000 campaign donation from a foreign national.
The winner of Tuesday night’s primary will be on the ballot in November’s general election. The winner of that general election will take office in 2023.
But next month, there will be a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of this year. Republican state Sen. Mike Flood and Democratic state Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks have already been chosen by their parties to face off.
This is the first vacant Nebraska congressional seat since 1951.
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No charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passenger
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities will not file criminal charges against former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson after he was recorded on video punching a fellow first-class passenger aboard a plane at San Francisco International Airport last month, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
The San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office said it has closed the case and decided against pursuing charges based on “the circumstances surrounding the confrontation.”
“These include the conduct of the victim leading up to the incident, the interaction between Mr. Tyson and the victim, as well as the requests of both the victim and Mr. Tyson that no charges be filed in this case,” District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said in a statement.
Police previously said that the victim had provided few details about the altercation and refused to cooperate with the investigation.
Representatives for Tyson previously said the boxer was on a flight with “an aggressive passenger who began harassing him and threw a water bottle at him while he was in his seat.”
The April 20 video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood. The footage was first shared by TMZ, which said it was recorded on a JetBlue Airways plane bound for Florida.
Prior to the physical altercation, the other passenger was seen on the video standing over Tyson’s seat — waving his arms and talking animatedly while the former boxer sits quietly.
Attorneys for Tyson praised the district attorney’s decision in a statement on Tuesday, thanking law enforcement for “careful, diligent and professional work.”
Another passenger on the flight, Sarah Burchfield, told SFGate that she had seen the man who Tyson punched at an airport bar earlier appearing loud and quarrelsome.
“When I boarded the flight, I thought, ‘Oh, no, that drunk guy is on our flight,’” Burchfield told the media outlet.
Since Tyson, 55, retired from boxing, he has worked as an actor, podcaster and cannabis entrepreneur. He was in San Francisco in April for the annual 420 cannabis festival in Golden Gate Park, where he was promoting his cannabis brand Tyson 2.0, SFGate reported.
Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1987 at age 20. During his career he had 50 wins, 44 of them by knockout.
In the 1990s, Tyson served three years in prison after being convicted of rape. He has maintained his innocence in that case.
Tyson was briefly barred from boxing after infamously biting off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a fight in 1997.
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This version has been updated to correct that the name of airline is JetBlue Airways, not Jet Blue.
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One seat, two incumbents: Republican congressmen face off in West Virginia to keep their job in DC
U.S. Representatives Alex Mooney and David McKinley currently serve in separate districts. In the 2022 elections, however, they are opponents for the 2nd district due to redistricting.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Two sitting U.S. Congressman are locked in a contentious race in West Virginia as both work to keep their job on Capitol Hill.
U.S. Representatives Alex Mooney and David McKinley currently serve in separate districts. In the 2022 elections, however, they are opponents for the 2nd District due to redistricting.
The census shows West Virginia’s population has dropped by more than 3% from 2010 to 2020. That population decline has resulted in the state losing one of its three seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. The new election map divides the state between north and south.
“Oh losing a district, losing a seat is huge for the state,” said Dr. Kenneth Martis of West Virginia University, who is an expert on redistricting gerrymandering and the geography of elections. “At the time of the drawing of the map I was asked, what should the congressional districts look like? And to be honest and fair, I believe as a geographer that southern West Virginia is a community of interest as we call it in redistricting. That it is a place that has commonality. It is different than northern West Virginia.”
Rep. Alex Mooney describes himself as a conservative who is endorsed by former President Trump. In an interview with the Washington News Bureau, he urged voters to look at his record in Congress.
Under the new election map, Mooney said he’s running in 27 counties. He said 8 of those counties represent communities he already represents.
“I’m known in much of the state but there are 19 new counties added to the district, District 2, that I’m seeking reelection in. And so I have to introduce myself to a lot of new voters, who you know, haven’t had the chance to vote in my election before,” said Mooney, who added this is his eighth year in Congress.
Rep. McKinley, meanwhile, said his strategy is focused on talking about results.
“It’s one thing, when you run against anyone, is to show ‘why would I vote for you?’ And, I think the best thing is because we get results,” said McKinley. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and current Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin are endorsing McKinley.
The Washington News Bureau asked Dr. Martis if name recognition or issues become more important to voters in elections where incumbents are pitted against one another. Martis answered that voting behavior is very complex.
“Whoever loses they’ll probably I assume will come out and say I support this other person but there are deep division among the candidates themselves and their supporters,” said Martis.
The winning Republican and Democratic candidates in the primary will face off this fall when the general election takes place on Nov. 8.
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Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula because supply disruptions and a massive safety recall have swept many leading brands off store shelves.
Months of spot shortages at pharmacies and supermarkets have been exacerbated by the recall at Abbott, which was forced to shutter its largest U.S. formula manufacturing plant in February due to contamination concerns.
On Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the Food and Drug Administration was “working around the clock to address any possible shortages.”
On Tuesday, the FDA said it was working with U.S. manufacturers to increase their output and streamlining paperwork to allow more imports.
For now, pediatricians and health workers are urging parents who can’t find formula to contact food banks or doctor’s offices. They warn against watering down formula to stretch supplies or using online DIY recipes.
“For babies who are not being breastfed, this is the only thing they eat,” said Dr. Steven Abrams, of the University of Texas, Austin. “So it has to have all of their nutrition and, furthermore, it needs to be properly prepared so that it’s safe for the smallest infants.”
Laura Stewart, a 52-year-old mother of three who lives just north of Springfield, Missouri, has been struggling for several weeks to find formula for her 10-month-old daughter, Riley.
Riley normally gets a brand of Abbott’s Similac designed for children with sensitive stomachs. Last month, she instead used four different brands.
“She spits up more. She’s just more cranky. She is typically a very happy girl,” Stewart said. “When she has the right formula, she doesn’t spit up. She’s perfectly fine.”
A small can costs $17 to $18 and lasts three to five days, Stewart said.
Like many Americans, Stewart relies on WIC — a federal program similar to food stamps that serves mothers and children — to afford formula for her daughter. Abbott’s recall wiped out many WIC-covered brands, though the program is now allowing substitutions.
Trying to keep formula in stock, retailers including CVS and Walgreens have begun limiting purchases to three containers per customer.
Nationwide about 40% of large retail stores are out of stock, up from 31% in mid-April, according to Datasembly, a data analytics firm. More than half of U.S. states are seeing out-of-stock rates between 40% and 50%, according to the firm, which collects data from 11,000 locations.
Baby formula is particularly vulnerable to disruptions because just a handful of companies account for almost the entire U.S. supply.
Industry executives say the constraints began last year as the COVID-19 pandemic led to disruptions in ingredients, labor and transportation. Supplies were further squeezed by parents stockpiling during lockdowns.
Then in February, Abbott recalled several major brands and shut down its Sturgis, Michigan, factory when federal officials concluded four babies suffered bacterial infections after consuming formula from the facility. Two of the infants died.
When FDA inspectors visited the plant in March they found lax safety protocols and traces of the bacteria on several surfaces. None of the bacterial strains matched those collected from the infants, however, and the FDA hasn’t offered an explanation for how the contamination occurred.
For its part, Abbott says its formula “is not likely the source of infection,” though the FDA says its investigation continues.
Chicago-based Abbott said it is increasing production at its other facilities to fill the gap, including air-shipping formula from a plant in Ireland.
The shortages are especially dangerous for infants who require specialty formulas due to food allergies, digestive problems and other conditions.
“Unfortunately, many of those very specialized formulas are only made in the United States at the factory that had the recall, and that’s caused a huge problem for a relatively small number of infants,” Abrams said.
After hearing concerns from parents, the FDA said last month that Abbott could begin releasing some specialty formulas not affected by the recalls “on a case-by-case basis.” The company is providing them free of charge, in coordination with physicians and hospitals.
Food safety advocates say the FDA made the right call in releasing the formula, but that parents should talk to their pediatricians before using it.
“There’s still some risk from the formula because we know there are problems at the plant and FDA hasn’t identified a root cause,” said Sarah Sorscher of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “But it’s worth releasing because these infants might die without it.”
It’s unclear when the Abbott plant might reopen.
The FDA said the company is still working “to rectify findings related to the processes, procedures and conditions.” Other infant formula makers are “meeting or exceeding capacity levels to meet current demand,” the agency said.
Among other steps, the FDA said it was waiving enforcement of minor product labeling issues to increase availability of both U.S. and imported products.
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Hollingsworth reported from Kansas City, Missouri.
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Police: Man arrested after driving 110+ mph, cites ‘needing to use the bathroom’
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - A 24-year-old man was arrested and facing several charges after police said he was driving over 110 mph on a highway in Tennessee on Monday.
The Knoxville Police Department reports Mario Diaz, 24, was operating a Nissan Sentra at a high rate of speed on Interstate 40. Diaz’s vehicle was clocked as traveling 111 mph.
WVLT reports during the traffic stop, officers said they contacted Diaz, but he did not have proof of a driver’s license or insurance.
When it comes to why he was speeding, the police department said Diaz told officers he was trying to hurry back to his hotel because he needed to use the bathroom.
Diaz’s girlfriend was also in the vehicle’s passenger seat, holding her 1-year-old daughter unrestrained on her lap, according to police. She reportedly told them she was breastfeeding.
Knoxville police said the 24-year-old was taken into custody and charged with reckless endangerment, driving without a license and financial responsibility. Diaz was also being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Respiratory therapist accused of poisoning patient is charged with murder, sheriff says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A former respiratory therapist has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a 2002 homicide, officials said.
Jennifer Anne Hall, 41, worked at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri from December 2001 to May 2002. During her employment, the rate of cardiac collapse incidents “rose alarmingly,” a probable cause document stated. Investigators stated 18 such incidents were recorded during her employment at the hospital, when, on average, the hospital had one incident per year.
The court document stated that from those 18 cases of cardiac collapse, nine people died. Staff had believed Hall was responsible for the patient deaths and administration ordered Hall to be monitored.
One patient, Fern Franco, was found dead in the morning hours of May 18, 2002. Hall was placed on administrative leave as a result, the court document stated.
An autopsy on Franco’s remains, according to the probable cause document, revealed the presence of succinylcholine and morphine – “two substances which medical records revealed were not prescribed to Ms. Franco or ordered by her doctors.”
A Chillicothe police officer testified that “Hall’s victim was a sick, defenseless, elderly woman who was depending on Hall to care for her physical ailment within a medical facility. The substance Hall used to brutally take Fern Franco’s life, succinylcholin, paralyzes the victim’s muscles, including the diaphragm, causing the victim to suffer a ghastly death from suffocation while still maintaining full consciousness and awareness that they are unable to breathe. Morphine also acts to suppress respiration and is not given to pneumonia patients for that reason.”
The probable cause document stated that Franco died May 18, 2002, and in the nearly 20 years since, Hall has not demonstrated remorse for taking Franco’s life.
Matthew O’Connor, who has represented Hall in the past, said no evidence exists to connect Hall to the deaths.
The Livingston County Sheriff said Hall might be using the name Semaboye. As of Tuesday afternoon, she had not been taken into custody.
There is no bond attached to the warrant. Anyone with information has been asked to contact the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office at (660) 646-0515.
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Sergeant helps save 7-year-old child, 8 others after family boat capsizes, officials say
GRAND ISLE, La. (WVUE/Gray News) - Officials in Louisiana report a group of nine people was able to be rescued over the weekend after their boat capsized.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said a state patrol agent and good Samaritans helped get nine people to safety on May 7, including a 7-year-old girl who was found unresponsive in the water.
WVUE reports the incident occurred around 6:40 p.m. near the rock jetties at Grand Isle. Rescuers said the boat was trying to exit when it began taking on water and capsized.
The LDWF said Sgt. Stephen Rhodes saw the vessel in distress while patrolling the beach. He flagged down people in a passing ATV to rush him back to his parked truck that had his patrol boat in tow. The same good Samaritans helped Rhodes launch his vessel, and he sped to the boat that had eight people clinging to its hull.
Boaters told Rhodes a 7-year-old girl was missing, and officials said he helped the group onto his patrol boat while flagging down another boat to hold his vessel in place. The agent then dove into the water to search for the child.
Rhodes found the girl underneath the boat and got her aboard his patrol boat. The sergeant started CPR and was able to get her revived and breathing, according to the wildlife agency.
Rhodes took the survivors ashore, and an emergency crew was able to stabilize the child. The 7-year-old was then airlifted to the Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, where officials said she was expected to fully recover.
“We are extremely proud of the actions of Sgt. Rhodes,” said Col. Chad Hebert of the LDWF’s Enforcement Division. “He did an exceptional job of using good judgment and his training to help save the life of this young girl and the other occupants in the capsized vessel.
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‘Succession’ star glues hand to Starbucks counter in protest
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and activist James Cromwell has gone from “Succession’s” Uncle Ewan to real-life supergluin’ — pasting his hand to a midtown Manhattan Starbucks counter on Tuesday to protest the coffee chain’s extra charge for plant-based milk.
The 82-year-old Oscar nominee, known for “Babe: Pig in the City” and “L.A. Confidential,” channeled his role as the crotchety, anti-capitalist brother of a billionaire media mogul for the protest organized by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Cromwell sat on the Starbucks counter wearing a “Free the Animals” T-shirt and read a statement denouncing the surcharge for vegan milk alternatives.
“When will you stop raking in huge profits while customers, animals and the environment suffer?” he demanded as fellow activists streamed the protest on Facebook.
Cromwell glued his hand to the counter, then later used a knife to scrape it off. Police said there were no arrests.
Starbucks outlets in the United States charge 50 cents to a dollar more for drinks made with plant-based milks.
“Customers can customize any beverage on the menu with a non-dairy milk, including soymilk, coconutmilk, almondmilk, and oatmilk for an additional cost (similar to other beverage customizations such as an additional espresso shot or syrup),” a Starbucks spokesperson said in a statement. “Pricing varies market by market.”
The spokesperson said Starbucks respects customers’ right to voice their opinions “so long as it does not disrupt our store operations.”
Cromwell, nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the farmer in “Babe,” is a veteran protester who was charged with trespassing in 2017 for interrupting an orca show at SeaWorld in San Diego.
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Tenn. expects changes to lethal injection protocol, staffing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say they anticipate that an independent investigation of the state’s lethal injection methods will result in changes to how those executions are carried out, including how the procedures are staffed.
State corrections officials made the statement last week in a federal court filing and a judge on Tuesday agreed to pause litigation challenging the lethal injection protocol while the probe unfolds.
The development comes as Tennessee officials have remained tight-lipped surrounding Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s decision last month to abruptly halt the execution of inmate Oscar Smith. The governor’s administration has refused to hand over to media outlets an unknown amount of documents through public records requests, though some documents are expected to be released by the Department of Correction later this week. Instead, Lee has ordered an investigation into the issue and paused all executions through 2022.
The investigation is being led by former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton.
Lee initially said the execution was delayed due to an " oversight in preparation.” He later added last week that the drugs to be used in Smith’s execution were tested for potency and sterility, but not endotoxins, as required by the state’s execution protocols. The state has released little else in the way of specifics about the issue.
While asking a judge to put the litigation brought by death row inmates on hold for now, attorneys for the state noted the governor has halted executions through this year to allow time for the investigation and for “corrective action to be put in place.”
“It is, thus, clearly contemplated that the independent investigation will result in changes to the ways in which TDOC conducts lethal injection procedures, the ways in which those procedures are staffed, and the personnel responsible for implementing those procedures,” the state’s filing says, referring to the Tennessee Department of Correction.
It’s unclear what the state specifically expects to change.
Additionally last week, the state told the court “there may be factual inaccuracies or misstatements” in its previous filings in the case, saying officials will correct them “once the truth has been ascertained.” There was no additional detail about what may have been inaccurate or misstated. Samantha Fisher, a spokesperson for the state attorney general’s office, declined to elaborate beyond the wording in the filing.
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WATCH: Mom, son fight officers on bleachers during high school track meet, police say
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) – A mother and son are facing charges after Gulf Shores police said a fight broke out in the bleachers at a high school state track meet, with officers taking a few punches.
It happened Friday at the AHSAA State Outdoor Track and Field Championship, and the fight was caught on camera.
Police said it started when officers received several complaints about a man, who they identified as Devin Wilson, being disorderly. Officers said when they approached Wilson, things got physical.
According to Lt. Jason Woodruff, it quickly got out of hand as officers tried to de-escalate the situation, with one officer eventually deploying his Taser.
Cell phone video shows after Wilson was tased by an officer, he gets up and takes several swings, punching the officer in the face.
The video shows Wilson wasn’t the only one involved. At one point, Wilson’s mother, Ykama Wilson, jumped into the fight to pull officers off her son, officials said. She’s now charged with a misdemeanor.
A third man is also seen intervening.
Woodruff said this situation could have ended a lot worse.
“(Officers) used a lot of restraint to keep this situation from getting worse than it already was. If you see it, it got pretty bad,” Woodruff said. “Even though it doesn’t look like it, it de-escalated to a point that no other people outside of those charged or directly involved weren’t jumped into the fray.”
Woodruff said officers only had a few scratches and bruises. No one was seriously injured.
Devin Wilson was charged with second-degree assault and resisting arrest.
The third gentleman who jumped in could also be facing charges, but he has not been identified yet.
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WATCH: Two homes collapse into the ocean
RODANTHE, N.C. (WITN/Gray News) – Two homes collapsed on the Outer Banks in North Carolina Tuesday due to a coastal low.
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore said the homes were just two apart on Ocean Drive in Rodanthe.
Both homes were unoccupied, according to a news release obtained by WITN.
The beach along Ocean Drive has been closed to protect people from the fallen homes and more homes in the area that could collapse.
People have been encouraged to stay away from the beach in this area.
Another house on Ocean Drive fell in February, causing debris to spread throughout the beach.
The homeowner organized a cleanup where much of the debris was removed, and efforts are ongoing.
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore says they will work closely with the homeowners of Tuesday’s fallen homes to plan beach cleanups.
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Workers at a Target store in Virginia file for union vote
NEW YORK (AP) — Workers at a Target store in Christiansburg, Virginia, filed paperwork Tuesday with federal labor regulators to hold a union election, joining a wave of union organizing at other retailers around the country.
Workers at the store, which employs about 100, are seeing their pay not keeping pace with surging costs for basics like food and rent, said Adam Ryan, who has been working at the Christiansburg store for five years and founded Target Workers Unite in 2019. He also noted employees feel like they are having to do too many tasks, from filling online orders to unloading trucks.
“The cost of living is going up and their pay isn’t meeting that,” said Ryan, 34, who filed the petition with the National Labor Relations Board. “That is causing a lot of anxiety and stress. People are stretched too thin. They need more support and compensation.”
He said the filing was sparked by veteran workers at the Christiansburg store organizing a petition in April demanding additional pay.
Ryan said he collected more than 30 authorization cards from workers at the store, about 30% of the staff, enough to meet the threshold mandated by NLRB, although the signatures still need to be reviewed. Ryan said he is hoping for other stores to join in, noting that Target workers are watching labor organizing at other companies. The Minneapolis-based company has about 350,000 employees.
Target said in statement Tuesday that it is committed to listening to its workers and creating an environment of mutual trust.
“We want all team members to be better off for working at Target,” the company said. Target cited industry leading starting hourly wages of $15 to $24, expanded health care benefits, personalized scheduling and opportunities for career growth. It said it raised the starting wage at its Christiansburg store last fall and increased wages for longer-tenured workers.
The Target workers filing comes as nearly 60 Starbucks locations around the country have voted to unionize.
The fledgling Amazon Labor Union scored a victory last month at an Amazon warehouse on New York City’s Staten Island, becoming the first U.S. Amazon warehouse to be unionized. But Amazon workers in a later election in a nearby facility rejected a union bid.
Meanwhile, the final outcome of a separate union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is still up in the air with several hundred outstanding challenged ballots hanging in the balance. Hearings to review those ballots are expected to begin in the coming weeks.
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Deputy dies in off-duty accident
NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A Nicholas County Sheriff’s deputy died Tuesday in an off-duty accident, County Commissioner Garrett Cole said in a social media post.
Deputy Travis Lawson was identified as the victim.
Cole posted the following statement:
“Deputy Lawson graduated recently, after being awarded the Perseverance Award and accomplished his goal to become a public servant. We lost Travis today in an off-duty accident. We will remember you, your dedication to Nicholas County for generations to come. Godspeed, Travis.”
Cole went on to say:
“Our hearts break for the Nicholas County Sheriff Department and the family of our Deputy Travis Lawson. Deputy Lawson defied all odds after a series of medical issues and made it through the WV State Police Academy to become a Certified Officer for the NCSD.”
Keep checking the WSAZ app for the latest information.
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FBI: 73 officers killed in 2021; 24 died in unprovoked attacks
(Gray News) – In 2021, 129 law enforcement officers lost their lives in the line of duty, according to data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Of this total, 73 officers were killed while 56 officers died in accidents.
The FBI said 27 more officers were killed in 2021 than in 2020, when 46 officers were killed as a result of criminal acts.
The deaths occurred in 28 states as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
Compared to data from 2012, the nearly 10-year difference is an increase of 24 deaths.
According to the 2021 data, the average age of officers who were killed was 39, and the victims served an average of 12 years in law enforcement during the time of the fatal incidents.
Of the 73 officers:
- 68 were male
- 5 were female
- 60 were white
- 9 were Black
- 4 were of an unidentified race
The circumstances surrounding the deaths of the officers who were killed include:
- 24 officers killed in attacks that were not provoked through investigative or enforcement action
- 9 officers died as a result of investigative or enforcement activities
- 1 was investigating a wanted person
- 8 were ambushed (entrapment/premeditation)
- 8 were involved in pursuits
- 7 were responding to disorders or disturbances
- 6 were involved in tactical situations
- 4 were involved in arrest situations
- 2 were responding to crimes in progress
- 1 was assisting other officers
- 1 was attempting to serve a court order
- 1 was out of service or unavailable
- 1 was responding to the report of a crime
- 1 was providing deploying equipment
The FBI said offenders had used firearms to kill 61 of the 73 officers. Six were killed with vehicles used as weapons and four were killed by perpetrators without weapons.
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‘He would have gotten them again’: 2 children, mother attacked by neighbor’s pit bull
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) - A family in South Carolina is trying to recover after a neighbor’s pit bull attacked them last month.
WCSC reports Bethany Hastings’ neighbor with dementia wandered onto her property on April 26 and needed help getting back home. Hastings said she and her two children got into their golf cart and helped the woman back home.
However, once they got to the neighbor’s house, they noticed her pit bull was loose. Hastings said the dog ran outside and jumped on the golf cart.
First, the animal attacked her 2-year-old son and then her 4-year-old daughter, Lainey Bayles.
“First he got my brother, and then second he got me and then third he got my mom,” Lainey said.
Hastings, a nurse, said she was able to stop the dog from attacking her kids again by holding him down for 15 “terrifying” minutes until help arrived.
“I didn’t have a choice,” she said. “If I had let go, he would have gotten them or me again.”
Hastings said a neighbor arrived about five minutes before emergency crews and pulled her children into his truck to help. She called him their “hero.”
According to a report from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, the three were transported to a local hospital for treatment.
Hastings and her son were able to be released from the hospital that evening, but Lainey sustained the most severe injuries and spent four days at the medical center.
“They hadn’t quite seen anything like that before to that extent, with that much damage,” she said.
Hastings said over the next year, Lainey will have to go through several different procedures to correct the injuries to her face.
“I thought she’d wind up at the hospital maybe for a broken bone or something like that, but never this,” Hastings said.
After the attack, the family said it’s been hard navigating their new fear of just being outside.
“After that, you realize just how vulnerable you are to everything,” Hastings said.
She also said she hopes their story is a reminder that if you have a dog that could cause any sort of harm, you should keep it contained so it can’t hurt anyone.
The pit bull has since been euthanized, according to Hastings.
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Nurses Week: Crocs helping to give 10K pairs of shoes, scrubs to healthcare workers
(Gray News) - Crocs is again offering its “Free Pair for Healthcare” program during National Nurses Week.
The innovative casual footwear company is partnering with FIGS to give 10,000 pairs of Crocs and 10,000 pairs of scrubs away to healthcare workers.
Those in the healthcare field can register for the giveaway bundle through Crocs’ website or FIGS online until May 12 at noon Eastern Standard Time.
A Crocs spokesperson said the company’s initiative was first launched in 2020 to thank and celebrate healthcare heroes for their extraordinary efforts in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since March 2020, Crocs reports it has donated nearly 1 million pairs of shoes to healthcare workers globally.
“We are humbled to have seen such a positive response to ‘Free Pair for Healthcare’ over the past two years and are thrilled to continue supporting and celebrating our healthcare heroes in partnership with FIGS,” said Andrew Rees, CEO of Crocs.
Additional information about the program is also available here.
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Rep. Carol Miller renominated in West Virginia GOP primary
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Incumbent U.S. Rep. Carol Miller breezed into the Republican nomination in West Virginia’s 1st District race Tuesday, as two GOP incumbents battled for the lone remaining seat in the state’s shrinking congressional delegation.
Miller easily overcame four little-known conservative opponents Tuesday. She will now vie for her third term in the House in the fall against Democrat Lacy Watson, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Watson, of Bluefield, lost the 2020 Democratic primary in the former 3rd District.
It was too early to call a winner in the competitive 2nd Congressional District GOP primary race, where two incumbent GOP congressmen who have taken dramatically different approaches to their time in office are facing off in one of the most-watched U.S. House primaries on the day’s ballot. Reps. David McKinley and Trump-backed Alex Mooney were pitted against each other after West Virginia lost a congressional seat based on the results of the 2020 U.S. census.
Throughout West Virginia on Tuesday, voters were heading to polling places at schools, churches and public libraries.
Susan Smith, a small business owner in Valley Grove, West Virginia, voted for Mooney at a local elementary school Tuesday morning. She lives in McKinley’s former district and said she always voted for him in the past. But not in this election.
“When Mr. McKinley started voting with the Democrats and the current administration, that’s when things changed,” said Smith, who cited McKinley’s vote for President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill and the Jan. 6 commission. “I’m sorry to be losing a congressman, but we cannot have a Republican congressman voting with the Democrats. West Virginia did not need the money from this un-infrastructure bill.”
Lowell Moore, a retired highways worker and county commissioner in rural Tucker County, said the choice was clear to support McKinley. He said he’s already seeing the benefit of federal infrastructure money in work being done to complete Corridor H, the last remaining section of the Appalachian Development Highway System in West Virginia.
Moore said completing Corridor H will cut the response time for emergency services in half in Tucker County, which does not have a hospital and where first responders now have to travel on winding mountain roads.
“The people he represents needed this so bad,” Moore said. “I’m a Republican, and I commend him for reaching across the aisle. It shouldn’t be about making the political decision — it should be about making the right decision.”
West Virginia’s election is the first of five primaries in which two incumbent U.S. House members will face off. It will be followed by similar contests in Georgia and Michigan and in two Illinois districts.
The primary comes on the heels of a victory by Trump-endorsed conservative JD Vance, author of the bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” who defeated six other candidates to win the Ohio Republican primary for U.S. Senate last week. The West Virginia contest will once again test the former president’s clout when his own name isn’t on the ballot.
Nebraska voters will nominate candidates on Tuesday to fill the seat abandoned by U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican who resigned from office and ended his reelection bid after he was convicted of lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign contribution. Fortenberry’s name will still appear on the ballot for the 1st Congressional District because he withdrew after a deadline to certify the ballot, but Sen. Mike Flood, a former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, appears to have the advantage over five other Republican candidates.
Voters will also pick nominees for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in the Omaha area. Three-term Republican Rep. Don Bacon faces a long-shot challenge from Steve Kuehl, an Omaha consultant who got a shoutout from Trump when the former president visited earlier this month.
Trump blasted Bacon as a “bad guy” during a recent rally in the state and had criticized him previously for his support of a federal infrastructure bill that most GOP lawmakers opposed. Bacon also has been mildly critical of Trump in the past, saying the former president bore some responsibility for the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Trump stopped far short of officially endorsing Kuehl, however, saying: “I think Steve will do well. Good luck, Steve, whoever the hell you are.”
Democrats in Nebraska will nominate either state Sen. Tony Vargas of Omaha or Alisha Shelton, an Omaha mental health therapist, to challenge Bacon in the 2nd, the state’s only competitive district.
In the rural, geographically vast 3rd Congressional District, Republican U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith faces a challenger but is expected to win his party’s nomination. Two Democrats are vying for their party’s nomination within the district, which is overwhelmingly Republican.
In West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, where McKinley and Mooney are battling each other for the GOP nomination, openly gay former Morgantown city councilor Barry Wendell is competing against security operations manager Angela Dwyer in the Democratic primary.
Mooney has attacked McKinley for voting with 12 other House Republicans in favor of Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Trump, who won every single county in West Virginia in two presidential elections and said Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill should be “ashamed of themselves,” endorsed Mooney on the same day Biden signed the infrastructure law.
McKinley, a civil engineer by trade, received endorsements and praise from Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin and GOP Gov. Jim Justice over his infrastructure vote. He said it was time to put party politics aside to meet the needs of his constituents.
“This wasn’t for Joe Biden — this was to help West Virginia,” he told The Associated Press.
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Roberts edges out Bates in 9th Dist. Senate contest
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) - A winner is declared after a fierce fight for the 9th Dist. Senate seat on Tuesday.
With nearly 52 percent of the vote, Incumbent Republican Sen. Rolland Roberts edged out his opponent, Del. Mick Bates, who finished with 48 percent of the vote.
With no democrats on the ballot in the Primary, Senator Roberts is likely to take the seat in November barring any significant challenge from a write-in candidate.
In an interview with WVVA News just moments after learning of his win, Senator Roberts said “I’m very thankful for all of the support. I’m honored. I’ll continue to be a servant for the people. I’ll continue to do the right thing for Raleigh, Fayette, and Wyoming counties.”
When asked whether he had any regrets about some of the fierce campaigning voters took note of ahead of the election, he said “I regret my face and my name were put on billboards all over Beckley back in October. It’s been a frustrating campaign. I’m disappointed we couldn’t deal with issues and from the get-go it was about personality and things and that’s unfortunate.”
While Senator Roberts took the majority of voters in Raleigh County, Delegate Bates led in both Fayette and Wyoming counties. But in the end it wasn’t enough to make up for Senator Robert’s lead in Raleigh County.
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Shady Spring & Greenbrier East win sectional softball titles, advance to regional play
WVSSAC Sectional Softball
Published: May. 10, 2022 at 9:07 PM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (WVVA) - Two more sectional softball champions were crowned on Tuesday.
CLASS AAA: REGION 3 SECTION 2
Greenbrier East 1 - Beckley 0
The Lady Spartans claim the sectional title and advance to regional play next week.
CLASS AA: REGION 3 SECTION 2
Shady Spring 3 - Independence 0
The Lady Tigers claim the sectional title and will face Wyoming East next week in regional play.
CLASS A: REGION 3 SECTION 2
Greenbrier West 4 - Midland Trail 3
Desteney Walker hit a grand slam to put the Lady Cavaliers in front. The two teams will face off again on Wednesday to decide the sectional champion -- 5 PM @ Western Greenbrier Middle School.
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Sheriff: Man dies of heart attack after burying girlfriend in backyard
TRENTON, S.C. (WRDW/Gray News) - Authorities in South Carolina have a bizarre situation under investigation this week.
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office says evidence shows Joseph McKinnon, 60, strangled his girlfriend Patricia Dent, 65, and was burying her body in the backyard when he died of a heart attack.
WRDW reports McKinnon set his shovel aside while he was covering a pit. Authorities said he tried to walk away but experienced a heart attack and died.
Authorities said Dent and McKinnon both lived at the home.
“I’m shocked. I didn’t see any of this coming,” said Patricia Dent’s twin sister Pamela Briggs. “Everybody who ever met her liked her. She was just full of energy and working at 65.”
Dent was also supposed to be at work at Mount Vintage Golf Club that day, but he didn’t show up, according to what an employee told deputies.
Patricia Dent’s family said they still have questions and that she will be missed.
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Tolliver defends Raleigh County Commission seat
BECKLEY, W.Va. (WVVA) - Raleigh County Commission Pres. Dave Tolliver defended his seat against a field of three different challengers on Tuesday night.
With 39 percent of the vote, Tolliver beat former W.Va. Senator Daniel Hall at 32 percent, Lucy Lester at 16 percent, and Robert Mooney at 12 percent.
After learning of his win, he credited his victory to the voters. “I think it’s the work I’ve done on water and sewer projects. This year we have two water projects that are going to be turning dirt. We have sewer projects that are going to be turning dirt. I think people realize I work hard and I can’t thank the citizens of Raleigh County enough.”
Tolliver also took the opportunity to thank his opponents for a clean campaign. “We didn’t bad mouth each other and the people made the choice and I’m tickled to death.”
Tolliver has served on the Raleigh County Commission since 2010.
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Trump-backed US Rep. Alex Mooney wins W.Va. GOP primary
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — In an early victory for a Donald Trump-endorsed candidate at the start of midterm season, Rep. Alex Mooney on Tuesday beat fellow incumbent Rep. David McKinley in West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District Republican primary.
McKinley was sharply criticized by former President Trump when he broke with his party as one of 13 Republicans to vote with the Democrats to support President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Trump called McKinley a RINO, or “Republican in Name Only” and endorsed McKinley the day Biden signed the infrastructure law.
The two incumbents, who have taken dramatically different approaches to their time in office, were pitted against each other in the state’s 2nd Congressional District after population losses cost West Virginia a U.S. House seat.
West Virginia’s election was the first of five primaries in which two incumbent U.S. House members will compete against each other. It will be followed by similar contests in Georgia and Michigan and in two Illinois districts.
The race was expected to be one of the most-watched on the day’s ballot. The primary came on the heels of a victory by Trump-endorsed conservative JD Vance, author of the bestselling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” who defeated six other candidates to win the Ohio Republican primary for U.S. Senate last week.
Earlier in the night, Trump-endorsed incumbent U.S. Rep. Carol Miller breezed to the Republican nomination in West Virginia’s 1st District, defeating four little-known candidates and setting herself on a clear path to reelection.
Miller will vie for her third term in the House in the fall against Democrat Lacy Watson, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Watson, of Bluefield, lost in the 2020 Democratic primary in the former 3rd District.
The vote count was underway in Nebraska, where voters will nominate candidates to fill the seat abandoned by U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican who resigned from office and ended his reelection bid after he was convicted of lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign contribution. Fortenberry’s name will still appear on the ballot for the 1st Congressional District because he withdrew after a deadline to certify the ballot, but Sen. Mike Flood, a former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, appears to have the advantage over five other Republican candidates.
In the rural, geographically vast 3rd Congressional District, Republican U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith faces a challenger but is expected to win his party’s nomination. Two Democrats are vying for their party’s nomination within the district, which is overwhelmingly Republican.
In West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, where Mooney secured the Republican nomination, openly gay former Morgantown city councilor Barry Wendell is competing against security operations manager Angela Dwyer in the Democratic primary.
Mooney enters the general election as a heavy favorite to win. West Virginia hasn’t elected a Democrat to Congress since 2008.
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Associated Press writer Grant Schulte in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed to this report.
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‘We are incensed’: University president says deputies tried to intimidate student-athletes
LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - An incident that involved players from a university’s lacrosse team and deputies in Georgia remains under investigation.
WTOC reports Delaware State University President Tony Allen released a statement on Monday responding to the incident that reportedly happened on April 20 in Liberty County.
Allen wrote Georgia law enforcement stopped a bus for a minor traffic violation with the Delaware State Lacrosse team on board. Deputies searched the belongings of the student-athletes, including suitcases with drug-sniffing dogs.
The team was returning home from a game in Florida and traveling by a contracted bus, according to Allen.
The university president wrote in his statement that videos taken by players showed law enforcement attempting to intimidate them into confessing to possession of drugs and/or drug paraphernalia.
Nothing illegal was discovered in the search, and Allen informed the public that he has contacted Delaware’s governor, the Black Caucus and other state officials. Allen wrote that everyone was incensed over the incident.
Allen also added the following:
“We do not intend to let this or any other incident like it pass idly by. We are prepared to go wherever the evidence leads us. We have video. We have allies. Perhaps more significantly, we have the courage of our convictions.”
A spokesperson for the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office said the department is aware of the situation and that Sheriff William Bowman would be speaking about the incident this week.
Allen concluded his statement by writing, “We will never be bullied into believing anything other than what we are: Americans, learners, teachers, builders—useful and honorable people ready to soar.”
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Wyoming Public Service Commission Chief Counsel John Burbridge testifies in Casper to a joint state legislative committee on April 25, 2022. Next to him is Dave Bush from Black Hills Energy. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Sen. Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, speaks in Casper at a joint state legislative committee discussion of his bill on limited power deregulation on Monday, April 25, 2022. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Sen. Bo Biteman. R-Ranchester, speaks during a discussion about Senate File 103 as part of a Senate Education Committee hearing on Feb. 18, 2022, in the Capitol. Michael Smith/For the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Wyoming Public Service Commission Chief Counsel John Burbridge testifies in Casper to a joint state legislative committee on April 25, 2022. Next to him is Dave Bush from Black Hills Energy. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Rep. Danny Eyre, R-Lyman, in Casper at a joint state legislative committee on April 25, 2022. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper, speaks to a joint state legislative committee on April 25, 2022. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Sen. Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, speaks in Casper at a joint state legislative committee discussion of his bill on limited power deregulation on Monday, April 25, 2022. Jonathan Make/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Sen. Bo Biteman. R-Ranchester, speaks during a discussion about Senate File 103 as part of a Senate Education Committee hearing on Feb. 18, 2022, in the Capitol. Michael Smith/For the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – The state’s utility and telecommunications regulator has formally confirmed that it will play host to a meeting of stakeholders searching for a way forward on cryptocurrency energy issues.
In an email on Tuesday, the Public Service Commission announced that this gathering begins at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 23, at the agency’s headquarters here in Cheyenne. The meeting is being called a technical conference.
The purpose of the event is to “discuss Deregulated Industrial Power Zones as considered in” Senate File 71 during the 2022 legislative session, the PSC said. And a goal is “to identify other innovations to encourage economic development involving energy intensive activities” in Wyoming, the notice added.
In interviews last week, legislators had said that state legislative consideration was moving ahead for a renewed attempt to help ensure there is sufficient electricity and at low rates for virtual currency miners. SF 71 was an unsuccessful bill that would have allowed for such deregulated industrial power zones, for crypto companies to strike deals with non-incumbent energy providers.
Also last week, members of a legislative working group looking at possible solutions to this issue, who may be involved with the May 23 meeting, were disclosed in interviews with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Those participating are Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper; Rep. Danny Eyre, R-Lyman; Sen. Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie; and Sen. Bo Biteman, R-Ranchester.
PSC General Counsel John Burbridge, who had been helping to arrange details of the upcoming technical event, is listed as the staff contact: 307-777-7427 or john.burbridge@wyo.gov.
The gathering will be in the agency’s hearing room in the Hansen Building, 2515 Warren Ave., Suite 300.
You can attend by “video conference and actively participate” at us02web.zoom.us/j/81691648448. You can also call 346-248-7799, meeting No. 816 9164 8448. For an “audiostream without actively participating,” go to 159.238.23.19:8000/live
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Sheriff: Man dies of heart attack after burying girlfriend in backyard
TRENTON, S.C. (WRDW/Gray News) - Authorities in South Carolina have a bizarre situation under investigation this week.
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office says evidence shows Joseph McKinnon, 60, strangled his girlfriend Patricia Dent, 65, and was burying her body in the backyard when he died of a heart attack.
WRDW reports McKinnon set his shovel aside while he was covering a pit. Authorities said he tried to walk away but experienced a heart attack and died.
Authorities said Dent and McKinnon both lived at the home.
“I’m shocked. I didn’t see any of this coming,” said Patricia Dent’s twin sister Pamela Briggs. “Everybody who ever met her liked her. She was just full of energy and working at 65.”
Dent was also supposed to be at work at Mount Vintage Golf Club that day, but he didn’t show up, according to what an employee told deputies.
Patricia Dent’s family said they still have questions and that she will be missed.
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Wilson Memorial girls soccer knocks off Waynesboro, Fort Defiance softball remains unbeaten
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Results from high school spring sports contests played on Tuesday, May 10.
Wilson Memorial girls soccer knocks off Waynesboro
Behind a stellar performance from goalkeeper Kayla Karnes, the Wilson Memorial girls soccer team handed Waynesboro its first Shenandoah District loss Tuesday night with a 1-0 victory by the Green Hornets. Karnes registered five saves and made a few crucial stops late in the match to preserve the victory for Wilson Memorial.
The only goal of the match was scored in the first half when Wilson Memorial’s Asia Knight fired a shot and it was deflected into the back of the net by a Waynesboro defender. Wilson Memorial improves to 8-3-1 overall (5-2 Shenandoah District) while Waynesboro drops to 9-3 overall (5-1 Shenandoah District).
Fort Defiance softball remains undefeated
Lilian Berry fired a complete-game shutout and racked up double-digit strikeouts to the lead the Fort Defiance softball team to a 2-0 victory over Stuarts Draft Tuesday evening. The Indians remain undefeated with a 16-0 overall record and 8-0 mark in Shenandoah District play.
To see more high school spring sports scores from Tuesday night, click here.
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Amy Rivo's been fighting for months to stay in the home she's lived in for almost four years.
The former interior designer says the pandemic is forcing her to reinvent herself. And now, the single mother's left with no income ... and no home.
"Currently I'm packing up my home -- all of my belongings -- getting rid of as much as I can," she said. "My daughter is in school until the end of May. We won't be here. She will finish out this school year without a home."
Even with rent relief and state-mandated mediation, Rivo said she still has to leave her Palolo Valley home by the end of the month. She owes more than $25,000 in fees and back rent, according to Stott Property Management, representing her landlord.
A property manager declined an on-camera interview, but said Rivo was given notice to vacate months ago and refused to move or pay the rent. The representative told KITV the owner of the home wouldn't comment, but is suffering just as much due to loss of income. Rivo said her $2,500 monthly rent doubled after she refused to leave.
"They know I don't have the money so it is a purely greed-driven, threat-based tactic that is being applied to all tenants who are in my same situation," Rivo added. "I do not believe that the pain and the struggle is spread equally. It is not."
Before the pandemic, the state processed about 200 evictions a month. That dropped to as low as 26 when an eviction moratorium took effect.
Since the moratorium ended last year, evictions have climbed to about 150 per month, according to data compiled by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization.
But formal evictions only tell a part of the story. Many other renters forced to move due to unpaid rent don't go through the courts, according to Philip Garboden of UHERO.
"Hawaii before, during and after the pandemic still has a fundamental problem of our rents are incredibly high relative to what renter households can make," he said. "And so there's a lot of concern, you know, in what these numbers don't show."
And more evictions are expected as renters exhaust rent relief programs.
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Hawaii's healthcare industry faces a serious shortage of nurses.
A problem the state faced before the pandemic, but made worse by COVID 19.
Nurses are just some of the healthcare workers now in short supply.
Many in the healthcare industry, love what they do and have a passion for nursing, including North Hawaii Community hospital R.N. Heather Yost, "My mom was a nurse. I never imagined doing anything else."
In her 10 years in Hawaii, she has seen the toll the nursing shortage has taken on those still on the job.
"It's exhausting. We work 12 hour shifts and then you are picking up 1-2 more shifts a week. People can't sustain that forever," added Yost.
So what is causing the shortage?
"Recruiting people to come work here is probably the biggest challenge, then getting them to stay," said Yost.
More pay might encourage more nurses to come to Hawaii, and the keep more of the ones already here.
As more nurses leave, it adds even more stress on those who remain.
More support staff could also relieve some of the stress nurses face.
"We had 2 unit secretaries, CRNAs who would create charts, do paperwork, do hearing tests on babies, and all the miles of paperwork that goes to the state. If you don't have the ancillary support, who is doing that?" asked Yost.
"There's a strong need for healthcare professionals, pharmacy techs, medical billers and coders, but the biggest need is medical assistants," said Hawaii Medical College President Ashton Cudjoe.
At Hawaii Medical College, students train to be certified medical assistants.
Like Yost, some students have family already in the healthcare industry - who inspired them to help others.
"My mom is a CMA, my sister and other important women in my life are CMAs. I've always just like helping people and being there. I want to give back," said HMC student Mackenzie Baron.
"I have a family member in the medical field and I got to volunteer and it had me find a new passion in my life," added Jeremiah Malloe.
They hope to be some of HMC's annual graduates.
But Cudjoe says the school doesn't even come close to filling the needs of Hawaii hospitals, which used to take in 3-500 medical assistant graduates each year.
"Previously there were a number of schools that offered medical assisting programs, now we are the only accredited offering medical assisting. We produce 200 graduates a year,"
stated Cudjoe.
He added the pandemic scared off some students from entering the healthcare field, but enrollment has picked back up. Now, he hopes to expand training for neighbor island students in the future. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/hawaii-nurses-not-the-only-healthcare-workers-in-short-supply/article_de04ee24-d0e6-11ec-ad92-8b8927166887.html | 2022-05-11T05:24:35Z |
Longs Drugs is closing its only other store in Downtown Honolulu.
A spokeswoman for Longs Drugs' parent company CVS Health confirmed to KITV4 that its original store in Downtown Honolulu is closing on June 10. The store is located at the Executive Centre Hotel and Condominium on Bishop Street.
Store officials say all prescriptions will be transferred to the Longs Drugs store that's less than a mile away at 1330 Pali Highway.
All store employees are being offered comparable roles at other Longs Drugs locations.
Longs Drugs officials say there are several factors that could lead to store closures.
They include local market dynamics, population shifts, a community's store density and ensuring there are other geographic access points to meet the needs of the community.
Longs Drugs has about 40 stores in Honolulu, including five Health Hubs on Oahu.
Last month, Longs Drugs closed its other store in Downtown Honolulu that's located on the ground floor of the Davies Pacific Center on Bishop Street.
Longs Drugs also is closing one of its Hilo stores on May 20. The store is located at 670 Ponahawai St, and all prescriptions from this store will be transferred to the nearby Longs Drugs at 82 Puuhonu Place in Hilo.
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Water safety is always been a big concern for us in Hawaii. Oahu's Ocean Safety will be adding 15 new lifeguard recruits to its ranks this Friday. At Sandy Beach, visitors walk along the shoreline and others hit the waves every day. Many towers on Oahu have lifeguards, but this one at Sandy Beach does not, and some are concerned about safety. Eranda Garcia is a California Visitor “If its dangerous they should not be letting people on the beach or going in the water. If the waves get so strong it can be so dangerous” I would feel safer if I had someone here who knows to go inside the water.” Camille Cadoret
Canadian Visitor “Obviously we’re tourists, so swimming we don’t do often at the beach. So having a lifeguard is reassuring because if we don’t have a lifeguard we don’t feel comfortable swimming in waves like this.” Starting this Friday, 15 new contract lifeguards will be added to the towers across Oahu…and another class of 15 will be added 5 weeks from now. Kaimi Vierra is a Local Waterman “This is the number one, beach in the nation for neck and back injuries so it’s a pretty deadline place. For them to have to risk their lives everyday. It’s pretty awesome and must be very rewarding for them.” The Ocean Safety Operating budget For June 2022 on Oahu is 17-2 Million dollars and there will be an increase of 13 percent, so $19-point 6 million for the new fiscal year starting in July. Chief John Titchen of Honolulu Ocean Safety
says, “That allows us to do to bring amazing lifeguards, we have literally no vacancies, just a few filling that we are filling. problem recruiting quality people. So an increase to our budget o our staffing as we phase in response to a law requiring us to be on duty more hours. Increase to our budget enables us to do” Chief Ttitchen adds while they have they have no problem in finding lifeguards, there are many in Hawaii who want to join them and a bigger budget will help.
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US Army soldier killed in bear attack on Alaska base
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A U.S. Army soldier has died following a bear attack that occurred during a training exercise at Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
JBER Spokesperson Erin Eaton wrote in a press release that while training in an area west of the Anchorage Regional Landfill, a soldier was attacked by a bear and died from the injuries, KTUU reports.
The 673d Security Forces Squadron initially responded to the incident, and Alaska Wildlife Troopers are still searching for the bear involved in the attack.
JBER officials say more information about the incident will be announced as it becomes available, and the name of the soldier who died will be released pending next-of-kin notification.
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Bob Lanier, NBA force who left big shoes to fill, dies at 73
(AP) - Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 73.
The NBA said Lanier died after a short illness. The Hall of Famer had worked for the league as a global ambassador. The Athletic reported in 2019 that Lanier was being treated for bladder cancer.
Lanier played 14 seasons with the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks and averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds for his career. He is third on the Pistons’ career list in both points and rebounds. Detroit drafted Lanier with the No. 1 overall pick in 1970 after he led St. Bonaventure to the Final Four.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Lanier was among the most talented centers in league history, and added that his accomplishments went far beyond what he did on the court.
“For more than 30 years, Bob served as our global ambassador and as a special assistant to David Stern and then me, traveling the world to teach the game’s values and make a positive impact on young people everywhere,” Silver said in a statement. “It was a labor of love for Bob, who was one of the kindest and most genuine people I have ever been around.”
Lanier went into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. But his boat-size shoes got there ahead of him, with a display of his bronzed sneakers in the shrine.
He was known for wearing size 22 shoes, although that was disputed in 1989 by a Converse representative, who told The Atlanta Constitution that Lanier wore size 18 1/2.
“The 22 he was reputed to wear was a Korean size,” shoe rep Gary Stoken said.
Not contested was the abundantly clear fact that his feet were big.
“A lot of people can put both feet into one of my shoes,” Lanier told HOOP magazine.
Born Sept. 10, 1948, in Buffalo, New York, Lanier starred in college at St. Bonaventure, where he averaged 27.6 points and 15.7 rebounds in three seasons. The Bonnies made it all the way to the Final Four in 1970, but Lanier had injured his knee in the regional final, and St. Bonaventure lost in the national semifinals to Jacksonville.
Lanier overcame a litany of orthopedic injuries, dealing with shoulder, back, elbow, hand and toe problems during his career. But that didn’t prevent him from earning his place among the top NBA centers of his era. After being named to the all-rookie team in 1971, he averaged at least 21 points and 11 rebounds for each of the next seven seasons. Lanier was an eight-time All-Star and the MVP of the 1974 All-Star Game.
He remains the Pistons’ franchise leader in scoring average at 22.7 points per game, beloved in Detroit for both his fierceness and friendliness.
“As fierce and as dominant as Bob was on the court, he was equally kind and impactful in the community,” the Pistons said. “As an ambassador for both the Pistons organization and the NBA, he represented our league, our franchise and our fans with great passion and integrity. We extend our heartfelt condolences to Bob’s family and friends.”
Lanier could beat opponents from the inside and the outside while ruling the boards. Although Abdul-Jabbar had a more famous hook shot, the sky hook, Lanier’s was very much a weapon.
“Guys didn’t change teams as much, so when you were facing the Bulls or the Bucks or New York, you had all these rivalries,” Lanier told NBA.com in 2018. “Lanier against Jabbar! Jabbar against Willis Reed! And then (Wilt) Chamberlain, and Artis Gilmore, and Bill Walton! You had all these great big men and the game was played from inside out.”
As exceptional as Lanier was, the Pistons won only one playoff series with him. He played 64 games or fewer in each of his last four full seasons with Detroit. In February 1980, he was traded to Milwaukee.
Lanier averaged fewer minutes with the Bucks, but he was part of Milwaukee teams that reached the Eastern Conference finals in 1983 and 1984, the final two seasons of his career.
He also served as president of the players’ union during the final years of his career, with Silver saying that he played “a key role in the negotiation of a game-changing collective bargaining agreement.”
Lanier was Detroit’s career leader in points and rebounds before he was passed by Isiah Thomas and Bill Laimbeer in those categories, and his single-game franchise record of 33 rebounds was topped by Dennis Rodman.
In 1995, Lanier was an assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors, then took over as coach on an interim basis after Don Nelson resigned. Lanier went 12-25, and the Warriors found another coach after the season.
Lanier won the NBA’s J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for the 1977-78 season for outstanding community service. Following his playing career, he helped start the NBA’s Stay in School campaign and participated in other outreach for the league.
“There’s so much need out here,” Lanier said. “When you’re traveling around to different cities and different countries, you see there are so many people in dire straits that the NBA can only do so much. We make a vast, vast difference, but there’s always so much more to do.”
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WAILUKU, Maui (KITV) -- The need for affordable housing in Hawaii continues to grow.
And on Maui, it's the driving force behind what was once a proposed hotel into an affordable housing apartment complex.
The proposed project would be located in Wailuki Town, between Main Street and Maluhia Drive, and between Central Ave. and Market Street.
The apartment complex would include 125 multi-family units with 1, 2, and 2-bedroom + loft residences offerings.
60% of the units are to be priced in the “affordable” range, and 40% priced at market rates. According to the Mayor's office, project plans are fully compliant with area zoning requirements.
"The idea is to bring the life back into the city, rejuvenate the whole Wailuku Town," said Timothy Yi.
Yi is the CEO and President of Lokahi Global Corporation, the Hawai'i-based affordable housing developer behind the project.
A former youth pastor, Yi has spent the last 10-years with Lokahi Global Corporation to keep locals local.
He found success with two previous Oahu affordable housing projects: the 485-unit Kapiolani Residence, and the 513-unit The Central Ala Moana. Both received international awards for excellence in affordable housing.
"When we had the seminar for the two projects, for 600 units, we had about 10,000 people show up, and that really shocked me and gave me opportunity to believe this is a market needed in our community," said Yi.
With the success seen on Oahu, a landowner in Waikapu, Maui reached out to Yi to see if he would be interested in taking over a parcel of land and use it for affordable/workforce housing.
While he was visiting that site and getting support from Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino, the site in Wailuku Town was mentioned.
Yi then reached out to the current landowners, who he says are delighted and excited about the idea.
“I whole-heartedly support this plan because it’s exactly the type of housing that young professionals and working couples are asking for,” said Victorino. “It supports a car-free lifestyle for Central Maui workers since a walkable Wailuku and its proximity to the Ka`ahumanu Avenue Community Corridor can eliminate the need for a car, including both financial and environmental costs.”
Na Hale O Maui, an affordable housing non-profit and public land trust, knows first hand the need for affordable housing on the Valley Isle.
The organization, started in 2006, has 47 single family homes scattered throughout the county.
One of its most recent sales was in Lahaina to a workforce family.
"We have over 100 families on our list that would like to buy these houses and for the house in Lahaina, there was 20 families that were looked at but only one can live there," said Cassandra Abdul.
Abdul is the Executive Director of Na Hale O Maui. She says currently the median price for a three bedroom, two bathroom home on the island is $1.2 million.
"They are saying if you look at a workforce family they would have to work 60-hours a week just to pay a mortgage," said Abdul. "Another thing that is happening is our workforce is leaving us. They just did another study that says Hawaii is the third highest state losing residents to other states."
Although not involved with the Wailuku Town project, Abdul says she is in full support of it and Lokahi Global Corporation.
"It’s about partnership, which is why I am urging private sector, government, public sector to come in and support each other and help each other creating more community projects so that our people can afford to live here and stay here," said Yi.
The Wailuku Town project is a mix of affordable and market-rate units because Yi explains he will need the private funding up front to get the project started.
However, Lokahi Global Corporation is looking to partner with the county and get 25-30% in government funding to help with the development cost. If that works out, Yi says he is willing to do 100% workforce housing.
Yi estimates the project will cost roughly $70-80 million.
"My vision and philosophy as a developer is not about money, its about people," said Yi. "By doing that, people will make a living here as well, and that will feed the economy."
According to Lokahi Global Corporation, units will be offered strictly to local residents and interested families will need to prove residency.
Yi said his consulting firm on Maui is working to figure out what needs to be done before taking the project before council for approval. He is hoping to get approval to fast-track it, with a potential groundbreaking date of summer 2023. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/from-hotel-to-housing-new-affordable-housing-project-planned-for-wailuku/article_f4fc0832-d0dd-11ec-b72a-ebf54b131a4f.html | 2022-05-11T07:36:27Z |
Amid a shortage of lifeguards at some beachfront locations around the island, Oahu's Ocean Safety will be adding 15 new lifeguard recruits to its ranks this Friday.
At Sandy Beach, visitors walk along the shoreline and others hit the waves every day. Many towers on Oahu have lifeguards, but this one at Sandy Beach does not, and some are concerned about safety.
“If it's dangerous, they should not be letting people on the beach, or going in the water, "says Eranda Garciam, visiting from California. "If the waves get so strong it can be so dangerous.”
"I would feel safer if I had someone here who knows to go inside the water,” says visitor Camille Cadoret.
Starting this Friday, 15 new contract lifeguards will be added to the towers across Oahu, and another class of 15 will be added in about 5 weeks from now.
“This is the number one, beach in the nation for neck and back injuries so it’s a pretty deadline place. For them to have to risk their lives everyday. It’s pretty awesome and must be very rewarding for them.”
The Ocean Safety Operating budget For June 2022 on Oahu is $17-20 million, and there will be an increase of 13 percent, so $19-point 6 million for the new fiscal year starting in July.
“That allows us to bring amazing lifeguards. We have literally no vacancies, just a few positions that we are filling," says Chief John Titchen of Honolulu Ocean Safety.
He adds that while they have no problem in finding lifeguards, there are many in Hawaii who want to join them.. and a bigger budget will help.
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Man with no flight experience lands plane after pilot incapacitated
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WPBF) - A passenger with no flight experience landed a plane after the pilot suffered a medical emergency with the help of an air traffic controller, who guided him through the process of safely bringing the plane in.
Robert Morgan, an air traffic controller, was reading a book outside the tower on break around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Palm Beach International Airport.
“There’s a passenger flying a plane that’s not a pilot and the pilot is incapacitated, so they said we need to try to help them land the plane,” Morgan said.
Morgan was certainly the man for the job, with 20 years in tower control. He is also a flight instructor with around 1200 hours under his belt.
“I just feel like it was probably meant to happen,” he said.
Morgan had never flown the specific plane model, a Cessna Grand Caravan, so he used a picture of the cockpit to understand the specifics the passenger was working with.
“I knew the plane was flying like any other plane. I just had to keep him calm, point him to the runway and tell him how to reduce the power so he could descend to land,” Morgan said.
Morgan took over and was able to talk the passenger through a safe landing.
“Before I knew it, he was like, ‘I’m on the ground. How do I turn this thing off?’” he said.
Together, Morgan and the passenger had pulled off the impossible. They met on the tarmac and hugged it out.
“It felt really good to help somebody, and he told me that he was going to go home tonight to see his pregnant wife,” Morgan said.
Officials haven’t released the name of the passenger or the pilot.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The University of Hawaii men's volleyball team credits its fans for helping it win its second straight national championship. For one fan from Kailua, the team also helped her in a big way.
Laughter is the best medicine. Just ask 85-year-old Gwen Shigekane.
While she seems happy now, it wasn't that way earlier this year. Her husband of 61 years, Walter, passed away in December.
"I was staying home, didn't have anything, didn't want to do anything," Shigekane said.
She went to see her doctor.
"And he confirmed what everybody suspected, that I was in depression, and that I was not myself," Shigekane said.
A couple months ago, her friend invited her to go the U.H. men's volleyball home game.
"And I said yes! and we've been going to every game since," Shigekane said.
She wasn't able to make it to Los Angeles to watch the national championship game in person, but you bet she watched it from home. She was so proud when the Rainbow Warriors won!
Shigekane said her husband was there too, in spirit: "I'm sure he was smiling too. He knew how happy I was."
There was one more surprise in store for Shigekane.
On Monday, she was at Kaiser Permanente's Koolau Medical Office for her appointment with Dr. Todd Kuwaye, when she had a chance encounter.
The doctor noticed how happy Gwen looked this time. She told him she started going to U.H. men's volleyball games.
"You know I glanced at the schedule. I know Chad is coming to see me, you know for some follow up, and so man if he's here, let me see if I can introduce them because she would be totally blown away," Kuwaye said.
His patient Chad Giesseman is a volunteer assistant coach for the U.H. men's volleyball team. He said he'd love to meet Gwen.
"So I was surprised when we walked in there and I was like, okay, she was sitting there and she looked more worried, like, why is this guy in my room? And I was, so I wanted to reassure her that everything was okay, just to introduce myself, and once I told her who I was, I think at that point, she recognized who I was. That's when she ended up standing up and giving me a hug," Giesseman said.
"I just jumped up and I started hugging him and he was trying to explain to me, the doctor asked me to introduce myself. I was just so shook up. I was hugging him so hard," Shigekane said.
"It's very powerful. It's very inspiring, and for me it's awesome I could play a small part to bring those two together," Kuwaye said.
"Do I look like a depressed person?" Shigekane asked while laughing. "The answer is absolutely not because I'm not. So sports has a major effect on people that people don't realize."
A chance encounter that made her day, and year, thanks to a compassionate doctor and a caring coach who went the extra mile, and a team that gave her a renewed sense of hope.
"Nobody likes to really go to the doctor but I was so glad I had a doctor's appointment that day!" Shigekane said. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/u-h-mens-volleyball-team-helps-an-85-year-old-kailua-woman-in-a-big/article_4dd23e08-d0fd-11ec-8618-dbf2bfeaec43.html | 2022-05-11T09:38:05Z |
6th graders ‘traumatized’ after anti-abortion video shown in class, parents say
LAS VEGAS (KVVU) - Parents of middle school students in Nevada are outraged after they said their students’ teacher showed an anti-abortion video in her classroom that featured a dramatized reenactment of the abortion procedure.
Sixth graders told their parents that their teacher showed them the disturbing content in their reading class at Thurman White Academy of the Performing Arts, a magnet school in Henderson.
The parents said that their students “are now traumatized,” so they are reaching out to Clark County School District employees, demanding answers, KVVU reports.
The YouTube video parents referred to showed a group of young performers in a faith-based performance group on stage, pretending to be an unborn fetus. At one point, the performers writhed and screamed in pain while pretending to be terminated by a doctor.
“He’s just so stressed and upset and uptight about it,” said Haleigh Isbill, one of the parents of a 12-year-old student. “He was so bothered that, like, he doesn’t even want to be in the same room when we talked about what happened.”
Isbill said “she cannot express just how upset she is” because she said the content was inappropriate for the classroom.
“It’s not an indictment on her beliefs even. It’s ‘don’t show that to our babies.’ That’s inappropriate for public school,” Isbill said.
On Monday, parents said the video was so disturbing, it would have even required a trigger warning for adults.
In an email to the teacher, Isbill wrote, “As a parent of a child in your care, I was horrified to find out that you are showing him videos about your religious and political anti-choice agenda.”
Thurman White mother Elaine Edmiston said her 12-year-old told her about it as soon as they got in the car when she picked them up from school Thursday.
“They talked about this weird video they saw in reading class about abortion, and automatically, I was like, ‘Wait, what? That’s odd.’ And they said it was about a readers theater assignment,” Edmiston said.
The video in question has nearly 100,000 views on YouTube.
Parents worked to describe the video.
“The way the doctor was referred to as, ‘Oh no, not that guy again. We don’t like him. We don’t feel safe, but we know you’ll love us anyway. You’ll take care of us.’ And then, ‘Oh, it’s that doctor. What is he doing, Mommy?’ And then they all started screaming, making faces,” Isbill said.
“Like, it burns, it burns!” Edmiston said.
“Like, holding their faces and like bending over and just really emotionally getting into this, writhing, and it’s super disturbing as an adult,” Isbill said. “They’re not even teens yet.”
She said their students are in different classes, but they both saw the video.
“They have the same teacher for reading, two different periods. But she gave them the same curriculum in both classes. They both watched the video. They both saw it,” the parents said.
Isbill said she is only speaking to the media because she is concerned for other families and hopes this does not happen again. She is concerned about the bigger picture.
“How many kids went home and didn’t talk to their parents about it and didn’t say anything because maybe they just thought it was normal? Because it was presented, and it was presented by an authority figure,” Isbill said.
Edmiston said the timing of it is particularly troubling, as students continue to deal with mental health impacts from the pandemic shutdowns.
“To show the part of the video where the children are actually pretending to be a fetus or a baby and they’re screaming about pain, as if... it’s heartwrenching, as if they’re being tortured. And they’re watching children do this? Especially during a year when we’re just trying to get back on our feet after being home last year,” Edmiston said.
Both parents said their kids said the teacher did not present any other sides of the argument regarding abortion.
Regardless, they said they also feel abortion shouldn’t have been brought up to begin with in a sixth grade reading class.
The two concerned mothers said they emailed the teacher, the school principal and the district superintendent on Friday.
In that email, Isbill wrote, “We are a multifaith household, and we do not appreciate your input.”
Isbill said she received a message from Thurman White Principal Matthew Jackson on Monday at 5:35 p.m.
She said the message reads, “Recently, we became aware of a video shown to some students in a classroom that was not reviewed properly. The video included subject matter that is not conducive to the social-emotional needs of students. We are making changes to the review process to prevent this type of incident going forward.”
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Ukrainians make gains in east, stop Russian gas at one hub
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine’s natural gas pipeline operator on Wednesday stopped Russian shipments through a key hub in the east of the country, while its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Kyiv’s military had made small gains, pushing Russian forces out of four villages near Kharkiv.
The pipeline operator said Russian shipments through its Novopskov hub, in an area controlled by Moscow-backed separatists, would be cut beginning Wednesday. It said the hub handles about a third of Russian gas passing through Ukraine to Western Europe. Russia’s state-owned natural gas giant Gazprom put the figure at about a quarter.
The move marks the first time natural gas supply has been affected by the war that began in February. It may force Russia to shift flows of its gas through territory controlled by Ukraine to reach its clients in Europe. Russia’s state energy giant Gazprom initially said it couldn’t, though preliminary flow data suggested higher rates moving through a second station in Ukrainian-controlled territory.
The operator said it was stopping the flow because of interference from “occupying forces,” including the apparent siphoning of gas. Russia could reroute shipments through Sudzha, a main hub in a northern part of the country controlled by Ukraine, it said. But Gazprom spokesperson Sergei Kupriyanov said that would be “technologically impossible” and questioned the reason given for the stoppage.
Zelenskyy said Tuesday that the military was gradually pushing Russian troops away from Kharkiv, while Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba voiced what appeared to be increasing confidence — and expanded goals, suggesting Ukraine could go beyond just forcing Russia back to areas it held before the invasion began 11 weeks ago.
Kuleba told the Financial Times that Ukraine initially believed victory would be the withdrawal of Russian troops to positions they occupied before the Feb. 24 invasion. But the focus shifted to the eastern industrial heartland of the Donbas after Russian forces failed to take Kyiv early in the war.
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“Now if we are strong enough on the military front, and we win the battle for Donbas, which will be crucial for the following dynamics of the war, of course the victory for us in this war will be the liberation of the rest of our territories,” Kuleba said.
Kuleba’s statement seemed to reflect political ambitions more than battlefield realities: Russian forces have made advances in the Donbas and control more of it than they did before the war began. But it highlights how Ukraine has stymied a larger, better-armed Russian military, surprising many who had anticipated a much quicker end to the conflict.
Ukraine said Tuesday that Russian forces fired seven missiles at Odesa a day earlier, hitting a shopping center and a warehouse in the country’s largest port. One person was killed and five wounded, the military said.
Images showed a burning building and debris — including a tennis shoe — in a heap of destruction in the city on the Black Sea.
One general has suggested Moscow’s aims include cutting Ukraine’s maritime access to both the Black and Azov seas. That would also give Russia a corridor linking it to both the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized in 2014, and Transnistria, a pro-Moscow region of Moldova.
Ukraine’s targeting of Russian forces on Snake Island in the Black Sea was helping disrupt Moscow’s attempts to expand its influence, the British military said.
Russia has sought to reinforce its garrison on Snake Island, while “Ukraine has successfully struck Russian air defenses and resupply vessels with Bayraktar drones,” the British Defense Ministry said in an intelligence update on Twitter. It said Russian resupply vessels had minimum protection after the Russian Navy retreated to Crimea after losing the Moskva.
That corresponds to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press showing the fighting there.
But the British military warned: “If Russia consolidates its position on (Snake) Island with strategic air defense and coastal defense cruise missiles, they could dominate the northwestern Black Sea.”
Even if Russia fails to sever Ukraine from its coast — and it appears to lack the forces to do so — continuing missile strikes on Odesa reflect its strategic importance. The Russian military has repeatedly targeted its airport, claiming it destroyed several batches of Western weapons.
Odesa is a major gateway for grain shipments, and the Russian blockade threatens global food supplies. It’s also a cultural jewel, dear to Ukrainians and Russians alike. Targeting it carries symbolic significance.
To protect Odesa, Kyiv might need to shift forces to the southwest, drawing them away from the eastern front in the Donbas, where they are fighting near Kharkiv to push the Russians back across the border.
Kharkiv and its surroundings have been under sustained Russian attack since the early in the war. In recent weeks, grisly pictures testified to the horrors of those battles, with charred and mangled bodies strewn in one street.
The bodies of 44 civilians were found in the rubble of a five-story building that collapsed in March in Izyum, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Kharkiv, Oleh Synehubov, head of the regional administration, said Tuesday.
Russian aircraft twice launched unguided missiles Tuesday at the Sumy area northeast of Kharkiv, according to the Ukrainian border guard service. The region’s governor said the missiles hit several residential buildings, but no one was killed. Russian mortars hit the Chernihiv region, along the Ukrainian border with Belarus, but there was no word on casualties.
Zelenskyy used his nightly address to pay tribute to Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of an independent Ukraine, who died Tuesday at 88.
Kravchuk showed courage and knew how to get the country to listen to him, he said.
That was particularly important in “crisis moments, when the future of the whole country may depend on the courage of one man,” said Zelenskyy, whose own communication skills and decision to remain in Kyiv when it came under Russian attack helped make him a strong wartime leader.
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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, Lolita C. Baldor in Washington, Kelvin Chan in London and AP’s worldwide staff contributed.
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MILWAUKEE, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating possible securities fraud claims against Upstart Holdings (Nasdaq: UPST). The investigation results from inaccurate statements Upstart Holdings may have made regarding its business operations and prospects.
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TOKYO, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AGC Inc., a Tokyo-based world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, has developed a light-control panoramic roof with Low-E coating, which has been adopted for the LEXUS RZ, a dedicated BEV (*1) model to be launched by Toyota Motor Corporation in the second half of 2022. The use of Low-E glass (*2) with high solar control and heat-insulating performance allows the panoramic roof to provide both an open cabin environment and a comfortable cabin temperature, while the elimination of a sunshade contributes to a lighter body.
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- LEXUS RZ, a dedicated BEV model released by Toyota:
- Shade-less panoramic roof
Dimmed mode of dimming glass:
Transparent mode of dimming glass:
While conventional panoramic roofs let in light and create an open interior space, they are susceptible to solar heat and outside temperature, requiring sunshades to keep the cabin comfortable and preventing occupants from fully enjoying the open feeling due to heat and cold issues.
The special Low-E coating technology developed by AGC recently for automotive glass has cleared the reliability evaluation required for the LEXUS brand, which pursues high quality and advanced features. It has also achieved unprecedented solar control and heat-insulation performance, thereby greatly reducing heat in summer and cold in winter, which had been an issue. The shade-less configuration also contributes to vehicle weight reduction and head clearance (the distance from the top of the head to the ceiling when seated).
Furthermore, a light-control type is also available to instantly control the transmitted light and adjust the light environment inside the cabin, providing new enjoyment, comfort, and experiential value to the LEXUS brand in the new era.
The AGC Group has positioned the mobility business as a strategic business under its medium-term management plan "AGC plus-2023." AGC will contribute to the realization of new mobility and a sustainable society by providing optimal materials and solutions as the functions required of automotive glass diversify with the advancement of CASE.
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(*1) BEV: Abbreviation for Battery Electric Vehicle
(*2) Low-E glass: Abbreviation for low emissivity glass. Glass coated with a
special metallic film reduces heat transfer by radiation and has high solar
control and heat-insulating performance.
- Reference: Technical Overview
Special Low-E coating for automotive glass:
Light Control Glass "WONDERLITE (TM) Dx"
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SINGAPORE, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amber Group, the leading global digital asset platform, today announced its entry into the metaverse with the launch of Openverse, a Web3 enablement platform for creators, brands and businesses. A culmination of Amber Group's multi-disciplinary expertise in digital architecture and blockchain-native infrastructure, Openverse serves as a gateway to the metaverse, empowering Web2 creators, brands and businesses with tools and services to transition into Web3.
With the metaverse economy projected to reach $13 trillion by 2030, Openverse marks Amber Group's venture into Web3 community building. Due to launch in Q3 2022, Openverse is a significant milestone in Amber Group's plans to aid businesses, industries and societies as they transition into Web3. As a one-stop platform, Openverse will create entry points into the metaverse by delivering end-to-end creative and digital infrastructures for creators, brands and businesses.
"Digital assets are the first step in realizing a decentralized future where people are empowered to create and connect with online communities, unlocking new digital experiences. While there has been a lot of interest in the metaverse, it remains largely conceptual. With Openverse, we are taking a solid step towards creating this digital reality for all. Backed by our expertise and partnerships within the digital asset ecosystem, Openverse is at the forefront of onboarding businesses and communities into the metaverse, unlocking the true potential of decentralization," said Amber Group's Chief Executive Officer, Michael Wu.
Openverse is designed to be a Web3 enablement platform, supported by leading real-time 3D rendering technology to create an experiential digital world for all users. The platform will be accessible on mobile, desktop and VR platforms, and will come equipped with features such as real-time content interaction, gameplay, customizable digital avatars and an NFT valuation system. Openverse will also leverage Amber Group's flagship digital asset platform, WhaleFin, for its crypto financial services, creating synergies with the company's thriving consumer business line to expand the reach of its digital asset services.
"We are excited to launch Openverse, and convert the possibilities of the metaverse into reality in the next few months. As we develop a gateway for everyone to journey into the metaverse together, we are also building a strong line-up of partnerships with gaming studios, sporting brands, digital artists and creators in an effort to bridge the gap between physical and virtual economies. Not only will this encourage more Web2 users to migrate into the metaverse, it will also herald a new era for digital assets worldwide," said Openverse's Chief Executive Officer, Jo Xu.
About Amber Group
Amber Group is a leading digital asset platform operating globally with offices in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The firm provides a full range of digital asset services spanning investing, financing, and trading. Amber Group is backed by prominent investors including Sequoia, Temasek, Paradigm, Tiger Global, Dragonfly, Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, and Blockchain.com.
For more information, please visit www.ambergroup.io.
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Worldwide agreement covers renowned songwriter's entire catalog and future works
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Publishing today announced it has signed a global deal with award-winning songwriter Ashley Gorley, in partnership with Domain Capital Group. The agreement encompasses Gorley's complete catalog of songs, as well as future compositions.
Ashley Gorley is widely recognized for his extensive and successful songwriting career across country, pop and more – he has written a record 59 No. 1 singles and has had over 400 songs released by artists such as Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Cole Swindell, Bon Jovi, Weezer, and more. His recent hits include "You Should Probably Leave" by Chris Stapleton, "Sand In My Boots" by Morgan Wallen, and "What's Your Country Song" by Thomas Rhett.
Gorley said, "Both Domain and Sony Music Publishing have a deep respect and understanding of the value of songs. I am grateful to Pete and the rest of the Domain crew for their belief in me. I am especially excited to join forces with longtime friends Jon Platt, Rusty Gaston, Cam Caldwell, and the rest of the Sony staff. I can't wait to get started on this next chapter!"
Domain Capital Group's Pete Chiappetta said, "Ashley Gorley is undeniably one of the most talented, hard-working and acclaimed songwriters in the world. We are excited to see what he accomplishes next with Jon, Rusty, Cam and the rest of the incredible team at Sony. To partner alongside such a passionate and well-respected group of professionals is an honor."
Sony Music Publishing Nashville CEO Rusty Gaston said, "I've been a fan of Ashley Gorley's songwriting since the late 90s when we both attended Belmont University together. He's a true music connoisseur in every sense of the word. His diverse influences combined with his genuine heart have led his songs to define the soundtrack of country music. Sony Music Publishing is so proud to partner with Ashley and our friends at Domain Capital to champion this new leg of his historic songwriting journey."
Gorley has been honored as ASCAP Songwriter of The Year an unprecedented eight times. He is a five-time Billboard Top Country Songwriter, five-time NSAI Songwriter of The Year, and 2021 iHeart Radio All-Genre Songwriter of The Year, landing the nomination again in 2022. He has multiple GRAMMY, CMA, and ACM nominations.
Ashley graduated Magna Cum Laude from Belmont University and continues to support the college as an adjunct professor, guest speaker, and mentor to songwriting students. He is an advocate for the songwriting community and has worked to promote songwriters' rights and bills such as the Music Modernization Act (MMA). He also champions a roster of talented writers at his publishing company Tape Room Music, whose writers have celebrated 35 No. 1 hits including "Body Like A Back Road" by Sam Hunt and "One Of Them Girls" by Lee Brice.
Ashley Gorley was represented in the transaction by Derek Crownover, John Rolfe and Megan Pekar from Loeb & Loeb, LLP.
About Domain Capital: Atlanta based Domain Capital Group, LLC provides comprehensive private investment management services through its registered investment adviser subsidiaries to institutions, public and private pension plans, corporations, foundations, endowments and high-net-worth individuals. Domain's investment professionals have experience across a wide range of asset classes and investment strategies, including Real Estate; Natural Resources; Media, Entertainment & Technology; and Credit & Special Situations. For further information, visit: www.domaincapitalgroup.com.
About Sony Music Publishing: Sony Music Publishing ("SMP") is the leading global music publisher, home to the world's best songwriters and many of the most iconic songs ever written. Headquartered in New York with an international network of 38 offices, Sony Music Publishing supports the vision, artistry, and goals of its songwriters by amplifying opportunities, fostering collaboration, and defending their rights. SMP represents classic catalogues including The Beatles, Queen, Motown, Carole King, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Leiber & Stoller, Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, AC/DC and The Rolling Stones, as well as contemporary superstars such as Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Calvin Harris, Daddy Yankee, Gabby Barrett, Jay-Z, Ye, Luke Bryan, Luis Fonsi, Maluma, Marc Anthony, Miranda Lambert, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Sara Bareilles, Sean Love Combs, The Kid LAROI, Travis Scott and many more. Sony Music Publishing is a part of Sony's suite of powerful entertainment brands. Learn more about SMP here.
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The free platform offers creators guidance on music creation, digital marketing, finance, publishing and much more, with insights from leading industry experts.
NEW YORK, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, artist-first music streaming service Audiomack announced the launch of the Audiomack Artist Guide, an all-in-one platform that offers creators and emerging musicians a comprehensive online resource to navigate the music industry and is available at guide.audiomack.com.
The free guide serves as an encyclopedia for artists, offering a detailed glossary that defines key music industry terms, answers to frequently asked questions from today's leading industry experts, and a vast array of articles to help creators analyze all facets of the music business.
"It's challenging for a new artist to know where to go and who to trust while building a career in music," said Brendan Varan, VP of U.S. Content Strategy at Audiomack. "The Audiomack Artist Guide is a free educational resource for artists at every stage of their careers."
The Audiomack Artist Guide features insight on a multitude of topics, including protecting copyrights, booking shows, balancing a marketing budget, planning a tour, selling merch, signing to a publisher, executing a rollout, and much more. The resource includes perspectives from artist managers, record label executives, entertainment attorneys, producers and engineers, among others.
The launch of the Artist Guide reaffirms Audiomack's commitment to empowering and educating artists, so they are equipped with the knowledge to thrive in their careers. Most recently, Audiomack unveiled the Creator App in February 2022. The companion app, which has generated 100k MAU in less than three months, enables artists to receive comprehensive streaming analytics around their new music, helping them learn more about their fans' listening habits, pinpoint geographical markets where they receive the best streaming engagement, identify tastemakers that are supporting their music, and assess long-term growth.
About Audiomack
Audiomack, which launched in 2012, currently reaches more than 20 million monthly users globally. The audio streaming and discovery platform has played an integral role in breaking new acts, such as Roddy Ricch and Kaash Paige; served as a trusted partner to Eminem and Nicki Minaj, among other notable artists, to debut exclusive releases; and helped rising African stars, such as Omah Lay, reach an international audience. As of April 2022, Audiomack is the top-ranked music streaming app on Apple's iOS in Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, and Kenya.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed sale of Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN) to Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of Biohaven will receive only $148.50 in cash and 0.5 of a share of New Biohaven, a new publicly traded company that will retain Biohaven's non-CGRP development stage pipeline compounds, for each share of Biohaven that they own. KSF is seeking to determine whether this consideration and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the consideration undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-bhvn/ to learn more.
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Leveraging local expertise and presence to enhance cybersecurity go-to-market
WATERLOO, ON and DUBAI, UAE, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Midis Group to expand its go-to-market sales motion across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
A leading technology company, with a network of over 170 affiliates and partners across these markets, Midis Group will focus on driving growth for BlackBerry's Cybersecurity business unit. Midis Group will leverage its on-the-ground expertise, market knowledge, and regional infrastructure to establish BlackBerry-branded local offices focused on representing BlackBerry's comprehensive portfolio of unified endpoint management solutions and next-generation, AI-based Cylance® cybersecurity products.
"BlackBerry has always stood for security, trust, and innovation," said John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO of BlackBerry. "As a leading provider of cybersecurity products and solutions to governments, large enterprises, and small and medium businesses around the world, we are pleased to partner with Midis Group to further expand our business across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In the face of increasingly frequent cyberattack attempts and intensifying regulatory scrutiny, BlackBerry is committed to helping organizations build up their cybersecurity capabilities and prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond to cyber threats."
Comprised of more than 5,000 employees who have partnered with the largest firms in the world, Midis Group excels at providing a deep bench of expertise, local infrastructure, and successful execution. Midis Group's experience in delivering advanced IT products and solutions to their customers has benefited their clients for over 50 years.
"Working together with BlackBerry, Midis Group will offer a wide and deep portfolio of endpoint management and cybersecurity solutions to help our clients keep their employees connected and secure, while also ensuring the highest level of threat prevention and protection across their IT infrastructure," said Nabil Bustros, Chairman and CEO of the Midis Group. Rob Eckelmann, Midis Advisory Board Chair, added, "We are proud once again to represent a leading global technology firm, support the business goals of our customers, and deliver both world-class solutions and proven results."
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including over 195M vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy solutions, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint management, endpoint security, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow @BlackBerry.
About Midis Group
With more than 5000 professionals, some 100 of the world's leading technology vendors, and a solid 50-year track record of performance and reliability, the Midis Group is a multinational organization comprised of over 170 companies across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The group is known for its advanced offering of managed IT services and consultancy, system integration, cloud and data center capabilities and infrastructure, software, and hardware solutions, as well as technology distribution and retail.
The Midis Group was named in 2006 as one of the World Economic Forum's initial 100 Global Growth Companies. For more information, visit www.midisgroup.com.
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- Envisics, based in the UK, is a global leader in dynamic holographic technology
- AR HUD installation projected to expand exponentially by 2030
- Company set to grow global workforce by over 50% by end of 2023
MILTON KEYNES, United Kingdom, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Envisics, the global leader in dynamic holographic technology today announced new plans for global expansion including an increase in its global workforce by over 50% by the end of 2023. Augmented Reality Heads-Up Display (AR HUD) is an advanced display technology that is fast becoming a must-have feature for auto makers and consumers alike. AR HUD systems enable useful information related to vehicle performance and the road ahead to be projected to the driver through dynamic holography.
Commenting on the growth of the company, Envisics founder and CEO, Dr. Jamieson Christmas said, "We are extremely encouraged by the growing interest in AR HUD from the automakers in parallel with our own technological advances. Although many view holographic technology as something they remember from STAR WARS® movies, we are on the threshold of widespread deployment across the industry."
The AR HUD market is entering a growth phase fueled by the introduction of new technologies, including ENVISICS products and services from Envisics. Based on global market research, the HUD market is expected to grow by at least 12% on average every year by 2025, and AR HUD, is expected to grow exponentially from one million units in 2025 to 12 million in 2030. Based on date from a recent AA Motoring Survey*, over half of drivers interviewed agreed that a HUD would 'be a good way to warn drivers of potential danger near them e.g., pedestrian crossing the road ahead.
Headquartered in Milton Keynes, Envisics today has over 85 employees with a combined 700 years of engineering experience and over a combined 200 years of specific experience in HUD development. The bulk of the workforce growth will be in research and development functions based in the UK, US and at a forthcoming office in Europe.
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*AA/Yonder on-line driver poll with 13,935 responses conducted in the UK 11-18 April 2022
Contact: Press@envisics.com, Simon Sproule, +44 1908 886220
About Envisics
Envisics is a globally renowned dynamic holography pioneer. Since 2010, Envisics has been developing holographic technologies for augmented reality head-up displays (AR-HUDs) and automotive sensor systems. ENVISICS branded technology harnesses the power of holography and laser-based light sources to provide the highest possible image quality. The advancement of ENVISICS branded technology has the opportunity to transform automotive displays and revolutionize the in-car experience. In partnership with the world's leading automakers and tier-one suppliers, Envisics is making the future of holographic technology a reality for smarter and safer vehicles. Envisics Ltd is the proprietor of registered trade mark rights worldwide in respect of the ENVISICS® mark and logo.
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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The JRT agency®, a digital advertising agency, has been selected Agency of Record for Clear Rate Communications, a business and residential telecommunications service provider in Troy, Michigan, following a nationwide agency review.
"It was clear right away that JRT understood our business," said Stephen Oyer, Chief Executive Officer at Clear Rate Communications. "It's rare that in a pitch for full rebranding assignment that an agency comes so close to hitting the mark. But that's what happened with JRT. They truly listened to our needs and did their research. We ended up implementing 99% of what they recommended at that first meeting."
After being awarded the business in late February, JRT acted swiftly with project kickoff on March 3, 2022, so they could deliver the many tangibles for Clear Rate's Town Hall, held on April 27, 2022. "I was impressed with how quickly the team worked to finalize the brand identity, create a style guide, mailers, flyers, website re-skin, brand essence video and employee appreciation to make the Town Hall event a huge success," said Julie Kraemer, Director of Marketing at Clear Rate Communications.
JRT will work closely with Clear Rate Communications, launching a complete website restructuring and content overhaul within the next 90 days, then will continue to support Clear Rate with key branding, marketing and messaging initiatives for business and residential sectors.
"What's significant about our relationship with Clear Rate is that our moral compasses are set in tandem. Our businesses are both completely focused around the customer. I think it's why we were able to develop their brand descriptor, 'Service and speed is in our fiber', with such conviction — because we feel the same about our clients," said Mark Bellissimo, Chief Executive Officer at JRT. "We are thrilled to be working alongside Clear Rate Communications as a telecommunications leader and will help position them as such to their present and future clients."
About the JRT agency®
The JRT agency® is a thoroughly modern communications company that moves brands at the speed of the customer. Although 46 years old, JRT always thinks like a start-up, providing a portfolio of digital-first services, including brand strategy, advertising, desktop and mobile platform development, B2B, B2C, multimedia creative, production, data management, environmental image engineering, influencer and experiential marketing, and more. To learn more, visit www.thejrtagency.com.
About Clear Rate
Founded in Michigan over 20 years ago, Clear Rate (CR) is a trusted, innovative technology company providing 25,000 loyal business and residential customers across the country the latest telecommunications solutions designed around their needs, including fiber internet, hosted voice, cloud and managed IT solutions. CR is well positioned to grow and expand with recent investment from Linx partners and a newly hired leadership team made up of experts from across the telecommunications industry. CR continues to invest millions of dollars in our state-of-the-art 100 Gbps fiber network and provide more and more Michigan-based businesses the fastest, most reliable technology in the industry. With 24/7 local, live support, CR customers know they can always reach us. www.clearrate.com.
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TSX.V: DME
U.S. OTC: DMEHF
Frankfurt: QM01
VANCOUVER, BC, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - DESERT MOUNTAIN ENERGY CORP. (the "Company") (TSXV: DME) (U.S.OTC: DMEHF) (Frankfurt: QM01) From the President of the Company.
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. (DME) is pleased to announce that Helium concentrations in Offset Wells #5, #6 & #7 were higher than originally found in Discovery Well #4. The average Helium percentage makeup using combined starting flow rates from the offsets was 3.511%. CO2 averaged 0.0201% with the balance of the gas being Nitrogen. These zones were perforated to be combined with Well #4 to create the most balanced level and mixtures of gas to initiate production from the McCauley Helium Processing Facility. "We are thrilled that these wells increase the Helium average significantly above Discovery Well #4's results," says Robert Rohlfing, CEO of Desert Mountain Energy Corp. "This will make the wells much more profitable."
The average Helium spot tests on the offsets were more than almost three times those of Well #4. A pay zone with over 4% Helium in Well #5 located in the Rohlfing Helium Field will also be processed in the same processing facility. These overall levels of increased Helium combined with below minimal levels for CO2 are confirmation of our geologic modelling.
DME is building the first solar-powered Helium processing facility using Hydrogen as a backup power source in North America. The Company's goal is to produce as near to zero carbon footprint, from our operations as possible.
Desert Mountain Energy Corp. is a publicly traded resource company primarily focused on exploration, development and production of helium, hydrogen and noble gases. The Company is primarily looking for elements deemed critical to the renewable energy and high technology industries.
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"Robert Rohlfing"
Robert Rohlfing
Exec Chairman & CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in polices of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The statements made in this press release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ from the Company's expectations.
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Such forward looking statements and information herein include but are not limited to statements regarding the Company's anticipated performance in the future the planned exploration activities, receipt of positive results from drilling, the completion of further drilling and exploration work, and the timing and results of various activities.
Forward-looking statements or information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company and its operations to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such factors include, among others, changes in national and local governments, legislation, taxation, controls, regulations and political or economic developments in Canada and the United States; financial risks due to helium prices, operating or technical difficulties in exploration and development activities; risks and hazards and the speculative nature of resource exploration and related development; risks in obtaining necessary licenses and permits, and challenges to the Company's title to properties.
Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions management believes to be reasonable, including but not limited to the continued operation of the Company's exploration operations, no material adverse change in the market price of commodities, and such other assumptions and factors as set out herein. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or information, there may be other factors that cause results to be materially different from those anticipated, described, estimated, assessed or intended. There can be no assurance that any forward-looking statements or information will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements or information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. The Company does not intend to, and nor does not assume any obligation to update such forward-looking statements or information, other than as required by applicable law.
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- Conference Call to be Held at 8:00 AM ET -
NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "Ever-Glory") (NASDAQ: EVK), a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider, today announced that the Company will report its first quarter 2022 financial results on May 13th, 2022 before the open of trading in the U.S.
The Company's management will host an earnings conference call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 13, 2022 (8:00 p.m. Beijing Time on May 13th, 2022).
The dial-in details for the conference call are as follows:
- Toll-free dial-in number: 1-888-394-8218
- International dial-in number: 1-323-701-0225
- Conference ID: 1720370
The live audio webcast of the call can also be accessed by visiting the investor relations section of Ever-Glory's website at http://www.everglorygroup.com. A replay of the call will be available from 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 13 through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 20 by calling +1-844-512-2921 or +1-412-317-6671 with pin number 1720370.
About Ever-Glory International Group, Inc.
Based in Nanjing, China, Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. is a retailer of branded fashion apparel and a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider. Ever-Glory is the first Chinese apparel Company listed on the American Stock Exchange (now named as NYSE MKT) in July 2008 and then transferred to The NASDAQ Global Market on December 31, 2015. Ever-Glory offers apparel to woman in China under its own brands "La go go", "Velwin", "idole" and "Jizhu". Ever-Glory is also a leading global apparel supply chain solution provider with a focus on middle-to-high end casual wear, outerwear, and sportswear brands. Ever-Glory services a number of well-known brands and retail stores by providing a complete set of supply chain management services, including: fabric development and design, sampling, sourcing, quality control, manufacturing, logistics, customs clearance and distribution.
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Market drivers include cost savings, resilience needs, and investor pressure for asset risk valuation
BOULDER, Colo., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights analyzes the market for distributed energy resources (DER) systems in four low process heat (LPH) manufacturing sectors that are currently most amenable to short-term decarbonization through DER deployment: pulp & paper, food, consumer goods, and fertilizer.
The market for DER systems in industrial settings is rebounding from COVID-related market impacts. DER in these sectors can manage peak loads, reduce costs, and support enterprise decarbonization. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, LPH industrial DER revenue in manufacturing will likely grow to $24.1 billion by 2031 at a CAGR of 9.3%.
"The business case for LPH industrial DER technologies rests upon improved efficiency, cost savings, supply resiliency, and decarbonization," says Daniel Talero, research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "To meet new demand for these benefits, technology vendors in the industrial sector are developing utility partnerships needed to acquire industrial customers with high energy demand and security-of-supply requirements."
Market drivers include cost savings and cheaper DER as industrial customers control peak demand charges from utilities by load-shifting. DER also addresses resilience needs by supporting security-of-supply and outage prevention Finally, investor pressure to assess the industrial carbon footprint is an increasingly scrutinized factor in asset risk valuation using environmental, social, and governance (ESG) methods, according to the report.
The report, Industrial DER in Low Process Heat Applicationshttps://guidehouseinsights.com/reports/market-data-Smart-Streetlighting, provides market sizing and analyzes spending on industrial DER installations and software across five global regions from 2022-2031, and the four industrial DER market segments listed above. This report highlights major trends across these industries and regions, exploring factors driving and hindering market growth as well as key players in the market. It focuses on industrial DER revenue, not including spending on industrial inputs outside of energy. It includes revenue on DER forecasting and optimization software, excluding spending on large utility managed DER management system (DERMS) software. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
About Guidehouse Insights
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
* The information contained in this press release concerning the report, Industrial DER in Low Process Heat Applications, is a summary and reflects the current expectations of Guidehouse Insights based on market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the report's conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report. Neither Guidehouse Insights nor Guidehouse undertakes any obligation to update any of the information contained in this press release or the report.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Petroleum Company Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago ("Heritage", the "Company" or "we"), today announced that US$536,136,000 aggregate principal amount, or approximately 94.02% (the "Tendered Notes"), of the outstanding 9.75% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Notes") issued by Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited ("TPHL") and guaranteed by the Company, Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited and The Guaracara Refining Company Limited ("Guaracara"), were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on May 10, 2022 (the "Early Tender and Consent Date") in accordance with Heritage's Company's Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated April 27, 2022 (the "Statement"), pursuant to which the tender offer and consent solicitation are being made.
In addition, the Tendered Notes represent consents sufficient to effect all of the proposed amendments to the senior notes indenture governing the Notes (the "Indenture"), the security agreement dated June 28, 2019 among TPHL, the Guarantors, Guaracara and the Collateral and Intercreditor Agent (the "Security Agreement"), and certain Trinidad and Tobago security documents as set forth in the Statement. The proposed amendments, among other things, eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default, amend the satisfaction and discharge provision of the Indenture, provide a waiver for past defaults by TPHL, release Guaracara as a guarantor under the Indenture, and alter the definition of "Excluded Property" in the Security Agreement and Trinidad and Tobago security documents to include certain unused property that is immaterial to the business of the issuer and the guarantors of the Notes (the "Proposed Amendments"). Based on the receipt of sufficient consents, the Company and the trustee intend to enter into a supplemental indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture") to effect the proposed amendments to the Indenture.
Holders that validly tendered their Notes prior to the Early Tender and Consent Date, and whose notes are accepted, will receive a total consideration of US$1,075.63 per US$1,000 principal amount of Tendered Notes, which includes an early tender participation payment of US$50.00 per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding the early settlement date, which is expected to be on May 12, 2022 (the "Early Settlement Date"). Holders who validly tender their Notes after the Early Tender and Consent Date and at or prior to the Expiration Time (defined below) will be eligible to receive the tender offer consideration of US$1,025.63 per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered and accepted for purchase by the Company. The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on May 24, 2022, unless extended or earlier terminated by the Company (the "Expiration Time"). The final settlement date for Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn after the Early Tender and Consent Date and at or prior to the Expiration Time will be promptly after the Expiration Time and is expected to be on or about May 26, 2022, unless the tender offer is extended by the Company in its sole discretion. If the tender offer is not consummated, no such payments will be made.
The Company's obligation to accept for purchase and to pay for the Tendered Notes is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, in the Company's discretion, of certain conditions, which are more fully described in the Statement, including the pricing and closing of a concurrent bond offering on terms satisfactory to Heritage resulting in net proceeds from (i) a proposed term loan facility and (ii) the issuance of the new notes in an amount of at least US$500 million, in an aggregate amount that is sufficient to (x) fund the aggregate Total Consideration, with respect to the Notes validly tendered at or prior to the Early Tender and Consent Date, and the aggregate Tender Offer Consideration, with respect to the Notes validly tendered after the Early Tender and Consent Date and at or prior to the Expiration Time (regardless of the actual amount of Notes tendered), (y) repay a certain TPHL legacy term loan that will be refinanced with the term loan facility including the payment of any principal, premiums, accrued and unpaid interest, additional amounts, if any, and (z) pay costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith. These conditions are expected to be satisfied upon (i) the funding of Heritage's term loan facility, which is expected to be on May 12, 2022 and (ii) the closing of Heritage's offering of 9.000% Senior Notes due 2029 that priced on May 5, 2022, which is expected to be on May 12, 2022.
The Company has retained Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC to serve as the dealer manager and solicitation agent for the tender offer and consent solicitation. Questions regarding the tender offer and consent solicitation may be directed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at Attn: Liability Management Group, +1 (800) 820-1653 (toll-free), +1 (212) 538-2147 (phone).
D.F. King & Co., Inc. is acting as the information agent (the "Information Agent") and depositary (the "Depositary") for the Offer. Any questions regarding procedures for tendering Notes or requests for additional copies of the Statement or other materials should be directed to the Information Agent at: Attn: Andrew Beck, banks and brokers, +1 (212) 269-5550, toll-free, +1 (800) 431-9629 or email: ttph@dfking.com.
None of the Company, the dealer manager and solicitation agent or the information agent make any recommendations as to whether holders should tender their Notes and deliver consents pursuant to the tender offer and consent solicitation, and no one has been authorized by any of them to make such recommendations. Holders must make their own decisions as to whether to tender their Notes and deliver consents, and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender.
This press release is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. The tender offer is being made solely pursuant to the offer documents.
The tender offer does not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not permitted by law or in which the person making such offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.
In any jurisdiction in which the tender offer is required to be made by a licensed broker or dealer and in which the dealer managers, or any affiliates thereof, are so licensed, the tender offer will be deemed to have been made by any such dealer managers, or such affiliates, on behalf of the Company.
The new notes offered pursuant to the concurrent offering have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to any U.S. persons, except (a) to qualified institutional buyers ("QIBs") within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A"), in reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A, and (b) outside the United States to non U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act ("Regulation S").
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, including, without limitation, changes in our business or acquisition strategy or planned capital expenditures, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
About Heritage
Heritage Petroleum Company Limited is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Heritage was organized in Trinidad and Tobago on October 5, 2018 and is primarily engaged in exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil. Heritage's sole shareholder is TPHL, a national oil and gas company established in Trinidad and Tobago and our ultimate parent is the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. TPHL is the result of a reorganization undergone by the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited on December 1, 2018, that resulted in a new corporate structure and a reconfigured business, to ensure financial viability. Heritage is the dominant oil producer in Trinidad and Tobago and its production (including partnerships) amounted to 62% of Trinidad and Tobago's total crude oil production for 2020.
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- The solution monitors connections between Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and Microsoft Teams Direct Routing.
- Large enterprises, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and operators can gain real-time visibility, ensuring a seamless user experience on cloud or hybrid platforms.
SYDNEY, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IR (ASX:IRI) a leading global provider of performance management and analytics for unified communication and collaboration, IT infrastructure, and payment ecosystems, today announced an enhancement to the Collaborate solution for Microsoft Teams. This includes an extension of monitoring SBCs for audio calls on carrier networks connected to Microsoft Teams Direct Routing. A single health dashboard can now provide visibility into the multiple communication systems connected to each other.
Direct Routing allows organizations to connect external phone lines and use Microsoft Teams as an office phone system. It enables businesses to connect their existing carrier networks to Microsoft Teams and make and receive external phone calls without a calling plan.
With the rapid shift to hybrid working, organizations are now faced with complex requirements to integrate their telephony systems with Microsoft Teams. For businesses using multiple communication systems, identifying the root cause of quality issues during calls or meetings is a challenge. Lack of detailed visibility prevents fast issue resolution, impacting user experience resulting in productivity and business loss for organizations. [1]IR Collaborate can help address these challenges and have shown to reduce operational costs by up to 43% and improve productivity by as much as 20%.
"IR Collaborate now provides visibility to the carrier network in near real-time while fully supporting multi-tenanted SBCs connected to Microsoft Teams Direct Routing. IR's solution monitors these two distinct tools and overcomes the challenge of limited user experience visibility by individual providers who can only monitor their systems. Additionally, organizations with distributed or hybrid workforces can benefit from the flexibility and cost savings by using a single solution from IR," said Jason Andrews, Head of Collaborate Products, IR.
IR's Collaborate solution can effectively manage multi-vendor Unified Communication (UC) environments keeping it simple for large enterprises and MSPs to troubleshoot any issues in real-time. It monitors the SBCs, connections between the SBC and Microsoft, and the Direct Routing interface. Automated alerts help identify issues, isolate the source, and determine the root cause for poor call quality or dropped calls.
[1] Nemertes Research
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MADRID, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jobandtalent, the world-leading temporary job platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Kamaluddin, as the Chairman of the Jobandtalent Board of Directors. Kamaluddin will hone in on extensive experience in steering large startups through strong growth phases. Global tech companies like ASOS, Farfetch and Klarna have thrived under his leadership and guidance.
"Jon impressed us with his wealth of knowledge and we are delighted to welcome an exceptional leader to the Jobandtalent family," says Juan Urdiales, Co-Founder and CEO of Jobandtalent. "His talents and experience will be invaluable as we accelerate our global expansion and embark on the next stage of our development. We are excited to have Jon on our Board and look forward to learning from and with him."
The appointment comes at a time of significant momentum for the company. Jon Kamaluddin will play a significant role in shaping Jobandtalent's ambitious expansion plans and strengthening its presence around the globe. Founded in 2009 in Madrid, Spain, Jobandtalent is currently operating in 9 countries in Europe, LATAM and the US. In 2021, Jobandtalent served over 2,000 clients and placed over 200,000 people in new jobs, making it one of the most successful and fastest growing scale-ups in the industry.
Jon Kamaluddin brings invaluable expertise to the board of directors, drawing from his extensive experience in leading B2C and B2B tech startups to the very top. As Senior Non-Executive Director at Farfetch, he worked with the Executive team on international expansion, and the successful NYSE IPO in 2018. Previously, Kamaluddin was CFO and International Director at ASOS, an online fashion retailer, which saw its sales grow from £8m to £750m under his leadership. The London-based growth expert also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Swedish fintech Klarna from 2016 to 2020, which grew net revenue by 400% during his tenure.
"As companies face a growing need for a flexible workforce, Jobandtalent provides a tremendously valuable and innovative solution both to their staff and clients," says Jon Kamaluddin. "I look forward to helping the company build on this strong foundation as it heads to the next stages of growth and continues to add significant capabilities to its platform. I am excited that we will be advancing millions of lives through providing job stability and prosperity around the world."
About Jobandtalent
Jobandtalent is the world-leading temporary job platform that connects great people with a steady stream of work. We are reshaping temporary work and creating the conditions for people to truly thrive. We harness the power of technology and data to provide our people back-to-back opportunities, in order to provide the stability and perks associated with long-term employment. Jobandtalent was founded in 2009 in Madrid with the goal of fundamentally tearing down the barriers of job searching and hiring, and is one of the most successful and fastest growing companies in the industry today. Having placed simplicity and fairness at the core of our platform, we have matched 2,000 international clients in 9 countries across Europe and the Americas with over 200,000 people in 2021. Jobandtalent is currently valued at $2.4 billion and is backed by leading investors including SoftBank, Kinnevik, Atomico and BlackRock. For more information, visit jobandtalent.com.
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Leading fireplace manufacturer deploying 'a modern platform as an engine for digitization and innovation'
OSLO, Norway , May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced an agreement with Jøtul, one of the three largest suppliers of fireplaces in Europe. Globally, Jøtul supplies the markets through one of the most far-reaching global networks in the industry, consisting of its own sales companies and distributors. Together with Infor Consulting Services, Jøtul will upgrade its current ERP solution to Infor M3 CloudSuite, which is a standardized industrial manufacturing solution.
"This project provides us with an opportunity to gather more business-critical systems into a modern platform that will function as an engine for digitization and innovation, and for us to deliver more sustainable solutions," says Kristoffer Rosseth Nebb, Jøtul Group's IT manager. "Our current ERP solution holds us back, as too many resources have been spent on upgrading in-house developed solutions that no longer solve challenges for our company."
"For us, the shift is about optimizing the digitization of the entire value chain from factory to store. We must improve collaboration and workflow across the group. Manual processes are replaced with digital tools, and we have points for improvement in automation, production planning and supply chain, while at the same time meeting our strict requirements for operational stability and safety," Nebb concludes.
"Jøtul has acknowledged that a great deal of the functionality the group needs today already exists in Infor's cloud solution. The industrial manufactruring-oriented solution is competitive with its low operating costs combined with access to the functionality that is at the forefront because production companies all over the world drive the industrial solution forward with new needs and requirements for relevant functionality, reliability and stability," says Erlend Skaar-Olsen, Infor country manager for Norway.
Infor M3 CloudSuite, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), is updated monthly for customers and has a dedicated team to ensure strict requirements for IT security and uptime. In addition, Infor has a strong focus on automating and streamlining business processes using AI.
"Transition to a common multi-tenant cloud-based ERP platform provides far greater business value for Jøtul than keeping the current system where, in addition to a more user-friendly interface with new and relevant functionality, we expect to recoup the investment in the form of better logistics, purchasing and productivity across the group," Nebb says.
The solution is expected to be live in January 2023.
About Jøtul
The company has a history dating back to 1853 and is one of Norway's oldest companies. Jøtul distributes freestanding stoves, inserts, frames and accessories for fireplaces. It is one of the three largest suppliers of fireplaces in Europe and a significant player in North America. Production takes place through its own manufacturing facilities in Norway, Poland, France and the USA. The group's main brands are Jøtul, Scan and Ravelli. More information: www.jotul.no/
About Infor
Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. We develop complete solutions for our focus industries, including industrial manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food & beverage, automotive, aerospace & defense, and high tech. Infor's mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time-to-value. We are obsessed with delivering successful business outcomes for customers, and we are continually innovating to quickly solve emerging business and industry challenges. Over 60,000+ organizations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor's 17,000 employees and their deep industry expertise to help overcome market disruptions and achieve their business goals. As a Koch company, our financial strength, ownership structure, and long-term view empower us to foster enduring, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers, employees and partners. Visit www.infor.com.
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VALLETTA, Malta, March 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kindred extends its partnership with Women in Racing on the `Racing Home' programme, to educate and empower all stakeholders within the racing industry about motherhood and parenthood. `Racing Home' now launches an online educational portal, as well as a rehabilitation programme and a podcast series to further support working parents.
Kindred Group plc (Kindred) continues, through the Unibet and 32Red brands, its participation in Women in Racing's `Racing Home' programme, supporting working parents in the racing industry. This next phase of the `Racing Home' programme includes the launch of a new educational online portal, expert guidance to mothers returning to riding post pregnancy, as well as a series of insightful podcasts hosted by equine vet and podcast producer Naomi Mellor.
Working parents, in particular women and those thinking about starting a family, can face significant challenges. With the launch of the Racing Home portal today employers, employees and those who are self-employed within the racing industry will have easy access to information about rights and entitlements regarding pregnancy, maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave, flexible working, self-employment and statutory pay.
"The aims of the `Racing Home' platform is closely aligned to Kindred's sustainability strategy and our ambition to achieve a 50:50 gender split in senior management. It is important for us to offer our employees a positive working/family-balance, with a supportive workplace as we truly believe that is how our employees perform their best. We are proud to partner with Women in Racing on the `Racing Home' initiative to support working parents in the industry further" says Henrik Tjärnström, Chief Executive Officer of Kindred Group.
"Women in Racing are incredibly proud to be working with Kindred Group and to launch our initiatives of the Racing Home project. The work we have been undertaking has identified some serious challenges faced by mothers and parents working in the horseracing industry. Two years of research and webinars have led to Women in Racing in tandem with Simply Racing and the industry stakeholders developing meaningful solutions that will positively impact the working lives of many. We are conviced that these initiatives will bring significant positive change to many peoples lives." says Tallulah Lewis, Women in Racing Chair.
CONTACT:
For more information:
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press@kindredgroup.com
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SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Software, a leading provider of visual collaboration software, today announced the expansion of its EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam's City Center, further positioning the company for continued global growth.
The new and expanded 24,500-square-foot office designed by Casper Schwarz and built by Newkantoor, will continue to serve as a hub for Lucid's growing sales, marketing and customer success teams supporting its European markets. Lucid's EMEA office has more than tripled its headcount in the last fiscal year and currently has over 125 employees in the Netherlands — reflecting its burgeoning presence throughout Europe and abroad.
Lucid continues to experience international success, with millions of users and nearly a third of its fiscal 2022 revenue coming from outside the United States.
"We are thrilled to expand our office space in response to the thriving market in the Netherlands and broader EMEA region. This expansion is yet another indicator of the momentum and demand we are building for visual collaboration solutions," said Dave Grow, CEO of Lucid. "Amsterdam is a leading tech metropolis in Europe, and we continue to see it as an energetic and innovative hub to recruit an extremely talented and diverse workforce that represents all of EMEA and beyond."
Paired with Lucid's recent hybrid, remote-friendly shift, the expansion will bolster the company's robust and diverse international workforce by enabling it to continue to recruit and hire from a broad set of backgrounds and perspectives. Additionally, the new headquarters will provide the needed additional office space for teams to gather in person while reinforcing Lucid's commitment to maximizing collaboration and innovation in the workplace by giving employees the flexibility to work where they feel most productive—whether that's at the office, at home or a combination of the two.
"Our EMEA office expansion marks a pivotal growth milestone and further cements our commitment to the Netherlands," said Roderick de Greef, Lucid's Vice President of Sales, EMEA. "The Netherlands business community's forward-thinking approach and commitment to cultivation will provide Lucid with the necessary support as we continue to expand and innovate throughout the region. We look forward to further strengthening our bond with the community for years to come."
Explore Lucid's job opportunities at lucid.co/careers.
About Lucid
Lucid Software offers a leading Visual Collaboration Suite that helps teams see and build the future from idea to reality. With its products—Lucidchart, Lucidspark and Lucidscale—teams can turn ideas into reality, clarify complexity and collaborate visually, no matter where they're located. Top businesses use Lucid's products all around the world, including customers such as Google, GE and NBC Universal. Lucid's partners include industry leaders such as Google, Atlassian and Microsoft. Since the company's founding, it has received numerous awards for its products, business and workplace culture. For more information, visit lucid.co.
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NEW ORLEANS, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") are investigating the proposed merger of MICT, Inc. (NasdaqCM: MICT) with Tingo, Inc. (OTC: TMNA) pursuant to which MICT shareholders will end up owning just 22.5% of the combined company. KSF is seeking to determine whether the merger and the process that led to it are adequate, or whether the merger undervalues the Company.
If you believe that this transaction undervalues the Company and/or if you would like to discuss your legal rights regarding the proposed sale, you may, without obligation or cost to you, e-mail or call KSF Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com) toll free at any time at 855-768-1857, or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqcm-mict/ to learn more.
To learn more about KSF, whose partners include the Former Louisiana Attorney General, visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Odgers Berndtson, a global executive search firm operating in 33 countries, has found business executives worldwide have more confidence in their company's leadership than they did two years ago.
Leadership Confidence Index 2022, was conducted in conjunction with research and advisory firm Forrester. The joint Index reveals 42% of business executives across a spectrum of sectors and geographies, are confident their organizations are being led by the right leaders. Two years ago, Odgers Berndtson published its first Leadership Confidence Index, which at the time found just 24% of executives were confident in their company's leadership.
In the 2022 Index – which surveyed 1,100 executives – the majority of respondents (90%) stated that their organizations had been impacted by disruption while also reporting their organizations experienced growth (71%). The findings indicate the almost doubling in confidence in the past two years is a result of leaders successfully navigating their organizations through the disruption of the pandemic.
The Index also reveals several trends that have played a role in this increased confidence. Technology, the adoption of which grew significantly during the pandemic, is increasingly viewed as an enabler rather than a disruptor. 44% of executives now see it as a disruptive force; a reduction from 62% two years ago.
Strong ESG and I&D became hallmarks of successful organizations during COVID-19, and the Index shows that an overwhelming majority (87%) of executives believe their businesses have made positive changes in these areas. Most (88%) are also confident in their leadership's ability to keep improving in these areas.
The majority (79%) of executives also believe the level of disruption will either increase or maintain at the same pace. Of all the C-level positions, the role perceived as the most important in successfully managing this disruption was, categorically (85%), the CEO.
Steve Potter, CEO of Odgers Berndtson U.S., said, "The past two years has proven the critical importance of business leadership. From the moonshot of COVID-19 vaccine development to creating new ways of working and facilitating ESG and purpose within organizations, CEOs, C-suite executives, and boards have navigated uncharted waters, with many inspiring greater confidence than they did two years ago. That said, the Odgers Berndtson 2022 Leadership Confidence Index also reveals 44% of executives still report low confidence, stating their leaders performed either fair or poorly during the pandemic. This should provide a cautionary tale to all leaders: driving success during disruption requires talent and attracting and retaining the best talent requires confidence in leadership."
While confidence is much higher than it was two years ago, more disruption is expected and leaders who fall into this 44% bracket are likely to struggle to instil confidence in their teams when the next crisis lands.
About Odgers Berndtson:
Odgers Berndtson delivers executive search, assessment, and development to businesses and organizations of all sizes and maturity. We work across 50 sectors, whether commercial, public, or not-for-profit and draw on the experience of partners and their teams in 33 countries. https://www.odgersberndtson.com/en-us
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OSLO, Norway, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Photocure ASA (OSE: PHO) today reported Hexvix®/Cysview® revenues of NOK 81.4 million in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2021: NOK 81.6 million), following the recent Covid-19 surge and its impact on hospital access and staffing, which affected commercial operations in January and February. Access and procedure volumes experienced a recovery in March, and the Company expects installations of Blue Light Cystoscopy (BLC) towers in the U.S. to accelerate during the second half of 2022 once Karl Storz's new high-definition system is launched.
"In the first quarter of this year, we navigated through a difficult first couple of months as Covid-19's Omicron variant surged and caused severe access restrictions and staffing shortages in both our North American and European commercial segments. Despite the soft procedure volume in January and much of February, we were able to grow quarterly unit sales in each of our direct commercial territories. March showed a strong recovery as the Omicron variant began to resolve, yet residual staffing shortages continue to impact the business. In the last month of the quarter, we achieved the second highest number of kits sold in the U.S. per month in the company's history, enabling 12% sales growth in our North American business versus last year's first quarter, " says Dan Schneider, President & Chief Executive Officer of Photocure.
Photocure reported total group revenues of NOK 81.6 million in the first quarter of 2022 (NOK 88.2 million), and an EBITDA* of NOK -13.9 million (NOK 18.1 million). The Hexvix®/Cysview® revenues ended at NOK 81.4 million in the quarter (Q1 2021: NOK 81.6), following negative Covid-19 impact on hospital access and commercial operations in January and February. The EBIT was NOK -19.9 million (12.3) and the cash balance at the end of the first quarter 2022 was NOK 285.5 million. The installed base of blue light cystoscopes in the U.S. was 324 at the end of the first quarter, an increase of 44 units or 16% since the same period in 2021, including a total base of 53 flexible cystoscopes.
"We also delivered 13 tower placements during Q1 2022, as we depleted substantially all of the earlier-generation rigid towers in Karl Storz's inventory. Importantly, we installed 5 flexible BLC units in Q1, and grew the base of flexible towers by 29% year over year. This performance, we believe, is a good indicator of the high demand for BLC capital equipment that we are seeing from our hospital and group practice customers," Schneider adds.
With the new Karl Storz blue light system anticipated to launch throughout the U.S. in the second quarter of 2022, Photocure expects that the placements of new blue light rigid towers will accelerate in the back half of the year. Meanwhile, the company will continue to focus on increasing the use of Cysview in existing accounts as well as placing flexible BLC equipment, for which installation momentum continues to be strong.
"Despite the ongoing challenges of hospital staffing around the world, we see improving conditions and remain optimistic about our future. With a new high-definition BLC system launching in the U.S. market and our European commercial operations fully in place, we believe that the remainder of 2022 will be an exciting period for Photocure as we help more physicians and bladder cancer patients realize the benefits of Hexvix/Cysview," Schneider concludes.
Please find the full financial report and presentation enclosed.
EBITDA* and other alternative performance measures (APMs) are defined and reconciled to the IFRS financial statements as a part of the APM section of the first quarter 2022 financial report on page 24.
Photocure will present its first quarter 2022 report on Wednesday 11 May 2022 at 14:00 CET at Hotel Continental, Oslo, Norway. The investor presentation will also be streamed live and be hosted by Dan Schneider, CEO and Erik Dahl, CFO.
The presentation will be held in English and questions can be submitted throughout the event. The streaming event is available through https://channel.royalcast.com/hegnarmedia/#!/hegnarmedia/20220511_7
The presentation is scheduled to conclude at 14:45 CET.
For further information, please contact:
Dan Schneider
President and CEO
Photocure ASA
Tel: + 1 609 759 6515
Email: ds@photocure.com
Erik Dahl
Chief Financial Officer
Photocure ASA
Tel: +47 450 55 000
Email: ed@photocure.com
David Moskowitz
Vice President of Investor Relations
Photocure ASA
Tel: +1 202 280 0888
Email: david.moskowitz@photocure.com
Media and IR enquiries:
Geir Bjørlo
Corporate Communications (Norway)
Tel: +47 91540000
Email: geir.bjorlo@corpcom.no
About Photocure ASA
Photocure: The Bladder Cancer Company delivers transformative solutions to improve the lives of bladder cancer patients. Our unique technology, making cancer cells glow bright pink, has led to better health outcomes for patients worldwide. Photocure is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE: PHO). For more information, please visit us at www.photocure.com, www.hexvix.com, www.cysview.com
All trademarks mentioned in this release are protected by law and are registered trademarks of Photocure ASA.
This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. This stock exchange announcement was published by Tolv Hillestad, Group Controller, Photocure ASA, on 11 May 2022 at 08:00 CET.
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Haofood's satay nugget on a stick will retail at 2,300 Lawson stores in China
SHANGHAI, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Haofood, today announced a new partnership with leading Chinese convenience store Lawson where customers will gain greater access to its products. Starting today, Haofood's all-new satay nugget on a stick will retail at 2,300 Lawson stores in China.
"I am thrilled to be partnering with Lawson and look forward to bringing a different experience to our customers with our new satay nugget on a stick. At Haofood, our goal is to make plant-based chicken products accessible to people. We set our focus on China, the world's most populous country for a start, as we believe that there can be a significant impact on carbon footprint reduction as customers here turn towards alternative meat products," shared Astrid Prajogo, Founder & CEO of Haofood.
The collaboration comes at a time where China's millennials are embracing and adopting flexitarian, vegetarian and vegan diets in record numbers as they increasingly become aware of the environmental impact and health concerns brought about by meat consumption. While there is a growing appetite for sustainable alternatives to meat, customers in China demand great-tasting products, a competitive advantage that Haofood has, and its innovative Innotein technology. The result of it is a high-quality plant-based chicken with texture similar to real meat, and a stronger umami sensation.
The majority of the global population has great concerns for the environment and their health, and this has been especially evident with the pandemic fuelling a shift in consumers' lifestyles and eating habits. An IPSOS study published in 2020 indicated that 95% of consumers in China have heard of plant-based meat products, with 61% of the opinion that consumption of plant-based meat products will be beneficial to their health, and 41% of the opinion that it reduces carbon footprint. At the same time, stresses from modern everyday life, including being in fast-paced work environments, have contributed to an uptake in convenient ready-to-eat products among younger consumers globally.
With these consumption habits taking prevalence, Haofood created the new satay nugget on a stick, an in style, on-the-go snack perfect for Chinese consumers who are looking for convenience and very picky when it comes to the taste and nutritional benefits. For this satay nugget in particular, Haofood is adopting the use of quality soybeans, coupled with Haofood's Innotein™ technology, an innovative end-to-end proprietary technology, Haofood ensures that its products' nutritional benefits are easily absorbed by the human body. The satay nugget on a stick is high in protein and fibre with zero trans-fat, making an ideal choice for a busy workday or even a summer picnic with friends and family.
Since its inception, Haofood has been spearheading the future in food sustainability. It has brought together experienced professionals in the F&B industry, invested in R&D and continued to push boundaries in the expansion of its product portfolio. It has also partnered with various restaurants to bring its chicken dishes to the table.
"This tie back to our mission of sustaining happiness from good food forever. We want to unite past, present, and future through the creation of traditional dishes with our innovative, futuristic products that allow consumers to enjoy sustainable food in the present. We will continue to seek ways to innovate, improve and bring people sustainable alternatives to meat while preserving cultural norms in cooking and making a positive impact on the Earth," added Astrid.
Through this newly established partnership, Haofood will leverage Lawson's 25-years of market experience to accelerate its retail strategy and product availability in China, bringing more delicious, sustainable, and healthy plant-based chicken to consumers.
The new satay nugget on a stick is now available at 2,300 Lawson stores in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces.
Please visit Haofood for more information.
About Haofood:
Haofood is a food science and technology startup with a mission to sustain happiness from good food forever. With cutting edge technology and science, Haofood is working to produce food in a smarter and more sustainable approach, to fulfill our protein needs today, tomorrow and in the future. They are a pioneer, using peanut protein as the chief ingredients for their first innovation of plant-based chicken. Based in Shanghai, Haofood was founded in 2020 and currently has a presence in over 2500 outlets in China. Haofood creates their product using Innotein, their own end-to-end proprietary innovative technology, to develop a variety of plant-based products from peanuts and other plant protein that has a distinctive texture and strong umami taste profile. The result is a variety of safe, tasty, nutritious plant-based chicken products that are produced with a reduced carbon footprint.
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STOCKHOLM , May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Despite a turbulent environment, we are pleased that the first quarter of 2022 has continued in the same positive direction as we saw in 2021. Both sales and gross margin set new records and we continue to transfer to direct sales in strategically chosen markets and to establish a presence in new regions.
Sales developed well in most markets and totaled SEK 30 million during the quarter, which is a new record for the company."
Fredrik Alpsten, CEO, Devyser
Quarter January-March 2022
- Net sales amounted to SEK 30.4 million (22.8), corresponding to a 33.2% increase. Adjusted for exchange rate fluctuations, net sales increased by 28.7%.
- Gross profit totaled SEK 25.2 million (18.2), corresponding to a gross margin of 83.0% (79.7).
- Operating profit (EBIT) amounted to SEK -5.2 million (0.7).
- Profit/loss after tax totaled SEK -6.1 million (-0.3).
- Earnings per share before and after dilution amounted to SEK -0.39 (-0.03).
- Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK -7.4 million (5.1).
Important events during the quarter
Exercising of the over-allotment option
There was a great deal of interest in the December 2021 issue and the over-allotment option was therefore exercised. A total of 610,886 additional shares were issued at the beginning of January, bringing the company a further SEK 48.9 million before issue costs.
Acquisition of SmartSeq S.r.l.
In early February, all the outstanding shares in the associate SmartSeq S.r.l. were purchased. The acquisition relates to 70 percent of SmartSeq's shares, at a consideration of EUR 835,000, of which 23 percent was paid in cash and 77 percent in newly issued Devyser shares. The acquisition strengthens Devyser's customer offering in diagnostic analysis and is expected to have a positive impact on Devyser's gross profit and gross margin. A total of 81,083 new shares were issued in payment, corresponding to a 0.5 percent dilution. Following the issue, the number of Devyser shares totaled 15,880,069.
Important events after the end of the quarter
Increased commercial focus through new recruitment
Theis Kipling has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer with global responsibility for sales, marketing, product management and tech support. Theis is currently CCO at Atlas Antibodies and will take up his post by 1 June at the latest. In connection with the recruitment, a new Group management has been established.
For more information, please contact:
Fredrik Alpsten, CEO
E-mail: fredrik.alpsten@devyser.com
Tel: +46 706 673 106
Sabina Berlin, CFO
E-mail: sabina.berlin@devyser.com
Tel: +46 739 519 502
About Devyser Diagnostics AB (publ)
Devyser develops, produces, and commercializes genetic test kits for laboratories in more than 45 countries. The products are used for complex DNA testing within hereditary diseases, oncology, and transplantation to guide targeted cancer therapies, diagnose a wide array of genetic diseases, and to assist in post-transplant follow-up. Devyser's products simplify complex genetic testing processes, minimize hands-on time and deliver rapid, accurate, and trusted results. Devyser was founded in 2004 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Devyser's shares are listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market (ticker: DVYSR). The company's certified adviser is Redeye AB, e-mail certifiedadviser@redeye.se and telephone number +46 8 121 576 90. For more information, please visit www.devyser.com.
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Close to 500 registered users on the first day
SINGAPORE, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Registrations for the long-awaited biannual global crypto futures trading competition - King's Cup Global Invitational (KCGI), hosted by leading global derivatives exchange, Bitget, have officially opened. Participants can register for the competition from now till May 20, 10:00 (UTC+8), while the actual competition will take place from May 20, 10:00 to June 10, 10:00 (UTC+8).
Since registrations for KCGI 2022 have officially started, a record number of close to 500 registrants were recorded, representing a positive response from the community for the long-awaited return of this trading competition. Following the momentum of last year's popularity, the prize pool for KCGI 2022 has been doubled to 200 BTC. Apart from financial prizes, a variety of gifts are also up for grabs including Bose speakers, folding bikes, premium gaming chairs, LG stanbyME Display screen, etc.
Commenting on this year's edition of KCGI, Bitget's CEO, Sandra Lou said, "We are extremely thrilled for registrations to officially open. Given the positive response so far, we are confident that it will continue to generate interest in the days to come. To show our gratitude for the support from the Bitget family, we have doubled the prize pool to 200 BTC, may the best team/participant win."
For more information on KCGI, please visit https://www.bitget.com/en/kcgi/spring/2022
About Bitget
Established in 2018, Bitget is one of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchanges. Currently serving over two million users in more than 50 countries around the world, Bitget accelerated its mission to promote decentralised finance in 2021 with a 500-strong workforce spanning over 20 countries.
Since Bitget's official launch in the crypto derivatives market in June 2019, the platform has now become one of the world's largest crypto copy trading and derivatives exchanges, and is ranked in the top five globally by CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko for derivatives trading by volume.
In September 2021, Bitget announced its sponsorship of world-renowned football team Juventus as its first-ever sleeve partner and PGL Major's official esport crypto partner soon after. Partnerships with the leading esports organisation, Team Spirit, and Turkey's leading and long-standing football club, Galatasaray, were also announced in early 2022.
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Rock Tech Lithium Inc (the "Company" or "Rock Tech") is pleased to announce it is joining the European Battery Alliance (the "EBA"). Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the European Commission, launched the interest group in 2017 to make Europe a global leader in sustainable battery production and use. The EBA is comprised of around 700 private companies and government institutions. Members include Albemarle, an American lithium producer, BASF, a German producer of cathodes for rechargeable batteries, and the Fraunhofer Institute, among others.
The EBA's goal is to ensure clean, non-polluting traffic in Europe with environmentally friendly vehicles and more sustainable technological solutions. This goal is to be achieved by creating a competitive and sustainable value chain for battery cell manufacturing in Europe. The EBA expects the corresponding market to grow to a volume of €250 billion by 2025.
Commenting on Rock Tech Lithium joining the EBA, Dirk Harbecke, Chairman of the Company, said, "For us, the EBA represents a fantastic platform to further expand our network of companies in the battery value chain, academics and policy makers. We look forward to exchanging ideas with the other members."
Rock Tech Lithium (TSX-V: RCK) (OTCQX: RCKTF) (FWB: RJIB) (WKN: A1XF0V) is a cleantech company with operations in Canada and Germany that aims to supply the automotive industry with high-quality, "made in Germany" lithium hydroxide. As early as 2024, Rock Tech intends to commission Europe's first lithium converter with a production capacity of 24,000 tonnes per year. This is equivalent to the volume needed to equip around 500,000 electric cars with lithium-ion batteries.
Rock Tech owns the Georgia Lake Project in Ontario, Canada. The company has set itself the goal of creating the world's first closed-loop for lithium, thus closing the raw material gap on the road to clean mobility. As early as 2030, around 50 percent of the raw materials used are expected to come from the recycling of batteries.
Rock Tech Lithium - The super fuel for the battery age
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Dirk Harbecke
Chairman
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Certain information set forth in this press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking information") within the meaning of applicable securities laws, which are based on Rock Tech's current expectations, estimates, and assumptions in light of its experience and is perception of historical trends. All statements other than statements of historical facts may constitute forward-looking information. Often, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words or phrases such as "estimate", "project", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "believe", "hope", "may" and similar expressions, as well as "will", "shall" and all other indications of future tense. All forward-looking information set forth in this press release is expressly qualified in its entirety by the cautionary statements referred to in this section.
In particular, this new release contains forward-looking information pertaining to: the features and location of the proposed Converter, including the costs and benefits thereof; statements regarding future plans, estimates, and schedules relating to the Company's Converter strategy; statements regarding future activities undertaken in connection with the MoU; anticipated production of lithium hydroxide and related processing methods; statements and expectations regarding the electric vehicle industry; Rock Tech's planning, approval and decision-making process, including relevant factors taken into consideration by the Company; Rock Tech's opinions, beliefs and expectations regarding the Company's business strategy, development and exploration opportunities and projects, and plans and objectives of management for the Company's operations and properties.
Forward-looking information contained in this press release is based on certain assumptions, estimates, expectations, analysis and opinions of the Company and in certain cases, third party experts, that are believed by management of Rock Tech to be reasonable at the time they were made. Such assumptions, estimates and other factors include, among other things: the supply and demand for, deliveries of, and the level and volatility of prices of, feedstock and intermediate and final lithium products, expected growth, performance and business operations, future commodity prices and exchange rates, prospects, growth opportunities and financing available to the Company, general business and economic conditions, results of development and exploration, Rock Tech's ability to procure supplies and other equipment necessary for its business. The foregoing list is not exhaustive of all assumptions which may have been used in developing the forward-looking information. While Rock Tech considers these assumptions, estimates and factors to be reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking information should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results.
In addition, forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond Rock Tech's control, that may cause Rock Tech's actual events, results, performance and/or achievements to be materially different from that which is expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results, performance and/or achievements to vary materially include the Company's ability to access funding required to invest in available opportunities and projects (including the proposed Converter) and on satisfactory terms, the current and potential adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent geopolitical hostilities, the anticipated benefits of MoU may not be realized; the risk that Rock Tech will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due, changes in commodity and other prices, Rock Tech's ability to attract and retain skilled staff and to secure feedstock from third party suppliers, unanticipated events and other difficulties related to construction, development and operation of the proposed Converter, the cost of compliance with current and future environmental and other laws and regulations, title defects, competition from existing and new competitors, changes in currency, exchange rates and market prices of Rock Tech's securities, Rock Tech's history of losses, impacts of climate change and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Rock Tech's public disclosure documents available on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, including those discussed under the heading "Financial Instruments and Other Risks" in Rock Tech's most recently filed Management Discussion and Analysis. Such risks and uncertainties do not represent an exhaustive list of all risk factors that could cause actual events, results, performance and/or achievements to vary materially from the forward-looking information.
We cannot assure you that actual events, results, performance and/or achievements will be consistent with the forward-looking information and management's assumptions may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking information reflects Rock Tech management's views as at the date the information is created. Except as may be required by law, Rock Tech undertakes no obligation and expressly disclaims any responsibility, obligation or undertaking to update or to revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, to reflect any change in Rock Tech's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such information is based.
Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to rely on the forward-looking information set forth in this press release.
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of AbbVie Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of ABBV during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: April 30, 2021 to August 31, 2021
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) safety concerns about Pfizer Inc.'s drug Xeljanz extended to Abbvie's drug Rinvoq and to other Janus kinase enzyme inhibitor drugs; (2) as a result, it was likely that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would require additional safety warnings for Rinvoq and would delay the approval of additional treatment indications for Rinvoq; and (3) therefore, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: June 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/abbvie-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27030&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of ABBV during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Akebia Therapeutics, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of AKBA during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/akebia-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27021&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: June 28, 2018 to September 2, 2020
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company's lead investigational product candidate, vadadustat, was not as safe in treating non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease patients with anemia as defendants had represented; (ii) as a result, defendants overstated the clinical prospects of a Phase 3 clinical program for vadadustat; (iii) accordingly, defendants also overstated vadadustat's overall commercial and regulatory prospects; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: May 13, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/akebia-therapeutics-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27021&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of AKBA during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is May 13, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp..
Shareholders who purchased shares of ARQQ during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/arqit-quantum-inc-f-k-a-centricus-acquisition-corp-loss-submission-form/?id=27042&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of: (i) all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Arqit securities between September 7, 2021 and April 18, 2022, inclusive; and/or (ii) all holders of Centricus securities as of the record date for the special meeting of shareholders held on August 31, 2021 to consider approval of the merger between Arqit and Centricus (the "Merger") and entitled to vote on the Merger.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Arqit's proposed encryption technology would require widespread adoption of new protocols and standards for telecommunications; (2) British cybersecurity officials questioned the viability of Arqit's proposed encryption technology in a meeting in 2020; (3) the British government was not an Arqit customer but, rather, providing grants to Arqit; (4) Arqit had little more than an early-stage prototype of its encryption system at the time of the Merger; and (5) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: July 5, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/arqit-quantum-inc-f-k-a-centricus-acquisition-corp-loss-submission-form/?id=27042&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of ARQQ during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 5, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
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15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
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Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of AUPH during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: May 7, 2021 to February 25, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Aurinia was experiencing declining revenues; (ii) Aurinia's 2022 sales outlook for the Company's only product which it offers for the treatment of adult patients with active lupus nephritis, LUPKYNIS, would fall well short of expectations; (iii) accordingly, the Company had significantly overstated LUPKYNIS's commercial prospects; (iv) as a result, the Company had overstated its financial position and/or prospects for 2022; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 14, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/aurinia-pharmaceuticals-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27032&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of AUPH during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 14, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings.
Shareholders who purchased shares of BKKT during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Bakkt securities between March 31, 2021 and November 19, 2021, both dates inclusive; and/or (b) Bakkt Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC completed on or about October 15, 2021.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had defective financial controls; (ii) as a result, there were errors in the Company's financial statements related to the misclassification of certain shares issued prior to the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC; (iii) accordingly, the Company would need to restate certain of its financial statements; (iv) the Company downplayed the true scope and severity of these issues; (v) the Company overstated its remediation of its defective financial controls; and (vi) as a result, the documents issued in connection with the business combination and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
DEADLINE: June 20, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/bakkt-holdings-inc-f-k-a-vpc-impact-acquisition-holdings-loss-submission-form/?id=27035&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of BKKT during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 20, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
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Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Celsius Holdings, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of CELH during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/celsius-holdings-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27022&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: August 12, 2021 to March 1, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company had improperly recorded expenses for non-cash share-based compensation for second and third quarters of 2021; (2) as a result, the Company's financial statements for those periods would be restated, including to report a net loss for the third quarter of 2021; (3) there was a material weakness in Celsius's internal controls over financial reporting; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: May 16, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/celsius-holdings-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27022&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of CELH during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is May 16, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Grab Holdings Limited.
Shareholders who purchased shares of GRAB during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: August 2, 2021 to March 3, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Grab's driver supply declined during the third quarter; (2) as a result, Grab continued to invest heavily in driver and consumer incentives to "preemptively recalibrate driver supply"; (3) as a result, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted, including, among other things, a significant decline in revenue; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: May 16, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/grab-holdings-limited-loss-submission-form/?id=27023&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of GRAB during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is May 16, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
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Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Homology Medicines, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of FIXX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: June 10, 2019 to February 18, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had overstated the efficacy and risk mitigation of its lead product candidate, HMI-102; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the Company would be able to commercialize HMI102 in its present form; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: May 24, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/homology-medicines-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27025&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of FIXX during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is May 24, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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The Gross Law Firm
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Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of IIPR during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: May 7, 2020 to April 13, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Innovative Industrial Properties' focus is to be a cannabis company lender rather than a REIT; (2) that the true values of the Company's properties are significantly lower than Innovative Industrial Properties represents; (3) there are existential issues in its top customers; (4) as a result, its top customers may not be able to continue making payments to Innovative Industrial Properties and the Company would face significant issues replacing these customers; and (5) as a result, defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 24, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/innovative-industrial-properties-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27037&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of IIPR during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 24, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of International Business Machines Corporation.
Shareholders who purchased shares of IBM during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: April 4, 2017 to October 20, 2021
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Strategic Imperatives Revenue and growth, CAMSS and CAMSS Components' revenue and growth, and the Company's Segments' revenue and growth were artificially inflated as a result of the wrongful reclassification of revenues from non-strategic to strategic to make those revenues eligible for treatment as Strategic Imperatives Revenue; (ii) the Company's present success and positive future growth prospects concerning its Strategic Imperative business strategy were being fueled by the wrongful reclassification of revenues from non-strategic to strategic to make those revenues eligible for treatment as Strategic Imperative Revenue and, as a result (iii) the Company misled the market by portraying the Company's Strategic Imperative's financial performance and future prospects more favorable than they actually were as a result of the wrongful reclassification of revenues from non-strategic to strategic to make those revenues eligible for treatment as Strategic Imperatives.
DEADLINE: June 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/international-business-machines-corporation-loss-submission-form/?id=27029&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of IBM during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Ironnet, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of IRNT during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: September 15, 2021 to December 15, 2021
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company had materially overstated its business and financial prospects; (ii) the Company was unable to predict the timing of significant customer opportunities which constituted a substantial portion of its publicly- issued FY 2022 financial guidance; (iii) the Company had not established effective disclosure controls and procedures to reasonably ensure its public disclosures were timely, accurate, complete, and not otherwise misleading; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false, misleading, and/or lacked any reasonable basis in fact at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 21, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/ironnet-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27036&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of IRNT during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 21, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp..
Shareholders who purchased shares of LICY during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: February 16, 2021 to March 23, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Li-Cycle's largest customer, Traxys, is not actually a customer, but merely a broker providing working capital financial to the Company while Traxys tries to sell Li-Cycle's product to end customers; (2) the Company engaged in highly questionable related party transactions; (3) the Company's mark-to-model accounting is vulnerable to abuse and gave a false impression of growth; (4) a significant portion of the Company's reported revenues were derived from simply marking up receivables on products that had not been sold; (5) the Company's gross margins have likely been negative since inception; (6) the Company will require an additional $1 billion of funding to support its planned growth (which is a figure greater than the Company raised via the merger); and (7) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 20, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/li-cycle-holdings-corp-f-k-a-peridot-acquisition-corp-loss-submission-form/?id=27034&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of LICY during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 20, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp..
Shareholders who purchased shares of LILM during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: March 30, 2021 to March 14, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Lilium materially overstates the design and capabilities of the Lilium Jet, an electric vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft for use in a new type of high-speed air transport system for people and goods; (2) Lilium materially overstates the likelihood for the Lilium Jet's timely certification; (3) Lilium misrepresents its ability to obtain or create the necessary batteries for the Lilium Jet; (4) the special purpose acquisition company merger would not and did not generate enough cash to commercially launch the Lilium Jet; (5) Qell Acquisition Corp. did not engage in proper due diligence regarding its merger with Lilium GmbH; and (6) as a result, Defendants' public statements and statements to journalists were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 17, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/lilium-n-v-f-k-a-qell-acquisition-corp-loss-submission-form/?id=27033&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of LILM during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 17, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Lucid Group, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of LCID during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Lucid common stock between November 15, 2021, and February 28, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and failed to disclose material adverse facts about Lucid's business and operations. Specifically, the Company overstated its production capabilities while concealing that "extraordinary supply chain and logistics challenges" were hampering Lucid's operations. As a result of the defendants' wrongful acts and omissions, and the significant decline in the market value of Lucid's common stock, Lucid investors have suffered significant damages.
DEADLINE: May 31, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/lucid-group-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27027&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of LCID during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is May 31, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
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Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Mullen Automotive, Inc. f/k/a Net Element, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of MULN during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/mullen-automotive-inc-f-k-a-net-element-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27041&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: June 15, 2020 to April 6, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Mullen overstates its ability and timeline regarding production; (2) Mullen overstates its deals with business partners, including Qiantu; (3) Mullen overstates its battery technology and capabilities; (4) Mullen overstates its ability to sell its branded products; (5) Net Element did not conduct proper due diligence into Mullen Technologies; (6) the Dragonfly K50, a luxury sports car, was not (solely) delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and (7) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: July 5, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/mullen-automotive-inc-f-k-a-net-element-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27041&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of MULN during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 5, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK , May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Natera, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of NTRA during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Natera common stock between February 26, 2020, and April 19, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's non-invasive prenatal test, Panorama, was not reliable and resulted in high rates of false positives; (2) the Company's screening test for kidney transplant failure, Prospera, did not have superior precision compared to competing tests; (3) as a result of defendants' false and misleading claims about Natera's technology, the Company was exposed to substantial legal and regulatory risks; (4) Natera relied upon deceptive sales and billing practices to drive its revenue growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about the company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: June 27, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/natera-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27038&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of NTRA during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 27, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
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Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Netflix, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of NFLX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Netflix common stock or call options, or sold put options, between October 19, 2021 and April 19, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Netflix was exhibiting slower acquisition growth due to, among other things, account sharing by customers and increased competition from other streaming services; (2) the Company was experiencing difficulties retaining customers; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company was losing subscribers on a net basis (4) as a result, the Company's financial results were being adversely affected; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: July 5, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/netflix-inc-loss-submission-form-2/?id=27040&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of NFLX during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 5, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Playstudios, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of MYPS during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than defendants who: (a) purchased, or otherwise acquired securities of Playstudios between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, both dates inclusive, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired Playstudios securities pursuant to the offering of the private investment in public equity; (b) held common stock of Acies as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 16, 2021 special meeting who exchanged their shares of Acies stock for shares of Playstudios stock pursuant to the merger of Acies and Old Playstudios; and/or (c) purchased or otherwise acquired Playstudios common stock pursuant to or traceable to Acies' documents issued in connection with the June 2021 merger.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Playstudios was having significant problems with its flagship game, Kingdom Boss; (ii) Playstudios would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected; and (iii) Playstudios had not revised its financial projections to account for the problems it had encountered with Kingdom Boss. As a result of defendants' wrongful conduct, Class members paid artificially inflated prices for their Playstudios securities and suffered substantial losses and damages.
DEADLINE: June 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/playstudios-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27028&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of MYPS during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Riskified Ltd..
Shareholders who purchased shares of RSKD during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/riskified-ltd-loss-submission-form/?id=27039&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Riskified Class A ordinary shares in or traceable to the Company's July 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) as Riskified expanded its user base, the quality of Riskified's machine learning platform had deteriorated (rather than improved as represented in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering), because of, among other things, inaccuracies in the algorithms associated with onboarding new merchants and entering new geographies and industries; (ii) Riskified had expanded its customer base into industries with relatively high rates of fraud – including partnerships with cryptocurrency and remittance business – in which Riskified had limited experience and that this expansion has negatively impacted the effectiveness of Riskified's machine learning platform; (iii) as a result, Riskified was suffering from materially higher chargebacks and cost of revenue and depressed gross profits and gross profit margins during its third fiscal quarter of 2021; and (iv) thus, the representations in documents issued in connection with the July 2021 initial public offering regarding Riskified's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of Riskified prior to and at the time of the July 2021 initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading, and lacked a factual basis.
DEADLINE: July 1, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/riskified-ltd-loss-submission-form/?id=27039&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of RSKD during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 1, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of SDIG during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Stronghold Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's October 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) contracted suppliers, including MinerVa Semiconductor Corp., were reasonably likely to miss anticipated delivery quantities and deadlines; (2) due to strong demand and pre-sold supply of mining equipment in the industry, Stronghold would experience difficulties obtaining miners outside of confirmed purchase orders; (3) as a result of the foregoing, there was a significant risk that Stronghold could not expand its mining capacity as expected; (4) as a result, Stronghold would likely experience significant losses; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: June 13, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/stronghold-digital-mining-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27031&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of SDIG during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 13, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Vertiv Holdings Co.
Shareholders who purchased shares of VRT during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
CONTACT US HERE:
https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/vertiv-holdings-co-loss-submission-form/?id=27024&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that: (a) purchased or otherwise acquired Vertiv securities between February 24, 2021, and February 23, 2022, inclusive; and/or (b) purchased Vertiv shares in or traceable to the Company's secondary public offering of Class A common stock conducted on or around November 4, 2021.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company could not adequately respond to supply chain issues and inflation by increasing its prices; (2) as a result of the increasing costs, Vertiv's earnings would be adversely impacted; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: May 23, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/vertiv-holdings-co-loss-submission-form/?id=27024&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of VRT during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is May 23, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
The Gross Law Firm
15 West 38th Street, 12th floor
New York, NY, 10018
Email: dg@securitiesclasslaw.com
Phone: (646) 453-8903
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SOURCE The Gross Law Firm | https://www.whsv.com/prnewswire/2022/05/11/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-vertiv-holdings-co-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-may-23-2022-nyse-vrt/ | 2022-05-11T10:06:51Z |
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