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Washington, D.C., mayor declares public health emergency over Texas’ migrant busing
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a public health emergency in response to Texas continuing to bus migrants to the nation’s capital.
Bowser, who has been locked in a public feud with Gov. Greg Abbott over his policy, announced the city would spend an initial $10 million to create an office to help coordinate the arrival of migrants, offering them support when they arrive.
"It will help us tailor our needs for migrants to provide reception services, respite services, meals, transportation, urgent medical needs, transportation to connect people to resettlement services and the like," Bowser said at a news conference announcing the move Thursday.
The voluntary busing policy, part of the governor’s Operation Lone Star initiative to address the large number of migrants arriving at the Texas-Mexico border, began as a way of antagonizing the Biden administration over its border policies. The first buses arrived in D.C. in April, and since then Abbott has sent over 7,900 migrants to the capital. He has also sent migrants to New York City and Chicago. Arizona has also bused migrants to D.C.
RELATED: Gov. Greg Abbott discusses abortion, the border and guns
Leaders of those cities have complained that the busing is overwhelming their city services, particularly because Texas is not coordinating with them or giving them advance notice of when buses will arrive. Advocates and aid workers who support migrants along the border, meanwhile, have said that Abbott is actually providing people a useful service by offering them free and safe transportation to their final destinations.
Bowser said the city will seek reimbursement from the federal government for its new migrant program. Abbott has criticized the city mayors for seeking federal help.
His office unleashed a searing criticism of Bowser and the Biden administration after the announcement, labeling the mayor "an absolute hypocrite."
RELATED: Texas sends bus of migrants to Chicago, mayor calls program 'racist'
"The true emergency is on our nation’s southern border—not in our nation’s capital—where small Texas border towns are overrun and overwhelmed by hundreds of migrants every single day as the Biden Administration dumps them in their communities," Abbott’s press secretary Renae Eze said in a statement to The Texas Tribune. "Instead of fearmongering and complaining about a few thousand migrants in her sanctuary city, Mayor Bowser should call on President Biden to do his job and secure the border—something the President continues failing to do."
Bowser’s new initiative will seek to bridge what experts have said is a dangerous gap in coordination in Abbott’s program.
"There’s no actual thought about how can we have a coordinated response about how to deal with migrants coming to our borders that’s in line with federal policy or work with other cities and federal agencies to ensure that our process is humane," Edna Yang, co-executive director of American Getaways, a Texas immigrant advocacy group, said.
This article originally appeared on the Texas Tribune. Read More: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/09/texas-busing-migrants-dc-emergency/
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Mohegan Sun also Finishes in the Top 5 for "Best Casino outside of Las Vegas" and "Best Player's Club"
UNCASVILLE, Conn., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mohegan Sun has once again finished #1 in the "Best Casino Hotel" category as part of USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. This is the fifth year in a row that Mohegan Sun has won this award. Mohegan Sun also notched top five rankings for "Best Casino Outside of Las Vegas" and "Best Player's Club." Voting for the 10Best Readers' Choice Awards took place this summer after nominees were chosen by a panel of relevant experts, which include a combination of editors from USA TODAY, 10Best.com and other relevant contributors.
"It is quite an honor for Mohegan Sun to be voted Best Casino Hotel for five consecutive years," said Jeff Hamilton, President & General Manager of Mohegan Sun. "We pride ourselves on incredible guest service, world-class amenities and delivering one of the best casino resort experiences that guests can find anywhere. Recognitions like this from USA TODAY are a testament to the hard working and talented team we have across the board at Mohegan Sun."
These 10Best.com Readers' Choice Awards that focused on well-known casinos and resorts in the United States also landed Mohegan Sun in fifth place for "Best Casino outside of Las Vegas" and in fifth place for "Best Player's Club," in recognizing Momentum rewards. Voting took place over a four-week period this summer through 10Best.com, which averages 5 million visitors per month.
Additionally, Mohegan Sun's parent company, Mohegan, was again recognized as part of the Forbes annual America's Best-In-State Employers List 2022. America's Best-in-State Employers 2022 were identified in an independent survey based on a vast sample of approximately 70,000 Americans working for companies with more than 500 employees in the USA. Across 25 industry sectors, 1,380 employer brands were ranked among the top employers.
Mohegan Sun's Sky Tower and Earth Tower combine for nearly 1,600 spacious and elegantly appointed guest rooms and more than 200 suites. Mohegan Sun's signature spa & salon, Mandara Spa, stretches 19,000 square-feet and is located on the 3rd floor of Sky Tower, with a sister location on the main level of Earth Tower. Guests can also take advantage of fitness centers, room service, pool relaxation, an outdoor terrace with seasonal cabana rentals, sweeping views of the Thames River and much more at Mohegan Sun's hotel.
This year, Mohegan Sun also launched the 11,000 square-foot Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook, which features 220+ seats, a full bar and dining menu, a private mezzanine level, endless ways to bet on the big games and the largest video wall (140-feet) on the East Coast! In partnership with FanDuel, Mohegan also offers online sports betting and online casino action, by way of MoheganSunCasino.com, (+ iOS and Android apps).
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ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN: Owned by Mohegan, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic Southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, a golf course, over 70 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
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Censorship wars: Why have several communities voted to defund their public libraries?47:31
PlayPublic libraries in the U.S. are under increasing scrutiny.
Last year, the American Library Association reported a record number of book challenges, topping nearly 1,600 books.
"How a book on a shelf could be a threat to anyone is beyond us. Libraries are for voluntary reading. Libraries are for choice. They're a resource we should fiercely protect and preserve."
Efforts are also more aggressive. Several communities have voted to stop funding their public libraries. In others:
"There's been a few instances where there have been physical threats or, for example, the library in Montana that found books in their book dropped that had been riddled with bullets."
Today, On Point: Protecting America's public libraries.
Guests
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. She works on projects "addressing censorship and privacy in the library."
Patrick Sweeney, political director of EveryLibrary, the first and only national political action committee for libraries. He is also the former Administrative Librarian of the Sunnyvale Public Library in California.
George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren’t Blue. The book is a young adult non-fiction memoir about Johnson's journey growing up as a queer Black man in America. It’s the third most challenged book of 2021 out of nearly 1,600 books. It has been targeted for removal in at least 14 states. (@IamGMJohnson)
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Kimber Glidden, director of the Boundary County Library in Idaho.
Interview Highlights
On the climate in American libraries
Deborah Caldwell-Stone: "We're seeing the result of a divisive campaign intended to limit everyone's access to information, to really sanction one viewpoint, one political view, one approach to information, to prevent everyone from having the ability to make choices for themselves.
"We're observing organized advocacy groups try to impose an agenda on libraries to change policies, to ban books, to really limit the ability of the public library to serve as a community resource that meets the information needs of everyone in the community, but instead limits their offerings to what's approved by a few political groups in the community. And this has had very real consequences for libraries across the country.
"We're seeing contentious board meetings. We're seeing librarians actually charged in criminal court with pandering obscenity to minors. And we're also working with libraries, closely monitoring situations like you've described, where there's been an effort to either defund the library or take over the library board in order to impose a particular agenda."
In Jamestown Township, Michigan, voters voted to defund the Patmos Library.
The library has 67,000 books, videos and other items. There were only about 90 titles voters had a problem with. Why were they willing to risk the whole library over that tiny fraction number of titles?
Deborah Caldwell-Stone: "We're seeing the result of a lot of disinformation and misinformation about libraries, how librarians work and the content of the books. For example, I absolutely reject the idea that books that deal with puberty, human reproduction, sexual health, developing good relationships have anything to do with what's called grooming. That's a falsehood that's spread by a number of advocacy groups that really have an anti-pornography, anti-LGBTQIA agenda.
"And these talking points are picked up. People don't have any basis to question them. And as a result, they are encouraged to act on that false information when they participate in elections. You know, and it's also a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of public libraries as a whole. These are community institutions that are intended to serve everyone in the community. And we know that we live in a rapidly diversifying society, that there are all kinds of people in every community that have different information needs.
"And so the library, by its nature, is going to be acquiring works that represent a variety of ideas, viewpoints, including books you might not agree with. That you might not give to your own child, but another family, another parent would want their child to read. And there's this loss of civic engagement, community feeling where we share a resource. And we understand there's a book on the shelf that is there for me. But by its very nature, the library is also going to have books on the shelf that I don't agree with, but I tolerate that. I understand that, because that means that the library will be there for me, as well, to serve my information needs.
"And we're seeing a real loss of that community, of that understanding of the library as a community institution. And the loss can be so great. A public library is essential for not only for reading books, but, you know, many, many times it's the community's portal to the internet. It supports home schooling. It supports the ability to train for new jobs, to find new jobs. It supports small businesses in the community. It's a real resource. It can help seniors with applying for Social Security.
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"You know, the public library has really turned into that place, that third place you go to. Not only to read a murder mystery, but also where you can find support and information to live your best life, to find work to support your family. ... If you're a young adult, it's the place you can go to prepare to go into college, to enter the military, to start a successful career."
On defunding libraries for political leverage
Patrick Sweeney: "I think it is fundraising and getting elected. You know, we are seeing that the governors who we are seeing surfacing themselves to run for president are the ones that are beating the indoctrination and grooming drums the most. Speaking of Idaho, Heather Scott in Idaho had the Panhandle Patriots come to a meeting where she was talking about the grooming indoctrination of children who said that they weren't scared of librarians and they defend against librarians.
"Librarians are average age over 40 and 80% female. So these open carry highly militant organizations are going to shoot a 48 year old female librarian over some books. But what we're seeing is that talk was really about fundraising. It was really about riling her base. It was really about her getting the resources she need to move her personal agenda forward. You know, I think that's the most terrifying thing, how effective these lies have become in order to raise money. And so disconnect and divisiveness in our country simply for short term political gain."
On what we stand to lose when libraries are under threat
George M. Johnson: "We literally just go back to our origins, when we start to deny the ability of reading and writing. And that's what it really is, right? We're trying to literally deny an ability for people to read and people to write. And that is something that my ancestors know about very well, because we were denied that ability to read and write. It was illegal for people like me to be able to read and write in the 1800's and in the 1700's in this country. And so when we are specifically targeting books by Black people, books by queer people, we are going back to this country's origins, which is interesting.
"Because that's the whole tagline, right? Make America Great Again. And it's like, But at what point are you speaking of? Are you speaking before Black people had civil rights? Are you speaking of during slavery? Are you speaking of when the indigenous people? Like what point was it great for the people who you're literally targeting right now? And so even like when we hear those type of statements, we know exactly what the dog whistle is, too. And so when you start to say, Well, we're going to remove these specific books and we're going to start to remove these specific talking points.
"What you are really saying is that there is a second class and a third class of citizen that exists in this country, and we are going to remove the materials that make them powerful, that make other people want to know about these people, and that make other people build those bridges of empathy towards these people. Because the danger is if we lose our power as the majority, oh my God, there might actually be equity and equality. And that's not what we want. We don't want equity inequality. Like who would want that when we've been in power for so long? And so that's really the danger in removing that. It's like the onion and we just keep peeling away layers. First it's books. Then it's our rights. Then what's next?"
This program aired on September 8, 2022.
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September 9th– Meet Amay!
Amay is a 13 year-old spayed female.
She has a lot of sass but is still a lovely cat who gets along with other cats.
She is the oldest cat and also has been here the longest.
She is a more people watcher, lay by the window type of cat.
If you’re interested in Amay, you can contact the Delaware Valley Humane Society
Adoptable Pet of the Day is sponsored by the Owego and Endicott Agway.
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Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer and Al Jazeera journalist Femi Oke join Here & Now hosts Celeste Headlee and Anthony Brooks to discuss what Queen Elizabeth II represented to her subjects and the rest of the world.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP)For one night – and a big one, no less – the Buffalo Bills played up to the weighty expectations many had hung on them this offseason.
Josh Allen was in command of an offense, which scored on three straight second-half possessions. Von Miller’s offseason addition invigorated a pass rush, which registered seven sacks. And the Bills shook off some early rust before thoroughly routing the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, 31-10, in front of a national prime-time TV audience on Thursday.
And yet, let’s remember, it was one game, or as coach Sean McDermott put it when asked about the Bills converting nine of 10 third-down opportunities: ”Let’s not jump ahead of ourselves here.”
The two-time defending AFC East champion Bills were the better team in kicking off the NFL season by taking advantage of an opponent missing several key play-makers – including Miller – from the group that defeated Cincinnati in February.
What matters more is how the Bills will look come January, when the stakes get higher and opposing teams have had a chance to gel over the course of a season.
On the bright side, Buffalo players followed their coach’s lead in staying grounded.
”I wouldn’t say it was a signature win, I would say it’s the first game,” receiver Stefon Diggs said. ”Because people win their first game, they could damn near lose every last one after that. So try not to ride that wave.”
At first glance at least, the Bills looked the part of bona fide contenders during an outing in which the only team that showed any capability of stopping Buffalo was themselves by committing three turnovers in a first half that ended tied at 10.
Rather than sag, Buffalo surged thanks in part to a defense that kept quarterback Matthew Stafford on the run to give time for the offense to regroup.
Overall, the Bills provided encouraging answers to various questions they faced entering the opener.
The offense was productive under first-time coordinator Ken Dorsey, who was promoted from quarterbacks coach after Brian Daboll was hired by the New York Giants. Buffalo generated 413 yards offense a year after topping 400 yards eight times and scoring 30-plus points nine times.
A defense that was inconsistent in generating a pass rush last season had a franchise season-opening high for sacks without having to rely on the blitz.
And Buffalo’s secondary, featuring two new starters at cornerback, mostly held up and was responsible for two of Stafford’s three interceptions. While Cooper Kupp had 13 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown, the rest of the Rams combined for 16 catches and 112 yards.
”Of course it gives us a lot of confidence, probably even overconfidence,” receiver Gabe Davis said. ”But we have to know we have to keep level-headed and keep pushing and keep working.”
WHAT’S WORKING
The Allen to Diggs connection is working. Diggs caught eight of nine passes thrown his way for 122 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown, despite being covered most of the night by Jalen Ramsey. Perhaps, it was payback after Ramsey, while playing for Jacksonville, once referred to Allen as ”trash” after the Bills selected the quarterback in the first round of the 2018 draft.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
Not much needs adjusting, except someone reminding Allen and/or Dorsey to limit the number of quarterback runs especially with Buffalo leading by 21 in the final quarter. Allen took off on his own and stayed inbounds while being tackled on a 13-yard gain on Buffalo’s final drive with under seven minutes left.
STOCK UP
As the NFL’s active leader in sacks, Miller’s stock was never down. But with two sacks, the 33-year-old showed he’s not lost a step and worthy of the six-year contract he signed with Buffalo in March.
STOCK DOWN
Isaiah McKenzie’s debut as Buffalo’s slot receiver was spotty. Though he scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 7-yard catch, McKenzie’s inability to get his hands on Allen’s pass led to an interception on Buffalo’s second possession at the Rams 24.
INJURIES
Starting defensive tackle Ed Oliver hurt his ankle and was spotted wearing a protective boot following the game.
KEY NUMBER
90% – The Bills set a franchise record in converting nine of 10 third-down opportunities since the statistic began being tracked in 1973. Since 1991, only two teams have finished with the same or better third-down conversion percentage: The Chiefs went nine of 10 against Philadelphia last season and New Orleans went 11 of 12 (91.7%) against Detroit in 2008.
NEXT STEPS
The Bills are back on prime-time for their home opener against Tennessee on Sept. 19. It’s a rematch from last season, when Allen was stopped near the goal line in the final seconds of a 34-31 loss at the Titans.
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Himachal CM announces announces projects worth ₹51 crore in Sujanpur
The CM was addressing a public meeting under the “Pragatisheel Himachal: Sthapana Ke 75 Varsh” along with former CM Prem Kumar Dhumal and Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur
Dharamshala: Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday laid a foundation stone for development projects worth ₹51 crore besides announcing the opening of a sub-judge court and ₹50 lakh each for the construction of a PWD rest house and renovation of a bus stand in Sujanpur in Hamirpur district.
Later, addressing a public meeting under the “Pragatisheel Himachal: Sthapana Ke 75 Varsh’’, the CM said that this was an occasion to pay our respect and gratitude to those who contributed immensely towards the development and making it a model state apart from making the youth aware about the glorious history of the state.
He said that in 1948 the per capita income in the state was only ₹240, which has now increased to ₹ 2,01,873, and the literacy rate of the state increased from only 4% to 83%.
He said that Hamirpur was the most literate district of the state. The chief minister said that this term of his government was about to end, and the past five years of the BJP rule were dedicated to the upliftment of the poor and the downtrodden.
“ ‘Gareeb Ke Kareeb Sarkar’ was the guiding principle of our government which initiated several welfare schemes for the vulnerable sections of the society,” he said adding that HIMCARE, Sahara Yojna, Mukhya Mantri Grihini Suvidha Yojna and Shagun Yojna have provided much-needed relief to the needy and poor.
Speaking on the occasion, former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said that the state has made unparalleled development during the last 75 years. He also thanked the chief minister for dedicating developmental projects worth crores of rupees to the area.
Union minister of information and broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur said that India regained its old glory and place among the comity of nations under PM Modi-led government.
He said that it was possible due to the vision of the Prime Minister that today the Raj Path, a symbol of slavery renamed ‘Kartavya Path’. This is a vision of ‘New and vibrant India’, he said.
He said that India has today emerged as the fifth strongest economy in the world. He said that the eight years tenure of the Central government has remained full of achievements, and not even a single case of corruption was reported during this period.
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Amid ongoing war of words, weekly meeting between Kejriwal, LG resumes
Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal met lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for a weekly coordination meeting on Friday and said it was held in a “good atmosphere”, also expressing hope that the row between the LG and his government can improve soon. On being asked about the tussle between Saxena and the AAP government, Kejriwal said it was unfortunate. There was no response from the LG's office despite repeated requests.
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PWD’s Jhansi office to be auctioned for recovery of over ₹2 cr
After failing to clear dues of over Rs 2 crore of a contractor, the Public Works Department would have its office in Jhansi auctioned on September 22. The Commercial Court has issued orders to this effect. The court earlier had issued a notice to the PWD regional office in Jhansi on July 1 this year. PWD executive engineer RR Mathuria said the office has received the court order about auctioning the office on September 22.
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Cong sets up panel to report on B’luru infra
In the wake of floods in Bengaluru, the Congress in Karnataka on Friday said it has set up a committee to bring out a report 'Vision Bengaluru, Better Bengaluru' as a promise to develop the city once the party comes to power in the State. AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, who is also the party-in-charge of Karnataka, stated this and demanded chief minister Basavaraj Bommai to convene an all-party meeting on the flood situation.
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Delhi HC to decide on woman’s nationality after son’s OCI card confiscated
An Indian-origin man who is a citizen of the United States has sought a declaration from the Delhi high court that his mother is not a Pakistani national after the Overseas Citizen of India cards issued to him and his sons by Indian government authorities were confiscated. The man's mother was born in India in 1937, and moved with her family to Pakistan during the Partition in 1947.
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One apprehended, 50 booked for illegal mining in Nuh
Nuh: A juvenile was apprehended and 50 other suspects were booked on Thursday for their alleged involvement in attacking a joint team of officials from the Nuh police and the district mining department, and injuring a policeman during a raid at an illegal mining site in Badeda village that day, said police on Friday. Seven of the suspects have been identified so far, according to police.
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Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Episodes 9-10
by James Beckett,
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My wife and I lost one of our dearest feline friends a little over a week ago. It was incredibly sudden; we didn't even know he was sick until it was too late for us to do anything. He was only ten, which I know is a good, long life for a cat, but that fact hasn't make losing him hurt any less. It was eleven o'clock in the morning when the vet at the animal ER told us that he had maybe twelve to twenty-four hours left to live, and that he was going to end his life in a lot of pain, unless we opted to euthanize. We only got a few final hours to hold him, and to say our goodbyes. It was once of the worst days, but we could not let our friend suffer. So, we had to make a choice.
Down in the Abyss, having finally awoken from the fog of Belaf's sense-memory dreaming (or scents-memory, har har) Nanachi is told that in order to leave the prison they sold themselves into and rejoin their friends before the Village of the Hollows is destroyed, they must say goodbye to Mitty once again. It is painful, of course, and the hurt is amplified by the fact that this Mitty comes from a time before her body was permanently scarred by Bondrewd's cruelest experiments. Sitting there in her little pot, Mitty almost looks happy, which is a trick that Nanachi knows they're apt to fall for. All they want to do is hold their friend, their treasure, but they've been down this path before. They know that it isn't right to damn Mitty to a life of eternal wrongness, an eternity spent trapped in a cage of flesh and indecipherable squealing. What was made within the confines of the Village cannot exist beyond it, though, and if Nanachi is to do right by their friends—all of their friends—they have to step out beyond that veil, into a world where Mitty cannot be. Nanachi has to make a choice.
You can maybe imagine, then, how much of a wreck I was before “All You Gather” had even gotten to its title screen. Worse yet, I couldn't even be mad at Made in Abyss for reducing me to a sobbing wreck over the loss of Mitty for a second time, because it's exactly the lesson that Nanachi (and I) needed to learn. Goodbyes are hard. Goodbyes hurt. Losing a friend creates a void inside of your heart that will never be filled again. Like Belaf reminds us, though, that hurt matters. The pain does not define you, but it does become an integral part of you, all the same. The memory of the love you've lost is both a scar and a sigil, a defining part of who you were before, who you are now, and who you must become once you start to move forward. And you must move forward.
Every new step is one foot farther, one layer deeper, and each is an active choice that you must make. You must choose to take up not only all of your joy and hurt, but the memories of everyone and everything that could not come with you, and all of the weight that their lack now entails. All that you gather is your value.
I've been fascinated with how these concepts of “choice” and “will” have woven themselves into the fabric of The Golden City of the Scorching Sun, a season that is somehow shaping up to surpass the series' first, as impossible as it might seem. Over the past ten episodes, we have seen characters like Vueko and Faputa, who consistently had their agency and ability to choose their own path stripped away by abusers and prophets and the sheer, cruel power of the Abyss. We have come to know the inhabitants of the Village of the Hollows, who have for all intents and purposes sacrificed their ability to forge ahead through the abyss in exchange for a sedentary existence of eternal hedonism. Wazukyan is the man who burdened himself with the fate of an entire community, and led them all to a ruinous place of merciless, abject hardship in the name of satisfying that gnawing sense of nostalgia that still compels him, even 150 years later.
Aside from the main decision to descend into this pit, Riko has managed to skate by this adventure while largely avoiding the life-altering decisions that have defined all of her companions (she still has all of her limbs and organs intact, after all), though one can only imagine how much longer her foolhardy confidence will shield her from the whims of the Abyss and its inhabitants. Reg has found himself in a situation where the fate of the Hollows may rest entirely in battle against friend he never even knew he had until her teeth were ripping through his flesh, but he is kind at heart, and he is constantly second-guessing his ability to make the hard choice and pull the proverbial trigger. Wazukyan must surely have a sermon somewhere in his back pocket that speaks exactly to what happens to the folks who let kindness guide their way, this deep down.
Then there's Faputa, the scorching sun of pure vengeance that Irumyuui has unleashed upon her other, self-appointed “children”. The righteous fury that the princess displayed in “The Return” was already one of the most cathartic and terrifying moments of the entire series, but it has nothing on “All You Gather”, which is one of the most confident and superbly produced spectacles of wrathful bloodletting that I've ever seen, in any medium. The animation is positively wretched with weight, and grit, and unstoppable momentum. The transitions between the present-day carnage and the sweet flashbacks to Faputa and Reg's first meeting are just flawless. I don't know if I can say that Kevin Penkin's score has never been better, but that is only because it has consistently been one of the best anime soundtracks of all time since literally the opening credits of the series premiere, and both “The Return” and “All You Gather” still manage to offer standout tracks.
If it were simply a matter of being supremely polished and entertaining, Made in Abyss would be a clear season standout, bar none. What elevates The Golden City of the Scorching Sun into masterful territory is how each gorgeously animated frame and every pitch-perfect musical note work in harmony to serve the deeper themes of the story. Its themes have been so sharply honed, and its storytelling is so pitch-perfect in its ability to summon exactly the responses in its audience that it demands, that I'm genuinely in awe of what Made in Abyss is capable of, at this point.
Faputa's rage isn't just something to behold; you feel the pain she holds for the mother whose body has been hollowed out and desecrated to make a home for a village of cannibals. You feel the love that she has for the boy who became her Prince, only to forget everything about her and cast aside the purpose she has sought to fulfill since the day she was born. You feel the bewilderment and betrayal in her voice when she reveals that she was the one who delivered Prushka to the Village, because she could hear the Whistle's pain, and cannot understand how Riko could ignore its plight.
It is not about whether Faputa deserves to have her revenge, or if villagers like Maa and Moogie deserve to be saved. It isn't even really about whether Wazukyan deserves to be punished for what he did to Vueko, Irumyuui, and all of those doomed little children. There is right, of course, and there is wrong, and while I know exactly where I stand on all of those issues (as I'm sure you all do, too), the Abyss is not a place where morality makes its bed. It is a place of awe, and a place of dread, and it holds no quarter for whatever its children may or may not deserve. Faputa must choose whether her mother's vengeance is worth all of this destruction. Reg must choose whether he can cast aside the life he once had for the path he is walking now. Wazukyan had to choose whether finding a home was worth destroying a hundred innocent lives, and he's offered no apologies since. Nanachi had to choose to say goodbye to her dearest treasure, to hold her and kill her with dignity and love, though they don't know if they have the strength to make that choice again.
In the Abyss, there is only your will, and there are only the steps you choose to take. Right or wrong, you must own the path forward that you create, and you must gather and hold whatever blessings and curses you find. Otherwise, the Abyss will choose for you, and it will make the same choice every time, without fail: Annihilation.
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QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — Robbers who impersonated DEA agents kidnapped and beat up a man on Aug. 10, police said on Thursday.
The 31-year-old victim was held at gunpoint, beaten up and forced into his own car by the suspects at around 3 a.m., authorities said. The suspects threw the victim out of his car in the vicinity of Eighth Street and Myrtle Avenue before driving off. The suspects took the victim’s cellphone, credit card and wallet, which contained around $1,700. The victim was taken by EMS to a hospital for treatment of bruising and lacerations to his face.
Police asked for help from the public in finding the suspects.
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DALLAS, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ben E. Keith Company's Hallam Family were honored at last night's 24th annual Katy 5K race as Honorary Chairs. The Katy 5K presented by Michelob Ultra, one of the best-attended running events in Dallas, takes participants through Uptown, onto the Katy Trail, and down into Reverchon Park for the Katy 5K Picnic party. The race generates crucial funds for the non-profit organization, Friends of the Katy Trail, which is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the Trail and raising the funds needed for landscape maintenance, lighting, water for people and pets, security patrols, and more through private and corporate donations. The Hallam family and the Ben E. Keith Foundation were early donors to help construct the Katy Trail, and are committed to continually supporting Friends of the Katy Trail.
Robert Hallam, Jr. said, "Our family and our company have been involved with Friends of the Katy Trail and the Katy 5K for more than 20 years and we are proud to serve as the Honorary Chairs of the 2022 Katy Trail 5K race. It has been so exciting for us to see the Katy Trail become an essential and beloved Dallas destination and the Katy 5K continues to be a can't miss event. We encourage everyone in the Dallas and surrounding communities to join us in supporting Friends of the Katy Trail, as we all benefit from their important work maintaining as well as continually enhancing the Katy Trail."
Friends of the Katy Trail Executive Director Amy Bean said, "We are grateful for the ongoing support from the Hallam Family and Ben E. Keith Company. With more than 1.5 million Trail visits a year, their generous support and donations from the community are more important than ever to keep the Katy Trail running strong."
4,000 race goers enjoyed a fun after-party with free food from over thirty local restaurants, the opportunity to visit with various sponsors and local businesses, and music by Downtown Fever.
Ben E. Keith Company, established in Fort Worth, Texas in 1906, began selling Anheuser-Busch products in 1928. Today, Ben E. Keith Company's Beverage division is the third largest independent beer wholesaler in the country. With fourteen Sales & Distribution Centers the company operates throughout the state of Texas and distributes import beers, craft beers, spirits, wine products and nonalcoholic beverages. The Food Division is the nation's fifth largest broad line foodservice distributor and operates today with nine divisions shipping to fifteen states throughout the country. For more information, please visit www.benekeith.com.
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The Brand is Investing in the Next Wave of Industry Farmers Through its Continued Partnership with the National FFA Organization, Kicking Off This Year's Tour with a $74,000 Donation
SMITHFIELD, Va., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since day one, Farmland® has worked with local farmers and their families in America's heartland to provide customers with food they can trust and feel good about. To invest in the future of the agricultural industry and show appreciation for the honest work, day in and day out, in Midwest farming communities, Farmland launched year two of its Honoring the Heartland Tour. The 12-week mission is highlighting the fundamental role the region plays by providing monetary donations to support the next generation of farmers and delivering "grab-n-go" meals to those working in the agriculture industry, farming communities, and grocery/retail establishments. During the first year of the truck tour, Farmland served over 11,000 meals to proud Midwest residents and donated more than 160,000 servings of protein to benefit the Omaha, Nebraska, community.
Since July, the Farmland Honoring the Heartland Tour food truck has been making two to three stops per week in various locations rooted in Midwestern neighborhoods. In addition to distributing meals, Farmland will continue its partnership with the National FFA Organization to assist in its vision to grow leaders, build communities and strengthen agriculture at the local, state, and national levels. Throughout the remainder of the tour, Farmland will be donating a total of $150,000 to the National FFA Organization and local FFA chapters, beginning today with a $65,000 donation to the National FFA Organization and a $9,000 donation to the local Kansas FFA Association. Today's donation event took place at the Kansas State Fair, where Farmland's food truck also made an appearance to supply samples to attendees.
"At Farmland, we're constantly inspired by the organizations, communities, and individuals across the Midwest who play a fundamental role in our food supply," said Jessica Scarlett, senior associate brand manager for Farmland. "Supporting the future of the agriculture industry and providing the next wave of farmers with the tools needed to succeed has been a longstanding commitment of our brand. We are proud to continue the legacy of the Farmland Honoring of the Heartland Tour and our partnership with the National FFA Organization for a second year."
Farmland also launched its Farmland FFA Heartland Grant Program to support students' goals and inspire continued growth in the agriculture industry. Through the program, Farmland will provide $20,000 in financial support via grants valued at $1,000 each. Farmland is encouraging FFA members located in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri to enroll through an open application process, ending October 9, 2022, at FarmlandFFAHeartlandGrants.com.
"We are grateful for Farmland's ongoing support of the National FFA Organization's mission to make a positive difference in the lives of students," said Molly Ball, president for the National FFA Foundation and chief marketing officer for the National FFA Organization. "We're happy to join the brand in recognizing the often-overlooked heroes of farming and agriculture."
In addition, Farmland is proud to be an official partner of country superstar Luke Bryan's Farm Tour for a second consecutive year. In its 13th year, Farm Tour is an annual concert series that gives back by awarding college scholarships to students from farming families who are attending a local college or university near the tour stops. To date, more than 60 scholarships have been granted.
For more information and to see where the Farmland Honoring the Heartland Tour goes next, follow us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter @FarmlandFoods and visit www.farmlandfoods.com.
About Farmland
Founded in 1959, Farmland is the maker of high-quality, flavorful meats. Rooted in rich traditions of America's heartland, Farmland is committed to a strong work ethic, community, substance over flash, and wholesome, quality food that people feel good about serving. Farmland's robust portfolio of products includes varieties of bacon, sausage, ham and lunch meat. For more information about our products and recipe inspiration, please visit www.FarmlandFoods.com or follow us on Facebook (@FarmlandFoods), Instagram (@farmlandfoods) or Twitter (@FarmlandFoods). Farmland is a brand of Smithfield Foods.
About Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Headquartered in Smithfield, Va. since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with agricultural roots and a global reach. With more than 60,000 jobs globally, we are dedicated to producing "Good food. Responsibly.®" and serve as one of the world's leading vertically integrated protein companies. We have pioneered sustainability standards for more than two decades, including our industry-leading commitments to become carbon negative in our U.S. company-owned operations and reduce GHG emissions 30 percent across our entire U.S. value chain by 2030. We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield®, Eckrich® and Nathan's Famous®, among many others. For more information, visit www.smithfieldfoods.com, and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
About National FFA Organization
The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 850,000 student members as part of 8,995 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. For more, visit the National FFA Organization online at FFA.org and on Facebook and Twitter.
About Kansas FFA Association
The Kansas FFA Association is a statewide organization of 11,470 agricultural education students in 224 chapters in every corner of Kansas. Our mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. Visit www.ksffa.org for more information.
About National FFA Foundation
The National FFA Foundation builds partnerships with industry, education, government, other foundations and individuals to secure financial resources that recognize FFA member achievements, develop student leaders and support the future of agricultural education. A separately registered nonprofit organization, the foundation is governed by a board of trustees that includes the national FFA president, educators, business leaders and individual donors. For more, visit FFA.org/Give.
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When kids yell "'Alexa, play poop,' you'll hear these songs By Kai McNamee, Sarah Handel Published September 9, 2022 at 2:22 PM MDT Facebook Twitter Email Listen • 2:25 If you have a smart speaker and small children in the same household, you might be surprised to find what plays when they inevitably yell, "Alexa, play poop." Copyright 2022 NPR
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How you can help victims of the California wildfires by donating to the Red Cross
How you can help victims of the California wildfires by donating to the Red Cross
ONLINE AT KCRA.COM UNDER THE WEATHER TAB. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP YOUR FAMILY PREPARE IN CASE OF FIRE AND TO PROTECT YOUR HOME, BUT WHAT IF A FIRE DOES BURN THROUGH YOUR AREA AND YOU FIND YOURSELF WITHOUT A PLACE TO LIVE CASE AREA 3 METEOROLOGIST MELODY HUNTER HAS IMPORTANT ADVICE FROM THE RED CROSS YOU’RE WE’RE SEEING MORE SCENES LIKE THIS OF CHARRED HOMES. IF YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING EXPERIENCES OF YOUR LIFE AMERICAN RED CROSS SHELTERS OPEN UP WHEN YOU’RE FORCED TO EVACUATE AND DON’T HAVE A PLACE TO GO SHELTERS ARE EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE ALL YOUR BASIC NEEDS STEVEN WALSH RECOMMENDS MAKING A LIST OF EVERYDAY ITEMS. YOU’LL WANT WE WANT PEOPLE TO THINK AHEAD ABOUT WHAT DO I NEED TO TAKE WITH ME SO THAT I’M COMFORTABLE AND CARED FOR ONCE WE GET TO A SHELTER OR SOMEWHERE SAFE AD MEDICINE A CELL PHONE CHARGER EVEN COMFORT ITEMS. OUR PET OR CHILDREN IN YOUR GO BAG TOYS FOR A CHILD TO KEEP THEM OCCUPIED BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU’RE IN A SHELTER FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND IT CAN GET A LITTLE MONOTONOUS AND BORING FOR KIDS. THINK ABOUT THINGS FOR YOUR PET. WHETHER IT’S A CHEW TOY THOSE DAYS IN THE SHELTER CAN ADD UP IF YOU LOSE YOUR HOME IT CAN TAKE A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO NEXT WHEN YOU’RE IN A RED CROSS SHELTER. WE HAVE TRAINED VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY TO BASICALLY ASSESS YOUR NEEDS AND ASSESS YOUR OPTIONS ON WHERE YOU CAN GO VOLUNTEERS ARE SHELTERING AROUND 100 DAYS DURING WILDFIRE SEASON EACH YEAR AT THIS POINT. SHELTERING IS NOT GOING TO STOP BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS GOING
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A former teacher at a Florida Christian school was arrested Tuesday for allegedly twerking on a student, according to authorities.
WCTV reported that Julie Hoover, 39, was accused of dancing on the underage student back on April 8 during the school prom. At the time, Hoover was an employee of Point of Grace Christian School in Perry.
Authorities said the student told investigators that Hoover also pressured the student to drink alcohol and forced the straw from her cup into his mouth. According to the school, the staff had alcohol in the back to drink after the prom, when students had left.
Investigators said at least two other people tried to stop Hoover while she danced on the student, even getting between the two.
Hoover was arrested on contributing to the delinquency of a minor and a second felony charge of an authority figure soliciting or engaging in lewd conduct with a student.
However, this wasn’t the first time Hoover was put behind bars for alleged misconduct. Last June, Hoover was arrested for allegedly sexting an 18-year-old high school senior, according to deputies.
The student’s mother reported the misconduct to deputies on June 2 after she found the messages on the teen’s phone, which allegedly included a plan to sneak the student into Hoover’s home while her husband was at work.
An official with Point of Grace Christian released a statement to WCTV, stating that Hoover no longer works at the school and that they are cooperating with the investigation.
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'Monarch' star Trace Adkins wants Blake Shelton to play his 'stupid' younger brother
Country singer Trace Adkins opened up about starring on the upcoming country music drama television show "Monarch," which revolves around a dynasty of singers.
Adkins portrays Albie Roman alongside Susan Sarandon, who plays Dottie Cantrell Roman, in the series. And recently, at the FOX Entertainment Fall 2022 press day, Adkins mentioned another famous country singer with whom he'd like to star alongside.
Trace Adkins in the series premiere of Monarch airing in Fall 2022 on FOX. (Photo by FOX via Getty Images)
"I think we should bring Blake Shelton, let him play my stupid younger brother," Adkins told Fox News Digital. "That's kind of what he is anyway."
Recently, Adkins spoke about how despite the fact that his friend Shelton has had years of TV experience being a judge on "The Voice," he didn't go to him for acting help.
Susan Sarandon and Trace Adkins in the series premiere of Monarch airing Sunday, Sept. 11, immediately following the FOX NFL doubleheader (8:00-9:00 PM ET, and simultaneously to all time zones). It then makes its time period premiere Tuesday, Sept. 2
"Blake’s thing is a completely different animal," he said. "You can’t compare that stuff."
Trace Adkins performs during the Kentucky State Fair at Kentucky Exposition Center on August 26, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)
Little Big Town, Martina McBride and Shania Twain are also set to appear on the drama, which was created by Melissa London Hilfers and also stars country singer Caitlyn Smith.
"Monarch" debuts with a special two-night event, beginning Sunday, Sept. 11 on FOX.
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SCOTT, La. (KLFY) – The Village 337 is putting the spotlight back on missing Scott woman, Ella Goodie. The 33-year-old was last seen on March 9 of this year.
Her family says that she was driving a passenger to Houston. The next week, Brandon Francisco, 36, was named as a person of interest and believed to be the last person in contact with Goodie.
On March 25, Francisco was arrested on unrelated charges, however, in May, Louisiana State Police (LSP) said they were investigating Goodie’s disappearance as a homicide.
Since then, there has been no new information released.
A spokesperson for The Village 337 said that if Goodie was white, she would have been found by now.
As Ella’s 34th birthday was this week, her family hoped she would be back home celebrating with them. Instead, Friday will mark six months since they last saw her.
“How do you celebrate the birthday of a person you haven’t seen in 6 months without them? You can’t talk to them. You don’t know where they are. You can’t go to a headstone or a grave. You don’t even know if there is one to be prepared,” said President and Director of The Village 337 Devon Norman.
He said that he questions why Ella’s family still has no answers.
“I think that it’s apparent that when somebody who is not a person of color dies in this community or goes missing or vanishes out of nowhere and there is a person of interest, there’s so much work to be done to make sure we find out who it is and that this person is brought to justice. That doesn’t happen for us.”
Norman told News 10 that if Ella wasn’t black, things would be different.
“I think the world would have responded differently if Ella was white,” he said. “If people had not seen her face, I wonder how much quicker they would have been ready to respond.”
In May, LSP announced they were now investigating Ella’s disappearance as a homicide, with Francisco, the person of interest in her disappearance, still in custody.
Her family hoped they would get answers, but they were wrong.
“If there are answers, if he has spoken, how is it that the community does not know? There’s no way, not in 2022, not in this America,” Norman added.
Norman believes Francisco holds the answers to Ella’s whereabouts. While state police tell News 10 that they can’t release any more information on the case, Norman questions why.
“If you’re in the profession of protecting and serving people, I’m not saying anybody is doing their job wrong, but maybe there is more that can be done. I think transparency is key. If there’s nothing, assure the public,” he said.
As for Francisco, Norman has one message for him.
“May God have mercy on your soul,” Norman said.
Francisco is scheduled to go to trial in Rapides Parish on October 10 for an unrelated attempted second-degree murder charge from 2018. This week, the Louisiana Supreme Court also ruled that the prosecuting attorneys could not present evidence from a prior attempted murder charge, in which Francisco pled guilty to stabbing his ex-girlfriend nearly 20 times.
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Parallaxes Capital Management Highlights Previously Terminated TRA of a Leading Coal Producer
Published: Sep. 9, 2022 at 3:14 PM CDT|Updated: 27 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parallaxes Capital Management ("Parallaxes") is an alternative asset manager and, since 2017, has raised four funds dedicated to Tax Receivable Agreements ("TRAs"). As the market leader in monetizing TRAs, Parallaxes is dedicated to increasing the visibility and transparency of TRAs which remain an often overlooked and misunderstood asset class. In the vein of creating greater visibility into the TRA ecosystem, Parallaxes is pleased to highlight a notable development in the market as Cloud Peak Energy Inc. ("Cloud Peak") previously terminated its TRA with Rio Tinto Energy America Inc. ("Rio Tinto").
Cloud Peak disclosed that it paid $45 million to terminate an estimated $103 million TRA liability, recognizing a gain of $58 million. The Cloud Peak TRA provided for the payment of 85% of the net cash tax savings realized from certain tax attributes, including savings from the increase in tax basis obtained in connection with the acquisition of Cloud Peak's interests in Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC.
Parallaxes views TRAs, including the Cloud Peak TRA, as a valuable tool to reduce certain moral hazard problems and informational asymmetry inherent in a company's public offering. TRAs help ensure that pre-IPO owners are economically aligned with new public shareholders and incentivize pre-IPO owners to pursue an IPO structure that provides the company with ongoing tax benefits. Parallaxes anticipates enhanced awareness and understanding of TRAs will drive increased market adoption.
Parallaxes Capital Management ("Parallaxes") is the premier investment firm focused exclusively on monetizing Tax Receivable Agreements ("TRAs"). Parallaxes offers private equity sponsors, co-investors and management team members solutions to achieve liquidity, diversification and optionality from their TRAs. Parallaxes was founded in 2017 and is comprised of experienced investment professionals from leading private equity and growth equity firms. To learn more, please visit www.plxcap.com This press release should not be regarded as representative of an official position or statement of Parallaxes or any related entity.
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A star witness who testified against others in the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor asked a judge Friday to greatly reduce his prison sentence and release him from custody.
Ty Garbin wants more than four years cut off his 6 1/4-year sentence for conspiracy. Prosecutors agree that a break is justified, but they're recommending only a three-year reduction.
The decision rests with U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker.
Garbin, 26, has been in custody for about two years since his arrest in 2020. He quickly cooperated with investigators and pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation home in northern Michigan.
He said the goal was to spark a civil war, known among right-wing extremists as the “boogaloo.” The FBI, which had agents and informants inside the group, stopped the plot.
Garbin testified at two trials. The first, last spring, ended with acquittals for Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta and no verdicts for Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr.
Fox and Croft were convicted at a second trial that ended on Aug. 23 in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“Mr. Garbin’s testimony was a key in refuting the defendants' assertions that they were framed or entrapped by the government,” attorney Mark Satawa said in a court filing.
He said Garbin's work isn't done yet: He's due to testify for prosecutors in separate but related cases filed against others in state court.
Federal prisoners routinely get credit for good behavior, which can shave months off a sentence. But Satawa noted that Garbin has been held in local jails because prosecutors need him nearby. As a result, he can't get that credit.
Kaleb Franks, 28, also pleaded guilty and testified for the government. He has not been sentenced yet.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran’s intelligence agency and its leadership in response to malicious cyberattacks on Albanian government computer systems in July.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Esmail Khatib, who heads the ministry, for what it said were cyber-related activities against the U.S. and its allies.
Albania, a NATO member, cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled its embassy staff this week over the cyberattack. It was the first known case of a country cutting diplomatic relations over a cyberattack.
The Albanian government has accused Iran of carrying out the July 15 attack, which temporarily shut down numerous Albanian government digital services and websites.
Microsoft, which assisted Albania in investigating the cyberattack, said in a blog post Thursday that it was moderately confident the hackers belong to a group that has been publicly linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security.
It said the attackers were observed operating out of Iran, used tools previously used by known Iranian attackers and had previously targeted “other sectors and countries” consistent with Iranian interests. The destructive malware deployed was also previously used by a “known Iranian actor,” it said.
“Iran’s cyber attack against Albania disregards norms of responsible peacetime State behavior in cyberspace,” Brian Nelson, Treasury’s under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.
“We will not tolerate Iran’s increasingly aggressive cyber activities targeting the United States or our allies and partners,” he said.
Since at least 2007, Iran’s intelligence agency and its proxies have been accused of conducting cyber operations targeting public and private entities around the world.
Treasury, which uses an Obama-era executive order that targets people and entities that engage in malicious cyber activities as an authority to impose the sanctions, has been ratcheting up its financial penalties on Iran this year.
This comes as President Joe Biden’s administration has been working to renew the tattered Iran nuclear deal, which placed curbs on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief, which Iran insists it has never received.
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HERZLIYA, Israel, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nayax Ltd. (TASE: NYAX), a global commerce enablement and payments platform designed to help merchants scale their business, today announced that its shareholders meeting has approved a 10-for-1 reverse share split of the Company's ordinary shares.
As a result of the reverse share split, each ten of the Company's issued and outstanding ordinary shares will be automatically combined and converted into one issued and outstanding ordinary share. The Company's shares will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on the TASE Market commencing upon market open on September 11, 2022. Immediately after the reverse split becomes effective, there will be approximately 32.9 million ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
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Nayax is a global commerce enablement and payment platform designed to help merchants scale their business. Nayax offers a complete solution including localized cashless payment acceptance, a management suite, and consumer engagement tools, enabling merchants to conduct commerce anytime, anywhere. With global experience in serving the unattended retail industry, Nayax has transformed into a comprehensive solution focused on our customers' growth across multiple channels. Today, Nayax has 9 global offices, over 700 employees, connections to more than 80 merchant acquirers, payment method integrations and is a recognized payment facilitator worldwide. Nayax's mission is to improve our customers' revenue potential and operational efficiency. For more information, please visit www.nayax.com.
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TORONTO (AP) — When a young, bespectacled Al Yankovic picked up an accordion, few — especially Al, himself — would have predicted the long-running show-business career that would follow. But can you imagine if they did? That every step of Yankovic’s way — the first Hawaiian shirt, the epiphany of riffing on “My Sharona” as “My Bologna” — carried the same portentous sense of fate that rings through most music biopics?
It’s a funny enough idea that shortly before the raucous midnight Toronto International Film Festival premiere of “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” — a nutty, authorized biopic that takes that concept and has as much fun with it as possible — Yankovic was still riffing. He was sitting alongside Daniel Radcliffe, who enthusiastically plays Yankovic in the movie, at a Toronto bar stocked with on-theme cocktails like “Just Drink It.”
Like, what if, Yankovic imagines, “Weird” had that much-memed moment in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” where Tom Hanks’ Tom Parker hears Presley on the radio for the first time, dramatically swings around and exclaims “He’s white?!” — only it’s Weird Al he hears and instead responds, “He’s weird?!”
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” written by Yankovic with director Eric Appel, does to Yankovic’s career pretty much what the 62-year-old comedian has been doing to pop songs for the last four decades. It distorts it through a funhouse mirror, turning Yankovic’s life into something that at its most absurd heights becomes its own parallel reality.
“I never would have believed this would happen early in my life, and maybe even a year ago,” says Yankovic. “That’s one of the reasons why the movie is funny because it shouldn’t exist. There are detractors that are saying: ‘Why is Weird Al getting a biopic when there are a thousand names that should have gotten one before him?’ Well, that’s kind of the point. It’s not that I deserve it. The fact that I don’t deserve it is why this exists.”
Some, including Radcliffe, would quibble with that. Yankovic long ago outlasted many of the musicians he’s parodied. He’s one of only five music acts to have a Top 40 hit in each of the last four decades. That ranks him among the likes of Madonna and Michael Jackson, who have, of course, each received the Weird Al treatment (“Like a Surgeon,” “Eat It”). The New York Times has called Yankovic “a completely ridiculous national treasure.”
“I can’t explain it,” shrugs Yankovic. “I guess it’s just sheer tenacity because I should have gone away decades ago.”
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” which will be released Nov. 4 on Roku, is itself an unlikely movie that began as a gag. About a decade ago, Appel and Yankovic made a faux-trailer for a Yankovic biopic for Funny or Die. Yankovic would play it at his concerts and bat away questions from fans about when the movie would actually be released. But a string of music biopics — many of which played so elastically with the truth that Yankovic sensed they were ripe for parody — made the premise even more appealing. Appel and Yankovic worked on a script and reached out to Radcliffe.
“My first reaction on hearing the idea of me as Al was, ‘Wait, what?’” says Radcliffe. “As soon as I started reading it, I was like, ’Oh, there’s nothing else that Al’s biopic could have been but something that is inherently a parody of all musical biopics.”
There are a few bits of autobiographic truth in “Weird,” but the movie quickly, as Radcliffe says, “goes off the rails,” wildly overinflating Yankovic’s trajectory and many of his encounters. Madonna (played by Evan Rachel Wood), desperate for the honor of a Yankovic parody, initiates a love affair with him, for instance.
“The amount of people that have asked me about you and Madonna,” sighs Radcliffe.
Yankovic notes that a door-to-door accordion salesman really did come to his family’s house, as one does in the film. It’s less true that Yankovic’s father abhorred the instrument as “the devil’s squeezebox” and violently pummeled the salesman.
“That scene goes on for so long,” Radcliffe says, shaking his head.
For the 33-year-old Radcliffe, the movie is in line with other eccentric, experimental films like 2016’s “Swiss Army Man” that he’s been drawn to since playing Harry Potter. A self-described Yankovic fan who listens to his polkas while working out, Radcliffe and Yankovic found themselves in many ways simpatico.
“At some points in my life, I thought I needed to be stoic as an actor and stoic as a movie star,” says Radcliffe. “The success I’ve had since ‘Potter’ has been about whatever is weird about me, leaning into that. That’s the asset, actually, not to be avoided. And Al is like the model for that.”
Radcliffe describes the rapid 18-day shoot of “Weird” as “truly one of the best experiences I’ve ever had on a set.” Ahead of production, he dove into learning the accordion.
“Nobody asked me to, by the way. It was entirely self-inflicted,” says Radcliffe. “I mean, if you’re playing Al, what else am I doing? You’ve got to make an honest attempt.”
“I can’t tell you what a joy it was to wake up in the morning and get video of Dan playing ‘My Bologna’ on the accordion,” Yankovic says, earnestly.
“My most common note was ‘Please pump more,’” adds Radcliffe.
Yankovic was in Toronto for only the evening with Colorado concerts the night before and the night after the premiere. He’s currently on “The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” which concludes this fall at Carnegie Hall. At his concerts, he now sees fans of his from the 1980s with their kids — “and in some cases, their grandkids – which is a little scary.”
The continued affection people have for Weird Al — a performer who represents roughly the diametric opposite of an image-conscious, out-of-reach pop star — seems to somehow still be expanding. At the “Weird” premiere in Toronto, Hawaiian shirts and curly wigs were out in force. On the last day of shooting, Radcliffe says, the whole cast and crew dressed up as Yankovic.
Reluctantly, Yankovic acknowledges there’s something, in fact, very real about Weird Al.
“My nickname ‘Weird Al’ has been empowering for a lot of people,” he says. “When I took on that name professionally it was a college DJ in the ’70s. It wasn’t calculated, obviously. I wasn’t thinking that I was going to be, like, a role model decades later. But a lot of people that feel like outcasts or freaks or outsiders or didn’t belong in some way would sometimes look to me and go, ‘Here’s a guy that’s owning his weirdness, and he’s comfortable with it.’”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and Donald Trump's legal team are to stake out positions Friday on the precise role to be played by an independent arbiter who will review documents seized during an FBI search of the former president's Florida home.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had given both sides until Friday to submit potential candidates for the role of a “special master,” as well as proposals for the scope of the person’s duties and the schedule for his or her work.
The back-and-forth over the special master is playing out amid an FBI investigation into the retention of several hundred classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago within the past year. Though the legal wrangling is unlikely to have long-term effects on the investigation, it will almost certainly delay the criminal probe and has already caused the intelligence community to temporarily pause a national risk assessment it was doing.
Over the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, Cannon on Monday granted the Trump team's request for the special master and directed the department to temporarily halt its review of records for investigative purposes.
She said the person would be responsible for sifting through the records recovered during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and filter out from the criminal investigation any documents potentially covered by claims of attorney-client or executive privilege.
Roughly 11,000 documents — including more than 100 with classified markings, some at the top-secret level — were recovered during the search. That's on top of classified documents contained in 15 boxes retrieved in January by the National Archives and Records Administration, and additional secret records the department took back during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago.
The Justice Department had objected to the Trump team’s request for a special master, saying it had already done its own review and identified a limited subset of records that possibly involve attorney-client privilege. It said that executive privilege does not apply in this investigation because Trump, no longer president, had no right to claim the documents as his.
The department on Thursday filed a notice of appeal indicating it would contest the judge’s order to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Officials asked the judge to lift her hold on their investigative work pending their appeal, as well as her requirement that the department share with a special master the classified records that were recovered.
It is not clear whether Trump or anyone else will be charged.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and Donald Trump’s legal team are to stake out positions Friday on the precise role to be played by an independent arbiter who will review documents seized during an FBI search of the former president’s Florida home.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had given both sides until Friday to submit potential candidates for the role of a “special master,” as well as proposals for the scope of the person’s duties and the schedule for his or her work.
The back-and-forth over the special master is playing out amid an FBI investigation into the retention of several hundred classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago within the past year. Though the legal wrangling is unlikely to have long-term effects on the investigation, it will almost certainly delay the criminal probe and has already caused the intelligence community to temporarily pause a national risk assessment it was doing.
Over the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, Cannon on Monday granted the Trump team’s request for the special master and directed the department to temporarily halt its review of records for investigative purposes.
She said the person would be responsible for sifting through the records recovered during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and filter out from the criminal investigation any documents potentially covered by claims of attorney-client or executive privilege.
Roughly 11,000 documents — including more than 100 with classified markings, some at the top-secret level — were recovered during the search. That’s on top of classified documents contained in 15 boxes retrieved in January by the National Archives and Records Administration, and additional secret records the department took back during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago.
The Justice Department had objected to the Trump team’s request for a special master, saying it had already done its own review and identified a limited subset of records that possibly involve attorney-client privilege. It said that executive privilege does not apply in this investigation because Trump, no longer president, had no right to claim the documents as his.
The department on Thursday filed a notice of appeal indicating it would contest the judge’s order to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Officials asked the judge to lift her hold on their investigative work pending their appeal, as well as her requirement that the department share with a special master the classified records that were recovered.
It is not clear whether Trump or anyone else will be charged.
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Bevonescein (ALM-488), a peptide-dye conjugate designed to fluorescently highlight nerves in real time during surgery, is currently in Phase 3 clinical trials in patients undergoing Head and Neck Surgery
LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alume Biosciences, Inc, a leader in the field of nerve-targeted diagnostics and therapeutics, announced today that it has been awarded a $3.4M Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP) Grant from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). This grant will support Alume's commercialization efforts of its novel nerve illumination technology in surgery. The Principal Investigators on this grant are Michael Whitney, PhD, Scientific Co-Founder and Vice President of Discovery and Brett Berman, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer at Alume.
Alume previously received a Phase I SBIR grant in 2019 and Phase II SBIR grant in 2020 from the NINDS to develop nerve illumination agents for surgical use. The CRP grant is a follow-on 2–year award that will support commercialization of Alume's fluorescent nerve targeting agent, ALM-488 (bevonescein) in patients undergoing Head and Neck Surgery. "Alume's technology to fluorescently highlight nerves during surgery is highly innovative and this CRP grant is a testament to bevonescein's innovation, potential utility and impact as it was awarded following a very rigorous NIH peer-reviewed process," said Dr. Roderic Pettigrew, MD/PhD, CEO of EnHealth and Inaugural Dean of the School of Engineering Medicine, home of ENMED at Texas A&M University in collaboration with Houston Methodist. "Alume's technology was developed as a result of the unmet need to improve intraoperative identification of nerves," said Jean-Pierre Millon, a member of Alume's Board of Directors. "This award is a significant milestone for Alume as we prepare for commercialization," said Millon.
Dr. Pettigrew is a physician-engineer and was the founding director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes of Health. On behalf of NIH, Dr. Pettigrew also served as the liaison to the U.S. Department of Energy and to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and was co-chairman of the Interagency Working Group on Medical Imaging, convened by the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP). He stepped down as NIBIB Director in December 2017 to assume the role of CEO of EnHealth at Texas A&M University in Houston and inaugural Dean School of Engineering Medicine where ENMED trains the nation's first Physicianeers. ENMED is in collaboration with the state's top ranked Houston Methodist Hospital that is also on the US News National Honor Roll.
Mr. Millon joined the Alume Biosciences Board of Directors in 2020. He has extensive experience leading healthcare and life sciences companies and has held several global leadership positions including serving as an executive for 23 years at Eli Lilly.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Alume Biosciences, Mr. Millon currently serves on the Board of Directors of CVS Health, Truvian, InanoBio and Valenz Health. He is an Advisor to the Great Point Partners equity fund and also serves as a healthcare consultant, assisting new ventures in the US and Europe. He has been actively involved in non-profit activities, having served as a board member of St Joseph Hospital in Phoenix and the Phoenix Council of Foreign Relations and of the Scottsdale Cultural Council. He was a member of the Kellogg School of Business Advisory Board for 15 years and Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan in the 90's.
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Canada's official opposition, the Conservative Party, will announce the results of elections for a new party leader on Saturday.The favored candidate has been compared to former President Trump.
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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Snapdragon Chemistry today announced that the previously announced acquisition by Asymchem will not proceed. Snapdragon and Asymchem were unable to agree to mitigation terms that would satisfy the U.S. Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
"We are disappointed this deal was unable to be completed," said Snapdragon President and CEO Matthew Bio. "The goal of the deal was to expand domestic manufacturing capacity and be able to deliver a full range of drug development services to our clients. We remain committed to this goal. We have long enjoyed a productive relationship with Asymchem on behalf of our clients. We look forward to continuing to collaborate on current and future client projects."
The news comes at a time of substantial growth for Snapdragon. Snapdragon recently commissioned a new, 51,000 square foot R&D and GMP manufacturing facility.
"These continued investments in facilities and advanced manufacturing technology enable an accelerated path to clinic for our clients," said Bio. "We have an outstanding team, best-in-class technology, and a growing, loyal customer base. Despite the change in plan, I remain excited about our future."
Snapdragon Chemistry is a chemical technology firm providing services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and fine chemical industries. Snapdragon's headquarters, R&D, and manufacturing facilities are in Waltham, MA.
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Which sod cutter is best?
Your lawn gets tired and worn out for many reasons. Sometimes invasive weeds take over and choke out your grasses. Ugly bare spots are caused by animal urine, fungal diseases, chemical spills, insects and too much shade.
When you decide to repair some areas of your lawn, the first thing you need to do is remove the old turf so the new grass can root properly. The best way to do this is with a sod cutter. If you’re looking for a sod cutter that cuts and installs small plugs, choose the Yard Butler Sod Plugger Turf Cutter and Plugging Tool and cut as many perfect 3-inch squares as you need.
What to know before you buy a sod cutter
How sod cutters work
People use sod cutters to cut grass below the roots so they can remove entire sections of sod at once, exposing the bare ground underneath. This removal of old turf is crucial to giving the new sod a chance to root in loose soil. Special sod cutters cut holes that exactly fit the commercial grass plugs used to fill bare spots.
No matter which sod cutter you buy, you are likely going to need a long-handled shovel to lift the old sod and a sturdy rake to smooth the ground for the new.
Power source
- Motorized sod cutters cost thousands of dollars and are used to remove entire lawns so they can be seeded or have new sod installed. The big ones used on sod farms are overkill for people who only want to fill in spots on their lawn that are scraggly or bare.
- Hand-powered sod cutters are made for repairing bad spots on lawns, not for entirely replacing them.
Knives
The simplest sod cutting tool is a hand-held garden knife with a long blade. After you make vertical cuts around all four sides, slice underneath to sever and remove the roots. This process dulls the blades quickly, so consider buying a multi-pack of knives if you have a full day’s work ahead of you.
What to look for in a quality sod cutter
Design
- Long-handled sod cutters: These are made to be used while standing. They have a handle at the top, a cutter at the bottom and a vertical bar connecting the two. Look for s handle long enough for you to use without having to bend over. Look also for a strong step plate so you can use the large muscles of your legs to cut through tough turf.
- Short-handled sod cutters are made to be used while seated, kneeling or bent over. Look for handles that are easy to grip and sturdy blades that stand up to frequent resharpening.
Blades
It’s tougher to cut through grass and root systems than most people imagine, so blades need to be made of steel that takes a sharp edge.
Because every cut pushes the blade through dirt, the sharp edge gets dull quickly and needs frequent resharpening. If you plan on doing a lot of sod cutting, it’s an excellent idea to get a good sharpening tool.
How much you can expect to spend on a sod cutter
Small sod knives cost $10-$30. Long-handled cutters run $30-$60 and powered sod cutters cost in the thousands.
Sod cutter FAQ
How big a piece of sod should I try to cut?
A. If you’re moving large pieces of sod from your existing lawn to cover your bare spots, the best way is to cut pieces you can easily lift and handle without the sod breaking apart. A good rule of thumb is to cut strips that are as wide as your blade, but only as long as you can easily handle.
If I’m using commercial sod plugs, how many will I need per square foot?
A. The closer you place the plugs, the quicker the bare spaces between will grow in. Plan on anywhere from 300 to 600 plugs per 100 square feet of lawn.
What if I need to replace an entire lawn?
A. Hand tools are no match for a large lawn, so consider renting a commercial sod cutter or hiring a landscaper.
What’s the best sod cutter to buy?
Top sod cutter
Yard Butler Sod Plugger Turf Cutter and Plugging Tool
What you need to know: This 4-pound tool is sized to fit commercially available 3- by 3-inch sod plugs.
What you’ll love: You can use this 33-inch-tall hand tool to cut small squares in the bare spots on your lawn and fill them with plugs you buy or ones you make yourself from the healthy areas of your lawn. The powder-coated steel hand and foot bars are sturdy, and the ejector button releases the plug without you having to bend over.
What you should consider: It’s made for replacing small areas of sod.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top sod cutter for the money
Linsen Outdoors Stainless Steel Garden Knife
What you need to know: This double-sided knife has one blade for quick trimming and another for cutting fine edges.
What you’ll love: The high-quality stainless steel is treated to prevent rust and corrosion. The thermoplastic handle is ergonomically designed for secure, comfortable handling, and the nylon sheath with a sturdy belt loop keeps the knife handy and protects the blades from accidental damage.
What you should consider: It’s made only for cutting, so you will need to remove the sod by hand or with a flat shovel.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Bully Tools 92390 12-Gauge Sod Lifter
What you need to know: Its triple-wall fiberglass handle is lightweight and sturdy.
What you’ll love: The D-shaped grip is designed for superior comfort, safety and durability. The 12-gauge steel cutting blade is 5 by 8 inches and easily kept sharp with a file or grinder.
What you should consider: Some reviewers wished the angle of the blade was steeper so they didn’t have to bend over as much.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Prince Charles, now King Charles III, toured Biltmore in 1996
Note: This story is from our archives and originally was published July 18, 1996.
The Prince of Wales charmed Biltmore House visitors July 17, 1996, shining an international spotlight on the sprawling estate and the city it calls home.
Saying jet lag made him feel like an "extra-terrestrial being" after a long flight from the Southeast Asian country of Brunei, Prince Charles addressed students enrolled in his Institute of Architecture's summer school, toured the Biltmore House, strolled through the gardens, lunched with select guests, then jetted off to New York for a benefit dinner.
The visit gave the historic Biltmore House perhaps the most single-day exposure it's ever had - exposure its marketing and public relations departments revelled in.
The European news service Reuters sent print and television reporters to Biltmore, and local reporters provided stories for national wire services.
Pictures of the stately mansion were shipped worldwide, to the delight of Kathleen McArthur, one of the mansion's public relations specialists who helped orchestrate the prince's carefully planned visit.
"All their information will be used internationally," she said. "That's definitely going to make this event very visible for us. Anytime we get our name out there, it helps. (The public) definitely watches where the Prince is going."
It will also help the region's economy, said Biltmore Estate's Lynn Hanson.
"To have the Prince of Wales select Biltmore in the first place - not only because of who he is but also because of his love and knowledge of architecture - that's a credential if you will, and a very prestigious one, that Biltmore will always have ... anytime you have someone of prominence it can be beneficial to the entire area."
It also can promote interest in architecture, she said, the main reason for the visit.
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The prince said Europe and the program's 24 students have much to learn from U.S. architecture.
The group of international students also will tour historic sites in Charlottesville, Va., Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Va., by August.
The Prince of Wales said common people should have a voice in city planning.
"We want to be able to listen to people who work in buildings and ask them what they would like to see done in architecture," he said, adding that some people have the wrong idea about his school.
"My institute is not a school dedicated to any particular architectural style," he said. "It is not a school devoted fanatically to classicism. We want to restore in architecture the kind that listens to what people who live and work in buildings actually want or feel comfortable with."
The prince said Europeans can learn from American architects.
"We have a great deal to learn from you in the United States," he said. "You have maintained the continuity of traditional values of domestic and civic architecture which have been too readily set aside in Europe over the last two generations," Prince Charles told the architecture students and about 100 guests during a private speech inside the mansion.
"You've helped inspire a sense of the need to find new uses for redundant buildings," he continued. "Here in the United States you've also helped revive notions of traditional town planning and an urban code."
Many of the frenzied tourists who stood in hot sun for a glimpse of royalty cared less about architecture.
Throngs of Biltmore House visitors, cameras in hand, lined the steps waiting for the prince's navy blue Cadillac limousine, supplied by the U.S. State Department, to pull up to the house's front doors about 11 a.m.
Visitors had been warned they probably wouldn't see the prince. But he spent about five minutes shaking hands with a number of tourists before making his rounds in the house.
"Welcome, Prince," Ardis Havard, a 56-year-old accountant from Houston, said as the prince shook his hand on the mansion's front steps. "We've been to your castle," Havard said. "Now, you can see ours."
"I wondered why he didn't bring Di, though," he added. "She's the one we wanted to see."
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‘The gates are open’: Illinois ending cash bail system
VIENNA, Ill. (KFVS/Gray News) - Illinois is getting ready for some changes in 2023 that include eliminating its cash bail system.
However, select lawmakers and law enforcement officials say it could make communities more dangerous.
“I believe the elimination of cash bail, particularly as it’s written in the SAFE-T Act, will reduce public safety and lead to more crime in Illinois,” said Patrick Windhorst, former state attorney and current state representative.
Windhorst said he voted against the bill when it came about and was one of the leading voices against it.
KFVS reports the Illinois SAFE-T Act is legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s criminal justice system.
“I know after talking with prosecutors and law enforcement officers, they’re really concerned that the public is going to point the finger at them and say, ‘Why aren’t you doing more about these offenses?’ And with this major change in the law, a lot of their ability to do their jobs has been restrained,” Windhorst said
The Johnson County sheriff agreed with Windhorst.
“Anyone sitting in jail right now with all these pending charges, they’re going to be let out,” Johnson County Sheriff Peter Sopczak said. “The gates are open and they’re going to be let out onto the streets.”
The bill reportedly passed with the support of upstate lawmakers. Proponents of the law said it’s wrong to keep people locked up simply because they can’t afford bail.
According to Sheriff Sopczak, fewer suspects will end up going to jail. Only suspects involved in specific deadly incidents could be held.
“We’re going to end up calling someone saying, ‘Can we arrest them?’ Just because of liability, if you take someone into custody and it doesn’t meet all the criteria, then you can get in trouble,” said Sopczak.
Sopczak also said he isn’t clear how the law will be implemented.
Windhorst listed some of the offenses that won’t involve detention before going to trial.
“Violent crimes, burglary, robbery, arson, kidnapping, almost all drug offenses, DUI offenses, even DUI offenses involving a fatality, do not qualify for detention under the Illinois Safety Act,” Windhorst said. “That’s going to mean a lot of individuals are committing crimes and being released immediately, if not within a couple of days.”
Illinois is the first state in the country to abolish cash bail.
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RH (formerly known as Restoration Hardware) is continuing on its quest to be known more for luxury experiences than its plush, expensive furniture.
In an earnings call this week, CEO Gary Friedman announced the purchase of an 857-acre property in Napa, as first reported by the San Francisco Business Times. The luxury retail company has plans to develop the long-abandoned former resort site into a high-end getaway complete with its own winery.
“We’ll build an experience the world has never seen,” Friedman said on the call.
The former site of Napa Soda Springs Resort, the property went on the market in 2019 for $50 million, the first time it had been for sale in 40 years. A 2019 press release announcing the listing detailed the property features, including “a stunning 80-foot waterfall, vistas of Poppy Hill, the magma rock-strewn slope of Babylon Plane, and a multitude of free flowing mineral springs that have been historically prized and bottled for their taste and health-giving properties.”
Opened in 1856, the resort was a popular vacation spot for well-to-do travelers seeking a healing experience from the springs, a burgeoning trend at the time. The resort eventually closed after World War I and later, fires ravaged many of the structures. Some original stone facades remain and it’s unclear whether the company will include them in its plans for development. RH would not provide further details on development plans to SFGATE. The purchase price was not disclosed.
The Corte Madera-based company has accelerated its expansion beyond home furnishings in recent years, opening up “galleries” that include showrooms and restaurants, as well as upscale “hospitality experiences” that operate like exclusive hotels. "RH San Francisco, The Gallery" opened in March, featuring five floors of showrooms and a restaurant on Pier 70 in the Dogpatch neighborhood and “RH Guesthouse New York,” which includes luxury suites, opened this month.
Friedman also teased another acquisition at the end of the earnings call, this time a forthcoming property in Europe he said he couldn’t disclose details of yet.
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This is a posted sign along the Merrymeeting River near to the state’s Powder Mill Hatchery. Studies have confirmed the Powder Mill Hatchery is responsible for 67% of the nitrogen and phosphorous pollution there.
CONCORD -- New Hampshire has agreed to build a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant at the state-operated Powder Mill fish hatchery, which has polluted the Merrymeeting River for years.
The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), which sued the state Fish and Game Department over the hatchery four years ago, announced that it has entered into a consent decree with Fish and Game and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the pollution.
"This is a big win," said Tom Irwin, vice president of CLF for New Hampshire. "The state has to dramatically reduce the total phosphorus going into the river."
The hatchery is New Hampshire's largest and located in the town of New Durham. The excrement-loaded wastewater discharges into the Merrymeeting River, which flows into Lake Winnipesaukee at Alton Bay.
CLF has been battling the Fish and Game Department for years in federal court over the plant and the damage it has done to the river. The EPA filed the consent decree upon intervention into the lawsuit.
Irwin said the decree gives New Hampshire Fish and Game until Dec. 31, 2025, to begin operations of a treatment plant that complies with the federal Clean Water Act. Scott Mason, the executive director of Fish and Game, has said a plant could cost $85 million.
The state has already hired a consultant to begin plans for the plant.
"It will certainly cost millions of dollars. How many millions, I don't know," he said. New Hampshire has already devoted $55 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to build two new fish hatcheries.
The consent decree also calls upon Fish and Game to address the impacts of the phosphorous already deposited into the river and prepare options for clean up.
A telephone message left for Mason was not immediately returned. Attorney General John Formella, whose office defended Fish and Game in the suit, issued a statement.
“The announcement of a negotiated consent decree with the United States memorializes the State of New Hampshire’s commitment to continue its significant progress over the last several years to reduce phosphorus discharges at the Powder Mill Fish Hatchery and achieve compliance with its lowest-in-the-nation phosphorus concentration limit imposed by EPA in late 2020 to protect water quality in the Merrymeeting River," the statement reads.
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LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-MESMIN, France (AP) — For the glassmakers at iconic French tableware brand Duralex, the mornings have become a horror show. Daily updates from energy traders drop into their email inboxes, showing the asphyxiating upward climb of prices for the natural gas and electricity that power their energy-devouring business.
Before Europe’s energy crisis — which took off after the COVID-19 pandemic and became a full-blown economic threat with Russia’s war in Ukraine — the price charts were reassuringly stable. They have since become a terrifying succession of peaks and troughs, with Russia choking off cheap natural gas deliveries in a battle of wills with European leaders over their support for Ukraine.
For Duralex, each price spike represents another bite from the bottom line of the 77-year-old company that counts generations of French families, Mongolian yak herders, Afghan diners and African tea drinkers among worldwide users of its glasses, bowls and plates. Actor Daniel Craig drank from one its “Picardie” tumblers, with a scorpion on his wrist, when playing James Bond in “Skyfall.”
With energy costs burning through the firm’s cash reserves and viability, Duralex President José-Luis Llacuna is taking radical but, he hopes, business-saving action: He’s stopping production. The thunderous machines that turn incandescent blobs of molten glass into hundreds of thousands of tableware items each day will fall silent for a few months on Nov. 1.
Duralex will join a growing array of European firms that have reduced and halted production because they’re hemorrhaging money on the energy needed to keep running.
“The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is look at the daily change in electricity and gas prices,” Llacuna said in an interview at the plant outside Orléans in central France.
“Needless to say, there’s an incredible amount of volatility,” he added. “It’s truly a rollercoaster, and the outlook for the future is a complete unknown.”
Facing the risks of power shortages, rationing and blackouts when demand surges this winter and of an expected recession as businesses shut down, Europe is scrambling for energy alternatives, stockpiling gas and urging consumers to save. European Union energy ministers struggled to find consensus at emergency talks Friday on the bloc’s latest proposals for alleviating the crisis.
At Duralex, the costs of heating the furnace to above 1,400 degrees Celsius (above 2,500 Fahrenheit) with roaring torrents of flaming gas and of transforming the molten glass into tableware on the production lines manned by sweating workers are set to burn through 40% of the company’s revenue if it keeps producing, “which is untenable,” Llacuna said.
The production shutdown will last at least four months. The glass furnace can’t be switched off entirely because that could destroy it. Instead, it will be maintained in a hot slumber, slashing the firm’s energy use by half. The aim is to then fire it back up by the spring.
In the meantime, the 250 employees will work fewer days, with drops in pay just as inflation is gnawing at household budgets.
“It’s very hard to stomach,” said Michel Carvalho, a production line crew chief who has been with the company for 17 years.
“Around the world, everyone is suffering from this war,” he said. “We’re hostages. Absolutely. We’re being used. Because being asked to stop work is hard. And we’re not responsible for what is happening.”
Duralex will fall back on its stockpiles to keep customers supplied during the stoppage. But competitors are circling, using the production halt as an argument to try to lure away the company’s customers, Llacuna said. He is knocking on government doors for financial help, speaking by phone to the French economy minister last week.
A prolonged energy crisis, Llacuna warned, could be grim.
“It must not last three years,” he said. “Because then European industry will die, and that will be dramatic.”
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan election board on Friday voted to put a question on the November ballot about whether the state should expand opportunities to vote, including through absentee and early voting, after the state Supreme Court ordered it to do so.
The court sided Thursday with supporters of Promote the Vote 2022, a coalition of organizations that submitted signatures to put the proposed constitutional amendment before voters.
The measure would require state-funded absentee ballot drop boxes, as well as postage for absentee ballots and applications, and allow voters to join a permanent list to have absentee ballots sent for every election. It also would allow Michigan voters to verify their identity with a signed statement or a photo ID, and it would require nine days of in-person early voting.
Promote the Vote 2022 has said that the initiative will help ensure that every state voter’s voice is heard.
Republicans oppose the measures, saying they would open the door to fraud. In Michigan and elsewhere, the GOP has pushed stricter rules around voting and repeated former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Trump lost the state and the presidency to Joe Biden.
Promote the Vote asked the court to order a state elections board to certify the measure for the Nov. 8 ballot after the Board of State Canvassers voted along party lines on Aug. 31 not to do so. The four-member board’s two Democrats said the initiative should be on the ballot, while its two Republicans said it should not.
The Republican members and other opponents said some of the language on the petitions was unclear, and Michigan GOP spokesman Gus Portela called it “a dangerous proposition.”
Promote the Vote argued it submitted more than enough signatures to meet the 425,000-signature requirement to be certified, and called opponents’ arguments against it “frivolous.”
All four board members voted Friday to put the measure on the ballot, following the Supreme Court’s directive.
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Joey Cappelletti is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Chief Justice John Roberts to speak at Colorado conference
Denver – Chief Justice John Roberts is set to make his first public appearance since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, speaking Friday night at a judicial conference in Colorado.
Roberts is scheduled to be interviewed by two judges from the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hosting the conference in Colorado Springs. Two judges from the court, Timothy M. Tymkovich and Jerome A. Holmes will have a discussion with Roberts during the conference’s traditional “fireside chat” event, which has featured a current or past Supreme Court justice since its inception in 2004.
While the conference offers lawyers and judges a chance to learn more about emerging legal issues, the chat, sponsored by the circuit’s historical society, usually focuses on the historic view of their career, rather than discussing current events, Gregory Kerwin, the society’s counselor, said.
The Supreme Court has been busy making history this year. In May, there was an unprecedented leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion that suggested the court was poised to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision, which provided women constitutional protections for abortion for nearly 50 years. Roberts ordered an investigation into how the opinion got out.
Speaking at the same conference Thursday, Justice Neil Gorsuch said it is “terribly important” to identify the leaker and said he is expecting a report on the progress of the investigation, “I hope soon.”
Gorsuch condemned the leak, as have other justices who have addressed it publicly.
“Improper efforts to influence judicial decision-making, from whatever side, from whomever, are a threat to the judicial decision-making process,” Gorsuch said. Reporters from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg attended the talk.
Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest tenured member of the court, said the court had been irrevocably harmed by the leak. The leaked draft was largely incorporated into Alito’s final opinion in June that overturned Roe in a case upholding Mississippi’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks.
In June’s ruling, Roberts, appointed to the court in 2005 by former President George W. Bush, voted to uphold Mississippi’s law but he did not join the conservative justices in also overturning Roe as well as Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that reaffirmed the right to end a pregnancy. He wrote that there was no need to overturn the broad precedents to uphold the state law, saying he would take “a more measured course.”
The overturning of Roe has paved the way for severe abortion restrictions or bans in nearly half of U.S. states.
Roberts has spoken out repeatedly about the importance of the judiciary’s independence and to rebut perceptions of the court as a political institution not much different than Congress or the presidency.
Opinion polls since the leak and the release of the final abortion decision, though, have shown a sharp drop in approval of the court and confidence in the institution.
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Associated Press writer Mark Sherman contributed to this report from Washington.
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Baton Rouge to receive $59M for highway, transportation expansions through infrastructure bill
Published: Sep. 9, 2022 at 3:52 PM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Nearly $60 million is headed to Baton Rouge from an infrastructure bill Congress recently passed.
According to U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, the City of Baton Rouge will receive $59,619,429 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for highway expansion and improvements to existing infrastructure. Funds from this grant will reportedly be used in the following three projects:
- Airline Highway North Expansion will improve a five-mile segment of U.S. Route 190 by adding a lane in each direction, improving turn lanes, and adding connections to local transit, bike, and pedestrian networks.
- The Florida Boulevard component will make pedestrian and bus improvements, and establish BRT infrastructure along approximately six miles of Business U.S. Route 90.
- The Scotlandville Parkway Mobility Network will convert an existing trail into a new, linear, multimodal pathway.
Sen. Cassidy says this funding will reduce traffic and make roads safer to drive on.
“When negotiating and writing the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the need to improve our roads in the Capitol Region and around the state was a top priority,” he said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams' honeymoon from their Super Bowl championship didn't even last until the first Sunday of the next regular season.
Their 31-10 thrashing from the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night was a brutal reminder that last season's title — and even the last half-decade of success under Sean McVay — guarantees the Rams nothing in a new year.
While Los Angeles still possesses elite talent, it couldn't keep up with Buffalo, widely considered to be a top contender for the crown. The Rams' best opponents will all be hungrier for what they have, and this blowout defeat was a quick reminder.
The opener also revealed the Rams have plenty of problems to solve if they hope to be considered among the NFL's elite again this season. McVay attempted to blame himself, as usual, but almost every aspect of his team showed vast room for improvement.
“This was a humbling experience, but we’re going to stay connected,” McVay said. “We’re going to all look inward. We’re going to do a better job moving forward.”
Indeed, McVay has always been successful at persuading his players and coaches to remain aggressively focused on their goals. A wakeup call at the volume provided by the Bills should amplify McVay's message in the coming weeks.
But this loss threw open the possibility that the Rams don't even have the personnel to be among the NFL's best teams. Los Angeles general manager Les Snead has been able to build a competent roster core below his superstars during several years spent drafting relatively low and infrequently, but those big loans against the future could be coming due.
The Rams' offensive line frequently looked overmatched against Buffalo's defensive front while Matthew Stafford struggled to get the ball to Los Angeles' array of playmakers, with only Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp making a difference.
The defense forced three turnovers, but couldn't force a punt and otherwise failed to stop Josh Allen, although that's hardly a unique predicament. More dismaying was the lack of pressure on Allen from a defensive front that lost Von Miller to the Bills, along with an apparently cautious secondary that didn't make enough big plays.
The Rams have a ton of work to do — and it's fortunate that after a loss on opening night, they've got plenty of time to do it.
“The one thing that gives me a good feeling is knowing the guys in that locker room and knowing how we’re all going to band together, look at each other, look inward first and go, ‘Hey, what can I do to be better for the guy next to me?’” Stafford said. “That starts with our head coach. He’s always preaching that to us, and that’s real stuff for us as players.”
WHAT’S WORKING
Kupp followed one of the greatest seasons by a receiver in NFL history with 13 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown. The AP's Offensive Player of the Year remains uncoverable by most defenses, and Stafford's connection with him remains strong.
WHAT NEEDS HELP
Plenty, but the Rams' offensive line was the most obvious. Along with Stafford's seven sacks and 15 hits from a defense that didn't even need to blitz once, Los Angeles rushed for only 52 net yards and was particularly ineffective running up the middle, McVay's most frequent route. The Rams lost two Super Bowl starters on the line and replaced them from within, but the new group looked overmatched.
STOCK UP
Troy Hill marked his return to Los Angeles after a year in Cleveland with a team-high eight tackles and his first interception since 2020. He wasn't perfect, but he made more plays than any other defender.
STOCK DOWN
All-Pro Jalen Ramsey allowed six of the seven passes thrown his way to be caught, including the 53-yard TD pass to Stefon Diggs to seal it. Plenty of factors contribute to such a number, but the Rams need Ramsey to be great after their talent appeared to decrease in the secondary for the second consecutive offseason.
INJURIES
Los Angeles didn't immediately report any new problems, but Stafford's throwing elbow will remain a concern until he shows it isn't.
KEY NUMBER
0: Rushing yards by Cam Akers, the Super Bowl starter and the running back with the most explosive capabilities. The Rams say he isn't hurt, but Akers played only 12 snaps and got three carries to Darrell Henderson's 55 snaps and 13 carries.
NEXT STEPS
McVay and his staff have an extra-long week to address the flaws exposed by Buffalo, and McVay's competitive fire is decidedly stoked. The Atlanta Falcons are projected to be one of the NFL's worst teams, and their visit to SoFi Stadium next Sunday provides the Rams with a chance to get some things right.
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Federal lawsuit challenges Oklahoma anti-trans bathroom law
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three transgender Oklahoma schoolchildren against the state’s new anti-transgender school bathroom bill.
The lawsuit filed in federal district court in Oklahoma City on Tuesday argues that the law requiring students to use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate is unconstitutional.
Defendants include the State Department of Education and its board members, Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, Attorney General John O’Connor and three school districts as defendants.
Oklahoma is among about a dozen conservative states that have passed laws this year targeting the transgender population over bathroom use, participation in school sports and gender-affirming treatments or surgery for young people.
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While EV marketshare is increasing, a large part of the population isn’t sold on EVs yet. The main reason is a lack of access to charging facilities, which is still a problem for many. As Automotive News reports, a study by JD Power shows that renters and people living in condos are the main demographics that face hurdles to proper charging.
The data comes from JD Power’s 2022 U.S. Electric Vehicle Consideration (EVC) Study. The data highlights the divide many people aren’t talking about when it comes to charging access: homeowners have it better. JD Power found that not only are homebuyers usually wealthier but they’re also more likely to consider an EV if they don’t own one versus buyers who live in condos or apartments, some 24 percent when compared to just 17 percent for renters. The most damning part of all of this is the number of people who just straight up don’t consider EVs at all because of lack of charging access. JD Power says that number of people sits at 34 percent.
Charging an EV as an apartment or condo dweller can be a hassle. Just ask IndyCar driver Simona de Silvestro, who told us she has to charge her Chevy Volt from her apartment balcony on the third floor.
And even if you are able to have charging installed, it’s not cheap and can be a hassle full of red tape depending on where you live. Costs vary, but if you want a decent amount of range in a reasonable amount of time, you’ll want a Level 2 charger. That charger can give you anywhere between 18 to 28 miles per hour. But again, depending on where you live, it’s going to cost you between $500 to $1,200. And that can be a hit to someone that’s renting.
The red tape makes it worse. Remember, if you live in an apartment or condo, you’re paying for something to be installed in something someone else owns. That’s a liability. From Auto News:
California tenants, for example, must obtain and pay for liability insurance to cover damage or injury caused by an EV charger. And landlords can charge fees for a dedicated space next to a charging station if a tenant doesn’t have a reserved parking spot.
Some cities and properties are doing their part to help, like installing street chargers. But even then it’s dicey. JD Power gave a survey to some 11,000 EV owners and found that one in five wasn’t able to charge their EVs at a public charger. Even worse, 72 percent said the charger was either malfunctioning or didn’t work at all.
It’s clear we have a way to go before mass EV adoption. All we can do now is e wait for private companies and Federal, state, and local officials to do what they can to make sure charging is both accessible for everyone and works.
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Dad lies about baby being inside stolen Jeep to get quicker police response, sheriff says
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (Gray News) – A man in Texas has been charged with filing a false report after he lied about his infant son being inside a stolen vehicle, officials said.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the father lied about his son being inside the vehicle in order to get a quicker police response for the stolen Jeep.
Gonzalez said Anthony Ray Gray, 38, called 911 to report that his 2018 Jeep Cherokee was stolen Thursday morning and that his 6-month-old son was inside at the time.
Gray told deputies he went inside a store and left the vehicle running in the parking lot with the child inside. Gray said unknown men then took off with the vehicle.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office shared photos on social media of the 6-month-old, asking for the public’s help in bringing him home safely.
Later Thursday morning, Gonzalez said the Jeep was found but the baby was unaccounted for. By the afternoon, Gonzalez said the child was located and safe.
Investigators determined that the baby was never with Gray that morning nor inside the Jeep. The baby was at a relative’s house all morning.
Gonzalez said Gray told deputies he lied about his son being in the Jeep in order to get a quicker response to his stolen vehicle.
Gray was arrested and charged with filing a false report.
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New tech repair shop provides fast fixes for phones, tablets, laptops and more
MOORESVILLE, N.C., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new electronics repair shop, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, has opened in Mooresville at 124 Argus Lane in the The Village at Byers Creek. The store offers professional fixes for most consumer electronics, from smartphones, tablets and computers to game consoles, smart speakers, drones and more.
While common repairs include cracked screens, battery issues and water damage, the company's repair experts have fixed millions of devices and can help with most any tech mishap, and many basic repairs can be completed in 45 minutes or less.
The store is locally owned by Larkin Hawkins and Casey Higgins. This will be Hawkins; first location, while Higgins owns additional locations in Concord and Huntersville.
"As a family-owned and operated store, we are looking forward to bringing quality repair and excellent customer service to the Mooresville area," said Hawkins. "Everyone can relate to the saying 'technology is great until it's not.' Our repair experts understand the importance technology plays in peoples' lives and are trained to get your devices back up and running in less than an hour so our customers can return to their busy schedules in no time."
The store's expert repair technicians fix all kinds of technology, regardless of make or model, and the store is an authorized repair provider for Samsung Galaxy® and Google Pixel™ smartphones. Customers can book a repair appointment online or stop by the store for walk-in service. The store offers free, no-obligation diagnostics on all gadgets, as well as a 1-year limited warranty on all repairs. It even offers a price match guarantee on any local competitor's regularly published price for the same repair.
The new Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store brings the company's retail footprint to more than 750 locations across the U.S. Formerly known as uBreakiFix®, all U.S. locations are rebranding as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions.
"We are excited to serve people in Mooresville with fast and affordable tech repair," said Dave Barbuto, CEO of Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions. "We all rely on our phones and laptops more than ever before, and our mission is bigger than repairing shattered screens and broken charge ports. We fix tech because people depend on it to stay connected to things that are important to them. I look forward to serving this community through our new location."
The new store is located at:
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions
124 Argus Ln, Mooresville, NC 28117
(704) 360-2608
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions, formerly known as uBreakiFix, is the retail brand operated and franchised by a subsidiary of tech care company Asurion. As the world's leading tech care company, Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices, appliances and connections. Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores specialize in the repair of consumer technology, including smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers and nearly everything in between. Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions repair experts fix cracked screens, software issues, camera issues and most other tech mishaps at more than 750 stores across the U.S. The stores provide fast, affordable fixes for nearly any device type, regardless of make or model, including authorized repairs for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
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A federal judge in Florida has dismissed former President Donald Trump's lawsuit against former first lady Hillary Clinton and former top FBI officials, calling it a "200-page political manifesto."
According to his lawsuit, Trump claimed the former Democratic presidential nominee, former FBI Director James Comey, and others conspired against him by claiming that he coordinated with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election, USA Today reported.
On Thursday, District Judge Donald Middlebrooks dismissed the case, saying that the lawsuit contained “glaring structural deficiencies” and that many of the “characterizations of events are implausible," the Associated Press reported.
In his lawsuit, Trump claimed that Clinton and the Democratic National Committee "worked together with a single self-serving purpose: to vilify Donald J. Trump," USA Today reported.
In his ruling, Middlebrooks wrote that none of Trump's claims supported that there was a conspiracy against him, the Associated Press reported.
In 2019, special counsel Robert Mueller's concluded after a special investigation that investigators "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities," the Associated Press reported.
According to the news outlet, Trump's lawyer, Alina Habba, said the former President would appeal the dismissal.
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Children’s HearMuffs recalled for potential hearing, burn injuries
(Gray News) – Some children’s HearMuffs from Lucid Audio are being recalled for potential burn and/or hearing injuries.
The Consumer Product and Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Thursday that four models of powered Lucid Audio HearMuffs sound compression earmuffs designed for children are being recalled.
The recalled models include:
- LA-infant-AM-WH
- LA-infant-ASM-WH
- LA-infant-ASM-WHPlus
- LA-kids-AM-WH
The recalled HearMuffs were sold in multiple colors and have a power button that switches from off, active, or soothe mode.
The CPSC said the AAA batteries inside the products can rupture, posing a threat of hearing, projectile and/or burn injuries. The CPSC has received 19 reports of rupturing batteries, but no injuries have been reported.
About 31,150 units are part of the recall and were sold at Sam’s Club, Kroger, and other stores nationwide and online from January 2018 to December 2021.
The CPSC advises consumers to stop using the recalled HearMuffs immediately and contact the company to receive a replacement.
For more information on this recall, click here.
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September's harvest moon: What to know
The next full moon is the harvest moon.
Stargazers can see it, appearing opposite the sun in Earth-based longitude, at 5:59 a.m. ET on Saturday morning.
This will be on Friday evening from Hawaii's time zone and westward to the International Date Line.
NASA said the moon would appear full for about three days from Thursday evening through Sunday morning.
This full moon is also called the barley moon, the corn moon, the mid-autumn and mooncake.
The barley moon comes from the harvesting and threshing of barley. The harvest moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.
Another European name is the fruit moon, as a number of fruits ripen at the end of the summer.
STUNNING IMAGES CAPTURE STURGEON SUPERMOON
A harvest moon near NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (Credit: NASA/Debbie Mccallum)
According to the Maine Farmer's Almanac, the Algonquin tribes in what is now the northeastern U.S. called this the corn moon, as this was the time for gathering their crops of corn, pumpkins, squash, beans and wild rice.
Newer names for the full moon – the GRAIL moon and the LADEE moon – are based on two lunar robotic missions launched in September.
While, on average, the moon rises about 50 minutes later each night, the time is shorter around the harvest moon.
During the fall harvest season, farmers sometimes need to work late into the night by moonlight.
This moon corresponds with the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chuseok, the first of the two Japanese Tsukimi festivals, the Honey Full Moon Festival and the start of Pitru Paksha.
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Up to 40 stretchers an hour were coming off medevac flights — infantrymen, Marines, downed chopper crews injured in a North Vietnamese offensive in late 1968.
He met his colonel on a stairwell. Medical teams were struggling with the sheer numbers of casualties. Dr. Glasser explained that he may be a bit rusty as a surgeon.
“That’s okay, captain,” the colonel said, Dr. Glasser recalled, “we’ll give you the little wounds.”
Dr. Glasser scrubbed up. And, without knowing it at the time, he was about to begin a journey into the private suffering of war wounded and the toll on those who try — and sometimes fail — to keep them alive. His 1971 book, “365 Days,” became part of the canon of firsthand accounts from the Vietnam War for its unblinking narrative on what he witnessed amid the young men whose lives were riven by horrific injuries and mental trauma, and captured at times the violent attitude of many service personnel to the land they were supposed to be fighting for.
“It’s not political,” said Dr. Glasser, who died Aug. 26 at a veteran’s hospital in Minneapolis, at 83. “It’s just the way it was.”
Dr. Glasser said he didn’t intend to write about his experiences in the military, three years after getting his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He opposed the war. He thought he would just ride out his time with the U.S. Army Medical Corps at the hospital in Zama, one of four U.S. field hospitals in Japan’s farm belt southwest of Tokyo.
He was stunned, however, at the scope of the grievously injured or mortally wounded arriving from Vietnam. Between 6,000 and 8,000 service members a month were airlifted from battle sites, mine fields and ambush attacks. “I soon realized,” he wrote, “that the troopers they were pulling off those medevac choppers were only children themselves” — not much older than his pediatric patients back home.
His book, whose title refers to the year-long tour of duty in Vietnam, mixes the raw pain and fear of the wounded with Dr. Glasser’s physician’s eye for how their bodies were torn apart. Many reviewers took note of Dr. Glasser’s lean and observational style, placing “365 Days” alongside some of the most searing and honest narratives of war’s human cost.
Dr. Glasser dedicated the book to Stephen Crane, whose “The Red Badge of Courage” vividly portrays the Civil War battlegrounds.
Michael G. Michaelson, a physician and editor, wrote in a New York Times review, “What is remarkable and even noble about this book is not something new, but some thing old and nearly forgotten: a compassion, that is not restricted by doctrine or polemic but that can encompass the agonies of a Vietnamese peasant or an, American career officer; a sensibility that knows not only the murdered … but the murderers.”
Nevertheless, some public and school libraries did not keep it in their stacks because of the soldiers’ use of profanity — a move that Dr. Glasser’s defenders found myopic given the fierce antiwar protests and the daily body counts on the evening news. The book also was a finalist for the National Book Award.
“They couldn’t say ‘golly gee,’ and they didn’t,” Dr. Glasser testified at a 1981 federal court hearing in Bangor, Maine, after a school banned the book. “It wasn’t enough. [The words] showed their anguish. They don’t go home and use that language. They were desperate.”
Outside the courthouse, veterans in full combat gear marched in support of the book. (The court in January 1982 ordered the school to return it to the library.)
“In the beginning I talked to the kids just to have something to say and to get them talking. Later I came to realize they were all saying the same things — without quite saying them,” he wrote.
“They were worried, every one of them, not about the big things, not about survival, but about how they would explain away their lost legs or the weakness in their right arms,” he continued. “Would they embarrass their families? … Would anybody love them when they got back?”
He also wrote in harrowing detail about the injuries — legs shredded, faces burned, fingers mangled — as well as the men who didn’t make it.
On one soldier badly injured by a mine blast: “There was not enough skin to close his surgical wounds completely, so his stumps were left open. … Despite antibiotics, his wounds became infected. The fourth night in the ward he tried to kill himself. … On the seventh day his fever hit 106 degrees Fahrenheit; he became unconscious, and seven days following his injuries he expired.”
Career in pediatrics
Ronald Joel Glasser was born in Chicago on May 31, 1939, to parents who owned a delicatessen. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor’s degree in 1961 and stayed at the university to get a medical degree in 1965, later specializing in pediatric nephrology during a fellowship at the University of Minnesota.
He finished “365 Days” after returning from a two-year deployment at the military hospital. “As for me,” he wrote, “my wish is not that I had never been in the Army, but that this book could never have been written.”
Dr. Glasser wrote four other books while working in pediatrics, first as a professor at the University of Minnesota and then in private practice until his retirement in 2016.
“Ward 402” (1973) and “The Body Is the Hero” (1976) analyze limitations in modern medical training to holistically treat patients; the novel “Another War, Another Peace” (1985) follows a doctor during the Vietnam War. In “Broken Bodies, Shattered Minds” (2011), Dr. Glasser looked at the history and advances of military medicine, also advocating for better understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, among veterans.
At the time, he said PTSD research was particularly important as troops in Afghanistan increasingly faced blasts from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. “The one great success of medicine in Afghanistan is the realization, and the connection, between traumatic brain injuries, concussive injuries, and PTSD,” he told NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
His 10-year marriage to Janis Amatuzio ended in divorce in 1992. In 2008, he married Joy Itman, who confirmed his death from complications related to dementia. They divorced in 2018, but she remained effectively “his wife and partner,” she said.
Survivors include three stepchildren from his second marriage, Rachel, Benjamin and Aaron Silberman.
In “365 Days” Dr. Glasser was repeatedly struck by how young conscripts would obey orders and do their duty in the field even though some were deeply against the war. All were just counting the days.
“Strange war,” he wrote. “Going for something they didn’t believe in or for that matter didn’t care about, just to make it 365 days and be done with it.”
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President John F. Kennedy delivered a famous speech in 1962 outlining his administration's challenge to land Americans on the moon. "We choose to go to the moon," he declared, not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
As difficult a technological feat as the Apollo moon program proved, within seven years NASA had met Kennedy's challenge and ultimately sent a dozen astronauts to the surface on six missions between 1969 and 1972 at a cost of about $25 billion — roughly $250 billion in today's dollars.
Sixty years after Kennedy's speech, NASA is again getting ready to send humans to the moon. NASA is planning a second attempt Saturday afternoon to launch the uncrewed Artemis I after a planned launch on Monday was scrubbed due to an engine issue. The mission is the first test flight of the hardware that will be used to send astronauts in the next few years.
No doubt, many people are wondering: Why go back?
There's a lot of science to be done on the moon
The rock samples brought back by Apollo astronauts decades ago taught scientists a lot about the geologic history of Earth and the moon.
What can be gathered by today's astronauts could tell us even more, says David Kring, a lunar geologist at the Center for Lunar Science & Exploration in Houston, Texas.
It's easier to set down a spacecraft near the moon's equator, so that's where all six Apollo landings occurred. But now, NASA has more ambitious aims.
Just days ago, NASA announced 13 possible landing sites, each in the south pole region, where water ice has been confirmed deep inside craters that never see sunlight. A crewed lunar flyby, Artemis II, is anticipated for 2024. And the first crewed landing, Artemis III, could come as early as 2025.
The sites "are some of the best places to go for lunar geology and understanding lunar ice and sampling lunar ice," says Bethany Ehlmann, associate director of the Keck Institute for Space Studies at the California Institute of Technology.
Kring calls the lunar south pole region "absolutely extraordinary geologic terrain."
"If you really want to understand the origin of the evolution of the solar system, there is no better place ... to go [than] the moon," Kring says. Because the moon has never had an atmosphere or flowing water, it is not subject to weathering and erosion and has thus preserved evidence of its origin, he says.
As technology has steadily improved in the decades since Apollo, the level of detail on the moon's surface revealed by such probes as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter "is so extraordinary that we've already identified rocks on the lunar surface that we want the astronauts to collect," Kring says.
Having astronaut boots on the moon has other advantages, too, says Craig Hardgrove, an associate professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. He considers himself "a huge fan of robotic exploration," but nonetheless acknowledges that rovers and landers are limited by the scientific instruments they carry with them. They also have a harder time capturing as much data on the detailed geologic context and landscape as an astronaut trained in geology can.
Humans, by contrast, "are able to collect a large number of samples much quicker than robots," says Hardgrove, who is principal investigator of the Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map) mission, set to launch aboard the Artemis I rocket. The shoebox-size probe aims to pinpoint the location of polar ice deposits.
With astronauts selecting the best samples and bringing them home, laboratories and universities can examine them with a wider range of sophisticated tools, he says. "If we can bring them back to Earth, I think we have a much better shot at answering even more questions than we can if we're limited to rovers."
It's a stepping stone to Mars
Mars is at least 200 times farther from Earth than the moon, which means an enormous challenge in keeping astronauts safe from such things as radiation exposure, Hardgrove says.
"The launch windows to get to Mars are once every two years," he says. "So, we would be thinking about keeping our astronauts on the surface of Mars for a long period of time. I personally feel like we would be doing them a service and everyone a service if we test out all these technologies on the moon first."
Apollo was mostly about beating the Soviet Union to the moon. It succeeded, but there was no long-term plan to create a sustainable human presence there.
Artemis could change that, says Clive Neal, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and Earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame. He's especially keen to see a gradual shift toward a permanent human presence on the moon.
Given that SpaceX, a commercial venture, has been chosen to provide the vehicle that will land Artemis astronauts on the lunar surface, that prospect may not be as far off as once thought.
"We need to build an infrastructure that's going to say, 'OK, we're going to have human permanence on the moon and transition to commercial operations there in the future,'" Neal says. "And we can have a blueprint then at the moon of how to do these things sustainably that can be applied to more distant destinations."
It could spur new technologies
Dozens of new technologies created to go into space and to the moon have also brought substantial benefits to people on Earth — spawning everything from hand-held computers to insulin pumps and freeze-dried food.
Artemis could spark similar innovations.
A 2013 study commissioned by NASA estimates that commercial products emerging from the space agency's research return between $100 million and $1 billion annually to the U.S. economy. Many of those "spinoffs" had their origin in the Apollo program.
The Apollo Guidance Computer, for example, was a technological marvel of its day. It was an early demonstration of digital fly-by-wire technology that is used in modern passenger jets and military aircraft.
"We're still reaping the rewards of miniaturization of electronics that happened during Apollo," Neal says. "Think about mobile phones. This is a technology that maybe would not have happened without Apollo."
New flame-retardant fabrics first developed for spacesuits, to withstand very high temperatures and still remain lightweight, are found today in clothing to protect firefighters around the country.
A "super insulation" developed for NASA in the 1960s can now be "found hidden inside the walls and roofs of buildings, in cryogenic tanks and MRI machines, in winter gear, and in cases for electronic devices, among other applications," according to NASA.
It has the potential to inspire a generation of engineers and scientists
It's often said that the Apollo moonshot inspired thousands of new engineers and scientists. While numbers are impossible to quantify, according to a 2009 survey of 800 researchers, "the Moon landings deserve credit for motivating a large fraction of today's scientists ... who have published in Nature in the past three years."
With Artemis, "we're going to get nearly live video from the surface of the moon and people are going to start thinking about the moon as a real place," Hardgrove, of ASU, says.
"I think it can absolutely be inspirational, hopefully not just for people like me, but [also] people who may not be thinking about careers in space exploration or engineering," he says.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — There was more than one opportunity for sibling rivalry Thursday in a Milwaukee Brewers-San Francisco Giants doubleheader that featured two sets of brothers.
Brewers left-hander Taylor Rogers and Giants right-hander Tyler Rogers are twins who were warming up at the same time late in the opening game. Giants lefty Scott Alexander and his younger brother, Brewers right-hander Jason Alexander, conducted the lineup exchange before the second game.
“It was weird,” Scott Alexander said. “While we were playing catch, I saw him over there playing catch and it was hard not to keep looking over to see what he was doing. I’m sure it will hit days from now, but definitely a special moment.”
According to Elias Sports Bureau, the last time two sets of brothers played against each other in the same game was Aug. 6, 1977, when St. Louis’ Hector Cruz and Bob Forsch and Houston’s Jose Cruz and Ken Forsch all played in a game the Cardinals won 3-1.
Elias’ records only accounted for instances in which all four siblings saw action in the game. Only Tyler Rogers and Scott Alexander played in the opening game of Thursday’s doubleheader, a 2-1 Brewers victory.
Taylor Rogers struck out the side in the ninth inning of the second game to earn the save in Milwaukee’s 4-2 triumph.
“It’s one of those things you can’t really explain how cool it is watching your brother, and like Jason knows what I feel when I’m watching my brother,” Taylor Rogers said. “That’s kind of cool, we can share that.”
Although each of the Rogers twins were warming up late in the first game of the Brewers’ doubleheader sweep, only Tyler Rogers ended up pitching at that point.
“If I was going to go out in that inning, when the inning ended, I planned on just staying out there and handing him the ball if that had happened,” Taylor Rogers said.
In the first game, Scott Alexander pitched a scoreless first inning as the Giants’ opener and Tyler Rogers pitched a scoreless eighth inning.
Jason Alexander didn’t appear in either game of the doubleheader. He’s the Brewers’ scheduled starter Friday against the Cincinnati Reds.
Even so, the siblings considered this a special moment. They particularly appreciated the opportunity to meet for the lineup exchange.
“This will probably go down as one of my favorite moments in baseball,” Jason Alexander said.
The Alexanders said this was the first time they had ever been involved in the same game as teammates or opponents. Scott is almost four years older than Jason.
“So we missed each other in high school and things like that,” Scott Alexander said. “That was the first time we’ve ever been on the field at the same time.”
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They were there to witness a portrait unveiling, but it felt like a college reunion.
People wandered around the campus, admiring their old haunts. Friends, many kept apart during the pandemic, embraced and posed for photos. Alcohol was served.
When former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House on Wednesday for the official unveiling of their portraits, they brought with them dozens of former staffers who relished the chance to reminisce about their time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
"Thanks for letting us invite a few friends to the White House," Obama said to the Bidens. "We will try not to tear up the place."
The ceremony, years delayed because former president Donald Trump declined to host the traditional event for his predecessor, was punctuated by the reveal of the two portraits - a hyper-realistic painting of the former president standing against a white backdrop and a painting of the former first lady, seated on a sofa in the Red Room, in a light blue dress.
The portraits were notably more traditional than the paintings of the Obamas unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in 2018, in keeping with the more stately venue. The earlier paintings were more whimsical, including an image of the former president seeming to float amid a sea of leaves.
The jovial event was mostly filled with praise ("There are a few people I've ever known with more integrity, decency and moral courage than Barack Obama," Biden said) and jokes (Obama said he is still waiting for a former staffer to name their child "Barack.")
"We trusted him, all of you in this room," Biden said of the man who elevated him to the vice presidency. "We believed in him. We counted on him - and I still do. Mr. President, that's why the country elected you twice. It's why you'll be considered one of the most consequential presidents in our history."
In her remarks, Michelle Obama took a more somber tone, underscoring that traditions play a central role in a democracy, a clear swipe at Trump and the norms he has eschewed.
"Even if it's all still a bit awkward for me, I do recognize why moments like these are important, why all of this is absolutely necessary," she said. "Traditions like this matter, not just for those of us who hold these positions, but for everyone participating in and watching our democracy."
She continued with veiled criticisms of Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 election and his repeated false claims that he was the real winner.
"Once our time is up, we move on," the former first lady said about occupants of the White House, "and all that remains in this hallowed place is our good efforts - and these portraits, portraits that connect our history to the present day, portraits that hang here as history continues to be made."
In his remarks, Barack Obama also reflected on presidential succession and his hope that the portraits convey to future generations that "if we could make it here, maybe they can, too."
He compared the presidency to a relay race. "You take the baton from someone, you run your leg as hard and as well as you can, and then you hand it off to someone else, knowing that your work will be incomplete," Obama said. "The portraits hanging in the White House chronicle the runners in that race, each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations."
The event also took on a more serious mood as several participants noted that because Obama was the first Black president, this was the first time an African American couple was honored with portraits in the presidential mansion, joining a string that goes back to a famed painting of George Washington.
Obama praised the artist who painted his portrait, explaining why he chose Robert McCurdy, who is known for creating portraits that look like photographs.
"Presidents so often get airbrushed, they even take on a mythical status, especially after you've gone and people forget all the stuff they didn't like about you," he said. "But what you realize when you're sitting behind that desk - and what I want people to remember about Michelle and me - is that presidents and first ladies are human beings like everyone else."
He also complimented the artist who painted his wife.
"I want to thank Sharon Sprung for capturing everything I love about Michelle - her grace, her intelligence and the fact that she's fine," he said.
Michelle Obama blushed, laughing as she stood next to him, and then opened her remarks by thanking her husband for "such spicy remarks." The former president laughed, threw up his hands and said, "I'm not running again."
Barack Obama and Biden have a complex relationship but genuine friendship, aides say. When Obama chose the Delaware senator as his running mate in 2008, he made Biden a truly national figure and arguably set him on the path to the presidency after two failed efforts. Biden, meanwhile, had the experience and gravitas to bolster the campaign of a youthful politician who spent less than four years in the Senate.
The artists, whose identity was kept secret along with the portraits until Wednesday, joined the Obamas at the White House. By the end of the day, Barack Obama's portrait was already hanging in the Grand Foyer of the White House, where the portraits of other recent presidents are traditionally displayed, and Michelle Obama's portrait was hanging on the ground floor of the building, along with other recent first ladies.
The East Room event also featured a who's who of the Obama years. Valerie Jarrett, the longtime senior adviser to the Obamas, sat in the front row near Michelle Obama's mother. Behind them was a row of former Cabinet officials: Eric Holder, the former attorney general; Tom Perez, the former labor secretary; Shaun Donovan, who ran the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Former top Obama aides including David Axelrod, Cody Keenan and Jennifer Palmieri were in attendance, as were a slew of current top White House officials who served in both administrations.
"I'm honored to host you and so many friends who have been part of this incredible journey," Biden said to Obama. "It includes members of your staff, some of whom were foolish enough to come work with me."
Before Trump skipped a ceremony for Obama, nearly every sitting president had hosted a portrait unveiling event for his immediate predecessor, regardless of party, since Jimmy Carter invited Gerald Ford back to the White House in 1978.
Meanwhile, it remains unlikely Biden will host an event for Trump, who has repeatedly ridiculed him and questioned his legitimacy, while Biden has excoriated Trump and his "MAGA Republicans" as a threat to democracy. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, deferred questions about a ceremony for Trump to the White House Historical Association.
Stewart McLaurin, the president of that association, said there is no "prescribed process" for portrait unveilings.
"It's really up to the current president in the White House and the former president that is portrayed in the portrait to determine the right moment, but there is no set timeline," McLaurin said in a statement.
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Beyond the obvious, deep love she had for family and country, Queen Elizabeth II also had a special place in her heart for dogs. Long before she ascended the British throne, the queen received a treasured gift from her father that would last a lifetime for the young royal: a little Pembroke corgi named Susan.
Elizabeth first encountered the breed when she was a young princess, but they were not commonly found in Britain. So, the royal family got a Welsh corgi named Dookie in the 1930s for Elizabeth and her younger sister, Princess Margaret.
It took nearly 11 years for the future queen to finally have her own Pembroke corgi. According to The BBC, Elizabeth received Susan, her first Pembroke Welsh corgi, in 1944 as a gift for her 18th birthday from King George VI. The arrival of Susan would start a royal lineage of corgis that would be companions for Elizabeth for more than 70 years. It’s believed Elizabeth had at least 30 corgis during her lifetime.
Elizabeth’s attachment to Susan was so deep that the pup secretly went to the future queen’s royal wedding to Prince Phillip. The Express reported the bride “kept her young corgi hidden in the royal carriage under a pile of blankets while on her way to Westminster Abbey.”
And, yes, Susan even accompanied the newlyweds on their honeymoon to Scotland’s Balmoral Castle.
Over the years, Susan’s family tree grew to 14 generations and Elizabeth constantly had at least one of her treasured pups by her side. In 1955, photographers captured a photo of the queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, playing with Sugar, one of Susan’s puppies.
The queen’s dogs became popular staples of her image over the decades and a pair of them even made a guest appearance in the memorable skit that opened London’s 2012 Olympics. In the video, Elizabeth went on a mission with fellow British icon James Bond, played by Daniel Craig, and the corgis were there to greet him as well.
Many may not realize the role Elizabeth and her corgis had in the creation of a totally new dog breed, the dorgi. Apparently, in 1971, one of the queen’s corgis, Tiny, mated with Margaret’s dachshunds. This royal pairing created a brand-new breed.
Twitter user @ralter shared a BBC graphic of the full lineage of Susan’s family tree over the years, which ended with Willow, the last corgi descended directly from Susan. Sadly, Willow died in 2018 after suffering from cancer.
what's your favorite royal corgi name mine is PLOVER pic.twitter.com/XiuIcluc9h
— Rebecca 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Fan' Alter (@ralter) September 8, 2022
“She has mourned every one of her corgis over the years, but she has been more upset about Willow’s death than any of them,” a Buckingham Palace source told The Daily Mail in 2018. “It is probably because Willow was the last link to her parents and a pastime that goes back to her own childhood. It really does feel like the end of an era.”
Just because the line going back to Susan ended doesn’t mean the queen wasn’t done raising dogs, though. NPR reported that Elizabeth is believed to have left behind at least four dogs when she died, including two corgis, a cocker spaniel and a dorgi with the names Muick, Sandy, Lissy and Candy.
It is unclear what will happen to the royal dogs now that the queen has passed. Newsweek reported that they could be cared for by a combination of the queen’s children and staff.
“I imagine the dogs would be looked after by the family, probably Andrew [as] he’s the one that gave them to her, they’re quite young, the corgi and the dorgi,” royal biographer Ingrid Seward told Newsweek.
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EAST VILLAGE, Manhattan (WABC) -- The New York City Mayor's Office said Friday that the lab that originally found arsenic in the water at a NYCHA housing complex has issued a full retraction.
The lab also admitted to introducing arsenic into the water samples from the Jacob Riis Houses.
Throughout the holiday weekend, thousands of tenants at the Jacob Riis Houses were forced to use water bottles and portable water stations after being told not to drink or cook with the water from their taps.
NYCHA started testing the water a few weeks ago after reports of cloudy water. Last Friday, test results revealed traces of arsenic.
However, the press secretary for Mayor Eric Adams released a statement on Friday, saying the lab issued a full retraction and their initial results were "incorrect."
"Worse yet, the company has now admitted to being the ones that introduced arsenic into the samples, leading to the false results," the statement said.
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"Environmental Monitoring and Technologies also today released results of a retest they initiated of the original samples and found the results to be negative for arsenic," the spokesman said. "This matches the separate retest we conducted through a different vendor, LiRo Environmental. We have now tested more than 140 points - both at the source and at the point of delivery - and we can confidently say the water at Riis Houses is and has been free of any discernable amount of arsenic since the initial tests were initiated in August. Needless to say, neither NYCHA nor any other city agency will test water through Environmental Monitoring and Technologies any longer, and the city intends to pursue all available legal options on behalf of the residents of Riis Houses."
Out of an abundance of caution, the mayor's office is advising residents not to drink or cook with water in their buildings until all final test results are returned and analyzed.
The office is vowing to remain transparent and provide updates as they get them.
Click here to read the full report from Environmental Monitoring and Technologies, Inc.
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SPRINGFIELD — Union Station is the gleaming transportation hub of Western Massachusetts, bringing together trains, regional and long distance buses, and bike share in the state’s third-largest city at a clean, renovated station.
But the only direct, convenient way to get there from Boston on Friday mid-morning was to drive. There was just one direct Boston-Springfield train available that didn’t leave until afternoon and the only direct buses ran just early in the morning and evening.
Gubernatorial candidate Maura Healey said she’ll change that by providing reliable passenger rail service between the cities: the ever elusive East-West rail. She also promised on Friday a panoply of other transportation transformations.
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And yet . . . the Democratic nominee was not specific about how she’ll fund them. Regional transit authorities, including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, are facing large gaps in their operating budgets as soon as next summer when federal pandemic relief funds run out. And the T has recently cut bus and subway service as it deals with several federal orders to improve safety and staffing.
Outside of supporting a ballot initiative to impose a surtax on the state’s highest earners, dubbed the “millionaire’s tax,” that’s meant to fund transportation and education, and pledging to aggressively seek new federal infrastructure funds, Healey wouldn’t say Friday if she is considering raising taxes or imposing new fees in the form of congestion pricing or additional app-ride companies levies, policies tried elsewhere to raise money for transit.
“We’re going to take that one step at a time,” the attorney general said in Springfield Friday. “And right now, it’s about making the best use of what we have coming in.”
She appeared in Springfield with Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor; state Senator Eric P. Lesser, a Democrat from Longmeadow; Congressman Richard E. Neal, who has long championed East-West rail; and other local elected officials.
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Healey’s transportation agenda includes long sought transit expansions like the Red-Blue Connector and the Allston Multi-Modal project, and improvements to existing bus and train service throughout the state. She’ll have to balance those goals with the safety crisis at the MBTA, which has recently cut subway service by 20 percent, shut down an entire line for repairs for 30 days, and now must comply with dozens of required actions from the Federal Transit Administration to hang onto its federal funding.
Public transportation expansions like East-West rail are a way to “address real climate issues,” said Healey who faces GOP nominee Geoff Diehl in November.
But can a state with a history of falling flat on big transit projects and long deferred maintenance juggle moving so much aspiration into reality at once?
“We can do two things at once, we can probably do three or four things at once,” she said. “It requires intentionality and energy and teamwork. So my money is on us.”
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Galaxy, Nashville SC meet with both on upswing
The Los Angeles Galaxy are unbeaten in their last five, but they still need to make up ground if they're going to qualify for the playoffs, beginning with Saturday afternoon's trip to streaking Nashville SC.
The eighth-place Galaxy (11-11-6, 39 points) have two wins and three draws in their unbeaten run, and enter the weekend three points back of Real Salt Lake and the Portland Timbers for a Western Conference playoff spot.
Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez has 14 goals and Dejan Joveljic has 10. But finishing matches has become a problem, with the Galaxy giving back the lead in those last three draws.
"I think there are some positives in this," coach Greg Vanney insisted. "We've set a goal as we start off games to come back in the locker room (at halftime) 0-0 or up, and we've come back up in most of these games. The second half has been about controlling and seeing games out. When you get tired, it's about not making mistakes and not exposing yourself as fatigue sets in."
It was Joveljic who scored late in one of the Galaxy's rare shutout victories, a 1-0 home win over Nashville SC back in April.
Things have changed on both sides since. The Galaxy have added Riqui Puig and Gaston Brugman in midfield, plus Martin Caceres in defense.
Meanwhile, Nashville (12-9-9, 45 points) opened its new home stadium a week following that April loss. And after an early adjustment period, the club has embraced a home-heavy second half of the schedule, winning four in a row while outscoring opponents 14-1 in the process.
In addition, Nashville attacking midfielder Hany Mukhtar has arguably taken the lead in the MLS MVP race, scoring 21 goals and adding 11 assists. He has seven goals and three assists in Nashville's four-match win streak.
"I think we're going to see a very different game come the weekend," said Nashville coach Gary Smith, referencing his team's defeat at the Galaxy. "We're in a better place. I think they are, they've added a couple of bodies that look very talented and have given them a different dimension and a different look in certain aspects."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and Donald Trump’s legal team are to stake out positions Friday on the precise role to be played by an independent arbiter who will review documents seized during an FBI search of the former president’s Florida home.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had given both sides until Friday to submit potential candidates for the role of a “special master,” as well as proposals for the scope of the person’s duties and the schedule for his or her work.
The back-and-forth over the special master is playing out amid an FBI investigation into the retention of several hundred classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago within the past year. Though the legal wrangling is unlikely to have long-term effects on the investigation, it will almost certainly delay the criminal probe and has already caused the intelligence community to temporarily pause a national risk assessment it was doing.
Over the strenuous objections of the Justice Department, Cannon on Monday granted the Trump team’s request for the special master and directed the department to temporarily halt its review of records for investigative purposes.
She said the person would be responsible for sifting through the records recovered during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago and filter out from the criminal investigation any documents potentially covered by claims of attorney-client or executive privilege.
Roughly 11,000 documents — including more than 100 with classified markings, some at the top-secret level — were recovered during the search. That’s on top of classified documents contained in 15 boxes retrieved in January by the National Archives and Records Administration, and additional secret records the department took back during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago.
The Justice Department had objected to the Trump team’s request for a special master, saying it had already done its own review and identified a limited subset of records that possibly involve attorney-client privilege. It said that executive privilege does not apply in this investigation because Trump, no longer president, had no right to claim the documents as his.
The department on Thursday filed a notice of appeal indicating it would contest the judge’s order to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Officials asked the judge to lift her hold on their investigative work pending their appeal, as well as her requirement that the department share with a special master the classified records that were recovered.
It is not clear whether Trump or anyone else will be charged.
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Dignitaries, heads of state, and others who want to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II are converging on London to pay their final respects.
Each person has their own way of grieving a loss. One woman decided to bring the ashes of her grandmother, who she says "loved the Queen."
"I brought my nan with me today, her ashes. She loved the queen," she said.
The BBC spoke to many people out and about London who laid flowers and shed tears and talked about memories of Queen Elizabeth II over the years.
"So, we brought her with us, yeah she loved the Queen, absolutely loved the Queen," the woman said as she wore a somber, mostly black outfit.
She said, in age, that her grandmother and the Queen were just a year apart.
People from all walks of life and many countries spoke about how they felt the Queen was a unifying spirit and entered their lives with meaning.
Another woman said, "It's the end of an era, 70 years, it'll never happen again. She was the calm amongst the storms, but you always knew she'd be a constant presence."
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Brazil election front-runner Lula calls Bolsonaro 'worse than Trump'
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is "a bit worse than (Donald) Trump," leftist election front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday, describing him as "ruder, less civilized and a bad copy," of the former U.S. president.
Bolsonaro, a far-right populist who trails Lula in polls ahead of the Oct. 2 election, has long admired Trump and has been dubbed the "Trump of the Tropics." The two were ideological allies, and the time they overlapped was one of closer ties between the two largest nations in the Americas.
By contrast, Bolsonaro was one of the last global leaders to recognize President Joe Biden's election victory, and ties between Brasilia and Washington have become frostier since Trump left office.
Critics fear Bolsonaro may seek to copy Trump and refuse to accept losing to Lula in the upcoming election. For months, Bolsonaro has been making unfounded claims of election fraud, and said the country's widely praised electronic voting system lacks credibility, sparking fears of a constitutional crisis.
Lula, speaking with reporters in Rio de Janeiro, said the world was a better place without people like Bolsonaro and Trump in charge.
"The world is already suffering a lot," Lula said, adding he would have preferred if Bolsonaro had modeled himself on Biden and his Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
Bolsonaro's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Editing by David Gregorio)
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A fellow Republican's legal reasoning 16 years ago affirming obstacles to equal rights for LGBTQ Virginians could complicate for Gov. Glenn Youngkin an unrelated matter that also makes him squeamish: protections for the environment.
In February 2006, Attorney General Bob McDonnell, who would be elected governor three years later, issued a legal opinion in which he said then-Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, did not have the authority to put in place by executive order anti-discrimination safeguards for gay and lesbian state employees.
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McDonnell said that because the Virginia legislature had not, by statute, designated sexual orientation as a protected class - as it had done with race, color, gender, religion, age, and national origin - Kaine was altering state policy without the required consent of the General Assembly.
In 2020, Virginia - its government then fully controlled by Democrats - became the first Southern state to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, housing and public accommodation.
Kaine, whose order extended one put in place by his predecessor, fellow Democrat Mark Warner, ignored McDonnell's findings. McDonnell prepared the opinion for a Republican delegate long hostile to gay rights, Bob Marshall of Prince William County, who would be defeated in 2017 by Democrat Danica Roem, the nation's first openly trans state legislator.
But what does sex - the topic of a largely forgotten treatise by a former attorney general - have to do with the politically sexy issue of greenhouse gases and Virginia's efforts to control them? The answer may come down to five words in parenthesis in the first paragraph of the third page of McDonnell's nine-page letter to Marshall.
First, however, keep in mind the noisy fight between Youngkin and Democratic legislators over his announced plan to pull Virginia by the end of 2023 from an 11-state consortium to control carbon emissions through an exchange under which members pledge to put caps on emissions and require millions of dollars in payments to exceed agreed levels.
That money is a defining - and often-overlooked - feature of the program, which generated for Virginia in its first year nearly $230 million, much of it to pay for the disruptive consequences of climate change, such as destructive floods that swept through Southwest Virginia, a Republican bulwark Youngkin carried in 2021.
Youngkin says the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is needlessly driving up electric rates for Virginians because utilities are passing along to customers the higher-than-expected costs of breaching emission restrictions. Citing industry estimates, Youngkin says those higher bills could cost customers $1 billion to $1.2 billion over the next four years.
His remedy: withdraw from the multistate compact. He signed an executive order the day he was sworn in this past January, directing the State Air Pollution Control Board to draft - and approve - an emergency rule under which Virginia would quit RGGI, which it joined in 2020, that year of one-party control when LGBTQ protections also became law.
Democrats - in the minority in the House of Delegates and who control the Virginia Senate by a single seat - say the only way Virginia can legally and constitutionally get out of the collective is the same way it got in: by a vote of the legislature. The Democrats' slender Senate majority means Virginia would likely remain in RGGI, forcing Youngkin's disputed go-it-alone approach.
Which brings us back to the McDonnell opinion on Kaine using executive authority to shield gay people from on-the-job discrimination.
McDonnell told Marshall that executive action intended to unilaterally circumvent or override policy established by the General Assembly need not be limited to a written order signed by the governor, as was the case with Kaine and Warner, both of whom were carrying out campaign promises to equal-rights advocates.
The attorney general wrote that, while the authority of the governor to issue executive orders is "well established in the law and history of the commonwealth," the scope of that prerogative "is limited." This is where McDonnell's intriguing parenthetical language comes in.
"A governor may not use an executive order to (or by any other means) exercise any of the legislative power that is vested solely in the General Assembly," said McDonnell. "The governor may not legislate by executive order. This is the essence of the separation-of-powers doctrine."
In moving to extract Virginia from RGGI, Youngkin - unlike Donald Trump, when he pulled the United States from the Paris climate agreement - is not resorting to fiat. Instead, he is using - to borrow McDonnell's words - "other means;" specifically, the governor's control of the air board through the appointive process. The board has seven members, four of whom were installed by Youngkin, ensuring him a rubber stamp for his wishes.
Could McDonnell's little words have a big impact on Youngkin's ploy, perhaps extending to Democrats and the environmental lobby another weapon for thwarting the governor? That this could end up in court - a classic separation-of-powers dispute - would not come as surprise to either side.
Nate Benforado, a lawyer at the Southern Environmental Law Center, says the McDonnell findings are part of a "long line of opinions that establish, under the Virginia Constitution, that the governor does not have the authority to ignore or circumvent the laws he disagrees with."
Hope Cupit of Bedford, a Democratic appointee to the air board, has said she has an opinion from the attorney general - she hasn't said which one - that concludes the governor is powerless to remove Virginia from the compact. She won't release it - never mind that opinions are public records. The current attorney general, Republican Jason Miyares, is silent on it. And an environmental group is in court to force its release.
Could it be an opinion by Democrat Mark Herring, issued shortly before he left office in January, that says Youngkin, alone, can't yank Virginia from RGGI? Could it be the McDonnell opinion with its open-to-interpretation flourish?
But note: An attorney general's opinion carries the weight of law unless overridden by judicial edict, an act of the legislature - or an another opinion by the state's top lawyer.
And Miyares isn't talking about that possibility either.
Contact Jeff E. Schapiro at (804) 649-6814 or jschapiro@timesdispatch.com. Follow him on Facebook and on Twitter, @RTDSchapiro. Listen to his analysis 7:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Friday on Radio IQ, 89.7 FM in Richmond and 89.1 FM in Roanoke, and in Norfolk on WHRV, 89.5 FM.
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NEW YORK (AP) — This fall, Art Spiegelman will receive an honorary National Book Award for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He feels honored, and a little worried.
The unexpected pleasure of being cited by the National Book Foundation comes months after the jarring saga of his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Maus” being withdrawn by a Tennessee school board, which found Spiegelman’s graphic novel about the Holocaust inappropriate for the district’s curriculum. Sales for “Maus” and other Spiegelman books surged, but the attention distracted him from other priorities.
“My work schedule just got totally smashed to smithereens,” he said during a recent telephone interview. “I was happy to crawl back into my hideout.”
Now, the 74-year-old Spiegelman anticipates being back out in the world, an admittedly enviable burden that will require him to set aside time and consider his decades-long legacy, one profound and wide-ranging. His influence extends from “Maus,” winner of a special citation from Pulitzer judges in 1992, to his 1970s work in underground comics to his famed New Yorker covers, notably the darkened silhouettes of the Twin Towers that ran two weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
“Art Spiegelman has captured the world’s imagination through the comics medium,” David Steinberger, chair of the National Book Foundation’s board of directors, said in a statement released Friday. “His masterful graphic novels tackle and illuminate topics from the Holocaust to the aftermath of 9/11, alongside the personal intimacy of the people, events, and comics that shaped him as an artist. Spiegelman’s groundbreaking work has shown us the limitless possibilities for comics as a literary arts form.”
Born in Stockholm, Spiegelman was a toddler when his family emigrated to the U.S., in the early 1950s. He is descended from Polish Jews and lost dozens of relatives — including his brother Rysio — during the Holocaust, a tragic history which he drew upon for “Maus.” His career as a cartoonist dates back to his teens, when he was contributing art to Smudge and other fanzines and was producing his own publication, “Blasé.”
Spiegelman’s career is, in part, a story of taking an art form associated with kids and reshaping it for adults, what he calls “investigating the language and nature of comics.” He is the first cartoonist to win the DCAL medal from the National Book Foundation, which previously has awarded Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Robert Caro among others.
“It’s very different from what was happening back in the ’70s, where being a cartoonist essentially meant — unless you were Charles Schulz — that you weren’t in the big leagues of success. It was more like being a tattoo artist,” Spiegelman says.
“But the world is changing. There has been a cultural shift that has made it less pejorative to make comics. You had a moment in the 1950s when comics bannings were happening across America. Comic books were seen as dangerous, and you had this struggle over what kids should be allowed to see. There was a ratings system (the Comics Code) and a lot of it was nonsense. But the genie is long out of the bottle.”
Neil Gaiman will introduce Spiegelman at the Nov. 16 ceremony, presented by the Book Foundation. The American Library Association’s executive director, Tracie D. Hall, will receive an award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, and winners will be announced in five competitive categories, from fiction to young people’s literature.
In a recent telephone interview, Gaiman said Spiegelman had made an enduring impact on him. He remembered seeing some of Spiegelman’s “Maus” images some 40 years ago and relating them to his own experiences as a relative of Jewish Holocaust survivors.
“It left prints on my soul,” he says of Spiegelman’s work.
They became friends years later, even though Gaiman, who recalls turning down the chance to meet David Bowie and Elvis Costello among others, had an unofficial rule not to meet his heroes. But he said that his admiration and affection for Spiegelman have only deepened, and he was not surprised that Spiegelman had worried that winning the DCAL might disrupt his work schedule.
“That is Art,” he said. “Art, with a capital ‘A,’ is always thinking about art, with a small ‘a.’ He makes things that matter, and I think he knows he makes things that matter, and I think we are ridiculously lucky to have him.”
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LONDON (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II has triggered a series of carefully structured ceremonial and constitutional steps, as Britain undergoes a period of national mourning and heralds the reign of King Charles III.
The long-established 10-day plan, code-named Operation London Bridge, has been adapted to the specific circumstances of the queen’s death in Scotland, and some details haven’t been publicly confirmed.
Here is a look at what will happen in the coming days.
Friday, Sept. 9
— King Charles III and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, traveled from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to London.
— At noon, church bells rang at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and across the country in honor of the queen.
— Also at noon, Parliament held a special session so lawmakers can pay tribute to the queen.
— A 1 p.m., gun salutes were fired in London’s Hyde Park and at military sites around the country, one round for reach of the 96 years of the queen’s life.
— Afternoon — The king met with new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
— 6 p.m. — The king made a televised address to the nation in which he spoke of his “profound sorrow” over the death of his mother, the queen, and vowed to continue her “lifelong service” to others.
— 6 p.m. — A service of remembrance was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral for the queen.
Saturday, Sept. 10
— 10 a.m. — Charles meets at St. James’s Palace with senior officials known as the Accession Council and is officially proclaimed king.
— 11 a.m. — An official reads the proclamation aloud from a balcony at St. James’s Palace. It is also read out in other locations across the U.K.
— 1 p.m. — Parliament holds a second day of tributes to the queen.
Subsequent days:
— The queen’s body is moved from Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands to Edinburgh, where the coffin is likely to rest at Holyrood Palace before being moved to St. Giles’ Cathedral so members of the public can pay their respects.
— The coffin will be transported by train or plane to London.
— The queen will then lie in state for several days in Parliament’s Westminster Hall, where the public will again be able to pay their respects.
— A state funeral at Westminster Abbey will be attended by leaders and dignitaries from around the world.
— The period of national mourning will end the day after the queen’s funeral.
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For months, the conservative provocateur Dinesh D'Souza teased that the book version of his widely debunked film "2,000 Mules" would provide compelling new evidence that the 2020 election was "stolen." The film has been repeatedly promoted by former President Donald Trump, who even hosted a screening at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Then, just before the book's scheduled release - and after copies had already arrived in stores - D'Souza's publisher, Regnery, abruptly pulled the book from shelves and delayed the e-book release, citing an unspecified "publishing error." Regnery is a division of Salem Media Group, which reduced its quarterly earnings estimate because of the delay. On Twitter, D'Souza blamed Regnery for the recall.
"Somehow a significant error got missed by the publisher," he said.
But not every copy of the book got recalled.
After traveling in Los Angeles traffic to more than a half-dozen booksellers, NPR found a copy of the "2,000 Mules" tucked into a shelf of the "Current Affairs" section at a Barnes & Noble in the San Fernando Valley.
The book does not appear to suffer from an obvious production error which might explain the delay; a misaligned photo, incorrect page numbers or blank pages.
The book does, however, regurgitate the content of the film "2,000 Mules" including misleading claims, which have been thoroughly debunked by fact-checkers and critics across the political spectrum. Former Attorney General Bill Barr called the film's underlying premise "indefensible."
Despite those flaws, "2,000 Mules" has emerged as a leading theory for supporters of Trump's baseless claim that he actually won the 2020 election. For Trump and some of his most diehard fans - among them candidates for public office - the project has served as "proof" of the stolen election.
The film's allegations were often vague, and largely based on data that have not been made public. As a result, some elements of the film were difficult, if not impossible, to fully fact-check. The book adds new details, however, which NPR has been able to scrutinize.
NPR contacted organizations named in the book for comment about some of D'Souza's written claims. They referred to passages in the book as "malarkey," "inaccurate," and "trash."
One group, whose data are cited in the book, said it would request a correction. Another raised the possibility of legal action.
The film and book are both based on the research of a controversial organization called True the Vote, and the activists Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips. Both Engelbrecht and Phillips are credited as executive producers of the film. In a statement to NPR, the group distanced itself from the book.
"True the Vote had no participation in this book, and has no knowledge of its contents," said Brian Glicklich, a representative for the group, in an emailed statement. "This includes any allegations of activities of any specific organizations made in the book. We made no such allegations. The book reflects the views of the author, not of True the Vote, Catherine Engelbrecht, or Gregg Phillips."
Regnery declined to answer NPR's questions for this story, and said the copy of the book NPR obtained "was printed in error, and some advance copies were distributed in error."
"We will be happy to talk to you more about '2000 Mules' once it is published, but we are not commenting on questions about a recalled book," said Thomas Spence, Regnery's president and publisher, in an email.
D'Souza did not respond to NPR's requests for comment.
Here's what's in the book:
D'Souza names nonprofits that he claims helped 'steal' the 2020 election
The central thesis of "2,000 Mules" is essentially that left-wing nonprofit groups engaged in illegal ballot trafficking and paid people (the "mules" of the title) to gather ballots and stuff dropboxes with pro-Biden votes. To build that case, "2,000 Mules" relies on True the Vote, which claims that it used cell phone location data to prove its case.
The film version of "2,000 Mules" does not name a single nonprofit that D'Souza or True the Vote allege took part in the alleged scheme, let alone give them a chance to respond to the accusation that they committed crimes.
D'Souza told interviewers that the reason for the omission was due to legal concerns.
"Basically, when you're putting a movie in the theater, you need three different types of insurance," D'Souza told Megyn Kelly on her podcast earlier this year. "And so we got into a big fight with these lawyers who insisted that we can't name the nonprofits. Now, normally, I would have battled them over this. But the problem was I was trying to get the movie out right away because it's so timely."
The book, however, does name seven different groups. NPR contacted all of them for comment.
One of the groups D'Souza names is the New Georgia Project, an Atlanta-based group that focuses on registering and mobilizing young voters and voters of color.
Aklima Khondoker, the Chief Legal Officer for the New Georgia Project, called the allegations "malarkey and hogwash. Because they're not based in fact. They're based on conspiracy theories."
Khondoker said the allegations in D'Souza's book "can be viewed as libelous," and noted that neither True The Vote nor D'Souza contacted the New Georgia Project for comment - a fundamental step for any journalistic or documentary project.
Khondoker declined to say whether the New Georgia Project would take legal action in response to the book, but said, "It sounds like a bunch of lies committed to paper. And there are legal consequences for doing that."
A spokesperson for the labor union the National Education Association (NEA), which D'Souza also names in the book, condemned the allegations as "trash," noting that D'Souza's attorneys apparently would not allow him to name any groups in his film.
"We would hope anyone looking at his nonsense can quickly see that these claims are false and designed to gin up those who persist in peddling the Big Lie about the 2020 election," said the NEA spokesperson.
Other groups declined to comment, with one citing a desire not to give the project "further oxygen." Given the dubious nature of the allegations, NPR is not naming the groups that did not comment.
NPR asked True the Vote whether it provided the names of the groups to D'Souza. Brian Glicklich, the group's spokesperson, did not answer that question directly, but simply re-sent the group's statement with "We made no such allegations" in bold.
The book repeats misleading and false passages from the film
As NPR has previously reported, the film "2,000 Mules" falsely implies that True the Vote's data were so accurate, they led to the arrest of two suspects in the killing of an eight-year-old girl in Atlanta. In reality, the group acknowledged that it did not provide any law enforcement agency any information about the case until months after two suspects had already been indicted.
Despite that debunking, the book largely repeats the misleading tale from the film.
In a chapter at the end of the book dedicated to answering his critics - including NPR - D'Souza acknowledges that True the Vote did not provide any data in the case until after the arrests. "So?" he writes. He goes on to say, "The only point True the Vote and I were making here is that the very same geotracking that can help identify murder suspects was used to identify mules engaged in ballot trafficking."
The film also claimed that True the Vote used data from the nonprofit Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) to show that the ballot "mules" were leftist agitators. A spokesperson for ACLED told NPR in May, "This is not the type of analysis you can use ACLED data for, and it is highly unlikely that these conclusions have any basis in fact."
D'Souza nonetheless repeats those claims in the book.
ACLED told NPR in a statement, "Every reference to ACLED in the new book version of '2,000 Mules' is incorrect or misleading."
"Based on the various descriptions provided in both the book and the film, what D'Souza claims to do with ACLED data is simply not plausible," the statement continued. "We will be contacting the publisher about a correction."
D'Souza writes that two of his Salem Media colleagues 'declined to participate' in the film
Long chunks of the "2,000 Mules" film consist of roundtable discussions with D'Souza's "fellow podcast and radio hosts" at the conservative Salem Media, including Sebastian Gorka, Larry Elder, Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager.
In a brief parenthetical comment, D'Souza writes that conservative commentators Mike Gallagher and Hugh Hewitt "declined to participate."
NPR contacted Gallagher and Hewitt to ask why they declined to be a part of "2,000 Mules." Gallagher told NPR in an email, "I didn't decline to participate. I had a scheduling conflict and was unable to travel to California when they filmed it."
Hewitt did not respond.
In any case, Hewitt was not alone in not engaging with the film. Much to D'Souza's public consternation, Fox News has largely avoided the film.
Notably, Fox News is currently battling a $1.6 billion lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, which alleges that Fox's hosts defamed the company with a litany of false claims and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
D'Souza describes True The Vote's money and legal troubles
A key line of inquiry for congressional investigators examining the attack on the U.S. Capitol has been funding sources for "the Big Lie." D'Souza's book adds some new information about financial supporters of election fraud claims.
Just after the 2020 election, a major Republican donor named Fred Eshelman gave True the Vote $2.5 million to assist in efforts to investigate allegations of election fraud. Just weeks later, Eshelman sued True the Vote in federal court, and accused the group of failing to pursue legal action in time to affect the election, and failing to communicate about what it was doing with those millions. Eshelman demanded that True The Vote return the donation. True The Vote denied any wrongdoing and refused to return the money. Eshelman's lawsuit was eventually dismissed.
Catherine Engelbrecht of True The Vote, according to the "2,000 Mules" book, called the lawsuit an "ordeal," though says "at least it gave us the resources to launch this project, although a chunk of it got eaten up in legal fees."
D'Souza writes that he and his wife Debbie helped raise an additional $400,000 for True The Vote's research by calling "two of our friends." D'Souza does not name the friends, but writes that they live in Jacksonville, Fla. and Wichita, Kan.
Eshelman's attorney did not respond to NPR's request for comment.
The movie version of "2,000 Mules" relies on techniques of fictional films
As the Washington Post reported, attentive online sleuths noticed that maps shown in the film of supposed routes taken by ballot "mules" were inaccurate, and, in at least one instance, showed Moscow, Russia - not Atlanta. D'Souza chalked that choice up to movie-making "special effects."
The book features several photos from the making of the "2,000 Mules" film, which show even more ways that the film relied on recreations and sets.
The "spine of the documentary," D'Souza writes, consists of interviews with True the Vote's Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips at an office with digital maps and supposed depictions of True The Vote's data.
The scene where D'Souza meets up with Phillips and Engelbrecht at Phillips' office is a "recreation" - not the real deal.
D'Souza writes that the office itself is also fake, and that the film used a "replica" of Phillips' office.
Scenes that depict D'Souza and his wife at their home are actually "not our real house," D'Souza writes.
D'Souza does not explain why the film opted to use sets rather than genuine locations for what he describes as a documentary.
D'Souza writes that True The Vote did a presentation for RNC members
In April 2022, according to the book, True the Vote and D'Souza gave a presentation to "a group of members of the Republican National Committee" in Memphis, Tennessee. Around that time, the RNC was hosting a spring meeting in Memphis.
D'Souza writes that the RNC members' reaction was "tumultuous."
"Many erupted with something to the effect of, 'I knew it!'" D'Souza writes. A few skeptics of fraud claims, he writes, "were now forced to reexamine their previous confidence in the security of the election."
The RNC did not respond to NPR's requests for comment.
In any case, former President Trump has thoroughly embraced "2,000 Mules." In addition to hosting the film at Mar-a-Lago, Trump repeatedly cited the film in a written response to the congressional select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. This week, Trump again mentioned the film in a post on Truth Social as part of a tirade against the FBI.
Whether Trump will fully endorse the now-rescheduled book, given that True the Vote has distanced itself from D'Souza's work and at least one group has raised the idea of legal action, remains to be seen.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands of people in cities across the U.S. finished Eliza’s run Friday morning.
The runs were organized as a tribute to Eliza Fletcher, who was forced into a vehicle after a struggle during her pre-dawn run last Friday in Memphis, Tennessee. A suspect was swiftly identified and has been charged with her kidnapping and murder.
The killing of the 34-year-old kindergarten teacher and mother of two shocked people nationwide, and was particularly upsetting to women runners. An obituary described Fletcher as a “born athlete” who enjoyed spending time outside with husband and children.
Many female athletes fear working out alone, at night or in secluded places, and while crime statistics show such killings are exceedingly rare, many report being harassed or worse, even in well-populated areas.
In response, groups of runners decided to “Finish Eliza’s Run” in the pre-dawn darkness Friday morning, a week after her slaying. Many wore pink tops and purple shorts in her honor. Groups ran in Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga and many other cities and towns around the country. Hundreds logged their runs on a website dedicated to the event.
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NEW YORK (WPIX) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency on Friday due to the spread of polio.
In July, a resident in Rockland County tested positive for polio in what is considered the first case of the disease in the United States in almost a decade, according to health officials. A month after, the virus that causes polio was detected in New York City’s wastewater.
The state disaster emergency will run through Oct. 9, according to Hochul. As part of the declaration, Hochul authorized all necessary state agencies to assist local governments, and she freed up more state resources to allocate towards the containment of the polio situation.
The same day the emergency was declared, Hochul shared a Twitter post relaying New York’s efforts to “ramp up” vaccination efforts by allowing “EMTs, midwives, and pharmacists” to administer the shots.
“We’re making it easier for New Yorkers to get their polio vaccine if they haven’t already received it,” Hochul wrote.
The New York Department of Health has also warned that polio spreads more easily in counties with lower vaccination rates.
“That is why it is so important all New Yorkers 2 months and older to get vaccinated against polio as soon as possible.” the health department writes.
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What kind food you want served ton...: Biteclub Food - A Sizzlin... on Jul 4...\nSundance Resport - New Fridge...: Eat for Life – Why... (Lowfat cookoo boo) by Margarita ... on How To S... @ Sunday July at 47 AM Pm Pt July at A M I Eating Health T... on Laughter Is Mood Boost! | How laugh more Back in March, I spoke with Dr. Aleksandra Shchebet, a Ukrainian neurologist, about the upending of her professional and personal life when the war with Russia began. She and her family fled Kyiv, making their way to Lutsk in northwest Ukraine. Shchebet gave private virtual consultations to patients the best she could, but her ability to intervene was limited. So she found another way to help, spending hours sorting, packing and loading food and medical supplies onto trucks for delivery elsewhere into the country. "I hope the war will end as soon as possible," she told me. Now, more than five months deeper into that war, I checked back with Shchebet.
Shchebet returned to the capital of Kyiv a couple months ago, leaving her family behind in Lutsk. Things had gotten safer there and she missed her city. On the drive back, she passed by burned houses and torched supermarkets — "like wounds on the Earth," she recalls. Soon after arriving, on a Monday or Tuesday, she visited her favorite district, the historic part of the city called Podil. On a weekday, it should have been bustling with traffic and city goers drinking coffee and laughing. "But there was no people at all," she says. "It was empty and kind of apocalyptic feeling."
Elsewhere in the capital, over the last several weeks, people and families have come back. "Now I hear voices of kids who are playing in the yard," Shchebet says, "which means life still goes on." Overall, though, she says Kyiv, this place she once called home, is "not my city anymore." She adds, "Ukraine is not the same anymore, and it never will be." Somehow, Shchebet still can't believe that she's living in a war. "In my head, I still hope it will end soon, like in a dream... and I will wake up." But every day when she does wake up, she returns to this alternate Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Shchebet's neurology practice has gradually filled out. Many of her appointments are virtual. She estimates that half of those clients are Ukrainians who've escaped the country, scattering from China to the United States. But she also sees patients in person at a private clinic two days a week, mostly people who've fled from eastern Ukraine, where the fighting has been intense.
She routinely consults with individuals experiencing chronic headaches and chronic pain stemming from inadequate or absent treatment over the last few months. But Shchebet is also encountering numerous cases of depression, anxiety and PTSD in both children and adults. She draws a direct line between the last several months and her patients' physical and mental ailments. "All my consultations are now about war and what happened during the war and how it affected people," she says.
To drive the point home, Shchebet says that with air raid sirens going off almost every day, it's not uncommon for her to hear the telltale wailing during an in-person appointment. She's grown accustomed to dashing to the shelter with her patient and continuing the consultation from there, "which is not so comfortable," she admits.
Shchebet has expanded her effort to get medications and food from Lutsk and Kyiv to internally-displaced refugees and medical supplies to the hospitals and doctors on the front lines of the war in the east and south of the country. She and her friend created a non-profit charity fund called "Dzhmil," which means bumblebee in Ukrainian. The name comes from the eponymous insect, which is "heavy and ha[s] such short wings. But despite all circumstances, it can fly and... be very helpful. So we decided that we are like little bumblebees in this situation in Ukraine. We have a lot of things to do and to bring to people despite all this stuff, which is going on here in Ukraine."
Her effort to restore the medical functioning of Ukraine was bolstered when Shchebet told her story to NPR in March. She says that some 50 medical professionals from the U.S. and Europe found her through social media and offered to help. Some sent supplies including large packages of antibiotics. Others offered psychological consultations to patients (for which Shchebet served as interpreter) and trainings to Ukrainian psychologists. "It was very helpful," she says, "and I'm beyond grateful."
Shchebet's day to day is a jarring mix of the routine and the extreme, each one bringing the other into sharper relief. "Of course, we are trying to cherish our lives and cherish all those minutes of calm between air raid sirens," she says. That means that she meets friends at the cafe or cinema when it's safe. "But sometimes the whole thing is interrupted with air raid sirens, so you don't know how it ends," she says with a laugh.
Back when we spoke in March, Shchebet says the acute stress was unbearable. But she's amazed at how she and other Ukrainians have grown accustomed to their new reality. "Now I know that people actually are unique creatures," she says. "And they can [get] used to everything."
"We lost our people. We lost our soldiers. We lost a lot of doctors [and] children, unfortunately," she admits. "But we are fighting and I think we're doing great with the support of all the world. And this is unbelievable, actually."
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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is warning that the risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has "significantly increased," following ongoing fighting around the site.
"Let me be clear, the shelling around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant must stop," IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said in a brief recorded statement released on Friday.
Grossi also warned that the ongoing crisis might require the plant to shut down its last operating reactor. That would set into motion a chain of events that could intensify the current nuclear crisis. Here's how.
Nuclear plants need electricity
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is the largest in Europe, capable of producing thousands of megawatts of electricity. But the plant also needs power from the same electricity grid it feeds.
The power is used to run the various parts of the plant, including its safety and cooling systems. Specifically, nuclear power plants require water to be pumped constantly through their cores in order to function safely, and the pumps need electricity.
At Zaporizhzhia, the power is normally supplied by four high-voltage lines, which connect the nuclear complex to Ukraine's electricity grid, but the conflict has seen those lines systematically cut. The last 750kV line was severed on September 3, according to the IAEA.
A backup line was disconnected two days later due to a fire on the site. In a press conference shortly after returning from Zaporizhzhia, Grossi told reporters that he believed the power lines were being deliberately targeted:
"It is clear that those who have these military aims know very well... to hit where it hurts so that the plant becomes very, very problematic," he told reporters shortly after returning from the plant.
Zaporizhzhia has been making its own power, but that's a limited solution
Since losing its last connection to the grid on Sept. 5, the nuclear plant has been powering itself in so-called "islanding operation mode." Under this setup, the Unit 6 reactor has been producing low levels of electricity that are running the rest of the facility.
The reactors at Zaporizhzhia are designed to operate in this mode during startup, according to a nuclear engineer who worked directly with the reactors at Zaporizhzhia when the plant began operations in the 1980s, but who was not authorized to speak publicly by his current employer.
"It's not good, it cannot be done for a long time," he says. The problem is less to do with the reactor itself than the turbine, generators and other systems–all of which are designed to run at significantly higher power levels than islanding operation mode provides.
Adding to the problem, Grossi said in his statement, is the increasing strain on the plant's Ukrainian operators. Many of the plant's current staff of just under 1,000 live in the nearby town of Enerhodar. Its water, sewage and electrical supplies have all been disrupted in recent days by the same fighting that's damaged the lines around the plant.
"The shelling is putting in danger operators and their families, making it difficult to adequately staff the plant," Grossi says.
Shutting down the last reactor will trigger emergency generators
With conditions deteriorating, it seems more likely that Ukrainian authorities will decide to power down the last reactor. But in the short term, that could exacerbate the crisis.
That's because nuclear reactors are more like charcoal grills than gas stoves. Even after they're shut off, they remain hot for a long period of time. Water must still circulate in the cores to prevent a meltdown.
With its reactors shut down, Zaporizhzhia will switch to backup emergency diesel generators to keep the reactors cool. The emergency generators themselves are a tried-and-true method for cooling a nuclear reactor. In fact, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires U.S. plants to switch to emergency diesel generators immediately, bypassing the "islanding operation mode" used in Zaporizhzhia.
"We don't want to go on the diesel generators, but it's a situation you can abide by for awhile," says Steven Nesbit, a nuclear engineer and member of the American Nuclear Society's rapid response taskforce, which is tracking the current crisis. For example, after losing power during Hurricane Andrew in 1992, the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant in Florida operated for days on emergency diesel power.
If the generators run out of fuel, a meltdown could occur
According to the IAEA, the Zaporizhzhia plant has more than a dozen emergency generators standing by. Normally, the plant holds a 10-day reserve of diesel fuel, the agency says, and currently has approximately 2,250 tonnes of fuel available.
If that fuel is depleted, or the generators are damaged in further fighting, it could trigger a meltdown.
But Nesbit says that doesn't necessarily mean there would be a Chernobyl-like catastrophe. The meltdown at Chernobyl was due to a unique mix of design flaws and operator error that would be essentially impossible to replicate at Zaporizhzhia.
And unlike the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, some of the reactors at Zaporizhzhia have already been shut down for a while, allowing the nuclear fuel to cool somewhat, Nesbit says.
Even in the worst case scenario, the reactors at Zaporizhzhia are a modern design surrounded by a heavy "containment" building, Nesbit says. "It's reinforced concrete, typically about three to four feet of that; it's designed to withstand very high internal pressures."
That could allow it to hold in any radioactive material.
But the world's nuclear agency doesn't want to test any of this. And for that reason, Grossi is calling on all sides to implement a safety zone immediately.
"There is no time to waste," he says.
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Recently, my truck was stolen, forcing me to get some new wheels. And, for the first time in my life, I've been looking to buy a new car. The process has involved hours of searching. Painful haggling. And encounters with many dealerships that, quite frankly, have been downright duplicitous. The whole thing has been kind of a nightmare.
Cars are, of course, expensive, especially with the supply chain fiasco creating shortages. But it's more than that. Shopping for cars is not like shopping for most other products. Unlike, say, computers or refrigerators, cars are typically not sold for one standard price. Ten people could go into a dealership and each pay a wildly different amount to buy the same exact vehicle.
Economists call this sort of pricing strategy "price discrimination." That's when, instead of charging everyone the same price, sellers charge people different prices based on their willingness to pay. In simpler terms, it means that the seller milks as much money as they can out of you. Not all dealerships engage in this pricing strategy, but many do it aggressively, often with snake oil-style salesmanship, deceptive marketing tactics, hidden fees, and overpriced add-ons, like floor mats, alarm systems, or anti-rust undercoating. Some consumers call the outfits that employ these tactics "stealerships."
The tricky pricing strategy used by dealerships can be maddening for consumers, and I've personally found haggling over the price of a new truck with slick, commission-seeking salespeople to be exhausting (Fortunately, my partner has proved herself to be a talented haggler).
A slew of economic studies has found patterns in who bears the brunt of this pricing strategy. It's not pretty. For example, a number of studies find that dealerships tend to charge people of color more than white folks. Another study finds that older people tend to be charged higher prices than younger people, and that older women tend to be charged the highest price of all.
One study found that dealerships tend to treat a buyer's decision to trade in their used car like a neon sign on their foreheads, flashing, "Charge me more!" That's because trading in your used car, while easier than selling it directly, also fetches less money. Dealerships apparently see this as an indicator that you're either unsavvy or willing to burn cash — so they jack up the price of the car they sell to you. The type of car you trade in also offers a wealth of information on how much they can charge.
In normal times, when supply is ample and dealerships are more worried about getting cars off the lot, it's common for them to charge less than the Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP). But with supply-chain problems creating shortages of new vehicles recently, many dealerships have been charging much more than MSRP. Meanwhile, the dealerships that don't add markups to MSRP are seeing their inventory depleted quickly, and often have wait times of months or even years for coveted vehicles.
Michelle Krebs is a longtime automotive researcher who serves as the executive analyst of Cox Automotive, which owns brands like Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader. "This is the first time in my career — and it's a long career — that I've seen most dealerships charging at list price or over," she says. "And it's simply because there's high demand, low inventory, and they can do it." Krebs says she's seen some cases where dealerships have charged buyers literally tens of thousands of dollars over MSRP.
Automakers vs. dealerships
Dealerships are usually independent franchises of their affiliated automaker, which means they are autonomous businesses that can basically do what they want when it comes to setting prices. But many automakers are not happy with their franchises charging crazy high markups. A recent study from the consumer group Growth for Knowledge suggests that excessive price gouging sours consumers on not just a particular dealership, but the car brand as a whole.
At least some automakers know this. Earlier this year, Hyundai Motor Company sent a letter to its dealerships urging them to end deceptive practices, such as advertising a low price online and then charging a much higher price when customers go into the store. The company complained that sky-high markups were "damaging our brands' long-term ability to capture new customers and retain loyal ones."
Likewise, Ford Motor Company urged its dealers to cut down on markups and threatened to cut back on sending them Ford's most coveted vehicles if they didn't. And yet the new Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck and the Ford Bronco are some of the most marked-up vehicles on the market, regularly being priced at much higher levels than what Ford has said they should be sold for. The problem for Ford: dealerships are independent and the Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price is just that, suggested.
Newer automakers like Tesla and Rivian have been trying to build distribution and service networks that jettison the use of independent dealerships. They are building a direct-to-consumer retail model in which consumers custom-design their vehicles on the internet and receive them directly from the manufacturer — without dealership middlemen and exhausting haggling over price with commission-seeking salespeople. For in-person needs, these automakers provide their own dealerships and service centers.
However, there are state franchise laws across the country that protect independent dealerships — and these laws have made it difficult to disrupt the dealership system and offer consumers potentially a better way of buying a vehicle.
A V8 political engine
To be fair to dealerships, they do provide important services. They offer a distribution and service network, which is vital to both manufacturers and car buyers. They offer buyers the ability to check out, test drive, and learn about cars at their facilities, which really do cost a lot when it comes to real estate, inventory, and manpower. If the manufacturer recalls something, there are thousands of local dealerships across the nation there to fix the problem. They also, of course, create tons of jobs in local communities.
But, while having a sprawling network of local dealerships may be valuable, this geographic reach also gives them outsized political power. Spread out all over the place, local dealerships are important constituents for a whole slew of federal, state, and local politicians. That — together with the fact that they're a trillion-dollar-plus industry — makes them an effective lobbying force. And opponents argue that the protective franchise laws they've worked to erect and maintain thwart entrepreneurs' ability to create new, more efficient business models that better serve consumers.
We reached out to the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), which represents more than 16,000 dealerships across America, and they provided a statement. "State legislatures passed franchise laws — and continue to overwhelmingly support franchise laws — to separate car sales from manufacturing, prevent monopoly pricing by factories, promote competition in auto sales and service, and keep jobs and investment local," says NADA Vice President of Communications Jared Allen. "The franchise system delivers these tremendous benefits better than anyone."
Some of these claims — like the fact that local dealerships create jobs — are undeniable. Others are highly debatable. First of all, there are more than a dozen automakers in the United States, so no single carmaker comes close to being a monopoly. And it's not clear how adding a middleman to the process reduces prices for consumers, especially when you consider that this middleman often resorts to a slew of tactics that tends to raise prices. Many of these dealerships, by the way, are not mom-and-pop shops; the industry is seeing growing consolidation, with multibillion-dollar corporations now owning hundreds of dealerships across the nation.
For years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the agency tasked with looking out for American consumers, has advocated relaxing state franchise laws so that companies like Tesla or Rivian can create new, direct-to-consumer business models. "States should allow consumers to choose not only the cars they buy, but also how they buy them," FTC officials wrote in 2015. But franchise laws continue to protect the dealership model and thwart innovation.
Earlier this summer, the FTC proposed new rules aimed at combating the graft and skulduggery found at many dealerships. "As auto prices surge, the Commission is seeking to eliminate the tricks and traps that make it hard or impossible to comparison shop or leave consumers saddled with thousands of dollars in unwanted junk charges," the FTC said.
The new rules the FTC proposes include a ban on deceptive advertising in which dealerships market cars as way cheaper than they actually intend to sell them for; a ban on "junk fees for fraudulent add-on products and services that provide no benefit to the consumer"; and a requirement that dealerships disclose upfront all costs and conditions for buying their vehicles.
NADA, not surprisingly, opposes these proposed rules. "The FTC's proposed rules would cause great harm to consumers by significantly extending transaction times, making the customer experience much more complex and inefficient, and increasing prices, and NADA again urges the FTC to go back to the drawing board before forcing implementation of a series of unstudied and untested mandates that will have such significant negative impacts on customers," says NADA Vice President of Communications Jared Allen.
Buying a car in this bonkers market
We asked Michelle Krebs, the longtime automobile industry analyst, if she had any advice for me — and, more importantly, you, our cherished Planet Money newsletter readers — about buying a car in this bonkers, supply-constrained market. "I always say pack your patience and persistence," Krebs says. "You have to keep looking, keep shopping. You have to be flexible on your choice. You may not get the brand or car style you want. And, importantly, expand your geographic search. Most people don't want to shop more than 25 miles away, but you may need to go farther than that."
In trying to find my new truck, I spent hours searching online and corresponding with dozens of dealerships located up and down the West Coast and farther inland. I found some trucks that were literally priced $10,000-$15,000 over MSRP, and I encountered many of the shady business practices that the FTC is now trying to ban. I also found honest, "no haggle" dealerships willing to sell the truck at MSRP. The catch: I'd be forced to wait at least six months for a truck from them to arrive, and with the theft of my old truck leaving me without a vehicle, I didn't have that kind of patience.
Luckily, my partner ended up finding the exact truck I wanted, located more than 400 miles away, in Southern California, near her parents' house. The dealership initially wanted $5,000 over MSRP. But thanks to her fierce negotiations (she's a lawyer), we were able to talk them down to only $2,000 over. In normal times, that would be a rip-off. But these are not normal times.
Anyways, at least I have a truck again — and, unlike the last one, this one has an immobilizer that might prevent it from being stolen.
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GIRONA, Spain — Oriol Romeu scored late to give Girona a 2-1 win over Valladolid in a meeting of recently promoted sides in the Spanish league on Friday.
Valladolid’s Monchu Rodríguez equalized in the 38th with a shot from outside the area.
Valladolid lost Sergi Guardiola, Luis Pérez and Kike Pérez all to injury before Romeu scored the decider with two minutes to go.
Romeu headed in the winner after Santiago Bueno used his head to knock down a free kick to the far post for his teammate to finish off.
Girona’s second win in five rounds lifted it into ninth place. Valladolid was left in 14th.
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Ukraine’s national basketball team gathered this summer, tasked with lifting the spirits of those back home in a war-torn country.
Turns out, it was the other way around.
A long summer slate of games — exhibitions and World Cup qualifying games leading up to the ongoing European championships — didn’t start well for Ukraine. Losses were piling up, tension was mounting, frustration was obvious. Something had to change.
“That’s when we thought about our fans back home,” said Ukraine center Alex Len, who plays for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. “And then we had a team meeting. We decided to come together as a team. There’s a lot of stuff going on back home, and we said we had to play harder. Let’s fight. Let’s fight, out of respect for the country.”
Fight. That’s the Ukrainian way right now.
And the approach, simple as it sounds, worked. Ukraine is one of the last 16 teams left in the EuroBasket tournament, which resumes with the start of the knockout stage in Berlin on Saturday. Ukraine went 3-2 in the group stage and those games — players hope — gave the people in their homeland, which has been reeling from Russia’s invasion since February, another bit of national pride.
“It’s a really difficult time for Ukraine, for our country and also for our team,” point guard Denys Lukashov said. “It’s not easy to focus just on basketball knowing what’s happening now in our country. We’re going to do everything we can to show the best game. We’re going to fight each game. That’s what I can promise.”
Lukashov was asked if Ukraine’s team had a message to the world.
“Just stop this war,” he said. “Stop killing the people.”
All games in the knockout stage will be played in Berlin. It’s now a single-elimination tournament, except for those clubs who make the semifinals; the loser of those semifinal games will play in a third-place game before the championship matchup.
On Saturday, it’s Germany vs. Montenegro, Spain vs. Lithuania, Slovenia vs. Belgium, and Turkey vs. France. On Sunday, it’s Greece vs. Czech Republic, Finland vs. Croatia, Ukraine vs. Poland, Serbia vs. Italy. If Ukraine tops Poland, a quarterfinal matchup against the Slovenia-Belgium winner awaits; Slovenia, led by Luka Doncic, is the reigning EuroBasket champion.
Ukraine, long shots entering the tournament, is now teeming with confidence.
“We’re playing extremely hard,” Len said. “And it’s showing. We think anybody can beat anybody in this tournament.”
Sports, particularly on the international stage, typically are a rallying point for any country. Over the last seven months, they have been particularly poignant — both for Ukrainians and for those supporting Ukrainians.
There have been countless examples. At the Beijing Olympics this past winter, skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych held up a sign reading “No War in Ukraine” immediately after he finished a run down the track. At the world indoor track and field championships this spring, Australia’s Eleanor Patterson finished second to Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh in the high jump — and showed off fingernails painted in the colors of Ukraine’s flag at the medal ceremony. Even Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina, in a videotaped interview this summer, called on her homeland to stop the war.
This week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy and his top aides, promising continued support and noting he remains “very confident in Ukraine’s future because the Ukrainians are fighting for their homeland. It’s their homeland, not Russia’s.”
“I call home every day,” said Ukraine center Artem Pustovyi, who has relatives living near the capital city of Kyiv. “Some days I reach my family. Some days I cannot. After a day, maybe two, they always let me know they’re OK.”
It is ironic that Ukraine’s first game in the knockout stage comes against Poland. The countries share a border stretching about 330 miles (about 530 kilometers) long. They have been allies, and perhaps never more so than now — bonds strengthened by the war.
The United Nations says nearly 1.4 million Ukrainians have registered for temporary protection in Poland since the war with Russia started and that nearly 6 million Ukraine-into-Poland border crossings have occurred during that span.
The countries will be rivals on the basketball court Sunday for a couple hours. They’ll be allies before, during and after. Games have been shown on Ukrainian television, and fans in the team’s homeland can watch over streaming services as well.
“There is pressure on us,” Len said. “But also, we don’t know what’s going to happen a few months from now or a year from now. So, there is pressure, but the real pressure is on those guys who are fighting for our freedom. We’re just here playing basketball. It’s a crazy situation to be in. We don’t know if we’re going to have a place to go back to.”
So far this summer, Ukraine has played in Latvia, Portugal, Iceland, Macedonia, Italy and now, it is set to complete its EuroBasket journey in Germany.
The team hasn’t been home. It doesn’t know when the chance to play there will come again.
Until then, as the players promised each other would be the case in that team meeting, they fight — to honor those doing the real fighting.
“I just want to say, stop the war in Ukraine,” guard Issue Sanon said. “Sláva Ukrayíni. Sláva Ukrayíni.”
The translation: Glory to Ukraine.
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WAUKESHA, Wis. — A man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year withdrew his insanity plea Friday.
Darrell Brooks, 40, appeared in Waukesha County Circuit Court where he's facing nearly 80 charges, including six homicide counts, in connection with the Nov. 21 incident in Waukesha. Brooks had changed his not guilty plea to not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in June.
After the announcement on the plea change, the defense asked that the jury status hearing for Friday be rescheduled. The judge agreed and pushed the hearing to Sept. 19.
Last month, Judge Jennifer Dorow refused a defense motion to have the case against Brooks dismissed because of a July search of the defendant’s jail cell. Investigators and prosecutors were looking for information related to Brooks’ recent decision to change his plea.
His attorneys say the warrant for the search was deficient and that the action violated Brooks’ attorney-client privilege.
In denying the motion, Dorow said the paperwork seized, photocopied and return to the jail cell was not privileged material.
Dorow also rejected a motion to suppress some statements Brooks made to investigators after defense attorneys argued that he continued to be questioned after stating he wished to invoke his right to remain silent.
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XI'AN, China, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ENTREPRENEUR UNIVERSE BRIGHT GROUP ("EUBG" or the "Company") (OTCBB: EUBG), a digital marketing consulting company, announced that it has changed its auditors from Centurion ZD CPA & Co. ("CZD" or "Former Auditor") to Prager Metis CPAs, LLC ("PragerMetis" or "Successor Auditor") effective September 7, 2022.
On September 7, 2022, Entrepreneur Universe Bright Group (the "Company") dismissed its independent accountant, Centurion ZD CPA & Co. ("CZD"), an audit firm headquartered in Hong Kong.
On September 7, 2022, the Board of Directors, of the Company announces that it has appointed Prager Metis CPAs, LLC ("PragerMetis") as the Company's independent auditor for the fiscal year end December 31, 2022.
The report of independent registered public accounting firm of CZD regarding the Company's financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
About ENTREPRENEUR UNIVERSE BRIGHT GROUP
ENTREPRENEUR UNIVERSE BRIGHT GROUP is a digital marketing consultation company with its main operation in China, providing marketing consulting services to Chinese start-up companies. The company provides consulting services, sourcing and marketing services in China through its PRC subsidiary with support from its HK subsidiary. Its PRC subsidiary provides services aimed at connecting businesses with e-commerce platforms. The integrated service platform focuses on strategic marketing and consulting. The company's mission is to help start-up companies and small-size companies and guide these companies' founders in utilizing the company's digital marketing consulting plan to reach their business goals. For more information about the Company, please visit: http://www.eubggroup.com/.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As other nations see the impact of U.S. weapons in the Ukraine war, the Pentagon is getting more requests for them, including the high-tech, multiple-launch rocket system that Ukrainian forces have successfully used against Russian ammunition depots and other supplies, Defense officials said Friday.
Bill LaPlante, the department's under secretary for acquisition, told reporters that the Pentagon has been working with the defense industry to increase production lines to meet both U.S. and international demands for certain weapons. And he said some countries have already begun asking about buying the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS.
As a result, he said, the U.S. has to both replace the HIMARS systems it sent to Ukraine — at a projected cost so far of about $33 million — but also predict the future demands in foreign sales.
According to the Pentagon, the department is already working to replace about $7 billion in weapons and equipment that was taken off the shelves so it could be delivered quickly to Ukraine. Of that, about $1.2 billion has already been contracted, and roughly half of that was for Stinger missiles.
Congress provided a total of $12.5 billion for such replacements so far this year, as well as another $6 billion to buy weapons and equipment directly from industry to send to Ukraine. The contracted items could take several years to come in.
Some of the money will be spent to invest in the defense industrial base so that companies can either expand or speed up their production.
“We remain committed to getting things on contract as quickly as possible, ultimately to send a clear and persistent demand signal to our partners in industry,” said LaPlante. As an example, he said, right now industry is producing about 14,400 rounds of ammunition for the Howitzer artillery gun every month, but the plan is to work up to 36,000 a month in about three years.
Even that amount, he noted, may not meet demands. So the U.S. Army has contacted other companies around the world to buy 250,000 rounds of that ammunition.
In some cases, LaPlante said, there are easy solutions to increasing the production capacity and in others it requires more creativity. Restarting the production of Stinger missiles, he said, forced contractors to come up with alternative parts to replace obsolete ones.
Sasha Baker, the defense under secretary for policy, said the new U.S. defense attache in Kyiv, Brig. Gen. Garrick Harmon, is trying to provide greater insight into what capabilities the Ukrainian forces are using most.
She said Harmon, who was appointed in July, gives the U.S. better oversight and the ability to get “real-time information about what the Ukrainians are seeing and experiencing and what they might need.”
LaPlante said he will meet with acquisition and weapons officials from other NATO and allied nations later this month to talk about how to resolve supply chain issues and ramp up production of needed equipment. He said the group will also discuss how the various nations can increase the use of equipment that is interchangeable and operates more easily with other allies' systems.
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GOODRICH, Mich. (WJRT) - The president of the Goodrich Village Council in Genesee County has died.
Doug McAbee was 74 years old.
The Atlas Township clerk says McAbee died Sept. 2 from injuries he sustained when he was hit by a car while crossing M-15 at Park Drive in Goodrich on Aug. 24. His memorial services were held Friday afternoon.
McAbee was an activist for the community and involved with Goodrich Area Schools for years.
It was not clear Friday how McAbee's position on the village council would be filled.
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WFO PORTLAND Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 10, 2022
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Portland OR
230 PM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY EXPECTED FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...
.A strong area of low pressure along the Oregon and California
coasts will bring moderate to strong east winds along with with
critically dry conditions to northwest Oregon and southwest
Washington through Saturday.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SATURDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 601, 612,
AND 664...
* AFFECTED AREA...In Oregon, Fire Weather Zone 601 North Oregon
Coast and Fire Weather Zone 612 Central Oregon Coast. In
Washington, Fire Weather Zone 664 South Washington Coast and
West Willapa Hills.
* WINDS...East 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 to 20 percent.
* IMPACTS...Conditions may be favorable for rapid fire spread
which may threaten life and property. Use extra caution with
potential ignition sources, especially in grassy areas.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of the
above conditions can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 602,
603, 604, 660, 663, 665, AND 667...
* AFFECTED AREA...In Oregon, Fire Weather Zone 602 North Oregon
Coast Range, Fire Weather Zone 603 East Slopes of the Central
Oregon Coast Range and Fire Weather Zone 604 Willamette
Valley. In Washington, Fire Weather Zone 660 Extreme South
Washington Cascades and Foothills, Fire Weather Zone 663
Eastern Gifford Pinchot National Forest Mt Adams Ranger
District, Fire Weather Zone 665 East Willapa Hills and Fire
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WHIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NatraCure, the manufacturer of cutting-edge health and wellness technologies, is introducing their new line of Chemotherapy products, which are designed to combat the side-effects of chemotherapy.
NatraCure's Advanced Gel Chemotherapy Mitts and Slippers each utilize cold therapy, which is often recommended by medical professionals as a means to help reduce peripheral neuropathy and nail loss that results from chemotherapy treatments. When applied during and after treatments, the cold therapy can constrict blood vessels, which may help reduce the amount of chemotherapy drug that reaches the fingers and toes. Their Advanced Gel Chemotherapy Cap uses the same cold therapy technology to help reduce hair loss related to chemotherapy treatments.
"Our customers said they were having great success minimizing neuropathy with our cold therapy socks and mittens," says COO and Product Development Director, Jim Busch. "So we set out to give them something even better: a more advanced lineup of Mitts, Slippers, and Cap--specifically designed to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy."
The Mitts, Slippers, and Cap all use NatraCure's new innovative GEL/ICE™ technology, which includes gel ice cubes that are surrounded by a body of fluid-like cooling gel. "We've built our reputation on the quality of our gel products," says Busch. "But our new GEL/ICE absolutely stays colder for longer than any cooling gel we've ever created."
In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, during October and November, NatraCure is donating 100% of the profits from website sales of their Advanced Cooling Gel Chemotherapy Mitts to National Breast Cancer Foundation.
"We are honored to support National Breast Cancer Foundation in their mission to inspire hope to those affected by breast cancer." says President of B2C Sales and Marketing, Ben Tiffany. "They've done an amazing job providing services for early detection, education, and support for over 30 years and we're thrilled to help."
NatraCure, a privately held company based in Whippany, NJ, which has provided the professional healthcare market with top-notch recovery solutions for over 20 years, has now adapted the same medical technologies for consumer use. With outstanding customer care, their famous 100% Satisfaction Guarantee, and smarter solutions for pain, discomfort and recovery, the NatraCure team lives and breathes their motto every day: Your comfort is our goal.
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Florida National Guard to be deployed to state prisons
The Florida National Guard is getting deployed to state prisons.
Lawmakers on the Joint Budget Commission approved Friday afternoon a more than $31 million request from the governor to use guardsmen for staff support at correctional facilities across the state.
Gov. Ron DeSantis activated the Guard with an executive order shortly after.
State prisons have long been plagued with safety concerns, stressful work environments and low pay. It's resulted in a corrections officer staff shortage across the state. Current estimates from the DOC show a 24.1% vacancy rate.
While new programs boosting pay are helping, during the meeting officials said the incentives were not yet enough. The proposed activation period would last up to nine months to give facilities more time to fill positions.
"We think, as we continue to hire and reduce the stress on the compounds, the existing officers are going to want to stay because they're not going to work that amount of overtime they're currently working," said DOC Chief Financial Officer Mark Tallent. "They’re going to have a better family life, be able to get out of the institution more. We definitely think we're trending in the right direction."
The guardsmen will operate in paid volunteer positions and aren't expected to have any direct supervision of inmates. Instead, the plan calls for "temporary relief to help support current staff and provide the FDC additional time and resources to hire and train new staff…"
Approval was nearly certain as both the GOP majority and governor backed the idea. Even so, some Democrats had concerns.
"Florida has ignored this agency and ignored this problem, and underfunded this agency for years," House Minority Leader-Designate Rep. Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, said Friday morning. "Now, it looks like the governor wants to activate the Florida National Guard, which will take people away from their homes, their families, and their jobs."
Worries included the stretching of state resources during a potential disaster, disruption to families for months, and their biggest criticism— it was a high-cost band-aid for a chronic issue.
"We should look at this as an impetus to look forward for the next go around — we looked at the budget beforehand," Rep. Nicholas Duran, D-Miami, said. "We are in healthy shape. There truly are some ideas and opportunities for us to fix this issue."
Leaders with the Florida National Guard tried to ease some of those anxieties. Officials told the commission that volunteers were lined up to meet prison needs without the requirement of direct orders. Also, that activation wouldn't compromise emergency readiness.
The GOP and most Democrats ended up supporting the idea, Duran included. Two voted against the funding allotment, Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, and Rep. Ramon Alexander, D-Tallahassee.
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Two men were indicted Wednesday for allegedly fleeing from police in two separate incidents.
Angel L. Rodriguez, 20, of Temple, was indicted on evading arrest with a vehicle, a third-degree felony.
On June 11, 2022, an arrest affidavit said officers with the Temple Police Department observed Rodriguez — described by police as a known narcotics dealer — at a local gas station pumping gasoline.
“The officers observed Rodriguez enter the driver seat of the vehicle and depart heading into an alleyway,” the affidavit said. “As Rodriguez approached an intersection … he failed to stop at a designated stopping point and turned.”
Officers activated their lights in an attempt to stop Rodriguez. But he allegedly sped off, violating traffic laws until patrolmen lost sight of the vehicle when he went up an incline in the road.
“Per department policy, officers did not pursue, but called it in,” the affidavit said. “Multiple officers were unable to locate Rodriguez that night.”
Rodriguez was later arrested. He posted a $100,000 bond on July 25.
Junho Lee
Junho Lee, 45, of Waco, was indicted on evading arrest with a vehicle, a third-degree felony.
On July 14, officers with the Troy Police Department learned that Temple police were on the lookout for a red Chevy Camaro that evaded them driving over 90 miles per hour, according to an arrest affidavit filed by Troy officer Logan Henderson.
“I located the vehicle in the 1300 block of N. (Interstate) 35,” said Henderson. “I pulled behind the vehicle and activated my emergency overhead sirens and lights.”
The Camaro, Henderson said, continued for about four more miles driving over the speed limit before stopping.
“When the vehicle ultimately came to a stop, the driver (Lee) admitted that he had seen my emergency lights but had not stopped,” he said. “He also admitted that he had seen the emergency lights of the Temple police officer who had initially attempted to stop him.”
Lee posted a $15,000 bond on July 25.
Other indictments
Brian Schauer, 37, of Temple, possession of a controlled substance between 1 and 4 grams.
Nathan Cleveland, 41, of Temple, possession of a controlled substance between 1 and 4 grams.
Jimmie Soto, 31, of Temple, possession of a controlled substance between 1 and 4 grams.
Jimmy Wilson, 34, of Salado, possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram.
Trevor Miller, 35, of Temple, possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram.
Trina Webb, 37, of Belton, possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram.
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An extra two days were worth the wait for Great Crossing girls' soccer, which opened its 41st District slate Wednesday with a 10-0 trouncing of Frankfort in the capital city.
Kaylee Tyson carved out a natural hat trick in the first half for Great Crossing (6-2 overall, 1-0 district), which matched the program's two-year-old record for goals in a game and clinched the mercy rule with a strike by senior back Brooklyn Couch to start the second half.
Freshman striker Tyson now has 10 goals on the season. She rounded out her evening with an assist.
Another senior accustomed to earning her keep on the defensive end, Kamri Smith, also collected multiple goals, the second and third of her varsity career.
Tori Skaggs tallied twice and Seaton Hockensmith added a goal and two assists for GC, which has shut out Frankfort in all six matches played between the two programs.
Meredith Turner supplied a goal and an assist. Cameron Crump also found the net.
Kamorah Tillman made two saves to seal the Warhawks' fourth shutout of the season.
Great Crossing's district home opener against Franklin County was called off Monday night due to persistent lightning. It has been rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 18 at 2 p.m.
This year's Battle of the Birds between Great Crossing and Scott County is next on the agenda for the Warhawks at SC, with the kickoff at 11 a.m. Saturday.
kal oakes can be reached via email at sports@news-graphic.com.
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WFO EL PASO Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 10, 2022
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Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
258 PM MDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY...
The Texas Department of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an
Ozone Action Day for the El Paso Area, from 6 AM to 6 PM MDT
Saturday.
Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing
high levels of ozone pollution in the El Paso area. You can help
prevent ozone Pollution by sharing a ride, walking, riding a
bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive through lanes,
conserving energy and keeping your vehicle properly tuned.
For more information on ozone:
OZONE: THE FACTS
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Updated September 4, 2022 at 7:30 AM ET
NASHVILLE — Marie met her husband, Shaun Varsos when they both worked at a movie theater in Nashville in 2006 or so. A few years later, that movie theater flooded and was turned into a shooting range where the two would go shoot guns together.
That anecdote took on a tragic irony when Marie's brother, Alex Youn, got a phone call the morning of April 12, 2021.
"Shaun had shot Marie and my mother," he says.
Alex lost his mother, Debbie Sisco, 60, and his younger sister, Marie Varsos, 31, the people to whom he was closest - in an instant.
In the month leading up to their tragic deaths, records left by Marie show that she had exhausted every option available to victims of domestic violence to try and prevent what she saw coming.
But the system was not enough to protect her.
Marie had left a trail of the domestic violence that led to her death at the hands of her husband
Alex remembers being overcome with grief. It was like being trapped in some horribly tragic movie.
"It just hasn't seemed real and it still doesn't seem real," Alex, 37, says. "It's been hard to sort of process it."
He flew from San Francisco where he lives now back home to Nashville. To try and cope, he kept himself busy. He had so much to get done - planning their funerals, and settling their estates.
It was during this process that Alex found something that spurred him to turn that grief into action.
He remembers opening his sister Marie's laptop. It was locked. But then there, by the track pad, was a sticky note. With her computer password on it.
"It was almost like a sign that she wanted me to have access to her computer," Alex says.
And on that computer, Marie had been documenting her husband Shaun Varsos' abuse and her efforts to escape it.
She left notes to herself. She had texts from Shaun. She even made audio recordings of some of their fights, and Shaun's threats.
"It sort of really sort of weirdly turned into a solving a murder mystery," Alex says.
Marie had left a trail.
And her brother decided he was going to follow it, retracing the steps Marie took to get protection from law enforcement, and the courts.
"And through that process, I discovered the irregularities, the loopholes and the failures in the system," Alex says.
Failures that he believes led to the deaths of his sister, and their mother, Debbie Sisco.
Her family called the police to report the abuse but dispatchers said there was no one to help at the moment
Marie's attempts to get help from law enforcement and the courts began on March 7, 2021. Marie and Shaun had a horrible argument.
In recordings found on Marie's computer, she shouts, "Stop! Don't put your hands on me!" Shaun then wrapped his hands around her neck, choking her until she passes out.
When she came to, he was holding a gun to her head. She told police that he threatened to kill her, her family and himself.
Experts say strangulation and threats with a gun are two of the biggest warning signs that a domestic violence case could become lethal. And the police should have responded urgently.
But they didn't.
Marie escaped from Shaun. An hour later, she and her family sat in a pickup truck outside an empty police station, trying to file a police report. Bruises were forming on Marie's neck. Her mom, Debbie, was in the backseat, comforting her.
But when they called the police, they were told by dispatchers that they would have to wait.
"They're working on getting out there to you. There's just nobody in the precinct right now," the dispatcher says. "So what's going to happen is a patrol car is going to have to free up from whatever they're doing and come to. But they do have to take those life threatening emergencies first."
Alex, Marie, and their mom, Debbie, were in disbelief. Didn't her case qualify as life-threatening?
Alex kept calling. For hours. His frustration grew and grew.
"My sister was choked out when she passed out and her husband threatened to shoot her ... my patience is gone"
"I'm trying to be as appreciative and waiting as long as possible," Alex says to dispatchers. "But my sister was choked out when she passed out and her husband threatened to shoot her and threatened to shoot himself. So my patience is gone."
"That timeframe was completely unacceptable for response time to a victim," Metro Nashville Police Capt. Kevin Lovell later told Alex. Since Marie's death, Lovell says domestic violence calls are categorized differently to get victims help quicker.
Eventually, Marie was able to file a police report that night and get a temporary order of protection from the court. Shaun was charged with assault and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
He was summoned by the sheriff's office the very next day to pick up the order. But he walked in and out of the office without being arrested. The sheriff's department says when they ran Shaun's name, they didn't see any warrants ... even though one had been issued the night before.
It wasn't until days later, when Marie notified law enforcement of Shaun's location, that he was actually taken into custody.
"That has definitely been an issue that has come up many times; is the separateness of the work that the sheriff's department does and the work of the Metro police," says Susan Tucker-Smith, with the Office of the District Attorney Nashville-Davidson County.
The sheriff's department says it has added one more step to its process to notify the police in cases like Shaun's.
And then another mistake: Shaun was accidentally released early.
And another: Marie was never notified - even though she signed up for the state's victim notification system. A sheriff's deputy failed to follow through and would later be disciplined for it.
Records show Marie even tried to fix the department's mistake.
"I never got a notification, or a missed call, or anything that that happened so I just want to make sure my contact info was correct," she says in a call to the city's non-emergency line later that week.
And then there were the guns - the court ordered Shaun to give them up.
But Tennessee has no method to enforce that ruling. Part of the problem is that someone who has been ordered to turn in their guns can give them to a licensed firearms dealer, law enforcement or — the most potentially dangerous option — a third party like a friend or a relative.
"We're saying we trust you to give this gun to someone, and not to steal it back or have access to it whenever you want or for that third party to just give it back to them," says Becky Bullard of Nashville's Office of Family Safety, which works with domestic violence victims.
In Shaun's case, he said he was going to give his guns to his dad, but there is no documentation of that ever happening.
On April 12 of last year, Shaun took his guns, zip ties, and battery acid to Marie's mom's house. He waited outside in a rental car.
Marie and Debbie spotted him and tried to run away. But he shot them on their neighbors lawn.
Then he shot and killed himself.
In Nashville, nearly half of suspects in domestic violence homicides were prohibited from having access to a gun.
Tennessee has one of the highest rates of women killed by men, ranking 10th in the United States. Experts say guns play a big role in that statistic; in domestic violence situations, the risk of death is five times greater when a gun is present.
"We are not waiting for a homicide to happen," says Bullard of Nashville's Office of Family Safety. "They have happened and they are happening — they continue to happen — with individuals who should never have a weapon."
Domestic violence victims face similar barriers because when abusers are determined it's hard to stop them
These barriers that Marie faced are not unique to Nashville.
It's a challenge for domestic violence victims all over the country, says Ruth Glenn of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
"If they fall through the cracks or their needs aren't being addressed or something really bad happens," Glenn says. "It's mostly because they're a domestic violence victim, and our systems are not set up as properly as they could be to address the unique needs of every domestic violence victim."
To protect victims, Glenn says there needs to be a coordinated response. But they interact with so many separate agencies that don't work together it creates a safety net with too many holes in it.
And as Marie's case illustrates, that's a problem — especially because domestic violence abusers are incredibly determined, Glenn says.
"When they decide that something bad is going to happen, it's almost impossible to stop them," Glenn says. "They will cut off a GPS. They will go put a false record to get a gun. They will sit in the dark for two hours. The list goes on and on."
Pushing through legislation to protect domestic violence victims is challenging
Glenn says pushing through legislation to protect domestic violence victims is not easy. Federally, it took three years of negotiations for Congress to finally reauthorize the violence against women act.
And here in Tennessee, Alex took everything he learned about his sister's case and brought it to the state Capitol last session.
"I wanted to make sure ..."Alex said to a room full of representatives, his voice catching. "I wanted to make sure that no one — no family — had to endure what we had to go through."
In the end, Alex helped write four bills. But because of concerns about expenses, or implementation, only one became a law. It requires more communication between sheriff's offices and the police.
But Alex says it's not enough.
"For them, they view it as one thing that went wrong with their agency," Alex says, "but coupled together there are like eight things that went wrong for this person that is dealing with the government to try and get the help they needed."
Alex says he will return to Tennessee's state capitol as many times as it takes to close the gaps that Marie fell through. For him, the fight for justice has only just begun.
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Warrant issued for suspect in east Lawton gas station shooting
Published: Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:06 PM CDT|Updated: 20 minutes ago
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Lawton Police Department and the Comanche County District Attorney’s office has filed an arrest warrant for a suspect in a shooting at a local gas station.
Kenard Swearingen Jr. has been named as the in the shooting which injured two at an EZ Go located at Flower Mound and Gore in east Lawton.
The warrant lists two charges for Swearingen, who also goes by “KJ,” both charges are shooting with intent to kill.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of Swearingen, contact Crime Stoppers of Southwest Oklahoma at 580-355-INFO.
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies arrested 160 people in a seven-day operation focused on human trafficking in Florida.
Deputies said the arrests from “Fall Haul 2” included school teachers, a state corrections officer, and a Disney employee. Twenty-six of those charged were said to be married men, and 15 of the arrests involved people from outside of Florida.
One of these out-of-state arrests included a deputy police chief from Georgia, Jason DiPrima, who allegedly tried to hire an undercover detective pretending to be a prostitute with $180 and a pack of White Claw. During a Friday press conference, Sheriff Grady Judd said DiPrima has since resigned from his position with the Cartersville Police Department.
DiPrima wasn’t the only government employee to be arrested. A corrections officer with Lake Correctional Institution, 24-year-old Keith Nieves, of Orlando, was also arrested after trying to have sex with a prostitute who turned out to be an undercover detective, according to the sheriff’s office.
“He’s in the jail as a jail bird like the jail birds he watches,” the sheriff said.
Another suspect, 43-year-old Cameron Burke, of Ocoee, was already out on bond after being accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student at Oak Ridge High School in Orange County. He worked at the high school as a computer technician at the time of the alleged crime.
Judd said when deputies took Burke into custody during their sting, he become very emotional and said he was already out on criminal charges.
“Dude, why didn’t you think of that ahead of time?” the sheriff said.
Meanwhile, two currently employed teachers were also allegedly caught by deputies trying to engage in sex acts with a prostitute.
Judd said 34-year-old math teacher Carlos Gonzalez claimed he was just going to give the two prostitutes money and leave without having sex, but he was arrested anyway.
The other teacher, 26-year-old John Layton, works as a physical education instructor at West Orange High School in Orange County. The sheriff’s office said he was caught after trying to pay someone undercover $40 for a sex act.
Judd said during the arrest, Layton asked how long it would take because he had track practice in the morning.
“No, the students have track practice in the morning; you have jail practice in the morning,” the sheriff said.
Judd went on to quip that it wouldn’t be an undercover operation without at least one Disney employee being arrested as well.
Disney bellhop Guillermo Perez, 57, of Winter Garden, was arrested after trying to have sex with an undercover detective for $80, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office also arrested Samy Claude, 26, of Orlando, who works as a photographer and was often contracted by Disney. Deputies said Claude brought a bag of sour Skittles for the undercover detective.
While the sheriff emphasized the clients of prostitution, he also spoke on the suffering that the victims of human trafficking who are used as sex workers.
The sheriff’s office said it encountered two human trafficking victims in its investigation, along with five other possible victims. Judd said there could be more among the people who were arrested for prostitution, but they must come forward.
One of the victims deputies encountered was a woman who they say was 10 weeks pregnant and was given drugs and fentanyl in hopes to abort her unborn child, who she did not want.
While she was in custody, the victim got a text message telling her to leave her rendezvous soon because of Polk County’s reputation, according to Judd.
One More Child, Heartland for Children, My Name My Voice, and the Children’s Home Society of Florida worked with the sheriff’s office to provide support for victims.
“From the moment they come into the operation, we want to immediately hand them off to our social service friends and our counselors so they can begin working with these victims of human trafficking,” Judd said.
Should a person arrested for prostitution come forward as a victim of human trafficking, Florida law allows law enforcement to wipe their arrest from public record, Judd said.
Marianne Thomas, director of My Voice, My Choice, said she was proud of the work the organizations and law enforcement have done to support the victims of human trafficking.
She encouraged those who were arrested for prostitution in “Fall Haul” to come forward if they were victims.
“You don’t have to do this,” Thomas said. “You can do something different.”
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Gig Review; King Tchotlk I Kola by Nick Pank\nThe Kingfish – KOL 13 and its ‘hunters’ had great difficulty to stop my dream (daze..) and its a ‘greasy one……a tribute (hunt ????) as an honor to some guys…with some other ideas..sweating their own thoughts from the moment they started the hustle into that first and long note , ( # The Sweet One (Gordon Merrick)\nAlbert Eintejie - a noveli by William A. Corns.\n# Chapter1. THE WHO AND THE WHOW THESAME CY CLEBABLE, TIE\nSITCIOUS COOL I THO SEMENOVENGYESE THS\nNINE IN THE TIEN YMU THE IA FL YM STA F Two Arrested in Huron County Drug Investigation
Two men are facing charges following a Huron County Drug Task Force investigation. Two search warrants were executed Thursday in Sebewaing and Unionville. Randal Nitz, 56, of Sebewaing and 46-year-old Aron Kemp of Unionville have both been formally charged and were in the Huron County Jail, each with a $100,000 cash bond required for release.
Nitz is charged with 2 felony counts of deliver of methamphetamine. Kemp is charged with 1 felony count of delivery of meth, 1 felony count of delivery of cocaine, 1 felony count of maintaining a drug house and 1 count of felony firearm count due to being in possession of pneumatic guns during the commission of felony.
Authorities said taken during search warrant execution at Nitz’s Unionville Rd., Sebewaing residence and Kemp’s Forest Rd., Unionville residence were a variety of items such as cash, scales and packaging material, surveillance equipment, pneumatic guns, as well as meth and cocaine having a street value of around $4000.
The Huron County Sheriff Dept. said the investigation is ongoing and other charges are possible.
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The Electoral College is the mechanism by which the United States elects the president and vice president. The process means that when voters go to the polls, they are voting for the electors in their state to support candidates, not directly for those candidates. Because of the number and breakdown of electors given to each state, it is possible for a candidate to win the majority of support from voters in the country, and not win the presidency. This has happened five times — 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000 and 2016. Polling by Pew Research Center this year found 63% of U.S. adults believe the system should be changed so that the winner with the most votes becomes president, while 35% favor keeping the current system. Those numbers change by party affiliation with Republicans far less likely to support change and Democrats far more likely. What should the United States do with the Electoral College system? Why? We put those questions to two of the regular political column contributors to the Herald-Zeitung — from the right side of the aisle, Bill Ibbotson, and from the left side, Jack McKinney.
I have not seen what Jack has written, so this is not a response. Nor is it about the Electoral Count Act of 1887 or the Electoral Count Act of 2022. Ambiguities about congressional power in the 1887 Act led many Democrats in Congress to object to election results in 2016, to Republicans objecting in 2020 and to the January 6th mess. The 2022 reforms will prevent a recurrence of those problems by making clear what is in the Constitution and what is not. This column is about the Constitution and the benefits of its provisions.
Bill: I sit on the fence when it comes to the Electoral College. I think it has served us well and I am hesitant to tinker with it not knowing what can of worms we might open up. However, I wish you had avoided some half truths and misinformation in your defense of the Electoral College because they only weaken your argument.
The Electoral College only involves the Presidential election. It would not do anything to change the overall power dynamic in Washington since nothing will change when it comes to electing Senators and Representatives. The “Federal” overreach today is really in the Executive Branch and is mainly a result of Congress failing to do their jobs and allowing Departments, such as the EPA, to decide/set policy vice passing laws to guide those agencies. Neither changing or not changing the Electoral College is going to change this dynamic. Again, Congress needs to do its job vice trying to reel in perceived and/or actual “Federal” overreach by the Executive Branch through the courts.
As for the Democrats objecting to more states in 2016 than Republican in 2020, this maybe technically true, but it is an apples and oranges argument. As part of the formal process of counting the Electoral College votes the Democrats did not actually object to any results because none of their objections were “signed off” on by any Senator and therefore summarily dismissed by the then Vice President Joe Biden. Republicans on the other hand did have Senators sign off on their objections thereby requiring debate and further votes. Bottom line, what Democratic Representatives did in 2016 is NOT the same as what Republican Senators and Representatives did in 2020 and we should NOT use the Democratic actions in 2016 as justification for what Republicans did in 2020. What aboutism shouldn’t be part of the debate.
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Kobe Bryant has been one of the best two way players in league history, but towards the end of his career, his body simply didn’t have it in him.
Kobe’s legacy was built up by everything he achieved in his career, his five rings, Finals MVPs, scoring titles, and more, but a major part of his also the fact that he spent his entire career with the Lakers.
In an era defined by player autonomy and the right to take your brand anywhere, Kobe chose to stay put. He stayed put even when the Lakers were rebuilding and had no superstars to surround him with when he easily could have been playing along a superstar or two had he wanted.
He made the Lakers must see TV even when they weren’t. 20 seasons. That’s how long Kobe was a Laker. Countless memories were made. Everything from pure elation to absolute heartbreak included. That’s who Kobe was for LA. All his efforts resulted in a lot of money as well, as at the time of his death, Kobe Bryant had a net worth of $600 million.
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Kobe Bryant was ‘too old’ for good defense at the end of his career
The three greatest shooting guards of all time are probably Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwayne Wade, in that order. All three of them were offensive masterminds, finding ways to score from any angle of the court.
However, there was something else that set them apart too. Apart from being offensive wizards, all three of these guards were incredible defenders.
Michael Jordan set the standard when he won DPOY, and Kobe and Wade both followed in his footsteps. Defense takes a lot of your body though, and towards the end of Kobe’s career, he couldn’t maintain that same level of play on both sides of the ball.
Kobe lost most of his athletic abilities when he tore his Achilles, and after that, he suffered a few more season ending injuries. All told, he didn’t have the same capabilities he once had, and he was aware of it too. At 37-years old, in his last game at MSG, Kobe had a fitting reply for a fan who called him out.
Kobe was once the youngest player in the All Star game at just 19 years and 169 days old, and then, age caught up to him, as it does with everyone.
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Supreme Court says Yeshiva University may exclude -- for now -- LGBTQ student group
The Supreme Court on Friday issued an order by Justice Sonia Sotomayor that allows Yeshiva University in New York to refuse to recognize an LGBTQ club for students.
The Orthodox Jewish university is fighting an order by a New York judge who said the campus must abide by the city’s human rights law which forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation.
In an emergency appeal filed with Sotomayor — who oversees such motions for New York — the university urged the high court to intervene and rule it has a religious liberty right to deny recognition to the YU Pride Alliance.
The order does not carry the same weight as a final ruling, but may provide more time for justices to decide.
At issue in Yeshiva University vs. YU Pride Alliance is whether the Manhattan campus is a “public accommodation” and therefore subject to the New York City Human Rights Law, which forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Acting on a suit filed by several Yeshiva students, a state judge ruled in June that because the civil rights law applied to the private university, it must offer recognition and a meeting space for the gay club.
The university had argued it was a “religious corporation” and not subject to the public accommodations law. When a New York state appeals court refused to lift the judge’s order, the university lodged an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court on Aug. 29.
“The Torah guides everything that we do at Yeshiva—from how we educate students to how we run our dining halls to how we organize our campus,” said Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, said in a statement. “We care deeply for and welcome all of our students, including our LGBTQ students.”
But the university said it should not be forced “to put its stamp of approval on a club and activities that are inconsistent with the school’s Torah values.”
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty appealed on behalf of the university.
“Without an immediate stay of the permanent injunction issued below, the nation’s leading Jewish university will be forced to give official recognition to a student organization in violation of its sincere religious beliefs and Torah values. This is an unprecedented intrusion into the autonomy of a religious organization and a gross violation of the 1st Amendment,” Eric Baxter, senior counsel for Becket, told the court.
Lawyers for the LGBTQ students who brought the case urged the Supreme Court to stand aside for procedural reasons. They said the university should not be permitted to “leapfrog” over the New York state appeals courts, which have not ruled on the legal arguments in the case.
They also said the university is exaggerating the impact of allowing one more student club on campus.
The YU Pride Alliance seeks “access to the same facilities and benefits as its 87 other recognized student clubs. This ruling does not touch the university’s well-established right to express to all students its sincerely held beliefs about Torah values and sexual orientation,” said Debra L. Greenberger, a New York civil rights attorney, who represents the students.
All that “is required is to provide the student club with access to a classroom, bulletin board, or club fair booth as one step in a legal process, not because it endorses the club’s mission of support and acceptance for LGBTQ students,” Greenberger said.
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After visit from governor, protesters arrested in chaotic scene outside Pawtucket DHL site
PAWTUCKET — Shortly after a visit from Gov. Dan McKee on Friday morning, in a chaotic scene, city police arrested protesters demonstrating outside a DHL shipping facility.
Pawtucket police and representatives of the unionized protesters confirmed the arrest of five people on Concord Street outside a gate to DHL Express ServicePoint.
They disagreed about the circumstances of the arrest. Video provided by the union showed Pawtucket police wrestling some people into custody, including a woman who was on the ground and one man who confronted the officers in the middle of the street.
Pawtucket Detective Sgt. Christopher Lefort confirmed the arrest of five people and said each had been charged with disorderly conduct. He said he had no further information.
Thomas Salvatore, a business agent for General Teamsters Local 251, said the arrests took place right after McKee departed.
At least 50 or 60 protesters approached a location where a gate opens onto Concord Street, he said.
Why they're protesting
The protesters who were arrested were not blocking the road or doing anything different from what they've done during many weeks of protest, said Salvatore. He said he didn't know why some people were selected for arrest and others weren't.
The protesters are couriers, truck drivers and dock workers who are employees of a South Carolina-based company, Northeast Transportation Services, that contracts with DHL, Salvatore said.
They have been protesting outside the DHL facility 12 hours a day Monday through Friday.
Their union says they are demanding wages high enough to keep pace with the cost of living, as well as affordable health care and retirement benefits.
McKee arrived at the picket line between about 8:30 and 9 a.m. to voice support for the workers but did not see any signs of the activity that led to the arrests, according to his campaign spokeswoman, Alana O'Hare.
"He spoke and he left before any commotion or arrests happened," O'Hare said.
"He supported the job that they are doing and their right to picket for better wages and benefits. He was glad to support them."
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BMW on Friday provided the first details on its new sixth-generation battery design. Due around the middle of the decade, the sixth-gen battery promises significant performance improvements over the current fifth-generation design used in the automaker’s latest electric vehicles, like the 2022 BMW iX and 2022 BMW i4.
The new battery sticks with familiar lithium-ion technology but adopts a round cell design that provides packaging advantages over the current prismatic cell design BMW uses, something referred to as “pack to open body.”
Inside the actual cell, the silicon content on the anode side and the nickel portion on the cathode side have been increased, while the portion containing expensive cobalt has been reduced. The cobalt could also be swapped out for lithium-iron phosphate if needed.
According to the automaker, the new design translates to a 20% improvement in the cell’s volumetric energy density. The automaker also estimates range will be improved by 30% over a fifth-generation battery of similar size and weight.
Another key advantage of the new battery is a switch to an 800-volt electrical architecture, something more and more automakers are adopting as it enables DC fast charging at high rates. BMW hasn’t mentioned a specific time figure but said charging a battery from 10%-80% should be about 30% quicker than it is today.
Development of batteries takes place at BMW’s Battery Cell Competence Center located in Munich, Germany. BMW will also be responsible for production of the batteries, which will be handled by six plants each with an annual capacity of up to 20 gwh. The six plants will be divided equally among China, Europe, and North America, and will use both new and recycled materials for the batteries. This last factor, in combination with the new cell design, means the cost of producing the battery could be reduced by up to 50%, compared to the fifth-generation battery, BMW said.
BMW will introduce the new battery in a family of EVs code-named the Neue Klasse, German for “New Class.” The first of the Neue Klasse EVs will arrive in 2025 and will include a sedan in the 3-Series segment and a sporty SUV.
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OXFORD • An Oxford woman accused of stealing nearly $3 million from a Starkville sorority has pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud.
Betty Jane Cadle, 75, served as the treasurer for the Kappa Delta sorority at Mississippi State University. When she is sentenced next week in U.S. District Court by Senior Judge Glen Davidson, she could could face up to 20 years in a federal prison, a $250,000 fine and restitution.
According to court documents, Cadle began to intentionally divert funds from the sorority’s bank accounts in 2012. She used handwritten checks to transfer large sums of money into her personal bank account and into the account of Belles and Beaus, a downtown Oxford children’s clothing store owned by Cadle and her daughter, Cathy Lowe. Prosecutors say the fraud continued until late 2019.
“From 2012 until September of 2019, Cadle received approximately $2,900,000 for her benefit as a result of this scheme,” U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner wrote in the bill of information. The document, filed April 4 when Cadle waived indictment, charged Cadle with six separate counts of wire fraud.
While the government accused her of embezzling almost $3 million, the charging document only details a half-dozen checks for a little more than $130,000 that were deposited in the business account. The checks, dated January 2018 through August 2019, range in amounts from $15,000 to $27,989. They include sequentially numbered checks for $20,000 and $15,000 written one day apart and deposited in the Belle and Beaus LLC account.
Cadle, who is represented by attorney Tony Farese, accepted a plea agreement on April 4. By agreeing to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud, the government agreed to drop the other five counts. Even though she is pleading guilty to fraudulently writing and depositing a single $20,000 check, the judge can order restitution “for all offenses committed,” the plea agreement reads.
Cadle has remained free on an unsecured $10,000 bond since pleading six months ago.
She was initially scheduled to be sentenced in late July. In June, the sentencing hearing was shifted to Sept. 16.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The defense for R. Kelly and two co-defendants rested Friday at the R&B singer’s trial on charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex.
They concluded their case after the main defense witness, Kelly co-defendant and former business manager Derrell McDavid, ended three days of testimony.
Prosecutors get a chance to call rebuttal witnesses and the sides will then deliver closing arguments. Jury deliberations aren’t likely to begin until next week.
Kelly and McDavid are charged with fixing Kelly’s 2008 state child pornography trial by threatening witnesses and concealing video evidence. Kelly was acquitted in 2008. Both he and McDavid also face child pornography charges at the federal trial in Chicago. A third co-defendant, Kelly associate Milton Brown, is accused of receiving child pornography.
McDavid was the only one of the three defendants to testify in his own behalf.
Kelly, 55, already was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June after a separate federal trial in New York.
Kelly, known for his smash hit “I Believe I Can Fly” and for sex-infused songs such as “Bump n’ Grind,” sold millions of albums even after allegations of sexual misconduct began circulating in the 1990s. Widespread outrage emerged after the #MeToo reckoning and the 2019 docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.”
At times while testifying this week, McDavid sounded like a prosecution witness. He said he believed Kelly’s denials about sexually abusing minors in the 2000s but altered his view during the current trial.
During cross-examination, prosecutor Jeannice Appenteng sought to show McDavid was so close to Kelly that he couldn’t have been completely ignorant of any Kelly misconduct.
McDavid agreed his job included protecting Kelly’s reputation and assets. Citing financial records, the prosecutor said Kelly paid him some $1 million a year starting in 2006. McDavid denied he took steps to fend off sexual misconduct lawsuits against Kelly primarily to protect his his boss and his lucrative income from Kelly.
In a sudden shift at the end of the day Thursday, McDavid expressed doubts about Kelly’s insistence in the 2000s that he never sexually abused minors.
Asked by his own lawyer, Beau Brindley, if he was in “a different position” to assess allegations against Kelly after sitting through government testimony by four Kelly accusers, McDavid responded: “Yes, I am.”
“The last (few) weeks … I’ve learned a lot … that I had no idea about in 2008,” he added.
McDavid, who previously had testified that he once saw Kelly as a son, was also asked if he had wanted to believe Kelly in the 2000s, including to the end of Kelly’s 2008 trial.
“I absolutely did,” he answered, “because I loved him and I believed in him.”
McDavid’s testimony could lend credence to the charges Kelly alone faces — five counts of enticing minor girls for sex, one count each for five accusers. However, it is also in McDavid’s interest to say he believed Kelly heading into the 2008 trial because it undermines the government’s case that McDavid knew Kelly was guilty and thought the singer would be convicted if evidence wasn’t suppressed.
Judge Harry Leinenweber has repeatedly rejected requests from Kelly’s defense team that he be tried alone because his and McDavid’s interests would conflict at a joint trial.
McDavid testified that he and Kelly grew apart after the 2008 trial amid financial disputes and that he quit working for Kelly in 2014.
The ongoing trial in Kelly’s hometown is, in ways , a do-over of the 2008 trial. A single video, which prosecutors said showed Kelly sexually abusing a girl of around 14, was at the heart of that trial. The same video is evidence at the current trial.
The girl in the video, then an adult, did not testify at that 2008 trial, which jurors cited as a reason they couldn’t convict. She testified at the current trial under the pseudonym “Jane,” saying she was the person in that video and that Kelly made the recording. She also said that Kelly sexually abused her hundreds of time starting when she was 14.
McDavid testified Wednesday that he had seen the then-teenager hanging around Kelly’s studio in the late 1990s. He said Kelly angrily denied rumors he was sexually abusing Jane, whom Kelly described as his goddaughter.
“I believed him,” McDavid said.
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LONDON (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II has triggered a series of carefully structured ceremonial and constitutional steps, as Britain undergoes a period of national mourning and heralds the reign of King Charles III.
The long-established 10-day plan, code-named Operation London Bridge, has been adapted to the specific circumstances of the queen’s death in Scotland, and some details haven’t been publicly confirmed.
Here is a look at what will happen in the coming days.
Friday, Sept. 9
— King Charles III and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, traveled from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to London.
— At noon, church bells rang at Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and across the country in honor of the queen.
— Also at noon, Parliament held a special session so lawmakers can pay tribute to the queen.
— A 1 p.m., gun salutes were fired in London’s Hyde Park and at military sites around the country, one round for reach of the 96 years of the queen’s life.
— Afternoon — The king met with new Prime Minister Liz Truss.
— 6 p.m. — The king made a televised address to the nation in which he spoke of his “profound sorrow” over the death of his mother, the queen, and vowed to continue her “lifelong service” to others.
— 6 p.m. — A service of remembrance was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral for the queen.
Saturday, Sept. 10
— 10 a.m. — Charles meets at St. James’s Palace with senior officials known as the Accession Council and is officially proclaimed king.
— 11 a.m. — An official reads the proclamation aloud from a balcony at St. James’s Palace. It is also read out in other locations across the U.K.
— 1 p.m. — Parliament holds a second day of tributes to the queen.
Subsequent days:
— The queen’s body is moved from Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands to Edinburgh, where the coffin is likely to rest at Holyrood Palace before being moved to St. Giles’ Cathedral so members of the public can pay their respects.
— The coffin will be transported by train or plane to London.
— The queen will then lie in state for several days in Parliament’s Westminster Hall, where the public will again be able to pay their respects.
— A state funeral at Westminster Abbey will be attended by leaders and dignitaries from around the world.
— The period of national mourning will end the day after the queen’s funeral.
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Houston-Earley Dwight Rhyne,70, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2022 at his home in Houston, MS. He was born April 7, 1952 in Lafayette County to the late Eligy Rayburn Rhyne and Myrtle Ruth Taylor Rhyne. He was a Mason and an Elder at Macedonia Church. Dwight always enjoyed the outdoors and his Ole Miss Rebels. He loved fiercely, and his greatest joy in life was his family. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Macedonia Church with Bro. Steve Lampkin officiating. Burial to follow in church cemetery. Memorial Funeral Home of Houston is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Rhyne is survived by his wife, Donna Miller Rhyne of Houston, MS; a son, Dr. Michael Rhyne (Andi) of Houston; two grandchildren, John Peyton Rhyne and Sawyer Grace Rhyne; one sister, Rita Mottz (Ray) of Paris, MS. He was preceded in death by his parents; Eligy Rayburn Rhyne and Myrtle Ruth Taylor Rhyne; two sisters, Ann White and Joy Rhyne; three brothers, Albert Lee "Bubba" Gray, Wayne Gray and Ray Rhyne. Pallbearers will be Larry Gray, Peyton Rhyne, Ray Mottz, Dr. Andy Jones, Chris Smith and Michael Richardson. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Macedonia Church. 413 CR 418, Houston, MS 38851. Visitation will be Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. until time of service at 2:00 p.m. at Macedonia Church. For online condolences visit www.memorialfuneralhomehouston.com.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — In four decades of writing about the Las Vegas underworld and government corruption, investigative reporter Jeff German took on plenty of powerful and dangerous people. The hard-bitten newsman was once punched by an organized crime associate and received veiled threats from mobsters.
Nothing seemed to faze him as he doggedly went about his work.
So German (GEHR’-man) characteristically didn’t express concern when Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, a virtually unknown politician in charge of an obscure and small government office, took to Twitter last spring to angrily denounce the reporter.
German, who worked for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, had written about bullying and favoritism in the public administrator’s office and an inappropriate relationship by Telles with a female subordinate.
Authorities say German’s initial investigation and follow-up stories were the motivation for Telles to fatally stab German last week at the reporter’s home. DNA at the scene linked Telles to the killing as did shoes and a distinctive straw hat found at his home that matched those worn by a suspect caught on video, investigators said Thursday.
Police arrested Telles on Wednesday after a brief standoff at his home. Telles was hospitalized for what Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo described as non-life-threatening, self-inflicted wounds.
Glenn Cook, executive editor of the Review-Journal, said there was talk within the newspaper about Telles being “unhinged” but he never made any physical threats against German and the reporter never said he was worried.
The thought this was the story that would put German’s safety at risk seemed implausible, he said, remembering how the reporter recounted once being punched by an organized crime associate.
“He cut his teeth covering the mob,” Cook said. “Jeff spent over 40 years covering the worst of the worst of Las Vegas. This was a guy who ran down mobsters, wise guys and killers.”
Killings of journalists in the U.S. in retaliation for their work are extremely rare. Up until German’s death, eight journalists have been killed in the U.S. since 1992, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The deadliest attack came in 2018 when a shooting at the Capital Gazette in Maryland left five dead.
“Jeff’s death is a sobering reminder of the inherent risks of investigative journalism,” said Diana Fuentes, executive director of the organization Investigative Reporters & Editors. “Journalists do their jobs every day, digging deep to find information the public needs to know and has a right to see.”
German joined the Review-Journal in 2010 after more than two decades at the Las Vegas Sun, where he was a columnist and reporter who covered courts, politics, labor, government and crime. He was 69, but never talked with his boss about retirement, Cook said.
Former co-workers along with attorneys and government officials German counted on as sources called him a hard-nosed, tenacious journalist who could be gruff at times, especially if someone didn’t know him or was holding back information.
“He was not someone who was easily intimidated,” said Geoff Schumacher, who worked with German at the Sun until the late 1990s. “Getting to the truth, that was more important to him than his own well-being or being popular.”
The pair recently worked together on a podcast called “Mobbed Up.”
German talked about receiving veiled threats from mobsters in the early 1980s at a time when people were disappearing as law enforcement cracked down on organized crime. The warnings definitely got German’s attention, but he never went to police, said Schumacher, who now works at at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas
Alan Feldman, a former executive with MGM Resorts International, said getting a call from German was like hearing from the CBS news show, “60 Minutes.” He didn’t talk tough or threaten anyone, Feldman said, but he never backed down.
And he always followed the story even if it didn’t go in the direction he expected, he said.
“The last thing I would say about Jeff is that anything scared him or that he was afraid,” Feldman said. “He was prepared to go after anyone who was doing something not in the public interest.”
Telles, a Democrat who apparently had never served in public office until he was elected in 2018, oversaw less than 10 people and was paid about $120,000 a year to run an office that deals with estates and the property of people after they die. Before that he was a lawyer practicing probate and estate law.
In the weeks before the June primary, German bylined reports about an office “mired in turmoil and internal dissension” between longtime employees and new hires under Telles’ leadership. Following the stories, county officials hired a consultant to help oversee the office.
Telles blamed “old-timers” for exaggerating the extent of his relationship with a female staffer and falsely claiming that he mistreated them. He posted complaints on Twitter about German, saying he was a bully who was “obsessed” with him.
Telles ended up finishing last in the three-way primary and was serving out the remainder of his term at the time of the killing.
The articles “ruined his political career, likely his marriage, and this was him lashing out at the cause,” Chief Deputy Clark County District Attorney Richard Scow said Thursday.
German’s family called him “a loving and loyal brother, uncle and friend who devoted his life to his work exposing wrongdoing in Las Vegas and beyond.”
“We’re shocked, saddened and angry about his death,” they said in a statement. “Jeff was committed to seeking justice for others and would appreciate the hard work by local police and journalists in pursuing his killer. We look forward to seeing justice done in this case.”
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Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio.
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Republicans suggest John Fetterman is too sick to serve. Neurologists call attacks uninformed
Posted/updated on: September 9, 2022 at 5:44 pm(WASHINGTON) -- Since returning to the campaign trail last month after a mid-May stroke, Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democrat vying for the state's open Senate seat, sometimes speaks haltingly to voters -- pausing in the middle of sentences and slurring his words.
Otherwise, he has said, he has "no physical limits" and no issues with memory or language comprehension. In an interview on MSNBC last week, Fetterman, who works with a speech therapist, said he was "expecting to have a full recovery over the next several months."
But Republicans have seized on his public appearances and his post-stroke behavior to suggest that he is not fit to serve in the Senate, a claim outside medical experts reject as reductive.
"It's just not possible to be an effective senator if you cannot communicate," retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, whose seat Fetterman hopes to fill, said Tuesday at a press conference with Dr. Mehmet Oz, the GOP nominee and Fetterman's opponent.
Rick Santorum, a former Republican senator from Pennsylvania, was even more blunt in his criticism last week on Newsmax: "John Fetterman is simply not capable of doing this job. He's hiding in his basement, he's not able to talk, he's not able to process."
The scrutiny of and questions about Fetterman's health underscores the stakes of his race against Oz, which could decide who controls Congress' upper chamber next year. Major politicians suffering health challenges mid-campaign -- when they would normally be stumping for voters, night and day -- is also relatively rare, and Fetterman's campaign has been careful of overexposing him while he recovers.
His aides did not respond to requests to make his medical team available for this story. He has, however, previously responded directly to the GOP jabs at his recovery: "I know politics can be nasty, but even then, I could *never* imagine ridiculing someone for their health challenges," he tweeted in August.
"Anyone who's seen John speak knows that while he's still recovering, he's more capable of fighting for [Pennsylvania] than Dr. Oz will ever be," a spokesman said earlier this week.
His campaign has said his stroke was the result of a condition called atrial fibrillation, or irregular heart rhythm, which led to a clot; he subsequently had a pacemaker and defibrillator implanted.
The attacks on him increased as he remained mum on debating Oz, who has pushed to share a stage. Last week, Fetterman declined an invitation from KDKA, a Pittsburgh station, to participate in a debate that would have taken place on Tuesday.
"John Fetterman is either healthy and he is dodging the debates because he does not want to answer for his radical left positions, or he's too sick to participate in the debate," Oz said in the news conference with Toomey, where the two men spoke in front of photographs of debates in previous Senate cycles.
Fetterman then told Politico on Wednesday that he would debate Oz once. In response, an Oz spokeswoman accused Fetterman in a statement of still not being forthcoming on details about the time, place and the topics.
"It was just simply only ever been about addressing some of the lingering issues of the stroke, the auditory processing, and we're going to be able to work that out," Fetterman told Politico.
Outside medical experts said stroke victims' speech difficulties are not indicative of their cognitive abilities at work.
"You certainly should not conflate language troubles with cognitive trouble," John Krakauer, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for the Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair, told ABC News in an interview. "That's just being mean. It's not scientifically valid. It would be like saying that a stutterer has a cognitive problem."
ABC News spoke with several neurologists in general terms about stroke recovery. None of the experts interviewed have treated Fetterman or reviewed his medical history.
"Let's say you have a little tiny stroke in the part of your brain that controls your right arm," suggested Robert Friedlander, Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. "Your right arm is not going to move, but you're still thinking as you did before."
"You can impact the speech part of the brain [and] might not sound the way you did before the stroke, but the cognitive component could be preserved," added Friedlander, who said that, in some cases, language and cognition could both be affected.
If elected, Fetterman wouldn't be the first stroke victim in the Senate. For example, both Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., suffered strokes earlier this year and have both returned to work. (Luján told ABC News in an interview in May that his stroke left him "wobbly" and a "little weak on the left," but without any motor movement or voice issues.)
Fetterman also wouldn't be the first politician to have a health scare while running for office. In late 2019, Sen. Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack while seeking the Democratic nomination for president. Sanders was hospitalized but quickly returned to the trail.
"Everyone who experiences a stroke will have their own unique recovery process, which is why the only people who can judge fitness for work are the individual's treating physicians," said Dr. Leah Croll, stroke neurologist and assistant professor of neurology at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
After an earlier period of well wishes and relative silence on Fetterman's health, the Oz campaign has made his stroke a part of its campaign -- sometimes in sharply personal terms. Last month, an aide, Rachel Tripp, was quoted asserting that if Fetterman "had ever eaten a vegetable in his life, then maybe he wouldn't have had a major stroke and wouldn't be in the position of having to lie about it constantly."
In a recent statement, the Oz campaign said that it would "pay for any additional medical personnel he might need to have on standby" during a debate.
"I offered John Fetterman numerous opportunities to explain to me how I can make it easier for him to debate, but at this point, since he's given numerous reasons for not showing up, including the fact he didn't have time in his schedule, I'm of the opinion that he's hiding his radical views," Oz said on Fox News in August.
Krakauer, who overlapped with Oz at Columbia University as a medical student but has no relationship with the GOP Senate candidate, told ABC News that stroke victims tend to fatigue when speaking for long periods of time.
"Your best level of performance can drop over time," he said. "A half an hour debate, an hour debate, over and over again is a lot to expect someone with aphasia [language difficulties from brain damage] to do. But that doesn't mean they're not cognitively capable."
Some Democratic voters told ABC News they hope Fetterman debates Oz but insist they're not concerned.
"People have illnesses all the time, but I think he got the right care," said Geraldine Eckert, from Mercer County, who attended a recent Fetterman event. "I'm not worried about John Fetterman's health."
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Foundation pays off 21 mortgages for fallen first responder families ahead of 9/11
(Gray News) - The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is helping multiple families pay off their homes after losing a loved one in the line of duty.
Representatives said the foundation was established in memory of fallen New York Firefighter Stephen Siller, who laid down his life to save others on Sept. 11.
“When America was attacked on Sept. 11, my brother and many others rushed headfirst into danger and laid down their lives, trying to save as many people as possible,” said Foundation Chairman and CEO Frank Siller.
The families helped by the foundation with their mortgages included the following:
- Mineral Point, Wisconsin, Fire Captain Brian Cecil Busch
- Joplin, Missouri, Police Corporal Benjamin Cooper
- Salt River, Arizona, Police Officer Clayton Joel Townsend
- Arvada, Colorado, Police Officer Gordon Beesley
- Billerica, Massachusetts, Firefighter/EMT Patrick Corbett
- Mesa, Arizona, Fire Captain Trevor Cowley Madrid
- Illinois Police Senior Master Trooper Todd Anthony Hanneken
- Champaign, Illinois, Firefighter Trevor Herderhorst
- Portsmouth, Ohio, Firefighter/EMT Edward Jay Long
- Connecticut State Police Sergeant Brian Erik Mohl
- Gallatin County, Montana, Deputy Sheriff Jacob Otto Allmendinger
- FBI Special Agent Jimmie John Daniels
- Baltimore County Firefighter/Paramedic Brian Dennis Neville
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Trainee Wolf Valmond
- Yuma, Colorado, Fire Captain Darcy Stallings
- El Paso, Texas, Fire Suppression Technician Eduardo Ramirez
- Jones County, North Carolina, Sheriff Danny Heath
- Pennsylvania State Trooper Martin Francis Mack III
- Bloom Township, Ohio, Fire Lieutenant/Paramedic Ralph “Andy” Nunley
The foundation said its Fallen First Responder Program pays off mortgages for the families of law enforcement officers and firefighters who are killed in the line of duty and leave behind young children, ensuring they will always have a place to call home.
“Twenty-one years later, I am proud to keep my brother Stephen’s memory alive by supporting the families of these heroes who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. Their dedication and their sacrifice will never be forgotten, and the families they left behind will always have the support of Tunnel to Towers,” Siller said.
In 2021, Tunnel to Towers expanded the program to support the families of first responders who have lost their lives to 9/11 illnesses.
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RIVERDALE, Ga. — The person accused of "firebombing" a Clayton County woman's home has been arrested, according to officials.
U.S. Marshals arrested 32-year-old Theriton Wells more than 800 miles away in Humble, Texas.
The agency said they were tipped off by Clayton County authorities to help find Wells after they secured a warrant on Sept. 1. in connection with an explosive fire that destroyed the home and hurt two women.
Authorities said the Aug. 25 incident happened shortly before 2:40 a.m. at a home off Derby Drive in Riverdale.
When officers arrived, they saw the home engulfed in flames and smoke coming out of the windows. The home's roof was destroyed.
According to Riverdale police, two women were home at the time. One woman was severely hurt with injuries to her face, neck and both of her arms. Another woman was also hurt. They were both taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for their injuries.
Police also released doorbell camera video from a nearby home showing the moment when the firebomb ignited and a man is seen in the video running away.
Detectives said a neighbor saw a man carrying a grocery bag. Moments later, he ran behind a neighbor's house and then out of their neighborhood. A police report states the man was wearing a black T-shirt, white shorts and a black Corona face mask.
Agents from ATF and Clayton County had been out at the home in Riverdale in the days after the fire, but neighbors told 11Alive back then they didn't feel safe.
"It's just unbelievable you know and it's such a shocker because it hit so close to home," Locosha Long said.
U.S. Marshals said Wells will be transferred to the Clayton County jail as early as next week. He's the only suspect in the incident.
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MARIETTA, Ga. — Serving warrants can be one of the most dangerous jobs in law enforcement, as tragically shown by the deaths of two Cobb County sheriff's deputies.
"I’ve been involved in serving warrants where the individual absolutely did not want to go to jail. No way," said Mike Puglise, a former Lilburn and Gwinnett County police officer who left law enforcement to become an attorney.
He said he helped serve more than 100 warrants.
"And I mean, they do fight," he said.
In recent years, several law enforcement officers in Georgia have been hurt in similar situations.
In 2018, Locust Grove officer Chase Maddox died while serving a warrant in Henry County. Two others were injured. Earlier this year, Coweta County investigator and U.S. Marshal William Helton was shot while serving a warrant. In 2016, Riverdale police Maj. Greg "Lem" Barney was shot and killed while supervising officers serving a no-knock warrant.
Puglise says warrants require lethal force preparation balanced with a negotiator’s patience.
"It’s kind of ironic. Some of the murder warrants I’ve served, they are pretty docile. They have been waiting for the day that they’re going to get picked up. It’s almost closure for them in a weird way," Puglise said, noting that other instances can become unpredictably confrontational.
Violence is the exception, not the rule. Sometimes, it’s the target of the warrant who is killed – like Jamarion Robinson in East Point. U.S. marshals said Robinson was killed during an exchange of gunfire in 2016, as law enforcement tried to serve him with a warrant. His family has challenged the police account in court, and some of the officers involved now face charges.
Puglise says officers have to both use training and do research to decrease the risk while serving warrants.
"You have to use that balance, go in with some type of patience, even maybe sometimes elicit the help of friends and neighbors and sometimes even family members that’ll assist you in serving that warrant," Puglise said.
He adds friends and family are sometimes motivated to help police in order to reduce the risks associated with serving a warrant.
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WFO PENDLETON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Saturday, September 10, 2022
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RED FLAG WARNING
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
236 PM PDT Fri Sep 9 2022
...BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY ALONG EAST SLOPES OF
THE CASCADES...
...HOT DRY AND UNSTABLE OVER THE WEEKEND...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT SATURDAY
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES OR610,
OR611, OR639, OR640, OR641, WA690, WA691, WA694, AND WA695...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 610 East Slopes of Central
Oregon Cascades, 611 Deschutes National Forest -minus Sisters
Ranger District, 639 East Slopes of the Northern Oregon
Cascades, 640 Central Mountains of Oregon, 641 Lower Columbia
Basin of Oregon west of Arlington and Condon, 690 Kittitas
Valley west of Ellensburg, 691 Lower Columbia Basin west of
Bickleton and 695 East Washington South Central Cascade
Mountains.
* WINDS...Northeast 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 10 to 15 percent.
* IMPACTS...Dry conditions with gusty winds could cause enhanced
fire weather behavior and allow existing fires to more easily
spread. Northeasterly component of the wind could also
complicate attack efforts.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.
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