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(The Hill) — An internal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report examining what went wrong with the federal government’s response to the infant formula shortage earlier this year found 15 different areas where the FDA could have better managed the crisis.
The report from Steven Solomon, director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, recommended the agency update emergency response systems, increase staff training and modernize information technology, among other changes.
Solomon has been at the FDA for 32 years, 23 of which he spent in the agency’s Office of Regulatory Affairs, which houses the FDA’s inspectional programs.
The infant formula shortage drew national headlines earlier this year as families scrambled to get the product for their young before the shortage eased in the summer.
The FDA report says agents who inspect infant formula plants need more training and investigators who are part of the foods division of the federal agency are understaffed.
Solomon also found fault on the FDA’s communication and coordination efforts on managing the crisis, citing “inadequate processes and lack of clarity” on handling whistleblower complaints; and outdated information systems where reports and product complaints are submitted.
Solomon said many of the findings he has outlined, along with the recommendations to fix them, are already being addressed.
“This is one of our most important obligations,” Solomon wrote. “As public health servants, our commitment to protecting the nation’s food supply should be never-ending.”
The formula shortage was sparked primarily by the shutdown of a major production plant earlier this year run by Abbott Nutrition in Michigan.
The plant was shut down after the Cronobacter pathogen was detected in the pathogen supply and led to at least four infant illnesses.
One of Solomon’s solutions includes increasing understanding about Cronobacter, finding “scientific gaps” in understanding the bacteria’s contamination and illness capabilities.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Neptune and its rings haven’t looked this good in decades.
NASA released new glamour shots of our solar system’s outermost planet Wednesday taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The pictures taken in July show not only Neptune’s thin rings but its faint dust bands, never before observed in the infrared, as well as seven of its 14 known moons.
Webb showed Jupiter at its best in a series of fresh photos released last month.
Launched less than a year ago, the $10 billion Webb is spending most of its time peering much deeper into the universe. Astronomers hope to see back to almost the beginning of time when the first stars and galaxies were forming.
NASA’s Voyager 2 was the first spacecraft to see Neptune in all its gaseous glory during a 1989 flyby. No other spacecraft have visited the icy, blue planet. So it’s been three decades since astronomers last saw these rings with such detail and clarity, said the Space Science Institute’s Heidi Hammel, a planetary astronomer working with Webb.
Hammel tweeted that she wept when she saw the rings, yelling and making “my kids, my mom, even my cats look.”
Webb is the world’s biggest, most powerful telescope, operating 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth. It rocketed into space last December.
The observatory is in good health, according to NASA, except for one item.
NASA reported this week that a mechanism on one of Webb’s instruments showed signs of increased friction late last month in one of four observing modes. Observations are on hold in this one particular observing track, as a review board decides on a path forward.
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President Biden on Tuesday responded to reports that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was possibly sending migrants from Texas to Delaware by quipping that the governor ought to stop by himself.
“He should come visit. We have a beautiful shoreline,” Biden told reporters.
The White House said earlier on Tuesday that the administration is coordinating with state officials and local service providers in Delaware to ensure they are prepared to welcome migrant families upon their arrival.
Biden noted differences between his and the previous administration’s strategy along the southern border in defending his policies.
“There are fewer and fewer immigrants coming from Central America and from Mexico. It’s a totally different circumstance. What’s on my watch now is Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, and the ability to send them back to those states is not rational,” Biden said when asked about the influx of migrants.
The president added that his administration is working with Mexico and other countries to see if they can stop the flow.
The number of arrests along the southwestern border in the past year recently hit 2 million, a new record, heating up the debate about the border.
In the president’s home state of Delaware, officials are bracing for the arrival of migrants after reports noted that the same type of plane DeSantis used to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., last week was also scheduled to depart from Texas on Tuesday. The flight appears to be delayed so far, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) have been flying and bussing migrants to sanctuary jurisdictions in cities run by Democrats. Last week, Abbott sent migrants to the doorstep of Vice President Harris’s home in Washington, D.C.
Updated at 1:57 p.m.
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UPDATE 09/22/2022: Three men were indicted in the April shooting at a Broussard Gas station.
Christopher Wayne King, 23, of New Iberia, and Rico Lapaul Gabriel, 42, of St. Martinville, were indicted on a second-degree murder charge. They are accused of killing 19-year-old Terrell Marshaun Fontenette Jr.
Dazjhalun Jakwanze Charles, 25, of Jeanerette, was indicted on a charge of principal to second-degree murder.
BROUSSARD, La. (KLFY) – Broussard Police are investigating the city’s second homicide this year. It happened at a convenience store parking lot, on one of the busiest roads in Lafayette Parish. So far, there are no suspects.
The morning after after a man was found shot to death at the ‘On the Run’ convenience store and gas station, at the intersection of Ambassador Caffery and Bonin Road, it was businesses as usual. No evidence of the crime that was committed.
“Upon arrival we discovered there was a male deceased in the vehicle, as a result of a homicide,” said Broussard Police Chief Vance Olivier.
Officers responded there shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday night. They found the man dead in a car from a gunshot wound. Police believe the shooting occurred in the parking lot. Foul play is suspected.
The shooting victim has been identified as Terrell Marshaun Fontenette, Jr., 19, of Iberia Parish.
“We’re sifting through, if there were witnesses. We have some name of some who may have witnessed something. Our detectives are going through that information right now, to make sure they don’t have any vital information on the case,” said Olivier.
The convenience store has several video surveillance cameras outside Olivier says investigators are attempting to get a copy of the video, so they can get the information they need to identify a suspect.
“I think it’s very important because it helps you identify potential suspects that are involved in the case. These days, there are video cameras everywhere. It’s very important that we get this information to sift through it, to see our suspects, and know what took place,” said Olivier.
If you have any information that will help investigators solve the case, please call Broussard Police or Crime Stoppers.
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ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) — An Abbeville 5th grader battling brain cancer and his mother are speaking out about bullying at his school. They say since school has returned to in-person classes, he has become a target.
Aiden Paul was only 9-years-old when he underwent a 13-hour surgery to remove a tumor the size of an orange on his brain stem. It was later discovered through a biopsy that he had stage 4 brain cancer.
While the last three years of his life have been extremely tough, he is now facing another battle due to the cancer.
Aiden, now 12, was excited to start his first day of 5th grade at Herod Elementary in Abbeville. However, his first time back at school since being diagnosed with brain cancer has not been what he expected.
“People have been bullying me, hurting me, calling me names.”
“There were children pointing and staring. There were girls in the gym in the morning snickering and whispering while pointing at him,” Aiden’s mother, Stephiney Leleux Granger, told News Ten.
“The first few days, I just went to the principal and then I just started standing up for myself,” Aiden added.
He says standing up for himself came with backlash from bullies.
“The kid stood up, walked towards me and slammed me down to the ground. I thought I was going to die,” Aiden recalled.
“Aiden came home and basically told me that he didn’t feel like he deserved to live. That really hit me very hard after all the fighting that we’ve been doing. He’s literally been fighting for his life for years now,” his mother said.
Granger says she has been meeting with the school’s principal and teachers, and together they have helped Aiden build an alliance. Some students even sent him heartfelt letters after learning what he has been going through.
“Hi, Aiden. Sorry about what you have gone through. It hurts me that you have to get bullied, but if someone bullies you, just tell me and I’ll talk to them and then I will tell a teacher,” one student wrote.
As September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Aiden’s mother also asked the school’s staff to educate students about Aiden’s struggles. She asks parents to educate their children as well, hoping this will lead to a change.
“I don’t feel like it’s fair that he is getting treated this way after what he’s been through, and I don’t want him to feel like he isn’t deserving of the life he fought for or that he isn’t deserving of being treated like a normal child,” she said.
Aiden also sent a powerful message to any other child experiencing bullying.
“Stay strong. Don’t let anyone break you down.”
News Ten did reach out to Herod Elementary School. The principal says, “We are extremely proud of our student who has so bravely fought cancer that plagued his body, and we were excited for his return to school. We will continue to do everything we can to ensure that he, along with all of our students, feel safe and valued.
In March of this year, Aiden’s doctors found seven more spots on his brain. Doctors are currently doing a biopsy. In October, Aiden and his mom will find out if the spots are progressing.
You can follow Aiden’s journey to recovery on their Facebook page.
You can also donate to help Aiden’s family with medical expenses on PayPal and Venmo.
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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A woman was stabbed after refusing to go on a date with a man in Central City. According to the New Orleans Police Department, the stabbing happened shortly after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 2600 block of Erato Street.
The NOPD’s Major Offense Log reports that the victim, a 35-year-old woman was sitting in her car when the unidentified male suspect approached her vehicle and asked her on a date. When the victim refused, the man pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed her in the leg. The suspect then ran away.
The woman was able to take herself to the hospital to be treated for her injuries. Her condition was not disclosed.
The NOPD describes the suspect in the incident to be a Hispanic male. Police have not located him and do not have any other information.
Anyone with information on the incident or where the suspect is can call the NOPD Sixth District detectives at (504) 658-6060. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crimestoppers GNO by calling 504-822-1111 or clicking here to submit a tip online.
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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Welcome to the first day of fall in the Ark-La-Tex, where temperatures are still in the 90s and coffee is still best enjoyed indoors.
It may be too hot to break out your favorite winter sweater, but you can celebrate the southern autumn by making these delicious fall-themed popsicles.
Happy autumn equinox!
½ cup heavy cream
Salted Bourbon Caramel Popsicles
1/4 tsp cinnamon
½ cup melted caramel
1 1/2 cups whole milk
½ tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup bourbon
¼ tsp salt
Mix ingredients, fill popsicle molds, position popsicle sticks, freeze and enjoy.
1 frozen banana
Spiced Coffee Popsicles
½ tbsp instant coffee
½ cup sweetened condensed milk
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Mix ingredients, fill popsicle molds, position popsicle sticks, freeze and enjoy.
½ cup pumpkin pie filling
Pumpkin pie pops
¾ cups milk
½ box instant vanilla pudding
1/8 txp nutmeg
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp allspice
1/8 tsp allspice
¼ tsp ginger
Mix ingredients, fill popsicle molds, position popsicle sticks, freeze and enjoy!
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(KTLA) – Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department alerted the community to a viral TikTok challenge that encourages the theft of Kia and Hyundai vehicles.
One in five vehicle thefts this year have been a Kia or Hyundai, police said, and officials believe it is in part due to the lack of an “immobilizer,” an anti-theft device that’s absent from key-started Kias and Hyundais manufactured between 2011 and 2021.
With the immobilizer’s absence, the cars can be stolen with only a USB cable and a screwdriver.
On Wednesday, Orange County attorney Jonathan Michaels filed a class-action lawsuit against Kia America and Hyundai Motor America. The two companies operate independently, but Kia’s parent company is Hyundai.
The lawsuit claims the decision by both companies to rely on older technology led to an increase in thefts and an ensuing loss of value on the resale market.
“It’s just like one of the old-fashioned keys from the 1960s, just an actual key. They’re the only manufacturer that we know of that makes a car that doesn’t have an engine immobilizer,” Michaels said.
Michaels estimated that there are 10 million vehicles that lack an immobilizer, and each vehicle would cost about $500 to fix.
“That’s about a $5 billion recall,” he said.
Kia and Hyundai declined to comment on pending litigation, though they said they’re working with police on the issue.
The trend of Kia and Hyundai car thefts has been felt around the country.
Earlier this year, Alissa Smart of Indiana told Nexstar’s WXIN she believes the TikTok challenge is to blame for an attempted theft of her Kia.
In Norfolk, Virginia, police have observed a 35% increase in Kia and Hyundai thefts in the first half of July alone, WAVY reported. And police in other municipalities, like Beloit, Wisconsin, and Kentwood, Michigan, are urging Kia and Hyundai owners to take extra precautions.
Thieves have been exploiting the immobilizer flaw, and some are posting their illegal antics online, Sgt. Eric Brunner of the Kent County Sheriff’s Department in Michigan told Nexstar’s WOOD. Rick Ricart, of Ricart Automotive in Ohio, told WCMH that no less than 30 Kia and Hyundai cars had been towed to his shop for service during one week in June, all with damage to the steering columns.
Smart, the break-in victim in Indiana, also told WXIN she doesn’t think TikTok should allow the type of content that may possibly result in further break-ins.
“This trend absolutely makes me feel disgusted,” she said. “It’s really beyond me that people think it’s OK to post criminal acts, let alone participate in them after seeing them online.”
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S. military history has been arrested in Venezuela after fleeing before his sentencing, authorities said Wednesday.
The international manhunt for Leonard Glenn Francis ended with his arrest by Venezuelan authorities Tuesday morning at the Caracas airport as he was about to board an airplane for another country, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Interpol Venezuela Director General Carlos Garate Rondon said in a statement posted on Instagram that Francis came to Venezuela from Mexico. Rondon said he was headed to Russia.
The arrest came on the eve of his scheduled sentencing in a federal court in California for a bribery scheme that lasted more than a decade and involved dozens of U.S. Navy officers.
There was no immediate word on when he might be extradited to the United States.
Francis was under home arrest in San Diego when he cut off his GPS ankle bracelet and escaped on Sept. 4. Ten U.S. agencies searched for Francis and authorities issued a $40,000 reward for his arrest.
U.S. authorities also issued a red notice, which asks law enforcement worldwide to provisionally arrest someone with the possibility of extradition. Malaysia and Singapore both have extradition agreements with the United States.
Francis pleaded guilty in 2015 to offering prostitution services, luxury hotels, cigars, gourmet meals and more than $500,000 in bribes to Navy officials and others to help his Singapore-based ship servicing company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd. or GDMA. Prosecutors said the company overcharged the Navy by at least $35 million for servicing ships, many of which were routed to ports he controlled in the Pacific.
Francis had been allowed to remain in home confinement to receive medical care while he cooperated with the prosecution. With his help, prosecutors secured convictions of 33 of 34 defendants, including more than two dozen Navy officers.
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NACO, Ariz. (NewsNation) — Amid the rise of fentanyl being trafficked across the U.S.-Mexico border and into communities across America, two congressmen have introduced a bill to make the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death a felony murder offense.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales introduced the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act, Rubio was joined by 13 Republican co-sponsors on the Senate side.
“Sign for America to come together and keep our kids safe, and part of that is making sure fentanyl isn’t on our streets,” Gonzales told NewsNation. “The other part of that is to make sure that anyone that does put fentanyl on our streets has the book thrown at them, that they’re held to the highest levels of legal cause for that.”
The Nogales, Arizona port of entry has seized a large majority of the fentanyl coming across the southern border — 5.1 million pills and more than 42.2 pounds of fentanyl powder have been seized since Aug. 1.
The Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a warning for “rainbow” fentanyl,” pills that look like candy but have a powerful synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. The agency also claims the drug is present in 18 states — meaning hundreds of thousands of pills are getting past CBP officers, Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement agencies.
“Fentanyl is killing Americans at a record high,” Rubio said in a statement. “This deadly drug is widespread throughout our country and has left no community untouched. This bill would make drug dealers pay the price for selling deadly fentanyl.”
Fentanyl overdoses resulted in about 71,000 deaths in the United States in 2021, up from about 58,000 the year before, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The synthetic opioid is a major driver of the rising rate of drug overdose deaths in the U.S., which reached record highs in 2021.
Rubio said in his announcement that fentanyl use is the leading cause of death among Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. The Associated Press has debunked similar claims that fentanyl is the leading cause of death among U.S. adults. Both heart disease and cancer kill more people, according to the CDC.
Several Republican lawmakers have reiterated the claim in recent months, as they have proposed legislation to address the drug’s impact, such as Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) while pitching legislation in June to classify fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order that designated cartels as terrorist organizations. He directed Texas DPS to dismantle any gang activity and any cartel-related activity.
This comes as Abbott says that Texas DPS has seized enough fentanyl to kill everybody in the entire United States. He says that has been happening since Operation Lonestar began last year.
The Hill contributed to this report.
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BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A teacher in Bradenton, Florida, was removed from his Bradenton High School classroom after a viral TikTok appeared to show him berating a Latino student who apparently did not stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Manatee County School District confirmed the man shown in the video was removed from the classroom on Wednesday, but would not share his identity. A statement from the school district said the teacher no longer has contact with students and the district’s Office of Professional Standards is investigating the incident.
The TikTok, which has since garnered over 90,000 likes, is captioned “my friend didn’t stand for the pledge and this is what the teacher said [laughing emoji]”. It shows a white male teacher standing over a male student who appears to be Latino.
“If you wanna do something, get up and do it,” the teacher said. “I will defend my country until the very end.”
“I won’t hurt you,” the teenager said.
The teacher then begins to tell the student to go back to where he came from and asks if he’s Mexican or Guatemalan. The student replied, “I was born here.”
“You don’t stand up for the flag?” The teacher asked. And then the Tik Tok ends.
TikTok commenters have speculated about the identity of the teacher, but the Manatee County School District did not confirm his name on Thursday. News Channel 8 has reached out to the TikTok user who posted the video for additional context.
“The School District of Manatee County strongly condemns any language or behavior that degrades, humiliates or insults any individuals,” the school district said in a statement. “Most especially the young people, families and community we have the privilege of serving.”
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(WXYZ) — Cancer death rates continue to fall in the U.S. There are now 18 million cancer survivors living in the U.S., compared to 3 million in 1971.
As a physician, telling a patient they have cancer is a difficult part of my profession. When they hear the diagnosis, they often become afraid and immediately think it’s a death sentence. So that’s why I’m excited to talk about this new report from the American Association for Cancer Research.
It says that the five-year overall survival rate increased from 49% in the mid-1970s to almost 70% from 2011 to 2017. And deaths dropped by nearly 3.5 million between 1991 and 2019.
Now, what’s behind the decline in cancer deaths?
I’m happy to say that cancer researchers have been making scientific advances that improve, extend, and save lives. There have been significant strides in treatments, diagnostic tools, and prevention strategies.
For example, the use of immunotherapies has really expanded. Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses a person's own immune system to fight cancer. There are several types but immune checkpoint inhibitors are newer drugs that help your immune system find and attack cancer cells. The first one was approved in 2011. Since then, the FDA has approved eight other immune checkpoint inhibitors for 18 types of cancer.
Also, the agency expanded the use of 10 anticancer therapeutics - medications to treat new cancer types. And they also approved two new diagnostic imaging agents.
Early diagnosis gives patients the best odds of surviving. Because if left too late, cancer can spread to other body parts. Despite these advances in cancer treatments, it’s expected that more than 600,000 Americans will die from cancer this year alone. And by 2040, the number of new cancer cases per year is expected to jump to 2.3 million.
So it’s imperative that people see their doctors for routine screenings for common cancers like breast, prostate, and colon cancer. Also, people need to know that roughly 40% of cancer cases are attributable to preventable risk factors. So if you smoke, please quit.
Data shows declines in smoking combined with improvements in catching and treating cancer early are making an impact. It’s also important for people to eat healthily, exercise regularly, drink in moderation, and maintain a healthy weight.
There’s no sure way to avoid cancer, but you can reduce your risk by living a healthy active lifestyle.
On the next Dr. Nandi Show, can love and romance help you live longer? Join Dr. Nandi, M.D. as he explores the connection between emotional, mental and physical health. He speaks with a husband and wife who have been married for almost 60 years to learn their secrets to longevity. Plus, relationship experts explain the importance of communication, staying connected socially as you age, keeping the passion alive after losing a partner, and understanding how romance and love impact health. Tune in this Sunday, September 25th at 1 pm.
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ONEONTA, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man is facing a reckless manslaughter charge after his 2-year-old grandson died when he was left in a hot vehicle for seven hours, authorities said Wednesday.
Two-year-old Ian Wiesman died Tuesday after being left inside a truck for seven hours as late summer temperatures hovered around 90 degrees (32 Celsius), authorities said. William “Bill” Wiesman, 56, is being charged with reckless manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for the death of his grandson, authorities said.
Bill Wiesman told authorities he thought he had dropped his grandson at day care that morning, and did not notice the child still strapped in a car seat as he went to work. Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey said Wiesman returned to the truck three times that day but told authorities he did not notice the child.
The toddler, who was strapped in a forward-facing car seat behind the driver’s seat, was discovered when Weisman drove to the day care around 3 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said.
“He went back to the day care thinking he had left the child there but had been in the vehicle three times that day from the time he picked the child up until the time he returned to the day care,” Casey said.
The district attorney announced the arrest warrants during a news conference. The charges indicate authorities believe the child’s death was unintentional. “These are not intentional acts. These are negligent acts and or reckless acts,” Casey said of the charges. She said the investigation is ongoing.
It is unclear if Wiesman has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Casey, the mother of two young children, fought back tears when asked about the emotions surrounding the child’s death. “It’s awful. My heart breaks for this family,” she said.
At least 28 children left inside vehicles have died this year in the U.S., including six this month, according to a website that tracks such cases, kidsandcars.org.
“I believe everyone I saw on the scene has children, so it’s extremely difficult to be involved in something like that,” Oneonta Police Chief Charles Clifton told reporters during a briefing.
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(NewsNation) — This past August, Homebuyer.com released a study detailing the 15 cheapest and five most expensive places to buy a home in 2022.
Research on mortgage rates is especially important right now as the Federal Reserve tries to cool what has been the hottest U.S. inflation rate in four decades.
It’s an economic trickle-down felt hardest by consumers as 60% of the country now lives paycheck-to-paycheck, dealing with everything from escalating grocery bills and rent to surging utility costs.
Home ownership is no different: Used home sales slowed for the seventh consecutive month in August, while mortgage rates in the U.S reached their highest levels since 2008.
To determine which states are the most and least expensive to purchase a home, these lists factor in not only the state’s economic standing among other states, but also income data and home prices, then determines each state’s rank based on the average percentage of income it takes to cover monthly mortgage costs.
Here are the cheapest states to buy a home in 2022:
1. Iowa
- Median Home Price: $147,800
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $702
Iowa came into the top spot among the cheapest states in which to purchase a home because in Iowa, it only requires 10.6% of the average median household income to do so.
The largest housing markets in Iowa include Des Moines, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids.
2. Indiana
- Median Home Price: $141,700
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $673.23
In second place is another Midwestern state, Indiana. Only requiring 11.03% of the average median income to buy a house, home buyers can pick between the state’s farmlands or cities including Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Evansville.
See mortgage rates in Indiana.
3. Ohio
- Median Home Price: $145,700
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $692.24
Making an even stronger case for the Midwest is the Buckeye State. Along with only requiring 11% of the average earners’ income to buy a house, home ownership hopefuls there can look forward to a lively football culture and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
4. Nebraska
- Median Home Price: $155,800
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $740.22
Mortgage slightly increases once we travel west of America’s Heartland to Nebraska. There, residents will spend 11.19% of their income on a median-priced home, as houses are just under $156,000.
See mortgage rates in Nebraska.
5. Kansas
- Median Home Price: $151,900
- Estimated Monthly Mortgage Payment: $721.70
Technically tied for fourth with Nebraska, Kansas homes also cost 11.9% of inhabitants’ income to purchase. The average home price, though, is more expensive, and mortgage payments come out slightly more expensive.
The top 5 most expensive states to buy a house in 2022
Although it may not be a category prospective homeowners seek out, knowledge of the five most expensive places to purchases a home in the U.S. could help them know where to avoid.
Some states on the the list come as no-brainers. California, for example, which is the third-largest state in the country and the most populous. Then you have others you wouldn’t expect, such as Oregon, where the typical home costs just over $312,000.
- Hawaii
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- Colorado
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(KHON) — What are your top airplane passenger pet peeves? According to one study, rear seat kickers and disruptive drunks are Americas most annoying co-passengers.
The Vacationer came out with their study on airplane etiquette and what drives people crazy, especially on long flights. The survey, taken by 1,098 Americans, asked them to rank 16 in-flight behaviors that are often decried on social media.
The timing for the survey couldn’t have been better, as passenger behavior has never been worse.
During the pandemic, incidents involving unruly passengers skyrocketed with the number of FAA investigations in 2019 jumping from 146 to 183 in 2020, and then to a whopping 1099 in 2021. As of September 20, the FAA has already launched 680 investigations in 2022.
Two incidents from 2021 resulted in the FAA handing down it’s largest fines ever – $81,950 to a North Carolina-bound traveler accused of assaulting a flight attendant and trying to open a cabin door. In the second incident, a female passenger allegedly tried to hug and kiss the passenger next to her while flying from Las Vegas to Atlanta. She was also accused of walking to the front of the aircraft and trying to de-plane during the flight.
Top 10 annoying plane etiquette violations by passengers
- Kicking the back of your seat
- Drunk and disruptive
- Smells from poor hygiene
- Inattentive parents
- Eating foul-smelling food
- Hogs the armrest
- Reclines seat fully in front of you
- Talks to you too much
- Boards or deplanes out of turn
- Listens to music or movies too loudly
It’s always a good idea to think about others when on a flight. For example, making sure you bring headphones when listening to music, not bringing on smelly food, especially on long flights and not talking too loud when the cabin lights are off and people are trying to sleep.
To read the full study by the Vacationer head to their website.
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(The Hill) — Greg Norman, the chairman and CEO of LIV Golf, got pushback from some Republican House members over backing from Saudi Arabia as he pitched his league and concerns about competitiveness issues to members of Congress.
Criticism came as he met with the Republican Study Committee, the largest conservative caucus in the House, on Wednesday.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in the meeting pressed Norman on his league’s Saudi ties and why it has not registered as a foreign agent. He has previously called on the Justice Department to investigate whether LIV Golf violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act by not registering its ties with the Saudi Arabian government.
“Don’t come in here and act like you’re doing some great thing while you’re pimping a billion dollars of Saudi Arabian money and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the United States,” Roy told reporters after the meeting. He said that Norman’s efforts on Capitol Hill are “PR for Saudi Arabia — it’s PR for LIV Golf.”
LIV Golf was started this year as a PGA Tour competitor, and Norman came to the Capitol to talk to members about what he says are anti-competitive tactics by the PGA. In July, the Justice Department launched an investigation into the PGA Tour over allegations of possible anti-competitive behavior.
Before the end of Norman’s visit with the group, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) left the meeting, saying that he could not fully understand what Norman was saying because of his Australian accent and that it was all “basically propaganda,” and dismissed issues that Norman raised about anti-competitive behavior.
“A bunch of rich guys [are] not gonna play golf somewhere — it doesn’t bother me one bit,” Burchett said. “Federal government needs to stay out of that and just let these country clubbers handle their own game.”
Burchett also knocked LIV Golf’s Saudi ties.
“It shouldn’t be taking up our time. [We’re a] conservative organization, and we ought to be dealing with what we’ve got to deal with in our country, not with — worried about a bunch of Saudis, a bunch of billionaire oil people, are dealing with,” Burchett said.
Norman told reporters after the meeting that there was not anything specific in terms of legislation that he was looking for from lawmakers, but that he just wanted to tell them “both sides of the story for them to understand what LIV is all about.”
He said that members were “very positive” in their response to his message and that it was “great to have an open debate” with Roy in the meeting.
Norman brushed off concerns about registering as a foreign agent. “We’re a commercial operation. So we’re here just to grow the game of golf,” he said.
And Norman asserted that he has not faced lawmakers giving him a hard time over LIV. “Not one person since I’ve been CEO has told me this is a bad idea,” he said.
LIV Golf has already gotten an embrace from some on the right. In June, former President Trump, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and Fox News host Tucker Carlson attended an LIV Golf tournament at Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey.
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, said Norman had requested to speak to the group and that there was a “lively discussion,” adding that golf stars Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus are also welcome to come to talk to the group about the PGA.
“Frankly, I’m not a golfer. I don’t have time for golf,” Banks said. “It’s a great American sport, and Greg Norman is a legend. So we were glad to have him.”
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(The Hill) – Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on Wednesday predicted New York Attorney General Letitia James’ (D) newly announced fraud investigation into former President Trump’s business will culminate in the Trump Organization’s downfall.
“It’s gonna put an end to the entire company,” Cohen said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “All in with Chris Hayes” on Wednesday evening.
“You think that?” Hayes followed up.
“I believe so,” Cohen responded.
James earlier on Wednesday announced the civil fraud suit, the culmination of her three-year investigation into the Trump family and their business practices.
The state attorney general alleges the Trump Organization at times inflated and deflated property values to misleadingly attract investors and gain tax and loan benefits, also exaggerating the former president’s net worth.
James during Wednesday’s announcement said her investigation began after Cohen testified before Congress about the Trump Organization.
“When she mentioned my name, I was obviously quite elated, to be honest, because I’m finally getting the recognition for what I’ve been sitting on the mountain tops yelling for three-and-a-half, four years, which is that the Trump Organization is a criminal enterprise, and that I got thrown under the bus by dear old Donald,” Cohen said on MSNBC.
Among James’ requests to the court are $250 million in penalties and a permanent barring of the former president and three of his adult children from serving as an officer or director in any New York-based corporation.
Cohen told Hayes he expects that figure to rise to roughly $750 million once they realize the full extent of the issues.
Trump and his two adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have blasted the investigation as a witch hunt, noting James’s past promises to pursue an investigation into the family and her upcoming reelection contest in November.
James also on Wednesday indicated she referred alleged federal law violations, including conspiracy to falsify business records and commit insurance fraud, to the IRS and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
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(The Hill) — Pfizer announced on Thursday it has reached an agreement to supply up to six million courses of its COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid to the Global Fund to get treatment to low and middle-income countries.
This supply agreement was made as part of the Global Fund’s COVID19 Response Mechanism (C19RM), Pfizer said in a statement provided to The Hill.
“The C19RM has been the primary channel for providing grant support to low- and middle-income countries to purchase COVID-19 tests, treatments, personal protective equipment and critical elements of health systems strengthening,” Pfizer said.
“PAXLOVID treatment courses will be available for procurement through this mechanism, subject to local regulatory approval or authorization, by the 132 grant-eligible countries determined by Global Fund based on income classification and disease burden.”
The company said it expects the supply of Paxlovid to become available sometime this year. The Paxlovid courses will be sold according to Pfizer’s tiered pricing model, with low-income countries paying not-for-profit prices and upper-middle-income countries paying according to the tiered approach.
“After so much disruption and loss due to COVID-19, we must continue to accelerate access to PAXLOVID as a safe and effective treatment option for high-risk patients in all regions of the world along with test and treat programs that help get treatment quickly to those in need,” Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said.
Access to coronavirus therapeutics like Paxlovid, which must be administered within five days of symptom-onset, has been limited for poorer countries. Efforts to provide access to these treatments to poorer countries have been since they were authorized..
Earlier this month, Pfizer donated 100,000 courses of Paxlovid to the Covid Treatment Quick Start Consortium, a newer organization created with the goal of helping countries set up test-and-treat programmes.
When asked about the possibility of similarly supplying the bivalent COVID-19 booster dose to low and middle-income countries, a representative for Pfizer said, “As it has been the case since the very beginning of this pandemic, we are in regular discussions with many countries — of all income levels — as well as supranational organizations on the supply of our COVID-19 vaccine.”
“We also remain in communication with a number of global health stakeholders, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank to discuss their views and ideas on access in LICs/LMICs. Of note, of the more than 3.7 billion doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine shipped to date, more than 1.5 billion have reached low- and middle-income countries,” they said.
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(The Hill) – Former President Trump in a new interview asserted presidents don’t have to go through a formal process to declassify sensitive documents, and can do so “even by thinking about it.”
The former president’s comments came as he has repeatedly argued that he declassified secret and top secret documents he took with him to his Florida home after leaving the White House in 2021 amid a Justice Department investigation into his handling of classified materials.
“There doesn’t have to be a process, as I understand it,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “If you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying, ‘It’s declassified.’ Even by thinking about it.”
“There can be a process but there doesn’t have to be. You’re the president, you make that decision. So when you send it, it’s declassified,” Trump added. “I declassified everything.”
Though presidents have broad power to declassify records, doing so sets off a chain of events, as the intelligence agencies that manage such records must take additional steps.
Trump and some of his allies have been insistent that the former president declassified all of the documents that he took with him upon leaving the White House. The FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago estate last month after a January search found dozens of classified, secret and top secret documents.
Trump’s attorneys in a filing last week repeatedly noted that Trump had the power to declassify records but stopped short of saying he actually did so despite a month of the former president airing the excuse.
The Justice Department responded by pointing out that Trump’s legal team was insinuating, but not fully asserting, that Trump had declassified the documents.
Trump told Hannity that the General Services Administration and other White House staff were involved in packing up boxes at the end of his term with pictures, newspaper articles and other materials.
The GSA, however, says its role in the transition phase for the outgoing president and vice president includes IT support, financial management, parking, furniture, vehicles, office equipment and administrative support.
“The GSA also works with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), as necessary, to provide support to the former Presidents in the establishment and maintenance of their libraries,” the organization states on its website. “These services are only provided in the event of a change of Administration.”
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SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX) — University of Utah police officers have arrested an engineering student accused of threatening to detonate a nuclear reactor on campus if the school’s football team didn’t win over the weekend.
The student, a 21-year-old woman, is accused of posting the threat on the anonymous social media platform Yik Yak. It isn’t clear when police became aware of the post or how they determined who was behind it, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
According to the police report, in her post made on Saturday, the student said she would detonate the nuclear reactor located on the school’s campus if the University of Utah football team did not win their game later that evening.
The Utes won the game 35-7 over San Diego State.
University of Utah police said the woman is an engineering student at the university who attends class in the same building where the reactor is housed and “has knowledge of the nuclear reactor.”
She was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on the second-degree felony charge of threat of terrorism.
In August, a 19-year-old student was arrested after allegedly making a bomb threat on Yik Yak directed at the campus’s Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart and Target plan to begin offering deals and price matching offers earlier this year to keep up with Americans pressed by soaring inflation and looking for ways to ease the potential sting of holiday shopping.
Inflation that is hovering near four-decade highs, experts believe, could push families to get an earlier start on shopping with hopes of avoiding even higher prices later.
The holiday sales strategies, announced on Thursday, come amid what is expected to be slower holiday sales growth compared with a year ago. AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, forecasts that holiday sales will be up anywhere from 4% to 7%, far below last year’s growth of 16%. The current inflation rate of 8.3% means retailers would see a decrease in real sales.
Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is also expanding the window for returns by more than a month. Gift returns will now be accepted between Oct. 1 and Jan. 31, compared with last year’s return window of Nov. 1 to Jan. 24, the company said.
Walmart, based in Bentonville, Arkansas, is offering a wider assortment of items this year with more new brands and more Walmart exclusives than a year ago, according to Tom Ward, the company’s chief e-commerce officer. The company is deepening discounts on such items as toys, home goods, electronics and beauty. It said that more than half the toys on Walmart’s list of expected hot holiday toys are under $50 – with many under $25 — and nearly all of the toys are available to shop now or through pre-order on walmart.com.
Target, based in Minneapolis, said will begin offering holiday deals between Oct. 6 and Oct. 8, a few days earlier than a year ago and it will begin price matching then, also a couple days early.
Target has one of the most generous price-matching offers in retail, countering offers from more than two dozen other stores. That also applies to purchases at Target.com.
Target plans to hire up to 100,000 seasonal employees in stores and distribution centers this holiday season, in line with a year ago.
Walmart is taking a more cautious hiring approach this year, saying this week that it would hire 40,000 U.S. workers for the holidays, a majority of them seasonal workers.
Last year, Walmart said it would hire roughly 150,000 new U.S. store workers, most of them permanent, full-time positions, on top of 20,000 permanent distribution and warehouse workers as the pandemic disrupted supply chains.
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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A strong earthquake earlier this week in Mexico triggered four-foot waves in Death Valley’s Devils Hole.
Measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, Monday’s earthquake was centered about a hundred miles southeast of Guadalajara. Two people were killed in the Pacific coast state of Colima.
The quake hit at 11:05 a.m. PT Monday and it took 22 minutes to have an effect 1,500 miles away in Devils Hole in Death Valley National Park.
Devils Hole is a limestone cave hundreds of feet deep and is home to the endangered Devils Hole pupfish that depend upon algae growing on a shallow, sunlit shelf.
Video courtesy Ambre Chaudoin/NPS
The National Park Service said the water in Devils Hole began sloshing around and by 11:35, waves were reaching about four feet high. One member of the park service was able to capture video, seen above, of the so-called “desert tsunami.”
Monday’s waves stirred the sediment and rocks on the shallow shelf, according to the park service, and removed much of the algae growth. This will likely reduce the food available to the pupfish.
“The pupfish have survived several of these events in recent years,” said Kevin Wilson, National Park Service aquatic ecologist, in a Wednesday news release from the park. “We didn’t find any dead fish after the waves stopped.”
Earlier this month, remnants of Hurricane Kay, which made landfall in Mexico, caused waterfalls to form in Death Valley. The nation’s hottest and driest national park saw intense flooding due to the storm, blocking traffic and causing a tour bus to become stuck in soft sand.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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SAN ANTONIO (Nexstar/Texas Tribune) — Legal backlash into how Florida transported migrants quickly followed Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement that the state chartered two planes to send roughly 50 immigrants from Texas to the East Coast, yet the Lone Star State hasn’t faced the same legal action since it started busing migrants.
DeSantis sent the planes to Martha’s Vineyard last Thursday, mimicking Gov. Greg Abbott’s months-long practice of busing migrants to Democrat-led cities.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, announced a criminal investigation into how the state of Florida got a group of migrants in San Antonio to hop on a plane that would take them to Martha’s Vineyard, an island vacation spot in Massachusetts.
“I believe that they were preyed upon. Somebody came from out of state [and] preyed upon these people, lured them with promises of a better life, which is what they’re absolutely looking for,” Salazar said during a news conference Wednesday. “To just be exploited and hoodwinked into making this trip to Florida, and then onward to Martha’s Vineyard.”
Salazar said it is too early to name suspects or say exactly what laws were broken.
The investigation comes as a group of Boston attorneys representing three of the migrants filed a lawsuit against DeSantis and the state of Florida, alleging the state “designed and executed a premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme centered on exploiting this vulnerability for the sole purpose of advancing their own personal, financial and political interests,” according to the lawsuit.
“They were approached by someone who presented themselves as a benefactor, as a kindly person, as someone who wanted to help them. But that wasn’t true,” said Jacob Love, a litigation staff attorney on the case with Lawyers for Civil Rights.
The suit alleges an elaborate scheme of unidentified individuals lured migrants to travel on the planes. This included providing hotel rooms, McDonald’s gift cards, hundreds of dollars in cash and false promises of their ultimate destination. Migrants on the flight last week said a woman going by the name of Perla approached them outside San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center and promised them jobs and shelter. Some said they were told they were going to Boston. But they arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, where local officials were caught off guard.
The suit said the unidentified individuals identified and targeted the migrants “by trolling streets outside of a migrant shelter in Texas and other similar locales, pretending to be good Samaritans offering humanitarian assistance.”
A spokesperson for DeSantis called the lawyers representing the migrants activists.
“The transportation of the immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard was done on a voluntary basis,” Taryn Fenske said in a statement. “The immigrants were homeless, hungry, and abandoned – and these activists didn’t care about them then. Florida’s program gave them a fresh start in a sanctuary state and these individuals opted to take advantage of chartered flights to Massachusetts. It was disappointing that Martha’s Vineyard called in the Massachusetts National Guard to bus them away from the island within 48 hours.”
Denise Gilman, the co-director of the immigration clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, said there are certainly questions about both Texas and Florida’s efforts of transporting migrants, but Florida’s appears to be “particularly egregious.”
“All of the facts that point to deception about the location where people were going, specific materials that were falsified that were provided to the migrants about what services would be available to them in Massachusetts and other information,” she said.
Gilman said both consent forms Texas and Florida are giving the migrants are legally questionable, with Florida’s version being worse.
“There’s nothing on there about what information has been provided to them before they’ve made the decision. There’s no information about the context in which the decision was made,” she said. “That said, the form that Florida seems to be using is less complete in terms of just providing basic information even about where the transportation is going to be taking the migrants to.”
Texas’ consent forms clearly spell out which possible cities the migrants would be bused to, but Florida’s does not specify any location, nor does it indicate it is an official state document.
Despite the legal questions, Abbott’s busing program remains popular. A Texas Politics Project poll out last week shows 52% of registered voters approve of and support the initiative.
The Texas Tribune contributed to this report.
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(The Hill) – Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block the consideration of a bill to require organizations that spend money on elections to promptly disclose the identities of donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle.
The body failed to invoke cloture on the measure, in a 49-49 vote. Every Republican present voted against the measure, while every Democrat voted for it.
Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) were not present for the decision.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) brought the bill to the floor to highlight the reliance of Senate Republican candidates on huge cash inflows from GOP dark-money groups, such as the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC linked to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), according to Democratic senators familiar with Schumer’s thinking.
The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), has been a top Democratic priority since the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United in 2010 that enabled corporations and other outside special interest groups to spend unlimited amounts of money on federal elections.
Schumer on Thursday morning said the court’s decision more than a decade ago “has disfigured our democracy almost beyond recognition.”
The Democratic leader cast Thursday’s vote as a defining issue ahead of the election, when voters are bombarded by televised political ads funded by tens of millions of dollars in anonymous donations.
“Republicans today must face the music. Either vote to bring transparency and fairness back to our elections as the vast majority of Americans want, or block this measure and cast their lot with the forces of dark money,” Schumer said before the vote.
McConnell, a longtime opponent of campaign finance restrictions, dismissed the bill as a “liberal pet priority” that he said would give “unelected federal bureaucrats vastly more power over private citizens’ First Amendment rights and political activism.”
He called it an “insult to the First Amendment” and slammed Democrats for bringing it to the floor instead of legislation to curb inflation or to address other economic problems.
Schumer, however, noted on Tuesday that McConnell has supported requiring donor disclosure in the past.
“Even Leader McConnell used to support disclosure … then he did a 180-degree about-face,” Schumer said, quoting McConnell’s statement from 1997 that he thought disclosure was “the best disinfectant.”
Republicans blocked the Disclose Act earlier this session when Democrats brought it to the floor as part of a broader election reform bill.
The bill would also require groups that spend money on ads in support or opposition to judicial nominees to disclose their donors, a top priority of Whitehouse, who has spoken on the Senate floor regularly to highlight the influence of conservative group spending on the Supreme Court.
Whitehouse noted in a press release issued ahead of the vote that political spending by groups that don’t disclose their donors increased from $5 million in 2006 to more than $1 billion in 2020. In addition, political spending by billionaires has increased from $17 million in the 2008 election to $1.2 billion in 2020.
President Biden urged Congress to pass the bill earlier this week, decrying the mounting influence of dark money in politics.
“There’s much — too much money that flows in the shadows to influence our elections. It’s called dark money. It’s hidden. Right now, advocacy groups can run ads on issues attacking or supporting a candidate right until Election Day without exposing how’s paying for that ad,” he said.
Democrats in the lead up to the vote pointed repeatedly to a $1.6 billion contribution to a political nonprofit group controlled by Leonard Leo, the co-chairman of the conservative Federalist Society, which is credited with helping to reshape the federal judiciary in recent years.
Barre Seid, a businessman and conservative donor who made his fortune as the head of an electric device manufacturing company, gave the massive donation, which will fuel efforts to push courts in a conservative direction for years to come.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – A Congressional committee is examining whether big corporations are taking advantage of consumers by hiking prices purely to increase profits. This comes as supply chain issues already caused a natural price hike.
Many of the experts who testified before the Congressional committee agreed that big corporations are artificially inflating prices, which forces consumers to pay record high prices while corporations make record high profits.
Representative Raja Krishnaomorthi (D-IL) explained that “companies raising prices far more than required to offset higher costs.”
Democrats say large corporations are exploiting pandemic-related supply chain issues to raise the prices consumers are paying.
“They are going up because powerful executives are making deliberate choices to maximize their profits,” Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) said.
An economist tracking corporate profits through the pandemic says, during that time, corporations saw the highest quarterly profit margins in over seven decades.
“Big companies, like Procter & Gamble, know that they can take advantage of consumer’s basic needs because they make necessities like diapers and laundry supplies,” explained Dr. Rakeen Mabud of Groundwork Collaborative.
But watchdogs say after decades of deregulation, Congress is also to blame.
“If corporate power allows margins and goods inflation to continue to be this elevated, then there is no real path back to pre-pandemic levels without severely driving down demand for services,” said Mike Konczal of the Roosevelt Institute.
Additionally, Republicans like Congressman Michael Cloud (R-TX) say Democrats are using corporations as a scapegoat.
“I’m concerned that this hearing may be another effort to shift blame from the policies of this administration and the reckless spending of this Congress,” Cloud said.
Republicans say President Biden’s pandemic stimulus package drove prices higher. Tyler Goodspeed, an economist with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, says that spending caused big problems.
“A 240% annualized rate of growth in demand for goods. That’s a lot. That is a lot,” Goodspeed said.
In an effort to lower inflation by cooling down demand, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates again this week. Interest rate hikes are expected to continue until inflation hits the target rate of 2%.
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SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – It’s National Child Passenger Safety Week, and the Louisiana State Police are helping families ensure their car seats are correctly installed.
LSP will be at Caddo Sheriff’s Safety Town on Saturday, educating parents on how to properly install and use a car seat.
“We’ll have technicians waiting to inspect their car seats. We’ll be able to weigh the child, measure their height, make sure they are in a seat that is an adequate height and weight,” said Tpr. Jonathan Odom Louisiana State Police.
Car crashes are the leading cause of death among children in the nation, many of which could be prevented with correctly fitting car seats.
“It’s due to the fact that their bodies aren’t fully developed. Their skeleton system is not as strong, so they are more prone to be injured because the seat belts in the cars are not made for smaller bodies, such as infants.”
Meanwhile, Shreveport Police are reminding everyone that seat belts save lives.
“We have had twenty traffic fatalities this year in the city of Shreveport alone,” says Cpl. Chris Bordelon with the Shreveport Police Department. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, SPD will conduct a seatbelt checkpoint.
“The occupants who are not wearing seat belts, those occupants can be issued citations for restraints. They’re also going to be looking at child restraints. Children would have to be restrained in the car, and that does include children who require booster seats.”
Odom says Saturday’s event will have free booster seats for those who qualify. The event is to educate the public and runs from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
“Whether they’re totally unrestrained or just in the wrong seat, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. We want to clear it up as much as possible and try to save as many lives as we can,” says Odom.
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GRAMBLING, La (KTAL/KMSS) – On this week’s episode of G-Men Nation, we recap Grambling’s loss to Jackson State, reveal our G-Men Nation Player of the Week, get to know Ryan Fields off the field, and hear from Athletic Director Dr. Trayvean Scott on his second year at Grambling.
You can watch G-Men Nation every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. on KSHV.
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SHREVEPORT, La (KMSS/KTAL) – Every week during the 2022 season, the KTAL Sports Team will release weekly power rankings for each state in our coverage area. Here’s the KTAL Sports power rankings for our Louisiana teams after week three, heading into week four. Each week the rankings are presented by Signature Care Texarkana.
10. Glenbrook
Last Week: Defeated Delta Charter 56-8. Previously unranked.
For the first time this season Glenbrook enters the top ten. The Apaches are a dark horse to win it all this season after an impressive 3-0 start to the year, outscoring opponents 110 to 28. This week the Apaches get their toughest test of this young season, taking on Class 1A semi-final team from a year ago, Haynesville. The Golden Tornado are off to a 3-0 start as well. The winner will have the inside track to a District 1-1A title.
9. Benton
Last Week: Lost to Newman 54-52. Previously ranked 10th.
Not many teams can be 1-2 and still considered one of the top ten teams in an entire region. Benton has been nothing short of impressive against two of the top offenses any team in the state will face this year. With back-to-back defeats against Texas High and Newman, the Tigers are still averaging over 40 points per contest heading into district play this week against Airline. The Tiger defense and special teams are the only question marks remaining, as Benton has allowed special teams touchdowns in both losses, while giving up over 37 points per game defensively.
8. Northwood
Last Week: Defeated Airline 35-28. Previously ranked 9th.
After falling in their season opener to Benton, the Falcons have recovered nicely with back-to-back 35 point performances against Wossman and Airline. The Falcon secondary will be tested this week against a high-powered Huntington offense in a battle that pits multiple Division I talents against each other in week four. Slow starts are what Northwood will look to overcome. In weeks one and three, the Falcons only scored 7 first half points.
7. North Caddo
Last Week: Defeated Bolton 44-20. Previously ranked 8th.
The Titans continue to do their job and win games. This week will be their toughest test. If they can hang around or even defeat 4A power Neville, the Titans will establish themselves as serious state title contenders. Aiden Brock has thrown for almost as many touchdowns as incompletions. The first-year starter has gone 18-25 for 424 yards and 5 touchdowns this year. Four of those five scores have been hauled in by Nebraska commit Omarion Miller.
6. Calvary
Last Week: Lost to Byrd 14-7. Previously ranked 6th.
The Cavaliers are another team that have been ultra impressive despite their losing record. The team’s two losses both came against 1-5A opponents in matchups that were one score games in the fourth quarter. The quarterback battle between Abram Wardell and Bryce Carpenter has effectively ended after it was reported this week that Carpenter has transferred to Loyola Prep. Wardell has been effective in a limited sample size, completing 11 of 16 passes for 170 yards and 3 touchdowns. He’ll handle the offense for the rest of the year, beginning this week against Wossman.
5. Parkway
Last Week: Defeated Bossier 49-0. Previously ranked 4th.
The Panthers may be the most intriguing team in 1-5A. They’re unbeaten and have been nearly perfect on both sides of the football, defeating opponents by an average of 37 points per game. The only question remaining is if they can continue their dominance once they get into district play. We’ll have our answer on Friday as Haughton hosts the Panthers in the third Brotherton Bowl. The Panther defense hasn’t allowed a point since week one.
4. North Desoto
Last Week: Defeated Loyola Prep 49-7. Previously ranked 5th.
It’s hard to find a team more balanced than North Desoto. The Griffins are led by freshman phenom Luke Delafield and a two-headed running back monster of John Lewis and Brian Banks. The trio have combined for a total of eighteen touchdowns through three games. The Griffins have been nothing short of dominant and have improved week by week. Allowing only seven points against Loyola Prep last week was the first sign the defense may be good enough to turn the Griffins into a state title contender.
3. Captain Shreve
Last Week: Defeated Union Parish 31-21. Previously ranked 3rd.
The Gators posted their most impressive win of 2022 last week against Union Parish, defeating the Farmers 31-21 on the road. Shreve controlled for the majority of the contest, rushing for 185 yards against the 3A runners-up. The Gator air attack looks to be rounding into form after a slow start. Kenyon Terrell tossed two touchdown passes in the win. Up next is what could very well be the District 1-5A championship against Byrd.
2. Many
Last Week: Defeated Haughton 35-3. Previously ranked 2nd.
The Tigers have proven they’re one of the best teams in 5A over the first three weeks of the season. The most impressive part about that is that Many is a 2A team. The Tigers dominated Haughton 35-3 and have yet to allow multiple scores in a single game in 2022. This week top prospect Arch Manning and the Newman Greenies come to town to provide the toughest test for a loaded Many defense so far this season. Jeremiah James has replaced London Williams admirably through three games, rushing for a staggering 683 yards and 10 touchdowns.
1. C.E. Byrd
Last Week: Defeated Calvary 14-7. Previously ranked 1st.
The Yellow Jackets have made it through one of the area’s toughest non-district schedules without a loss. Now the ‘Jackets will look to win a district title for the third consecutive season. That journey will begin Thursday against rival Captain Shreve. Lake Lambert and Dixon Poirier have each rushed for over 200 yards on the young season. Byrd has proven to be anything but one dimensional, with wide receiver Jackson Dufrene already hauling in 7 passes for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns this year.
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MANY, La (KMSS/KTAL) – A state championship. National attention and accolades. For Many star senior Tackett Curtis, the attention comes from all angles. With all the potential distraction, there’s one thing that helps Curtis block out the noise.
“Leaving a legacy is huge to me,” said the USC commit. “I mean, it’s who you are, it’s what you do everyday, not just on the football field. I just try to be the best person I can be and when it’s Friday night, I try and do the same out there.”
Curtis is as excellent on the field as he is off of it. He’s a two time 2A defensive MVP. He holds offers from every major program in the country. The only thing more insatiable than Curtis’ worth ethic is his football IQ. The example that Curtis sets through his worth ethic and attention detail is one that he followed from the seniors that came before him.
“I’m just trying to be like Cadillac (Rhone) and Terrence (Williams),” said Curtis. “They showed me how to work as freshman and I’m happy I can be an example now just like they were for me.” Terrence Williams is now at UL-Lafayette, while Cadillac Rhone is at Northwestern State. This time next year, Tackett Curtis will be at USC, and his head coach believes that, even when he’s gone, the impact he’s had on the program will continue.
“He’s come here, he’s been a part of three state championship teams, and he wants to go four,” said Jess Curtis, who is also Tackett’s uncle. “He wants to go four in a row to the Superdome, he wants to end a state champion. That’s what Tackett is, he’s a kid who’s done it the right way all four years. He’s the first one in, the last one off.”
And sometime soon, Tackett will be the first one on the field, and the last one walking off of it for the last time. The senior is trying to soak up everything he can before it all ends.
“I’m just trying to cherish every moment of my last year here with these guys,” said Curtis. “I hope they remember me as a leader, a good role model, and I just hope we win and come out on top.”
For Tackett Curtis’s incredible high school football career so far, he’s our player of the week.
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INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. (BRPROUD) – The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has handed down their panel’s decision on LSU’s football recruiting violations.
According to the NCAA, “the LSU football program violated recruiting rules when a former assistant coach and former assistant director of recruiting met separately with a prospect during the COVID-19 recruiting dead period and provided the prospect with impermissible recruiting inducements.”
The penalties imposed on LSU are provided below:
- One year of probation.
- A $5,000 fine (self-imposed).
- A limit of official visits for football to 55 during the 2022-23 academic year (self-imposed).
- A one-week prohibition against unofficial visits in the football program before the beginning of the 2022-23 academic year (self-imposed).
- A one-week prohibition against recruiting communications in the football program before the start of the 2022-23 academic year (self-imposed).
- A reduction of seven evaluation days in the football program during the fall 2021 evaluation period (self-imposed).
- A three-year show-cause order for the former assistant coach. During that period, any NCAA member school employing him must restrict him from any off-campus recruiting activities unless it shows cause why the restrictions should not apply.
“Although the [committee] has encountered more egregious conduct in past cases, the violations, in this case, represent intentional misconduct that should be of concern to the membership,” the panel said in its decision. “The COVID-19 recruiting dead period was intended to protect the health and safety of prospects, student-athletes and institutional staff. It also leveled the playing field for recruiting at a time when government-imposed COVID-19 restrictions varied across the country.”
The chief hearing officer on the panel, Dave Roberts, spoke with the media at 12pmCT.
LSU responded to the NCAA’s decision with this statement below:
“Today’s decision of the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions involving a former LSU assistant football coach concludes a 21-month cooperative process between the University and the NCAA. Throughout this process, the University has worked in concert with the enforcement staff to determine the truth and to self-impose sanctions. We are grateful to the Committee and the enforcement staff for their work and for accepting our self-imposed penalties, and we are pleased to be able to move forward as an institution and as a football program. LSU continues to work through the IARP process regarding other allegations of rule violations.”
LSU is hosting New Mexico on Saturday night in Death Valley.
You can find more information about the NCAA Division I Committee decision here.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Five NFL games were determined by three points or fewer last weekend to make it 12 total decided by that slim margin, the most in league history through two weeks.
To add to the thrilling finishes, three teams (Cardinals, Dolphins and Jets) rallied from 13 points or more in the fourth quarter to win. Football fans are hoping for more of the same this weekend.
Week 3 begins with an AFC North battle between the Steelers and Browns on Thursday Night Football. Both teams are looking to respond after blowing their chances to go to 2-0 last week.
On Sunday, two of the remaining six unbeaten teams will meet in Miami when the Bills visit the Dolphins in a 1 p.m. ET matchup.
In the second wave of games, future Hall of Fame quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers square off in Tampa. The two have combined for six Super Bowl MVP awards.
WXIN’s Chris Hagan runs down this weekend’s whole slate of games in “Big Game Bound” on Thursday at 12 p.m. ET.
Chris talks with WJW’s P.J. Ziegler about how the Browns can rebound after blowing a 30-17 lead to the Jets last week.
Also on the Week 3 edition: reports from Buffalo, Detroit and Cincinnati and picks from former NFL running back Jarrett Payton.
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Look for the heat to ease a little over the next few days and then a lot next week. A cold front will bring below-normal temperatures to the ArkLaTex starting Monday. A tropical storm or hurricane will likely move into the Gulf of Mexico next week.
Hot, but not quite as hot: You can expect the heat to continue in the ArkLaTex through the weekend. The good news is that it won’t be quite as hot. The bad news is that temperatures will stay well above normal for this time of year. Lows Friday morning will be closer to normal as most of the area will settle into the low to middle 60s. Daytime highs Friday afternoon will be several degrees cooler than we have seen recently as we will likely top out in the low to middle 90s. Overnight temperatures will increase some this weekend with lows warming back into the lower 70s. Daytime highs this weekend will likely be in the mid to upper 90s.
The dry weather continues: Futurecast shows that we will once again see a mostly clear sky Thursday night and lots of sunshine over the ArkLaTex Friday. The weekend will begin with a mostly clear sky Friday night. We will see a mix of sunshine and a few clouds Saturday. The weekend will end with a partly cloudy sky Sunday. A cold front will approach the area and will bring a slight chance for a little rain. Models are still indicating that any rain we get will be very limited with amounts likely below ¼”. This will not provide any relief to the dry conditions that have developed during the past few weeks.
Relief on the way: We will see a dramatic change in the weather pattern across the United States by the end of the weekend. The upper ridge will develop over the western part of the country while a large upper-level trough develops over the east. This will allow the cold front mentioned above to move through the ArkLaTex late Sunday and Sunday night. Temperatures behind the front will turn much cooler. Daytime highs next week will plummet into the middle 80s. Overnight lows will be quite comfortable as we slide into the mid to upper 50s. These below-normal temperatures will likely stick around through next weekend.
A gulf hurricane next week? Hurricane Fiona will continue to race northward across the Atlantic well east of the US coast. Another disturbance will likely develop into Tropical Storm Hermine during the next several days and move through the Caribbean this weekend. It is quite possible that this system will become a hurricane and move into the Gulf of Mexico next week. IF this system were to impact the ArkLaTex and that is a big IF, it would probably do so very late next weekend. As of right now, chances are that a Gulf Coast landfall will occur east of our area. We will obviously know more as we go through next week. Stay tuned!
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Donald Trump famously spent his time in the White House saying and doing things that elicited the response “Donate this man’s body to science so we can figure out what’s wrong with him as soon as possible.” He suggested the US trade Puerto Rico for Greenland. Claimed you can get cancer from sound. Told people Melania Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un were close personal friends, despite the fact that the two had never met. Publicly feuded with a dead man. Repeatedly bragged he’d been named “Michigan Man of the Year,” an award that does not exist. This list, obviously, goes on and on. But last night, Trump added another item to the file that arguably put all the others to shame vis-à-vis the depths of the crazy.
Asked in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity about his “process” for declassifying the government documents the FBI recovered from Mar-a-Lago—which Trump has spent the last month insisting, without evidence, that he did do—the ex-president responded: “There doesn’t have to be a process, as I understand it [to declassify]…if you’re the president of the United States you can declassify just by saying it’s declassified, even by thinking about it…there can be a process but there doesn’t have to be.”
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Since the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago on August 8, Trump and his allies have repeatedly insisted that he declassified the government documents they uncovered, but when the special master appointed to his case asked Trump’s lawyers this week for actual proof of the supposed declassification, they refused to provide any. To be clear, if the ex-president had declassified the information—and again, former Trump administration aids insist this never happened—he would not have been able to do so just by thinking really, really hard. Is it fully insane that we have to even say that? Yes, yes it is.
Shortly before the interview aired on Fox, Trump suffered a major blow when the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Department of Justice, ruling that the FBI can use the classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago as part of its criminal investigation. Previously, federal judge Aileen Cannon had thrown the ex-president a bone and blocked prosecutors from using said documents until a review by a special master was complete. In a move that will no doubt lead to an unhinged series of posts on Truth Social, a three-judge panel called bullshit on Trump’s declassification claims, writing: “Plaintiff suggests that he may have declassified these documents when he was President. But the record contains no evidence that any of these records were declassified. And before the special master, Plaintiff resisted providing any evidence that he had declassified any of these documents.” It then went on to say that even if Trump had declassified the information, it wouldn’t matter anyway because it is the government’s property, not his. “In any event,” the ruling states, “at least for these purposes, the declassification argument is a red herring because declassifying an official document would not change its content or render it personal.” While Trump’s allies will undoubtedly have already cooked up some conspiracy theories about the appeals court judges being part of the “deep state,” the panel was made up of two Trump-appointed judges, with the third appointed by Barack Obama.
Trump’s lawyers could still appeal his case to the Supreme Court, and given that SCOTUS is dominated by conservatives, three of whom Trump appointed himself, that’s a worrisome prospect. On the other hand, the justices have ruled against him in the past, and as they say, a broken beer bong is right twice a day.
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Following months of pressure from lawmakers and pundits, Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, has finally agreed to speak to the House select committee investigating January 6, according to her lawyer. “As she has said from the outset, Mrs. Thomas is eager to answer the committee’s questions to clear up any misconceptions about her work relating to the 2020 election,” said Thomas’s attorney Mark Paoletta in a statement to CNN. “She looks forward to that opportunity.” News of the interview, which could be a closed-door session, was divulged shortly after the committee announced that it will be holding what may be its final hearing next week.
The push for Thomas to appear before the committee began picking up steam in March, when text messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News revealed that she had repeatedly urged Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, to pursue a ploy to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Emails later obtained by The Washington Post also showed Thomas pressuring more than two dozen state lawmakers in Arizona and at least two lawmakers in Wisconsin to reject Joe Biden’s victories in the swing states.
If she does follow through with the interview, Thomas will be one of the most high-profile figures within Trumpworld’s wide-ranging election schemes to appear before the committee. Thomas’s communications with lawyer John Eastman, a former clerk for Clarence Thomas who helped orchestrate the failed effort to have Mike Pence reject the 2020 election results in Congress, are of particular interest to the committee. Eastman also discussed having the Trump campaign present their election fraud claims to the Supreme Court and privately alleged that he knew of a “heated fight” between justices over whether to hear such arguments, The New York Times reported.
Earlier this month, Representative Jamie Raskin, a member of the January 6 committee, told CBS News’ Face the Nation that Thomas has “relevant testimony to render” and called on her to “come forward and give it.” Thomas, for her part, said in June that she was looking “forward to talking to” the committee. At the same time, she has joined other conservatives in admonishing the committee, signing a December letter to House minority leader Kevin McCarthy calling for the expulsion of representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger from the GOP conference for seeking “to undermine the privacy and due process of their fellow Republicans” by taking part in the January 6 investigation.
Thomas also disclosed in a March interview that she had attended the January 6 rally that Trump held at the Ellipse, in which the former president told his supporters to “fight like hell,” shortly before a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol building. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has described Thomas as a “proud contributor to a coup.”
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How Streaming Turned Art into Content, and People into Consumers
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Nearly a century ago, two culture theorists defined the culture industry as allowing the “freedom to choose what is always the same.” It’s a statement that has always resonated – but perhaps applies to nothing more than the streaming culture of today.
Streaming monopolies offer endless choices, giving the illusion of control and even freedom to those who consume their wares. But by the very nature of the business model, it’s a kind of control that’s only ephemeral. And moreover, through a sleight of hand, it’s led to a situation where we don’t question the fact that we consume things rather than experience the selective things that are displayed to us. Everything else is lost to the great algorithmic abyss.
“As a consumer, I loathe the fact that we have little to no say in the determination of the kind of media that’s accessible. Some of us have a moral opposition to piracy, because of which we are restricted to the media curated by the platforms we’re subscribed to.”
Kratika Mazde, 22.
We’re in the midst of a churn in the world of art – particularly in how we consume it. And it has to do with what theorist Nick Srnicek calls “platform capitalism,” where algorithms that feed on user information take decision-making out of our hands entirely. “… twenty-first-century advanced capitalism is coming to be centered upon extracting and using a particular kind of raw material: data,” Srnicek writes.
As streaming platforms went from being hosts of preexisting work to active producers themselves, they began to use the data itself to make content.
“Online content streaming is increasingly dependent on collecting a vast treasure trove of data about you,” Pat Walshe, a data protection and privacy consultant, told Wired. And this is not only changing what users see on their personalized screens – it’s changing the way media is produced.
The ubiquity of streaming means that maximizing consumption is the logic of the entertainment business model – such that all art is lumped together as content. “And so we have our conversation about the enormous cultural restructuring that is going on, but we are having it in a senseless vocabulary where ‘content’ takes the place of ‘art’ and ‘information’ substitutes for ‘culture,’ ‘knowledge,’ ‘literature,’ ‘music,’ ‘cinema’ and ‘meaning.’ All the mysteries of the creative process are flattened: the fickle nature of the muse, the idiosyncrasies of scholarship, and the tenacity required to compose a novel. All are reduced to nothing by analogies derived from the logic of computer code, data processing and high-tech business models,” wrote Astra Taylor.
Under the guise of giving consumers more agency in their choices, streaming platforms tell us what we’re inclined toward and show consumers a catalog custom-made for them. It closes off any room for discovery, wonder, or experimentation that makes engagement with art challenging or moving in unexpected ways.
Related on The Swaddle:
What the Loss of Movie Theaters Means for a Culture
“Netflix—like many disruptive media phenomena before it, including radio and broadcast television—is a boundary object that exists between, and inevitably problematizes, the conceptual categories used to think about media,” writes theorist Ramon Lobato in his book Netflix Nations. It’s a unique giant that not only creates the things we watch, but also decides what we can watch.
It has to do with the fact that streaming platforms have definitively changed ownership. No longer do we want to “own” titles that we love or collect them in a physical sense – in part because owning things is increasingly unaffordable.
“Now instead of ownership we talk about access… there’s this hypothesis that people value access over ownership,” Anuja Pradhan, a consumer cultures scholar, tells The Swaddle.
At first it was for the better – that is, until streaming became more or less like cable TV once again, minus the agency, plus the costs.
Netflix, for one, has begun to try to salvage its subscriber problem with a flood of mediocre content. The few good ones – like the recently acclaimed adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman – are unlikely to return for another season due to the high costs involved. “While companies like Disney are producing fewer movies for cinema as they focus exclusively on blockbusters, they’re all developing a flood of content for their streaming platforms to keep people’s attention — but the quality of those programs has notably declined,” argues critic Paris Marx.
Enter passive consumption. More than ever, people have begun to engage with the media on offer passively – with entire seasons of TV shows drifting by in the background. Music, too, is ambient, with algorithmic mood playlists playing an endless mix of sounds that fill up the pauses in our own lives. It may have to do with the proliferation of media that has little artistic merit of its own, but makes for an attractive visual experience. Emily in Paris was one such enterprise – a show that was widely panned for its thinly written plot and dialogue, but which served as eye candy akin to short-form social media content. “Sometimes, I am just watching a show while doing my work, not “actively” listening and relishing content. Sort of like a background thing,” says Garima Rao, 20. It makes for content that’s viewable but not really seen, music that one hears but isn’t listening to.
Given how it’s very rare for any particular work to stand out on streaming platforms, we’re never completely bored, or bored enough to recognize that we’re bored. “In the first lecture I teach in my course, I talk about the importance of boredom,” says Pradhan. “Previously, we used to have time for absolute boredom – when you’re in this space, you start to question your life, and society, and the capitalist system that we’re a part of,” she says. Instead, streaming incentivizes blanketing the mind in noise, drowning out any other thoughts we may have.
“It’s very much in the favor of companies to keep you in this form of mild boredom through streaming and other ways, so you don’t necessarily reflect on the ideas you’ve bought into, the ideals of living in a consumer society, and consumption being the key to happiness.”
Anuja Pradhan
This is not to say that streaming services are actively part of a nefarious plot to lull society into a mass state of hypnosis – but it may well be the effect it has anyway. In a culture of increasingly punishing work obligations, hustle culture, and lower securities that preclude any chance of resting easy, it may well be that people are simply too exhausted to think. Content, then, offers escape – irrespective of its quality.
What streaming platforms offered as a promising alternative, then, has failed in delivering. But with streaming having replaced most other modes of consuming film, TV, and music, it feels like there’s little to do about it.
The pandemic has effectively ensured that streaming became the dominant form of media consumption of our times. But there are relatively few streaming services in the market – in their bid to compete with one another over revenues and views, art itself suffers. Mergers and licensing expenses turn art into commodities that are phased in or out, depending on their commercial viability. This means that even older, well-loved and established media are subject to disappearing from our reach forever – at the mercy of streaming execs making business decisions over artistic ones.
Related on The Swaddle:
Are IG Reels and TikTok Ruining Music?
“Disney (DIS) is hiking prices after losing a ton of money on its various streaming services. Netflix recently jacked up prices and is cracking down on password sharing. Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, is scrapping films and series left and right and reversing its controversial everything-under-one-streaming-roof strategy. All three services are expanding their ad-supported offerings,” notes CNN, declaring that the “streaming wars are over.” It shows how there’s a crisis within streaming that’s prompting sweeping, unilateral business decisions – with consumers caught in the middle.
Streaming platforms, with their singular focus on profits, viewership, and subscriber counts, have pushed consumer culture to its extreme.
“If we look at things from the business-algorithmic angle…yes, it might seem as though they control what should be consumed by whom,” says Shriram Venkataraman, a digital anthropologist, about the emergence of platform monopolies.
The platform-model of media engagement that streaming mainstreamed applies to books too – an even more dire crisis given the crisis of publishing and real-world bookstores. “They don’t allow you to buy things on Kindle or Audible to download the book files or the audio files – you have to use their app. There’s no guarantee that even though I paid money for it, I’ll be able to access the same file if they take it off their platform” Naomi, 24, adds.
Streaming platforms are beginning to realize the value of slow consumption, with several going back to the weekly episode drop model of TV. It might signal a growing awareness within streaming companies of a wider audience fatigue with passive, disengaged viewing on the one hand, or binge-watching on the other. Netflix, which arguably pioneered the binge-watching mode of consumption (its CEO Reed Hastings was famous for quipping that they’re “competing with sleep… and winning”), may soon begin to drop this strategy.
But changing the viewership model still points to the inordinate influence that streaming platforms have over dictating the way people organize their time and leisure – and at the end of the day, with platforms retaining control over what they create and broadcast, it also doesn’t give agency back to consumers.
Some point to cooperative platforms as a way out of the conundrums about ownership, creativity, and accessibility of art – or as one writer put it, a Socialist Spotify.
At the heart of our collective reckoning with streaming is our agency. Streaming monopolies increasingly erode it – compelling us to think, act, and consume in ways dictated for us by platform analytics. Some, like Venkataraman, say it may be too early to tell what the impact of streaming may be on our collective culture. Others like Pradhan are a little more optimistic about the potential of streaming – where cooperative platforms can democratize art creation and engagement, and diverse voices get more space. We can’t ever “go back” to the old – it isn’t desirable to aspire to it either. “it would be a mistake to present the old gatekeepers in romantic colours compared to new technology companies. In both cases, we are talking about powerful institutions that define, control and manage the boundaries of what is art and culture,” Elinor Carmi, research associate at Liverpool University’s communication and media department, told BBC. But there’s work to do to get there, and it involves taking the power of art and meaning back into our own hands.
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People's Bank of China set the onshore yuan (CNY) reference rate for the trading session ahead.
- USD/CNY is the onshore yuan. Its permitted to trade plus or minus 2% from this daily reference rate.
- CNH is the offshore yuan. USD /CNH has no restrictions on its trading range.
- A significantly stronger or weaker rate than expected is typically considered a signal from the PBOC.
- The previous close was 7.0790
In open market operations:
PBoC injects 2bn yuan of 7-day reverse repos at an unchanged rate of 2.0%
& injects 21bn yuan of 14 data RRs at an unchanged 2.15% (the point of the 14 dayers is to carry over through month-end)
2bn yuan of RRs mature today, thus a net 21bn yuan injection
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The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
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Yen is the focus with Bank of Japan intervention yesterday driving USD/JPY from highs ciurca 142.70/80 back under 141 at one stage.
Japanese markets are closed today, Friday, 23 September 2022. USD/JPY has fallen on the session so far. The moves have been substantial but look tiny in context of multi-big figure move Thursday. I've zoomed the chart below to reflect this.
A response from ING suggest further volatility
Volatility
In terms of trading, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of an index or asset, such as forex, commodities, stocks, over a given time period. Trading volatility can be a means of describing an instrument’s fluctuation. For example, a highly volatile stock equates to large fluctuations in price, whereas a low volatile stock equates to tepid fluctuations in price. Overall, volatility is an important statistical indicator used by many parties, including financial traders, analysts, and brokers. Volatility can be an important determinant in developing trading systems, protocols, or regulations.In the retail space, traders can be successful in both low and high volatile environments, however the strategies employed are often different depending upon volatility. Is Volatility Good or Bad? In the forex space, lower levels of volatile across currency pairs offer less surprises, movements, and are suited to certain types of individuals such as position traders.By extension, high volatile pairs are attractive for many day traders. This is due to rapid and strong movements, which collectively offer the potential for higher profits.However, the risk associated with such volatile pairs are manifold. Of note, volatility with instruments or indices can and do change over time. There can be periods when even highly volatile instruments show signs of flatness, with price not really making headway in either direction. For example, certain months in the summer are associated with low trading volatility.Too little volatility is just as problematic for markets as too much. Too much volatility can instill panic and create its own issues, such as liquidity constraints.A famous example of this are considered Black Swan events, which have historically roiled currency and equity markets.
In terms of trading, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of an index or asset, such as forex, commodities, stocks, over a given time period. Trading volatility can be a means of describing an instrument’s fluctuation. For example, a highly volatile stock equates to large fluctuations in price, whereas a low volatile stock equates to tepid fluctuations in price. Overall, volatility is an important statistical indicator used by many parties, including financial traders, analysts, and brokers. Volatility can be an important determinant in developing trading systems, protocols, or regulations.In the retail space, traders can be successful in both low and high volatile environments, however the strategies employed are often different depending upon volatility. Is Volatility Good or Bad? In the forex space, lower levels of volatile across currency pairs offer less surprises, movements, and are suited to certain types of individuals such as position traders.By extension, high volatile pairs are attractive for many day traders. This is due to rapid and strong movements, which collectively offer the potential for higher profits.However, the risk associated with such volatile pairs are manifold. Of note, volatility with instruments or indices can and do change over time. There can be periods when even highly volatile instruments show signs of flatness, with price not really making headway in either direction. For example, certain months in the summer are associated with low trading volatility.Too little volatility is just as problematic for markets as too much. Too much volatility can instill panic and create its own issues, such as liquidity constraints.A famous example of this are considered Black Swan events, which have historically roiled currency and equity markets.
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(NEXSTAR) – Former child actor Ryan Grantham has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother.
Grantham, known for his roles in “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and the series “Riverdale,” pleaded guilty to killing his 64-year-old mother, Barbara Waite, in March of 2020 inside her British Columbia home. He was 21 at the time.
This week, a judge handed down the sentence in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, according to the CBC. Grantham won’t be eligible for parole for 14 years.
Justice Kathleen Ker called the case “tragic and heartbreaking,” according to the Canadian news outlet, and described during sentencing how Grantham shot his mother in the back of her head with a rifle as she played piano. He then recorded a GoPro video confessing to the crime and recording Waite’s body.
The court heard how Grantham lit candles, set up rosaries over the piano and prayed the next day, before embarking on what might have been killing rampage. The prosecution revealed that he loaded his car with gun, ammunition and Molotov cocktails before driving east to Ottawa, and had a printed map with directions to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s residence at Rideau Cottage, according to CTV News.
During the drive, however, he reconsidered and turned himself in to Vancouver police.
Grantham’s defense attorney argued that their client had been struggling with his mental health and had been attending counseling.
Ker called his decision to turn himself over to authorities a “saving grace” and told the courtroom that Grantham had been overwhelmed by suicidal and homicidal urges in the months before the killing, during which he increasingly used marijuana and watched violent online videos, according to the CBC.
The Squamish, British Columbia native, now 24, started acting when he was in elementary school, according to the Vancouver Sun, first landing a role in a fried chicken commercial. He eared 30 acting credits during his career, which spanned 2007 to 2019.
His last appearance was as Jeffery Augustine in “Riverdale,” a dark reboot of the Archie Comics.
If you or someone you know needs mental health help, there are multiple resources at MentalHealth.gov.
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...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES OF ALL HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS...
.A long-period south-southwest swell continues to bring elevated
surf heights along south facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
The swell is expected slowly lower through Friday.
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Surf of 7 to 10 feet.
* WHERE...South facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
* WHEN...Until midnight HST tonight.
* IMPACTS...Moderate. Expect strong breaking waves, shore break,
and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming
difficult and dangerous.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Beachgoers, swimmers, and surfers should heed all advice given by
ocean safety officials and exercise caution.
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Big Island kidnapping suspect has two hearings simultaneously, after recent Hawaii Supreme Court law
A Hilo grand jury today indicted Duncan Mahi, the man accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl.
While the private grand jury proceeding was going in Hilo, there was also a public preliminary hearing on the case in Kona. Usually, you have one or the other, not both.
Duncan Mahi is a repeat offender, according to court documents, having already been twice convicted of felony terroristic threatening in 2018. It was an unnerving day in the courts on the Big Island and a big reason behind it --- a recent Stare Supreme Court decision.
Nonetheless, 52-year-old Mahi appeared to face the charges of kidnapping, terroristic threats, sexual assault and meth trafficking.
In Kona, Mahi appeared before a judge for a preliminary hearing, where law enforcement personnel described arriving at Anaehoomalu Beach where Mikella Debina's boyfriend had been restrained with tape and zip ties.
Meanwhile in Hilo, an 11 count Grand Jury indictment was returned against Mahi. The two court procedures -- at the same time -- are due to a Hawaii State Supreme Court ruling made on September 8th.
The release of Duncan Mahi, the Hawaii county prosecutor told KITV, was a matter they did not want to risk falling through the cracks.
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...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES OF ALL HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS...
.A long-period south-southwest swell continues to bring elevated
surf heights along south facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
The swell is expected slowly lower through Friday.
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Surf of 7 to 10 feet.
* WHERE...South facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
* WHEN...Until midnight HST tonight.
* IMPACTS...Moderate. Expect strong breaking waves, shore break,
and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming
difficult and dangerous.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Beachgoers, swimmers, and surfers should heed all advice given by
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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Two Big Island men were arrested for alleged drive-by paintball shootings in the Kailua-Kona area.
Hawaii Island Police with Kona Patrol responded after receiving a call about the men driving around in a dark colored pickup, shooting paintballs at random people along Ali’i Drive in Kailua-Kona.
Police said they found at least two victims who had suffered visible injuries consistent with being shot by a paintball.
Officers said they soon found the truck that matched the description and the two men inside were arrested. Those two men have been identified as 18-year-old Cyan Batha of Kamuela and 27-year-old Sailus Gamsey of Kailua-Kona.
Batha, who police said was the passenger in the truck, was arrested on two complaints of third-degree assault.
Gamsey, the driver, was released pending investigation. Investigators did not say what charges, if any, he might be facing.
This case remains under investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Sgt. Erich Jackson at 808-326-4646, Ext. 253; or via email at Erich.Jackson@Hawaiicounty.gov. Tipsters can also call the Hawaii Police Department’s non-emergency number at 808-935-3311.
Do you have a story idea? Email news tips to news@kitv.com
Matthew has been the digital content manager for KITV4 since September 2021. Matthew is a prolific writer, editor, and self-described "newsie" who's worked in television markets in Oklahoma, California, and Hawaii.
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...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES OF ALL HAWAIIAN
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...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Surf of 7 to 10 feet.
* WHERE...South facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
* WHEN...Until midnight HST tonight.
* IMPACTS...Moderate. Expect strong breaking waves, shore break,
and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming
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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Beachgoers, swimmers, and surfers should heed all advice given by
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KAHANA, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Residents near Kaopala Bay in Kahana have split views on how the county should manage erosion at the beach.
During a public meeting Thursday, officials from the Department of Public Works discussed with community members potential solutions for the dissolving shoreline, which is undermining a portion of Lower Honoapiilani Road.
The department presented four variations of an approach to closing the road and realigning it with side streets, as well as re-routing utilities.
"We know that the embankment's going to continue to erode and we know that the waterline is already being exposed," Department Director Jordan Molina said.
Some nearby residents called on the county to install seawalls as a long-term solution.
"I suspect that almost every resident there prefer shoreline hardening, because everything stays the same. Their property value stays the same, the noise stays the same. There's not a multi-year project going on with utilities and everything else," Jon Prun said.
But officials cautioned hardening the shoreline could lead to more erosion, adding the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) does not support the proposal.
"I've been here during a couple of tsunamis, earthquakes, kings tides, all of it, and I feel like we're unique and shouldn't be judged by every other issue of hardening in the state," resident Sandy Carr said.
Another attendee, CJ Carson, said he doesn't support adding a seawall to the beach because "that's just going to cause more problems down the line."
Erecting a seawall, climate change expert Chip Fletcher explained, "causes what's known as flanking, and if I'm going to put up a seawall along this shoreline, then I'm going to have accelerated erosion on land that doesn't have a seawall right next to that seawall."
In the meantime, the county has installed temporary sandbags on the beach to shore up the road and officials said they're working on getting more.
County leaders are also developing another project to repair the coastline in that area. They plan to share more details with the public next year.
'A'ali'i is a reporter with KITV. He was born and raised on the island of Maui and graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in Journalism.
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...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES OF ALL HAWAIIAN
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* WHAT...Surf of 7 to 10 feet.
* WHERE...South facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
* WHEN...Until midnight HST tonight.
* IMPACTS...Moderate. Expect strong breaking waves, shore break,
and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming
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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Beachgoers, swimmers, and surfers should heed all advice given by
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All who sign up can be assured their participation is going back to the community: event proceeds will go to local schools to expand funding for physical education, fitness, and athletic programs county-wide.
Arlene and Jon Emerson founded the 501(c)(3) organization Maui 5K Run For Fitness. After Oahu's Nike 5K For Kids run ended in 2009, Arlene and Jon wanted to see local schools continue to get the funds from that race, so they launched the Honolulu 5K in 2010 to keep the ball rolling. A year later, the pair moved things over to Maui and have been hosting their fundraising event here ever since.
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PASCO, Wash. - Mélanie Knüsel-Rietman spent some time in Pasco back in the 1960s. For the first time since she made her way back to eastern Washington for the Pasco High School Class of '62 Reunion.
Knüsel-Rietman was Pasco High School's first-ever foreign exchange student. The senior yearbook for the class of 1962 is dedicated to her. She credits some of her success throughout her life to her time as a Bulldog.
She went on to be a successful journalist and mother back home in Switzerland. She sat down with Tracci Dial to talk about life, balance and the last 60 years.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. -
UPDATE: 7 p.m.
All evacuations regarding this fire have been lifted, according to the Kennewick Police Department. People can return to their homes, but should say inside and keep roads clear. Anyone who does not live there should avoid the area as well.
Southridge is still closed at 27th Avenue to Ridgeline.
Washington State Patrol has closed west traffic on I-82 through 395 south. Avoid the area.
Kennewick Fire Chief Chad Michael reports the natural vegetation fire is out, but reached around 70 acres. The structure is still on fire.
One viewer sent us a picture of charred foam insulation in their yard. It is important to remember that burning Styrofoam can produce dangerous toxins. Do not pick up or linger around any debris. Get checked by a medical professional if necessary.
UPDATE: 6:21 p.m.
The fire that started by the side of US395 started a structure fire after jumping the highway, according to Deputy Fire Chief in Kennewick, Michael Heffner. The structure is a commercial warehouse and the fire is being pushed by the wind.
Crews are directing traffic around the fire. No injuries have been reported at this time. Crews are working to control the two and a half acre fire.
UPDATE: 5:24 p.m.
The fire is concentrated around the area of Southridge, according to Kennewick Police Department PIO Officer Ramos.
US395 is still closed between W 27th Avenue and I-82. A detour is in place.
Out of an abundance of caution, houses around the Canyon Lakes area are being evacuated. The focus is on houses South of the Canyon Lakes area, but houses to the east and west are also being informed.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
Ramos reports substantial traffic delays in the area. Continue to avoid affected areas as crews respond.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 4:47 p.m.
Multiple agencies, including Benton County Fire District 1, are responding to a large natural cover fire around I-82 and US395. One structure is reportedly involved.
US395 will be closed starting off Bob's Burgers off Hildebrand Boulevard, according to Captain Ron Fryer.
The fire started with grass burning around the Interstate, which was reported at 4:38 p.m., then jumped the ramp. We have reporters on the way.
People are asked to avoid the area of 4800 Southridge Boulevard while crews respond.
This is a developing story, which means information could change. We are working to report timely and accurate information as we get it.
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An employee at a New Jersey food processing facility was found dead inside of a kettle cooker, authorities said.
Dale R. Devilli, 63, was working at the Lassonde Pappas and Company plant Monday morning in Bridgeton, about 40 miles south of Philadelphia, when police were called for a report of an unconscious man, according to New Jersey State Troopers.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities said there appears to be nothing suspicious about Devilli's death, and the case is still being investigated.
A spokesperson for Lassonde Industries Inc. did not immediately return a request for comment on Thursday. According to the company's website, the plant produces organic, natural, and ready-to-drink teas, enhanced waters, and juices.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it is investigating the fatality.
An online obituary described Devilli, of Millville, as a handyman who loved the outdoors.
"Out of his countless hobbies, he perfected bow hunting, fishing, and gardening; the latter would grow a vast variety of fruits and vegetables every summer. As an animal and nature lover, Dale enjoyed walking through the various trails around his property with his dogs and family," it read. "He was the picture-perfect husband and father who valued family above all else."
He leaves behind two daughters and his wife of 28 years, the obituary says.
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. -
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m.
The trooper is being flown to Harborview Medical Center, according to Trooper Thorson. He was reportedly shot in the face.
UPDATE: 6:41 p.m.
A suspect has been arrested, according to WSP Trooper Chris Thorson. He says the trooper was rammed by a car in Walla Walla around 5:20 p.m. before he was shot.
The Oregon-Washington Highway is closed at the Washington border as law enforcement responds. Avoid OR 11 if you can. It is expected to be closed for several hours.
The trooper drove himself to Providence St. Mary Medical Center after being shot, according to Thorson.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 5:25 p.m.
A Washington State Patrol trooper was shot while in the line of duty in the area of Myra Rd. and Poplar Rd Walla Walla in.
Walla Walla County Emergency Management is actively asking people to avoid the area of Poplar and Avery Road, along with the area of Highway 125 S of Old Milton Highway.
Trooper Sarah Clasen with Washington State Patrol told us that it is believed that the officer drove himself to the hospital. There are currently no updates on the suspect or the situation.
This is a developing story, which means information could change. We are working to report timely and accurate information as we get it.
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Tomorrow night's intra-city rivalry matchup between Kennewick and Kamiakin is sure to feature hard hits and big plays.
The Braves are hoping that for a third straight game against the Lions, they can be the ones that get the bulk of the good.
A big part will be the strength of the Kamiakin defense which is coming off a stellar outing against Southridge.
"Our coaches know what they're doing," said Senior Defensive Lineman and Running Back Devin Crow. "And we have some guys guys out there. We got Gabe, Outlaw; it's just a bunch of studs on the team and we do our assignments."
Crow says they are working on some things that need to be fixed after the first couple of weeks.
He says their defense is also young and that they are always looking to step up and compete.
"Defense wins games, it's a big part of the ballgame. If our defense comes out and plays how we are supposed to, we should be coming out with a W."
Friday's night broadcast will begin at 7:00 p.m. on SWX live from Lampson Stadium.
The 11:00 SWX Overtime show will also have highlights from this pivotal matchup, and the Chiawana-Richland battle.
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Man arrested after police pursuit through Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A man was arrested after a a police pursuit through Louisville Thursday afternoon.
According to the Louisville Metro Police Department, officers responded to the 6500 block of Bardstown Road to an active bank hold up around 12:45p.m.
Corey Ware, 28, allegedly stole an undetermined amount of cash and fled in a vehicle.
A marked unit tried to stop Ware on the 4500 block of Bardstown Road, but he refused to stop and a pursuit began.
Ware attempted to flee officers and struck one civilian vehicle and one police vehicle, no one was injured.
MetroSafe was made aware of the pursuit in the area and contacted JCPS to have the district hold their buses during the duration of the pursuit.
LMPD used their Air Unit to assist officers in locating Ware after he fled his vehicle.
Ware is facing robbery, fleeing or evading police, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, criminal mischief, leaving the scene of an accident and robbery in the second degree charges.
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Maintenance Airmen with the 8th Fighter Wing perform pre-flight checks on an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 22, 2022. The 80th FS is one of two fighter squadrons assigned to the 8th FW who promote a free and open Indo-Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Isaiah J. Soliz)
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This beautiful holocaust, the suffering of Yoga in modern society that would not dare dream that one night of happiness as our brother’s. One sleep one death was a theme chosen for these unconventional art exhibit created and made alive and voraci by Yuganirvaha’ artists as Jef Bourgeon…the Yoga Slacker is coming to town on this 5 ½, come over and celebrates its presence here among the artist TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Dylan Larkin is opening his eighth season with the Red Wings at training camp, and he hopes to start every season of his NHL career in the same sweater.
Detroit's captain wants to remain with the organization, hoping to get a contract extension before his deal expires after the season.
"I said that I want to stay, and I don't really see myself in another uniform and that hasn't changed," Larkin told WXYZ's Brad Galli on Thursday. "There's no updates as of now."
The Waterford native is entering the final year of his five-year, $30.5 million contract. He said he would like a deal done before the season ends, but there is no deadline.
"There is nothing, to my knowledge, there's no point where talks would stop," Larkin said. He is leaving the negotiations to his agent.
"It feels really good to be able to kind of put all that aside right now and focus on hockey."
Larkin had core muscle surgery in April, ending his season early. He led the Red Wings with 31 goals and 69 points in 71 games.
His 2021-22 season was on pace to top his career-best numbers from 2018-19, when he registered 32 goals and 41 assists to total 73 points in 76 games.
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What to Know Today
NEW from THE TRACE: The Rittenhouse shootings started a debate in Kenosha that hasn’t ended. It’s been more than two years since Kyle Rittenhouse, responding to a call to arms by a former Kenosha alderperson, arrived in the small Wisconsin town with a semiautomatic rifle and killed two men and injured a third. He was acquitted of homicide and reckless endangerment charges last year — but the jury’s finding that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense only deepened locals’ concerns about the city’s treatment of Black residents, repression by law enforcement, and the role of guns. As community members and leaders grapple with how to regulate firearms locally, the events of the summer of 2020, and the Rittenhouse shootings in particular, continue to define the conversation. Read the story by Isiah Holmes, published in partnership with the Wisconsin Examiner, in full here.
Another study notes increased violent crime in states that have relaxed concealed carry laws. The average rate of gun assaults rose nearly 10 percent over forecasted numbers in the decade after 34 states relaxed their concealed carry permitting requirements, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study also found a 24 percent increase associated with states that let people with violent misdemeanor convictions obtain a concealed carry permit. Context: This is the latest in a long line of studies linking less restrictive concealed carry laws with increases in violence.
“Stand your ground” law under scrutiny again as a Georgia man receives maximum sentence for a shooting he said was self-defense. On Tuesday, Marc Wilson, who is biracial, received the maximum sentence for his felony involuntary manslaughter conviction related to a June 2020 incident near Statesboro. Wilson’s attorneys argued that he exercised his rights under Georgia’s “stand your ground” statute when he fired his legal handgun at a truck of white teenagers who he alleges were shouting racial slurs and trying to run his vehicle off the road, killing a 17-year-old girl in the back seat. The judge said the sentencing decision was “colorblind,” but Wilson’s family disagrees. “If you put me in Marc’s shoes, there’s no way that I would’ve been prosecuted,” Wilson’s cousin, who is white, said. “Odds are I would’ve been given a medal — probably gotten a parade in my name.” Context: An investigation earlier this month from Reveal found that prosecutors have rejected “stand your ground” claims more frequently from people of color and women experiencing domestic violence, suggesting an unequal application of the law.
Washington, D.C., contests lawsuit pushing to allow guns on the Metro. The federal suit, DCist reports, was filed by three D.C. residents and one Virginia resident days after the Supreme Court decided New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine argued in a 44-page response that the city’s public transit system is a “sensitive place,” in line with Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion that jurisdictions would still be able to regulate gun bans in such spaces. Since the Bruen ruling, several lawsuits challenging D.C.’s gun laws have been filed. We’re tracking them, and efforts across the nation, here.
Columbia, South Carolina, now requires residents to report lost or stolen guns to police. A new ordinance, passed yesterday by the City Council, mandates that gun owners report missing firearms within 24 hours. In March, the council rolled back several gun regulations after the city faced a lawsuit by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and pressure from state lawmakers with close relationships to the National Rifle Association.
Data Point
1,209 — the number of kids under 18 who have been killed by guns so far in 2022. [Gun Violence Archive]
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ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. - Would you do a job where you don't get paid?
Of course most don't, but volunteer firefighters and EMTs to it every day and love it.
Many small communities in Accomack County and across the United States rely on volunteer fire and EMS services to protect neighbors and their property.
But it can be a challenging commitment of time and finances, which has made it difficult to recruit, train, and retain volunteers.
"Nowadays people are working multiple jobs, have less time and the training and qualifications is always changing," said Harrison Phillips, a County Board of Supervisors member from District 5. "It takes more time to be a volunteer than it did say, 20, 30 years ago."
And with economic conditions that can make being a volunteer first responder almost like a second full-time job, it's difficult to find folks willing to sacrifice family and personal time to do this important work.
"You're out all hours of the night, and you have to get up and go to work the next day," said Deputy Chief Timmy McCready of the Atlantic Volunteer Fire Company. "It's just kind of tough to keep people in to do these kinds of things."
So in Accomack County, which has been dealing with a shortage of qualified volunteer first responders for several years, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new tax break targeted at attracting and retaining quality firefighters and EMTs.
Starting January 1, 2023, volunteer first responders who are on call to respond to emergencies will be eligible to have the property tax rate on one personal vehicle reduced to just one cent per $100 of value.
The normal tax rate for passenger vehicles in Accomack County is $2.99 per $100 of value. So that means that the owner of a $10,000 vehicle normally would owe $299 in annual taxes. But qualified volunteer first responders would only pay $1.
Why a rate of one penny per $100? That's because Virginia law prohibits a tax rate of zero percent.
This new tax break is expected to cost the County $123,000 per year, which for Supervisor Harrison Phillips is a good value.
"So it's a very small price to pay what the county and the citizens will be receiving from the volunteers," Phillips said.
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Reps kick over continuous use of failed IPPIS as payment platform
The leadership of the House of Representatives on Thursday expressed grave displeasure over Federal Government’s failure to suspend the use of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) which failed the integrity test conducted by National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
The Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and his deputy, Hon. Idris Wase expressed his displeasure during the resumed investigation into the lingering crisis trailing the prolonged nationwide strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the non-implementation of agreements signed with the Federal Government.
Trouble started when the NITDA’s Director of Information Technology and Infrastructure Solution Department, Dr. Usman Usman Abdullahi disclosed that the IPPIS adopted as payment platform which was conceptualized in 2006 and put to use since 2011 failed the integrity test conducted as a result of the controversy trailing the UTAS payment platform funded by ASUU.
Dr. Abdullahi disclosed that the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami has advised his counterparts on the failed IPPIS payment platform.
According to him, the Minister after the audit of various payment platforms directed NITDA to subject the three solutions: IPPIS as well as University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and the University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System (U3PS) to the Agency’s integrity tests.
He said: “On the issue of advising government, NITDA is in a position to advise government. Honourable Minister has been advising that this solution is payment systems particularly that are used by government have not gone through NITDA’s due diligence process.
“He (Minister) has been saying that and of course, he has been mentioning that to his colleagues. And I’m sure as a result of that government said to include IPPIS.
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“Now in response to your second question Honourable Speaker Sir, the IPPIS is what is currently in use by Government, so IPPIS is used by the government, and so it is one that is domiciled in the Accountant General’s office.”
While responding to the unique features in all three solutions, he affirmed that IPPIS is good in one, UTAS is good in another, U3PS is good in another, so in terms of rating, you have to look at all three and then rate them accordingly.
“So, that is something we felt is not at that point that we want. That would be at the point of advice, the expectation is that we should do all these tests, once they meet the due diligence requirements and then we will advise and say this is good and has passed the requirements however this is the grading.
“So, we feel we are not at a position at the moment because the issues with them are critical across board.”
In a swift response to his submission, the Speaker who was infuriated by the recurring cases of corruption in the Accountant General’s office, maintained that the NITDA should accept part of the responsibility for the failed IPPIS solution.
He said: “You know where I’m going with that question, okay let me explain to you. It means that the issues we had in the Accountant General’s office, it means that there is a problem with IPPIS itself otherwise we wouldn’t have that quantum and humongous deficiency whereby I’m not about any person, but an office drops the ball on that amount. IPPIS therefore should be queried.”
On his part, the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Idris Wase who frowned at the presentation of the NITDA official, said: “If you tell me that you carried out the test and they all failed and then you do not deem it fit to advise in the immediate to stop it.
“I think there’s no patriotism in that one, there’s no patriotism because if all the systems failed and then you allowed the one that has failed you to be of service to the nation. Are they of good service? And in your grading, exams are simple, you have criteria to say A, B, C fail and that must be the reason to say this one fails and if you tell me you do not have the scorecard of the three.
“I would say with all modest, you are not being honest. Your Excellency, going further we have the to put them on oath.”
Also speaking, Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Folashade Yemi-Esan confirmed that Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy officially wrote her office following NITDA’s observations about IPPIS on the need to take a holistic look at the platform and that a Committee was set up to carry out the assignment.
While noting that IPPIS is not just a payment platform but that also has a human resource component, which all government agencies have been directed to activate, noted that all the workers across MDAs have fully complied with the payment system.
On his part, Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Mr. Ekpo Nta, told the House leadership that in view of the general agitation in the tertiary education sector, the agency advised the government to look at the possibility of increasing the salaries of the staff in the entire sector, comprising universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.
He said, however, that at the end of the day, the government decided to increase the salaries of lecturers in the universities by a certain percentage, while professors were considered for higher percentage.
He said he was not aware of any agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU for salary increment.
Also speaking, the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Sylva Okolieaboh, said under no circumstance should employees dictate to their employers how they should be paid, faulting ASUU’s insistence on UTAS.
After hours of deliberations, the Speaker resolved to invite the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Accountant General of the Federation, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige; Auditor General of the Federation, Director General of Budget Office, Mr. Benjamin Akabueze; as well as the ASUU leadership, scheduled for Thursday next week.
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Reindeer injures man on farm west of Fort Collins
A reindeer on a farm west of Fort Collins injured a man badly enough he was taken to a nearby hospital.
Annie Bierbower, Poudre Fire Authority spokesperson, told the Coloradoan they received a report of an adult male injured by a reindeer just before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The Pulse Point app indicated a medical emergency call at 7:23 p.m. and the location to be Larimer County Road 38E, which winds west of Fort Collins around Horsetooth Reservoir to Masonville.
Bierbower said she could not provide the condition of the patient or address of the incident.
Reindeer are legal to keep in Colorado and are considered alternative livestock. The animals require a permit or license issued by U.S. Department of Agriculture, Colorado Department of Agriculture or Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The injury comes just more than a week after an archery hunter was seriously injured by a moose he shot at in the Long Draw area about 70 miles west of Fort Collins.
Earlier this week, one bear was removed from the Colorado State University campus by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials, who also were looking for another in north Fort Collins.
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Late-game heroics send Somerset Patriots to Eastern League Championship Series
BRIDGEWATER – The Somerset Patriots are the comeback kids.
Brandon Lockridge's single with one out in the 10th inning scored the winning run in the Patriots' 6-5 victory over the Portland Sea Dogs for a two-game sweep of the Eastern League Northeast Division Series Thursday night at TD Bank Ballpark.
The Patriots erased a 3-0 deficit for the second straight game and trailed 5-3 in the ninth before Trey Sweeney and Andres Chapro delivered two-out RBI singles to keep Somerset alive at 5-5.
"Our guys are a relentless bunch," said Somerset manager Dan Fiorito. "They just kept competing, chipping way. They came from behind two times. I'm just really proud of this group.”
Somerset will face the Erie SeaWolves in Game 1 of the Eastern League Championship Series on Sunday.
This story will be updated.
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A pair of Niagara County’s state legislative delegates are ramping up their efforts to convince the state labor commissioner to reject a recommendation that the overtime threshold for farm workers be cut back to 40 hours a week.
While state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, released a copy of a letter to Commissioner Roberta Reardon from 19 senators warning the move would cause harm to both farms and farm laborers, Assembly Member Mike Norris, R-Lockport, penned an op-ed piece encouraging constituents to share their own thoughts on the issue with Reardon before she acts.
The state Farm Laborers Wage Board on Sept. 6 voted 2-1 to recommend reducing the overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40 hours by the year 2032. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration has 45 days to adopt or reject the recommendation.
Industry leaders have said a lower overtime threshold would force farm operators to limit their laborers’ work week to 40 hours, and crop losses and ruined family businesses would be the likely results.
The senators’ Sept. 21-dated letter to Reardon cites a state-funded report by Cornell University that found half or more of dairy, fruit and vegetable farmers in New York would cut back operations and/or leave the industry if the overtime threshold is reduced, and also found about 70% of H-2A (temporary, non-citizen) workers would consider going to another state without “capped” hours.
“The Wage Board’s decision to lower the overtime threshold will hurt the very people it was intended to help — farmworkers — by restricting the number of hours they can work, meaning smaller paychecks,” the senators wrote.
Citing rising food prices and sharply increased costs of inputs such as fertilizer, their letter further warned, “Doing anything that may increase the price of our food, or impact the stability of the food supply-chain (which we learned during COVID just how fragile it is) ... would be extremely irresponsible.”
Norris’ op-ed conveys a similar message and encourages readers to share their own views with the labor department by email to regulations@labor.ny.gov ; or a letter mailed to New York State Department of Labor, W. Averill Harriman State Office Campus, Building 12, Room 509, Albany, NY 12240.
“Though the state was required to publish notice of this public comment period in at least 10 newspapers in the state, they could have done more to get the word out. That’s why I want to make sure constituents of the 144th Assembly District are aware and have a chance to have their voices heard. (Reardon) will make a determination in October,” Norris wrote.
Jeanette Miller, president of the Niagara County Farm Bureau, echoed the state representatives’ message about the irony of the overtime recommendation. The Farm Laborers Wage Board sounds worker friendly in name, but it’s the opposite in reality, she said.
Farm workers “want to work for the season, a few months, and bring back money to their families. They want to work and work substantial hours,” Miller said. “Politicians’ staffers work 80-a-week during election season. Why can’t farmworkers? It’s not acceptable.”
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ALBANY — With less than seven weeks until Election Day, the race to become New York’s first elected governor since Andrew Cuomo quit the job in August 2021 has turned into a debate over debates.
Thursday night, the possibility of getting Gov. Kathy Hochul and her GOP opponent, Rep. Lee Zeldin, on a debate stage together appeared to be slipping away. The Republican candidate called the Democrat’s plan for a single downstate debate hosted by Spectrum News 2 weeks before the election too little, too late.
Zeldin had earlier called on Hochul to accept a pair of debate proposals pitched by other media outlets.
When her campaign did not acknowledge those requests, the conservative NY Post mocked Hochul Sept. 16 with a front-page graphic depicting the governor in a chicken costume with the headline: “Why won’t our scaredy Kat governor agree to debate opponent Lee Zeldin?”
The pressure has since been directed at Zeldin after Spectrum, a cable news outlet, announced this week that Hochul had accepted its invitation to host an October 25 debate.
Zeldin branded that proposal a “non-starter” Thursday, noting the proposed event wouldn’t happen until well after absentee ballots had been sent to voters. Early voting in New York begins Oct. 29.
Grant Reeher, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University, said given the size and complexity of New York and its state government, “there should be at least four or five debates,” spread across the various regions.
Reeher, who has helped arrange and hosted numerous political debates, said politicians who try to delay debates until very late in the election cycle are often attempting to insulate their campaigns from the possibility of gaffes or other controversies that could emerge in a televised debate.
“One debate just doesn’t make sense,” Reeher told CNHI. “We’re talking about two candidates with pretty distinct views. It’s not like different flavors of vanilla here.”
Zeldin lashed out at Hochul for what he called her “cowardly attempt to participate in just one debate at the end of October on cable that millions of New Yorkers can’t access on their TVs.”
He pointed out many voters don’t subscribe to Spectrum, the cable company that operates Spectrum News, and instead are customers of DISH, Direct TV or Verizon/FIOS.
But although Zeldin excoriated Hochul for limiting her debate participation to a single event, he did not altogether rule out the possibility of becoming involved with the debate accepted by the governor’s campaign team.
Responding to Zeldin’s criticisms, Hochul spokesman Jerrel Harvey said, “Governor Hochul looks forward to debating on October 25 and highlighting the clear contrast between her strong record of delivering results and Lee Zeldin’s extreme agenda.”
Hochul’s campaign ads have suggested Zeldin, if elected, would curb access to abortions and labeled him “extreme and dangerous.” Zeldin has argued Hochul’s legislative agenda has weakened public safety, with the cashless bail system leaving New Yorkers vulnerable to criminals.
By balking at the Spectrum News debate, Democratic campaign strategist Hank Sheinkopf said Zeldin is making “a risky play with little return.”
“This is like betting on a stock that’s fallen and will never recover,” Sheinkopf said. “He would be missing an opportunity to be on television before hundreds of thousands of people, and he would be missing an opportunity to confront her on crime. He’s not looking at the facts. and the facts are he is never going to get on the stage with her again.”
State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar offered a very different viewpoint, contending that Hochul, by insisting on only one debate, “shows she is running scared.”
“The public deserves to hear from the two candidates in forums where the media is asking questions and the candidates get to direct answers to each other,” Kassar said. “That is healthy for our democracy.”
With the chicken analogy made by the New York Post, a Hochul campaign aide sought to turn the tables on Zeldin, tweeting a doctored image of the tabloid front page, one with Zeldin’s face superimposed on the chicken costume.
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The U.S. Air Force is seeking to keep members of its Senior Executive Service engaged and fulfilled after paring back its ranks to comply with civilian workforce leadership cutbacks mandated by Congress.
SES is comprised of senior, non-political administrators across government. Under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017, defense agencies were directed to cap the number of people holding SES positions by Dec. 31. For the Air Force, SES ranks will total 160 this year, down from 183 a year ago, overseeing a total workforce of nearly 170,000 personnel.
The reduced SES cap makes it more important than ever to keep SES staff, who also leave through retirements and normal attrition. That means more than just creating a job that is stimulating and rewarding, leaders said at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference on Sept. 21.
“Without that consistency in the SES core, it’s hard to maintain the balance as you move forward,” said Anthony Reardon, administrative assistant to Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall. “The real goal of an SES is to weather that storm to be able to provide that consistency throughout the organization.”
The department is working to retain its high-level leadership in the face of top-down orders from Congress to limit the total number of SES positions by the end of this year. For Air Force leadership, that means keeping the workforce it has, and ensuring it stays, by investing in career development.
Turnover rates for career federal employees are higher in the first few years of an administration than at other times, particularly among senior executives. Coupled with an aging federal workforce and the competition for talent with the private sector, stability in leadership can be threatened.
Still, the Air Force is “managing down” to 160 allocated positions, said Hon. Alex Wagner, assistant secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, at the conference.
Stability in these positions is critical, panelists said, because SES members, which hold civilian titles classified above GS-15 and roughly equivalent to flag and general officers, are the major link between these appointees and the rest of the federal work force.
The SES was established to ensure that executive management of the government is responsive to the needs of the nation, and is otherwise of the highest quality, said Kathleen Ferguson, a senior advisor for the Roosevelt Group, at the conference.
SES employees make up just a fraction of the 2 million-strong federal workforce, but hold great influence in managing civilian personnel at home and abroad.
For that power to be wielded to the benefit of the department and the nation’s military personnel and security, panelists said the Air Force has committed to maximizing trainings and mentorship.
“Having served in the military myself for years, I was familiar with the Air Force’s commitment to training and education,” said Venice Goodwine, director of enterprise information technology at the conference. “When I got to the Department of Agriculture, I expected that same commitment. But in three-and-a-half years, I had one training class as an executive. And I had no training budget for my team.”
Goodwine said she took the opportunity for the career advancement opportunities at the Pentagon — emblematic of what other civilian workers may be looking for, especially as agencies are competing with themselves for talent.
Now, Goodwine serves on a career field team that helps advise civilian employees on educational opportunities, career coaching, resume writing or getting credentialed to be able to move upward.
“My vision is not to move people around like general officers,” said Wagner. “My hope and my goal is that we can expand the breadth of expertise because I think a broader expertise helps people find more meaning in their job.”
A 2020 study by Rand Corporation found that although many Air Force civilian employees express high interest in promotion, many also perceive a lack of opportunity for promotion to higher grades, particularly among women and minority groups.
In-house resources like the Talent Management Committee, for example, give a rating for individuals indicating whether they should continue to build tenure in their job or be flagged for increased challenges for promotion or a lateral move, said Reardon.
“I think we’re making great strides in the transparency, and I think that’s the thing that we’re working on most — making sure that we have meaningful feedback to the senior executives,” he added.
Molly Weisner is a staff reporter for Federal Times where she covers labor, policy and contracting pertaining to the government workforce. She made previous stops at USA Today and McClatchy as a digital producer, and worked at The New York Times as a copy editor. Molly majored in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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New Mexico is bracing for a rapid exodus of up to 100,000 people from subsidized Medicaid health care next year as the federal government phases out special pandemic-era spending and eligibility for the program, the state’s top health official told lawmakers Wednesday.
State health and welfare officials say the federal government appears likely but not certain to declare an end to its COVID-19 public health emergency in January, curtailing enrollment in Medicaid and leaving a $167 million annual gap in state general fund finances.
A legislative panel on Wednesday met to weigh the consequences. The Biden administration plans to give states 60-days notice before making the move.
At that point, Health and Human Services Secretary David Scrase said between 85,000 and 100,000 residents are no longer likely to qualify for Medicaid because of increased earnings as they rejoin the workforce. He said a reduction in supplemental assistance for food may also drive people back into the workforce and off Medicaid.
“We knew this would be coming some day and now it is becoming a part of our budget,” Scrase said.
State insurance regulators are preparing to help residents make the transition to insurance policies on the state’s health insurance exchange with a plan to waive the first monthly charge, according to a policy briefing from the Legislature’s accountability and budget office.
The state has a new stream of tax dollars dedicated to underwriting health-exchange insurance offerings for low- and moderate-income individuals, along with employees at small businesses.
It comes from a new 2.75% tax on health insurance premiums — the upfront payments made on behalf of an individual or family to keep insurance active.
New Mexico residents flocked to Medicaid insurance — for people living in poverty or on the cusp — during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the federal government temporarily boosted reimbursements to medical providers and extended eligibility for patients.
New Mexico officials say the state has the nation’s highest rate of enrollment in Medicaid, and its companion Children’s Health Insurance Program, with a June 2022 caseload of roughly 970,000 people out of 2.1 million state residents.
New Mexico is among the states around the country that have made it easier for new moms to keep Medicaid in the year after childbirth, a time when depression and other health problems can develop.
Scrase said the state hopes to soon provide continuous Medicaid enrollment for qualified children, to avoid intermittent lapses in enrollment that can interfere with regular medical checkups and immunizations. He said New Mexico would be the second state to adopt the practice.
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The Biden administration released a national strategy that it said will provide the roadmap needed for federal, state, and local governments, as well as businesses and communities, to better support family caregivers.
The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers identifies hundreds of actions that federal agencies will take to prioritize improving access to respite care, including family caregivers as part of a person’s care team, strengthening the direct care workforce, and helping to ensure caregivers’ financial security.
Each year, around 53 million people provide a broad range of assistance to support the health, quality of life, and independence of someone close to them, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement. An estimated one in six individuals is a family caregiver, and more than two-thirds of people will need assistance as they age. Lost income due to family caregiving is estimated at $522 billion each year.
“This first-ever national strategy gives us a whole-of-society approach to supporting the millions of family caregivers who desperately need assistance in this country,” said Terry Fulmer, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation, a nonpartisan philanthropy that helped develop the strategy. “Now is the time for all of us — states, communities, business leaders, researchers, nonprofits, and philanthropies — to take action so that caregivers of older adults get the help they need and deserve.”
The National Strategy was developed by two congressionally mandated councils supported by the Administration for Community Living, in partnership with The John A. Hartford Foundation and the National Academy for State Health Policy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement. It includes nearly 350 actions that agencies overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, Veterans Affairs, housing, labor, and more will take over the next three years to support caregivers, including:
— Access to Respite Services: AmeriCorps Seniors will offer short-term care to help family caregivers take a break.
— Support with Day-to-Day and Complex Medical Tasks: Offices throughout the government will coordinate with states to grow and strengthen the direct care workforce to help with caregiving tasks.
— Inclusion of Caregivers in Care Teams: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will update rules to include family caregivers in the hospital discharge planning process so transitions are smoother for all involved.
— Financial Education on Caregiving Costs: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will increase the availability and use of financial education tools on the costs of long-term care so caregivers can better prepare.
— Better Identification of Family Caregivers: Departments across the government will pilot identification of family caregivers in electronic health records and state information systems and conduct localized outreach to share information with family caregivers about the support available.
— Research on the Needs of Family Caregivers: Interdepartmental efforts across the federal government will research family caregiving to inform evidence-based policies, including by providing grants to colleges and universities with gerontology and family service programs so support options meet family caregivers’ needs.
The report also includes state government actions, including:
— Engaging Family Caregivers in Health Care Services and Systems: Engage family members as part of the care team, especially during care transitions and hospital discharges, assess family caregivers for their own needs, ensure that family members receive the information they need to care for the individual, and measure family caregiver engagement for quality improvement and payment.
— Services and Supports for Family Caregivers: Blend and braid federal and state funding for services such as home and respite care which can give family caregivers a needed break, leverage new Medicaid funding and flexibility, rebalance toward more home and community-based services, and pay family caregivers through Medicaid self-direction options.
— The Direct Care Workforce: Coordinate workforce policy and resources across agencies, develop career pathways, improve and streamline training and working conditions, create registries to match workers with clients and credential portability for aides to work in various settings or as a career ladder, and collect data on turnover rates, tenure, full-time/part-time status, vacancy rates, wages, benefits, and recruitment and retention.
— Financial and Workplace Security: Enhance family leave requirements, establish tax credits for caregiving expenses, establish protections against workplace discrimination based on family responsibilities, include family caregiving in unemployment insurance eligibility, and promote financial education and planning for family caregivers.
Family caregivers, on average, spend one-quarter of their annual income on caregiving expenses, HHS said. Three-quarters of caregivers spend an average of $7,200 annually on caregiving out-of-pocket expenses.
“As the major public payer for long-term services and supports and regulator of providers, states are facing the challenges of helping families live in their homes and communities while grappling with the shortage and working conditions of direct care workers — with increasingly aging populations,” said Hemi Tewarson, executive director at the National Academy for State Health Policy. “The National Strategy provides a timely roadmap for states as well as federal, business, and community sectors to address these challenges.”
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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing the Pentagon to expedite a monthslong review aimed at determining whether the United States should send its MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones to Ukraine.
Seventeen House Democrats and Republicans on Thursday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, pressing him to expedite an ongoing risk assessment to determine whether transferring the technology poses a risk should it fall into Russian hands.
“There continue to be delays in delivering Gray Eagle systems to Ukraine despite urgent requests from Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov and ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova,” the lawmakers wrote. “While important, thorough risk assessments and mitigation should not come at the expense of Ukrainian lives.”
Pentagon officials have been mulling a request for Gray Eagle drones from Ukraine since at least mid-April, but it’s hung up over concerns about securing the technology as well as its survivability in the contested airspace above Ukraine. Officials said they are also considering the potential impact on the U.S. military’s readiness if the drone is provided from its own stockpiles.
On Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters that the U.S. has sent Ukraine other intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems including Puma and ScanEagle drones, as well as Switchblade loitering munitions.
“We continue to maintain a robust dialogue with Ukraine and the international community about what we and the international community can do to support Ukraine,” Ryder said.
The letter presses the Pentagon on the Gray Eagle and the MQ-9A Reaper, which are both made by General Atomics of San Diego, California. The U.S. has sold Reapers to the U.K., France and others, but has not exported the Gray Eagle, which can be armed with up to four Hellfire missiles.
The lawmakers, led by Reps. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Mike Quigley, D-Ill., and Andy Harris, R-Md., called for completing the review “in a timely manner.”
“Should the decision be made to transfer Gray Eagles, then it should be done expeditiously,” they wrote. “Or, if the determination is to withhold this technology, that needs to be communicated quickly and clearly to afford our Ukrainian partners the opportunity to make alternative plans.”
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., also signed onto the letter.
Contacted about the letter Thursday, General Atomics spokesman C. Mark Brinkley criticized the U.S. government’s “endless wait-and-see response” amid months of discussions with Washington and Kyiv over the merits of the move.
The company has offered to train Ukrainian operators at no expense to American taxpayers and, Brinkley said, responded to “repeated concerns about technology transfer and provided options for increased battlefield survivability.”
“If you think HIMARS [the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System] changed things, put some Gray Eagles in the air and see what happens next,” Brinkley said. “No one wants to see the significant gains made by the Ukrainians erode due to inaction.”
Joe Gould is the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He served previously as Congress reporter.
Bryant Harris is the Congress reporter for Defense News. He has covered U.S. foreign policy, national security, international affairs and politics in Washington since 2014. He has also written for Foreign Policy, Al-Monitor, Al Jazeera English and IPS News.
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U.S. shipping giant FedEx is echoing a sentiment from other large companies as persistent inflation, and Fed policy rate hikes signal the possibility of an impending recession.
Companies like FedEx are preparing for a slowdown in consumer discretionary spending, which means there could be a slowdown in package deliveries.
FedEx is announcing that it will raise rates to cover losses.
The company says customers should expect higher rates on its Ground and Express services starting in 2023.
Customers should expect to see an average rate hike of about 6.9% or more for services.
The company will also impose a shipping rate hike on its Freight service as well which could have a direct impact on the cost and availability of consumer goods.
Freight rates will rise on average by about 6.9% as well.
The company warned in recent forecasts that it expects demand for package deliveries to slow down around the holiday shopping season, and it is preparing for around $500 million in profit losses.
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Arkansas voters to decide on recreational marijuana in November
Question will be on the Nov. 8 ballots
Voters in Arkansas will decide whether recreational marijuana will be legal this November.
Issue 4, to legalize recreational marijuana will be on the Nov. 8 ballots.
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday the petition submitted by Responsible Growth Arkansas that the ballot title was sufficient so it will remain on the ballot and the votes will be counted. The vote was 5-2 voting the ballot title was sufficient. Lancaster said the group learned of the decision late Thursday afternoon.
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"It was surprise to all of us," Steve Lancaster, an attorney for the group that submitted signatures.
About 193,000 signature were submitted, more than 100,000 signatures more than needed.
Voters in Arkansas passed medical marijuana in 2019.
"We were well above what we needed," Lancaster said.
The signatures were turned in to the Arkansas Election Board in July. But the state election board voted against the ballot title. Lancaster appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court.
"The result is what we expected from the very beginning. We put a lot of work into a good ballot title and the court agreed this is good to go to let the voters in Arkansas make their own decision on this. And we're very grateful to the court for giving the people the right to make this decision," Lancaster said.
The court agreed to put the question on the Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Lancaster said he thinks it is important for the question to be decided during a general election.
"We're very pleased we are going to be on the ballot in November," Lancaster said.
He said others who helped gather signatures are "very excited" that the Court agreed the votes should count.
"We're looking forward to getting going on our campaign to vote in favor of Issue 4," Lancaster said. "We've had a lot of people voice their support so we feel really good about it, to convince everyone this is right for Arkansas."
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Greensboro Pride Festival Sees Record Attendance
The organization is also announcing its date for its 2023 festival
Greensboro, NC – Alternative Resources of the Triad, the nonprofit behind the Greensboro Pride Festival, is excited to announce they set a new record for attendance on Sunday, September 18. The organization reports between 35,000 and 40,000 people came out to the festival. The previous record, set in 2019, was 15,000 to 20,000 people.
“This has been a great year for Greensboro Pride,” says Chair Brian Coleman. “We were excited to celebrate our 15th anniversary after two COVID-19 cancellations, and we’re glad that the community felt the same way.”
The 2022 Pride Festival had more than 50 performances, including vocalist, songwriter, and drag performer Ada Vox, who found success on American Idol. The festival also featured drag legends LaWanda Jackson, Ebony Addams, and Dana St. James, who are all featured in the new book, "Legends of Drag: Queens of a Certain Age." Local drag legends included Paisley Parque, Crystal Frost, Tia Chanella, and Rose Jackson. Returning performers included Ed E. Ruger and child performer Finn Phoenix.
“It was a great success. I loved seeing the smiles on so many peoples’ faces and hearing stories of why they came to Pride. We had a lot of first timers, which is amazing,” says Coleman.
In addition, Alternative Resources of the Triad is announcing its next Greensboro Pride Festival date - October 1, 2023! The festival was pushed back a couple of weeks to accommodate the Jewish High Holidays that occur in mid-September next year. Stay tuned for more information on sponsorships and vendor registrations for 2023.
Learn more about Greensboro Pride at GreensboroPride.org and follow them on Facebook and Instagram. You can join their committee and help plan the next Pride Festival at https://greensboropride.org/committeeapplication/.
The 2022 Greensboro Pride Festival was Presented by Ralph Lauren and VF Corp. Other sponsors include Procter and Gamble, Food Lion, HITS 100.3 FM, Twist Lounge and CentralSquare Technologies.
About Alternative Resources of the Triad
The Greensboro Pride Festival is the headlining annual event for Alternative Resources of the Triad (ART), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. ART’s mission is to improve the emotional and social wellbeing of LGBTQIA2+ individuals in Greensboro by promoting inclusivity and building resources, safe spaces, and social events.
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Musician Jonovan Cooper in Residency at the Hyers October 3-9
GREENSBORO, NC (September 21, 2022) – Creative Greensboro will host musician Jonovan Cooper for an artist Residency At The Hyers October 3-9. The residency will feature free workshops during the week and will end with a performance of Ethiopian influenced jazz band tEwEsta at 4 pm on Sunday, October 9 at the Stephen D. Hyers Theatre, in the Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St. The workshops are free. The concert is $10 and tickets are available in advance online.
Workshop Schedule
An Introduction to Ethiopian Music
Monday, October 3, 7 pm
Audience members may bring instruments and learn Ethiopian pentatonic scales to understand and recognize the sound of Ethiopian music. This event is free to attend.
The Culture and History of Ethiopian Music
Friday, October 7, 6 pm
Learn about the culture and history of Ethiopian music from Ethiopian musician and doctoral engineering student, Amanuel Abrdo Tereda. This event takes place during First Friday and is free to attend.
tEwEsta Performance
Sunday, October 9, 4 pm
Cooper’s band, tEwEsta, will perform compositions of Ethiopian-influenced jazz. Tickets are $10 and available online.
About Jonovan Cooper
A native of Windsor, NC, Dr. Cooper, is a 1998 graduate of North Carolina Central University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz. Cooper also obtained a Master of Music in Music Education from Norfolk State University, a master’s degree in business administration from American Intercontinental University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from American Conservatory of Music.
Cooper has performed as a member of the US Navy Band as well as on cruise ships, in stage plays, musicals, music ministries, the 70s show band Right On and more. He has performed with some of the world’s greatest musicians including Louis Belson, Chuck Mangione, and Ronan Tynan to name a few. Has opened for The Four Tops, Isaac Hayes, Russell Batiste, and The Commodores. Notable Ethiopian musicians he performed with include Mulatu Astatke, Teddy Afro, Abegaz Shiota, Lily Tilahun, Henock Temesgen, Teferi Assefa and others. As a resident in Ethiopia for a decade, he performed for the nation’s highest leaders including the prime minister and became highly sought after to perform for the embassies of various nations within the country.
Cooper recently returned to NC with his wife and sons when he accepted an offer to teach at NC A&T State University in Greensboro, NC as the jazz band director. Now that he’s back in the states, he wants to extend what he learned while in Ethiopia to further develop his compositions. Still intrigued by the culture and music of the country, he has formed a new band called tEwEsta, which means “recall.” Learn more about Cooper at jonovancooper.wixsite.com/jonovan.
About The Residency at the Hyers
This program offered by Creative Greensboro provides rent-free, up to six-week residencies for dance, theatre, music, film, and poetry projects led by Guilford County-based creative individuals and organizations. For more information about the residency, contact Creative Greensboro’s Performing Arts Coordinator Todd Fisher at todd.fisher@greensboro-nc.gov or 336-373-2974.
Founded in 2019, Creative Greensboro provides support for, ensures access to and drives awareness of Greensboro’s creative community. Through a range of programs, services and partnerships, Creative Greensboro supports the development of a vibrant city. To learn more about Creative Greensboro and other low-cost or free ways to use space within the Greensboro Cultural Center, visit www.creativegreensboro.com.
Photos provided by Cooper to Creative Greensboro with permission to reprint.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Tesla Inc. countersued Thursday a California agency accusing the Silicon Valley auto giant of allowing and enabling widespread race discrimination at its Fremont assembly plant.
The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) filed a petition Wednesday against Tesla alleging it failed to comply with its ongoing investigation, having sued in February alleging Black employees at the electric car manufacturer’s factory in the San Francisco area faced discrimination and harassment.
In a subsequent complaint filed in Alameda County Superior Court, Tesla says the department adopted "underground regulations" allowing it to file the lawsuit without notifying Tesla or giving the company a chance to settle.
The civil rights agency — charged with protecting Californians from employment discrimination — said in its 39-page complaint filed last spring that Tesla’s marketing of its vehicles to “environmentally conscious, socially responsible” buyers “masks the reality of a company that profits from an army of production workers, many of whom are people of color, working under egregious conditions.”
According to the lawsuit, Tesla’s Fremont factory east of San Francisco racially segregates Black workers to the “lowest levels,” asserting that they comprise approximately 20% of the factory operatives, but none of the executives and only about 3% of the plant’s professionals. The complaint attributes the alleged segregation and lack of Black leadership to a culture where complaints of racism were left unaddressed for years on end.
These include claims that managers and supervisors repeatedly used the most racist and incendiary slurs to refer to Black workers and called the factory the “slaveship” or “the plantation.” One Black worker estimates in the complaint that they heard these racial slurs and remarks 50 to 100 times per day.
The complaint further asserts that swastikas, slurs and racist messages are “etched onto walls of restrooms, restroom stalls, lunch tables and even factory machinery” and Black workers face more severe discipline and physically strenuous duties with fewer opportunities for advancement, less pay and lower-level roles. Complaints about disparate treatment and racism within the workplace were ignored or resulted in the firing of the worker in retaliation, according to the lawsuit.
Tesla blasted the complaint as “misguided” and minimized the claims as “alleged misconduct by production associates” that occurred between 2015 and 2019. But the company has been embroiled in several recent controversies, including a slate of recalls on hundreds of thousands of vehicles for violations of federal motor vehicle safety standards and software errors. The manufacturer is also facing a series of race and sex discrimination cases by workers largely from the Fremont plant.
Tesla's counter-lawsuit Thursday alleges that the department violated state law by not seeking public comment before adopting procedures for investigating and suing employers. The company argues the state agency’s procedures ignore the legal requirement to disclose details of investigations to employers and attempt to settle claims out of court before suing.
The agency served Tesla on Jan. 3 this year with a one-page finding, which Tesla said had no additional information relaying the charges of misconduct or any evidence to justify the agency’s finding or reason to sue. The civil complaint followed on Feb. 9 with causes for action filed March 11. Tesla said these successive actions subverted the statutory and regulatory framework of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.
The company alleges these “underground” standards enable the agency to carry out actions such as initiating employer investigations without disclosing a factual basis, issuing “cause” determinations against employers without any additional information or file civil suits against employers without first engaging in good faith conciliation and mediation.
“Although the Fair Employment and Housing Act grants CRD authority to initiate civil litigation against employers for alleged discriminatory conduct, CRD may file suit only after it has complied with all of the statutory pre-suit obligations imposed on it by the Fair Employment and Housing Act and engaged in a ‘mandatory dispute resolution process’ through the DFEH’s internal mediation division,” Tesla wrote.
The company also said complaints from the agency did not name any Tesla employee who allegedly experienced or engaged in racial harassment or retaliation, nor provide a date, location or context for alleged harassment or retaliation. Tesla claims that despite a multi-year investigation, the agency did not interview any members of Tesla’s management, human resources or employee relations teams and did not physically inspect Tesla’s Fremont facility to observe working conditions in real time.
“The truth is that CRD did not engage in meaningful conciliation efforts or good faith mediation with Tesla, consistent with its underground regulation that no such pre-suit obligations apply to it under the Fair Employment and Housing Act,” Tesla argued.
Tesla seeks a judgment that the agency’s conduct was “invalid and unlawful” and asks that an order be issued to bar the agency from following those procedures while investigating an employer and require it to adopt new regulations through a formal rulemaking process.
‘’No state agency may function outside the law,” Tesla said.
Tesla has also attempted to use similar claims to ask a judge to dismiss the California agency's lawsuit, a request denied by a state judge last month. In June, the Silicon Valley giant asked the state’s Office of Administrative Law to investigate the department’s alleged adoption of unlawful policies. The OAL declined to review Tesla's petition, according to Reuters.
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The former head of Mississippi's Department of Human Services has pleaded guilty to both state and federal conspiracy and theft charges in what officials have called the largest embezzlement scheme in the state's history, according to the Department of Justice and the Hinds County District Attorney.
John Davis, 54, served as the department director at the time that state auditors say more than $70 million of federal welfare funds were being misused, including being spent on officials' personal expenses and being funneled into projects connected to prominent Mississippians, including former NFL quarterback Brett Favre.
The US Department of Justice said Thursday that Davis and "his co-conspirators" used federal funds "for their personal use and benefit."
"At Davis's direction, MDHS provided federal funds to two nonprofit organizations and then directed the two nonprofit organizations to fraudulently award contracts to various entities and individuals for social services that were never provided," the DOJ said in a news release.
On Thursday, the former state official pleaded guilty to two federal charges: one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to commit theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and one count of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds, the DOJ announced. He could be sentenced to up to five years in prison on the conspiracy count and 10 years on the theft count.
Davis also pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy and 13 counts of fraud in Hinds County, the county district attorney Jody E. Owens said in a tweet Thursday.
"Davis was one of six Defendants arrested and later indicted in 2020 in one of the largest embezzlement schemes in Mississippi history," Owens said.
The vast fraud scheme was uncovered in 2020 by a state audit of federal funds allocated to state agencies. When State Auditor Shad White announced the finding, he called the scheme "the most egregious misspending my staff have seen in their careers."
The state auditor has said around $77 million of money intended for a state welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, was improperly used.
According to investigators, more than $4 million was used to a build a Brett Favre-backed volleyball center at the University of Southern Mississippi, Favre's alma mater and where his daughter played the sport at the time.
The state of Mississippi filed a civil suit against more than 35 people and entities, including the former NFL quarterback, earlier this year.
Text messages were released last week as part of that civil suit by attorneys for the non-profit founded by Nancy New, who has already pleaded guilty to charges related to the welfare funds scheme. They showed Favre discussing getting money through New's nonprofit and expressing his love for Davis after being told of the funding, as well as meetings with Davis and former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant about the funding.
Bryant and Favre have not been criminally charged with any wrongdoing at this time and Bryant is also not named as a defendant in the civil suit.
The former quarterback's attorney told CNN Favre did not know welfare funds were being used for the volleyball center.
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What does it mean for trees when leaves change colors?
CHICAGO - It has been fall since 8:04 p.m. Thursday.
There is already pumpkin spice flavored stuff everywhere, and Halloween candy on store shelves.
Another sign of fall, of course, is fall colors on trees.
But – there is a mystery scientists are still trying to figure out, which is, what does it mean for the tree?
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"Fall is such a mystery, it is so complicated to figure out when the best color is going to be, and then what it means for the tree," said Dr. Christy Rollinson, Forest Ecologist at the Morton Arboretum. "We know that it's getting nutrients back from the leaves, but we don't yet know what that means for tree health going into next year."
The Morton Arboretum in Lisle is hosting a series of fall events they're calling the "Fall Colors Festival" throughout next month.
Information and tickets are on their website.
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Fairless superintendent 'proud' of district's most recent report card
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DISCUSSION: Fairless Superintendent Brock Bidlack touched on the district’s state report card. He said the district did not allow the effects of the pandemic keep them from growing the students academically and staff did not give up on the students or themselves.
“In many academic arenas, on the report card, the district exceeded our performance level prior to the March 2020 shutdown. The district received three and four starts in every category meeting or exceeding state standards. I am very proud of the staff and students of this district,” Bidlack said.
OTHER ACTION:
- Passed a resolution that the district will not provide career/technical education for students enrolled in seventh and eighth grades for the 2022-23 school year.
- Appointed board member Ken Killian to service a three-year term on the R.G. Drage board, effective Jan. 1.
- Accepted the resignation of Grace Spencer, freshman volleyball coach. She was approved as a volunteer for the team.
- Issued one-year supplemental certified contracts to Jessica Swihart, National Honor Society (split stipend), Stephen Hrynko, asst. boys’ soccer, Kyleen Leifer, asst. cross country, Stone Scott, varsity asst. boys’ basketball.
- Granted one-year supplemental contracts to non-district staff, Anna Widder, National Honor Society (split stipend), Jory Oakleaf, freshman boys’ basketball, Phillip Hunter, junior varsity boys’ basketball, Lisa Javersak, eighth grade girls’ basketball, Ray Haswell, seventh grade girls’ basketball.
UP NEXT: meets at 6:15 p.m. Oct. 18 in the high school professional development room.
— Barb Limbacher
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After spending 12-years as a professional snowmobile racer, Fergus Falls native, Cameron Rittenour figured it was time for a change.
“When I turned 30, I felt like I was getting a little too old for it (snowmobile racing),” stated Rittenour. “It got to the point where you would be worried about getting injured or being sore from the race prior, while heading into another race, I felt it was time to move on.”
Realizing that he had a void to fill during the winter months, enter curling.
“I joined a league about seven years ago, down in Sioux Falls, found out I loved it and practiced like crazy,” said Rittenour.
Since he started playing, Rittenour has played at the highest level of curling in the U.S. without making the Olympics. He and his team were one of six that competed at the National Trails last year, ultimately falling short.
“I had always thought about getting a club here in Fergus together, but just never had the time,” mentions Rittenour. “I learned there was a group of people that already had the ball rolling, so I reached out to John Demuth (who is the president) and he said ‘Cameron, we just voted and you’re on the board.’”
Rittenour has been tasked with what is needed for equipment, ice and rocks.
As far as how the wheels got into motion locally: “Of course the Olympics come up every four years and so from watching that there was interest,” stated Demuth. “A group of us went up to Detroit Lakes to try it out and realized we could have something in Fergus.”
It was decided that the club would go with filing as a 501(c)(3), a non-profit organization, allowing for the group to apply for grants and have their own entity set up to control the funds. The club has worked closely with the city and the parks and recreation department.
“Our focus this first year is to get things up and running,” states Demuth. “Long term would be to have our own facility for curling.”
Adds Rittenour: “It would be great to produce a junior team and to be able to send them to national competitions, a goal that is a few years down the road.”
The origins of curling date back to the early 16th century, in Scotland. Over the following centuries, written and visual (paintings) accounts attested to the popularity of curling. Modern times, it has become a sport enjoyed in North America and became an official medal sport at the Winter Olympics, in 1998. Recent success of the U.S. National teams have sparked even more interest.
An information gathering is set for Sept. 27, with no prior experience needed and all ages welcome, you can join the curling club from 5-7 p.m., at Spies Park, in Fergus.
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Thiruvananthapuram: Soon, you could face penal action if found not wearing masks in public places.
The Kerala cabinet has decided to issue an ordinance on an urgent basis, making wearing masks in public places mandatory and empowering concerned authorities in its strict implementation.
The Kerala Public Health ordinance will be reissued with the relevant provisions and sent for Governor's nod.
Though there is a direction to don masks as part of efforts to prevent the Covid-19 spread, a large majority refuses to adhere to the safety precaution even in public places. The police, too, couldn't strictly implement the direction and take penal action in the absence of an ordinance in force. This has compelled the authorities to take up the urgent measure.
Instead of the ordinance, a bill was presented in the legislative assembly last October and was sent for the consideration of the Select Committee. However, the committee sought more time for seeking public opinion and other measures, resulting in the absence of the public health law in force at present.
The above ordinance was earlier submitted to the Governor along with other draft statutes for re-notification. However, the same was among the lot returned by the Governor, citing repeated issuance of the same ordinances.
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...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR THE
ISLAND OF OAHU IN HONOLULU COUNTY...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall.
* WHERE...The island of Oahu in Honolulu County.
* WHEN...Until 830 PM HST.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding on roads, poor drainage areas, and in
streams.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 526 PM HST, radar indicated heavy rain between Nanakuli
and Maili. Rain was falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per
hour.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Nanakuli, Makakilo, Waianae, Kapolei, Barbers Point, Ewa
Beach, Lualualei, Maili, Koolina, Campbell Industrial Park,
Kalaeloa Airport and Makaha.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Stay away from streams, drainage ditches and low lying areas prone
to flooding.
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This advisory may need to be extended beyond 830 PM HST if flooding;
persists.
Weather Alert
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SOUTH FACING SHORES OF ALL HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS...
.A long-period south-southwest swell continues to bring elevated
surf heights along south facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
The swell is expected slowly lower through Friday.
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Surf of 7 to 10 feet.
* WHERE...South facing shores of all Hawaiian Islands.
* WHEN...Until midnight HST tonight.
* IMPACTS...Moderate. Expect strong breaking waves, shore break,
and strong longshore and rip currents making swimming
difficult and dangerous.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Beachgoers, swimmers, and surfers should heed all advice given by
ocean safety officials and exercise caution.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - Officials at Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center said the number of registered sex offenders in Hawaii increased a little since last year.
Convicted sex offenders are required to register in-person at the Hawaii State Attorney General’s – and provide their home address, car information and place of employment.
Currently, there are more than 3,000 register sex offenders in the state. 30 of them involve sex abuse of a minor, according to research by Safehomeorg.com.
Honolulu County has the highest number of sex offenders.
Some experts said now is the time to address what constitutes as a sex crime.
“There are people who prey on children and/or teenagers. In Hawaii, you cannot have sex with a with a 14-year-old or 15-year-old if you’re more than five years older than them. We’re closing that gap. Society has myths about how it’s ok for older boys to have sex with girls,” said Sheryl Sunia, department chair of Public Service at Hawaii Pacific University.
Sunia also said Hawaii lawmakers once introduced a bill that would have made it illegal for a foster parent or someone in a position of trust to have sex with a minor - even if it is consensual, however the measure failed.
There are several mobile apps that track registered sex offenders. Apps include their charges, which and how many offenders live near you as well as updated photos of them.
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Burren is ‘best place’ for holiday in Ireland
The Burren has been named as this year’s Best Place to Holiday in Ireland in a competition organised by an Irish national newspaper and the tourism agency Fáilte Ireland.
The Burren won the competition hosted by The Irish Times and Fáilte Ireland, for what they called ‘its stunning landscape and its vision for sustainable tourism’.
The north Clare region was the unanimous choice of the judging panel.
The four other shortlisted locations were Achill, Co Mayo; Carlingford, Co Louth; The Causeway Coast / Portrush in Co Antrim; and Inisbofin Co Galway.
The judges said the Burren won because of its ‘breath-taking coastal scenery, world-class tourist attractions, grassroots food culture, a joined-up community approach to warmly welcoming visitors and protection of its unique environment’.
The competition began in May when the public were invited to nominate their favourite holiday destinations on the island of Ireland.
Nearly 1,200 people nominated hundreds of locations in every county in Ireland.
The number of nominations was a factor in the selection of the top locations, the Burren received six, but the quality of the place itself was the most important, said the organisers.
Early in the competition organisers announced their choice, or longlist, of the 20 Best Places to Holiday in Ireland.
It included Drumshambo, Co Leitrim; Westport, Co Mayo; Kells, Co Meath; Achill Island in Co Mayo; Inisbofin Island in Co Galway; Valentia Island in Co Kerry; the Ards Peninsula and Strangford in Co Down; Bundoran and Rossnowlagh in Co Donegal; the Enniskillen and Fermanagh Lakelands; Lough Derg, spread across counties Galway, Tipperary and Clare; The Burren in Co Clare; Portrush and the Causeway Coast in Co Antrim; St Mullins and the Barrow Way in Co Carlow; the Inishowen Peninsula in Co Donegal; cities Dublin and Kilkenny; towns Strandhill in Co Sligo, Tramore in Co.Waterford and Carlingford in Co Louth.
Travel blogger Nadia El Ferdaoussi says she has a feeling of excitement every time she visits The Burren because there’s always a different experience awaiting.
“The drive up to Fanore beach along the coast is spectacular. Other highlights include The Burren Farm Experience where you can try some of the best local produce Clare has to offer, Wild Atlantic Picnics and Gra Picnics, incredible self-catering accommodation options with Fiddle and Bow, The Burren Smokehouse, brunch in Wild at Doolin Cave, a dip at Doolin Pier. The landscape is what sets The Burren apart, but the genuine friendly welcome is what’ll make you want to keep going back for more.”
Trevor White, Director of the Little Museum of Dublin described the region as one of the great natural landscapes of Europe and a place of enormous character and charm.
“There is so much to do, accommodation options for all budgets, and a welcome that is second to none. Everyone knows about the Cliffs of Moher. This award will, we hope, encourage readers to linger awhile in a part of the island that richly deserves to be celebrated.”
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Differing age profiles – and Brexit – ‘key to understanding shifts’, says head of census
Protestant community is, on average, older than Catholic community
The differing age profiles of Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic communities are key to understanding the region’s shifting demography, the head of the census has said.
The director of census and population statistics at the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra), Dr David Marshall, said the Catholic community was on average younger than the Protestant one.
“The religious demography of Northern Ireland in part is driven by age structures.
“What we found in the 2011 census was that the Catholic population was on average younger, so there was essentially a higher number of births in the Catholic population than deaths.
“That acted to increase the size of the Catholic population from 2011 to 2021.
“The converse is true for the Protestant population. On average, it was older 10 years ago and what we’ve found is that there’s more deaths than births in the Protestant population, and that acts to bring the Protestant population down in number.
“There are other factors as well but those are the two key things.”
Dr Marshall said research following the 2011 census also found evidence of an increasing number of people who would have previously described themselves as Protestant choosing to identify as having no religion.
He said there was a “fair chance” that trend had continued and was also a contributory factor to the falling Protestant population recorded in the latest census.
Dr Marshall said a surge in the number of people holding Irish passports in Northern Ireland was influenced by Brexit.
“Clearly, in part that’s driven by the impact of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union in 2016,” he said.
“Indeed, the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin has indicated additional demand for passports from people living here in Northern Ireland.”
Dr Marshall said the key message from Census 2021 was the increasing diversity it showed across Northern Ireland.
“We published today detailed information on country of birth, ethnicity, languages, nationality – all of those statistics point to a more diverse Northern Ireland than ever before,” he said.
“One point of interest would be the population of Belfast has increased from the 2001 census to the 2021 census – all of that increase over 20 years is down to people who are in the ethnic minority group.
“The white population of Belfast hasn’t changed dramatically over the last 20 years. It’s the ethnic minority groups.”
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Northern Ireland’s Catholics outnumber Protestants for first time since partition
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Halted murder prosecution of Bloody Sunday’s paratrooper ‘Soldier F’ to resume
The discontinued prosecution of a former British Army paratrooper, known as Soldier F, for two murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972 is to resume.
- Prosecutors last year announced they were discontinuing proceedings.
- Said they feared case could collapse at trial
James Wray (left) and William McKinney who died on Bloody Sunday.Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said prosecution of the former paratrooper for two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder will recommence.
Last year, the PPS halted to the prosecution saying it feared its case could collapse at trial.
But earlier this year the Divisional Court of the High Court in Belfast overruled the PPS following a challenge by the family of one of the victims, the McKinneys.
A subsequent attempt by the PPS to challenge this ruling in the English Supreme Court was also thrown out.
The PPS has now decided to resume the prosecution.
It originally stopped its prosecution of Soldier F – for the murders of James Wray and William McKinney – citing a separate court ruling on admissibility of evidence which collapsed another Troubles murder trial involving two former British Army soldiers.
The McKinney family successfully challenged the original PPS decision in a judicial review.
Bloody Sunday was one of the darkest days in the history of the Northern Ireland Troubles, when members of
On Bloody Sunday – 30 January 1972 – the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 peaceful civil rights protesters in the Bogside area of Derry.
Another man shot by paratroopers on 30 January 30 died four months later – the 14th victim s cause of death was formally attributed to ‘an inoperable brain tumour’.
Deputy director of public prosecutions Michael Agnew said: “The judgment delivered by the Divisional Court in March 2022 has been carefully examined and a fresh review of this case carried out.
“It has been concluded that, in order to give effect to the Divisional Court judgment, the original decision to prosecute Soldier F should stand.
“Therefore, the committal proceedings that were put on hold should now proceed.
“The PPS has written to representatives of the families and victims directly involved in the prosecution of Soldier F to confirm this decision.
“We have offered to meet with the families to answer any questions they may have and to outline the next steps to be taken to progress the case. Soldier F’s legal representatives have also been informed.
“I am very conscious of the upset caused to the Bloody Sunday families by the PPS decision to withdraw proceedings against Soldier F last year. It is our role to keep under review the evidence presented in every case.
“This case has presented difficult and complex legal issues for prosecutors, as was acknowledged by the Divisional Court. The PPS is committed to progressing court proceedings against Soldier F without any further delay.”
The Soldier F prosecution is now listed for a review hearing at Derry Magistrates’ Court on 27 September.
Mickey McKinney, brother of William McKinney, said: “We are delighted that the prosecution of Soldier F will resume next week.
“We hope that the PPS secure an early date for the resumption of the committal proceedings and that Soldier F is returned for trial to the Crown Court without further delay.
“We hope to meet with the PPS to discuss the future progress of the case in the coming weeks.”
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Keeping the tradition alive
Iarla Ó Lionáird told David Hennessy about his special gig with Julie Fowlis in London this weekend, how the future of The Gloaming is uncertain following the death of their guitarist Dennis Cahill and the time he got to sing for the Queen.
Iarla Ó Lionáird will come to London this weekend for a special one-off concert with Julie Fowlis, the well known Scottish folk singer.
Iarla was formerly a member of Afro Celt Soundsystem and is well known for being part of Irish/American supergroup The Gloaming.
Iarla sings primarily in his vernacular, Irish, which is something he shares with Julie who sings mostly in Scottish.
The very special gig, part of Kings Place’s Voices Unwrapped series, will see both showcasing their native languages.
Iarla boasts a long and unique career both internationally and in Ireland and continues to defy categorisation with his musical output ranging from traditional sean-nós singing to his work in the opera The Hunger.
Iarla has performed on revered stages like New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall and has been the recipient of awards such as a Meteor Music Awards, a TG4 Gradam Ceoil Award, RTE Radio 1 Irish Folk Music Award, BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.
The Irish Times said of him: “O’ Lionáird’s real triumph is his voice: as soft as a feather bed and as searingly sharp as a blade when the mood calls.”
Time Out New York said: “His voice will astound you. It soars and it’s as profound, simple and beautiful as wild horses. Genius is the operative word here.”
Iarla told The Irish World: “It’s been a while since I played Kings Place.
“I played that venue before quite a few years ago but this time it’s going to be very intimate.
“It’s only me and an acoustic piano player, Ryan Molloy and we will be joined for a few songs by the wonderful Julie Fowlis.
“All the songs I’ll be singing will be in Irish, I think there’s maybe one song that has a bit of English in it.
“It’s going to be acoustic, very intimate harmonium: Piano/ voice.
“So it’s like a recital in a way.”
Is that a more enjoyable type of gig to play? “Yeah, because you can get really into the songs.
“When you’re performing in a bigger group, it’s much more difficult to understand what they’re doing in real time.
“I think when you have very few people on stage, you can feel everything, you can hear everything.
“We’re doing traditional Irish songs, sean-nós songs.
“Ryan is a very sophisticated, beautiful accompanist and Julie’s a wonderful singer. I can’t wait to meet her again.”
In May 2015 Ó Lionáird hosted a five-part radio documentary series about singing entitled Vocal Chords where he interviewed subjects like Sinead O’Connor and Christy Moore as well as Julie.
“I did an interview with her some years ago for a podcast series I was doing.
“It was fascinating talking to her.”
Julie grew up on North Uist, a Gaelic-speaking island off the coast of Scotland.
“I interviewed lots of people and I wanted to interview Julie as well because I love the tradition that she’s from and I love the musical tradition of the island and Scotland generally, and I think she’s a fantastic ambassador for that.
“I suppose I have a special fondness for people who carry a tradition because I think in some ways, it can be a thankless task. And it’s a challenging one to make it work in the musical world out there.
“I think anybody who makes that part of their mission, I have a huge respect for.
“They’re keeping something magical, something fragile alive.”
Iarla knows all about tradition growing up steeped in his own. His mother and grandmother were sean-nós singers and Iarla joined Sean O Riada’s male voice choir Cór Chúil Aodha as a child and sang in the choir, directed after Sean Ó Riada’s death by his son Peadar, until he was in his early twenties.
“That was the musical language that I grew up learning first.
“I have said myself in jest more than once that I probably went well out of my way to destroy my own credentials on more than one occasion.
“But having said that, in more recent years, I’ve been focusing my work on either performing concerts like this where we are really focused on the tradition or working with composers in the orchestral setting, where they want access to my particular vocal skills and styles.
“I’ve inherited a lot from that tradition that I’m thankful for.
“It’s given me a skill set. It’s given me an insight into the older song culture that I can continue to explore.
“It’s a very rich culture. But in my case, at least, I don’t feel that it has made me narrow minded in that sense either because I think that musical form is very capable and very amenable to exploration.
“For me, making music when I was younger, having fun and exploring was more important in a way than any sort of idea of preservation.
“There is a bit of a balancing act there.
“At the end of the day, how many old songs will you learn in any given year?
“How many new songs will you write and record?
“I like to mix it up a lot. I like to be writing new stuff.
“I’m writing new stuff all the time for myself and collaborating with others.
“At the same time, I also then like to lean back into the old stuff.
“Old songs have a certain magic and richness that’s very hard to conjure up.
“Maybe in The Gloaming, I struck a balance that was very productive for me there in that I would sing some traditional songs and I would write quite a few contemporary ones.
“But again, within the frame of the Irish language and that pleased me immensely.
“But it’s a dance, you know?”
Ó Lionáird was born and raised in Cúil Aodha in the West Cork Gaeltacht and his love of the Irish language is also rooted in his upbringing.
We asked for his take on what we see as something of a resurgence of the language of late with the Belfast Irish language group Kneecap having success not just in Ireland and Irish language film The Quiet Girl breaking box office records.
“There is a resurgence. I think what probably characterized that resurgence more than anything else is the amount of artists starting to explore their own relationship with the language, using it as raw material, as inspiration for their songwriting whether it be in rap or in other forms.
“This is very exciting stuff.
“Urban music being made through the Irish language, I mean who would have thought that?
“Nobody in their right mind would have predicted such a thing.
“What it shows, I think, as much as anything is the negativity surrounding the language has receded.
“When I was growing up certainly, there was massive negativity even in my youth as a musician.
“There was tremendous weight of negativity and shame and all sorts of non-positive feelings about the language, they seem to have receded.
“They seem to have dissipated.
“There are a lot of younger artists deciding to sing and write songs in Irish.
“There is a massive resurgence in filmmaking. Massive, it’s only just starting.
“So I think it’s fascinating.
“I mean, I was thinking about this recently.
“Film is such a potent art form because it embraces all of the forms including music, and I saw The Quiet Girl: A wonderful film and I can’t praise it enough.
“But we have spent time all of us watching Danish stuff on Netflix watching French or Spanish, even Korean film, which is fantastic.
“I heard Bríd Ní Neachtain, the great Irish actress, say, ‘Why can’t we do something similar?’ And we are beginning to and I think it’s about time.”
Speaking of film, you may have seen Iarla’s short but powerful appearance in the film Brooklyn starring Saoirse Ronan.
When Saoirse Ronan’s character spends her Christmas volunteering at a soup kitchen for old Irish men down on their luck, it is Iarla who stands up to sing an a capella version of the Irish song Casadh an tSugain, a powerful scene as it transported those men and Ronan’s protagonist back to Ireland.
“I was the youngest old man in that room,” he laughs.
“It was a fascinating experience, a privilege to do it.”
However Iarla had been initially reluctant but then obliged when he knew it was the wish of writer Colm Tóibín that he appear.
“The director John Crowley approached me.
“And truthfully, the first thing I said was, ‘No, I won’t, I can’t. I don’t want to appear on film. I’m happy to sing on the soundtrack or anything like that’.
“And they were quite insistent.
“I think the way it was put to me was that Colm would be unhappy if I didn’t do it, because he really wanted me to do it.
“I think perhaps the seed of the idea was actually Colm Tóibín himself wanted me to do it, and Colm is somebody I have the pleasure of knowing personally.
“He was the one that sent the director to seek me out so that was a huge honour and my resistance failed after that and I did it.
“But it was a very pleasurable experience.
“They flew my wife and I to Toronto for three days. We got to meet all of the stars, Julie Walters, Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent to name but a few.
“I got to see the process of film making from the inside out, which was truly fascinating.
“I’m eternally grateful to John Crowley, and Colm for providing me with that experience.
“And a lot of people have talked to me subsequently about how emotional they found that scene and those poignant reminders of loss and the finality of the emigrant experience back in those days, not like today.
“I’m sure you frequently go back to Ireland because you can.
“As we both know that would have been a very rare occurrence back in the ‘50s and ‘40s.
“If you left home, you left for good.
“I think that those messages in that film are very powerful.”
Iarla has also been heavily involved in the soundtrack for Calvary, starring Brendan Gleeson.
A twice Grammy nominated artist, Ó Lionáird has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Peter Gabriel, Nick Cave, Robert Plant and Sinead O’Connor.
What is it like to work with such big names? “What I have always found is that they’re (just) people, but of course you would be pinching yourself.
“I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some of these people and working and recording with them and you learn a lot from watching great artists do their thing.
“But also I was struck by how humble they are and how in touch with their core musical world. They are not aloof in any way and that’s something I remember very clearly.
“But you would be pinching yourself, I’ve admired so many artists down through the years.
“And still do. And Julie is one of them.
“Julie is an incredibly talented vocalist.”
In 2016 Ó Lionáird appeared in The Hunger, an opera by Donnacha Dennehy about the famine.
And he will be returning to opera to work with composer Dan Trueman with the words coming from poet Paul Muldoon.
“I’m in awe of people who do that sort of work regularly because it is an incredibly demanding skill set to be able to move, act and sing. Honestly, I’m in awe of people who work in that medium.”
Iarla was a co-founder of the acclaimed Irish/ American supergroup, The Gloaming along with Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Doveman and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.
But the future of the band is in some doubt after the passing of guitarist Dennis Cahill in June.
“We’ve stepped back.
“We don’t know yet what we’re going to do, what our next move will be.
“Our future is not clear.
“It is a very difficult time. Especially difficult, of course, for his family and his friends, and I hope I could rank myself as one of them.
“Dennis was a wonderful man, a right character as well.
“But a very, very beautiful musician and a gentleman through and through.
“A very witty person and a very gentle person.
“A masterful musician and we all miss him very much.”
Since being established in 2011, the band has been acclaimed and honoured with awards and nominations.
“If we never sit on stage again, we had a good run and I enjoyed every minute of it and it was a huge privilege.
“What struck me more than anything else was it was really quite extraordinary to be giving so many people so much pleasure.
“That’s what I take from my experience of the audiences we’ve had down through the years.
“It’s quite amazing and humbling, the joy that we brought to them, you know?
“In particular when we toured abroad, we often played in London.
“We played many, many nights in Union Chapel.
“I always looked forward to those shows, there was tremendous emotion in the room.”
The band released their self-titled first album was released in 2014, winning the Meteor Choice Music Prize for Irish album of the year.
Iarla also won the Best Folk Singer award at the RTE Folk Awards in 2019 but awards and the like pale in comparison to what he is talking about here.
“It’s the effect you have on the people that stays with you.
“I don’t know what it is. I mean I can’t explain what they’re going through or what they’re getting from it, except to say that many of them have shown us and told us that they do.
“I never thought music would take me to so many places but music can do that and I’m thankful for all the times I’ve had doing it.
“I don’t know what the future is for The Gloaming. I honestly don’t know.”
Iarla also had the honour of briefly meeting the Queen and Prince Philip when he performed for them at the state banquet as part of her historic visit to Ireland in 2011.
“I’d say I was very aware of it being history to be honest.
“We all knew it was a big thing.
“It’s probably even more significant now because relations between Ireland and England aren’t quite what they were back then. They have worsened a bit.
“It’s a pity, it’s very regrettable.
“I think the queen was a benevolent person. I think she had a sense of duty and I think she did her utmost to help relations between Ireland and England.”
Iarla plays a special one- off gig with Julie Fowlis at Kings Place on Saturday 24 September, more information here.
For more information on Iarla, click here.
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Northern Ireland’s Catholics outnumber Protestants for first time since partition
The latest Census figures for Northern Ireland, published today, show that Catholics (45.7%) outnumber Protestants (43.5%) for the first time since the partition of the island of Ireland.
The Census was taken on 21 March last year, the hundredth anniversary of the creation of Northern Ireland.
The 2011 Census recorded 48% of the population as being either Protestant or brought up Protestant, down five percentage points on 2001.
Asked to declare their identity fewer people in Northern Ireland said they identify as British-only, 31.86%, down from 40% a decade earlier.
The figure for Irish-only was 29.13% – an increase – and for Northern Irish-only, 19.78%, a slight fall.
In the 2011 Census a decade before the corresponding figures were:
- British 40%,
- Irish 25%,
- Northern Irish 21%.
Today’s Census 2021 figures, tell that 45.7% of the population said they were either Catholic or raised Catholic.
The figures for Protestants (and other Christian faiths) is 43.5%; 1.5% were from other non-Christian religions.
The 2021 Census showed 9.3% of the population as belonging to no religion – up from 5.6% in 2011.
The 2011 Census recorded 48% of the population as being either Protestant or brought up Protestant, down five percentage points on 2001.
The Catholic population stood at 45% in the last census, up one percentage point on 2001.
The publication of the census traditionally prompts debate over what the figures may mean for the constitutional future of Northern Ireland.
Some may seek to draw a direct link between the religious breakdown and public opinion on the potential reunification of Ireland.
Critics of using religious affiliation – sometimes called a sectarian headcount – say it is too crude and reductive a way to measure sentiment on the constitutional because being Protestant or Catholic does not always mean their corresponding political affiliations are necessarily unionist or nationalist.
They prefer, instead, to point to census figures on national identity.
PASSPORTS
The number of people in Northern Ireland with Irish passports rose and that for people with British passports fell.
Irish passport holders rose from 375,800 in 2011 to 614,300 last year.
British passport holders fell from 1.7m in 2011 to just a million last year.
That question was included in the census for the first time in 2011, when 40% said they had a British-only national identity, 25% said they had an Irish-only identity and 21% viewed their identity as being only Northern Irish.
Under the terms of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement peace deal, the constitutional status of Northern Ireland can be changed only with the consent of its population.
The Northern Ireland Secretary is obliged to call a referendum on Irish unity if he or she believes there has been a shift in public opinion that would indicate a majority in favour of constitutional change.
However, the 1998 peace accord provided no detail on what metrics or criteria should be relied upon to make this judgement call.
The figures on religion and national identity are part of the second round of data being published from Census 2021.
The first tranche of figures, published in May, related to population and household numbers.
It showed that Northern Ireland’s population had risen to a record high of more than 1.9 million.
The second release of figures will also include data on ethnicity, passports held, languages spoken and a range of other demographic statistics.
• Census 2021 was carried out on March 21 2021.
Related:
Differing age profiles – and Brexit – ‘key to understanding shifts’, says head of census
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Cool, dry air returns for Friday
Get ready for pumpkin spice weather, because it is back in Middle Georgia Friday along with low humidity and plenty of sunshine!
Today was the first day of Autumn and in Middle Georgia that meant near-record high temps (98° in Macon!).
A more fall-like pattern is on the way overnight tonight and into Friday as a cold front pushes through the area.
Highs Friday will be limited to the low 80s and upper 70s for most of us with winds gusting to 20mph.
Dry weather and low humidity will keep it pleasant through the start of the weekend.
Lows Friday night will fall into the 50s, so if you are heading out, you might want to grab a jacket.
Saturday will be another nice, cool day with plenty of sunshine.
By Sunday another cold front will move into the area, mainly during the afternoon.
Ahead of the front we will see a quick surge in humidity, as well as a jump to the upper 80s for high temps.
The cold front will bring the possibility of a few showers and maybe a thunderstorm.
We should have a pretty quiet start to next week as high pressure keeps us dry.
Lows will be staying in the mid 50s with dry air in place through at least Tuesday.
By midweek we could start to see some increasing rain chances…but all of that is dependent on tropical activity.
In particular, the system we are watching is an area of storms just north of Venezuela.
This area of storms is currently being called “Invest 98-L”, but will likely become Hermine.
Because this system doesn’t really have a center of circulation yet, we don’t have a great handle on where it will be going.
Most indications are that Hermine will move into the Gulf of Mexico next week.
After that, we don’t know much, but we will continue to keep you updated.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from September 22, 2022
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Johnson County School District implements additional safety measures at stadium
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Lane Southern Orchards preparing for upcoming fall festivities
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
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Johnson County School District implements additional safety measures at stadium
The Johnson County School District has partnered with law enforcement to improve safety at the football stadium after shots were fired near the stadium last month.
WRIGHTSVILLE, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Johnson County School District has partnered with law enforcement to improve safety at the football stadium.
Johnson County Schools Superintendent Dr. Christopher Watkins says his number one priority is keeping everyone safe.
That’s why additional safety measures for the football stadium was a no-brainer.
“Our board shared that whatever we needed to do to ensure that our fans feel safe to go ahead and do it,” he said.
These additional measures come after a shooting incident near the football stadium last month.
If you stop by to watch a game, you will now see more law enforcement. The school district partnered with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Wrightsville Police Department.
Chief of Police Aaron Price says there will be at least six officers at the stadium during events.
“Realistically we’ll have about 8 to 10 at each game, and they’ll be staged strategically throughout the stadium,” he said.
As a father, Chief Price knows how important the safety of a child is.
He also has some advice if you attend a Johnson County game.
“If you see anything that stands out, just flag down any of the law enforcement officers that’s around,” he said. “Let them know what you see, could be absolutely nothing, but I would rather be on the safe side.”
You’ll also see more metal detectors at the entrance of the stadium and additional lighting to make sure the stadium and parking lot is well lit. Once you enter, there will be no re-entry.
Dr. Watkins hopes these measures will create a safer environment. He also welcome feedback from the community.
“If there is ways that we can improve to ensure that everyone feels even more safe, we’re willing to listen,” he said.
The school district says it will add more long-term safety measures in the next few weeks.
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Lane Southern Orchards preparing for upcoming fall festivities
September 22 marks the first day of fall, and Middle Georgians are getting ready for the festivities.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – September 22 marks the first day of fall, and Middle Georgians are getting ready for the festivities.
Lane Southern Orchards in Peach County is among the businesses preparing for fall events.
The director of marketing for Lane Southern Orchards, Wendy Barton, expects a higher attendance than in previous years.
“We’re trying to get back in to the swing of things.,” Barton said. “We were not able to do it obviously because of Covid in 2020, so last year was probably the highest attended fall festival that we had since 2008. October is just a really busy and fun time for us here at Lane Southern Orchards.”
Lane Southern Orchards is also preparing a 6-acre, 8-foot tall corn maze.
Barton says this is one of many activities for visitors to experience.
“We’re also going to have a pumpkin patch,” she said. “We’re going to have hay rides. We’ll have fair food at the farm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so come down, you can romp through the maze.”
For more details, visit Lane’s website.
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Stacey Abrams makes stop in Macon to address healthcare
Democratic candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams stopped in Macon Thursday to talk healthcare.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Democratic candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams stopped in Macon Thursday to talk healthcare.
She held a news conference at Daisy Park across from Atrium Health Navicent.
According to Abrams, Governor Brian Kemp has closed several hospitals which are needed throughout the state.
Her mission is to expand Medicare to all families who currently don’t have Medicaid.
Abrams says that due to the closing of the Atlanta Medical Center, people won’t be able to get the level one trauma care they deserve. She says people will have to travel miles to get help at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, so she’s proposing several steps that will help target the healthcare crisis throughout the state.
“Number one, we get health insurance cards into the hands of nearly 6,000 Georgians,” she said. “A lot of those are Georgians who are using our hospitals for urgent care, because they can not see a primary care physician. If they get access to that health insurance, they’re suddenly getting appointments to go and see primary care doctors.”
Abrams says the next several steps in her plan, if elected, include reimbursing hospitals to help retain healthcare workers.
Another goal is to replace clinics that have shut down to help provide more healthcare opportunities.
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The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Perry vs. Howard, Pt. 3
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Herb St. John Stadium.
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The week six End Zone Game of the Week features a region matchup between the Perry Panthers and the Howard Huskies.
The Panthers started this season with a heartbreaking one-point comeback loss to Houston County in our End Zone Game of the Week for week two. Since, the Panthers have defeated three straight quality opponents, outscoring them by a combined 87 points.
“The most improvement is after that first game. We got ourselves on video. We got to play a full game. We had to make a couple of personnel changes, and our guys saw themselves on video. Some of them couldn’t believe they played as bad as they did,” said Perry’s head coach Kevin Smith.
As for the Howard Huskies, they have started the season 4-0 after failing to surpass three wins last season. The Huskies also only had 37 kids last year, and Howard has managed to have 80 committed players this season.
“We’ve come a long way. Go all the way back to the spring game. We played Dodge, and we got beat 60 to nothing, and now we’re sitting here at 4-0. That just tells you these kids were here all summer long. They’ve done everything we’ve asked them to do,” said Howard’s head coach Paul Carroll.
Facing a team like Perry, who has won two consecutive region titles and made deep runs in the state playoffs, gives Howard a great measuring stick to assess where the program is currently.
“We’re trying to do what they’re doing. The past couple of years haven’t been real good here at Howard. Now we’re getting to where we need to be. We got a lot of young kids that are playing, and they’re just going to have to grow up quick because we play basically the number one team in the region which is Perry right now,” said Carroll.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Herb St. John Stadium.
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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 6 – What Did You Think?!
Warning: There are spoilers ahead for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law episode 6! She-Hulk Episode 3.
If you’re looking for Daredevil, there’s no sign of Matt Murdock this week. And the Mister Immortal subplot is a real stinker. Regardless, the sixth episode of She-Hulk has premiered, and we want to know what the Superhero Hype community thinks about it! This post is a place for all of you to leave your own reviews, thoughts, or anything else you want to say about She-Hulk: Attorney at Law episode 6.
Out of nowhere, Jennifer Walters gets an invite to attend the wedding of her friend, Lulu, whom she has known since they were kids. However, Lulu is less than happy when Jen shows up to the pre-wedding celebration as She-Hulk. Lulu asks her to be “Just Jen” for the duration of the wedding, so she doesn’t take away attention from her. To make things more annoying for Jen, Titania shows up as part of the wedding party because she is dating a groomsman. Very suspicious. Unfortunately for Jen, Lulu laughs off her distrust of Titania and tells Jennifer that she’s being overly dramatic.
RELATED: Titania’s Chit Chat Is Over In She-Hulk Episode 6 Clip
The one thing that goes well for Jen is that she strikes up a friendly conversation with a groomsman named Josh. But because Lulu is such a Bridezlla, Jen is roped into performing the cleaning duties of the staff that just quit. Meanwhile, Mallory and Nikki take on the case of Mister Immortal, a guy who can’t die who constantly fakes his own death to get out of marriages. It’s the worst thing this show has ever done, and we shall speak no more of it.
Back at the wedding, Jen finally has a good time by getting drunk and dancing with the older guests. Titania takes the opportunity to pick a fight with Jen, but Jennifer is so wasted that she can’t initially turn into She-Hulk. Once Jen solves that problem, the fight spills into the reception area, and Titania is humiliated when she slips and falls on her face, breaking her veneers. Titania sulks off in defeat past Lulu, before Jen profusely apologizes to her friend for breaking her promise. Thankfully, Lulu is so drunk that she seemingly forgets asking Jen not to Hulk out. She’s even happy to see her as She-Hulk.
RELATED: Luke and Mallory Get Their Own She-Hulk Posters
Back at GLK&H, Mallory and Nikki bond over watching anti-Mister Immortal videos on the Inteligencia web site. However, they are disturbed when they realize that the Inteligencia is running anti-She-Hulk content as well, complete with death threats against Jen. Mallory suggests that Nikki keep this information away from Jen so she can just live her life. But Nikki disregards that advice and almost immediately leaves a message for Jen with the details.
Jen doesn’t hear that message because she’s having fun with Josh after the wedding. And she’s unaware that the Inteligencia is not only spying on her, they were behind the Wrecking Crew’s attempt to steal her blood. You know…The Leader was one of the Inteligencia in the comics. But for now, we don’t know who is running the Inteligencia in the MCU.
We still want to know what you think. So make sure to leave your reviews for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law episode 6 in the comment section below!
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SPOKANE, Wash. — In the early morning hours of Aug. 27, Spokane police responded to calls of shots fired at Franklin Park.
When officers arrived, they found three people injured and one person dead. The man laying dead on the ground was identified as 22-year-old Ablos Kios.
According to family member Lial Amram, Kios was supposed to be at Friendship Park at the time of the shooting.
"He was supposed to be here that night after work with his friends," Amram explained. "Here, at Friendship Park."
But just before 4 a.m., Kios ended up at Franklin Park where he was shot and killed.
"My mom got the call," Amram recalls. "She woke me up and the first thing she said was 'he's been shot and he's at the park.' The first park I immediately came to was Franklin Park, at that time, four in the morning."
When Amram didn't see the police activity her mom told her she would find, she called her back to get more information.
"I went back home and called my mom like, 'Hey, what park were you talking about? She's like, Franklin Park, I'm like, No, that's not right,'" Amram said.
Amram said she was thrown off because Franklin Park wasn't a place someone could normally find Kios.
"It's not a frequent place that we would be or he would be,” Amram said.
Amram described Kios as a family member who was like a brother to her. She said her and Kios' families are extremely close. She grew up with him when he moved from the Marshall Islands to Spokane in 2013. She said he was athletic, loved to sing and someone who she could always go to for a listening ear.
"He would never argue with me and he would just listen to any problems and you could vent to him and he would listen to you," Amram said. "He never got into an argument with anyone."
In his death, Amram said she wants people to know their families' truth about Kios.
“He was a good person, he had a good heart and a long life to live," Amram said. "But he was too young. And all these rumors that we're hearing, say he was in a gang, he might have caught up in this and that. I just want to put it out there. He was never in that. And he could never.”
Kios leaves behind his friends, family and two children, including his son Amram said was born Monday.
"He touched all of our lives, even people around us that were not close family, they're just friends, they still can't believe it too," Amram said. "He touched all of our lives that he's gone. It's just too real.”
Amram said her family is planning to lay Kios to rest Saturday. She said if there was one final thing she could tell him, she would let him know how much she wanted to live longer with him.
“I wish you were here to see your baby and now live long with us," Amram said. "I just wish you were here.”
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. — A Washington State Patrol Trooper has been severely injured after attempting to apprehend a shooting suspect in Walla Walla.
According to preliminary information from WSP, the trooper was conducting a traffic stop to apprehend the suspect before he was shot in the face. The trooper reportedly drove himself to St. Mary's Hospital while backup units apprehended the suspect.
WSP says the trooper's condition has worsened and he is currently being flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for further treatment. No other details have been released on the shooting at this time.
This is a developing news story and we will provide more updates as we receive them.
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Re “Regulators unveil plan to phase out gas and diesel semitrailers, trucks” (Sept. 17):
Mr. Patricio Portillo, the clean transportation advocate from the Natural Resources Defense Council sure knows how to make things look scary or way worse when they aren’t. His statement “A common sight on California’s highways are trucks clogging lanes, blowing thick smoke into the sky while overheated trucks rest at the side” is a flat out lie. I’ve driven all over this state and I have never seen what he describes. Sure, there might be the occasional truck with engine trouble but to lead the reader to believe this occurs across the state is wrong. Current California emission requirements are the most stringent in the nation and no one will see large trucks blowing thick smoke into the sky.
— Kevin Seeger, Norco
Open the borders
Sal Rodriguez lets his compassion muddle his thinking. He advocates for giving amnesty to every person fleeing socialist nations (Sept. 18). It is estimated that there are over two billion people living under socialist or communist rule. Probably another billion suffering under other forms of oppressive governments. Rodriguez advocates we, “open the borders to all fleeing the commies.” Can you imagine what the U.S. would look like with several hundred million impoverished, undocumented new migrants? At what point is this too much? We have the most generous immigration regulations in the world already. For the safety of the migrants as well as our citizens the government needs to control immigration. Build the wall. Otherwise, your compassion will swamp the lifeboat and sink us all.
— Peter Bouffard, Costa Mesa
Prop. 1
I find Susan Shelley’s arguments to vote no on Prop. 1 (Sept. 18) to be rational and reasonable. I hope most voters will not fall sway to the scare tactics of its proponents and vote down this inhumane, unnecessary and costly measure. It is inhumane because it will mandate unregulated abortion access. This means even unborn human beings viable enough to live on their own outside their mother’s womb will be vulnerable to being aborted for any reason at all. Please vote no on Prop. 1.
— Lynelle Harrigan, Granada Hills
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Local Sports: Monroe volleyball mixes skill and luck against Dundee
DUNDEE – Monroe volleyball fans knew it was going to be their night.
Sydney Button hit the ball into the net on set-point in the second set that rolled along the top of the net before finally dropping to the floor for the winning point.
A strong performance and a dash of that kind of luck lifted the Trojans to a 25-6, 25-23, 25-12 win over Dundee Thursday.
“I was really pleased on how the team came out to play tonight,” Monroe coach Angela Tedora said. “We only had two hitting errors and were aggressive at the net.”
Monroe had key serving strings in the first and third sets.
Mary Tedora stepped to the line with her team leading the first set 12-6 and served up the final 13 points, including 6 aces.
Addy Simmons delivered four straight points following a Dundee timeout in the third to help her team pull away.
Button (11 kills) and Simmons (.666) led the hitters while Brynn Reece (15 assists) and Alana Aluph directed the offense well.
Anna Tedora led the defense with 15 digs, Mary Tedora collected 7 aces and Mara Bica also served well for the 7-9-1 Trojans.
Briley Bordine had 10 digs for Dundee. Kennedy Irwin and Macy Salenbien led with 3 kills apiece and Katie Beaufait and Lola Salenbien each had 4 assists.
Monroe’s junior varsity won 25-15, 25-21, 15-8. Trinity Sieb and Zoe Leach led the offensive attack and Bri Murphy served well.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Andrews leads Whiteford
DEERFIELD – Alaina Andrews racked up 20 assists and 3 aces to lead Whiteford to a 25-16, 25-17, 25-21 win over Britton Deerfield Thursday night.
Alyssa Ulery was credited with 14 digs. Allison Spradling 7kills and 3 aces and Maddie Bieber 7 digs as the Bobcats improved to 7-6-2 overall and 4-1 in the Tri-County Conference.
Summerfield’s Fietz shines
MORENCI – Julie Fietz did a little for everything for Summerfield Thursday with 11 points, 5 aces, 6 kills and 6 digs in a 25-11; 25-21; 25-21 win over Morenci.
Ava Fisher (11 points, 4 digs), Addy Ciacelli ( 7 points, 3 kills, 10 digs, 21 assists), Kailee LaPlante (5 points 9 kills, 7 digs) and Sophia LaRocca (3 aces, 4 kills, 12 digs) were other standouts for the Bulldogs.
The junior varsity also won 25-13; 25-17; 15-8. Mia Miller, Kyra Horak and Sarah Prati led the way.
Big night for Zaranka
GIBRALTAR – Skylar Zaranka accumulated 14 kills and 15 digs, but Gibraltar Carlson fell 25-17, 25-18, 19-25, 19-25, 15-12
Abby Schenavar (11 kills, 3 blocks), Emma Ferguson (31 assists, 10 digs, 3 aces) and Gloria Llakmani (18 digs) also had impressive numbers for the Marauders.
PREP SWIMMING
Hester, Carter lead way
DUNDEE – Brook Hester (backstroke, 50-yard freestyle) and Sara Carter (breaststroke, 100 freestyle) were double winners as Dundee beat St. Mary Catholic Central 111-62 and New Boston Huron-Taylor 115-63 Thursday.
The Vikings also swept the relays and got individual wins from Joslyn Ball (individual medley, Kaylee Imo (200), Lia Parry (butterfly) and Lilly Ratliff (500).
Emma Schramm and Kiersten Matzinger went 1-2 in diving and both have now qualified for Regionals.
McKenzie Kidd, Maya Zaleski, Monika Burkardt, Mary Claire Wright, Katelyn Rutkowski, Kaylee Kamprath, Catherine Ambs, Sunny Duran, Isabelle Niedermeyer, Brigeta Yahoo, and Joyce Dietrich had strong performances for SMCC.
“The Kestrels swam amazing tonight,” SMCC coach Gretchen Bylow said.
McNamara sets records
FLAT ROCK – Lauren McNamara set school records in three of her four swims Thursday, but Flat Rock fell 90-75 to Woodhaven.
She set individual records in the 200-yard freestyle and breaststroke and teamed with Riley Chevalier, Sophia Chan and Ashlin Woodman to set a school record and qualify for state in the 400 relay.
McNamara, Chan, Chevalier and Bella Thomas won the medley relay.
Chan ruled the 50 and 100 freestyles and Chevalier was first in the individual medley and 500.
Lincoln stops Monroe
WILLIS –Lauren Lahna, Nicole Rykse and Delani Willey were the top point earners for Monroe in a 98-62 loss to Ypsilanti Lincoln Thursday.
Abby Dieckmann and Natalie Synowiec also swam well.
Time drops for Mules
SALINE – Jordan Brabbs shaved three seconds off her best time in the 50-yard freestyle and freshmen Izzy Richman and Lily Landolt for Bedford in a 141-43 loss to Saline Thursday.
Hannah Smith and Gracie Ahl had second-place finishes for the Mules.
PREP TENNIS
Monroe players perfect
Monroe won every match in a 6-2 win Thursday over Jackson, which got its only points on voids.
The Trojans took the top three singles flights with Azariah Duran, Hosea Duran and Jack Drougel and the top three doubles slots with Christian Koszka-Lombardo-Kyle Pafford, Max Hassett-Zane Johnson and Elliott Moore-Booke Shipe.
Devils nip Milan
GROSSE ILE – Grosse Ile pulled out a pair of crucial three-set matches to escape with a 5-3 win over Milan Thursday.
Wins for 10-5-4 Milan came from Zach Fink, Nathan Bowman-Tyler Denham and Luke Morse-Zach Farmer.
PREP GOLF
Balance not enough
TEMPERANCE – Bedford got a 49 from Ashlen Trimmer, 50 from Grace Lump, 51 from Elyse Czarnik and 52 from Elaina Smith, but it was not enough for Bedford in a 185-202 loss to Chelsea Thursday.
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Miguel Andujar was once one of the Yankees’ top prospects and played well enough to finish second to Shohei Ohtani for AL Rookie of the Year Award in 2018.
That seems like a long time ago. Andujar was sidetracked by a shoulder injury the following season and his career went downhill after that.
His career hit a new low on Thursday, when the Yankees designated the 27-year-old for assignment in order to open up a 40-man roster spot for the return of reliever Zack Britton.
Andujar had been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday to make room for Luis Severino on the active roster.
Since Andujar was on the 40-man roster, the Yankees can’t trade him, because the Aug. 2 trade deadline has come and gone.
Several scouts in attendance at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night believed Andujar would get picked up.
But his time with the Yankees is over.
Andujar lost his starting job at third base to Gio Urshela following his 2019 injury and tried to come back as a utility player, learning first base and left field.
He never came close to duplicating his 2018 results at the plate, so he couldn’t make up for his defensive shortcomings.
Andujar played 27 games with the Yankees this season and went just 22-for-96 (.229) in 100 plate appearances. Worse, he finished with three extra-base hits, three walks and 22 strikeouts and a .531 OPS, a far cry from the 47 doubles, 27 homers and .855 OPS he compiled in 2018.
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David N. Sperl, 69 Sep 22, 2022 10 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save David Neil Sperl, 69, of Yakima died Monday, Sept. 19.Arrangements are by Rainier Memorial Center, rainiermemorial.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Dennis O. Eliason, 92 Sep 22, 2022 10 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Dennis O. Eliason, 92, of Yakima died Friday, Sept. 16, at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, Yakima.Arrangements are by Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory, Moxee, 509-457-1232. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Don Gimiln, 87 Sep 22, 2022 17 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Don Gimlin, 87, of Wenatchee, formerly of the Yakima Valley, died Monday, Sept. 5.Arrangements are by Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee, chapelofthevalleyncw.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Jacob Guerra Chavez. 27 Sep 22, 2022 11 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jacob Guerra Chavez, 27, of Spokane, formerly of the Lower Yakima Valley, died Tuesday, Sept. 20.Arrangements are by Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, funeralhomesmith.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Jill A. Hall, 74 Sep 22, 2022 11 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jill Ann Hall, 74, of Yakima died Friday, Sept. 16.Arrangements are by Keith and Keith Funeral Home, Yakima, 509-453-9155. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Ronald L. Ayres, 81 Sep 22, 2022 10 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ronald L. Ayres, 81, of Selah died Monday, Sept. 19.Arrangements are by Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory, Moxee, 509-457-1232. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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UPDATE: Two people are dead after Coast Guard members found a capsized boat in Lake Pontchatrain after receiving a call alerting that the boaters had not returned to the dock. Wildlife and fisheries are handling the investigation.
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The Coast Guard located two boaters who were reported overdue on Thursday near Slidell, Louisiana.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders were notified by New Orleans Police Department that multiple mariners aboard a skiff boat were reported overdue by a concerned family member. Watchstanders then coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew, Coast Guard Station New Orleans 29-foot Response Boat-small boatcrew and a Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew to begin search and rescue operations.
The Station New Orleans boatcrew located the overturned 21-foot vessel at approximately 8 a.m. with one responsive and one unresponsive boater, near the hull of the capsized vessel. The Station New Orleans boatcrew embarked both mariners onto their vessel, then transferred them to The Point Marina in Slidell, to awaiting emergency medical services personnel.
The unresponsive individual was later pronounced dead by a coroner present on the scene. The second boater was transported to Slidell Memorial Hospital and was last reported in stable condition.
"It is always our hope that we bring everyone home safely," said Lt. Seth Gross, Coast Guard Sector New Orleans search and rescue mission coordinator. "Our deepest condolences go out to the family, friends and loved ones of the deceased."
More information can be found on the U.S. Coast Guard Heartland Facebook page by clicking here.
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ST. MARTINVILLE, La.— At approximately 4 p.m. on August 31, 2022 Deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office responded to an obscenity complaint at the Cecilia Public Library, according to Sheriff Becket Breaux.
Shortly after their arrival, Deputies learned that a black male subject was seen fondling and exposing himself while walking around the library.
Not long after the incident, the subject was seen leaving the premises in a white pickup truck in an unknown direction.
Following an investigation into the incident, the subject was identified as Charleston Washington, 34, of Lafayette.
Washington was arrested on September 22, 2022 and booked into the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center on the following charges:
14:106 Obscenity (3rd Offense) (Felony)—1 count
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The dollar is keeping steady so far today, maintaining a decent advance from yesterday as bonds capitulated while equities were pressured. I mean, 10-year Treasury yields saw a big surge from 3.55% to 3.70% in US trading so that definitely is something. There are no easy answers on the former and Adam provided a fair few points yesterday here.
The mix of that comes alongside a historic intervention by Japan to support the yen while the SNB and BOE stuck to tightening policy further in order to try and tame inflation. And let's not forget that markets are also still having to digest the Fed policy move this week, with Powell set to speak later today. However, his speech will only be for the opening remarks (~5 mins) in the latest Fed Listens event (carrying the theme 'Transitioning to the Post-pandemic Economy').
But before we get to that, the euro and risk trades will once again be a focal point with the preliminary releases for September PMI data in the region set to steal the spotlight temporarily in the session ahead.
0700 GMT - Spain Q2 final GDP figures
0715 GMT - France September flash manufacturing, services, composite PMI
0730 GMT - Germany September flash manufacturing, services, composite PMI
0800 GMT - Eurozone September flash manufacturing, services, composite PMI
0830 GMT - UK September flash manufacturing, services, composite PMI
1000 GMT - UK September CBI retailing reported sales
That's all for the session ahead. I wish you all the best of days to come and good luck with your trading! Stay safe out there.
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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND — An unimaginable collapse still fresh in their minds, the Browns managed to avoid a second one in four days.
Jacoby Brissett threw two touchdown passes, Nick Chubb ran for a score and Cleveland bounced back from its epic meltdown by finishing off the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, 29-17, on Thursday night.
“We had the right men in that room to be able to get past it,” Brissett said, “and I think we answered that call. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. The guys answered the bell.”
The Browns (2-1) built a nine-point lead early in the fourth on Chubb’s 1-yard run and then held on for dear life.
The Steelers (1-2) pulled within 23-17 on Chris Boswell’s 34-yard field goal with 1:48 left before Pittsburgh attempted an onside kick. But unlike in Sunday’s 31-30 loss, when the New York Jets overcame a 13-point deficit in the final 1:55 helped by a kick recovery, the Browns batted the ball out of bounds.
For a split second, it looked like Sunday all over again.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski was asked what he was thinking as the ball bounced around near Pittsburgh’s sideline. He paused for six seconds before answering.
“A lot,” he said.
Cleveland fans could finally exhale when cornerback Denzel Ward fell on a Steelers fumble in the end zone on the final play for a meaningless touchdown.
Brissett connected with Amari Cooper and David Njoku for touchdowns and finished 21 of 31 for 220 yards. The 29-year-old had his second straight solid game as he fills in while Deshaun Watson serves an 11-game suspension.
Chubb had 113 yards and pushed and twisted across the goal line on fourth-and-goal with 9:29 left to put the Browns ahead 23-14.
Mitch Trubisky and the Steelers’ stagnant offense showed signs of life in the first half, but bogged down after halftime, punting on their first three possessions while gaining just 54 yards.
Criticized for not throwing deep the first two weeks, Trubisky launched a few long balls but didn’t connect nearly enough.
“I think Mitch made some plays, but we all collectively came up short,” said Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who said he has no plans to switch to rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett. “Winning is our business. I wasn’t looking to be impressed, I was looking to win the game.”
Pittsburgh’s defense is missing star end T.J. Watt, but tackle Cameron Heyward said that wasn’t the issue.
“When you try to arm-tackle Nick Chubb, he’s going to make you pay,” Heyward said. “We need to do a lot better.”
The win smoothed over a rough few days for Cleveland.
Sunday’s debacle was followed by Myles Garrett criticizing fans for booing the Browns as they left the field, and a fan was arrested on charges he threw a plastic bottle in the direction of owner Jimmy Haslam on the sideline.
But there was little drama this time, just a win over their hated neighbors from Pennsylvania.
“That’s not an easy thing to bounce back from,” Stefanski said. “We talked about it on Sunday. We talked about it on Monday. What I’m proud of with those guys is you can’t let a loss linger, and we won’t let this win linger either. But I’m proud of how they responded. You’ve got to be resilient.”
Rookie Cade York’s 34-yard field goal gave the Browns a 16-14 lead in the third quarter, when Cleveland lost four players, including starting linebackers Anthony Walker Jr. and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, to injuries.
Brissett’s 7-yard touchdown pass to Njoku put the Browns ahead, 13-7, with 8:58 left before halftime. But for the second straight week York missed an extra point.
Trubisky led the Steelers on a 75-yard scoring drive – 51 yards coming on the ground – before the quarterback rolled right and scored from the 1. Boswell’s PAT put Pittsburgh ahead, 14-13.
Steelers rookie receiver George Pickens expressed frustration about not getting the ball during a loss to New England last week, saying he was open “90% of the time.” He wasn’t joking, either.
Trubisky finally hit him with a long ball, but it took a spectacular, one-handed catch by Pickens for a 36-yard gain.
BLOCK PARTY
Garrett failed to record a sack and remains just shy of Clay Matthews’ team record of 62. The Browns’ All-Pro defensive end was double-teamed, chipped and was credited with just assisted tackles.
DIFFERENT GUARDS
Cavaliers All-Star guards Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland served as the Browns’ honorary captains. Mitchell, recently acquired in a trade from Utah, smashed a fake guitar during pregame festivities.
INJURIES
Steelers: Cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon (right hamstring) limped off in the third quarter and didn’t come back.
Browns: Walker was carted off with his left leg immobilized in an air cast. Walker appeared to get hurt when he was bent back awkwardly trying to fight off a block. … Owusu-Koramoah (quadriceps) didn’t return. … Defensive tackle Taven Bryan (hamstring) also was hurt in the third. … Safety Ronnie Harrison injured his hamstring during warmups and didn’t play.
UP NEXT
The Steelers host the New York Jets on Oct. 2.
The Browns visit Atlanta on Oct. 2.
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