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(The Hill) – Southwest Airlines canceled nearly two-thirds of its flights on Wednesday as the carrier continued to grapple with the recent winter storm.
Of the 2,749 canceled flights within, into, or out of the United States on Wednesday, 2,507 were Southwest flights, according to FlightAware.
Southwest canceled 2,694 flights on Tuesday. The carrier has also already canceled 2,348 flights for Thursday amid efforts to trim its schedules and reposition its crews and planes.
“I want everyone who is dealing with the problems we’ve been facing, whether you haven’t been able to get to where you need to go or you’re one of our heroic employees caught up in a massive effort to stabilize the airline, to know is that we’re doing everything we can to return to a normal operation. And please also hear that I’m truly sorry,” Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said in a video apology on Tuesday.
Southwest said it was uniquely affected by winter storms that slammed airports in Chicago and Denver, two of the airline’s largest hubs.
Southwest’s workers have also long complained that the likelihood of meltdowns is increased at Southwest because the airline has failed to modernize its decades-old communications systems.
“The tools we use to recover from disruption serve us well, 99 percent of the time; but clearly, we need to double down on our already existing plans to upgrade systems for these extreme circumstances so that we never again face what’s happening right now,” Jordan said.
The mass cancelations have gained the attention of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who spoke to Jordan on Tuesday and indicated it expects Southwest to live up to commitments like paying for affected passengers’ meal vouchers and hotels.
“Where most airlines saw their performance start to improve, Southwest’s has actually moved in the other direction,” Buttigieg said on “NBC Nightly News” on Tuesday evening.
“You’ve got passengers who are stranded, you’ve got passengers who can’t get ahold of customer service, it’s an unacceptable situation,” he said.
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2022-12-28T20:07:33+00:00
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wearegreenbay.com
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https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/national/more-than-2700-flights-canceled-as-southwest-struggles-persist/
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Helicopter crashes into remote Alaska lake, no survivors found, officials say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — No survivors were found after a helicopter carrying four people crashed in a shallow lake in Alaska’s North Slope region, officials said Friday.
The helicopter had been chartered by a government agency, according to the company that operated the flight. It was reported overdue late Thursday night.
A North Slope Borough search and rescue team in a helicopter found debris matching the description of the missing helicopter, but no bodies had been seen or recovered, D.J. Fauske, the borough’s director of government and external affairs, said in a text to The Associated Press on Friday.
The wreckage was found in a shallow lake about 50 miles south to southwest of Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow and the northernmost city in the U.S., said Clint Johnson, chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region. The flight originated in Utqiagvik and was supposed to return there, Johnson said, but he did not immediately have further information on the flight details.
The borough notified the Federal Aviation Administration and state officials as well as NTSB, Fauske said.
“The borough is here to help and we will pray for the missing,” he said.
The helicopter was operated by Maritime Helicopters Inc., according to a statement on its website. It confirmed the accident and said names of the pilot and passengers would be released pending notification of next of kin.
It was not immediately known what agency had chartered the flight.
Neither the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, which often conducts work on the North Slope, nor the governor’s office immediately responded to requests for comment.
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2023-07-21T22:44:31+00:00
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kaaltv.com
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https://www.kaaltv.com/news/us-world-news/helicopter-crashes-into-remote-alaska-lake-no-survivors-found-officials-say/
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GREEN BAY — Luke Musgrave has it all.
Size. Speed. Athleticism.
And … self-awareness?
The Green Bay Packers rookie tight end undeniably gets high marks in all three of those first departments. The rookie second-round pick from Oregon State stands 6-foot-6, weighs 253 pounds, ran a 4.61-second 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine in February and had a 9.89 relative athletic score (out of a possible 10.0) entering the NFL Draft.
And all those traits have been on display during the offseason and early training-camp practices, which are long on drill work and routes-on-air passing periods but short on actual 11-on-11 work and devoid entirely of in-pads physicality.
But on Thursday, following the second practice of camp, Musgrave’s self-awareness was on display, too.
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• Musgrave, on his experience with new starting quarterback Jordan Love, who has frequently targeted him the first two days: “Jordan’s been really good at helping me. I’m sure I’m a frustration to work with at times, but he’s just handled it first class, giving me balls, giving me opportunities.”
• Musgrave, on two plays during the red-zone period late in practice Thursday when he failed to get across the goal line: “The last one? I caught it, I was short of the goal line. The other one, I dropped. That was … I don’t know what that was.”
• Musgrave, on the challenge of becoming an NFL-level blocker: “The blocking’s definitely different. Going up against somebody like Preston Smith, nothing against college guys, but they’re not as good.”
• Musgrave, on his role in how the defense is helping the offense get better and vice versa: “Obviously right now they’re making me better than I’m making them.”
Truth be told, the Packers have high expectations for Musgrave, one of two tight ends — third-round pick Tucker Kraft, from South Dakota State, being the other — the team selected in the draft in hopes renovating the position with young, athletic players who’ll grow into field-tilters.
But they also know, as head coach Matt LaFleur has said repeatedly, that tight end is the second-hardest offensive position to master as a rookie, right behind quarterback. Which is why LaFleur has been happy to see Musgrave and Kraft working late into the night at 1265 Lombardi Avenue in hopes of accelerating the process.
“They’re both very intelligent guys who are not afraid to work. We almost have to protect those guys from themselves at times,” LaFleur said before practice. “(I was) walking out of the building, after all the meetings, and they’re still in here talking about things, walking through things.
“They’re not afraid of the work. They’re going to put it in. … It’s going to be fun to watch these guys grow along the way.”
LaFleur pointed out the differences between Musgrave (“he can flat fly”) and Tucker (“a big body guy that has a lot of versatility”), but while the Packers want both to acclimate themselves quickly, they’re clearly counting on Musgrave to have an immediate impact.
And Musgrave, who joked that he’s staying late at Lambeau Field “because I’ve got nothing else to do,” is taking that as a challenge.
He’s also taking offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich’s mantra — “Make new mistakes, don’t make the same ones,” Musgrave repeated — to heart.
After playing in only two games during his final college season for the Beavers because of a knee injury — Musgrave had just 11 catches for 169 yards last season (although four of those receptions went for 25 or more yards) and just 47 career receptions for 633 yards overall — Musgrave understands he needs all the work he can get.
And needs to make all the new mistakes he can, too.
“You learn a lot from making mistakes. It’s not trying to make mistakes, but going out there and making mistakes so you can learn,” Musgrave said. “A lot of times you don’t learn necessarily as much from doing it right, but just going out there and seeing what works. And that’s what we’re doing.
“Even from the first day of rookie minicamp to now, I feel like it’s easy to play faster when you know what you’re doing playbook-wise. You can play really fast if you know what you’re going to do. If you don’t know what you’re going to do, it’s kind of like, ‘Aaaargh!’ That’s the big thing for rookies — know what to do and just go play fast.”
If he does, could he have the monster impact the Packers are hoping for?
“I just kind of take every day and try to attack each day. Obviously, we’ve got some really good players around us on both sides of the ball,” Musgrave said, his self-awareness kicking in again. “I’m just going to go out there and try to contribute as much as I can every day and then we’ll see where they put me at the end.”
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2023-07-28T19:45:40+00:00
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kenoshanews.com
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https://kenoshanews.com/packers-musgrave-prepared-to-face-challenges-as-a-rookie-tight-end/article_827c2ba2-2d6b-11ee-8cb9-9b112a013725.html
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ASHEVILLE, N.C., Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ideal Medical Technologies (IMT), developer of FUSION, a fully autonomous closed loop artificial pancreas system designed for use in the ICU setting, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the second phase of its first in man safety study at Emory University Hospital. Recognized by the FDA with Breakthrough Medical Device status, FUSION's AI based glucose control system has the potential to dramatically impact patient outcomes, reduce nursing burden, and significantly reduce costs.
The first in man safety study began earlier this year, and the FDA's review of data from the first patient group demonstrated FUSION's ability to maintain glucose in the range of 70-180 mg/dL 97% of the time with 0% <70 mg/dL. Coefficient of variation was 20%.
"These impressive results represent a significant milestone for the company and demonstrate the feasibility of autonomous glucose management in the hospital setting," said Dr. Leon DeJournett, IMT's founder and Chief Medical Officer. "I am excited to be bringing this technology to fruition as more precise glucose management in the ICU has the potential to revolutionize patient care and outcomes, and the success of FUSION can point the way forward to better regulation of other bodily systems in the future."
IMT intends to complete the first in man safety study by the end of 2022 and initiate the next safety study in ICU patients in Q1 2023. IMT is planning to bring the FUSION system to the hospital market in mid 2024.
Ideal Medical Technologies, incorporated in Delaware in September 2014, is a highly innovative medical device company focused on the development and sale of an Artificial Pancreas System for use in both the ICU and general ward settings. The U.S. FDA has granted Breakthrough Medical Device status to IMT's FUSION system, which should help to expedite regulatory approval. For more information about IMT and FUSION, visit www.idealmedtech.com.
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2022-11-09T15:33:41+00:00
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wymt.com
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https://www.wymt.com/prnewswire/2022/11/09/ideal-medical-receives-approval-second-phase-first-man-safety-study/
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The city of Arroyo Grande is offering fun ways for kids to stay engaged over spring break next month. City officials say there is something fun for all ages.
The camps will run from April 10 through April 14. The activities include science camps, soccer camps or basketball.
Officials say space is limited so they advise parents to register sooner than later.
For more information, or to register, click here.
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2023-03-26T17:33:14+00:00
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ksby.com
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https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/city-of-arroyo-grande-offering-kid-camps-over-spring-break
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The 2023 PGA Championship Odds & Preview: Viktor Hovland
After the second round of the PGA Championship, Viktor Hovland is atop the leaderboard with a score of -5.
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Viktor Hovland Insights
- Hovland has finished below par on 12 occasions, completed his day without a bogey twice and finished 12 rounds with a better-than-average score over his last 18 rounds played.
- He has carded the best score of the day in one of his last 18 rounds, while scoring among the top five in six rounds and the top 10 on seven occasions.
- Hovland has registered a score within three shots of the day's best in seven of his last 18 rounds, while finishing within five strokes of the top score of the day 10 times.
- Hovland has finished first once, with two top-five finishes and three top-10 finishes, in his past five appearances.
- In his past five appearances, Hovland has finished within three shots of the leader once and posted a score better than average three times.
- Hovland will look to make the cut for the 19th time in a row by making it to the weekend in this tournament.
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PGA Championship Insights and Stats
- Hovland has one win in his past four starts at this event. His average finish has been 26th.
- In his most recent four attempts at this event, he's made the cut each time.
- Hovland won this tournament in 2023, the last time he entered it.
- In the past year, the Tour has played courses with an average length of 7,300 yards, 94 yards shorter than the 7,394-yard par 70 for this week's event.
- Hovland will take to the 7,394-yard course this week at Oak Hill Country Club after having played courses with an average length of 7,319 yards in the past year.
Hovland's Last Time Out
- Hovland was in the 51st percentile on par 3s at the Wells Fargo Championship, with an average of 3.06 strokes on the 16 par-3 holes.
- His 4.05-stroke average on the 44 par-4 holes at the Wells Fargo Championship ranked in the 64th percentile among all competitors (the tournament average was 4.05).
- On the 12 par-5 holes at the Wells Fargo Championship, Hovland was better than 33% of the competitors (averaging 4.67 strokes).
- Hovland shot better on par 3s than most players his last time out, recording a birdie or better on three of 16 par-3s at the Wells Fargo Championship (the field averaged 1.5).
- On the 16 par-3s at the Wells Fargo Championship, Hovland carded four bogeys or worse (the field averaged 2.2).
- Hovland's 10 birdies or better on par-4s at the Wells Fargo Championship were more than the tournament average of 5.0.
- At that last competition, Hovland's performance on the 44 par-4s included a bogey or worse 11 times (compared to the field's better average, 6.9).
- Hovland finished the Wells Fargo Championship recording a birdie or better on five par-5 holes, while the field averaged 4.0 on the 12 par-5s.
- On the 12 par-5s at the Wells Fargo Championship, Hovland carded one bogey or worse, more than the field average of 0.7.
PGA Championship Time and Date Info
- Date: May 18-21, 2023
- Course: Oak Hill Country Club
- Location: Rochester, New York
- Par: 70 / 7,394 yards
- Hovland Odds to Win: +400 (Bet now with BetMGM!)
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2023-05-20T06:34:52+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/sports/betting/2023/05/20/viktor-hovland-pga-championship-pga-odds/
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(EDITOR’S NOTE — Orlando Magic rookie and No. 1 overall draft pick Paolo Banchero offered a periodic diary for The Associated Press this season to chronicle his first year in the NBA. This is his sixth and final installment. His first talked about how he was preparing for Year 1, his second was on the learning curve, his third discussed the team’s improvement, the fourth followed his first appearance at All-Star weekend, and the fifth was on the stretch run of the season. He finished the year averaging 20.0 points and 6.9 rebounds.)
I think everyone knows what’s possible now.
Our season is over, but I think everyone can see where we’re headed and what we’ve got in front of us. This year was definitely a step forward and I think not making the playoffs just leaves everyone hungry — hungry for more.
We will be more motivated headed into next year, next season. Everybody around here is excited. Players, coaches, staff, everybody. I think we can all feel the energy now.
There were a lot of good moments. My favorite moment of the year maybe was playing in Portland. Just seeing all my friends and having all my family get to watch me play a game, I think that was fun. A good, good experience. It was a full circle moment, being home, having everybody there.
There’s a lot of work to do. I think, with all the games we play, you have to learn how to be able to try and lock in night in and night out. I think I did a better job of that later in the season. Obviously, I had a rough month of February, so being able to bounce back from that and just take it one game at a time, not get lost in all the traveling and all the games, took real focus. I think I did a pretty good job of that the whole year. But I think having to bounce back from a rough stretch made me focus even more.
I’m probably going to take the next two weeks off, then get back to really working, getting back on the court, get back to the AdventHealth Training Center and get to it. I’ll start really conditioning later in the summer. Right now, I’m just trying to build a plan because obviously, this is my first real offseason. I’m going to try to take advantage of it, work harder than I ever have. That’s the plan.
I want to be more consistent, more dangerous from 3-point range next season. There were stretches during this year where I shot the ball well. I just need to find the consistency. I think expanding my range in Year 2, then just getting in best shape I possibly can — I think I was in good shape this year, but just want to take it to another level. To get to where I want to be, everything’s just going to have to be kicked up a notch. And I’m looking forward to that.
It’s over now and I’m definitely mentally tired, physically tired. It was a long season. But now I know what to expect and where I need to train my body more heading into next year. It’s good that I made it through, that I was able to play the amount of games that I did and get into the offseason pretty much healthy.
If Rookie of the Year happens, it would mean a lot. I’ve said multiple times how much it would mean and how long I’ve wanted to win the award and whatnot. I’ve worked hard. But I also think I did a good job of not letting that cloud what we have here and what we have going on here. I didn’t let it mess up anything in terms of the way I was playing or the way we went about playing the game as a team.
It’s been a year now, almost, and Orlando definitely feels like home. It’s starting to really feel like home. I think the first couple months, obviously I was living there, but it didn’t really feel all the way like home. Now just being around the city, spending every day there — and I’ll be there in the offseason — yeah, I can call it home.
And I can’t wait for next season.
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2023-04-11T05:58:36+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/sports/us-world-sports/paolos-diary-reflecting-on-year-1-with-the-orlando-magic/
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UMary Football coach Craig Bagnell steps down
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - According to University of Mary Athletics, head football coach Craig Bagnell is stepping down, effective immediately.
Bagnell took over the program in December of 2017 after graduating from the university in 2013.
“A coach always wants to go out with a feeling that the program is in a better place now than when we arrived,” Bagnell said in a statement. “I honestly believe with the hard work of our coaching staff, the dedicated scholar athletes, and the administration, this football program and university that I love, is ascending to greater heights and has an even brighter future.”
Bagnell became the youngest head coach in the NCAA when hired in 2018. Along with his head coaching duties, he served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
UMary went 9-35 in Bagnell’s four seasons.
Assistant Ben Davis will serve as interim head coach.
Copyright 2023 KFYR. All rights reserved.
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2023-02-14T15:18:31+00:00
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kfyrtv.com
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https://www.kfyrtv.com/2023/02/14/umary-football-coach-craig-bagnell-steps-down/
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Friday, June 16th 2023, 1:53 pm
The Oklahoma City Spark will be returning to the field after severe storms canceled their first game.
The game against the Vipers will take place at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Sparks were leading 4-1 in the second inning Thursday when the delay happened.
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2023-06-29T04:41:01+00:00
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news9.com
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https://www.news9.com/story/648cb122a4826407403d9490/okc-sparks-scheduled-to-play-2nd-game-friday-night
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SHANGHAI, May 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dingdong (Cayman) Limited ("Dingdong" or the "Company") (NYSE: DDL), a leading fresh grocery e-commerce company in China with advanced supply chain capabilities, today announced that it plans to release its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2023 before the U.S. market opens on Friday, May 12, 2023.
The Company's management will hold an earnings conference call at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time on Friday, May 12, 2023 (8:00 P.M. Beijing Time on the same day) to discuss the financial results. The presentation and question and answer session will be presented in both Mandarin and English. Listeners may access the call by dialing the following numbers:
The replay will be accessible through May 19, 2023 by dialing the following numbers:
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will also be available at the Company's investor relations website at https://ir.100.me.
About Dingdong (Cayman) Limited
Dingdong is the leading fresh grocery e-commerce company in China, with sustainable long-term growth. The Company directly provides users and households with fresh produce, prepared food, and other food products through a convenient and excellent shopping experience supported by an extensive self-operated frontline fulfillment grid. Leveraging its deep insights into consumers' evolving needs and its strong food innovation capabilities, Dingdong has successfully launched a series of private label products spanning a variety of food categories. Many of Dingdong's private label products are produced at its own production plants, allowing it to more efficiently produce and offer safe and high-quality food products. Dingdong aims to be Chinese families' first choice for food shopping.
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2023-05-08T23:06:08+00:00
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kxii.com
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2023/05/08/dingdong-report-first-quarter-2023-financial-results-may-12-2023/
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A cooking fire has displaced 22 residents of a Worcester apartment building, according to Worcester Deputy Fire Chief Adam Roche.
The cooking fire started on the stove then extended to kitchen cabinets of a fourth floor apartment at 4 Clement St.
A cooking fire has displaced 22 residents of a Worcester apartment building, according to Worcester Deputy Fire Chief Adam Roche.
The cooking fire started on the stove then extended to kitchen cabinets of a fourth floor apartment at 4 Clement St.
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2022-10-18T17:55:09+00:00
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masslive.com
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https://www.masslive.com/worcester/2022/10/clement-st-fire-in-worcester-displaces-22-people.html
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Bands chosen to play at South By SouthWest in Austin get paid just $250 while organizers are making good profits. Musicians are speaking out about needing more money as exposure at the festival is no longer as lucrative.
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Bands chosen to play at South By SouthWest in Austin get paid just $250 while organizers are making good profits. Musicians are speaking out about needing more money as exposure at the festival is no longer as lucrative.
Copyright 2023 NPR
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2023-03-16T22:04:23+00:00
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nprillinois.org
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https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-03-16/bands-at-sxsw-are-calling-for-better-pay
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Man wanted for Dakota Dunes murder apprehended in Mexico
DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. (KTIV) - The man authorities believe was responsible for a murder in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota has been apprehended.
According to the U.S. Marshals, Alfredo Castellanos-Rosales was captured in Mexico on May 12. Authorities say he was expelled from Mexico and turned over to the U.S. Marshals at Laredo, Texas. He is to remain in custody in Texas until he is extradited back to South Dakota.
The 39-year-old is wanted for the murder of 23-year-old Jordan “Jordy” Beardshear. Beardshear was allegedly killed by Castellanos-Rosales back on April 25. Authorities found Jordy’s body inside her Dakota Dunes apartment on April 26. Officials say Beardshear was found with “significant injuries,” including stab wounds.
In court documents, an agent with South Dakota’s Division of Criminal Investigation said Castellanos-Rosales’ cell phone was near Beardshear’s apartment between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on April 25. Cell phone data also shows Castellanos-Rosales was near the same location that Beardshear’s phone was. Witness statements also put Beardshear at her apartment around 8:30 p.m. on April 25 while she was waiting for Castellanos-Rosales to pick up her son. Authorities say Beardshear and Castellanos-Rosales had a child together.
When Castellanos-Rosales is brought back to South Dakota, he’ll be officially charged with murder.
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2023-05-13T02:00:05+00:00
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ktiv.com
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https://www.ktiv.com/2023/05/13/man-wanted-dakota-dunes-murder-apprehended-mexico/
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LONDON (AP) — A couple whose disappearance sparked a nationwide search in England were ordered to remain in custody Friday after evidence presented during a court hearing revealed that the remains of an infant were found in a garden shed close to where the pair were finally found.
Constance Marten, 35, and Mark Gordon, 48, are charged with gross negligence manslaughter, concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice. They made their first appearance in court on Friday at Crawley Magistrate’s Court, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of London.
The couple spoke only to confirm their names, birth dates and that neither had a permanent address. Gordon had a gray sweater over his head throughout the hearing. Their next court appearance is scheduled for March 31 at Central London Criminal Court.
Marten and Gordon were arrested Monday in Brighton on the south coast of England. Authorities had been searching for them since Jan. 5, when their burning car was found beside a highway in northwestern England. Marten was believed to have given birth shortly before she disappeared.
The body of the infant was found under some diapers inside a plastic bag that was discovered in a garden shed north of Brighton, authorities said during Friday's hearing. The grisly discovery followed a two-day search by hundreds of police officers aided by search and rescue teams, dogs, drones and thermal imaging cameras. Authorities haven’t yet determined the cause of death or the sex of the child.
Gross negligence manslaughter involves negligent behavior that a reasonable person should have understood presented an obvious risk of death to someone to whom they owed a duty of care.
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2023-03-03T15:32:57+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/uk-couple-to-remain-jailed-after-baby-s-remains-17817855.php
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25 years ago, Britain handed Hong Kong back to China By A Martínez, John Ruwitch Published July 1, 2022 at 2:07 AM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:43 At the time, the city was promised "a high degree of autonomy" for 50 years. Half way into the promise, where do things stand? Copyright 2022 NPR
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2022-07-01T10:41:34+00:00
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klcc.org
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https://www.klcc.org/2022-07-01/25-years-ago-britain-handed-hong-kong-back-to-china
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PomerantzLLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Southwest Airlines Co. ("Southwest" or the "Company") (NYSE: LUV). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Southwest and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On December 26, 2022, Business Insider published an article entitled "US Department of Transportation says it plans to look into Southwest Airlines following the airline's 'unacceptable' holiday flight cancellations." The article stated, among other things, that the "U.S. DOT tweeted Monday it will examine whether Southwest is abiding by its customer service policy[,]" and "Southwest cancelled nearly 3,000 flights on the day after Christmas, the most of any U.S. airline."
On this news, Southwest's stock fell $2.15 per share, or 5%, to close at $33.94 per share on December 27, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com.
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Which Rtic cooler is best?
Whether you’re heading on a weeklong camping trip or a picnic at the park, the right cooler keeps food and drink fresh and chilled. Rtic coolers are known for being rugged and good at what they do.
Your main choice is between hard and soft coolers, but you should also consider factors such as capacity and ease of carrying. Rtic Heavy-Duty Hard Cooler is the top choice if you’re looking for a hard cooler.
What to know before you buy an Rtic cooler
Cooler types
Rtic makes both hard coolers and soft coolers. The right one for you depends on how you intend to use your cooler and how long you need to keep its contents cool.
- Hard coolers: These are generally larger than soft coolers and hold ice for up to 10 days. This makes them great for camping trips or other overnight adventures and for days when you need plenty of supplies, such as big family picnics.
- Soft coolers: Lighter than hard coolers but with significantly less insulation, these types of coolers are better for day trips and picnics. They’re more easily transportable than their hard counterparts and are available as totes or backpacks.
Capacity
While soft coolers tend to list their capacity in cans, hard coolers usually have a quart capacity listed. This will help you figure out roughly how much you can fit in an Rtic cooler. However, it can vary somewhat depending on factors such as the type of cooler and the size of any cans you want to put inside.
- 45 quarts: Coolers of this size cold roughly 36 cans or 40 pounds of ice. They’re good for days out or weekend trips for one or two people.
- 65 quarts: Expect a cooler of this size to hold 64 cans or 70 pounds of ice. They’re good for weekend trips for large groups or longer trips for one to three people.
- 145 quarts: This size cooler holds around 145 cans or 155 pounds of ice. It can keep a small group going for up to 10 days or hold supplies for eight to 10 people on shorter trips.
What to look for in a quality Rtic cooler
Carry straps and handles
These coolers can have handles, single-shoulder straps or double-shoulder straps, like a backpack. They’re durable enough that they shouldn’t break halfway to or from your destination and leave you in a tricky situation
Drain
Rtic hard coolers have drains to empty the water left behind by melted ice. Without this, they’d be hard to empty, especially without making a huge mess.
No-sweat exterior
The no-sweat exterior of these coolers doesn’t gather beads of condensation. This is a particular bonus when loaded into a car next to other items that a sweaty cooler could get wet.
Bear-resistant
This company’s hard coolers are extremely rugged and seal tightly, making them bear-resistant. This is great news for camping trips or days out in the wilderness.
How much you can expect to spend on an Rtic cooler
Soft coolers cost roughly $50-$200, while hard coolers can cost from $200-$600. Larger versions are always pricier than smaller ones.
Rtic cooler FAQ
Are Rtic coolers worth it?
A. Naturally, an item worth buying for some people isn’t for others. However, if you’re looking for a durable cooler, Rtic models offer excellent value.
You might pay more than you would for a simple soft cooler or a thin-walled hard cooler, but they can hold ice for up to 10 days and are incredibly rugged. They’re especially worthwhile purchases for keen campers or anyone who takes lots of picnics or trips to the beach.
Can you put hot food and warm drinks in a cooler?
A. While you technically can use a cooler to chill food and drinks, you’ll get the best results if you chill them in the fridge before loading your cooler. This way, any ice or cool packs stay cool for longer since they don’t have to chill warm food or drinks. They just maintain an already-cool temperature.
It’s also more efficient to layer your food or drinks under ice or cool packs rather than on top. Warm air rises, and cold air drops, so ice more effectively chills anything below it.
What’s the best Rtic cooler to buy?
Top Rtic cooler
What you need to know: This exceptionally durable hard cooler is perfect for serious campers and tailgaters.
What you’ll love: It’s available in three sizes: 45, 65 and 145 quarts. It can hold ice for up to 10 days. It’s bear-resistant, thanks to the tough body and secure latches. The easy-flow spout makes draining it a breeze.
What you should consider: It’s on the heavy side, so you wouldn’t want to carry it over long distances.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Rtic cooler for the money
What you need to know: Ideal for picnics, hikes and day trips, this soft cooler is light and easy to transport.
What you’ll love: The exterior is leakproof and doesn’t sweat. Its shoulder strap makes it easy to carry around. You can choose from five sizes, holding eight, 12, 20, 30 or 40 cans.
What you should consider: The zipper is tough to undo, which can be frustrating.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: As it’s 30% lighter than Rtic’s standard hard cooler, it’s great for anyone who would struggle with the weight of the heavier model.
What you’ll love: It holds up to 64 cans or around 40 pounds of ice. The removable divider and basket make organizing different types of food and drinks easier. It’s durable with heavy-duty marine rope handles.
What you should consider: It’s only available in one size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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2022-08-03T20:56:46+00:00
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Embattled Los Angeles Councilman Kevin de Leon told Univision on Wednesday he will not resign amid an uproar over a leaked tape that revealed him participating in a meeting in which Latino officials made crude, racist remarks and plotted to expand their political power.
The scandal already has led to the resignation of former City Council President Nury Martinez and calls from President Joe Biden for those involved to step down.
De Leon told the Spanish-language station that he is “so sorry” and wants to continue working on homelessness and other problems in his district.
The racist comments came in a nearly year-old meeting, which also provided an unvarnished look into the city’s racial rivalries. Those involved in the private meeting spent much of the time discussing how to safeguard Latino political power during the redrawing of council district boundaries.
The California Legislative Black Caucus said the recording “reveals an appalling effort to decentralize Black voices during the critical redistricting process.”
Martinez stepped down last week, but de Leon and Councilmember Gil Cedillo have so far resisted widespread calls for their resignations.
The Los Angeles City Council installed a new president Tuesday after a chanting crowd of protesters called for halting the vote until de Leon and Cedillo resign for their part in the 2021 meeting.
The City Council selected Paul Krekorian to lead the chamber.
A powerful labor leader who also attended the 2021 private meeting, Ron Herrera, also resigned.
“I will not resign because there is a lot of work ahead,” de Leon said in the interview, referring to unemployment, fallout from the continuing pandemic and the threat of evictions for renters in a city with soaring housing prices.
“I feel very bad, I feel very sorry for the damage, for the wounds that exist today in our communities,” he said.
The remarks were his first since the White House called for him to resign. He has not appeared at recent meetings, and the Council stripped him and Cedillo of much of their power as they seek to increase pressure on them to resign.
The interview was conducted by Leon Krauze, a national anchorman for Univision. His nightly news for KMEX Univision 34 is one of the most-watched broadcast stations in Los Angeles.
“I ask for forgiveness from all my people, my community for the damage that those painful words caused on that day,” he said.
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2022-10-19T23:36:25+00:00
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daytondailynews.com
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https://www.daytondailynews.com/nation-world/la-councilman-de-leon-says-he-will-not-resign-amid-uproar/HOPRJH5LTBCWRAGTTE4WL5Y774/
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What a difference a night can make.
Fresh off of a comeback victory on Saturday night, Texas A&M baseball was pitted against the Cardinal once again after Stanford defeated Cal State Fullerton earlier on Sunday, June 4 to advance to the regional finals from the loser’s bracket. While it was crucial situational hitting that gave the Aggies the advantage in their first matchup, Stanford’s offense came alive in what was an elimination game for the Cardinal to set up a winner-take-all regional final on Monday.
Junior LHP Troy Wansing, who was awarded a save in Saturday’s game after coming into the ninth inning in relief, got the start in the crucial conference final. Despite Wansing going eight innings with only one hit in his last start in the SEC Tournament, the southpaw could not locate the strike zone and was forced into an early exit.
To start off the game, the Kansas City native walked the lead-off batter in junior CF Eddie Park and gave up a single to the two-hole hitter junior 3B Tommy Troy. With still no outs in the inning, junior 1B Carter Graham laced a double to left field to put Stanford up 2-0 early.
The Aggies answered Stanford’s bats in the bottom of the inning. After junior SS Hunter Haas blooped a single to shallow center field to get on base, junior 3B Trevor Werner lined a ball off of sophomore RHP TY Uber’s glove, allowing Werner to reach second and Haas to reach third to put two runners in scoring position.
The runner’s positions ended up having no relevance however, as freshman RF Jace LaViolette blasted a deep shot over the fence in center field, giving A&M a 3-2 lead. The home runs would not stop there, as junior LF Ryan Targac belted a fastball well beyond the trees in right field, stretching the lead to two in the bottom of the first.
The lead would not last very long, as Wansing continued to struggle going into the second frame. Like the first inning, the southpaw started off with a walk, but after a fielder’s choice and a strikeout, it appeared that Wansing may get out of the inning unscathed.
Park had other plans, hitting a single to put runners on the corners with two outs before another walk loaded the bases. Wansing’s day would be done early after this, only going 1.2 innings with five runs on three hits.
Sophomore RHP Chris Cortez came in for relief, but immediately surrendered a bases-clearing double to left field again off of the bat of Graham, putting the Cardinal up one. Not to be outdone, sophomore DH Braden Montgomery roped a double to the same spot in left field, stretching the lead to two.
All was quiet until the bottom of the sixth inning when senior DH Brett Minnich drove a deep shot to right field to bring the Aggies within one run going into the seventh inning.
Any hope of another late-inning comeback was promptly squashed. After a lead-off Montgomery single, junior LF and PAC-12 Player of the Year Albert Rios doubled to right-center field, getting back the run from the bottom of the sixth. Junior LHP Will Johnston, who started A&M’s first regional game, came in for relief of Cortez in an effort to hold the Cardinal scoring to just one.
There would be no relief in sight, as freshman C Malcolm Moore sent a ball deep to right-center field, ballooning the lead to 9-5. A single from sophomore RF Saborn Campbell, a walk from sophomore SS Temo Becerra and a single from Park loaded the bases with just one out. Sophomore RHP Josh Stewart replaced Johnston as coach Jim Schlossnagle looked for someone to stop the bleeding.
Stewart proved to not be the answer, as Troy sent a no-doubter grand slam to left field, putting Stanford up 13-5 and essentially ending any chance the Aggies had at victory.
A&M will face off on Monday against the Cardinal in a winner-take-all regional final to decide who will face off against the Texas Longhorns in super regionals.
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2023-06-05T12:44:55+00:00
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thebatt.com
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https://www.thebatt.com/sports/a-fight-for-survival-the-cardinal-handles-the-aggies-to-set-up-winner-take-all/article_f8eb248a-0360-11ee-8711-bbf19e077eca.html
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EU ministers trying, again, for compromise on gas price cap
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers are trying again to finalize a long-awaited deal to implement a natural gas price cap that they hope can help households and businesses better weather excessive price surges. The ministers have previously failed to overcome their differences at five previous so-called emergency meetings. Several EU leaders said last week that fixing a maximum ceiling to pay for gas was likely to be achieved this time. The 27 nations have stuck together through nine rounds of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine and energy-saving measures to avoid shortages of the fuel used to generate electricity, heat homes and power factories.
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2022-12-19T10:31:26+00:00
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localnews8.com
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https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national/2022/12/19/eu-ministers-trying-again-for-compromise-on-gas-price-cap-2/
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Pelé, widely considered among the greatest soccer players of all time, has died. He was 82.
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Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the global superstar rose to fame with Brazil’s national team when he was only a teenager. Known for his free-flowing, beautiful style, he eternalized a style of play many emulate to this day. Before the late Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo were referred to as the greatest — there was Pelé.
His daughter Kely posted an image on Instagram confirming her father’s passing as family surrounded the legend. “Everything we are is because of you,” she wrote. “We love you infinitely. Rest in peace.”
Pelé had suffered several health challenges in recent years, including being diagnosed with colon cancer. He was admitted to a hospital in Sao Paolo last month at the beginning of the World Cup.
Throughout his career, Pelé amassed accolades and star power only few could obtain. He won three World Cup titles from 1958 to 1970, scoring in the 1958 final at 17. He amassed over 1,200 goals and only played for one club outside his native Brazil, the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in the late 1970s, boosting American interest in the game. His fame was so much that during a civil war in Nigeria in 1967, both sides ordered a cease-fire to watch him play an exhibition match.
Considered among Brazil’s first Black national heroes in the modern world, Pelé rarely spoke about race relations when the power and wealth generated by the white minority, but will always be credited with the coining of “The Beautiful Game.”
Pelé, Soccer’s First Global Icon, Dies At 82 was originally published on wtlcfm.com
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2022-12-29T22:06:13+00:00
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hot1009.com
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SINGAPORE, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) ("Kulicke & Soffa", "K&S" or the "Company"), a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductor, LED and electronic assembly equipment, today announced a conference call is scheduled to discuss the Company's third fiscal quarter 2022 financial results, and its business outlook, on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 8:00am EDT.
The Company will issue its third fiscal quarter 2022 financial results the evening of Wednesday, August 3, 2022.
To access the conference call, interested parties may call +1-877-407-8037 or internationally +1-201-689-8037. A live webcast will also be available at investor.kns.com.
A replay will be available from approximately one hour after the completion of the call through August 11th by calling toll-free +1-877-660-6853 or internationally +1-201-612-7415 and using the replay ID number of 13730497. A webcast replay will also be available at investor.kns.com.
About Kulicke & Soffa
Kulicke & Soffa (NASDAQ: KLIC) is a leading provider of semiconductor, LED and electronic assembly solutions serving the global automotive, consumer, communications, computing and industrial markets. Founded in 1951, K&S prides itself on establishing foundations for technological advancement - creating pioneering interconnect solutions that enable performance improvements, power efficiency, form-factor reductions and assembly excellence of current and next-generation semiconductor devices.
Leveraging decades of development proficiency and extensive process technology expertise, Kulicke & Soffa's expanding portfolio provides equipment solutions, aftermarket products and services supporting a comprehensive set of interconnect technologies including wire bonding, advanced packaging, lithography, and electronics assembly. Dedicated to empowering technological discovery, always, K&S collaborates with customers and technology partners to push the boundaries of possibility, enabling a smarter future.
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2022-07-20T14:17:51+00:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rallying Friday and on pace to close out their first weekly gain in the last four.
The S&P 500 was 1.1% higher in afternoon trading as relaxing yields in the bond market took some pressure off Wall Street. It’s on track for a gain of 1.4% for the week after finding some stability following a swift rise and fall to start the year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 233 points, or 0.7%, at 33,236, as of 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite was 1.4% higher.
The central guidepost moving markets recently has been where inflation is heading and what the Federal Reserve will do about it.
“I’d love to talk about other things, but the only things that matter are the Fed and trajectory of inflation,” said Amanda Agati, chief investment officer of PNC Asset Management.
Early in the year, Wall Street rallied on hopes that cooling inflation would get the Fed to take it easier on its hikes to interest rates. Such increases can drive down inflation by slowing the economy, but they also raise the risk of a recession later on and hurt prices for investments.
Last month, the rally went into reverse after several reports on the economy came in hotter than expected. They included data on the jobs market, consumer spending and inflation itself at multiple levels.
The strong data raised concerns about continued upward pressure on inflation. That’s forced Wall Street to abandon hopes for rate cuts this year and raise its expectations for how high rates would go.
On Friday, reports on the economy showed growth for services industries last month was a touch stronger than economists expected. That’s a good sign for the economy and helps calms worries about an imminent recession, particularly when manufacturing has been struggling. But it also could add pressure on inflation.
Underneath the surface of the report were some potentially encouraging bits for inflation. Prices are still rising for prices paid by services organizations, but the growth decelerated in February.
The data helped push stocks higher and bond yields lower.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell back to 3.99% from 4.06% late Thursday. It’s a respite from its shot higher over the last month as expectations rose for a firmer Fed.
“We started off the year with a delusional, deranged or even unhinged market rally that just made no sense at all,” Agati said. “That delusion is still sitting in the background clearly, even though we are starting to get some of that reality check.”
She sees the Fed having to take interest rates even higher than the market is expecting because of how stubborn inflation has been. With corporate profits also on the way down, and her expectation for even more declines because of a mild to moderate recession, she sees the stock market eventually grinding lower before plateauing for a while before gradually rising again, reminiscent of the shape of a bath tub.
“It’s going to be a more extended tightening cycle,” Agati said. “Investors are so conditioned to high volatility and warp speed, they want everything to happen immediately. You see the market trying to price it in in one shot. It’s just going to take longer for the Fed to get out of the driver’s seat.”
The next move by the Fed on interest rates is scheduled for later this month. Before then, reports on the strength of the job market and on inflation will likely have big impacts on the market and expectations for what the Fed will do.
Last month, it dialed down the size of its rate increases and highlighted progress being made in the battle to get inflation lower. It also suggested just two more increases to rates may be on the way. But the strong reports since then have raised worries that the Fed could not only hike at least three more times but also could dial back up the size of the increases.
All the worries have come while expectations for corporate profits have been swinging lower. Still-high inflation and rates are eating into earnings for big companies. Retailers in particular have been saying they see some of their customers struggling.
Costco Wholesale on Friday reported stronger profit for its latest quarter than expected, but its revenue fell short of forecasts. Its stock fell 3.3%.
Shares of Silvergate Capital, a bank for crypto and fintech companies, were swinging sharply a day after more than halving. Crypto companies have been cutting off business with the bank, which warned earlier this week that it won’t be able to file its annual report with regulators in time and that it could be “less than well-capitalized.” After falling through much of Friday, its stock recovered to gain 3%.
On the winning side was Cooper Cos., a medical device maker that reported stronger profit and revenue than Wall Street expected. It climbed 7.3%.
Broadcom gained 4.9% after it also beat expectations for quarterly profit and revenue.
Stock markets abroad were mostly higher.
Stocks in Shanghai added 0.5% a central bank official said China’s vast real estate industry was recovering from a slump triggered by debt controls that led to a wave of defaults by developers, rattling global financial markets.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 1.6% after Japan’s unemployment rate edged lower in January.
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AP Business Writers Joe McDonald and Matt Ott contributed.
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2023-03-03T23:17:23+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/ap-asian-stocks-follow-wall-st-higher-on-interest-rate-hopes/
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Tropical Storm Ian is expected to strengthen back into a hurricane Thursday and make landfall Friday on the South Carolina coast.
Here & Now‘s Scott Tong gets the latest from Megan Borowski, a meteorologist with the South Carolina Emergency Information Network.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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2022-09-29T20:05:25+00:00
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kgou.org
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https://www.kgou.org/2022-09-29/tropical-storm-ian-makes-its-way-towards-the-carolinas
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Idaho governor signs bill that restricts transgender students’ bathroom use in schools
By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN
Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill this week that prohibits transgender students in the state from using public school bathrooms that do not align with their gender assigned at birth.
Senate Bill 1100, which takes effect July 1, requires public schools to provide separate male and female bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, dressing areas and overnight accommodations for students in the state. The restrictions do not apply to single-occupancy restrooms. The bill also requires reasonable accommodations to be made for students who are unwilling or unable to use multi-occupancy restrooms or changing facilities.
“Requiring students to share restrooms and changing facilities with members of the opposite biological sex generates potential embarrassment, shame, and psychological injury to students,” the bill states.
Under the law, students can take legal action against the schools in instances where they encounter people of the opposite sex using gendered facilities if the schools gave those people permission to use the facilities or failed to “take reasonable steps” to prevent the person from using those facilities.
Students who are successful in their private lawsuits will receive $5,000 from the public school systems for each time they saw “a person of the opposite sex” in those gendered facilities or sleeping quarters and can receive monetary damages from schools for psychological, emotional or physical harm.
Advocates have for years worked to combat bathroom bills like the one passed in Idaho, blasting them as an unnecessary and harmful attack on transgender students’ humanity.
Democratic state Sen. Rick Just told CNN on Saturday that he had voted against the bill largely because it allows people to file private lawsuits against school systems. “I don’t believe it’s helpful to encourage citizens to seek damages whenever they feel aggrieved in the slightest way,” he told CNN in an email.
Republican state Rep. Ted Hill, one of the bill’s sponsors, said the legislation would ultimately “bring peace” among the schools, school boards and parents, and that it would help them focus on students’ education instead.
“The most important part of this legislation was to recognize the rights of everyone,” Hill told CNN in an email. “Recognized the rights for young girls to be safe and secure in a place where they are most vulnerable, same for the boys to be safe and secure where they are most vulnerable, and the rights for everyone else to be safe, secure and comfortable in a place where they are most vulnerable.”
Little did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the bill Saturday.
Following the legislation’s passage, the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the US, slammed Little and said, “LGBTQ+ people in Idaho deserve the opportunity to live their lives with dignity and respect.”
“Unfortunately, the bills that Gov. Little is signing into law will make life harder on LGBTQ+ folks across the state,” the group’s state legislative director and senior counsel, Cathryn Oakley, said in a statement. “These bills will not accomplish anything other than to further alienate and stigmatize those already on the margins of life in this state.”
The Human Rights Campaign said that more “bathroom bills” have been filed across the country so far in 2023 than in any previous year.
The Idaho legislation follows similar bills Republican governors in Arkansas and Iowa signed this past week.
On Tuesday, Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill that prevents transgender people from using restrooms that do not match the sex they have listed on their birth certificates. And in Iowa, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill prohibiting transgender people from using school restrooms that do not correspond to their sex assigned at birth.
Transgender Americans make up a tiny fraction of kids in the US — the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated less than 2% of high school students identify as transgender.
Health care professionals have said the types of bills Republicans are pushing are likely to further ostracize transgender kids, a group that already struggles with higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide.
The political debate around which bathrooms trans people are allowed to use exploded in 2016, when North Carolina enacted a law that required people at government-run facilities to use bathrooms and locker rooms that corresponded to the gender on their birth certificates, if the rooms in question were multiple-occupancy. The measure drew intense criticism from businesses and advocates, and it was later repealed.
Alongside the transgender legislation, Little signed House Bill 186, which allows for executions by firing squad in Idaho if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injection. Several states have struggled to source the drugs required for lethal injection, causing them to pause executions.
This story has been updated with further reaction.
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2023-03-26T00:00:04+00:00
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keyt.com
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https://keyt.com/news/2023/03/25/idaho-governor-signs-bill-that-restricts-transgender-students-bathroom-use-in-schools/
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Seasoned Google executive appointed to lead DocuSign's next growth chapter
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has hired Allan Thygesen as Chief Executive Officer. Allan will assume the strategic leadership of the company and a role on DocuSign's Board of Directors, effective October 10th. Mary Agnes "Maggie" Wilderotter will conclude her role as interim CEO with this appointment and will help Allan with a smooth transition. She will continue serving as Chairman of DocuSign's Board of Directors.
Allan is joining DocuSign from Google where he served as President, Americas & Global Partners, leading the company's more than $100 billion advertising business across North and South America. Prior to this role, he served as the President of Google Marketing Solutions, overseeing the global mid-market and small advertiser business, which serves millions of customers worldwide.
"During this time of accelerated digital transformation at companies large and small, there is no better person to lead DocuSign than Allan Thygesen," said Maggie Wilderotter. "He is a customer-focused innovator with deep experience in e-commerce, the digitalization of business, and leading high-growth scale organizations. The Board believes that Allan is the right leader to help DocuSign continue to capture the massive market opportunity that lies ahead."
Wilderotter added, "Over the last quarter, DocuSign has made significant progress in expanding its executive team, enhanced its product roadmap and centered its focus on sustainable and profitable growth at scale; all setting the table for our next CEO."
"DocuSign has a long history of delivering the most trusted, fully-integrated platform for digital agreements, and I am honored to lead the company in its next great chapter," said Allan Thygesen. "We have a $50 billion global market opportunity that is largely untapped. I look forward to working with our world-class team to capture that opportunity by growing our diversified customer base across industries and geographies."
"On behalf of the Board, we are pleased to announce Allan Thygesen will be joining as our CEO and director," said Peter Solvik, Lead Independent Director and chair of the Search & Nominating and Corporate Governance committees. "We are confident Allan is the right leader to build on DocuSign's momentum."
Prior to joining Google in 2010, Allan Thygesen was a managing director and partner in the U.S. venture and growth funds of The Carlyle Group, where he led investments in startups in sectors including e-commerce, enterprise software and more. Earlier, Allan served as an executive in several public and private companies, including Wink Communications, Inc., an interactive television technology company. Allan has served on the board of directors of RingCentral, Inc. since October 2015 and served as a Lecturer at Stanford's Graduate School of Business from 2014-2021. He received a master's degree in economics from the University of Copenhagen and an MBA degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he graduated as an Arjay Miller scholar.
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Hiker’s parents are retracing her final steps to raise money for safety education programs
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BRETTON WOODS, N.H. (AP) — A young girl chatters to her mother as they descend Mount Pierce, her voice as bright and bouncing as her footsteps.
“You’re amazing!” she calls out to a slower couple she passes on the trail.
Until then, the couple has been focused on the physical effort of hiking, the precision required to step just so onto the rocks and around the roots. Motion, yes. Emotion, no.
But just for a moment, watching the girl disappear from view reminds them of their daughter.
How could it not?
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No one would blame Jorge Sotelo and Olivera Bogunovic if they stayed as far away as possible from New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Less than a year has passed since their oldest daughter Emily died cold and alone on Mount Lafayette in her quest to hike all 48 of the state’s mountains taller than 4,000 feet (1,220 meters).
Though she had only a handful of peaks left, Emily had almost no experience with winter hiking, and officials say she was woefully unprepared for the brutal conditions that killed her. After an intensive three-day search, her body was found Nov. 23 on what would have been her 20th birthday.
Within weeks, her family decided to create the Emily M. Sotelo Safety and Persistence Charitable Foundation. On July 29, hundreds of hikers plan to participate in “Emily’s Hike to Save a Life,” a fundraiser organized by the foundation and Hiking Buddies, a nonprofit that educates, prepares, and connects hikers. Dozens of teams will hike in the White Mountains and elsewhere, with some aiming to summit the remaining 4,000-footers on Emily’s list.
Her parents will be on Mount Lafayette, retracing her last steps.
In life, Emily pushed her mother out of her comfort zone and inspired her to become more giving, Bogunovic said. The hike is a continuation of that.
“It’s going to be a very emotional experience, but also a sense of accomplishment, that we accomplished what she wanted to accomplish, and in some ways, she does live on,” she said. “To build on what she had plans for … I think makes it a little bit easier to handle the tragedy.”
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Until they started preparing for the fundraiser, Bogunovic imagined hiking was “just a walk in the woods.” She had no idea how strenuous it would be.
“I thought, ‘Oh, it’s nothing, I’ll just run up that mountain and down,’” she said. “It was really an awakening for me.”
The couple started with flat terrain close to their home in Westford, Massachusetts, before working their way up, literally, to more challenging hikes. After tackling Mounts Monadnock, Pemigewasset and Kearsarge, they attempted their first 4,000-footer, Mount Pierce, in late June. They didn’t reach the summit that day but succeeded on their second try a few weeks later. While experienced hikers typically finish the 6-mile (10-kilometer) trek in about four hours, Sotelo, 57, and Bugonovic, 56, spent close to 10 hot, humid hours on the mountain that day.
“At the beginning, I was thinking that you can take the mountain with the proper determination but then after attempting hiking a couple of times, I realized that determination is not going to make it,” said Sotelo, a gastroenterologist who practiced by climbing stairs at work. “You have to train for that.”
Accompanying them was Andrew Barlow, the moderator of the Hiking Buddies NH 48 Facebook page. Unfailingly patient, he talked the couple through trickier sections of the trail, answered Bogunovic’s frequent questions about how much elevation they had gained and told jokes along the way. “You haven’t stopped complaining since you got here” was one punchline, but the novice hikers had no complaints.
“They’ve never shown signs of exhaustion or anything like that. I’m sure they feel it, but they’re good at hiding it,” Barlow said. “It’s been a long process, but they’ve been great troopers.”
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The fundraiser was announced in April with a goal of collecting $50,000, but by early July, more than $75,000 had been raised. Hikers have committed to raising at least $250 each, and non-hikers who donate at least $150 can attend a post-hike celebration at the Bretton Woods ski area. Hiking Buddies plans to use some of the money raised to offer free “buddy certification” training and safety courses for new hikers ages 17 to 25. Emily had joined the Hiking Buddies Facebook group a few months before she died, but had not participated in any of the group’s organized hikes, Barlow said.
“It just touched us that much more deeply, the fact that one of our own had died,” he said.
Among those participating in the fundraiser is Donna Lannan, 66, of Concord, who plans to hike Mount Eisenhower. A retired physical therapist who has been hiking in New Hampshire for 40 years, she said she signed up for the fundraiser to honor Emily and to support the volunteer search and rescue crews who risk their lives to save others. She was hiking in the White Mountains the day after Emily disappeared.
“It was very moving and upsetting to know that someone that young, by themselves, had experienced that kind of ending,” she said. “It was very emotional for me, just feeling badly for this young woman and her family.”
Emily’s parents will head up Mount Lafayette on July 28 and spend the night at an Appalachian Mountain Club hut. The next day, they’ll continue to the summit, where they will meet up with their younger daughter, Michelle, who plans to hike the two other peaks Emily had on her itinerary the day she died.
The months without Emily have been difficult, her parents said, and they’ve become hyper aware of other hiking accidents.
“Every time something happens, we think of her,” Jorge Sotelo said.
But he also thinks about Emily when he sees families and children having fun, like the cheerful young girl who passed them on Pierce. Bogunovic, meanwhile, said the encounter made her think about an older woman who reached out to her after Emily’s death to say Emily once encouraged her to keep going during a difficult hike.
“She did have that spirit,” she said. “It did remind me.”
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Moscow’s plans to incorporate captured territories were clear from the outset of the Feb. 24 invasion. Several weeks in, separatist leaders of the self-proclaimed “people's republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk, which the Kremlin recognized as independent states, voiced plans to hold votes on becoming part of Russia. While forces backed by Moscow control almost all of Luhansk, some estimates say Russia and the separatists control about 60% of the Donetsk region.
Similar announcements followed from Kremlin-backed administrations of the southern Kherson region, which is almost completely occupied by Russians, and in the Zaporizhzhia region, large swaths of which are under Moscow’s control.
While the Kremlin coyly says it is up to the residents to decide whether they formally want to live in Russia or Ukraine, lower-level officials talked about possible dates for the balloting.
Senior lawmaker Leonid Slutksy once mentioned July, although it did not occur. Vladimir Rogov, a Moscow-installed official in the Zaporizhzhia region, suggested the first half of September. Kirill Stremousov, a Kremlin-backed official in Kherson, talked about scheduling it before the end of the year.
As summer wanes, there is still no date for the referendums. Pro-Russian officials in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia say the votes will take place after Moscow takes full control of the rest of the Donetsk region, but the Kremlin's gains there have been minimal recently. Still, campaigns promoting the votes are reportedly well underway.
Russian TV shows cities with billboards proclaiming, “Together with Russia.” Stremousov reports from Kherson almost daily on social media about his trips around the region, where he meets people adamant about joining Russia. In the Russian-controlled part of Zaporizhzhia, the Moscow-installed administration already has ordered an election commission to prepare for a referendum.
Balloting aside, there are other signs that Russia is planning on staying.
The ruble has been introduced alongside the Ukrainian hryvnia and has been used to pay out pensions and other benefits. Russian passports were offered to residents in a fast-track citizenship procedure. Schools were reported to have switched to a Russian curriculum, starting in September.
Russian license plates were given to car owners by traffic police, with Kherson and Zaporizhzhia assigned Russian region numbers 184 and 185. The Russian Interior Ministry, which oversees the traffic police, did not responded to an Associated Press request for comment to clarify how that was legal, given that both regions are still part of Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials and activists, meanwhile, paint a picture that contrasts sharply with the Russian TV portrayal of a bright future for the occupied territories under Moscow’s generous care.
Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai told AP that 90% of the population in the province’s large cities has left. Devastation and squalor “reigns” in the cities and towns seized by Russia, he said, and there are only a few villages not under Moscow's control after weeks of exhausting battles.
Residents use “water from puddles" and build "a bonfire in the yard to cook food on, right next to garbage, Haidai said.
"Our people that manage to return home to collect their belongings don’t recognize towns and villages that used to blossom,” he added.
The situation isn't as dire in the southern city of Kherson, which sits just north of the Crimean Peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, according to pro-Ukrainian activist Konstantin Ryzhenko. Kherson was captured without much destruction early in the war, so most of its infrastructure is intact.
But supplies of essential goods have been uneven, and prices for food and medicine brought in from Russia have spiked, Ryzhenko told AP, adding that both are of “disgustingly low quality.”
Early in the war, thousands of Kherson residents regularly protested the occupation, but mass repressions forced many either to flee the city or to hide their views.
“Demonstrations have been impossible since May. If you publicly express anything pro-Ukrainian, an opinion on whatever subject, you are guaranteed to be taken into detention, tortured and beaten there,” Ryzhenko said.
Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov, whose city in the Zaporizhzhia region also was occupied early in the war, echoed Ryzhenko’s sentiment.
Mass arrests and purges of activists and opinion-makers with pro-Kyiv views began in May, said Fedorov, who spent time in Russian captivity for refusing to cooperate. More than 500 people in Melitopol remain in captivity, he told AP.
Despite that intimidation, he estimated that only about 10% of those who remain in the city would vote to join Russia if a referendum takes place.
“The idea of a referendum has discredited itself,” Fedorov said.
Kherson activist Ryzhenko believes a referendum would be rigged because “they’re already talking about voting online, voting at home. … So, you understand, the legitimacy of this voting will be nil.”
Russian political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin said that because so many people have left the occupied regions, “there will be nothing close to a proper polling of the population about their preferences.”
But Ukrainian authorities still have to regard such votes as a serious issue, said Vadim Karasev, head of the Kyiv-based Institute of Global Strategies think tank.
“After the referendums take place, Russia will consider the southern lands as part of its own territory and view Ukrainian attacks as attacks on Russia,” Karasev said in an interview.
He said the Kremlin might also be using the threat of referendums to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to agree to negotiations on Moscow’s conditions or else risk “losing the south” and a large part of its vital access to the sea.
Zelenskyy has said that if Moscow goes ahead with the votes, there will be no talks of any kind.
In the meantime, Ukrainian forces continue sporadic strikes against the Russian military in the Kherson region. On Thursday, Ukraine’s Operational Command South reported killing 29 “occupiers” near the town of Bilohirka, northeast of Kherson, as well as destroying artillery, armored vehicles and a military supply depot.
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FILE - People who fled from Mariupol, a few of them from the Azovstal steel plant, arrive by bus to a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 8, 2022. Thousands of Ukrainian continue to leave Russian occupied areas. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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FILE - People who fled from Mariupol, a few of them from the Azovstal steel plant, arrive by bus to a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 8, 2022. Thousands of Ukrainian continue to leave Russian occupied areas. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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FILE - A woman hugs relatives as she arrives in a bus with people who fled from Mariupol and Tokmak Berdyansk to a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 3, 2022. Thousands of Ukrainian continue to leave Russian occupied areas. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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FILE - A woman hugs relatives as she arrives in a bus with people who fled from Mariupol and Tokmak Berdyansk to a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 3, 2022. Thousands of Ukrainian continue to leave Russian occupied areas. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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FILE - A Russian soldier walks in front of the damaged Metallurgical Combine Azovstal plant, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Monday, June 13, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - A Russian soldier walks in front of the damaged Metallurgical Combine Azovstal plant, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Monday, June 13, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - Workers build an apartment building for residents of Mariupol affected by hostilities, in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, on July 1, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - Workers build an apartment building for residents of Mariupol affected by hostilities, in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, on July 1, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - A Russian military boat guards an area with the grain storage in the background at the Mariupol Sea Port which has recently started its work after heavy fighting in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, June 12, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - A Russian military boat guards an area with the grain storage in the background at the Mariupol Sea Port which has recently started its work after heavy fighting in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, June 12, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - A Russian soldier guards the site of a new apartment building which is is being built with the support of the Russian Defense Ministry, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, on July 13, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - A Russian soldier guards the site of a new apartment building which is is being built with the support of the Russian Defense Ministry, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, on July 13, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - Russian soldiers patrol an area of the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, on June 13, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - Russian soldiers patrol an area of the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, on June 13, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - A group of foreign journalists observe the baking of bread according to the recipes of the Soviet era in Skadovsk, Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - A group of foreign journalists observe the baking of bread according to the recipes of the Soviet era in Skadovsk, Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - Elderly local residents speak to a group of Russian soldiers in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - Elderly local residents speak to a group of Russian soldiers in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - A Russian soldier guards an area at the Alley of Glory exploits of the heroes - natives of the Kherson region, who took part in the liberation of the region from the Nazi invaders, in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022, with a replica of the Victory banner marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II right in the background. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - A Russian soldier guards an area at the Alley of Glory exploits of the heroes - natives of the Kherson region, who took part in the liberation of the region from the Nazi invaders, in Kherson, Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022, with a replica of the Victory banner marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II right in the background. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - People walk in a street during a rally against Russian occupation in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 13, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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FILE - People walk in a street during a rally against Russian occupation in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 13, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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FILE - A woman covered by Ukrainian flag stands in front of Russian troops in a street during a rally against Russian occupation in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 19, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Olexandr Chornyi)
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FILE - A woman covered by Ukrainian flag stands in front of Russian troops in a street during a rally against Russian occupation in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 19, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Olexandr Chornyi)
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FILE - A man who fled from a small village near Polohy rests upon his arrival to a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 8, 2022. Thousands of Ukrainian continue to leave Russian occupied areas. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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FILE - A man who fled from a small village near Polohy rests upon his arrival to a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 8, 2022. Thousands of Ukrainian continue to leave Russian occupied areas. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
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FILE - A man holds a banner that reads: "World without Russia", during a rally against the Russian occupation in Svobody (Freedom) Square in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 5, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Olexandr Chornyi)
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FILE - A man holds a banner that reads: "World without Russia", during a rally against the Russian occupation in Svobody (Freedom) Square in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 5, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Olexandr Chornyi)
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FILE - People shout toward Russian army soldiers during a rally against the Russian occupation in Svobody (Freedom) Square in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 7, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Olexandr Chornyi)
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FILE - People shout toward Russian army soldiers during a rally against the Russian occupation in Svobody (Freedom) Square in Kherson, Ukraine, on March 7, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Olexandr Chornyi)
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FILE - Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko speaks to The Associated Press reporters during an interview on Aug. 12, 2022. Liashko accused Russian authorities of blocking access to affordable medicines in areas of Ukraine it has occupied since the invasion was launched on Feb. 24. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)
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FILE - Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko speaks to The Associated Press reporters during an interview on Aug. 12, 2022. Liashko accused Russian authorities of blocking access to affordable medicines in areas of Ukraine it has occupied since the invasion was launched on Feb. 24. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)
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FILE - Residents gather to pump water from a well outside an apartment complex in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Aug. 6, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces near the key city has damaged vital infrastructure that has cut residents off from gas and water for months. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - Residents gather to pump water from a well outside an apartment complex in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Aug. 6, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces near the key city has damaged vital infrastructure that has cut residents off from gas and water for months. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - Russian troops guard an entrance of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - Russian troops guard an entrance of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kherson region, south Ukraine, on May 20, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo)
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FILE - Local residents, many of whom fled the war, gather to hand out donated items such as medicines, clothes, and personal belongings to their relatives on the territories occupied by Russia, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Aug. 14, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
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FILE - Local residents, many of whom fled the war, gather to hand out donated items such as medicines, clothes, and personal belongings to their relatives on the territories occupied by Russia, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Aug. 14, 2022. According to Russian state TV, the future of the Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow's forces is all but decided: Referendums on becoming part of Russia will soon take place there, and the joyful residents who were abandoned by Kyiv will be able to prosper in peace. In reality, the Kremlin appears to be in no rush to seal the deal on Ukraine's southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)
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Rangers vs. Angels: Odds, spread, over/under - June 14
Marcus Semien and the Texas Rangers (41-25) will host Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels (38-31) at Globe Life Field on Wednesday, June 14, with a start time of 8:05 PM ET.
The Rangers are favored in this one, at -135, while the underdog Angels have +115 odds to win. The total is 9 runs for this contest (with -120 odds to hit the over and +100 odds to go under).
Rangers vs. Angels Time and TV Channel
- Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
- Time: 8:05 PM ET
- TV: BSSW
- Location: Arlington, Texas
- Venue: Globe Life Field
- Probable Pitchers: Andrew Heaney - TEX (4-4, 4.14 ERA) vs Reid Detmers - LAA (1-5, 4.79 ERA)
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Rangers vs. Angels Betting Trends and Insights
- The Rangers have been favorites in 37 games this season and won 24 (64.9%) of those contests.
- The Rangers have a 20-10 record (winning 66.7% of their games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -135 or shorter.
- The sportsbooks' moneyline implies a 57.4% chance of a victory for Texas.
- The Rangers have a 4-3 record from the seven games they were moneyline favorites over their last 10 matchups.
- Over its last 10 outings, Texas and its opponents combined to hit the over on the run total seven times (all 10 games had set totals).
- The Angels have been victorious in 16, or 53.3%, of the 30 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
- The Angels have a win-loss record of 8-9 when favored by +115 or worse by oddsmakers this year.
- In five games over the last 10 matchups when set as underdogs by sportsbooks, the Angels had a record of 4-1.
- Los Angeles and its opponents have combined to hit the over five times in the last 10 games with a total.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman in Florida has died after a masked man broke into a Pasco County house and shot her in front of her two young children, authorities said.
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at a home in New Port Richey at about 12:40 a.m. Tuesday.
A witness told police she was sleeping on the couch when she was awoken by a knock at the door. She said a man wearing a skull mask kicked in the door, entered the home and pointed a gun at her. The man then went into a bedroom, where another woman was sleeping with two young children and turned on the light.
“The light comes on, she sees the suspect walk into the door,” Sheriff Chris Nocco said during a press conference on Tuesday morning. “She sits up. As she sits up, she says, ‘Don’t shoot me.’ The suspect then fires one round at her. She falls off the bed. He fires another round directly at her, striking her.”
The children, under the age of 12, were not injured in the shooting, he said.
The suspect then ran outside, got into a car and fled the area, according to the sheriff.
Deputies and paramedics responded and rushed the victim to an area hospital, where she later died.
“It appears the suspect knew the layout of this house, he directly targeted the individual. It seems like he knew exactly who he was going for,” Nocco said.
Deputies didn’t yet know whether the shooting was related to a domestic dispute, but anyone involved in a relationship with the woman will be questioned, Nocco said.
“For these young kids, I can imagine they were out last night trick-or-treating; I can imagine they went to bed a little bit later like all the kids did last night … but to be woken up to have a suspect walk in, turn that light on and shoot the person in the bed with them, you know, it’s horrific,” the sheriff said. “That’s the only word I can think of.”
Authorities said the man remains at large. He is described as a male standing 5 feet, 10 inches with a large build. The witness said he was wearing dark clothing.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Madonna Thunder Hawk remembers the firefights.
As a medic during the occupation of Wounded Knee in early 1973, Thunder Hawk was stationed nightly in a frontline bunker in the combat zone between Native American activists and U.S. government agents in South Dakota.
“I would crawl out there every night, and we’d just be out there in case anybody got hit,” said Thunder Hawk, of the Oohenumpa band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, one of four women assigned to the bunkers.
Memories of the Wounded Knee occupation — one in a string of protests from 1969 to 1973 that pushed the American Indian Movement to the forefront of Native activism — still run deep within people like Thunder Hawk who were there.
Thunder Hawk, now 83, is careful about what she says today about AIM and the occupation, but she can’t forget that tribal elders in 1973 had been raised by grandparents who still remembered the 1890 slaughter of hundreds of Lakota people at Wounded Knee by U.S. soldiers.
“That’s how close we are to our history,” she told ICT recently. “So anything that goes on, anything we do, even today with the land-back issue, all of that is just a continuation. It’s nothing new.”
Other feelings linger, too, over the tensions that emerged in Lakota communities after Wounded Knee and the virtual destruction of the small community. Many still don’t want to talk about it.
But the legacy of activism lives on among those who have followed in their footsteps, including the new generations of Native people who turned out at Standing Rock beginning in 2016 for the pipeline protests.
“For me, it’s important to acknowledge the generation before us — to acknowledge their risk,” said Nick Tilsen, founder of NDN Collective and a leader in the Standing Rock protests, whose parents were AIM activists. “It’s important for us to honor them. It’s important for us to thank them.”
Akim D. Reinhardt, who wrote the book, “Ruling Pine Ridge: Oglala Lakota Politics from the IRA to Wounded Knee,” said the AIM protests had powerful social and cultural impacts.
“Collectively, they helped establish a sense of the permanence of Red Power in much the way that Black Power had for African Americans, a permanent legacy,” said Reinhardt, a history professor at Towson University in Towson, Maryland.
“It was the cultural legacy that racism isn’t OK and people don’t need to be quiet and accept it anymore,” he said. “That it’s OK to be proud of who you are.”
A series of events in South Dakota in recent days recognized the 50th anniversary of the occupation, including powwows, a documentary film showing and a special honor for the women of Wounded Knee.
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‘‘THUNDERBOLT’ OF PROTEST
The occupation began on the night of Feb. 27, 1973, when a group of warriors led by Oklahoma AIM leader Carter Camp, who was Ponca, moved into the small town of Wounded Knee. The group took over the trading post and established a base of operations along with AIM leaders Russell Means, of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; Dennis Banks, who was Ojibwe; and Clyde Bellecourt, of the White Earth Nation.
Within days, hundreds of activists had joined them for what became a 71-day standoff with the U.S. government and other law enforcement.
It was the fourth protest in as many years for AIM. The organization formed in the late 1960s and drew international attention with the occupation of Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay from 1969-1971. In 1972, the Trail of Broken Treaties brought a cross-country caravan of hundreds of Indigenous activists to Washington, D.C., where they occupied the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters for six days.
Then, on Feb. 6, 1973, AIM members and others gathered at the courthouse in Custer County, South Dakota, to protest the killing of Wesley Bad Heart Bull, who was Oglala Lakota, and the lenient sentences given to some perpetrators of violence against Native Americans. When they were denied access into the courthouse, the protest turned violent, with the burning of the local chamber of commerce and other buildings.
Three weeks later, AIM leaders took over Wounded Knee.
“It had been waiting to happen for generations,” said Kevin McKiernan, who covered the Wounded Knee occupation as a journalist in his late 20s and who later directed the 2019 documentary film, “From Wounded Knee to Standing Rock.”
“If you look at it as a storm, the storm had been building through abuse, land theft, genocide, religious intoleration, for generations and generations,” he said. “The storm built up, and built up and built up. The American Indian Movement was simply the thunderbolt.”
The takeover at Wounded Knee grew out of a dispute with Oglala Sioux tribal leader Richard Wilson but also put a spotlight on demands that the U.S. government uphold its treaty obligations to the Lakota people.
By March 8, the occupation leaders had declared the Wounded Knee territory to be the Independent Oglala Nation, granting citizenship papers to those who wanted them and demanding recognition as a sovereign nation.
The standoff was often violent, and supplies became scarce within the occupied territory as the U.S. government worked to cut off support for those behind the lines. Discussions were ongoing throughout much of the occupation, with several government officials working with AIM leaders to try and resolve the issues.
The siege finally ended on May 8 with an agreement to disarm and to further discuss the treaty obligations. By then, at least three people had been killed and more than a dozen wounded, according to reports.
Two Native men died. Frank Clearwater, identified as Cherokee and Apache, was shot on April 17, 1973, and died eight days later. Lawrence “Buddy” Lamont, who was Oglala Lakota, was shot and killed on April 26, 1973.
Another man, Black activist Ray Robinson, who had been working with the Oglala Sioux Civil Rights Organization, went missing during the siege. The FBI confirmed in 2014 that he had died at Wounded Knee, but his body was never recovered. A U.S. marshal who was shot and paralyzed died many years later.
Camp was later convicted of abducting and beating four postal inspectors during the occupation and served three years in federal prison. Banks and Means were indicted on charges related to the events, but their cases were dismissed by a federal court for prosecutorial misconduct.
Today, the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark identifies the site of the 1890 massacre, most of which is now under joint ownership of the Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes.
The tribes agreed in 2022 to purchase 40 acres that included the area where most of the carnage took place in 1890, the ravine where victims fled and the area where the trading post was located.
The purchase, from a descendant of the original owners of the trading post, included a covenant requiring the land to be preserved as a sacred site and memorial without commercial development.
And though internal tensions emerged in the AIM organization in the years after the Wounded Knee occupation, AIM continues to operate throughout the U.S. in tribal communities and urban areas.
In recent years, members participated in the Standing Rock protests and have persisted in pushing for the release from prison of former AIM leader Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder despite inconsistencies in the evidence in the deaths of two FBI agents during a shootout in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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A NEW GENERATION
Tilsen, now president and chief executive of NDN Collective, an Indigenous-led organization centered around building Indigenous power, traces the roots of his activism to Wounded Knee.
His parents, JoAnn Tall and Mark Tilsen, met at Wounded Knee, and he praises the women of the movement who sustained the traditional matriarchal system during the occupation.
“I grew up in the American Indian Movement,” said Tilsen, a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation. “It wasn’t a question about what you were fighting for. You were raised up in it. In fact, if you didn’t fight, you weren’t going to live.”
Tilsen credits AIM and others for most of the rights Native Americans have today, including the ability to operate casinos and tribal colleges, enter into contracts with the federal government to oversee schools and other services, and religious freedom.
He said the movement showed the world that tribes were sovereign nations and their treaties were being violated. And when AIM and spiritual leaders such as Henry Crow Dog, Leonard Crow Dog and Matthew King joined the fight, it became intergenerational.
“It became a spiritual revolution,” he said. “It also became a fight that was about human rights. It became a fight that was about where Indigenous people aren’t just within the political system of America, but within the broader context of the system; of the world.”
Tilsen appreciates that his parents were willing to participate in an armed revolution to achieve one of their dreams of establishing KILI radio station, known as the “Voice of the Lakota Nation,” which began operating in 1983 as the first Indigenous-owned radio station in the United States.
The Dakota Access Pipeline protest in 2016 became a defining moment for him and his brother. They had wondered, he said, what would be their Wounded Knee?
“What made it so powerful and what made it different was that you actually had grassroots organizers and revolutionaries and official tribal governments coming together, too,” Tilsen said. “I think that Standing Rock in particular actually reached way further than Wounded Knee because of how the issue was framed around ‘water is life.’”
Alex Fire Thunder, deputy director of the Lakota Language Consortium, said the occupation of Wounded Knee and other activism helped revitalize Indigenous languages and cultures. His mother was too young to have participated in the occupation but he said she remembered visits from AIM members in the community.
“The whole point of AIM, the American Indian Movement, was to bring back a sense of pride in our culture,” Fire Thunder, Oglala Lakota, told ICT.
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FUTURE GENERATIONS
For Thunder Hawk, the issues became her lifelong work rather than momentary activism.
She joined AIM in 1968 and participated in the occupation at Alcatraz, the BIA headquarters, the Custer County Courthouse and Wounded Knee, as well as the Standing Rock pipeline protest in 2016.
She said work being done today by a new generation is a continuation of the work her ancestors did.
“That’s why we were successful in Indian Country, because we were a movement of families,” she said. “It wasn’t just an age group, a bunch of young people carrying on.”
She hopes her legacy will live on, that her great-great-grandchildren will see not just a photo of her but know what she sounded like and the person she seemed to be.
It’s something that she can’t have when she looks at a photo of her paternal great-grandparents.
“Hopefully that’s what my descendants will see, you know?” she said. “And with the technology nowadays, they can press a button, maybe, and it’ll come up.”
Frank Star Comes Out, the current president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, also believes it’s time for the previous generation’s work to be recognized.
Some of his family members strongly supported AIM, including his mother and father. He said it’s important to fight for his people, who survived genocide.
“That’s why I support AIM, not only on a family level,” he said. “I have a lot of pride in who I am as a Lakota. … Times (have) changed. Now I’m using my leadership to help our people rise, to give them a voice. And I believe that’s important for Indian Country.”
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ICT producer Stewart Huntington, based in Colorado, contributed to this report.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Aubrey Rowlatt is retiring early after one term as Carson City's clerk-recorder, having seen drastic changes in the way elections are administered and scrutinized in her small county office and across Nevada.
Rowlatt's job duties go far beyond running the county's elections, but she said she had to put much of her other work on hold in the lead up to the 2020 vote “because there’s no way I’m going on Fox News because I missed an election deadline.” It turned out to be a recipe for burnout.
Across Nevada, those in charge of elections have started to resign at increased rates. Ten of the state’s 17 counties have had turnover in clerk or voter registrar positions from the 2020 election through the midterms, according to an Associated Press tally.
In Storey County, one of former President Donald Trump’s so-called fake electors who signed certificates falsely stating Trump won in Nevada is now running elections after two other clerks resigned early.
In Elko County — where county commissioners might try to do away with machine voting after this election — the longtime clerk decided to run for reelection at the last minute, after considering stepping down.
The resignations include the secretary of state’s elections department, where internal records show three of 11 employees have remained since the 2020 election. The department says another five have come and gone in that span — a result of both election fatigue and better opportunities elsewhere.
It’s a trend seen across the country yet amplified in this Western swing state where toss-up races across the ballot feature GOP candidates who have cast doubt on election security and vote-counting. Five of Arizona’s 15 top elected officials are new this cycle, according to a new report, and nearly half of South Carolina’s top election officials have left since 2020.
“In many ways, it’s going to have a very significant impact on our communities,” Humboldt County Clerk Tami Rae Spero said of the turnover.
Some officials in Nevada are facing increased skepticism as their once-quiet jobs have been thrust into the spotlight. They cited harassment due to election conspiracies and in some cases a lack of support from county commissioners. One received death threats that included an email saying “count the votes as if your life depends on it because it does."
But for many clerks in rural counties it is the culmination of frustrations stemming from a misunderstood office — by distrustful voters as well as the Democratic-controlled state Legislature. Some have trouble balancing myriad duties from managing decades of public documents to safeguarding millions in public funds. Others have struggled to keep up with new voting laws passed by the Legislature to increase election accessibility.
“We don’t have staffs of 500 people. If they would just get in the weeds a little, come visit the rurals and actually talk and see how our offices run, I think they would get a clearer picture (of) just how many hats we wear,” Rowlatt said of state lawmakers.
No county clerk position is as complicated as in Carson City, which combines the job of county clerk, recorder and public administrator. As recorder, Rowlatt digitizes centuries of historical records. As public administrator, she takes on the estates of residents who die without anybody to inherit them, filing their tax returns, settling their debts and selling or distributing what’s left.
In her office sit election manuals, estate records, boxes of cremated remains and a shelf of yellow Nevada statute books. She calls the office the “underbelly” of local government — the elections, licensing and records management in Nevada’s 55,000-person capital surrounded by sagebrush and cattle.
It was this versatility that attracted her to the position — and it's partly what’s prompting her to leave.
Baseless claims of voter fraud — even by county officials — have also taken a toll on county clerks.
“It’s kind of disheartening when you work so hard and our staff works so hard and people just don’t want to believe what we’re doing is right,” Elko County Clerk Kris Jakeman said of election skepticism.
Since the state shifted to all mail-in ballots, the number of paper ballots the Elko County Clerk’s Office sends out has increased from 2,500 to 26,000, but officials have replaced just eight of the 13 employees who left since 2021. Three have left solely due to election stress, Jakeman said.
Spero, who has been on the job in Humboldt County since 2003, is now the state’s longest-serving clerk. Former Nye County Clerk Sam Merlino resigned in July after two decades when the board of commissioners voted unanimously to recommend counting all ballots by hand.
Spero said she used to have experienced people she could lean on.
“And so now I’m the one people reach out to, and that can be a little intimidating, too,” she said.
Taking their places are a mix of new clerks with their own ideas.
Amy Burgans started as Douglas County clerk in early 2021 and implemented one of the first livestream broadcasts of polling locations on YouTube. She deals daily with unfounded skepticism about Dominion voting machines but sees that as an opportunity. In the rural county of just under 50,000 people, she tries to be a more public-facing figure by showing up at local fundraisers and meetings.
Other new clerks distrust voting machines themselves.
A Nevada Republican Party leader, Jim Hindle in 2020 signed illegitimate electoral certificates in an attempt to certify Nevada’s electoral votes for Trump. Hindle won the race for Storey County clerk over then-interim clerk Doreayne “Dore” Nevin, who had taken over after another clerk resigned. She stepped down before the end of her term, putting Hindle in charge of the 2022 election.
In Nye County, clerk Mark Kampf is implementing hand-counting and all paper ballots alongside machine tabulators, working with GOP secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant, who is one of the America First Secretary of State Coalition candidates who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election and vow to scrap early voting and vote-counting tabulators. In February, Marchant told voters at a forum “your vote hasn’t counted in decades.”
What will be their first election will be the last for Rowlatt, who thought about how distant 2018 seems, when she expected to serve two or three terms.
The converging challenges she faced that eventually burned her out — statewide redistricting, an election during COVID-19, a slew of new voting laws and a special legislative session — were also what made her tenure memorable.
“I feel like I was placed here for a reason,” Rowlatt said. “But I’m also very sure that I’m being given an out for a reason."
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Gabe Stern is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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2022-10-25T15:50:06+00:00
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NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Temu, the online marketplace offering quality goods at hard-to-beat prices, is expanding its selection of merchandise to meet the wide-ranging needs of customers as it enters its second month of operation.
Visitors to the Temu website (www.temu.com) and mobile apps can browse the thousands of deals being uploaded each day across more than 100 product categories. They range from makeup and dresses to baseball gloves and power tools.
Temu can rapidly expand its selection of quality, affordable merchandise because of its access to a global network of top-notch suppliers cultivated over the years by Pinduoduo. Both Temu and Pinduoduo are part of Nasdaq-listed PDD (NASDAQ: 100), one of the world's biggest e-commerce groups with more than 11 million suppliers and manufacturers.
By connecting manufacturers directly with consumers through its digital platform, Temu can reduce the number of intermediaries standing between buyer and seller and keep prices low.
Launched in the US in September 2022, Temu was created with the goal of empowering consumers with more choices of quality products at affordable prices. Temu has said that it will benefit from Pinduoduo's international brands initiative to help manufacturers create global brands and connect them to consumers globally.
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2022-10-12T11:41:52+00:00
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NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Molecular Partners American Depositary Shares pursuant and/or traceable to certain documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about June 16, 2021; and/or (b) Molecular Partners securities between June 16, 2021, and April 26, 2022.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 12, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Molecular Partners AG made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company's product, ensovibep, was less effective at treating COVID-19 than defendants had led investors to believe; that (ii) accordingly, the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") was reasonably likely to require an additional Phase 3 study of ensovibep before granting the drug Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA"); (iii) waning global rates of COVID-19 significantly reduced the Company's chances of securing EUA for ensovibep; (iv) another of the Company's product candidates, MP0310, was less attractive to Molecular Partners' collaborator, Amgen, than defendants had led investors to believe; (v) accordingly, there was a significant likelihood that Amgen would return to global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners; (vi) as a result of all the foregoing, the clinical and commercial prospects of ensovibep and MP0310 were overstated; and (vii) as a result, documents issues in connection with the Company's initial public offer and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Molecular Partners you have until September 12, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Molecular Partners securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the MOLN lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/class-action-molecular-partners-ag-loss-submission-form?id=30196&from=4.
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2022-07-26T10:47:23+00:00
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NEW YORK (AP) — Unsure of the relevant rule, Nick Kyrgios lost a point by running around the net to hit a ball that was going to land way out. He yelled at his guest box. He argued with the chair umpire. Most importantly, and has happened more recently for him than ever, Kyrgios won, eliminating defending U.S. Open champion and No. 1-ranked Daniil Medvevev.
Building on the momentum he built by reaching the Wimbledon final, Kyrgios moved into the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows for the first time by beating Medvedev 7-6 (11), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday night.
The 23rd-seeded Kyrgios, a 27-year-old from Australia, never had managed to make it past the third round of the U.S. Open until now, going 0-4 at that stage until this year. But Kyrgios also never has managed to parlay his unquestioned skill into terrific play or any semblance of consistency the way is doing lately.
“I'm just glad I'm finally able to show New York my talent,” he said. “I haven't had too many great trips here.”
He reached his first Grand Slam semifinal, then first Grand Slam final, at the All England Club in July, before losing to Novak Djokovic in the title match. Then Kyrgios won his first ATP title in three years at Washington in August. He followed that up with a victory over Medvedev at a hard-court tournament in Montreal soon after. He leads the ATP Tour in match wins since June.
And now, with his big serve producing 21 aces Sunday, and his go-for-broke style working perfectly against Medvedev, Kyrgios must be considered a serious championship contender at the U.S. Open.
Medvedev, meanwhile, was playing well enough to win all nine sets he played in Week 1 and look ready to give himself a shot at becoming the first man to win consecutive trophies in New York since Roger Federer grabbed the last of his five in a row from 2004-08.
Instead, Medvedev — whose victory over Djokovic in the 2021 U.S. Open final ended his bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969 — will relinquish the No. 1 ranking. Three players have a chance to replace him there: Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud.
On Tuesday, Kyrgios will meet No. 27 seed Karen Khachanov for a spot in the semifinals.
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2022-09-05T04:11:41+00:00
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expressnews.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they may subpoena former Vice President Mike Pence and are waiting to hear from Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, about her role in the illegal plot to overturn the 2020 election.
Lawmakers indicated they will release more evidence about Donald Trump’s alleged effort to defraud supporters by fundraising off false claims of a stolen presidential election. They also pledged to provide pertinent material to the Justice Department by the end of the month for its criminal investigation. The department complained in a letter last week that the committee was complicating its investigation by not sharing transcripts from its 1,000 interviews.
“We’re not taking anything off the table in terms of witnesses who have not yet testified,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, who described a Pence subpoena as “certainly a possibility.”
“We would still, I think, like to have several high-profile people come before our committee,” said Schiff, D-Calif.
For example, the committee has been able to document most of Trump’s end of his call to Pence on the morning of the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, when the then-president made his final plea for Pence to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory when Pence presided over the Electoral College count in Congress. Members have not yet documented directly what Pence said in response.
The committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., recently said the committee was still “engaging” with Pence’s lawyers, while also suggesting it may not be necessary for him to appear because of testimony from many of Pence’s closest aides.
Committee members also hope to learn more about Ginni Thomas’ own effort to keep Trump in office and the potential conflicts of interest posed on her husband as a result on Jan. 6 cases that come before the Supreme Court.
Republican state Rep. Rusty Bowers, the Arizona House speaker, is scheduled to testify at the committee’s hearing Tuesday focusing on state officials who were contacted by Trump and the White House as Trump tried to overturn the results. Bowers is likely to be asked about emails he received from Thomas urging him and other state officials to set aside Biden’s 2020 win and choose their own set of electors.
“We have questions for her and we may have questions for him as well,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.
Thomas has publicly indicated that she “can’t wait” to appear before the committee after receiving their request by letter last week.
Along with emailing Arizona officials, Thomas, who attended a rally Trump held just before the Capitol riot, also had written to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the weeks after the election encouraging him to work to overturn Biden’s victory. Emails recently obtained by the committee also show Thomas had email communications with John Eastman, the lawyer who played a key role on behalf of Trump in efforts to pressure Pence to overturn the election.
“I think the committee will be interested, in among other things, whether this was discussed with Justice Thomas, given that he was ruling on cases impacting whether we would get some of this information,” Schiff said.
This past January, Thomas was the lone member of the court who supported a bid by Trump to withhold documents from the Jan 6. committee.
Lofgren said the committee would release additional evidence it has gathered on the “big rip off,” in which the committee alleges Trump may have committed fraud by fundraising by making a false claim the election was stolen.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said that in the end, the public will have a clear picture of a “failure of the oath” by Trump.
“I think what we’re presenting before the American people certainly would rise to a level of criminal involvement by a president,” he said.
Kinzinger also said that he and his family have received threats because of his role on the committee. He spoke of his concern that “there’s violence in the future. … And until we get a grip on telling people the truth, we can’t expect any differently.”
Schiff appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Lofgren was on CBS’ “Face the Nation” and Kinzinger spoke on ABC’s “This Week.”
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2022-06-20T05:01:15+00:00
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pahomepage.com
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Magic Eden Rewards allows users to claim rewards, benefits, and fee discounts based on their marketplace activity. Ecosystem partners and NFT creators will also be able to directly connect with their community through giveaways and perks enabled on Magic Eden's Rewards
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Magic Eden ("The Company"), the leading cross-chain NFT platform, announced the launch of Magic Eden Rewards (BETA), a rewards program designed to celebrate Magic Eden's community and support creators. The program is an industry-first event, enabling NFT collectors to establish a profile across wallets and receive rewards directly on platform. All users can create profiles starting this evening, with pilot rewards launching later this month.
Jack Lu, CEO and Co-Founder of Magic Eden commented on today's news: "We are excited about Magic Eden Rewards. This is a really cool way for us to deliver value to our users and a tool for creators to engage with new and existing collectors. As a marketplace, we've been trying hard to ship innovation that goes beyond the pure transactional layer. Magic Eden Rewards gives us ways to celebrate and engage our community in new ways."
Collectors will be able to earn Magic Points (beta) based on secondary trading transactions (buying and selling NFTs). For every 1 SOL spent in volume by a connected wallet, collectors will earn 5 Magic Points. Based on their spend, they will be placed in one of five loyalty tiers, which each contain their own level of reward benefits and fee discounts. Users can combine each of their wallets to their profile in order to discover their true tier based on total transaction volume across wallets. Initial tiers will be determined by the user's higher volume between the months of November and December.
The first beta test of rewards will be released before the end of the year. All rewards will be released in the Rewards Hub in the form of NFTs. Rewards could include items such as loot boxes from NFT creators, discounts and perks from ecosystem partners, and NFT giveaways. Rewards will be airdropped directly to users' profiles, where they can be claimed. With Magic Eden Rewards, creators and ecosystem partners will also be able to tap into new sources of community growth by distributing exclusive perks, discounts, or free NFTs via fun airdrops to Magic Eden's community.
Magic Eden will be extending their waived platform fees through the end of the year. Starting in January, all Magic Eden users who sign in will be provided fee discounts and grandfathered into an existing loyalty tier, with regular tiering to begin today. Fee discounts based on user tiering will also come into effect in the new year. Instead of a flat fee charged to sellers, Magic Eden will introduce a dynamic maker/taker model for fees, where the cost of trading will be distributed between sellers and buyers. In this system, listing and bid transactions are considered "makers", as opposed to buying and instant sell transactions, which are "takers". Fees for transacting on Magic Eden will no longer be static or incurred on one side. Instead, it will be shared between maker/takers and determined based on a user's respective tiering with Magic Eden Rewards.
Zhuoxun Yin, COO and Co-Founder added, "We pride ourselves on delivering value to our creators and users and Magic Eden Rewards is a testament to that. By offering progressively greater rewards, perks, and fee discounts based on user activity, we're excited to pair this up with creators and help them find ways to deepen engagement with their communities."
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Magic Eden is the leading cross-chain NFT platform driving the next billion users to Web3. Led by former crypto, tech, and hospitality leaders, Magic Eden is building a user-friendly platform powered by market-leading minting and trading solutions. Magic Eden brings dynamic cultural moments onto the blockchain, empowering users across thousands of digital communities to create, discover and collect unique NFTs. For more information, please visit www.magiceden.io.
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2022-12-14T21:32:24+00:00
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BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Thursday confirmed that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison compound in quarters separate from other detainees.
Suu Kyi was arrested on Feb. 1, 2021, when the army seized power from her elected government. She was initially held at her residence in Naypyitaw, the capital, but was later moved to at least one other location. For most of the past year, she has been held at an undisclosed location in Naypyitaw, generally believed to be on a military base.
Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesperson for the ruling military council, confirmed in a text message to journalists that Suu Kyi was moved on Wednesday to the main prison in Naypyitaw, where she is being held separately in “well-kept” circumstances. News of her transfer had been reported Wednesday but not officially confirmed.
He said Suu Kyi, having already been convicted in several cases, was transferred to the prison in accordance with the law.
A legal official familiar with Suu Kyi’s court proceedings said she is being held in a newly constructed building with three policewomen, whose duty is to assist her. Her ongoing trials will also be held at the prison, in another newly constructed facility. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to release any information about her cases.
Suu Kyi, who turned 77 on Sunday, spent about 15 years in detention under a previous military government, but virtually all of it was under house arrest at her family home in Yangon, the country’s biggest city.
The secret location where she had been held for most of the past year was a residence. She had nine people to help her there, and was allowed to keep a dog that was a gift arranged by one of her sons, said another legal official, who also asked not to be named for fear or repercussions from the government.
The official said neither her assistants nor the dog accompanied Suu Kyi to her new prison quarters.
Suu Kyi is being tried on multiple charges, including corruption. Her supporters say the charges are politically motivated to discredit her and legitimize the military’s seizure of power.
She has already been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment on charges of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, violating coronavirus restrictions, sedition and an initial count of corruption.
The prison where Suu Kyi is being held is slightly west of Naypyitaw. It was constructed in 2014 to temporarily hold detainees awaiting trial.
One of the legal officials said Suu Kyi’s first hearing in the new prison courtroom was held Thursday in the case of violating the Official Secrets Act.
Defense lawyers cross examined three prosecution witnesses but details of their testimony was not available. All of Suu Kyi’s cases have been held in closed hearings. Her lawyers are prohibited from discussing the proceedings.
Suu Kyi’s co-defendants in the case are Australian economist Sean Turnell, who had been her advisor, and three former Cabinet members.
Turnell is also being held at the same prison with Suu Kyi.
Suu Kyi is also being tried on 11 counts of corruption, each of which carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years, and an election fraud charge, which carries a maximum sentence of three years.
The military’s takeover last year triggered peaceful nationwide protests that security forces quashed with lethal force, triggering armed resistance that some U.N. experts now characterize as civil war.
The ruling military council has said it plans to hold new elections around the middle of next year if circumstances permit. However, critics caution such polls are unlikely to be free and fair.
Tom Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, said Thursday that the military has been working hard to “create an impression of legitimacy” after ousting Suu Kyi’s government.
Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory in a November 2020 general election. The army claimed it seized power because the polls were marred by widespread fraud — an allegation was not corroborated by independent election observers.
“Any suggestion that there could be any possibility of a free and fair election in Myanmar in 2023 is frankly preposterous,” Andrews said at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “You can’t have a free and fair election if you locked up your opponents.”
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2022-06-23T23:16:37+00:00
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siouxlandproud.com
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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and William G. Pomeroy Foundation launch program to lift hidden histories and points of local pride on route of Great American Rail-Trail
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new program of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation will draw attention to the history that is embedded in the route of the Great American Rail-Trail®. A series of historic markers will be installed along the 3,700-mile route of the developing trail, one of RTC's signature programs, between Washington, D.C., and Washington State.
"The Great American Rail-Trail connects people to the richness of the nation's landscapes, cultures and heritage. This program is so meaningful because it will draw attention to the stories, people, places and events that are important to the communities the trail serves—building deeper connections between people and places," said Kevin Belle, RTC's project manager for the Great American Rail-Trail. "There are fascinating stories and snapshots of history all along the Great American Rail-Trail, if you know where to look."
Some of the historic features the marker program will showcase include a geological unconformity on the Ohio to Erie Trail in Wayne County, exposed when the railroad was built in 1864, and the only surviving double-arch bridge, built in 1913, on the historic WCF&N railroad line, which can be experienced today on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail in Black Hawk County, Iowa. The initial program includes the installation of 12 markers funded by the Pomeroy Foundation with the intention to expand the program over time. The marker program is emphasizing points of interest, local residents, architecture and other features that reveal the country's dynamic, diverse and resilient history.
"We are thrilled to partner with Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on this exciting endeavor to mark historic points on the Great American Rail-Trail," said Deryn Pomeroy, director of strategic initiatives at the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. "History abounds along the beautiful scenic pathways that comprise the Great American Rail-Trail. Our historic markers will enhance the recreational experience by giving people the opportunity to learn more about the places and spaces they traverse."
The William G. Pomeroy Foundation's historic marker grant programs help educate the public, encourage pride of place, promote historic tourism and preserve history. As the nation's leading funder of historic roadside markers, the Pomeroy Foundation has awarded more than 2,000 grants for markers and bronze plaques in 48 states and Washington, D.C. The Foundation administers six marker grant programs in addition to several marker programs funded through partnerships nationwide. Learn more at wgpfoundation.org.
When complete, the Great American Rail-Trail, the nation's first multiuse cross-country trail, has the potential to serve 50 million people living within 50 miles of the trail, as well as millions of additional visitors from around the world. Explore the Great American Rail-Trail at greatamericanrailtrail.org, and connect with the #GRTAmerican via social media @greatamericanrailtrail.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is the nation's largest trails organization—with a grassroots community more than 1 million strong—dedicated to building a nation connected by trails, reimagining public spaces to create safe ways for everyone to walk, bike and be active outdoors. Connect with RTC at railstotrails.org and @railstotrails on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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2023-01-26T17:43:57+00:00
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witn.com
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https://www.witn.com/prnewswire/2023/01/26/new-signage-program-celebrates-history-along-great-american-rail-trail/
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HOUSTON, Feb. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lopez Negrete Communications, Inc., the nation's largest independent, Hispanic-owned-and-operated full-service agency, announced today they were awarded a total of 19 trophies at the 61st Annual American Advertising Federation–Houston Chapter Awards, including a coveted "Best of Show" for the 18th time.
The WorldFest 55th Houston, The Oldest Film Festival Poster Campaign won the award for Best of Show – Print. Since 1968, WorldFest-Houston has been supporting independent filmmakers and takes pride in being the oldest independent film festival in the world. The Out-Of-Home Poster campaign focused on that claim through the use of multiple layers of film posters, making a homage to a classic medium the industry has used throughout the years to promote their movies and a few movies that premiered in that specific year.
In addition, Lopez Negrete Communications, Inc. was also awarded the Special Mosaic Award for Diversity for their Walmart Holiday House Social Media Campaign. This holiday campaign gathered a group of nationwide creators of different backgrounds showcasing Walmart as the place to save, no matter what your family's tradition. The Walmart Holiday House celebrated multicultural rituals happening across the nation through snackable concepts across various media channels.
"To say I am proud that our work continues to stand out among such worthy peers and work is an understatement," says Lopez Negrete Communications' President and CEO Alex López Negrete. "We are particularly honored by the nod the judges gave to our work for our long-standing Walmart client by bestowing upon us the Special Mosaic Award For Diversity. We have been Walmart's partners now for almost three decades and have been proud that the work we have done for them has always been relevant, powerful, effective, diverse, and recognized. I tip my hat to every member of my creative and strategic teams that participated in the creation of all this award-winning work and our family of clients that demand our best and give us the freedom and inspiration to provide it."
Lopez Negrete Communications also received the following honors:
- Walmart
- Worldfest 55th Houston
- Hyundai Motor America
- McDonald's
The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition, attracting more than 25,000 entries every year in local AAF Ad Club competitions. The mission of the American Advertising Awards is to recognize and reward the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertising.
ABOUT LOPEZ NEGRETE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Lopez Negrete Communications stands as the largest independent, Hispanic-owned-and-operated, full-service agency in the United States, specializing in providing marketing services to corporations wishing to reach and engage with America's large and influential Hispanic consumer segment. Founded in 1985 by Alex and Cathy López Negrete, the agency offers thought leadership and a full range of marketing, advertising, and communications services, including strategic planning, brand strategy, creative and production, research and consumer insights, media planning and buying, digital/social/mobile marketing services, public relations, and promotions. Award-winning throughout a rich 38-year history, Lopez Negrete counts as clients some of the nation's largest corporations and their prestigious brands, such as Bank of America, Walmart, McDonald's, Hyundai Motor America, Sam's Club, Mattress Firm, Phillips 66 Company, and Motiva Enterprises LLC. With headquarters in Houston, Texas, Lopez Negrete employs over 100 professionals who are dedicated to delivering the promise of Maximum Return On Cultural Intelligence™ and is a founding agency member of both the Hispanic Marketing Council and the ANA's Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing (AIMM).
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2023-02-18T15:41:07+00:00
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kwtx.com
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https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2023/02/18/lopez-negrete-communications-takes-home-coveted-mosaic-award-diversity-their-walmart-holiday-house-social-media-campaign-61st-annual-american-advertising-federation-houston-awards/
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Oscar Health, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of OSCR 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/oscar-health-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28870&from=4
CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's March 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) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant SEP membership growth; 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: July 11, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/oscar-health-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28870&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of OSCR 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 11, 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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2022-06-22T10:59:40+00:00
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wbrc.com
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https://www.wbrc.com/prnewswire/2022/06/22/shareholder-alert-gross-law-firm-notifies-shareholders-oscar-health-inc-class-action-lawsuit-lead-plaintiff-deadline-july-11-2022-nyse-oscr/
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CARLISLE, Pa., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bullet Liner USA (www.BulletLiner.com), a leading manufacturer of spray-on protective coatings for the automotive and truck market, today announced the rollout of its new RPM™ all-purpose formulation. RPM is designed specifically for service pick-ups; delivery vans and trucks; construction equipment; police, fire, and emergency service vehicles; tractor trailers; utility service and crew trucks; trailers; ATVs; and UTVs. Bullet Liner RPM provides fleet operators with a cost-effective way to safeguard their vehicle investment, extend service life, and keep it looking in top shape.
"Bullet Liner RPM is a spray-on permanent protective coating system designed for rough service applications and industrial and commercial fleets," said Jill Deamer, Global Marketing Brand Manager for Bullet Liner. "Bullet Liner RPM is ready-made for the rigors of the fleet market because it specifically protects and extends the life and appearance of fleet vehicle exteriors and keeps equipment 'on equity' while on the job. It's the best investment a fleet operator can make to enhance the value of their entire fleet—from 'bumper to fender'."
Bullet Liner RPM is constructed to provide a flexible but extremely tough monolithic membrane with a uniform and ultra-fine surface texture. This elastomeric coating offers heavy duty protection against dents, dings, scratches, and other damage incurred on the highway or the work site. Additionally, Bullet Liner is impervious to weather extremes and won't crack, fade, peel, or bubble, even after long exposure to the blistering sun in the summertime or to freezing temperatures in the wintertime. Bullet Liner coatings can also be custom matched to existing color shades, and they offer UV protection to retain color brilliance and vibrancy.
Adds Deamer, "Fleet operators who select Bullet Liner RPM to protect their vehicles can rely upon a robust, supportive dealer network that understands the cost of downtime and strives to make doing business with our Bullet Liner authorized dealers as seamless as possible. We offer highly trained applicators who offer a quick turnaround time in multiple convenient locations throughout North America."
For more information, please visit BulletLiner.com.
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2022-08-16T11:44:49+00:00
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wsfa.com
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https://www.wsfa.com/prnewswire/2022/08/16/bullet-liner-usa-announces-launch-bullet-liner-rpm-its-all-purpose-spray-on-protective-coatings-fleet-vehicle-market/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Top regulators on Monday recommended a series of new safeguards to ensure that a growing and unregulated cryptocurrency market doesn’t imperil U.S. financial stability.
Among seven major recommendations, regulators called on Congress to pass legislation that would address the systemic risks caused by the growth of stablecoins, which are a form of cryptocurrency pegged to the price of another financial asset, like the U.S. dollar or gold.
Recent volatility in the cryptocurrency market, especially in stablecoins, has made regulators particularly wary about the need for regulation as usage of the digital asset continues to grow.
Members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council met Monday to approve the recommendations of a 125-page report created in response to President Joe Biden’s March executive order on digital assets. The report also calls for giving agencies greater regulatory power over cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
The oversight council is an interagency group headed by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and includes Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the role of the council is to identify risks and emerging threats to U.S. financial stability.
Powell, who has recently said stablecoins will need greater regulation as they become more widely used by consumers, said Monday that “acting now will allow us to support responsible financial innovation while preserving financial stability.”
Yellen said, “As we’ve painfully learned from history, innovation without adequate regulation can result in significant disruptions and harm to the financial system.”
At the start of the year, the council stated it would focus its efforts on researching and developing recommendations on digital asset issues, as more Americans invest in cryptocurrencies.
Roughly 16% of adult Americans, or 40 million people, have invested in cryptocurrencies, according to a September 2021 Pew Research Center poll. And 43% of men age 18-29 have put money into cryptocurrency.
Last month, the Treasury Department issued a report that recommended the U.S. work on developing a digital dollar.
Yellen said Treasury recommends that the U.S. “advance policy and technical work on a potential central bank digital currency, or CBDC, so that the United States is prepared if CBDC is determined to be in the national interest.”
More than 100 central banks around the world are considering a digital currency, but just a few have actually issued one.
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2022-10-04T12:45:06+00:00
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texomashomepage.com
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https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/political-news/ap-top-us-regulators-say-crypto-poses-financial-stability-risks/
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SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Paul Waring tied the course record by shooting 9-under 63 to take a two-stroke lead in the first round of the Cazoo Classic on the European tour on Thursday.
The 37-year-old Englishman holed out from a greenside bunker for eagle at the par-5 17th and then birdied the last at Hillside in Southport, northern England, to shoot his best round of a year that has seen him miss the cut in five of 11 events on tour.
Waring is attached to Bromborough Golf Club just 30 miles (48 kilometers) away.
“I started nicely, controlled my ball pretty well all day," Waring said. “It’s funny, I’d felt like I’ve been playing nicely over the last few weeks and months, just not having any results. So to actually put it all together for a round of golf, I’m absolutely made up.”
Garrick Porteous, another Englishman, shot 65 to be alone in second place and there was a four-way tie for third between France's Julien Guerrier, Scotland’s Grant Forrest, Sweden's Jens Dantorp and England's Richard Mansell.
Mansell dropped into that group by bogeying the last.
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2022-07-21T22:28:56+00:00
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seattlepi.com
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https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Waring-shoots-9-under-63-leads-by-2-at-Cazoo-17320749.php
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Six men in Congo were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the 2021 murder of Italy’s ambassador and two others.
The sentence was announced by a military tribunal in the capital, Kinshasa, following a six-month trial.
Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to Congo since 2017, was one of three people killed in February 2021 in an ambush on a World Food Program convoy that was traveling from Goma, Congo’s eastern regional capital, to visit a WFP school project in Rutshuru.
Italian security officer Vittorio Iacovacci and driver Moustapha Milambo were also killed.
Violence has been simmering in eastern Congo for decades as more than 120 armed groups fight for power, resources, land and some to protect their communities.
Several armed groups are active in the specific area of the attack including the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, which is a Rwandan Hutu rebel group known as FDLR, the Nyatura militia and M23 rebels.
The attack occurred in the same area where two Britons were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in 2018, though they were released days later.
Congo’s government initially blamed the killings on FDLR. who denied responsibility for the attack.
The prosecution said the men were part of a criminal gang and had called for the death sentence. They accused the defendants of trying to kidnap the ambassador so they could demand a ransom and said the initial intent was not to kill him. Five of those sentenced are in the N’Dolo military prison in Kinshasa while the sixth man is still on the run.
The defense said their clients were tortured into confessing and has appealed the decision, which would launch a new trial in the military court. “They all claim their innocence pure and simple,” said Joseph Amzati one of the defense lawyers.
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2023-04-07T19:55:33+00:00
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myfox8.com
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https://myfox8.com/news/international/ap-international/life-sentences-in-congo-for-killing-of-italian-ambassador/
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Companies collect a lot of data about us from our fitness trackers to smart devices in your home.
You may not even know that it's sometimes happening.
Federal regulators are considering new rules to crack down on companies collecting and profiting from information about you.
The Federal Trade Commission wants to hear from you about how this is impacting you.
“One of the biggest changes I think that is potentially on the horizon are some more limits on what companies can actually do, what they can collect and what they can do with it,” said Jennifer King, a privacy and data policy fellow at Stanford University. “Rather than just saying we got your permission, so you know we can now, we can do whatever we want.”
She said one real challenge if the FTC decides to go through with new rules is that the process takes so long, it could take 5 years before we actually see them in action.
She said action by Congress would be much faster. Lawmakers are currently considering a privacy bill to reduce data collected about us.
Until any action happens, there are ways you can reduce that collection.
“I think the mobile space is one of those areas that a little hygiene can go a long way, and one of the things I do is I turn off my location services on my phone,” King said. “That doesn't stop everything, but it does actually kind of cut off a lot of data that's happening, often in the background.”
She said also consider the apps you're installing on your phone and what types of places you're willing to give your information.
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2022-09-07T18:19:49+00:00
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wkbw.com
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https://www.wkbw.com/news/national/as-lawmakers-contemplate-privacy-laws-expert-gives-tips-to-limit-how-companies-track-you
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ST. ANDREWS – Cheers from every corner of the Old Course that belonged to Tiger Woods for two days at St. Andrews switched over to Rory McIlroy in the British Open, and he certainly did his part to give them what came to see Saturday.
McIlroy holed a bunker shot for eagle on the 10th hole that he described as part skill and part luck, but it was pure magic. He showed discipline to know when to aim away from the flag, and to take bogey when he was stuck between a wall and a road behind the 17th green.
McIlroy now shares the stage at the home of golf with Viktor Hovland, the emerging Norwegian star who was every bit as good in making birdies and avoiding the blunders that cost so many other potential contenders.
Both made birdie on the final hole for a 6-under 66. No one else was closer than four shots. They have the same score at 16-under 200, though the support is one-sided.
“They're chanting his name out there. I think he's definitely a crowd favorite,” Masters champion Scottie Scheffler said. “How can you not root for Rory?”
McIlroy is one round away from ending eight long years without a major. He wants to stay in his world without ignoring the support raining down on him.
“I think it’s appreciating the moment as well and appreciating the fact that it’s unbelievably cool to have a chance to win The Open at St Andrews,” McIlroy said. “It’s what dreams are made of. And I’m going to try to make a dream come true tomorrow.”
Hovland, already with six victories worldwide in his four years since leaving Oklahoma State as a U.S. Amateur champion, could appreciate the support for McIlroy and all he has done. He played mistake-free and sounded as though he were up for the task.
“I’m going against one of the best players in the world and I’m certainly not going to hold back, because he’s certainly not,” Hovland said.
It wasn't a two-man race, even if it felt that way as the Old Course emptied and bagpipes began to skirl at the end of the day.
Cameron Smith, who started with a two-shot lead, took double bogey on the 13th hole when he tried a bold play with his feet in a pot bunker. Cameron Young went over the 16th green and then back down the other side for a double bogey on the 16th hole.
They were four shots behind, still in the game. Two-time major champion Dustin Johnson, the best candidate from the Saudi-funded LIV Golf league to claim this major, putted across the green and into a bunker for one of three bogeys on the back nine. He fell six shots behind.
McIlroy and Hovland had no such trouble.
Hovland holed a pair of 40-foot putts on his way to four straight birdies on the front nine to seize the lead. McIlroy finally caught him by holing out from a pot bunker some 80 feet away for eagle on the 10th hole, setting off a roar that could be heard all the way back at the Royal & Ancient clubhouse.
McIlroy only a day earlier tipped his cap to Woods as he started his second round and Woods was on his way to missing the cut, crossing the Swilcan Bridge for what might have been last time. The R&A set the tee times that way so they would pass each other.
Woods stands alone in driving the sport, though McIlroy is the most popular worldwide, and it sounded like that — on the first tee when McIlroy was introduced, for every birdie, and when he took the lead for the first time with a birdie on the 14th.
“I love that I've got so much support,” McIlroy said. “But at the same time, I need to keep in my own little world and try to play a good round of golf. Hopefully, that's enough.”
His lone mistake was coming out of the left rough and over the 17th green, across the road and near the stone wall. He played a safe pitch onto the green and two-putted for bogey.
Hovland, bogey-free for the round, showed off some magic of his own on the 17th by putting off the dirt path just short of the road, up the hill to about 5 feet for a par.
"I've never been in a bigger spot in my career,” Hovland said. He sounded up to the task, and the popular Norwegian also saw — and heard — what he will be up against Sunday.
“I get a couple in there,” he said of the cheers so heavily slanted toward McIlroy. “I'm probably an underdog, but I don't mind that at all. Hopefully, we can push ourselves tomorrow.”
Smith missed a short birdie chance on the 18th and had a 73. His biggest mistake was not getting the ball back in play on the 13th, instead trying to advance the ball and getting into tough spots. He also three-putted from 30 feet to start his round and made just two birdies.
Young, the PGA Tour rookie who finished one shot out of a playoff at the PGA Championship two months ago, had a 71.
Scheffler was lurking after a 69. He missed a 10-foot birdie chance on the 16th and then three-putted the 17th for a bogey. Scheffler, who finished one shot behind in the U.S. Open, had a 69 and was five back along with Si Woo Kim (67).
Johnson also within three shots until a bogey on the 13th and another on the par-5 14th, where his long eagle putt raced up a hill, across the green and into a pot bunker. Instead of birdie, he had to scramble for bogey. He dropped two more shots coming in for a 71 and was six behind.
McIlroy last won a major in 2014 at the PGA Championship at Valhalla. He would love nothing more than to win at the home of golf, on the Old Course where Jack Nicklaus once said a player's career would not be complete without winning a claret jug at St. Andrews.
“Every part of my game has felt good this week,” McIlroy said. “I just need to keep it going for one more day.”
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2022-07-16T21:34:27+00:00
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clickorlando.com
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https://www.clickorlando.com/sports/2022/07/16/mcilroy-hovland-avoid-blunders-to-share-british-open-lead/
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Fox Corp.’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the media company is likely to be much lower.
On Tuesday, Fox settled with Dominion over charges that Fox News baselessly accused the company of rigging its voting machines against former President Donald Trump in 2020. It was the most-watched media libel case in decades.
Fox had about $4 billion of cash on hand as of December 2022, and MoffettNathanson analyst Robert Fishman expects the company to pay the settlement during the current quarter.
How much the lawsuit will actually end up costing Fox is unclear because there are ways it can defray some of the expense, primarily through insurance and the use of tax deductions.
Fox can deduct the Dominion settlement from its income taxes as an expense necessary for the cost of doing business. Fox Chief Communications Officer Brian Nick has confirmed the deductibility of the settlement.
Big companies often deduct large settlements to help offset some of the cost, but since settlement amounts are usually confidential, it’s difficult to pin down exactly how much they benefit. Payments that are seen as restitution or compensation can be deducted, while payments made to the government or at the direction of a government are usually not deductible.
Robert Willens, a tax professor at the Columbia University School of Business, estimates that after the tax write-off, Fox will incur about three-fourths of the settlement amount, about $590 million.
“The key is that if the payments are being made to private parties and not at the behest of the government then you can pretty much conclude without any fear of contradiction that the payment will be deductible,” he said.
A study by the Government Accountability Office in 2005 found that of 34 settlements totaling over $1 billion, 20 companies reported deducting some portion or all of their settlement payments. Big banks such as Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase reportedly also deducted portions of their settlements of charges tied to the financial crisis of 2008.
Also, if Fox is insured, insurance is likely to cover some of the settlement. Chad Milton, a partner at Media Risk Consultants, said a large media company such as Fox could have anywhere between $100 million to $500 million in coverage, including media liability insurance and other types of insurance.
“It’s not hard to stack up $100 million but as you go higher than that, it gets harder and harder,” Milton said.
Usually, there’s a certain amount a media company has to pay, which could be in the millions, before insurance kicks in. However, the deductible incudes attorney fees, which in a high-profile case like Fox-Dominion could be tens of millions of dollars or higher, so the deductible could be swallowed up just by attorney fees.
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2023-04-23T18:47:11+00:00
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bostonherald.com
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https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/23/foxs-settlement-with-dominion-unlikely-to-cost-it-787-5m/
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Water line issues leave residents confused in Starkville
Residents of the Deerfield community in Oktibbeha County are outraged over water leaks
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI)- Residents of the Deerfield community in Oktibbeha County are outraged over water leaks and other problems impacting their neighborhood.
The City of Starkville annexed Deerfield several years ago and that has created confusion over who to call when issues occur.
The people I talked to in the Deerfield community are frustrated because of the water line issues they’ve dealt with over the years.
They feel like there’s a lack of concern from the people that handle their water.
“We don’t want a Jackson crisis, I mean we’re taking care of a lot of things in Jackson and there are issues going on here in our very backyard,” said Deerfield resident Linda Young.
That’s how some residents in the Deerfield area feel since their water stopped working Wednesday afternoon.
Water sprung a leak in this hole and filled people’s yards for nearly half a mile.
“This is not the first time we’ve had these issues with our water. Within the year, I’m going to say a total of maybe four times this year alone the water has gone off. And when it does go off, it’s slow to come on. And the problem that we’re having is we’re never getting anyone to give us prior notice that our water is going to be off. All we know is that it’s off,” said Young
“And I had to call Warrior Water four times last year just to get my lines cleared. And it’s nothing in my house, they said it’s something in these pipes down here but it still costs me 110 dollars every time Warrior Water comes out here,” said resident Samuel Paige.
Their water comes from Talking Warrior Water Association, but they are billed through Starkville Utilities.
Starkville annexed the Deerfield community more than 10 years ago; which leaves some of the residents confused about who to call for water leaks or water outages.
Talking Warrior Water association president Joe Williams said it’s on the city.
“They know that they should be contacting the city of Starkville. And of course, if there’s something that the city of Starkville can not handle, we’ll come out like we are now and accommodate, and accommodate the citizens of this area,” said Williams
“We do not have any control or the ability to control a separate water association with its own certificated area. They need to call and talk to their Talking Warrior Water Association head. And I don’t know who that contact point is, other than supervisor Joe Williams who I believe is the president of that association,” said Starkville mayor Lynn Spruill.
The mayor said the city only handles billing for the water association, not maintenance or repairs.
Williams says although the water association doesn’t have regular office hours; he knows that his crews will come out as soon as possible the help with issues for all their customers.
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2022-09-30T02:05:35+00:00
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wcbi.com
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https://www.wcbi.com/water-line-issues-leave-residents-confused-in-starkville/
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DECATUR — Health experts said the loss of inpatient behavioral health services from HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital is a blow to Decatur, but police encountering the mentally ill on the streets said it won’t affect how they do their jobs.
Patrol officers often bring those they believe are suffering psychotic episodes or other mental health problems to St. Mary’s where they can be admitted voluntarily or involuntarily for treatment.
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Macon County Sheriff Jim Root said police officers will still be able to do that, even after the inpatient services go away. “I got a call from (St. Mary’s) CEO Theresa Rutherford to explain that those services will still be available,” Root added.
The sheriff said, however, that such patients will be evaluated at the hospital in the future but not treated there. “They will do their diagnosis or assessment and then either make a decision to find them a place for treatment or release them,” Root said.
Decatur Memorial Hospital does not offer inpatient behavioral health services.
The issue of where alternative treatment venues might be and the protocols for getting patients the help they need are now being worked out by experts like Mary E. Garrison, president and CEO of Heritage Behavioral Health Center.
Garrison said Heritage, which deals with some 6,000 patients a year, was the largest provider of outpatient behavioral health services in the Decatur community. She said she was now in consultation with St. Mary’s to forge a path ahead for the future.
“So now we need to figure out with St. Mary’s how we are going to bridge that gap,” she said of the loss of in-patient beds. “My hope is, as with any individual, that we could get them into our outpatient care for mental health services and wrap our services around them.”
That still leaves the problem of finding beds for those for whom there is no alternative, which Garrison said presented challenges. “Well, it’s going to be a difficult time,” she added. “We have problems across the state and the country of access to beds for behavioral health, and so not having those beds in our community is not ideal.”
Garrison said she could also empathize with a hospital having to make tough budget choices. “I very much know that St. Mary’s didn't want to have to make this decision,” she added.
“But there are other things in play that make all this very difficult, like reimbursement rates; there is just not enough funding in mental health.”
It’s not all bad news, however. Garrison said other initiatives, already under way, are helping deal with mental health problems in the community. She cited the example of the Local Crisis Response Team which provides experts available 24/7 that police can call out to assist with mental health situations.
“We have a really strong relationship with Sheriff Root and Decatur Police Chief Shane Brandel,” said Garrison. “So that framework is already in place, which is good.”
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2023-01-25T00:23:13+00:00
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herald-review.com
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https://herald-review.com/news/local/loss-of-st-marys-mental-health-beds-a-blow-but-police-say-it-wont-affect/article_3b237f60-9c22-11ed-bd77-f3e7170783ef.html
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DETROIT, MI - While it was expected to spot some Lions fans at Ford Field for the Bills-Browns matchup on Sunday afternoon, there was one fan in particular that stood out like a sore thumb.
A Miami Dolphins fan.
Yes, that’s right.
Ryan French, a Metro Detroit resident, was spotted with his wife Gale rocking a Tua Tagovailoa jersey.
“I’m here to represent the MVP of the league,” he said, referencing Tagovailoa. “I hate the Bills and also came to root against them.”
While most of the tailgaters outside of Ford Field were Bills fans, a good mixture of Browns fans were in attendance by kickoff.
The stadium was roughly 90 percent full and featured huge roars throughout the first half for the game that was moved to Detroit late last week after a storm dumped 6 feet of snow on Buffalo.
John Kramer is a Lions season ticket-holder for 22 years and wanted to take advantage of an extra NFL game in Detroit.
He plans to be back on Thanksgiving against the Bills.
“I have nothing else going on,” Kramer said. “I go to every Lions home game I can.”
Ryan Wilson drove from Bay City and was dressed in football armor. He purchased tickets for over $20.
“The football armor is just extra layer for me because it’s freezing,” Wilson said. “I try to go to Lions games every year.”
While the experience was unique for Lions fans, it was also a quick turnaround for Ford Field staffers prepping to get the stadium ready.
Gregory Gillery works for S.A.F.E. Management as an events security guard at Ford Field, including concerts and carnivals.
Gillery started his shift at 7 a.m. and his role is to make sure everyone crossing through the coach’s hallways has their credentials.
“I’ve been telling my wife for a week that I won’t have to work until Thanksgiving,” he said, in his seventh season working.
The Detroit resident wasn’t planning on working Sunday, but there is one bright spot.
“The extra paycheck always helps,” he said.
Zach Kavouras, a Clarkson resident, rarely attends Lions games, but saw tickets were cheaper for the Bills-Browns game and jumped on it.
“I’m honestly shocked at how many Bills fans are here today,” he said, 24. “I understand Browns fans being here, but the Bills fans here is just crazy. It’s made me realize how passionate their fans are. For me, I’m here because it’s football at the end of the day, we all love it.”
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2022-11-20T20:46:51+00:00
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mlive.com
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https://www.mlive.com/sports/2022/11/electric-atmosphere-inside-ford-field-for-bills-browns-game-after-snow-moves-game-from-buffalo.html
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CHICAGO, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, posted solid third-quarter revenue growth, driven by continued momentum across the license-based areas of the business.
"Growth in our license-based products remains a bright spot as investments in these areas are bearing fruit," said Kunal Kapoor, Morningstar's chief executive officer. "The broad decline in global markets and rising interest rates proved more challenging for our asset- and transaction-based product areas. We are being prudent and moderating hiring activity as we navigate the current environment."
Third-Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
- Revenue grew 9.2% to $468.2 million; organic revenue grew 8.5%.
- Operating income declined 67.6% to $22.0 million; adjusted operating income declined 8.3%. The Company began to incur costs from a significant reduction to its operations in Shenzhen, China and shifting work related to its global business functions to other Morningstar locations. The remaining China operations will focus solely on domestic market activities. Expenses of $30.1 million relating to this shift are excluded from adjusted operating income. Results also included higher stock-based compensation expense due in part to the expected overachievement of targets under the PitchBook management bonus plan, which contributed 7.0 percentage points to the adjusted operating income decline.
- Diluted net income (loss) per share was ($0.21) versus diluted net income (loss) per share of $1.13 in the prior year. Adjusted diluted net income (loss) per share declined 44.2% to $0.77.
- Cash provided by operating activities declined 16.7% to $102.1 million. Free cash flow was $68.4 million versus $92.4 million in the prior year.
- Share repurchases settled during the quarter totaled 68,975 shares for $15.2 million.
Year-to-Date Financial Highlights
- Revenue grew 12.8% to $1.4 billion; organic revenue grew 14.0%.
- Operating income declined 27.4% to $132.3 million; adjusted operating income declined 14.6%.
- Diluted net income (loss) per share declined 50.6% to $1.56 versus $3.16 in the prior year. Adjusted diluted net income (loss) per share declined 32.1%.
- Cash provided by operating activities declined by 38.1% to $194.3 million. Free cash flow declined 58.4% to $100.9 million. Excluding M&A-related earn-out payments, operating cash and free cash flow would have declined by 29.1% and 45.6%, respectively.
- Share repurchases settled totaled 843,702 shares for $217.7 million.
Overview of Financial Results
Third-Quarter 2022 Results
Revenue grew 9.2% to $468.2 million. Organic revenue, which excludes all M&A-related revenue, accounting changes, and foreign currency effects, grew 8.5% versus the prior year, led by strong growth in license-based product areas.
License-based revenue grew 19.4% versus the prior year, or 18.3% on an organic basis. PitchBook, Morningstar Sustainalytics, Morningstar Data, and Morningstar Direct all provided meaningful contributions to growth in the quarter, collectively growing 24.5% on an organic basis. Asset-based revenue declined 1.6% year over year, or 5.3% organically, primarily due to lower revenue from Investment Management and Workplace Solutions, which reflected the continued downturn in global markets. Transaction-based revenue declined 20.7% versus the prior year, or 17.8% on an organic basis, as a result of a marked slowdown in global credit ratings activity.
Operating expense increased 23.6% to $446.2 million, including costs of $30.1 million as the Company began to significantly reduce its China operations and to shift work related to its global business functions to other Morningstar locations. Excluding the impact of these costs, operating expenses increased 15.2%. The largest contributors to operating expense growth were severance-related costs, compensation costs, stock-based compensation, professional fees, sales commissions, and travel and related expenses.
- Severance costs increased $26.3 million as a result of severance packages offered to the employees impacted by the Company's initiation of the significant reduction of its China operations.
- Other compensation costs increased $19.6 million in the quarter. This reflects growth in headcount across key areas of the Company, in addition to a substantial annual merit increase effective Jan. 1, 2022. The growth in headcount was highest for Morningstar Sustainalytics and PitchBook areas to support strategic growth initiatives.
- Stock-based compensation increased $10.9 million primarily due to the PitchBook management bonus plan and the impact of higher bonus payout rates on grants made to employees.
- Professional fees increased $6.2 million due to costs associated with the integration of acquisitions and the Company's initiation of the significant reduction and shift of its China operations.
- Sales commissions increased $6.1 million due to strong sales performance in the license-based product areas, and higher amortization of capitalized commissions related to the prior-year sales performance.
- Travel and related expenses increased $4.6 million in the quarter as travel continued to rebound compared to the low levels earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic.
Third-quarter operating income declined 67.6% to $22.0 million. Adjusted operating income declined 8.3% to $76.6 million. Third-quarter operating margin was 4.7%, compared with 15.8% in the prior year. Adjusted operating margin was 16.4% in the third quarter of 2022, versus 19.4% in the prior year. In addition to reflecting expense growth, margins were negatively impacted by declines in revenue in the asset- and transaction-based product areas.
Net income (loss) in the third quarter of 2022 was ($9.0) million, or ($0.21) per diluted share, compared with net income (loss) of $49.0 million, or $1.13 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2021. The net loss includes the impact of non-operating losses, which represent realized and unrealized foreign exchange losses, realized losses on the sale of investments, and unrealized losses on mark-to-market equity securities. Adjusted diluted net income (loss) per share declined 44.2% to $0.77 in the third quarter of 2022, compared with $1.38 in the prior year, primarily due to lower operating income, higher interest expense, and foreign exchange losses.
The tax provision in the third quarter of 2022 reflected a tax against negative pre-tax book income. For the first nine months of 2022, the effective tax rate was 30.9%, an increase of 6.5 percentage points over the prior year. The increase in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is primarily attributable to minimum taxes, additional reserves for uncertain tax positions that increased the Company's liability for unrecognized tax benefits, and non-deductible foreign exchange losses. The Company anticipates a lower impact from minimum taxes in the fourth quarter.
Product Area Highlights
On a consolidated basis, PitchBook, Morningstar Sustainalytics, Morningstar Data, and Morningstar Direct were the top four contributors to organic revenue growth in the third quarter of 2022. In aggregate, the Company's license-based product areas continued to benefit from strong demand and steady renewal rates. (For performance of the largest product areas and key metrics, refer to the Supplemental Data table contained in this release and the Supplemental Presentation included on our Investor Relations website at shareholders.morningstar.com under "Financials — Financial Summary".)
Highlights of these and other products are provided below. Organic revenue excludes all M&A-related revenue, accounting changes, and foreign currency effects. Foreign currency effects accounted for the entire difference between reported and organic growth in the quarter for Morningstar Data, Morningstar Direct, Morningstar Sustainalytics, and DBRS Morningstar.
License-based
- PitchBook revenue grew 38.7% on a reported and organic basis and licenses grew 36.3%, as the Company continued to enhance core data sets and improve the user experience. Key product updates in the quarter included the incorporation of social impact preferences into the Investors & Funds screening tool, and functionality that allows users to simultaneously compare multiple benchmarks to streamline asset class analysis. Reported and organic results exclude contributions from the Leveraged Commentary & Data (LCD) acquisition.
- Morningstar Data revenue grew 3.3%, or 9.6% on an organic basis, driven by growth in North America and Europe and strong demand for fund and ESG data. Renewal activity remained strong and existing customers continued to add new data.
- Morningstar Direct revenue grew by 4.8%, or 10.0% on an organic basis, driven by growth in North America and Europe. Direct licenses increased 5.5%, reflecting gains from both new and existing clients. Growth was supported by continued interest in Direct report distribution and ongoing improvements in functionality. Key product updates during the quarter included the enhancement of performance reporting capabilities that allow users to create their own data feeds using Direct as the delivery mechanism.
- Morningstar Sustainalytics revenue grew 32.3%, or 45.8% on an organic basis. Investor demand for ESG solutions remained strong, particularly for compliance and reporting-related solutions specific to the EU Action Plan as asset managers looked to leverage Morningstar Sustainalytics data and analysis to meet EU regulatory requirements. In addition, the wealth segment has shown steadily increasing appetite for integrating ESG data and research. For Morningstar Sustainalytics Corporate Solutions, demand for the second-party opinion product softened as issuance slowed, but corporate demand for ESG licenses remained robust.
- Advisor Workstation revenue grew 4.8% on a reported and organic basis, and continued to benefit from regulatory trends and investor demand for personalized advice. Those factors helped drive demand for investment planning and proposal tools and the Morningstar Portfolio Risk Score. Key product enhancements included structured products research workflows.
Asset-based
- Investment Management revenue declined 10.2%, or 13.2% on an organic basis. Reported assets under management and advisement fell 6.5% versus the prior year, reflecting the continued downturn in global markets and softer net flows. Excluding $3.7 billion of Praemium assets added in the second quarter, assets would have declined 13.9% compared with the prior year.
- Workplace Solutions revenue declined 6.0% on a reported and organic basis. Assets under management and advisement declined 8.3% to $192.2 billion compared with the prior year, reflecting the continued downturn in global markets.
- Morningstar Indexes revenue grew 38.8%, or 21.5% on an organic basis, despite the continued downturn in global markets and slightly negative overall flows. The increase in revenue was driven by growth in investable product revenue, supported by net inflows to higher margin products and new product launches. Increases in licensed data revenue also contributed to revenue growth. Organic revenue growth excludes LCD index-related revenue.
Transaction-based
- DBRS Morningstar revenue declined 20.4%, or 17.5% on an organic basis, due in large part to a marked decrease in global new issuance, driven by widening spreads and heightened interest-rate volatility. These declines were most pronounced in the Company's ratings of U.S. and European commercial-backed securities. Organic revenue declined in the U.S. and Europe, but grew modestly in Canada. Recurring revenues, which are driven by the prior year issuance volume, and data products demonstrated solid growth, partially mitigating the impact of weakness in the new issuance market.
Reduction and Shift of China Operations
In July 2022, the Company began to significantly reduce its operations in Shenzhen, China and to shift the work related to its global business functions, including global product and software development, managed investment data collection and analysis, and equity data collection and analysis, to other Morningstar locations. These activities will result in a significant headcount reduction in Shenzhen, China and growth in other Morningstar locations including Mumbai, Toronto, Madrid, and Chicago. Going forward, the Company's work in China will be focused solely on commercial activities in the domestic market.
During the transition period, the Company expects to incur costs related to these efforts in three primary categories and recorded $30.1 million in the third quarter of 2022.
- Severance and personnel expenses: This category includes severance charges, incentive payments related to early signing of severance agreements, transition bonuses, and stock-based compensation related to the accelerated vesting of equity awards. Substantially all of the expected severance costs related to the significant reduction and shift in China operations were incurred in the period.
- Transformation costs: This category includes professional fees and the temporary duplication of headcount. As the Company hires replacement roles in other markets, it expects to continue to employ certain Shenzhen-based staff through the transition period. This will result in elevated compensation costs on a temporary basis.
- Asset impairment costs: This category includes the write-off or accelerated depreciation of fixed assets that are not redeployed, in addition to lease abandonment costs as the Company plans to downsize office space prior to the lease termination date. There were no asset impairment costs in the third quarter of 2022.
The Company expects that these activities will be substantially complete by the end of the third quarter of 2023 and will result in lower ongoing run-rate costs from the overall net reduction in the related headcount and certain overhead.
Update on LCD and Praemium Integrations
Following the close of the LCD transaction on June 1, 2022, PitchBook started to integrate LCD employees into the relevant teams and added resources to focus specifically on supporting the LCD business. Morningstar Indexes has integrated LCD's leveraged loan indexes into its global index product and service platform. Customer conversion is proceeding as planned.
Subsequent to the June 30, 2022 close of the Praemium acquisition, all Praemium entities have been renamed and rebranded as Morningstar Wealth Platform. In addition, the product technology separation from the previous parent company is complete. The Company is progressing with other integration efforts, has added Morningstar factsheets and data for funds and foreign exchange to the platform, and is evaluating opportunities to integrate Morningstar reporting, charting, and screening capabilities.
Balance Sheet and Capital Allocation
As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, and investments totaling $407.1 million and $1.2 billion of debt, compared with cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $546.1 million and $359.4 million of debt as of December 31, 2021.
Cash provided by operating activities declined to $102.1 million for the third quarter of 2022, versus $122.6 million the prior year. The decline in operating cash flow was primarily due to lower cash earnings and the impact of softer performance in asset- and transaction-based areas.
In the third quarter of 2022, the Company repurchased $15.2 million of its shares, paid $15.3 million in dividends, and spent $1.9 million on acquisitions and other investments.
In September 2022, the Company executed amendments to its multicurrency credit agreement initially closed on May 6, 2022 to provide greater capacity and flexibility. The amended credit agreement totals $1.3 billion, an increase from the $1.1 billion available under the original credit agreement, and is comprised of a term facility of $650.0 million and a $650.0 million revolving credit facility. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $649.2 million outstanding under its term facility and $160.0 million outstanding under its revolving credit facility.
Comparability of Year-Over-Year Results
Certain other items, as detailed below, affected the comparability of third quarter of 2022 results versus the prior year:
- Third-quarter 2022 results include a $5.8 million year-over-year increase in stock-based compensation related to the expected overachievement of targets under the PitchBook management bonus plan. PitchBook-related increases impacted diluted net income (loss) per share by $0.13.
- Foreign currency translation decreased revenue by $14.6 million, or 3.4%, and operating expense by $12.7 million, or 3.5%, in the third quarter of 2022. This resulted in a decline of $1.9 million in third-quarter operating income.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The tables at the end of this press release include a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company to comparable GAAP measures and an explanation of why the Company uses them.
Investor Communication
Morningstar encourages all interested parties — including securities analysts, current shareholders, potential shareholders, and others — to submit questions in writing. Investors and others may send questions about Morningstar's business to investors@morningstar.com. Morningstar will make written responses to selected inquiries available to all investors at the same time in Form 8-Ks furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, generally every month.
About Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The Company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers and owners, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the debt and private capital markets. Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed companies, private capital markets, debt securities, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with approximately $239 billion in assets under advisement and management as of September 30, 2022. The Company has operations in 29 countries. For more information, visit www.morningstar.com/company. Follow Morningstar on Twitter @MorningstarInc.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our current expectations about future events or future financial performance. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, and often contain words such as "may," "could," "expect," "intend," "plan," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," or "continue." These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the events we discuss not to occur or to differ significantly from what we expect. For us, these risks and uncertainties include, among others, failing to maintain and protect our brand, independence, and reputation; liability related to cybersecurity and the protection of confidential information, including personal information about individuals; liability for any losses that result from an actual or claimed breach of our fiduciary duties or failure to comply with applicable securities laws; compliance failures, regulatory action, or changes in laws applicable to our credit ratings operations, or our investment advisory, ESG, and index businesses; failing to respond to technological change, keep pace with new technology developments, or adopt a successful technology strategy; the failure to recruit, develop, and retain qualified employees and compensation expense associated with these activities in a period of inflation and rising wage scales in the markets where we operate; inadequacy of our operational risk management and business continuity programs in the event of a material disruptive event, including an outage of our database, technology-based products and services or network facilities; failing to differentiate our products and services and continuously create innovative, proprietary, and insightful financial technology solutions; prolonged volatility or downturns affecting the financial sector, global financial markets, and global economy and its effect on our revenue from asset-based fees and credit ratings business; failing to maintain growth across our businesses in today's fragmented geopolitical, regulatory and cultural world; liability relating to the information and data we collect, store, use, create, and distribute or the reports that we publish or are produced by our software products; the failure of acquisitions and other investments to be efficiently integrated and produce the results we anticipate; the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic and government actions in response thereto on our business, financial condition, and results of operations; challenges faced by our non-U.S. operations, including the concentration of data and development work at our offshore facilities in China and India; our indebtedness could adversely affect our cash flows and financial flexibility; and the failure to protect our intellectual property rights or claims of intellectual property infringement against us. A more complete description of these risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. If any of these risks and uncertainties materialize, our actual future results and other future events may vary significantly from what we expect. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events.
Media Relations Contact:
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Investor Relations Contact:
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Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures with the Nearest Comparable GAAP Measures (Unaudited)
To supplement Morningstar's condensed consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Morningstar uses the following measures considered as non-GAAP by the Securities and Exchange Commission, including:
- consolidated revenue, excluding acquisitions, divestitures, adoption of new accounting standards or revision to accounting practices (accounting changes), and the effect of foreign currency translations (organic revenue),
- consolidated operating income, excluding intangible amortization expense, all mergers and acquisitions (M&A)-related expenses (including M&A-related earn-outs), and items related to the significant reduction and shift of the Company's operations in China (adjusted operating income),
- consolidated operating margin, excluding intangible amortization expense, all M&A-related expenses (including M&A-related earn-outs), and items related to the significant reduction and shift of the Company's operations in China (adjusted operating margin),
- consolidated diluted net income per share, excluding intangible amortization expense, all M&A-related expenses (including M&A-related earn-outs), items related to the significant reduction and shift of the Company's operations in China, and certain non-operating gains/losses (adjusted diluted net income per share), and
- cash provided by or used for operating activities less capital expenditures (free cash flow).
These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.
Morningstar presents organic revenue because the Company believes this non-GAAP measure helps investors better compare period-over-period results. Morningstar excludes revenue from acquired businesses from its organic revenue growth calculation for a period of 12 months after it completes the acquisition. For divestitures, Morningstar excludes revenue in the prior-year period for which there is no comparable revenue in the current period.
Morningstar presents adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, and adjusted net income per share to show the effect of significant acquisition activity, better compare period-over-period results, and improve overall understanding of the underlying performance of the business absent the impact of acquisitions.
In addition, Morningstar presents free cash flow solely as supplemental disclosure to help investors better understand how much cash is available after making capital expenditures. Morningstar's management team uses free cash flow to evaluate the health of its business. Free cash flow should not be considered an alternative to any measure required to be reported under GAAP (such as cash provided by (used for) operating, investing, and financing activities).
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2022-10-26T22:37:01+00:00
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kcbd.com
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https://www.kcbd.com/prnewswire/2022/10/26/morningstar-inc-reports-third-quarter-2022-financial-results/
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki will debut a weekly MSNBC political program on Sundays at noon next month, the network said on Tuesday.
“Inside with Jen Psaki” will contain one-on-one interviews with newsmakers, and discuss policy issues like the war in Ukraine and debt ceiling talks, MSNBC said.
The show is scheduled to premiere March 19.
The show will feature a recurring segment, “Weekend Routine,” where Psaki will feature a lawmaker or newsmaker and follow them as they go about some everyday activities.
The MSNBC show will stream the next day on Peacock. Psaki, who appears regularly on other MSNBC programs like “Morning Joe,” is developing another streaming show that’s set to debut this spring.
Psaki was press secretary during the first 16 months of President Joe Biden’s administration, before landing at MSNBC last May.
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2023-02-21T17:45:30+00:00
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wate.com
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https://www.wate.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-jen-psaki-ex-biden-spokesperson-to-debut-sunday-msnbc-show/
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
MOVIES
— Is it really time to say goodbye to Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode? That’s the idea behind “Halloween Ends,” which promises some kind of conclusion to the Michael Myers saga, which has been going on now for 45 years, and as the promos tease “only one of them will survive.” Director David Gordon Green returns to close his modern trilogy, which will be released in theaters and on Peacock on Friday. The last film, “Halloween Kills,” ended on a cliffhanger with a mob rising up to hunt down Michael Myers. Green said in an interview recently that, “Any frustration that was expressed about the last one, I kind of just smile and say, ‘Hold tight, here we come.’”
— ”Booksmart” star Kaitlyn Dever lends her comedic skills to “Rosaline,” a cheeky twist on the “Romeo and Juliet” story focused on Romeo’s briefly mentioned ex. Dever plays the title character who has just discovered that her love (Kyle Allen) has become interested in someone else, Juliet (Isabela Merced), and she takes it upon herself to try to sabotage the new relationship. Coming to Hulu on Friday, “Rosaline” is based on a young adult novel by Rebecca Serle, adapted for the screen by “(500) Days of Summer” scribes Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber and directed by Karen Maine (“Obvious Child”). Minnie Driver and Bradley Whitford co-star. It could make a thematically appropriate double feature with Lena Dunham’s “Catherine Called Birdy,”over on Prime Video.
— On video on demand, you can also check out “Piggy,” a horror that got good buzz out of the Sundance Film Festival early this year. The film stars Laura Galán as a teenage girl who is overweight and bullied by the locals in the Spanish countryside where she spends her summers. But things take a turn when she finds that her tormenters have been kidnapped and she has to figure out what to do about it. It’s the feature debut of Carlota Pereda, who wrote the script, and whose work on the film drew comparisons to Brian De Palma and “Carrie.”
— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr
MUSIC
— With “Being Funny In a Foreign Language,” The 1975 continue their tradition of long and cryptic album titles. The only clues about the direction of their latest, 11-track collection is some of its singles — the funky “Happiness,” the sweet, uncynical throwback “I’m In Love With You” and the ambitious, totally cynical and progressive “Part of the Band,” with singer Matty Healy’s memorable lyrics: “Am I ironically woke? The butt of my joke? Or I am just some post-coke, average, skinny bloke calling his ego imagination?” So where does that seem to lead? So far, just good music.
— Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t ready to stop spicing up our lives this year. Their album “Return of the Dream Canteen,” comes out Friday, their second album release of 2022, following “Unlimited Love” from April. Once again, they’ve joined forces with longtime producer and creative confidant Rick Rubin, with an early single being “Tippa My Tongue.” In between albums, the band won the prestigious Global Icon Award and performed at the MTV Video Music Awards. The band says the new album ”is everything we are and ever dreamed of being. It’s packed. Made with the blood of our hearts.”
— If you’re feeling down, who is there? Exactly. We mean dance diva Betty Who. It’s virtually impossible to be down after listening to her 14-track “BIG!” — brimming with self-love and acceptance. “I won’t apologize for taking up space/I’m not gonna fight it/I belong out of place,” she sings on the title track. The project’s debut single, “Blow Out My Candle,” is pure empowerment pop and “She Can Dance” sees Betty looking back to an earlier, less conscious self: “Second choice and second best/Couldn’t say the things she meant/Or find the missing pieces that were broke/But she could dance.”
— Global trailblazer and provocateur M.I.A. is back and you better make room. “Beep, beep! Yeah, I’m tryna come through,” she sings on the hypnotic “Beep” from the new album, “Meta.” Other singles include “The One” and “Popular,” where M.I.A.’s sarcastic view of fame is hard to hide: “Suddenly it’s about me, ’bout me/ Now you wanna be around me, ’round me.” The follow-up to 2016’s “Aim,” “Mata” is years in the making, its compositions recorded in London, Los Angeles, Italy, Bali, Jakarta and St Vincent.
— AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy
TELEVISION
— “Supernatural,” which ended its 15-year-run in 2020, begat a comic book series, novels and, finally, a spin-off about brothers Sam and Dean Winchester’s parents. Dean (Jensen Ackles) serves as narrator for “The Winchesters,” which traces the love story of John Winchester (Drake Rodger) and Mary Campbell (Meg Donnelly) in the 1970s. He’s a newly returned Vietnam War veteran, she’s fighting her own battles as a demon hunter, and they are intent on uncovering secrets kept by both their families. The series debuts Tuesday on the CW.
— “High School,” the 2019 memoir by indie pop duo and twins Tegan and Sara Quin, has been adapted for an eponymously named series set in 1990s Canada. TikTok creators Railey and Seazynn Gilliland, also twins, play the teenage versions of, respectively, Tegan and Sara, in the coming-of-age story flavored by the era of grunge. Cobie Smulders and Kyle Bornheimer guest star as the twins’ parents in “High School,” which debuts Friday on the Amazon Freevee streaming service.
— “Shantaram” is another book-based series, this time the novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts. In vividly depicted 1980s Bombay, India, fugitive Lin Ford (Charlie Hunnam) is trying to disappear into a new life but finds that old patterns and love are getting in the way. It’s a grueling journey for Lin, as it was in the novel that Roberts has said incorporates elements of his own life, including drugs, prison and an unlikely role as healer. The Apple TV+ series debuts with three episodes on Friday, with the remaining nine episodes released weekly.
— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber
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Catch up on AP’s entertainment coverage here: https://apnews.com/apf-entertainment.
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2022-10-11T12:12:48+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-new-this-week-halloween-ends-rosaline-and-the-1975/
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Illegal border crossings surge to highest of Biden’s term
Posted/updated on: January 21, 2023 at 8:32 amWASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say a surge in Cuban and Nicaraguan arrivals at the U.S. border with Mexico in December led to the highest number of illegal border crossings recorded during any month of Joe Biden’s presidency. The extraordinary influx came shortly before Biden introduced measures on Jan. 5 to deter Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. Customs and Border Protection said late Friday that U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 251,000 times along the Mexican border in December, up 7% from November and up 40% from December 2021. Cubans were stopped nearly 43,000 times, up 23% from November.
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2023-01-21T17:53:12+00:00
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Stock-holm syn-drome: noun; feelings of trust or affection felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage taking by a victim towards a captor.
The big news in the organic industry in mid-January was the publication in the Federal Register of a new set of complicated and comprehensive rules that will purportedly help tighten up the heretofore loose oversight of organic commerce that the USDA and the industry’s largest lobby group, the Organic Trade Association, had been assuring us was bulletproof.
But let’s not all declare victory and go home. A certain degree of skepticism and continued vigilance by committed organic community stakeholders (farmers, ethical business interests, and consumers) is well-warranted.
Let’s look at the pattern of how the powers-that-be in the industry react every time the organic label receives a new blackeye in the media due to a seemingly never-ending series of controversy, fraud and scandals:
NGOs, like OrganicEye, acting as industry watchdogs, spend years uncovering and documenting serious fraud and deficiencies in oversight.
The USDA’s National Organic Program and lobbyists at the Organic Trade Association (OTA), in an effort at damage control, frequently do nothing more than thump their chests, assuring the public of how judicious and effective their oversight is.
Major scandal
Then a major scandal hits the papers and the OTA immediately announces they are forming a "task force" of their corporate members to investigate best practices. The USDA subsequently states that they can't do any effective enforcement without new rulemaking (and in many cases the OTA, representing many of the agribusinesses that have benefited from the ongoing fraud, leads the public push supporting new rulemaking).
New regulations take, literally, years to a decade or more to promulgate (some allege that the glacial pace is intentional). Then the new rules are adopted and announced with great fanfare, as is the case with the new so-called “Strengthening Organic Enforcement” (SOE) enhancements just enacted.
And finally, even after all that, very little additional enforcement takes place. With a one-year phase-in, it will probably take a number of years to really ascertain whether the new SOE rules have the teeth that they are purported to have and whether the USDA develops the backbone for more aggressive enforcement, rather than, essentially, acting as an industry cheerleader.
Repeating scenario
This scenario has repeated itself time and time again. I spent years ringing the alarm bell concerning unregulated imports from China. In the early years, after a 12-year USDA delay in developing the regulations necessary to implement the Organic Foods Production Act, the USDA had essentially contracted certification oversight to the Chinese military. Freedom of Information documents indicated that, after our public complaints, they attempted to placate our concerns by suggesting top staff had “visited” China, when in fact they did nothing more than attend a short conference (rather than carefully monitor Chinese certification). Subsequent audits, after years delay, would show major flaws in oversight in China.
The OTA and its members, in the interim, were happy to throw U.S. family farmers under the bus, procuring their commodities and ingredients from China and former Soviet Bloc states with endemic levels of commercial fraud (counterfeit name brand consumer goods, intellectual property theft, adulterated food and pharmaceuticals, etc.) We don’t even trust these countries, after disastrous experiences, to produce pet food, let alone what we are feeding our infants and children.
The organic manure hit the fan after I helped spearhead years of research and then partnered to support the Washington Post in a major investigative expose documenting wholesale fraud in “organic” animal feed being imported from Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and other Eastern Europe countries. And now, after many years, the new Strengthening Organic Enforcement rules are the result.
Inadequate enforcement
There’s nothing inherently wrong with the new rules, although some other organic advocacy groups suggest that they haven’t gone far enough. But what is dead-wrong is the USDA’s delay and inadequate enforcement — using new rulemaking as an excuse.
The USDA seems to be better at political spin than executing their charge from Congress in protecting the interests of organic stakeholders. Subsequent to the Washington Post coverage of fraudulent imports, and after the former USDA organic administrator assured the public of the propriety of imports from Eastern Europe with great fanfare, the current management at the USDA’s organic program, in a damning admission, proclaimed that 75% of “Black Sea Region” organic operations certified under the USDA had either voluntarily relinquished their organic certification or were forced to do so. Seventy-five percent! No arrests, no fines and no other penalties that we know of.
I call it damning because it’s an admission that we, as organic consumers, have been paying a premium for livestock products for years when the animals that produced our eggs, meat and milk were consuming a material percentage of their feed that was really conventional.
And it’s important to note that cleaning house in Eastern Europe happened under the current, old regulations. They didn’t need these new ones to act.
More recently, the USDA responded to allegations of fraud in India, which had filled the void as a major exporter to the U.S. after the USDA clamped down on Eastern Europe. It was one of the countries with an "equivalency agreement" with the USDA. That means the USDA, in essence, subcontracted the certification process to local authorities. Again, it took many years of documenting gross fraud, and India becoming one of the largest importers of organic feed and other food ingredients, before the USDA took action.
Whack a mole
It became a game of whack a mole until the USDA finally recognized the problem and acted, eliminating the Indian government’s independent oversight of products certified under the USDA — after untold fraudulent organic commodities had already been consumed.
After years of the USDA betraying fundamental organic precepts, it’s disheartening to see many other public interest groups and certifiers join with the business interests in acting as industry cheerleaders rather than protecting the interests of the public. That’s what I refer to as the Organic Stockholm Syndrome.
As the organic industry has grown to over $60 billion annually, with lots of money flowing to nonprofits from agribusinesses and taxpayer funds doled out by the USDA, a more famous food muckraker than myself, Upton Sinclair, is still as relevant as ever with his declaration that, “It’s difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
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Raiders bench Derek Carr; QB to step away from team
Posted/updated on: December 29, 2022 at 6:03 amByPAUL GUTIERREZ
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders are benching Derek Carr, the team’s starting quarterback since 2014, first-year coach Josh McDaniels said Wednesday.
Jarrett Stidham, acquired in an offseason trade from the New England Patriots, will start against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium, and undrafted rookie free agent Chase Garbers will be the backup.
A source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that Carr and the Raiders agreed that he will step away from the team for the remainder of the regular season so he’s not a distraction. He was the lone active Raiders player not to practice Wednesday, with the team listing his absence as “not injury related, personal.”
“The two sides talked about it and thought it was best,” the source said.
Raiders wideout Davante Adams, a college teammate of Carr whom Las Vegas acquired in the offseason via trade with the Green Bay Packers, said he spoke with the QB earlier Wednesday but didn’t expand on those conversations.
“Obviously, I don’t think anybody was excited about it in here,” Adams said. “You know, him being one of my really good friends and the reason why I came here in the first place, I mean, I wouldn’t be here right now if he wasn’t here, so, I think everybody knows how I feel about him.
“And with that said, there’s a process of how things go, and I’m not going to sit here and go on and on, but obviously I support my guy and we’ve got to finish the season out the best way we can possible with all things considered.”
Carr, who holds virtually every passing record in franchise history, had signed a three-year, $121.5 million contract extension in the spring, but he could be cut for a $5.625 million salary-cap hit if the move is made within three days of the Super Bowl. His $32.9 million salary for next year and $7.5 million of his 2024 salary would be fully guaranteed should he be injured.
Sources told Fowler that the Raiders made this move in part to maintain Carr’s health and keep their options open this offseason, including for a potential trade. The sources did note that the option for Carr to return in 2023 is still on the table.
McDaniels said there was no “finality” in the decision to shut down Carr.
“None of us is happy with where we’re at, but we think it’s an opportunity to evaluate a younger player who hasn’t had much time to play,” McDaniels said. “Derek was great. He understands the scenario that we’re in and the situation and is very supportive of the two young guys. He’ll do anything he can to help them.”
Carr has struggled in his first season under the Raiders’ new regime of McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler. Carr has an NFL-high and career-high-tying 14 interceptions, and his passer rating of 86.3 is his lowest since his rookie season.
Stidham, a 2019 fourth-round pick, will be making his first career start Sunday. He is 8-for-13 for 72 yards in three games this season.
“He can spin the ball,” Raiders running back Josh Jacobs said. “He’s been in the system longer than any quarterback we’ve had here. So he knows what’s going on. He knows what reads to make. It’s going to be fun to see him in the game.”
The Raiders also placed a pair of veteran defensive players on injured reserve in defensive end Chandler Jones and linebacker Denzel Perryman. They suffered left elbow and left shoulder injuries, respectively, against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday.
Las Vegas, a playoff team a year ago at 10-7 under interim coach Rich Bisaccia, is 6-9 and still mathematically alive for a playoff spot as it closes the regular season against the 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Larks catcher Spencer Sarringar added as injury replacement in Major League Dreams Showcase
Published: Jul. 26, 2022 at 7:57 AM CDT|Updated: 21 minutes ago
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Make it four Bismarck Larks that will participate in the Major League Dreams Showcase on August 2nd.
Catcher Spencer Sarringar was added to the home team in game two after an injury will cause another player to miss the game.
He joins pitcher Carter Rost and outfielders Jake Hjelle and Seth Surrett as the four Bismarck representatives in the games.
The games will take place at Coperland Park in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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2022-07-26T13:19:29+00:00
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Nation's Leading Superfruit Bowl Shop Offering Free 16oz Sweet Cream Cold Brew on April 20th with Purchase of a Superfruit Bowl
BELMAR, N.J., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Playa Bowls, the nation's leading superfruit bowl shop specializing in bowls such as acai and pitaya, oatmeal, chia, smoothies, juices, cold brew and more, is celebrating National Cold Brew Day with a special offer for rewards members. On Thursday April 20th, Playa Rewards members can enjoy a FREE 16oz Sweet Cream Cold Brew with the purchase of any superfruit bowl. Guests can join Playa Bowls rewards through the brand's mobile app to receive this perk. This offer will be valid on National Cold Brew Day only.
Using the freshest, highest quality ingredients, Playa Bowls prides itself on delivering nourishing and delicious food and beverages to its guests. The brand's menu offers a variety of cold brew options, including fan favorites Playola Cold Brew and the Sweet Cream Cold Brew made with Chobani® Coffee Creamer Sweet Cream. Playa Bowls' cold brews are made New Orleans style which means it is brewed with chicory for a robust flavor. The cold brews are served over ice, making them a refreshing and energizing pick me up any time of day. For those who prefer blended coffees, Playa Bowls also offers specialty coffee smoothies including the Coconut New Orleans Smoothie and Dolce Latte Smoothie!
"Our cold brew coffee is the perfect complement to our superfruit bowls, providing a revitalizing beverage for guests to enjoy with a nutritious bowl of their choosing," said Abby Taylor, Co-Founder and CMO of Playa Bowls. "It's been so rewarding for us to see how popular our cold brew options have become, and we're honored to have partnered with Chobani to develop the Sweet Cream Cold Brew using only natural ingredients. We encourage rewards members to try our classic Sweet Cream Cold Brew for free with the purchase of a superfruit bowl and celebrate with us on National Cold Brew Day!"
The National Cold Brew Day offer will be available at all participating Playa Bowls shops nationwide. Rewards members have various ways to order and receive their National Cold Brew Day offer, including ordering in shop, online, and through the Playa Bowls' mobile app.
Founded by surfers Abby Taylor & Rob Giuliani, Playa Bowls was born out of the desire to recreate the delicious, refreshing, healthy versions of acai and pitaya bowls the pair encountered on various surf trips to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, California, and Hawaii. At each beach, the duo discovered new and unique twists on this popular post-surf treat and came home wanting more. The pair set up a blender and a folding table on the boardwalk in their hometown of Belmar, and Playa Bowls was born. Eight years, thousands of employees, and hundreds of thousands of bowls later, Playa Bowls continues to offer superfruit bowls with a mission to lead communities in healthy, sustainable living.
Since its inception in 2014, Playa Bowls has emerged as a leader in the national superfruit bowl shop segment. Today, the brand has 175+ shops systemwide, operating in 20 states, with plans to continue to expand its domestic footprint across the U.S. and globally.
To learn more about Playa Bowls, visit PlayaBowls.com and follow the superfruit bowl shop on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok. For more information on franchising, please visit playabowls.com/franchise.
About Playa Bowls
Known as New Jersey's original acai bowl shop, Playa Bowls is the nation's leading superfruit bowl shop serving up an extensive and unique menu of over 40 items including the bright flavors of acai, pitaya, green and coconut bowls alongside oatmeal bowls, juices, smoothies, and coffee made with the freshest, high-quality ingredients. What began as a pair of blenders, a patio table, and a fridge in 2014 has flourished into more than 175 shops nationwide that operate in 20 states, thousands of employees, and a mission to lead communities in healthy, sustainable living. The rapidly growing franchise has received numerous accolades including Forbes 30 Under 30 and finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Visit playabowls.com for additional information and stay connected on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok.
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Friday, July 7th 2023, 2:14 pm
The OK Coyotes 8U baseball team left the field victorious this week after winning the USSSA World Series Championship in Dallas.
The Oklahoma City team won first place against 22 other 8UAA teams.
The team trains for 10-12 months out of the year.
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2023-07-08T02:13:30+00:00
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Ballots haven’t even been printed yet, but already a group of landlords, apartment managers and real estate agents in Florida want to stop voters from deciding on a measure that would implement rent control for a year in the theme park hub that has been one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the U.S.
The Florida Apartment Association and the Florida Association of Realtors last week sued Orange County, Florida, in an attempt to invalidate a ballot initiative aimed at limiting how much landlords can increase rents. If passed by voters in the fall, it would be the first such measure in decades in the Sunshine State.
The associations say that Florida law prohibits rent control ordinances except in an emergency, and the current situation in the county that is home to Orlando doesn’t rise to that standard. They also say that the ordinance could have the unintended consequence of making the situation worse by discouraging the construction of new apartment buildings and other housing.
“It is adverse and antagonistic to the public interest and to the interests of the Plaintiffs and their members to allow the Rent-Control Ordinance to be placed on the ballot or enforced by Orange County where the Ordinance is unlawful and invalid,” the associations said in court papers.
Earlier this month, Orange County’s Board of County Commissioners narrowly approved the rent control ordinance, which now goes to voters for approval in November. The ordinance limits rent increases in multiunit buildings to the annual increase in the Consumer Price Index. The ordinance doesn’t apply to luxury units, single family homes or vacation rentals.
Violators of the ordinance could face fines of up to $1,000 per day for a first violation, with fines not exceeding $15,000 per offense. Landlords would be able to request an exception to the limits under certain conditions.
According to the measure passed by commissioners, the asking-rent-per-unit in Orange County has grown from $1,357 in 2020 to $1,697 in 2021, the highest increase since 2006, and the county has a shortage of as many as 26,500 housing units.
“For years, renters have been asking this commission to do something about the upcoming emergency we are in right now,” Stephanie Porta, a cofounder of the social justice group Florida Rising, said last month during a commission meeting. “Corporate landlords, real estate investors and developers are raising prices and making record profits while hardworking Orange County residents are priced out of their communities.”
The city of Miami Beach in the 1960s and 1970s imposed rent control measures before the Florida law limiting them was passed. The Orange County ordinance would be the first such measure in the state in decades. Rent control measures have passed in California and Oregon, as well as in metro areas like St. Paul, Minnesota, and Portland, Oregon.
Orange County grew from 1.1 million residents to 1.4 million residents during the last decade, according to the 2020 census.
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2022-08-20T22:43:32+00:00
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wjhl.com
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https://www.wjhl.com/business/ap-business/landlords-try-to-stop-rent-control-initiative-in-florida/
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CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa's Interpreters Theatre will present "Now. Here. This." at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 3 through 5.
The show will play in the UNI Interpreters Theatre in Lang Hall 040.
Written by Susan Blackwell and Hunter Bell, “Now. Here. This.” follows the adventures of four friends in a natural history museum as they journey through their lives. Inspired by various exhibits, the foursome shares their stories about middle school, friendship, hoarding, hiding, laughing, living and dying in an attempt to step directly into that elusive present moment.
The show is free, but seating is limited. Reservations can be made through Eventbrite . Parking is available to the north of Lang Hall after 4:30 p.m. weekdays and all day on weekends.
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U.S. Congressional candidate Zach Nunn, left, joins the state with U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, center, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks during U.S. Senator Joni Ernst's annual Roast and Ride on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Bryon Houlgrave/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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2022-10-25T18:13:25+00:00
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BAY CITY, MI -- A look at the boys basketball scene in the MLive Bay City coverage area with trending teams, Area Power Rankings, high-point games, schedules and more for Jan. 5, 2023.
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2023-01-05T14:20:17+00:00
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mlive.com
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TEMPE, Ariz., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tempe-based Pivot Solar-Breeze (PSB), maker of the solar-powered pool skimming robot Ariel, is pleased to announce that it will donate up to $10,000 to Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation (AFFCF) in support of swim lessons for Arizona children in foster care. For every Ariel unit purchased via arielpool.com in July and August, PSB will contribute $20 towards the fundraising goal.
AFFCF funds a variety of social, athletic and educational activities for children in foster care that are not otherwise funded by the state or other programs. In the last 12 months, AFFCF has invested over $114,000.00 in statewide swim lessons for children in foster care. AFFCF has eight preferred swim lesson partners which provide discounts on private and semi-private swim lessons to children in foster care from 16 Arizona locations.
"When you are a child in foster care, it seems like everybody around you knows it. When they get to put their little swimsuits on and hop in a pool with other kids at Hubbard Family Swim, they feel like a 'normal' kid for that amount of time during the week," said Kris Jacober, Executive Director of AFFCF. Through AFFCF, each child may only participate in one fully-funded activity at a time, but learning how to swim is the exception. If a child wants to participate in both basketball and swim lessons, AFFCF will fully cover both.
"Learning how to swim and behave safely around a pool is an important experience for all, and we are pleased to support those lessons for children who are living through difficult circumstances," said Paul Sim, Vice President of Pivot-Solar Breeze. "Every child deserves the opportunity to have fun in a swimming pool, and to learn how to do it safely." Drowning is the single leading cause of accidental death for children ages one to four years old and 3,500 will likely drown this year in the U.S. alone.
Ariel works around the clock skimming the surface of the pool, relieving pool owners and pool professionals of hand-skimming. The robot retails for $628.00 and customers may enjoy $100.00 off when using the code 'heyariel' at checkout. To learn more about Ariel by Solar-Breeze, visit www.solar-breeze.com. To learn more about Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation, and to submit an application to have swim lessons funded, visit https://www.affcf.org/.
Tempe-based Pivot-Solar Breeze is the maker of Ariel, an autonomous pool skimming robot. Ariel produces clean pools by combining the force of solar-power and intelligent technology to elegantly travel a pool's surface collecting debris. After placing the Ariel unit in the pool and turning her on, she effortlessly operates around the clock to remove dirt, leaves, pollen, dust, hair, oil and more before the debris decays and sinks to the bottom. Ariel owners enjoy a net-free world, less bacteria and algae growth, less filtration and sanitization needs, and less pool pump runtime. Pivot-Solar Breeze is dedicated to introducing pool people to a board line of advanced and eco-friendly pool maintenance solutions. Leveraging patented technology in the solar-powered robotic pool accessories space, its market presence spans 48 states and 20 countries.
The Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation (AFFCF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating positive childhood experiences for youth in foster care and preparing them for successful adulthoods through programming and scholarships. The AFFCF began in 1983 with a donation of less than $30, which allowed a young boy the opportunity to take flute lessons. Since that first act, the AFFCF has made more than 70,000 awards totaling more than $13 million to children in foster care in Arizona. Awards funded by AFFCF include athletic registration and equipment, lessons, summer camp, prom dresses, tutoring, apartment set ups and more. The AFFCF Keys to Success program provides career development services, education support and employment services for youth ages 16-24 who are transitioning out of foster care. The AFFCF post-secondary scholarship program funds scholarships for youth attending colleges, universities and vocational education programs. To support this important work for the more than 13,000 children currently in Arizona foster care, visit www.affcf.org.
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2022-07-20T16:51:59+00:00
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Vallis to Succeed Jeff Seltzer Who Will Join Maria Stark as Co-Founder and Executive Board Member
LOS ANGELES, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hypothesis, an award-winning insights, strategy, and design agency, is excited and proud to announce the promotion of Maria Vallis to Chief Executive Officer, following eight successful years as an Executive Leadership Team member, most recently as Managing Partner. As CEO, Maria assumes leadership of Hypothesis' daily operations to steer the Insights Association Top 50 firm into its next generation of growth.
Vallis succeeds co-founder Jeff Seltzer, who will join founder Maria Stark as Executive Board Member. Jeff will continue to actively support the company as a strategic advisor, while focusing on company initiatives near and dear to his heart, such as the recently announced Hypothesis University.
Says Jeff, "Vallis played a critical role in supporting talent while growing and establishing Hypothesis' reputation as a go-to strategic partner for incredible clients. Hypothesis has never been stronger and is in the best possible hands with her at the helm. I look forward to where Maria and her incredibly gifted leadership team will take us from here."
Vallis, who joined Hypothesis in 2014 is a native of Australia and former GM at Kantar Millward Brown. She will continue to position, scale, and grow Hypothesis as a premium insights partner to the world's most important brands with an emphasis on custom creative approaches and sharp strategy designed to spark action within their organizations. Supported by a seasoned and talented leadership team, Maria will honor Hypothesis' core values and its culture of collaboration and empowerment.
Says Vallis, "I look forward to building upon what Maria Stark and Jeff Seltzer have created, an agency that brings together the best people in the business and empowers them to do their very best work for our clients. By attracting the best talent, and evolving alongside our clients to meet their needs, Hypothesis will continue to help important brands achieve amazing things."
According to founder Maria Stark, "These are challenging times for CEO's. They require empathy as well as expertise. Courage as well as inspiration. Maria and the diverse Hypothesis leadership team that has been formed in the past few years to support her are perfectly poised to undertake these challenges. I wish her tremendous success and know that Hypothesis and our clients are extremely fortunate to have her in this role."
Hypothesis is an Insights Association Top 50 Company that fuses insights, strategy, and design to help important brands do amazing things. We specialize in high-stakes questions that require creative, multi-dimensional approaches, thoughtful strategy, and a broad business perspective. Our client partners include many of the Fortune 500's most innovative and admired brands. Founded in 2000, Hypothesis remains fiercely independent, with offices in LA and Seattle and talented employees across the United States. Learn more at www.hypothesisgroup.com.
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2022-06-23T18:55:36+00:00
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wafb.com
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https://www.wafb.com/prnewswire/2022/06/23/hypothesis-elevates-maria-vallis-ceo/
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Brown Bears (13-10, 6-4 Ivy League) at Princeton Tigers (16-7, 7-3 Ivy League)
The Bears have gone 6-4 against Ivy League opponents. Brown ranks third in the Ivy League with 25.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Paxson Wojcik averaging 6.9.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tosan Evbuomwan is scoring 14.4 points per game and averaging 6.0 rebounds for the Tigers. Ryan Langborg is averaging 12.0 points and 3.1 rebounds over the last 10 games for Princeton.
Lilly is scoring 17.0 points per game with 2.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the Bears. Wojcik is averaging 14.1 points and 7.1 rebounds while shooting 44.7% over the past 10 games for Brown.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, averaging 76.5 points, 35.1 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 5.1 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.3 points per game.
Bears: 6-4, averaging 75.4 points, 32.8 rebounds, 14.0 assists, 7.4 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.4 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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2023-02-16T10:29:35+00:00
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washingtonpost.com
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/princeton-hosts-brown-following-lillys-23-point-game/2023/02/16/be302a8c-add6-11ed-b0ba-9f4244c6e5da_story.html
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Manchester United and Nottingham Forest are in talks over a deal for goalkeeper Dean Henderson, sources have told ESPN.
Forest, who won promotion to the Premier League last season, are keen to negotiate an initial loan move for Henderson, who has told United chiefs that he wants to leave Old Trafford this summer.
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Sources have told ESPN that United are willing to let the England goalkeeper move and that their preference is for a temporary deal. Henderson was restricted to just three first-team appearances last season as understudy to No.1 David De Gea.
He is keen to find regular football in a bid to earn a place in England's squad for the World Cup, due to start in Qatar in November. There is speculation that Forest's current No. 1, Brice Samba, could leave this summer.
Henderson impressed during a loan spell with Sheffield United and made 36 Premier League appearances for the Blades during the 2019-20 season.
He returned to Old Trafford in 2020 and signed a new five-year contract to compete with De Gea. He shared duties with the Spaniard during the 2020-21 season and made 26 appearances in all competitions but didn't get the same opportunities last term.
If Henderson was to depart, United would still be well covered in goal with De Gea and Tom Heaton. Lee Grant left the club at the end of the season.
Meanwhile, sources have told ESPN that United remain interested in Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen.
Eriksen is currently on holiday while he considers his next move. The 30-year-old is out of contract after spending the second half of last season at Brentford. Sources have told ESPN that Brentford are keen to keep Eriksen but are becoming resigned to losing him in the face of interest from United and Tottenham.
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2022-06-15T20:52:17+00:00
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espn.com
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https://www.espn.com/soccer/manchester-united-engman_utd/story/4686724/man-united-in-talks-to-loan-dean-henderson-to-nottingham-forest-sources
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FURNAS COUNTY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in Nebraska are trying to determine who released 16 million gallons of water by opening a dam on an irrigation channel one night this month — and why.
The puzzling water release from the Cambridge Canal reduced the flow to some 18,000 acres of crops and jeopardized expensive irrigation equipment, according to Brad Edgerton, the general manager of the Frenchman Cambridge Irrigation District that runs the nearly 48-mile-long waterway.
The canal was flowing at its normal rate of 150 cubic feet per second when Edgerton checked on his computer on the night of Aug. 13, but by the following morning the flow had been cut in half. Something had happened at the canal’s dam near the town of Cambridge, about 200 miles west of Lincoln.
Edgerton drove there and discovered that someone had wrenched open the dam’s two 10-foot sluice gates, sending the precious water down the Republican River. He estimates that about 50-acre-feet of water was lost during the roughly eight hours that the gates were open, and that the water was worth around $2,600 based on the $52-per-acre-foot price that farmers pay.
“It was an unfortunate situation. In the scheme of things, it wasn’t a lot of water, but it was an inconvenience,” he said.
Edgerton scrambled to notify farmers downstream about the problem, called the sheriff and contacted the Bureau of Reclamation to get more water released from the Harry Strunk Reservoir to replenish the canal.
Furnas County Sheriff Doug Brown told the Lincoln Journal Star that he could only guess why someone would release the water.
“There are a lot of different scenarios and theories,” he said. “But there is no evidence to lean one way or another, so all theories are still viable.”
Edgerton said he thinks the sheriff is following up on every rumor he hears but so far is stumped.
“I don’t believe they’re any closer to solving it,” he said Thursday.
It’s not clear if any state law governs the act of releasing canal water back into a river — or provides penalties — but Furnas County Attorney Patrick Calkins said he’ll try to find one if the sheriff does find out who grabbed the hand crank wheel from where it hung nearby and used it to open the gates.
“If we get information on who did this, I’d look at charging that person with something,” Calkins said.
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2022-08-26T12:03:48+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/news/weird-news/ap-strange-news/ap-nebraska-authorities-baffled-by-missing-canal-water-mystery/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The second consecutive quarter of economic growth that the government reported Thursday underscored that the nation isn’t in a recession despite high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s fastest pace of interest rate hikes in four decades.
Yet the U.S. economy is hardly in the clear. The solid growth in the October-December quarter will do little to alter the widespread view of economists that a recession is very likely sometime this year.
For now, the economy expanded at a 2.9% annual rate in the fourth quarter, though some of the underlying figures weren’t as healthy. Consumer spending, for example, grew at a slower pace than in the previous quarter, and business investment was weak. Last quarter’s growth was fueled by factors that won’t likely last. These include companies’ restocking of inventories and a drop in imports, which meant that more spending went to U.S.-made goods.
Increased borrowing rates and still-high inflation are expected to steadily weaken consumer and business spending. Businesses will likely pare expenses in response, which could lead to layoffs and higher unemployment. And a likely recession in the United Kingdom and slower growth in China will erode the revenue and profits of American corporations. Such trends are expected to cause a U.S. recession sometime in the coming months.
Still, there are reasons to expect that a recession, if it does come, will prove to be a comparatively mild one. Many employers, having struggled to hire after huge layoffs during the pandemic, may decide to retain most of their workforces even in a shrinking economy.
Six months of economic decline is a long-held informal definition of a recession. Yet nothing is simple in a post-pandemic economy in which growth was negative in the first half of last year but the job market remained robust, with ultra-low unemployment and healthy levels of hiring. The economy’s direction has confounded the Fed’s policymakers and many private economists ever since growth screeched to a halt in March 2020, when COVID-19 struck and 22 million Americans were suddenly thrown out of work.
Inflation, the economy’s biggest threat last year, is now showing signs of steadily declining. Used and new cars are becoming less expensive. Price increases for furniture, clothes and other physical goods are slowing.
Last year, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate seven times, from zero to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. The Fed’s policymakers have projected that they will keep raising their key rate until it tops 5%, which would be the highest level in 15 years. As borrowing costs swell, fewer Americans can afford a mortgage or an auto loan. Higher rates, combined with inflated prices, could deprive the economy of its main engine — healthy consumer spending.
Fed officials have made clear that they’re willing to tip the economy into a recession if necessary to defeat high inflation, and most economists believe them. Many analysts envision a recession beginning as early as the April-June quarter this year.
So what is the likelihood of a recession? Here are some questions and answers:
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WHY DO MANY ECONOMISTS FORESEE A RECESSION?
They expect the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes and high inflation to overwhelm consumers and businesses, forcing them to slow their spending and investment. Businesses will likely also have to cut jobs, causing spending to fall further.
Consumers have so far proved remarkably resilient in the face of higher rates and rising prices. Still, there are signs that their sturdiness is starting to crack.
Retail sales have dropped for two months in a row. The Fed’s so-called beige book, a collection of anecdotal reports from businesses around the country, shows that retailers are increasingly seeing consumers resist higher prices.
Credit card debt is also rising — evidence that Americans are having to borrow more to maintain their spending levels, a trend that probably isn’t sustainable.
More than half the economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics say the likelihood of a recession this year is above 50%.
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WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS THAT A RECESSION MAY HAVE BEGUN?
The clearest signal would be a steady rise in job losses and a surge in unemployment. Claudia Sahm, an economist and former Fed staff member, has noted that since World War II, an increase in the unemployment rate of a half-percentage point over several months has always signaled a recession has begun.
Many economists monitor the number of people who seek unemployment benefits each week, a gauge that indicates whether layoffs are worsening. Weekly applications for jobless aid actually dropped last week to a historically low 190,000. Employers continue to add many jobs, causing the unemployment rate to fall in December to 3.5%, a half-century low, from 3.7%.
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ANY OTHER SIGNALS TO WATCH FOR?
Economists monitor changes in the interest payments, or yields, on different bonds for a recession signal known as an “inverted yield curve.” This occurs when the yield on the 10-year Treasury falls below the yield on a short-term Treasury, such as the three-month T-bill. That is unusual. Normally, longer-term bonds pay investors a richer yield in exchange for tying up their money for a longer period.
Inverted yield curves generally mean that investors foresee a recession that will compel the Fed to slash rates. Inverted curves often predate recessions. Still, it can take 18 to 24 months for a downturn to arrive after the yield curve inverts.
Ever since July, the yield on the two-year Treasury note has exceeded the 10-year yield, suggesting that markets expect a recession soon. And the three-month yield has also risen far above the 10-year, an inversion that has an even better track record at predicting recessions.
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WHO DECIDES WHEN A RECESSION HAS STARTED?
Recessions are officially declared by the obscure-sounding National Bureau of Economic Research, a group of economists whose Business Cycle Dating Committee defines a recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.”
The committee considers trends in hiring. It also assesses many other data points, including gauges of income, employment, inflation-adjusted spending, retail sales and factory output. It puts heavy weight on a measure of inflation-adjusted income that excludes government support payments like Social Security.
Yet the NBER typically doesn’t declare a recession until well after one has begun, sometimes for up to a year.
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DOES HIGH INFLATION TYPICALLY LEAD TO A RECESSION?
Not always. Inflation reached 4.7% in 2006, at that point the highest in 15 years, without causing a downturn. (The 2008-2009 recession that followed was caused by the bursting of the housing bubble).
But when it gets as high as it did last year — it reached a 40-year peak of 9.1% in June — a downturn becomes increasingly likely.
That’s for two reasons: First, the Fed will sharply raise borrowing costs when inflation gets that high. Higher rates then drag down the economy as consumers are less able to afford homes, cars and other major purchases.
High inflation also distorts the economy on its own. Consumer spending, adjusted for inflation, weakens. And businesses grow uncertain about the future economic outlook. Many of them pull back on their expansion plans and stop hiring. This can lead to higher unemployment as some people choose to leave jobs and aren’t replaced.
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2023-01-26T15:14:29+00:00
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ksn.com
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https://www.ksn.com/news/national-world/ap-explainer-how-will-we-know-if-the-u-s-is-in-recession/
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Monday she is pardoning an estimated 45,000 people convicted of simple possession of marijuana, a month after President Joe Biden did the same under federal law.
“No one deserves to be forever saddled with the impacts of a conviction for simple possession of marijuana — a crime that is no longer on the books in Oregon,” said Brown, who is also forgiving more than $14 million in unpaid fines and fees.
Biden has been calling on governors to issue pardons for those convicted of state marijuana offenses, which reflect the vast majority of marijuana possession cases. Biden’s pardon applies to those convicted under federal law and thousands convicted in the District of Columbia.
In recent months, the governors of Colorado, Nevada, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Washington state have taken steps to grant pardons to those with low-level marijuana convictions, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML.
Several states, including California, Illinois, and New Jersey automatically review criminal cannabis convictions and expunge past records. In other jurisdictions, eligible persons must petition the courts for a review.
As a result of these laws, an estimated 2 million Americans had their cannabis-related convictions set aside in recent years, said Paul Armentano, deputy director of NORML.
“Our sense of justice and our principles of fairness demand that public officials and the courts move swiftly to right the past wrongs of cannabis prohibition and criminalization,” Armentano said.
In 2019, Oregon lawmakers passed legislation establishing procedures for people found guilty of low-level marijuana possession offenses to file a motion with the court to have the convictions set aside. Yet, to date, relatively few Oregonians have done so.
In Oregon, the pardon will remove 47,144 convictions for possession of a small amount of marijuana from individual records. Brown noted that removing these criminal records eliminates barriers for employment, housing and educational opportunities.
The pardon applies to convictions for possession of 1 ounce (28 grams) or less of marijuana when the person was 21 or older, where it was the only charge where there were no victims.
“Oregonians should never face housing insecurity, employment barriers, and educational obstacles as a result of doing something that is now completely legal, and has been for years,” Brown said. She said people of color have been arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at disproportionate rates.
The Oregon Judicial Department will ensure that all court records associated with these pardoned offenses are sealed, Brown said.
Oregonians passed a ballot measure legalizing recreational use of marijuana in 2014, becoming one of the first states to do so. In November, Maryland and Missouri voters also legalized cannabis but voters in Arkansas, South Dakota and North Dakota rejected it.
Maryland’s initiative came with a mechanism to erase convictions. By July 1, 2024, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services must expunge all cases in which the possession of cannabis was the only charge in the case, and the charge was issued before July 1, 2023.
Maryland and Missouri joined 19 other states and the District of Columbia in making recreational marijuana legal.
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2022-11-22T11:31:36+00:00
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localsyr.com
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https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/ap-oregons-governor-pardons-thousands-for-pot-convictions/
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Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniil Medvedev: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Wimbledon
In Wimbledon semifinals on Friday, Carlos Alcaraz takes on Daniil Medvedev.
Against the underdog Medvedev (+200), Alcaraz is favored (-250) to get to the final.
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Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniil Medvedev Match Information
- Tournament: Wimbledon
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Friday, July 14
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Venue: AELTC Wimbledon Qualifying and Community Sports Ground
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Court Surface: Grass
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Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniil Medvedev Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Carlos Alcaraz has a 71.4% chance to win.
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Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniil Medvedev Trends and Insights
- Alcaraz is looking to stay on track after a 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 6-ranked Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in Wednesday's quarterfinals.
- Medvedev took down Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
- Alcaraz has played 24.7 games per match (34.2 in best-of-five matches) in his 77 matches over the past year (across all court types).
- Alcaraz has played 10 matches on grass over the past 12 months, and 28.1 games per match (34.0 in best-of-five matches).
- In the past year, Medvedev has played 74 total matches (across all court surfaces), winning 59.3% of the games. He averages 22.4 games per match (31.9 in best-of-five matches) and 9.8 games per set.
- In four matches on grass courts in the past year, Medvedev has averaged 25.8 games per match and 10.3 games per set, winning 51.5% of those games.
- Alcaraz and Medvedev each have put up one win in their head-to-head meetings. The pair last met on March 19, 2023, with Alcaraz coming out on a top 6-3, 6-2.
- Medvedev and Alcaraz have played five total sets, with Medvedev securing three of them and Alcaraz two.
- Medvedev has won 23 games (54.8% win rate) versus Alcaraz, who has secured 19 games.
- In two head-to-head matches, Alcaraz and Medvedev are averaging 21.0 games and 2.5 sets per match.
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2023-07-13T17:05:30+00:00
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https://www.wagmtv.com/sports/betting/2023/07/14/carlos-alcaraz-vs-daniil-medvedev-tennis-prediction-betting-odds-wimbledon/
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)Noah Syndergaard and Justin Verlander spent most of the past two years working toward Saturday night, when their journeys back from Tommy John surgery coincidentally converged at Angel Stadium.
Although Syndergaard emerged slightly happier than Verlander, both veteran right-handers appear to be firmly on the right track.
Syndergaard pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning in a strong Angels debut, narrowly outdueling Verlander in Los Angeles’ 2-0 victory over the Houston Astros.
Mike Trout and Jared Walsh homered in the Angels’ first victory of the season. The Halos held defending AL champion Houston to two hits, with Raisel Iglesias’ save capping 3 2/3 hitless innings from the bullpen.
Syndergaard (1-0) and Verlander (0-1) both performed impressively at the Big A, with Walsh’s solo shot on Verlander’s first pitch of the second inning eventually standing up as the difference.
Syndergaard yielded two weak singles and two walks over 5 1/3 innings. While the imposing right-hander known as Thor had just one strikeout, he induced 11 groundouts from the Astros’ powerful lineup.
Syndergaard is wearing No. 34 again for the Angels, as he did for the Mets, but it has a special meaning in Anaheim.
It’s also the number worn by Nick Adenhart, the promising Angels starter killed by a drunk driver a few hours after throwing six shutout innings at the Big A exactly 13 years ago Saturday. Syndergaard got the blessing of Adenhart’s family to wear the number, which hadn’t been worn by an Angels player since.
”The whole day I had goosebumps, because it was the 13th anniversary of Adenhart being tragically taken away from us,” Syndergaard said. ”I felt like an angel was by my side tonight. That was really special to me.”
Verlander pitched five innings of one-run ball, giving up three hits and three walks while escaping several spots of trouble. He struck out seven, including AL MVP Shohei Ohtani thrice.
”It’s a long road, man,” Verlander said. ”Lots of nervousness and anxiousness leading up to it. Felt like my debut. Got some things to work on, but coming out of it feeling pretty good.”
Syndergaard was limited to two one-inning appearances – both late last year – for New York over the past two seasons while working his way back from surgery. He signed a one-year, $21 million deal with Los Angeles and emerged from spring training with a healthy arm and a determination to show he’s back.
”It was fun to play behind (Syndergaard),” Trout said. ”He was throwing strikes and trying to get back in the dugout as quick as he can. You saw it tonight. He was out there grinding.”
Verlander had surgery in September 2020 and missed last season while recovering. Now 39, the two-time AL Cy Young winner looked capable of resuming his career at his customary elite level.
”He really knuckled down when he was in trouble,” Houston manager Dusty Baker said. ”He competes as well as anybody I’ve seen.”
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Verlander struck out Ohtani looking twice with inside pitches that painted the black, although both calls displeased the AL MVP. Verlander celebrated with a subtle fist-pump after he escaped a fifth-inning jam by fanning Ohtani and then retiring Trout on a flyout to strand two Angels.
”I think the stats made me look more comfortable than I am,” Verlander said. ”I think we’ll have a lot of fun battles, him and I.”
Verlander said he loved watching Ohtani playing both ways on opening day: ”That was one of the most impressive, cool things I’ve seen in a long time. I got chills. … It’s awesome what he’s doing. Just really impressive. I’m a big fan.”
TROUT CLOUT
Trout’s first homer since May 4 was a beauty, traveling 445 feet off a 98.8-mph fastball – the fastest pitch Trout has ever hit out of the yard – from Ryne Stanek. The three-time AL MVP missed the final 4 1/2 months of last season with a calf injury.
”Trout’s gonna get you,” Baker said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels SS David Fletcher and Astros 3B Alex Bregman didn’t start to rest. Fletcher flied out as a pinch-hitter in the seventh, and Bregman popped out in the ninth. … Astros RHP Lance McCullers Jr. could start throwing next week, Baker said. McCullers’ flexor tendon issue kept him out of spring training.
UP NEXT
Angels LHP Jose Suarez makes his season debut in the series finale against Houston’s Jose Urquidy. Both pitchers won eight games while breaking through as full-time starters last season.
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2022-04-10T12:19:52+00:00
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siouxlandproud.com
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https://www.siouxlandproud.com/mlb/syndergaard-bests-verlander-in-returns-halos-top-astros-2-0/
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By Phil Murphy
New Jersey’s property tax problem is nothing new.
Property taxes, and the question of how to fairly pay for the local government and services that our communities need, have vexed taxpayers and governments alike since the first property taxes were collected in 1670. The principle of “uniform taxation” — requiring equal tax rates on all property in any given locality, both residential and commercial — which underpins our current property tax system was enshrined in state law in 1851.
Over the years, there has been no lack of officials pledging to do something about New Jersey’s notorious property taxes — and no lack of complaints from residents about them.
Property taxes impact New Jersey’s affordability perhaps more than any other cost of living. I hear these complaints everywhere I go in our state. No community is immune.
As state officials, we do not set property taxes. Property taxes are set by county and local governments and local boards of education. Some communities also elect independent fire commissions or maintain individual municipal libraries, which may also levy their own property taxes.
Especially now, as our economy’s post-pandemic recovery is met with increasing costs, relieving the pinch of property taxes and making life more affordable for our residents takes on a new urgency. This is why historic property tax relief took front and center in the state budget.
To start, I initiated our new, $2 billion ANCHOR direct property tax relief program. ANCHOR stands for “Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters,” but its true meaning comes from direct relief to help families and seniors anchor themselves in the communities they love.
More than 2 million households – which include the majority of New Jerseyans – will be getting property tax relief delivered right back into their pockets.
Homeowners with incomes of up to $150,000 will get direct relief of $1,500 – and homeowners with incomes above that to $250,000 will receive $1,000. Right off the bat, this is significant and direct property tax relief for roughly 1.2 million New Jersey households.
The average homeowner in New Jersey currently pays roughly $9,300 in property taxes. With ANCHOR’s direct relief factored in, that effective property tax bill drops to $7,800. The last time New Jersey’s average property tax was that low was 2011.
Put another way, ANCHOR effectively cuts property taxes by 16% for the average homeowner – and possibly even more for some – and undoes years of property tax increases.
Additionally, approximately 900,000 tenant families with incomes up of to $150,000 will each receive direct relief of $450 – relief that will help mitigate rent increases caused by increasing property taxes on landlords.
If you qualify to receive direct property tax relief through ANCHOR, you must apply by Dec. 30. Visit nj.gov/treasury or call the ANCHOR Hotline. Moreover, ANCHOR’s benefit will come on top of any other property tax relief you may also receive – from veteran’s deductions to the Senior Freeze – to push your property tax burden even lower.
ANCHOR also works alongside the billions of dollars in indirect property tax relief my new budget contains.
For example, the budget is delivering roughly $10 billion in direct state aid for K-12 public school classrooms, nearly $1 billion in preschool aid, and nearly $2 billion to support school construction and renovation. And every single dollar of state aid for our school communities is a dollar that can be kept in the pockets of property taxpayers.
The budget also contains billions of dollars invested directly in our communities and local governments for any number of initiatives, from maintaining strong local services to repaving roads and upgrading critical infrastructure. It meets our annual obligation to the state’s long-lagging public-employee pension system, further insulating property taxpayers.
And it sets aside more than $5 billion to further pay down or avoid state debt – again, taking weight off the shoulders of not just today’s property taxpayers but, importantly, tomorrow’s.
We cannot undo 350 years’ worth of problems at once, but we are doing more than any other administration to combat New Jersey’s property tax problem. In my first term, we slowed the rate of property tax growth more than during any of the previous four administrations, including four of the lowest year-over-year increases in property taxes on record. ANCHOR takes this progress to the next level by effectively cutting property taxes.
We are delivering these historic levels of direct relief while restoring New Jersey’s long-term fiscal health. In each and every way, we are governing as we said we would.
Phil Murphy is the governor of the state of New Jersey.
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2022-11-06T17:23:53+00:00
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nj.com
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https://www.nj.com/opinion/2022/11/gov-murphy-i-pledged-to-do-something-about-new-jerseys-notorious-taxes-and-i-have-opinion.html
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Americans rank poorly on many health outcomes compared to other countries. The new series Living Better explore ways to change that.
Copyright 2023 NPR
Americans rank poorly on many health outcomes compared to other countries. The new series Living Better explore ways to change that.
Copyright 2023 NPR
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2023-05-15T09:56:02+00:00
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nprillinois.org
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https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-05-15/nprs-new-series-is-called-living-better-how-americans-can-take-back-their-health
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Black, hairy tongue developed after cancer treatment
By Alexandra Mae Jones/CTVNews.ca writer
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Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — In an unusual case study, a woman developed a black and hairy tongue after cancer treatment.
The rare phenomenon was described in a new paper published in the peer-reviewed journal BMJ Case Reports last month.
Doctors were first alerted to the issue when a woman in her 60s presented to a health-care facility for the treatment of hepatitis B. While doctors were assessing her, they noticed that she had grey, mottled patches on her skin that had not been there when she previously was at the facility three months earlier.
Upon further examination, they discovered that she had a patch of black pigmentation covering much of her tongue, and the bumps on her tongue had become prominent and hair-like.
Her tongue didn’t just look different than usual — it was painful as well, she told doctors.
A photo of the reaction shows a woman with a grey cast to her skin sticking out her tongue to show that it had changed colour, with darkness spreading out from the centre of her tongue like a stain.
She was diagnosed with black hairy tongue (BHT), which is a rare but reversible condition in which the tongue bumps (papillae) elongate and there is discolouration on the surface of the tongue.
The cause? A recent change in her cancer medication, according to the case report.
The woman has a 14 month history of post-operative chemotherapy for cancer with liver metastases, the report said, which had been undergone at a different hospital. But in the last four months, her chemotherapy was switched to new medications: panitumumab with irinotecan and 5-fluorouracil.
Although these are common medications associated with cancer and chemotherapy, the woman was also prescribed 100mg/day of minocycline to prevent skin lesions that can be caused by panitumumab.
At first, doctors were uncertain what the source was, as it could have been either the minocycline or the panitumumab that caused her BHT and hyper-pigmentation.
Both have been linked to BHT before, although the link between antibiotics such as minocycline is clearer. The facial hyper-pigmentation separate from the BHT led doctors to lean more towards minocycline, as it can lead to skin discolouration, with a 3-15 per cent incidence rate as a side effect.
She was immediately taken off of minocycline, and was given trifluridine and tipiracil hydrochloride plus bevacizumab combination therapy instead.
Her pigmentation and BHT had cleared up significantly at a check-in six weeks later, with the skin returned to a healthier tone and only a slight darkness remaining at the centre of the tongue.
According to the Mayo Clinic, BHT is a temporary and usually harmless oral condition in which the tongue takes on a “dark, furry appearance.” Part of the problem is a buildup of dead skin cells on the papillae, which can trap bacteria which exacerbates the discolouration. Possible causes include changes in the normal oral bacteria after antibiotic use, but BHT can also be caused by poor oral hygiene, overuse of mouthwashes with irritants such as peroxide, tobacco use and even eating too many soft foods that don’t allow dead skin cells to be sloughed off of the tongue due to friction.
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2023-05-18T15:38:45+00:00
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localnews8.com
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In May, inflation in the U.S. reached its highest level since 1981. Although experts hope the current situation won’t last, high gas and food prices are causing consumers to cut back in other areas.
Most Americans are looking for ways to save more. However, some ways to cut costs are easier than others. For instance, you can get cash back on gas, groceries and restaurant purchases using an app called Upside (formerly GetUpside).
The free app is available on the App Store and Google Play. The company shared a post on Twitter explaining how simple it is to use in just four steps.
#Upside 101 – Follow these 4 easy steps:
– Claim a cash back offer near you
– Pay as usual with any credit or debit card
– Either tap Check In or snap a pic of your receipt
– Earn cash back and cash out whenever you want! pic.twitter.com/mVj6IZe7Ct— Upside (@upside) May 17, 2022
Using Upside, you can earn up to 25 cents a gallon back on gas purchases, up to 45% back at restaurants and up to 30% on groceries. However, it’s essential to follow the proper steps to receive rebates. For instance, not all gas stations or grocery stores participate.
After downloading the app and enabling location services, you can view deals closest to you in list or map view. If you are going to buy gas, compare the list to prices in your area. You can use Gas Buddy or a similar app to find the best price with a deal available.
Claim an offer shortly before purchasing, as Upside starts a timer on the offer (typically, you have a few hours to make the purchase). You can check in on the app when making the purchase or upload your receipt afterward to get the cash back through your bank or Paypal, or as a gift card.
Right now, Hip2Save is sharing an exclusive promo code that can help you save even more. Enter HIP25 in the promo section of the app for an additional 25 cents per gallon off on your first gas purchase using Upside.
Once you get on, you will be prompted to share the app with friends, which can net you and those you invite another 15 cents off per gallon once they make their first purchase using Upside. You also earn 1 cent off every gallon of gas they purchase in the future. Go to the app’s menu and choose Free Gas to learn more about the referral program.
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2022-06-17T18:33:43+00:00
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news5cleveland.com
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https://www.news5cleveland.com/earn-cash-back-gas-groceries-upside-app
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VANCOUVER, BC, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Wishpond Technologies Ltd. (TSXV: WISH) (OTCQX: WPNDF) (the "Company" or "Wishpond"), a provider of marketing-focused online business solutions, is pleased to announce that it expects to release its First Quarter Financial Statements and corresponding management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2022, before market open on Thursday, May 26th, 2022.
The Company will also host a conference call to discuss the results on the same day at 10:00 am PT (1:00 pm ET). The call will be hosted by Ali Tajskandar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, David Pais, Chief Financial Officer, and Pardeep S. Sangha, Head of Investor Relations.
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WISHPOND TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
"Ali Tajskandar"
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Wishpond is a provider of marketing-focused online business solutions. Wishpond's vision is to become the leading provider of digital marketing solutions that empower entrepreneurs to achieve success online. The Company offers an "all-in-one" marketing suite that provides companies with marketing, promotion, lead generation, and sales conversion capabilities on one integrated platform. Wishpond replaces disparate marketing solutions with an easy-to-use product, for a fraction of the cost. Wishpond serves over 3,700 customers who are primarily small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in a wide variety of industries. The Company has developed cutting-edge marketing technology solutions and continues to add new features and applications with great velocity. The Company employs a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model where substantially all the Company's revenue is subscription-based recurring revenue which provides excellent revenue predictability and cash flow visibility. Wishpond is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker "WISH", and on the OTCQX Best Market under the ticker "WPNDF". For further information, visit: www.wishpond.com.
While the Company expects to release its financial results for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2022 on May 26, 2022 and host a conference call on the same day, such statements may represent forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to meet such disclosed timelines, however, extenuating circumstances such as delays in accounting review, the availability of employees and consultants, and other pressing business or regulatory requirements which may divert management attention from the preparation of the financial statements and attendance of the conference, among other factors, may cause the Company to not be able to meet such deadlines. Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained in this press release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement and are made as of the date hereof. The Company disclaims any intention and has no obligation or responsibility, except as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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2022-05-17T12:25:34+00:00
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waff.com
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https://www.waff.com/prnewswire/2022/05/17/wishpond-announces-date-first-quarter-2022-financial-results-video-conference-call/
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WASHINGTON — Amid months of mass flight cancellations and delays, the Department of Transportation has launched a customer service dashboard to help vacationers ahead of the travel-heavy Labor Day weekend.
Starting Thursday, travelers will be able to check the dashboard and see what kinds of guarantees, refunds or compensation the major domestic airlines offer in case of flight delays or cancellations. It’s designed to allow travelers to shop around and favor those airlines that offer the best compensation.
The dashboard is part of an extended pressure campaign from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has publicly challenged the major carriers to improve service and transparency after a summer marred by cancellations and flight delays. As summer travel returned to nearly pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, airlines struggled to keep pace, with mass cancellations being blamed on staffing shortages, particularly among pilots.
“Passengers deserve transparency and clarity on what to expect from an airline when there is a cancelation or disruption,” Buttigieg said in a statement Wednesday. The new tool, he said, will help travelers to “easily understand their rights, compare airline practices, and make informed decisions.”
The dashboard compares all the major domestic airlines’ policies on issues such as which offer meals for delays of more than three hours and which offer to rebook flights on the same or different airlines at no additional charge. It focuses on what it calls “controllable” cancellations or delays — meaning those caused by mechanical issues, staffing shortages or delays in cleaning, fueling or baggage handling. Delays or cancellations caused by weather or security concerns do not count.
The Department of Transportation is hoping that the dashboard will encourage competition among airlines to offer the most transparency and the best protections for customers.
So far this year, airlines have canceled about 146,000 flights, or 2.6% of all flights, and nearly 1.3 million flights have been delayed, according to tracking service FlightAware. The rate of cancellations is up about one-third from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, and the rate of delays is up nearly one-fourth.
Federal officials have blamed many of the disruptions on understaffing at airlines, which encouraged employees to quit after the pandemic started. The airlines have countered by blaming staffing problems at the Federal Aviation Administration, which employs air traffic controllers.
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2022-09-01T13:13:39+00:00
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bostonherald.com
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https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/09/01/new-online-dashboard-helps-flyers-with-delays-cancellations/
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Kate Middleton was on hand to cheer on her prince at the Royal Polo Cup in Windsor, England, on Wednesday. To the delight of his wife, Prince William participated in the polo match and even took home a trophy.
After the event, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were spotted hugging, with William even planting a big kiss on his wife's cheek. The prince was also seen walking with his hand on the small of Kate's back.
For the match, the mother of three was dressed in an elegant white dress and black stripes that she paired with flats, while William looked dashing in his polo uniform.
This rare public display of affection between the royals comes just a day after they attended Wimbledon together, and appeared to have another fun day of sports. On Tuesday, the two were seen at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London for the quarter finals of the annual tennis tournament, and were once again dressed to impress.
Both in sunglasses, Kate sported a bleed blue-and-white polka dot dress while William wore a windowpane suit jacket and tie.
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2022-07-07T21:51:20+00:00
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Which Christmas tree collar is best?
A Christmas tree is arguably the most festive sign of the holiday season. Once it’s decorated and lit up with twinkling lights, the only thing left to do is to figure out how to conceal the tree stand. A good solution is a Christmas tree collar. This decorative band conceals an ugly stand and looks great with very little maintenance.
To hide large tree stands and direct the focus to your family’s heirloom decorations, the Birdrock Home Four-Panel Christmas Tree Collar is a good choice.
What to know before you buy a Christmas tree collar
Type of Christmas tree collar
Christmas tree stands are a necessity for keeping water on a fresh tree, but no one wants to see the unattractive frame. The type of tree collar you select depends on the size of your tree, the amount of off-season storage you have and your patience with its assembly.
- Ringed: This solid piece is round and durable, but it cannot be adjusted. It’s best for use with an artificial tree or for households that purchase the same size tree every year.
- Square: Square tree collars are less common but perfect for decorating outside the box. The most common material is wood, a good choice for farmhouse-style decor.
- Hinged: Hinged collars open, making it easy to wrap around a tree instead of lifting the tree into the collar. These offer easy access for watering.
- Paneled: For small spaces with less storage, a paneled collar is the best bet. It disassembles and lays flat. But this same feature means you’ll need to put it together every year.
Material
The material of the tree collar is often dependent on the style.
- Plastic: Plastic is a common material in ringed tree collars. It is lightweight and affordable but prone to fading and scratches over time.
- Wood: Wood is the material of choice for square collars, but some hinged and paneled collars use this, too. It provides a rustic look, but it’s a little heavier and can be expensive for high quality.
- Metal: Hinged tree collars as well as some panels use metal. Metal is a durable material that’s available in a variety of colors
- Fabric: Fabric is less durable but can be stored easily. It’s common for paneled collars that assemble with Velcro.
Size
Size is less important for adjustable tree collars, but if you choose a rigid structure it’s a critical factor. A good strategy is to purchase your tree stand and tree collar at the same time. That way, you’ll know it fits.
What to look for in a quality Christmas tree collar
Easy tree access
Fresh trees require regular watering to stay bright and fresh, but watering around a tree collar can be challenging. Tree access is easier with hinged and paneled collars, so if you prefer a fresh tree, select those types.
Durability
Christmas tree collars can be used year after year, but only if the one you choose is well-made and durable. Materials should be solid, and any connections such as hinges or attachments should be sturdy and well constructed.
Easy to assemble
Round and hinged collars may not require assembly, but for those that need to be put together every year, look for clear instructions. This can become part of your decorating tradition. Make it easier on yourself by choosing a collar that doesn’t take hours to put together.
How much you can expect to spend on a Christmas tree collar
Tree collars range in price depending on the size and material. Expect to spend $17-$50.
Christmas tree collar FAQ
Why choose a Christmas tree collar instead of a skirt?
A. Tree skirts cover the tree stand and provide a place to put presents, but there are some advantages to tree collars:
- They prevent pets from accessing (and potentially spilling) the water in a fresh tree.
- They keep children out of the tree water.
- They provide another level of protection against tree tipping.
- They do not require constant straightening to look good.
How do you care for a Christmas tree collar?
A. Care depends on the materials, but there are a few guidelines:
- Most plastic and metal collars can be dusted with a damp cloth.
- Wood collars benefit from polishing at the end of the season with a wood polishing spray.
- Fabric collars can be spot-cleaned.
What’s the best Christmas tree collar to buy?
Top Christmas tree collar
Birdrock Home Four-Panel Christmas Tree Collar
What you need to know: This metal tree collar is in a simple style that highlights the lovely tree.
What you’ll love: It has a 28-inch diameter that accommodates larger tree stands. The four panels assemble with pins and do not require any special tools or hardware. It’s available in six colors and patterns to fit your decorating style.
What you should consider: This won’t work for smaller tree stands.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Christmas tree collar for the money
Blissun Fabric Christmas Tree Collar
What you need to know: This unique square collar is a striking contrast to the shape of a full Christmas tree.
What you’ll love: This fabric collar requires one piece of Velcro to assemble. It measures just over 12.5 inches at the top and 17 inches at the bottom. It’s available in red and white or red and black plaid. The stand folds flat for easy storage.
What you should consider: It is not as durable as other options, but it’s a fun way to mix up your Christmas style.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Darnassus Metal Christmas Tree Collar
What you need to know: It’s a rustic and fun style that has season’s greetings written across the base.
What you’ll love: Assemble this five-panel collar with the included screws. It’s rustproof and easy to store. This collar is available in galvanized metal or white. It comes with a “no-risk†guarantee.
What you should consider: Some customers reported challenges in assembly. This is also not as large as other collars, so make sure your tree stand will fit.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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2022-11-02T17:54:04+00:00
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wric.com
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https://www.wric.com/reviews/br/home-br/decor-br/best-christmas-tree-collar/
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Live Conference Call and Webcast at 8:30 AM ET
PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: EIGR), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapies for hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and other serious diseases, today announced that it will host a conference call on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time, to discuss the results of the Phase 3 D-LIVR study of lonafarnib-based treatments for HDV.
The live and replayed webcast of the call will be available through the company's website at www.eigerbio.com. To participate in the live call by phone, dial (866) 374-5140 (U.S.) or (404) 400-0571 (International) and enter PIN 79797687#. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
About Eiger
Eiger is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapies to treat hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and other serious rare diseases. The Eiger HDV platform includes two first-in-class therapies in Phase 3 that target critical host processes involved in viral replication. All five Eiger rare disease programs have been granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation. For additional information about Eiger and its clinical programs, please visit www.eigerbio.com.
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Investors:
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Media:
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2022-12-07T21:40:59+00:00
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wlox.com
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https://www.wlox.com/prnewswire/2022/12/07/eiger-biopharmaceuticals-host-conference-call-discuss-phase-3-d-livr-study-results-lonafarnib-based-treatments-hepatitis-delta-virus-hdv-thursday-december-8-2022/
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Oregon State University says its scientists are among those leading the way to protect the rare Sierra Nevada red fox, like the one recently seen roaming around Mt. Bachelor.
Red fox populations in Oregon are not federally listed, though they are an Oregon Conservation Strategy Species, and have experienced a decline over the past century.
The following is more information from OSU:
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Conservation efforts for the rare Sierra Nevada red fox can be strengthened through new computer modeling based on a 12-year data gathering partnership led by scientists at Oregon State University’s Institute for Natural Resources, says a researcher who helped direct the project.
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The endangered fox lives at high elevation in California’s Sierra Nevada and Oregon’s Cascade Range. Its numbers have been falling for two centuries largely because of human activity including trapping and poisoning, and a warming climate may be making the problem worse, OSU wildlife ecologist Sean Matthews said.
“Low genetic diversity from inbreeding, hybridization with non-native red foxes, and influences of climate change threaten the persistence of the subspecies across its range,” said Matthews, who co-led the study published in the Journal of Mammalogy. “Our results provide a demonstration for studying elusive species with limited survey data, a guide for future survey efforts and a baseline to inform conservation and management action.”
Researchers including scientists at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the University of California, Davis, and Yosemite National Park modeled the potential distribution and abundance of the Sierra Nevada red fox throughout its historical and contemporary ranges.
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Sierra Nevada red foxes, known scientifically as Vulpes vulpes necator, live in a mix of habitats above and below timberline, Matthews said, including meadows, mature forests, talus slopes and fell fields – rock-strewn open areas higher than the tree line.
“The Sierra Nevada red fox experienced large population declines over the last 100 years,” he said. “There are historical records of red foxes around Mount Shasta and in the Klamath Mountains, areas now devoid of red foxes. Our limited understanding of the fox’s ecology has hindered the development of informed conservation actions.”
The study team, which also included scientists at the U.S. Forest Service, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and the Cascades Carnivore Project, was able to estimate the distribution and population sizes of Sierra Nevada red foxes by using data collected via remotely triggered cameras and other survey tools.
The survey period was 2009 through 2020. The modeling approach predicted fox density based on the relationship between detection frequencies and environmental characteristics, allowing for the model to project those densities onto unsampled areas with similar land and vegetation features.
“That’s important because it’s not really possible to sample every individual remote area the Sierra Nevada red fox might be living,” Matthews said.
Generally, he said, foxes were detected in areas with high amounts of snow and low minimum temperatures; the Sierra Nevada red fox has several adaptations for living in snowy areas, including a thick winter coat and small toe pads covered in dense fur. Foxes were most likely to be detected by a camera in open areas and on gentle slopes.
“We identified areas occupied by Sierra Nevada red fox at very low densities – just over one fox per 100 square kilometers – in the Oregon Cascades, the central Sierra Nevada and around Lassen Peak,” Matthews said. “They naturally occur at low densities, but now that they occupy smaller portions of their historical range, there are very few foxes in these areas, which can lead to negative genetic consequences.”
A conservation objective, he said, would be increasing connectivity between fox population areas. That could come in the form of land use decisions that limit habitat fragmentation when projects like highway expansion, recreational development and housing subdivisions are planned.
Other actions that could benefit the Sierra Nevada red fox include lowering vehicle speed limits, building wildlife crossing infrastructure and reintroducing foxes in some areas to increase populations and genetic diversity, Matthews said.
David Green, formerly of OSU’s Institute for Natural Resources, also co-led the study, which was funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Yosemite Conservancy and Yosemite National Park.
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2023-05-31T03:13:03+00:00
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centraloregondaily.com
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https://centraloregondaily.com/osu-sierra-nevada-red-fox/
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's most famous fashion designer, Vyacheslav Zaitsev, who dressed the country's first ladies, has died at the age of 85, Russian news outlets reported Sunday.
An obituary published by the TASS news agency said he died after a long illness but didn't state when.
According to other Russian media reports, he was taken to a hospital in the Moscow region with stomach bleeding and died in intensive care.
Zaitsev was born March 2, 1938 in Ivanovo — a center for the textile industry, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) north-east of Moscow — in a Soviet Union where much of the standard attire was gray, outdated and unimaginative. He rocketed to fame in his homeland — and to some extent the world — when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's wife Raisa wore his creations in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Thanks to the visibility of the Soviet couple, the reform program known as “perestroika”, and an economic and political program that elicited hope, Zaitsev went on to display his fashions in Paris, Tokyo and other world capitals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's wife Lyudmila wore one of Zaitsev's dresses and accessories for a state visit to the United Kingdom in June 2003, which included an audience with Queen Elizabeth II.
Among Zaitsev's other accomplishments was his design in 1988 of costumes for the musical revue Sophisticated Ladies, based on the music of jazz composer and big band leader Duke Ellington, in New York City.
He founded his own fashion house in Russia, winning numerous awards in his home country and elsewhere.
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2023-04-30T20:57:09+00:00
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springfieldnewssun.com
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https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/fashion-designer-for-russian-first-ladies-dies/GPBX4KQBLNAA7NIYCMIMX5JOTI/
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New Report from Boston Consulting Group Finds ESG-Related Products in Core Business Lines Could Generate Substantial Revenue for Retail Banks
BOSTON, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Interest in sustainability has been rising for several years, and concerns over climate change have become decision drivers for customers, investors, and policymakers. Retail banks are responding by building sustainability into their digital transformation programs. Three-quarters of retail banks plan to increase spending on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives, almost 20% of them significantly, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) being published today.
The report, titled Global Retail Banking 2022: Sense and Sustainability, reveals that one-quarter of retail banks report that ESG is a primary focus area for their digital transformation, and another 38% say that ESG is a key criterion in selecting and prioritizing digital transformation initiatives. Nearly half of retail banks are primarily focused on environmental sustainability issues, such as reducing energy consumption in offices, and 60% are prioritizing governance issues, including managing critical risk incidents, building cyber-resilience, and developing predictive risk analytics to ensure improved preparedness and mitigation.
"Sustainability has moved up the priority list for all stakeholders, making it the next frontier of competitive advantage for retail banks and a pillar for future growth," said Thorsten Brackert, a BCG partner and director and coauthor of the report. "In addition to promoting sustainable behaviors by customers, ESG-related products could generate considerable returns for retail banks. A 20% ESG-related share in new retail banking revenues in the next five years, for example, would result in about a 10% share of total retail banking revenues—or about $300 billion—in 2025."
BCG's 2021 retail banking consumer sentiment survey, which covered 25 countries, found that 20% more people voiced increased trust in their bank during the COVID crisis than at the start of the pandemic in 2020. While most customers say they have two or three banking relationships, a large majority (70%) still secured their last product from their primary bank. Customers want their banks to feel like a "good friend" (31%) that they can turn to for honest advice, and a "school" (11%) where they can obtain financial guidance. When it comes to keeping personal data secure, customers trust their banks even more than their doctors, and four out of five customers are willing to disclose more data to their banks if they value a new service or feature.
According to the report, global retail and private client revenues are expected to grow at more than 6% a year through the 2020-2025 period. Regionally, revenues in Asia Pacific should rise the fastest, at an estimated 7.8% a year, followed by the Middle East and Africa (7.7%) and Latin America (6.9%). North America and Europe will grow more slowly but still at rates of more than 5% a year. While North America generated the biggest share of revenues in 2020, it is in the process of being overtaken by Asia Pacific.
Payments and deposits will be the leading drivers of revenue growth globally, with payments expected to grow at an annual rate of 6.3% as more people opt for online, credit card, and other non-cash transactions. Consumer and other retail loan revenues should rebound to growth rates of around 4% as customer spending increases while COVID recedes. Investments will grow attractively, at more than 5% a year, while mortgage growth will be muted as interest rates rise.
Banks have many opportunities to innovate sustainable practices and products along the customer lifecycle and to practice good business in the process. One opportunity is through green mortgages, which provide discounts on interest rates or fees to purchasers and builders of energy efficient properties. Banks can also use the daily banking relationship as well as their personalized engagement capabilities to support customers in environmentally friendly and ethical living. In the US and UK, almost nine in ten consumers would like brands to help them become more environmentally friendly.
"Retail Banks have a critical role to play as societies and their institutions address social and environmental challenges," said Sam Stewart, global leader of BCG's retail banking segment and coauthor of the report. "As they consider a redirected future, retail banks should ask themselves a couple of existential questions: What will our customers be looking for beyond straightforward financial products and services in the next few years? And how can we align our business goals with meeting those needs before our competitors do so first?"
Download the publication here: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2022/why-sustainability-in-global-retail-banking-matters
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Talkspace, Teladoc and BetterHelp Amongst Winners of Second Annual Awards Celebrating Top Platforms for Mental Health Support
NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Verywell Mind announced today its second annual Online Therapy Awards, honoring the 16 best digital services and directories transforming the way people seek mental health care. The Verywell Mind Online Therapy Awards are a comprehensive and proprietary analysis of digital therapy platforms, designed to help readers find options that suit their individual needs and serve as a starting point for anyone who may not know where to begin.
Verywell Mind evaluated 55 online therapy companies and 25 therapist directories, as well as surveyed over 10,000 therapy users on top criteria they consider when choosing a service, including affordability, credibility, accessibility and user satisfaction. A special emphasis was placed on companies that offer inclusive support and those that service therapy deserts, making therapy more inclusive and attainable for all. The process for testing and analyzing nominees was created by Verywell Mind editors with guidance from mental health experts Amy Marschall, PsyD, Nic Hardy, PhD, LCSW, and Hannah Owens, LMSW, who helped evaluate and test each service.
"As the COVID-19 pandemic has regressed, interest in teletherapy has remained. There are many teletherapy options and sometimes, the search for the best service to match an individual's needs can feel overwhelming," said Amy Morin, LCSW, editor-in-chief, Verywell Mind. "That's why we specialized our Online Therapy Awards to provide the right recommendations across a spectrum of need and provide a trusted guide for anyone seeking care."
The winners of the 2022 Verywell Mind Online Therapy Awards include:
- Best Large Service – Talkspace
- Best Small Service – E-Therapy Cafe
- Best for Anxiety & Depression – Brightside
- Best Availability – BetterHelp
- Best for Psychiatry – Talkiatry
- Best for Relationships – ReGain
- Best for Accessibility – LiveHealth Online
- Best for Flexibility – Thriveworks
- Best for Kids & Family Therapy – Little Otter
- Best With Insurance – Teladoc
- Best for LGBTQIA+ – National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Best for Black Communities – Therapy for Black Girls
- Best Comprehensive Care – MDLIVE
- Best Directory – Good Therapy
- Best Matching Service – Two Chairs
- Best for Group Therapy – Circles
For more information on the Verywell Mind Online Therapy Awards and to read more about the list of winners, visit here.
Verywell Mind is one of the largest mental health sites in the world, serving 6 million people a year during their moments of need. The award-winning publication is committed to providing inclusive mental health information through thousands of expert-written, medically-reviewed articles across hundreds of topics and empowers readers to get the mental health treatment they deserve. Verywell Mind is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.
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TX Austin/San Antonio TX Zone Forecast for Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
TXZ192-182130-
Travis-
Including the city of Austin
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds
around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows
in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ205-182130-
Bexar-
Including the city of San Antonio
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers this
morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of
rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ183-182130-
Val Verde-
Including the city of Del Rio
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows around 40. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph with
gusts up to 30 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...Partly cloudy and breezy. Lows in
the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
30s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs around 60.
$$
TXZ220-182130-
Atascosa-
Including the city of Pleasanton
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs around
80. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ187-182130-
Bandera-
Including the city of Bandera
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming sunny. Breezy
with highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with
gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows in
the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs around 60.
$$
TXZ193-182130-
Bastrop-
Including the city of Bastrop
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds around 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph,
becoming north in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ190-182130-
Blanco-
Including the city of Blanco
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers this morning,
then sunny this afternoon. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in
the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ172-182130-
Burnet-
Including the city of Burnet
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers this morning,
then sunny this afternoon. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph, increasing to
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph this afternoon. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ208-182130-
Caldwell-
Including the city of Lockhart
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows
in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ206-182130-
Comal-
Including the city of New Braunfels
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers this morning,
then sunny this afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs
around 60. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows
in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ224-182130-
De Witt-
Including the city of Cuero
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs in
the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest
15 to 20 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs
in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs in
the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ228-182130-
Dimmit-
Including the city of Carrizo Springs
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the upper 70s.
Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northeast in
the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the morning.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows around 40.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a slight chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the upper
40s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ184-182130-
Edwards-
Including the city of Rocksprings
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy, cooler with highs in the mid 60s.
Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows around 40. Northwest winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy. A
slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ209-182130-
Fayette-
Including the city of La Grange
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
northwest this afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid 40s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Cooler with highs in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with showers likely. Highs around 60. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs
around 60.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ219-182130-
Frio-
Including the city of Pearsall
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
upper 70s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning.
Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ188-182130-
Gillespie-
Including the city of Fredericksburg
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers this
morning, then sunny this afternoon. Windy, cooler with highs in
the upper 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph, becoming west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph this
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy and much cooler with lows in the upper
30s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Southeast winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing.
Cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in
the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ223-182130-
Gonzales-
Including the city of Gonzales
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs around 70. Northwest winds 10 to
15 mph, becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs
around 60. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ207-182130-
Guadalupe-
Including the city of Seguin
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs
around 60. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers.
Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows
in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ191-182130-
Hays-
Including the city of San Marcos
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. Highs
in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 60s. Lows
in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs around 60. Chance of rain 40 percent.
$$
TXZ222-182130-
Karnes-
Including the city of Karnes City
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs
around 80. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the mid 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. East
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. Lows
in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then clearing. Highs in
the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows around 40. Highs
around 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ189-182130-
Kendall-
Including the city of Boerne
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers this morning,
then sunny this afternoon. Breezy with highs in the lower 70s.
Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of
rain 30 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to
10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs
around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in
the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ186-182130-
Kerr-
Including the city of Kerrville
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and breezy, cooler with highs in the upper
60s. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in
the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs
in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ202-182130-
Kinney-
Including the city of Brackettville
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Sunny, windy with highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 15 to 25 mph, increasing to 25 to 30 mph this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy, cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph in the evening.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs in the upper
60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
30s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ225-182130-
Lavaca-
Including the city of Hallettsville
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Cloudy with showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms this morning, then mostly sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the upper 70s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming
northwest this afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler. Less humid with lows in the
mid 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the
lower 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the lower 60s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ194-182130-
Lee-
Including the city of Giddings
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to
25 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 5 to
10 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s.
Chance of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers
in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the
lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 40s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ171-182130-
Llano-
Including the city of Llano
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers this
morning, then sunny this afternoon. Breezy, cooler with highs in
the lower 70s. West winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 40 mph this
afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear, breezy and much cooler with lows in the upper
30s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with
gusts up to 25 mph, becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers.
Highs around 60.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of rain showers
in the evening. Cooler with lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in
the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows around 40. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ217-182130-
Maverick-
Including the city of Eagle Pass
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy with highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds
15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the mid 40s. North winds
15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph, becoming northwest 5 to
10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, becoming north in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the
morning, then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs around 70.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the lower
40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming sunny.
Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ204-182130-
Medina-
Including the city of Hondo
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then clearing. Highs in the
upper 70s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with
gusts up to 20 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the mid 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
TXZ185-182130-
Real-
Including the city of Leakey
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Sunny, breezy, cooler with highs in the upper 60s.
Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear, cooler with lows in the lower 40s. Northwest
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Southeast
winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. Southeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning, then
partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly clear. Cooler with lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Highs in the lower 60s. Lows in
the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ203-182130-
Uvalde-
Including the city of Uvalde
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly sunny and breezy. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest
winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning, then becoming partly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds 10 to 15 mph,
becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds 10 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers, mainly in the
morning. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows in the upper
30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
$$
TXZ173-182130-
Williamson-
Including the city of Georgetown
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight
chance of thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon.
Highs in the mid 70s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
30 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s. West
winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.THURSDAY...Sunny in the morning, then becoming partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. East
winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s. Chance
of rain 70 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in
the evening. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy
with a chance of showers after midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s.
$$
TXZ221-182130-
Wilson-
Including the city of Floresville
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms this morning, then sunny this afternoon. Highs
around 80. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain
20 percent.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the
afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming
mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s. East winds around 10 mph
with gusts up to 20 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SATURDAY...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 40s.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the upper 60s.
Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of showers. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
$$
TXZ218-182130-
Zavala-
Including the city of Crystal City
224 AM CST Wed Jan 18 2023
.TODAY...Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming sunny. Highs
in the mid 70s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to
35 mph.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Much cooler with lows in the lower 40s.
Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest
winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s. East winds
5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly
cloudy. Highs in the upper 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Cloudy. Lows around 50.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Cooler with lows around 40.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
.MONDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of
showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
$$
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2023-01-18T08:57:07+00:00
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expressnews.com
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https://www.expressnews.com/weather/article/TX-Austin-San-Antonio-TX-Zone-Forecast-17724677.php
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Police respond to report of officers shot in Newark, NJ
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Police in Newark, New Jersey, were responding to a report of officers shot Tuesday in a residential neighborhood about a mile west of the city’s airport.
Details on the number of officers injured or the extent of their injuries weren’t immediately available.
Video taken from news helicopters showed police officers in tactical gear staging on streets in the neighborhood and searching at least one rooftop.
Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement that he was monitoring “an unfolding situation in Newark,” but didn’t immediately share details.
“I am in touch with local authorities and the state is providing resources as requested. We will continue to support local law enforcement and ensure that all residents are safe,” he said.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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2022-11-01T21:00:38+00:00
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wnem.com
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https://www.wnem.com/2022/11/01/police-respond-report-officers-shot-newark-nj/
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ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — You hear often about the dangers of leaving dogs in hot cars.
An unusual situation in Round Rock, Texas, shows how dangerous this can be — even if a car is running.
Round Rock Police said a dog died in a parked car after an officer arrested the owner on suspicion of DWI. The department said the car was initially running and the air conditioning was on.
According to the Round Rock Police Department, officers responded to a report of a reckless driver around 12:15 p.m. Sunday. Police arrested a woman, whom Nexstar’s KXAN is not naming at this time.
During the officers’ DWI investigation, they left the dog inside the suspect’s car with the engine running and the air conditioning on. However, the car’s engine, unbeknownst to the officer, turned off on its own. When animal control arrived, police said the dog was found dead in the car.
Round Rock Police said it’s protocol in such a situation is to either call animal control or release the animal to a family member if there’s someone at the scene.
In this case, police said an officer contacted the on-call animal control officer to pick up the dog, and an officer remained at the scene until animal control arrived.
The brother of the arrested woman called KXAN on Monday asking for answers.
“Very very sad that he’s no longer with us,” said Benjamin, referring to his sister’s husky, Landa. KXAN is not revealing Benjamin’s last name at this time.
Police called this “an unfortunate incident” and are investigating to figure out what happened. The department is also still working to determine what happened to the suspect’s vehicle.
The department emphasized the officer did not turn the suspect’s car off. The dog was sent for a necropsy to determine the official cause of death.
Benjamin said his sister is devastated.
“She understands that this situation — she put herself in a very bad place,” he said. “But at the same time, she shouldn’t have to worry about the life and welfare of her dog when she’s been detained.”
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2022-08-09T21:51:12+00:00
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wivb.com
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https://www.wivb.com/news/national/dog-dies-in-parked-car-after-owners-dwi-arrest-in-texas/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.”
In two cases before the court, both liberal and conservative justices were unanimous in saying there were problems with the convictions. The cases are the latest in a line stretching back years that criticize federal prosecutors for overreaching in public corruption cases against state and local officials, as well as people doing business with government.
In 2020, the high court threw out the convictions of political allies of former Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., over the “Bridgegate” scandal that involved four days of traffic jams on the George Washington Bridge. In 2016, the Supreme Court threw out the bribery conviction of former Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va.
The current cases grew out of the “Buffalo Billion” development project, which was intended to revitalize parts of Buffalo and other areas in upstate New York. But the project was a multiyear black cloud over the Cuomo administration and was frequently cited by critics as proof that Cuomo failed to address chronic corruption in state government, even within his own administration. Cuomo resigned in 2021 amid sexual harassment allegations.
In one case, the justices ruled for Joseph Percoco, a former aide so close to Cuomo that he was considered like a brother. Percoco was convicted of accepting money from companies seeking to influence the Cuomo administration as it worked on the “Buffalo Billion” project.
Percoco was ultimately sentenced to six years in prison, a conviction upheld on appeal. The case also involved Syracuse real estate executive Steven Aiello who paid Percoco for his assistance.
But the Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, said the jury in Percoco’s case was given improper instructions when it found him guilty of a wire fraud conspiracy count. Percoco was convicted “based on instructions that required the jury to determine whether he had a ‘special relationship’ with the government and had ‘dominated and controlled’ government business … We conclude that this is not the proper test,” Alito wrote.
In a statement, Percoco’s lawyer, Yaakov Roth, said his client’s prosecution was “an abuse of the federal fraud statutes.” He added: “We are gratified that the court agreed with our position that he was not a public official during the relevant time period, and so he did not violate federal law by acting on behalf of private clients.”
Roth said a lower court will have to determine whether his client’s two remaining convictions can survive after the Supreme Court’s ruling. But Percoco has finished serving his sentence, so the question is just whether the remaining convictions will stay on his record.
In the second case, which also involved Aiello, the court ruled for him and for developers Louis Ciminelli and Joseph Gerardi and Alain Kaloyeros, formerly one of Cuomo’s top economic development advisers. The court in an opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas said that the basis for their fraud convictions was faulty.
The group’s prison terms had been put on hold while their case was appealed and the decision makes it more likely that this is the end of the case. Alexandra Shapiro, who represented Aiello and Gerardi, said in a statement that her clients “feel greatly vindicated by the Supreme Court’s unanimous decisions in both cases.”
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2023-05-11T20:56:20+00:00
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kron4.com
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https://www.kron4.com/news/business/ap-business/supreme-court-sides-with-ex-cuomo-aide-others-convicted-of-corruption-related-to-buffalo-billion/
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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore general manager Eric DeCosta said Lamar Jackson’s situation isn’t causing the Ravens to look at quarterbacks differently in the upcoming draft, although he did say the team could conceivably take one in the first round.
DeCosta, coach John Harbaugh and director of player personnel Joe Hortiz hosted a pre-draft news conference Wednesday, and reporters were told to keep questions focused on the draft. Of course, Jackson’s status affects all aspects of the team’s future, and if he’s not a part of it, then Baltimore would need a quarterback.
“It just depends on the board,” DeCosta said when asked if taking a quarterback in the first round is a consideration. “I guess I’d have to say yes because we have quarterbacks in our top 31. So just based on that alone, simple math, I would have to say yes.”
As of now, the Ravens have the 22nd pick in the first round.
The Ravens put the franchise tag on Jackson last month, so if he were to reach an agreement with another team and Baltimore decided not to match it, the Ravens could receive two first-round picks in return. Jackson also announced recently that he’d requested a trade, and DeCosta wouldn’t comment Wednesday on the ramifications of that.
“I understand those questions,” he said. “I think we’ve spoken about this situation probably five different times this spring, in various different press conferences and stuff, so we’re going to try to just kind of defer to those questions and move forward to the draft.”
DeCosta said Jackson’s situation isn’t causing the team to look at quarterbacks differently than usual.
“I don’t think we really are,” DeCosta said. “We go into every draft trying to take any kind of bias out, any kind of need-based situation out of the draft equation. We really do try to build a board that’s really best player available, and that process involves really nine months, starting in early August.”
Of course, if Jackson were traded or signed with another team, that could add to Baltimore’s meager total of five picks in this month’s draft, but if DeCosta is hoping for a resolution on Jackson’s status before the draft, he wasn’t saying.
“I think the things that we can control are really getting the list, the draft board set, evaluating players as best as possible,” he said.
Alabama’s Bryce Young, Ohio State’s CJ Stroud, Kentucky’s Will Levis and Florida’s Anthony Richardson are the quarterbacks getting the most attention in the leadup to the draft. Richardson was impressive at the combine, and his running ability makes him an interesting option as a potential replacement for Jackson.
“Richardson’s got just raw physical talent, strong arm, athletic, big, physical,” Hortiz said. “Probably the least experienced of the four of them, but has a chance to really blossom and develop.”
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2023-04-06T11:43:58+00:00
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mytwintiers.com
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https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/ravens-gm-jacksons-status-doesnt-affect-draft-prep/
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Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have asked GOP megadonor Harlan Crow to provide a list of gifts and trips he gave Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as scrutiny grows over their friendship.
In letters sent to Crow and the holding companies that own his private jet, yacht and Adirondacks property on Monday, the lawmakers asked for the full accounting by May 22.
The request follows a series of ProPublica reports that found Thomas accepted undisclosed luxury trips from Crow. ProPublica also reported that Crow bought a string of properties owned by Thomas and his family and paid for the private school tuition of Thomas’s great-nephew.
“Recent investigative reporting has identified multiple instances in which you or entities you own or control have made payments, purchased real estate, or provided gifts, travel, or other items of value to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and members of his family,” the letter to Crow states.
Thomas had defended not disclosing the trips, arguing they fell under a “personal hospitality” exception under federal ethics laws that was recently clarified.
Democrats have expressed outrage at the recent reports and desire for an outside intervention at the Supreme Court to require the justices to establish a binding code of ethics.
“According to recent reports, individuals who may have had business interests or other interests before the Supreme Court have been able to gain personal and private access to Justices during occasions where Justices have accepted gifts of transportation or travel,” reads the letter sent to the entity that owns Crow’s yacht.
“These revelations include the transportation Rochelle Marine Ltd. gifted Justice Thomas on the Michaela Rose,” the letter continued. “Regardless of the intentions behind this travel, if these gifts enabled those with interests before the Court to have private access to a Justice, it is a matter of significant public concern.”
“We look forward to responding to Chairman Durbin’s letter in due course,” Crow’s office said in a statement.
The letters follow a similar request from the Senate Finance Committee. Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) also asked for a full accounting of gifts Crow gave to Thomas, questioning whether Crow fully complied with federal tax laws.
“Late last night, Chairman Wyden received an obstructive letter from an attorney representing Harlan Crow. The letter refused to provide answers to the questions Chairman Wyden put forward on April 24. The Finance Committee will respond shortly,” committee spokesperson Ryan Carey said in a statement on Tuesday.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) had invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify on Supreme Court ethics at a hearing last week, but Roberts declined to do so or send another justice in his place.
Instead, Roberts provided the committee with a “Statement of Ethics Principles and Practices” that outlines how the justices consult a variety of authorities to decide ethical dilemmas.
At the hearing, Democrats vowed to move ahead with their push for a binding code of conduct, while many Republicans portrayed the effort as a tactic to tear down Thomas and the high court’s conservative majority. They have also taken aim at ethics controversies involving the court’s liberal justices.
This story was updated at 11:52 a.m.
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2023-05-09T17:03:14+00:00
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wearegreenbay.com
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https://www.wearegreenbay.com/hill-politics/senate-judiciary-committee-asks-gop-megadonor-for-full-accounting-of-gifts-to-thomas/
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(NEXSTAR) – One of Dunkin’s seasonal drinks isn’t so seasonal anymore.
The coffee-and-doughnut chain announced Friday that its Butter Pecan Swirl coffee items, which were normally offered for a limited time only during the spring, will now be permanent fixtures of the Dunkin’ menu starting April 26.
“On the 10-year anniversary of Butter Pecan Swirl’s debut, we knew it was time to make this
adored flavor a core menu staple,” said Jill McVicar Nelson, Dunkin’s chief marketing officer, in a press release issued Friday.
McVicar noted that Butter Pecan Swirl was added to Dunkin’s permanent offerings following requests from customers and social media users. A representative for Dunkin, in an email to Nexstar, also cited two petitions to bring back the flavor on Change.org, which together garnered just over 2,200 signatures.
The chain further claimed that Butter Pecan Swirl was the “second most sought-after” Dunkin’ flavor after Pumpkin.
The Butter Pecan Swirl — essentially a sweetened blend of flavorings and dairy featuring “notes of butter roasted pecan and sweet cream” — can be added to hot or iced coffee drinks, espresso, frozen drinks, hot chocolate and cold brew, according to Dunkin’.
Additional “pecan news” will also be announced later this month, Dunkin’ teased.
News of the Butter Pecan Swirl’s addition to Dunkin’s permanent menu, meanwhile, comes approximately a month after Dunkin’ confirmed its Dunkaccino had officially been discontinued. The drink, which featured coffee and hot chocolate flavors, had been a staple of the menu for over two decades.
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2023-04-14T17:11:59+00:00
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upmatters.com
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https://www.upmatters.com/news/national/dunkin-adding-adored-seasonal-drink-to-year-round-menu-after-10-years/
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Mercy introduces innovation center for aging & dementia
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Mercy Cedar Rapids opened a new center last month in order to better serve a certain group of people. On Thursday, they held an official ribbon cutting for The Chris & Suzy DeWolf Family Innovation Center for Aging & Dementia by Mercy. Officials say with this new building they aim to serve a number of elderly people in the area.
It’s unique in that it’s attached to HallMar Village, a 237-residence senior living community that will open this fall. That makes the Center the only known innovation center in the U.S. connected to a senior living community.
Not only can those future residents have easier access to the services offered, but so can their caregivers.
“We have brought together a number of components that will provide services to the residents at HallMar Village, but also to people in the community coming in to our memory clinic,” said Center Director, Kathy Good.
Resources include services on mental health, support for caregivers, adult day programs for those with early-stage dementia, as well as kiosks that allow easy access to products and information to enhance the lives older adults and those living with dementia.
Copyright 2023 KCRG. All rights reserved.
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2023-06-22T22:58:50+00:00
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kcrg.com
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https://www.kcrg.com/2023/06/22/mercy-introduces-innovation-center-aging-dementia/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a California man who was found with a gun, knife and pepper spray near the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after telling police he was planning to kill the justice, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, Calif., was charged in a single-count indictment with attempting to murder a Justice of the United States.
Prosecutors say Roske traveled from California to the justice's home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with the intent of killing Kavanaugh. Roske pulled up near the home in a taxi shortly after 1 a.m. on June 8 carrying a suitcase with a gun and ammunition, a tactical chest rig with pepper spray and a knife, and a flashlight, a laser, a thermal monocular and other burglary tools, according to court papers.
Federal officials have said Roske said he purchased the gun to kill Kavanaugh and also planned to kill himself. He was arrested by police in Montgomery County, Maryland, after he called 911 and told a police dispatcher he was near Kavanaugh's home and wanted to take his own life.
Roske told police he was upset by a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court is about to overrule Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion case. He also said he was upset over the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, and believed Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun control laws, according to prosecutors.
When he got out of the taxi, Roske was spotted by two U.S. Marshals who are part of round-the-clock security provided to the justices following the leak of the draft opinion last month. But Roske was only apprehended after he called 911 and said he was having suicidal thoughts and planned to kill Kavanaugh, having found the justice’s address online. Roske was still on the phone when Montgomery County police arrived on the scene.
Andrew Szekely, a federal public defender who is representing Roske, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the indictment. He previously declined to comment on the case after Roske's first court appearance, the day of his arrest.
The indictment comes one day after the House gave final approval to legislation that would allow around-the-clock security protection for families of Supreme Court justices.
The Senate passed the bill unanimously last month, but it languished in the House as Democrats sought to broaden the measure to include protection for families of court employees. Republicans ramped up pressure to pass the bill after Roske's arrest at Kavanaugh’s house.
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2022-06-15T23:07:26+00:00
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sfgate.com
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Feds-indict-Calif-man-found-with-gun-near-17244488.php
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Ms. Lawhon has nearly 20 years of oncology drug development, partner engagement and corporate strategy leadership experience
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biotheryx, Inc., a clinical stage company discovering and developing a portfolio of innovative small molecule targeted protein degraders (TPDs) in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced the appointment of Tracy Lawhon, J.D., as Chief Development Officer (CDO).
"We are thrilled to welcome Tracy to Biotheryx as our Chief Development Officer," said Philippe Drouet, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Biotheryx. "She brings a tremendous depth of expertise, having led drug development and other strategic initiatives at clinical and commercial stage biopharmaceutical companies, and she shares our commitment to advancing new medicines for people with cancer and other diseases. I am confident that Tracy's entrepreneurial approach and knowledge will enhance our development strategy and capabilities as we progress our pipeline of TPDs."
"I am honored to join the protein degradation pioneers at Biotheryx and help build it into a leading next-generation TPD company to better support patients with cancers and other serious diseases," said Ms. Lawhon. "The Company's pipeline and proprietary PRODEGY platform show great potential, and I am excited to collaborate with the talented Biotheryx team to bring innovative new therapies to patients."
Ms. Lawhon previously served as Vice President of Strategic Development and Clinical Operations at Valo Health Inc., where she co-led clinical development and led pharmaceutical sciences using real world data and modeling to advance two cardiovascular/metabolism assets into Phase 2 development and led pharmaceutical sciences through acquisition and IND-enabling development of a biologic for oncology. Prior, Ms. Lawhon was a founding executive at Adastra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Tragara), where she held roles including Chief Operating Officer, Interim CEO and CDO. During her tenure, she drove the strategic and operational development of drug candidates and designed and executed regulatory strategies and submissions for multiple IND applications. Ms. Lawhon also held leadership roles at Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals, Novartis and Schering-Plough Research Institute. She earned her J.D. from Indiana University School of Law and B.S. in Microbiology from Indiana University.
Biotheryx is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company discovering and developing a portfolio of innovative small molecule targeted protein degraders (TPDs) in areas of high unmet medical need, with an initial focus on cancer. Members of our founding and scientific teams previously developed the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved modulators of Cereblon, the most widely validated E3 ligase involved in protein degradation, and have applied their expertise in Cereblon binding to build our proprietary PRODEGY platform. Our lead product candidate, BTX-1188, is a rationally designed dual-targeting molecular glue degrader of GSPT1 and IKZF1/3, which we are currently developing in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in acute myeloid leukemia and solid tumor patients. Our broad and growing pipeline includes degraders of SOS1 for KRAS mutant cancers and CDK2/4/6 for solid tumors, with a goal of submitting three additional investigational new drug (IND) applications to the FDA over the next three years. For more information, please visit www.biotheryx.com and engage with us on LinkedIn.
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2022-08-24T12:33:46+00:00
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kxii.com
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https://www.kxii.com/prnewswire/2022/08/24/biotheryx-announces-appointment-tracy-lawhon-chief-development-officer/
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Captured mafia boss was working undercover as pizza maker, authorities say
(CNN) – A mafia boss who was working undercover as a pizza maker was captured after evading authorities for 16 years, according to French officials.
The anti-mafia police said 63-year-old Edgardo Greco was caught working as a pizzaiolo in Saint-Etienne last week.
Greco was part of the ‘Ndrangheta (Calabria mafia) and sentenced in absentia for the murder of two brothers from a rival clan in the 1990s. The men are presumed to have been dissolved in acid based on the testimony of turncoats.
The anti-mafia police said Greco was convicted for the murder of brothers Stefano and Giuseppe Bartolomeo.
While in France, Greco had adopted a new identity, Paolo Dimitrio, despite being on Italy’s most wanted list since 2006.
The Italian press reported Greco was even featured in a local French paper as “an authentic Italian pizza maker.”
Authorities said he was arrested on an Interpol arrest warrant and will likely be extradited to Italy.
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2023-02-02T23:32:14+00:00
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uppermichiganssource.com
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https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2023/02/02/captured-mafia-boss-was-working-undercover-pizza-maker-authorities-say/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden's agenda to address climate change.
The legislation would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, and ease permitting restrictions that delay pipelines, refineries and other projects. It would boost production of critical minerals such as lithium, nickel and cobalt that are used in electric vehicles, computers, cellphones and other products.
By a 225-204 vote, the House sent the measure to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called it “dead on arrival.” Four Democrats joined with all but one Republican to support the bill.
Biden has threatened to veto the bill, saying it would replace "pro-consumer policies" adopted in the landmark climate law approved last year "with a thinly veiled license to pollute.'' The bill would roll back Democratic investments in clean energy and "pad oil and gas company profits,'' the White House said.
Republicans call the bill the "Lower Energy Costs Act" and gave it the symbolic label H.R. 1 — the top legislative priority of the new GOP majority, which took control of the House in January.
The measure combines dozens of separate proposals and represents more than two years of work by Republicans who have chafed at Biden's environmental agenda. They say Biden's efforts have thwarted U.S. energy production and increased costs at the gas pump and grocery store.
“Families are struggling because of President Biden's war on American energy,'' said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., one of the bill's main authors.
The GOP bill will “unleash" abundant U.S. natural resources "so we can produce energy in America,'' Scalise said. “We don't have to be addicted to foreign countries that don't like us.''
Democrats called the bill a giveaway to big oil companies.
"Republicans refuse to hold polluters accountable for the damage they cause to our air, our water, our communities and our climate,'' said New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
“While Democrats delivered historic wins for the American people by passing historic climate legislation, Republicans are actively working to undermine that progress and do the bidding of their polluter friends,″ Pallone said.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said the bill “restores American energy leadership by repealing unnecessary taxes and overregulation on American energy producers,'' and "makes it easier to build things in America'' by placing a two-year time limit on environmental reviews that now take an average of seven years.
“Every time we need a pipeline, a road or a dam, it gets held up five to seven years and adds millions of dollars in costs for the project to comply with Washington’s permitting process,'' McCarthy said in speech on the House floor. “It’s too long, it’s unaffordable, it’s not based on science and it’s holding us back.''
He pointed to a project to modify and improve Lake Isabella Dam in his central California district that has lasted 18 years and still is not completed.
“Permitting reform isn’t for everyone,'' McCarthy added. “If you like paying more at the pump, you don’t want to make it faster for American workers to build more pipelines. If you’re China, you’d rather America sit back and let others lead. And if you’re a bureaucrat, maybe you really do enjoy reading the 600-page environmental impact studies.''
Most Americans want lower prices and more U.S. energy production, McCarthy said — results he said the bill will deliver.
Democrats called that misleading and said the GOP plan was a thinly disguised effort to reward oil companies and other energy producers that have contributed millions of dollars to GOP campaigns.
Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, derided the bill as the “Polluters Over People Act'' and “a nearly 200-page love letter to polluting industries.''
Instead of reining in "Big Oil" companies that have reported record profits while "hoarding thousands of unused leases'' on public lands and waters, the GOP bill lowers royalty rates paid by energy producers and reinstates noncompetitive leasing of public lands, Grijalva said.
The bill also gives mining companies “a veritable free-for-all on our public lands” and “makes mockery of tribal consultation'' required under federal law, he said.
Under the GOP plan, mining companies will “destroy sacred and special places" throughout the West, "ruin the landscape and leave behind a toxic mess that pollutes our water and hurts our health — all without paying a cent to the American people,'' Grijalva said.
Schumer called the measure “a giveaway to Big Oil pretending to be an energy package.”
The House energy package “would gut important environmental safeguards on fossil fuel projects,'' locking America "into expensive, erratic and dirty energy sources while setting us back more than a decade on our transition to clean energy,'' Schumer said.
Schumer said he supports streamlining the nation's cumbersome permitting process for energy projects, especially those that will deliver “clean energy” such as wind, solar and geothermal power. “But the Republican plan falls woefully short on this front as well,'' he said, calling on Republicans to back reforms that would help ease the transition to renewable energy and accelerate construction of transmission lines to bolster the nation's aging power grid.
Schumer and other Democrats said the Republican bill would repeal a new $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and other parts of the climate and health care law passed by Democrats last year. The bill also would eliminate a new tax on methane pollution.
Four Democrats voted in favor of the bill: Reps. Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzales of Texas, Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., opposed the bill.
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2023-03-30T17:00:15+00:00
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springfieldnewssun.com
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https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/nation-world/house-gop-approves-broad-bill-to-unleash-american-energy/NO6XVBSHKREKPOJTIXDMF4COPU/
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BOSTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The Massachusetts State Police have been on alert this Fourth of July weekend, making sure the problem with illegal fireworks is down to a minimum.
However, the problem exists and so must law enforcement. Troopers have issued summonses to over 30 people who transported fireworks into Massachusetts.
Fireworks are illegal to possess in Massachusetts and are the cause of many fires and injuries.
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2022-07-02T19:56:16+00:00
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wwlp.com
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https://www.wwlp.com/news/top-stories/30-people-arrested-by-mass-state-police-for-transportation-of-fireworks-into-massachusetts/
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