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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali state media and residents say the extremist group al-Shabab killed at least 20 people and burned seven vehicles transporting food in the Hiran region Saturday morning, and the government’s drought envoy called it “devastating” for communities in the grip of a severe drought.
Residents said the attack was in retaliation for a local mobilization against the al-Qaida-affiliated group that holds significant parts of central and southern Somalia. The extremist group’s presence complicates an already challenging response to the drought that has killed thousands of people. Some areas are on the brink of famine.
Drought envoy Abdirahman Abdishakur noted that al-Shabab also had blown up wells for water in Hiran in recent days.
“The victims were drivers and passengers transporting food supplies from Beletweyne to Mahas and a total of seven trucks carrying food and vehicles used by the passengers were set ablaze,” resident Hassan Abdulle told The Associated Press by phone.
The attack came a day after government forces destroyed landmines that al-Shabab had planted on the busy road connecting Beletweyne and Mataban with the intent to target travelers.
Al-Shabab confirmed the attack and claimed to have killed 20 locally mobilized militia members.
The Somali government has condemned the “barbaric” attack and reiterated its support for local mobilization against the extremist group.
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(KTLA) – Tens of thousands of fans left Los Angeles’ SoFi stadium in disappointment Saturday night after The Weeknd stopped his performance just three songs into his set. The pop star told the audience he had lost his voice.
“I want to personally apologize to the audience,” The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, told to the crowd. “I don’t know what happened when I screamed, but I just lost my voice. This is killing me. I don’t want to stop the show but I can’t give you the concert I want to give you right now.”
“I’m going to make sure everybody’s good and (you) get your money back, and I’ll do a show real soon,” he said to gasps and boos.
The Weeknd later shared this message on social media:
“My voice went out during the first song and I’m devasted. Felt it go and my heart dropped. My deepest apologies to my fans here. I promise I’ll make it up to you with a new date.”
No new concert date has been announced.
The “Blinding Lights” singer was visiting Sofi Stadium on his “After Hours Til Dawn” tour. His next scheduled tour date is Sept. 13 in Sweden.
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The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward 11 in Ifelodun constituency, has suspended the former deputy speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Dare Kadiri, from the party, over allegations of anti-party activities.
His suspension was affirmed at the ward Congress, held on Sunday, with immediate effect.
Kadiri was accused of fraternising with an opposition party to work against the interest of APC in the next general elections.
The lawmaker was accused to have hosted a governorship candidate of a political party, where he vowed to work against the re-election of the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun.
The decision to suspend Kadiri was said to have been contained in a report submitted by a disciplinary committee constituted to investigate the allegation.
The report partly reads, “After the report submitted by the disciplinary committee that investigated the anti-party activities of Oluwadare Kadiri (MABA), a former deputy Speaker of Ogun state House of Assembly representing Ifelodun constituency, Ijebu north local government, Ogun state to the Ward Exco. The issue was extensively discussed.
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Among the allegations levelled against him are listed below: “That Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri (Maba) has been fraternizing with the Opposition party, on the 21st of August 2022, Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri invited Hon. Ladi Adebutu, a PDP Gubernatorial Candidate and some other party leaders of PDP to his residence at Ago Iwoye.
“At the said political meeting, the following utterances were made by Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri (Maba); that he would never work for the re-election bid of His Excellency Governor Dapo Abiodun.
“That at this juncture, the party does not matter and that he would work for Hon . Ladi Adebutu a PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in the forthcoming 2023 general election.
“Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri equally instructed his supporters to defect to other political parties.”
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Spidey tops box office while Cinema Day draws millions
LOS ANGELES — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has swung back on top of the box office during a holiday weekend where American theaters aimed to lure moviegoers with discounted $3 tickets.
The first “National Cinema Day” nationwide promotion became the highest-attended day of the year, drawing an estimated 8.1 million moviegoers on Saturday, according to The Cinema Foundation. The one-day event — offered on more than 30,000 screens and held in more than 3,000 theaters, including major chains AMC and Regal Cinemas — collected preliminary box office returns of $24.3 million, according to data firm Comscore.
National Cinema Day was intended to flood theaters with moviegoers during a Labor Day weekend, which is traditionally one of the slowest weekends in the industry. The promotion looked to prompt people to return in the fall, inspired by a sizzle reel of the upcoming films from major studios including Disney, Lionsgate, Sony and A24.
The top three performing movie titles for the day included Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” The Rock and Kevin Hart’s “DC League of Super Pets” and Brad Pitt’s “Bullet Train.” Another top draw was “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which recaptured the No. 1 box office spot for the weekend.
With never-seen footage, the re-release of the Sony and Marvel blockbuster superhero film starring Tom Holland and Zendaya brought in an estimated $6 million. “Top Gun” followed with $5.5 million, “Super Pets” garnered $5.45 million, “Bullet Train” pulled in $5.4 million and last week’s top earner “The Invitation” grossed $4.7 million to round out the top five.
John Paul I, briefly serving, ‘smiling” pope, is beatified
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday beatified one of his predecessors, John Paul I, a briefly serving pontiff who distinguished himself with his humility and cheerfulness, and whose abrupt death in his bedroom in 1978 shocked the world and fueled suspicions for years about his demise.
The ceremony in St. Peter’s Square constituted the last formal step in the Vatican before possible sainthood for Albino Luciani, an Italian who died 33 days after being elected pontiff.
“With a smile, Pope John Paul managed to communicate the goodness of the Lord,” Francis said in his homily.
“How beautiful is a church with a happy, serene and smiling face, that never closes doors, never hardens hearts, never complains or harbors resentments, isn’t angry, does not look dour or suffer nostalgia for the past,’’ the pontiff said.
Last year, Francis approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul I — that of the recovery of a critically ill 11-year-old girl in 2011 in Buenos Aires, the hometown of the current pope. Now a young woman, Candela Giarda told a Vatican news conference last week via a video message that she had wanted to attend the ceremony but couldn’t because she recently broke a foot working out in a gym.
For Luciani to be declared a saint, another miracle, following his beatification, must be attributed to his intercession and certified by the Vatican.
Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series
LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama is halfway to an EGOT. The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.
Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.” The five-part show, which features national parks from around the globe, is produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “Higher Ground.”
He was the biggest name in a category full of famous nominees for the award handed out at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmys, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, David Attenborough and Lupita Nyong’o.
Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956. Obama previously won Grammy Awards for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, “The Audacity of Hope” and “Dreams From My Father.”
EGOT refers to a special category of entertainers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. To date, 17 people have done it.
— Compiled from news services
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Equity index futures are trading on Globex despite the long weekend holiday in the US and Canda.
They are all close to flat, ES is up a touch, after a little weakness on the open.
If you missed it earlier, I posted Globex hours this long weekend, in summary:
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Weeknd suddenly ended his sold-out concert in Southern California after losing his voice during a mid-song performance.
The four-time Grammy winner was performing his third song “Can’t Feel My Face” before he abruptly stopped his show Saturday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. He then walked off stage, eventually returned and told the audience he lost his voice.
While onstage, the Weeknd apologized for canceling the show and promised the audience a refund.
“I’m going to make sure everyone is good, you’ll get your money back,” he told the crowd. “But I’ll do a show real soon for you guys.”
The singer added: “I can’t give you what I want to give you.”
The Weeknd went on social media to explain that he’s devastated after his “voice went out” during the first song.
“Felt it go and my heart dropped,” he wrote. “My deepest apologies to my fans here. I promise I’ll make it up to you with a new date.”
The next tour date scheduled for the “After Hours Til Dawn” tour is Sept. 22 in Toronto.
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Illinois State Police investigate after suspect fires shots at vehicle on I-55
CHICAGO - A vehicle was fired upon on Interstate 55 Monday morning.
At about 5:30 a.m., Illinois State Police District Chicago troopers responded to the Summit Police Department for a report of a shooting on I-55 near Pulaski Road.
Troopers spoke to the victim, who said his vehicle was fired upon while on I-55.
The victim was not injured in the shooting.
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Southbound lanes on I-55 were temporarily closed.
The investigation is active and ongoing.
Anyone who witnessed the shooting is asked to contact ISP by phone at 847-294-4400, or email at ISP.CrimeTips@Illinois.gov.
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In 2016, Springsteen spoke about New Jersey, masculinity and wishing to be his stage persona: "People see you onstage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy. ... I want to be that guy myself very often."
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In 2016, Springsteen spoke about New Jersey, masculinity and wishing to be his stage persona: "People see you onstage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy. ... I want to be that guy myself very often."
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SUMMERVILLE, Ga. — Flood watches were in effect in the U.S. southeast early Monday as forecasters warn of the possibility of torrential downpours on Labor Day across already saturated ground.
Among the hardest-hit areas in this weekend’s storms was northwest Georgia, where 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain fell in some spots, forecasters said.
The flooding knocked out water service to parts of Georgia's Chattooga County, authorities said.
“Our main thrust right now is getting our water situation back in hand,” said Earle Rainwater, who owns Rainwater Funeral Home in Summerville and serves as the Chattooga County coroner.
“Without water, you can’t do anything,” he said Monday. “We don’t have water except for bottled water and what’s in the creeks.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Chattooga and Floyd counties. That directed all state resources to help with “preparation, response and recovery activities.”
In Chattooga County, several people had to be rescued from their homes on Sunday, especially in lower-lying areas of the county, Rainwater said. “They used Jon Boats, they used kayaks, they used anything that would float."
Waves of showers and storms were expected to develop Monday in the region, as moisture from the Gulf of Mexico continues to stream across the South, the National Weather Service said. Some training storms — storms that drop several inches of rain as they move over the same areas like train cars — were also possible, the weather service said.
Parts of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia were under flash flood watches through Monday evening. The chance for flash flooding also extended to the northeast, into Pennsylvania and parts of southern New England, the weather service said.
Church pastors and volunteers planned to distribute water on Monday in the small towns of Summerville and Trion, according to the Chattooga County Emergency Management Agency.
“We’ve never had anything like this before,” Summerville Mayor Harry Harvey said.
After visiting the community’s flooded water treatment plant Monday morning, Harvey said, “Things are not as bad as we thought they were, or as bad as they could be.”
Workers were at the site Monday assessing the damage. By late Monday or early Tuesday, “we should have a much better assessment as to what needs to be done,” Harvey said.
Chattooga County, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta, is home to about 25,000 people.
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The Nigeria Police Force, Sokoto State Command has paraded two suspects for attempted kidnapping through the Illela border to Libya.
Speaking while parading the suspects, the state commissioner for Police, CP Muhammed Usaini Gumel, said the suspects were apprehended through the newly launched operations X-Squad in the state.
Gumel explained that the victim, Precious Oke, was trapped at Illela border town to the Niger Republic.
According to the Commissioner, “Miss Precious stated that she noticed that while her handler was making efforts to smuggle her across the border, sighted police patrol team which directed her to go into hiding.
“It is at this point that the victim made a call to Sokoto State Police public relations officer of the command who immediately alerted the vigilant police patrol team at Illela where she was traced and rescued”
The CP however revealed that the Quick Reaction Force in connection with the attempted trafficking arrested two facilitators.
He said one of the suspects was arrested at Illela while the second one was nabbed with the metropolis.
Gumel explained that the command is making a concerted effort to round up all the members of the cartel.
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Police parade two suspects for human trafficking in Sokoto
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MOSCOW (AP) — The number of people who died in an accident while climbing Eurasia’s tallest active volcano has risen to eight, Russian authorities said Monday.
A helicopter with a rescue team was on the way to the site of the accident, emergency officials said.
Russian media initially reported on Saturday that five climbers died while trying to ascend to the top of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. The accident occurred about 500 meters below the 4,750-meter (15,884-foot) summit, the reports cited the prosecutor’s office of the Kamchatka region as saying.
All the climbers were Russians, the reports said.
Four people survived the accident and are waiting for the rescuers at different altitudes.
The Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s far northeast is noted for its array of active and dormant volcanos, hot springs and abundant wildlife.
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BOSTON (AP) — Republicans hoping to hold on to the Massachusetts governor’s office are choosing between a Donald Trump-backed candidate and a more moderate businessman in Tuesday’s primary election.
Massachusetts is just the latest blue state to feature a top-of-the-ticket contest between a conservative candidate endorsed by Trump and a more centrist opponent. In recent primaries in Maryland and Connecticut, GOP voters have opted for the Trump loyalists, potentially worsening their chances of winning a general election.
The winner of Tuesday’s Massachusetts primary will take on Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey in November. If elected, she would be the state’s first openly gay governor and the first woman elected governor of Massachusetts. Republican Jane Swift served as acting governor after Gov. Paul Cellucci stepped down in 2001 to become U.S. ambassador to Canada.
The governor’s office is open this year because popular GOP Gov. Charlie Baker opted against running for a third term.
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Former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, who has Trump’s endorsement, is going up against businessman Chris Doughty, a political newcomer, in the Republican primary for governor.
Diehl, who launched a failed campaign for U.S. Senate against Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2018, is popular among Republican activists. He won the party’s endorsement with 71% of delegates at the state party convention in May, but he could face a tougher climb in a general election in a state in which Trump won only 32% of votes in 2020.
Diehl has opposed COVID-19 mandates, falsely claimed the 2020 presidential race was rigged, fought against the extension of mail-in voting and said he supports the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Trump — a critic of Baker, who publicly refused to vote for Trump in 2016 and 2020 — endorsed Diehl last October, saying in a statement that he is “strong on Crime, Election Integrity, our now under siege Southern Border, loves our Military, and has a big focus on taking care of our Vets.”
Doughty described himself as moderate when he entered the race but has since embraced the label of conservative as he tries to appeal to Republican primary voters. Doughty has said his experience running a manufacturing company gives him the know-how to be a successful chief executive.
He has said he wants to make Massachusetts more affordable for residents and businesses. He has described himself as “pro-life,” but acknowledges the state’s highest court has recognized a right to abortion and said he doesn’t have an interest in changing that.
Baker hasn’t endorsed either candidate.
Healey, who’s won two statewide races for attorney general, is running virtually unopposed, with her sole rival dropping out of the race in June, though she remains on the ballot. Healey is hoping to break a political “curse” in Massachusetts, referring to a string of unsuccessful campaigns by attorneys general for governor.
Despite being considered a Democratic stronghold, Massachusetts has a history of electing Republican governors as a check on a Legislature in which Democrats hold overwhelming majorities. Those Republican governors, including Mitt Romney, have typically been fiscally conservative but more socially moderate.
Baker said in December that he opted not to seek reelection so he could focus on helping the state emerge from the pandemic. He credited his administration’s focus on issues over personality as a big reason for his success with voters, which he said stands “apart from a lot of the bipartisan noise that’s created in politics generally these days.”
The election also features several statewide contested Democratic primaries, including for attorney general and secretary of the commonwealth.
Two Democrats are jockeying for the top law enforcement office: former Boston city councilor Andrea Campbell and workers’ rights attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan. A week before the election, a former assistant attorney general, Quentin Palfrey, announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsed Campbell.
The winner will face Republican Jay McMahon, a trial attorney who previously ran against Healey and lost, in November.
If elected, Campbell would be the first Black woman to hold the office in Massachusetts. She’s won the endorsement of several high-profile elected officials, including Healey, Sen. Edward Markey and half the state’s congressional delegation.
Liss-Riordan has the backing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and former acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey.
In the race for secretary of the commonwealth, Democratic incumbent William Galvin is hoping to win an eighth term in office. He’s fielding a primary challenge from fellow Democrat Tanisha Sullivan, a lawyer and president of the Boston branch of the NAACP. Sullivan would be the first Black person to serve in the post in the state.
There are also contested races in the Democratic primary for auditor and for the Democratic and Republican races for lieutenant governor.
None of the state’s nine incumbent Democratic U.S. House members is facing primary challengers. There are two contested Republican primaries, in the 8th and 9th congressional districts.
The Massachusetts primary lands on the day after Labor Day, raising concerns about a potentially low turnout, although early voting began on Aug. 27.
A new state law makes “no excuse” mail-in ballots and early voting permanent fixtures in Massachusetts elections. Many of the voting options included in the new law were implemented during the height of the coronavirus pandemic and proved popular.
The law also increases ballot access for voters with disabilities, service members overseas and incarcerated individuals.
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BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets sank Monday as Europe faced a new squeeze on Russian gas supplies.
London and Frankfurt opened lower. Tokyo, Hong Kong and South Korea fell while Shanghai gained. Oil prices rose more than $2 per barrel while the euro edged lower.
Markets were roiled by Russian energy giant Gazprom’s announcement Friday that a suspension of gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would be extended indefinitely. That adds to shortages in Germany and other economies.
In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost 1.1% to 7,198.73 and the DAX in Frankfurt tumbled 3.2% to 12,628.44., The CAC 40 in France fell 2% to 6,047.28.
Gazprom’s announcement puts European stocks under “heavy pressure,” said Chris Turner of ING in a report.
Also Friday, U.S. government data showed hiring slowed in August but wages rose sharply. Forecasters said the Federal Reserve might see that as evidence more interest rate hikes are needed to bring down inflation that is at a four-decade high.
“Markets relinquished early optimism for a sense of foreboding,” said Tan Boon Heng of Mizuho Bank in a report.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 future was off less than 0.1%. That for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained less than 0.1%.
The Dow also fell 1.1% on Friday after the Labor Department reported the U.S. economy added 315,000 jobs in August. That was down from July’s 526,000, but average hourly pay jumped by an unusually wide margin of 5.2% compared with a year earlier.
The Nasdaq composite lost 1.3%.
In Asia, the Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.4% to 3,199.91 after the Chinese government tightened controls on movement in the southern business center of Shenzhen following virus outbreaks.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo lost 0.1% to 27,619.61 while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong tumbled 1.2% to 19,225.70.
The Kospi in Seoul lost 0.2% to 2,403.68 while Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 added 0.3% to 6,852.20.
New Zealand and Bangkok declined while Singapore and Jakarta advanced.
European economies face gas shortages after their governments agreed to wind down purchases from Russia to punish the Kremlin for invading Ukraine.
Last week, state-owned Gazprom announced a three-day suspension of gas supplies through Nord Stream 1 due to urgent maintenance work.
On Friday, the company said that would be extended indefinitely. Russia already has reduced supplies to countries that sided with Ukraine.
Meanwhile, traders are uneasily watching the Fed after chair Jerome Powell said Aug. 26 interest rates have to stay elevated to rein in surging inflation. That dashed hopes the Fed might back off due to signs U.S. economic activity is cooling.
The Fed has raised rates four times this year, twice by 0.75 percentage points, triple its usual margin.
Central banks in Europe and Asia also have hiked rates, fueling worries they might derail global economic growth.
The U.S. market has given up much of the gains made in July and August when traders hoped the Fed might ease up.
Traders expect another 0.75 percentage point rate hike at this month’s Fed meeting, according to CME Group.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude gained $2.18 to $89.05 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 26 cents to $86.87 on Friday. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, added $2.54 to $95.56 per barrel in London. It advanced 66 cents the previous session to $93.02.
The dollar advanced to 140.50 yen from Friday’s 140.13 yen. The euro declined to 99.26 cents from 99.64 cents.
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LONDON (AP) — Irish regulators are slapping Instagram with a big fine after an investigation found the social media platform mishandled teenagers’ personal information in violation of strict European Union data privacy rules.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said by email Monday that it made a final decision last week to fine the company 405 million euros ($402 million), though the full details won’t be released until next week.
The penalty is the second-biggest issued under the EU’s stringent privacy rules, after Luxembourg’s regulators fined Amazon 746 million euros last year.
Instagram parent Meta, which also owns Facebook, said that while it had “engaged fully” with regulators throughout the investigation, “we disagree with how this fine was calculated and intend to appeal it.”
The Irish watchdog’s investigation centered on how Instagram displayed the personal details of users ages 13 to 17, including email addresses and phone numbers. The minimum age for Instagram users is 13.
The investigation began after a data scientist found that users, including those under 18, were switching to business accounts and had their contact information displayed on their profiles. Users were apparently doing it to see statistics on how many likes their posts were getting after Instagram started removing the feature from personal accounts in some countries to help with mental health.
Instagram said the inquiry focused on “old settings” that were updated more than a year ago, and it has since released new privacy features for teens, including automatically setting their accounts to private when they join.
“We’re continuing to carefully review the rest of the decision,” the company said.
Under the EU’s data privacy rules, the Irish watchdog is the lead regulator for many U.S. tech companies with European headquarters in Dublin.
The watchdog has a raft of other inquiries into Meta-owned companies. Last year, it fined WhatsApp 225 million euros for breaching rules on transparency about sharing people’s data with other Meta companies.
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MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups.
The ruling against Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s most renowned independent newspaper, comes amid Russia’s grinding military campaign in Ukraine and the Kremlin’s effort to silence critics of what it calls a “special military operation.”
Dmitry Muratov, Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor-in-chief of the newspaper, called the ruling on Monday “political” and “not having the slightest legal basis,” and he promised to contest it.
Roskomnadzor, Russia’s media and internet regulator, petitioned the court to revoke Novaya Gazeta’s license, accusing it of failing to submit the newsroom charter to authorities on time.
Novaya Gazeta announced March 28 that it was suspending operations for the duration of what it referred to in quotation marks as “the special operation” in Ukraine, the term that Russian authorities insist media must use for the military action in Ukraine.
Its team, however, launched a new project, Novaya Gazeta Europe, from abroad, criticizing the operation in Russia’s ex-Soviet neighbor.
Days after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russia’s Kremlin-controlled parliament approved legislation that outlawed alleged disparaging of the Russian military or the spread of “false information” about the country’s military operation in Ukraine.
Dozens of Russian independent media outlets were banned as a result, while other announced halting any reporting related to Ukraine.
The U.N. Human Rights Office condemned the ruling in a statement Monday.
“The judgment against Novaya Gazeta is yet another blow to the independence of Russian media whose activities have been further compromised by legal restrictions and increased state controls imposed following” Russia’s military action in Ukraine, spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said in a statement.
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Russia imposed personal sanctions Monday on 25 Americans, including actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller, in response to U.S. sanctions against Russians stemming from the conflict in Ukraine.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was on the new sanctions list, as were several American senators: Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, Rick Scott of Florida, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the group, which also included business leaders, academics and government officials, would be banned permanently from entering Russia.
Previous rounds of Russian sanctions against Americans have included President Joe Biden and members of his family, as well as lawmakers and business leaders. The U.S. has sanctioned numerous Russians, including government officials and business people.
Penn and Stiller have been outspoken critics of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Penn is an activist involved in relief work, among other causes. Stiller is a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Our FNF Play of the Week for Week 1 is Teurlings' Allen Hayes and Trey Parker. Hayes came up with a blocked kick against Opelousas, and Parker came up with the recovery in the win.
Congrats to Hayes and Teurlings for winning our Play of the Week for week 1.
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DALLAS (AP) — With summer vacations winding down, airlines are counting on the return of more business travelers to keep their pandemic recovery going into the fall.
Air travel in the United States, bolstered by huge numbers of tourists, has nearly recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Inflation — and especially this year’s sharp rise in airfares — raises concern about how long vacationers can afford to keep flying at their current pace. Airlines say they see no signs of a slowdown in leisure travel.
Business travel, however, remains about 25% to 30% below 2019 levels, according to airlines and outfits that track sales.
And it is not clear when — or if — road warriors will return to their old travel habits.
“The whole challenge for the industry is around the return of the corporate traveler, and whether he is going to come back in enough volume and frequency that is going to help these airlines,” says John Grant, an analyst with travel-data provider OAG.
The Global Business Travel Association recently predicted that corporate travel won’t fully return until mid-2026, 18 months later than the trade group had previously forecast.
Business travelers generally pay higher fares, so their absence has an outsized impact on airline revenue and profit.
Business travel is slower to return because it is more complicated than somebody deciding they want to take a vacation after staying home during the first two years of the pandemic, says Chuck Thackston, who leads data research at the Airlines Reporting Corp., a ticket-settlement firm that operates as a middleman between airlines and travel agents.
“On the corporate side, it just takes a little more to restart that because there are so many moving parts,” Thackston said. “If you want to go visit clients in New York, it could be that nobody is in the office in New York. That is slowly building back.”
Conventions and other big meetings are another key driver of business travel, and also seem to be coming back, Thackston said.
Airline officials say that travel by small-business operators has recovered nearly fully, but that many corporate travelers have not returned to the road or skies.
The chief commercial officer of Southwest Airlines, Andrew Watterson, said that since business travel began picking up this spring, “it was skewed toward smaller businesses and government and education were traveling. Our largest corporates are the ones that are lagging, particularly banking, consulting and technology.”
Watterson said that among Southwest’s biggest corporate accounts, they all have employees traveling — but not as many of them, and not as often.
The nature of business travel is changing as companies become accustomed to smaller travel budgets. Some trips are being replaced by video calls, perhaps permanently. Speculative sales trips could be especially easy for companies to cut.
Conventions now routinely offer a “hybrid” format with an option to stay behind and watch online — although that means missing the hallway conversations and other opportunities to network.
Standard & Poor’s said this week that many convention center operators are running summer and fall schedules similar to those in 2019, but a recession or new COVID-19 variant are still risks.
Vasu Raja, the chief commercial officer at American Airlines, said demand has dropped for one-day business trips in which someone leaves in the morning and flies home that evening.
“But interestingly, we’ve seen more demand for blended trips where somebody leaves on a Thursday from Dallas to go to New York, they don’t return on the Friday — they stay through the weekend and they come back on Sunday,” he said. Sometimes a spouse goes with them, he added.
Business travel is big business worldwide. The Global Business Travel Association estimates that it was worth more than $1.4 trillion in 2019, then plummeted by more than half each of the next two years. The trade group estimates that after being hindered by the omicron variant early this year, business travel will hit $933 billion in 2022 — still 35% below the pre-pandemic mark.
The widespread availability of vaccines and better treatment of COVID-19 — along with relaxation of mandatory quarantines and other travel restrictions — have boosted leisure and corporate travel. However, travel is now threatened by deteriorating economic conditions including surging inflation and labor shortages. New COVID-19 variants remain a concern among travel managers, particularly in Asia.
The cost of travel is expected to keep rising, putting pressure on corporate budgets. A recent report from travel-management company CWT predicted that fares paid by business travelers will rise nearly 50% this year and 8% next year, and hotel rates will rise 19% this year and 8% in 2023.
Most U.S. airlines reported profits for the April-through-June second quarter. For American and United, it was their first profitable quarter excluding government aid since the pandemic started, and they should be in the black for the third quarter, which ends with vacation-heavy July and August.
Business travel traditionally enjoys a peak in the spring and another in September and October. Airlines are about to find out whether that happens this year.
“There has been a lot of discussion about, yeah, business travel is coming back, and U.S. airline CEOs being quite bullish about it,” said Grant, the OAG analyst. “But the hard evidence now needs to come forward.”
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch agriculture minister has unexpectedly resigned, telling reporters he wasn’t the right person for the job following a tumultuous summer of protests by farmers over pollution regulations.
Henk Staghouwer, who held the position for only nine months, announced his decision Monday night. He had just returned from Brussels, where he negotiated an agreement with the European Commission to scrap a Dutch exemption to manure spreading limits.
The Netherlands, along with Denmark, Ireland and the Flanders region of Belgium, had been allowed to exceed caps on how much manure farmers could return to their fields because of the country’s comparatively small land area. But Brussels wants to phase out this dispensation because the Dutch are failing to meet EU water quality standards.
The country’s lucrative agriculture sector has been in crisis since a 2019 court ruling forced the government to slash emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia, which livestock produce. Thousands of farmers have staged protests, blockading cities with tractors and burning hay bales along highways.
A 60-year-old former baker, Staghouwer had been tasked with transitioning the sector away from intensive farming practices and buying out farmers to reduce total emissions.
The government allocated an extra 24.3 billion euros ($24.2 billion) to tackle the problem. Last week Staghouwer told the Cabinet that he would be unable to meet a mid-September deadline to present a plan for the transition.
“I respect his brave decision,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wrote on Twitter, but others were less praising. Member of parliament Caroline van der Plas of The Farmer–Citizen Movement party (BBB) said “he was totally unsuitable” for the job.
Bart Kemp of farmers’ organization Agractie told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that Staghouwer was “a friendly man, but not a decisive person.”
Staghouwer’s role will temporarily be taken on by the former agricultural minister Carola Schouten.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s anti-trust watchdog announced on Tuesday that it is blocking the buyout of cancer-screening company GRAIL by biotech giant Illumina in a rare move by European regulators against two U.S. companies.
Illumina is a major supplier of next-generation sequencing (NGS) systems for genetic and genomic analysis, while GRAIL is a health company developing blood tests to try to catch cancer early. Illumina announced an $8 billion acquisition of GRAIL in 2020.
But the European Commission, which polices competition issues, said the buyout “would have enabled and incentivized Illumina to foreclose GRAIL’s rivals, who are dependent on Illumina’s technology, from access to an essential input they need to develop and market their own tests.”
Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said that “it is vital to preserve competition between early cancer detection test developers at this critical stage of development. As Illumina did not put forward remedies that would have solved our concerns, we prohibited the merger.”
The commission said it received feedback from several customers and competitors during its probe of the buyout, but Vestager declined to name any of GRAIL’s competitors whose interests might have been hurt.
The commission said market players were concerned that “Illumina would cut access to its NGS technology to GRAIL’s rivals, or otherwise disadvantage them, to gain control over the promising early cancer-detection testing market.”
Illumina said it intends to appeal the decision, which comes just days after a U.S. Federal Trade Commission judge ruled in favor of its acquisition of GRAIL.
“Illumina can make GRAIL’s life-saving multi-cancer early detection test more available, more affordable, and more accessible — saving lives and lowering healthcare costs,” said Charles Dadswell, General Counsel of Illumina.
“We continue to believe, this merger is pro-competitive and will accelerate innovation,” he said.
Vestager also said that Illumina appears to have broken EU merger rules by completing the buyout before the commission cleared the move.
“This is unheard of. Companies abide by our rules. They require them to not implement a merger before they have been notified and cleared by the commission,” she told reporters in Brussels.
Illumina’s actions, Vestager said, have created a “troublesome situation. Illumina now needs to undo the effects of its actions and unwind the acquisition.”
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fears mounted Tuesday over Europe’s largest nuclear plant as shelling around it continued, a day after it was again knocked off Ukraine’s electrical grid and put in the precarious position of relying on its own power to run its safety systems.
Repeated warnings from world leaders that the fighting around the Zaporizhzhia plant could lead to a nuclear catastrophe have done little to stem the hostilities. Russian-installed officials accused Ukrainian forces of shelling Enerhodar, the city where the plant is situated, hours after the Ukrainians said Kremlin forces attacked a city across the river.
The Ukrainian mayor of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, reported a powerful blast in the city around midday. The explosion left the city of 53,000 cut off from its power and water supplies. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the blast.
Both sides have traded accusations of attacks on the plant since Russian troops seized it early in the war. With the danger rising, a team from the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency finally traveled to the plant last week, and on Tuesday, inspectors were expected to report what they found to the U.N. Security Council.
Two inspectors remained at the plant, which is run by Ukrainian workers, and Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak applauded that decision.
“There are Russian troops now who don’t understand what’s happening, don’t assess the risks correctly,” Podolyak said. “There is a number of our workers there, who need some kind of protection, people from the international community standing by their side and telling (Russian troops): ‘Don’t touch these people, let them work.’”
But the IAEA visit appeared to have done little to lessen the risks. On Monday, the IAEA said Ukrainian authorities reported that the plant’s last transmission line was disconnected to allow workers to put out a fire caused by shelling.
Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko told Ukrainian television: “Any repairs are impossible at this point — there are ongoing hostilities around the plant.”
In the meantime, the plant’s only remaining operational reactor will “generate the power the plant needs for its safety and other functions,” the IAEA said. The plant needs power to run the cooling systems for its reactors and spent fuel and avoid a meltdown.
Mycle Schneider, an independent analyst in Canada on nuclear energy, said that means the plant was probably functioning in “island mode,” or producing electricity just for its own operations.
“Island mode is a very shaky, unstable and unreliable way to provide continuous power supply to a nuclear plant,” Schneider said.
It was just the latest incident to fuel fears of a nuclear disaster in a country still haunted by the world’s worst nuclear accident, at Chernobyl in 1986. Experts say the reactors at Zaporizhzhia are designed to withstand natural disasters and even plane crashes, but the unpredictable fighting has repeatedly threatened to disrupt critical cooling systems, raising the risk of a meltdown.
Ukrainian intelligence reported that residents of Enerhodar were fleeing the city out of fear. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russia should organize safe corridors for women and children living nearby.
“People en masse are reaching out to us for help. They are trying to leave to the dangerous territory, but there are no corridors,” Vereshchuk told Ukrainian TV.
Russian-installed officials in the Zaporizhzhia region on Tuesday accused Ukrainian forces of shelling Enerhodar and damaging a power line close to the plant.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s presidential office said Russian forces shelled residential buildings in Nikopol, a city across the Dnieper River from the plant. Two people were wounded and a school, a kindergarten and some 30 buildings were damaged, the office said.
Russian shelling elsewhere killed at least three civilians, the statement said.
In the southern Kherson region, occupied by the Russians since early on in the war, Ukrainian forces continued their counteroffensive. A pontoon bridge was blown up overnight and a command center was hit, as well as two checkpoints, Ukrainian authorities said.
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BERLIN (AP) — Israel’s president addressed Germany’s parliament on Tuesday about atrocities committed during the Third Reich, while at the same time praising the close and friendly relations that have emerged between the two countries since the end of the Holocaust.
Six million European Jews were murdered by Germany’s Nazis and their henchmen during World War II.
“Never in human history was there a campaign like the one the Nazis and their accomplices conducted to annihilate the Jewish people,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told lawmakers at the Bundestag.
“Never in history was a state responsible, as Nazi Germany was responsible, for the loss of all semblance of humanity, for the erasure of all mercy, for the pursuit of the worldwide obliteration, with such awful cruelty, of an entire people.”
Herzog also spoke about his father, former Israeli President Chaim Herzog, who was among the liberators of the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen in northern Germany in April 1945, as an officer of the British forces.
“I shall never forget how he described to me the horrors he witnessed. The stench. The human skeletons in striped pajamas, the piles of corpses, the destruction, the hell on earth,” the Israeli president told German lawmakers.
After his speech, Herzog and Steinmeier, accompanied by their wives, went to Berlin’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews — a field of 2,700 gray concrete slabs near the the city’s landmark Brandenburg Gate — where they laid two wreaths for the victims of the Holocaust.
On Tuesday afternoon, the two presidents are set to visit the site of the former concentration camp. After a tour of the memorial site, they are expected to meet with survivors and German high school students.
The Israeli president arrived for a state visit to Germany earlier this week that also included a trip to Munich on Monday where he participated in the 50-year anniversary ceremony for the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Olympic Games.
Looking forward, Herzog praised close relations between the two countries and their joint commitment to fight antisemitism.
“The partnership between Israel and Germany has achieved global renown, and we must continue deepening and cultivating it, for the benefit of a brilliant future not only for our countries but for the whole of humanity,” he said in parliament.
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GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government said Tuesday that it has agreed to give an urgent credit line of 4 billion Swiss francs ($4.1 billion) to power plant operator Axpo Holding as energy prices soar in Europe and could “endanger Switzerland’s energy supply.”
Axpo, which has 30 locations in Europe, North America and Asia and partners to run over 100 power plants, said it applied for the funds to help meet collateral requirements of long-term supply contracts after a tenfold increase in wholesale electricity prices from a year ago and wild fluctuations in prices in recent days.
The company, based in Baden northwest of Zurich, said the “continuing unpredictability” in the market has already prompted governments in countries like the Czech Republic, Finland, France and Germany to help out energy companies. It comes as Russia has reduced or cut off natural gas to several European countries amid the war in Ukraine, driving up prices for gas and electricity at record rates.
The Swiss executive branch, known as the Federal Council, said European markets have seen sharp increases in energy prices because of the war in Ukraine and “low availability” of electricity from nuclear power plants in neighboring France.
“With this financial aid, the Federal Council wants to prevent Axpo from experiencing liquidity problems which could, in the worst case, endanger Switzerland’s energy supply,” the council said in a statement.
The seven-member executive said it was acting under an emergency law aimed to help electricity providers. Last week, two of its members appealed to their fellow Swiss — who in 2021 got more than 60% of their electricity from hydropower — to help avoid wasting energy such as when cooking or heating.
Swiss authorities have repeatedly said energy supplies in the country are adequate for present and future needs despite the recent pressures in the market.
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A body was found in Macon Monday morning around 8:46 a.m.
Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones tells 41NBC that an unidentified homeless woman was found dead in a creek by the intersection of 5th Street and Elm Street.
Jones says a witness saw the woman in the woods Sunday, and thought she was laying there to cool off. When the witness saw the woman again Monday, he called authorities.
The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says anyone with information in reference to this incident is urged to call the BCSO at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Deputies search for auto theft, shooting suspect in Macon
Deputies believe the same suspect shot a man and took a car from Direct Auto Sales
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man involved in an afternoon shooting and auto theft in Macon.
Deputies first responded to a shooting around 1:15pm Monday. Deputies learned that a man was shot in the back of the leg while on Churchill Street in Macon. The man later went to his home on Ernest Street where family members transported him to the hospital.
The victim, who remains in stable condition, told deputies that a man in a gray BMW shot him and then fled the scene.
A few minutes later, deputies were called to an armed robbery at Direct Auto Sales at the corner of Brookdale Avenue and Vineville Avenue. Deputies learned that a man driving a gray BMW with a flat tire pulled onto Brookdale Avenue. Deputies say the man walked over to Direct Auto Sales and pulled a firearm on a man doing business in the parking lot. The gunman then left the business in a red 2007 Ford F150 with a camper shell. The vehicle has a Georgia Tag display of PDF4039.
Investigators believe the suspect at Direct Auto Sales matches the same description as the man involved in the shooting on Churchill Street.
Anyone with information in reference to this investigation is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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The crash happened around 1:35 Monday afternoon
UPDATE: The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim as 66-year-old Jackie Polk of Macon.
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A driver dies in a single vehicle crash along Northside Drive in Macon. According to the Bibb County Sherriff’s Office, the crash happened near the intersection of Athens Drive around 1:35 Monday afternoon.
Deputies say a male driver was traveling south on Northside Drive when his vehicle crossed over the northbound lanes and then hit a tree. The driver was transported to the hospital where he later died.
Deputies say the circumstances surrounding the collision are still being investigated.
Anyone with information in reference to this incident is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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GBI Investigates officer-involved shooting in Baldwin County
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The GBI is investigating it’s 83rd officer involved shooting of the year after an incident in Baldwin County this weekend that left a man dead.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says that the shooting happened Saturday, just after midnight. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic dispute on Union Hill Church Road, after several 911 calls from the home.
When the deputy entered the home, he and other occupants were approached by 77-year-old Tommie Gilmore with a shotgun. Gilmore lived at the home.
The deputy told Gilmore to drop the gun, but Gilmore pointed the shotgun at the deputy. The deputy shot Gilmore, who was then taken to Atrium Health Navicent hospital in Milledgeville where he died.
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Holiday Business Report: Unionization across the U.S. gains more traction
Amazon captures headlines for union drives at its warehouses. 209 Starbucks stores have officially voted to unionize according to the National Labor Relations Board.
The U.S. has seen decades of stagnant wages and two-thirds of America now say they support unions, the highest approval rating since 1965.
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Just Walk Away: Anti-violence initiative looks to deter violence in Macon
Local activist Herbert Dennard has started the Just Walk Away Initiative.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Local activist Herbert Dennard has started the Just Walk Away Initiative.
Dennard is the Executive Director of Changing Mindsets, a non profit organization that looks to curb violence in Macon.
The new initiative hopes to encourage people to walk away from confrontation.
Dennard and his organization are hanging posters in 40 convenience stores and barber shops around Macon to get people to take a second thought.
“We want people to think before they engage in a fight that they can walk away from it and it will be better for the person and themselves and everybody if they just walk away from the fight,” Dennard said.
Changing Mindsets plans to hold a town hall meeting at Lizzie Chapel Baptist Church on September 17.
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Macon resident opens long-term care facility to address Certified Nurse Aide need
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Patricia Duncan has lived in Macon her entire life, and she’s been helping the elderly ever since she was a little girl.
She’s making it her mission to ‘Train the next generation of caregivers.’ with the hope of addressing the shortage of care givers in the area.
She recently opened ‘Wonderland International Training School’ located at 3770 Napier Avenue.
Duncan says she spent 8 of her 29 years in healthcare traveling across the state to help train caregivers.
But as the pandemic decreased the workers in that area, she knew she had to do something to address the problem.
“What really kind of touched me is that you know I was at a meeting with GACCP, which is the Georgia association of community care providers and people were just crying because you know they can’t find help, they can’t find CNA’s.”
Duncan says her school will help facilities like ‘The Phoenix at Lake Joy,’ an assisted living facility in Warner Robins.
By training someone to either become a Certified Nurse Aide(CNA) or a Certified Medication Aide(CMA), the school will place people in several nursing homes or assisted living facilities to work.
According to Michelle Sluka the Community Engagement Director with the assisted living facility, it has about 60 CNA’s and CMA’s.
But they’re always looking to hire more. “It’s always beneficial to have those qualified certified professionals in your building,so that you know that you’re providing the utmost care.”
For ‘The Phoenix at Lake Joy,’ 2 to 3 CNA’s are needed per resident at times. It’s a job the facility says is extremely important to have.
“They’re interacting with our residents providing direct care giving out medications and just being that life line for our residents,” said Sluka.
A CNA course at Duncan’s training facility will take 5 weeks to complete, while a CMA course is 3 days.
All the training is hands-on according to Duncan, and it’s a rigorous training. CPR classes are also offered at the facility.
Duncan says she just hopes she can help not only middle Georgia but the whole state. “If we can just be a beacon to someone to some business you know we want to be that.”
To find out more about the courses offered you can reach out to Duncan at 1-833-770-3770.
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Mercer University starts concert season with Labor Day event
Mercer University held its annual Labor Day concert Monday afternoon.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Mercer University held its annual Labor Day concert Monday afternoon.
The concert, which included pieces from Felix Mendelsshon, Florence Price and George Walker, featured students from Mercer as well as high school students from around the country.
The director of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings says her favorite part of the concert was the community support.
“The joy that I saw on stage, the joy for music making, the joy for community being together, it makes me feel so good,” Amy Schwartz Moretti said.
This concert begins Mercer’s concert season.
The next concert at Fickling Hall will be on September 27.
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Mostly cloudy conditions to hang around for Labor Day
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Cloud cover will continue to stick around Middle Georgia following Sunday’s wet weather.
Today
Conditions will remain mostly cloudy for much of the day, however a few pockets of sunshine are likely in the afternoon. Storm activity should be kept to a minimum for most of the daylight hours, allowing temperatures to peak in the upper 80s. Ambient winds will be rather calm throughout the afternoon as they come in from the southwest at about 5 mph. Anyone with plans for outdoor barbecues for the holiday should be good to go.
Tonight our rain chances will climb, especially once the sun sets. Scattered storms are likely around Middle Georgia until around Midnight tonight at which time they should begin to fizzle out. Overcast conditions will hang around after that, however some clearing is anticipated ahead of tomorrow’s sunrise. Low temperatures will be in the lower 70s across the board as ambient winds continue to blow out of the southwest.
Tomorrow
We should see more sun for our Tuesday as partly cloudy conditions take over. Highs will be in the lower 90s for most of Middle Georgia. Storms should be pretty isolated, however peak activity is likely in the late afternoon and early evening. Ambient winds will shift more towards the north as they blow in from the west-northwest at 5-10 mph.
Partly cloudy conditions will stick around for Tuesday night and rain chances are quite low, however a stray shower cannot be ruled out. Northwest winds will blow in at about 5 mph as the temperatures drop into the lower 70s.
Tropics
Hurricane Danielle poses no threat to the United States.
Tropical Storm Earl poses no threat to the United States at this time as it is currently moving north and expected to curve eastward back out to sea.
There is a new tropical wave coming off of the west coast of Africa. It has a 10% chance to form into a tropical depression within the next 48 hours and a 40% chance to form within the next 5 days.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m).
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Participants take their mark in 45th annual Macon Labor Day Road Race
Participants of the 45th Annual Labor Day Road Race started off their Labor holiday with a good run with friends.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Participants of the 45th Annual Labor Day Road Race started off their Labor holiday with a good run with friends.
Racers took their marks early Monday morning. Almost 1,300 people came out to celebrate the holiday with a run through downtown Macon.
“It feels great,” participant E.J. Durham of Macon said. “It felt a whole lot better than I thought it would, because my legs wanted to give out half way.”
The 5K started at the intersection of Vineville and Pio Nono Avenues, and the 10k race started on Forsyth Road near Wesleyan College.
F.M. Barron, the president of the Macon Tracks Running Club, says it’s great to have everyone racing again.
“People enjoy the course,” Barron said. “They enjoy coming and seeing all of their friends, because there’s been a lot of races canceled during Covid, so it’s great to get everyone back together again, kind of like a family reunion.”
This is the second time the Macon Tracks Running Club has held the event in-person since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
Participants from different age groups ran Monday, like 81-year-old Felton Watson, who’s run the race for 45 years.
“It felt good,” Watson said, “I wasn’t sure that I would be able to make it this week, because I got a little slight injury in my left leg, so my goal was just to finish today and not worry about time. ”
“Keep this race going,” Steve Bell of Atlanta said. “I love it. It’s an awesome atmosphere, and anybody who hasn’t run this race before, definitely come out. It’s perfect for PR.”
Awards were given out to the top 3 overall for male and female categories for the 5K and 10K
Top 3 overall for males in the 10K:
- John Green, age 24, Milledgeville, Ga
- Russell Coleman, age 45, Warner Robins, Ga
- Dustin Buttigieg, age 42, Juliette, Ga
Top 3 overall for females in the 10K:
- Marina Van Sickle, age 23, Warner Robins, Ga
- Rachel Hopkins, age 54, Athens, Ga
- Lea Anne Walters, age 39, Macon, Ga
Top 3 overall for males in 5K:
- Nathan Dummit, age 19, Macon, Ga
- Steve Bell, age 50, Kennesaw, Ga
- Brent Fields, age 50, Wahalla, Sc
Top 3 overall for females in 5K:
- Ann Centner, age 30, Tallahassee, Fl
- Sally Kirklewski, age 30, Athens, Ga
- Euleen Josiah-Tanner, age 48, Atlanta, Ga
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Restaurant Report Card: Food service inspection scores August 29-September 2
Here are Middle Georgia's food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, August 29 and Friday, September 2, 2022.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Here are Middle Georgia’s food service health inspection scores from the Georgia Department of Public Health between Monday, August 29 and Friday, September 2, 2022.
All scores of 69 and below are shown in red. All scores between 70 and 99 are shown in black. All scores of 100 are shown in green.
Click here to search for and read full current and past inspection reports.
Baldwin County:
Dungeons and Daiquiris
125 S WAYNE ST MILLEDGEVILLE, GA 31061
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Hong Kong Express
2400 N COLUMBIA ST A-3 MILLEDGEVILLE, GA 31061
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Biba’s Italian Restaurant
2803 N COLUMBIA RD STE A MILLEDGEVILLE, GA 31061
Last Inspection Score: 91
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Huddle House
300 E HANCOCK ST MILLEDGEVILLE, GA 31061
Last Inspection Score: 91
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
The Local Yolkal Cafe
117 W HANCOCK ST MILLEDGEVILLE, GA 31061
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Ruby Tuesday
2440 N COLUMBIA ST MILLEDGEVILLE, GA 31061
Last Inspection Score: 97
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Hibachi Express
2515 N COLUMBIA ST MILLEDGEVILLE, GA 31061
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Surcheros
108 ROBERSON MILL RD MILLEDGEVILLE, GA 31061
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Bibb County:
Texas Cattle Co.
5797 HOUSTON RD MACON, GA 31216
Last Inspection Score: 96
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
K’s Fish and More
3047 HARTLEY BRIDGE RD STE A MACON, GA 31216
Last Inspection Score: 95
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Alexander IV Senior Living (Food Service)
3769 RIDGE AVE MACON, GA 31204
Last Inspection Score: 99
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Waffle House
3907 ARKWRIGHT RD MACON, GA 31210
Last Inspection Score: 90
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
J. Christopher’s
220 STARCADIA CIR MACON, GA 31210
Last Inspection Score: 98
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Hampton Inn & Suites (Food Service)
5010 EISENHOWER PKWY MACON, GA 31206
Last Inspection Score: 98
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Pho Cali
3780 NORTHSIDE DR STE 100 A MACON, GA 31210
Last Inspection Score: 99
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
The Juicy Crab
168 TOM HILL SR. BLVD STE 20 MACON, GA 31210
Last Inspection Score: 95
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Rodeo 24K (Food Service)
4053 PIO NONO AVE MACON, GA 31206
Last Inspection Score: 95
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Buffalo Wild Wings
169 TOM HILL SR. BLVD MACON, GA 31210
Last Inspection Score: 88
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Shooters Bar (Food Service)
4755 CHAMBERS RD MACON, GA 31206
Last Inspection Score: 90
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Windsor Academy Cafeteria
4150 JONES RD MACON, GA 31216
Last Inspection Score: 93
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Brookdale Resource Center (Food Service)
3600 BROOKDALE AVE MACON, GA 31204
Last Inspection Score: 88
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Dooly County:
Popeye’s
1515 E UNION ST VIENNA, GA 31092
Last Inspection Score: 97
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Hancock County:
Hancock County State Prison (Food Service)
701 PRISON ROAD SPARTA, GA 31087
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Houston County:
Bonaire Middle School (Food Service)
125 HWY 96 BONAIRE, GA 31005
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Dunkin’ Donuts
825 RUSSELL PKWY WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088
Last Inspection Score: 90
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Bonaire Primary (Food Service)
535 THOMPSON MILL RD BONAIRE, GA 31005
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Roco’s
715 HWY 96 STE B BONAIRE, GA 31005
Last Inspection Score: 96
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Asian Bliss Market (Food Service)
1806 RUSSELL PKWY STE 900 WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Hilltop Elementary School (Food Service)
301 ROBERT BRYSON SMITH PKWY BONAIRE, GA 31005
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Feagin Mill Middle School (Food Service)
1200 FEAGIN MILL RD WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Taco Bell
419 N DAVIS DR WARNER ROBINS, GA 31093
Last Inspection Score: 97
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
La Dulce Vida
1538 WATSON BLVD WARNER ROBINS, GA 31093
Last Inspection Score: 74
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Antebellum Grove Senior Living (Food Service)
1010 KATHRYN RYALS RD WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Thomson Middle School (Food Service)
301 THOMSON STREET CENTERVILLE, GA 31028
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Miller Elementary School (Food Service)
101 PINE VALLEY DR WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Houston County WIN Academy (Food Service)
215 SCOTT BLVD WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
44th & Madison (Food Service)
115 MARGIE DR STE E WARNER ROBINS, GA 31093
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Huntington Middle School (Food Service)
206 WELBORN RD WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-29-2022
Pearl Stephens Elementary School (Food Service)
420 EDUCATION WAY WARNER ROBINS, GA 31088
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-29-2022
Little Light Coffee Co.
4027 WATSON BLVD STE 220 WARNER ROBINS, GA 31093
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-29-2022
Papa John’s Pizza
100 NORTH HOUSTON LAKE BLVD STE H CENTERVILLE, GA 31028
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-29-2022
Jones County:
Gray Station Middle School (Food Service)
324 HWY 18 E GRAY, GA 31032
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Sawmill Restaurant – Base & Mobile
HWY 22 GRAY, GA 31032
Last Inspection Score: 99
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Lamar County:
Gordon College Dining Service
419 COLLEGE DR BARNESVILLE, GA 30204
Last Inspection Score: 93
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Barnesville American Pie Pizzeria
784 VETERANS PKWY BARNESVILLE, GA 30204
Last Inspection Score: 90
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Laurens County:
Susie Dasher Elementary School (Food Service)
911 MLK BLVD DUBLIN, GA 31021
Last Inspection Score: 96
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Relax Inn & Suites (Food Service)
2184 HIGHWAY 441 S DUBLIN, GA 31021
Last Inspection Score: 98
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
The Snack Boxx
511 CENTRAL DR EAST DUBLIN, GA 31027
Last Inspection Score: 76
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Dublin High School (Food Service)
1127 HILLCREST PKWY DUBLIN, GA 31021
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Irish Gifted Academy – Middle
1951 HILLCREST PKWY DUBLIN, GA 31021
Last Inspection Score: 99
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Boddie Bros BBQ – Mobile
101 COUNTRY CLUB RD DUBLIN, GA 31021
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Super 8 Motel (Food Service)
2150 HIGHWAY 441 S DUBLIN, GA 31021
Last Inspection Score: 99
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Dublin Head Start (Food Service)
1014 MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD DUBLIN, GA 31021
Last Inspection Score: 93
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Page House Bed and Breakfast (Food Service)
711 BELLEVUE AVE DUBLIN, GA 31021
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
Monroe County:
The Pickled Okra
35 WEST JOHNSTON ST FORSYTH, GA 31029
Last Inspection Score: 98
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
T.G. Scott Elementary School (Food Service)
70 THORNTON RD FORSYTH, GA 31029
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-29-2022
Peach County:
The Gym Cantina – Mobile
1307 BALL ST PERRY, GA 31069
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Putnam County:
El Cazador Mexican Bar & Grill
104 N JEFFERSON ST EATONTON, GA 31024
Last Inspection Score: 93
Last Inspection Date: 09-01-2022
Eat-A-Ton Cafe
102 N JEFFERSON AVE EATONTON, GA 31024
Last Inspection Score: 100
Last Inspection Date: 08-31-2022
Washington County:
The Country Buffet
117 W HAYNES ST SANDERSVILLE, GA 31082
Last Inspection Score: 69
Last Inspection Date: 09-02-2022
Kentucky Fried Chicken
729 S HARRIS ST SANDERSVILLE, GA 31082
Last Inspection Score: 93
Last Inspection Date: 08-30-2022
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Staying hot Tuesday
After a rainy weekend across Middle Georgia, we saw an afternoon of sunshine and highs in the 90s today.
Tomorrow will bring another nice day, but highs will again be warming into the low 90s.
There is a small chance of showers and storms during the afternoon, but most of us should end up dry.
By Wednesday we will start to see a cold front push south into Middle Georgia.
This will keep a continued chance for scattered showers as well as high humidity and temps in the 90s.
With the high humidity we will be seeing some “feels like” temps in the upper 90s through the first half of the week.
Changes will start to filter in by the end of the week, which will make, at least our temperatures, more comfortable.
Starting on Thursday we will be moving into a wetter pattern that looks to linger into the weekend.
Gulf moisture will continue to pump into our area, as low pressure to our west provides enough uplift to see rain through the weekend.
Friday looks like it could be our rainiest day of the week.
Severe storms are not expected, but we could see a few isolated strong storms.
The good news is that highs Friday will be limited to the low 80s and upper 70s.
The weekend is looking pretty soggy based on the current forecast, but at least it won’t be too hot.
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Sunshine returns for Tuesday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – More pleasant conditions have returned to Middle Georgia after a relatively cloudy Labor Day.
Today
Sunny skies greeted Middle Georgian’s this morning as sunrises could be seen across the region. We are continuing to see pleasant skies as we head into the lunchtime hours. More clouds will develop as we head into the afternoon, however not enough to limit our heat by much. Highs are in the upper 80s and lower 90s around the region this afternoon with heat indices reaching into the mid to upper 90s. Storm chances are almost negligible today, however one or two stray showers or a rumble of thunder are still possible. Ambient winds throughout the day will primarily blow in from the west-northwest at 5-10 mph.
Skies should remain partly cloudy into the overnight hours. More cloud cover is anticipated to move in overnight, however many of them will be thin and wispy cirrus clouds. Overnight rain is not anticipated. Lows will drop into the lower 70s across the board as the winds come in from the northwest at 5 mph.
Tomorrow
Partly cloudy skies are anticipated around Middle Georgia once again for our Wednesday. Highs will be in the upper 80s and lower 90s, and ambient winds will again blow in from the west-northwest. We will likely see more cirrus clouds tomorrow afternoon than today, leading to overall more cloud cover. Our storm chances in the evening are also slightly higher, but most of the region will still stay dry.
A couple of isolated showers will be possible during the overnight hours tomorrow as well. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy around the region with lows again only dropping into the lower 70s and upper 60s. Ambient winds will blow from the northwest at 5 mph.
Late Week
Following the sun of Tuesday and Wednesday more clouds will begin to return on Thursday. Scattered storms are likely Thursday afternoon. A low pressure system developing in the Gulf of Mexico will bring plenty of rain to the Peach State come Friday and into the Weekend. Middle Georgian’s may want to consider pushing their outdoor plans for the weekend back a bit.
Tropics
Tropical Storm Earl seems to be losing a bit of organization, however hurricane status is still likely in its future. A chain of cold fronts over the Eastern US will keep Earl out to sea.
Hurricane Danielle is continuing to weaken as it moves over colder waters. It also poses no threat to the United States.
A pair of tropical waves off the west coast of Africa could be our next pair of threats. The first one is starting to organize a bit with the NHC giving it a 40% chance for development in 48 hours and a 60% over the next 5 days. A second wave is just now forming and has a 20% chance to form in the next 5 days.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m).
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Suspect wanted in connection to strong arm robbery at Macon Mall Jeweler
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a masked male suspect who’s wanted for a commercial strong arm robbery that took place Friday, September 2nd.
The Sheriff’s Office says that the incident took place at John Smeal Jewelers in the Macon Mall, just before 5 p.m.
Its reported that a masked male came into the business, asked to see a pair of earrings, then grabbed the clerk’s arm and snatched the earrings away from her and ran away. The clerk was uninjured.
Anyone with information on either of these incidents is urged to call BCSO at 478-751-75-00 or Macon regional crime stoppers at 1-877-68crime.
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WANTED: Suspect drivers in shooting that left woman injured
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for the drivers of the 2 vehicles pictured after a woman was shot while passing a shooting incident taking place between them.
The incident was called into the 911 center just after 3 p.m. on Saturday, the 3rd of September.
Witnesses say the shooting happened when 2 vehicles were in the left turning lane near the intersection between Mercer University Drive and Stevens Drive, one of the vehicles pulled onto Stevens drive, and the driver got out of the vehicle and began exchanging gunfire with the driver of the other car.
A woman driving past the intersection at this time was struck by gunfire and pulled over, calling 911. She was taken to the hospital and is currently in stable condition.
After the incident, both suspect drivers headed east on Mercer University Drive.
One of the suspect cars is a white Honda CRV, and the other is a white Honda accord, and thought to be an older model.
Anyone with information in reference to this incident is urged to call the BCSO at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— No matter how you feel about the current political climate, there are ways to make your voice heard. One of them is voting, the other is getting involved with a political organization.
Hayden Hart, a canvasser with the New Georgia Project explains what options there are.
“There’s a lot of things you’re able to do both as a volunteer and as an employee. There’s canvassing, you can do poll watching, you can do lots of other voter outreach-type things, educational things. You can raise awareness,” Hart said.
Kathy Jones is a volunteer for the Georgia National Committee Victory Team. She started volunteering in the early 2000s as a way to make her voice heard. She goes door to door handing out campaign literature and making sure people are registered to vote.
“There’s phone calls that can be made,” Jones said. “There’s contributions that can be made through financial or handing out literature, putting out mailers, encouragement, registering voters.”
Evelyn Tharpe is a canvasser with the Houston County Democrats. Just like Jones, she also goes door to door to speak with people about candidates and make sure people are registered to vote. She also encourages people to early vote.
“I enjoy it, it give me the pleasure of doing something for my community. Making my neighbors aware and that they too could volunteer to get the word out to early vote,” Tharpe said.
Hart gives a word of advice if you decide to volunteer for a political organization.
“When you get involved in the process, be prepared for a long commitment,” he said. “Election season takes a long time to get through and there’s a lot of people to contact, so you’re in it for the long haul.”
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In preparation of the spooky season, one company is providing an opportunity for one horror movie fan to earn money just by watching 13 Stephen King movies.
USDish.com is rewarding one detailed-oriented candidate $1300 to watch 13 of Stephen King's scariest films, for the third year in a row. The company encourages the participant to log their experience on a report and to share whether they will take on the "scare" job solo or with one other individual.
The movies to be watched include:
- "Carrie" (original or 2013 remake)
- "Christine"
- "Creepshow"
- "Cujo"
- "Doctor Sleep"
- "Firestarter" (original or 2022 remake)
- "It" (original or 2017 remake)
- "It Chapter Two"
- "Misery"
- "The Mist"
- "Pet Sematory" (original or 2019 remake)
- "Salem's Lot"
- "The Shining"
The participant will be provided with a Fitbit to track their heart rate while watching the spooky films and a survival kit which consists of a blanket, candy, popcorn and Stephen King paraphernalia to "set the stage for what is sure to be a terrifying experience", according to USDish.com.
No degree is necessary and no drug test nor background check will be performed but applicants must be 18 years or older and a US citizen or permanent resident.
The deadline to submit an application is Friday, September 16.
For more information or to apply, visit USDish.com.
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BERLIN, Md. - The Maryland State Highway Administration will start a project Monday, Sept. 12, to improve drainage on westbound US 50 (Ocean Gateway) between east of MD 611 (Stephen Decatur Highway) and Keyser Point Road in west Ocean City. The $144,000 project should be complete by early October, weather-permitting.
Work includes repairing drainage ditches and inlets and replacing pipes. Motorists can expect single right-lane closures on westbound US 50 overnight, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., Monday evenings into Friday mornings, for about three weeks.
SHA contractor David A. Bramble, of Chestertown, Md., will use barrels, cones and construction signs to safely guide motorists through the work zone.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Springfield and West Springfield crews were called to the North End Bridge Tuesday afternoon following a report of a jumper.
The West Springfield Fire Department launch a boat onto the Connecticut River to search the water. The Springfield Fire Department said one person was rescued from the river and was taken to a local hospital.
If you’re struggling with mental health, don’t be afraid to reach out to these resources.
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
- Samaritans Statewide Helpline: 1-877-870-4673
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is facing sharp criticism following her decision this week to grant a request by former President Donald Trump’s legal team for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search of his Florida property last month.
Cannon on Monday authorized an outside legal expert to review the records taken during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago as part of a probe into Trump’s inappropriate retention of sensitive material from the White House. The expert would have power to weed out any material that might be protected by claims of attorney-client privilege or executive privilege.
The order came over the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, which said a so-called special master was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents.
The move was cheered by Trump supporters seeking a check on the government’s probe. But others say Cannon gave undue deference to the former president and unnecessarily put on hold certain investigative work by the Justice Department. They say she has slowed the momentum of the federal investigation into possible Espionage Act violations.
The Justice Department has not indicated whether it will appeal, though there are reasons why it might not be eager to do so, including out of concern that it could delay the investigation further or produce case law that it finds unfavorable for future probes, said Brandon Fox, a Los Angeles defense attorney and former federal prosecutor.
Regardless, he said, Cannon’s opinion creates a perception of “two systems of justice.”
“The criminal justice system is set up to try to make sure that everybody is accountable in the same way for alleged crimes they have committed,” Fox said. “Here, it appears that Mr. Trump is getting special benefit” by virtue of being a former president.
Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, told Fox News on Tuesday that the opinion was “deeply flawed in a number of ways.”
A little-known federal judge appointed to the bench two years ago by Trump, Monday’s order was easily the most consequential move of her career, thrusting the Colombian-born former federal prosecutor to the center of a simmering legal debate about the confines of executive privilege and presidential power.
Cannon is the least senior federal judge for the Southern District of Florida, where five of the 16 active judges were appointed by Trump. According to court rules, cases like the special master request are “assigned on a blind rotation basis ... to a judge assigned to hear cases in the division to which the case has been assigned.”
During her roughly seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney, Cannon worked mainly out of the U.S. attorney’s office in Fort Pierce, Florida, which is part of the same federal district as Miami but about 130 miles (209 kilometers) to the north. The cases there generally do not get the same kind of attention as those in the more densely populated, media-heavy areas around Miami.
Beginning in 2013, Cannon prosecuted 41 cases as part of the Major Crimes Division, later handling appeals of criminal convictions and sentences.
One of those involved a defendant in a major $800 million Ponzi scheme who unsuccessfully appealed his numerous fraud convictions to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Her opposing counsel in that case, longtime Miami defense attorney Richard Klugh, described Cannon as “very bright and talented” and fair to the defense.
“I didn’t see anything I could characterize as anything other than good lawyering, and no political bias whatsoever,” Klugh said, adding that he has worked on cases handled by Cannon as a federal judge although he has not appeared in her courtroom.
“She’s known for affording fair process and hearings. You like somebody who actually hears you out,” he said.
Born in Cali, Colombia, in 1981, as her father worked in advertising throughout South and Latin America, Cannon came to the United States as a child, ultimately graduating from Duke University in 2003.
During her college years, Cannon wrote a series of articles for El Nuevo Herald, a Spanish-language newspaper in southern Florida owned by the Miami Herald. According to a list of articles provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Cannon wrote primarily about health- and culture-related topics.
After earning a degree from the University of Michigan in 2007, Cannon clerked for U.S. District Judge Steven M. Colloton on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. She next worked in private practice in Washington for three years with prominent international law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
The question of loyalty to Trump surfaced during her 2020 Senate confirmation process, when Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California asked in written questions if Cannon had had “any discussions with anyone — including, but not limited to, individuals at the White House, at the Justice Department, or any outside groups — about loyalty to President Trump?”
“No,” was Cannon’s simple reply.
Of course, being a Trump-appointed judge in no way assures deciding cases in his favor.
In May, for instance, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly — nominated by Trump in 2017 — permitted the House panel probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot to obtain the Republican National Committee’s marketing email data leading up to the violence, turning aside claims that the committee’s practices weren’t appropriate. Other Trump-appointed judges have sided in favor of the panel’s work.
But Cannon’s opinion in this case, and her musings about the possibility of “reputational harm” caused to Trump in the event of an indictment, have focused attention on her judicial background.
Cannon’s initial response to the special master request, in which she asked the Trump team for more clarity about what exactly they wanted her to do and why they thought she might have jurisdiction, suggested some skepticism. But days later, she followed up with a new order in which she said it was her “preliminary intent” to appoint a special master but would give the Justice Department an opportunity first to argue against it.
Since 2005, Cannon has been a member of the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization that has championed judges appointed by Trump, including Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
During her July 2020 confirmation hearing, the then-prosecutor noted that her mother “had to flee the repressive Castro regime in search of freedom and security,” leaving Cuba at the age of 7.
“Thank you for teaching me about the blessing that is this country and the importance of securing the rule of law for generations to come,” Cannon said, addressing her mother.
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The State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFM) has determined unsafe smoking practices likely led to a deadly house fire in St. Martinville over the weekend.
Around 12:15 p.m.. on Sunday, September 4, the Catahoula Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire located at the 4400 block of Catahoula Highway in St. Martinville. Unfortunately, firefighters located the body of a female victim near the front door of the home.
Official identification and cause of death are pending with the St. Martin Parish Coroner’s Office, however, the victim is believed to be a 34-year-old resident of the home.
After an assessment of the scene and collecting witness statements, SFM deputies determined the fire began in the doorway area of the living room where the victim was located and where she was also known to smoke cigarettes.
Deputies learned the victim was a wheelchair user and utilized an oxygen tank. While the exact cause is still undetermined, deputies have not been able to rule out the possibility of unsafe smoking practices as a primary contributor to the fire.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office advises people to never smoke, and never allow anyone to smoke, where medical oxygen is used. Medical oxygen can cause materials to ignite more easily and make fires burn at a faster rate because oxygen is fuel to fire. In addition:
• Candles, matches, wood stoves and even sparking toys can be ignition sources and should not be used in a home where medical oxygen is utilized.
• Keep oxygen cylinders at least five feet from a heat source, open flames, or electrical devices.
• Body oil, hand lotion, and items containing oil and grease can easily ignite. Keep oil and grease away where oxygen is in use.
• Never use aerosol sprays containing combustible materials near the oxygen.
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Opelousas Police Officers are on the scene of what was initially called in as a possible traffic crash, but later determined that a drive by shooting had also taken place.
Authorities say multiple rounds were fired into the vehicle between Vine and Union to Landry and Union Streets.
Officers are looking for video surveillance cameras to determine the other vehicle involved and possible suspects.
According to Police Chief Martin McLendon, the victim exited the vehicle and was transported to the hospital by a private vehicle.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.
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Netta is an international pop star. She won the Eurovision Song Contest for her home country of Israel back in 2018, and she's become known for her eye-catching outfits and quirky dance moves.
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Georgia National Fairgrounds hosting food drive Saturday
The Georgia National Fair is helping stock the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank, and it's asking for your help.
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Georgia National Fair is helping stock the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank, and it’s asking for your help.
The first 500 people who bring in a minimum of five non-perishable items still in date will receive $10 in coupons to spend with food vendors at the 2022 Georgia National Fair.
The drive is happening Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A drive-thru donation drop-off point will be set up just inside the North Gate entrance in front of the McGill building.
List of best foods to donate:
- Canned goods in date
- Healthy and low sodium options
- Kid snacks (Pop Tarts, fruit ups, mini cereal boxes)
- Noodle Pasta
- Rice
- Peanut butter
- Protein-filled items
- Canned meats
- No glass containers
“We grouped with the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank, and they’re always looking for ways to fill the shelves at the food pantries,” GNF Marketing and Business Director Maggie Lane said. “This is just a way to get people excited about the fair, save them a couple dollars in their pockets at the fair and a way to help those in need.”
Contact Lane at mlane@gnfa.com for more info.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed on 41NBC News
Top stories from September 6, 2022
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NCHD: Upgraded vaccine booster formula better protects against Omicron variant
- Macon-Bibb Design Review Board approves design for new Otis Redding Arts Center
- For other stories you may have missed on 41NBC News, click here.
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Macon-Bibb Design Review Board approves design for new Otis Redding Arts Center
The Macon-Bibb Design Review Board approves design plans for the new Otis Redding Arts Center in downtown Macon.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb Design Review Board approves design plans for the new Otis Redding Arts Center in downtown Macon.
The board’s decision on Tuesday comes after the board raised concerns that the first design clashed with Macon’s historic downtown setting.
The foundation says it made small changes to the original design.
The Otis Redding Foundation says the two-story arts building will be located at the corner of Cherry Street and Cotton Avenue.
It will include practice rooms and studio spaces, and there will also be an outdoor amphitheater to host small performances.
“I think it’s a beautiful building,” Director of Special Projects for the Otis Redding Foundation Justin Andrews said. “It’s something amazing that we can have on the corner of Cotton and Cherry to compliment everything else that’s been built there and the renovation of the auditorium and everything. I mean, it would be a no-brainer not to.”
Andrews says now that the design is approved, construction will start later this year. A groundbreaking is already scheduled for Friday, which is the 81th birthday of the late Otis Redding.
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Man dies following shooting, crash in Dublin
Crews responded to a call about a crash around 6:45 Sunday evening
UPDATE : The Dublin Police Department is releasing details involving the deadly shooting on Sunday night.
According to Interim Police Chief Keith Moon, an officer was an officer was dispatched to the intersection of Academy Ave and Kingsby Street just before 7 p.m., in reference to an accident with unknown injuries. Before arriving on scene, the officer was advised the driver of the vehicle had a gun shot wound.
When he arrived, the officer noticed a car in front of a home on Academy Avenue with damage to the front end. As he approached the vehicle, two neighbors told the officer the man in the car, Joshua Miller, had a gun on him.
The officer noticed Miller had a gunshot wound on his back left shoulder, and he was also leaning on his right side unresponsive. The officer also found a handgun under Miller’s left leg, so he removed it and put it on top of the vehicle.
After other officers arrive, they took Miller out of the car and began first aid until paramedics arrived. Miller was later pronounced dead at to Fairview Park Hospital.
After the incident police spoke with both neighbors on scene. One told police she heard a loud noise while inside their home. The other stated she heard several gunshots.
As the investigation continues, Police Chief Moon says the body camera of the officer who responded to the scene was active.
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DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A Dublin man is dead following a shooting and crash Sunday evening.
Laurens County Deputy Coroner Nathan Stanley tells 41NBC, a 911 call about a crash came in just before 7:00 Sunday night. The wreck was at the intersection of Academy Avenue and Kingsby Street in Dublin.
Deputy Coroner Stanley says crews found 24-year-old Joshua Allen Miller inside the car and shot in the left back shoulder.
Miller later died at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin.
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NCHD: Upgraded vaccine booster formula better protects against Omicron variant
According to Michael Hokanson with the North Central Health District, the upgraded formula better protects against the Omicron variant.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The CDC is now recommending an updated Covid-19 booster after it approved the use of two boosters.
The Pfizer booster shot has been approved for ages 12 and up, and the Moderna booster has been approved for ages 18 and up.
According to Michael Hokanson with the North Central Health District, the upgraded formula better protects against the Omicron variant.
“This new formulation is stated to be a design to protect against this current version of Covid-19, so it’s supposed to provide a level of transmission protection that the previous vaccines just can’t do,” he said.
Hokanson says the original vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are still available.
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SparkMacon receives more than $4,800 in funding to facilitate two new programs
SparkMacon is launching two new programs thanks to a $4,800 grant from the Central Georgia Empowerment Fund.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – SparkMacon is launching two new programs thanks to a $4,800 grant from the Central Georgia Empowerment Fund. The non-profit says it plans to facilitate two new programs to help entrepreneurs in Macon-Bibb County.
The Central Georgia Empowerment Fund awarded eight local non-profit organizations grants with a total value of $40,000.
Spark Macon will use its portion to launch two programs to expand servies to local entrepreneurs.
One of these programs will be a “fire your boss” program that targets entrepreneurs in Bibb County.
“We’re better able to support the people who are already members of Spark Macon and actually go after new members who maybe supported by our programs,” Director of Membership for Spark Macon Sierra Martin said. “It will be a six-week course in which participants will learn the underlying principles of entrepreneurship. They will also be able to avoid common pit falls. We will help them validate their product, develop business plans, so this course will really be comprehensive and will truly help the entrepreneurial community here in Bibb County.”
The organization will also launch a new IT certification program. Jason Clarke, co-founder of Swagged Out Nerds, says the program will give people experience in the IT world and help launch their own businesses.
“The idea is to utilizes our two organizations, one being Spark Macon and my organization being Swagged Out Nerds which is solely operating within the E-sports industry to utilize our tournaments as vehicles to identify unique talent to then get them educated within cyber security to then have them start an opportunity within the cyber security career field,” he said.
Spark Macon will provide sign-up sheets for anyone interested in the new programs. Click here for more information.
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The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Jones County vs. Peach County
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 9, at 8 p.m. at Trojan Field.
GRAY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Week four of high school football is here, and our End Zone Game of the Week features the Jones County Greyhounds and the Peach County Trojans.
Last season, the Greyhounds were 10-3 and fell in the 5A state quarterfinals against eventual champions Warner Robins.
Jones County began this season with two victories against Northside and Dacula but fell in their week three matchup to Perry 42-14.
Head coach Mike Chastain needs his team to have a quick bounce-back week.
“We weren’t ready to play. We came out, and they hit us in the mouth a little bit, and we didn’t answer the call. I don’t think the score was any indication of what the competition of the game was, but you got to tip your hat to those guys. They played great, and we’re using it for motivation going forward. So hopefully, we’ll come out ready to go this week,” said Chastain.
The Greyhounds have an opportunity to bounce back as the End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 9, at 8 p.m. at Trojan Field.
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Video fills in details on alleged Georgia election system breach
The security video is from the elections office in Coffee County.
ATLANTA (AP) — Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to south Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment in an apparent breach of a county election system. They were greeted outside by the head of the local Republican Party, who was involved in efforts by then-President Donald Trump to overturn his election loss.
A security camera outside the elections office in rural Coffee County captured their arrival. The footage also shows that some local election officials were at the office during what the Georgia secretary of state’s office has described as “alleged unauthorized access” of election equipment.
Security footage from two weeks later raises additional alarms — showing two people who were instrumental in Trump’s wider efforts to undermine the election results entering the office and staying for hours.
The security video from the elections office in the county about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta offers a glimpse of the lengths Trump’s allies went to in service of his fraudulent election claims. It further shows how access was facilitated by local officials who are entrusted with protecting the security of elections while raising concerns about sensitive voting technology being released into the public domain.
Georgia wasn’t the only state where voting equipment was accessed after the 2020 presidential election. Important information about voting systems also was compromised in election offices in Pennsylvania,Michigan and Colorado. Election security experts worry the information obtained — including complete copies of hard drives — could be exploited by those who want to interfere with future elections.
“The system is only as secure as the people who are entrusted to keep it secure,” said lawyer David Cross, who represents plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit over Georgia’s voting machines.
The Coffee County security footage was obtained through that lawsuit, which alleges that Georgia’s touchscreen voting machines are vulnerable to attack and should be replaced by hand-marked paper ballots. The suit long predates and is unrelated to false allegations of widespread election fraud pushed by Trump and his allies after the 2020 election.
The alleged breach in Coffee County’s elections office also has caught the attention of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing an investigation into whether Trump and his allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election results in Georgia.
Last month, Willis cited the Coffee County activity, among other things, when she sought to compel testimony from Sidney Powell, an attorney who was deeply involved in Trump’s effort to undo the election results.
Emails and other records show Powell and other attorneys linked to Trump helped arrange for a team from data solutions company SullivanStrickler to travel to Coffee County, which Trump won by nearly 40 percentage points.
The surveillance video, emails and other documents that shed light on what happened there in January 2021 were produced in response to subpoenas issued in the voting machine lawsuit and were obtained by The Associated Press. Parts of the security video appear to contradict claims by some of the local officials:
— Footage captures Cathy Latham, then chair of the Coffee County Republican Party, arriving at the elections office shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2021, the day after the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol. Just a few weeks earlier, she was one of 16 Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that Trump had won the state and declaring that they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors.
A few minutes after her arrival, she is seen outside greeting SullivanStrickler chief operating officer Paul Maggio and two other people. Less than 10 minutes later, she escorts two other men into the building.
The video shows her leaving the elections office just before 1:30 p.m., roughly two hours after she greeted the SullivanStrickler team. She returns a little before 4 p.m. and then leaves around 6:15 p.m.
Latham said under oath during a deposition in August that she stopped by the elections office that evening for “Just a few minutes” and left before 5 p.m. Pressed on whether she had been there earlier in the day, Latham said she couldn’t recall but suggested her schedule as a teacher would not have allowed it.
A lawyer for SullivanStrickler said in an email attached to a court filing that Latham was a “primary point of contact” in coordinating the company’s work and “was on site” while that work was done.
Robert Cheeley, a lawyer for Latham said in an emailed statement that his client doesn’t remember all the details of that day. But he said she “would not and has not knowingly been involved in any impropriety in any election” and “has not acted improperly or illegally.”
— The video also shows Eric Chaney, a member of Coffee County’s election board, arriving shortly before 11 a.m. the same day and going in and out several times before leaving for the night around 7:40 p.m. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the voting machine lawsuit wrote in a court filing that a photo produced by SullivanStrickler’s COO shows Chaney in the office as the copying is happening.
During a deposition last month, Chaney declined to answer many questions about that day, citing the Fifth Amendment. But when an attorney representing the county reached out to him in April regarding questions from the The Washington Post, Chaney wrote, “I am not aware of nor was I present at the Coffee County Board of Elections and Registration’s office when anyone illegally accessed the server or the room in which it is contained.” Chaney resigned from the elections board last month, days before his deposition.
Attempts to reach Chaney by phone were unsuccessful, and his lawyer did not respond to an email seeking comment.
— About two weeks after the initial breach, video shows Misty Hampton — then the county elections director — arriving at the elections office at 4:20 p.m. on Jan. 18, when it was closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. She unlocked the door and let in two men — Doug Logan and Jeff Lenberg, who have been active in efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.
Logan founded Cyber Ninjas, which participated in a partisan and ultimately discredited review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona. The two men remained inside until just after 8 p.m. and then spent more than nine hours there the next day. Lenberg returned for brief visits on at least three more days later that month.
Hampton resigned as elections supervisor in February 2021 after elections board officials said she falsified her timesheets. Attempts by the AP to reach her were unsuccessful.
In a statement released by its attorney, SullivanStrickler said the company was retained by attorneys to forensically copy voting machines used in the 2020 election and had no reason to believe they would ask its employees to do anything improper.
The Georgia secretary of state’s office said it opened an investigation in March and asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for assistance last month. State officials have said the system remains secure because of multiple protections in place.
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Wednesday warms to the 90s before rain and cool temps to end the week
We have one last day of mostly dry and hot weather before heavy rain moves in across the southeast for the end of the week.
It was a hot day in Middle Georgia, and we have one more on the way before a pattern change brings a significant cool down.
Most of us should be staying dry overnight, with partly to mostly cloudy skies to start Wednesday.
A stray shower or storm will be possible Wednesday afternoon as a cold front drops in from the north.
Despite the cloud cover, I’m still expecting highs to warm into the upper 80s and low 90s.
Our pattern change will come into better focus on Thursday afternoon as an area of low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico pushes showers into our area.
This will start a rainy few days for Middle Georgia, that could involve some thunderstorms as well.
This rainy pattern will be sticking around for most of the weekend, resulting in cooler temps and rain totals up to 3″.
Considering the rain some areas saw over this past weekend, localized flash flooding will also be possible.
Highs for the end of the week and the weekend should be limited to the 70s and low 80s thanks to clouds and rain.
By next week there are some signals that we could see a cold front to help bring an end to the rain.
This doesn’t look like it will cool us down, but it could usher in some dry air.
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Representatives for the men’s and women’s U.S. national teams on Tuesday signed their historic collective bargaining agreements with U.S. Soccer, formally closing a long and sometimes acrimonious fight over equal pay.
The federation announced in May that it had struck separate agreements with the players’ unions on contracts that run through 2028. The new contracts include identical pay structures for appearances and tournament victories, revenue sharing and equitable distribution of World Cup prize money.
A signing ceremony was held following the women’s friendly match against Nigeria at Audi Field in Washington, with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh among those on hand.
“I have to give a lot of credit to everyone involved, the women’s national team and their PA (players’ association), the men’s national team and their PA, and everyone at U.S. Soccer. There were so many people that helped, that worked together to make this happen,” said U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone, herself a former national team player. “And it wouldn’t get pushed over the line without the men jumping in and being on board with equal pay.”
After years of struggling for equitable pay and treatment, The U.S. women filed a federal gender discrimination against U.S. Soccer in 2019. The lawsuit drew international attention, prompting fans to chant “Equal Pay!” when the United States won the Women’s World Cup final in France.
In February, the two sides settled the lawsuit, with U.S. Soccer agreeing to pay the women $24 million. But the settlement was contingent on reaching new labor agreements with both teams.
The men had been playing under the terms of a CBA that expired in December 2018. The women’s CBA expired at the end of March, but talks continued after the lawsuit was settled.
The sticking point in negotiations was World Cup prize money, which is based on how far a team advances in soccer’s most prestigious tournament. While the U.S. women have been successful on the international stage with back-to-back World Cup titles, differences in FIFA prize money meant they took home far less than the men’s winners. American women received a $110,000 bonus for winning the 2019 World Cup; the U.S. men would have received $407,000 had they won in 2018.
The unions agreed to pool FIFA’s payments for the men’s World Cup later this year and next year’s Women’s World Cup, as well as for the 2026 and 2027 tournaments.
Because the men’s national team players are currently in league play, the CBA was signed by USNSTPA Executive Director Mark Levinstein. Women’s players Crystal Dunn, Becky Sauerbrunn and Sam Mewis also signed, along with USWNTPA Executive Director Becca Roux.
Sauerbrunn addressed the crowd.
“I want to thank all of you guys for the support, all the social media posts, the messages of support, the chants of `Equal Pay’ at really funny times, showing up at our games. You guys make the difference and you are truly, truly the best fans in the world,” she said.
Former players Kristine Lilly, Briana Scurry and Lori Lindsey also attended the on-field ceremony after the U.S. defeated Nigeria 2-1.
With the CBAs accepted, a federal judge in August gave preliminary approval approved the settlement. A hearing to finalize it is set for December.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ended the summer on a legislative winning streak, chalking up victories that once appeared out of reach in this polarized capital. Now he wants to make sure voters reward him for that when they cast ballots in November’s big congressional elections.
It’s a tough task with gas and grocery prices still painfully high and the daily political news awash with contentious investigations into his predecessor and with repercussions in the states from the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion.
In an attempt to cut through it all, the White House is escalating its campaign to promote new laws designed to repair the economy and help consumers on a personal level, boosting crucial computer chip manufacturing, lowering prescription drug prices, expanding clean energy and revamping the country’s infrastructure.
Biden, in a meeting with his Cabinet on Tuesday, said his administration has passed “extraordinary parts of our economic agenda” and provided “proof that democracy can deliver for the people.”
His schedule is filling up with trips to promote his policies — Ohio on Friday, Michigan next week — in battleground states where Democrats are facing tight races with Republicans. And his administration is rolling out plans to distribute hundreds of billions of dollars authorized by legislation he has signed.
The president chose John Podesta, a veteran of Democratic administrations, to lead the $375 billion plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to fight climate change. The money is included in a huge bill — dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act by the White House — which also generates new tax revenue to reduce the deficit and limits the cost of prescription drugs.
“People believe that the legislative accomplishments are meaningful when they can feel them or see them,” William Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who served as a domestic policy adviser to President Bill Clinton, said in an interview.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced Tuesday that the administration is preparing to divvy up $50 billion in federal assistance to the computer chip industry, part of a new law known as the CHIPS and Science Act. Companies can apply by February, she said, and the money will be distributed after that.
“With this funding, we’re going to make sure the United States is never again in a position where our national security interests are compromised or key industries are immobilized due to our inability to produce essential semiconductors here at home,” Raimondo said at a White House briefing.
Many of the policies won’t pay dividends for months or years to come. Grant applications must be filed and vetted, new bridges have to be designed, regulations written.
But Biden is seizing opportunities to argue that the legislation is already having an impact. On Friday, he’s going to Ohio for the groundbreaking of Intel’s new computer chip factory, which Biden called “the biggest investment of its kind ever in our nation.”
The factory was announced earlier this year, but the company said in June that it would be delayed because Congress had not yet passed the CHIPS Act.
“We’re finally bringing home jobs that had been overseas for a while,” he said Tuesday.
Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat who is running against Republican J.D. Vance for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Sherrod Brown, plans to join Biden at the event.
Biden makes another trip on Sept. 14 to the Detroit Auto Show to talk about manufacturing electric vehicles in the U.S. as he tries to pair ambitious goals for reducing emissions with promises of new jobs.
His big-money Inflation Reduction Act includes rebates for the purchase of electric cars, although many vehicles won’t qualify because they must include batteries built in North America with minerals mined or recycled here.
This summer’s legislative victories helped Biden vanquish the hardening narrative that Democrats were failing to accomplish much of significance despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress. The president plans to hold still another event to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act, even though he signed it last month.
However, holding voters’ attention could prove difficult. Inflation has cooled somewhat but prices remain high, eating away at pocketbooks despite low unemployment and rising wages.
“Compared to where the administration was at the beginning of 2022, the accomplishments are impressive and several of them were accomplished against the odds,” Galston observed. “That said, I continue to believe that circumstances on the ground, as experienced by voters and citizens, are much more influential in determining voter choice than lists of legislative accomplishments.”
Biden has also been leaning on other issues in hopes of driving up Democratic turnout in November. He delivered a speech last Thursday in Philadelphia where he described Donald Trump as a threat to democracy, and he’s focused on the proliferation of abortion restrictions in states run by Republicans. The new laws have taken effect in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
At the same time, Biden’s approval rating has been ticking upward. The latest Gallup poll showed him with an approval rating of 44%, up from his lowest level of 38% in July.
“These are not good numbers,” Galston said. “But at least he’s not sinking and drowning. And there’s hope that his nostrils will clear the water line in the not-too-distant future.”
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will embark on a month-long tour touting Biden’s achievements ahead of the midterms, starting in Detroit on Thursday.
She’s expected to meet with business owners and local leaders before delivering a speech. In addition to talking about modernizing the IRS and cracking down on tax evasion among the rich and big corporations, Yellen plans to address “the existential threat posed by climate change.”
“In the process of boosting domestic clean energy production, the law will support our energy security and insulate us from the type of fossil fuel-driven energy volatility that we’ve seen in the past year,” Yellen will say, according to speech excerpts provided to The Associated Press.
Yellen’s September tour includes stops planned in North Carolina, the Washington, D.C., area. Then there’s an October speech at the 157th anniversary of the Freedman’s Bank Forum to talk about how the president’s economic agenda “advances equity and makes our economy stronger as a result.”
Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company was created by Abraham Lincoln in 1865 to provide economic opportunity for newly emancipated slaves.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial Tuesday, asserting in a court filing that a key witness for the prosecution now regrets the role he played in her conviction for investor fraud and conspiracy related to her failed blood-testing startup.
The petition centers on the reliability of testimony provided by former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff, who said he repeatedly raised concerns about the accuracy of bloods tests that were being administered to patients during his tenure in 2013 and 2014.
Prosecutors highlighted Rosendorff’s testimony during their closing arguments to a jury that convicted Holme s on four felony counts of investor fraud and conspiracy earlier this year after a nearly four-month trial. The same jury acquitted Holmes on charges of fraud and conspiracy against patients who had their blood tested by Theranos.
Rosendorff, reached via LinkedIn, said he had no comment, adding “Do not contact me.”
Holmes, 38, is currently free on bail, but is facing up to 20 years in prison at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Oct. 17 in San Jose, California.
Her lawyers argued in a 17-page filing that Rosendorff is now expressing misgivings about his testimony, based on recent actions described in the court document.
The filing states that Rosendorff appeared at the home Holmes shares with her partner, William Evans, on the evening of August 8 in an attempt to meet with her. Evans intercepted Rosendorff, according to the document, and asked him to leave.
Before departing, according to the filing, Rosendorff told Evans that during his trial testimony “he tried to answer the questions honestly but that the prosecutors tried to make everyone look bad” and now feels like “he had done something wrong.” Before he appeared at Holmes’ residence, the document said, Rosendorff left a 30-second voicemail for one of her lawyers asking for a face-to-face meeting with Holmes because he thought it could be “quite healing” for both of them.
In their filing, Holmes lawyers said they had not been able to ask Rosendorff for further information about his reflections on his trial testimony for ethical reasons. The lawyers proposed an Oct. 3 hearing to discuss why they believe Rosendorff’s recent actions merit a new trial.
Also on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila formally rejected a request to set aside the jury’s verdicts in Holmes’ trial. Davila’s decision cited Rosendorff’s testimony in support of his ruling.
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On Monday, after weeks of campaigning and in-fighting, Liz Truss emerged victorious as the new leader of the Conservative Party and the de facto prime minister. Yesterday, she travelled to Balmoral to officially ‘kiss hands’ with the Queen, who then invited her to form a government. Today, the real work begins, as she announces her cabinet. Unsurprisingly, it is made up of several close allies who supported her on the campaign trail, but there is also room for a handful who served alongside her in Johnson’s government, not to mention five of her rivals for the top job. Here’s a who’s who of the MPs now running the country.
Taking on one of the most critical roles in Truss’s new government is long-time friend and Greenwich neighbour, Kwasi Kwarteng. The 47-year-old Old Etonian became the first black Conservative cabinet minister last year, when he took on the job of Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Described as an ‘amiable geek’, he was part of Trinity College Cambridge University’s winning team in the 1995 series of University Challenge, and achieved a double first in classics and history. He went on to study at Harvard University before returning to complete an economic history PhD at Cambridge, where he bunked with Tristram Hunt, the former Labour MP and current head of the V&A. He married his wife, solicitor Harriet Edwards, in 2019.
Foreign Secretary: James Cleverly
Replacing Truss as foreign secretary will be her former colleague in the Foreign Office, James Cleverly. It’s a meteoric rise for the 53-year-old, who was a junior minister until Boris Johnson promoted him to education secretary following the mass exodus of his cabinet in July. Another south London local, he lives in Blackheath, just down the road from Truss and Kwarteng.
One of Truss’s rivals for the top job as head of the Conservative Party, Suella Braverman was attorney general until being picked for Priti Patel’s old role as home secretary. Pitching herself as further to the right than her predecessor, she is expected to get straight to work ironing out Patel’s Rwandan scheme for immigrants. The 42-year-old from Harrow, north London, has been married to Rael Braverman, a manager at Mercedes, since 2019, with the couple having two children. A fierce Brexiteer (and former Brexit minister) she was notable for voting three times against Theresa May’s soft Brexit plans.
Retaining his role as defence secretary is 52-year-old Ben Wallace, who despite being tipped to stand for the top job against Truss, ruled himself out early on. With a proven track record on Ukraine, he’s been a valuable ally to Truss during her time in the Foreign Office, and is considered by many as an incredibly safe pair of hands. Ex-army, he was part of the repatriation team who brought home the body of Diana, Princess of Wales following her death in Paris in 1997.
Health Secretary: Thérèse Coffey
Reportedly one of Truss’s longest friends, Coffey will be the next health secretary, and also becomes the first female deputy prime minister. The 50-year-old is a fervent Catholic, and previously voted against extending abortion rights, something charities have criticised. She is also a Liverpool FC supporter. She’s got a tough job ahead of her, trying to fix the various issues that the NHS has been buckling under for years, and particularly post-Covid.
Business Secretary: Jacob Rees-Mogg
Along with Truss, Rees-Mogg was one of former PM Boris Johnson’s most vocal defenders, and has supported the new prime minister’s campaign since the beginning. Westminster, Eton and Oxford educated, he is one of the wealthiest MPs, amassing multiple millions via a hedge fund. He has been married to his aristocratic wife, Helena de Chair (the daughter of Somerset de Chair and Lady Juliet Tadgell), since 2007, and the couple live with their six children (mostly named after medieval saints) at Grade II*-listed Gournay Court in Somerset. A fierce Brexiteer, he was a major thorn in the side of David Cameron, often going against the chief whip.
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As Dr. Kenyani Davis makes her rounds at the Community Health Center in Buffalo, New York, she is still trying to process it all, after a mass shooter murdered 10 members of the neighborhood she serves.
"It's a community that got affected, especially when you're talking about a hate crime," Dr. Davis said. "It was every emotion at once."
In the days that followed, her team got to work — something they have always done.
"If they needed us in a medical component, we were there," Dr. Davis said. "If they needed us as community leaders, we were there. If they needed us as friends, if they needed us just to create an open space, we were there."
Across the city, other organizations recognized the need for mental health services, too.
"We were in the crowd with the community in front of Tops praying, crying, just being there, an ear for them to to express themselves," said Melissa Archer, New York Project Hope program coordinator.
When it came to treatment, Archer, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, noticed people on the city's east side, made up of mostly Black residents, were hesitant to seek help.
"People want to see people that look like them so that they don't have to explain certain things they feel," Archer said.
SEE MORE: What Buffalo, NY Is Like Two Months After Tops Mass Shooting
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, only one in three Black adults with mental illness receives treatment.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness say that's mostly due to socioeconomic challenges, stigma surrounding mental illness and mistrust of the medical industry. Black people are often victims of health care bias when those providing the treatment lack cultural awareness.
"I think one of these things that this event has shed light on and empower people to do is to speak the truth," Dr. Davis said. "When we were there, we had people saying, 'We are angry at White people."
For community leaders in Buffalo, that meant offering more counselors with shared experiences and cultures.
Part of the healing process means meeting people where they are, and for some mental health professionals, that meant setting up shop two minutes from where the incident took place.
The Buffalo Urban League team says the numbers have increased since moving into the neighborhood and making more Black counselors readily available, all thanks to temporary funding from FEMA through New York Project Hope.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of racial/ethnic minorities within the psychologist workforce more than doubled between 2000 and 2019, increasing 166%. However, researchers predict that increase will still be inadequate to meet the demands of minority patients.
In the meantime, doctors there say they'll continue to stand in the gap for as long as possible.
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Stock indexes on Wall Street closed solidly higher Wednesday, placing the market on pace to break a 3-week losing streak.
The S&P 500 rose 1.8% Wednesday, its biggest single-day gain in four weeks, with roughly 95% of the stocks in the benchmark index closing higher.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 2.1%. Smaller company stocks outgained the broader market, driving the Russell 2000 index 2.2% higher.
The indexes are now all in the green for the week, a welcome respite for traders after a slump in recent weeks that erased much of the market’s gains from a July and early August rally.
Wall Street watchers cautioned that the market is likely to see more volatility in coming weeks ahead of the next Federal Reserve interest rate policy update scheduled for Sept. 21.
“It’s good that there’s an up day, but I would caution anyone not to be too optimistic right now,” said Randy Frederick, managing director of trading & derivatives at Charles Schwab. “You don’t have a whole lot of reason for that.”
Stocks have been mostly losing ground in recent weeks after the Federal Reserve indicated it will not let up anytime soon on raising interest rates to bring down the highest inflation in decades.
Wall Street’s focus remains on inflation and the Fed’s attempt to rein it in with high interest rates. The central bank has already raised rates four times this year and markets expect them to deliver another jumbo-sized increase of three-quarters of a percentage point at their next meeting in two weeks.
The central bank has been clear about its determination to continue raising rates until it feels that inflation is leveling off or cooling. In June, Fed officials projected that the benchmark rate will reach a range of 3.25% to 3.5% by year’s end and roughly a half-percentage point more in 2023.
“We are in this for as long as it takes to get inflation down,” Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard said at a banking industry conference on Wednesday. “Our resolve is firm, our goals are clear, and our tools are up to the task.”
Investors have been reviewing economic data to gauge whether price increases on everything from food to clothing and gas are easing. They are also closely listening for any clues about potential changes in policy from Fed officials.
Traders clawed back some of their recent losses with Wednesday’s rally, which pushed the S&P 500 up 71.68 points to 3,979.87. The Dow rose 435.98 points to 31,581.28, and the Nasdaq gained 246.99 points to 11,791.90.
The Russell 2000 climbed 39.68 points to 1,832.
Technology stocks and retailers made solid gains. Intuit rose 3.9%. Target rose 4.4% after announcing that it is dropping the mandatory retirement age for its CEO position, allowing CEO Brian Cornell to stay on for three more years.
United Airlines rose 5.5% after raising its revenue forecast following a busy summer travel season. The encouraging update helped several competitors take flight. American Airlines rose 5.1% and Delta Air Lines added 3.3%.
Energy stocks fell broadly as U.S. crude oil prices slid 5.7%. Chevron fell 1.3%.
Bond yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences interest rates on mortgages and other loans, fell to 3.27% from 3.34% late Tuesday. The two-year Treasury yield, which tends to track expectations for Fed action, fell to 3.45% from 3.51%.
Markets in Europe closed mostly higher, while those in Asia ended mostly lower.
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Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, but Musk won’t be able to delay a high-stakes October trial over the dispute, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the head judge of Delaware’s Court of Chancery, denied Musk’s request to delay the trial by four weeks. But she allowed the billionaire Tesla CEO to add evidence related to whistleblower allegations by former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko, who is scheduled to testify to Congress next week about the company’s poor cybersecurity practices.
Twitter has sued Musk, asking the Delaware court to force him to go through with the deal he made in April to buy the company. Musk has countersued and a trial is set to start the week of Oct. 17.
Musk’s legal team has argued that the allegations made by Zatko to U.S. officials may help bolster Musk’s claims that Twitter misled him and the public about the company’s problem with fake and “spam” accounts. Zatko, a well-known cybersecurity expert known by his hacker handle “ Mudge,” said he was fired in January after raising flags about Twitter’s negligence in protecting the security and privacy of its users.
The judge’s ruling followed an hours-long hearing Tuesday at which attorneys for Musk and Twitter argued with each other about the merits of Zatko’s claims and the pace at which both sides are producing evidence ahead of the trial.
Twitter’s attorneys sought to downplay the relevance of Zatko’s allegations to the merger dispute, arguing that an initial 27-page complaint he sent to Twitter and a later retaliation clam made no mention of the “spam bot” issues that Musk has given as a reason to terminate the deal. Zatko “never said a word about spam or bots” until his July whistleblower complaint, said Twitter attorney William Savitt.
Twitter has argued for weeks that Musk’s stated reasons for backing out were just a cover for buyer’s remorse after agreeing to pay 38% above Twitter’s stock price shortly before the stock market stumbled and shares of the electric-car maker Tesla, where most of Musk’s personal wealth resides, lost more than $100 billion of their value.
McCormick, the judge, said Wednesday the newly published whistleblower complaint gave Musk’s team grounds to amend its countersuit but she declined to weigh in on the details.
“I am reticent to say more concerning the merits of the counterclaims at this posture before they have been fully litigated,” she wrote. “The world will have to wait for the post-trial decision.”
McCormick, however, sided with Twitter’s concerns that delaying the trial would make it harder for the company to get back to business.
“I am convinced that even four weeks’ delay would risk further harm to Twitter too great to justify,” she wrote.
In afternoon trading, Twitter shares added 5.5% to $40.77.
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Movie theater operator Cineworld Group LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. as it deals with billions of dollars in debt and lower-than-expected attendance at screenings.
“The pandemic was an incredibly difficult time for our business, with the enforced closure of cinemas and huge disruption to film schedules that has led us to this point,” CEO Mooky Greidinger said in a statement.
The company and its subsidiaries have commitments for an approximate $1.94 billion debtor-in-possession financing facility from existing lenders, which will help ensure Cineworld’s operations continue as usual while it undergoes a reorganization.
Last month the British company, which owns Regal Cinemas in the U.S. and operates in 10 countries, said its theaters remained “open for business as usual” as it considered options for relief from its debt load.
Cineworld had built up $4.8 billion in net debt, not including lease liabilities. The company, which has about 28,000 employees, previously said that its admissions levels have recently been below expectations. And with a “limited film slate,” it expects the lower levels to continue until November. That would mean an additional crunch to its finances.
Cineworld anticipates exiting from Chapter 11 during the first quarter of 2023.
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new prime minister has pledged to rebuild the economy and “ride out the storm” gathering over the country, but Liz Truss faces a daunting job.
She inherits an ailing economy on the brink of a potentially long recession, with record inflation that’s forecast to worsen in coming months and millions crying out for government help to cope with soaring energy bills.
Here’s a look at the scale of the economic challenges that Truss faces and how she is expected to tackle them:
HIGH ENERGY COSTS
At the top of Truss’ agenda is a cost-of-living crisis driven by spiraling natural gas and electricity costs. Starting in October, millions of households will see their average yearly energy bill jump to about 3,500 pounds ($4,000) — almost triple what they paid a year ago. The bills are expected to continue to climb and could exceed 4,000 pounds in January.
The sharp increases began last year, as economies worldwide recovered from the coronavirus pandemic and global demand for natural gas and oil surged. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered further volatility in wholesale gas prices, as Moscow switched off or reduced gas flows to European countries like Germany.
Britain only imports a small percentage of its gas from Russia, but the U.K. relies more on gas than its European neighbors because it has less nuclear and renewable energy. Compared with other European countries, the U.K. is much more dependent on gas to heat homes and generate electricity. The country also does not have as much capacity to store gas, forcing it to buy on the short-term spot market.
Charities and health bosses warn the crisis will hit the poorest hardest heading into winter. Hospitals say crippling energy costs will affect patient care, while scores of small businesses warn they face closure without urgent government aid.
SOARING INFLATION
It’s not just gas and electricity — other costs, such as food, have risen across the board. Inflation has crept up since last year and now stands above 10% for the first time since the oil price shocks of the 1970s and 1980s.
Worse is to come: The Bank of England predicted that the war in Ukraine could drive U.K. inflation to 13.3% next month. Some, like U.S. bank Citi, believe inflation could go as high as 18% next year before coming back down.
It’s a shock to the system for millions. Before the crisis, the U.K. had seen average inflation rates of around 2% for years.
Meanwhile, average wages, especially those in the public sector, have failed to keep pace with soaring costs. Tens of thousands of rail, port and postal workers, lawyers and garbage collectors have gone on strike this summer to demand better pay. Multiple other industries are mulling similar industrial action.
“Real wages are falling, certainly faster than they have done for at least 45 years, possibly for about as much as 100 years,” said Greg Thwaites, an economist and research director at the Resolution Foundation, a U.K. economic and social affairs think tank.
WARNINGS OF A LONG RECESSION
The Bank of England has predicted that skyrocketing energy prices will push the U.K. into recession later this year, with economic output forecast to decline in every quarter of 2023.
The International Monetary Fund says the U.K. economy is expected to have the weakest growth among the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in 2023.
“The point is that this acute living-standard crisis that we’re living through now comes on the back of 15 years of very weak growth in the U.K. economy,” Thwaites said.
Britain’s exit from the European Union didn’t help matters, he added.
WHAT IS TRUSS DOING TO HELP?
Truss is due to announce a major financial package Thursday to tackle soaring energy costs.
Her government has not released details, but British media reports suggest she will approve an immediate freeze on household energy bills and extra support for businesses.
The BBC reports that energy bills could be capped with the introduction of a government “superfund,” from which energy firms can borrow, and the cost of such aid could reach 100 million pounds ($116 billion).
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said Wednesday that such measures will likely calm inflation in the short term. But it’s not clear how Truss’ government intends to foot that huge bill, while meeting her core campaign promises to slash taxes and grow the economy.
“There’s a reasonable question about whether it should be paid for by future electricity bills or by future taxpayers or by current taxpayers,” Thwaites said. “But ultimately, somebody needs to pay.”
Hannah White, acting director of the Institute for Government, says the measures go against the prime minister’s inclinations.
“What (Truss) is being pushed into, which is way against her instincts, is a big program of government spending to support people in this situation,” White said. “She’s really got no alternative, but it goes directly counter to how she would ideally govern as prime minister.”
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to completely cut energy supplies to the West if it tries to cap prices of Russian exports. He also vowed to press on with Moscow’s military action in Ukraine until it achieves its goals.
Speaking at an annual economic forum in the far-eastern port city of Vladivostok, Putin scoffed at the EU plans for a cap on Russian oil and gas prices as a “stupid” idea that “will only lead to a hike in prices.”
“An attempt to limit prices by administrative means is just ravings, it’s sheer nonsense,” Putin said. “If they try to implement that dumb decision, it will entail nothing good for those who will make it.”
He warned that such a move by the EU would represent a clear breach of the existing contracts, saying that Russia could respond by turning off the faucets.
“Will they make political decisions violating the contracts?” he said. “In that case, we will just halt supplies if it contradicts our economic interests. We won’t supply any gas, oil, diesel oil or coal.”
The Russian leader charged that Russia will easily find enough customers in Asia to shift its energy exports away from Europe. “The demand is so high on global markets that we won’t have any problem selling it,” he said.
Putin added that “those who try to force something on us aren’t in a position today to dictate their will,” pointing at protests in the West against rising energy prices.
Just hours before it was due to resume natural gas deliveries to Germany on Friday after a three-day stoppage for repairs, Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom gas giant claimed it couldn’t do so until oil leaks in turbines are fixed. German officials and engineers refuted that claim.
The Kremlin blamed the suspension of supplies on Western sanctions against Gazprom, charging that they hamper normal maintenance of the pipeline’s equipment and signaling that supplies may not resume until the restrictions are lifted. EU officials rejected the claim as a cover for a political power play.
Putin dismissed the EU’s argument that Russia was using energy as a weapon by suspending gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany, charging that the sanctions made the pipeline turbine unsafe to operate. “They have driven themselves into deadlock with sanctions,” he said.
He repeated that Moscow stands ready to start pumping gas “as early as tomorrow” through the Nord Stream 2, which has been put on hold by the German authorities.
Turning to Ukraine, Putin declared again that the main goal behind sending troops into Ukraine was protecting civilians after eight years of fighting in the country’s east.
“It wasn’t us who started the military action, we are trying to put an end to it,” Putin said, repeating his long-held argument that he ordered the military action to protect Moscow-backed separatist regions in Ukraine, which have fought Ukrainian forces in the conflict that erupted in 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
“All our action has been aimed at helping people living in the Donbas, it’s our duty and we will fulfill it until the end,” he said. “In the longer run, it will help strengthen our country both domestically and internationally.”
Putin emphasized that Russia will keep protecting its sovereignty in the face of what he described as an attempt by the U.S. and its allies to preserve their global domination, saying that “the world mustn’t be founded on the diktat of one country that deemed itself the representative of the almighty or even higher and based its policies on its perceived exclusivity.”
The Russian leader acknowledged that the national economy will shrink by 2% this year, but said that the economic and financial situation in Russia has stabilized, consumer prices inflation has slowed down and unemployment has remained low.
“Russia has resisted the economic, financial and technological aggression of the West,” Putin said. “There has been a certain polarization in the world and inside the country, but I view it as a positive thing. Everything unnecessary, harmful, everything that has prevented us from going forward will be rejected.”
Commenting on scores of critical media outlets being forced to shut down after the start of the military campaign in Ukraine following the passage of a new law that criminalized any reporting on military action that differs from the official line, Putin said their reporters were happy to leave the country.
“They were always working against our country while they were here, and now they happily moved out,” he said.
Russia’s top independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, was among the outlets that were forced to shut down under official pressure. On Monday, a court in Moscow upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke its license.
Dmitry Muratov, Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor-in-chief of the newspaper, called the ruling on Monday “political” and “not having the slightest legal basis.”
Putin sought to slight Muratov’s prize, describing it as politically driven and, in a side jab, compared it to the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Barack Obama while he was the U.S. president.
“We had business-like relations with President Obama, but what did they give him the Nobel prize for?” Putin said. “What did he do to help protect peace? I mean, those military operations in some regions of the world that the president conducted.”
Commenting on the European Union’s decision to make it harder for Russian citizens to enter the 27-nation bloc, Putin said that Russia won’t respond in kind and will continue to welcome visitors.
“We aren’t going to halt contacts, and those who do it, they isolate themselves and not us,” he said.
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Never count out a chess champion. Netflix has reportedly settled a lawsuit with Nona Gaprindashvili, the female chess champion and grand master who sued the streaming platform over a line of dialogue in The Queen’s Gambit, which her lawyers claimed perpetuated a “devastating falsehood.”
In September of last year, Gaprindashvili filed suit after being name-checked in the finale of The Queen’s Gambit, Netflix’s Emmy-winning limited series about fictional female chess champ Beth Harmon, played by Anya Taylor-Joy. While Beth Harmon is competing in a 1968 tournament in Moscow, a chess commentator compares the fictional Harmon to real-life Gaprindashvili, calling Gaprindashvili the “female world champion” and saying that she “has never faced men” before panning to a character in the audience who resembles Gaprindashvili.
In her lawsuit, the 80-year-old Gaprindashvili said that by 1968 she “had competed against at least 59 male chess players (28 of them simultaneously in one game)” over the course of her historic career which saw her become the first woman to be named a chess grand master. The suit continued, calling Netflix’s assertion that Gaprindashvili never faced men “manifestly false, as well as being grossly sexist and belittling.” In an interview with The New York Times, Gaprindashvili described her portrayal in The Queen’s Gambit as “an insulting experience,” saying “this is my entire life that has been crossed out, as though it is not important.” She sought at least $5 million in damages, as well as the line’s removal from The Queen’s Gambit.
“Netflix brazenly and deliberately lied about Gaprindashvili’s achievements for the cheap and cynical purpose of ‘heightening the drama’ by making it appear that its fictional hero had managed to do what no other woman, including Gaprindashvili, had done,” said the complaint. “Thus, in a story that was supposed to inspire women by showing a young woman competing with men at the highest levels of world chess, Netflix humiliated the one real woman trail blazer who had actually faced and defeated men on the world stage in the same era.”
Per The New York Times, Netflix argued in court papers that it had been exercising “its constitutional right of free speech in connection with a public issue” and that “fictional works have no obligation to the truth.” In January, a federal judge declined to dismiss the suit, rejecting Netflix’s argument and finding that the streamer acted with a “reckless disregard” for the truth. “Not only does this close the gap between associating the supposedly fictional character with the real person, regardless of whether viewers recognized Plaintiff’s name (as indeed, some did), viewers may reasonably have believed the comment to be one of these historical details incorporated into the Series,” wrote U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips in her opinion.
Netflix ultimately appealed the ruling to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which agreed to review the case. However, according to court documents filed in June, Netflix and representatives for Gaprindashvili were “working with the Ninth Circuit mediator to explore settlement.”
As for the settlement, a lawyer for Gaprindashvili, Alexander Rufus-Isaacs, said, “I am pleased that the matter has been resolved,” but declined to say how the case was resolved and whether Gaprindashvili received any money in the settlement. Netflix echoed Rufus-Isaacs statement, saying that it was “pleased that the matter has been resolved.”
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that he wants Mississippi’s capital city to receive “its fair share” of federal money to repair a troubled water system that left homes and businesses without running water for several days.
Even with water flowing from taps and people again able to flush toilets this week, Jackson lacks safe drinking water. The city of 150,000 is in the sixth week of a boil-water advisory from the state health department because of concerns that low pressure could allow contaminants into the water.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan was in Jackson to meet with residents and state and local elected officials Wednesday. He touted the $1 trillion federal infrastructure law that President Joe Biden signed in November.
Mississippi is set to receive more than $4 billion from the law, with most of the money designated for highways and bridges, the White House said. The state’s allocation includes $429 million over five years to improve water systems.
“It’s our desire that the city of Jackson gets its fair share,” Regan said during a meeting with community leaders. “It’s our desire that the city of Jackson doesn’t have to live with what you all have lived with for far too long.”
Jackson’s main water-treatment plant malfunctioned in late August after torrential rain caused flooding along the Pearl River. The influx altered the quality of the raw water entering the plant from a reservoir. That slowed the treatment process, depleted supplies in water tanks and caused a dangerous drop in pressure.
But even before the rainfall, officials said some water pumps had failed and a treatment plant was using backup pumps. A rental pump was installed last week, and the system’s water pressure is back to normal.
Groups are distributing bottled water at drive-thru sites, and restaurants are bringing tanks of clean water from suburbs.
About 25% of Jackson’s residents live in poverty, and the city’s tax base has declined with a sharp decrease in population since 1980 — a change that happened along with mostly white flight that started about a decade after public schools began integrating in 1970.
Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson sat with Regan at the community meeting and toured Jackson’s main water plant with the administrator, Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. Other members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation also participated in meetings with them about short-term and long-term solutions for the city’s water problems.
“We do know that will require all of us working together to cut through the bureaucracy,” Regan said during a news conference at Jackson State University.
Thompson pointed out during the community meeting that Regan is from North Carolina, which also has a large Black population.
“He understands the challenges, especially (for) communities of color,” said Thompson, the only Black member of Mississippi’s congressional delegation. “Under this current administration, they have taken the fact that many of these communities have been underserved by its government and tried to right the ship.”
Jackson’s water system has been fragile for years, with officials warning that widespread loss of service was possible. A cold snap in 2021 froze pipes and some water treatment equipment, leaving tens of thousands of people without running water. Similar problems happened again early this year, on a smaller scale. The EPA also told Jackson months ago that its water system violates the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
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Opelousas Police Officers are on the scene of a double shooting in the 1100 Block of W South Street.
According to Police Chief Martin Clendon, two individuals were walking from a store when they were shot, each suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Authorities say this is an active scene.
As further information becomes available we will update the story here.
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BS Report: September 7th – UGA: A Great Game One
The Dawgs came out swinging in their season opener against Oregon.
The Dawgs came out swinging in their season opener against Oregon. Hear why Bill Shanks is doubling down on his prediction that Georgia will repeat the national championship this year.
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Concerts, groundbreaking and beer to honor Otis Redding this weekend
A series of events are planned to celebrate the legendary King of Soul
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Otis Redding Foundation is celebrating 81 years of soul singer Otis Redding with a weekend full of events in Macon.
Redding was raised in Macon. He went on to create hit songs “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”, “Respect” and “Try a Little Tenderness.” In 1967, he died in a plane crash at the age of 26.
Friday, September 9th marks Redding’s 81st birthday. A series of events are planned to celebrate the legendary King of Soul:
- Piedmont Brewery and Kitchen’s launch of the Otis Redding Birthday Beer (Mr. Pitiful’s Pilsner) will take place Thursday, September 8th at 5pm.
- The Groundbreaking for the new Otis Redding Center for the Arts will take place on Friday, September 9th at 11:00am at 436 Cotton Avenue.
- “An Evening of Respect” will also take place Friday, September 9th at 7:00pm at the Grand Opera House. The tribute concert stars Robert Glasper and includes performances by Mickey Guyton and Zach Wilson.
- “The Big ‘O’ Homecoming Show” will take place on Saturday, September 10th at 7:00pm at the Hargray Capitol Theatre in Macon. The show features performances by Kendra Morris, Monophonics and The War and Treaty.
All of the events will serve as fundraisers to benefit the future Otis Redding Center for The Arts in Macon. The center will be a 15,366 square foot space dedicated to musical education, including learning labs, collaborative spaces, practice rooms and a stage for performances by students ages 3 to 18 years old.
Click here for event ticket information.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News Top stories from September 7, 2022 September 7, 2022 Clayton Poulnott, Macon family looking for justice 7 years after murder Woman in custody for August shooting of 3-year-old Macon-Bibb EMA gives preparation tips in case of flooding For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here. FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin
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Macon-Bibb community mourning loss of beloved volunteer, community member Steven Fulbright
The Macon-Bibb community is mourning the loss of beloved volunteer and community member Steven Fulbright.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon-Bibb community is mourning the loss of beloved volunteer and community member Steven Fulbright.
Fulbright passed away suddenly Tuesday due to health complications Those in the community who knew Fulbright, say he will be missed.
Fulbright was vice president of sales and services for Visit Macon and a member of several nonprofit organizations around Macon. One of those organizations was Historic Macon, where he served as board chair.
Executive Director Ethiel Garlington says he was always great to be around.
“Steven Fulbright was one of the pillars of our community,” Garlington said. “He was one of Macon’s biggest champions and a believer in the community and believer in downtown. He was always happy. He always had humor in everything, so even on a stressful flea market day when he’s checking out a bunch of people, he was always smiling, always happy to help people and an incredible ambassador, not just for Historic Macon, but for Macon as a community.”
Fulbright also helped with programs for the Grand Opera House. He would perform with Storytellers Macon telling stories about his love for the Hay House. Julia Rubens with Mercer University said he loved performing.
“He has always been here,” Rubens said. “He told a story up on our stage recently. He loved Broadway. He was a big show tunes fan and big karaoke fan, so just a really soulful, dedicated and caring person.”
The Grand Opera House is honoring Fulbright’s memory with a Broadway tradition of dimming the lights on its marque. Fulbright is the second person who’s been honored this way. The first was Little Richard.
“He was the kind of person always cheering others on,” Rubens said. “His last name, Fulbright, should show who he was. He was such a full bright for the city, and so we decided to put this message on the marquee to show that our lights have dimmed a little bit without Steven in them.”
On Friday, the Grand Opera House will be releasing a podcast featuring Steven’s story from the Macon Storytellers event.
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Macon-Bibb EMA gives preparation tips in case of flooding
With heavy rain chances later this week, Macon-Bibb County Emergency Services says now is the time to prepare for a flooding emergency.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — With heavy rain chances later this week, Macon-Bibb County Emergency Services says now is the time to prepare for a flooding emergency.
Just this past weekend, parts of Macon-Bibb County experienced high levels of flash flooding.
According to Macon-Bibb EMA Director Spencer Hawkins, flooding can happen if drains are blocked by debris or tree branches.
He says it’s important to have someone clear drains before a storm hits.
Flooding can also happen in areas with lots of concrete or asphalt.
“You want to stay safe,” Hawkins said. “If you do need to travel during severe weather, or bad weather in general, plan extra time so that if you do encounter some of those flood waters, you have enough time to drive around and find an alternate route.”
It’s also important to make sure you have insurance to cover flood damages.
Hawkins says if you have a basement, be sure to raise all items to avoid any damage to your items.
Macon-Bibb EMA is hosting its first Emergency Preparedness Fair on September 17.
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Macon family looking for justice 7 years after murder
A Macon family says they're still waiting for justice for a loved one following his murder seven years ago.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A Macon family says they’re still waiting for justice for a loved one following his murder seven years ago.
We reported in 2015 that 53-year old Ricky Smith was shot and killed by Donna Jackson on Macon Avenue. At the time of the incident, Jackson claimed self-defense but was later charged in connection with Smith’s death.
When looking at the photos of Ricky, his daughter Chiquita Smith says it continues to hurt.
“It was heartbreaking,” she said. “And then to just witness my dad lifeless like that, somebody that’s so full of life, joyful, helpful, there was nothing that I could do.”
As the years go by, Ricky’s sister Gloria Smith says her frustration continues to increase.
“It shouldn’t take seven years for anybody,” she said. “And waiting seven years and nobody calling you and saying, ‘Hey, we haven’t forgotten about you, we got you.’ We never got a call. That’s sad.'”
We reached out to the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office to see where the case stands and why justice hasn’t been served after seven years.
According to a statement from the DA’s office, Jackson filed for incompetency, and the office will now hold a competency trial that’s tentatively scheduled for October 4.
Gloria says she’s hopeful this will finally get them the trial Ricky deserves.
“Of course he’s my brother, and I’m going to always be my brother’s keeper, so it doesn’t stop here,” she said.
As they continue to fight for justice, they host a balloon release in his memory each year. Every get together is also a time to celebrate the man Ricky was.
“I refuse to let my daddy’s case just be silent,” Chiquita said.
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MGRL celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month
The Middle Georgia Regional Library is celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Middle Georgia Regional Library is celebrating National Library Card Sign-Up Month.
According to Director of Libraries for the Middle Georgia Regional Library, Jennifer Lautzenheiser, only 42% of people across the system’s seven-county area have a library card.
Lautzenheiser wants everyone to realize the library card gives people access to more than just books.
“We have makerspaces, 3D printers, those types of things especially young people are starting to really explore technology as problem solvers,” she said. “We also have check out a librarian and technology classes in many of libraries that help people overcome barriers.”
To sign up for your library card, you need your state ID.
If your residential address differs from the one on your ID, you’ll need a bill with the correct address on it.
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Mom to Mom: Back to school corn dogs
(41NBC/WMGT) — As school gets closer to getting back in session it’s time to think about what you’re going to put in your kids’ lunches. And if they love corn dogs, they’re really going to love this. It’s a mini corn dog, which is a miniature size of the actual corn dog without the skewer.
What we’re going to do today is we’re going to need some buttermilk corn mix. Basically, you just follow the instructions on the box. Then you’re going to need a mini muffin pan and then you just throw them in there and we’ll throw them in the oven.
Once you have your mixture made up, you want to spray your pan with some non-stick spray. That’s very important else they’re going to be hard to get out and mess them all up. Then you’re going to take your mixture and put it in first. Once you have all your mixture in, that’s when you can put the hot dogs in and go ahead and cut them up. How many you use depends on the pan but however you would like ultimately. Stick them right into your mixture. Then you’re going to throw it into the oven at 345 for about 20 minutes or so, just keep an eye on it. Once they’re done, you pull them out, let them cool. And then they just pop right into your kids’ lunch.
You can do it every day, or you can throw them in the freezer and save them for a future time, but regardless, your kids are going to love these.
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More sun expected Wednesday afternoon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A mix of sun and clouds will continue to populate the Middle Georgia sky on Wednesday.
Today
A layer of cloud cover moved into Middle Georgia this morning following a relatively clear night. Those early clouds made for some spectacular sunrises this morning, but now they are giving the later morning hours a gloomier vibe. We will see them break a bit later this afternoon as high temperatures reach the upper 80s and lower 90s around the region. Heat indices will range from the lower 90s into the upper 90s.
Storm chances for today are rather slim, similar to yesterday. One or two stray storms somewhere in the region is likely, however we shouldn’t see anything more than that. Our ambient winds will mainly blow in from the northwest at about 5 mph, but a stray storm could have stronger gusts.
We could see a few more showers develop in the northern part of the region during the early overnight hours, however they won’t last long past midnight. Partly cloudy skies will hang around through the overnight hours as lows drop into the upper 60s and lower 70s. Ambient winds will blow out of the north-northwest at about 5 mph.
Tomorrow
A sunny start should greet Middle Georgians Thursday morning, and partly cloudy conditions carrying over from the night should make for some pretty sunrises. The sunny conditions will not last long, however, as cloud cover will begin to thicken leading up to lunchtime. This will keep high temperatures cooler around the region as they only reach the mid 80s. Ambient winds will feed out of the east-northeast at about 5 mph.
Unlike Wednesday, however, clearing of clouds is unlikely in the afternoon. The cold front coming in will become stationary, keeping cloud cover overhead and elevating rain chances. A number of scattered storms are likely to develop around the region beginning during the late lunchtime hours. These will bring about .25″-.75″ to most locations that see them, however locally heavier amounts will be possible. Storms may also bring some strong wind gusts. They will likely last throughout much of the afternoon and evening before slowing heading into the overnight hours.
The rain, however, will not stop overnight. More showers are likely to persist here and there around Middle Georgia. Some spots may wake up to light to moderate rainfall to begin Friday morning. Lows will be a bit warmer as a result of added cloud cover and humidity overnight and should remain above the 70 degree mark across the board. Rain totals heading into Friday morning will likely be more than an inch in most locations.
Soppy End to the Week
A low pressure system developing in the Gulf of Mexico will begin to push north on Friday. While it isn’t a powerful system (tropical depression, storm, etc), it will bring with it plenty of moisture. The rain coming in on Friday will be widespread and moderate to heavy throughout much of the day. There likely will not be a whole lot of wind, however, or much thunder and lightning. This will still make for hazardous conditions on roadways, and flash flooding will be a concern for low lying areas or areas that see extended periods of heavy rain.
The rain will likely continue into Friday night before slowing a bit Saturday morning, however more rounds of storms are likely Saturday afternoon and evening that will bring even more rain to an already saturated region. Rain totals by midnight Friday will likely be over an inch in most Middle Georgia locations with several spots over 1.5″.
Tropics
Both active hurricanes (Earl and Danielle) pose no threat to the United States. Invest 95-L has formed over the east Atlantic, however, and is continuing to slowly organize. It has a 50% chance to become a tropical depression within 48 hours and a 60% chance in 5 days.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m).
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Morning Business Report: Apple holding launch event later today
Apple is holding a launch event at its headquarters in Cupertino, California today. The company is expected to announce new iPhone models as it has every September since 2012.
Cybersecurity people say if you are accidently sent money on Venmo don’t refund it and tell the sender to work it out with Venmo.
McDonald’s adds a new cheese Danish to fall menu starting next week.
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Rain returns Thursday afternoon
Heavy rain and storms are back in the forecast for the rest of the week. We are forecasting 2-3" of rain through next Tuesday.
Most of Middle Georgia has stayed dry today, but widespread rain and storms are back in the forecast tomorrow.
Showers and storms will be possible after noon.
With the rain and clouds tomorrow our highs will be limited to the mid 80s.
Heavy rain will be possible with any storms that pop up, not only tomorrow, but through the weekend.
Friday will be similar with rain chances all day and highs in the upper 70s.
Heavy rain will continue well into the weekend with off and on storms likely during the day Saturday and Sunday.
Localized flooding will be possible, especially in places that have recently seen heavy rain.
Rain and storms will be pushing out of the area, likely, by next Wednesday.
A cold front will push through the area sometime early during the week, finally bringing in some dry air.
For the next week we will see cooler than normal high temperatures, mostly due to rain and storms.
Sunshine will start slowly returning by next week, with dry weather forecast by Wednesday.
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday President Joe Biden has approved additional military aid to Ukraine worth up to $675 million, an announcement that came as he gathered allies to renew their commitment to military support “for the long haul.”
Austin said at the start of a meeting with senior officials from allied countries at the United States’ Ramstein Air Base in Germany that Biden approved the latest tranche of U.S. assistance on Wednesday.
He said that the package includes howitzers, artillery munitions, Humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems and more.
Austin said that “the war is at another key moment,” with Ukrainian forces beginning their counteroffensive in the south of the country. He said that “now we’re seeing the demonstrable success of our common efforts on the battlefield.”
“The face of the war is changing and so is the mission of this contact group,” Austin told the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which was attended by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine’s defense minister as well as officials from allied countries.
“We will work together to train Ukraine’s forces for the long haul. We will work together to help integrate Ukraine’s capabilities and bolster its joint operations for the long haul,” he said. “We will work together to upgrade our defense industrial basis to meet Ukraine’s requirements for the long haul, and we will work together for production and innovation to meet Ukraine’s self-defense needs for the long haul.”
“We must evolve as the fight evolves,” Austin said.
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday President Joe Biden has approved additional military aid to Ukraine worth up to $675 million, an announcement that came as he gathered allies to renew their commitment to military support “for the long haul.”
Austin said at the start of a meeting with senior officials from allied countries at the United States’ Ramstein Air Base in Germany that Biden approved the latest tranche of U.S. assistance on Wednesday.
He said that the package includes howitzers, artillery munitions, Humvees, armored ambulances, anti-tank systems and more.
Austin said that “the war is at another key moment,” with Ukrainian forces beginning their counteroffensive in the south of the country. He said that “now we’re seeing the demonstrable success of our common efforts on the battlefield.”
“The face of the war is changing and so is the mission of this contact group,” Austin told the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which was attended by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine’s defense minister as well as officials from allied countries.
“We will work together to train Ukraine’s forces for the long haul. We will work together to help integrate Ukraine’s capabilities and bolster its joint operations for the long haul,” he said. “We will work together to upgrade our defense industrial basis to meet Ukraine’s requirements for the long haul, and we will work together for production and innovation to meet Ukraine’s self-defense needs for the long haul.”
“We must evolve as the fight evolves,” Austin said.
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DETROIT (AP) — Jeep will start selling two fully electric SUVs in North America and another one in Europe over the next two years.
The new EVs, Jeep’s first, are part of the Stellantis brand’s plans to convert half of its U.S. sales and all of its European sales to battery-electric vehicles by 2030. They’re the first for the brand, and executives are promising that they’ll be fully capable of off-road travel.
The new vehicles include the Jeep Recon, a four-wheel-drive midsize SUV about the size of the Jeep Wrangler and rival Ford’s gas-powered Bronco Sport. It will be produced at an undisclosed North American factory starting in 2024. No range, performance figures or prices were released.
Jeep also will start making an all-electric Wagoneer S midsize luxury SUV in 2024 that also can go off road. The electric extension of the Wagoneer sub-brand is expected to go 400 miles (650 kilometers) on a single charge, have 600 horsepower, and be able to travel from zero to 60 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in about 3.5 seconds.
The Wagoneer S also will be built in North America at a yet-to-be disclosed factory. No prices were released on this SUV either.
Heading for Europe next year will be the Jeep Avenger compact SUV, the brand’s first fully electric vehicle. Jeep says the small Avenger, with 250 miles (400 kilometers) of range per charge, won’t be coming to the U.S. It’s better suited for Europe, where there’s a strong market for smaller vehicles, executives said.
The Avenger will be officially unveiled Oct. 17 at the Paris Motor Show. It will arrive in showrooms early next year.
Jeep also plans to introduce four all-electric SUVs in North America and Europe by the end of 2025, the executives said.
The Recon, though, will not replace the Jeep Wrangler small SUV, said Christian Meunier, the brand CEO. “The Wrangler is the icon,” he said, without saying there would be an electric Wrangler.
Jeep, he said, is on a path to become the leading zero-emission SUV brand across the globe. The company has a goal of selling the SUVs in China, executives said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nursing homes and debt collectors are flouting a law that prohibits them from requiring friends and family of care home residents to shoulder the costs of the facilities, according to a federal report issued Thursday.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said friends and family members have had to declare bankruptcy, had their wages garnished and their homes repossessed after signing unenforceable contracts called “admission agreements” with nursing facilities, resulting in them being held liable as third parties for their loved ones’ nursing home stays.
The report described one woman who was sent to collections for $80,000 two days after her mother’s death. Another woman received a letter from a law firm stating that she owed the nursing home $17,000 after her friend’s death. The report did not identify the individuals by name.
An increase in complaints prompted the CFPB and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to send a joint letter to nursing homes and their debt collectors Thursday reminding them to follow the law.
The consumer bureau said in a statement that “collection of debts from those contracts may violate the consumer financial protection laws, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act” and its prohibition on false, deceptive, or misleading representations connected to debt collection.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 1.3 million people live in nursing homes.
As more Americans age, the cost of nursing home care is growing along with demand. The price has exploded in the last 20 years. In 2021, the annual median cost of a single room in a nursing home was $108,405. Between 2004 and 2020, the cost rose by more than 60%.
Most older adults are not insured against the costs of long-term care. Medicare, which covers adults once they reach 65, offers limited benefits based on need and only pays for nursing home care for up to 100 days. Medicaid helps low-income people pay for nursing home care but eligibility rules can be stringent.
An Obama-era regulation under the Nursing Home Reform Act prevents facilities “from requiring a person other than the resident to assume personal responsibility for any cost of the resident’s care.”
Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, planned to hold a virtual public hearing Thursday with lawmakers, advocates, nursing homes and others on unlawful debt collection practices.
“A caregiver making difficult decisions about their loved one’s future should have the peace of mind of knowing nursing homes won’t illegally coerce a family into assuming liability for medical debt,” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a written statement.
Deborah Royster, assistant director of the Office of Older Americans, said “the financial consequences of illegal debt collections can be devastating for consumers” and that federal officials are trying to raise awareness. She said the debt issue is pervasive at both nonprofit and for-profit nursing facilities.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of Ukraine’s atomic energy operator accused Russia on Thursday of trying to “steal” Europe’s largest nuclear plant by cutting it off from the Ukrainian electricity grid and leaving it on the brink of a radiation disaster.
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been without an outside source of electricity since Monday and receives power for its own safety systems from the only one of its six reactors that remains operational, Enerhoatom chief Petro Kotin told The Associated Press.
“We are trying to keep this unit running as much as possible, but eventually it will have to be shut down and then the station will switch to diesel generators,” he said, adding that such generators are “the station’s last defense before a radiation accident.”
Ukraine and Russia have traded blame for shelling that has damaged parts of the plant as well as the transmission lines that connect it to Ukraine’s electricity network and provide power for the crucial cooling systems that are needed to prevent a meltdown.
The head of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, warned the U.N. Security Council this week that “something very, very catastrophic could take place” at the plant and urged Russia and Ukraine to establish a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around it.
Kotin said the Russians “have a crazy idea to switch the ZNPP to the Russian power system; in fact they are trying to steal the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant of Ukraine and steal all the electricity it produces.”
He said the Russians gave the plant management a 10-page plan about three or four weeks ago to connect the plant to the electricity grid in Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.
On the same day, the Russians started shelling the power lines that connect the plant to the Ukrainian grid, and on Monday, the last line was cut, Kotin said.
This left the plant in “island mode,” meaning it receives power from its only operational reactor, a highly unusual and unstable way of operating a nuclear plant that he said shouldn’t last for more than two hours but has now been in effect for more than three days.
“At any moment, the unit can be stopped completely, and after that, the only power source for the entire nuclear plant will be a diesel generator,” he said. While there are 20 generators on site, “if one of these diesel generators fails, the consequences can be very deplorable and bad for the radiation danger of the ZNPP.”
Kotin said the plant has enough diesel fuel for 10 days. After that, about 200 tons of diesel fuel would need to be brought in daily for the generators, which he said was “impossible” while the plant was occupied by Russian forces.
He said connecting the plant to the Russian grid also was practically impossible given the hostilities in the area.
“There is no other solution than the de-occupation of the ZNPP, the transfer of the plant to the control of the Ukrainian side or international security organizations,” Kotin told AP.
The ZNPP was seized by Russian forces early in the war but is still run by Ukrainian engineers, who Kotin said are working under heavy psychological pressures.
“I can say that most of the people who work there are pro-Ukrainian. Anyone who openly expressed this pro-Ukrainian position was grabbed, abused, beaten,” he said.
Meanwhile, fighting continued near the plant as the towns of Nikopol and Marhanets, which face the plant across the Dnieper River, came under Russian shelling overnight that left apartment buildings, a school, some industrial facilities and power lines damaged, Dnipropetrovsk province Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said.
“The nuclear threat isn’t abating because of Russia’s mad actions and we need to consider all possible scenarios, including the worst one,” Reznichenko said in televised remarks.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk urged residents of Russian-occupied areas near the power plant to evacuate, adding that Ukrainian authorities have urged the Russians to set up humanitarian corridors to evacuate residents but received no response.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian forces retook portions of Russian-held territory there as a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south drained some of Moscow’s resources in the area, according to a report released Wednesday.
Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region are “likely exploiting Russian force reallocation” to areas near the occupied city of Kherson in the south “to conduct an opportunistic yet highly effective counteroffensive” in the province, the Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War said.
Ukrainian forces likely used “tactical surprise” to advance at least 12 miles (20 kilometers) into Russian-held territory in the Kharkiv region on Wednesday, recapturing approximately 155 square miles (400 square kilometers), the report said.
Brig. Gen. Oleksiy Gromov, the head of the main operational department of the Ukrainian military’s General Staff, said at a briefing Thursday that Ukrainian troops had reclaimed control of over 20 settlements in the Kharkiv region and forged up to 30 miles (50 kilometers) deep into Russian-occupied areas this week.
In his nightly video address on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also reported success in the Kharkiv region but didn’t provide details.
“This week we have good news from the Kharkiv region … I think every citizen feels proud of our warriors,” Zelenskyy said.
The gains came as Ukraine continued to mount a counteroffensive in the southern Kherson region.
IN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed agreement on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s complaint that most of the grain from Ukraine’s reopened ports have gone to richer parts of the world. Putin said this week that practically all of the grain exported from Ukraine under a deal brokered by Ankara and the United Nations that lifted Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports had gone to European Union nations instead of poorer countries. Speaking in Zagreb, Croatia, on the last day of his three-day Balkan tour, Erdogan said Turkey wished for the grain “to be delivered to really poor countries,” and urged that the shipment of food and fertilizers from Russia to begin soon.
— The chief of the Ukrainian military, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyy, acknowledged in an article that explosions and fires at air bases in the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula last month were caused by a “successful series of rocket strikes on Crimean air bases.” It marked the first official acknowledgement of responsibility for the attacks by Ukrainian authorities.
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LONDON — Condolences are pouring in from around the world following the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.
French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted Thursday that the queen “embodied continuity and the unity of the British nation over 70 years. I retain the memory of a friend of France, a queen of hearts who marked as never before her country and her century.”
Germany’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, expressed sadness at the news, tweeting: “Germany remains forever grateful that she stretched out her hand to us in reconciliation after the terror of World War II.”
Italian Premier Mario Draghi in a condolence message hailed the queen as having been “the absolute protagonist of world history of the last 70 years.” Draghi, who is now acting in a caretaker role ahead of Italian parliamentary elections later this month, said Elizabeth had represented the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth “with equilibrium, wisdom, respect for institutions and for democracy.”
Elizabeth died peacefully Thursday afternoon at at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. All four of her children and her grandson Prince William traveled to Balmoral to be at her side.
The Royal Family’s Twitter feed posted a black and white photograph of the queen smiling as they announced her death.
Outside Buckingham Palace, the news was posted on the railings as crowds gathered.
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KEY DEVELOPMENTS:
Prince Charles became king immediately after his mother’s death
Elizabeth has been the only monarch that most people in Britain have ever known
On Wednesday, the queen canceled a meeting after doctors advised her to rest
On Tuesday, the queen formally asked Liz Truss to become Britain’s next prime minister
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has died.
The 96-year-old queen died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. All four of her children and her grandson Prince William traveled to Balmoral to be at her side.
The palace says her son Charles, who is now king, and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, will stay at Balmoral overnight and travel to London on Friday.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, she marked 70 years on the throne this year.
The BBC played the national anthem over a portrait of the queen in full regalia as the queen’s death was announced.
The flag over Buckingham Palace was lowered to half staff.
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, has died. She was 96.
Elizabeth spent more than seven decades on the throne as the U.K. rebuilt from war, lost an empire, transformed its economy and both entered and left the European Union.
She was a constant presence, the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and she guided the institution of the monarchy through choppy waters.
She likely met more people than anyone in history, and her image, which adorned stamps, coins and bank notes, was among the most reproduced in the world. But her inner life and opinions remained largely an enigma.
The impact of her loss will be huge, and unpredictable.
With Elizabeth’s death, her son Charles becomes Britain’s new king.
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BALMORAL CASTLE, Scotland — A fleet of cars carrying Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, have arrived at Balmoral Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision.
The plane carrying the royal party arrived at Aberdeen Airport just before 4 p.m. Thursday, local time, and arrived at the queen’s estate about an hour later. Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, along with his wife, Camilla, and sister, Princess Anne, who were already in Scotland, arrived at Balmoral Castle earlier Thursday.
Prince Harry, who was due to appear at a charity awards ceremony in London later Thursday, cancelled that appearance and is making his way to Scotland separately.
The 96-year-old monarch was placed under medical supervision because doctors are concerned about her health.
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LONDON — Crowds of people have begun to gather outside London’s Buckingham Palace as news spreads that Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at her Balmoral estate in Scotland.
More than 100 people, many holding umbrellas amid sometimes heavy downpours, have congregated on stone steps outside the royal residence, and dozens more are standing beside the gates, with many people peering through them.
Members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement about the queen’s health on Thursday comes a day after she canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become prime minister.
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Foreign leaders are sending their well wishes to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II well, after the 96-year-old monarch was placed under medical supervision because doctors are concerned about her health.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted his on Thursday, writing: “My thoughts, and the thoughts of Canadians across the country, are with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at this time. We’re wishing her well, and sending our best to the Royal Family.”
The queen is the head of state of Canada and has been so for 45% of the country’s existence. She has visited Canada 22 times as head of state.
President Joe Biden conveyed to Prime Minister Truss on Thursday that his and first lady Jill Biden’s thoughts were with the Queen, her family and the people of the United Kingdom.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Biden spoke to Truss during a video call with allies on support for Ukraine.
And EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a news conference in the Netherlands that her prayers were also with the queen.
“She represents the whole history of the Europe that is our common home with our British friends,” von der Leyen said. “She has given to all of us in all these years, always, stability, confidence. She’s shown an immense amount of courage. She is a legend in my eyes, and therefore my prayers are with her.”
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LONDON — Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health.”
Members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to be with the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement comes a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become prime minister.
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and his wife, Camilla, are with the queen after traveling to Balmoral Castle, the queen’s summer vacation home, to be with her. Prince William, Charles’ eldest son, is also en route.
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For more AP coverage of Queen Elizabeth II: https://apnews.com/hub/queen-elizabeth-ii
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of duping donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border — a state-level reboot of a federal case that ended with a presidential pardon last year.
Defense lawyer David Schoen entered the plea for Bannon, 68, at his arraignment on charges including money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign. Bannon is the second person to be pardoned by Trump and later charged by the Manhattan district attorney’s office for the same alleged conduct.
Manhattan prosecutors say that while Bannon promised all donations would go to building the wall, he was involved in transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to third-party entities and used them to funnel payments to two other people involved in the scheme.
Bannon says the Democratic prosecutor targeted him ahead of November’s midterm elections because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon turned himself in Thursday to face charges in New York alleging he duped donors who gave money to build a wall on the U.S. southern border — a state-level reboot of a federal case that ended with a presidential pardon last year.
Bannon, 68, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon on charges including money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to the “We Build the Wall” campaign. He is the second person pardoned by Trump and later charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office for the same alleged conduct.
Manhattan prosecutors say that while Bannon promised all donations would go to building the wall, he was involved in transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars to third-party entities and used them to funnel payments to two other people involved in the scheme.
The indictment didn't identify those people by name, but the details match those of Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato, who pleaded guilty to federal charges in April.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that after Bannon was pardoned, Manhattan prosecutors decided they had to hold him accountable because the alleged scheme ripped off hundreds of Manhattan residents.
“The simple truth is: It is a crime to profit off the backs of donors by making false pretenses," Bragg said at a news conference.
Bannon’s New York charges stem from the same alleged conduct as an attempted federal prosecution that ended abruptly, before trial, when Trump pardoned Bannon on his last day in office. Manhattan prosecutors also charged WeBuildTheWall, Inc., the nonprofit entity that Bannon and his former co-defendants used to solicit donations.
Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, not state offenses. Last year, the Manhattan district attorney's office charged Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, with cyberstalking months after Trump pardoned him in a similar federal case.
Like Bannon, Kurson was pardoned early in his federal case, before acquittal or conviction, negating any double jeopardy argument.
Arriving at the Manhattan district attorney's office shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday, Bannon said it was “an irony” that New York City's mayor has been objecting to busloads of migrants sent to the city from Texas while prosecutors “are persecuting people here, that try to stop them at the border.”
Earlier, Bannon accused Bragg of pursuing “phony charges” against him, saying the Democratic prosecutor targeted him ahead of November’s midterm elections because he and his radio show are popular among Trump’s Republican supporters.
Bannon, in a statement Tuesday, said federal prosecutors “did the exact same thing in August 2020 to try to take me out of the election,” referring to his arrest months before Trump’s reelection loss. “This is nothing more than a partisan political weaponization of the criminal justice system.”
But New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office worked with Manhattan prosecutors on the case, said it was about holding “powerful political interests” to account.
“They think they are above the law. And the most egregious of them take advantage of hardworking Americans in the process. Steve Bannon stands out as a perfect example of this blatant inequality,” said James, a Democrat.
In 2020, federal agents pulled Bannon from a luxury yacht off the Connecticut coast and arrested him on charges he pocketed more than $1 million in donations to the wall-building effort. In all, more than $25 million was raised, prosecutors said.
In that case, federal prosecutors alleged Bannon and his co-defendants capitalized on public fervor over border security — a pillar of Trump’s presidential campaign — and tricked thousands of people into thinking 100% of their donations would go to building a wall along the 1,933-mile (3,110-kilometer) U.S.-Mexico line.
Instead, according to federal prosecutors, Bannon used some of the money to pay personal expenses for himself and a secret salary to Kolfage, a “We Build the Wall” co-founder.
“All the money you give goes to building the wall,” Bannon told donors at a June 2019 fundraising event, according to the New York indictment unsealed Thursday. Kolfage, who is not charged in the state case, repeatedly pledged: “I won’t take a penny from these donations, not a penny,” the indictment said.
Bannon, who had pleaded not guilty to the federal charges, was dropped from the federal case when Trump pardoned him.
Kolfage, a U.S. Air Force veteran who lost both legs in a mortar attack in Iraq, and Badolato, a Florida financier, had been scheduled to be sentenced this week, but that was recently postponed to December. A third defendant’s trial ended in a mistrial in June after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
In another case not covered by Trump’s pardon, Bannon was convicted in July on contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October and faces up to two years in federal prison.
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15-Year-old arrested for vehicle robbery on Napier Avenue
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 15-year-old boy after an incident Tuesday night involving the robbery of a vehicle.
BCSO says it was reported that a man pulled into the parking lot of a store on Napier Avenue when the juvenile suspect approached the driver and gestured as if he had a handgun. The juvenile demanded that the man get out of his truck– which he did– then the juvenile jumped into the truck and fled the scene. The driver was not hurt during the incident.
Later, when deputies arrived at the scene, the truck was found abandoned further down Napier Avenue, and the juvenile was found hiding in the back yard of a residence on American Boulevard. The truck was returned to its owner and the juvenile was taken into custody, where he has been charged with Robbery by Intimidation, and his case has been turned over to the juvenile courts.
Anyone with information concerning this incident is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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Local movers help One Warm Coat donation delivery
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A moving company is partnering with a national organization to give back to the community.
Two Men and a Truck in Macon is working with the One Warm Coat campaign to deliver coats for fall and winter. The moving company picked up sixteen pallets of coat donations and delivered them to First Choice Primary care in Macon. The coats will then go to those in need. Owner Johnathan Cuttino spoke about how much doing charity work means for his company as it upholds on of the company’s core values of giving back.
“Since I’ve been involved with Two Men and a Truck, it’s something that we always did was help charitable organizations so the feeling of being able to help somebody often that’s in need is just a great feeling. It’s very rewarding to know that you’ve helped somebody.” said Cuttino.
One Warm Coat has served the nation for thirty years helping to keep more than one million pounds of clothing out of landfills each year and back into the hands of people who need them most.
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Man arrested in Dublin after shooting on Tuesday
DUBLIN, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A man was arrested for aggravated assault in Dublin on Tuesday.
According to the Dublin Police, the arrest stems from a shooting at Riverview Heights Apartments on Riverview Drive.
Officers responded to the scene around midnight, where they found a man shot in the chest. Officers say they saw the suspect, 28-year-old Keyan Taylor, running from the scene with blood on his clothes.
Officers arrested him after a short foot chase.
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Morning Business Report: Cineworld files for bankruptcy
Labor day becomes the first holiday to beat travel numbers from before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company that owns Regal Cinemas said it had filed for bankruptcy protection. Cineworld group filed for chapter 11, allowing a company to stay in business and restructure debt.
Military members are more financially prepared for retirement. USAA survey says 80 percent of families in military would be financially okay if they were to die today.
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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s monarch for 70 years, dies
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96.
Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement.
A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and her name defines an age: the modern Elizabethan Era. The impact of her loss will be huge, and unpredictable, both for the nation and for the monarchy, an institution she helped stabilize and modernize across decades of huge social change and family scandals.
With the death of the queen, her son Charles, automatically becomes monarch, even though the coronation might not take place for months. It is not known whether he will choose to call himself King Charles III or some other name.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision at her summer residence in Scotland after doctors raised concerns about the 96-year-old monarch’s health, Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as members of the royal family rushed to be at her side.
The announcement by the palace came a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become Britain’s prime minister.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” a palace spokesperson said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with customary policy. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
The palace declined to provide further details about the queen’s condition, but there were worrying signs that it might be serious. A Cabinet minister interrupted Truss during a debate in the House of Commons to inform her about Elizabeth’s condition and family members canceled long-planned engagements to travel to the Highlands.
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, along with his wife, Camilla, and sister, Princess Anne, were with the queen at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland. Other members of the royal family, including Charles’ sons, Princes William and Harry, were said to be en route.
The gathering of the House of Windsor came just three months after people across Britain paused over a long holiday weekend to celebrate the queen’s 70 years on the throne. While crowds of cheering, flag-waving fans filled the streets around Buckingham Palace throughout four days of festivities, the queen herself made only two brief appearances on the palace balcony to wave to her subjects.
Elizabeth has increasingly handed over duties to Charles and other members of the royal family in recent months as she recovered from a bout of COVID-19, began using a cane and struggled to get around.
“The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime,” Truss said on Twitter.
“My thoughts — and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom — are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.”
Political leaders from across the spectrum joined Truss in expressing their concern, and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said the “prayers of the nation” were with Elizabeth.
Since assuming the throne after the death of her father on Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth has been a symbol of stability as Britain negotiated the end of empire, the dawn of the information age and the mass migration that transformed the country into a multicultural society.
That steadfastness was seen Tuesday when she oversaw the handover of power from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Truss in a series of carefully choreographed events steeped in the traditions of Britain’s 1,000-year-old monarchy.
Throughout her tenure, the queen has also built a bond with the people of Great Britain through a seemingly endless series of public appearances as she opened libraries, dedicated hospitals and bestowed honors on deserving citizens.
“I have no knowledge of precisely her health condition, but I get the feeling, somehow, we might be being prepared for something,” Deborah Langton, 67, a semi-retired translator, said outside Buckingham Palace. “And if that is, you know, the end, then that’s going to be very sad, I think, for a lot of people.”
Elizabeth, who famously dedicated her “whole life” to the service of Britain and the Commonwealth on her 21st birthday, has ruled out the idea of abdicating. As recently as Wednesday she issued a statement after the killing of at least 10 people in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, saying: “I mourn with all Canadians at this tragic time.”
But the death of her husband, Prince Philip, in April of last year reminded the country that the reign of the only monarch most people in Britain have ever known was finite. During a funeral that was limited to just 30 mourners because of pandemic restrictions, the queen was forced to sit alone, hidden behind a black face mask, as she contemplated the loss of the man who had been at her side for more than 70 years.
That truth was the subtext of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations as newspapers, TV news shows and the walls of the palace were filled with images of Elizabeth as she evolved from a glamorous young queen in crown and diamonds to a kind of global grandmother known for her omnipresent handbag and love of horses and corgis.
Charles was front and center throughout the festivities as he stood in for his mother and demonstrated he was ready to take on her mantle.
Wearing a ceremonial scarlet tunic and bearskin hat, he reviewed the troops during the Queen’s Birthday Parade on the opening day of the jubilee. The next day, he was the last guest to enter St. Paul’s Cathedral and took his seat at the front of the church for a service of thanksgiving in honor of the queen. At a star-studded concert in front of Buckingham Palace, he delivered the main tribute to the woman he addressed as “Your Majesty, Mummy.”
But on Thursday, the nation’s attention was firmly fixed on the queen, with the BBC switching to nonstop coverage of the monarch’s condition.
“It’s quite sad, really,” Kristian Ctylok, a 32-year-old London resident said. “I think half the country is probably expecting it because she’s been quite frail for a while. But, you know, I guess no one thought the day would come, really. So hopefully it’s not as bad as what it seems.”
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Queen Elizabeth II under medical care amid health fears
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has been placed under medical supervision because doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health,” Buckingham Palace said Thursday, as members of the royal family rushed to Scotland to the side of the 96-year-old monarch.
The announcement by the palace came a day after the queen canceled a virtual meeting of her Privy Council when doctors advised her to rest following a full day of events on Tuesday, when she formally asked Liz Truss to become Britain’s prime minister.
“Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have recommended she remain under medical supervision,” a palace spokesperson said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with customary policy. “The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral.”
The palace declined to provide further details about the queen’s condition, but there were other worrying signs. Truss was interrupted during a debate in the House of Commons to be informed about Elizabeth’s condition, and family members canceled long-planned engagements to travel to the Highlands.
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, along with his wife, Camilla, and sister, Princess Anne, were with the queen at Balmoral Castle, her summer residence in Scotland. Members of the royal family traveled by plane to Scotland. Prince William, Charles’ eldest son, was among the royals en route to Balmoral, as were his brother, Prince Harry, and Harry’s wife, Meghan.
The gathering of the House of Windsor comes just three months after people across Britain paused over a long holiday weekend to celebrate the queen’s 70 years on the throne. While crowds of cheering, flag-waving fans filled the streets around Buckingham Palace throughout four days of festivities, the queen herself made only two brief appearances on the palace balcony to wave to her subjects.
Elizabeth has increasingly handed over duties to Charles and other members of the royal family in recent months as she recovered from a bout of COVID-19, began using a cane and struggled to get around.
“The whole country will be deeply concerned by the news from Buckingham Palace this lunchtime,” Truss said on Twitter.
“My thoughts — and the thoughts of people across our United Kingdom — are with Her Majesty The Queen and her family at this time.”
Political leaders of every persuasion also expressed their concern, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said the “prayers of the nation” are with Elizabeth.
Since assuming the throne after the death of her father on Feb. 6, 1952, Elizabeth has been a symbol of stability as Britain negotiated the end of empire, the dawn of the information age and the mass migration that transformed the country into a multicultural society.
Throughout it all, the queen has built a bond with the nation through a seemingly endless series of public appearances as she opened libraries, dedicated hospitals and bestowed honors on deserving citizens.
She worked steadily into the twilight of her reign. But the death of Prince Philip, her husband of more than 70 years, in April of last year reminded the country that the reign of the queen, the only monarch most of her subjects have ever known, is finite.
That truth was the subtext of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations as newspapers, TV news shows and the walls of the palace were filled with images of Elizabeth as she changed from a glamorous young queen in crown and diamonds to a kind of global grandmother known for her omnipresent handbag and love of horses and corgis.
Charles was front and center throughout the festivities as he stood in for his mother and demonstrated he was ready to take on her mantle.
Wearing a ceremonial scarlet tunic and bearskin hat, he reviewed the troops during the Queen’s Birthday Parade on the opening day of the jubilee. The next day, he was the last guest to enter St. Paul’s Cathedral and took his seat at the front of the church for a service of thanksgiving in honor of the queen. At a star-studded concert in front of Buckingham Palace, he delivered the main tribute to the woman he addressed as “Your Majesty, Mummy.”
The queen’s public appearances during the Jubilee were brief but symbolic, underscoring three pillars of her reign: a personal bond with the public, strong links to the armed forces and support for the Commonwealth, a group of 54 nations with former colonial ties to Britain.
On the final day of the event, she joined other senior members of the royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a flyby by 70 military aircraft and wave to supporters who filled the street below. Later, she took part in a beacon lighting ceremony at Windsor Palace, the culmination of events that spanned the Commonwealth.
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Rainy pattern set to begin Thursday afternoon
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Beginning later this afternoon a wet pattern will take hold over the Peach State for a few days.
Today
It was a slightly cooler and drier morning around Middle Georgia to begin our Thursday. A handful of clouds overhead made for decent sunrises, however they were not as pretty as yesterday. A decent amount of sun is with us once again through the mid morning hours, however cloud cover is likely to quickly fill in as we go through the lunch hours. Highs for today are going to be warm, however not as hot as yesterday as they peak in the mid 80s around the region.
Storms are back in the forecast for us today as a stationary front begins to set up near the Florida-Georgia border. We will likely see a few showers start to pop up during the late lunchtime hours before thunderstorms become more widespread the rest of the afternoon and evening.
Rain activity will continue into the overnight hours tonight with storms likely until about midnight. After that some showers may still develop, especially as we approach Friday morning. It would be a good idea to set the rain gear aside for tonight so you don’t have to scramble for it in the morning. Sky conditions overnight will be overcast as lows drop into the lower 70s around the region.
Tomorrow
As mentioned above rain is likely to begin our Friday. A large mass of rain is expected to make its way through much of Middle Georgia at some point tomorrow, however the exact timing at this point is not certain. More than likely we will see that move in during the first half of the day with some scattered storms popping up later in the afternoon. The added early moisture will limit temperatures big time, restricting highs to the mid and upper 70s around the region.
We could see a bit more stratiform rain heading into the overnight hours Friday towards Saturday. Scattered shower activity would remain possible overnight after, even up until Saturday morning. Lows will be in the upper 60s and lower 70s around the region as the blanket of clouds maintains its grip on the Peach State. By Saturday morning rain totals around the region will be well over an inch in many spots.
Saturday
Saturday’s forecast remains a bit convoluted at this point as weather models butt heads on what will happen. The European model is the most aggressive; it’s calling for widespread thunderstorm activity throughout the day that could add another inch+ of rainfall. The American model is not very aggressive on Saturday, calling for a couple of isolated storms and that’s it (overcast skies will still remain, however). More often than not the European is the more reliable model, however we could easily see amounts that are more than what the GFS (American model) is calling for but not as excessive as the Euro. Regardless of rain it will be cooler with highs in the low 80s, and the skies will still be enveloped by an endless blanket of clouds.
The rest of the weekend looks to be mostly cloudy but with a bit of sun and reduced rain chances. We could see this pattern begin to lift as early as Monday, allowing sunnier, warmer, and drier conditions to return for the second full week of September.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m).
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Wreck in Peach County causes diesel spill, all lanes blocked on I-75 S
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Georgia Department of Transportation has reported a crash on I-75 South in Peach County that’s blocked all lanes.
The social media post came in at 2:37 p.m., and it says the wreck is near mile post 142.
According to GDOT, there has been a diesel spill, and all lanes are blocked– the current anticipated end time is 4 p.m.
Stay with 41NBC for more updates as information is released.
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A Nebraska Man Wins the Lottery Twice in 5 Days
The lucky man told the Nebraska Lottery that he’ll be paying bills and possibly buying a jet ski.
A Nebraska man won the lottery not once, but twice!
Sergey Nastin went to the Nebraska Lottery headquarters on Aug. 19 to claim the $20,000 top prize from the scratch-off game, Mega Multiplier, The Lincoln Journal Star reported.
The odds of winning the top prize are one in 58,500 according to the Nebraska Lottery.
Nastin told the lottery he was going to use the money to pay bills but also “keep some for something fun like a jet ski.”
Just five days later, Nastin went back to the Nebraska Lottery headquarters to claim his second jackpot from the same game of $1000, according to The Lincoln Journal Star.
The Nebraska Lottery website says the odds of winning the $1000 prize are 1 in 39,000.
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Atrium Health Navicent Wellness Center offers free yoga classes for National Yoga Awareness Month
The Atrium Health Navicent Wellness Center is offering free yoga classes for National Yoga Awareness Month.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Atrium Health Navicent Wellness Center is offering free yoga classes for National Yoga Awareness Month.
The Wellness Center in Macon is offering the classes this month to show people the benefits of doing yoga.
Each class will be different. Classes include chair yoga, gentle yoga and even coffee yoga.
According to the Wellness Center, classes will help teach the importance of doing yoga and benefits it brings.
“Who wouldn’t want increased strength, flexibility, balance, stress management?” asked Lisa Seneker with the Wellness Center. “Overall it just makes a body feel fantastic, and who wouldn’t want that?”
If you are interested in taking any of the yoga classes, call the Atrium Health Navicent Wellness Center at (478) 477-2300 or head to their website for more information.
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Beverly Knight Olson Children’s hospital participates in ‘Brave the Shave’
"Kids really love seeing their doctor's head being shaven," Dr. Vishwas Sakhalkar said. "It makes them feel really happy, and also I really want to convey especially to the teenagers and parents that losing hair is really not a big deal in children with cancer."
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – “Brave the Shave” is happening nationwide, and the Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital is participating.
The event challenges people to shave their heads in order to help bring awareness to childhood cancer.
A team of stylists from Great Clips visited the hospital Thursday.
The hospital has participated in the event since 2014 but did have to pause in 2021 due to COVID-19.
Dr. Vishwas Sakhalkar, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist who has participated in the event ever year, says he is privileged to be able to do this for his patients.
“Kids really love seeing their doctor’s head being shaven,” he said. “It makes them feel really happy, and also I really want to convey especially to the teenagers and parents that losing hair is really not a big deal in children with cancer.”
While the childhood cancer death rate has dropped by nearly 70% over the past 40 years, it still remains the leading cause of death from disease in children from birth to to age 14.
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City of Warner Robins announces program to help reduce crime, fill officer openings
Warner Robins city leaders have created a program to help address a recent increase in crime.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Warner Robins city leaders have created a program to help address a recent increase in crime.
The Part-Time Patrol Officer position is designed to help address a shortage in officers the Warner Robins Police Department is experiencing.
It’s also giving the department an extra set of eyes while patrolling the community.
Police Chief John Wagner says the department’s goal is to hire 15 part-time officers.
To apply, you must be post-certified or retired law enforcement. The police department says it’s hoping the program will move officers into full-time positions.
According to Chief Wagner, it will also alleviate the amount of work each officer handles.
“You have to worry about burnout with officers,” he said. “You’re going call to call, you still have training to do, you still have to go to court. There’s a lot that’s expected of these officers and we have a tremendous police department here, really great men and women.”
To find out about the program, you can visit the Facebook page: Warner Robins Police Department.
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Dublin City Schools taking adding more metal detectors in effort to keep students safe
The Dublin City School District is making the safety of its students its top priority.
DUBLIN, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Dublin City School District is making the safety of its students its top priority.
The school system purchased eight metal detectors to add to the six it already had. The detectors, which cost $3,500 each, were funded by the Capital Improvement Fund.
“We’re in a climate now that evil is everywhere,” district safety director Tim Chatman said. “And if a school system has the mindset that something negative won’t happen at their campus, I think that’s the wrong mindset to have.”
According to Chatman, metal detectors are placed at all school entrances. They will also be used at all athletic events.
“It’s better to be safe than sorry these days,” he said.
Chatman says the district also has strategic meetings to talk about potential scenarios.
Lakeisha Fluker, the principal of Susie Dasher Elementary School, says the metal detectors are helping give parents a peace of mind.
“They’re entrusting us with their most precious cargo, their babies, and so anything we can do as a school and as a school district to make sure that parents feel safe and that they trust what we’re doing, we’re all for that,” she said.
Metal detectors aren’t the only safety items in place. All schools have cameras and teachers are equipped with a safety button.
Fluker says any extra safety measure is a good idea.
“I just feel safe knowing that I can do what I need to do here during the day and that we’re very transparent in the event something happens,” Fluker said.
School leaders say they will add additional safety measures if needed.
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