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In the vicinity of deserts, where food and water sources were scarce, the first Muslims in Medina learned to fast all day long under Prophet Muhammad’s guidance.
Many Muslims around the world are preparing themselves for another Ramadan, a fasting month in Islam, which will mark the 1,398th anniversary of the first holy month this year.
Dating back to 624 BCE, the first ever Ramadan was observed in the city of Medina in today's Saudi Arabia, according to the Gregorian calendar.
The date also marked the second year of the Hijrat, or migration in English, which played a crucial role in Islamic history. Under paganist pressure, this small community of Muslims were forced to leave the city of Mecca and move to Medina for refuge in 622.
Following Prophet Muhammad’s instructions to go for Hijrat, his companions, the first Muslims, chose to start their own calendar with the starting date of Hijrat, a profound transformative event, marking its beginning.
The first Ramadan for Muslims happened to be in March, a spring month, in which temperatures in the Arabian Peninsula including Medina were milder compared to summertime, when intense hot weather hits both desert and urban areas.
“O believers! Fasting is prescribed for you — as it was for those before you — so perhaps you will become mindful [of Allah],” said the Quran, instructing Muslims to fast as other believers of God who preceded them did in previous times.
The verses were revealed to Prophet Muhammad in February 624 BCE, or in the month of Shawwal in the second year of Hijrat, according to Kasif Hamdi Okur, a professor of Islamic divinity at the Hitit University.
While Prophet Muhammad and some Muslims fasted some days in particular months in Mecca prior to the Quran’s Ramadan verses, fasting 30 or sometimes 29 days straight without any interruption was an extraordinary experience for the first Muslims, Okur tells TRT World.
“There are records from Prophet Muhammad’s time, which indicate that even the first Muslims had some difficult times to get used to Ramadan fasting in the first year,” he says, signalling that it is one of the Quranic measures to create a unique spiritually disciplined Muslim society (umma), which can brace both psychological and physical difficulties.
A short time prior to the revelation of Ramadan verses, Muslims also changed their prayer direction (Kiblah) from Jerusalem (Quds in the Quran) to Mecca’s Kaaba, the cubic structure built by Prophet Abraham to pray to the one God, according to Muslim understanding. All these changes happened after the Prophet’s followers established a strong base in Medina.
By changing prayer direction and fasting in an uninterrupted way for a month, the first Muslims deeply felt that they were a different religious community from other monotheistic groups, Christians and Jews, members of whom were living alongside them in Medina, developing a strong self-consciousness about their own identity, according to Okur.
Also the first Ramadan remarkably coincided with the first crucial military engagement, the Battle of Badr, between Medina-based Muslims and Mecca-led paganists, he adds. While the total participants of the battle for both sides did not exceed 1,200 fighters, its end result favouring Muslims ensured the new monotheistic religion’s historical survival, allowing it to flourish across the world over centuries.
But fasting is not imposed on everyone without exceptions. The Quran, which has always promised to maintain a middle path for believers to make their life straightforward and fair, brought exceptions to people like the very old, sick, pregnant women and children to exempt themselves from fasting, the professor says.
If a Muslim adult has legitimate reasons not to fast, he or she should feed a poor person for one day for each day he or she could not fast, according to Quran.
Ramadan: a moral marathon
Despite the difficulties of fasting, which tests a Muslim’s physical endurance as well as his/her psychological strength, like the feeling of the huge relief of finishing a marathon running, Ramadan brings a lot of blessings and forgiveness from God, Prophet Muhammad pledged.
“‘Woe unto the servants who have reached this month of Ramadan and cannot be forgiven,’ says Prophet Muhammad,” Okur says.
In Islamic thinking, fasting is not just banning yourself from food and drinks but attempting to purify yourself from your wrongdoings, says Ali Celik, the dean of the divinity faculty of Dumlupinar University, who has extensively written about Ramadan and fasting.
“In the practice of the Prophet, fasting is not just a form of worship consisting of starvation. The Messenger of Allah (SAW: May Allah honour him and grant him peace) sees fasting as a shield that protects Muslims from evil. Being more patient in relations with people, avoiding bad words are among the basic characteristics of the fasting person,” Celik tells TRT World.
"Allah does not need a man who does not abandon bad words and actions, to abandon eating and drinking," says a hadith recorded by Muhammed al Bukhari, a Muslim scholar, emphasising the spiritual side of Ramadan fasting. Hadiths are sayings of Prophet Muhammad.
As a result, the Prophet and his companions would increase other worships in Ramadan.
“Particularly, in the last 10 days of Ramadan, he would prefer to engage in worship by entering Itikaf in the mosque,” Celik says. Itikaf means to separate yourself from others, devoting your time to worship rather than worldly affairs to get a better understanding of your life’s direction.
Every human activity was also arranged according to Ramadan’s rituals because the first Muslims saw Ramadan as a period that was “centric” to their spiritual life, says Okur. “When people in Türkiye express their love for old Ramadans, it usually refers to pre-modern times, where working hours were also arranged according to the fasting month’s rituals.”
But worshipping and fasting do not mean giving up all work and other practices of daily life, Celik observes. “The Messenger of Allah (SAW) would try not to interrupt his daily life in Ramadan, and if he had to do something while fasting, he would do it. He would not delay any work that had to be done on the pretext of fasting,” says Celik.
Interestingly, even during the march for the Battle of Badr, which coincided with Ramadan, the Prophet, who was also the military commander of the Muslims, fasted, says the professor. In Islam, fighting for a just cause is also considered a religious duty like fasting during Ramadan.
The Muslim March towards Mecca, which ended up conquering the native city of the Prophet from the paganist rule, also happened during Ramadan, Celik underlines, showing the Prophet’s hard-working attitude even during the fasting month.
What was their food?
There is some serious distance between today’s Muslims and the first Muslims in terms of not only morality but also their fast-breaking attitudes.
“There are serious differences between us and the Prophet's companions in terms of Ramadan food. The first Muslims had no opportunity to have food like we do now in terms of its diversity and quantity,” says Okur.
Muslims call their fast-breaking iftar and their pre-dawn meal suhur. “During their suhur, they were probably eating a couple of dates alongside some water. That was it,” the professor says, describing a kind of suhur which is right now almost unthinkable for many Muslim households.
”Our Prophet's fast-breaking meal was extremely simple, far from luxury and waste,” says Celik. If they found one type of food, they would be happy to have it in their iftar, says Okur. During today’s iftars, there are various types of food from soup to rice and other dishes added such as fruits and desserts.
“Their iftars and suhurs were so simple. They were crushing a date mixing with either some flour or water to make their own food. Or they were mixing roasted flour with some olive oils to make another food,” he says.
But there were also people who did not even have such food in Medina back in 624. “As a result, Prophet Muhammad urged financially better conditioned Muslims to invite other Muslims with no food on their iftar table,” paving the way for developing the strong Muslim tradition of inviting friends, relatives and poor to share their food on common iftar tables.
Particularly people like Suffah, who were homeless and unmarried companions of the Prophet, migrated from Mecca to Medina and dedicated their lives to gaining religious knowledge from the Prophet, were too poor to afford such meals. “The Prophet incentivised other Muslims to host people of Suffah and not to leave them behind on their iftar tables,” Okur says.
The Prophet, who was more generous than other times in Ramadan, would also invite believers in need to her table at iftar as well as at suhur and offer them treats, says Celik.
“But at the end of the day, despite its simplicity, their iftars and suhurs were both healthier and more humble than ours today,” Okur concludes.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin. Some could save hundreds of dollars annually, and all insured patients would get the benefit of predictable monthly costs for insulin. The bill would not help the uninsured.
But the Affordable Insulin Now Act will serve as a political vehicle to rally Democrats and force Republicans who oppose it into uncomfortable votes ahead of the midterms. For the legislation to pass Congress, 10 Republican senators would have to vote in favor. Democrats acknowledge they don’t have an answer for how that’s going to happen.
“If 10 Republicans stand between the American people being able to get access to affordable insulin, that’s a good question for 10 Republicans to answer,” said Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., a cosponsor of the House bill. “Republicans get diabetes, too. Republicans die from diabetes.”
Public opinion polls have consistently shown support across party lines for congressional action to limit drug costs.
But Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., complained the legislation is only “a small piece of a larger package around government price controls for prescription drugs.” Critics say the bill would raise premiums and fails to target pharmaceutical middlemen seen as contributing to high list prices for insulin.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Democrats could have a deal on prescription drugs if they drop their bid to authorize Medicare to negotiate prices. “Do Democrats really want to help seniors, or would they rather have the campaign issue?” Grassley said.
The insulin bill, which would take effect in 2023, represents just one provision of a much broader prescription drug package in President Joe Biden’s social and climate legislation.
In addition to a similar $35 cap on insulin, the Biden bill would authorize Medicare to negotiate prices for a range of drugs, including insulin. It would penalize drugmakers who raise prices faster than inflation and overhaul the Medicare prescription drug benefit to limit out-of-pocket costs for enrollees.
Biden’s agenda passed the House only to stall in the Senate because Democrats could not reach consensus. Party leaders haven’t abandoned hope of getting the legislation moving again, and preserving its drug pricing curbs largely intact.
The idea of a $35 monthly cost cap for insulin actually has a bipartisan pedigree. The Trump administration had created a voluntary option for Medicare enrollees to get insulin for $35, and the Biden administration continued it.
In the Senate, Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire are working on a bipartisan insulin bill. Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has introduced legislation similar to the House bill, with the support of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
Stung by criticism that Biden’s economic policies spur inflation, Democrats are redoubling efforts to show how they’d help people cope with costs. On Thursday,the Commerce Department reported a key inflation gauge jumped 6.4% in February compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year rise since January 1982.
But experts say the House bill would not help uninsured people, who face the highest out-of-pocket costs for insulin. Also, people with diabetes often take other medications as well as insulin. That’s done to treat the diabetes itself, along with other serious health conditions often associated with the disease. The House legislation would not help with those costs, either. Collins says she’s looking for a way to help uninsured people through her bill.
About 37 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million to 7 million use insulin to keep their blood sugars under control.It’s an old drug, refined and improved over the years, that has seen relentless price increases.
Steep list prices don’t reflect the rates insurance plans negotiate with manufacturers. But those list prices are used to calculate cost-sharing amounts that patients owe. Patients who can’t afford their insulin reduce or skip doses, a strategy born of desperation, which can lead to serious complications and even death.
Economist Sherry Glied of New York University said the market for insulin is a “total disaster” for many patients, particularly those with skimpy insurance plans or no insurance.
“This will make private insurance for people with diabetes a much more attractive proposition,” said Glied.
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Democrats have failed to produce a candidate for the state's U.S. House seat for the second consecutive election cycle.
Rep. Dusty Johnson however, will face a Republican primary challenger. The winner of the contest between Johnson and state Rep. Taffy Howard will likely represent South Dakota in the U.S. House. Although independents could still enter the general election race at a later date.
Democrat Ryan Ryder dropped out of the House race earlier this month when his tweets surfaced that contained several disturbing jokes about Republican politicians in South Dakota. Those tweets were sent before Ryder announced his congressional candidacy.
Box Elder Air Force veteran said the tweets were a poor attempt at sarcasm.
State Democratic Party chairman Randy Seiler says a number of candidates considered a run for the office, South Dakota Public Broadcasting reported.
“Ultimately, for a lot of different reasons, the decision was made that they elected not to run," he said. "We’re still hopeful. Our focus, now, will be on the U.S. Senate and the gubernatorial race.”
In the governor’s race, Democrat Jamie Smith, who’s minority leader of the state House, will face the primary election winner between Gov. Kristi Noem and former House Speaker Steve Haugaard.
In the U.S. Senate, several Republicans have shown interest in challenging Sen. John Thune in the primary, but no candidate has been certified. Brian Bengs is running for the seat as a Democrat.
The South Dakota primary election is June 7. The deadline for members of political parties to file nominating petitions was Tuesday. The deadline for independents is April 26.
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Ali Sethi is a well-known Pakistani singer and writer. He has contributed to the singing world with many songs like Ranjish Hi Sahi, Luddi Hai Jamalo, and many others. Apart from this he also loves to entertain his fans on social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, and others, by uploading videos or live streams.
In one of the singer’s past Instagram interactions, did you know that Ali once sang Indian singer Arijit Singh‘s Aayat from Bajirao Mastani? Also, he sweetly apologized to the singer for doing so? Here’s what happened.
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It so happens that a few months back, when Ali Sethi was holding an Instagram live session on his account he had called out a few account names from the Indian side that are among his fans. Calling out their user IDs, Ali claimed that he would be singing one of Arijit Singh’s songs Aayat from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s superhit Bajirao Mastani. Calling Arijit one of the most versatile and successful singers he talked about how effortlessly the singer gives life to his songs.
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While playing the harmonium, Ali Sethi said, “The sign of a great singer, as supposed to the sign of a very gifted singer or a good singer, the sign of a great singer is that they can make it effortlessly easy, and this is what Arijit Singh does with his song Aayat with which I am obsessed with, which I think is one of the most beautiful songs to emerge from the Indian movie scenes in the years. With apologies to Arijit Singh ha… well not like he cares but I’m sure.”
After this Ali starts singing the song, as he continued to interact with his fans. In a moment we also hear h say, “Jis andaz mai unhone Kiya hai issko, usko jaise kahte hai an, sau toop ki salami Deni chahiye, (The way he (Arijit) has done this, for that he should receive 100 topo ki salami (a phrase for grand salute)).
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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A new New York State law to crack down on illegal modification to mufflers or exhaust systems went into effect Friday. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the legislation into law on Oct. 29, 2021.
The new law penalizes drivers and repair shops for illegal modifications by increasing the maximum fine to $1,000. This increase raises the original fine by $850.
Vehicle repair shops making illegal modifications could also risk their businesses. Violation of the law three times within 18 months can result in the loss of inspection and operating licenses.
“Every New Yorker deserves to feel safe and comfortable in their community, and that includes cracking down on excessively noisy vehicles on our streets,” said Hochul. “This legislation deters drivers from installing illegal vehicle equipment that results in dangerous noise levels that can contribute to hearing loss and increased emissions.”
To pass inspection, cars will need to have a non-modified exhaust system. Motorcycles are also covered under the law and will have to be inspected for illegal exhausts.
“This is a quality of life and public safety issue that plagues our community for no logical reason other than to simply make noise. Now that the SLEEP Act has been signed into law, we can remove these loud and polluting vehicles from our streets once and for all,” said Senator Andrew Gounardes.
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INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man was charged with three separate counts of animal cruelty after police found a deceased dog and two other dogs that appeared to be severely underfed at his home.
On February 18, Indianapolis Animal Care Services (IACS) sent an officer to a home in the 3300 block of N. Sherman Drive to investigate a report of neglected animals with no food or water.
According to court documents, the officer found two pit bull mix puppies in an enclosed patio area that had no heating source and was not weather-proof. The officer said the temperature at the time of his visit was 15 degrees.
The officer thought one of the puppies was dead at first until it lifted its head and “made a vocal sound.”
When assessed later, both dogs were given a 2 rating on the Purina Body Condition System: “Ribs, lumbar vertebrae and pelvic bones easily visible. No palpable fat. Some evidence of other bony prominence. Minimal loss of muscle mass.”
A third dog was located in the back yard. Police said it was a deceased pit bull mix with a “heavy tow-chain and a wire connected to a choke chain” around its neck. An IACS sergeant later weighed the chain when it was removed from the dog’s neck. According to that sergeant, the chain weighed 12.5 pounds.
There was also no food or water nearby and no straw or bedding inside a wooden doghouse.
At least one dog was heard from inside the home, but officers were not able to access it.
All three dogs were confiscated and taken to the IACS building.
A probable cause affidavit shows a man identified as James Campbell left a message at IACS, claiming the dogs were his, and he didn’t realize how cold it was when he left them outside to go the grocery store.
IACS stopped by Campbell’s home again on February 19 to check on the welfare of the inside dog. The officer said she observed one dog inside of a wire crate with no bottom. A second dog was inside the residence, but Campbell said it belonged to his brother.
Campbell agreed to surrender the two puppies taken from his home. He told police the other dog had died while he was at the grocery store.
IACS had been to Campbell’s home at least twice before: on January 22, 2022 and July 1, 2020.
In the July 2020 visit, a dog was tied to a tree in the backyard. It had only six inches of movement before it would risk choking itself with a chain. That dog was the one that was found dead during the Feb. 18, 2022 visit.
During the January 2022 visit, a dog was found in the back yard inside a wire crate with no bottom and no available food or water. Another dog was found with a short chain around its neck. It’s unclear if either dog was the one who died in February.
During both of the previous visits, Campbell was told to give the dogs the proper amount (12 feet) of tethering, food, water and shelter.
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Together Energy asked Warrington Council for funds before collapse
By Kaleigh Watterson
Cheshire political reporter
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An energy firm which was part-owned by a council sought extra funding from the authority in the months before it collapsed, a new report has revealed.
Together Energy, which was 50% owned by Warrington Borough Council, ceased trading in January.
The company asked the authority for funding in September and December, but both times the council refused.
The report by administrators FRP Advisory also said the council should recoup its full loans to the company.
The report said the Labour-run authority was owed £18.8m at the time of FRP Advisory's appointment and the council "should have its outstanding debt paid in full".
However, it said any payment was subject to the final determination of ownership of some of the firm's assets.
Loss of £52m 'inaccurate'
Warrington Borough Council bought a 50% stake in Together Energy for £18m in 2019.
The firm, which had 175,000 customers, was profitable in the year to 31 October 2020, but due to the rising costs of energy, it began to struggle and its expected losses by October 2022 rose from £43m to £181m in December 2021.
The administrators said while the council had "previously indicated a willingness to increase their investment", the authority decided in September 2021 it was "unable to offer the further funding required due to the risk profile of any further investment".
Opposition councillors had called for transparency over the council's dealings weeks before the company delayed paying a £12.4m payment to Ofgem at the end of October 2021.
The following month, it sought new investment or a sale, but more than 10 potential buyers withdrew following the increase in energy prices.
The firm approached the council again on 29 December, but the authority "reconfirmed" it would not provide further support "against the uncertain market backdrop", the administrators said.
It ceased trading in January, with its customers moved to British Gas on 23 January, and administrators were appointed in February.
Council leader Russ Bowden the report showed the authority was "expected to get back all of its loans" and would not have to fund "the guarantee with our energy wholesaler", estimated to be about £29m.
He added that while it was not currently possible to say how much the council will "ultimately receive back, we know with certainty that previous speculation about the council facing a loss of £52m is inaccurate".
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Animal cruelty: Former PSNI officer sentenced over dog attacks
By Maria McCann
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A former police officer sacked after pleading guilty to animal cruelty has been told by a judge he narrowly missed serving a custodial sentence.
John Fleming has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years and must serve 200 hours of community service.
He pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to his German Shepherd Akita cross-type dog, Ko, and Staffy crossbreed, Alfie.
The incident happened on a country road in Eglinton on 30 January 2021.
A witness's dashcam footage recorded part of the incident in County Londonderry and it was shown to the court.
A prosecuting lawyer said a witness saw that Fleming's dog had "grabbed a Springer Spaniel by the back and was shaking it".
'Slammed onto road'
The court was told that Fleming, whose address was given as c/o Edwards & Co solicitors on Hill Street in Belfast, then kicked his "cowering" German Shepherd a number of times before also picking up his Staffy and slamming it on to the road.
Mr Fleming's dogs Ko, Alfie and another were taken from him following a report to animal welfare officers.
A defence lawyer told Coleraine Magistrates' Court, which was sitting in Ballymena, that Fleming was sacked from his role as a police constable earlier this week as a direct result of the proceedings.
He said his client was a man in his 30s with bright prospects and that appearing in front of the judge was a "penalty in and of itself".
District Judge Peter King said thankfully the animals survived the mistreatment but that "the custody threshold was well and truly crossed".
He said Fleming's guilty plea saved him from immediate custody and ordered him to serve 200 hours of community service.
'Very narrow decision'
Judge King added that sending Fleming to prison "may send a strong message to the community at large that this behaviour will not and could not be accepted", but that jailing him would not be a "fair disposal".
He said it was a "very narrow decision" as to whether Fleming went to custody or not and saw the community service as a direct alternative to three months behind bars.
Supt Claire McGuigan, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's professional standards department, said: "Following information we received about an officer we launched a gross misconduct investigation into this matter.
"The investigation is now concluded and the officer has been dismissed.
"We welcome today's result.
"The former officer's behaviour and conduct fell far short of what the Police Service of Northern Ireland expects, and I hope today's outcome reassures the public that no-one is above the law."
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Reindeer, nature and sub-zero temperatures. The Sámi are Europe’s last indigenous people. Euromaxx reporter Diana Piñeros immerses herself in the Sámi culture in Sweden above the Arctic Circle.
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Oil prices fell this week as the United States and international partners took steps to meet global oil demand.
Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Des Moines, IA metro area using data from AAA. Gas prices are current as of March 31. State gas tax data is from World Population Review. Three states—Connecticut, Georgia, and Maryland—temporarily suspended gas taxes to defray costs for consumers while prices are up.
The Biden administration announced March 31 that it will order the release of an unprecedented 1 million barrels of oil each day for six months from the country’s strategic petroleum supply to lower gas prices.
In an effort to incentivize domestic oil companies to increase production, the White House called on Congress to approve “use-it-or-lose-it” fees. Companies on leased wells or public land that haven’t been used for production in years will be forced to pay fees under the proposed policy.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies met March 31 and confirmed a 432,000-barrels-per-day increase in oil production beginning in May.
Des Moines by the numbers
- Current price: $3.88
- Iowa average: $3.89
- Iowa gas tax: $0.30 per gallon (#21 highest among all states)
- Week change: +$0.08 (+2.2%)
- Year change: +$1.09 (+39.1%)
- Historical expensive gas price: $4.05 (7/16/08)
Metros with the most expensive gas
- San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles, CA: $6.06
- Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA: $6.04
- Ventura, CA: $6.02
Metros with the least expensive gas
- Amarillo, TX: $3.56
- Joplin, MO: $3.61
- Lawton, OK: $3.62
States with the highest gas tax per gallon
- Pennsylvania: $0.59
- California: $0.53
- Washington: $0.52
States with the lowest gas tax per gallon
- Alaska: $0.0895
- Hawaii: $0.16
- Virginia: $0.162
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, training, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants, a new RAND report said Thursday.
The report requested by the Pentagon reflects criticism of the military’s airstrike campaign that, according to some estimates, killed more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa, as the U.S.-led coalition worked to destroy the Islamic State caliphate that wrested control of large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the report, which lays out a series of recommendations to improve military procedures and strategy, will be used as the department develops its own broader plan to reduce civlian harm.
“No other military works as hard as we do to mitigate civilian harm, and yet we still cause it,” said Kirby. ”We’re going to continue to try to learn from past issues.”
RAND concluded that the battle for Raqqa provided important lessons.
Michael McNerney, lead author of the RAND report, called Raqqa “a cautionary tale about civilian harm in urban combat.” He said it “should serve as an extra incentive to the DoD to strengthen its policies and procedures to mitigate, document and respond to civilian harm.”
The RAND report noted that there has been a wide range of estimated civilian casualties during the seige, but also said it believes that 60%-80% of Raqqa was left uninhabitable by the time the city was liberated in October 2017.
Initially the U.S.-led coalition estimted that it was responsible for 38 incidents involving 240 civilian casualties — including 178 who were killed. A consortium of local Syrian and international groups, including Amnesty International and Airwars, put the number of casualties at a “high estimate” of 1,600, but said that about 774 of them could specifically be “verified” by data as the result of coalition action.
The report makes it clear that several thousand more civilians likely died, based on the number of bodies uncovered by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, but many were probably killed by IS or other fighters on the ground.
“Our report focuses on U.S. actions in Raqqa, but the actions of the Syrian government and its Russian and Iranian partners undoubtedly contributed far more to civilian harm and suffering in Syria overall,” McNerney said.
The report noted that the challenges in Raqqa were compounded by limits on the number U.S. troops that could be there, as well as where they could be positioned. U.S. troops on the ground could have provided better targeting and civilian information, including on Islamic State militants’ efforts to use civilians as human shields, the report said.
RAND recommended that the U.S. military provide more extensive training and guidance on the need to avoid civilian harm, and plan and execute operations in ways to achieve those goals. Changes could include improved planning, better assessments of potential collateral damage, increased mission rehearsals, improved intelligence gathering, and more selective use of air strikes and munitions that minimize bomb fragmentation.
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Dog which fatally attacked boy in Egdon was a Rottweiler
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A dog which fatally attacked a two-year-old at his home was a Rottweiler, police have confirmed.
The boy, who has not been named, died in hospital on Wednesday after being attacked at an address in Egdon, Worcestershire, on Monday.
West Mercia Police has removed three Rottweiler dogs from the property, but could not confirm how many were involved in the attack.
They are currently being securely housed, the force added.
The boy suffered a cardiac arrest after the attack and was taken to hospital for treatment - first at Worcestershire Royal Hospital and then at Birmingham Children's Hospital, where he died.
Supt Rebecca Love said it was "a truly tragic incident".
The boy's family have asked that their privacy is respected at this extremely difficult time, police said.
Rottweilers are not included on the list of banned breeds.
The death follows a spate of dog attacks, including two other fatal incidents in March.
Seventeen-month-old Bella-Rae Birch died after being mauled by her family's pet dog in St Helens and Kyra Leanne King, who was three months old, died after a dog attack at a Lincolnshire beauty spot.
Two children and a woman were also injured in a dog attack in Cannock, Staffordshire, on 26 March.
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DETROIT (AP) — In the long debate over whether Black Americans should be granted reparations for the atrocity and injustices of slavery and racism, California took a big step this week toward becoming the first U.S. state to make some form of restitution a reality.
The state’s reparations task force tackled the divisive issue of which Black residents should be eligible — it narrowly decided in favor of limiting compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century.
Whether Tuesday’s vote by the task force spurs other states and cities to advance their own proposals, and whether they adopt California’s still controversial standard for who would benefit, remains to be seen. Some veteran reparations advocates disagree strongly with proposals to limiting eligibility to only Black people who can prove they have enslaved ancestors, while excluding those who cannot and leaving out victims of other historic injustices, such as redlining and mass incarceration.
Still, one advocate noted California’s move is a step that could lend momentum to stalled reparation proposals elsewhere in the U.S.
“It’s precipitated a debate and it will influence communities,” said Ron Daniels, president of The Institute of the Black World 21st Century and administrator of the National African American Reparations Commission, an advocacy group of scholars and activists.
As to whether others will adopt the same approach to eligibility, Daniels said: “That’s to be decided. … We think that ultimately a more expansive definition will prevail.”
The commission headed by Daniels has taken a position that limiting reparations to slave descendants, or to Americans whose ancestors were free Blacks living during the time of slavery, ignores the effects of racism that persisted for more than a century after emancipation.
“There are always going to be criteria” for reparations, Daniels said. “The problem is the harms have been so gross that almost no Black person is not eligible in some form or another.”
Although there is still debate among historians about when exactly the practice began, chattel slavery in what would become the U.S. dates back to 1619 when about 20 enslaved Africans were brought to Jamestown, Virginia — then a British colony. Over the next two centuries, more than 300,000 men, women and children were forcibly taken from Africa to work on plantations in southern colonies and later the Southern states, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and maintained by Rice University.
Slavery in the U.S. officially ended in 1865 with the ratification of the 13th Amendment. Union Army General William Sherman promised compensation to freed slaves in the form of land and mules to farm it — hence the phrase “40 acres and a mule” — after the North’s victory over the South in the Civil War. But President Andrew Johnson took away the offer.
More than 120 years later, then-Rep. John Conyers, a Detroit Democrat, first introduced H.R. 40, a bill that would create a federal commission to study reparations and make proposals. Conyers reintroduced it in every congressional session until he resigned in 2017. As a candidate, President Joe Biden said he supported creating the commission, but has yet to formally back it as commander-in-chief. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, is currently the lead sponsor of the House bill.
Getting governmental leaders to openly consider slavery reparations has been daunting and taken decades. But progress has been made at both the state and local levels, particularly since the national reckoning on racial injustice that was sparked after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
In Michigan, legislative proposals submitted earlier this year in the House of Representatives call for $1.5 billion in federal dollars to be placed in a racial equity and reparations fund within the state’s treasury. The funds would be issued to various state departments and agencies to provide grants, loans and other economic assistance for businesses and economic developments that promote the Black community.
The bills have yet to receive a hearing in the House.
Last year, Evanston, Illinois, — the first U.S. city to find a source of funding for reparations — began giving eligible Black residents $25,000 housing grants for down payments, repairs or existing mortgages. The program is meant to atone for the history of racial redlining and housing discrimination. Recipients were selected randomly from among the applicants, Black residents who lived in the city between 1919 and 1969.
And in Providence, Rhode Island, the mayor announced a city commission on reparations in February that will look to atone for the city’s role in slavery and systemic racism, as well as the mistreatment of Native Americans.
For Anita Belle, a grassroots activist in Detroit, where residents in the mostly Black city voted in November to create a city reparations commission, getting to this point in the pursuit of reparations is cause for celebration. But what happens next is worrisome, especially when it comes to who gets what and how much, she said.
“I am happy for all of us who have been doing the groundwork for all these years,” said Belle, founder of the Reparations Labor Union. “We are somewhat afraid that these people who have jumped on the bandwagon are actually there to sabotage it and make reparations $12.62, if that. There will be those saboteurs — people who look like us, but have hidden agendas.”
“You have some of that fear in California where the scope for reparations was narrowed to the people who can prove they were enslaved,” she added. “The people of California will be like ‘why am I paying reparations for someone who was enslaved in Mississippi?’”
In California, the task force is taking the next step with economists to determine the cost of compensating more than 2 million Black residents, although all of them would not be eligible. Following slavery abolition, Black migration to California happened primarily in the immediate decades after World War II, with newly arrived African Americans settling in cities like Oakland, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The Black population there rose from just under a half-million residents, or 4.4% of the population, in 1950 to 1.4 million residents, or 7% of the population, by 1970. Decades later, the 2020 census recorded 2.1 million Black residents in California, or about 5.3% of the state’s population.
While proposals and who would be eligible appear to vary, they still are types of reparations, according to Rashawn Ray, senior fellow of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
“California chose to focus on enslavement of Black people,” Ray said. “In Evanston, it’s redlining and housing segregation. Both are issues that need restitution to them based on what the wrong is.”
But, Ray added, “Federal reparations — without a doubt and hands-down — that’s what we need. What is happening in California should be happening in Congress.”
As a former alderman for the city of Evanston, Illinois, and a longtime reparations advocate, Robin Rue Simmons said reaching consensus on eligibility can be tough because policymakers should be as expansive and inclusive as possible, while also identifying specific harms that they’re seeking to address.
The big step taken by California could help spur action on reparations proposals in other cities and states, Simmons said, and perhaps add pressure for the federal government to act, which she sees as critical.
She doesn’t expect California’s lineage-based eligibility standard to become the norm.
“I don’t think any community should think that another has figured it out for them,” Simmons said, “because every community is going to have their own priorities and their specific history.”
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Bynum reported from Savannah, Ga. AP writers Janie Har in San Francisco and Michael Schneider in Orlando contributed to this story.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin man’s evening bike ride almost turned deadly, as shown in a video of a car hitting the cyclist in front of witnesses and then speeding off.
The video captured by a bystander shows cyclist Nick Gardiner riding in the street when a car appearing to change lanes hits him and drives off. He said it happened a little before 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Austin Police said the incident occurred near the 700 block of W. Riverside Drive.
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO BELOW
You can see Gardiner roll over almost three times after impact before he makes his way to the sidewalk and collapses on a grassy area.
In the video, bystanders run by to attend to the cyclist and make sure he is OK. The hit and run was captured on camera by Scott Thigpen, who can be seen calling 911 in the video.
Gardiner said the driver was “harassing” him for about half a mile. He said at one point, the driver was rolling down his window to yell at Gardiner.
“It was a clear-cut case of road rage,” he said. “No reasonable person would do that.”
Gardiner told KXAN he filed a police report with the Austin Police Department in hopes of finding the driver. He described the car as a white coupe and guesses it is an early 2000s model of a Honda Accord.
Austin Police said the case is being investigated as aggravated assault with a motor vehicle.
The cyclist said he does not have any broken bones but has other injuries, including a severe rash from impact with the road, a golf ball-sized lump on his knee, bruising on his palm and other cuts.
“I got lucky. If it went any other way, I don’t think I’d be talking to you right now,” he said.
According to Texas bicycle laws, all bicyclists must ride alongside streets and roadways, as opposed to sidewalks, when a designated bike line is unavailable.
“It’s not going to stop me from cycling. It’s just going to stop me from cycling on the roads here. I think I’m gonna be trying to go somewhere where cars can’t be, and I think that’s the responsibility of the City of Austin to maintain that,” Gardiner said. “To provide us with an opportunity to not get murdered.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuilder stocks have lagged far behind the broader market during Wall Street’s swoon this year, weighed down by fears that rising mortgage rates could severely dampen sales.
Yet some Wall Street analysts say the selling may be overdone.
One prominent exchange traded fund, the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF, is down about 26% this year, and many of the biggest homebuilders are down even more. Meanwhile, the benchmark S&P 500 is down just 5%.
The swift rise in mortgage rates this year has spooked investors already worried about the highest inflation in decades.
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose this week to 4.67%, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. A year ago, it stood at 3.18%.
Higher loan rates make it even harder for would-be buyers, especially after the sharp run-up in home prices over the past few years.
Recent data suggest the spike in rates has taken a bite out of new U.S. home sales, which slipped 2% in February from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 772,000 homes. It was the second monthly decline. Sales were down 6.2% from a year ago.
Even so, some Wall Street analysts remain bullish on builder stocks.
In a research note this week, analysts at Bank of America Securities said homebuilder valuations are now trading at the low end of the historical range, making the stocks attractive. They also argue that the spike in mortgage rates is already accounted for by investors.
While higher rates make homes less affordable, rising rents and a tight supply of homes for sale should continue to stoke demand for homeownership.
“Simply put, there is a shortage of shelter and the cost to own is still relatively attractive versus renting in the fastest growing U.S. markets,” the analysts wrote.
In a separate note last month, Wedbush analyst Jay McCanless flagged the slide in homebuilder stocks, saying it appears “overdone.”
He noted that during the last rate spike in 2018, housing demand slowed, but recovered by early 2019.
For now, homebuilders can offer buyers incentives to offset some of the cost of higher mortgage rates.
“To date, we haven’t seen widespread evidence of any of those actions occurring,” McCanless wrote.
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BDA invites bids for PRR project
Bengaluru April 01, 2022 23:43 ISTThe Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has finally invited bids for the construction of the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR), a project that was mooted over 15 years ago. A notice issued by the BDA stated that the 74 km PRR will have eight lanes with service roads and a width of 100 metres.
By connecting Tumakuru Road with Hosur Road, it is expected to ease congestion on Outer Ring Road and other thoroughfares. Construction will include flyovers, underpasses, railway over bridges, transport zones, minor and major bridges and green corridors. The PPP project will be taken up along the lines of the design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) model.
Around 2,560 acres of land are required for the project which will be borne by the private investor. Pre-bid meetings will be held on April 18, 2022, and the last date for submission of bids is May 18, 2022.
Though the project was proposed over 15 years ago, consecutive governments failed to implement it for various reasons including land acquisition. Farmers and other owners have been demanding that the State government pay them the market price. In the past several protests were held demanding fair compensation for their properties.
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NORTHEAST HARBOR — After a two-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Sea of Blue Autism Awareness Walk/5K will be back up and running on April 30.
The race, which begins and ends at The Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor, raises funds for autism awareness in the community. More than $30,000 has been raised over the years for agencies such as the Autism Society of Maine, Downeast Horizons and Special Children’s Friends.
In 2020, after it was clear that the race could not be run due to pandemic restrictions, Sea of Blue donated the funds it had on hand to autism-related causes.
Registration fees have been reduced this year, said organizers, to ease any financial burden for runners.
Pre-registration is now available, and the first 100 registrants will get a free t-shirt. Walkers begin at 9:30 a.m. and runners at 10.
“We are not looking to set records this year,” said Susan Heel, who organizes the event with her son Christopher. “We know people are rusty and maybe a little sluggish after the last two COVID years, so this is a low-pressure race.”
To register, visit www.seaofblueautism.com/p/blog-page_21.html to download the form. For more information, call (207) 266-0511 or email [email protected].
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Ricans will vote Sunday for a new president amid widespread apathy, an unending string of controversies between the candidates and no clear favorite.
Ex-President José María Figueres and Rodrigo Chaves, a former treasury minister for the outgoing administration of Carlos Alvarado, topped a first round of voting in February, but neither drew near the 40% required to avoid Sunday’s runoff.
For many Costa Ricans it will be a matter of holding their noses and choosing the less offensive candidate.
Eduardo Molina, a 41-year-old shop owner, said he still had not made up his mind between Chaves and Figueroa.
“It’s really difficult, honestly, I don’t like either of the candidates, but you have to vote because it decides the future of the country,” Molina said.
Figueres, of the National Liberation Party, led the first round of voting with 27.8% of the vote. He governed Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998 and his father was three-time president José Figueres Ferrer, probably the country’s most important political figure of the last century.
The younger Figueres has been questioned over a $900,000 consulting fee he received after his presidency from the telecommunication company Alcatel while it competed for a contract with the national electricity company. He was never charged with any crime and denied any wrongdoing.
But the scandal has been fodder for Chaves’ campaign. Figueres spent more than a decade outside Costa Rica while the accusations flew. More recently, electoral authorities are investigating the source of funds for a trip Figueres took to the Dominican Republic on a private jet to visit President Luis Abinader.
Chaves, representing the Social Democratic Progress Party, has been the election’s big surprise. He seemed to shake off the negative effects of having briefly served in the administration of Alvarado, whose Citizen Action Party was so unpopular that the first round of voting left it without a representative in Congress. But he has his own baggage.
While working at the World Bank he was accused of sexual harassment, eventually demoted and then barred from the office. He has denied the accusations and insists he was absolved, but that does not appear to be the case. He was sanctioned by the bank and resigned shortly thereafter. Figueres’ campaign has returned to the alleged inappropriate behavior repeatedly.
Costa Rican electoral authorities are also investigating allegations Chaves’ party ran an illegal parallel financing structure for his campaign.
According to the most recent poll from the University of Costa Rica’s Center for Political Research and Studies, Chaves had the support of 41.4% of decided voters and Figueres 38%, within the margin of error of 3.1 percentage points. The poll was conducted between March 24 and 28.
Ronald Alfaro, political scientist coordinator of the center’s poll, said both candidates had image problems with a large portion of the electorate. One-third of decided voters indicated that they would not vote for a candidate they liked most, but against the candidate they liked the least, he said.
In runoffs, the margin between candidates in the final results is often wider, but will depend on the 18% of voters who remained undecided, Alfaro said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has eased in Costa Rica since the first round of voting. Still, due to the general apathy and high negatives of the two candidates, experts predict an even higher percentage of eligible voters could stay home than the 40% who did the first time.
Xinia Badilla, a 35-year-old homemaker, said she will vote, but was embarrassed to say who she would choose because both candidates are viewed so poorly.
“They have made a very ugly campaign, only attacks and no proposals,” Badilla said. “I already have my candidate; he’s not the one I would like, but the other seems even worse. So the truth is it’s hard for someone to go around saying for whom they’ll vote or not.”
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Tom Hanks will help launch a new era of Cleveland baseball.
The Oscar-winning actor will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Guardians' home opener against the San Francisco Giants on April 15. It will be Cleveland's first home game since dropping Indians, the team's name since 1915.
Hanks, who famously said “There is no crying in baseball” while portraying the manager of an all-female team in “A League of Their Own,” has backed Cleveland's major league team since the late 1970s, when he was an intern in the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival before going to Hollywood.
"I’ve had Guardians fever since 1977 when I caught my first game in Section 19 of Cleveland’s Lakefront Municipal Stadium,” Hanks said. “I’m honored to return to Cleveland and Progressive Field for the first home game of the Cleveland Guardians era.”
When the team made its name change in July, Hanks was the narrator for a video to announce the switch to Guardians.
Hanks won consecutive Academy Awards for best actor for roles in “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump.”
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'It saved me:' Code purple ends in Asheville. What comes next for shelter residents?
ASHEVILLE - In the last three months, the Fellowship Hall has been transformed.
The church basement of Trinity United Methodist Church in West Asheville has served as a temporary home for dozens since January. There are mattresses on the floor in neatly delineated sleeping spaces and belongings heaped in duffels and trash bags.
There's artwork on the walls, a crate in the corner with a sleeping dog named Bear, and a ring of people holding hands — saying a prayer together over a communal hot dinner for the last time.
March 31 marked the final day of Code Purple, an emergency shelter option called when temperatures are expected to drop below 32 degrees. With city shelter options limited, and barriers to entry for some, these high-access beds were often the only sanctuary for those desperate to get out of the cold.
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For the last several weeks, both ABCCM's Costello House and Trinity United Methodist Church have opened nightly, not just when temperatures dipped.
On April 1, shelter residents will leave for the last time this season.
For some, transitional housing is on the horizon. For others, there is a spare bedroom in a friend's house, shelter space, detox programs or adult assisted living.
But for many, the end of emergency shelter in Asheville means they are back on the street, struggling to find camping space or somewhere to lay a sleeping bag.
Dustin Mailman, associate pastor at Trinity, said church staff and volunteers have connected a majority of their shelter residents to transitional housing, shelters or programs, but by the morning, he anticipated about five people would be looking for a place to pitch a tent.
“I’m feeling pretty devastated,” Mailman said March 31. It's been an incredible experience, he added, creating community and family, but looking ahead, "there's a lot of unknowns."
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“It’s just clear the kind of gap we were filling, and I’m just overwhelmingly reminded today as folks are having to leave."
With capacity for about 20 people, the church's Fellowship Hall served as shelter for "the most vulnerable members of an already marginalized community," those facing barriers to entry elsewhere — including couples, transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, and people with service dogs and pets.
City staff anticipate a rise in the numbers of unsheltered individuals in January's Point in Time count, data that will be released in late April.
The 2021 Point in Time count identified 527 people experiencing homelessness in Asheville, 116 of which were unsheltered.
Nationally, the Asheville metropolitan area's cost of living is 106% of the average, according to the Council for Community and Economic Research data, but with wages that are 84% the national average.
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"They're angels in our life. A new family," said Khristie Glenn, 39, who had been staying at the shelter with her fiancé, Jeffery Glenn, 50, for about a month.
They were unable to stay at ABCCM's Costello House as a couple, and found their way to Trinity.
“Ever since I’ve been here," she said, "I’ve felt more at ease.”
But the Glenns were unable to secure a solution before Code Purple's deadline, and said Mailman is helping them get a tent. They will be camping again, she said. Khristie is pregnant with twins, and due in five months.
'Lifesaving'
Emily Ball, the city's homeless services system performance lead, said ultimately, Code Purple ending will decrease shelter capacity in the city, a shift exacerbated by the East Asheville Ramada Inn's closure that same day.
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Tim McElyea, director of homeless services at ABCCM, said this follows the usual trends — unsheltered homelessness tends to increase in warmer months, as emergency shelter options end and the city sees an increase in its transient unhoused population.
A 50-bed facility, ABCCM's Costello House averaged about 35 people a night in March, with highs in January averaging 37, but reaching capacity on several nights. On the coldest days, and the larger snow events, the shelter hit capacity.
"It's definitely lifesaving," McElyea said of Code Purple, which he called a "necessary and vital" service.
The third and final Code Purple emergency shelter this year was run by the Salvation Army, offering about eight beds for women and children. Though Trinity and ABCCM transitioned to the winter shelter model, Salvation Army continued to offer shelter only on nights Code Purple was called.
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Evelyne Ball, social service director with The Salvation Army of Buncombe County, said the season ends March 31 for them, as well.
She said the shelter served around eight women a night, and hopes "energy moves forward and continues to the next (Code Purple) season."
The last several months went well, she said, and allowed Salvation Army to offer several women shelter in its permanent program.
Trinity was a new Code Purple option this year, and officially joined the effort Jan. 4.
But Trinity's entrance into the Code Purple scene first came in November, when Code Purple nights were being called with no shelter options available.
Trinity and other community partners rallied and offered six nights of temporary emergency shelter during the week of Thanksgiving.
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The way forward
Melanie Robertson, one of Trinity's organizers, said it was more than a shelter. They became a family.
"It's quite an emotional day," Robertson said. "It has been all week ... the joy is that we’ve been able to help folks find the next step, help folks get where they're going. It’s not just goodbye."
She said they plan on resuming community meals May 4, and will continue monthly meetings of the Winter Shelter Steering Committee, a group dedicated to addressing homelessness in Asheville.
"It saved me," said Hannah Burnett, who has been staying at Trinity for about three weeks with her husband and 2-year-old daughter. As a married couple with a child, she said it's nearly impossible to find a shelter that accepts families without splitting them up.
Burnett is in recovery, and said Trinity connected her with resources, community and support groups to aid with sobriety.
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She and her husband have found work, and are headed to the Salvation Army, where Burnett and her daughter will stay together in a family room, with her husband in the men's unit.
Even being in the same building, she said, is a relief. There she hopes for them to get back on their feet and find a place to rent.
'She's got me'
Tonya Clark, 36, and Alecia Dalton, 32, haven't been quite as lucky.
They've only been at Trinity two nights, and are going to be camping again come April 1.
It's Clark's third time finding herself without shelter, but it's only Dalton's first.
"She was scared," Clark said, "until I said, it's OK. She's got me."
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Jeffery Glenn, sitting across the table, reached over. "Now you've got us," he said.
Clark wished that a shelter like Trinity had funds to stay open year-round, and said housing is nearly impossible to navigate, and an eviction put her back on the street.
It was a need that Mailman echoed — a year-round shelter for those with pets, families and women. Somewhere people can stay long enough to find a sense of stability, and take the next step.
ABCCM kicks off 'recovery living program'
Though Costello House's winter shelter offering ends this week, McElyea said it's not the end for the shelter's supportive services.
ABCCM is kicking-off a new "recovery living program" in the Costello House, he said, a transitional housing program with capacity for about 40 to 50 individuals, targeting civilian men.
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ABCCM already operates up to 100 beds of transitional housing for homeless women, mothers with children and veterans in its Transformation Village.
It also offers transitional and permanent supportive housing for veterans through its Veterans Restoration Quarters.
He expects this new program will have overlap with many of the individuals currently supported by Code Purple, and said ABCCM is in the process of identifying participants.
“If you’re willing to meet us halfway, we’re definitely going to be in it with you together," McElyea said. “We want to give them a safe and impactful program there that they can fall back to, and support their recovery while helping them reintegrate back into society."
Sarah Honosky is the city government reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA TODAY Network. News Tips? Email shonosky@citizentimes.com or message on Twitter at @slhonosky.
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U.S. to end COVID order blocking asylum seekers at border with Mexico
By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - The United States will end a sweeping, pandemic-related expulsion policy that has effectively closed down the U.S. asylum system at the border with Mexico, U.S. health officials said on Friday, arguing it was no longer needed to protect public health.
The Title 42 order will remain in effect until May 23 to allow border officials time to prepare for its termination and to ramp up COVID-19 vaccines for arriving migrants, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a 30-page order.
"After considering current public health conditions and an increased availability of tools to fight COVID-19 (such as highly effective vaccines and therapeutics), the CDC Director has determined that an Order suspending the right to introduce migrants into the United States is no longer necessary," the CDC said in a separate statement.
The order was originally issued in March 2020 as countries around the world shuttered their borders amid COVID-19 fears and more than a million migrants and asylum seekers have been rapidly expelled under the policy since then.
The formal announcement comes after Reuters and other news outlets reported details of the plan on Wednesday.
U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, kept Title 42 in place after taking office in January 2021 despite fierce criticism from his own political party and campaign promises to reverse the restrictive immigration policies of his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump.
Leading Democrats, medical experts and the United Nations criticized Title 42, saying it expels migrants to dangerous places in Mexico, denies them their legal right to request asylum and that scientific evidence does not support its stated goal of limiting the spread of the virus.
Republicans have blasted Biden this week, saying lifting the pandemic restrictions would encourage more migrants to enter illegally at a time when border crossings are already breaking records.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials on a call with reporters on Friday said they are setting up additional temporary facilities at the border to handle more migrants and are coordinating efforts across various agencies.
DHS has also already redeployed more than 600 law enforcement officers to the border in anticipation of the changes.
"Nonetheless, we know that smugglers will spread misinformation to take advantage of vulnerable migrants," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. "Let me be clear: those unable to establish a legal basis to remain in the United States will be removed."
'WE CAN'T RETURN'
The Biden administration rolled out a major regulation last week that aims to speed up asylum processing and deportations at the U.S.-Mexico border and which is set to take effect in late May, close to when Title 42 is set to end.
At the same time the administration could "employ in much greater numbers" another Trump-era policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), said a DHS official on the call. The program makes asylum seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings. The Biden administration tried to end MPP but was compelled by a U.S. judge to reinstate it. Several migrants in a nearly 2,000-person encampment in Reynosa, Mexico, who have been waiting at the border for months, told Reuters on Thursday they were hopeful the order would be lifted so they could legally claim asylum in the United States.
Hilda Gonzalez, 34, a migrant from Guatemala, has spent eight months at Reynosa camp with her eight-year-old daughter and ten-year-old son.
"My plan is to stay here until we can seek asylum," said Gonzalez, who did not details about why she fled. "It's better to stay here, sleeping on the ground, than going back home. If we're here, it's because we can't return." (Reporting by Ted Hesson in Washington and Mica Rosenberg in New York; Additional reporting by Chris Gallagher in Washington, Kristina Cooke in San Francisco and Laura Gottesdiener in Reynosa, Mexico; Editing by Aurora Ellis)
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Many people are learning about aphasia for the first time since the announcement of Bruce Willis’s diagnosis.
It’s a brain disorder that affects people's ability to communicate.
There are different forms of aphasia that can also affect a person's cognitive ability.
Those who work with and advocate for people living with the disorder want you to know what it's like for them.
Darlene Williamson is a speech language pathologist and president of the National Aphasia Association.
“The first thing that people with aphasia want others to know is that I’m still me, I’m still in here. it's just the words that I’m having trouble accessing,” Williamson explained.
“Think of aphasia like being in a foreign country where you don't speak the language and you're being asked to understand what people are saying, respond, read and write and it's all very difficult for you if you don't speak the language,” she said.
Williamson says there are an estimated 2 million people living with the disorder.
“Even people with primary progressive aphasia, which is a deteriorating condition can benefit from expert treatment, medical treatment and speech language pathology to maintain their communication skills,” she said.
She says people with aphasia may learn new ways to communicate through pictures.
A strong family support system is also key.
“The primary tip is to always allow extra time to engage with the person and allow them time to process and come up with the language that they need to communicate their thoughts,” Williamson said.
Improving life quality is the greater goal for people living with aphasia.
Williamson says they like to work with the individual in their environment on the goals that are most important to them.
The National Aphasia Association has all resources on communication available on its website.
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Every year, thousands of guns sold at gun stores end up in communities illegally.
"You don’t really think where do these guns come from. You don’t think that" Rashandra Burnett said
It's a harsh reality that Burnett has lived with for 20 years.
In 2002, she was a college student in Ohio. A classmate asked her to go to a nearby gun store and make a purchase for him.
“Of course, my regular questions were, 'Why do you need to?' His response was more like because he already had one, he couldn’t necessarily get it," Burnett said
What Burnett's classmate didn’t tell her, and she later learned from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agents was that he, and a gun store owner, were sending illegal weapons to a street gang in New Jersey and he needed her to be a straw buyer.
A straw buyer is a person who buys guns on behalf of someone who can’t— for reasons like having a felony on their record.
“In the moment, it was like, I’m legal, I’m a citizen— not thinking like, they’re probably bad people trying to do bad things,” Burnett said.
Court records show that in two trips to the gun store, Burnett signed paperwork for a total of 40 firearms that her classmate paid cash for on the spot.
She later told federal agents she didn’t know she bought so many because her classmate handled them when they were picked up.
She says she felt uneasy about signing the form that said she was buying the guns for herself.
"Checked it, signed my life away, and handed him the note. And I went and sat in the car," Burnett said.
Burnett may have been a pawn, but to law enforcement, she is not a victim.
She pleaded guilty to two felonies for lying on the gun purchase form.
“It’s frequent, the person doesn’t think what they’re doing is wrong but they’re actually committing a felony," says David Booth, Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division of the ATF.
“It’s probably two or three times that," Booth added.
Federally, buying a gun for someone who can’t, carries a maximum 10-year sentence.
“I would think if people were to get five-to-eight years for this versus probation, I think that would actually help," Booth said.
Activist Chet Whye feels gun laws can punish the wrong people.
"They can’t buy because they’re felons or they have a record and then that forces them to go get people who aren’t in that situation and don’t have a record then you go and lock up the people who are vulnerable," Whye said.
ATF says they don’t keep official stats on the gender of straw purchasers, but the agency notes that, in many cases, women are recruited.
“These women exchange, for love, or a little bit of money will do this favor not knowing what the repercussions are to themselves and their community," Whye said.
Whye, who works with Operation Lipstick, a group that has worked with district attorney offices in cities like Boston and Philadelphia to educate women about straw purchasing so they aren't used in criminal efforts to get more illegal guns onto the streets.
“Just as women, unwittingly or not, are neighbors of the gun pipeline, they can be disruptors. And that's what we should be focused on, empowering women to disrupt this thing," Whye said.
There are other efforts to educate the public about the dangers of straw purchasing, like the National Shooting Sports Foundation's "Don't Lie for The Other Guy" Campaign.
Burnett received probation after pleading guilty to the charges she faced. She’s working toward her master's degree but must live with a felony on her record.
“Hindsight, looking back, you think about all these things like, I don't know how many lives, I have taken, essentially," Burnett said.
She hopes her story will stop others from taking a place along the pipeline of illegal guns in America.
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BERLIN (AP) — Russian officials said their demand for “unfriendly" countries to pay for natural gas in rubles does not mean supplies will be immediately interrupted.
Gas used for heating and electricity was still flowing from Russia to Europe on Friday.
“Payments on shipments in progress right now must be made not this very day, but somewhere in late April, or even early May,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
A day earlier, President Vladimir Putin said Russia would start accepting ruble payments Friday and gas supplies would be cut off if buyers don’t agree to the new conditions, including opening ruble accounts.
But a decree he signed says countries could pay foreign currency to Gazprombank, which would convert the money into rubles in a second account to pay for the gas. It gave Russian authorities and the bank 10 days to make arrangements.
Putin's measure applies to countries deemed “unfriendly” for imposing sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine, and European leaders have been weighing what the shift might mean.
Some experts say it could be an effort to prop up the ruble, which fell in value amid sanctions but has since bounced back, though the effect on the currency would be limited.
Putin's demand has jolted energy markets and raised fears it could be a prelude to an interruption of supplies to Europe, which is heavily dependent on Russian natural gas and would struggle with a sudden cutoff. But Russia also depends on oil and gas sales for much of its government revenue at a time its economy is under severe stress from Western sanctions.
The European Commission’s energy chief, Ditte Juul Jorgensen, tweeted Friday that the European Union was coordinating “to establish a common approach.”
German officials said contracts stipulate payment for gas in euros and dollars and that must continue.
“The German government is currently examining this decree to determine its concrete effects,” spokesman Wolfgang Buechner said Friday.
Officials wouldn’t be drawn further on what impact the Russian demands might have. Economy Ministry spokeswoman Beate Baron noted that Gazprombank has been given 10 days to explain the procedure, “and of course we will in turn look carefully at that.”
Meanwhile, the International Energy Agency says its members agreed Friday to release more oil from their emergency reserves in response to market turmoil caused by the war.
The Paris-based agency did not say how much would be released but that it would offer details next week. It comes a month after the IEA’s 31 members, which include the United States, said they would release 62.7 million barrels of oil to ease shortages.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday also ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months in a bid to control energy prices.
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LeBron James has played his last game of the 2021-22 NBA season. Or has he?
On Friday, April 1, the Lakers star tweeted that he's officially out for the remainder of the season, adding "see y'all in the fall." April 1, of course, is April Fools' Day, leaving many on social media wondering whether or not to believe King James.
I’m out for the season officially. 🤦🏾♂️. See y’all in the fall. 👑✌🏾
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 1, 2022
James has missed two straight games with an ankle sprain he suffered in the team's loss to the Pelicans on March 27. The Lakers have only six games remaining on their schedule so it wouldn't be a complete shock if he was ruled out for the rest of the season — James said after the game that his ankle felt "horrible," for what it's worth — but ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Thursday that James is "hopeful to test out his ankle sprain and try to make a return to the lineup" on Friday when the Lakers face the Pelicans once again.
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Not only that, but the timing of James' tweet raised some eyebrows, as many insiders were quick to point that out.
(It’s April 1st) https://t.co/YIKMhi180z
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 1, 2022
It's April Fools' Day, isn't it? https://t.co/Q3rP4XyKp8
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) April 1, 2022
Just remember that today is April fools day.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) April 1, 2022
The Lakers enter Friday's meeting with the Pelicans with a 31-45 record on the season, placing them 11th in the Western Conference. They have the same record as the Spurs in 10th, but with San Antonio owning the tiebreaker, Los Angeles will have to finish one game ahead to jump it in the standings and qualify for the Play-In Tournament. The Lakers trail the Pelicans in ninth place by two games, so a win on Friday would help them close the gap with New Orleans as well.
James has been impressive when healthy, leading the league with an average of 30.1 points per game to go along with 8.2 rebounds and 6.3 assists on 52.3 percent shooting from the field.
As of 1:30 p.m. ET on Friday, the Lakers have not yet submitted an injury report for their matchup with the Pelicans.
Lakers remaining schedule
According to Tankathon, the Lakers have the third-hardest remaining schedule in the league.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago and led to at least two killings, the Justice Department said Friday.
The soldiers — Demarcus Adams, 21; Jarius Brunson, 22; and Brandon Miller, 22 — were enlisted in the Army and stationed at Fort Campbell in Tennessee, where they would legally purchase guns from local dealers in Tennessee and Kentucky, prosecutors charged. The soldiers are accused of selling them to members of the Gangster Disciples street gang in the Pocket Town neighborhood on Chicago's south side, according to the 21-count indictment.
The indictment charges the group with conspiring to violate federal firearms laws, among other crimes. If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison.
The case is part of the Justice Department’s push to investigate and prosecute gun trafficking amid rising crime across the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has vowed to prioritize prosecutions of firearms traffickers and so-called “straw purchasers,” who legally purchase firearms to sell them to people who can’t legally poses guns, often in states with more restrictive gun laws.
“The Justice Department will spare no resources to hold accountable criminal gun traffickers,” Garland said at a news conference Friday. “There is no hiding place for those who flood our communities with illegal guns. It does not matter where you are, or how far away you are. If you illegally traffic guns, we and our law enforcement partners nationwide will find you.”
Prosecutors allege Miller would receive orders from members of the Gangster Disciples in Chicago for specific guns to purchase and he, Brunson and Adams would then buy them from dealers in Clarksville, Tennessee and Oak Grove, Kentucky, and give them to gang members, who paid through money transfer apps, including Zelle and CashApp. Miller also advertised that he had 1,000 rounds of ammunition available for sale, prosecutors say.
Authorities believe the trio provided over 90 illegally obtained firearms to the gang “to facilitate the on-going violent disputes between the Pocket Town Gangster Disciples and their rival gangs,” the Justice Department said.
Investigators believe one of the guns was used in a shooting at a party in Chicago last March that left one man dead, and seven others wounded. Another was used in a killing at a Chicago barbershop in January 2021, according to officials.
The nine others charged in the indictment are: Blaise Smith, 29; Rahaeem Johnson, 24; Bryant Larkin, 33; Corey Curtis, 26; Elijah Tillman, 24; Lazarus Greenwood, 23; Dwight Lowry, 41; and Dreshion Parks, 25, all of Chicago; along with Terrell Mitchell, 27, of Davenport, Iowa. Two people who were alleged to be part of the conspiracy were killed “as a result of gang violence, which was facilitated by the firearms illegally transferred to individuals in the Chicago,” prosecutors say.
The indictment spells out how Miller would exchange messages with his associates in Chicago to negotiate the prices of the guns.
“The silver one a 380 u still want it it’s a steal,” Miller wrote to Lowry in December 2020, the indictment says. Lowry wrote back, “Yup can’t beat it,” according to court papers.
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As SAP Labs India celebrates its 24th anniversary, we reflect on an exciting journey fueled by vision, entrepreneurial spirit, and a readiness to innovate.
It is early November 1998. Rao Prasada and his colleagues are working up a sweat by heaving servers and 21-inch monitors on the 12th floor of the International Technology Park Limited (ITPL) building in Whitefield, a few miles outside of Bengaluru in southern India.
There is a palpable anxiety and excitement in the office. Prasada and his team are on a tight deadline. As system administrators, it is their responsibility to get the network of computers, monitors, and servers up and running on November 13, when the new campus of SAP Labs India will be inaugurated by senior SAP executives.
“The 100 employees who were moving into the new campus had to go live on the first day,” recalls Prasada, adding that for him and his colleagues, moving into a new office, about 11 miles away from their existing rented premises in Koramangala, was a matter of great pride.
Today, SAP Labs India is a strategic hub within SAP’s global network of development centers, with more than 8,500 employees across five cities: Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Pune. Most work at the SAP Labs India campus in Bengaluru, which was inaugurated in 2003, just over a mile from the ITPL building.
Prasada, who now leads a team of IT experts, is still with the company – like many others. They have been part of the exciting and impressive story of SAP Labs India, which is about learning and lateral thinking, about localization and globalization, growth and scaling.
Above all, though, it is a story about innovation. Clas Neumann — now head of the SAP Labs Network — helped shape SAP Labs India as its managing director from 1999 until the beginning of 2005, first jointly with Udo Urbanek and then later with Martin Prinz, then as its president from 2007. Neumann credits SAP with laying the foundations for the development of standard software and much more.
“By not following the trend of just offshoring IT work at the lower end of the value chain, but integrating its Indian development center as one of the four major development hubs, SAP innovated distributed research and development processes,” he says.
Major Strategic Role
SAP Labs India is now the second-largest SAP development location after Walldorf. The teams work on all the major solutions — from SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA through SAP Business Technology Platform to the entire range of business area products.
As one of four global hubs, along with Germany, China, and the U.S., SAP Labs India is where a great many strands come together. Many successful products and solutions have originated from SAP Labs India, including SAP Asset Intelligence Network, SAP Digital Manufacturing Insights, SAP Connected Worker Safety, and SAP Fashion Management.
Here too sizeable teams work closely with customers across the globe. Bengaluru is also home to an SAP Co-Innovation Lab and SAP’s startup accelerator program, the SAP Startup Studio, which went live in 2016.
SAP Labs India has significant strategic importance but it has had to work hard to earn it.
Toward the end of the 1990s, when the internet hype was at its height, SAP was still enjoying the double-digit growth of the past. But trends like customer relationship and supply chain management — accelerated by successful new companies like Siebel and I2 — brought pressure on several fronts. In order to keep pace and bring the necessary offerings to the market as quickly as possible, SAP had no choice but to bolster its development resources.
Then Co-CEOs Hasso Plattner and Henning Kagermann, along with their SAP Executive Board colleagues, opted for a two-pronged strategy, consisting of acquisitions and the establishment of new SAP Labs in countries where developers were easier to find than they were at the Walldorf, Silicon Valley, and Tokyo locations.
In late 1997, SAP acquired a 50% share in Kiefer & Veittinger GmbH (K&V), a European market leader in sales force automation software, as its route into the evolving customer relationship management (CRM) market. Founded not far from SAP in Mannheim in 1986, the company had operated a development center in Bengaluru with almost 90 employees since 1995. One of them was Rao Prasada.
“The hardware, all of which moved with us, was heavy. But our managing director, Udo Urbanek, lugged his monitor into our new offices himself,” Prasada recalls. He also remembers the Friday parties and K&V’s unofficial company motto: “Work hard, party harder.”
“We continued with those parties, which were very bonding experiences,” says Prasada with a grin. The open company culture after the merger in 1998 also left a lasting impression on him: “Everyone helped everyone else; everyone spoke with everyone else — no matter their status in the hierarchy.”
New SAP Labs: Two Pillars
The acquired K&V employees formed one pillar of the new SAP Labs; the other was a team of experts from SAP India, who localized the SAP software and adapted it to Indian legal requirements.
SAP India had been founded in March 1996 in Bengaluru, with offices in Mumbai and New Delhi and a remit to sell and implement SAP software. They were now joined by the localization team. One of its members was Uma Rani TM. She had already gained SAP software experience working at Tata Consulting Services. She implemented SAP at Hewlett-Packard’s Indian subsidiary, gained certification as a Sales & Distribution (SD) consultant, and soon began training others in ABAP.
“SAP R/3 gained traction very fast in India, and SAP quickly became known on the business scene here. But it was not yet as familiar a name in developer circles,” she says. Together with a small team in Singapore that was asked to adapt the HR and payroll software for India and other Asian countries as well, Uma Rani TM worked in the early days with just three colleagues on the SD, Materials Management (MM), and Financial Accounting (FI) modules for the India country version.
Clearly, though, SAP urgently needed more developers. In December 1997, a decision was made to move the localization team from Singapore to India and merge it with the team that was responsible for the country version there. At the same time, a project initiated by the SAP Executive Board and spearheaded by Neumann, then assistant to SAP Executive Board Member Peter Zencke, and Thomas Vetter, assistant to Kagermann, concluded that Bengaluru was an ideal location for SAP to overcome its shortage of skilled developers quickly.
These factors were the trigger for the foundation of SAP Labs India in November 1998. Its first joint managing directors were Udo Urbanek and Werner Konik, who had led the localization project for Asia. At the opening ceremony for the offices in the ITPL building in Bengaluru, Zencke explained that the location’s focus would be on driving the localization of SAP R/3 for the Asia-Pacific region and developing software for CRM and solutions for the high-tech, oil and gas, aerospace, and defense industries.
Close Cooperation with Walldorf
From day one, the development teams in Bengaluru worked closely with their colleagues in Germany and at other locations. According to Martin Prinz, who took over responsibility for the India country version from Konik, his team in India proved that there was an alternative to the traditional approach of centralized development, and that it was feasible to cooperate with co-developers in other locations. “In our case, it worked because we were so closely connected with the core development team in Germany and we did have a lot of support from there,” Prinz says Martin.
“It was an interesting journey,” says Uma Rani TM, who reported to Prinz at the time. “From a development point of view, it was tough, but so interesting to learn. Martin and the managing directors made a real effort to be there for us at all times.”
Yet, with the best will in the world, both sides needed time to get used to each other. “It often happened that people suddenly switched to speaking German in meetings,” says Uma Rani TM. “We had to remind them that we were there.”
Prasada remembers Urbanek attaching “great importance to punctuality, both at meetings and in completing tasks.” A characteristic that Prasada took home with him – and that did not always go down well with his family. He also learned fast that Germans tend to be quite direct. “But, if I had a problem and needed help, I always received support right away.”
Business trips to each other’s home countries helped foster mutual understanding and gave everyone a chance to broaden their horizons — culinary and otherwise. “Getting a vegetarian meal at the cafeteria in Walldorf and finding a restaurant in Walldorf or Heidelberg that served meat-free dishes was quite a challenge back then,” says Uma Rani TM with a grin. “But we found our ways.”
English gradually became the company language. For the first time, SAP invested into intercultural training for Germans and Indians followed by offerings for other nations. “This way, the establishment of SAP Labs India contributed decisively to SAP’s globalization,” says Neumann.
By 2001, there were already more than 500 SAP employees in Bengaluru.
Sharp Increase in Headcount
Although headcount growth in Bengaluru slowed when the dot-com bubble burst, it returned to its steep upward path from 2003 onward. SAP Labs India opened its new campus in Whitefield in November 2003. Prinz, who now co-managed the location with Neumann, described their role at the time as follows: “SAP Labs India is a place for SAP to scale for the future. We have to demonstrate that we can grow fast while remaining stable and reliable.”
By the end of 2004, the workforce had reached 1,350, and every line of business was represented in India. Georg Kniese, today global head for Corporate Development and M&A, became joint managing director with Prinz at the beginning of 2005. The locations invested heavily in employee training and bolstered their development and support unit resources. The aim was to create a global hub of SAP knowledge.
“We wanted to be part of the global development process, be close to our customers, continue driving localization, develop customer-specific solutions, and be on the spot when escalations happened,” recalls Kniese. By the end of 2005, SAP Labs India’s payroll numbered almost 2,300.
Two years later, that figure had risen by another 1,000, and SAP Labs India became the second-largest development location outside Walldorf. When Kniese returned to Germany at the end of 2007, SAP Labs India got its very first Indian managing director: Kush Desai. His counterpart in Gurgaon was Ferose V.R. And in another first, teams in Bengaluru took on full global responsibility for a product: SAP Employee Self-Service.
“As far as I can tell, we were the first company to develop a solution from demand analysis to final product and maintenance in Bengaluru,” says Neumann. “Many companies and academia visited us at the labs now to learn what it takes to implement a research and development function globally. Thereby we certainly had an impact on the Indian IT sector.”
Uma Rani TM remembers this period of rapid growth very clearly. In her view, it happened because SAP needed developers and looked to India, where they were affordable. “The benefit for our employees was that this growth created lots of new opportunities for them to progress professionally.”
After five years on the localization team and having completed an MBA, Uma Rani TM herself took the opportunity to take charge of the Installed Base Maintenance & Support (IMS) team in Bengaluru in 2003. “My managers always supported and encouraged me greatly,” she says. Now in her 25th year at SAP, Uma Rani TM is head of Application Innovation Services.
Indian Customers Benefit from Proximity to SAP Labs
In 2007, India was SAP’s fastest-growing market. Revenues doubled that year, and continued to do so in the years that followed. According to Neumann, SAP Labs were the engine for this success. The sales personnel in India benefited enormously from being close to developers.
“Very often, meetings in Bengaluru were the key to getting deals signed,” says Neumann. “The labs made it clear to customers from the get-go that SAP was here to stay and that it had the required expertise available locally.”
Uma Rani TM adds that “having such a great campus with great experts in this location has really helped our customers and the business be closer to our developers. This enabled us to drive the transformation with deep product and business expertise.”
In April 2010, Ferose V.R. became sole managing director of SAP Labs India. He encouraged the workforce, now numbering over 4,000, to experiment with new ideas and to find creative solutions to some of their problems, such as a lack of childcare and the tedious process of claiming for travel expenses. He founded an SAP AppHaus location on the Bengaluru campus, where designers, developers, and marketeers could collaborate on innovative solutions. He also initiated several interest groups for employees, including a book club, “to create a unique environment for employees and a culture of innovation.”
And in 2011 he started to hire people with autism. Ferose V.R. worked with some of the most influential thinkers on autism studies to learn from best practices and further grow and improve the program, which then became SAP’s Autism at Work program. Since then, the program has grown rapidly and expanded globally.
Putting Faith in Employees’ Creative Powers
Dilip Khandelwal became managing director of SAP Labs India in August 2014. In Bengaluru, more than 2,500 employees work in the Gerhard Oswald Innovation Space, a contemporary, €50 million building that was opened in April 2017 in honor of SAP’s long-serving Executive Board member and supporter of SAP Labs.
Fostering Startups
One of Khandelwal’s central elements of his strategy was initiating the SAP Startup Studio. Here, SAP Labs locations offer startups consulting, support, infrastructure, and technology for one year to get their enterprise off the ground. Working out of chic facilities on the SAP Labs India campus, participants can benefit from support from SAP employees to help them bring their idea to market and expand their business successfully. Moreover, the startups can profit from making contact with SAP customers and partners. SAP works with the startups to complement its own offerings, too.
Khandelwal’s successor is Sindhu Gangadharan, about 20 years after she started as a developer at SAP Labs India. She works day in, day out to extend and reinforce SAP Labs India’s standing in the global SAP Labs Network and within the country’s IT sector.
Just like Sindhu Gangadharan and Ferose V.R., Rao Prasada is still with SAP — he too wants to continue playing his part in SAP Labs India’s success story.
This article is based in part on the book by Clas Neumann and Jayaram Srinivasan entitled “Managing Innovation from the Land of Ideas and Talent” and published by Springer.
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SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A man fatally shot himself after shooting and injuring his girlfriend Friday at the West Texas beef processing plant where they both worked, police said.
San Angelo police said officers responded to the shooting at Lone Star Beef Processors at about 8:30 a.m. The 57-year-old man and 49-year-old woman were both taken to a hospital, where he died and she was in stable condition, police said.
Police said the man and woman had been dating.
After they got into an argument at their workplace, the man produced a firearm and shot the woman near her left shoulder, police said. Police said the man then shot himself.
San Angelo is about 260 miles (418 kilometers) southwest of Dallas.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts.
Ukraine’s state power company, Energoatom, said the pullout at Chernobyl came after soldiers received “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches in the forest in the exclusion zone around the closed plant. But there was no independent confirmation of that.
The withdrawal took place amid growing indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation in Ukraine as cover while regrouping, resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in the eastern part of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian withdrawals from the north and center of the country were just a military tactic and that the forces are building up for new powerful attacks in the southeast.
“We know their intentions,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation. “We know that they are moving away from those areas where we hit them in order to focus on other, very important ones where it may be difficult for us.”
“There will be battles ahead,” he added.
Meanwhile, a convoy of 45 buses headed to Mariupol in another bid to evacuate people from the besieged port city after the Russian military agreed to a limited cease-fire in the area. But Russian forces blocked the buses, and only 631 people were able to get out of the city in private cars, according to the Ukrainian government.
Twelve Ukrainian buses were able to deliver 14 tons of food and medical supplies to Mariupol, but the aid was seized by Russian troops, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said late Thursday.
The city has been the scene of some of the worst suffering of the war. Tens of thousands have managed to get out of Mariupol in the past few weeks by way of humanitarian corridors, reducing its population from a prewar 430,000 to an estimated 100,000 as of last week, but other relief efforts have been thwarted by continued Russian attacks.
A new round of talks was scheduled for Friday, five weeks into the war that has left thousands dead and driven 4 million Ukrainians from the country.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said it had been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces at the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster had transferred control of it in writing to the Ukrainians.
The last Russian troops left the Chernobyl plant early Friday, the Ukrainian government agency responsible for the exclusion zone said.
Energoatom gave no details on the condition of the soldiers it said were exposed to radiation and did not say how many were affected. There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin, and the IAEA said it had not been able to confirm the reports of Russian troops receiving high doses. It said it was seeking more information.
Russian forces seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the Feb. 24 invasion, raising fears that they would cause damage or disruption that could spread radiation. The workforce at the site oversees the safe storage of spent fuel rods and the concrete-entombed ruins of the reactor that exploded in 1986.
Edwin Lyman, a nuclear expert with the U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists, said it “seems unlikely” a large number of troops would develop severe radiation illness, but it was impossible to know for sure without more details.
He said contaminated material was probably buried or covered with new topsoil during the cleanup of Chernobyl, and some soldiers may have been exposed to a “hot spot” of radiation while digging. Others may have assumed they were at risk too, he said.
Early this week, the Russians said they would significantly scale back military operations in areas around Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv to increase trust between the two sides and help negotiations along.
But in the Kyiv suburbs, regional governor Oleksandr Palviuk said on social media Thursday that Russian forces shelled Irpin and Makariv and that there were battles around Hostomel. Pavliuk said there were Ukrainian counterattacks and some Russian withdrawals around the suburb of Brovary to the east.
Chernihiv came under attack as well. At least one person was killed and four were wounded in the Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy of buses sent to Chernihiv to evacuate residents cut off from food, water and other supplies, said Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmyla Denisova
Ukraine also reported Russian artillery barrages in and around the northeastern city of Kharkiv.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said intelligence indicates Russia is not scaling back its military operations in Ukraine but is instead trying to regroup, resupply its forces and reinforce its offensive in the Donbas.
“Russia has repeatedly lied about its intentions,” Stoltenberg said. At the same time, he said, pressure is being kept up on Kyiv and other cities, and “we can expect additional offensive actions bringing even more suffering.”
The Donbas is the predominantly Russian-speaking industrial region where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014. In the past few days, the Kremlin, in a seeming shift in its war aims, said that its “main goal” now is gaining control of the Donbas, which consists of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including Mariupol.
The top rebel leader in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, issued an order to set up a rival city government for Mariupol, according to Russian state news agencies, in a sign of Russian intent to hold and administer the city.
With talks set to resume between Ukraine and Russia via video, there seemed little faith that the two sides would resolve the conflict any time soon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that conditions weren’t yet “ripe” for a cease-fire and that he wasn’t ready for a meeting with Zelenskyy until negotiators do more work, Italian Premier Mario Draghi said after a telephone conversation with the Russian leader.
In other developments, Ukraine’s emergency services said the death toll had risen to 20 in a Russian missile strike Tuesday on a government administration building in the southern city of Mykolaiv.
As Western officials search for clues about what Russia’s next move might be, a top British intelligence official said demoralized Russian soldiers in Ukraine are refusing to carry out ordersand sabotaging their equipment and had accidentally shot down their own aircraft.
In a speech in Australia, Jeremy Fleming, head of the GCHQ electronic spy agency, said Putin had apparently “massively misjudged” the invasion.
The Pentagon reported Thursday that an initial half-dozen shipments of weapons and other security assistance from the U.S. have reached Ukraine as part of an $800 million aid package President Joe Biden approved this month.
The shipments included Javelin anti-tank weapons, Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, body armor, medical supplies and other materials, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
U.S. intelligence officials have concluded thatPutin is being misinformed by his advisers about how badly the war is going because they are afraid to tell him the truth.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the U.S. is wrong and that “neither the State Department nor the Pentagon possesses the real information about what is happening in the Kremlin.”
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Karmanau reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old student was shot and killed Thursday by another 12-year-old student inside their South Carolina middle school, authorities said.
The shooter was found hiding under a deck at a home not far from Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville about an hour after the shooting and was still armed, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said.
The boy is charged with murder, possession of a firearm at a school and possession of a weapon by someone under 18. He was taken to a juvenile prison in Columbia, Lewis said.
“He was hiding. He’s a young man, probably didn’t understand the consequences of what had just happened,” the sheriff said at a news conference. “I don’t think he knew what to do, honestly, except for to leave the school.”
The boys knew each other, but the sheriff said investigators are still trying to figure out what led to the shooting in a front part of the school and how the boy got the gun.
No one else was injured in the shooting.
The family of the boy killed released a statement saying he was Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson and asking people to respect their privacy as they grieve.
“We are all devastated by today’s tragedy. We love Jamari dearly,” the family said in a statement released by community justice group Fighting Injustice Together.
A police officer at the school called in the shooting and requested emergency backup around 12:30 p.m. and more than 200 deputies and other law enforcement officers rushed to the school, Lewis said.
Helicopter footage from WYFF-TV showed dozens of officers walking around outside the school with more than two dozen buses lined up. Some students were slowly boarding the buses.
Everyone on campus, including teachers, were taken to a nearby church.
Greenville County Schools Superintendent Burke Royster said he doesn’t have any idea how the gun ended up at school and a student killed.
“I’m not sure after a full and thorough law enforcement investigation anyone will really know what was going through the mind of that young person who took this rash act,” Royster said.
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Which protein shake is best: Premier or Fairlife?
A protein shake after an exhausting workout can be highly beneficial. Protein is the most critical macronutrient required for efficient muscle recovery, so getting enough of it is crucial if you exercise or lift weights often.
If you’re trying to decide which protein shake is right for you, Premier and Fairlife are two popular brands you should consider. Both supplements contain significant amounts of protein and other vitamins and nutrients, but the right one for you depends on your body and fitness goals.
Premier protein shake
Premier protein shakes are a great way to supplement your post-workout diet and boost the muscle recovery process, letting you get more out of your workouts and potentially see results faster.
Premier incorporates plenty of protein and other vital nutrients and vitamins in their products, making them an excellent snack or post-workout recovery supplement.
Premier protein shake pros
One serving of a Premier protein shake contains 160 calories and 30 grams of protein, which is more than even most whey isolate protein powders, which usually have 20-28 grams per serving. There are also many essential amino acids, including 6.6 grams of branched-chain amino acids, which are vital for significant muscle recovery and growth.
They have just 1 gram of sugar per serving and are available in 12 low-fat flavors. From chocolate to vanilla to coffee, every flavor is gluten-free, soy-free and appropriate for keto, bariatric and kosher diets. It’s also worth noting that the coffee flavor contains caffeine and that a handful of flavors can substitute for coffee cream.
Premier protein shakes come in ready-made bottle-size servings as well as in a protein powder for mixing at your leisure. It’s up to your preference, but it’s important to note that the premixed drinks contain more sugar per serving than the powder.
Premier protein shake cons
Although Premier shakes contain 24 vitamins and minerals, they don’t have enough nutrients to serve as viable meal replacements. They’re suitable as snacks in between meals and as post-workout supplements only.
Premier shakes also contain a high amount of protein, which can be unnecessary and even harmful if you’re already getting enough of it from your regular diet in the form of healthy whole foods. Also, they contain artificial sweeteners, and if you’re lactose-intolerant, you’re going to want to steer clear of Premier protein shakes.
Fairlife protein shake
Fairlife protein shakes are an excellent workout supplement for those looking to boost muscle recovery following rigorous exercise. They’re light, so you won’t feel too full after drinking one, making them an acceptable snack as well.
Fairlife protein shake pros
The original Fairlife Nutrition Plan shakes have the same protein as Premier shakes at 30 grams per serving. It contains just 150 calories per serving, so it’s 10 fewer than the ready-made Premier protein shakes. In terms of nutrients, it has nine essential amino acids and several vitamins and minerals such as vitamin D, calcium and potassium.
These shakes have plenty of protein, and their low-carb formula makes them an excellent supplement for those seeking to lose weight while maintaining a solid muscle frame. They’re made with ultra-filtered milk, giving them a smooth, creamy texture that’s delicious.
Also, unlike Premier protein shakes, Fairlife shakes are suitable for anybody who’s lactose-intolerant.
Fairlife protein shake cons
They only come in seven flavors, but some users argue that it doesn’t taste as good as other comparable shakes. They’re also pricey, so you might get more bang for your buck with Premier shakes. Also, there isn’t as much diversity in terms of products as with Premier protein products.
Should you get Premier or Fairlife protein shakes?
Both Premier and Fairlife protein shakes work well as workout supplements since they both have plenty of protein and amino acids necessary for muscle recovery. They both also have vitamins and minerals that make them suitable as meal supplements or daytime snacks.
Fairlife shakes are easier on the stomach since they’re lactose-free, so while Premier shakes are also light, Fairlife is arguably the better choice for those following strict diets. However, Premier shakes are available in more unique flavors, so you can try different ones until you find one you like.
Ultimately, both shakes will give you a protein boost sufficient enough to aid in the muscle recovery process, especially if you exercise or lift weights consistently. Although Fairlife shakes have more calories and protein per serving, making them slightly better for those with muscle-building goals, Premier shakes are low in fat, so they’re excellent for anyone looking to lose weight.
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FERNLEY, Nev. (AP) — Authorities in northern Nevada say they're investigating the death of an 18-year-old northern Nevada woman who was kidnapped from a Walmart parking lot as a homicide, though they won't say how she was killed.
A joint statement released Thursday by sheriff's officials of rural Churchill and Lyon counties said cause of death of Naomi Irion is known but “cannot be released at this time as the circumstances around that event if released would compromise the ongoing investigation."
The statement added that no additional information could be released because the case remained open and active but said additional information would be released if it didn't compromise the investigation.
Investigators acting on a tip about Irion's March 12 disappearance in Fernley in Lyon County found a gravesite in a remote area of Churchill County on Tuesday, and an autopsy on Wednesday confirmed the body was Irion, the offices said Wednesday.
Troy Driver, 41, of Fallon was arrested Friday and subsequently charged with first-degree kidnapping. He was jailed in lieu of $750,000 bond.
Fernley is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of Reno.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Tom Hanks will help launch a new era of Cleveland baseball.
The Oscar-winning actor will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Guardians' home opener against the San Francisco Giants on April 15. It will be Cleveland's first home game since dropping Indians, the team's name since 1915.
Hanks, who famously said “There is no crying in baseball” while portraying the manager of an all-female team in “A League of Their Own,” has backed Cleveland's major league team since the late 1970s, when he was an intern in the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival before going to Hollywood.
"I’ve had Guardians fever since 1977 when I caught my first game in Section 19 of Cleveland’s Lakefront Municipal Stadium,” Hanks said. “I’m honored to return to Cleveland and Progressive Field for the first home game of the Cleveland Guardians era.”
When the team made its name change in July, Hanks was the narrator for a video to announce the switch to Guardians.
Hanks won consecutive Academy Awards for best actor for roles in “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump.”
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SALINE COUNTY, Ark. — According to the Little Rock Police Department, on Thursday, March 31, an officer with the Little Rock Police Department was arrested by Saline County Sherriff's Office for charges of Domestic Battery and Endangering the Welfare of a Minor.
The department was made aware of the arrest and started an internal investigation of the employee.
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is the arresting agency for this incident.
The employee was placed on paid administrative leave, according to the department, pending an internal investigation.
This employee is a detective with the department and been with LRPD since 2017.
The Little Rock Police Department has stated they will not disclose the identity of the officer due to him being in "an undercover capacity."
This is unrelated to the incident involving a Little Rock police officer that was placed on paid leave on Wednesday, March 30.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
4-1-4
(four, one, four)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Missouri Lottery's "Pick 3 Midday" game were:
4-1-4
(four, one, four)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago and led to at least two killings, the Justice Department said Friday.
The soldiers — Demarcus Adams, 21; Jarius Brunson, 22; and Brandon Miller, 22 — were enlisted in the Army and stationed at Fort Campbell in Tennessee, where they would legally purchase guns from local dealers in Tennessee and Kentucky, prosecutors charged. The soldiers are accused of selling them to members of the Gangster Disciples street gang in the Pocket Town neighborhood on Chicago's south side, according to the 21-count indictment.
The indictment charges the group with conspiring to violate federal firearms laws, among other crimes. If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison.
The case is part of the Justice Department’s push to investigate and prosecute gun trafficking amid rising crime across the U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has vowed to prioritize prosecutions of firearms traffickers and so-called “straw purchasers,” who legally purchase firearms to sell them to people who can’t legally poses guns, often in states with more restrictive gun laws.
“The Justice Department will spare no resources to hold accountable criminal gun traffickers,” Garland said at a news conference Friday. “There is no hiding place for those who flood our communities with illegal guns. It does not matter where you are, or how far away you are. If you illegally traffic guns, we and our law enforcement partners nationwide will find you.”
Prosecutors allege Miller would receive orders from members of the Gangster Disciples in Chicago for specific guns to purchase and he, Brunson and Adams would then buy them from dealers in Clarksville, Tennessee and Oak Grove, Kentucky, and give them to gang members, who paid through money transfer apps, including Zelle and CashApp. Miller also advertised that he had 1,000 rounds of ammunition available for sale, prosecutors say.
Authorities believe the trio provided over 90 illegally obtained firearms to the gang “to facilitate the on-going violent disputes between the Pocket Town Gangster Disciples and their rival gangs,” the Justice Department said.
Investigators believe one of the guns was used in a shooting at a party in Chicago last March that left one man dead, and seven others wounded. Another was used in a killing at a Chicago barbershop in January 2021, according to officials.
The nine others charged in the indictment are: Blaise Smith, 29; Rahaeem Johnson, 24; Bryant Larkin, 33; Corey Curtis, 26; Elijah Tillman, 24; Lazarus Greenwood, 23; Dwight Lowry, 41; and Dreshion Parks, 25, all of Chicago; along with Terrell Mitchell, 27, of Davenport, Iowa. Two people who were alleged to be part of the conspiracy were killed “as a result of gang violence, which was facilitated by the firearms illegally transferred to individuals in the Chicago,” prosecutors say.
The indictment spells out how Miller would exchange messages with his associates in Chicago to negotiate the prices of the guns.
“The silver one a 380 u still want it it’s a steal,” Miller wrote to Lowry in December 2020, the indictment says. Lowry wrote back, “Yup can’t beat it,” according to court papers.
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An Alabama man who parked a pickup truck filled with weapons and Molotov cocktail components near the U.S. Capitol on the day of last year’s riot was sentenced Friday to nearly four years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said she still hasn’t heard an explanation for why Lonnie Leroy Coffman had “almost a small armory in his truck, ready to do battle.” She sentenced Coffman to three years and 10 months in prison, giving him credit for the more than one year he already has served since his arrest.
Coffman, 72, of Falkville, Alabama, said he never intended to hurt anybody or destroy any property. He said he drove to Washington alone “to try to discover just how true and secure was the (2020 presidential) election.”
“If I had any idea that things would turn out like they did, I would have stayed home,” he wrote in a handwritten letter to the judge.
More than 770 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot, when supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed the building in an effort to disrupt lawmakers’ formal certification of his reelection defeat. Five people died and scores of Capitol Police officers were seriously injured.
Over 240 participants in the attack have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors punishable by a maximum of six months imprisonment. More than 130 have been sentenced. Coffman is one of nine defendants whose prison sentence exceeds one year.
Coffman, a Vietnam War veteran who served in the U.S. Army, pleaded guilty in November to possession of an unregistered firearm and carrying a pistol without a license. He was carrying a loaded handgun and revolver without a license as he walked in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, according to prosecutors. He isn’t accused of entering the Capitol or joining the mob during the riot that day.
When Coffman parked his truck a few blocks from the Capitol on the morning of Jan. 6, it contained a handgun, a rifle, a shotgun, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a crossbow, machetes, a stun gun and a cooler containing eleven mason jars with holes punched in the lids, according to prosecutors. Each jar contained a mixture of gasoline and Styrofoam, which are components of the homemade incendiary devices called Molotov cocktails, prosecutors said.
Law enforcement officers found the cache of weapons and ammunition when they searched Coffman’s truck. They had been sweeping the area after pipe bombs were found near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee. Later, investigators also found Molotov cocktail components at Coffman’s home in Alabama.
“Possession of so much dangerous weapons in our nation’s capital is uniquely offensive to our cherished, democratic political traditions,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Friedman said.
Handwritten notes found inside the vehicle included a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln that said, “We The People Are The Rightful Masters Of Both The Congress And The Courts, Not To Overthrow The Constitution But To Overthrow The Men Who Pervert The Constitution.”
The notes included a list of “good guys” and “bad guys,” with a federal judge named in the latter category, and contact information for a member of a Texas militia group known as the “American Patriots,” prosecutors said.
“The handwritten notes also included an address for a reported gathering place in Texas called ‘Camp Lonestar,’ where militia groups had reportedly sought to patrol the border looking for illegal aliens,” prosecutors wrote.
Investigators had previously identified Coffman as an armed participant at Camp Lonestar, according to prosecutors.
Coffman, a retired machine operator, had travelled to Washington in December 2020 and tried to drive to the home of a U.S. senator who isn’t named in a court filing by prosecutors. He also called the senator’s office in an effort to “help with the election fraud he saw.”
“A staff member at the Senator’s office recorded that the defendant seemed ‘unbalanced’ or ‘not 100% there’ during the call, but did not seem threatening,” prosecutors wrote.
Prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of approximately three years and six months. Defense attorney Manuel Retureta said a prison term wouldn’t be appropriate given Coffman’s age and medical condition.
Coffman didn’t have a criminal record before this case.
“At my age, one of the most precious (things) we possess is time, and I have wasted almost a whole precious year,” he wrote in his letter to the judge.
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Which coffee protein shake is best?
Nearly every American can appreciate a morning or afternoon pick-me-up from a great cup of coffee. And any gym-goer knows the value of a good protein shake for meeting their fitness goals. What if you could combine those two things into one delicious beverage?
Well, now you can with these flavorful coffee protein shakes. Packed with all the goodness of a quality protein shake and the caffeine from coffee, these shakes give a little extra get up and go and long-lasting energy. These shakes also assist with packing on additional lean muscle mass when paired with an effective workout routine.
While there are many good options to choose from, the OWYN Cold Brew Coffee Vegan Plant-Based Protein Shake stands head and shoulders above most others. In addition to being free of any animal products, it is also free of most common allergens, including soy, gluten, nuts and dairy, so pretty much anyone can drink it.
What to know before you buy a coffee protein shake
Dietary restrictions
If you are dealing with dietary restrictions, you know just how difficult it can be to find foods that fit your needs. Thankfully, you likely won’t have this issue with coffee protein shakes. Whether you follow a vegan or keto lifestyle or are sensitive to dairy, soy, gluten or just about any other ingredient, you can find a coffee protein shake that conforms to your dietary needs. There are also non-GMO and certified organic options.
Protein source
You can find protein in most foods naturally, creating ample sources for protein shakes. Whey and casein are two of the most popular because they are affordable and easily consumed by the body. If your dietary restrictions prevent you from having whey or casein, since these both come from dairy, you can opt for a shake made from eggs or beef. If you are vegan, you can find protein shakes made from various plant protein sources, such as brown rice, peas, soy, hemp and more. Every protein source has its own pros and cons.
Protein shakes vs. protein powders
Protein shakes and protein powders serve the same need, adding more protein to your diet. However, each offers its own benefits. Premade protein shakes are the most convenient since you don’t have to worry about mixing powder manually into the liquid yourself. This can not only be messy but could result in leftover clumps of unmixed powder floating around in your beverage that are unpleasant to drink. Premade protein shakes are also easy to store in a fridge, so they are nice and cold when you are ready to drink them.
The main benefit of protein powders is affordability. Some protein powders cost as little as 50 cents per serving. That is significant savings compared to premade shakes that often cost $1.50-$3.50 per serving.
What to look for in a quality coffee protein shake
Protein
When choosing a coffee protein shake, it is vital to pick one that offers the right protein amount to help you meet your goals. Some shakes have as little as 12 grams of protein per serving, while others have up to 32 grams. For the average person looking to pack on some extra lean muscle mass at the gym, a shake with 20 to 25 grams of protein is ideal. If you are a bodybuilder or someone who spends a lot of extra time at the gym trying to bulk up, you’ll want a shake with 30 or more grams of protein. If you don’t work out often and are worried that you don’t get enough protein in your diet, then a shake with 12 to 15 grams of protein is probably perfect.
Other nutritional values
Along with the amount of protein, pay close attention to the rest of the nutritional values in a shake to ensure it meets your dietary needs. They can vary significantly from one to another. For example, you can find shakes with 100 calories, 2 grams of fat and 0 grams of carbohydrates, or 250 calories, 10 grams of fat and 7 grams of carbohydrates. The latter will provide you with more energy but could make it hard to meet your fitness goals if you want to slim down. These are just a couple of examples and by no means representative of the highest or lowest nutritional value profiles.
Added nutrients
Many protein shakes feature nutrients to help give you more energy, stay more alert, aid digestion or keep you healthier. These may include vitamins, minerals, fiber, amino acids and superfood blends.
How much you can expect to spend on a coffee protein shake
Most coffee protein shakes cost between $1.25-$3.50 per serving.
Coffee protein shake FAQ
Can I use a coffee protein shake as a meal replacement?
A. You can use any coffee protein shake as a meal replacement in a pinch, but if you plan on doing this regularly, it is best to purchase a meal replacement shake. These contain more calories, fats and carbohydrates than standard protein shakes. They also tend to have more added vitamins and minerals, as well as a more varied nutrient profile.
Should I drink my protein shake before or after the gym?
A. Despite there being a lot of debate among gym-goers over whether it is best to drink your protein shake before or after the gym, studies show there is no meaningful difference in results whether you drink it before or after your workout.
What are the best coffee protein shakes to buy?
Top coffee protein shake
OWYN Cold Brew Coffee Vegan Plant-Based Protein Shake
What you need to know: This vegan-friendly protein shake provides all nine essential amino acids and contains the equivalent protein of one cup of coffee to give you that extra boost of energy.
What you’ll love: It’s free of common allergens, including gluten, nuts, dairy and soy, and it contains a blend of greens for added nutrients.
What you should consider: It has 5 grams of added sugar.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top coffee protein shake for the money
Atkins Gluten Free Protein-Rich Mocha Latte Shake
What you need to know: Not only is this Atkins Mocha Latte protein shake affordably priced, but it is also keto-friendly and high in fiber.
What you’ll love: Most people love the rich, creamy texture, and it makes the perfect morning coffee replacement.
What you should consider: Some may find the chocolate flavor too dominant.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Premier Protein Cafe Latte Shake
What you need to know: If you are looking for a lot of protein and a great coffee flavor without tons of calories, there are few better options than Premier Protein’s Cafe Latte shake.
What you’ll love: It is low in carbohydrates and total sugars, and it has added nutrients for immune health.
What you should consider: It is made with artificial flavors.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NI health crisis: Lurgan man needed surgery after ambulance delay
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The wife of a man from Lurgan who was left waiting for over three hours for an ambulance after suffering a perforated bowel says she believes the delay has worsened his condition.
At 10:30 GMT on Tuesday, 63-year-old Kevin Mitchell collapsed in his garden.
After waiting more than three hours for an ambulance, his wife Deirdre finally had to transport him to Craigavon Area Hospital.
She said Kevin was in severe pain and could no longer wait.
Speaking to BBC News NI, Mrs Mitchell said she first called the ambulance at about 10:45 GMT and told operators her husband was "just about responding and going grey".
They were told an ambulance was not available and to dial 999 if his condition changed.
"That went on from a 10:45 to 2 o'clock and by this stage my husband was in severe agony," Mrs Mitchell told BBC News NI.
"I just said to him, 'Kevin if you don't get into the car, you're not going to make it'."
When the Mitchell's eventually made it to A&E, an ambulance arrived at their home 15 minutes later.
"I said to the people at accident and emergency, 'My husband needs a wheelchair'," Mrs Mitchell said.
"They got him and in a very short time he was given morphine, so that tells you how much pain he was in.
"He then was operated on the same day which resulted in life-changing surgery, that his life wont be the same when he comes home here.
"He will have to have a full care package."
Kevin is still recovering in hospital.
Mrs Mitchell said she does not blame the ambulance staff and believes they are "doing their best" with limited resources.
But she said "there is no doubt" in her mind that being left so long for an ambulance to arrive is the reason he had to get surgery.
In a statement, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) apologised to "any patient or carer who feels that they haven't received the standard of service which they would expect."
It added: "The service continues to face challenges including the number of staff absences due to Covid-related issues and delayed turnarounds in emergency departments."
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Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney said Thursday that Republicans have struck an "agreement in principle" with Democrats on a $10 billion package to help U.S. efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a breakthrough that could pave the way for new funds to help the United States' response efforts amid growing fears that critical resources are being depleted.
Video above: Biden pushes Congress to pass urgent COVID-19 funding
Romney, the lead GOP negotiator, told reporters the plan is "entirely balanced by offsets." He said the bill text still needs to be drafted and there needs to be a cost estimate from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office before the Senate can vote on the matter.
The Senate, as a result, scrapped Thursday afternoon's procedural vote on the issue — in order to give time for the bill's text to be drafted and for an official CBO score.
In remarks from the Senate floor, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said negotiators are "close to a final agreement that would garner bipartisan" support.
"We are working diligently to finalize language of scoring and the final agreement on what should be funded in the final COVID package both domestic and international," Schumer said. "As a sign of good faith, and to encourage us to come to a final agreement, I will reschedule today's procedural vote to a later time."
The goal is to pass the bill next week, Romney said.
The $10 billion price tag overall is less than half of what the White House was seeking. It's also less than the $15.6 billion that had been included in the government funding bill earlier this month, but had to be scrapped after a number of House Democrats opposed the way the money had been offset.
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a member of GOP leadership, expressed skepticism that the package could be finished by next week.
"If there was a deal we would be voting on it ... People want to see scores and top lines and what's in it," Thune said.
Democrats also urged caution regarding progress of the talks. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin pushed back on Senate Republicans saying that there is a "deal in principle."
"I can't go that far," he told reporters. "Schumer's just said he's still working on it."
Romney said the bill would be paid for "almost exclusively" by redirecting money from the American Rescue Plan — the law that Democrats pushed through last year. As part of the offsets, he said that they are pulling money that would have gone to states to provide grants for local businesses.
Sen. Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, told reporters additional offsets would include taking money from a fund that had been intended to go to shuttered concert venues and theaters during the pandemic. He estimated there was still about $2.2 billion from that account Democrats and Republicans could re-purpose. He also said there was aviation manufacturing money from past legislation that totaled around $2 billion that could also be used.
The money is expected to go half toward therapeutics, Blunt said. He added the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services would then have "a lot of discretion" on how to best use the other half of the funding.
Romney said there "may be $1 billion" of money to deal with global COVID-19 response efforts, even as Democrats were pushing for $5 billion in global aid.
Romney and Blunt predicted there would be "a lot more than 10" Republicans who would back it.
"I believe we get more than 10 Republicans, maybe even significantly more," Blunt said.
The announcement comes after President Joe Biden made a desperate appeal Wednesday for Congress to pass additional funding and fast.
"Congress has to provide the funding America needs to continue to fight COVID-19. We're already seeing the consequences of congressional inaction," Biden said Wednesday, adding that the administration already did not have money to purchase monoclonal antibody therapies, vaccines, and more tests.
The White House has spent weeks warning lawmakers that if Congress didn't act soon they would expire money for vaccinations, to reimburse providers and insurers for out-of-network treatment, underwrite COVID-19 testing and supply personal protective equipment.
"Congress, we need to secure additional supply now, now. We can't wait until we find ourselves in the midst of another surge to act. It will be too late. And we also need this funding to continue our efforts to vaccinate the world," Biden said.
Asked about the tentative deal Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell would only say: "We're working on it, we will get there."
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who has fostered close ties with Russia and refused to impose sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, is expected to extend his almost 10-year grip on power in the Balkan country when it holds national elections on Sunday.
Polls predict that Vucic, a populist who has boasted about his personal ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will win another five-year term as president. His right-wing Serbian Progressive Party also is expected to continue to dominate the country’s parliament.
But polls indicated a close local government race in the capital, Belgrade. A loss for Vucic’s party there could undermine his increasingly autocratic rule.
Most political parties taking part in the presidential, general and municipal elections lean right, reflecting the conservative stands prevalent among Serbia’s 6.5 million voters. But a new Green-left coalition campaigning on the need to tackle long-neglected environmental problems also is fielding candidates.
Opposition party officials say Russia’s war in Ukraine has only strengthened Vucic’s dominance of Serbian politics and the mainstream media. Soon after Russian tanks entered Ukraine, the president’s election slogan changed to “Peace. Stability. Vucic.”
“The war has diverted public attention from what is happening in Serbia and of course, with media support, enabled Vucic to blame the crisis for everything that is wrong in Serbia,” Dragan Djilas, a leader of the biggest opposition coalition United Serbia, said in an interview.
“Articles are published here every day about how a kilogram of bread costs 9 euros in Italy and Germany, how they have no fuel, how they will have food stamps and how great we are,” Djilas said. “People are scared, and it always suits the authorities because people say, ‘Let’s not change anything now.’”
Serbia, a traditional Russian ally, has rejected calls from the European Union and the United States to join in sanctions against Moscow, citing national interests. The country’s representative to the United Nations did vote in favor of a resolution condemning Moscow’s attack on Ukraine as a violation of international law.
Despite the Serbian government saying it is seeking EU membership, Vucic and his allies have refrained from condemning Russia over the invasion, a possible sign they want to avoid alienating pro-Russia voters ahead of Sunday’s election.
Much of the pro-Russia sentiments among Serbs comes from their hatred of NATO; the Western military alliance bombed the country in 1999 to stop a bloody Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians seeking independence for Kosovo, a Serbian province at the time.
Former Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that imposing sanctions on Russia would be tantamount to “political suicide” because Moscow has blocked U.N. membership for Kosovo which declared independence in 2008.
“If we are ready to give up Kosovo, then we can impose sanctions on Russia,” Dacic said. “But if we are not ready, then we cannot.”
Thousands of people in Serbia have turned out for pro-Putin rallies during the five-week invasion, waving Russian flags and displaying the letter Z – a symbol seen on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine. The support for Moscow makes Serbia somewhat of an outlier in Europe.
Opposition officials said that despite Vucic’s almost full control of the media and the pro-Russian narrative that has been created leading up to the elections, they expect a good result on Sunday.
“As far as we are concerned, the situation in Ukraine was very clear. It is about Russian aggression, and we immediately condemned it,” Dobrica Veselinovic, who is running for mayor of Belgrade as the candidate of the environmentalist We Must coalition.
Election polls predict Vucic will win the presidential election outright on Sunday. If he does not receive more that 50% of the vote, he would face an unpredictable runoff in two weeks, likely against opposition candidate Zdravko Ponos, a Western-educated former army general.
The election for National Assembly lawmakers was not scheduled until 2024, but Vucic called an early vote after criticism from the EU that Serbia’s 2020 election had not been free and fair. The opposition boycotted that election.
“I don’t see any difference between these elections and those two years ago,” political analyst Slobodan Stupar said. “A parliament will be formed in which Vucic will have fewer lawmakers than now. He will be able to tell Europe, ‘Yes, we are a democratic country. See how many enemies I have in parliament.'”
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Associated Press Writer Jovana Gec contributed.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federico Motka’s abductors greeted him in English after he and his colleagues were kidnapped near a refugee camp on the Turkish border: “Welcome to Syria, you mutt.”
For the Italian aid worker, it was the beginning of 14 months of brutality at the hands of the Islamic State.
Motka testified about the ordeal Thursday at the terrorism trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a British national charged with taking a leading role in an Islamic State kidnapping scheme that took more than 20 Westerners hostage between 2012 and 2015.
Four Americans — journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller — were among them. Foley, Sotloff and Kassig were decapitated. Mueller was forced into slavery and raped repeatedly by the Islamic State’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, before she too was killed.
Motka is the first surviving hostage to testify at Elsheikh’s trial in Alexandria, Virginia.
Born in Trieste, Italy, Motka said he spent much of his childhood in the Middle East and went to boarding school in England. He was an aid worker surveying the needs of refugee camps in March 2013 when he and a colleague, Briton David Haines, were captured and taken hostage.
Motka testified that for the first month of captivity, he was only occasionally mistreated, but that mistreatment frequently came at the hands of three captors whom hostages dubbed “the Beatles” because of their British accents. They learned to speak surreptitiously about their captors, who wore masks and took pains to conceal their identity, since they never knew what would set them off. A dispute over bathroom hygiene prompted a particularly intense beating, he said.
“They said I was a posh wanker because I went to boarding school,” Motka testified. “They said I was arrogant, and they were going to take me down a peg.”
Motka’s use of the term “posh wanker” set off a brief period of uncomfortable laughter in the courtroom, when the judge interrupted and asked what the phrase means, forcing Motka to explain the term’s vulgar meaning of the British idiom.
The British accents and phraseology are an important part of the case, though, as prosecutors seek to prove that Elsheikh is indeed one of the Beatles who tortured hostages, even though the Beatles took great pains to conceal their faces. Motka testified that there were at least three Britons in the group of captors, and the hostages nicknamed them “John,” “George” and “Ringo.”
Prosecutors have said in court that Elshiekh is the one who was nicknamed Ringo.
One way Motka distinguished the three was their preferences for inflicting punishment.
“George was more into boxing,” Motka testified. “John, he kicked a lot. Ringo used to talk how he liked wrestling. He would put people in headlocks.”
He described one instance when Ringo put James Foley in a headlock so tight that he passed out.
Motka also recounted a time in the summer of 2013 when the hostages were held in a facility they nicknamed “the box.” The Beatles excitedly put Motka and his cellmate David Haines in a room with Foley and British hostage John Cantlie for what they called a “Royal Rumble.”
“They were super excited about it,” Motka said of the Beatles about the tag-team style fight they imposed on the foursome. “We were so weak and shattered we could barely lift our arms.”
The group was told that the losers would be waterboarded. Two of the four passed out during the hour-long battle, Motka said. The Beatles deemed him the loser but never waterboarded him, inflicting a beating instead.
As they were transferred to different facilities, Motka said the hostages were sometimes separated from the Beatles for weeks at a time. Those periods were welcome, relatively speaking, because the Beatles were unique in their cruelty, he said.
When they were transferred again to a place they nicknamed “the dungeon” and saw that the Beatles were there, “we crapped our pants,” Motka said. “We had just started to relax a little” as the mistreatment had eased in their absence.
“The box,” where the Beatles were a regular presence, was one of the worst stretches of captivity. Motka said he and other hostages there endured a lengthy “regime of punishment” that included regular beatings and forced stress positions. “George,” another man named Abu Mohamed and a third nicknamed “the punisher” regularly tortured them, Motka said.
“They played lots of games with us,” Motka said, maintaining composure as he clearly struggled with the emotions of describing his captivity. “They gave us dog names. We needed to come and immediately respond” to the dog name to avoid a beating.
Motka was not released until May 25, 2014. His 14 months in captivity were the longest of any hostage in the group.
Defense lawyers, though, have highlighted the difficulties that hostages have in formally identifying each of their captors, who routinely wore masks that covered all but their eyes.
In opening statements, prosecutors referenced only three British nationals — Elsheikh, his longtime friend Alexenda Kotey, and Mohammed Emwazi, who frequently carried out the role of executioner and was known as “Jihadi John.”
Emwazi was killed in a drone strike, and Kotey was captured alongside Elsheikh and also brought to Virginia to face trial. Kotey pleaded guilty last year in a plea bargain that calls for a life sentence.
Jurors also heard testimony Thursday from Danish hostage negotiator Jens Serup, who testified about prolonged efforts to secure the release of Daniel Rye Ottosen in exchange for 2 million euros.
The jury saw photos of huge bruises on Ottosen’s arm and back after he was finally released. Serup testified that the captors told Ottosen the beating was a “farewell present not to forget them.”
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
7-4-1-5
(seven, four, one, five)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were:
7-4-1-5
(seven, four, one, five)
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland judge on Friday deferred a decision about the state’s newly redrawn congressional map, noting at a hearing that her ruling striking down the previous map is being appealed by the attorney general’s office to the state’s highest court.
Judge Lynn Battaglia also pointed out that the new map, which the General Assembly approved Wednesday, has not yet been enacted. The measure with the newly drawn political boundaries for the state’s eight U.S. House seats has not been signed or vetoed by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan yet.
The map ruled unconstitutional last week was the first map drawn by Democrats to be struck down by a court this redistricting cycle. On Thursday, a judge declared New York’s new Democrat-drawn congressional and legislative district maps unconstitutional. Courts have previously intervened to block maps they found to be GOP gerrymanders in North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Battaglia gave an update on the Maryland case at a court hearing she scheduled after she ruled that the congressional map approved in December is a “product of extreme partisan gerrymandering.” The judge had ordered the legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, to produce a new map this week, and she scheduled Friday’s hearing to review it.
Battaglia, who once served on the state’s highest court, said if she issued a ruling now, it would only be an advisory one, and she noted that from her experience advisory opinions “are not well regarded” by the Maryland Court of Appeals.
“We will issue supplemental findings of fact for you all to take up to the Court of Appeals,” Battaglia said.
The judge said she planned to issue an amended court order denying approval of the map, but she emphasized such an order would not be a ruling on the merits.
Last week, Battaglia issued a 94-page ruling that concluded the previous map violated the state constitutional requirement that legislative districts consist of adjoining territory and be compact in form, with due regard for natural boundaries and political subdivisions. It also violated the state constitution’s free elections, free speech and equal protection clauses, she said.
In a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1, Democrats hold a 7-1 advantage over the GOP in the state’s eight U.S. House seats. One change in the first map drew attention by stretching the district of the GOP’s lone Maryland Republican congressman, Rep. Andy Harris, from the Eastern Shore across the Chesapeake Bay into an area with more Democrats to make the district more competitive for a Democrat.
Assistant Attorney General Andrea Trento argued that the new map approved on Wednesday includes significant changes and improvements to make the districts more compact. He also noted that the new map does not include the previous change to Harris’ district that crossed the bay.
Strider Dickson, an attorney representing Republican plaintiffs, criticized the new map for bringing a portion of the newly drawn 2nd Congressional District in mostly Baltimore and Carroll Counties down into the 7th Congressional District in the city of Baltimore into an area with many voters who are Democrats.
Trento said the area Dickson referred to was drawn for Voting Rights Act reasons.
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KU says no threat to public safety after issuing emergency alert
The emergency alert was issued by the university at 1:20 p.m.
The emergency alert was issued by the university at 1:20 p.m.
The University of Kansas issued an emergency alert urging people to stay away from the area near Memorial Stadium Friday afternoon.
The university issued an alert at 1:20 p.m. saying a possible armed suspect was reported near Memorial Stadium.
"Avoid the area until further notice," the alert said.
The university reported that police determined there was no longer a threat to public safety. Officials said shortly before 2 p.m. that campus could resume normal operations.
University police said officers with the KU Public Safety Office were called to the Memorial Stadium area to help the Douglas County Sheriff's Office with a foot chase. Officers were told the subjects involved may have been armed, and someone may have run into the stadium. That prompted the emergency alert.
Police cleared the area and officials said all suspects were taken into custody.
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Loss of namesake bar and grill hits tiny Alabama community
FAUNSDALE, Ala. (AP) - With fewer than 100 residents and only a handful of buildings, this west Alabama community doesn't have much aside from an old water tower and the namesake Faunsdale Bar and Grill, which lures visitors and locals alike with live music, crawfish boils and good times.
It's unclear what might happen next now that a possible tornado has wiped out the bar.
The Faunsdale Music Festival, a community fundraiser set for Saturday at the venue, had to be postponed because of damage which included a missing roof, bricks flung around like toy balls and overturned tables. Robert McKee, chair of a foundation that promotes the community, told WBRC-TV he was saddened to see the damage but hopeful the town can come back.
"With 98 people it´s definitely a tight-knit community. Everybody knows everybody. We´re all having to step up and clean up and look forward to the next chapter. We just have to find out where that is and how to get there but we´re going that way," McKee said.
The National Weather Service has yet to determine whether a twister or straight-line winds hit Faunsdale, but forecasters have determined at least 11 tornadoes touched down in the state on Wednesday.
Located in Marengo County about 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Montgomery, Faunsdale was a thriving town in the heart of the state's cotton belt in the 1800s. It had two cotton gins, a cotton seed mill, five stores, a bank, a drug store and more, according to the Faunsdale Foundation.
In this photo provided by Jennifer Cassity, storm damage to the Faunsdale Bar and Grill, a popular spot in Faunsdale, Ala., is shown on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Located in an old building in a once-thriving town, the business was hit by a storm that moved through rural west Alabama. The loss of the well-known entertainment venue was a blow to the community of less than 100 people. (Jennifer Cassity via AP)
All that's left now are homes and a few businesses inside shells of old red-brick buildings. One of them housed the Faunsdale Bar and Grill, a popular stop for University of Alabama football fans headed to Tuscaloosa from south Alabama.
Jennifer Cassity, who worked at the bar for more than two decades before buying it seven years ago, said other spots in town also were damaged, including the post office and a feed store.
"It wasn´t just me, it was all of us," she said in an interview Friday.
But the bar and grill WAS the town to people passing through. Cassity said it's unclear whether it can be repaired or will have to be rebuilt completely.
"It´s like a loss in the family. In the community, every knows it. You say `Faunsdale,´ and everyone says, `the bar and grill,´" she said.
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Wheat for May was down 21.25 cents at $9.8450 a bushel; May corn fell 13.75 cents at $7.35 a bushel, May oats rose 12.50 cents at $7.48 a bushel; while May soybeans declined 35.50 cents at $15.8275 a bushel.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are re-signing veteran running back Giovani Bernard for the 2022 season, NFL Network reported Friday.
Bernard, 30, played in 12 games with Tampa Bay last season. He caught 23 passes for 123 yards and three scores and rushed eight times for 58 yards.
Bernard also rushed 13 times for 44 yards and a touchdown and added five receptions for 39 yards in the Buccaneers' 31-15 win against the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFC wild-card game.
He spent his first eight NFL seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. In 127 career games (30 starts), Bernard has 3,755 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns and 365 receptions for 2,990 receiving yards with 14 TDs.
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A top Ukrainian security official has denied Ukraine was responsible for a helicopter attack on a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod earlier on Friday, after Ukraine’s Foreign and Defense ministries neither denied nor confirmed Russia’s allegations that Ukraine carried out the attack.
Key Facts
Ukraine’s Security Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said on national television that “for some reason” Russia was blaming Ukraine for the attack, but according to his information “this does not correspond to reality.”
Earlier, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Defense Ministry Spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk neither confirmed nor denied Ukraine’s involvement, which if true would be the first Ukrainian airstrike on Russia’s territory since the Russian invasion began in February.
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov blamed Ukraine for the airstrike, and Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the incident could jeopardize peace talks with Ukraine, which resumed on Friday.
The oil depot is run by Russian oil firm Rosneft and is located around 21 miles north of Russia’s border with Ukraine.
Key Background
Russia's Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the helicopters "entered the airspace of the Russian Federation at extremely low altitude" at 5 a.m. Moscow time and launched a missile attack on the facility, CNN reported. Reuters reported it verified security camera footage that showed an explosion on the ground following what appeared to be a missile fired at a low altitude. Rosneft said in a statement that no injuries resulted from the incident, Reuters reported.
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FAUNSDALE, Ala. (AP) — With fewer than 100 residents and only a handful of buildings, this west Alabama community doesn't have much aside from an old water tower and the namesake Faunsdale Bar and Grill, which lures visitors and locals alike with live music, crawfish boils and good times.
It's unclear what might happen next now that a possible tornado has wiped out the bar.
The Faunsdale Music Festival, a community fundraiser set for Saturday at the venue, had to be postponed because of damage which included a missing roof, bricks flung around like toy balls and overturned tables. Robert McKee, chair of a foundation that promotes the community, told WBRC-TV he was saddened to see the damage but hopeful the town can come back.
“With 98 people it’s definitely a tight-knit community. Everybody knows everybody. We’re all having to step up and clean up and look forward to the next chapter. We just have to find out where that is and how to get there but we’re going that way,” McKee said.
The National Weather Service has yet to determine whether a twister or straight-line winds hit Faunsdale, but forecasters have determined at least 11 tornadoes touched down in the state on Wednesday.
Located in Marengo County about 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Montgomery, Faunsdale was a thriving town in the heart of the state's cotton belt in the 1800s. It had two cotton gins, a cotton seed mill, five stores, a bank, a drug store and more, according to the Faunsdale Foundation.
All that's left now are homes and a few businesses inside shells of old red-brick buildings. One of them housed the Faunsdale Bar and Grill, a popular stop for University of Alabama football fans headed to Tuscaloosa from south Alabama.
Jennifer Cassity, who worked at the bar for more than two decades before buying it seven years ago, said other spots in town also were damaged, including the post office and a feed store.
“It wasn’t just me, it was all of us," she said in an interview Friday.
But the bar and grill WAS the town to people passing through. Cassity said it's unclear whether it can be repaired or will have to be rebuilt completely.
“It’s like a loss in the family. In the community, every knows it. You say ‘Faunsdale,’ and everyone says, ‘the bar and grill,’” she said.
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There's no better way to learn history than from the people who lived it. And for years, Betty Reid Soskin — a.k.a. Ranger Betty — brought her invaluable perspective to work at the National Park Service, sharing experiences that otherwise would have been gone unacknowledged.
"What gets remembered is a function of who's in the room doing the remembering," Soskin, who turned 100 last fall, has said.
For years, Soskin was the oldest active ranger in the park service, leading public programs at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif. That chapter of her rich life has finally come to a close: She retired on Thursday, capping a career that saw her enrich histories of the World War II home front with her own experience as a woman of color facing segregation and hours of toil.
While Rosie the Riveter was the famous public face of women's industrial work during the war, Soskin literally had to create the space to tell stories like her own.
"That really is a white woman's story," Soskin said of the iconic bandanna-wearing worker, in a 2014 interview with NPR.
Soskin initially helped shape the historical park in Richmond through planning meetings. Then she worked with the park service through a third-party grant highlighting Black Americans' experiences during World War II. Her drive to ensure park visitors understand the broader context of the war effort, and the backdrop of racism and segregation, led to her accepting a temp position at age 84, and then a permanent job.
As a young woman during World War II, Soskin worked as a shipyard clerk for an all-Black auxiliary lodge of the Boilermakers union, which didn't allow people of color to join as regular members.
For added perspective, consider that Soskin's great-grandmother, who had been born into slavery in 1846 and lived to be 102, was still alive as her family's youngest members continued to cope with institutional racism — even as Soskin helped the U.S. war effort.
In 1945, Soskin and her husband, Mel Reid, opened a renowned record store — Reid's Records — in Berkeley that stayed in business for nearly 75 years before closing in 2019, selling soul and gospel music.
Soskin says she has lived "lots and lots of lives"
Soskin has lived "lots and lots of lives," she told NPR in 2014, including writing protest songs during the civil rights movement and working for years in local politics. Years after enduring segregation, she used those experiences to add vivid life to tours and discussions at the Rosie the Riveter Home Front park.
Accolades have rolled in for Soskin. The California Legislature named her Woman of the Year in 1995. The World War II Museum in New Orleans awarded her its silver medallion. She has a middle school named after her.
And in 2015, Soskin introduced President Barack Obama during the national tree-lighting ceremony in Washington. For that occasion, she carried a unique piece of her own history in her pocket: a photo of her great-grandmother.
It was the same photo she brought to watch Obama be sworn in as president, in 2009.
"It's a kind of experience that covers years, and decades, and centuries," she said of bringing an image of her ancestor along to those historic moments.
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NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 33-year-old Queens woman was identified as the Northwell Health employee shot and killed in a parking garage on Thursday.
Amelia Laguerre, of St. Albans, Queens, was fatally shot at 4:10 p.m. in a publicly-accessible parking garage underneath a medical office complex on 1999 Marcus Avenue, police said.
Police believe she was targeted, possibly by someone she knew. Police are still searching for the shooter but said there is no danger to the public related to this incident.
“This person was probably waiting in the wings. If you were down in that parking garage, it’s kind of dim lighting,” Nassau County Police Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick said. “He was probably lurking … and then just came out on her.”
Laguerre was an employee at Northwell Health for ten years. The health care provider said it is mourning the “heartbreaking loss of our colleague and team member” and would be providing counseling services to team members.
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Battle for Irpin: Russian forces pushed out of Kyiv suburb
By Orla Guerin
BBC News, Irpin, Ukraine
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The battle-scarred town of Irpin now stands as an example of Ukrainian resistance, and of Russian defeat. President Putin's forces managed to enter the town but didn't manage to push through it. If they had, Kyiv would have been their next stop - the capital is just a short drive away, 13 miles (21km) down the road. Blocking the Russian advance here was critical.
We reached the city centre under armed escort, driving through streets strewn with rubble and downed power lines - and devoid of life.
Ukrainian forces gave us a careful tour - avoiding some main roads. We were told Russian forces might be present in the forests on the outskirts, though the Mayor, Oleksandr Markushyn, insists the town itself is completely under Ukrainian control.
Troops proudly showed us a Russian armoured personnel carrier which had been torn to shreds, its turret upturned. Another burnt out Russian vehicle was just down the road. But we were moved quickly from place to place because of the ongoing risk of Russian shelling.
Most of the 70,000 people who used to live in this middle class commuter city fled over the past month - darting out of basements, running the gauntlet of relentless Russian shelling.
Many may have little left to come back to. President Putin claims he is not targeting civilian areas, but the destroyed homes of Irpin give the lie to that.
We saw extensive damage in residential areas, including one high-rise block where a shell had punched a neat hole right through a corner apartment. There was a child's red toy car on the ground, close to a forsaken playground. There were cars with bullet-riddled windscreens, and charred houses where the roofs have been ripped off.
Some of the dead still lie beneath the rubble. Others were buried hastily in courtyards and parks because a proper funeral was impossible. The mayor estimates that between 200-300 civilians were killed here, some directly targeted as they fled. The final death toll is likely to be higher.
The Russians had held 20-30% of the city, but the resistance here was dogged. Ukraine's defence ministry has recognised "the mass heroism and resilience of the residents and the defenders" with the honorary title "Hero City of Ukraine". The title dates from World War Two when it was awarded by the Soviet Union to several cities.
Inside the city, as heavily armed police and troops kept watch, there was a palpable layer of tension.
This victory was hard-fought, but troops we spoke to conceded that the Russians could be back at some point.
"Yes, I believe that," said Serhiy Smalchuk, whose day job is TV presenting. "They need Kyiv, right, because Putin will lose if he doesn't take over Kyiv. So, perhaps they will try but we are prepared in case they come back, and we will defeat them."
"We don't know what they are thinking," said Ivan Kolehin, a young territorial defence recruit. "I don't think they will try again any time soon. Their ground forces have been removed but their artillery can still hit us."
Ivan had a day job in marketing before he took up arms. He seemed to be struggling to process the battle for Irpin, and the fact that he is still alive.
"I never thought I would live," he said. "On our third day we heard a whistle and they started to bomb us directly. We sat in the basement and the ceiling started to crumble. We were pretty scared."
Now he worries for the future of the city.
"It's still not safe here, but in due time we will rebuild," he said. "Probably it will take years, considering the damage. I am trying not to think about the fact that every house that was destroyed was built by someone, sometimes with their own hands."
He had Russian friends in the past, but not anymore.
"I hate the Russians from the depths of my heart," he said. "There are no excuses for this."
Moscow now says it will drastically reduce its attacks around the capital, and focus on the eastern Donbas region. In reality the Kremlin had little choice, as its offensives around the capital had ground to a halt.
But in time Russian forces may regroup and target the capital again. If they do, the "hero city" will once again be in their path, and in the line of fire.
As we left Irpin a trickle of civilians were evacuating on foot, crossing a river bed on planks of wood balanced precariously on rubble and boulders. This is the wreckage of a bridge, blown up by Ukrainian forces to block the Russian advance - another sacrifice made by Irpin.
An ambulance was waiting for two elderly women, carried up the river-bank on stretchers - survivors of a merciless and failed Russian assault.
Further up the road a departing column of Ukrainian troops - with the swagger of victory - broke into an obscene chant about President Putin.
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The 2022 World Cup draw has set Germany up against an old foe, but Group E has also boosted Hansi Flick's chances of delivering a good tournament, DW's Jonathan Harding writes.
If we're honest, it could have been a lot worse for Germany.
Spain, Japan and either Costa Rica or New Zealand pose challenges of their own, but Hansi Flick must feel good about his chances of guiding Germany into the knockout stages of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. A repeat of the 2018 disaster in Russia looks off the cards.
Spain provides the headline clash. Flick said after the draw that he considers the Spanish a top favorite for the title, calling the draw "a blockbuster."
A lot has changed since Joachim Löw's side lost 6-0 to Spain in November 2020. Flick, who was also assistant coach when Germany lost to Spain in Euro 2008 and at the 2010 World Cup, will want to prove that Germany can finish top.
Top or not, a round-of-16 tie against Belgium, Croatia, Canada or Morocco awaits. After that, Brazil in the quarterfinals is a tantalizing prospect. Now that their World Cup path is set, the chances of a strong showing for Germany have increased.
The early signs of the Flick era are encouraging. Germany have yet to lose since the former Bayern boss took over, and, with Jamal Musiala flourishing and Kai Havertz the man to lead the line, there is much reason to believe that the tournament in Qatar can be the first step toward future glory.
But right now this squad is short of quality in depth, particularly in defense. David Raum and Nico Schlotterbeck have made encouraging starts, but playing at a World Cup is an entirely different task.
Furthermore, the nucleus of this group is still evolving. Veterans such as Manuel Neuer (36), Thomas Müller (32) and Ilkay Gündogan (31) are approaching the final stages of their international careers, and with that another shift beckons.
Though Germany have always gone to a World Cup with the ambition of winning it all, their chances of being crowned champions in Qatar are small.
A solid showing, such as reaching the quarterfinals, would be a big step in the right direction for a group in the early stages of a new cycle of development. And the draw has given Germany an excellent chance of doing just that.
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Red Cross team sent to help 170,000 stranded civilians in Mariupol is 'forced to turn around' from the Ukrainian port city - which has been under Russian bombardment for weeks
- A Red Cross team sent to civilians in Mariupol has been 'forced to turn around'
- Officials hoped Mariupol ceasefire would last for planned civilian evacuation
- They were due to deliver essential supplies last night to families hiding for weeks
- There was relentless bombing with no running water access, power or fresh food
A Red Cross team sent to help 170,000 stranded civilians in Mariupol has been 'forced to turn around'.
The Ukrainian port city has been under Russian bombardment for weeks and officials were holding their breath that a ceasefire from 10am local time yesterday would last for the planned evacuation today.
The Red Cross said a team sent to help evacuate thousands of civilians from Mariupol on Friday had been forced to turn around but would try again on Saturday.
A man walks past a burnt armoured personnel carrier near buildings destroyed in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
Service members of pro-Russian troops sit atop of an armoured vehicle, which moves along a street in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
Local resident Marina Sidorenko, 83, shows an apartment building burnt-out in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
A bus carries internally displaced people from Mariupol and Berdiansk to a refugee centre in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Friday, April 1
Russia agreed a ceasefire from 10am local time yesterday and officials were holding their breath that it will last for the planned evacuation today. Evacuees from the region are pictured above yesterday
A view shows the building of a theatre destroyed in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
Local residents are seen in front of an apartment building destroyed during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 31
A view shows a road and buildings damaged in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
People walk along a street near residential buildings heavily damaged in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
A boy looks at a destroyed Russian tank after recent battles in Bucha, close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1
A man rides a bicycle near residential buildings destroyed in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its team of three cars and nine staff that had been heading to the besieged Ukrainian port city had been forced to turn back 'after arrangements and conditions made it impossible to proceed'.
The team 'did not reach Mariupol or facilitate the safe passage of civilians today,' the ICRC said in a statement, adding that they had returned to Zaporizhzhia, more than 120 miles away.
The ICRC said: 'They will try again on Saturday to facilitate the safe passage of civilians from Mariupol.'
Men walk past a car damaged in the course of the war, in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
Marina Sidorenko, 83, and other local residents sit around a fire on the territory of a church in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
Local resident Marina Sidorenko, 83, shows her apartment in a multi-storey building burnt-out in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
Local resident and pensioner Valentina Popyi, 75, who seeks refuge in a children's home damaged in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict, speaks with neighbours in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
Local resident and accountant Tatyana Velichko, 60, who seeks refuge in a children's home damaged in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict, cooks food in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1
A close up of the extensive damage to the Mariupol theatre and nearby buildings
The aftermath of the airstrike on the Mariupol Drama Theatre, in Mariupol southern Ukraine
It stressed that 'for the operation to succeed, it is critical that the parties respect the agreements and provide the necessary conditions and security guarantees.'
The ICRC had planned for its team to lead a convoy out of the city, which has been under intense Russian bombardment for weeks.
Previous attempts to evacuate residents have collapsed, though some have made the dangerous dash to freedom alone.
An estimated 170,000 people remain trapped in the southeastern city, with many left in the cold without food.
A total of 6,266 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Friday, a senior government official said.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the president's office, said in an online post that 3,071 people had left the besieged city of Mariupol.
Russian forces have seized 14 tonnes of food and medical supplies destined for the besieged city of Mariupol, Kyiv has said. Pictured: Evacuees from Mariupol region arrive at reception centre, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 31, 2022
Two young boys are seen on an evacuation bus that arrived at reception centre in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 31, 2022, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues
Local residents cook food outside an apartment building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 30, 2022
Local residents carry supplies while walking past an apartment building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 31, 2022
ICRC spokesman Ewan Watson had warned earlier Friday that it was not certain the evacuations would be able to go ahead as planned.
'If and when it does happen, the ICRC role as a neutral intermediary will be to lead the convoy out from Mariupol to another city in Ukraine,' he told reporters in Geneva.
'We're unable to confirm which city at the moment. This is something the parties must agree to.'
The ICRC would use their vehicles as a humanitarian protection marker to remind all sides of the non-military nature of the operation, he said.
Local resident Pavel, 42, stands next to the grave of his friend Igor, who was killed by shelling while they were riding together in a car during Ukraine-Russia conflict, in a residential area in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 30, 2022
Drone footage taken over the city shows the devastating trail of destruction wrought by Putin
Homes, administrative buildings and cultural landmarks have all been shelled in the brutal campaign
Thousands of people have died in Mariupol since the city was subjected to horrific bombardment, and the theatre has been completely destroyed (pictured)
BEFORE: A satellite image shows home and buildings in Mariupol in June last year before the Russian invasion
AFTER: A photo taken on Tuesday shows the scale of devastation on the port city wrought by Putin's army
The plan on Friday had been for a total of 54 buses, and many more civilian vehicles, containing thousands of people seeking to flee the city, to take part in the convoy, Mr Watson said.
They were due to deliver essential supplies last night to families who have been hiding in basements for weeks under relentless bombing with no access to running water, power or fresh food.
The city was home to 450,000 people before war broke out, of which 140,000 managed to flee before the Russian siege began in February. It is feared 5,000 civilians have been killed and thousands more 'abducted' to Russian cities.
No official humanitarian buses have so far managed to get people out, but many have escaped in their cars – or even on foot – often under fire.
Russian forces struck a Red Cross facility in Mariupol but no staff were inside after it was evacuated
The refugees have told horror stories of bodies lining the streets and families forced to kill their dogs for food.
Vladimir Putin has made clear the bombing will continue after the humanitarian operation, insisting that the bombardment will only stop once all Ukrainian troops surrender.
Much of the urban landscape has now been reduced to rubble, with tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside with little food, water or medicine.
The city would give Moscow access to a warm sea port and allow his forces to consolidate their gains in east Ukraine.
Mr Watson added: 'To start leading civilians out at the top of that convoy, we will need to have assurances that the route we are taking is safe.
'We are running out of adjectives to describe the horrors that residents in Mariupol have suffered. The situation is horrendous and deteriorating.
'It's now a humanitarian imperative that people be allowed to leave and aid supplies be allowed in.'
However, the ICRC said it had not received permission to bring aid into Mariupol on Friday to help civilians still surviving in the city.
The organisation had two trucks filled with food, medicine and relief items but they remained behind in Zaporizhzhia.
'Time is running out for the people of Mariupol. They are desperately in need of assistance,' said Watson.
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The one-two punch of nasty wildfiresfollowed by heavy downpours, triggering flooding and mudslides, will strike the U.S. West far more often in a warming-hopped world, becoming a frequent occurrence, a new study said.
That fire-flood combination, with extreme drenchings hitting a spot that burned within a year, could increase as much as eight-fold in the Pacific Northwest, double in California and jump about 50% in Colorado by the year 2100 in a worst-case climate change scenario of increasing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study in Friday’s Science Advances.
The study said that as human-caused climate change intensifies, 90% of extreme fire events will be followed by at least three extraordinary downpours in the same location within five years.
Study authors said it’s because even though the West isgetting drier overall — making wildfire season longer — concentrated bursts of intense rain are increasing and coming earlier so areas can get hurt by both extremes.
“One disaster is bad. Two disasters in rapid succession is even worse because you’re already reeling from the first one,” said study co-author Samantha Stevenson, a climate scientist at the University of California Santa Barbara. “But in the particular case of wildfire plus extreme rain, the wildfire is setting you up for worse consequences because you’re losing your vegetation, you’re changing soil properties and making that landscape more conducive to destructive flooding.”
Stevenson knows because the Thomas Fire, which started in late 2017 and was followed a month later by a downpour of half an inch (13 millimeters) of rain in just five minutes, caused mudslides in Montecito that killed 23 people.
“Oh yeah, it was crazy,” Stevenson said. “Like the entire highway was blocked off with like a wall of mud. There were boulders in people’s living rooms.”
For study co-author Daniel Swain, a western weather expert at UCLA who lives in Colorado, it hit even closer to home. Last week, he had to evacuatehis Boulder home because of a fire. Today is the start of flash flood season.
Especially in the Pacific Northwest, fire and flood seasons keep getting longer and closer to each other. While both are get likely to get worse, extreme rainfall should increase more, Swain said.
“That’s another sort of a double whammy, a situation where you have the candle burning at both ends,” Swain said. “It’s entirely foreseeable that some of these places will literally still have fires burning when the first extreme rainfall event extinguishes them.”
The report looked at 11 Western U.S. states, concentrating on four of them where the projected increase in fires followed by downpours was most noticeable.
Study authors acknowledged that the worst-case warming scenario they studied, using dozens of large-scale climate model simulations, is becoming increasingly less likely because many but not all countries, including the United States and Europe, have been cutting emissions of heat-trapping gases.
They said they were unable at the time to use simulations of more likely scenarios with some moderate emission reductions. But in the more likely scenarios the Pacific Northwest would probably still see a four-fold increase in fire-and-flooding, said study lead author Danielle Touma, a National Center for Atmospheric Research climate scientist.
The simulations were of fire weather, not fires themselves, and downpour conditions. University of California at Merced climate scientist LeRoy Westerling, who wasn’t part of the study, said he worries about the accuracy of global computer model simulations being able to work on such a small scale. Still, he said, the results make sense.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level under legislation the House approved Friday as Democrats made the case for allowing states to set their own policies on pot.
The bill is unlikely to become law since it is expected to die in the Senate. That would mirror what happened when a similar House-passed measure removing marijuana from the list of federally-controlled substances went nowhere in the Senate two years ago.
Still, Friday’s vote gave lawmakers the chance to state their view on a decriminalization push that appears to have broad support with voters across the country.
The 2020 election showed how broadly accepted marijuana has become, with measures to legalize recreational pot breezing to victory in progressive New Jersey, moderate Arizona and conservative Montana and South Dakota.
The House approved the bill Friday with a mostly party-line vote of 220-204. All but two voting Democrats backed the measure, while only three Republicans did.
The measure would require federal courts to expunge prior marijuana convictions and conduct resentencing hearings for those completing their sentences. It also authorizes a 5% sales tax on marijuana and marijuana products that would be used for grant programs focused on job training, substance abuse treatment and loans to help disadvantaged small businesses get into the marijuana industry.
Democrats said the nation’s federal prohibition on marijuana has had particularly devastating consequences for minority communities. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., cited statistics that showed Black Americans were four times more likely than white Americans to be arrested for marijuana possession, even though they use it at similar rates.
“Those criminal records can haunt people of color and impact the trajectory of their lives indefinitely,” Hoyer said. “I regret that there are some members of our Congress who apparently think that’s not worthy of attention.”
“Make no mistake, yes, it is a racial justice bill,” said Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
Republicans who opposed the measure said marijuana is a gateway drug that would lead to greater use of opioids and other dangerous substances. They also said the pot sold today is far more potent than what was sold decades ago, leading to greater impairment for those who use it. They said decriminalization is not the priority that lawmakers should be focused on now, with the war in Ukraine and inflation driving up the cost of gas, food and other essential items.
“Yet the priority of this Congress now turns to expanding access to addictive, behavior-altering recreational drugs at a time when our country is also experiencing increased addiction, depression and suicide,” said Rep. Bob Good, R-Va.
Thirty-seven states and District of Columbia allow the medical use of cannabis products while 18 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
“If states are the laboratories of democracy, it is long past time for the federal government to recognize that legalization has been a resounding success and that the conflict with federal law has become untenable,” said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
In the Senate, Democrats including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York asked colleagues in early February for their input on a marijuana decriminalization bill. He said after the House vote that they were still working on crafting the legislation, but he hoped it would be introduced “very soon.”
“Of course, we will need Republicans to pass a legalization bill in the Senate, and we will be working hard to try and get them,” Schumer said.
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Snow sports fan surprised by his hero at skiing session
- Credit: Right at Home UK
A snow sports-lover from Stansted Mountfitchet was given a surprise of a lifetime after his home care provider teamed up with an ex-professional snowboarder to make his wish come true.
David Richardson, 49, is an avid snow sports fan but had not skied in over 14 years, instead watching his hero - Ski Sunday presenter Ed Leigh - commentate on snow sports around the world.
David's caregivers at Right at Home Bishop's Stortford and Braintree told him they had arranged for him to attend a bi-skiing session at his local indoor snow centre in Hemel Hempstead, where he would be guided down the slopes using adapted skis for people with limited or no use of their legs.
After a few trips down the slopes David was amazed to be met by Ed Leigh himself, who flew in from Switzerland - where he was covering the Winter Olympics - to join David for the skiing session.
David said: “I’ve loved watching Ed Leigh’s reporting ever since I saw him interview a girl with autism.
"He was the first sports presenter I watched interview someone living with a disability and treat it as secondary to who they really were as a person.
“I've no words to describe how happy I am to have shared this with him. I love skiing because it makes me feel free. Going down a slope, my body isn’t getting in the way of me doing what I want to do.
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"The whole experience made me feel like me, just me without a disability, so I would like to thank everyone who made my wish come true.”
The day was arranged as part of Right at Home UK's Tin-full of Wishes campaign, which encourages caregivers to nominate clients who deserve to have a once-in-a-lifetime wish granted.
Ed Leigh said: “It’s incredibly humbling to be called someone’s hero. I’m honoured that David could have had any wish and he asked to meet me.
“I have many career highlights, but this experience is unforgettable. When I was asked to do this, there was no way I couldn’t come to meet him – how could anyone pass up the opportunity to make someone’s dream come true?
"Probably the most inspirational thing about David is that he refuses to take ‘no’ for an answer! We can all learn a lot from David.”
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SALEM, Ore. — The new Speaker of the Oregon House, Rep. Dan Rayfield (D-Corvallis), said he would give the recently completed 2022 short legislative session an A-minus grade, because there's always room for improvement. Republican House leaders would agree there's room for improvement — a lot of it. They said they would grade the session a D.
House Republican Leader Rep. Vikki Breese Iverson (R-Prineville) and Deputy Republican Leader Rep. Kim Wallan (R-Medford) were guests on this week's episode of "Straight Talk."
During its 31 day session, lawmakers passed more than130 bills and spent $2.5 billion. Breese Iverson said that's not what the short session was originally intended to do.
"The intention of short session was to create a time for legislators to come back to the Capitol to do budgetary fixes, technical fixes, and agency oversight. And if we look at what we're doing in this last short session and really in recent years, we aren't doing what the intention of short session was about," she said.
Oregon House Republicans say Democrats overreached on spending
Rep. Wallan and Rep. Breese Iverson think the unexpected surge in revenues in state coffers should have been returned to taxpayers.
"A lot of that money was federal money. It wasn't just that we weathered the downturn. We are borrowing that against future generations. We are going to be paying that back in inflation as we're seeing now," Rep. Wallan said.
On Straight Talk recently, Speaker Rayfield stood by the legislature's spending. He said the state met Oregonians' pressing needs as they try to recover from the pandemic, and saved a record amount of money.
"We had a historic ending fund balance of $760 million. That's more than when Republicans were in control — that's more in prior cycles when Democrats were in control. On top of that we also have reserve accounts. When you add it all we have around $2.7 billion in reserves. We are one of the best states in the nation to weather a significant economic downturn," he said.
Republican leader: Money should have been returned to taxpayers
Republican leader Breese-Iverson said that looks good on the surface, but she pointed to the source of those dollars.
"We got those dollars by taxing Oregonians. And I think as we look at what we are facing and potential downturn — we should look at how to give back some of that money to Oregonians who worked hard to earn it in the first place," she said.
The two Oregon Republicans also discussed the historic all women-leadership team for Republicans in the House, the relationship between Democrats and Republicans in the legislature, the upcoming election for governor, and how that could impact the next legislative session and the future of Oregon.
"Straight Talk" airs Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department is asking for the community's help in locating a missing adult.
Belen Ayala, 39, was last seen on March 25 around 9 p.m. in the 9700 block of Dallum Drive.
Ayala is unable to speak and is hard of hearing but understands Spanish.
She is described as a Hispanic female, 4 feet and 11 inches tall, 90 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
If you have any information on Ayala's whereabouts or see her call 911 immediately.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- I'janee Tunstall used to watch videos on her phone after school out of pure boredom.
"I really didn't have nothing to do. I would be on my phone or watch TV," Tunstall said.
Now, instead of scrolling, Tunstall is featured in posts living her best life at Lucille Brown Middle School's after-school program.
"At first I didn't want to, but everybody was hyping me up, so then I did it," Tunstall said.
The program is called Next Up RVA and is free for all Richmond Public Schools (RPS) middle school students, with the exception of Binford students who have their own after-school program.
It works with community partners who provide programming and give kids something to do after school.
"We talk about empowerment, respect, caring, sometimes we have caring conversations about our feelings, life," Tunstall said.
NextUp RVA is a non-profit that launched at Henderson Middle School in 2014. Since then, nearly 2,000 Richmond students have participated.
"Middle school was kind of like that last stop where we can really intervene and keep kids on a positive path," Barbara Sipe, the President and CEO of Next Up RVA, said.
Sipe said new data showed just how influential this programming can be.
"What we've seen year over year, like every year since our pilot, is that kids who are participating in the after-school programs are doing better, they have better school day attendance, they have better school behavior," Sipe said.
In fact, data shows a 92 percent on-time graduation rate among kids who participated in the first class of NextUp RVA versus a 78.8 graduation rate in RPS as a whole.
"What we want to see is for the entire community, the entire region, to understand how important it is that schools can't do it alone, out of school time matters," Sipe said.
It matters not only for straight-A students like Tunstall but also for kids who struggle in class.
"And so what we know is that those students benefited the most from the after-school program," Sipe said. "They showed the greatest improvement and graduated on time."
NextUp RVA is funded through dollars from the city and state and private donations, money Tunstall said helped her learn a very important lesson.
"To be myself around other people because trying to not be yourself around other people might not be a good thing and when people learn who you really are that's what it's really about," Tunstall said.
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NIO, Dexcom rise; BlackBerry, Ford fall
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday:
GameStop Corp., down $1.58 to $165.
The video game retailer will ask shareholders to approve a stock split.
Fisker Inc., up 12 cents to $13.02.
The electric vehicle maker passed 40,000 reservations for its Fisker Ocean SUV.
Ford Motor Co., down 26 cents to $16.65.
Regulators unveiled stricter fuel economy requirements for new vehicles sold in the U.S.
BlackBerry Ltd., down 71 cents to $6.75.
Investors were disappointed by the cybersecurity software and services company's latest financial update.
Amazon.com Inc., up $11.25 to $3,271.20.
The online retailer's workers in Alabama appear to have rejected a union bid, while workers in part of New York voted to unionize.
NIO Inc., up 88 cents to $21.93.
The Chinese electric vehicle maker gave investors an encouraging delivery update.
DexCom Inc., up $19.97 to $531.57.
The medical device company announced the launch of a new glucose monitoring system in the U.K.
Newell Brands Inc., down 1 cent to $21.40.
The maker of Rubbermaid and other consumer products completed the sale of its connected home & security business to Resideo Technologies.
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Saudi-led coalition welcomes the 2-month truce in Yemen -state TV
CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition, which intervened in March 2015 against the Houthis, welcomed on Friday the U.N.-brokered truce in Yemen saying it supports the U.N. efforts and arrangements to keep the truce, Saudi state TV reported.
The warring sides in Yemen's seven-year conflict have for the first time in years agreed on a nationwide truce, which would also allow fuel imports into Houthi-held areas and some flights operating from Sanaa airport, the United Nations envoy said on Friday. (Reporting by Alaa Swilam and Yomna Ehab Editing by Chris Reese)
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HUNTINGTON — When former Marshall women's basketball standout Savannah Wheeler announced she was entering the NCAA transfer portal recently, she did so trying to find the right recipe for success for her final two years of college eligibility.
As it turns out, Wheeler's recipe for success involved the league in which she's competed for her first three collegiate seasons.
On Friday morning, Wheeler confirmed she has committed to Middle Tennessee — Marshall's former Conference USA East division rival — to continue her basketball career.
"It's one of the toughest decisions I've ever made in basketball, but I felt like when I visited there, I just felt like it checked off all the boxes that I was looking for," Wheeler said. "I just feel like it was a really great opportunity for me."
Wheeler will return to C-USA, where she led the league in scoring in the 2021-22 season, averaging 20.3 points en route to being a Conference USA first-team selection for the Thundering Herd.
As Marshall transitions to the Sun Belt Conference for 2022-23, Wheeler returns to a league with which she's familiar while playing for the C-USA's most established program for her final two seasons of eligibility.
In the end, Wheeler cited the opportunity to win and play in major postseason basketball as a huge factor in the decision to leave Marshall — a team just 20 minutes away from her home in Catlettsburg, Kentucky — for the Blue Raiders.
"My ultimate goal is to produce the best that I can for them, but I just want to win," Wheeler said. "They lose one person and with everybody coming back. Ultimately, I felt like it was the best fit for me."
Middle Tennessee's season ended with a 27-8 record after Thursday night's 74-73 loss to Seton Hall in the WNIT semifinals at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
"For these next two years, I want to be put in that position," Wheeler said of playing postseason tournament basketball. "I'm not saying it's going to happen, but I want that opportunity. I just think when I looked, that really stood out to me."
It was Middle Tennessee's first home loss since Wheeler and the Herd defeated the Blue Raiders 74-49 on March 4, 2021. Wheeler had 22 points in that win.
The lone player that Middle Tennessee loses from its 27-win team is point guard Dor Saar, whose role Wheeler will look to fill.
While the move is away from home in some ways for Wheeler, she said the feel was similar to home as she made her visit to Murfreesboro this week.
"The people in the Huntington community have made a positive impact in my life and when I was at Middle, it gave me the same feeling," Wheeler said. "I knew then I was home."
There is another "home" aspect that played a large role in Wheeler's decision: the opportunity to be closer to her sister, Taylor.
While Wheeler's parents live in Catlettsburg, her older sister lives just two hours from Murfreesboro in Greensburg, Kentucky, which means the move to Middle Tennessee allows her to be closer with family — especially her niece and soon-to-be-born nephew.
"I can visit my niece and my soon-to-be nephew whenever I can," Wheeler said.
Wheeler's time at Marshall ends with her finishing in the top 10 in program history in several categories.
In three years, Wheeler scored 1,294 points, which was good for ninth all-time in Marshall history. She knocked down 143 3-pointers, which placed her third.
Wheeler was known for getting to the free-throw line, as well. Her free throw percentage of 83.4% ranks second all-time in Marshall history. She hit 367 free throws (sixth all-time) and attempted 440 (eighth all-time).
Marshall was 15-13 overall this season while winning 10 games in conference play for only the second time in the 17-year history of membership in C-USA.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA kicked off a critical countdown test Friday for its new moon rocket, a 30-story behemoth that could make its first lunar test flight by summer.
The two-day demonstration — the final major milestone before liftoff to the moon — will culminate Sunday as teams load nearly 1 million gallons of super-cold fuel into the rocket on the pad. The countdown will halt at the 9-second mark before engines ignite.
NASA plans to set a launch date after analyzing the results of the dress rehearsal for the Space Launch System rocket — SLS for short.
Officials have indicated the rocket could blast off as early as June, sending the attached Orion crew capsule hurtling toward the moon. The capsule will spend at least a month in space before returning to Earth.
No one will be on board for the first moonshot since NASA’s Apollo lunar landings a half-century ago. Astronauts will strap in for the second test flight slated for 2024, looping around the moon and back. That would pave the way for astronauts landing on the moon around 2025, according to NASA.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office recently warned, however, that technical challenges remain — primarily with the lunar lander and spacesuits — that could further delay the moon landing, already years behind schedule. The GAO also cited billions in escalating costs.
Towering 322 feet (98 meters), the rocket made its debut at the Kennedy Space Center launch pad two weeks ago. Since then, all of its systems have been powered up in preparation for this weekend’s test. Officials stressed that possible thunderstorms or technical problems could drag out the rehearsal.
NASA promised to provide updates throughout the weekend, but the public won't be able to listen in. The space agency cited security concerns.
“We are being cautious — an abundance of caution — and that’s particularly in the environment that we’re in nowadays,” said Tom Whitmeyer, head of NASA’s exploration systems development.
NASA expects to announce the crews for the initial lunar missions this summer. The pool of candidates includes nine men and nine women; two are at the International Space Station and two are due to arrive there in a few weeks.
Twenty-four astronauts flew to the moon during Apollo from 1968 through 1972; 12 landed on the lunar surface.
Unlike Apollo, NASA is partnering with private business for its moon program, named Artemis after Apollo’s twin sister in Greek mythology. While NASA's rocket and capsule will get astronauts into lunar orbit, SpaceX’s still-in-development Starship will carry them down to the lunar surface, at least for the first mission. NASA is seeking additional companies for later landings.
The space agency’s goal is to develop a sustainable moon presence, then aim for Mars. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson recently cited 2040 as the target for a Martian expedition with astronauts.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New mothers can now receive one year of full Medicaid coverage after delivery as a new state law expanding services took effect Friday.
The 12-month coverage option was offered to states in a COVID-19 relief and stimulus package approved by Congress last year. The North Carolina state government budget approved by the General Assembly in November and signed by Gov. Roy Cooper accepted that offer.
Until now, women whose households received up to nearly twice the poverty level could receive 60 days of post-partum coverage.
Most pregnant women and those whose pregnancies have ended also will receive full Medicaid benefits, and not just maternity-focused benefits previously provided, the state Department of Health and Human Services said.
The expanded services also can now be accessed by anyone currently pregnant or who gave birth between Feb. 1 and March 31, DHHS said in a news release, and otherwise qualifies based on income.
This extended coverage is currently authorized for five years.
The state's cost share for the enrollment coverage, anticipated to be roughly $50 million annually, will be paid for through increased hospital assesments receipts, budget documents say. The federal government pays the remainder.
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Former U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested Thursday in North Carolina for allegedly driving while impaired, child abuse, and resisting arrest.
According to TMZ and NBC News affiliate WXII, she allegedly had her two-year-old twins in the car with her at the time of her arrest in Winston-Salem.
The news outlet reported that Solo, who shares the children with her husband, former NFL player Jerramy Stevens, was arrested in a Walmart parking lot on Parkway Village Circle.
She was taken into custody and processed at Forsyth County detention center and subsequently released, Fox News affiliate WGHP reported.
Solo's lawyer Rich Nichols later released a statement via Hope's Twitter account.
"On the advice of counsel, Hope can't speak about this situation, but she wants everyone to know that her kids are her life, that she was released immediately and is now at home with her family, that the story is more sympathetic than the initial charges suggest, and that she looks forward to her opportunity to defend these charges," the statement read.
— Hope Solo (@hopesolo) April 1, 2022
The two-time Olympic gold medalist was previously arrested and charged in 2014 with two misdemeanor counts of assault in the fourth degree for allegedly assaulting two family members at a home in Washington State, the Associated Press reported.
Those charges were later dropped.
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Ralf Rangnick indicated Manchester United have interviewed more than one candidate to become the club's next permanent manager.
United interviewed Ajax coach Erik ten Hag last week and French media also claimed the club had spoken to Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino, who has long-standing ambitions to manage United.
Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui ruled himself out of the running this week while the Spain coach Luis Enrique is an unrealistic option as he is unlikely to walk away from the national team before the World Cup starts in November.
READ MORE: Ten Hag breaks silence on his future
The Manchester Evening News revealed two weeks ago Ten Hag is United's preferred choice and the Dutchman described them as a 'great club with great fans' in an interview on Friday.
Interim manager Rangnick is due to start his consultancy role from July 1 but has not discussed the merits of the candidates with football director John Murtough and technical director Darren Fletcher, who are heading up the process.
"I don’t know," Rangnick said. "I know they have spoken to some people but so far we haven’t spoken about the experience and the impressions they have got from those meetings.
"It’s not an issue for me. For me, it’s important to focus on the next games."
Rangnick does not believe United players should be demotivated for the run-in, despite Paul Pogba describing their season as 'dead'. United are certain to end a fifth consecutive campaign trophyless and have nine Premier League games to salvage Champions League qualification by finishing fourth. United are currently sixth and four points behind Arsenal, who have a game in hand.
Pogba is expected to leave United when his contract expires on June 30 when Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Edinson Cavani are also out of contract. Irrespective of whether players are staying are going, Rangnick insists they have obvious incentives to perform over the next seven weeks.
"No," Rangnick replied at the suggestion some players could lack motivation. "Even less, for example, for players whose contracts are running out. They need to recommend themselves for this club or another club. Either way, it would not be wise for them to let the season peter out. we can’t afford that.
"Even more so a club like Manchester United and those players whose contracts are running out, they have to recommend themselves and the players who are still in contract, they have to recommend themselves to a new manager."
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Ancient rock art site Bulagaranda Aboriginal Area, formerly Mount Yarrowyck, returned to Anaiwan people
By Jennifer Ingall and Kristy ReadingStories of the ancient Anaiwan people etched into granite outcrops high in northern New South Wales are set to become more accessible to the public.
Key points:
- A 600 hectare bushland site in northern NSW has been returned to its Aboriginal owners
- Formerly known as Mount Yarrowyck Nature Reserve, it will be renamed Bulagaranda Aboriginal Area
- The land features Indigenous rock art, which will be used to attract more visitors
Protected and known as the Mount Yarrowyck Nature Reserve since 1983, the site west of Armidale, in the New England region, has been returned to the custody of its Aboriginal owners.
The 600 hectare site will be renamed Bulagaranda Aboriginal Area, which translates to 'turkey dreaming'.
Anaiwan woman Cheryl Kitchener was part of the negotiations and said it had been an emotional journey.
"Honestly there's no words that you can actually articulate to explain the joy," she said.
The site will remain open to the public under the new agreement, which will see the land managed in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Songlines and stories
Ms Kitchener said the priority will be upgrading an ancient art site, which is part of Anaiwan songlines.
"It's a beautiful art site that tells the story of our cultural landscape, and we can share that now in a meaningful way," she said.
Viewing platforms will be repaired and traditional foods and medicines restored to the area.
"We also want to manage the environmental impacts that have happened to the Mount Yarrowyck or Bulagaranda ... and make sure it comes back to a stage where it is healthy, spiritually and physically," Ms Kitchener said.
Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall said this agreement could pave the way for other land being returned to management of Indigenous groups.
"This is an initiative that's about preserving and enhancing our immense and rich Aboriginal culture," he said.
"It's about helping local Aboriginal people connect once more with country and allowing them to bring young Aboriginal people on to country where they have a sense of ownership and control."
Land key to self-determination
While this agreement has been decades in the making, the Anaiwan community has been proactively seeking other land around Armidale for cultural rehabilitation.
Language revival organisation Nēwara Aboriginal Corporation launched a crowdfunding campaign in January to purchase land.
Within six weeks, they had raised $350,000.
"We're one of a very small group of people in Australia that's actually gone back to buying a block of our own land that we can call our own with no government strings attached," Anaiwan man Dave Widders said.
The group took ownership of the 100 hectare block in March and plans to use it as part of a language and culture revival.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — New mothers can now receive one year of full Medicaid coverage after delivery as a new state law expanding services took effect Friday.
The 12-month coverage option was offered to states in a COVID-19 relief and stimulus package approved by Congress last year. The North Carolina state government budget approved by the General Assembly in November and signed by Gov. Roy Cooper accepted that offer.
Until now, women whose households received up to nearly twice the poverty level could receive 60 days of post-partum coverage.
Most pregnant women and those whose pregnancies have ended also will receive full Medicaid benefits, and not just maternity-focused benefits previously provided, the state Department of Health and Human Services said.
The expanded services also can now be accessed by anyone currently pregnant or who gave birth between Feb. 1 and March 31, DHHS said in a news release, and otherwise qualifies based on income.
This extended coverage is currently authorized for five years.
The state's cost share for the enrollment coverage, anticipated to be roughly $50 million annually, will be paid for through increased hospital assesments receipts, budget documents say. The federal government pays the remainder.
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Angion Provides Corporate Update and Reports Full Year 2021 Financial Results
-- Enrollment continues in Phase 2 JUNIPER trial of ANG-3070 for the treatment of patients with primary proteinuric kidney diseases
-- Ended the year with nearly $89M in cash and cash equivalents
Uniondale, NY - March 30, 2022 - Angion Biomedica Corp. (NASDAQ:ANGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel small molecule therapeutics to address fibrotic diseases, today reported its financial results for full year 2021.
"In 2022, we are focused on advancing Angion's lead clinical development candidate ANG-3070 for the treatment of patients with primary proteinuric kidney diseases and continuing the enrollment of JUNIPER, our Phase 2 dose-finding study in focal segmental glomerular sclerosis and IgA nephropathy patients," said Dr. Jay R. Venkatesan, Angion's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We also plan to advance ANG-3070 for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and to file an IND by the end of the year in this population in need of additional approved therapies."
Angion's Strategic Objectives in 2022
•Develop ANG-3070 for treatment of patients with primary proteinuric kidney diseases (PPKDs) including focal segmental glomerular sclerosis (FSGS) and IgA nephropathy (IgAN), which are the subject of Angion's JUNIPER Phase 2 trial
•Develop ANG-3070 for treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), with a planned IND filing in IPF by the end of 2022
•Nominate a lead compound and initiate IND-enabling studies for one or more of the preclinical rho kinase 2 (ROCK2) or CYP11B2 (aldosterone synthase) inhibitor programs
Corporate News
•Reported topline results from the Phase 3 trial of ANG-3777 for the treatment of deceased donor kidney transplant patients who were at risk for developing delayed graft function (DGF) and an exploratory Phase 2 trial for the prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass who were thought to be at risk for AKI (CSA-AKI). While neither trial achieved statistical significance on its primary endpoint, Angion believes ANG-3777 demonstrated biologic activity in both trials. Angion continues to work with its partner Vifor Pharma on the process of closing out its analyses of data from these trials. Angion does not intend to continue the clinical development plan for ANG-3777 currently set forth in the Vifor License Agreement ("Vifor License"), which had included a Phase 3 study in CSA-AKI and a Phase 4 confirmatory study in DGF. Angion has no funds budgeted for additional clinical trials for ANG-3777.
•Presented multiple posters at the American Society of Nephrology's Kidney Week Conference on the activity of ANG-3070 in multiple models of renal fibrosis as well as a presentation on the design of JUNIPER, the Phase 2 trial of ANG-3070 in PPKD patients with FSGS and IgAN.
•Held an ANG-3070 Virtual R&D Day on September 20, 2021, a recording of which is available on the Events & Presentations page of the company website.
◦Described in greater detail positive data from the Phase 1 healthy volunteer study of ANG-3070
◦Presented preclinical data in several models of kidney and lung fibrosis
◦Heard from experts in kidney fibrosis and lung fibrosis about the unmet medical needs in both indications
•Ongoing progress on preclinical programs for a ROCK2 inhibitor and a CYP11B2 inhibitor.
Full Year 2021 Financial Results
As of December 31, 2021, Angion had cash and cash equivalents totaling $88.8 million. Angion expects current cash resources to be sufficient to fund planned operations well into 2023.
Contract revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $27.5 million compared with $0.2 million in the same period in 2020. Since Angion does not intend to continue the clinical development plan for ANG-3777 currently set forth in the Vifor License, which had included a Phase 3 study in CSA-AKI and a Phase 4 confirmatory study in DGF, Angion performed a reassessment of the performance period and estimated costs for the completion of the performance obligations. This accelerated the revenue recognition related to the upfront payment received by Angion from Vifor Pharma when the Vifor License was entered into in 2020.
Grant revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $0.8 million compared with $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease was attributable to a decrease in reimbursable costs relating to Angion's grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $48.7 million compared with $39.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase in 2021 was primarily due to increases in headcount and personnel-related expenses in the amount of $8.5 million, including salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation expenses, and an increase of $1.0 million in expenses related to third-party clinical trial and manufacturing activities expenses, primarily related to the development of ANG-3777 and ANG-3070. The increase in research and development expenses in 2021 was partially offset by an employee retention credit of $1.2 million received in 2021 as a reduction to payroll taxes.
General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $18.5 million compared with $18.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to an increase of $2.5 million of personnel-related expenses, including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expenses, resulting from increases in headcount, an increase of $2.7 million of corporate fees mainly due to purchase of business insurance, offset by a decrease of $5.1 million of professional fees for legal, consulting, accounting, tax and other services primarily associated with preparing the company for the initial public offering in 2020.
Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $54.6 million, or $1.93 per basic and diluted share, compared with $80.1 million, or $5.43 per basic and diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease in loss per share was primarily due to revenue recognized related to the Vifor License during the year ended 2021 and the increase in shares outstanding related to the 2021 IPO.
About Angion
Angion is committed to transforming the treatment paradigm for patients suffering from fibrotic diseases for which there are no approved medicines or where existing approved medicines have known limitations. Angion's lead product candidate is ANG-3070, a highly-selective oral tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor in development for the treatment of fibrotic kidney and lung diseases. Enrollment is ongoing in JUNIPER, a dose-finding Phase 2 trial of ANG-3070 in primary proteinuric kidney diseases (NCT04939116). Additionally, Angion has preclinical programs focused on a rho kinase 2 (ROCK2) inhibitor and a CYP11B2 (aldosterone synthase) inhibitor. For more information, please visit www.angion.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that may occur in the future are "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to statements in this press release regarding the potential of ANG-3070 as a treatment for primary proteinuric kidney diseases, specifically FSGS and IgAN, and as a treatment for IPF, enrollment of the global Phase 2 trial of ANG-3070 in patients with FSGS and IgAN, Angion's expectations to file an IND in IPF by the end of 2022 and to announce additional details on a global Phase 2 trial of ANG-3070 in IPF in 2022, Angion's intentions to continue discussions with its partner Vifor Pharma regarding ANG-3777, and to not pursue the clinical development plan currently set forth in the Vifor License, and Angion's expectations that its cash and cash equivalents to be sufficient for operations well into 2023, as well as the statements under the caption "Angion's Strategic Objectives in 2022."
Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In particular, the following factors, among others, could cause results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements: Angion's ability to demonstrate sufficient evidence of efficacy and safety in its clinical trials of ANG-3070 and its other product candidates; the accuracy of Angion's estimates relating to its ability to initiate and/or complete clinical trials; the results of preclinical studies may not be predictive of future results; the costs of clinical trials may exceed expectations; Angion's ability to raise additional capital; and the effects of COVID-19 on Angion's clinical programs and business operations. For a description of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in forward-looking statements, see Angion's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2022, as well as other documents that may be filed by Angion from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Angion undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement in this press release, except as required by law.
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Inflation in eurozone hits new record high as cost of living crisis sweeping world intensifies
Inflation in the eurozone has hit a new record high as the cost of living crisis sweeping the world intensifies.
Official figures showed prices in the single currency bloc rose by 7.5 per cent in the year to March – the biggest increase since the euro was launched more than two decades ago.
Global living costs are soaring as the cost of everything from energy and fuel to food and building materials rises in the aftermath of Covid, and as war rages in Ukraine.
Inflation is at a 30-year high of 6.2 per cent in the UK and a 40-year high of 7.9 per cent in the US.
Christian Nolting, chief investment officer at Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, said: 'The rhino in the room has been unleashed and may now prove difficult to stop.'
And separate reports showed manufacturers in the eurozone and Britain endured their worst month for more than a year in March.
The double-whammy of rising prices and slowing growth has raised fears that the global economy faces a dangerous bout of stagflation.
Despite fears that economies are weakening, central banks are under pressure to raise interest rates to bring inflation back under control.
The Bank of England has raised rates three times since December, from 0.1 per cent to 0.75 per cent, and could do so again. In the US, the Federal Reserve last month raised rates for the first time in three years, from between zero and 0.25 per cent to between 0.25 per cent and 0.5 per cent.
Analysts said that upbeat jobs figures published in Washington yesterday paved the way for more hikes in the coming months.
Official figures showed US unemployment fell to 3.6 per cent in March as the number of those in work rose by 431,000.
The European Central Bank has yet to raise rates but now faces the biggest inflation shock since the single currency was launched.
Joachim Nagel, president of the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, said the inflation figures 'speak for themselves' and has called for 'timely counter-measures'.
But the economy is slowing with the S&P Global purchasing managers' index of manufacturing activity in the eurozone hitting a 14-month low last month. The index hit a 13-month low in Britain.
'The end of the opening quarter saw a marked growth slowdown in the UK manufacturing sector,' S&P Global said.
Its chief business economist, Chris Williamson, said: 'The war in Ukraine has created an ominous new headwind.
'Rates of growth have cooled markedly amid sanctions, soaring energy costs and new supply constraints linked to the war.'
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MOOREFIELD, W.Va. — National Poultry Day serves as an opportunity to showcase the important role poultry plays in feeding America. Pilgrim’s Pride continues to play a key part in making sure West Virginia households have food throughout the year, thanks to its generous contributions to Mountaineer Food Bank.
In 2021 alone, Pilgrim’s Pride donated 361,370 pounds of chicken to Mountaineer Food Bank, worth approximately $332,458.
“The staggering contributions Pilgrim’s Pride made throughout 2021 helped our organization successfully feed countless families across the Mountain State.” said Chad Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Mountaineer Food Bank. “Mountaineer Food Bank ensures that West Virginians in nearly every county have food on their table and Pilgrim’s is an important part of that effort. National Poultry Day gives us an opportunity to thank Pilgrim’s for its continued support.”
Pilgrim’s Pride is the largest producer of poultry products in West Virginia, with nearly half of the poultry products coming from Hardy County. Pilgrim’s provides jobs for thousands of people within Hardy and surrounding counties, creating an economic impact in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
Mountaineer Food Bank was established in 1981 and is the state’s largest emergency food provider, distributing more than 23 million pounds annually. Mountaineer Food Bank provides food and other household items to more than 460 feeding programs at food pantries in 48 counties across the state.
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What a mess.
The congressional map the Democratic majority in the Maryland General Assembly passed in December was struck down last week by Judge Lynne Battaglia as unconstitutional.
Gov. Larry Hogan was critical of the process the redistricting committee employed. At the time of the initial map’s passing, we called it out for what it was — a bad map.
Now, everyone is in a mad scramble to get a new map redrawn and passed, like a student that waited until the last day of spring break to do the homework assignments.
After Battaglia called the previous map a “product of extreme partisan gerrymandering” that violated the state constitution, the legislature was quick to draw up a new map, one with more compact districts that would still hold the 7-1 advantage for the Democrats.
According to U.S. Rep. David Trone, who represents the 6th District, the new district lines would make Western Maryland a more competitive race than with the thrown out map.
“This map barely gives lip service to Judge Battaglia’s ruling,” said Del. Kathy Szeliga, a Baltimore County Republican.
After sailing through the Senate a day earlier, the new map was finalized Wednesday as the House voted along veto-proof party lines.
On Friday, the redrawn map was placed before Battaglia and she deferred ruling on it, citing the unknowns regarding appeal and veto.
Hogan may still veto it and force the issue further, adding new elements to the scramble.
Of course, we can’t forget the monkey wrench that a successful appeal of the initial ruling could throw into everything. Senate President Bill Ferguson said the new map’s use, if it passes, would depend on losing an appeal over the ruling on the December map.
Maryland’s state primary election was already pushed from June 28 to July 19 due to all this nonsense.
The worst part is that it didn’t have to be this way. Partisan politics didn’t have to be employed when developing the next congressional map for Maryland.
The sides could have worked together and in good faith toward a map that fit the criteria; instead of shoving through a version that had about a prayer to make it through the courts unscathed.
And, the way it’s going isn’t any better than the previous time. Everyone is looking out for their own and doing what they can on a minuscule deadline. Now there is no time for productive discussion between the parties — which gives a built in excuse to continue the status quo.
What a shame and what a mess.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey refused to say Thursday if transgender people actually exist, twice dodging direct questions on the subject just a day after he signed legislation limiting transgender rights.
The Republican worked instead to defend his signatures on bills that bar transgender girls and women from playing on girls high school and women’s college sports teams and barring gender affirming surgery for anyone under age 18.
When specifically asked if he believed that there “are really transgender people,” the governor paused for several seconds before answering.
“I’m going to ask you to read the legislation and to see that the legislation that we passed was in the spirit of fairness to protect girls sports in competitive situations,” Ducey said, referring to the new law that targets transgender girls who want to play on girls sports teams. “That’s what the legislation is intended to do, and that’s what it does.”
Asked again if he believed there are “actual transgender people,” he again answered slowly and carefully.
“I … am going to respect everyone, and I’m going to respect everyone’s rights. And I’m going to protect female sports. And that’s what the legislation does,” Ducey said.
Ducey’s response was “appalling,” according to the Arizona director of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights group that advocates for equality for LGBTQ people. The organization worked to ensure families and transgender young people came to the Capitol to testify against the bills as the Republican-led House and Senate considered them this session.
“It’s quite shocking that he can’t even address trans people or even say that he thinks they exist,” Bridget Sharpe said.
Wednesday’s signing of the two transgender bills and a third that bars abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and is currently unconstitutional put Ducey right in the middle of two top issues national Republicans are highlighting in the runup to November’s midterm elections.
Ducey also signed election legislation that minority Democrats said amounted to voter suppression by requiring longtime Arizonans to be thrown off the voter rolls if they did not prove their citizenship and residence location.
The governor leads the Republican Governors Association, which is charged with helping elect GOP chief executives in U.S. states. He in is the last year of his second term as Arizona governor and term limits bar him from seeking reelection.
The top Democrat in the state House, Rep. Reginald Bolding, called Wednesday “probably one of the darkest days we’ve seen in the history of Arizona.”
“With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Ducey has hurled Arizona backwards to its ugliest past,” Bolding said Wednesday. “And today, he put in jeopardy pregnant people, transgender youth in danger and curtailed voting rights for people of color.”
Social conservative groups and the Arizona Republican Party praised Ducey’s action. The Center for Arizona Policy, whose president shepherded the abortion and women’s sports bills through the Legislature, called it a victory.
“Thank you, Governor Ducey, for taking a bold stand for women athletes, vulnerable children, and the unborn by putting your signature on (the bills) in the face of intense opposition from activists,” Center for Arizona Policy president Cathi Herrod said in a news release she posted on Twitter.
She said the legislation protects the unborn, ensures a level playing field for female athletes and shows that “Arizona will do everything it can to protect vulnerable children struggling with gender confusion” by enacting the surgery ban.
Ducey said the surgery ban protects children from irreversible decisions.
“These are permanent surgeries of reassignment that are irreversible, and those discussions can happen once adulthood is reached,” he said.
The American Civil Liberties Association has vowed to sue over the surgery ban. U.S. Supreme Court precedent currently says women have a constitutional right to abortion until about 24 weeks of pregnancy, although it is considering whether to uphold a 15-week ban enacted in Mississippi and may overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision enshrining a woman’s right to choose.
Arizona joins 13 other states in enacting laws preventing transgender girls and women from playing on girls teams. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a transgender sports ban in his state, saying it would harm transgender girls, but the Legislature overrode the veto. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb also vetoed a sports bill, but lawmakers hope to override his action as well.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury has heard testimony in recent months about Hunter Biden’s income and payments he received while serving on the board of a Ukraine energy company, according to two people familiar with the probe.
It remains unclear whether he might be charged. But the grand jury activity underscores that a federal tax investigation into President Joe Biden’s son that began in 2018 remains active as prosecutors continue to examine foreign payments and other aspects of his finances.
A lawyer for Hunter Biden did not return a phone message and email seeking comment on Friday. A Justice Department spokesman deferred a request for comment to the U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware, which is handling the investigation. A spokesperson for the office did not return a phone message seeking comment.
The people familiar with the investigation could not discuss details of the ongoing probe publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.
No matter how the investigation resolves, it has already presented a political headache for the Biden administration and could lead to an even bigger one, particularly if Republicans who have seized on the probe to attack the president retake control of the House in midterm elections later this year. Republicans would then control congressional committees and shape the focus of any investigations.
A White House that has sought to deflect questions about law enforcement matters to the Justice Department was asked this week whether it stood by the president’s assertion in a 2020 debate that his son had not had unethical business dealings with Ukraine or China. White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said yes.
The investigation could also force a delicate decision for the Justice Department, which has sought to assert its independence and has publicly stressed its willingness to let the facts and evidence, not political decisions, guide its investigative and charging decisions.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has not shed any light publicly on the investigation. But the Justice Department did leave in place the top federal prosecutor in Delaware — David Weiss, a Trump administration holdover — presumably as a way to ensure continuity.
Hunter Biden confirmed the existence of an investigation into his taxes in December 2020, one month after the presidential election. He said in a statement at the time that he was “confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors.”
The Associated Press reported later that month that a subpoena served on the younger Biden sought information related to more than two dozen entities. One was Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company whose board he had joined when his father was vice president. That move sparked concerns about a potential conflict of interest given that elder Biden was deeply involved in U.S. policy toward Ukraine during the Obama administration.
The breadth of the subpoena highlighted the wide-ranging scope of the investigation into Hunter Biden, though there is no indication that the probe includes any scrutiny of the president himself. Biden has said he did not discuss his son’s international business dealings with him and has denied having ever taken money from a foreign country.
Witnesses in recent months have been questioned about payments Hunter Biden received while serving on the Burisma board, the people familiar with the probe said.
Republicans tried making Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine a prominent issue during the 2020 presidential election.
A year earlier, then-President Donald Trump tried pressuring his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to launch investigations into the Bidens at the same time Zelenskyy was seeking military aid from the U.S.
Trump was later impeached by the House over the phone call but was acquitted by the Senate.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – While many states are taking action to restrict transgender rights with new legislation, President Joe Biden says he’s making policy changes aimed at making things more equal for transgender people.
Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, which opponents call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, became law this week.
“We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
And just days ago, Oklahoma and Arizona banned transgender girls from competing in women’s sports.
But President Biden is taking the federal government in the opposite direction.
“The onslaught of anti-transgender state laws attacking you and your families is simply wrong,” Biden said.
The Biden administration says starting later this month, passports can use an X to indicate an unspecified gender identity and airport screenings will become more gender-neutral.
Admiral Rachel Levine with the Department of Health and Human Services is transgender herself, so she says she knows how important the new policies are.
“This administration sees them and this administration supports them,” Levine said.
Especially when it comes to younger transgender people, she believes support from the administration makes a difference.
“Trans youth are very vulnerable and they need to be empowered,” Levine said. “We have their back and we’re going to do everything we can to help.”
Harleigh Walker is a transgender teen from Alabama, where lawmakers are considering banning gender-affirming medical treatments for minors.
“It’s been really hurtful to have them constantly just attacking saying things like its child abuse or I need psychological help,” Walker said.
She got to visit the White House this week and meet with officials like Admiral Levine, which made her feel better about the future for her community.
“Puts hope back into me that there is somebody out there who can and is trying to protect me,” Walker said.
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It was Rhinos’ fifth defeat in as many games at Headingley this year, making this the worst start to a home season in Leeds’s history.
For the third successive home game, Rhinos failed to score in the first half, but – unlike the drubbings by Hull and Castleford Tigers – they were still in the contest at the break, when they trailed by eight, all those points coming in the opening 19 minutes.
Leeds were still in touch until the 55th minute, but an interception try turned the tide and Saints scored again in the next set to make the result safe.
With Castleford thrashing Toulouse Olympique, Rhinos have dropped a place to second from bottom in Betfred Super League, but last night’s performance gave them something to build on before their next game, at home to Huddersfield Giants in 12 days’ time.
The effort was certainly there and, despite conceding five tries, Leeds defended well for the most part, but their attack let them down, though Saints’ defence was very strong.
Leeds didn’t have a stand-out individual, but captain Kruise Leeming had a real go and Morgan Gannon played well off the bench – and some individuals raised their level from recent matches, without being able to get the job done.
It was the second time in three seasons Leeds have been nilled at home to Saints and they didn’t have possession in the visitors’ half until the 19th minute, by which time they trailed 8-0.
Rhinos regularly ran the ball on the last tackle, but did try some things. Late in the half Austin kicked from the base of a scrum on half-way for Tindall to chase, but Jonny Lomax read it well and got back to snuff out the danger.
Earlier, Leeming landed a terrific 40-20, but a forward pass by Austin to Cameron Smith wasted that opportunity.
The closest Rhinos got was when Leeming almost forced his way over from acting-half on the last, but he was tackled just short.
After all Saints’ territory and possession early on, Rhinos did well to still be in the game at the break.
Konrad Hurrell, playing against his former club for the first time, grabbed the first from James Roby’s pass at the base of a scrum – racing past Jack Broadbent’s missed tackle – after Ash Handley knocked on trying to intercept from Jack Welsby.
Leeming held up Roby over Rhinos’ line, following an error by Tindall, then Handley snapped up a loose ball and raced 80 metres, but the whistle had already gone for a knock-on by Broadbent, making a tackle on Lomax.
High tackles by Sutcliffe and James Bentley on Lomax kept the pressure on and, on the last tackle, Tommy Makinson dived over at the corner from a pass by Welsby.
At the start of the second half, Jon Bennion dropped a high kick by Sutcliffe close to Saints’ line, but on the first play of the resulting set, Tindall was dragged into touch from a pass by Jack Walker, who would have been better taking the tackle.
Moments later, another kick from Sutcliffe was spilled by Makinson and, after a six-again and penalty, Walker cut through from Sutcliffe’s pass, but the touchdown was ruled out for an obstruction. That was the defining moment.
Saints weren’t exactly rocking, but they were being forced to dig deep, but - not for the first time this season - Leeds released the pressure with an error; Sutcliffe threw a no-look pass behind his back a few metres out and Makinson intercepted to go the length of the field for a try which Mark Percival converted.
Then, in the next set, Lewis Dodd finished off an outstanding move involving Percival and Bennison. Percival added a second goal and in the blink of an eye Leeds had gone from threatening to get right back in the game to trailing by 20 and well out of it.
Lomax scored a brilliant solo try, chipping over the defence, with nine minutes left, Pecival adding the extras to complete the scoring.
Muizz Mustapha was called up for the first time this season and came off the bench for the last 16 minutes.
Leeds: Walker, Handley, Broadbent, Briscoe, Tindall, Austin, Sutcliffe, Oledzki, Leeming, Prior, Bentley, Martin, Smith. Substitutes: O’Connor, Gannon, Donaldson, Mustapha.
St Helens: Welsby, Makinson, Hurrell, Percival, Bennison, Lomax, Dodd, Pa’asi, Roby, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Batchelor, Sironen, Knowles. Substitutes: Lussick, Wingfield, Norman, Royle.
Referee: James Child (RFL).
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A gloriously British failure: The lost story of the tweed jacket-wearing and Kendal mint cake-eating band of eccentrics who were the first to try to conquer Everest is finally told 100 years on
Here, frozen in time, is a moment of forgotten greatness in human history. The remarkable photograph on the facing page was taken almost exactly 100 years ago, at 2pm on May 20, 1922, on the roof of the world. But not the very top. Not quite.
Leaning on their ice axes on a 45-degree rock face, Edward Norton and George Mallory gaze upwards towards their goal: the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
Because of overhanging rocks, they cannot actually see the top, but they reckon that vertically it is no more than 2,000ft away. They know, too, that it is tantalisingly out of their reach.
It is numbingly cold, the simple tweed jackets they wear offering minimal protection from the piercing wind and sub-zero temperatures. With night closing in and their progress painfully slow in the rarefied air — they have to stop every 20 minutes to catch their breath and recover — they cannot hope to make it and survive.
They are at nearly 27,000 feet, which is higher than anyone has ever climbed before. But the last leg is beyond them. This is the limit, they must turn back.
The third member of the four-man team that set out for the summit, Howard Somervell — who snapped them with his pocket Kodak camera — is suffering the agonies of frostbite.
Leaning on their ice axes on a 45-degree rock face, Edward Norton and George Mallory (pictured) gaze upwards towards their goal: the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain
And there is the fourth climber to consider. Six hours earlier, they had to leave Henry Morshead at their final camp, exhausted from altitude sickness. Getting him and themselves off the mountain is now the priority.
For a moment they stand in silent contemplation, boosting their spent energy with mouthfuls of dried fruit, chocolate, Kendal mint cake and pear drops, washed down with slugs of brandy. Then they turn and head back.
Everest, the ultimate challenge for adventurers, is unconquered and will remain so for another 30 years.
The story of that first attempt on the mountain is one history has largely erased. Failure tends to be forgotten. But in its centenary year, that 1922 expedition is celebrated in a gripping new book by mountaineering historian Mick Conefrey. Yes, it was a failure — but a glorious one.
You have to wonder how they even got that far, these gentleman climbers in their hobnailed boots, flimsy clothes, felt hats and motoring gauntlets.
But their bulldog spirit was as breathtaking as the Everest air.
Everest breakfast stop (L-R): Wakefield, Morris, General Bruce, Karma Paul, Geoffrey Bruce, and Norton
Their quest began in 1919 at a packed meeting in London of the Royal Geographical Society. The audience had been drawn there in their hundreds, fascinated by the mountain on the border of Nepal and Tibet that had been discovered 70 years earlier by surveyors in India.
From their trigonometrical calculations, those early surveyors had declared it the highest in the world and, in an act of cultural appropriation, changed its name from Chomolungma, or 'Goddess Mother of the Earth', as the locals called it, to Everest (after a colonial official, Sir George Everest).
But it was so remote that no one from the West had got anywhere near it. The closest was a Captain John Noel, who, before World War I, had travelled from India into Tibet and, from a far distance, had glimpsed what he told the enrapt RGS audience was 'a glittering spire-top of rock fluted with snow'.
It was guarded by foothills and mountains almost as high that would have to be crossed before anyone could try to climb it. But this was a challenge that, with the war over, mankind should take up, he proclaimed — and the society's president, Sir Francis Younghusband, agreed: 'The accomplishment of such a feat will elevate the human spirit,' he declared.
So a committee of worthies was set up and, amid widespread excitement, an expedition was planned. It would be costly but the funds rolled in.
The oxygen apparatus, back view, worn by Finch, 20th March 1922
Then there were months of delicate negotiations with the Tibetan religious authorities to obtain permission to trespass on their sacred lands.
But in 1921, with the all-clear given, an initial reconnaissance expedition was dispatched to find a route to the mountain through unmapped, inhospitable terrain and report back before an ascent could even be considered a possibility.
Mallory was on this mission and was dismayed by precipices so forbidding that Everest 'appears not to be intended for climbing'. The North Face and West Face were ruled out as impossibly steep — but eventually a feasible route presented itself, over vast glaciers and then via the north col (pass) and the north ridge to the top.
'We have found our way to the great mountain,' an excited Mallory recorded. The attempt to reach the summit was on.
The man chosen to lead the expedition was an old imperial hand by the name of Charlie Bruce, a larger-than-life military man renowned for introducing shorts into the British Army and keeping fit by carrying an orderly up a mountain every morning.
The rum collection of scientists, adventurers and dreamers selected by Bruce for the expedition proved a far from harmonious crew. Pictured: George Leigh Mallory
As he was 55, portly and with high blood pressure, he was a risky choice for a trek that would stretch every man to his limits.
But it wasn't intended for him to reach the top himself — he would be the logistics boss who planned the venture and set up a base camp at the foot of Everest from which eight climbers, split into two teams of four, could make the actual attempt.
The rum collection of scientists, adventurers and dreamers selected by Bruce for the expedition proved a far from harmonious crew. Strong personalities clashed. There were rivalries, suspicions, backbiting. Secretly they doubted each other's strength and prowess to get the job done.
Odd choices were made. Only after they had reached the Himalayas did the official doctor, Tom Longstaff, reveal he was qualified on paper only and had never practised medicine.
He warned the others not to seek his professional advice 'since it would almost certainly turn out to be wrong. I am, however, willing, if necessary, to sign a certificate of death'.
The most serious quarrel among them, though, was over whether it was acceptable to use oxygen at the highest altitudes. Half of the designated climbers were all for it and stocked up with bulky metal tanks of the gas. The other half thought employing 'technology' wasn't really cricket, old boy.
Just getting to Everest was a huge undertaking, a pioneering mission into the unknown as, for weeks on end, a five-mile-long caravan trekked upwards into Tibet. A hundred Sherpas did the donkey work as guides and porters, carrying equipment and supplies for the 'sahibs' (white men), including 45 tins of Heinz spaghetti, 50 tins of Irish stew and 44 tins of quail in foie gras, which Bruce had ordered from the Army & Navy Stores catalogue.
Just getting to Everest was a huge undertaking, a pioneering mission into the unknown as, for weeks on end, a five-mile-long caravan trekked upwards into Tibet. Pictured: Captain Finch and oxygen equipment
But good progress was made, and on May 1 they established a Base Camp of tents on an exposed glacier at 16,500ft —12,500ft below the summit. Already it was a race against time, as the monsoon season was just six weeks away.
From there, teams plodded upwards over the ice, through ferocious winds, to set up Camps Two and Three. Above them loomed the North Ridge, which they could really only hope was a sure route to the summit.
Camp Four was pitched on a precarious rock platform at 23,000ft, with cliffs plunging thousands of feet on either side. Here, Mallory, Norton, Somervell and Morshead, the first team of climbers, greedily filled up on 'hoosch', a hot stew of pea soup and ship's biscuits, washed down with cocoa, to boost their energy for what lay ahead. They were brimming with confidence.
The next morning, they carved a way with their axes through crevasses and mounds of snow until, at 25,500 ft, they were able to pitch their tiny A-frame tents at what became Camp Five, ready for the final morning push to the top.
The next morning, they carved a way with their axes through crevasses and mounds of snow until, at 25,500 ft, they were able to pitch their tiny A-frame tents at what became Camp Five, ready for the final morning push to the top.
But that night, all four slept badly on bare rock studded with sharp stones. They woke still exhausted. One of Norton's ears had swollen to three times its normal size from frostbite and was oozing pus. The weather had deteriorated, and snow and hailstones bombarded them. Mist made the way ahead unclear.
To add to their woes, a rucksack with all their food fell off the edge, landing on a ledge far below.
Morshead climbed down to retrieve it but was so exhausted afterwards, he couldn't go on. So Mallory, Norton and Somervell pressed ahead until they, too, reached the limit of their endurance and, 2,000 ft short of Everest's summit, turned back, disappointed but alive.
But not out of danger. Heading back, the men were roped together when Norton slipped on a steep snow slope and all four plunged headlong towards a precipice. Death seemed certain until, by some miracle, Mallory managed to dig his ice axe into the snow and hang on, bringing them to a juddering halt just short of the edge.
For seven hours they struggled on, exhausted and dehydrated. Night fell and they had to find their way over the treacherous terrain by the light of just a single lantern before they made it back to the deserted Camp Four.
There, they couldn't find the Primus stoves to brew up and warm up, and had to settle for ice cream concocted from frozen jam, milk and snow. But there they had 'a glorious night's sleep', according to Norton, before heading down to Camp Three and copious amounts of hot tea laced with brandy. Their adventure was over.
The 1922 British expedition to Mount Everest. First row, from left: George Mallory, George Ingle Finch, Tom George Longstaff, C. Geoffrey Bruce, Edward L. Strutt, Colin Grant Crawford. Second row, from left, Henry T. Morshead, J.G. Bruce, Arthur William Wakefield, Howard Somervell, John Morris, and Edward F. Norton
But for another of the climbers, George Finch, it was nearing its climax. Heading up in the second team, he passed Mallory's group coming down. He was determined to get to the top. He had a point to prove.
A chemistry lecturer, he was the leading advocate of oxygen and had made enemies with his views. 'I feel certain it will never be climbed without oxygen,' he had said, but others were not convinced. Mallory had denounced oxygen as 'a damned heresy'.
From England, Finch had brought 120 steel cylinders of oxygen and trained extensively in its use since getting to the Himalayas. He prided himself on a more professional approach than the other climbers, whom he thought far too cavalier and gung-ho.
They had settled for wearing standard Alpine clothes of tweed and wool, but he had commissioned his own lightweight coat and trousers of balloon silk lined with eiderdown — the prototype of today's down jackets.
As Finch set out for the summit, by his side were Charlie's cousin Geoffrey Bruce and an experienced mountaineer called Tejbir Bura, a corporal in the Gurkhas, the Nepalese unit of the British Army.
The cylinders were heavy but, as they headed up Everest, the boost from the oxygen — inhaled through makeshift rubber masks via the bladders of footballs — more than compensated for the extra weight.
Their pace up the North Col and on the North Ridge far outstripped what the first group managed with lung power alone. 'The effect of the O2 was remarkable,' Finch recorded. 'We went ahead like a house on fire.'
But conditions were worsening around them. They spent a night above what had been Mallory's Camp Five and sat smoking cigarettes — everyone on the expedition was a smoker — in their tents as a gale-force snowstorm raged around them for hours. The howling wind was so loud they couldn't hear themselves speak.
In a lull the next day, they considered retreating but decided to risk another night on the North Ridge. They slept with their oxygen masks on. The next morning, they set out for the top, Finch and Bruce each carrying four 9lb oxygen cylinders and Tejbir six. He only managed a few yards before collapsing under the extra weight.
Finch and Bruce climbed on for five hours, forced to move diagonally across the sheer North Face to stay out of the vicious head-on wind.
At 27,300ft they stopped. They were now more than 300ft higher than Mallory's party had reached, setting a new record. The summit was 1,700ft above them, just another half-mile of zig-zagging to go.
They were so close. They had oxygen to spare. Finch felt sure he could make it, though he doubted whether Bruce had the stamina left to get there. Should he go on alone?
But then, in the distance, he saw ominous yellow clouds massing. A bad storm was closing in. The risk, he realised, was too great. Even if he reached the top, he would almost certainly die. It was time to turn back. Everest had won again.
Despite their feet going black with frostbite, they raced back down the mountain in just a few hours. At Camp Three, Finch devoured four tins of quail in foie gras, then slept for 14 hours straight in the knowledge that, even though the summit had been beyond them, he had proved his point about oxygen.
If only the expedition had stopped then, it might have been deemed a gallant attempt that fell just short.
But back at Base Camp there was an air of despondency — a sense of defeat that these tough men, despite the physical toll Everest had taken on them, found hard to live with.
The expedition had originally been envisaged as lasting for six months — and now they would be going home, tails between their legs, after just three months. From London, there was pressure from the organisers, concerned that an early return with the job left undone would cause sponsors to withdraw their much-needed funds.
Surely there was time for one last try? So on June 3, Mallory, Finch, Somervell and Crawford left Base Camp and once again trudged upwards, supported by 14 Sherpa porters.
Everyone knew it was a gamble. They were pushing their luck with the weather, dangerously so. The monsoon could come at any time — and the very next day it broke, depositing snow over Camp One. Despite the blizzard conditions, they pressed on to Camp Three at the foot of the North Col — and on the morning of June 7, the party set off again, nervously ploughing on up the col through deepening snow until, just before midday, there was a low boom in the distance.
A huge crack in the snow appeared from nowhere and in an instant an avalanche came hurtling down, burying Mallory and Somervell in wave after wave of snow. Both expected to die.
They didn't, but seven of the porters did, swept over the edge into a deep crevasse and smashed against rocks.
This disaster was the worst of endings. The inescapable fact was that they shouldn't have been there, tempting fate with that desperate last attempt. There were recriminations — Longstaff, the doctor, was furious with Mallory. 'To attempt such a passage after new snow was idiotic,' he raged.
That it was the locals, the so-called 'coolies' — a generic term used by the British for native labourers — who lost their lives made it worse. An anguished Somervell wrote: 'Why, oh why could not one of us Britishers have shared their fate?'
There would also be insinuations of racism, but Mallory, expressing how guilty he felt about the deaths, insisted 'it was not the result of any spirit of recklessness or any carelessness of coolies' lives'.
Despite the spectre of those deaths that continued to hang over them, the expedition members were greeted as heroes when they returned to England.
And rightly so, says author Mick Conefrey. 'For a first attempt it was remarkably successful, setting new world records for the highest point reached and the highest camp ever established.
'It set the style for the huge expeditions to come, created the founding myths of high-altitude climbing, and turned Everest into by far the most famous mountain in the world.'
A hundred years on, it has earned its place in history.
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A credit score is a mathematical formula designed to tell a company how likely a person is to pay off a loan completely and on-time. Companies use them to make decisions on whether a person should be offered a mortgage, credit card, auto loan or other credit product.
Credit scores are frequently a source of frustration for many social media users, and people’s complaints about the reliability of this widely used credit scoring system have been shared hundreds of thousands of times.
One recurring claim about credit scores is that the universal credit score used today wasn't invented until 1989.
THE QUESTION
Were credit scores as we know them today invented in 1989?
THE SOURCES
- FICO
- Equifax
- Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Equal Credit Opportunity Act
- John Ulzheimer, a credit expert who writes for badcredit.org
THE ANSWER
Yes, Fair, Isaac and Company, now known as FICO, created its universal credit score in 1989; the FICO score is used in the majority of lending decisions today. However, credit reporting and more industry-specific credit scoring existed before the universal credit score.
WHAT WE FOUND
Credit bureaus have existed in the United States since the 1800s. These bureaus put together reports on a consumer’s lending history, and until government regulations in the 1970s, included personal information like marital status, race and gender. Companies began developing and using scores specific to certain credit industries, such as credit cards, in the mid-to-late 1900s, but there wasn’t a universal score that was uniformly applied to all lending situations until 1989.
The first universal, personal credit score was created by Fair, Isaac and Company, now known as FICO, in 1989. FICO was unique because its credit score was universal — one score that could be applied to all credit offers regardless of industry. The FICO score, which ranges between 300 and 850, is used today in the vast majority of lending decisions.
“We launched the FICO Score in 1989 as a universal and impartial tool for evaluating credit risk, and in 1991, it became available from all three major U.S. credit reporting agencies,” a FICO employee said in a company blog post. “We weren’t the first or only scoring option available at all three major credit bureaus, but we were the first with a common design blueprint.”
Credit reporting, and even industry specific credit scoring, had existed long before then, but credit scores were often individualized for certain industries and would be based on different criteria from company to company.
Credit-reporting bureaus were first established in the mid-1800s to collect information on consumers’ lending histories, although they were often small and locally based, said credit expert John Ulzheimer in an article on badcredit.org. One such bureau, founded in Atlanta in 1899 as Retail Credit Company, later became Equifax, one of today’s three major credit-reporting bureaus.
But businesses often made decisions on whether to grant a person loans based on subjective character judgments and biases throughout much of America’s history, even through the late 1900s.
“Early credit reporting wasn’t without its problems,” Ulzheimer said. “It was often subjective, unfair, and didn’t lend itself to consistent credit decisions. In response to these problems, Congress passed a series of laws designed with consumer protection in mind.”
The first of those laws was the Fair Credit Reporting Act in 1970, which required credit reports to be accessible to the people they apply to, put time limits on negative information included in credit reports and limit who can look at a person’s credit report. The second was the 1974 Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which is a civil rights law to prevent lenders from discriminating by race, religion, gender and a host of other personal characteristics that are irrelevant to a person’s lending history. These laws also worked to limit what information on consumers credit-reporting bureaus could keep.
At this time, the company that is now FICO had been working on developing automated credit scoring in an attempt to reduce or remove the subjectivity in lending decisions. It built its first credit scoring system for the American investment industry back in 1958, just two years after its founding. Their early scores were for specific industries or companies, such as scores for credit card lenders to base decisions on.
In 1989, FICO built the BEACON score for Equifax; Equifax still calls its version of the FICO score BEACON to this day. All three major credit bureaus began using FICO scores by 1991. FICO claims its scores are used by 90% of top lenders today.
But today’s credit scores are still plagued by many of the problems that have long existed in credit reporting. Although each credit bureau uses the same formula or very similar formulas, the data they keep in their reports can be different — and sometimes inaccurate. Credit scores can also continue reinforcing the biases it was meant to eliminate.
“A FICO score is probably a more impartial way to handle credit approval than just having some bank representative make a superficial judgment about potential applicants,” said the writers at financial management education blog OppU. “But algorithms can actually reinforce racial disparities that already exist.”
People without credit scores, estimated to be 45 million Americans, tend to be low-income, younger, and minorities, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in Jan. 2022. That’s led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to explore more widespread inclusion of alternative data, such as rent and utility payments, in credit reporting.
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After five years, Ryan Murphy’s anthology series, Feud, is reportedly returning to FX with an all-new installment starring Naomi Watts, ET has confirmed. The second season, which follows 2017’s Bette and Joan, will be called Capote’s Women and focus on the falling out between author Truman Capote and several of his female friends.
The eight-part season will be adapted from Laurence Leamer’s Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era by showrunner Joan Robin Baitz and directed by Gus Van Sant.
Watts, who most recently portrayed Gretchen Carlson in Showtime’s The Loudest Voice, will star as Babe Paley, a New York City socialite who kept a circle of high-society friends that included Slim Keith. The two friends along with Gloria Guinness, Marella Agnelli, and C.Z. Guest became known as Capote’s “swans” – that is until he betrayed their trust with the 1975 Esquire article, “La Côte Basque 1965,” which was an excerpt from Answered Prayers, his anticipated follow-up to In Cold Blood.
Gloria Guinness, Truman Capote, and Barbara "Babe" Paley
Feud also marks Watts’ second project with Murphy following The Watcher on Netflix. The upcoming miniseries based on a 2018 New York Magazine article tells the real-life story of a couple harassed through letters by a stalker shortly after moving into their dream home.
The first installment of Murphy’s anthology series, meanwhile, starred Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis as the season recounted the notorious filming of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?.
The news of Feud season 2 was first reported by Deadline.
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Academy accepts Smith´s `immediate resignation´ ahead of disciplinary hearing
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says it has accepted Will Smith’s “immediate resignation” from the organisation and will “continue to move forward” with its disciplinary proceedings against him.
The actor said he was “heartbroken” and would accept any consequences that emerged from his scheduled hearing in a statement announcing his decision.
His statement also said he had “betrayed the trust” of the Academy and “deprived” his fellow nominees and winners the opportunity to celebrate their achievements on the night.
“We have received and accepted Mr Will Smith’s immediate resignation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,” Academy president David Rubin said in a subsequent statement, shared with the PA news agency.
“We will continue to move forward with our disciplinary proceedings against Mr Smith for violations of the Academy’s Standards of Conduct, in advance of our next scheduled board meeting on April 18.”
Smith, 53, won best actor for King Richard, but stormed on stage before his win after reacting to a joke made by Chris Rock which referred to his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head.
The formal review will take place on April 18, when the Academy board will meet to discuss what disciplinary measures will be taken.
“I have directly responded to the Academy’s disciplinary hearing notice, and I will fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct,” Smith’s statement read.
“My actions at the 94th Academy Awards presentation were shocking, painful, and inexcusable.
“The list of those I have hurt is long and includes Chris, his family, many of my dear friends and loved ones, all those in attendance, and global audiences at home. I betrayed the trust of the Academy.
“I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work. I am heartbroken.
“I want to put the focus back on those who deserve attention for their achievements and allow the Academy to get back to the incredible work it does to support creativity and artistry in film.
“So, I am resigning from membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and will accept any further consequences the Board deems appropriate.
“Change takes time and I am committed to doing the work to ensure that I never again allow violence to overtake reason.”
Prior to his resignation, Hollywood trade outlet Variety reported that Smith met leaders of the Academy on Tuesday to discuss his outburst and apologised to chief executive Dawn Hudson and Rubin.
Showrunner Will Packer also told Good Morning America that the actor had called him the morning after the ceremony to apologise for the incident.
Packer also said he initially thought the incident was something Rock and Smith had planned together.
He said: “I thought this was part of something that Chris and Will were doing on their own, I thought it was a bit… like everybody else, I knew we hadn’t practised it.
“I wasn’t concerned at all (as Smith was walking on the stage). I figured OK, he’s going to say something or come at him, something funny is going to happen because that’s the nature of Chris and that’s the nature of Will, so let’s see what happens.
“Once I saw Will yelling at the stage with such vitriol my heart dropped and I just remember thinking ‘Oh no, not like this’.”
He also revealed that following the incident the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had been “prepared” to arrest Smith, telling Rock he had been the victim of “battery”.
The comedian had been “very dismissive” of the options given to him by LAPD officers and had “not wanted to make a bad situation worse,” Packer told the US show.
He said: “Shayla (Cowan, co-producer) told me that they were about to physically remove Will Smith and I had not been a part of those conversations.
“So I immediately went to the Academy leadership that was on site and I said, ‘Chris Rock doesn’t want that’.
“I said, ‘Rock has made it clear that he does not want to make a bad situation worse’. That was Chris’s energy. His tone was not retaliatory. His tone was not angry.
“So, I was advocating what Rock wanted at that time, which was not to physically remove Will Smith at that time. Because, as it had now been explained to me, that was the only option at that point.
“It has been explained to me that there was a conversation that I was not a part of, to ask him to voluntarily leave.”
Smith publicly apologised to Rock online after incident, saying “violence in all its forms is poisonous and destructive” and Pinkett Smith called for a “season of healing”.
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CHICAGO – One of the most exciting days at the 31-year old ballpark remains the first one of any given Major League Baseball season.
The home opener at Guaranteed Rate Field is always a celebrated moment for White Sox fans, and that’s especially the case in 2022. No games ended up being canceled due to the lockout, with the first home game only moved back a few weeks, and unlike 2021 there will be no attendance restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On top of that, the capacity crowd expected for the contest against the Mariners on April 12th will see the reigning American League Central division champions make another run towards the franchise’s first World Series title in 17 years.
While the minds of the White Sox will naturally be on their team and fans that day, it’s also on a major crisis going on in the world at the moment: Russia’s attack on Ukraine. To do that, the club is turning a traditional raffle into a fundraiser of sorts for that cause.
This week, the White Sox announced that 100 percent of the proceeds from their Opening Day 50/50 raffle will be donated to two efforts to help those in Ukraine: UNICEF and World Central Kitchen. Both of those organizations have been aiding children and families in Ukraine since the attacks by Russia began.
Fans can actually start buying tickets for the raffle online here and can continue to do so up until the 7th inning of the April 12th game against the Mariners.
“White Sox charities has always been really focused on helping children and families in crisis, and this is just an opportunity to really meet the crisis of the moment,” said Chicago White Sox Charities executive director Christine O’Reilly to WGN News Now about the decision to donate to the Ukraine relief effort. “So we just felt like for Opening Day, we have just amazing fan support, and what a better way to kinda share the excitement Opening Day and our 50/50 ‘Sox Split’ raffle with those who really could use it the most.”
Traditionally the raffle proceeds have been donated to an organization in Chicago, but the decision was made to send them to a pair of worldwide organizations due to the urgency of the situation in Europe.
UNICEF has been in Ukraine for 25 years and is currently providing both health care and supplies to families in need. World Central Kitchen has started a “#ChefsForUkraine” effort as they’ve continued to distribute food to those in the country or people who have been displaced due to the attack.
“There was a bunch of Chicago restaurants recently who had done something to benefit World Central Kitchen, so we felt like just trying to amplify that work,” said O’Reilly. “Really just providing some assistance where it’s so critically important and needed.”
This effort joins the many that are underway in Chicago to aid the people affected by the Russian attacks, especially in the city’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood. For O’Reilly, it’s important that the White Sox can join that effort in their own way this April.
“We just felt like this is one way to just let people know that we’re here, we hear them, we feel their pain, and we wanted to get to two agencies where we knew right now, today, they’ve got boots on the ground and providing these really essential basic needs to people who really hurting,” said O’Reilly.
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Kwasi Kwarteng looks set to intervene in Chinese takeover of Britain's leading semiconductor maker: Pressure to unwind sale of Newport Wafer Fab
- Kwarteng under pressure after national security advisers appeared to back sale
- Industry experts and politicians horrified important UK manufacturer was sold
- Business Secretary looking at new powers to investigate sale
Kwasi Kwarteng looks set to intervene in the Chinese takeover of Britain's leading semiconductor maker.
The Business Secretary is under pressure to act after national security advisers appeared to back Newport Wafer Fab's sale.
The deal continues to cause alarm among industry experts and politicians who are horrified an important UK manufacturer was sold to a Chinese firm without scrutiny – especially as the world is battling a microchip shortage.
The Mail understands Kwarteng is now looking at new powers to investigate the sale, which could even result in it being reversed.
Under pressure: Kwasi Kwarteng looks set to intervene in the Chinese takeover of Britain's leading semiconductor maker
It would be the first major test of the National Security and Investment Act's provision that allows ministers to call in takeovers of strategic companies after they have already gone through.
And it comes as Kwarteng weighs up whether to approve a number of foreign deals, including the £2.6billion sale of Ultra Electronics to US private equity group Advent International and Viasat's £5.4billion bid for Inmarsat.
The Government has typically taken a strong line on Chinese investment – refusing to include Huawei in the 5G rollout.
Dutch group Nexperia snapped up Newport Wafer Fab for £63m last year. But Nexperia is owned by Chinese electronics company Wingtech, whose shareholders include state-funded investors.
Nexperia was already a major shareholder before the deal.
Managers at Newport Wafer Fab begged the Government to intervene – and Boris Johnson asked national security adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove to weigh up whether the deal was a threat.
Lovegrove concluded it was not but Kwarteng can step in, with sources suggesting he may do so 'within months'. Newport Wafer Fab is the UK's biggest producer of microchips, an essential part of all electronic devices.
But it does not focus on new or emerging products, instead producing technology that has been around for years.
However, a source told the Mail the firm is strategically important, saying: 'The tech isn't that advanced. But we need to look at sovereign industrial capability.'
A slew of industrial, aerospace and defence firms have been sold off in recent years, raising alarm bells in the military, Westminster, unions and workers.
These include Cobham to Ultra's suitor Advent in a £4billion deal last year, which resulted in Cobham being split up and much of it sold off within 18 months.
Although Newport Wafer Fab was in financial trouble, industry groups including a consortium led by former Imagination Technologies boss Ron Black were interested in buying it and pumping in new investment.
Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, said failing to oppose the deal was an 'error' and called on ministers to 'protect what's left of our semiconductor industry'.
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said it was 'ridiculous' not to intervene. And Ciaran Martin, the former head of the National Cyber Security Centre, said last year that the takeover was 'puzzling' and 'inconsistent' with the Government's stance on Beijing.
Newport Wafer Fab had more than 400 staff in 2020 with a turnover of almost £50m before the pandemic. The Business Department said: 'The Government is considering the case and no decisions have been made.'
Nexperia said: 'Nexperia has safeguarded Newport Wafer Fab's role within the UK's semiconductor industry and has been delivering on the plans to invest in the site to make it as successful as its Manchester Wafer Fab.'
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China: Shanghai hospital struggles with Covid infections
By Robin Brant
BBC China correspondent, Shanghai
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Authorities in Shanghai are struggling to deal with a suspected wave of Covid infections at a large hospital for the elderly, in a sign of how serious the outbreak is in China's biggest city.
Shanghai has not declared any new Covid deaths in the city since the outbreak of the latest wave of the virus.
But the BBC has spoken to people working at the Donghai Elderly Care Hospital in the city's eastern Pudong area who have described a dire situation and desperate attempts to help dozens of elderly patients, some of whom have died.
A nurse told the BBC that the first positive cases were discovered at the facility - one of the biggest of its kind in Shanghai - three weeks ago.
Since then it has been sealed off, and specialist teams from the municipal centre for disease control have been trying to contain the spread.
Another care worker who was drafted in to work at the hospital last week told us she had seen one patient die, and heard of a colleague who had dealt with another dead patient.
But workers say that it is hard to tell if the victims had died from Covid as there have been many infections.
The nurse told the BBC that she was working and sleeping at the hospital before being moved to a quarantine facility. Since then she said a colleague had told her the situation had gotten "worse and worse" with new cases "every day".
She claimed that both medical staff and experts sent in by the Shanghai government were also infected, saying hundreds of people there had caught Covid.
She told the BBC: "At first, we just kept working as usual, but later they started to block each department and the manager told us the real situation was much worse."
She said there were patients who were refusing to wear masks.
A care worker who has been working at the hospital this week told the BBC that "sanitary conditions were pretty bad" when she arrived.
Videos taken from within the facility and sent to the BBC appear to show overflowing bins and full bags of rubbish strewn in hallways in at least one part of the home.
Meanwhile on social media, there have been multiple complaints from people who said they were unable to contact their loved ones in the facility.
One man who told the BBC his grandmother is at the hospital said it was very difficult to get information on her condition. A care worker whom he spoke to initially was unable to help further after they tested positive and were quarantined.
He says he has not been able to speak to his grandmother on the phone since shortly after the lockdown began on Monday. Staff who picked up when he called were unable to give any details about what she was being given to eat, or any medication administered, he said.
The BBC has tried to contact Donghai Hospital, Pudong New District Health Commission and the Shanghai Municipal Commission for comment, but none responded to our calls.
A nearby funeral home, contacted by the BBC, was unable to say if it had or had not received any dead patients from the hospital. The Shanghai Foreign Affairs office was also approached for a comment, but did not respond.
But in repeated public statements the authorities have confirmed cases citing the address of the hospital, though they did not specifically name it. The address has been mentioned nine times in official case reports in the last two weeks.
Struggling system
There's evidence elsewhere that Shanghai's health care system is struggling to deal with some of the increased demands put on it.
On Thursday health officials offered a formal apology to the family of a 62-year-old man who died after he was refused further emergency treatment for an asthma attack. An ambulance medic who refused to transport the patient or offer the use of an AED has been suspended.
Shanghai is China's biggest city with a population of almost 25 million. It's half-way through a nine-day citywide lockdown to try to stop the spread of a resurgent virus.
Officials had planned to shut the eastern half of the city and test everyone living there, then impose the same lockdown on the western side of the city.
Despite plans to open up Pudong on Friday, there are stringent measures still in place and delayed test results which mean many areas, and millions of people, remain locked down.
A week before the lockdown was imposed other officials had claimed that Shanghai was too big and too important to China's economy to be locked down in the way that other cities like Wuhan, Xi'an and Shenzhen had been.
But now a senior Communist Party official has admitted Shanghai had not been prepared for the outbreak. Ma Chunlei said yesterday that "our awareness was insufficient... our preparation is not sufficient".
In a rare public admission of failings he added: "We sincerely accept your criticism and we are working hard to improve."
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Take a deep breath... to recall more of your book: We tend to sigh more when we read from paper, study finds
- Researchers measured the breathing and brain activity of 34 people reading
- They found people sighed 45 per cent less when reading from a smartphone
- Analysis showed differences in brain activity in the prefrontal cortex
If you feel you remember more when you read from a book compared to your phone or tablet, you are right.
But it's not just about being more relaxed or not having the temptation to start scrolling – it's because we tend to sigh more when we read from paper, a study has found.
'We believe that 'deep breathing' – sighing – suppressed brain over-activity and had a positive effect on memory and reading comprehension,' said lead researcher Dr Motoyasu Honma from the Showa University School of Medicine in Tokyo.
Researchers measured the breathing and brain activity of 34 people while they read on paper and smartphones
Researchers measured the breathing and brain activity of 34 people while they read on paper and smartphones.
They found people sighed 45 per cent less when reading from a smartphone, and when later asked questions about the passages their scores were on average 17 per cent lower.
Analysis showed differences in brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, part of the brain responsible for higher-level functions such as thinking.
The study, published in the nature journal Scientific Reports, found over-activity in the prefrontal cortex when people read with a smartphone which was detrimental to their understanding of the novel. This is thought to be triggered by blue light emitted from the screen.
If you feel you remember more when you read from a book compared to your phone or tablet, you are right
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Cole Sprouse has revealed that most of the Riverdale cast is ready for the show to end.
The former Disney star has portrayed Jughead on the hit CW drama – based on the Archie Comics – since the pilot in 2017.
In a recent interview, Sprouse said that while the series is currently in the middle of its sixth season, most of the actors are ready to “wrap it up with a bow”.
“I’m not a creative force behind [Riverdale]. I actually have no creative control,” the actor explained to GQ.
“We show up, receive the scripts often the day of, and we’re asked to shoot.”
He added that at one point he politely declined an offer to direct an episode, knowing that he would need to submit his creative vision to the network’s needs.
Previously, ahead of Riverdale’s 100th episode in December, Sprouse shared with Entertainment Weekly, that the show has provided a “huge opportunity” for him and the cast.
At the time, he said: “I think I’m very lucky that people took to the show, and it’s created an absolutely stellar platform for all of the young actors on the show.”
“It’s been a wild ride,” he added. “And I’m hoping that the audience can sit down and go ‘Wow. 100 episodes. That is insane,’ and appreciate the amount of work that has gone into that.”
Though the show’s future has yet to be announced, according to Decider, Sprouse’s co-star Lili Reinhart shared an Instagram live, speculating that season seven would “probably be the last one”.
Riverdale returns from its season six hiatus on 20 March at 8pm EDT on CW. All previous seasons can be streamed on Netflix.
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